472, Cheng's father-in-law's debriefing exercise (I)
After about half a month, Datang once again started a court visit, and officials above the fifth rank in Chang'an in the imperial court had to participate. And the first thing, that's a very important question.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have ordered the reorganization of the 12th Army of the Tang Dynasty, except for the 4th Army of the Northern Expedition and the Western Expedition and the Southern Expedition of the Eastern Army, which is relatively slow and understandable, how are the other armies reorganized? It's been a few months now, how are you? Li Shimin asked.
Now, of course, Li Shimin is concerned, because this new army has a bearing on the future military reform. In fact, the so-called reorganization is just a change in the establishment of the army and a change in the management mode of the army, and the soldiers have not changed. The army has changed into a collective leadership, that is, the jiedu envoy, the deputy jiedu envoy, and the leaders of the three subordinate departments form a meeting, and then vote on the matter. This is also to cancel the past state of the main general's word, and turn it into a collective leadership. In fact, many of those officers were halfway monks, and the staff officers were also temporarily recruited, and many people were formed. In such a situation, there must be a lot of chaos, and now Li Shimin immediately asked. Let's see what these guys can get up to.
"The emperor can rest assured, Lao Cheng and I have been guided by my son-in-law Jingwen, and I have long been able to form and improve it." Cheng Yanjin said.
Jing Wen scolded in his heart, this old fairy Cheng is really, he actually said it openly when he opened a small stove for him. With Cheng Biting Jin's ability, of course, it is difficult for him to complete the adaptation and reorganization by himself, and he consults Jingwen. Cheng Yanjin gave those difficulties to Jingwen, and Jingwen once again asked the staff officers in the Datang Military Academy to help, and then easily came up with a plan. Therefore, Cheng Yanjin's Zuo Shence Army can be said to be the fastest to reorganize, and it has already reorganized the establishment and staff officers in all aspects. Originally, this kind of thing of opening a small stove couldn't be said openly, but Cheng Yanjin actually said it so openly, which made Jingwen very speechless and complained.
"Okay, I'll check it out right away. What happened to Cheng Aiqing's Zuo Shen Army. Li Shimin said.
Li Shimin took everyone to the camp of Cheng Yanjin's Zuo Shence Army, and then the Zuo Shen Ce Army began to salute, and then everyone began to prepare for the drill. This time, however, it was a live military exercise, in which the soldiers formed two groups and fought each other. This is the most testing thing, because it's not like the tricks of the past.
"Crossbowmen, strike!" Both sides shouted.
Because the tactics were all born from Jingwen's Snow Shame Army, everyone was the first to shoot with a bow and crossbow. The bow and crossbow shooting was originally a test of the willpower of both sides, but this time it was a drill, and it was impossible to really use real arrows. So the willpower of both sides is "magnified".
"Crossbowmen retreat, Mo sword soldiers, hold on! Prevent the opposing cavalry from attacking! Cheng Yanjin shouted.
But the other side gave an order, saying, "Mo Dao soldiers, attack!" ”
"What? Mo knife soldiers attack? What exactly do they want to do? Cheng Yanjin was also surprised.
This time, it was actually Cheng Yanjin and his subordinate division commander who were conducting exercises, which was actually the result of acting. Cheng Yanjin personally commanded a division, and then the other party also commanded a division. An army has about two divisions and 40,000 men. And this time, Cheng Biting Jin conducted a drill with his subordinates, but his subordinates actually played cards according to common sense! It was already agreed. It is enough to determine according to the established tactics, but now the other party actually let the Mo Dao soldiers attack, this is obviously not decided according to the agreed tactics.
"Mo Dao Soldier, defend!" Cheng Yanjin also ordered.
Soon. The Mo sword soldiers on both sides will meet.
"Click......" Both sides held wooden knives and slashed at each other's armor.
This kind of face-to-face battle between Mo sword soldiers obviously doesn't know what it means.
"Jiedu envoy, we have a group of cavalry coming from the rear!" A herald shouted to Cheng Yanjin.
Soon, the flank of Cheng Yanjin's side was rushed by a group of cavalry. As a result, Cheng Bitingjin's jumping team was cleaned up. The jumpers were mainly used for melee, but now they were powerless against the cavalry.
"Cheng Yanjin lost, they used Tian Ji's horse racing method." Li Shimin said.
If you follow the tactics of the past. It should be that one side sent cavalry to attack the enemy's Mo Dao soldiers, but now Cheng Biting Jin's drill opponent actually played his cards according to common sense, using his own Mo Dao soldiers to attract the attention of the opponent's Mo Dao soldiers, and then sent cavalry to sneak attack Cheng Biting Jin's flank. As a result, Cheng Biting Jin's jumping soldiers were "slaughtered". And this is actually the use of the principle of Tian Ji horse racing, through guò sacrifice Mo sword soldiers, and then give full play to the advantages of cavalry in exchange for the final victory.
"Hey, my father-in-law is dogmatic." Jingwen said.
Cheng Yanjin's mistake this time was actually a dogmatic mistake, and he stubbornly implemented the tactics of Jingwen Xue's army against the Turks, that is, first kill the enemy with crossbow soldiers, and then use Mo sword soldiers to prevent the enemy's cavalry from attacking. But the enemy who bit Jin didn't play like this, he broke through the original tactics very flexibly, and went the other way, using the method of sacrificing the Mo sword soldiers to attract the tactics of the opponent's Mo sword soldiers. Then, the enemy's Mo sword soldiers were entangled, and their own cavalry was not afraid of their nemesis, Mo sword soldiers, and they could easily break through the enemy's jump guard group from the flank. If the Jumper is facing the cavalry directly, he has little to no resistance.
This is actually a model of Tian Ji's horse racing thoughts, using the Mo sword soldiers to "scrape" the enemy's Mo sword soldiers, and then using their own cavalry to attack the jumping soldiers who can't fight the cavalry. In this way, the enemy's living forces are greatly depleted, and then the advantage of the battle can be gradually gained.
"Hurry up and retreat!" Cheng Biting Jin's opponent shouted.
Then, Cheng Yanjin breathed a sigh of relief because the enemy's cavalry had finally retreated.
"You're so unruly, didn't you say that you would drill according to the plan?" Cheng Yanjin said angrily.
But the opponent on the other side didn't answer his question, and the referee didn't know what to do. According to the script, it didn't come like this, but Cheng Yanjin's opponent didn't cooperate and played this set. As a result, the referee of the military exercise did not know how to impose a penalty. If it is calculated according to casualties, I am afraid that Cheng Yanjin's jumping troops have been exhausted.
Cheng Biting Jin stared at the referee fiercely, and when the referee just wanted to obey Cheng Biting Jin's meaning to judge, Li Shimin said: "This time the opponent's cavalry attack is effective!" ”
Cheng Yanjin was speechless, Emperor Li Shimin actually helped the other party, so long is equivalent to destroying Cheng Yanjin's nearly 7,500 jump-off troops, this is very miserable. If there is no shift jumping troops, I am afraid that it will be a great loss next. More than 7,000 troops of more than 20,000 people were removed.
"Send out the cavalry and attack them! We also use their methods. Cheng Yanjin said. (To be continued......)