Chapter 474: Responding to the Battle

"They're knocking on the door." When Ye Tao said this, his whole body seemed to radiate cold anger. Is that the war demeanor of Gao Senqi, if this can make Dongping look down on Northern Liao, it would be wrong. This will only anger Ye Tao.

The Blood Qi Army, plus some subordinate troops, now the total number of troops in Ye Tao's hands is less than 60,000 people, and if he wants to fight head-on with Gao Senqi, it will be at least a one-to-two ratio of troops. Whether it is in a battle or a complex battle, this ratio of strength largely cancels out the excellent equipment and excellent combat power of the Blood Qi Army. Moreover, Gao Senqi has always understood that Ye Tao will not fight a war of attrition, and he will.

"Your Excellency, give the order. We will take revenge for this. "In the military tent, although everyone is aware of the huge disadvantage in numbers, there is no fear of the upcoming battle. Although they only had more than ten days' rations with them, and they knew very well that they were afraid that Gao Senqi would not let them easily open the road to Zhenbei Pass, the fighting spirit of the Blood Qi Army was unprecedentedly high.

"Xing Yuan, count the military rations, horse feed and various consumptions, especially horse feed, how long can they be used, I want specific figures."

Xing Yuan, who was in charge of logistics and warehousing, was Suo Zheng's former deputy, and he had already prepared for Ye Tao's requirements. "My lord, if the supply standard is not reduced, the daily rations can meet the consumption of the whole army for 14 days, and the horse feed can meet the consumption of 11 days.

"My lord, since Gao Senqi played such a move in Gongchuan, although there must be a battle, he will not engage us so easily, right?" Zou Shuangwen asked. Gao Mori Qi is now only a day's journey away from them, but there is a way to avoid the battle or use other means to maneuver. They were originally going to attack Xiangning, but the preparations would take at least two days, and Gao Senqi would definitely not allow them to have a chance to attack calmly.

"How long do you expect it to take to hit Xiangning City?" Ye Tao asked.

Zou Shuangwen looked at everyone in the military tent, this was originally something that everyone had planned, but it was originally expected to use 30,000 troops to fight Xiangning. Now, the bigger problem is that if a war is not decided, they may really have to suffer from the enemy. Still, he said firmly: "According to the gardener's plan, it's two days." ”

"Send a message to Zhenbei Pass, asking Zhenbei Pass to send no less than 5,000 people to Xiangning to prepare to take over the city. The original plan to attack Xiangning remains unchanged, but now there is no such thing as an if, and within a day, Xiangning must be taken for me. 30,000 people attacked the city, and the remaining 20,000 people blocked the Gaosen banner. We...... It needs to be blocked for at least one day and night. Then, the two sides joined forces and fought against the Gaosen Banner. Ye Tao calmly announced.

"Your Excellency...... In this case, the pressure on the blocking troops is too great, and there are more than 10,000 defenders in Xiangning, and it is insurance to attack the city with 30,000, otherwise, most of them will be transferred to fight the blockade, so the distribution of combat power is relatively normal. A battalion reminded.

"In that case, neither side will have an absolute superiority in forces." Ye Tao retorted coldly: "Then don't mention the issue of taking Xiangning City one day." ”

Zou Shuangwen thought for a while and said, "Actually, this distribution is right, the Western Route Army is based on the Flying Tiger Battalion. Now that we are in a position to continue attacking Xiangning City, they must hurry up. When the time comes, we will wait for work, and no matter how strong Gao Senqi is, there is no way to make the hundreds of thousands of troops from the march to the battle in a short period of time. At best, a third can be put into combat. Even if it is 50,000 people, if you deal with it properly, there will be no danger to the blocking force. My lord, let me lead the blocking forces. ”

"No," Ye Tao said, "I will lead the blocking troops, you can take Xiangning for me." You're good at this kind of combat, and I'm good at having fun when there's less people. Isn't that the way I've been leading the Blood Qi Army since I started? ”

Ye Tao's words reminded Zou Shuangwen of the scene a few years ago when he rushed through the gate and led the Blood Qi Army to resist the Xiling army in Baishi City. This is not just for fun, Ye Tao can always become fanatical in such a time of crisis, but it is not rational. Although he was not born in a general's family, Ye Tao became fanatical, but he really had the temperament of a general. And Ye Tao also has the stubbornness of a general, combined with his current identity as the commander of the Blood Qi Army, Zou Shuangwen can only sigh and agree to this division of labor. The main thing is that he believes that Ye Tao will be safe no matter what. He had Liu Yong and the two of them by his side, and for this all-out battle, the guard battalion sent out the most elite forces. After all, the battlefield is completely different from a place like Yejiabao.

In siege warfare, the best ones to use are naturally heavy weapons and light infantry, as well as longbow battalions. Ye Tao of these troops was only equipped in a small number of blocking troops, and each asked for 2,000 people. These three arms are equally important for blocking and defensive operations, but Ye Tao rejected Zou Shuangwen's suggestion that he should continue to strengthen this aspect of combat power on his side for two reasons. Ye Tao's statement is that he is not ready to deploy such a wide front, and the need for rotation operations has been considered by the transfer of 2,000 people from each branch, and Ye Tao's idea of preparing to block Gao Senqi in Xia Ming Mountain is known to everyone, and the tactics of Ye Tao that Ye Tao said are relatively small in frontal development. And Ye Tao's other reason was that if he didn't strengthen these troops and let Zou Shuangwen solve the battle in Xiangning City as soon as possible, then he would rather have reinforcements arrive at the hour earlier.

