After taking Wucheng, the next step must be to take Xuanhua as soon as possible, block the gateway to Chahar as soon as possible, and at the same time, Xuanhua will also become a buffer zone for Wucheng.

If necessary, it is necessary to continue to advance a hundred miles east of Xuanhua and occupy Huailai, so that a buffer zone of sufficient length can really be formed.

At the same time, it is necessary to take Datong as soon as possible, which is the main road leading from Jindi to Chahar, and take it over there.

In this way, Wucheng and the middle counties of Datong are connected, and it is impossible for the enemy to bypass and penetrate Wucheng directly.

Either take Datong, or you can only bear the situation of being attacked on your back.

"Alas! Zhao Ye, I think it's still a bit risky for us to fight.

In a martial city alone, our casualties may exceed two thousand, and may even exceed three thousand, or even more.

Next, there are Xuanhua Datong, not to mention the nearby counties.

In this way, if I wait for two divisions, Rao can take it, and it will also hurt my muscles and bones. ”

Zhang Kai sighed, his mood was a little pessimistic now.

"How do you think he has much power left?" Zhao Ming asked with a smile.

He also knew why Zhang Kai had this mentality, without him, the main reason was that the progress in the early stage was too rapid, and there were almost no casualties and even went to several counties.

As a result, in Wucheng, he directly hit a wall, and the contrast between before and after really made people feel a big difference.

"Brother Zhang, think about our battle in Fengxiang, what do you think of him Zhang Li compared to the kidnapping giant?"

Zhao Ming's example, Zhang Kai's brows first frowned, and then suddenly brightened.

"Not as well! Far from it! Zhang Kai shook his head.

Compared to the crutch in this one, it is simply weak.

Of course, this is normal, the kidnapper is a thief, and he is self-respecting, this guy wants to be a soil overlord, so he naturally has a strong sense of being prepared for danger in times of peace.

In just one or two years, a hedgehog fortress like a king's eight shells has been built, and I don't know how many turrets and pillboxes are built.

In the early stage, Lao Song spent almost all of his months on uprooting these strongholds, otherwise he would not have wasted so much time by the 40,000 army to exterminate a bandit.

"Lao Zhang, don't you think that he Zhang Li and the abductor are completely different concepts?

Zhang Li has a backer behind him, and the kidnapper is completely alone.

Once Wucheng is attacked and Chahar is attacked, Zhang Li will have a steady stream of troops behind him as support.

Moving him is equivalent to moving Yan Shuai.

So Zhang Li has always been at ease, and he is not worried at all.

And the current situation is different, and we are variables beyond his calculations, so this is called mental calculation and unintentional.

So how many people do you think he can mobilize?

How many more soldiers can there be in the whole of Chahar? Zhao Ming asked rhetorically.

Hearing this, Zhang Kai thought for a while, and the smile on his face became more and more prosperous.

"Master Zhao, if I'm not mistaken, some time ago, Zhang Li's department was also transferred to a cavalry division, and how many infantry regiments were there?

Although the number of people is unknown, there are still a lot of draws.

Judging from the number of garrisons in those county towns before our siege of cities and villages, the real regular army in each county is more than a battalion, less than a company, and there is even no regular army at all, only the strength of the local security regiment as the guard.

So the only thing I need to focus on is Wucheng!

For example, Xuanhua and Datong are not many actual troops? ”

Zhang Kai's words seemed like his own speculation, and it also seemed like he wanted to ask Zhao Ming's opinion.

"Not bad!" Zhao Ming naturally nodded in agreement.

Although the Orientals sent them only a map of the deployment of troops, there was no specific number of troops or the number of troops.

But the exact number of troops Chahar can have is actually very easy to calculate.

For example, if you look at the troops invested by Yan Shuai on the main battlefield of the Central Plains, it can be seen that Lao Yan really took out the troops at the bottom of the box to fight.

Zhao Ming can be sure that Chahar is a place with a large number of garrisons, mainly to guard against the Feng system, and at the same time as a buffer.

For example, in Suiyuan and other places, I am afraid that there will be fewer garrisons, and it is already good that the entire Suiyuan can make up a division.

Most likely, only one brigade was stationed in Suiyuan.

And why did Lao Yan go south along the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Belt and Road and deploy troops in a one-word long snake formation?

It's not to beware of the Feng system!

This formation looks simply nondescript, and can even be described as amateurish.

But considering Lao Yan's situation at this time, there is really a reason for people to do this.

On the left side of the troop deployment, there is Lao Feng's army as a countermeasure, and on the right side, there is an army of Sun Shuai and others as a countermeasure.

It can be said that there are three ways to go together, although each of them has not tried their best, but they have taken care of the beginning and the end.

The same long snake formation, at this time, he was also wary of Zhao Ming.

If Zhao Ming didn't know that Lao Yan had arranged a long snake formation, he wouldn't have to be so anxious to attack Chahar.

Just grind slowly, but for now you have to speed up.

"That old Zhang, how many defenders do you think he Zhang Li can have in this martial city?" Zhao Ming continued to ask rhetorically.

"Probably three regiments .... It could also be two regiments, and the number will never be too much! ”

Zhang Kai shook his head and said, his eyes becoming more and more excited.

Because he also saw the offensive and defensive situation in the morning.

The defense line of the city wall has been crumbling many times, and the rotation of personnel is often sluggish.

In this case, either the personnel are really nervous, or the soldiers are still relatively immature, and most of them are new recruits.

Probably both.

You must know that the siege is a kind of pressure on the attacker, and the pressure on the defender is also huge.

It is necessary to spread the forces as far as possible throughout the walls, and even some impossible places need at least some men to guard them.

So normally, in a big city like Wucheng. At least one regiment of troops must be kept all over the city walls.

It's hard to pull out this part of the staff and rotate it elsewhere.

As a result, there are fewer people who can be used as support at any time.

Zhao Ming also agrees with Zhang Kai's opinion.

"Well, I think there are at most about three regiments left in the city under Zhang Li's headquarters, and the strength of two regiments can be rotated as support at any time.

Today, we will be attacking everywhere tentatively, and let's take a look at the speed of their personnel support, so as to further judge the exact number of defenders. ”

Zhang Kai agrees with this very much, and the simple tentative verification method.

In the morning, I made a sample and told Zhang Li's subordinates that once they launched an attack, you should place at least one regiment of troops in a certain area as a rotation, otherwise this city wall will definitely be taken down for you.

In the afternoon, the other side will inevitably place at least one battalion of troops in this area as a rotation.

Because the other party doesn't dare to gamble, what if they continue to storm this place?

If you scatter and arrange in other places at this time, then the rotation here will definitely be sluggish, and once the stagnation time is too long, the fall of the city wall is inevitable.

So this is the Yang conspiracy, that is, eating your outer bunker fortifications is almost equivalent to nothing.

Your outer defense line is weak, Lao Tzu's siege pressure is small, and Lao Tzu's firepower is fierce, which can completely cover the large army to launch wave after wave of fierce attacks.

Once Zhang Li's troops are really limited, they will bloom in various places in the afternoon and launch an attack, so that the opponent is tired and can easily test the true details of the opponent.