Chapter 491: Pace

If Xiangning can be called the front line, even if it is the closest to Xiangning, the enemy army of Northern Liao, whose scale can attract the attention of the elite troops of Dongping around Xiangning, is still vigilantly retreating one hundred and ten miles away. Tan Xiaopei came to the front line, obviously not to get over the addiction of war, but to be able to have a good talk with Ye Tao about the current situation and see how to eat Beiliao. In this respect, although Gao Senqi's battle failed, his intention had been achieved. Northern Liao has already demonstrated their will to fight, and has already made a strong army like the Blood Qi Army almost fall behind. Fortunately, the Blood Qi Army made the decision to divide the troops to fight at the first time, and fortunately, both sides dealt with it properly after they divided the troops, otherwise, it is really difficult to say what the situation is now. If the Blood Qi Army is really annihilated, even if all the 300,000 troops in Northern Liao are worth fighting, it means that they have annihilated the first army in the world.

"In general, although the combat effectiveness of the Northern Liao side is not much different from what we expected, the morale is much better than expected." After listening to Ye Tao talk about the battle during this period of time, Tan Xiaopei sighed. He immediately said: "Xiling is about to move, it is estimated that your feelings in the Northern Xinjiang Jingluo Mansion are more obvious. Now, you don't have much strength to deal with Xiling, do you? ”

Ye Tao smiled and said: "After taking the Zhenbei Military Division, it is indeed very difficult to defend such a large area, but fighting in such an environment is not too much of a problem. Your Majesty, it's just that you will definitely receive no fewer bullet stamps. ”

As soon as Ye Tao said this, Tan Xiaopei immediately understood. That large area of land was already barren, and with the exception of a few important strongholds, it was an endless wasteland. Under this kind of geological landform, the mobility and reconnaissance ability of the troops can determine almost half of the victory or defeat. "I intend to abandon the strategy of resistance and let the army of Xiling in. Although it is true that I don't have many main battle troops to play with them now, I have put 30,000 elite cavalry there, six old garrison battalions, and eleven new garrison battalions, which is almost more than 60,000 troops. It was enough for the garrison battalion to defend several cities and conduct support operations around the perimeter of the city. In addition, the cadet pilots at the research institute, this time I have all equipped them with airships, and there is definitely no establishment, no matter how this is, it can only be used as their graduation assessment. But a third of the airship is snow owls, and the oil and fuel barrels are enough...... If this is not enough, I can still mobilize tens of thousands of tribal cavalry from the Wolf Plain. In fact...... Hehe, they're clamoring to come. Because I have promised that the hired troops will be given priority to the spoils of war and the pension, after all, even if they can fight again, in my case, they are still ordinary people......"

Hearing Ye Tao say this, Tan Xiaopei shook his head, these troops cooperated, although it sounds like the same 300,000 Xiling army is very scary now, but I'm afraid it is impossible to eat these troops. Tan Xiaopei asked, "Are you going to let them fight there?" ”

Ye Tao said with a smile: "Until I arrived at the city of Guiyi, I was not going to have a decisive battle, but let the troops attack and harass with battalions as units. Those guys patted their chests and assured that the so-called 300,000 army, when they arrived in Guiyi City, it would be good if half of them could still have combat effectiveness. …… Moreover, the Xiling army did not have 300,000 at all. ”

Ye Tao didn't continue. They have mastered such a super spy as Sun Boping, everyone knows it, and this kind of thing will not be said casually under any circumstances. Sun Boping is a household secretary, and he controls the allocation of military funds, and no one knows better than him how many people there are.

Tan Xiaopei smiled and said, "If this is the case, then I will rest assured on the North Road." But on the side of Beiliao, it still depends on you. I will concentrate a force and set off from Xunshan Pass to see if I can make trouble for Xiling, eat a few battalions, and entangle a bit. It won't go too deep. After all, there is no way to supply too large troops from the route of Xunshan Pass. Tong Bingwen won't sit idly by and watch us broaden our path. After this war of attrition, everyone is not very happy, but there is no way. Someone in the court clamored that it would take three months to level the northern Liao...... Hehe, a scholar's opinion. ”

Tan Xiaopei was also a little apologetic to Ye Tao, this time he sent the Zhenning Pass garrison and Tianxuan army, plus the forbidden army, which was already the limit of Dongping's domestic supply army. After that, coupled with the landing operation of the naval division in the northeast of Northern Liao, it relied on these troops to fight to the end. The total number of troops will reach more than 600,000, and Dongping has never forced itself to this point for many years. But what is more favorable is that Dongping's current financial resources can support the army for at least eighteen months. This support can be sustained in the absence of disasters and other major troubles. This allowed Tan Xiaopei to have the confidence to let Ye Tao occupy a piece and consolidate a piece, and Ye Tao's idea was even more radical. Occupation is of course, consolidation is a must, but what about afterward? Will it continue like this? How long will the conquest of Northern Liao last before it ends?

Ye Tao's idea was that they would build up the existing Northern Liao territory and inject huge sums of money in a short period of time, but also ensure that the money would never become a burden on merchants and the government, but could be converted into continuous profits in the future, but this kind of investment would require a slightly longer cycle. The improvement of the living standards of the people of Northern Liao in these territories, as well as the perfection of local construction and systems, will become a model for other people in Northern Liao. Ye Tao doesn't believe that except for a few people whose brains have been caught by the door, there are people who are unwilling to live a better life. Once such a consciousness is formed, the inner motivation to persevere to the end is slowly annihilated. There is no doubt that the Northern Liao side will certainly not be happy with this kind of news to spread, and this will test the intelligence personnel. When the consolidation of governance reaches a certain level, Ye Tao will seek a decisive battle to completely defeat the main military forces of Northern Liao. And from now until that time, he will work hard in two aspects: one is to make the soldiers familiar with the Northern Liao and know how to behave in the Northern Liao in order to exert the strongest combat power, and in addition, he will weaken the combat effectiveness of the Northern Liao through various methods. Influencing the Northern Liao Dynasty is definitely a very important part of it.

