Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1396
The first thing General Shen did when he returned to the camp was to change out of his extremely ostentatious attire.

Not to mention that although autumn has already entered, Hebei is still hot. Wearing such a solar panel-like armor in broad daylight is definitely torture.Just being on the real battlefield alone, daring to dress up so boldly and eye-catchingly, is absolutely boring.

However, Wang Shi has a large army, and the general's reputation in the army is unparalleled. Now he personally leads Wang Shi's Northern Expedition, inspecting all sides and boosting morale.Only such eye-catching and flamboyant attire can make it easier for the soldiers to notice that the general is fighting side by side with them.

And compared with those brave soldiers who really fought bloody on the battlefield, this bit of suffering is really nothing.

If you don't even want to accept this responsibility, it would be too hypocritical, and you would lose part of the meaning of personally participating in the Northern Expedition. After all, even if the general is really heroic, he would not be able to kill the enemy in person. Morale is the up and down.

Now this set of silver armor and white horse attire has become a symbol that belongs exclusively to the general.

With the smooth progress of the war in the early days of the Northern Expedition, the current Yedi has gradually become the rear area. However, due to the elongation of the battle line, it is inevitable that some Jie army rangers will infiltrate the rear area. With such a clear sign, several times of siege and killing of Jie army ranger scouts were arranged, and those Jie army rangers really rushed into the encirclement of Wang Shi several times like moths to the flame, and suffered heavy losses. ability to operate behind enemy lines.

It can be seen that pretending to be too forceful will attract people's hatred, even if there is no lightning strike, the enemies can't wait to get rid of it.If dead things can also be rewarded for their merits, the general's shiny silver armor definitely deserves a lot of credit.

After bathing and changing clothes, the general immediately summoned Huan Xuan of the Shengwu Army who had been waiting for a long time, and Zhang Tan, the prefect of Wei County, and others to deal with the army accumulated during the camp tour.

At present, Wang Shi has completely entered the territory of Hebei, and the front and rear battalion defense lines in the middle road alone are hundreds of miles long. It will take at least ten days to patrol the battalion once.

Right now Huan Xuan is not only leading the Shengwu army, but also serving as the commander of the rear of the Chinese army. He began to report to the general before he entered.

This time in the Northern Expedition, General Shen wanted to complete his achievements in one battle, because it is not an exaggeration to say that he will use up all the soldiers of the whole country, and the king's division in the middle road alone has reached as many as 15 troops.Basically, except for Jingzhou, Liangzhou, Qinzhou and other troops on the battlefields of central Shu and Longyou that were not conscripted, all the troops that could be requisitioned in the far east of the Yangtze River were assembled and headed north.

Of course, the number of troops needed on the real frontal battlefield is naturally not so much, but this time the Northern Expedition is not just an attack on a few key cities, but the recovery of the entire territory of Hebei. Because of the 15 troops of the Chinese Army, nearly one-third of them Both of them need to invest in local cleanup and security.

Master Wang officially started the war in May. At present, except for some Jie troops in Guangping County in the south of Xiangguo, all other counties and counties have been ruled. It is not an easy task to maintain stability in the region.

Leaving aside whether there is a counterattack by powerful forces in the local area, the sneak attack and harassment from the Jie country alone is a problem that is difficult to eliminate.Although Wang Shi is dominant in the main body of troops, it still cannot be completely flawless in the control of rivers, mountains and fields.

On the middle battlefield, there are still two strongholds of the Jie Kingdom, Xiangguo and Guangzong, to the south of Xindu.Prior to this, the center vanguard led by Xie Ai collided with the strongholds of the Jie Kingdom several times. Due to the cooperation of offensive weapons such as the general cannon and the strong bow and crossbow, these strongholds were almost wiped out.

After a few small-scale battles to stop the enemy, the Jie army also had to admit that Master Wang had completely suppressed them in terms of the use of weapons, and relying on the defense of strongholds alone could no longer stop Master Wang from pushing forward all the way.

Therefore, more than a month after the start of the war, the country of Jie is also gradually adjusting its strategy, no longer focusing on the management of the fortress, but focusing on field warfare.

Master Wang performed well in attacking tough areas, and correspondingly, his demand for logistical supplies increased. As the Jie army's wandering divisions appeared in large numbers in the countryside, Master Wang's offensive was also hindered. strategic encirclement.

Just under one eye, between Xiangguo and Yedi, there are more than a dozen wandering forces, large and small, such as Maqiu, Ran Min, and Zhu Bao of Jieguo.However, the cavalry mobile force that is truly organized and powerful in the Xingtai Wangshi Middle Road is only [-] people including the Fenwu Army.Therefore, in terms of the central route army, Xingtai is temporarily at a disadvantage in field battles.

Of course, this kind of weakness is far from enough to reverse the trend of this war. Xie Ai's central striker and Hurun's central right wing, including 3 people, have been slowly and firmly advancing towards Xiangguo. In the city battle, destroying the important base of the cavalry on the south road of Jie country can greatly limit the range of activities of the tens of thousands of cavalry of the Jie army.

