Chapter 477: Take action
"Hurry up, bunnies get moving!"
Ma Jinsi held a whip and nervously commanded and channeled along the Datong River in order to receive the first batch of aid from the Song State by water with the highest efficiency, including compressed military rations, gunpowder, bullets, flintlock pistols, helmets, tactical vests, first-aid kits for battlefield trauma, and so on.
In addition, there are not many war horses, about one hundred and thirty.
These horses were cattle, because they were transported from Shuzhou in the far south. It is the result of the evolutionary lineage of Wang Yan's animal husbandry research and development base in Shuzhou at the earliest, these horses have reached the age of three, and they are not the strongest state, but they can be used, and they will soon become better war horses from now on.
Because the timeline of horse breeding is too long, this is only the second generation of evolution, and it has not yet climbed to the peak, and it is not known what the shortcomings of these war horses are.
After all, the ascent of any technology is spiral, and it is impossible to reach the sky in one step. After having the results and products, it will be used, and then adjusted and modified according to the feedback of the user, which is the case for any good product in the world, including War Horse.
These horses are the second generation of three Mongolian foals that Wang Yan obtained from the Western Xia when he was in power in Funing County. There is no suspense about the bloodline of cold-resistant, disease-resistant and hard-working, but it is still necessary for the Funing Army to find shortcomings and give feedback according to various data in actual combat, so as to facilitate Shuzhou Racecourse to make up for the shortcomings of the bloodline in the next generation.
The process is very simple and only requires an investment of time and money. For example, on the premise of retaining the bloodline of cold-tolerant, disease-tolerant and labor-resistant, if it is found that the explosive power of these two hundred batches of war horses is not enough, or the talent to obey instructions is not enough, then it is very simple, from these more than 100 war horses, select the most explosive and obedient horses, and return to Shuzhou Horse Farm for them to mate, then the next generation can be greatly improved.
If these batches are "blood relatives" brothers and sisters, it would be better, just let them carry out inbreeding marriage and repeated purification, most of the births are waste breeds, but under the big data, there is a chance to encounter a "Hitler" born, which is equivalent to the most needed bloodline concentrated in a horse. After three to four years from now on, the bloodline of the warhorse herd that can be used will be stabilized, and there will be almost no accidents.
Of course, there will be no top-notch BMW, but it will be a good war horse with almost no shortcomings and an overall passing line......
The capture of Zongcheng is too important for the transformation of the entire strategy, which is equivalent to the first stable logistics base for the volunteers or guerrillas in the Hehuang area, as well as the local people, who can rely on water transportation to continuously obtain supplies from the territory of the Song State.
This is the strategic significance of Wang Yan's four crossings of the Huangshui, and Zongcheng is the real goal. But no one knew about this strategic purpose at the beginning, including Mu Guiying, who only knew that the target was Zongcheng after the volunteers crossed the Huangshui, instead of chasing the main force of Manba.
After taking Zongcheng, the Song State originally needed to put the logistics materials from the farthest Jishi Army and the Tubo Republic around the territory, but now some of them can save a distance of more than 1,000 miles, and in the most efficient way of water transportation, they will go out of Lanzhou and go directly to the Datong River valley to supply the Zongcheng Volunteer Army at the throat position.
In addition to military resources, there is also a replenishment of military resources.
At that time, people, including Zhuo Luolan, thought that the Volunteer Army needed to integrate the main force of the Jishi Army before it could become an effective threat to the main force of Western Xia. However, limited by the location and battlefield situation, the Jishi Army could only go around the Tubo Republic and eventually clear the Pingguan from the south of Huangshui, or join the army with Wang Yan's army from the front line of Suibianzhai north of Huangshui.
Therefore, this is the strategic consideration of the Zhuo Luolan Department to block the southwest region of Huangshui at any cost, and does not want Wang Yan's Department to cross the Huangshui.
However, the immortal Wang Yan broke through from the heavy siege several times, crossed the Huangshui after four efforts, and took the Zongcheng under the carelessness of Baa, completely opening up the water transportation logistics lifeline in the east.
Now, everyone thinks that the Jishi Army will make a detour with Wang Yan's division for thousands of miles, and after a slow and clumsy march to Lanzhou, and then take a boat from Lanzhou to the west, and formally join Wang Yan's division through the Datong River Valley, which is a fatal strategic watershed for the Western Xia Expeditionary Force!
But what made Zhuo Luolan breathe a sigh of relief was that now that winter was approaching at the end of October, even if there were Di Qing's 1,000 elites in the Jishi army, but the Jishi army was not the Funing army, and in the case of the coming severe cold, heavy snow blocking the mountains and even sealing the river in the northwest, if the Jishi army could officially enter Zongcheng in mid-December to join the volunteer army, it would be considered a pass.
So Zhuo Luolan, who was in the tent of the commander of the Anlong region, was anxious, but knew that the situation could be remedied and reversed.
It is very simple, take advantage of the fact that his army is not effectively replenished, and there are only 2,000 people to gather heavy troops to fight Zongcheng, and then cut off the efficient logistics channel of the Hehuang battlefield again.
However, according to this strategic assumption, Zhuo Luolan sent three military reports to the Manba Division, suggesting that Manba abandon all plans such as encircling and suppressing the guerrillas in the west and bloodbathing Xining Prefecture, and quickly gather heavy troops to return to the east of the division to fight Zongcheng. In this way, Wang Yan's plan of "from dispersion to gathering" could be destroyed, and he was once again forced into a situation of movement warfare.