In the Zhenbei Army, he hesitated, lured the enemy to go deeper, and slowly marched here in Beiliao, arranging in many ways, no wonder Ye Tao said that Tan Xiaopei would definitely receive a lot of bullets. Tan Xiaopei only needs to think about the officials in the DPRK and China, and he can think of what kind of situation he will face when he turns back.

"When are you going to move into the mid lane? Is there any news on the North Road? Tan Xiaopei asked.

Ye Tao sighed and said, "Your Majesty, if you hadn't come...... I've got to wait for you here, and I left yesterday. ”

Tan Xiaopei said with a smile: "Don't worry, your family's Dai Yun fought really beautifully, and it is not uncommon for you to have this little reinforcement." ”

Ye Tao then said: "I know this, Gao Senqi has sent 300,000 troops over, and there must be an empty place in the middle lane." Even if I go back now, the gap on the battlefield is not so easy to fill. …… As for the North Road, I haven't gotten the battle report yet, so I don't know how Wei Ran and Chi Lei are progressing. …… If there is any accident in Weiran, I will not be able to explain it. ”

Tan Xiaopei said briskly: "Worry is worry, but we don't have to talk about this matter." The children of the Tan family were not afraid of death before, and they will not be able to have ...... in the future Wei Ran's generation, except for the little rabbit cub. I'm not worried, what are you worried about, if Weiran dies on the battlefield, it will be glory, what are you bad to explain to me? ”

Ye Tao said helplessly: "I can't explain to Xin'er......"

Tan Xiaopei was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "This is...... However, Wei Ran should be fine, this guy is shrewd. If it was really a reckless man who rushed up when there was a fight, how could anyone in the court worry about him and Wei Ming competing for the throne? ”

Before, they were a little taboo about talking about this topic, but now they are completely open. Weng and his son-in-law chatted about this kind of unwarranted speculation of the ministers of the DPRK and China, which was completely inappropriate, and it was just a joke. Tan Xiaopei continued: "What's more, there is Chi Lei here." This super ace scout master is here, how can something happen? Now, although they have no air cover along the way, and there is no way to contact the rear in time, safety should not be a big problem.

However, different people will encounter different problems, and now Tan Weiran and Chi Lei are facing a dilemma. They had less than 20,000 elite cavalry, and their combat power was naturally good, and they were originally worried about supplies. But after a few days, they began to worry about what to do with so many things? Although the speed of the march is not a straight line, the impact is still obvious. In order not to startle the snakes, they walked on the edge of the so-called Northern Liao traditional line of control, and there were not many people in the north, so it was difficult to obtain supplies, and on the southern flank of the line of control, there were many Northern Liao military stations and supply teams that could be robbed.

And Tan Weiran and Chi Lei were ignorant, and in the first battle, they took one of the four large warehouses in the north of the Western Route Army and captured countless ones. Scout sentries with pond mines, they lurked and hurried, and were now less than four days away from their destination. But there was a tough battle in front of them that had to be fought: 17,000 people under the North Liaodong Road Army, the North Liaodong Road Military Zhenbei General, and the North Road Patrol Envoy Bi Wenxin.

Bi Wenxin's troops are mixed with cavalry and infantry, and the meaning of their existence is to suppress the resistance of these tribes in the northeast of Northern Liao.

Chi Lei had already made two personal observations, and came to the conclusion that he was stronger than most of the troops of the Western Route Army, and slightly inferior to the Flying Tiger Battalion soldiers of Gao Senqi. This is a super high evaluation, especially in the Northern Liaodong Route Army, which is regarded as a fish belly, and it is even more rare. And through this incident, they also put away their contempt for the Eastern Route Army. Since the Eastern Route Army had one such army, there could be a second and third, and they had to deal with it carefully.

The warriors of those tribes who followed them had long been intimidated by their achievements along the way, and they would not say anything if they wanted to bypass those tribes, but would actively lead the way for them. But looking at the hateful gaze they always mentioned Bi Wenxin, and the tone of gritting teeth, Tan Weiran seemed to understand something. He said to Chi Lei, "No more detours." It's a pity to lose something and take a detour in a hurry. Anyway, even if they don't know we're here now, it won't be a few days away. We're here, so it's worth an eight-hundred-mile rush, right? Defeat Bi Wenxin and give these brothers a big gift. ”

Chi Lei looked at Tan Weiran, a little strange, and then he understood, indeed, whether this battle is fought or not is no longer a military issue, but a political task. Defeating Bi Wenxin is to establish a lofty image in front of those tribes, they are here to be liberators and saviors, and they want to show their strength to make everyone understand. Otherwise, who would believe the accounts of a few tribal warriors?

Chi Lei sighed and said, "I haven't died any people along the way, so this time it's a bit difficult." Fight carefully, and try to make your brothers suffer less losses. ”

When the two tribal warriors behind them heard this, they couldn't believe it, Bi Wenxin, who was powerless to compete, came to Chi Lei, and he was still thinking about the possibility of zero casualties? It turns out...... Actually, there is really not much difference. Tan Weiran and Chi Lei almost did it......