Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 420 See Tricks and Tricks
On the ninth day of October in the second year of Dashun, the three armies of Tielin, Tianzhu, and Tianxiong arrived in Tongzhou on foot with more than [-] people on foot, and the Wuwei army arrived in Tongguan.

Before that, [-] cavalry of the Tielin Army, [-] cavalry of the Tianzhu Army, and [-] cavalry of the Wuwei Army, a total of [-] cavalry arrived at Shihaozhai one after another.

Shao Shude asked people to calculate the food and grass.

This is 14 horses, and it consumes more than [-] hu of grain in a month.

Counting Huazhou soldiers, the entire army has about 3 people, and it consumes more than [-] hu of grain a month.

The sum of walking and riding is 18 dendrobium.

At present, more than [-] carts have been mobilized, plus more than [-] camels and thousands of pack horses, and one trip is just enough to transport food for two months.

But this does not include the consumption of masters and draft animals.

15 teachers were mobilized, most of them were transporting, loading and unloading materials between Guanzhong and Huazhou, and about [-] people were transported to the front line.

This cost was mainly borne by the counties of Tongzhou, Huazhou and the eastern half of Jingzhaofu.The imperial court should have a lot of opinions, and they haven't dared to send anyone to question it yet, but after a long time, they will definitely not be able to sit still.

It is still necessary to build Weibei, Huazhou and other places, otherwise the long-distance transshipment of grain and grass will consume too much and cannot support the annual battle.

In the recent period, the Henan government has repeatedly broken down the stronghold, capturing more than 4 households, nearly [-] people.These people should be arranged to Weibei and Huazhou towns as soon as possible. There should be some vacant land there, which should be opened up during the autumn and winter seasons, and they will strive to grow a crop of grain next year.

"Commander, the current situation is that there is Ge Congzhou in the south of our army, and he has set up a stronghold in Xiaoshan. According to the torture of prisoners, the strength should be between [-] and [-]. Most of them are infantry, and there may be more than a thousand cavalry. , or two thousand. This road is currently standing still, or waiting for my main force to advance eastward, and then go northward to occupy Xiashi County with complex terrain and many dangerous passes, and cut off my food road." In the Shihaozhai camp, Chen Cheng was carefully analyze.

"Why did he bring so many infantry to Xiashi?" An Xiuxiu stood aside and couldn't help asking: "My cavalry is always on the lookout, how did he get away?"

"In the fifth year of Jin Yixi, Liu Yu attacked Nanyan in the north. Nine of his troops became infantry. Facing Nanyan with a large number of cavalry, the Jin army had [-] chariots, divided into two wings. Holding the lance, and using light cavalry as a wandering army. The military order is strict, and the ranks are neat." Chen Cheng said with confidence.

To put it simply, Liu Yu knew that Nanyan was dominated by cavalry, and his troops were mainly infantry. Facing the harassment of cavalry, it would be difficult to move an inch on the open plain.

So [-] chariots were built and distributed on the two wings of the army to prevent the cavalry from attacking, and they also brought extremely sufficient food, grass and equipment.The closer Nanyan was to the capital, the more impatient Nanyan became, and finally decided to take the initiative to attack Liu Yu's troops, and the whole army was defeated.

The cavalry took the initiative to attack the infantry phalanx, so naturally they couldn't get any good results.

"In the 13th year of Yixi, Liu Yu made a northern expedition to Houqin, and the Northern Wei Dynasty sent iron cavalry to assist Houqin. Yu general Ding Yi, with 700 soldiers and a hundred chariots, crossed the north bank and went to the water for more than a hundred steps to stop the moon formation...Wei general Changsun Song commanded [-] cavalry to help him, and he attacked the camp with thin flesh on all sides, and the crossbow could not control it. Shichao Shibie had more than a thousand sledge hammers, but the broken lances were three or four feet long, and they were hammered, and one lance pierced through three or four holes. People. Wei soldiers can’t be a soldier, they collapse for a while, and the dead accumulate.”

Liu Yu's infantry formed a half-moon formation on the north bank of the Yellow River, surrounded by chariots.With hundreds of powerful crossbows for long-range shooting, and for close combat with muskets, [-] infantry faced the onslaught of [-] cavalry from the Northern Wei Dynasty, smashed them, and beheaded countless.

"Jin Malong conquered Xiliang and crossed Wenshui in the west. There are tens of thousands of tree functions, such as taking advantage of danger to contain the front of the Long, or setting up an ambush to intercept the back of the Long. Long used the eight formations to make a partial box car, and the vast land was an antler car camp. , the road is narrow, and the wooden house is placed on the car, and the battle is ahead, and the bow and arrow reach it, and it will fall in response to the string."

Ma Long used a van, [-] sergeants, mainly armed with walking bows and crossbows, and carried enough food, grass, and arrows to travel more than a thousand miles.The whole army was surrounded by Hu Qi, lost contact with the imperial court, fought and marched, and finally broke the function of the bald tree, forced to land in Xianbei and others.

These cases are basically inseparable from the "car".

With chariots as barriers, bows and crossbows as the main output weapons, there are rifles for melee combat, supplemented by elite infantry, and the enemy must be rescued when attacking the enemy, forcing the cavalry to actively attack the infantry to seek death.

