Chapter 077: The Sixteenth Army Returns to Liaodong (2)
As the coalition army under Zhao Zongwu that arrived in Liaodong at the fastest speed, the Horqin Forward Command can be said to have consumed a large number of supplies.
War is all about money!
If there is any one of the two sides that has various internal problems because of the lack of foundation, then this side will be the first to lose.
Judging from the current situation, the victory or defeat in the Horqin region is the key to determining the wrestling between the forces of Zhao Zongwu and Daishan.
However, such a summary is not comprehensive.
The battle in the Horqin region, no matter how fierce it erupted, would eventually be just the beginning of the struggle between the forces of Zhao Zongwu and Dai Shan.
On a long front, summoning the troops and horses under his command for an emergency movement with a state of first-class combat alert is in itself an extremely testing thing.
Around the town of Thistle.
Ma Shilong stared at the battle documents in front of him with a solemn expression, since receiving the first-level combat guard sent by the Nine Border Marshal's Mansion, as the chief military officer of Jizhen, he has never slept a single sleep, and he is thinking about how to coordinate the army under his command to go to Liaodong at the fastest speed!
However, for Ma Shilong, the legion under his command is not his original legion, according to the documents distributed by the Nine Border Marshal's Mansion, the farthest distance of his legion belongs to Taiyuan Town, as a key army to Liaodong in the second echelon, Ma Shilong's department must go to the overall situation.
The vanguard was the Horqin Forward Command headed by Mao Wenlong.
According to the current progress, Geng Zhongming's department, Liu Xingbang's department, and Dong Yongwen's department have successfully arrived at Jizhen, but Wang Guoliang's department is still a day away from Jizhen.
Because Liaodong Cheng announced that the political envoy department has fully entered the first-level combat guard, this makes the whole situation in the territory of Liaodong Cheng's political envoy department have undergone earth-shaking changes.
If this foundation cannot be laid, then it will inevitably affect the overall offensive against Jiannu in the future, so the burden on Ma Shilong is very heavy!
In order to solve a series of problems that his troops would encounter after arriving at the Chengxuan Political Envoy Department in Liaodong, Ma Shilong found Geng Zhongming, Liu Xingbang, and Dong Yongwen, three corps commanders, and Mo Youjing, Wang Zegu, and Jiang Yingzhao, three corps envoys, to discuss the next strategic deployment together.
"According to the news from the Horqin Forward Command, its department has successfully marched to the Horqin region, and in the next three days, there will be a conflict against Jiannu, and according to the news from the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion, at this moment, the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion is in the territory of Xuanfu Town, and our department, as the key to connecting the previous and the next, must rush to Liaodong Chengxuan Political Envoy Division as soon as possible!" Ma Shilong looked at the generals in front of him with a stern expression, and spoke in a sonorous tone about the current situation.
For Zhao Zongwu, although he has made his ambitions clear, for the existing Ming Dynasty, is to have the idea of overthrowing, but the current general trend, there is still part of the Ming Dynasty, although he is going to Liaodong this time to fight with Jiannu, but the general who leads the troops abroad, especially his identity is still very special, is a rare leader of the Ming Dynasty, so what about this capital he enters? Or not?
Although it is said that the current capital is not in power by the high-ranking Ninety-Five Emperor in the Forbidden City, but sometimes, it is better not to be caught by others!
The higher it gets, the lower public opinion must be!
It is also because of this consideration that Ma Shilong led his legions to Liaodong in advance to make corresponding deployments.
Also for Zhao Zongwu, such a large-scale mobilization of troops and horses is really the first time in so many years.
So there are a lot of scruples in this.
Because you are a little careless, even before your army has been drawn to Liaodong, there will be turmoil in this place, which will be a great catastrophe in the era when information technology is still unclear.
Geng Zhongming said: "Ma Shuai, what instructions does the current Grandpa Guo have for our department?" ”
Since Zhao Zongwu created this army in Guangning, more than ten years of uninterrupted control have made Zhao Zongwu have a very high degree of control over this army.
Although it is said that the Chinese Army has expanded rapidly in recent years, this has not reduced Zhao Zongwu's control over the Chinese Army in the slightest, and the successive establishment of the War College and the Guanlong Military Academy has made the middle and low-level officers of the Chinese Army all come from the short- and medium-term crash courses created by the two departments.
Coupled with the generals that Zhao Zongwu has cultivated in other places over the years, his control over the Huaxia Army has increased year by year.
There is also a group of generals who began to follow Zhao Zongwu from a weak stage, after so many years of development, although their status in the army has been continuously enhanced, but on the other hand, the respect for Zhao Zongwu is also increasing year by year, which is also the reason why Zhao Zongwu is assured of the Chinese Army.
