Chapter 62 The actions of our front army are the key
The heavy snow did not stop until three days, and the army of Jeongxiang-do also rested outside Jinju Fortress for three days before resuming the journey after the snow stopped.
Liu Yi led the front army to still walk in the front, and the Chinese army led by Pei Xingjian was nearly ten miles away, the flank of the Chinese army behind the front army was the left and right army led by Liu Jingtong, the general of the left guard, and the left and right army led by He Jiami, the general of the right guard, and behind the middle army was the rear army of more than 20,000 people led by Wu Sansi.
Still in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, these people and horses are marching together, Pei Xingjian's order, after the army resists and merges the state, the troops will be divided.
The more than 20,000 troops led by Li Zhishi, the general of the Right Guard, were directly from the direction of Yanzhou to the direction of Shengzhou, and after reaching the distance of Shengzhou, they joined the main force led by Pei Xingjian; About 15,000 men under Cao Huaishun's command had already set out from Shan Yu Duhufu, and before the arrival of the main army, they were ready to march to the line south of Yinshan to confront the Turkic rebels who had already prepared and prevent them from escaping; Cheng Wuting, who was promoted to the general of Zuo Yulin, was still leading his troops in the area of Fengzhou when the edict was issued, and his group of about 15,000 men and horses planned to launch an offensive against the Turks directly from the west of Yinshan after crossing the Yellow River, and did not join the main force of the main Xiangdao, so it can be said that they fought alone; And Youzhou Governor Li Wenyun had more than 10,000 troops, and the route of the attack was similar to that of the previous year, when he pacified Ashina and other rebellions.
Because this military operation had been issued to the world before the expedition, and the tribes in the Anbei area were ordered to support the actions of our army, many ministers of the DPRK and China also pinned their hopes on the Turkic rebels to be forced by the pressure of our army and surrender without a fight, including Pei Xingjian also had such an idea in his heart, plus the tribes including Hui and Qibi had already made people to contact and would cooperate with our army to fight the Turkic rebels, so the strategy adopted was not as sharp as the last time, but was ready to make a forced landing by battle, and forced the Turks to surrender in a few battles. Therefore, Pei Xingjian's plan in his heart was to send a team with very strong combat effectiveness, after arriving in the Yunzhong area, with the cooperation of several other armies, to directly attack the area of Jinya Mountain, where Ashina Funian's "tooth tent" is located, and to greatly hurt the vitality of the Turks with a blow of destruction, forcing the instigated Ashina Funian to surrender, and then reunite and annihilate the Ashdwin Fu Department who rebelled again.
For this reason, before the army began to act, Pei Xingjian had sent a lot of secret envoys to these two departments to implement counter-plots, so that Ashina Funian and Ashdevin Fu were suspicious of each other, beware of each other, and even attacked each other, so as to achieve the goal of disintegrating the rebels.
With a combination of grace and power, coupled with a certain degree of military strikes, Pei Xingjian believed that the Turks would not be monolithic.
Pei Xingjian's plan to deal a quick blow to Ashina Fu Nian's tooth tent is to pin his hopes on the people led by Liu Yi, most of the people in this group have participated in the last counterinsurgency campaign, Liu Yi's performance in the last time is needless to say, Yang Yuanyan and Zhang Qianmiao's performance in the battle is also very good, and the combat achievements are not small, and there is also a very rich combat experience, plus Hua Dazhi and Li Jingjia, two generals who have participated in the campaign several times, so that the combat effectiveness of the army composed of many people with actual combat experience should be the strongest. Now Li Jingjia and Hua Dazhi, who are only entrusted with the post of Lang generals, were asked by Pei Xingjian to be placed under Liu Yi's subordinates after they were recruited into the army, so that most of the chief officers are generals with rich combat experience, plus the quality of the selected sergeants is also good, most of them are sergeants who have been on the battlefield several times, no worse than the experience of the border army, so when Pei Xingjian was in Jinzhou, he discussed with Liu Yi for a long time, and revealed to him the combat mission of Liu Yi's department in advance.
After Pei Xingjian's narration, Liu Yi also understood Pei Xingjian's general battle plan, and at the same time was very grateful and proud of Pei Xingjian's unusual trust in himself, Liu Yi knew that if Pei Xingjian's plan was successful, then he might be the person with the greatest military achievements in this battle, the absolute protagonist, and he would get a lot of rewards after returning to the dynasty.
Twelve days after the army set off from Jinzhou, it arrived in Shuozhou, and Liu Yi, who arrived first, received a military order sent by Pei Xingjian when he led his troops to rest as planned.
Pei Xingjian's order required Liu Yi to bring enough food rations for twenty days after replenishing all the necessary materials in Shuozhou, and immediately march to the southeast of Yinshan Mountain and the direction of Zhenshui, without meeting with the main force of the army.
