As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

Therefore, Hua Manlou originally thought that the Liaodong Army would soon be short of food, but now it seems that the problem of food and grass may be bigger on his side-the remnants of the three major battalions have begun to move closer to the West Mountain, and these soldiers who are still in shock are also to eat...

"What's strange is that after they launched two tentative siege battles early this morning, they stopped moving. They just surrounded without fighting, and then released countless scouts around the periphery." The company commander said another thing Shi: "Looking at it, they seem to want to cut off the connection between the capital and the outside world."

Hua Manlou nodded, and after pondering for a while, he said: "It is right to cut off the connection, but they have other purposes, such as creating a reason for King Yiduan to raise troops, or cutting off various supplies to the capital from other places. ..."

When it came to the last sentence, Hua Manlou already admired Yao Zijie a little: the capital has a large population, and the daily consumption is very astonishing. Once some supplies in the capital start to be in short supply, it will inevitably cause some troubles—not to mention If there is a shortage of food in Beijing, I am afraid that there will be chaos without fighting.

Sighing, Hua Manlou murmured: "No matter how you look at it, we must fight quickly, but with the remaining 3000 people in Xishan Guard, how can we fight?"

This is where Huamanlou is most troubled: the number of Xishan guards is small, and Uncle Huai'an took a group with him when he left, and the rest of them can't be pulled out to fight all at once, after all...

Yao Zijie has mobility, if he is taken around by others and his hometown is copied, will Huamanlou still survive?

But if you let people go out to fight on a small scale, can you mobilize tens of thousands of soldiers and horses?You know, what you are facing now is a frontier army, not a rebellious army of the level of the Japanese pirates, and the opponent is not as ignorant of the sharpness of Xishan firearms like the Japanese pirates.

And it’s not enough to stick to it and wait for help. What the other party wants is to consume it slowly. After all, people can afford it, and the capital can’t afford it, and Huamanlou can’t afford it—there is only one father, how can it be consumed?

(It’s really too lazy to steal, you guys are too sharp. Originally, this paragraph about the rise of troops in Liaodong was to be written out, but the process from Yao Zijie receiving King Yiduan’s plan to being deceived all the way took at least three years. Chapter [-]. Really, that's how the outline is written, but it's troublesome to conceive, and it's extremely laborious to write, so I thought about taking it with us and typing it directly, but you said it was a magical soldier...

Yesterday I struggled all day whether to reset or not, but now I think about it, it’s so troublesome... Anyway, let’s make a patch first, at least from Zunhua to the capital, the surprise attack of more than three hundred miles doesn’t seem so abrupt, right?

I will definitely write well in the future, and I will not be lazy anymore! )

554. You Made Me Angry

While Hua Manlou was inquiring about the movements of the Liaodong Army in various ways imaginable and unexpected, Yao Zijie also sent countless scouts to inquire about the movements of Xishan.

"In this situation, what would you do?"

Yao Zijie stood in front of the sand table, staring at the blue flag representing Xishanwei on the sand table, without making a sound for a long time.

Ever since Huamanlou's battle with Wala gained fame, even the most ambitious leaders of Da Zhao would have noticed him.Regardless of whether the emotion he expresses is astonishment or envy, jealousy or disdain, no one dares to say that he can do better than Huamanlou under the same situation.

Of course, all generals who are ambitious, discerning, and capable all admire Huamanlou highly—even if they say a few sour words, it is also their approval of Huamanlou, isn't it?

Among these people, the one who appreciates Huamanlou the most is Yao Zijie himself. In his secret letter to King Yiduan, he wrote nearly ten thousand words of analysis about Huamanlou, and these are exactly what King Yiduan is eager to do. The reason why he wanted Huamanlou to work for him - he can make money, fight wars, and defeat the Tartars with one strategy, such a capable minister...

King Yiduan felt that Emperor Guangxing did not deserve it.

But in the final analysis, from the source, Yao Zijie has a profound influence on King Yiduan. Who made him the famous No.1 flower blower?

And because Yao Zijie had analyzed Huamanlou countless times, he never thought of attacking Xishan when he raided the capital.

