Chapter 139: Enemies on Three Sides

Almost the entire army of the Blood Qi Army has been assembled in the Dongjiaji camp, and their preparations are not only that, the Dongjiaji camp does not look like a purely stationary barracks, but more like a comprehensive semi-permanent military base, with the current scale, at least it is absolutely no problem to bear the supply and transfer of materials.

And more important is the Zhongjun tent in the middle of the camp and the Yunzhou terrain sand table placed inside. Because they did not consider whether to establish a permanent military base when they established this camp, on the one hand, it has not yet been determined when the Blood Qi Army will enter Yunzhou, and the construction level of the Blood Qi Army's heavy equipment battalion and baggage battalion is quite good, coupled with the good terrain that can be used, in the middle of the huge camp building, they bulldozed the top of a hill, and on the top of the hill, they used thick logs as supports, and sewn up a huge cowhide as a wall curtain to set up a huge camp tent. Under the dome made of cowhide, the central part is where the Yunzhou terrain sand table is placed, and the surrounding area is a wide command area. The command area and the periphery are separated by numerous filing cabinets and a one-person-high cowhide curtain wall, and an office area is arranged in the outer circle to handle camp affairs, handle logistics and transportation, deal with military information and related situations sent by all parties, and sort the letters of the officers and men in the army.

At the top of the hill on which the tent was built, a drawbridge was connected to the top of the two hills on the side, and on the hill on the side, a watchtower of considerable height was built, and an eagle station was set up at the top of one of the watchtowers.

At the foot of the hill, rows of improvised barracks and tents are neatly arranged. Barracks and simple barracks were built roughly according to different organizational divisions, and in the middle of each area there was a military tent of some size. The style is very similar to that of the Chinese military tents built on the top of the hills, and it seems that the heavy equipment battalion and the baggage battalion have mastered this kind of nomadic tent construction made of wood and cowhide.

Behind the hill, there is a simple warehouse where a large number of materials are stored, although it is a little hasty, but a relatively large drainage ditch has been built in the reservoir area. In case anything happens during this rainy season, several deep wells have been dug to prevent fires, and large vats containing large quantities of clean water have been half-buried in a corner of the reservoir area.

Seeing such a camp, Ye Tao's expression was very strange. The huge Chinese military tent set up on the top of the hill always reminded him of something...... It's probably the central building of a certain clan in a expansion in the Heroes of Might and Magic series. And the method of connecting several hills with a suspension bridge made him wonder if these hills were higher, if there was more space at the top. Will the Blood Qi Army also create the "Thunder Cliff" in his impression? Ye Tao also had to secretly defend himself to the heavens, this time the piracy really had nothing to do with him.

Now that he has come here and is about to enter Yunzhou with the Blood Qi Army, Ye Tao is not prepared to hide from the military meeting. If there is something he can contribute, he will definitely give it his all. This is not only to be responsible for these companions who trust him, but also to convey a message to the representatives of the Dai family in Yunzhou, who have come here and will also participate in the military meeting: the Blood Qi Army is united.

Right now. Dai Ji was already a member of the cavalry battalion, and because of his excellent cavalry and archery skills, in-depth knowledge of Yunzhou, and his mastery of several languages spoken by many tribes in Yunzhou and northern Yunzhou, he was even specially approved to enter the scout cavalry battalion, which was the most special and valued among the cavalry of the Blood Qi Army. became a small soldier under Chi Lei, and now he is on a mission in Yunzhou, but he is no longer eligible to have the opportunity to participate in military discussions. It's Dai Ye, the former leader of the Tieyun Cavalry. He was not very willing to be considered old and useless and was sent to Danyang, this time he followed the Blood Qi Army to the Dongjiaji camp in a very comfortable four-wheeled carriage. Dai Ye's body was not enough for him to support large-scale and high-intensity military activities in Yunzhou, but it was absolutely no problem to be a senior staff officer in the Dongjiaji advance camp.

And the Dai family also has several people who rushed from the headquarters of the Dai family in Yunzhou, the most important of which is the younger brother of Dai Shihuan, the current head of the Dai family, Dai Shikui, Dai Yundi's father, and Dai Mi, who is in charge of military affairs of the Dai family. The others are all practical deacons who are responsible for various government affairs in the Dai family. to comprehensively coordinate the supply and other issues that the Blood Qi Army and Dongping may have transferred to other armies into Yunzhou.

