Chapter Ninety-One: Reversal

"How's it going?" Since the injury, according to Xu Ping, although the other party is not a top master, the palm power he uses is really vicious. Xu Ping's loss of his own strength at any cost stabilized Ye Tao's injury, but now that he lacks medical treatment and medicine, he is only stabilizing. In order for Ye Tao to recover his health, he must wait for the enemy army to withdraw from the siege and summon a certain imperial doctor from Danyang.

Ye Tao was still concerned about the battle situation, but he could only understand the situation through Lu Dan and Qiu Haohui and others who came to visit him every day.

"It's still the same, although the city is now attacking every day, that night really scared Zang Keming. Without the elite of the Moshui Battalion, we will also rotate the defense of other troop rotation projects. The original skirmishers have been organized into a temporary five-flag team, two of which have selected strong sergeants who can rotate with our own heavy infantry, but after all, they are not used to it, and the two bannermen will probably hold out for an hour at most before they are replaced and rested. However, with the rotation of the heavy infantry, the pressure on everyone is much lighter. I removed the hand crossbows of the archers and formed a special crossbow team, which was very useful for battle and defense at the head of the city, but the arrows were consumed too quickly. In the workshop, the supply of arrows is not available, and some of the arrows have already been sharpened to make up for wood. Our own special arrows have been saved, and I don't dare to use them much. Qiu Haohui reported in detail. The Blood Qi Army's efforts in armor have kept the Blood Qi Army's casualties at a fairly low number these days, so low that he is embarrassed to face friendly forces.

"By the way, the ballista is so easy to use. Although the oil bombs are running out of energy, and the stone bullets are troublesome, compared to the Divine Arm Bow, this thing is really not picky, and the bricks that are removed can be used. In the past few days, it can be regarded as relying on ballistas, and Zang Keming has made a lot of effort. Several times the reorganization of the catapult array was unsuccessful, and it has been abandoned in the past two days. Relying only on soldiers to attack the city, we can withstand it. Qiu Haohui said with interest.

These days, ballistas have become one of the most popular weapons. Although the two hundred ballistae were built in a hurry and had many flaws, they were now distributed on four city walls, but they played a role in this stalemate of battle. This batch of ballistas. The materials used are inconsistent, the determination of the torsion spring is not accurate, and the shooting accuracy is more or less problematic than the sample that Ye Tao did, but the equipment and flag team of the Blood Qi Army all have the most sophisticated and complex ballistics and basic mathematical foundation of this era, and they quickly re-set the ruler on different ballistas according to the actual situation, and even the fake and shoddy products with a difference of more than ten percent between the left and right torsion springs are now quite high. And not picky eaters at all. It is even more loved by everyone, and now the soldiers and people who carry the stone bullets under the city head also have to take on the job of demolishing the houses that no one lives in, and constantly hang the walls on the city head, and then the soldiers who operate the equipment on the city head can knock down the appropriate size piece by piece according to their own needs...... Instead, it's a divine arm bow. Since there are only a few arrows left, everyone has basically stopped using them, and they will only pull out the Divine Arm Bow unless they encounter a particularly valuable target.

"Xiling has increased its troops to more than 50,000, although it has been getting more and more difficult these days. But in general, it can still withstand it. It's up to everyone else to perform. Qiu Haohui said. In the few days that Ye Tao was in a coma, he had already taken over the command of the entire White Rock City. Because, in the past few days, Yu Kang and Pan Xiangmin have seen what kind of army the Blood Qi Army is.

The equipment and the treatment of the soldiers are self-explanatory, but other than that, there are too many details that the Blood Qi Army can never see anywhere else. From operations, operational readiness, equipment and implementation of logistics. The usual rest and adjustment, the rhythmic rotation of troops, the care and encouragement of officers to their subordinates, the soldiers constantly communicate with each other on how to effectively kill the enemy, and the officers constantly summarize the gains and losses of each day and even every hour...... What surprised all the defenders and officials of Baishi City, including Yu Kang and Pan Xiangmin, was that when the future was uncertain, the Blood Qi Army was already discussing what kind of equipment they needed in the future. They unanimously proposed that they should organize a unit for logistical projects such as material delivery, ordnance repair and manufacturing, food and camping arrangements, and bridge erection, so as to improve the efficiency of fighters in an all-round way.

