Chapter 462: The Dilemma of the Broken Army
There is no impermeable wall in the world, and the massacre of 140,000 prisoners of war in the city of Gaqim in Shakhtinsk Province was discovered by the Holy Fire Cult, and then the news spread throughout the countries of the Western Regions.
After the rest of the country learned of the news, the subjects of the entire rest of the country were excited, and many of the nobles of the rest country asked for more troops to Gaochang country to find the broken army to repay the blood debt, as for the fact that the army of the rest of the country first slaughtered the prisoners of war of the broken army, it was automatically ignored by the people of the rest of the country.
In the palace of the capital of the resting country, the king of the resting country, Odunlunt, said to the prime minister of the resting country, Yasar, with a gloomy face: "It must not be counted like this, our resting country must send additional troops to the Gaochang country, and go to the broken army to seek justice!" ”
Prime Minister Yasar said with a look of embarrassment: "Your Majesty, because of the border conflict between our Rest Country and the Europa Empire, we have currently transferred all fifteen legions to the border adjacent to the Europa Empire, and then remove the five legions that were lost in Gaochang Country this time, and there are only seven legions left in our entire Sabbath Country, and these seven legions cannot be transferred out at all, after all, our Sabbath Country still borders with Dawan and other countries in the Western Regions, and these seven legions still need to be stationed on other borders." ”
King Odunlunt then was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: "Immediately transfer the garrisons of each city and the young strong, reorganize the Sixth Legion, the Twenty-second Legion, the Twenty-third Legion, the Twenty-fourth Legion and the Twenty-fifth Legion that were destroyed by the Broken Army, and then form eight new provisional legions. ”
In addition to the regular army of 27 legions, the country of rest also has a lot of garrisons responsible for security in various cities, the training of these garrisons is no worse than the regular army, and in order to deal with the powerful Europa Empire, the country of peace also gathers millions of young men every year and trains for more than a month, which makes the country have a large number of soldiers that can be incorporated into the army at any time.
According to the plan of the king of the Sabbath country, Odunlunt, the Sabbath country was equivalent to the formation of thirteen legions at once, and at least 1.3 million men would need to be requisitioned from the garrison and the trained young men.
Prime Minister Yasar said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, there is no problem in terms of the source of troops for the rebuilding of the five legions and the formation of the eight new provisional legions, but the funds for the formation of these thirteen legions are really impossible for the treasury to come up. ”
King Odunlunt waved his hand and said: "The funds for the formation of these thirteen legions will be paid by the royal family, and the Breaker Army dares to slaughter 140,000 soldiers who have laid down their arms in our Rest Country, then this revenge will be avenged!" After the formation of these thirteen legions, five new legions were sent to the border adjacent to the Europa Empire, and then the third, fourth, twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-sixth legions were drawn back to form a revenge army with the other eight new legions and rushed to the territory of Gaochang Kingdom. ”
Prime Minister Yasar was relieved to hear that the funds for the formation of the thirteen legions were provided by the royal family, and immediately assured King Odulunt that as long as the royal family's funds were in place, it would only take two months at most to complete the formation of the five rebuilt legions and the eight provisional legions.
Subsequently, the State of Rest informed the Kingdom of Dawan, the State of Cheshi, and the Kingdom of Gaochang that the State of Peace was about to send an army of 1.3 million troops composed of thirteen legions to the territory of the Kingdom of Gaochang to join the alliance of the four countries.
However, when the State of Rest learned that the Kingdom of Dawan and the State of Cheshi forced the Kingdom of Gaochang to change the distribution plan for the spoils of war after the war, they also demanded that the State of Peace must be given more benefits, otherwise the 1.3 million troops of the State of Peace would not enter the Kingdom of Gaochang and fight against the Broken Army.
Both the Dawan Kingdom and the Cheshi Kingdom hoped that their own troops would be as numerous as possible, and the requirements of the Simmer State would at most lose the interests of the Gaochang State, so under the pressure of the Dawan Kingdom and the Cheshi State, the Gaochang State agreed to cede the Smosco Province, the Balikun Province and the Mazatag Province of the former Eastern Governor of the Gaochang State to the Smosco Province, the Barikun Province and the Mazatag Province after the war.
Smosco Province, Balikun Province and Mazatag Province were the easternmost provinces of the former Eastern Governorate of Gaochang State, with a combined area of more than 170,000 square kilometers.
