Chapter 886: The merits are clear
(Seeing that some book friends pointed out that the recent chapters are too protracted, Xiao Zhuge wants to explain two sentences, although this period of time has received a lot of external factors, but when writing is still full of effort, the innovation of Yandi's two-year strategy mentioned above has always been just a general concept, and it is necessary to gradually show it when narrating the war, these two years are of decisive significance to Liu Yi, and will also lay the most solid foundation for him, which requires more pen and ink.)
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At the time of the two major battles in Qingzhou, Hanzhong, Liu Yi sat in Yecheng and watched the changes in the battle situation, and after his strength developed to a certain extent, as a superior person, he only needed to take a closer look, and everything must be the end of Zhuge Liang. How repetitive and complicated the affairs of a country are, let alone one Liu Yi, even ten of them are difficult for him to cover everything. As an emperor, as long as it is not a faint monarch, it must be one of the hardest jobs in the world, and this most promising profession is also the most likely to cause overwork.
When he got the news of Cao Cao's raid on Hanzhong, Liu Yi had the idea of going to meet it in person, although he had the reputation of winning a hundred battles, but he never directly defeated the strongest opponent in this life in a head-to-head duel, both sides of the two battles in Xuzhou and Yanzhou can only be said to be evenly divided, and in the battle of Sizhou, Cao Mengde also calculated Liu Yi once by instigating the Han and Zhang coalition forces, it seems that Lang Sheng has been calculating others since he came to this world, and it is the first time that he has been mobilized by the opponent like this! From a strategic point of view, he has already lost that time, only by dealing with it properly and the ability of his subordinates can he be blessed with misfortune, and luck can be expected, but it must not wait! In the face of other princes, Liu Yi can occupy a psychological advantage, but this biggest opponent has always fought against him!
However, after a little thought, this idea was categorically given up by him, Zhang Hu knows how much ability he has, maybe in the battle formation command Liu Yi can give full play to the maximum combat power of the soldiers, but the first battle of Hanzhong also involves the coordination with the new Zhang Lu, in which Zhang Hu's thoughtfulness and meticulousness will play a great role! From the topographical point of view, Hanzhong is the northwest frontier after all, and now Liu Yi's strategic focus is on winning the Central Plains, how can he leave here lightly as the commander-in-chief? Another reason is psychological, Liu Yi is never willing to be passively restrained by Cao Cao!
Two days after the Battle of Qingzhou, Zhao Yun and Guo Jiajiaxu rushed to the front line, and made an in-depth summary of the previous battle with the commanders of the five main forces. The casualties of the Longxiang battalion in just one day and one night reached more than 16,000 people, and the number of the Agni Army was roughly the same, according to the battle situation, the damage of the Cao army should be around 40,000, of which the Qingzhou battalion alone should not be less than 30,000, which has accounted for 30% of the total strength, even if it is not a big injury, it is also a broken nerve, which is extremely beneficial to the next battle of Yanzhou, and the Yan army is not without gains!
In addition, in the two-year strategy, Liu Yi and the people, Xingzhi and a series of changes in the military camp have also been best tested in this desperate battle, and the combat strength of the Yan army and the physical fitness of the soldiers have improved a lot compared with two years ago, and the two complement each other. The concept of nutrition put forward by Yan Wang has indeed achieved good results after a long period of practice, of course, this is also inseparable from the prosperity and prosperity of the states of Youzhou, now each soldier five months of food cost is more than ten years ago, the lack of material base is simply difficult to bear, and this advantage will become more and more obvious with the passage of time and the popularization of the people.
The battle of Qingzhou is only the prelude to Liu Yi's victory in the Central Plains, and it is also the first part of the carefully planned Qingyan Campaign, and the next battle of Yanzhou is the core of the entire war, as long as the Yan army can capture the hinterland of the Central Plains in one fell swoop, Yuzhou Jingzhou is under the threat of a million troops in the north at any time, and Liu Yi will be in an extremely advantageous strategic position in the duel with Cao Cao, so although this battle was not completely annihilated in the forbidden Qingzhou battalion, but Zhao Yun and the two military advisors still gave Xu Huang and the two generals great praise, The morale of the army cannot be abolished when the war is imminent, that is, King Yan must be the same advocate here, of course, the efforts of the soldiers of the two armies are also obvious to all!