After taking over the defense of White Rock City. Qiu Haohui reorganized the stragglers. Consolidate the crippled units of the White Rock Defenders and reappoint officers and non-commissioned officers. Unified the logistics supply and treatment of the wounded in White Rock City...... With the Blood Qi Army's style of precise and strict troop movement and rotation, although there are still fewer and fewer soldiers available in White Rock City these days, the situation has improved.

The people of the Blood Qi Army are waiting for the tide of battle to change. Ever since Ye Tao conceived of that tactic that was very difficult but worth trying, everyone had another expectation in their hearts: not only to drive the Xiling army out of Dongping, but if possible, to leave them all behind and annihilate them in the vast area between Xunshan Pass and Baishi City. And this tactic will naturally not be implemented by a talented force like the Blood Qi Army, and the key is to convince Zhuo Mang.

So, a small scout force, with the plan of the Blood Qi Army, finally made peace with the main force of the Dongping army after leaving Danyang recklessly for a long time.

Because of the conveyance of the military situation, it was important to persuade Zhuo Mang, although Chi Lei was in charge of the scout detachment and had a great responsibility, he still personally led a six-person team to evade the Xiling army and came to the camp where Zhuo Mang was stationed.

"The two armies checked the house, and Chi Lei, the captain of the scout flag team of the Blood Qi Army, has seen the general." The arrival of Chi Lei Di made Zhuo Mang and the officers and soldiers of the full battalion a little excited. The Chi family is a famous general in Dongping, and among the nearly 100,000 troops that Zhuo Mang has gathered around him, there are really many people who were Chi Lei's father's old troops, and the generals that Chi Lei has seen or heard of can fill several tents. He was summoned by Zhuo Mang almost immediately.

"Good boy, you're getting promising." Zhuo Mang is still very familiar with Chi Lei, a naughty and mischievous boy who was famous in Danyang, and after not seeing him for a while, Chi Lei's changes made his eyes light up. Chi Lei's original frizzy temperament seemed to have changed a lot, and now, he had the same flamboyant sharpness on his body, and an indescribable feeling of confidence. The battlefield is indeed a training for people, and when the work undertaken by Chi Lei is so important, once there is any mistake, it may lead to the army being blocked by the enemy and falling into a desperate situation. Chi Lei turned his whimsy into countless ideas, put away his carelessness and impatience, and tried to do every detail well. And when he saw that he could actually do something that he couldn't imagine, he understood that he had found his own way. This kind of self-discovery, which is based on actual results, makes the current Chi Lei very different from the original.

"General, the Blood Qi Army is indeed responsible for the unauthorized dispatch. But I will talk about the sins until after the war. I am here for two things, one is to report to the general on the battle situation of the Blood Qi Army these days, and the situation of the enemy that we have discovered in the continuous battle and reconnaissance, and the other is that our Blood Qi Army has a plan, a big plan, and I hope to show the general a look. If it is feasible, ask the general to implement it. ”

Then, Chi Lei respectfully presented two thick documents to Zhuo Mang.

Zhuo Mang unfolded the first military intelligence document. After reading two sentences, I couldn't help but be surprised. He looked at Chi Lei, but Chi Lei's expression was calm and not abnormal at all. There is absolutely no need for the Blood Qi Army to falsely report the results of the battle, but the results of destroying 30,000 enemies these days are still a little unbelievable.

has always partnered with Zhuo Mang. Qin Ziming, an old general who had been Zhuo Mang's deputy for decades, came up with a smile, and after reading a few words in the same way, he took the document from Zhuo Mang's hand in surprise and read it aloud in front of the full list of officers.

Speaking of military intelligence documents. Now the format of the military information document that Dongping has just determined is still copied from the Blood Qi Army. There are many children of the blood qi army, and according to modern parlance, the average level of education is high, and there are a large number of military intelligence documents to be written in the intensive drills and exercises. The officers in the Blood Qi Army began to play indiscriminately, and it was not a skill to write military love documents into pun rhymes, and it was only a little difficult to write them into rhythmic poems, and later, they used military intelligence documents to express calligraphy. To show his familiarity with allusions, to joke with colleagues and even guess and even guess came out, and basically eight out of ten people could not understand the military intelligence documents. And everyone held a serious and tense meeting under the leadership of Ye Tao, who was not very good at ancient literature, and determined the format of military intelligence documents in the Blood Qi Army. Basically, it is a reference to modern news reports, focusing on the front, and dividing the format of the military intelligence document into basic parts. The first is whether the task is completed or not, and how well it is accomplished. How many results have been obtained. And how much more losses were suffered. This was followed by the attitude and actions of the head of the ministry after the completion of the task. Whether it has already taken advantage of the situation and made a move, or is it waiting for orders, or it needs to be repaired, etc. This is followed by a detailed description of the entire phase of the battle, a description of the dynamics of the enemy and the enemy during this phase, and an explanation of how the present situation has taken shape. Subsequently, the head of the ministry was asked for suggestions and comments on the latter action. In the end, the person who wrote the essay was allowed to be lyrical, whether he was ready to die generously, weeping or mourning, or expressing his determination or something, anyway, everyone glanced at it and it passed. This format of military documents is clear at a glance, after the Blood Qi Army formulated the text format, and has a considerable sample, the Dongping Military Department immediately adopted this norm and began to implement it throughout the army.

