Chapter 263 Yanzhou Secret Talk III
Lin Chong did not deliberately correct the judgment of the Seed Master, but explained his thoughts and facts as clearly as possible. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Lin Chong assured that after the start of the war, not only would the Wild Wolf Army have 3,000 soldiers, but also more than half of the cavalry, the infantry and logistics would all be mules and horses, and the materials stored by the army could ensure the expenses of the 15th day.
With such strong mobility and logistical support, even if they were ambushed by ten times the strength of the party members, they could hold out for more than 10 days. If you don't want to hold on, you only need to concentrate your forces on one point to forcibly break through, and the party members will definitely not be able to stop it.
In the end, Lin Chong even half-jokingly said, "Old Minister, if your mobility ability can keep up, I want to use it as bait to lure the main force of the party to capture the living army and the elite iron harriers, and try to lure them to the designated position to entangle." If you concentrate your superior forces to encircle them, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop, the battle will be much easier. ”
This bold idea made the old seed excited, and if it was possible to annihilate or severely damage either of these two forces, he was willing to try.
Over the past 100 years of the Northwest Campaign, regardless of victory or defeat, the Dangxiang Capture Army and the Iron Harrier Army have been the enemies that the Western Army is most unwilling to face.
The party soldiers are strong and strong, coming and going like the wind, whether it is a siege or a field battle, they often do not give the Song army time to react. In particular, he liked to carry out interspersed operations, harassing the transportation lines of the Song army, and sometimes even penetrating more than 200 miles into the hinterland, and looked down on the combat effectiveness of the Song army at all.
The Song army was miserable because of this, because it was impossible to escort it with heavy troops all year round, so once the transportation was interrupted, at most reinforcements would be sent. However, the party members had a premeditated encirclement and reinforcements, which caused heavy losses to the Song army.
In previous battles, some people have also imagined gathering and annihilating them once and for all. But either the timing was wrong, or the Song army was difficult to take on the big task, and in the end, he not only lost his wife, but also lost a lot of soldiers.
Therefore, Lin Chong's idea is not very new, not only his hard conditions are too good, but he also dares to take responsibility. If the war starts in a month, maybe this dream of the Western Army will really be realized.
Lao Chong pondered for a moment and said, "It's good that there are a thousand people in the Iron Harrier, and there is no one to mobilize them except Li Qianshun." As for the captive army, there were a total of 50,000 on the border, of which about 40,000 were holding the city defenses, distributed in 12 walled cities of all sizes, and there were about 10,000 mobile troops. ”
It turned out that the boss was worried that Lin Chong was surrounded by the party army with 10,000 people, but there were a total of 300,000 troops in the country, and 50,000 people were pressed on the border alone, and Li Qianshun was really willing to spend his blood.
Lin Chongzheng complained that such a barren country as the party could afford to raise 50,000 border troops, and the planter gave him a glance and gave him a popular science.
The capturing army, as the name suggests, is a force that captures the living, which is the Western Xia's war with war. These armies did not attack cities and expand their territory, but plundered a large number of people from the northwest of the Song Dynasty to the northwest to raise horses, cattle and sheep. Of course, the Tubo and Gaochang Uighurs would not let go, and even the steppe tribes in the western part of the Liao State were also within the scope of their plunder.
Second, the party can't afford to support it, and the Khitan, a big financier, can just keep leftovers, which is enough for Li Qianshun to eat and drink spicy food. Moreover, in the Khitan, he consciously instigated the party to harass the Great Song Dynasty, so that the Great Song Dynasty has been carrying tens of millions of huge military spending.
Third, many of the captive armies were transformed from tribal armies, grazing in peacetime and controlling the strings in wartime. This greatly relieved Li Qianshun's financial pressure.
At the same time, in order to elevate his status in front of Yelu Yanxi, he deliberately declared to Yelu Yanxi that 100,000 elites were guarding the Great Song Dynasty. In fact, there are only 50,000 Tuntian captive troops, and there are hundreds of thousands of rewards from the Khitan every year.
"Oh! It turned out that this was the plan, Li Qianshun was quite good at superficial articles! ”
The seed master touched his beard and asked, "Don't care what he does, are you sure that you can break through this 50,000 army?" "The planter is not greedy, and he can earn a little if he can gnaw a little.
Not to mention 50,000 troops and 12 cities, if you can take three or two cities and destroy more than 10,000 enemies, it can be regarded as a great victory. As long as there is a big victory, the official family has a bright face, Tong Guan will not return empty-handed, and he and the prestige of the family can go to the next level.
At that time, even if Tong Guan had the intention to split up the Western Army, he was afraid that it would not be easy to do it. Otherwise, if you pick a pick, this big victory will fly. For Tong Guan, who is eager to make merit, whether he can be promoted to the national prince is in this battle, and most of them will not cause extraneous branches.
"Twelve cities, 50,000 soldiers and horses, if you want to take all twelve cities, it is estimated that it will take one or two months. It's safe to wait for the secret spies to bring back the city defense map, and then come up with a specific implementation plan according to local conditions. ”
Seeing that Lin Chong was very confident in breaking the enemy, the Seed Master Dao was also secretly surprised.
Lin Chong is not stunned, and the Wild Wolf Army is not the militia soldiers of the Xiang Army, who suppressed the Mengzhou rebellion of 100,000 people in just three days, which is a real feat.
The old race's inference about the strength of the wild wolf army was only based on the observations of the small species and the fifteenth species, and it seemed that Lin Chong's wild wolf army was still ambushed by outsiders. Unexpectedly, Lin Chong hoped that Lao Chong would take time out of his busy schedule to go to the Wild Wolf Army to inspect the situation of its armament warfare.
The old breed didn't want to agree immediately, as a marshal all the way, he controlled the two military horses, and the northwest was in control. He is very sensitive and curious about the confident special forces in front of him.
The two ended talking, and the old man decided to take advantage of the dawn to simply go to the field to see how brave the wolf army was, so he took the guards of Jingluo Mansion and went straight to the west of the city.
Three miles out of the west of the city is the garrison of the wild wolf army, which has already set up camp, and the camp gate, fence wall, arrow tower, horse rejection pit, catapult, and ballista are all available, all of which are in a good state of standby.
What is even more domineering is the hot air balloon flying high, looking down on the earth in mid-air, within ten miles, the movement of a large group of people and horses can hardly escape the clairvoyant mirror of the observation post. The hot air balloon changes shifts every two hours, with two sentries per shift, to ensure that the staff on duty remain energetic.
Although the Seed Master Dao had heard of it, the effect of personal observation was extremely shocking, this magical ball could actually be suspended in mid-air, as if flying into the sky. If it weren't for Lin Chong's introduction to the principle of the change of cold and heat of gas, the Seed Master Dao would really think that this was a miracle with magic.
Standing high and seeing far away, the clairvoyant mirror and the hot air balloon are simply a perfect match!
If you fight against the party, you can detect the movements of the opposing cavalry early, which will increase your chances of defeating the enemy. And even if this thing is used for siege and fortification, it is very effective.
I saw that many soldiers on the playground were carrying out their daily compulsory training subjects, and the camping area was clean and tidy, and the dormitory area was spotless. All areas are operated according to the norms to ensure that the daily nutritional requirements are sufficient.
The seed master nodded again and again, "Lin Chong, I think these marching norms of yours are exemplary, which book did you learn from?" ”