In response to Han Chao's words, Zhao Xuan suddenly said: "In the past, when my Jingbian Army was dispatched, didn't they all carry some grain and grass with the army? With my tight defense, how can the Tartars rob our army of food and grass, and why are they afraid that they will cut off my grain routes? ”

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Han Chao said: "Brother Zhao, fighting outside the Central Plains is not as good as the Central Plains. Indeed, in the past, when our Jingbian army fought battles, they all carried some grain and grass, but after reaching the target, there were many supplies, and no matter how bad they were, they could also obtain grain and rice materials by using various means, after all, the Central Plains cities were dense. ”

"It's just that outside the plug, there are often thousands of miles of uninhabited, the grasslands are vast, the desert Gobi, where can I go to find grain and grass?"

"If you can't find the Tartar tribe, there is no cattle and sheep and other supplements, the grain and grass with the army can only support half a month, a month, and it will always be eaten, what to do, only rely on the continuous transportation of the Guannai, if the grain and grass cannot be helped, the consequences are unimaginable."

Zhao Xuan was not convinced: "Hmph, with the combat strength of my Jingbian Army, I would have captured Guihua City before the grain and grass were eaten." ”

Han Chao shook his head: "What the Tartars are best at is to escape, not to mention anything else, if I am a naturalized city Tartar, in the face of the Jingbian army, I will definitely give up the city, and take away all the baggage in the city, and flee somewhere, so, even if our army occupies the naturalized city, it is only preliminary." ”

"Moreover, in order to maintain the grain and grass of the garrison, it is necessary to supply the grain road, which is no longer a problem of carrying part of the grain and grass with the army, on the other hand, the Tartars can constantly harass the grain road, which they are best at.

"Will they give up Naturalization City?"

Zhao Xuan was puzzled, according to the intelligence. As early as the Jiajing period, Altan Khan recruited, or plundered the Han people to come to reclaim, there are thousands of acres of land around, hundreds of villages, around the naturalization city, there are many people with surnames such as Ding, Yun, Rong, Kang, etc.

And for the naturalized city of Tumut, this city is considered their holy city. Even if Lin Dan Khan and Huang Taiji repeatedly tossed here. Burned and destroyed, still reluctant to give up.

"It's hard to say, we have to consider this possibility, after all, Emperor Yuan Shun was back then. Even most of them gave up. Tartar in his bones. will run away! ”

Zhao Xuan had nothing to say and was contemplative.

Zhong Susu suddenly said: "Not only that, but fighting outside the plug." In addition to food and grass, it is also necessary to consider the drinking water of the army! ”

She said: "When the dense army is out of the jam, how much water is needed for the men and horses, and the logistics have to transport not only grain and grass, but also water tanks and leather bags, which increases the difficulty of supply. ”

Everyone is moved, indeed, the outside of the plug is not as good as the Central Plains, the Central Plains, it is easy to find rivers, even if it dries up, there is always groundwater nearby, but on the grassland, rivers and lakes are few, often separated by a long distance.

This centaur can go without food for a few days, but he can't go without drinking water for a day.

Everyone, you and I add every word, pointing out all kinds of problems.

The Han army of the past dynasties out of the fortress, often have two eyes and a touch of the dark, the outside of the fortress, do not understand, the terrain is unknown, the intelligence is difficult to know, after the block, often the southeast and northwest are not clear, soon lost, or into the vast grassland, or simply run into the desert, that is nine deaths.

Therefore, in all dynasties, except for the early days of the dynasty, most of them were afraid of fighting outside the country, and they did not dare to run too far.

In this operation, the Jingbian Army has already had quite an advantage, and it has a good understanding of the nearby grasslands, but there are still all kinds of difficulties in the calculation.

"What's the strategy of the General Staff?"

Looking at the sand table in front of him, Wang Dou said lightly.

