Chapter 267: The Battle Situation Is Strange
While the four-eyed boy turned off the lights and was about to go to bed, Tang Guohao was holding the quilt and looking out the window.
Tang Guohao's mission in the back mountain has not yet been completed, and he will spend the night in a well-defended cave in the back mountain tonight.
The room is very good, dry and comfortable, and the things are complete, but Tang Guohao is lamenting to the moon, "In a few days, I saw a lot of taboo things, and the owner of the village is really ambitious." ”
"I was first taken in by the owner, and then I was saved by Liu Sheng, I owe my life twice."
"That's it, I'm already on the boat, and I can't wash it. The owner and the public middle school are not thin to me, I can only follow all the way, I hope the owner has a long-term plan. ”
Same night, same moon. In the mountains and forests in the north of Deqing County, Li Xiang was amazed by Yu Yunwen's earth-shattering plan and the amazing national strength of the Great Zhou.
Led the fleet down the river, directly used the powerful naval army to break the blockade, landed only a few dozen miles away from Hangzhou City, and divided the Yongle Dynasty into two places in the north and south in one fell swoop, who would have thought that there would be such a way of fighting?
Of course, Li Xiang knew some well-known examples of beach-grabbing landings, but they were large-scale landing operations conducted in the original time and space under the conditions of highly developed science and technology.
When human beings were freed from their shackles and could roam the skies in an iron shell, it was certainly not unusual for large-scale landing operations to be carried out.
However, at a time when steam engines are all fantasy, how can Li Xiang not be surprised and inexplicable that someone suddenly came from the sea to attack the enemy's key points after implementing strategic deception?
Li Xiang suddenly realized that perhaps because he had completely accepted the identity of the Great Zhou people, he even had a much weaker imagination to break through the convention, which was not a good sign.
When he first came to Da Zhou, Li Xiang saw the wooden raft and thought of the steamer. When I see knives and guns, I think of guns. When I saw the cart, I thought of the train......
It is far from advisable to be ambitious, but to lose the yearning for advanced things is to deny one's own unique past.
Li Xiang is determined to squeeze out a little time every day to write down all the advanced technologies, advanced experiences, and advanced things that he thinks of in detail, and is no longer limited to certain key inventions.
Li Xiang also plans to pick out something every once in a while to open the eyes and minds of the young people in Mengxue.
There are already too many things that are strictly kept secret in Mingyuezhuang, and casually exposing two or three percent will shock Da Zhou. In that case, how different is it to have more crazy ideas?
"The ruler of the court, and a civil official like Lord Yu, are really courageous!"
Liu Chengdong didn't have as many messy thoughts as Li Xiang, and he couldn't think of what his cheap son-in-law was thinking about, so he just admired the subtlety of Yu Yunwen's march.
Li Xiang came back to his senses and said admiringly: "The plan is exquisite, and it is indeed powerful." Not only Fang Lajun, but his father-in-law, as a major general of the official army, led thousands of soldiers, and he didn't even hear a little rumor, and Lord Yu really concealed it. ”
Liu Yuan and Liu Sheng had already returned from Laohutan, and Xiong Dachun, Liao Shikai, Yang Yingdong, Da Niu and others went over to take care of them and suppress them.
Yesterday in the west of Tiger Pond, Liu Chengdong's veteran Youzi wanted to take advantage of the medical virgins, and scared several girls to tears. Fortunately, Zhuang Ding blocked it, and no terrible things happened to the girls in Mingyuezhuang.
Liu Yuan and Liu Sheng rushed to the scene and scolded the soldiers for being livestock, and they actually wanted to take advantage of the little girl who was treating their injuries. Ignoring the cries and pleas of his subordinates, Liu Yuan insisted on correcting the soldiers on the spot, and then returned to Meihuawu's camp with Liu Sheng.
Liu Yuan drank the tea in two sips, a little upset, "The civil officials of the court really want to do things, but they are not ambiguous at all. Before going up the mountain, in the army, before someone wanted to attack the eldest brother and a few of us, there was no news at all......"
In the civil affairs of the Great Zhou, sometimes the big secrets can be kept, and sometimes no matter how small the information is, it can't be kept. The reasons for the large discrepancies are complex, but the overall will bias of the civilian clique, or rather the clique of scholars, is very important.
Liu Chengdong coughed twice and asked Liu Yuan to say a few words.
There are civilian officials in the army, if they listen to it, what will the court officials think?
Liu Yuan arched his hand towards Liu Chengdong, took the tea in Zhuang Ding's hand and continued to drink it, sullen and silent. Liu Sheng, who had a hot temper, saw that his eldest brother was depressed and patted Liu Yuan's shoulder to comfort him.