Naturally, the Dongping side will not completely let the young people of the Blood Qi Army call the shots, the former general Xu Jingtian, the military department attendant Hu Yi, and the etiquette department attendant Jiao Zening attended the meeting as representatives of the Dongping imperial court. In fact, except for Xu Jingtian, who has a relatively large right to speak, the other two waiters are all here to observe, and by the way, they will implement the things that need to be coordinated with other parties. In Tan Xiaopei's opinion, send the Blood Qi Army. Ye Tao was appointed to suppress the overly warlike mentality of the Blood Qi Army. In addition, there is a calm and solid veteran general counselor military aircraft, which is absolutely enough in terms of sincerity and administrative level. Not to mention. With the war going smoothly in Yunzhou, the crown prince Tan Weiming would enter Yunzhou as the plenipotentiary representative of Dongping.

Ye Tao came to the barracks for two hours, and after a short rest, a very formal military meeting was held in the Chinese military tent. He was the only one waiting for this very important meeting.

After a few words of greeting with the people of the Dai family, Dai Mi introduced the military situation in Yunzhou.

There is a sand table that is not perfect but is already sufficient, and Dai Mi's military explanation is much more intuitive. He put a lot of chess pieces of different shapes on the sand table...... In the past few days, he has become accustomed to using these chess pieces to represent different types of troops or even different types of the same army, and using one chess piece to represent 10,000 people is a good means to show the local strength comparison.

Dai Mian said solemnly: "Before coming here, I had just returned from the northern border. To the north, our scouts were able to reach deep into the steppes, make peace with the tribesmen, and sometimes get supplies from them and come back. Now, it is difficult for our scouts to penetrate more than three hundred miles into the grassland. In most cases, if you go about 200 miles deep, you will encounter tribal patrols, and although there have not been too many conflicts now, it is not like before, when everyone said hello and went their own way. Once encountered, it is normal for the two sides to spy on each other and make some provocations. According to the relationship with our Dai family, it is quite good. People from small tribes who have some connections with those tribes in the north said that the most powerful Kolka tribe in the northern steppe was the initiator of this attack on Yunzhou. So far, a total of 27 tribes have been confirmed to join the steppe alliance, with a total of about 140,000 troops, all of which are cavalry. ”

"To the west of Yunzhou, it is Yunzhou's old enemy, the Xiling Army. And the leading coach is also an old opponent of my Dai family, Jiang Xujing, the first cavalry general of Xiling. The forces of the Xiling side are mainly concentrated in two places. All the way in the Bauhinia Valley, there is Beidaying in Xiling. The other road is in the Mengnan Banner further north. Mengnan Banner is just an advance camp, and if it is not for the protection of Bauhinia Valley, it will not be difficult to take it. But the two camps are horns of each other, which is a bit of a problem. The Xiling army had about 100,000 people, of which more than 20,000 were the cavalry of Jiang Xujing's headquarters, which was very strong. And the rest of the troops, part of which are the Ni Sigui Department and Jia Qingyun Department of the Northern Army of Xiling Northern Town. These two troops each have 10,000 men and horses, and they have been guarding the north of Xiling for a long time, and they are also fierce enemies. In addition, it is the infantry army transferred from Xiling China, and I don't know much about this part of the soldiers and horses in Yunzhou. But the leader of the 30,000 infantry army is named Zhao Li, who seems to be the son of Zhao Pengyuan, the general of the Xiling Expedition to the north. The rest of the army had strange uniforms, and if there was no mistake, it should be the Guardian Army established by the Daoming Sect. The strength of this part of the apologetic army is not very clear. ”

"And in the northeast of Yunzhou. It is an army on the Northern Liao side. This army had never appeared at the junction of Yunzhou and Northern Liao before, and it should have been newly transferred, because the position where they were stationed had never entered the buffer zone even after the original border army of Northern Liao, with the current strength of Yunzhou, there was no way to spy on this army. ”

After talking about the situation of the three enemies that Yunzhou needs to face, Dai Mi concluded: "To sum up, in fact, what we need to face is about 300,000 troops from the three sides. If it seems like usual, the three sides did not attack at the same time. If there is no collusion with each other, I, Yunzhou, can naturally repel them one by one. But now the situation is different. At the end, I will introduce the targeted deployment of my Yunzhou. ”

"The main combat strength of my Yunzhou is 50,000 Tieyun cavalry, 10,000 elite cavalry of the Dai family's headquarters, and about 70,000 infantry troops, of which 40,000 are relatively reliable, and the other 30,000 are distributed in the main cities and strongholds of Yunzhou. It is difficult to say how effective this part of the forces will be now. and the ability of the commander-in-chief and the management of peacetime. There are relatively large ups and downs. In addition, every time in the past. Yunzhou was able to obtain a different number of cavalry replenishment from the tribes in Yunzhou and some tribes further north that were more closely connected to Yunzhou. In general, the military strength that can be mobilized in Yunzhou is about 100,000 cavalry and 70,000 infantry troops. Of course, it is very difficult for my Yunzhou to maintain an army of this size, except for the Tieyun Cavalry and the elite cavalry of the clan soldiers, the equipment and training of the rest of the troops may not be so particular. Compared to the Blood Qi Army......" Dai Mi shook his head ashamedly and said, "It's too far away. ”

