"They know what a!" Lu Chen's face was full of ridicule at this moment, and he said: "It's nothing more than a war of attrition, a tug-of-war back and forth." And that's exactly what we wanted! ”

Is the empire afraid of a war of attrition? If you're afraid, it's really a big joke! The empire is now fearless, reducing the scale and intensity of the war, it is nothing more than hoping to develop the interior, improve the people's livelihood and strengthen the economy with everything plundered, but the empire is not afraid of any kind of war at all.

With a growing population and an incomparably large amount of money and resources, whoever wants to fight a war of attrition with the Empire will be extremely happy to engage in such a war.

In today's world, only a long distance can give the empire a headache, the Western Regions is a little far from the empire, but not to the point of powerlessness, if Wanguo and Maodun Xiongnu are willing to grind slowly, it will really be better.

"What I didn't expect was that Han Xin was so capable of fighting ......, there seems to be something wrong?" Lu Chen thought for a moment and added: "Han Xin can fight, but what is surprising is the firearms unit. ”

Han Xin led 5,000 firearms troops and 2,000 cavalry against the 40,000 people of Wanguo and Maotun combined, and the ground where they fought was very flat terrain.

The encounter between the two armies did not happen in any unexpected stories on both sides, after all, they sent enough scouts, who could sneak up on whom on the plains?

After Han Xin discovered the forces of Wanguo and Maodun Xiongnu, he resorted to building fortifications on the spot, such as setting up sandbag barriers and pulling ropes locally, and then set up a position to wait for the enemy to arrive.

Perhaps it was because Wan Guo and Maodun Xiongnu felt that most of Han Xin's troops were infantry, and they felt that Han Xin's troops were few, and they wanted to annihilate Han Xin's inferior army with a happy mood.

In fact, Han Xin was not specifically trying to deal with the Wan Kingdom and the Maodun Xiongnu at all, their original task was to make an armed parade to show the muscles of the envoys to some states in the central and western regions of the Western Regions. In order to attract more miscellaneous soldiers to join Liu Bang's plan.

Han Shin was not only not worried but excited when he encountered enemy troops during the armed march, all because he had been thinking about the correct use of firearms after the last battle at Taniguchi. He also really researched some things, such as firearms units equipped with artillery are suitable for siege cities, and firearms units lacking high mobility in the field can be held against cavalry with high mobility capabilities.

"He's really researched something." Meng Tian kept nodding his head: "It's not that he concentrates artillery. With such a covering shot, that battle will not be won easily. ”

"Covered shooting has been around for a long time, and it used to be used for arrows and ballista weapons, but the difference is that the cannon has a longer range and the round projectile is more lethal." Xu Zhi seemed to be thinking about something, and suddenly asked, "I remember that we also want to equip artillery, right?" ”

"yes!" Lu Chen nodded: "The Northern Expeditionary Corps has begun to equip artillery, and I heard that it works very well to use, and some small-caliber artillery has also played a very important role in the mountain competition." ”

"I've heard about it, too." Wei Han's face was full of seriousness: "In the past, when facing the enemy army that had a high advantage in the narrow terrain, it was necessary to get close with a bow and crossbow. Directly let the infantry charge and the casualties are too great. They now deal with such targets to detect the terrain, and set up the artillery in a place where the trajectory of the fire is not obstructed, and using flat fire can be easily knocked out from a distance of 500 meters. ”

"Have you studied specifically?" Xu Zhi didn't know what shooting ballistics were, and he wanted to know a little bit now: "The Northern Expeditionary Corps has been equipped with artillery, when will we transport it?" ”

"The priority sequence is the Northern Expeditionary Corps." Meng Tian's tone was flat, but his expression was very depressed: "We are not on any priority right now. ”

Not only is the Western Expeditionary Corps not in the priority order, in fact, they are also ranked behind the supply sequence of the Nanyang Fleet and several corps in Liaodong, which can be compared to the Beiyang Fleet.

The Beiyang Fleet is already on the verge of becoming a transport group. That's because they don't have any enemies. Recently, both the Beiyang Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet have been reorganized, saying that they want to be equipped with some marines. It is precisely this point that makes the people of the Western Expedition more depressed.

