Chapter 153: Song Sheng's Direction

The war began in March, and after more than a month of fighting, it was still not ending in the busy agricultural season in the north.

And the war is getting stronger and stronger.

In order to gain a firm foothold in Beijing, Song Sheng crossed the Yellow River eastward with his headquarters and horses. Attack the Hedong region.

This situation is caused by many factors.

This is also Song Sheng's self-consciousness.

After Song Sheng defected, he was very eager to establish meritorious service in the Beijing Imperial Court, and wanted to whitewash his identity as a general, so as to become a meritorious hero. Gain the trust of Beijing. Of course, Song Sheng also understands.

Although he defected. Take half of the Guanzhong at once. But he was a newcomer after all. There is also a problem with trust.

Although it is said that it is unlikely that Song Sheng will use bitter meat tricks to deceive him, after all, using half of Guanzhong as bait, such a big deal is not something that Nanjing can do. But there are still many uncertainties, such as Song Sheng, who is sure that everyone under Song Sheng's command has no other thoughts about his surrender?

It's hard to say.

It seems that the situation in Nanjing is very bad. But the human heart is hard to say. If Song Sheng had some loyal and good ministers of Nanjing under his command, it would not be impossible, and it would be difficult for Song Sheng to suddenly jump out at a critical time.

He is still in the process of investigation.

As for the reorganization of Song Sheng's department, it is even more impossible.

The reorganization of Mei Yin's department was carried out, which was after laying down the land of the Lanzhou River, there was a buffer period. Now the battle of Guanzhong is coming, no, it has already begun, but now it is still fighting on the periphery, and there is no real attack on the key places.

In this case, what will go wrong with the reorganization? It's even more troublesome.

This is not what Song Sheng wants to see. It's not what Qu Neng wants to see.

How to solve this problem?

That is to let Song Sheng go to the secondary battlefield, not the main battlefield. Once an accident occurs on the main battlefield, it is very likely that all the achievements made will be wasted, and there is no room for mistakes. It's not the same on the secondary battlefield. Victory is a great joy for all. If that fails. As long as it's not too miserable, just wait a while and win it back.

It's not a big deal.

It can even contain the opponent's forces.

There is another reason for this, that is, the training, communication, and even system of Song Sheng's department and Qu Neng's various armies are completely different. I haven't cooperated in the battle, and it is not a good choice to put Song Sheng on the main battlefield to cooperate with Qu Neng's department.

Therefore, for various reasons, it is the best choice for Song Sheng to release and lead an army alone.

It is also Song Sheng's own idea, after all, leading the troops alone, has greater power, can make his own decisions, and can make meritorious contributions.

But it's hard to say in that direction.

Song Sheng's core group numbered about 50,000. Song Sheng coerced more than 100,000 people to surrender. There were also some captives and so on. Some of them were transferred to Mei Yin, without him, these troops were all transferred from Sichuan, and they were originally the men and horses of the Sichuan Metropolitan Division.

As mentioned earlier, when Guanzhong was short of troops, it was supplemented by the men and horses of the Sichuan Metropolitan Division.

These people followed Mei Yin to attack Sichuan, which was the most suitable.

Song Sheng also wanted to go to Sichuan, but after thinking about it, he finally denied it. He went to Sichuan and could only be Mei Yin's deputy. can't even be Mei Yin's deputy, the reason is very simple, Mei Yin is a general after all, although the Beijing court is not worried about Mei Yin's loyalty, but some even the principles still have to be talked about.

Although Mei Yin led some people from Xiningwei to defect, the core of Mei Yin's command must be the 13th Army formed by He Xi's transfer of more than 10,000 elites. There is no room for error in this. Mei Yin also understands.

If the generals under his command could not learn the new tactics and integrate into the 13th Army, they could only rank second.

In this way, Mei Yin, as the existence of the overall situation in the southwest, and his first military assistant, must be from Beijing. Song Sheng passed, and he could only succumb to it.

So, Song Sheng fell in love with the Hedong area.

That is, Binh Duong.

Shanxi has never been Beijing's main direction of attack.