On July 11, 428 of the Great Jin Dynasty, in a tent in the camp of the Broken Capture Army outside the city of Cilis, Jia Xu, the commander of Heishuitai, said to Liu Ji in a deep voice: "My lord, according to the information we got from Heishuitai, the Dawan Kingdom is about to increase its troops by six cavalry regiments, six infantry regiments, 300,000 auxiliaries and 200,000 vassal troops, about 1.5 million Dawan troops, and the Cheshi State will also increase its troops by eight legions and 200,000 vassal troops, about 1.1 million Cheshi troops, and the Anxi State will increase its troops by thirteen legions, There will be about 1.3 million troops in peace, and the total number of troops in these three countries will be 3.9 million. ”
The news that Heishuitai got made the atmosphere in the tent a little solemn, after all, the current army of the Dawan Kingdom and the army of the Cheshi State in Huhesa Province combined, there are more than three million, if the 3.9 million troops of the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom and the Sabbath Country arrive in the Hohesa Province again, then the number of enemies faced by the Broken Army will exceed seven million.
Liu Ji frowned and said, "Can we defeat the army of the Dawan Kingdom and the army of the Cheshi Kingdom opposite us before the second batch of troops from the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom and the Sabbath Kingdom arrive?" ”
Zhang Liang said with a wry smile at this time: "Lord, the commanders of the army of the Dawan Kingdom and the army of the Cheshi State opposite us are all experienced generals on the battlefield, if they are determined and want to join the second batch of armies of the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom and the Sabbath Kingdom, and then have a decisive battle with our Broken Army, we really don't have a good way to deal with them." ”
Duke Fawaz, the commander of the army of the Dawan Kingdom, and Marquis Feida, the commander of the army of the Cheshi Kingdom, sent a large number of scouts day and night to monitor the movements of the Broken Army outside the city of Celis, and disperse the Scouts of the Broken Army close to their camp, so that some of the surprise attack strategies designed by Zhang Liang and other top ministers could not be carried out at all, and the soldiers of the Broken Army could not be forced to attack the camps of Dawan and Cheshi, right?
You must know that the army of Dawan and the army of Cheshi have been strengthening their camps these days, and the armies of the two countries have at least more than two million people outside the city of Celis, most of them are still the elite troops of the two countries, once the army of the Broken Army launches an active attack, it will definitely pay a heavy price.
Liu Ji frowned and asked, "What if we cut off the grain routes of the army of the Dawan Kingdom and the army of the Cheshi Kingdom outside the city of Zhilisi?" ”
At this time, Fang Xuanling said: "The army of the Dawan Kingdom and the army of the Cheshi Country, this time they came to Zhilisi City, and they carried a large amount of grain and grass with the army, even if we cut off the grain route of the army of the Dawan Kingdom and the army of the Cheshi Kingdom, they should not be short of food in a short period of time." ”
At this time, there were Zhang Liang, Jia Xu, Fang Xuanling, Fan Zeng, Li Ru, Chen Gong, Xun Yu, Xun You, a total of eight top scholars, Liu Ji looked around at these eight top scholars, and asked: "Then we can't waste ourselves here in Cilisi City, and wait until the second batch of troops from Dawan Kingdom, Cheshi Country and Anxi Kingdom come, and at that time, the strength of the Western Regions Alliance Army will far exceed the strength of our Broken Army gathered in Cilic City." ”
Zhang Liang and the other eight top ministers looked at each other, and finally Zhang Liang spoke: "Lord, in this situation, perhaps the only way to take the initiative is to attack the camps of Dawan Kingdom and Cheshi Kingdom, and find the enemy's flaws in the attack, so as to solve the current dilemma." ”
Liu Ji pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that we have no choice but to take the initiative to attack." ”
After a pause, Liu Ji turned his head and asked Lian Po, the commander of the Western Regions Legion, "In the territory of the Western Regions Protectorate, can our Broken Captive Army recruit a group of new soldiers on a large scale again?" ”
Lian Po said with a wry smile: "My lord, our Western Regions Legion has just expanded five cavalry brigades and ten infantry brigades, if we continue to expand the army, I am afraid that the Western Regions Protectorate will not be able to afford it." ”
Liu Ji actually didn't want to use all his troops, but the pressure on the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom and the Anxi Kingdom on the Broken Army was too great, Liu Ji said in a deep voice: "At this time, I can't care about anything else, if our Broken Army is defeated by the Western Regions Alliance, then not only will the entire Western Regions not be able to protect the palace, maybe our Great Jin Dynasty will also be invaded by the Western Regions Alliance!" Lian Po, Xun Yu, Xun Yu, the three of you will immediately return to the Western Regions Protectorate, recruit the young people from all over the Western Regions Protectorate at all costs, and use the few brigades left behind in the Western Regions Protectorate as the backbone, and expand as many troops as possible, we must prepare for the worst! ”
Early in the morning of July 12, the Broken Army dispatched nearly a million troops to launch an active attack on the Dawan Army and the Cheshi Army outside the city of Zhilis, while the Dawan Army and the Cheshi Army relied on the strong camp to start a fierce battle with the Broken Army.
