After listening to Shang Cheng's tactical concept of "the guards light cavalry take the initiative to attack and burn the war to the grassland", Zhang Shao immediately agreed. As Shang Cheng's military assistant and the highest military chief of staff of Yanshanwei, in recent times, he has been repeatedly thinking about how to reverse the current military passive situation faced by Yanshan, but because of long-term inertial thinking, his thinking has been stuck in judging the enemy's offensive direction and strengthening and improving the defense system of the Zhao army. So he hid clumsily at several military meetings and did not throw out his ideas. Of course, now he won't even mention his idea of "taking the initiative" that he has agreed to negotiate is obviously much more clever and affordable than his "passive defense"!

However, as a qualified staff officer, he still cautiously raised some questions, such as how to solve the logistics supply of the Zhao army.

"Each person carries thirty pounds of dry food. The deficiencies are solved on the spot. ”

Zhang Shao immediately pointed out that 30 catties of dry food was not enough.

"It's really not enough, but you can get food behind enemy lines." Shang Cheng patiently explained, "This is a small-scale short strike, a retaliatory action against all targets on the grassland, so the mission cycle should be due to the time when the Turks receive the news and judge the intentions of our army, complete the mobilization and tactical build-up." Taking our army's Wanjian Post as a reference, and taking into account the special situation on the grassland, then within three to five days after our army's action, the Turks should be able to get the news that our army is moving at the same time on the Yandong and Yanzhong roads, judge the scale of our army's dispatch and combat intentions within five to eight days, readjust the deployment within eight to ten days, complete the assembly and reconnaissance within 15 to 20 days, and only launch a counterattack after 20 days. Therefore, within 15 days, our army will be generally safe, and the entire operation should also be planned according to this time. Fifteen days of blows, even if the time for retreat is twenty-five days, even if one person does not have enough food for thirty catties, the gap will not be too big. ”

Zhang Shao nodded in approval of Shang Cheng's analysis. Yes, the dry food is not enough, and the soldiers can eat the captured cattle and sheep; Even if there are no cattle and sheep, there are yellow sheep and hares running around the grassland; Even the worst can kill horses to satisfy hunger......

He asked another question: what if the attacking team met a large force of the enemy? For example, what should I do if I happen to meet a big tent soldier who has formed a formation?

"There is such a possibility. Our army operates in battalions, and if it encounters a large tent of formation, there is a possibility that the troops will be defeated, defeated, or even dispersed or annihilated. Shang Cheng does not shy away from such situations. It was with this in mind that he handed over the task of attacking to Sun Zhongshan's brigade and Fan Quan's brigade, not only because their station happened to be on the border. He trusted these two teams, both of which were the elite of the Yanshan Guard, the officers were not afraid of death, the non-commissioned officers were not afraid of death, the officers and soldiers dared to fight, and the combat effectiveness was no worse than that of the elite big tent soldiers; Taking into account the three factors of equipment, training, and battlefield discipline, under the same conditions, he believes that the combat effectiveness of these two teams is even higher than that of the big tent soldiers. He was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "Our army took the initiative to attack, in addition to the intention of delaying the enemy's movement and blocking the flames of battle outside Yanshan, but also to find out the movement of the main force of the Turks and survey the route along the way. In order to achieve these tactical goals, it is acceptable to pay a certain price. ”

Zhang Shao didn't say anything more, just nodded silently. He leaned back on the bamboo couch, a cup of warm tea in his hand, his eyes half-closed, and his brow wrinkled nervously as he pondered the joints of the plan.

He suddenly realized a problem that he had just ignored. Seven cavalry battalions were to be dispatched into the grassland in the direction of Liuzhen, but Sun Zhongshan's brigade was only seven battalions when it was full, and there were only three cavalry battalions, where did the other four battalions come from? Even if the garrison of Liuzhen and the border army of Guangliangzhai can still piece together a battalion and a half of cavalry, there is a huge gap in strength......

Could it be that Shang Cheng made a mistake in his calculations? The thought flashed through his mind, and he denied it. After thinking about it, he asked, "Where are you going to transfer troops to stay in the town?" ”

"From Yanzhou and Beizheng." Shang Cheng said with a smile, "Yanzhou and Yanbian transferred three cavalry battalions, and the third brigade of Beizheng Qian transferred one. Qian Laosan's soldiers passed from the old Tang Dynasty, and they can also check the condition of the road after repair. After a pause, he added, "If you agree to this plan, in the next two days, let's carefully sum it up again to see if there are any omissions, and then we will follow the rules and regulations in Liuzhen and Duanzhou." I am going to summon Sun Zhongshan back and explain to him in person some details to pay attention to; The generals of the various ministries involved in the operation, as well as local officials, will also be present. The distance from Duanzhou is far away, and everything over there will be left to Li Shen to do. ”