This was not because he thought that Huamanlou would serve King Yiduan after the event was completed, so he didn't fight Xishan, but because Huamanlou's record was too bluffing, so Yao Zijie felt that if he used Xishan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it would be better to attack Xishan. If he is not careful, he will be dragged down by Huamanlou, which will lead to a protracted battle.And this is not in line with his goal. After all, what he wants is to put pressure on Jingshi, not Huamanlou.

But not playing Xishan does not mean that Yao Zijie does not pay attention to Xishanwei. Although Xishanwei has only a little more than 3000 people, Yao Zijie still makes the most arrangements on the west side of the capital, and his own handsome account is also on this side.

It's not for other reasons, but he is afraid that Hua Manlou will come up with some weird things and make a comeback. Anyway, he often does this kind of thing.

So what did Yao Zijie arrange?

The reason he used since Liaodong was Huamanlou's reform of the military system, in order to arouse the anger of all soldiers. This is not only to find a suitable reason for his rebellion, but also to make the soldiers fight against the Xishan Guard. ——The general on the opposite side is the one who almost caused you to be displaced and unable to survive. Don't you want to take revenge?

After attacking the three battalions, Yao Zijie brought as many heavy shields and crossbows as possible from the fifth battalion, hoping to use them against Xishanwei's gunfire.

Moreover, he will also keep the distance between the battalions apart, this is to guard against the air raids from the sky - when King Yiduan assassinated Emperor Guangxing, Jinov had already shown his face, Yao Zijie was not stupid enough to let everyone People gather to be bombed.

There is another advantage of keeping the distance between the battalions, and that is to guard against the surprise attack of Xishanwei, in order to make it fall into a tug-of-war - Yao Zijie knows that there are not many people in Huamanlou, so it may be okay to guard Xishan, but if he wants to relieve the capital The siege had to penetrate one's own defense line with the momentum of thunder, and after the battalions were opened, people from other directions would support them wherever Huamanlou touched. For this reason, Yao Zijie moved most of his war horses to the west side, In order to improve the mobility of the western front.

In the end, Yao Zijie specially dispatched two groups of elite soldiers to hide more than [-] miles east and south of Xishan Mountain. They received only one combat order: once Huamanlou left Xishan Mountain, they would immediately set out to attack Xishanwei.

If the old nest is taken away, even if it is full of flowers, it will have to be captured without a fight, right?

Despite making so many arrangements, Yao Zijie still didn't dare to take it lightly, and kept calculating Huamanlou's movements.

So what is Huamanlou doing now?

……

"It's not easy to fight... No matter which point you hit at these two places, the other will come straight to the west mountain. This is too passive."

In the meeting hall of Xishanwei, under the weird expressions of hundreds of households, Zhao Ren stood in front of the sand table as if he was the master, and he seemed to be analyzing, regardless of how annoying his colleagues were: Although uncle is approachable You have no pretensions, but at this juncture you are still so out of touch... Isn't it good?

In fact, ever since he received the news that the capital was under siege, Zhao Ren had always looked like he was celebrating the new year.

Hua Manlou, who was bubbling anxiously, wanted to complain at this moment: No, Uncle Ling wants to rebel against your father. He is already at the gate of the city, why are you still acting like a second-hand man, as if this matter has nothing to do with you?

"Yao Zijie just bullied us that we have few people, so he dared to arrange it like this. If we have ten thousand... or eight thousand, even if we divide our troops into eight places, it will be enough for him to drink a pot." Analyzing the battle situation: "But according to the current situation, if we go out with fewer people, we will be surrounded and beaten. If there are too many, we will be easily ransacked. How can we fight?"

Hua Manlou endured and endured, and finally couldn't hold back and slapped him on the back of the head: "Go aside!"

"Uh...hehe, hehe." Only then did Zhao Ren realize that he was not the Prince of Zhao in Xishan, but the dean of the School of Physics of Xishan University of Science and Technology and the hundred household officer of the Xishan Wei Airship Team, so he immediately smiled apologetically: " Uncle, do you see my analysis right?"

Hua Manlou sighed sadly again: What evil did Guochao do to turn the person who will become the Great Treasure in the future into such a thing?

At present, Hua Manlou didn't bother to pay attention to him, but just stared at Yao Zijie's deployment of troops on the sand table, and kept calculating.