There are too many obstacles in Shanxi. When Geng Bingwen was there before, Shanxi was really an iron lump and it was difficult to conquer.

But the most important thing is that Beijing's appetite is big enough, and it is not interesting to take a Shanxi, and to conquer Taiyuan, and other places in Shanxi can also rely on the terrain to hinder the Northern Army to attack. The famous battle of Jade Bi in the Northern and Southern Dynasties was fought in Shanxi.

It's easy to get caught in a bitter battle, and now that Guanzhong is threatened, the situation in Shanxi is almost ripe. Once the Southern Army is difficult to support, how long can the Shanxi Army support it?

Although the capture of Binh Duong can also allow the two armies to meet. But in reality, it doesn't really work.

Because there are many mountains between Pingyang Mansion and Huaiqing Mansion, there is a road called Yiguan Road. It is also an ancient road, which can march large armies. Many wars in ancient times have been fought on this ancient road. But so what?

For one, mountain logistics are too difficult.

The opening of this road will not ease the logistical pressure on both sides.

Second, the two sides have their own goals, although now a big war revolves around Luoyang. But in reality, it was divided into several battlefields. There are some problems with messaging between them, but it's okay. The transfer of personnel and materials is not so needed.

Coupled with the bearing capacity of Yiguandao, it is not so important here.

Of course, it's better to get through. But it's not the highest priority.

And Song Sheng chose here, on the one hand, to pinch soft persimmons, and Song Sheng knows the roots of the Shanxi army. Confident that the Shanxi army is not much stronger than the strength in his hands. On the other hand, he saw the crumbling of Shanxi under such a situation.

It only takes a few victories to win all of Shanxi.

The credit for this capture of a province, the prince of the country does not dare to count on, but a marquis may not be impossible.

Song Sheng thought about it for a long time before he came to this decision.

Since he had made his decision, he worked very hard.

As soon as the Yellow River was crossed, it attacked Shanxi. Zhao Yong is not a vegetarian either. It's just that there are very few mobile troops that can be used in Zhao Yong's hands, after all, there are too many places in Shanxi that need to be deployed. So much so that he has no more soldiers and horses in his hands than Song Sheng.

Plus Song Sheng has an advantage.

It's not another advantage, it's a war horse.

The Shanxi army has been guarding the pass for so many years. Originally, there were not many war horses. After the fall of the northwest, there were almost none. And after Song Sheng defected to Beijing, although he had not yet started the reorganization, he ushered in a change of clothes.

A large number of new weapons were equipped with Song Sheng's subordinates.

Needless to say, all kinds of firearms. Most of them are in stock.

It's not that they don't pay attention to Song Sheng's department.

However, after Beijing has upgraded its firearms several times, many of the remaining firearms are no longer in line with the battle formation. Because during this period of time, there has been no major reform in Beijing's military field, and many small reforms have been carried out imperceptibly. Not to mention, although Song Sheng's department was equipped with a large number of firearms, in essence, it was one version lower than the Northern Army. If the active weapons of the Northern Army are really handed over to these people, they may not be applicable.

After all, weapons are all about tactics.

It's like a tiger squat cannon. This thing was very practical for a long time. At one time, each platoon on the front line changed several gates. As a support fire for infantry. But slowly it doesn't apply so much. Because the firepower of the battalion level came up.

The Tiger Squat Cannon has disadvantages such as heavy weight and short range. Many people even think that it is better to kick a few more grenades with something. This is also because the front is getting more and more scattered. Regardless of whether it is the Northern Army or the Southern Army, one thing was discovered in the war.

In the era of cold weapons, it is useful to talk about forging ahead. A good armor can fight tenaciously even if it is shot into a hornet's nest when facing arrows. But in the era of firearms, no matter how brave a person is, he will be torn and shattered in front of firearms. There is no way to do it.z.

You can only learn to dodge, and the more firearms are equipped

The more, the looser the camp. And what if the firearm is not accurate, it is loose, and the lethality of the firearm is not enough?

Cold salad, life is to know. Victory is the imperial court. If the head is not accurate, just shoot a few more shots, just hit a few more times.

This is one of the reasons why He Xi is facing extremely high military spending.