Zou Shuangwen and the rest of the Blood Qi Army have never been so embarrassed. They have always boasted of being the number one army in the world, and others have seen them that way. But now, caught off guard, it has temporarily become a lone army. They have seven or eight days' supplies in their hands, but if they can't do anything during these seven or eight days, they will lose their faces. Originally, the Blood Qi Army was to let Ye Tao take charge of the Blood Qi Army, on the one hand, considering that the cooperation with the Yunzhou army would be smoother, and on the other hand, it was also thinking that Ye Tao had established the Blood Qi Army, and I am afraid that there would be no chance to go to the battlefield in the future, and finally let the founder of the Blood Qi Army come to witness the victory with everyone, but the current situation is that Ye Tao needs to lead a Blood Qi Army to resist the stubborn enemy in order for the Blood Qi Army to complete the strategic deployment in advance. This is really embarrassing and indignant for these Blood Qi Army officers who have been raised to have a bad appetite and have cultivated a temperament that is not afraid of heaven and earth. Zou Shuangwen and others immediately issued a military order and broke through Xiangning in eight hours. This time, being cornered, the dog will jump off the wall.

Zou Shuangwen invited the two military flags of the Blood Qi Army when it was formed, and the whole army swore to attack.

The scouts and airships sent out confirmed that Gao Senqi's army was approaching, and they were only a little more than a day's way away. After Ye Tao set up a formation in Xia Ming Mountain, he briefly inspected the terrain, drew a sketch, and instructed everyone to build fortifications, in the case of a disadvantaged army, Ye Tao was not interested in fighting with Gao Sen Banner in the field, and it was always good to take advantage of a little geographical advantage. However, he didn't have the idea of cowering and defending, otherwise, he wouldn't have brought out more than half of the cavalry of the Blood Qi Army. Although the cavalry of the Blood Qi Army was inferior to many cavalry units in Yunzhou in terms of horsemanship, their various tactical movements were stronger than most of the cavalry battalions in Yunzhou. And their equipment is even higher than that of the Guards Battalion and the Guards Cavalry Battalion. The protection is about the same, but the cavalry armor of the Blood Qiqi Army is half as light as the ordinary cavalry armor. This allows them to run faster and fight longer. The three cavalry battalions were the first to be scattered, and in the early morning of the next day, they attacked the left flank camp of Gao Senqi. Although Gao Senqi was not completely unprepared, after all, the soldiers under his command were exhausted, and they were broken before the Chinese army could come to help. When the cavalry of the Blood Qi Army was contented to evacuate, the camp on the left had been completely ignited, and the loss of personnel and materials was not counted. And this night attack won Ye Tao another day. That is to say, if Zou Shuangwen really took Xiangning in eight hours as he said, and the reinforcements of the defenders of Zhenning Pass came in time. Then when fighting with Gao Senqi's army, it is very likely that he will be waiting for Zou Shuangwen's reinforcements...... This kind of calculation greatly encouraged the soldiers who fought the blocking battle, which meant that they only needed to be stationed for a day, and for the soldiers of the Blood Qi Army, this did not seem to be a problem.

Gao Mori did not want to stop in place for a day to reorganize the army and make repairs. But Ye Tao's airship team made his army have nothing to hide, and he secretly called it a fluke. If it weren't for the fact that Rim Chuan was just a transit center for airships, and the reconnaissance of the surrounding area was not very powerful, his army would not have had a chance to sneak attack Rim Chuan at all. It would not have caused the current situation. But this mistake, obviously Ye Tao will not make it again, and no part of the Dongping army will be polite in the case of such an incomparably strong intelligence advantage. What he had to face was inevitably a well-groomed army, and he knew that Ye Tao never relied on any luck. Gao Senqi knew that if the troops didn't trim up for such a day, they would really put themselves into Ye Tao's tactical planning, and there would really be no chance.

Gao Senqi didn't care too much, and he restrained himself from thinking about any chance of victory, so he took the first wave of troops of more than 50,000 people and ran headlong into the simple camp that Ye Tao had operated for only two days. And on the same day, the entire army of the Blood Qi Army Zou Shuangwen began to attack Xiangning. In the Blood Qi Army, something happened that Zou Shuangwen didn't expect. He promised Ye Tao eight hours to break the city, but the battalions below didn't buy it. In particular, Zou Shuangwen regarded the first-generation military flag of the Blood Qi Army as an honor, promising that the battalion with the best performance in this battle would keep the military flag until the next battle, and each battalion was holding back its strength to want this honor. By the time he reached the first level of the battalion, a quarter had already been cut down in eight hours, and he told the lieutenants that the city must be broken in six hours. And the officers who have reached the rank of lieutenant, young and enthusiastic, with excellent military skills, can get along with the soldiers below, clamoring to break the city in four hours, starting from the siege in the morning, and eating in Xiangning in the evening...... In this way, the great war unfolded in a frenzied atmosphere.