“…… The General Staff Department has several strategies, the most important of which is to follow the example of Chengzu's first expedition to the northern part of the desert, attack the army of the Naturalized City, take the feather cavalry and the new Mongolian annexed army first, carry part of the grain and grass, and the second-class infantry army will follow, and the baggage battalion will transport grain, rice and drinking water together, and build a walled city every few days according to the distance. ”

"These walled cities, not only store grain and grass, but also have water sources, if the front army is short of water and food, you can send people back to the rear walled city to get food and water, of course, these walled cities, all need to stay in an army to guard, even if it is unfavorable, the army can also return to the division along the original road."

Wen Fangliang explained to the sand table, he said: "The army is out of the fortress, since it comes out of the Yehu Ridge, it is more than a thousand miles away from the Naturalization City, according to the calculation of the General Staff Department, every more than 100, or 200 miles, it is necessary to build a walled city." ”

"Fortunately, close to the Xuanzhen border fortress, there are already Shacheng and other forts, which is the advantage of my Jingbian army, so the army goes west, in the original Xinghe Shouyu Qianhu range (later Shangyi County, Xinghe County boundary), set up two villages, this place, there are Daqing River, Erlong River, Dongyang River and other rivers, enough to set up a village."

"Further west, there is Jining Haizi, you can set up a village, and then go west, there is a sea of water (later Daihai), you can set up a village, and finally in the small black river (later Zhuozi County boundary), and then set up a village, so that five villages, enough to control the grain road, to ensure that I conquer the army undefeated!"

Wang Dou nodded, in the future of the highway situation, from Wanquan or Zhangjiakou to the Guihua City is less than a thousand miles.

Of course, at this time, the road conditions cannot be compared with later generations.

Not to mention anything else, when passing through the mountains, there are no tunnels for later generations, and there are no highways, and this distance immediately increases, so it is much more difficult to walk from Wanquan to Guihua City from Wanquan to Guihua City.

The strategy put forward by the General Staff Department is also feasible, and all kinds of measures are enough to make the army conquer and be invincible first.

"The General Staff Department originally intended to set up another village by the Dahei River, but here, the north is Daqing Mountain, and the south is also a continuous mountain, with many vegetation and meadows, and the Tartars can hide in the mountains, and it is not easy to set up a village!"

"Of course, if the army crosses the Dahei River in the future, it can set up a walled city not far from the naturalization city, at the boundary of the old Fengzhou!"

Wen Fangliang continued.

The establishment of these walled cities, the intention of the staff department, in addition to protecting the grain road, also has the intention of inducing the Tartars to attack and let them shed blood under the wall.

After the expansion of the Jingbian Army, the second-class battalions of each army were basically new recruits, and although they had been training in Tunpu for a long time in the past, after entering the barracks, they also conducted intensive training. However, if there is no blood, they are still recruits, and it is good for some people to feel the atmosphere of war and conduct a few low-intensity battles, which is conducive to their growth.

Defending the village is the best way to exercise, and only the fear of the Tartars will not be fooled.

Moreover, in the planning of the General Staff Division, the troops were very sufficient.

For now. The Xuanwu Army of the Korean Dynasty. The first army has three battalions, and Zhong Xiancai's White Tiger Army is also three battalions, but Gao Shiyin and Wen Fangliang's Vermilion Bird Army and Qinglong Army are still two battalions.

In the middle of the army. Sun Sanjie's baggage battalion has been expanded to the second battalion. Xie Yike's sentry camp. It was also filled with a thousand people, and Wang Dou's guard battalion was expanded to a thousand people. In addition, there are two battalions of cavalry, a large battalion of artillery battalions, and a loyal battalion and a new attached battalion, and the total strength of Wang Dou is almost 60,000.

This is also the maximum ability limit for him to raise soldiers, and if there are more, it will not work.

The plan of the General Staff Division, to attack the battle on the western front of Guihua City, can dispatch the first army of the Jingbian Army, with a battalion of the newly annexed Mongolian army, about 3,000 cavalry, and a part of the artillery battalion, which contains 40 Hongyi cannons.

Attacking a naturalized city, even with the fortifications of the walled cities along the way, forty Hongyi cannons are enough, and on the grassland, unless the two sides fight a decisive battle, the artillery is of little effect.

This is the strength of the Jingbian army, in addition to the Datong army with it, Wang Pu has already communicated with Wang Dou, he will send 6,000 troops to fight, and the two sides will converge in Jining Haizi.