In the first few sentences, this figure of 30,000 enemies really shocked everyone. At the same time, the loss of the Blood Qi Army is basically negligible in the eyes of everyone.

"Chi Lei, tell me in detail, how have you been fighting these days?" Zhuo Mang pondered for a while and said. It's not that I don't trust this number, it's just that how to destroy 30,000 enemies and save myself at the same time can show what kind of combat effectiveness the Blood Qi Army has more than a pure enemy annihilation number. And glancing at the battle plan that Chi Lei brought and assessing the ability of the Blood Qi Army is absolutely necessary for this battle plan.

"Yes." Chi Lei stood up and calmly surrendered his order. Immediately, he began to explain the entire process of the Blood Qi Army from Pengxi to the battlefield to how to forcibly send the Blood Qi Army's infantry, archers, and equipment soldiers into Baishi City, and explained in detail to all the officers present.

Naturally, Chi Lei's explanation will not be those dry sentences on military intelligence documents, but it is not a teahouse-style storytelling, or even a sentence in the style of the lecture hall of the Yizhan Building, but a relatively detailed introduction. As the eyes of the entire Blood Qi Army, whether it was to preserve the precious scout cavalry or to better carry out the task of battlefield vigilance, Chi Lei did not let himself and his scout cavalry get too deeply involved in the battle on the central battlefield, he only recounted the actions of the Blood Qi Army that he knew, and mixed some of his own reconnaissance and post-battle communication with his colleagues. Chi Lei is actually tasked with screening opponents for the Blood Qi Army, and needs to accurately assess the combat effectiveness of each enemy team that appears in their field of vision. Then, which opponents to choose to eliminate and how to better implement their pre-formulated strategies and tactics is a matter for Ye Tao, Chi Yun and Qiu Haohui.

Everything in the Blood Qiqi Army proceeded extremely quickly, marching, switching from march to battle, fighting, detachment from battle. And with the continuous battles, when the Blood Qi Army became accustomed to all this, their series of tactical moves proceeded faster. It was so fast that the Dongping officers present felt a little incredible.

"You mean that you have not kept any prisoners, and that you have been crucified for all of your killings or captures of enemy commanders?" The only thing that makes everyone a little unaccustomed is the iron-blooded characteristics of the Blood Qijun in this regard. I'm afraid that Dongping's regular army will not do so well, and no one expected that the blood qi army with too many pampered sons and brothers would do this.

"It's the ground. We can't take prisoners. Releasing the captives may reveal the direction of our transfer. It will also allow the enemy to have more abundant troops, and once the battlefield activities are no longer open, we will definitely not be able to fight a large-scale war of attrition. Besides, it is useful to provoke the enemy, and at the beginning several groups of enemies have been provoked to chase after them. The result was resolved by us at ease. In addition to these reasons, killing the prisoners did not violate the marching guidelines of the Dongping Military Department, and in fact, there was no such thing in the marching guidelines at all. It's all the commander-in-chief who has the final say. "Chi Lei didn't feel cruel or embarrassed at all, they had already unified their minds internally, and all this was necessary for victory.

"Who came up with this plan?" Zhuo Mang raised the second document in his hand, sighed, and asked.

"It's Ye Tao." Chi Lei replied without hesitation, and then added: "With this big framework in place, we have conducted several rounds of war chess deduction internally. Then the plan was more detailed, but without Ye Tao, there would be no plan. ”

Zhuo Mang nodded, handed the document to Qin Ziming, and said, "Let's circulate it." In an hour, the point will depart, so let's follow this plan. ”

Zhuo Mang called Chi Lei to the military tent where he lived, and said with amazement: "Chi Xianping has two good sons. Although it is too risky for you to do so. But it's a good idea. ”

Ye Tao envisioned several key elements in the site plan. The first is that White Rock City Ning Stone City must hold out without reinforcements until the end of the entire campaign. Ningshi City is much more adequate than Baishi City in terms of the number of defenders, the allocation of troops, and the preparation of city defense. And White Rock City after gaining the support of the Blood Qi Army. The chances of staying the course are much greater.