In just one day, the Broken Army lost nearly 100,000 people, of which the number of killed accounted for at least ninety percent, while the losses of the Dawan Army and the Cheshi Army were much less than those of the Broken Army.
On the evening of July 12, in the camp of the Dawan army and the Cheshi army outside the city of Cilis, the commander of the Dawan army, Duke Fawaz, said with a happy face to the commander of the Cheshi army, the Marquis of Feda, and the bishop of the Eastern Diocese of the Holy Fire Sect: "It seems that the Broken Army has also received the news that the Great Wan Kingdom, the Cheshi Country and the Sabbath Country are about to send millions of reinforcements, otherwise today, the Broken Army will not launch such a desperate attack. It's enough to wipe out more than 100,000 troops of the Broken Army! ”
Marquis Feida, the commander of the army of the Cheshi Country, also said excitedly: "After a whole day of fighting today, the loss of our army of the Rest Country is less than 30,000 people, and the loss of the army of the Dawan Kingdom is less than 40,000. ”
The bishop of the Eastern Diocese of the Holy Fire Sect, Os, immediately said with a red face: "This time, the Dawan Kingdom will send another 1.5 million troops, and the Cheshi Kingdom will send another 1.1 million troops, plus the 1.3 million troops of the Anxi Country, the total strength is as high as 3.9 million, how can the Broken Army not be in a hurry, once the 3.9 million troops of the Three Kingdoms are combined with our army here, the Broken Army will have no chance at all." ”
Duke Fawaz, the commander of the army of the Dawan Kingdom, said with a smile: "The Broken Army has no chance, the current Broken Army is a grasshopper after the autumn, and it won't be long before we can jump around, and then we just need to hold this big camp and wait for the arrival of three million 9 million reinforcements." ”
Bishop Oss suddenly asked, "Duke of Fawaz, Marquis of Feda, is there enough food and grass in the camp?" It will take at least a month and a half for the reinforcements of Dawan and Cheshi to reach Cilis City, and the reinforcements of the Sabbath Country will take even longer. ”
Duke Fawaz said lightly: "The grain and grass in the camp are enough for the soldiers of the two countries to consume for more than two months, even if the Broken Army cuts off our grain route, it doesn't matter. ”
Compared with the joy of Duke Fawaz and others, in the tent where Liu Ji was, there was a sad face.
Liu Ji asked Zhang Liang in a deep voice: "Have you counted today's losses?" ”
Zhang Liang nodded gloomily and said: "Lord, today's attack on the army of Dawan and the army of Cheshi Country, the total losses of the troops participating in the battle are close to 100,000 people, we have to admit that many troops of Dawan and Cheshi are more than the vast majority of our troops in terms of combat effectiveness, and the losses of the army of Dawan and Cheshi are definitely less than those of our army of Broken Captives today." ”
When Liu Ji heard that the loss was so big, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, and then he asked Zhang Liang: "Have you found any flaws in the army of the Great Wan Kingdom and the army of the Cheshi Kingdom?" ”
Zhang Liang shook his head and said: "The commanders of the army of the Great Wan Kingdom and the army of the Cheshi Kingdom have arranged the camp very carefully, and they have not found any flaws at all. ”
Liu Ji frowned and said: "Then we can't continue to attack so hard, we lost nearly 100,000 people in this day, if we continue to attack hard, it won't be long before our army may be exhausted." ”
Li Ru suggested at this time: "My lord, it is better for us to give up the city of Zhilis, and even the province of Huhesa, and even the province of Shakhtinsk and Lisakos, and directly retreat to the capital of the Western Regions, and then adopt the tactics of luring the enemy to go deep and clear the wilderness, regardless of the gains and losses of one city and one place, and finally wait for the opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Western Regions coalition army." ”
For Li Ru's suggestion, Liu Ji is really unwilling to adopt it, you must know that the Western Regions Protectorate is now Liu Ji's territory, and luring the enemy to go deep and clearing the wilderness will cause very huge losses to the Western Regions Protectorate.
Liu Ji pondered for a while and said: "Let's study it again and see if there is any other way, if the battlefield is placed in the territory of our Western Regions Protectorate, the loss will be too great." ”
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