Chapter Eighty-Five: I Can't Help Fighting
Zhao Ta knew that if he wanted to change the current situation of the new army, he must transform it spiritually, ignite their originally bleak souls, and ignite a raging fire, which is the fire of hope for the establishment of a future paradise on earth, and also the fire of hatred between ethnic groups, which will be extremely fierce and invincible. But Zhao Ta also knew that once the fire burned, it would easily get out of control, and this also needed correct guidance to prevent the fire from burning himself.
In order to cooperate with this new-style army rectification movement, Zhao Ta first revised the slogan of the Krup Army in the past, 'the Han people in the world are one', and added another sentence, 'national unity, jointly resist foreign humiliation'. Then the middle and senior officials of the Krup Army and Texas City were called in for mobilization and the necessary training, so that they first understood the necessity and urgency of doing so. At the same time, it is necessary to seize the opportunity to reorganize the new army, to integrate them into the Krupp army, at least nominally, to make them feel that they are no longer inferior, and then gradually improve their treatment.
In order to ensure that the reformed new army can truly be in its own hands, Zhao Ta exhorted everyone to take the lead in the process of reorganizing the army, take the veterans of the loyal and brave army in the past as the leader, carefully screen the troops, pay attention to the ideological tendencies of the troops, and reward and promote the activists among them, so as to become the backbone of the troops, so as to bring about a change in the atmosphere of the entire troops. Again, don't use coercive means to prevent changes, welcome those who are willing to join the Krup army, pay travel expenses to those who want to go, follow the elite soldier policy, and prefer less to abuse!
After the completion of the training, the strength of the Krüptu army will be expanded. At present, each brigade has reached its full strength of 5,000 men, and each brigade has added a dragoon battalion on the basis of two battalions of hussars and two battalions of dragoons. Taking into account the current situation and supply capacity, two or three brigades were formed with redundant personnel. These men will still use cold weapons to fight, and will be mainly responsible for guarding the walled city. Maintain internal law and order and cooperate with the main force in the task.
While reorganizing the army, it is also necessary to reassure the people. Under the national conditions dominated by farmers and herdsmen, land distribution is the fastest and most effective method. This task was given to Qiao Kun, who had to complete the land registration and demographic work before the start of spring ploughing, and then distribute cultivation by family, and then collect taxes according to the allocated land area, improve his financial system, form a virtuous circle, and gradually get rid of the situation that everything depends on the Fuzhong, and reduce the financial pressure of the Fuzhong...
Zhao Ta has been in this world since he arrived. There is a feeling that time does not wait for me, I always feel that there is not enough time, even if I run forward every day, I still can't catch up with the pace of time, and every day when I wake up, all kinds of troubles come to the door, and I can't catch up. It took him three days to arrange the affairs of the whole army and the people in Texas, but before he could catch his breath, the urgent report was sent to his desk again.
"Lord Wang. The defense of the Hundred Wolf Valley relied on the dangerous terrain to resist the attack of the Jin army, and now the Jin army suddenly divided its troops into two ways, one continued to storm the pass, and the other infantry crossed Baidaoban. We want to outflank our army! Zhao Yong pointed to the map and said to the prince, "Once the Jin army forms an encirclement, our army will be encircled." Not only are they in danger of being completely annihilated, but if the Jin army breaks through the Liangcheng line. will enter the hinterland of Texas. ”
"Well, where is the Wanyan Zonghan Department now?" Zhao Ta looked at the map and asked Li Jun beside him. He had already arrived in Texas as a member of the advance team to provide intelligence support to the prince.
"It is reported that Wanyan Zonghan led troops from Bei'an Prefecture ten days ago, and after leaving Zhongjing Road, he suddenly accelerated his march, marching at a speed of 200 li a day, and has now entered the territory of Fengsheng Prefecture, if this speed is still maintained, Xijing can be reached within five days." Li Jun found the location of Fengshengzhou on the map and pointed it to Wang Yedao.
"Where is Li Liangfu's Liao army now?" Zhao asked again.
"Lord Wang, Li Liangfu's 30,000 troops have now arrived in Dongshengzhou and are on their way to Shuozhou!" Li Jun replied.
"Once bitten by a snake for ten years, he was afraid of the well rope, Li Liangfu was scared by the Jurchens, and when he arrived in Xijing at this speed, the daylily was cold, and it seemed that it would not work to expect him to contain Yan Xian!" Zhao Ta touched the beard on his chin and said, I don't know if he lacks male hormones, or if he has bad genetics and a sparse beard, "Have the states around Xijing sent reinforcements now?" ”
"After Xijing stayed behind and issued a message, there were few responders, and only the Liaozhang National Army made Geng Shouzhong prepare to lead the army to reinforce. Moreover, Yuanzhou took into account that the Xiao clan was mostly in Xijing and agreed to send troops, but if Wanyan Zonghan's army marched into Xijing and also took the Yinshan Road, Yuanzhou would bear the brunt, I am afraid that it would be difficult to protect itself, and it would be empty talk to help Xijing! Li Jun looked at the prince's expression and said carefully, now he is cautious every time he mentions Yuanzhou, lest the prince find out the 'secret' in his heart.