Ma Shilong said: "According to the handsome order conveyed by the grandfather of the country two days ago, no matter how the situation of all parties changes, if our department wants to open Liaodong, we must wait until the four departments (Geng Zhongming's department, Liu Xingbang's department, Dong Yongwen's department, and Wang Guoliang's department) all return to Jizhen, otherwise we must honestly wait for the unarrived legions to come to Jizhen." ”
Ma Shilong didn't speculate about Zhao Zongwu's deep thoughts, but since their father-in-law issued this handsome order, they had to obey it unconditionally.
In fact, according to Zhao Zongwu's planning and deployment, after Ma Shilong's troops arrived, his troops would take the fleet group of the Huaxia Navy and rush to Liaodong with the news of absolute blockade.
Because Ma Shilong's department is Zhao Zongwu's killer weapon, Zhao Zongwu did not explain it from the beginning, for fear that this killer feature would be exposed, so he conveyed to Ma Shilong that his ministry would open the Liaodong Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, and serve as the advance army to stabilize the Liaodong Chengxuan Political Envoy Division.
The soldier is treacherous.
All of this seems to be unreasonable, but in fact there are many hidden reasonable points in between.
Liu Xingzuo nodded and said: "Since Grandpa Guo has ordered our army to stabilize the situation after all the troops return to Jizhen, and then go to Liaodong to declare the political envoy to stabilize the situation, then our army cannot disobey Grandpa Guo's order." ”
As a staunch hawkish representative under Zhao Zongwu, there are a large number of subordinates under his command who are determined to convince him.
In addition to the two common military general groups of the ancestral line and the Liu lineage, there are also the two major military general groups of the Yuan Cong system and the Phi Dao lineage, which are absolutely under the orders of Zhao Zongwu.
In addition to the above-mentioned factions, there are also many factions.
It's just that the distinction between these factions is only for those who have ambitions, mainly Zhang Weixian, who made these things in order to grasp the power under Zhao Zongwu and win over the generals under his command.
And within Zhao Zongwu's command, he didn't pay attention to the distinction between these factions at all.
Everything about them is based on their own strength, if you are tough enough, then you are the best, if you are not tough enough, then sorry, you stand back!
And under Zhao Zongwu's conscious shaping, the generals under his command did not pay attention to the distinction between these factions at all, and it can be said that there had been before, but under Zhao Zongwu's severe punishment, those who had these ideas of grouping had to be completely cut off.
In the early stage of the development of the force, if there is such an internal struggle and the precious resources are wasted on internal friction, then the force will not have a long-term development.
As for the victory in Huaxia, if there is no infighting, this is another strange phenomenon.
It's just that each stage must have things that should be in each stage, and things beyond this stage are all abnormal.
"Of course Ben Shuai knows this in his heart." Ma Shilong said with a smile: "This time the commander called you over, that is, in the process of our army rushing to Liaodong, if we say that we have encountered all kinds of troubles, how should our army deal with it, and now form a general plan, which has the necessary benefits for our army to enter Liaodong in the future!" ”
As a general at the level of a general officer, Ma Shilong's idea is obviously ahead of his time, and he can avoid a lot of big troubles.
Dong Yongwen responded: "Ma Shuai's strategy is excellent, he can greatly reduce some unnecessary waste caused by our army when it goes to Liaodong." ”
For such a concept, Geng Zhongming, Liu Xingbang, Mo Youjing, Wang Zegu, and Jiang Yingzhao also agree with this concept.
But just when the generals wanted to discuss in depth, a handwritten expedited appointment order from Zhao Zongwu was delivered.
Because of the unconventional battles that appeared one after another in the Horqin region, Zhao Zongwu, who was far away in Xuanfu Town, decided to cover up the killer weapon he wanted to use as quickly as possible.
Although the Wang Guoliang Department said that it had not yet arrived in Jizhen, the army would still be delayed for a while after all, so after Ma Shilong and their leading troops were secretly transported, the Wang Guoliang Department would also happen to rush to Jizhen.
Although it is said that this kind of strength of the marching mode will inevitably cause irreversible casualties among the soldiers under his command, because the killer feature of Ma Shilong's department is too important, it is also bearable to say that some appropriate casualties can be sustained.
This is also the key point why Zhao Zongwu hesitated in the first place, but the situation in front of him has changed, and he must be ruthless.
When Ma Shilong really saw the thoughts of his grandfather, his heart was full of shock, because this order was only opened by him, so he didn't let others see the content of it, and at the same time, his heart was full of emotion.
Death for a confidant.
Since his grandfather trusts him so much, he must not live up to his grandfather's trust in him!