Chapter 40: How to Fight (2)
Dong Shouye also thought in his heart about handing over the command of this battle to Xu Rong, and Xu Rong would command the battle, but after thinking about it carefully, he gave up. As for Jia Xu, he saw that Dong Shouye was a little unconfident, so he always encouraged Dong Shouye to personally command his subordinates to fight.
When he saw Dong Shouye's calm and calm appearance during the military discussion, the confidence of all the generals under his command was greatly increased, and Jia Xu was also very happy, and his evaluation of Dong Shouye in his heart was a few points higher.
During this period of time, Jia Xu and Dong Shouye got along, and Jia Xu's confidence in Dong Shouye was getting higher and higher.
In Dong Shouye's opinion, if the command is handed over to Xu Rong at this time, then Xu Rong will be coaxed and hung up.
Set the right time, place, and people, and explode infinitely!
Now the battlefield is east of Liang County as mentioned in history, and the person fighting against him is Sun Jian, and Sun Jian's military strength is almost the same as in history, but Xu Rong's military strength is more than a little stronger than in history.
If Xu Rong fights against Sun Jian at this time, it is estimated that Sun Jian will only be abused.
Dong Shouye didn't have this idea because he was afraid of Sun Jian, and he also had confidence in Sun Jian's victory, but he was not sure that he could control the casualties within a reasonable range.
After all, Dong Shouye has been in the army for a short time, and it is not reasonable to be worse than people like Xu Rong and Sun Jian who have decades of battlefield experience. While experience is not the deciding factor in victory or defeat on the battlefield, it is definitely one of the important factors.
To say that for the entire strategic planning, from a macro point of view, Dong Shouye is confident that he can beat anyone in this era, after all, he has more than thousands of years of knowledge, and he has a good understanding of various historical wars during the Three Kingdoms period, which is unmatched in the entire Three Kingdoms era.
But when it comes to the subtle handling of battlefield command, this relatively micro level, then Dong Shouye is definitely not as good as Xu Rong, which is also Dong Shouye's main concern.
In the end, Dong Shouye gave up and didn't even mention this matter.
Because Dong Shouye knows that in this era, it is not enough to rely on others, and he must have a few excellent brushes in order to convince others.
Only with excellent ability and excellent strength can the talents around him continue to gather around him, so as to keep the one he currently has.
Moreover, as the commander of one side, if he cannot command the battle himself, but hands over the command to others, he will definitely be looked down upon by others, which is not conducive to his future development and reputation.
In this era, some important battles participated in by the powerful princes in the world were commanded on the battlefield, such as the mighty Cao Cao, and almost some major battles were commanded on the battlefield, such as the pacification of Yanzhou Yellow Turban, the war of Yuan Shu, the attack on Xuzhou, the battle against Lü Bu, the attack on Liu Bei, the defeat of Lü Bu, the pacification of Xuzhou, the decisive battle of Guandu, the second discussion of Zhang Xiu, the southern expedition to Jingzhou, the battle of Chibi, the pacification of Xiliang Machao, and the pacification of Hanzhong are all Cao Cao personally commanded on the battlefield.
The same is true for Yuan Shao, who participated in the princes' discussion of Dong, obtained Jizhou, the Battle of Jieqiao, the decisive battle of Guandu, and the Battle of Cangting were also on the front line of the battlefield, and the troops were scattered during the Battle of Jieqiao, and there were only more than 100 people left under his command, surrounded by Gongsun Zhan's cavalry, and almost hung up.
Even Dong Shouye's cheap son Dong Zhuo is also in Xiliang more than 100 battles, Zhu Hu Mo dare not commit it, although Dong Shouye is from the 21st century of the Great Celestial Empire, but he is not inferior to these people, what others can do, he can do it, and he has to do it better than others.
After the discussion of the Chinese army's big tent was completed, Dong Shouye took Jia Xu, Zhang Liao, Dian Wei and several others with him to go around the barracks to see if the soldiers under his command were fully prepared before the war.
The so-called things in the army are nothing more than grain and grass, weapons and armor, horses and vehicles, and people's morale.
In terms of grain and grass, the grain is also very sufficient, all of which are good corn, and the yellow, orange and orange millet grains look quite cute.
However, what makes Dong Shouye regret is that ordinary people can't eat snow-white rice now, in the Central Plains, Guanzhong, and Hebei and other relatively northern areas, rice is still a rare thing, and ordinary people really can't eat it, as Dong Shouye, who was used to eating fragrant rice in his previous life, rice was shipped from the south, and the price was expensive, and it was really not something that ordinary people could eat, but fortunately Dong Shouye became Dong Zhuo's son, if he became the son of an ordinary farmer, there was really a risk of starvation.
Regarding the accommodation of soldiers, there are also all kinds of military tents, which are similar to the tents in ancient war dramas on TV, there is nothing special, the difference may be that the quality is poor, easy to damage, and not as strong as the nylon cloth.
There is also some forage for horses, and some concentrate feed, such as soybeans, alfalfa, etc.
In terms of weapons and armor, simply put, it is a variety of standard weapons of today's Han Dynasty, standard armor, and main battle weapons are mainly halberds, spears, spears, wooden sticks, some knives, swords, and armor are also relatively few, mainly some leather armor, iron armor is relatively few, and ordinary soldiers basically do not have it, only grassroots leaders can have iron armor. Dong Shouye just took a look, and saw that everyone was there one by one sharpening their knives, wiping their weapons and armor, and preparing to kill.
In terms of horses and vehicles, more attention must be paid to horses, the value of horses is extremely high, and in some strict zhòng, a horse is much more precious than a soldier. Now even if there is a battle, the care of the horses can not be careless, all kinds of concentrate feed, coarse forage are served, to prevent the horses from losing fat, to ensure the body of the horses. As for the vehicles, it is mainly used to transport grain and grass to save manpower. Without a car, people alone can't carry so much baggage, and the war is likely to become a great drag, for example, when Wei Yan offered the Meridian plot to Zhuge Liang, he once said that he led 10,000 people to set off from the Meridian Valley, of which 5,000 people had to be used to carry grain and grass, and the main force of the battle was reduced by half at once. The main reason for this is that the mountain roads are rough and impassable for vehicles.
In terms of people's morale, that is, all kinds of mobilization work before the war, if it were in the Great Celestial Empire, it would be to sing military songs, fight the landlords, open a special criticism and fight meeting, fight the landlords one by one, and divide the land, so that everyone will have the benefits and will have enthusiasm. But now that Dong Shouye has not fought the landlords, he can only rely on the grassroots generals to complete this work. Dong Shouye had done a good job of agitation during the military conference before, and the generals were all enthusiastic, and after returning to their respective barracks and troops, they immediately began to convey the main spirit of the meeting to his subordinates, instilling the importance of the battle, so as to boost morale.
ps: The nonsense has been said, starting tomorrow, the official start of the war against Sun Jian