"Lord Wang, the battle situation is very unfavorable for us, should we also transfer the fourth brigade to block the enemy's infantry and prevent the enemy from being attacked on the belly and back!" Zhao Yong saw that the prince just looked at the map after listening to the report and was silent for a long time, and suggested.
"Only by adapting to changes can there be a way out, passive defense, the territory will only get smaller and smaller, only by destroying the enemy, forcing it to retreat can we stabilize our base area, and now we also need a victory to boost morale and cooperate with our whole army!" Zhao Ta shook his head and vetoed Zhao Yong's suggestion and said.
"Lord Wang, we now have less than 7,000 soldiers in the Capture Army, and the defense is still overstretched, but the enemy army has 40,000 people, how can we do it!" Zhao Yong was shocked when he heard this, 7,000 people were still what he had the courage to say, the first brigade and the second brigade are actually only half of the strength now, the third brigade has been fighting for many days, and only the fourth brigade is fully established, but the fourth brigade has always been the weakest brigade in the Krüd army, and has always been responsible for maintaining the line of communication, and has not experienced a major battle and lacks experience in battle.
"Seven thousand is enough! If the Jin army rolls forward in a group, it will be really difficult for us to deal with it, but now that the enemy army is divided into two ways and tries to encircle our army, the two sides will definitely distance themselves. If we suddenly take the initiative to withdraw from the Hundred Wolf Valley and get out of the way, the enemy's frontal attack will definitely send light cavalry to pursue, and the troops will be dispersed again, and we will fight them! Zhao said.
"Lord Wang, once we retreat and make way for the main road, the enemy army enters the hinterland of Texas, we have no danger to defend, if we can't quickly annihilate the enemy army that is rushing on this road, their follow-up reinforcements will arrive in a steady stream, we will be more passive, we can only defend Texas City!" Although Zhao Yong admired the boldness of the prince's plan, he was not worried.
"Your worries are not unreasonable, we do not have the advantage of troops, and we will definitely suffer losses if we fight hard, so I am ready to set up the battlefield here and lure the enemy's forward to the stone box ditch; At the same time, send a light army to contain the enemy's rear army, drag him down, and after we annihilate the enemy's front, return to the army and fight again! Zhao said with a smile, he knows that the success of an organization is not only dependent on the wisdom and talent of the leader, but also on the followers around the leader, because of their continuous performance.
"Lord Wang, isn't this battle too risky?" Zhao Yong still felt that this was a bit of a gamble, and he was unwilling to persuade him.
Zhao Tan smiled and didn't answer, but his attitude already showed that this battle must be fought. If you don't fight a decent war of annihilation now, and wait until the transfer of Yan Zonghan's army is completed, the situation on the Xijing battlefield will deteriorate even more, and it is very likely that you will not be able to complete the strategic goal of keeping Datong, so although this battle is risky, it is worth fighting, only in this way can we achieve the initiative and fall into the situation of exhaustion and exhaustion.
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The next day, Zhao Ta left a battalion of the Fourth Brigade to garrison Dezhou City, and personally led reinforcements to the front line.
At this moment, Zhao Ta is hidden in the army, and his true identity is not known to many people, but many officers in the Kryu Army are from the prince's guard battalion, and when they see their former companions suddenly appear, although they don't see the figure of the prince, they all understand what it means. People who have been by the prince's side know that the prince is the most protective person, and now the Krün army has suffered heavy casualties by the Jurchens, and the prince has come to avenge them...
In order to cover people's eyes and ears, he took advantage of the opportunity of the team to rest and quietly leave the team with a few guards and enter the mountain. Shijiagou is located at the southern foot of Manhan Mountain, northwest of Liangcheng, and is stuck on the road leading to Dezhou. The huge rocks here are rugged, the valley is deep and the road is narrow, the terrain is dangerous, it can be described as a strategic place, there was a big war here, the Northern Wei Tuoba Jue defeated the Yan army, and since then it has established its important position in the long-term confrontation between the north and the south in our history. The iron horse of the year, the magnificent scene of Jin Ge flying has long been submerged in the smoke and dust of history, and there is no trace to be seen, Zhao Ta climbed the main peak of the Barbarian Mountain to look, he is ready to attack the Jin army here.
Assault warfare is a method of warfare with the least losses and the greatest results, even if it cannot completely destroy the enemy, it can destroy most of the enemy, which is the most appropriate tactic for the Krupp army who are at a disadvantage and need to turn the situation around in a battle. Now which way to ambush, how to deploy, and how to distribute troops all need to be considered by Zhao Ta. He carefully surveyed every place where he could set up an ambush, where the troops were placed, where the machine gun positions were located, where the reserves were placed for support... He even rode back and forth on the road twice to calculate the speed of the enemy's march, and a single mistake could lead to defeat in the battle, but the current Kryu army could not afford such a defeat, so he could not be careless.
By the time the reconnaissance was over, it was already sunset, and the remnants of the sun were scattered in the mountains, Zhao Ta's face was dark, and tomorrow the blood would dye this place red again, and the endless fighting would not know how many lives would be taken... (To be continued.) )