As for the responsibility for failing to achieve the strategic goal, Zhao Yun did not mention anything, his focus had already reached the next battle of Yanzhou, and he had made up his mind to attribute all the responsibility to his own ineffective command, and it had nothing to do with the generals and soldiers of the various armies who fought hard and marched with all their might! Guo Jiajia and Jia Xu both of them are extremely appreciative of this, daring to take responsibility is what the commander does, although he is sure in his heart that King Yan will never blame the three generals for the mistakes of this battle, but even if he is a subordinate, he must show the attitude that he should have if he is a brother, and he will naturally bear more burden in a high position!
The battle of Qingzhou has a variety of congenital deficiencies for the Yan army, but this does not become a reason for Zilong to forgive himself, the eldest brother is so trusted, and almost the elite of the entire army has been assembled in his hands, he should be able to do what others can't do. From the battle of Zhao Wuxian Liu Xin against Xu Chu Cao Zhang to the arrival of Tai Shi Ci Beiping Army was only an hour apart, and the subsequent Gaoshun Liaodong Army and Gao Lan Agni Army also arrived at the battlefield within two hours, it is conceivable that if the two soldiers can block the enemy for one more hour, this battle will be a complete victory, and the difference in this hour is completely two concepts, and it has also caused Zhao Yun more regrets, maybe a certain detail he can fight for decisive time if he does it in place, Whether there are any deficiencies in the deployment of troops by themselves still needs to be self-reflected.
The generals of the Yan Army usually get along with each other tacitly, but when it comes to wartime, they do not give in, Xu Huang and Zhang He are close friends, but they are red in the face of military merit, Liu Yi rarely dissuades this, and for soldiers, military merit is the greatest affirmation, how can a general who does not dare to grab merit stand alone? However, this time it was completely reversed, Tai Shici, Gao Shun, and Gao Ran blamed themselves for not marching fast enough, and failed to arrive in time to give strong support to their comrades, while Xu Huang and Liyi were reviewing their mistakes in using troops.
The generals rushed to take responsibility is by no means a few words, for the operation under the bad weather conditions they also put forward a lot of their own experience, the Yan army's drill outline is not without this aspect of the exercise, but the intensity is not perfect enough, and many of the exercises that concentrate the wisdom of the people still show certain flaws in the actual combat. It is inevitable that there will be mistakes in the battle array, but how to avoid mistakes requires everyone to seriously summarize them.
In the face of the generals rushing to take on the responsibility of this battle, Zhao Yun showed a rare toughness, the responsibility is not in the people, the second sergeant of Longxiang Agni Fire fought desperately to kill is also a meritorious man, and he should also be rewarded, in addition, Liu Xin and a battalion of Beiping soldiers led by Zhao Wuxian also made war achievements, no matter what the outcome is, they are the first to rush to reinforcements after all, and the battle between the two and the tiger idiot Huang Xu'er also inspired the morale of the Yan army.
Needless to say, this matter is under Zilong's insistence, but the review of the battle is extremely meticulous, where the successes and mistakes, all of them must be discussed and written into the battle report to the king of Yan, in the future war, he and his comrades must avoid the recurrence of this kind of mistake. For example, the serious shortage of the number of medical battalions caused by such a large-scale battle is one of the main points summarized by everyone, although the Langzhong who were guarded by the doctors and the surrounding forced conscripts went all out, but there were still many wounded soldiers who died because they did not receive timely diagnosis and treatment, which would not only be the loss of the Yan army's combat strength, but also had a great impact on the morale of its army. There will never be a big war of this scale, and while ensuring that its own combat strength is strong, it is also necessary to take into account the ability of the soldiers to fight for a long time!
In this meeting, everyone put forward a lot of suggestions for the operation of the large corps, which directly contributed to the later setting up of various military engineer battalions, and also made Liu Yi think about the role of multi-arms cooperation in the war again, and made a new army different from all the previous Han armies in the Yan army!