"Actually, I just don't understand...... Meng Tian really couldn't help it, and said: "Since coming to the Western Regions is not a priority, and it even seems that except for the most basic supplies to maintain, everything else is ranked at the bottom, so why are we coming to the Western Regions so early?" ”

"I know that." Lu Chen ignored Meng Tian's sourness and depression, and said, "It wasn't that fast. The correct time point should be about thirteen years after the imperial calendar. However, Li Xin killed the king of Loulan, which is one of the variables, and the other is that Mao Dun stayed in the Western Regions and did not leave. ”

The empire lasted ten years, both in 203 BC. mentioned a "left or so", which is about a year of uncertainty before and after, so it means that the Western Expeditionary Corps entered the Western Regions two years ahead of schedule.

"Originally, at least we had to capture Junji Mountain, and then we would re-plan on the basis of the establishment of the Northern Expeditionary Corps, some of which would remain in the grassland as local garrisons, and some of which would be reorganized into the Western Expeditionary Corps." Lu Chen suddenly pointed at Xu Zhi and said with a smile: "Like General Xu Zhonglang, he is probably quite depressed now." Originally, it was in the sequence of the Western Expeditionary Corps, but later received a notice that it was going to be transferred to the Northern Expeditionary Corps, but before the people left, a new order came, saying that it was considered that Mao Dun was too active in the Western Regions, and the Taiwei Department decided to leave the First Cavalry Corps in the Western Regions and transfer it to other cavalry corps to reinforce the Northern Expeditionary Corps. ”

"It won't be my most depressed, at least I don't have to hide in the empire itself." Xu Zhimi's face was indifferent, and he said: "The Twentieth Cavalry Regiment, which should have been transferred, is probably the most depressed. They have been nesting in Longxi for more than three years, and it seems that they are going to continue to nest. ”

Meng Tian's eyes narrowed, and he thought to himself, "Indeed, this time is really too strange, and it is too chaotic for the order to be given. ”

For the first time in the Empire's history, an order was given to a legion to be redeployed and then a change of order was made shortly thereafter. To say that such a thing happens in a country that is facing collapse or administrative chaos is a relatively common thing. The problem is that the empire is not facing collapse, and the administrative system is probably the most rigorous of any known country in the world.

Those of them who are in the Western Regions know a little bit about it, it is nothing more than that there are some small problems in Longxi County. The Twentieth Cavalry Legion, which was supposed to be sent to the Western Regions, needed to stay in place and carry out some low-intensity clearances.

In fact, it was the magistrate who had problems when absorbing some ethnic groups, and there were still a considerable number of Rong and Di people in the northwest of Longxi County, but the most were still various Qiang tribes. The Rong and Di people in the northwest region were absorbed and integrated by the Qin State during the Warring States Period, and they can be called an ethnic group with a relatively high degree of integration with the Chinese ethnic group. With the example of the Qin State before, in fact, unless there are a few people, most of them do not regard the Rong and Di people in the northwest region as alien races. On the contrary, those Qiang tribes were treated as aliens.

What happened was that there was a war between the Qiang tribe and the Rongdi tribe, and the Rongdi tribe had a blood relationship with some clans in Longxi, and the magistrate was the first to mediate, but he was intercepted and killed on the way, and the murderer was the Qiang.

The magistrate was killed? The domineering empire will definitely not investigate why he killed, especially since Li Si has just arrived and is eager to establish his authority, he originally wanted to accept Rong Di who has an example of fusion, so it is not easy to open the knife to Rong Di, and he is a little unfamiliar with those Qiang tribes. I haven't figured out what to do yet. The result is good, the Qiang people themselves jumped out and did something to intercept and kill the imperial officials? I don't have to say it, just do it, whoever instigates it is a grandson!

The Twentieth Cavalry Regiment did not stay where it was, as the men of the Western Legion had assumed, they were transferred to the Northwest Governor's Province, and then the Legion was divided into several parts, each of which was exterminating the troublesome tribes. So be it. It's not that the order is strange, it's that things happen a little suddenly.

Qiang people. It means that the people who herd sheep do not have the Qiang people at all now, but they are collectively referred to by outsiders.

There are very many Qiang tribes, they are spread over almost the entire northwest, and there are very, very many Qiang tribes in the plateaus and basins there. They do not consider themselves to be the same ethnic group, and in fact they have no similarities in language, habits, beliefs, etc. The only thing that is somewhat the same is the love of grazing, especially sheep raising.