On the whole, Zhuo Luolan believes that Wang Yan's first eight sports battles are too beautiful, and they have fully activated the morale of the entire Hehuang region, breaking the myth of the undefeated Western Xia army since they entered Hehuang.
"If you want to regroup to fight positional warfare, as we all know, you need a base and logistics, and now you see that Zongcheng's throat is his base, and you must destroy his base before he recuperates and assembles the legion, and force him to exercise in the cold winter again! This is the most severe watershed in this battle, and there will not be much time left for my Western Xia army, so I hope the general will consider it carefully. On the night of October 24, and Zhuo Luolan, the commander of the Southern Army! ”
This is the closing words of Zhuo Luolan's last letter to Manba.
But on October 30, the response was that he scolded Zhuo Luolan. Manba was very annoyed and blamed Zhuo Luolan for several defeats on the southern front of Huangshui, which caused Wang Yanbu, who was like a cockroach, to successfully cross Huangshui.
Khan, Zhuo Luolan did write in the letter, "It's not that I'm incompetent, but that I'm too cunning", which made Man Baa angry, so he reprimanded: You are a defeated general who has only won one battle in seven battles, how can He De still point fingers at the supreme commander of my Hehuang battlefield now?
Zhuo Luolan was speechless about this, but he couldn't say that he was wrong.
In terms of results, the Funing army is too good, and under the command of such a commander, Zhuo Luolan did lose. However, Zhuo Luolan thought that he could drag the Shenji Yan south of Huangshui for fifty days, and the main force of the Southern Military Division was not injured before he crossed Huangshui, although this was a defeat, but although the defeat was still glorious.
It's a pity that Manba doesn't approve of such narcissistic ideas.
In addition to angrily denouncing Zhuo Luolan's terrible fight, Manba also pointed out:
"The secret of Wang Yan's success in the seven campaigns lies in his mobility, in his lack of need to guard the base, in the success of his early guerrilla tactics of 100 regiments, and in the cooperation of those guerrillas who cannot be effectively captured."
"And now that he has a base, he just lost his mobility advantage, Lao Tzu is worried that he can't find guerrillas and inferior people to cut, and the whole world encircles and suppresses them, if Shenji Yan really uses Zongcheng as a base, erects a military flag, and begins to summon the remnants of the guerrillas to assemble, it is really a divine assistance from God who helps me, and it is just convenient for my main force to concentrate on encircling and suppressing him."
"In addition, now that winter is approaching, now is the last chance to organize a large-scale battle, although there is no army in Xining Prefecture, there is grain and grass, and there are forty or fifty thousand untouchables concentrated in Hehuang, if they are not strangled, they will become guerrillas sooner or later in the spring of the next year, and they will be the henchmen of my expeditionary corps!"
"In the early stage, the main force of our department tried to get close to Xining Prefecture several times, but in order to protect the untouchables of Xining Prefecture, dozens of guerrillas on the northern front were frenzied, and surrounded our main force like mosquitoes that could not be driven away, sucking blood, and preventing our troops from going to Xining Prefecture to wash blood.
"It is better for Wang Yan's department to greet the guerrillas in Zongcheng in the east, so that there is no harassment, and our department can bloody Xining Prefecture as soon as possible."
This was the last time the Great General Manba replied to Zhuo Luolan.
At this point, Zhuo Luolan was dead and didn't have any hope for Manba. I had to be self-reliant, and I thought of the most beneficial tactics for the Southern Military Division on my own:
Now that Wang Yan has taken Zongcheng, the formed troops that can really threaten the main force of the Western Xia Army are being assembled. And the pig teammate is making a perfect divine assist to this plan of the god opponent, and the big oolong is expected to be staged soon.
But a while ago, Zhuo Luolan wrote to Xingqing Mansion to slander and smear the slander, but still did not reply.
Yes, in order not to lose the strategic initiative, Zhuo Luolan also fought hard, which was really a smear of endless politics and a fierce medicine. Even the heart-wrenching words such as "Manba remembers the clan without a hate" are also used in the letters.
According to Master Tai's suspicious urine, only in this way can the fool be driven out of the Hehuang battlefield as soon as possible and his command can be relieved. The removal of his command is equivalent to saving the lives of nearly 70,000 party children.
Zhuo Luolan didn't dare to say that he would finally defeat Shenji Yan, but Zhuo Luolan already knew Wang Yan's tactics and combat power, and at least he was sure not to make a big mistake and not lose all the money of the remaining 60,000-odd expeditionary army.
Somebody has everything. This is what the gods said.
People's biggest enemy is themselves, and the whole Baa pig teammates are equivalent to salvation, which is equal to the self-criticism and self-correction of the Western Xia army. This is also the theory of the gods.
Even though Shenjiyan was the greatest enemy of Western Xia, after several encounters on the southern front of Huangshui, Zhuo Luolan now believed in Shenjiyan's thoughts more than ever: he was a very great thinker, military strategist, and politician.
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Thinking of this, Zhuo Luolan hurriedly shook his head, objectively speaking, he needed to learn the advantages of the enemy, but he couldn't be too mythical and worshipful of the enemy.
For the schizophrenia, she looked strange, and the subordinate generals looked at each other, unaware of it.