But pushing back and forth, the result was the same as that of Zhao Ren: too few troops, and if he ran out rashly, he would be surrounded and beaten by the opponent, or his hometown would be raided.

After all, Xishanwei has been a special force since the day it became an army, and its number must not be too large under the condition of possessing the most advanced weapons of the era.

This is not only based on the consideration of the cost, but also based on the consideration of the emperor's uneasiness - if there are one hundred and eighty thousand troops of this level of combat power in the periphery of the capital, and they are still in the hands of outsiders, you, the emperor? Really don't want to do it?

Therefore, it is the first in the world to mention that Xishanwei should do our part to deal with complex situations. But when it comes to large-scale frontal combat, especially under the premise that the opponent clearly has targeted preparations, Xishanwei is a bit restrained.

"At the moment there are only two ways." After calculating for a while, Hua Manlou raised his head and sighed to the hundreds of households who came to the meeting: "The safe way is to stick to the West Mountain and wait for the Tianjin Navy to come to help."

"Then... what about the unsafe method?" Zhao Ren raised his hand and asked.

Hua Manlou glanced at him and snorted softly: "Unsafe way...you can't listen."

"Why?"

"You made me angry!"

555. What is this called?

In fact, there is absolutely no need for Huamanlou to take the risk to save the capital now.

The reason is very simple. Tianjin is not far from the capital. As long as we wait a few more days, it will not be easy for the hatchback to attack the Liaodong Army after the naval support arrives. At this time, if the capital can send a team that is at least not so outrageous, It is estimated that Yao Zijie must at least withdraw his troops first to regroup.

In this way, the siege of the capital will be resolved, right?

What's more, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Dazhao is in Xishan. If something happens by taking a risk and putting the Crown Prince in a dangerous place, even if Emperor Guangxing can let him go, the officials will not let him go...

Well, not even his whole family.

In other words, as long as Hua Manlou kept Zhao Ren safe and sound during the turmoil, it would be a great achievement.

but……

Apart from the matter of his own father, there were a few things that made him unable to suppress his anger at all.

First, the Jurchen Department brought by Yao Zijie seems to be poor, or there is some hellish agreement with Yao Zijie, so there is news from the east of the city that many of the Jurchen Department have gone out to loot, what do they see? They were all robbed, and there were many victims among the people.

Second, there are many soldiers in the frontier army, and there are groups of people who loot the common people after besieging the city, but the difference between them and the Jurchen Ministry is that they only rob gold, silver and goods, and...

woman.

Thirdly, although small groups of the defeated troops of the three major battalions assembled and approached Xishan, the rest knew that they would not escape their guilt after the defeat, so some surrendered to Yao Zijie, some hid to avoid the war, and some even imitated The Liaodong army began to cover their faces and rob - anyway, they are all dead, why not do something that they usually dare not do before they die?

The current war is like this. Generally speaking, after the city is broken, the leader of the army will condone the soldiers to plunder. Even if the disciplined army happens to rob the people, the leader of the army will choose to turn a blind eye.This is because these people regard looting as a reward for the soldiers, and secondly, it is to soothe the soldiers' emotions to prevent mutiny-under a highly tense siege, anyone may die in the next moment, so the city is broken. The latter soldiers were basically in a very excited state. Under the influence of this emotion, it was completely unrealistic for them to stay in the camp honestly.

And even though the city is not broken, nor is there any tense battle, but the principle is the same, and many officers are very encouraging.

And what...

Many of the military officers have this mentality: You want to reform the military system and dismiss us, regardless of the fact that we have served the country for many years, so why should I care about your people?

Therefore, apart from the suppression of Yao Zijie in the west of the city, the towns and villages in the east, south, and north of the city are like hell on earth.

This touched Huamanlou's bottom line.

It's still the same sentence: The common people live their lives honestly, what they ask for is food and clothing, and the annual income of a family is not even enough for some people to eat a meal. Who are they messing with?

Huamanlou dispatched troops.

……

In the west of the city, the Liaodong army is in command.

"Report!"

A scout rushed into the door and reported to Yao Zijie: "General, there is movement in Xishan!"

Yao Zijie asked eagerly, "What's going on?"