There is nothing to say that the Western Expeditionary Corps is not in the priority sequence, but in fact, because the Western Expeditionary Corps was unable to annihilate the Maudun Division, the center thought that the limited sequence needed to be lowered. Meng Tian and the others knew this in their hearts, but they refused to admit the reality.

It was impossible to annihilate the Maudun Huns. That's a long-term war, especially if Maudun wants to run, and they really can't stop it, so what should they do? It can only be consumed.

It is impossible for an army that does not need a big war to get more supplies than it needs, and the transportation of supplies from the empire mainland to the corps will inevitably decline, so as to maintain the supplies needed by the corps while carrying out a slow accumulation process in small quantities.

"Firearms units are able to stay put, but the situation is very realistic, and the mobility of firearms units is hard." Meng Tian chuckled lightly and said, "Han Xin can block the attack of 40,000 cavalry and inflict casualties, but once the enemy retreats, he will have no choice. ”

"That's right." Lu Chen was also laughing: "It would be very good for firearms troops to fight fortified or defensive battles, but it is still not good for mobile warfare." ”

What are they laughing at? It is nothing more than the feeling that there is no class of troops that can replace the cavalry at present, and the cavalry will still be the most important force in the empire.

"Speaking of which, you've heard that, right?" Wei Han saw that some people nodded and some people shook their heads, so he simply said, "Your Majesty has already determined the final number of cavalry corps. This will be followed by successive reorganizations and reorganization, and there will be six cavalry regiments for the twenty Wehrmacht corps......"

"Isn't that right? Isn't there currently a formation of nine cavalry regiments? Xu Zhi said the numbers of each cavalry officer, and asked with doubts: "Which three cavalry regiments are going to be canceled?" ”

is just confused, even if it is really to cancel the number of the cavalry corps, it is absolutely impossible to cancel the first cavalry corps, after all, this legion is accompanied by the birth of the empire, and the military merits are brilliant.

"After the war in Northern Xinjiang is over, it will be renumbered, from the first to the sixth, so it may be that all of them will be changed." Wei Han is not nervous, he is from a horseback combat background, and the commander of the Zhonglang General will definitely have his position. Seeing Meng Tian's curiosity, he smiled and continued: "To put it bluntly, it is to compress the personnel again, so that the main battle legion becomes elite. ”

People who heard that all nodded their heads, the reality is that the situation, not that the number of soldiers is elite, nor the number of troops means that they are strong, and each of the various legions of the empire is reorganized while fighting, from the previous old system to the initial size of 50,000 soldiers who are moving towards stabilization.

"Your Majesty has said it, but I thought it would be rectified until the war stopped completely." Xu Zhi's face was abrupt: "Our current establishment is, five people and one team, two teams and one team, five teams and one tun, four tun and one song, five songs and one school, five schools and one division, two divisions and one army, and some changes will be made in the future." ”

In fact, there are not many changes, the main battle team will be strengthened, and the non-main battle team will be weakened. For example, the main battle corps may become a large establishment of three divisions, which is equivalent to the size of 75,000 men in a corps. Then, the non-main battle corps is a division, although it is still called a corps, but it is also 25,000 people.

Some of the legions that have always been at the forefront of the battle do not worry about what kind of downsizing they will become, but those that have been stationed in the localities, especially in the hinterland, are a little depressed.

The generals who were fighting outside the war, they didn't know that there had been many Zhonglang generals and army commanders who had asked to return to the imperial capital, and they had received news about the downsizing of the troops, so that they didn't have to guess what they were going to do back, they must be crying and shouting to fight.

The existence of the army is never for the sake of good looks, and some units are not ineffective, but they lack the opportunity to be used. Those who want to return to the imperial capital are about to go to the emperor to cry, they need a chance, a stage where they can show the value of their existence.

There aren't too many places where the empire is currently at war, and the Junji Mountain in the north is one, and it can be regarded as the largest scene. Then, the Western Regions is counted as one, and Liaodong is estimated to be able to fight, and then there are those places overseas that bully the natives.

Many lieutenant generals are looking for a rotation system, whether it is a horse or a mule, and then decide which regiment should be downsized.

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Curious to ask, what is that "watch ass"? (To be continued.) )