Dai Mi continued: "Due to the enemy on three sides, my Yunzhou troops are limited, so I have to divide and deploy. On the Northern Liao side, our side deployed 10,000 Tieyun cavalry and 10,000 infantry troops in Sakai Town, and no matter where the Northern Liao side chose to attack from, Sakai Town could respond in time. On the side facing Xiling, our side concentrated 30,000 Tieyun cavalry and 20,000 infantry troops. There are also 10,000 Tieyun Cavalry and 10,000 Clan Elite Cavalry placed in Ningyuan Town. In the north there were only a small number of cavalry squads and scouts active. Yunzhou's troops really can't be moved. In the north, it is now basically all about the tribal armies against the tribal armies, and there is not much unity of opinion within them. ”

Yunzhou has raised more than 100,000 troops with the strength of one state, and the combat effectiveness is quite good, which is already a great thing. And coupled with the tribal cavalry controlled by the Dai family, a total of 100,000 cavalry troops added up, which made Xu Jingtian, a veteran who had to use the cavalry in his hands carefully in the past, envious of him. Naturally, Yunzhou itself has a vast grassland, and the cost of raising cavalry mainly lies in the equipment of the cavalry rather than the horses, and the total cost is much cheaper than raising the same cavalry in Dongping, and it is more frugal than the blood qi army, which does not take money as money, but after all, 100,000 cavalry, what an astonishing number. However, Yunzhou can only defend on both sides, empty its forces in the north, and only maintain a limited posture of contact and harassment.

However, after such an explanation, everyone also roughly understood that the tone of the Battle of Yunzhou must be a cavalry-based corps decisive battle, whether it is the northern tribes, Northern Liao or Xiling, they are all cavalry-based armies. The occupation, control and purging of the infantry is still an important part, but in Yunzhou, it can only be in a subordinate position.

"What about logistical preparations?" Ye Tao asked: "It's not just about food. What is the situation of the soldiers' diet, medicine and other preparations, weapons and equipment, and the stockpiling of consumables such as arrows? …… In addition, I think the Dai family's current deployment is to prepare for a defensive operation that exchanges space for time, so in the area involved, what is the evacuation situation for the people of Yunzhou? What about the resettlement of these people? ”

Dai Mi's eyes flashed, but he didn't continue to speak, but looked at Dai Shikui. Dai Shikui nodded secretly and said, "Lord Ye, these questions are on point......

Ye Tao hurriedly said modestly: "Uncle Dai, please don't call the kid, I can't afford it." You are the father of Dai Yun, just call me by name. ”

Dai Shikui smiled, bypassed the question of title, and said: "It is the turn of spring and summer, and most of the herdsmen, as well as the tribes that mainly graze, are concentrated in the central area of Yunzhou, that is, south of Ningyuan Town and north of Anju City, around Snow Wolf Lake. It is home to the most abundant aquatic plants and the most prosperous horse market every year. Regardless of whether there is a war or not, herders gather here in the summer, and many farmers who make a living from farming come here in the summer to trade and then rush back before the autumn harvest. Between now and September, we don't have to evacuate specifically in the north of Yunzhou. In the south, where cultivation is the mainstay, the notice has been announced. On the one hand, the people close to the city can withdraw into the city at any time, and on the other hand, the owners of the fields and the owners of the mountain villas form villages to protect themselves. Because the south of Yunzhou may not be the main area affected by the war, our side did not forcibly carry out the clearing of the wilderness. …… In terms of the preparations of the Yunzhou side, the military rations can be guaranteed for four to six months, and if the needs of relief for the displaced people caused by the war and other conditions are included, it should also be able to guarantee three months. If you reduce the quota slightly, you can maintain it for a longer period of time. However, once the war starts, the consumption of salt and so on will be much greater than usual, and the supply in this area will not be able to keep up. As for medicine...... There is no shortage of all kinds of medicinal materials in Yunzhou, and in recent years, the business of medicinal materials has to surpass the momentum of the horse business, and several major medicinal material stores in Yunzhou have guaranteed to open their stocks to the Yunzhou military. However, the number of physicians is much smaller. And also...... What's that diet? ”