Chapter 696: Deduction
The next morning, Qingshuikou, the morning dew did not retreat.
More than 1,000 Han troops were harvesting reeds in the upper reaches of Qingshuikou to dry on the spot, which could be temporarily tied up as reed rafts for river crossing, and could also be made into fire rafts to launch fire attacks downstream.
It's just that in the middle of summer in July, the reeds by the river are boundless and verdant, although it is convenient to harvest, it is not easy to dry.
Biqiuxing, who was in charge of making the reed raft, climbed high and looked out, and could see that a small number of Wei military explorers were already active on the north bank of the upper reaches of the Qingshui River.
As the commander of the original Wei army's martial arts knights, Biqiu Xing also had some experience in the use of cavalry.
Naturally, it is clear that even if it is a new type of cavalry...... Nor can they rush to fight alone, or directly attack infantry formations.
Now it's just the scouts of the Xiao Cavalry Army who have arrived at Qingshuikou, and there is nothing to be afraid of.
Even if the whole cavalry army arrived, they would look for horses and garrison on the north bank of the river...... There's nothing to be afraid of.
No matter how many cavalry you have, you don't have a boat!
Even in order to save valuable horsepower, after the Xiao cavalry arrived at Qingshuikou, they did not dare to act at will...... Any action that consumes horsepower means that the combat effectiveness of the cavalry decreases.
If horsepower is exhausted due to rushing...... The Han infantry did not mind landing on the shore and capturing the precious war horses.
Therefore, Biqiu Xing was very normal and did not think so, and just sent people to report to Tian Yu and Ma Liang in the upstream.
This dispatch of more than 5,000 Han troops was already the largest transfer of the Wei army since its retreat to Hebei.
The distance between Qingshuikou and Liyang is also eighty miles, and when the Han army in Qingshuikou has not yet noticed the battleship group of Manzhong, the Yanjin Han army on the other side of Qingshuikou has already noticed it, so the beacons separated by five miles and seven miles are ignited.
When the wolf smoke rose into the air, full pet was concentrating on dining in the cabin.
Cao Lin, who was in the same warehouse, was a little confused, what happened in Ye Du had violated his three views, and he had not digested and accepted it, and then he 'reversed' to fight an encirclement war.
Could it be that Sun Zi's second son Sun Mi is the real dead?
Perhaps the coup d'Γ©tat in Yedu was also a suspicion deliberately arranged by the emperor to confuse the Han army and Beifu.
The emperor's health is getting weaker and weaker, and it is normal for the crown prince to supervise state affairs in advance.
It's just that at present, the Great Wei has the heaviest military power, so a little guidance, so that the prince and the generals and officials of the Chinese army can be firmly united and tied together, so as to facilitate the control of the situation in the future.
The prince's biggest flaw is his short qualifications, especially his lack of influence in the army, and the changes that occurred in Yedu have made up for the military prestige that the prince lacks.
It's hard to say, under the emperor's nose, a prince who can unite and mobilize the vast majority of the Chinese army to expel the emperor...... It sounds very deterrent, and for the current military officials, such a prince is more worthy of follow.
Cao Lin felt more and more that his reasoning was reasonable, and silently lamented that the emperor had good intentions.
Man Pet chewed slowly and ate the last beef ball, then wiped the corners of his mouth, and came to Cao Lin's side, Cao Lin was looking at the hanging map.
From the map marks of friend and foe, we can clearly see the deployment of military forces everywhere, it is precisely because of the full pet of the naval division warships stationed in Liyang, Yanzhou Mumaliang's state governance from Puyang to Kaifeng.
Counting Kaifeng County, which belongs to Henan Yin, is one of the easternmost counties in Henan Yin, and is next to Chenliu County of Chenliu County.
Puyang is located in the main traffic route, just within a hundred miles downstream of Liyang, and the favored Liyang garrison directly threatens the safety of Puyang.
Yanzhou already has a serious population loss, and it is impossible for Ma Liangzi to forcibly set up the state in Puyang in order to fight for face...... This is not only dangerous, but will also increase military expenditures, which is tantamount to adding insult to injury for Yanzhou, which is in urgent need of recuperation.