On the eastern front, naturally there is still one army, and in addition, there are three remaining armies in the Jingbian Army, which can be arranged calmly, of course, who to send to each line to fight, which needs to be decided by the commander Wang Dou.

After looking at the sand table for a long time, everything was clear, and everyone subconsciously stood up straight.

This kind of deliberation is also clearly understood, so that the generals of all armies can have a sense of the overall situation and try their best to get tempered in the overall situation.

Unlike some of the Ming army's troops, they are tricky, after the commander and the commander will plan, they just give orders, many people can only know what they should do, and everything else is vague, and they feel that the whole battle is confused, which is also where the Jingbian army wins.

Wang Dou pondered for a long time, and finally ordered: "This time the army goes out, the battle of Guihua City on the Western Front, Captain Han of the Xuanwu Army is in charge, the new attached army is accompanied, and the second-class battalion in the army can be stationed in the walled cities along the way to defend the grain road." ”

Han Chao's eyes flashed with joy, and he clenched his fists and said loudly: "The last general will take the order!" ”

"On the eastern front, with Captain Zhong Shangdu in charge, your White Tiger Army can leave a battalion of second-class troops on the east road, and the rest will gather in New Yongning City and other places to prevent the eastern captives."

Zhong Susu also shouted the order, feeling a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

Wang Dou nodded to Zhong Susu, although the intentions of Zierharang and the others were unclear, Wang Dou was not worried about the eastern front.

Mantaoer and other places are mountainous and horizontal, and it is not conducive to cavalry activities, many tunbao are also stuck on the traffic arteries, Jierharang and others want to attack the interior, only one by one, hard to hard attack the walled forts everywhere, afraid of hitting the head and breaking the bloodstream.

The castle of the Jingbian Army is no better than the castles elsewhere in the Ming Dynasty, Zierharang and Du Du are both old and spicy characters, and they will not fail to see this.

Besides, at the speed of their own cavalry, it doesn't take long to go to the rescue, if they are attacking the city, the Jingbian army is rushing from the rear, striking from behind, or even copying the back road, then everything is over.

"Captain Gao, as well as Captain Wen, each leave a battalion of the second class army in the town, and the remaining cavalry of the second army, the loyal battalion, as well as the cavalry battalion of the Chinese army, and an artillery battalion, all of them will gather in Shacheng with this general, waiting for the opportunity to move."

"The baggage battalion of Captain Sun of the Chinese army is responsible for transporting the grain and grass of the army everywhere, the sentry camp, and the sentry spies everywhere!"

All the generals received the orders with loud voices, and each of them became excited, and at last the plan was decided, and each of them was decided, and the war was about to be fought.

Wen Fangliang felt a little regret in his heart, he placed a battalion of soldiers and horses in the town, and he couldn't get training in this battle, Gao Shiyin also glanced at Han Chao enviously, and cracked his mouth.

The generals of the battalions behind the two, especially the commanders of the second-class battalions, also cried in an instant.

This time, the vigorous expedition out of the fortress, it is not their turn, unlucky, it's just that the Jingbian army is strictly disciplined, especially Wang Dou's words, the matter that has been decided cannot be overturned, so I have to wait for the next opportunity.

The general strategy of the expedition is like this.

When everyone was deliberating, several secretaries of the General Staff Department had been recording on the side, and after they were submitted, the General Staff Department would refine and improve it, and finally Wang Dou stamped and signed it, and in the form of an official document, issued to each army, and the plan for a battle finally took shape.

After that, the atmosphere in the hall was relaxed, and Gao Shiyin shouted: "Haha, my army is out of the fortress." With such might, the Tartars will definitely flee from the wind! ”

Han Chao was in a very good mood when he got the important task of going to Guihua City, but his personality was already calm, and after he was in a high position, he was even more stable, and he said with a smile: "Brother Gao, it's not a good thing for the Tatars to flee from the wind, it's best if they don't escape." Go head-to-head with my army! ”

Wen Fangliang quickly calmed down.

