On the fifth day of the first month of October, Chen Qushui's troops divided into two routes, all the way to the mouth of the Biqing River, and rushed all the way to Yangdu Port to load the soldiers in the eighth and seventh towns to board the ship. Bai Liyan and the others returned to Yangdu City that night and reported the results to Zhao Xun. When he saw Zhao Xun, he got the bad news of Ding Su's death.

"Ding Caidong ......"

"The incident on the twenty-first day of September, the news of Chenling was blocked, so it was sent to Yangdu two days ago."

When the words fell, Zhao Xun was gloomy and sad, and Bai Liyan said with pity:

"It's a shame that I couldn't give him a ride in the end."

Ding Su, Yao Sheng, Zhong Heng, Zhao Xun, Bai Liyan, were the same as the "Yin Yang Five Heroes", Jiangdong after the war, it should be said that they have all realized their life ambitions, and now Ding Su is suddenly gone, and Yin Yang Wujie has also begun the curtain call journey of their lives.

The atmosphere was silent for a moment, Zhao Xun restrained the sadness in his heart, and said after a little hiding the sadness on his face:

"How's the battle going in Jiangquan?"

Baili Yanmeng came back to his senses, took out a stack of photos from his arms and handed them over:

"This is the photo of Jiangquan City just developed this afternoon, the three city walls in the northeast and south have collapsed, the north and south wings of the guards have been killed and wounded more than 40,000 people, the casualties in the city are still unknown, and there are no casualties in Pingliu County. The results of Jiangquan alone are comparable to any major battle twenty years ago. ”

Bai Liyan said quickly, Zhao Xun looked at the photo and nodded:

"It's still a new weapon, now the morale of the town army is now soaring, and it seems that this battle will definitely be won."

What Zhao Shuai said was extremely true, but he was also worried that the armies would be too optimistic and underestimate the enemy. Du Ruixun is an extraordinary talent, and he still can't underestimate the strength of the guards. ”

"Well, Deputy Marshal Baili is reasonable, since ancient times, there are countless defeats of arrogant soldiers, and our army's victory is in weapons rather than wisdom and bravery, so it is not martial. Achieving such a big victory easily will inevitably breed arrogance and contempt for the enemy, so we should be careful to deal with it. If you board a boat tomorrow and cross the river, you must strictly restrain all the ministries and not cause chaos. ”

"Please rest assured that Zhao Shuai is determined to live up to his mission."

Optimism is not necessarily a good thing, it is not uncommon for machine guns and artillery to lose to burning sticks, the huge advantage brought by the generation difference in weapons cannot offset the essence of war is "human behavior", weapons are important, people are more important, and the optimism of the whole army cannot help but make Bai Liyan feel worried.

That night, in a simple mansion in the west of Jiangquan City, Du Ruixun's face was blue and expressionless. The artillery bombardment lasted for two days, destroying the Chengbei Zhishu and his official residence, and the Xian army bombarded the three city walls in the southeast, north and south, and he was forced to move to the west of the city to continue commanding.

Of course, the heavy artillery of the Xian army was enough to cover the whole city, and because of fears of accuracy and civilian casualties, Bailiyan did not shell the farther western city wall, and the western city was spared.

"General Du, Swordfish Beach, Hukou Bay, Iwan, and Dayandang were all bombarded by the Xian army for two consecutive days, and the Xianguo Navy is assembling and carrying soldiers in Yangdu Port, and it can cross the river and land tomorrow at the earliest, and the armies request to retreat and regroup."

Escort General Wang Xie said in a panic, and Du Ruixun asked in a deep voice:

"How many men and horses have the armies lost so far?"

"Roughly speaking, more than 67,000 people died in the Xian army, more than 45,000 were wounded, more than 16,000 escaped and went missing, and more than 110,000 casualties."

"That's amazing." Du Ruixun gritted his teeth and said, his tone was full of helplessness, and the next moment he asked again: "How is Wu Changshi's injury?" ”

"If it hurts the internal organs, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive tonight."

"Alas......" Du Ruixun let out a long sigh, and Xiao Suo said: "From the beginning, this was the plan of the Xian army!" ”

Wang Xie was puzzled and asked carefully:

"What does the general mean?"

"Xianguo has already had such combat power, but it is not secret, this is a deliberate lure of our country to expose its intentions, and then lure the main force of our army to the riverside, as for its earth-shattering fire to be completely annihilated, alas, ......" Du Ruixun slammed his fist on the table, and then said: "This battle was defeated, and the Xian army relied on the power of the earth-shattering fire to sweep westward and sweep the Central Plains, and since then it has established the hegemony of the Central Plains of Xianguo in one fell swoop." ”

"Why did the general say this, our army still has hundreds of thousands of elites, which is enough to compete with the Xian army."

"Hmph......" Du Ruixun said disheartenedly: "Our army still doesn't know how to fight with the Xian army. General Chuanben ordered that all the armies along the river retreat to the second line, and that the Xian army would report to us immediately if it landed. ”

"No!"

Du Ruixun was the first general of the Northern Expedition to the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson secretly used the overlord cannon, and the guards suffered heavy losses under the unpreparedness. Since then, therefore, the Guards have developed four guidelines for the emergence of "secret weapons" in various countries. The first is to find out the enemy's situation, the second is to avoid its edge, the third is to rain, and the fourth is to imitate it.

The first and second points are very easy to understand, and the third point is useful for most of the early hot weapons, as for imitating the weapons of the Xian army, it is simply impossible to defend the country on the cognitive and technical basis, and even the third point cannot be done.

However, the next day, on the sixth day of October, a light drizzle fell on both sides of Dekangan Province, adding a shadow to the Xian army that was about to land and fight. A warship full of soldiers of the Xian army slowly sailed away from the port, batches of empty ships docked in the port again, and loaded a new batch of soldiers on board, the rain became heavier in the afternoon, the temperature dropped severely, Baili Yan wore a hat and a coat to stand on the dock, and his heart could not help but start to worry. At this time, Zhou Kong rode a horse and came in the rain, and when he came to the front, he braked the reins and turned over and dismounted.

Bailiyan hurriedly stepped forward to help her:

"Why are you here, didn't you make you wait in the city?"

"The weather is suddenly cold, and the rain is heavy, I am worried that you will be drenched, so I will send you two robes."

As he spoke, Zhou Kong took a package from his belly under his robe, and Baili Yan took it and put it into his arms.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine, we'll see each other again in a few days."

"Du Ruixun withdrew the soldiers and horses, waiting for the rain, the new army is fighting for the first time, don't be careless."

"Well, I remember. The ship is about to leave, so hurry back. ”

Zhou Kong's face was wet with rain, but he couldn't hide the tears falling from his eyes. When Bailiyan boarded the boat, Zhou Kong wandered around the pier and looked at the back in the distance, and Bailiyan also stood at the stern of the boat and looked at her on the shore and waved goodbye.

When the warship sailed away from the dock for ten miles of water, Baili Yan boarded Chen Qu's flagship, and Xue Sheng had already boarded the ship first and waited in Chen Qu's captain's room.

"Xue Sheng see the deputy marshal."

"General Xue is exempt, please take a seat."

"Vice Marshal Xie."

Sitting down, Bai Liyan and Wei Qi said:

"Give me the map, go heat up a few more cans."

"No!"

The map is housed in a jujube red leather bucket about two and a half feet long and three and a half inches in diameter, which is easy to carry and waterproof. In addition, the Xianjun also distributed a satchel-style map bag, but the waterproof was poor, and it was used to store ordinary small-scale tactical maps, and the large-scale map drawing at the strategic campaign level was extremely troublesome and could not be printed in large quantities, so the treatment was naturally higher.

After some searching, he took out the map of Dekang County and spread it on the table, pointing to Hukou Bay, Bailiyan said slowly:

"According to the news I got this morning, the Hukou Bay Guards have broken up, and they should have retreated to the vicinity of the Huwei River to re-establish the defensive line, and the Swordfish Beach Guards have also abandoned the Jiangbank defense line and retreated to the second line.

Our army landed 20 miles north of Hukou Bay, 50,000 people have to go ashore, with the current weather, it will take two days at the earliest, only after our army has successfully landed and established a defensive line, the Feixiaqi military battalion and the labor battalion on the east bank will begin to build pontoon bridges, with the current weather, it may be difficult to build a pontoon bridge within four days, so our troops will hold on for at least five days after all landings, General Xue can understand. ”

"Rest assured, the deputy marshal will have no problem holding on for five days."

Xue Sheng assured that Bai Liyan was cautious:

"General Xue should not be taken lightly, although the guards were defeated by our army, they did not completely defeat them. At present, the heavy rain and the temperature have plummeted, which is not good for our soldiers and weapons, and if the guards come to attack us with absolute strength, the 50,000 new troops may not be able to withstand it. Previously, only the guard artillery was destroyed, and its overlord cannon has not yet appeared, and if its fish die and the net is broken, our army will inevitably fall into passivity. ”

More than 100,000 casualties were inflicted on the artillery bombardment for two consecutive days, and a battle with 100,000 casualties was nothing to the grain of agriculture under slavery, and because of the low level of social civilization and the lower cost of death, the loss of 100,000 people was not worth mentioning at all for the defense of the country with a population of more than 60 million.

But if it is a modern civilization, a battle with 100,000 casualties can basically bring down the government, put the cabinet in jail, bankrupt the treasury, and disgrace the country.

The current society is roughly the same as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, wearing a million armor is commonplace, because of the vast territory and huge potential of population carrying capacity, so the number of soldiers that can be mobilized in various countries is beyond imagination. It can be imagined that Qin unified China, and the population of Qin was only 3 million, but it could recruit 600,000 people to fight.

Although the political system of defending the country is far inferior to that of Qiang Qin, the comprehensive bearing capacity of the political, military, economic, and social aspects of losing 100,000 people is stronger than imagined, because the cost of the patriotic system is low.

As long as the grain and grass are enough, Wei Guo can let go of conscription, and Bai Liyan has no doubt that Wei Guo can recruit three million young adults to participate in the war within half a year.

However, since the current world has unique advantages, there must also be huge and unavoidable drawbacks, that is, the distance brought by the vast territory inhibits the logistics supply.

The Wei army has more than 1.5 million troops on the surface, and about 1.2 million on the western and eastern fronts, and it needs to recruit at least 7 million people, even if the convenience of Cao Yun can save manpower, but if it is transferred from the Wei Guo mainland, the span is less than 5,000 miles, it basically offsets the convenience brought by Cao Yun, so the Wei army relies more on the operation and supply of the old land of Sun Guo, so it also needs at least 7 million people to participate in the war.

The death of 100,000 people, 200,000 people and the death of 1 million people are just a number for the ruling class of the patriotic country, and under its existing political system, it is difficult to cause dissatisfaction and even rebellion in the lower society.

All in all, the Xian army has an absolute advantage in strength, but the cost of troops is much higher, Bai Liyan has no doubt that Du Ruixun has the idea of giving it a go, after all, from Du Ruixun's thinking perspective and under the patriotic system, the soldiers of the patriotic army are sufficient and can withstand casualties.

Xue Sheng greatly underestimated Du Ruixun's will and overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Xian army itself, and at the same time, he did not consider the gap between the advantages and disadvantages of the two countries' societies and systems from the perspective of guest officials and the overall background.

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