The main point here is that the psychological quality of the infantry must be good. They must be well-trained infantry who have been fighting for many years, and they cannot be mobs.Otherwise, facing the overwhelming cavalry, if I panic, my position will be chaotic.

For example, Zongze in the Northern Song Dynasty and the car camp in the late Ming Dynasty were attacked by the enemy for many reasons.One is that there are only vehicles but no formations, and the second is that the infantry is too poor to fight.

But the car camp has practical significance, otherwise the Ming army would not be popular, and it depends on this to go out to fight the Mongols.Even when dealing with Hou Jin, it played a big role, and Hou Jin had to call "Wu Zhenchao Ha" to assist in the attack.

In the Qing Dynasty, Zuo Zongtang also relied on chariots to deal with the [-] fine cavalry of the Nian army.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the output weapon of the chariot array was the cannon, but the idea is actually the same.

"According to what you said, if Ge Congzhou had ten thousand elite soldiers, this car would not be difficult to build. He took several months of food and grass and went to Xiashi County. My cavalry can only watch." An Xiuxiu said angrily. .

"General An, my Shuofang army has mostly infantry." Chen Cheng said helplessly.

Although An Xiuxiu commanded [-] cavalry, he was born as a cavalry general, and he couldn't hear the fact that the infantry could move freely under the eyes of the cavalry.

"Ge Congzhou may not understand this." He said angrily.

"This..." Chen Cheng didn't know what to say.

You don't even need to read military books, just read history books.After all, Liu Yu was the founding emperor, and Ma Long was also a famous official, both of whom were famous in history books.

"Okay." Shao Shude stopped An Xiuxiu's noise, and said, "The chariot formation is equivalent to a moving city wall, which protects the infantry but gives up the initiative on the battlefield. Unless he attacks what I must save, I had to face it head-on. Moreover, during the war, a sergeant needs nine buckets of corn and wheat and ten thousand infantry every month. If he carries grain and grass for half a year, then he needs two thousand cars. Cars also need draft animals and consume grain and grass. Using a cart In formation, there are requirements for the general's own ability, busy but not chaotic, to do this, you must be a veteran general in the army."

"Ge Congzhou set up a stronghold in the mountain to the south of me, and when our infantry arrived, he pulled it out." Shao Shude said, "Fushi Chen, continue."

"Mianchi, Xin'an, Luoyang and other cities are guarded by Bian army infantry, and they seem to dare not attack." Chen Cheng said: "In Chen, Xu, Cai and other states in the south, there are soldiers gathering one after another, either going north to Luoyang, or going to the north. Gather Ge Congzhou in the mountains, or wait for the opportunity." Chen Cheng said: "There is one more thing that you may have overlooked, the north bank of the Great River."

Everyone looked at the map.

The battle between Xia Jun and Bian Jun is currently limited to the south of the big river, so what about Hebei, which is separated by a river?Of the ten counties in Heyang, more than half are in Hebei.The confrontation and fight between Li Keyong and Zhu Quanzhong's main force was also in Hebei.

"Bianjun, will you send a side division all the way to the north bank of the river, and use Jiangzhou to attack our grain road in a detour?" Chen Cheng said: "There are many places for wading along the river. , can you handle it?"

Liang Dao is now the most vulnerable link of the Shuofang Army.

After eating so much wild food, we only get 20 hu of grain, which is enough for a month.

If you continue to fight, there should be some gains, but most of them will gradually decrease.

Attacking the two capital post roads in a detour from Hebei, the initiative did return to the Bian army, because they can choose the point of crossing the river, you don't know where he will attack, seven thousand steps to guard the grain road, less.

Turning passive into active is a trick that a general must learn.

"The Wuwei army is leaving Tongguan. Let them stop coming and defend Guozhou first. The Fengxiang army defends Shanzhou. Two thousand cavalry from Zhejia will patrol the river bank. Whenever there are bandits crossing, they will light up the beacon to send a message." Shao Shude ordered.

Lu Siye immediately began to write the ultimatum.

Shao Shude didn't know if Ge Congzhou would use this trick, but he had to guard against it.

This is more uncomfortable, just like the cavalry advantage of the Shuofang Army in front of him, he had to defend passively.It doesn't take much to send a partial division to the north bank of the river. Two to three thousand people will force you to defend with five or ten times as many troops.

"Bring back all the silver guns, replenish the horses as soon as possible, repair the horseshoes, nail the horseshoes, collect the rations, and then cross the north, bypass the enemy's cities and fortresses, and search carefully." Shao Shude continued to order.

The Silver Spear City is currently operating in the northeast of Henan Province, collecting food everywhere and burning bridges, but it has not yet dared to enter Zhengzhou where Zhu Quanzhong lives.

In fact, it's quite boring for them to attack the enemy's rear.Shao Shude did not allow them to do the tricks commonly used by the Mongols, such as destroying farmland canals, poisoning wells, killing people, setting fire to houses, spreading plague, etc., which caused some trouble to the Bian army and caused some panic in the local area, but it still could not shake the overall situation. .

If you don't sweep the front lines of Zhengzhou and Huazhou severely, the supplies of the Bian army will not be interrupted.

"Send another envoy to the Jin army." Shao Shude finally ordered: "His tens of thousands of miscellaneous soldiers, can they still stand up to Zhu Quanzhong? Our army, seize the time to plunder people, as many as we can catch."

"Of order." Everyone responded one after another.

(End of this chapter)