Therefore, the influence of the Liyang garrison was so great that Yanzhou abandoned the rich and fertile fields along the Yellow River and migrated further south. It also caused the floating population in Yanzhou to gather in the Chenliu area, and only by gathering together can military expenditures be reduced.
Man Zhong thought that Cao Lin was analyzing the possible situation on the battlefield, so he spoke: "Your Highness, the Han army on the south bank has been warned again and again, and it can be seen that the enemy brigade has been ambushed. β
"Well, if Lone also thinks like this, he is afraid that the Han army will flee upstream."
Cao Lin stretched out his finger and lightly touched dozens of miles northwest of Ji County, where the Wei State set up a Diannong Zhonglang General in the Jian'an period, and the level was higher than that of the county-level Diannong Captain, and there were a large number of soldiers and Tuntianke around the entire Ji County.
These soldiers and tuntian guests were mainly adapted from the defeated soldiers of high-ranking cadres and the powerful tribes who had rebelled in the past, or they were captured displaced people and disaster victims, who were confined to the tuntian area and restricted from forced labor.
In Sima Yi's military reform plan, such a tuntian area was directly changed to a town soldier tunshu area, which was directly under the jurisdiction of the town guard general, and severely cracked down on the powerful and officials who encroached on the land and property of the tuntian area and the tuntian guests.
Therefore, Ji County is the main military food supply point in the eastern part of Hanoi County, and because of the convenient water transportation, it is also a material transfer node.
If the Han army entering Qingshuikou learned that the back road was cut off, and then marched against the trend and attacked Jixian and Tuntian districts, then the hidden danger of the lone army going deep into the grain shortage could be solved immediately.
In Tuntian District, due to the problem of historical accumulation, there are no strong fortifications in the strongholds, and even the distribution of weapons is pitiful; Ji County, which is stationed in Tun materials, has naturally undergone several small-scale repairs and reinforcements, which is far better than ordinary county seats.
If the Han army seized the materials and manpower of Tuntian District, and then forcibly drove the manpower of Tuntian District to storm Ji County...... In the face of such tragic casualties, the already small defenders in Ji County are very likely to choose to flee or surrender.
The Han army got the fortified city of Ji County, materials, and manpower in Tuntian District, and the Wei army wanted to attack it...... It's not easy.
Such an important stronghold on the north bank as Jixian must not be ceded to the Han army, once the Han army gains a foothold, the territory of Wei within 500 miles of the surrounding area will fall into turmoil; In order to suppress the negative effects, the Wei army had to send at least three times as many garrisons to suppress the negative effects.
Military strength is national strength, and this is a loss.
So the best solution is to mobilize more troops, besiege Jixian, and annihilate or expel the Han army.
But in this case, when the Han army saw that the Wei army moved on a large scale to besiege Ji County, it would definitely attack from all sides to contain the Wei army's mobile forces and rescue the besieged Han army in Ji County.
In terms of the morale of the Han army and the morale of the generals, it is impossible to give up the besieged Han army in Jixian County, and they will definitely fight the Wei army to the end.
In that case, the situation will spiral out of control...... At least, this kind of war cannot break out this year, the turmoil in Yedu just now needs time to be calmed down, and Sima Yi's Youyun Six Towns need to be gradually mobilized.
When the war started in the second half of this year, the entire Great Wei was passive and could not be fully mobilized.
Only by delaying it until the end of next year, or the year after, can we make all preparations and confront the Han army...... Without the intervention of Tian Xin and Beifu soldiers, a fair and just battle was fought on the battlefield.
Taking into account all aspects of the country, we cannot sit idly by and watch the loss of Jixian County at present, which is the worst result of the war.
The best result was that the Han army stubbornly wanted to go back to the south bank through Qingshuikou...... In this way, it can be easily defeated and completely annihilated.
In the middle case, after replenishing supplies in Ji County, the Han army continued to march westward, walked south to Houjia, went straight to the Yellow River, crossed the river on the north bank of Aocang, and broke away from the pursuit of the Wei army.
Cao Lin was worried about this and consulted Manzhong.
And full of spoils...... disagreed: "With the pedantry of the Han army, how can it be possible to force the people to attack the fortified city?" With the urgency of Fancheng back then, Guan Yunchang and Tian Xiaoxian did not dare to do so. Ma Ji is often rotten, and not so. β
A cool official can't say much nice things.