The scout panicked and said: "There are more than a dozen things flying in the sky, and they are heading towards the handsome tent!"

Yao Zijie heard the words but remained calm: "What else?"

"Uh... gone."

"Okay, got it, you go down."

After Yao Zijie sent the scouts away, he couldn't help laughing: "Sure enough, if you capture the thief first, you're going to capture the king first. You're planning to take me first. If you don't know about your airship, I'm afraid I'll have a big fall, but now that I know, I What is there to be afraid of?"

Yao Zijie speculated that Huamanlou must use airship bombing first to open the situation. After all, this thing is too invincible in this era. Wouldn't it be a pity not to use it?

However, airships are really effective against immovable cities and buildings, but can airships be able to make achievements so quickly in the face of an army with a large number of mobile forces?

That's right, Yao Zijie is keenly aware that the weakest part of the airship is its speed. As long as he moves, he can naturally destroy Huamanlou's killer weapon.

only……

After a while, another scout rushed in to report: "General, those things in the sky suddenly separated and flew in different directions!"

Yao Zijie frowned when he heard the words: "A different direction?"

"Yes, it looks like it's going to separate to see the battalions we have arranged in various places. The situation is weird, and there are two flying towards the two teams that we are ambushing..."

Yao Zijie pondered: "Climb high and look far... There is such a team in the sky, and the movement on the ground really can't be hidden. But what exactly does Huamanlou want to do?"

Yao Zijie didn't even think about hiding those two troops. After all, Huamanlou's investigative power is too advanced, so the role of those two teams is to make him use his own weapon—there are four thousand elite troops on each side. Cavalry, so if Xishanwei wants to take one side as soon as possible, he must dispatch more people, and the speed must be fast, otherwise the other side will ransack the house. This tactic...

Well, it's called mutual horns.

"He doesn't really want to blow up the tents of thousands of people with that thing in the sky, does he?" Yao Zijie even felt like laughing.

The truth is indeed so. After all, Purdue's explosion range and killing effect are only so small. Purdue wants to blow up four thousand elite cavalry to death...

Even if people stand still, you still have to fry for a long time, right?

What's more, Yao Zijie also specially made a rehearsal for Tianxiang Purdue. He had repeatedly mentioned that if he encountered the thing above his head, the people directly below would immediately disperse to avoid the bombing.

So in this situation, does Yao Zijie need to worry?

So he ordered: "Leave it alone, I want to see what kind of tricks Hua Manlou wants to play!"

In fact, what Yao Zijie thought was right. After all, in Huamanlou’s previous life, there was absolutely no way to destroy most of the living forces with the air force alone—let’s talk about bombers. How many planes and bombs are needed to blow up a county? Ping?

Therefore, the role of the air force is mainly to destroy airports, radio towers, power plants and other places, even the Gulf War was fought in this way.

So, as a time-traveling party, how can Hua Manlou not know about this?

"I said go and go back, what's the matter with you?"

Huamanlou was already ready to attack, and he would set off after Jinov's team completed the task, but at this moment he had to face a painful fact: this time he sent troops, he not only had to bring the burden of the prince, I have to bring my two babies with me.

"I don't care, I will go wherever you go, and I will go with you when you die!" A certain second lady was dressed in military uniform at the moment, as dashing as she was when she was not married, but what she said was a bit unreliable.

Hua Manlou sighed, then looked at another girl with a long sword: "Then you..."

This person didn't even wait for him to ask the question, and said directly: "I will protect you."

Hua Manlou didn't want to say anything for an instant.

Fighting a war and dragging the family and the mouth, what is this called?

556. Fire attack

Hua Manlou, a famous military theorist—of course, he is not famous now, but he will be in the future— once said: “War is never about the number of troops, but about hiding the enemy’s knowledge. It is enough for the other side to do its own thing, and at the same time not let the enemy do what the enemy wants to do."

This sentence seems to be a nonsense, and many people even doubt whether it was said by Hua Manlou, but the New Military Academy of the Royal Institute of Technology has included this sentence in the textbook, and it is very long. For a period of time, this sentence was printed on the title page of the textbook in a grand manner.

This has led many people to joke that it doesn't matter whether it's nonsense or not, what matters is who the nonsense is.