Zhang Shao picked up the cup and drank water, his eyes flickered and stared at Shang Cheng from above the rim of the cup, and he looked away for a moment and said faintly: "Seven battalions will be dispatched to Liuzhen, if only four battalions are used; The direction of staying in the town should be hit to the junction of the Luhe River and the black water, if its direction only allows it to hit the Baiyu River Valley, one goes deep into the grassland for more than 300 miles, and the other only enters the grassland for 100 miles. ”

Shang Cheng stroked his palms and smiled: "I knew that after all, I couldn't hide it from you." His bottomless eyes stared at Zhang Shao tightly, and he said word by word: "Yes, I am giving the king of Donglu Valley a trap!" He stood up, paced back and forth in the room twice, stopped his steps, turned back and said, "Jixian, have you thought about it, since May and June, we have been trying to deduce the deployment of the troops and the plan of the Turpents, what about the king of Donglu Valley?" He keeps sending people to the beacons everywhere to test us, isn't he scouting and judging us? He's also making a judgment! He must find the weakest place in the three southbound passages of Ruqi, Liuzhen, and Lankou, so that he can extract the greatest benefits! ”

"Then you're going to help him make that judgment?"

"That's right! In this attack on the grassland, Sun Zhongshan's department and Qian Lao's three divisions had to raise their banners and unmistakably tell the Tuqi people that the elite of Yanshan was in the nearest town to Yanzhou, and let them carefully avoid this direction when they went south! ”

"But Li Shen's seven brigades have been deployed in Yandong for more than half a year, and it is impossible for the king of Donglu Valley not to know about this situation." Zhang Shao said, "Just a banner and a few hundred cavalry, he will never fall for this." ”

"The plan is to go in a few steps. Sending troops to the grassland is the first step, and the brigades of the right army make a feint to Yanzhou in turn, making a gesture of moving closer to Yanzhong, which is the second step......"

Zhang Shao shook his head with a deep groan, and said, "Zida, you can't underestimate this Donglu Valley King. This man is meticulous and extremely proficient in military affairs, making him a difficult opponent to deal with. Your arrangement may surprise him and may make him scramble, but I don't think he will fall into the trap easily. We have a small number of troops, and at most we can only delay their movements, and the direction of attack and the route to the south should not be adjusted too much. He closed his eyes, combed through all the military intelligence reports he had received since June, lowered his eyelids, and said in a deep voice, "I think the enemy is most likely to go down from Liangchuan to Beizheng." Conquer Beizheng, threaten Duanzhou to the west, and attack Yixian County nearby to the south, and use the grain baggage of the Nanguan battalion in Yixian County to enrich military resources......"

"That's what I thought, too. The people of Tuqi are salivating over the grain in Yi County. Either the king of Donglu Valley will not come, or he will definitely fight Yandong when he comes. Shang Cheng said with a smile. He walked over and refilled Zhang Shao's empty cup with half-warm tea, poured himself another cup, sat down on the drum stool next to the couch with the bowl, and continued, "If he doesn't come this year, he will definitely come for a trip next year." He groped for the red scar on his cheek that was hot from excitement, his eyes were shining, and said, "Spring on the grassland is a few days later than ours here, so let's take advantage of this time to give him a first strike!" If he wants to come to fight Yi County, he will inevitably raise the flag in the grassland in the east and gather troops, and the rest of the places will be naturally empty, so I will take this opportunity to personally lead the army to send troops from Liuzhen to the grassland, and the troops will be directed at Mogan and Heishui City! One by one, you say, in this way, will the king of Donglu Valley save his summer tent first, or will he fight Yixian first? ”

Zhang Shao had already heard it, and when he asked coldly, he said casually: "Heishui City is an important stronghold of the left flank of Tu Ku Ci, and it is also the location of the Black Feather Tent of the King of Donglu Valley, of course he has to save Heishui City first...... "Is Shang Cheng saving Zhao in Wei Wei?" Not like; Encirclement for reinforcements? Even less likely; What is the purpose of such a rigorous and well-laid out workable chess?

"At this time, the seven brigades of the right army entered the grassland from Ruqizhai again......"

Zhang Shao exclaimed: "The four parts of the left of the mountain!" You're going to deal with the four parts of the mountain! ”

Shang Cheng smiled and nodded.

Zhang Shao took off the thin quilt on his legs, jumped to the table with two steps cross-legged, unfolded the map and lay on it to patrol back and forth, and punched the case for a long time, the inkstone pen holder and the paperweight silver kettle suddenly shook back and forth, and roared in a dumb voice:

"It's done! This time, if the four parts of the left side of the mountain are to die, I will write the words upside down! ”

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