Zhang Qingping already had a certain sense of the overall situation, and wondered: "Lord Yu led more than 30,000 troops, and has forcibly landed on the Qiantang River, why didn't the Han Zhaozhi envoy who returned to Huzhou City send troops to fight south?" ”
"Logically speaking, this is a good opportunity for a full-scale attack and the elimination of the Yongle puppet dynasty in one fell swoop."
"Han Zhaoqiu led the army to fight south from Huzhou, Yao Pingzhong's troops landed from the east coast, and Liu Guangshi south of the Qiantang River counterattacked comprehensively, how long can Fang La last?"
After all, Ding Shihang is young, and it is okay to lead hundreds of people to fight small battles, but the overall situation is far behind. If you don't understand, listen carefully, this is one of Ding Shihang's biggest developments after going down to Jiangnan.
Liu Chengdong was also very puzzled in his heart, and was about to say something, when he heard an urgent report from the herald outside the door.
When he opened the wooden skewer and took a look, Liu Chengdong's eyes widened instantly and he sat down.
Li Xiang took the urgent report from Lord Yue's hand, and after reading it, he thought about it, and then passed it on.
After reading the latest battle report of Yu Yunwen's ministry, some people exclaimed worriedly, some people were disappointed, and some people were puzzled.
The battle report said that Fang La suddenly appeared on the battlefield on April 11, the day after Yu Yunwen broke through the Qiantang River.
Fang La led nearly 10,000 armored elites and 7,000 miscellaneous soldiers to storm the temporary camp of the official army in Jiangbei at sunrise.
The total number of officers and troops was 22,000 people, including most of the Chinese army carefully selected by Yu Yunwen, and a large number of superior ordnance to support the scene, but they were defeated and retreated under the attack of Fang La's army.
In order to preserve the strength of the army of the dynasty, Lord Yu made a decisive decision to withdraw the army to the south bank and firmly defended the camp on the south bank.
Liu Sheng really couldn't help it, "More than 10,000 Chinese troops were carefully selected, a total of 22,000 troops. ”
"There are positions, there are ordnance, and there are so many firearms, why can't you stop the Fang La army of less than 17,000 people?"
"In the end, 14,000 people were evacuated. actually suffered 8,000 casualties, even if Fang La came to the battlefield in person, he shouldn't have fought like this! ”
Liu Sheng's voice was too loud. Liu Chengdong had no choice but to let everyone disperse, calm down and then discuss the matter, leaving only Li Xiang behind.
The simple wooden door was closed, Liu Chengdong knocked on the armrest of the chair, squinted his eyes and said:
"After reading the battle report, you weren't shocked, what do you think?"
Li Xiang didn't need to hide in front of the cheap old man, rubbed his fingers and said:
"The officials and armies of all walks of life have no intention of taking advantage of the situation to besiege the Yongle puppet dynasty, which shows that Lord Yu mainly plays a role in containment, and even the dynasty may have bigger plans."
"Since the men and horses led by Lord Yu are mainly used for containment on the surface, retreating to the south bank is not a big defeat. Gathering all the people in one camp can still contain and confuse the Yongle puppet dynasty. ”
"As for the more than 20,000 horses that had the advantage, they were actually defeated by more than 10,000 troops. In addition to Fang La's personal presence, the morale of the soldiers of Fang La's army was high, and it also had a great deal to do with the literati leading the army. ”
Li Xiang deliberately lowered his voice when he said the last sentence.
Liu Chengdong opened his eyes, stopped his fingers, sighed and said:
"An army that dares to fight is not to pick and choose from various places, and to gather troops that seem to dare to fight and kill together."
"The minds of the soldiers and the cooperation between different units must be very careful. Then the rewards and punishments are clarified, the rules are set, and the advance and retreat are measured, and the first step is completed. Not counting the pain, money and time, it will take several bloody battles to have the prototype of a daring army. ”
"Lord Yu regarded the sergeant as a murder weapon, as an object that came and was thrown away as soon as it was used, and he fell into inferiority at the beginning. The biggest drawback of the dynasty to govern the military with culture may be here. ”
Li Xiang carefully wrote down Liu Chengdong's analysis of the pros and cons of the Great Zhou military system, and then continued to talk about the current battlefield situation, "Han Zhao's envoy, General Yao Pingzhong, and General Liu Guangshi, these three have no movement, what are the plans of the big men in Bianjing?" ”
Liu Chengdong couldn't see through the current situation, "The battle situation is weird, it's too weird." ”
"Although Fang La is a traitor, he is also a generation of heroes, and he must have hidden some strength."
"Even if Lord Yu is restrained in the Yongle puppet dynasty and launches a full-front war with less than 150,000 troops at the moment, it is still a bit reluctant."
"But the dynasty has already tightened the strings, and the pressure on ordnance, grain and grass, and military salaries is already extremely great, is it possible that there can be any big moves?"
"If there is no big move in the near future, why expose the killing move of coming across the sea and blocking the waist, and leave it for use in the general attack, isn't it better?"