The second key is to use superior forces to storm the city. The best case scenario is to take the city directly. Then there will be a decisive battle of a certain scale with the Xiling army under the city of Micheng to attract the Xiling army to the greatest extent. Let the Xiling army pay attention to the front line of Micheng. If you can't take the city at the first time, then you must also put on a posture of attacking the city and attacking the ground, and put on a decisive posture under the city of Miancheng, so as to attract the Xiling army, which still has an advantage in strength on the battlefield, to fight a decisive battle. But whether the decisive battle will be carried out depends on the last key: Xunshan Pass.

In Ye Taodi's thoughts, once the Xiling army began to concentrate on the front line of Miancheng, it would be a question of how many troops there would be in Xunshan Pass. Under such circumstances, the Blood Qi Army can fish in troubled waters and rush to attack Xunshan Pass. The Blood Qi Army does not have any advantage in this kind of combat action, whether it is in terms of strength or their own characteristics. The Blood Qi Army, which is now an all-cavalry unit, is by no means suitable for attacking the city and capturing the pass, and they must be supported by other parties, especially the infantry units with strong combat effectiveness and very familiar with Xunshan Pass.

And what was tortured from the Xiling officers gave them the possibility of getting a reinforcement: the Xunshan Pass defenders who had now become captured by Xiling.

"I'm afraid it's unlikely to ......" Zhuo Mang objected to this, "You guys are a little too naïve. It is true that these people are now contained in Juyan Town, and it is impossible for there to be too many Xiling troops stationed to defend against bullet pressure, but don't expect these people to be able to fight after being captured for so long. In the prisoner of war camp, how much food do you think the Xiling army can manage the life and death of my Dongping soldiers? These days, it is estimated that I have lost weight twice from hunger, and I am hanging half-dead. Moreover, in the prisoner of war camps, the original thorns are more likely to pop up, and they will not listen to you at all. Although it will not be detrimental to you, it is possible to be passive and sluggish. For them, the idea of staying alive is absolutely at the top of the list. ”

Chi Lei was startled, and hurriedly said, "Uncle Zhuo, what should I do?" Didn't you say it was a good plan? If there are not enough troops and there are internal problems, then Dai Yun and them will be in danger. ”

"The strength is still enough, I got the news that Chi Yun has already brought the clan soldiers supported by the major families, the family members, and the children of various sects, and is already on the battlefield. If it's normal, I should have already connected with you, right? There was actually a bit of envy in Zhuo Mang's tone, "Your eldest brother took a lot of effort to get the army to give the order, whether it is equipment or ability, these people are too amazing." Among the troops of more than 3,000 people, there are about 20 or so who can be said to be first-class masters and quasi-first-class masters, and the faces of the major families are really not small. ”

Chi Lei breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Uncle Zhuo, let me go back." I'm still not worried about Dai Yun and their gang, the command and control of the scout force is too complicated, my deputy...... It's still a little tender. Also, I wanted to check out White Rock City. ”

"Can you get in touch with White Rock City?" Zhuo Mang asked. After increasing the army twice in succession, the Xiling army had 60,000 troops under Baishi City. Zhuo Mang wanted to send sergeants into the city several times to convey the military situation or learn about the situation in the city, but under the strict defense of the Xiling army, he was still discouraged.

"Yes!" Chi Lei said, "At night, you can use the light box to communicate with a group of heralds I ambushed outside the city, more than ten miles away." Xi Ling saw it, and thought it was the lights going out. But the group is separated from the army, and I asked them to send the military intelligence back, and then, the military intelligence should be sent to you. ”

Zhuo Mang nodded and said, "There are only a few of you, so don't wander around." You have already come to me, and let you go out, and if something happens to you, how can I explain it to your father? I don't have a unified scout force here, so the left and right armies, the front army, the middle army, and the rear army each send scouts, and then summarize the results of the reconnaissance. I will give you a thousand cavalry, will you take charge of the reconnaissance of the army for me temporarily? If this method of your Blood Qi Army is really useful, when the big battle is over, I will ask the military department to set up a special class of scout cavalry in each army. ”

"Therefore, I dare not ask you." Chi Lei's mood was still relatively relaxed, and Zhuo Mang began to be a little bit less big or smaller.