Chapter 139: Eastern Route Army
It was no luck that Liang's two-way army was able to reach the designated place in a very short time.
It's the result of years of planning.
No one can tell how long King Liang has been preparing for this war.
Maybe it started from the day he ascended the throne as emperor, or maybe it started earlier.
The strength of the Eastern Route Army was stronger than that of the Western Route Army, mainly composed of 20,000 lancers and 50,000 sword and armor soldiers from the southern battalion of Liang State, and 10,000 fierce Imperial Forest Forbidden Army were transferred before the expedition, a total of 80,000 people.
Their main purpose was to cut off Wu Yue's connection with the Jin State, so as to ensure that the Western Route Army could smoothly eat the Jin State.
But Wu Yue is definitely the biggest worry of Liang Guo, their strength is quite strong, especially under the intervention of Feixian Tower, with 100,000 well-trained Jing armor troops, the combat ability of the water troops is also much higher than that of Liang Guo.
Wu Yue will definitely not sit idly by and watch the demise of the Jin Kingdom, everyone understands the truth of the death of the lips and teeth, if the Jin Kingdom is gone, Wu Yue will be surrounded by the Liang Kingdom, and there is no way back except the sea.
The general of the Eastern Route Army was the deputy general of the southern battalion of the Liang State, and he received an order to hold the defensive line and not allow Wu Yue's Jingjia army to cross a step.
Until Qin Hu took their place with 50,000 soldiers from the northern battalion.
The Western Route Army was like a bamboo, and within a few days, more than ten counties and counties of the Jin Kingdom were linked, and it could be said that the entire Jin Kingdom was in turmoil, and the Shenwu Army they were proud of was simply vulnerable in the face of the absolute military strength of the Liang State.
The formation of the Qinglong Academy also did not play a good defensive role.
The general of the Western Route Army was the chief general of the southern battalion of the Liang State, named Han Ding.
In his early years, he also studied swords in Huaishan, but he had a completely different style from Qin Hu in the north, and was more like a Confucian general.
Han Ding held a bowl of porridge and drank it in small sips, still holding the battle report that had just been sent from the front line in his hand.
Before setting out on the expedition, he set three military rules.
First, officers and men eat and live together, and no one can engage in specialization.
The second item is to prohibit the implementation of orders, and those who disturb military discipline and delay military aircraft shall be beheaded.
Thirdly, in all battles, officers must lead by example, and if anyone retreats, he will be beheaded.
Discipline is the foundation of the army.
Han Ding himself is no exception, so he eats whatever ordinary soldiers eat, and never makes him special because he is a general.
"General, our advance force is currently less than two hundred miles away from the capital of the Jin Kingdom, they ask for instructions on whether to continue the attack and take Taibai City in one go."
It was Han Ding's adjutant who reported the military situation, and he was also a disciple of Huaishan, because he was more alert, he was left by Han Ding's side.
"yes, got it." Han Ding put down the porridge bowl in his hand, still looking at the military intelligence report intently.
The composition of the Western Route Army is more complicated, although the main force is the 30,000 lancers of the southern battalion, but there are still 20,000 local mixed infantry included in the Western Route Army.
The 20,000 mixed infantry was the biggest headache for Han Ding.
Although the war is now in full swing, many problems have already emerged.
For example, the military order he issued, the 20,000 local troops did not take it seriously at all.
For this reason, Han Ding had already killed more than a dozen officers in three days.
But to no avail at all.
Therefore, Han Ding's initial battle plan was also implemented at a discounted pace.
Han Ding did not trust these local troops from the beginning, so he set a plan that the lancers of the southern battalion would be responsible for attacking the city and plundering the wall, and the local troops would be responsible for garrisoning the occupied areas and pacifying the people.
But I didn't expect that after these local troops were stationed in the occupied areas, they continued to kill and plunder, which made the people of the Jin Kingdom, who were originally very peaceful, even more irritable.
Now the scattered Jin troops have reorganized the counteroffensive.
Han Ding had to send 10,000 lancers around to deal with the sporadic battles.
But in doing so, the speed of combat was slowed down.
He has been in the army for many years, and he knows very well that if this kind of war of aggression cannot be quickly resolved and directly destroy their entire core command system, once it falls into a fierce battle, it will be very unfavorable to him.
He had reported the matter to King Liang through Flying Fish's spies, but he had not replied yet.
"Order the advance army, stop the attack, repair the original plan, and wait for the next battle plan." Han Ding sighed, put down the battle report in his hand, and decided to temporarily stop the offensive.
"General...... If it drags on for a long time, I'm afraid it will be unfavorable for us. The young adjutant reminded.
Han Ding smiled bitterly: "I know, but there is no way to ...... now We need stability in the rear even more, if we are counterattacked by the remnants of the Jin State...... It is also us who suffer from the enemy in the back and abdomen, and it will be even more uncomfortable when the time comes. ”
"It's all those old soldiers, if they hadn't made trouble and dragged our feet, we would have won." The adjutant said angrily.
"Alright, don't talk about that...... When will the big boat arrive at White Tiger Bay? Any news? "Han Ding really doesn't want to discuss the old soldiers of these local troops, it's too angry.
It is estimated that this situation will not be resolved until Qin Hu leads the northern battalion to take over the defense line of the Eastern Route Army and let the Eastern Route Army advance west to merge with him.
The adjutant shook his head: "There is no news yet, I have sent several brothers to investigate...... It stands to reason that it should have arrived two days ago. ”
"I hope nothing happens!" Han Ding clenched his fists.
The Western Route Army still had 10,000 forbidden troops who set off by boat from Jianzhou Wharf, went straight to Baihu Bay of the Jin Kingdom, and then attacked Han Dingcheng left and right.
According to the entry into the city, they should have heard two days ago...... But there has been no news so far.
This is also one of the reasons why Han Ding decided to suspend the offensive.
The Jin State still has a large area of land in their hands, and the entire south is still in the hands of others, and they can still organize more than 100,000 troops.
If he really fell into it, Han Ding's point of being a person would not be enough for others to fight.
It's more important to be stable now than to rush into action.
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Wu Yue's navy is the best in the world.
The legend of their shipbuilding technology is that it comes from the guidance of the immortals of Feixian Tower, and it is very powerful.
And spent a lot of money to buy the gathering array diagram in the hands of the Qinglong Academy of the Jin Kingdom.
These formations are engraved on large ships, which not only increase the defense of the ship's hull, but also allow for short-range attacks.
It's like artillery.
In comparison, Liang Guo's water army is not enough.
Compared with Wu Yue's, their combat effectiveness is basically zero.
Therefore, when King Liang decided to divide the Western Route Army into two routes and let the 10,000 forbidden troops go to the Jin Kingdom by boat, he was opposed by many people.
If these 10,000 people were blocked by Wu Yue, they would basically have no chance of survival.
But King Liang insisted.
As long as these 10,000 people are there, it will force the Jin State to divert at least part of the main force to stay in Baihu Bay, because this is the only way to retreat after the defeat of the Jin State.
The pressure on Han Ding's side will also be much less.
The admiral of the Liang State Navy is a fisherman, and he knows the horror of the sea, and he also understands the horror of Wu Yue's navy.
Between the two, he chose the sea.
So the flotilla carrying 10,000 forbidden troops, from the beginning of the voyage, did not follow the regular route.
They go deeper into the sea, and the fog on the sea in winter is their best disguise.