973.Chapter 973: The difficulty of breaking through in the middle lane
Qu Duan understood Wang Xiu's intentions, and used the east road as a cover, concentrated three armies on the middle road to assault, and stabbed the party members from the soft belly, completely disrupting their deployment.
You said that you would not interfere in military affairs, how can you still fatten yourself, but Wang Zongyin's handle is still in the hands of others, and it is not his wish to change generals in battle, so he can only swallow this breath of bird's breath.
"There is another problem, to cross the entire Hanhai, you need to capture Pulang City and Yaode City in order to reach the periphery of Lingzhou. Shengqiang relied on the strong city and scattered the Ma army and my guerrillas, what can I do? Feng Yuan raised his own questions, but he hit the nail on the head.
Everyone is a veteran of a hundred battles, and it is conceivable that the Song army launched an offensive, and the Xia army is likely to use the sea buckthorn of Hanhai as a barrier and use the horse army to attack frequently.
Don't doubt whether the tactics of the Xia army can succeed, in the face of the sea buckthorn area on both sides of the river, the Song army can only go north along the river, and the main force cannot stay away, which gives the Xia army a good opportunity to avoid a hard encounter with the main force of the Song army, and adopt guerrilla tactics to constantly harass it, so that the Song army can not get a chance to repair, and the drag is also dragged down.
Besides, on the Hanhai Road for hundreds of miles, the main force is fighting in front, and it is impossible to deploy heavy troops along the way, and those transport teams are in front of the Ma army, and the fragile ones are almost not capable of fighting a battle, and they are not as good as the baggage troops of each army.
Xie Qian, Li Yanxian, and Xu Huiyan have no right to speak, but Qu Duan, Zhang Yu, and Wang Zongyin are deep in thought, and the main attack in the middle lane is not fun! If you don't know if both camps are finished, no one wants to be an outcropping bird.
Wang Xiu admired Feng Yuan's keen observation, and when he saw the blood and raised difficulties, he turned his eyes to Feng Yuan, and said in a deep voice: "You have a way?" ”
"Yes, but I haven't thought it all through, and it seems that there are still many loopholes." Feng Yuan answered very sincerely in front of Wang Xiu.
"Tell me about it." Wang Xiu's eyes are full of expectation, and he attaches great importance to Feng Yuan's strategic literacy.
"Actually, the tactics that Sheng Qiang may adopt are not so difficult to deal with, they can attack with the horse army, and we can also counterattack with the horse army......"
Before the words were finished, Wang Zongyin smiled coldly and said unhappily: "Ma Jun counterattacked? Do you think that there are a lot of horse armies in the middle and can form a deterrent to Shengqiang, even if the main force can barely cope with it, what will happen to our grain route? ”
Everyone couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, this guy is too blind, he won't die if he doesn't die, Wang Zongyin obviously lacks political experience, in front of Wang Xiu, again and again, it's really not enough to clean up! Even Qu Duan glared at him fiercely.
However, there is some truth in this guy's words, the Ma army against the Ma army makes sense, the key is that you can't always watch the transfer team, people retreat immediately after a surprise attack, or lure you to pursue, and then surround with superior forces, it will be difficult to do.
Wang Xiu didn't pay attention to Wang Zongyin, he didn't take it to heart for a martial artist, and he survived the war crisis, not to mention that all the vice-presidents joined the army, and even Qu Duan could clean up as much as he wanted, and said lightly: "Go on." ”
Wang Zongyin seemed to realize that something was wrong, and his face was embarrassed again, but he saw that everyone's eyes almost ignored him, and he felt a little uneasy.
Feng Yuan also ignored Wang Zongyin, pointed to the map with a soft whip, and continued: "Our horse army is not much, but the three armies also have ten battalions of horse army, and they can organize two horse teams to take turns to meet Shengqiang's attack. ”
"The most important thing is that we have chariots, one cart battalion for each of the three corps, and the transfer of the 52nd Brigade to the north, which can fully build a perimeter defense and protect the infantry from harassment. As the deputy capital counselor said, our horse army and chariot soldiers are too small to fully protect the grain road, which is the biggest shortcoming. ”
Wang Xiushen thought so, Feng Yuan's consideration was very thorough, the battle of the East Road did not occur in the grain and grass passage, the reason was that the battle line was wide and short, the three camps were fan-shaped, there were tens of thousands of township troops guarding the grain road, and the Xia army did not even have the strength to fight back, how could there be strength to attack the grain road, even if it was attacked, there were not enough troops.
Take 10,000 steps back and say, from Shaanxi to the battlefield, the longest route is only 100 miles, and there are Guancheng as barriers everywhere, even if they dare to attack, they must also take care of the problem that it is extremely difficult to get out if they are entangled by the nearby Guancheng garrison, and there is more than one transfer road.
The middle road to the north is a straight line assault, with the deepening of the army, the main force and the rear supply are extended, and a road along the Lingzhou River must also be followed, which gives the Xia army and the horse army an excellent opportunity. They could strike at the grain road at any time from any point, and the Song army could not resist with superior forces, so it could only defend passively.
Once at the critical moment, the Xia army gathered heavy troops to cut off the grain route, and the main force of the Song army was trapped under the fortified city, the end was conceivable, and no one wanted to think about it.
Qu Duan's face became solemn, he didn't want Feng Yuan to see so deeply, he said in a deep voice: "With the strength of three armies, we can maintain it to Yaode City, and if we want to go deep into Lingzhou, I'm afraid we won't be able to protect the grain road." ”
Zhang Yu glanced at Qu Duan, and said lightly: "Waiting too long for the northern army, we will lose the fighters, Li Liangfu's army retreats north, I am afraid that the defense of the two cities is stable, and it will be difficult to break through in a short time." ”
Wang Xiu also took into account the difficulties, according to intelligence, the two cities each had thousands of people to defend, which was the supply city for the Xia army to the south over the years, and the storage was relatively rich, which could be defended for a long time.
Li Liangfu failed and lost a large number of soldiers and horses, but there are still more than 20,000 regular soldiers in this fight, and if you really want to choose Yaode City to defend it, it is really not an ordinary difficulty.
The Song army of the three armies went north, and it seemed that it was huge, but it was necessary to uproot the important Guancheng with abundant storage in the Hanhai, and I am afraid that the losses would be great, and even if it reached the periphery of Xiping Mansion, it would lose its offensive ability.
Feng Yuan looked at the map and said: "Li Liangfu will definitely resist and retreat into Yaode City to organize defense, they will never give up Guancheng, which will increase the difficulty of the army going north, and the loss of attacking the city is not something we can bear." Even if they retreat to Lingzhou, we will also divide the old city, and then they will gallop with the horse army, and our army will be in danger. ”
It is still a transfer road, a topic that cannot be avoided in the war, the shortcomings of the middle assault, the Song army is equipped with a large number of new weapons, not to mention the great dependence of the infantry army on logistics, that is, the dependence of the chariot on logistics, which is also unprecedented, which is not an exaggeration.
The chariot soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty were completely reborn, and they were a highest-tech armed arm of the times, and the combat consumption was quite amazing, and the cost was also staggering. Every time a high-intensity battle is carried out, it is necessary to replenish arrows and replace bowstring parts, and each vehicle battalion has an independent equipment and baggage team and an arrow baggage team, which can be imagined to be dependent on logistics.