Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 930 Harvest
As a person who divides the battlefield, he must have the awareness to divide the battlefield. Don't think about defeating the bandit army, counterattacking, becoming the boss, and taking away the glory of the main force.Overestimating your own ambitions will only put you in danger.

Xu Huiyan, who led the Eastern Route Army's offensive, was a very prudent person. He was once arrogant and arrogant, but the passing years taught him to learn to be prudent.

How much rice can be eaten with the size of the bowl?This is what Xu Huiyan did.

After suffering from the shortage of troops, Xu Huiyan immediately changed his war strategy, from the initial siege of the city to the current "occupation of the mountain as king".

His method is to occupy the coastal part of the Kingdom of Sena, build a fortress, and use this as a base to build a solid defense, so as to achieve the goal of ensuring unimpeded defense with the least amount of troops.In this way, he could mobilize enough military power to attack the inland cities of the Sena Kingdom.

The addition of Yongguo's five thousand troops greatly increased the strength in Xu Huiyan's hands. You must know that the entire land force in his hands before this was not much more than this number.On the north bank of the Ganges River—in order to prevent the North Tianzhu coalition forces from making troubles on the opposite bank and threatening the main base of the East Route Army on the south bank of the Ganges River, Xu Huiyan would not deploy troops there.

A total of thousands of troops are needed not only to defend the city, but also to patrol the banks of the Ganges, so it is strange to be able to use it!
The shortage of troops naturally made the situation of the Qi army on the north bank of the Henghe River unhappy.

But now that Yongguo's five thousand troops are added, it can be said that it is a timely help, which is of great significance.

At least, the Qi army's control area on the north bank of the Ganges River can be extended from the mouth of the Ganges River to the intersection of the Ganges River and the Mazang Zangbo River.

The Mazang Zangbo River is the later Brahmaputra River, also known as the Yarlung Zangbo River. It is an astonishingly large river with a large flow rate. After converging with the Ganges River, its lower section is called Youjiamu by the Bengalis of later generations. The Meghna River then merged with the Meghna River, which is now the Burag River, and finally flows into the Bay of Bengal, and its section into the sea is also called the Meghna River.

Therefore, the mouth of the Ganges Delta is not in the territory of Tianzhu in later generations, but in Bangladesh.

But those are geographical terms of later generations.Now this river is called the Ganges, and it is located in the Kingdom of Sena.

The Ganges estuary that Xu Huiyan refers to, that is, the mouth of the Ganges River goes back to the confluence of the Ganga River.

Now the Qi army's control area on the north bank has advanced from the Bolage River to the Mazang Zangbo River, but it has taken a big step forward.

The 16th year of Hongwu passed quickly, and as the end of the year approached, the temperature here in Tianzhu was still not too cold.This is indeed a rare blessing.

In the past time, the Eastern Route Army has achieved rich results, not referring to how much territory they occupied, but referring to the enemies they eliminated and the wealth they acquired.

The first seven or eight thousand Qi troops, together with the soldiers and horses from various countries in Southeast Asia, and the navy that ran rampant in the Ganges River, were less than 2 people.After many days of fighting, removing those killed in battle, wounded and downsizing due to illness, and those who were stationed in various places, Xu Huiyan now has only about 1 mobile forces in his hands—especially the land infantry and cavalry.

The morale of the soldiers is also high and low. To distinguish it from Fanhan, the fighting spirit of the Han army is as high as ever, but the Fanjun is a little slack.Even those who don't know much about military affairs, seeing the faces of the Fanjuns, know that they are a little absent-minded. It is not necessarily all physical fatigue, but more psychological fatigue. The fighting will of the Fanjuns after being plundered It never went anywhere.

This is not only the Fan army in front of us, but also the soldiers and horses of the grassland empire in the past.

Therefore, Xu Huiyan and other senior leaders of the Eastern Route Army understood that it was time to replace the new army.For those guys who are full of food, it would be better to kick them home in exchange for some new recruits. If there are examples of the former, then they will definitely be full of fighting spirit and full of fighting spirit.

At the same time, the time has come to the end of the year, and it is time to make a summary.

"More than 3000 troops from Nanyang must be repatriated as soon as possible to replace the new army. According to the intelligence department, Sena has ushered in a new batch of reinforcements, mainly from Karachuri and Pala. They will definitely launch a The wave of counter-offensive, what is uncertain now is the matter of time."

As soon as Xu Huiyan's voice fell, a general under his command said: "Don't worry, General Disciplinary, we have tightened up our forces, and we have castle defenses, so we are not afraid of how many natives will come."

Taking a closer look, the speaker is Zhang Zhongyan, Zhang Zhongfu's younger brother.

This time in the battle of Northern Tianzhu, the main battlefield is naturally dominated by Lu Qi's direct lineage, and the east and west sub-battlefields are given over to 'no-names'.

You can't eat alone when you do anything, right?
Not to mention that there are also many people in the main direct line who have inextricable connections with the 'no-name army'.

At this moment, Xu Huiyan's four regiments are all from miscellaneous backgrounds.Zhang Zhongyan was from the Shu Song Dynasty, Qu Duan was from the Western Army, and Wang Shixuan and Wang Xiaozhong were all those who surrendered in the First Battle of Xiangyang.But that doesn't mean they can't fight!
Including Xu Huiyan, there are generals who can fight tough battles. The North Tianzhu coalition forces have confronted them head-on many times, but they have never won.That is to say, when the Qi army extended the combat distance and exposed the gaps in the flanks and behind, they used their superior forces to detour and attack the weaknesses of the Qi army, making Xu Huiyan's several offensives look anticlimactic.Later, Xu Huiyan simply ignored the head and the tail, and advanced along the Ganges, using the power of the navy's transshipment, with the purpose of killing the enemy's vital forces, to attack the city of the Kingdom of Sena, looting goods, livestock, food, population etc.This is also his choice in desperation.

But the result of doing so was to make their East Route Army eat their stomachs.

The Ganges Delta is a fertile land in the agricultural era.After Lu Qijun changed his strategic perspective, he did not get too many benefits.Even after the entire army was divided, the spoils handed over to the court were also a surprising number.

"I won't talk about money and food in advance, but what about the population? Has the total number of people that can be transported this time been calculated?" Hu Quan asked in a slightly anxious tone.As a member of the Eastern Route Army, Hu Quan played a very small role in the military. During these days, he mostly communicated with local Brahmins, but this did not mean that he, who was a civil servant, would ignore the word 'wealth'.

Even though Hu Quan's position is not high, he has heard about Lu Qichao's eastward direction financially.

"About 4 people," Xu Huiyan said.He is still very clear about this number. In order to ensure the absolute safety of the coastal area, they plundered from the local area and the outside world, and once captured [-] to [-] laborers to build bastions and reinforcements, and expand ports and roads.

The Tianzhu people are still easy to manage and are honest and obedient. These people, plus the indigenous soldiers who were captured in many battles, totaled [-], which was several times more than the East Route Army. However, they did not create anything for the East Route Army. What a hassle.After the assault completed part of the labor, some of the natives were released back, which somewhat eased the hostility of some local people.

Now there are only 5 or 4 people left in the hands of the Eastern Route Army, and there are only about [-] people who can be sent to Southeast Asian countries.Xu Huiyan used his labor force, as well as horses, cattle, and elephants, in exchange for large sums of gold and silver floating wealth from Southeast Asian countries.He handled the entire transaction process by himself, so he is very clear about this number.

(End of this chapter)