Chapter 121: Water is impermanent

Zhao Xin's words shocked everyone, thinking about this thing is really weird. (See Novel.com!) It's much easier to destroy than to build, and now the prince has destroyed the infrastructure here, and the population has all moved away, and a fool who wants to stay here won't do it, but now what does the prince want to do, these people's eyes have changed from surprise to doubt!

"Zhao Xin, just say what you see, don't play dumb riddles with us!" Zhao Yong was anxious, seeing that the prince didn't say anything, he couldn't hold back anymore, and urged.

"Actually, it's very simple!" Zhao Xin looked at the prince, and did not mean to stop himself from talking, so he boldly said, "The prince's goal is here!" He tapped his finger twice on the map.

"Iron Metallurgy?!" Everyone said in surprise.

"That's right, this is the place where Xixia smelted iron to make weapons, if we destroy it, we can cut off its supply of weapons, and their combat strength will be greatly damaged!" Zhao Xin said.

"Could it be that we are traveling for hundreds of miles, just for this iron smelting business? Zhao Xin, you can fool us! Zhao Zhong smiled and said, obviously this reason could not convince him.

"Hehe, you know that the land of Hengshan where we are located is a fertile place, and the grain produced here is the guarantee of the supply of the garrison, and it is also the guarantee of the self-survival of the local households. For us, occupying these marginal and anointed places can force the Xia people to huddle in the narrow Xingling area, and they are blocked by the Hanhai and the desert, so it is not suitable to make a border, so the original intention of the prince is indeed to capture the first line of Hengshan and cut off the Xia army's food and salary! Zhao Xin said.

"Then why do you say iron smelting now?" Zhao Zhong only had this plan, so he asked again.

"Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, your lessons are in vain!" Zhao Xin glanced at Zhao Zhong and the others, and everyone remembered that Zhao Xin was also a top student of the martial arts hall at the beginning, but he insisted on not leading the troops, so he became the head of the prince's guards, otherwise this commander might not be able to take their turn, "Now that Captain Tong insists on refusing to send troops, we alone cannot control such a large area with thousands of men and horses, among which the interests of Wang Senjun and Shen Zhubo have also said, but there is a more important thing in it that determines that we can't fight for a long time!" ”

"Zhao Xin, you have to say that it is food, but we can solve it on the spot, the products here are enough to support the autumn harvest!" Zhao Ren raised his eyes and looked at him and said, what he said sounded good, and the solution on the spot was to supplement it by looting.

"Alas, you're only half right, so let Zhao Xin say it!" Zhao Ta shook his head and sighed and said, Zhao Ren, this kid is used to stretching out his hand, I don't know how difficult it is to live, it seems that he still manages too much, and it is time to wean him.

"Our Xiangyi army can fight successively, not only because we are well-trained and the prince has a good command, but also because the guns we are equipped with are sharp, and the enemy army is invincible, and the guns need to consume ammunition, you have all participated in the battle, after three battles, the average consumption of bullets per Lianzhu gun is about 200 rounds, and our 3,000 men and horses are 600,000 rounds, not including the bullets and shells consumed by the machine gun team." Zhao Xin looked at everyone, and everyone nodded, confirming that what he said was true.

"It took our workshop three years to accumulate millions of bullets, and this year we have increased production, but we have added 200,000 rounds, which means that the ammunition in the hands of our army is at most 500,000 rounds of ammunition, and the prince asked us to carry 200 rounds of ammunition per person before the expedition, and we have made every possible adjustment, and the baggage battalion has only been allocated 50 rounds, and our direct teams are only 100 rounds, and your four battalions have reached the standard, and each machine gun of the machine gun detachment has barely reached the reserve of 3,000 rounds. At this stage, the ammunition factory of the Northwest Base is still only in trial production, and the replenishment of firearms and ammunition depends on Xiangyi, and it is separated by thousands of miles, and transportation is difficult, so before the Northwest Base can be fully produced, our ammunition is not enough to support us to fight again, which is also the reason why the prince has repeatedly written to ask Captain Tong to send troops, and it is also the purpose of our seizure of iron smelting. ”…,

"You also have to learn from Zhao Xin, do you know the cost of a bullet? That costs 20 wen, and a cannonball costs 1,500 wen, which is still the price in Xiangyi, and it will be almost doubled to transport here, so as soon as you move your fingers, I will spend 40 wen, not counting the wear and tear of the gun! Zhao Ta said with a wry smile, these money are still counted in his account, and there are no such things in the catalog of the Great Song Dynasty Arsenal, so they will not be reimbursed, "Besides, how much money do you take thousands of township soldiers to feed their horses every day?" We have eaten up the savings of the border forts for a year, and in the future, don't just feel happy in the war, but also see how much money you have in your pocket and how much food you have in your bowl! ”

From ancient times to the present, wars have paid attention to the fact that the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, there is no food to eat, no water to drink, and you don't need others to fight you, and you yourself will collapse. In the course of the Mongol cavalry, if there was an extreme shortage of food, they would choose one of the ten men and kill it as "military rations". As for who to choose, it is often decided by drawing lots. Zeng Guofan, as the main force of the encirclement and suppression of the Taiping Army, worried about money all day long, so that when he sacrificed, he couldn't help but sigh in the article when he saw Emperor Daoguang's fat buttocks, the emperor's plump and energetic 'dragon buttocks' is a symbol of national prosperity, and he can't wait to cook the emperor's buttocks!