Liu Yi also read one point from Pei Xingjian's order, that is, our army is advancing from several directions, and it is impossible for Ashdewen Fu and Ashina Fu Nian to stay near the Golden Tooth Mountain in the area of Zhenshui where the tooth tent is located, and they must be looking for an opportunity to fight our army from afar, so that there will not be many troops defending near the tooth tent, and the rapid attack of our army's light cavalry can have a surprise effect.
Liu Yi also immediately carried out Pei Xingjian's order, and collected 7,000 war horses through the Shuozhou Thorn History, as well as a sufficient number of arrows, so that each soldier has at least two war horses, and can take turns to change horses.
After all the preparations were completed, Liu Yi summoned the officers above the rank of lieutenant to discuss the military situation.
In Liu Yi's big tent, crowded with officers in the room, these officers who were called to look at Liu Yi who was standing with their backs and meditating in front of the huge military map hanging on the tent, none of them dared to say anything, on the way, there were many officers, including Jing Hui, Huan Yanfan, Li Yifeng and other people who had a good personal relationship with Liu Yi, and Li Jingjia, Hua Dazhi and others who were re-activated by the imperial court because of Liu Yi, in terms of discipline, Liu Yi was not merciful at all, which made the generals cautious when carrying out orders, For fear that Liu Yi would be punished for something wrong, and now when military deliberations are about to be held, no one dares to discuss anything in private.
Before the time specified by Liu Yi, all the chief officers had already arrived, and after receiving the report of the captain on duty, Liu Yi turned around from the map, and his majestic and sharp gaze swept over the faces of the officers, and then he spoke: "The general manager Pei sent an order, ordering our army to quickly attack the area around the tooth tent of the Turkic Ashina Funian Department in the southeast of Yinshan Mountain after the replenishment of supplies is completed, from Shuozhou to the area of Nuozhenshui, which is nearly a thousand miles away, and the chief manager requires us to arrive within seven days to launch an attack on the Turkic tooth tent. It is bound to wipe out all the Turks defending the tent in one fell swoop, and they will be annihilated or annihilated, and the specific tasks of each department will be arranged below..."
Annihilation or total capture, that is, the Turks will destroy them all if they resist, and capture them if they do not resist, this is a common practice on the battlefield, and there is no reason to be merciful, even if the other party is an old man, a child and a woman.
Liu Yi's cold face made some people shudder, even Li Yifeng, who consciously got along with Liu Yi more, felt that the former army commander standing in front of him was very unfamiliar, although it was a little unpredictable in the past, but he was still a relatively easy person to get along with, but now he has become a ruthless person, especially after he was punished by Liu Yi in public for some small mistakes, he even felt like this, plus Liu Yi's murderous speech just now, made him a little afraid.
Liu Yi, who was standing on the tent, had already begun to arrange the task: "All the men and horses of our department directly from the middle of the Yunzhong City where Shengzhou and Shan Yu Duhufu are located, cross the Purple River and the Golden River, bypass the Black City, cross the Yin Mountain from the White Road, and go straight to the location of the Ashina Fu Nian Tooth Tent, and encounter any enemy troops along the way, the departments must not fall in love with the battle, and strive to march at a speed, and the arrangements of the departments are as follows: about 2,000 people from the two generals led by the general Jinghui and Huan Yanfan, and marched in the middle of the road, and the 2,000 people led by General Yang Yuanyan were on the left side of the general, and the general Zhang Qianmiao had 2,000 peopleOn the right side of the general, the three men and horses were spaced about three miles apart, marching day and night at the fastest speed, striving to reach the area of Nozhenshui in the fastest time and inflict a sudden blow on the Turks..."
As Liu Yi spoke, he pointed out the direction of his own department with a map of command.
In fact, the front army totaled more than 6,000 people, and there was no need for a specific division of labor, Liu Yi arranged it in the hope that all parts would be dispersed, and within a distance that could echo each other, they would be arranged in a fan, so as to reduce the crowding of people and horses, in order to seek the fastest speed.
After crossing the Great Wall, most of the area is a wide grassland and a semi-desert zone, which is very suitable for the rapid march of cavalry, but 6,000 people are lined up in a column, plus twice the number of war horses, there is definitely no fast march speed in several teams, and it is also more convenient to find the changes in the enemy situation around the area during the march, and respond at any time.
With Liu Yi's order, every general who was named loudly responded to the order.
After Liu Yi announced the order, he paced in front of several major generals who stood there upright, and still said majestically: "This expedition to suppress the rebellion, the actions of our front army are related to the progress of the entire war, if our troops can achieve the expected results, then this war is likely to end soon, so that every soldier who participates in the operation will make great achievements and be rewarded by the imperial court. Ben will reiterate once again that if anyone fails to perform well in the march and battle, he will be ruthless in military law!"
"Obey the general's orders!" The officers in the tent responded to Liu Yi's order in loud voices.
"Let's go and prepare, and set off early tomorrow morning!"
"Yes, General!"
(To be continued)