He knows. In the general's heart, he is still inferior to Han Chao, and the two are originally between Zhong Bo, and they have an old friendship. Naturally, they take more care of South Korea and North Korea. However, he is also an ambassador of the General Staff Division. It seems that the Great General is a master of playing with balance.

He leaned back in his chair easily and said, "Not surprisingly, all kinds of wars on the Western Front. It is in these walled areas that it is expanded, after all, these stockades are important storage areas for grain roads, and control the surrounding water sources, and if they are not uprooted, the Tartars will not be able to cut off my grain routes! ”

"Of course, they will not be willing to fight against the main force of our army, they will only harass closely, so how to find their main force is the most important thing!"

Han Chao nodded, Wen Fangliang's insight, he admired, after all, he was born in an officer family, and he came from a humble background, although he came to the Shunxiang Army, he has grown a lot, but it does not mean that Wen Fangliang will regress.

Between the two, often you surpass me, I surpass you, and the competition is fierce in secret.

At the moment, he is in charge of the war on the Western Front, which is the importance that the general attaches to himself, so naturally he can't have an accident.

He said confidently: "The grassland is the home of the Tartars, and what these Northern Tartars are best at is to attack and harass. But as long as our army detects and finds their lair, they will be dead. ”

Tactics such as elusiveness and long-distance raids are the instincts of nomadic herders such as Outer Mongolians.

They mostly feed their hunger with cheese, meat floss, dry food, etc., and generally have more than one person and horses under their crotch, so they have relatively few requirements for logistics and supplies, and their tactical flexibility greatly exceeds that of Manchuria and other fishing and hunting peoples.

Therefore, the scope of the nomadic cavalry's activities is very large, although the current Mongols are not as fierce as the Temujin army of the past, and if they are harassed, they should not be underestimated.

Of course, that doesn't mean they don't need logistical food.

In fact, the cavalry required a greater load than the infantry, and a large amount of drinking water, and those who drove cattle and sheep had to gather near rivers and lakes in a place where pastures were abundant.

Their base camp, a large number of cattle and sheep, often gathered, is tens of thousands, slow movement, so, with the mobility of the cavalry, strange, although it is difficult to judge the traces of the Han army outside the fortress, find their base camp, but as long as they are found, they will not survive.

In order to ensure the safety of the women and children in the clan, cattle and sheep, the Huns did not want to fight a decisive battle with the Han army, but also a decisive battle, and finally suffered heavy casualties and wanted to cry without tears.

Ming Chengzu's first three northern expeditions were also to find the remnant of Yuan's lair, Arutai and others, and had to fight against the Ming army, otherwise, according to the Ming army's style of running away as soon as the Ming army came out, they didn't fight, they didn't fight, and when the Ming army retreated, they came back.

There are always traces to be found, and you can judge the location of most of them and the place where they gather by the direction of the rangers' harassment, the range of activities, the number of people dispatched, the amount of grain and grass they carry, etc.

Just like Wang Dou's cavalry, if you run for many hundred miles, how many days and nights, appear in Mantao, Kaipingwei and other places, those who have powerful intelligence and rich experience can still slowly judge that Wang Dou's base camp is in the area of Shacheng and Xinghe.

The grain and grass are also gathered here, trying to find ways to give a blow.

This is also the fundamental reason why cavalry can only determine tactics, not strategy.

Ming Taizu rode on foot, or drove the Mongols out of the Central Plains, even if the grassland was the home of the Tartars, they also had a wide range of activities, and they also abandoned the city of naturalization, but as long as they harassed the activities, they could always find out most of their hidden locations.

The nearly 20,000 cavalry and feathered cavalry that Wang Dou gathered in Shacheng will smash the Yellow Dragon and uproot them!

"This time out of the ......"

Looking at the generals under his command, Wang Dou said slowly: "I will definitely fight the majesty of my Jingbian army." ”

He drank suddenly, and waved his right arm vigorously: "I vow to sweep away the dust and appease my northern soil!" ”

"Sweep away the dust, appease my northern soil!"

There was another roar below, and Jin Ge Iron Horse was arrogant, soaring into the sky. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )