lovenovelstory Chapter 419 The Six-Word Mantra!
Chapter 419 The Six-Word Mantra!
Luan Diyun was extremely stubborn. "I have ten thousand elite light cavalry, all of them warriors familiar with this snowy plain. No matter how fast the Qin army is, they are still southerners!"
I won't fight them head-on, but I absolutely cannot let them run rampant on this grassland!
"Yun's mind is made up, and there will be no change. Please, Father, give the order to set off!"
She did not give Touman Chanyu another chance to refute.
After saying this, she didn't even wait for the Chanyu's formal military order. She turned around and strode out of the royal tent without hesitation.
"you……"
Touman Chanyu pointed to the exit of the camp, his beard trembling with anger, but in the end he did not order his guards to stop her.
Watching the felt curtain fall in the wind, Touman Chanyu let out a long sigh.
He turned around and looked at Xiang Liang and Ji Dan sitting on either side of him, a look of helplessness and embarrassment on his face.
"Please excuse my poor appearance."
Touman Chanyu sat back in his main seat, rubbing his temples. "This girl has been spoiled rotten by me since she was little; she has a very fiery temper. To provoke the Qin army at this time is simply courting death!"
The Chanyu picked up the wine bowl, tilted his head back and took a sip, preparing to order someone to forcibly bring Luan Diyun back.
Just then, Ji Dan, who had been sitting silently in the corner, slowly shook her head.
"Great Chanyu, I believe that Princess Yun's journey may not necessarily be a bad thing."
Ji Dan's voice sounded somewhat muffled, but his tone was very firm.
Touman Chanyu stopped pouring wine, and Xiang Liang also turned his head to look at Ji Dan.
"What do you mean by that, Immortal Master? The Qin army's 100,000 iron cavalry are only a few dozen miles away. Her 10,000 light cavalry wouldn't even be enough to fill a gap in the Qin army's teeth," the Chanyu asked, puzzled.
Ji Dan stood up, walked to the brazier in the center of the tent, and tucked his hands into his sleeves.
During this period of evading the Qin army's pursuit, Ji Dan was not only living in fear.
He kept reviewing Zhang Fan's every move in his mind, trying to find Zhang Fan's weakness.
He recalled some of the strange theories Zhang Fan had put forward during the military exercises, as well as some unique ideas in Zhang Fan's military strategy.
He even gathered information on some of Zhang Fan's new combat tactics through various intelligence sources.
One particular tactic left a deep impression on him.
"Chanyu, the Qin army was able to cross the Yin Mountains so quickly this time because of their tools called 'sleds' and 'snowboards'."
Ji Dan looked at the flickering charcoal in the brazier and slowly spoke, "This shows that the Qin army's mobility has greatly improved. If we were to engage in a head-on battle with large forces again, we wouldn't be able to guarantee victory, neither in terms of formation nor in terms of impact!"
The Chanyu nodded in agreement.
"However, this mobility of the Qin army had a fatal flaw."
Ji Dan turned around and looked directly at the Chanyu, "With an army of 300,000 deep in the northern desert, their food and fodder consumption is extremely high. Even with sleds, their supply lines will be stretched very long."
Once the connection between the front lines and the rear is severed, these 300,000 people will become blind men and hungry wolves in the snow.
Xiang Liang listened from the side and wholeheartedly agreed: "What the immortal master says is absolutely right. The supply line is precisely the Qin army's greatest weakness."
Ji Dan continued, "When I was studying the Qin Dynasty, I developed a set of 'guerrilla warfare' tactics."
"Guerrilla warfare?" Touman Chanyu heard this term for the first time.
"That's right. The core of this battle strategy can be summarized in just sixteen characters."
Ji Dan paced back and forth in the tent, reciting the essence he had pieced together from the intelligence: "When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy camps, we harass; when the enemy tires, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue."
Upon hearing these sixteen words, Xiang Liang's eyes narrowed sharply, and he stood up abruptly from his seat.
As a descendant of military strategists, he understood the origin of this set of tactics in an instant.
It was that military exercise in Xianyang!
"These... these sixteen characters are practically tailor-made tactics for light cavalry on the vast plains!" Xiang Liang blurted out.
Ji Dan nodded: "General Xiang understands military strategy, so he naturally understands its power. The Qin army has many heavily armored infantry, and although the iron cavalry has snowshoes, their agility is still not as good as the lightly armed cavalry native to the grasslands."
Ji Dan looked at the Chanyu: "Great Chanyu, Princess Yun is leading ten thousand light cavalry!"
What if she didn't engage the main Qin army in a direct confrontation, but instead broke into smaller units and conducted guerrilla warfare behind and on the flanks of the Qin army?
The Chanyu's eyes widened, as if he had grasped some kind of idea.
Ji Dan further explained in detail: "When the Qin army marched during the day, Princess Yun led her people to retreat and avoid contact with them!"
When the Qin army set up camp and prepared their meals for the night, Princess Yun would send small groups of cavalry outside the camp to shoot arrows, beat drums, and shout, keeping them awake all night.
"If the Qin army sends a large force out of the camp to pursue them, Princess Yun's light cavalry will immediately disperse into the wind and snow and retreat, using their familiarity with the terrain to wear them down!"
When the Qin army is exhausted from the pursuit and prepares to retreat, Princess Yun will lead her men to launch a counterattack from the flank.
Ji Dan's voice turned cold: "I don't ask how many enemies we kill, I only ask that we keep cutting off the Qin army's supply wagons and attack their lone scouts!"
If this continues, the Qin generals will become impatient and the soldiers will be exhausted!
"If the supply lines for an army of 300,000 are cut off, they will fall into chaos without a fight!"
The royal tent was quiet for a moment.
Followed by.
"Hahahahaha!"
Touman Chanyu laughed heartily. The frustration and depression he had been feeling for days were finally greatly relieved after hearing about this battle strategy.
He clapped his hands loudly: "What a brilliant tactic! 'When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy camps, we harass; when the enemy tires, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue'! This tactic is absolutely brilliant!"
Southerners have heavy iron armor, while we grassland people have the fastest warhorses!
"They can't catch us on this snowy plain!"
The Chanyu looked at Ji Dan, his eyes regaining their trust.
"Immortal Master! You are truly the savior of our Xiongnu! This guerrilla warfare tactic is simply a powerful weapon against the Qin army!"
"Pass down the order! Inform Princess Yun immediately!"
The Chanyu loudly issued a military order: "Tell her that I, the Chanyu, grant her permission to send troops! But she must fight strictly according to the sixteen words of 'guerrilla warfare' taught by the Immortal Master!"
"Absolutely no direct confrontation with the main Qin army force is permitted; only harass them from behind and along their supply lines!"
The messenger received the order and was about to run out of the tent.
Touman Chanyu suddenly called out to him.
The Chanyu looked at the golden knife in his hand, his brows furrowed in thought.
Ten thousand light cavalrymen, used for guerrilla warfare and harassment, still seemed a bit weak in terms of troop strength.
If they were surrounded by the Qin army's tactic of dividing their forces, they would easily suffer casualties.
This is the most suitable tactic for the current situation, and it is also the one that his daughter is personally leading the troops, so there can be no mistakes.
"etc."
Touman Chanyu recalled his messenger and added in a deep voice, "Pass on my supreme command to the Left and Right Wise Kings. From the royal court and several nearby major tribes, select another 20,000 of the most elite lightly armed cavalry!"
"Assign all 20,000 troops to Princess Yun's command! Let her have full authority over this 30,000-strong guerrilla army!"