Fighting is the firepower of both sides, Zhao Ta's new army is fierce, but the money is several times that of the people, but the money is not spent in vain, a high-tech, high-consumption troops, fighting is cool, how cool, look at the mountains of corpses piled up in front of Yamato Village, that is caused by the firepower of a battalion. But the lack of ammunition is almost equivalent to death. Once they are besieged in this hundred miles of land, and there is no backup, and the ammunition is exhausted, even if they can fight, they will only be abused, let alone robbing other people's food and grass to replenish it, people don't have to beat you, you yourself will starve to death.

"Oh, I understand, the prince robbed their things just to get some military expenses and make up for the losses!" Zhao Zhong said with a smile.

"Fart, why don't you open your head, I did this to weaken the enemy's strength, they have no one and no food, what do you use to fight us, you really think I got into the eyes of money!" Zhao Ta said angrily, but it was clear from their expressions that they were a 'money string'.

"Ahem, the goal has been clear, the situation is understood, my request is one: we don't want property, but we must capture all the craftsmen of the iron smelting business and bring them back to China, and they want to live, not die, how to fight now, let's discuss!"

"Lord Wang, it's a bit difficult, if we divide our army, our army is already insufficient, it is difficult to form an advantage, if you concentrate all the way, the enemy army is now gathering troops in Mida Cave, less than thirty miles away from the iron smelting business, and fight hard, the disparity between the enemy and our forces, even if we can win, I am afraid that the loss will be too heavy, and the gains outweigh the losses!" Wang Jin said first.

"Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, not that war is unpredictable and irregular. Rather, it means that the form of war changes at any time, but there will be rules in the change. Tasks, terrain, enemy situation, self-feelings, and time are the five elements, and the five elements are indefinite and clean. Even if a unit with very poor equipment and a small number of people, if we have a wonderful layout, with favorable terrain, appropriate timing, and accurate reconnaissance, we can turn the strength of the enemy into a weak position. Zhao said with a smile.

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The deputy commander of the Western Xia Shenyong Supervision Army Division was originally a small local tribe, and the Xia King promoted him to the deputy commander in order to show his benevolence and win people's hearts, who do you think will arrange a strong deputy by his side, of course, the more stupid the better, the more obedient the better. Ling Jieji, the deputy commander of the army, was very competent and knowledgeable, and he ignored all official affairs, and Li Jifeng was in charge, but he signed his name on the report. …,

Now that Li Jifeng does not know his life and death, and when he is ordered to be in danger, it is said that this is a good opportunity for him to rise, but the situation is the opposite, which can make Ling Xuan die of sorrow. These days, there are constant urgent reports, the Song army has invaded the border, burned and looted, he can only report to the imperial court to ask for reinforcements, while collecting elite soldiers from various tribes, and finally gathered 20,000 horses in a few days.

"Deputy commander, the Song army invaded Tiejiaping yesterday and took away 3,000 livestock and more than 200 people, and its leader asked us to go to the rescue!"

"Deputy commander, the Song army appeared near Mantang River last night, and the Bazhou Clan Inspectorate sent people to ask us for support!"

"Report to the deputy commander, the Song army attacked Weng Lie's department at night, killing hundreds of people, and all the cultivated land was destroyed. ….

Ling Jieji received news from all over the place early in the morning, but there was no good news, he is also a fool with a stupid way, no matter what you do, I have an old idea, he just did not move, deployed 20,000 soldiers around the mansion, defended tightly, and waited for reinforcements to arrive.

"Report to the deputy commander, the Song army went to Yulin City, controlled the mouth of the Mingtang River Valley, and is sweeping the crossings of the Yulin River, Yulin Town is invincible, and the army and civilians are gathered to defend the city, please send reinforcements to the unified army quickly, otherwise the city will be difficult to protect!"

If Yulin is lost, the reinforcements of the Shizhou Supervision Army Division will be blocked in Hexi, and he can only resist the enemy with a lone army, with the courage of Li Jifeng, the 20,000 troops of the unified army were also wiped out, and life and death are unknown. Ling Xuan Jiezhu asked himself if he didn't have Li Jifeng's ability, and now there are constant alarms everywhere, allowing the Song army to run rampant, and he can't move, which has already aroused the dissatisfaction of all tribes, if Yulin is lost again, and foreign aid is cut off, he can only thank the world with death.

"Pass my general's order, and order the three departments of Qile, Qu Er, and Wuli to garrison 3,000 soldiers to defend the military division, and the rest of the departments will reinforce Yulin, expel the Song thieves, and unite with the Shizhou reinforcements to encircle and annihilate the Song army!" Ling Jiezhu finally couldn't sit still, and decided to personally lead the army to Yulin.

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