In fact, if the goal is only to regain Xiangguo, it is not that Master Wang has no countermeasures.Han Huang of the West Route Army is mainly composed of cavalry. Once a team of [-] cavalry is transferred to the Chinese army to fight, it can even end the battle in Xiangguo before Chongyang.

However, Han Huang's West Route Army is currently undertaking a very important combat mission, which is to block the communication between Shanxi and Hebei along the Taihang Mountain line.Hongwu Army Xiao Yuandong had already launched an attack on Taiyuan in Xihe County. Once the Bingzhou army was defeated and poured into Hebei from Taihang, it would have an unpredictable impact on the overall campaign.

The reinforcements that may appear in Bingzhou are also the help that Jiezhu Shihu has placed high hopes on, hoping to reverse the current unfavorable situation.

One is that the Jie people have moved inland for a long time, and they are distributed in Shangdang, Taiyuan and other places in Bingzhou. Although in the early years, Shihu took power and brutally killed Kui'an and other Jie people's elders, which made the Jie people have a certain eccentricity with them.But now Jie country has reached the moment of life and death, and Shi Hu has been trying his best to call on these people of the same clan to help him tide over the difficulties.

The second is that Shi Sheng in Taiyuan is not a majestic master at all. As the living environment is constantly squeezed by the master Wang, his power is gradually wilting. Shi Hu is also eager to take this part of his power under his command.

Because it was Shi Hu who dispatched the important combat force under his command, Li Nong's begging army entered Yanmen via northern Hebei. Enter Hebei.

Under such circumstances, Wang Shi naturally needed to retain Han Huang's powerful cavalry army to deal with the variables from Bingzhou.Once Shihu gets supplements from Shanxi, it may really be possible to achieve Yu Wangshi's intention to continue confrontation and retreat Wang Heshuo, which is something General Shen can't stand.

In order to ensure a higher level of strategic victory, it is not unbearable for the current central army to be temporarily suppressed in the field.Right now, Shen Yun's Fenwu Army and the central cavalry led by Xie Yi can still ensure the safety of the logistics and food roads, and as long as the logistics roads are not affected, the seemingly rampant activities of the Jie cavalry at this moment will not be able to hit Wang Shi's Northern Expedition The fundamental strategy is just to postpone the time of defeat a little bit.

The reason why the Central Route Army placed its logistics battalion in Xingyang, Henan, instead of Fangtou, which was closer to the front line, was also to prevent a large number of Cavalry cavalry from gathering in the rear to launch a sneak attack.At present, the main force of the Jie Kingdom is completely suppressed in the north of Hebei. Even if these cavalry rushed all the way to Linhe, they would not be able to cross the river on a large scale.

Moreover, once the country of Jie has a large-scale assembly in the rear, and there is still an elite Shengwu army in the Santai camp that has not entered the battle, it is entirely possible to return to the army and join the cavalry army in Hanoi to make dumplings for them.

However, judging from the current situation, there is actually no possibility of joint operations among the Jie cavalry.Among these groups of people, Ma Qiu's army is naturally the most prosperous. Ma Qiu is also the current governor of Xiangguo, and his tribe is the base of retreating from Yedi.

In last year's confrontation, because Master Wang had not yet completed the mobilization of combat preparations, the Jie army in Ye was mainly forced to retreat, because Ma Qiu did not lose much power.However, because he lost Yedi, an important place in Hebei, he was also beaten and reprimanded by Jiezhu, and he was punished by Xiangguo to prevent resistance.

Although Ran Min fought bravely, his real rise came after last year's chaos in Xiangguo. At present, he still maintains nearly ten thousand troops under his command, and his main activities are around Guangzong.Those who become famous in troubled times have their own extraordinary things, regardless of their virtues, it is precisely because of Ran Min's poverty that the Hurun Yanzhou Army on the right wing of the middle road is not advancing smoothly. There is a certain distance.

However, the outstanding performance of an army is not enough to reverse the general decline of Jie country as a whole.Because of the excellent foundation laid last year, the Qingxu Youlu Army led by Shen Mu has now recovered the entire Qinghe County, especially Dongwu City, which is not far from Guangzong.

After a period of time when the situation is stable, Shen Mu can reach a cooperation with Hu Run to eradicate Guangzong's stronghold, leaving Xianguo completely isolated and helpless.

At that time, if Ran Min is unwilling to accept Ma Qiu's restraint, after losing the supply base of Guangzong, even if the Ranger is fierce, he will become a rootless duckweed, and it is inevitable to retreat and keep his word, otherwise he can only gradually die out in the movement.

After all, in such a relatively pure field battle, there is a higher requirement for the control of the troops, which is what Jie Guo lacks.

Weaker Jie generals like Zhu Bao no longer dared to fight with the Jin army, avoided the real logistics hub, and only wandered and plundered among counties and counties where Wang Shi's control was still weak to enrich themselves In fact, it has very little restraining effect on Master Wang.

Probably they are no longer optimistic about the future of Jie country in their hearts, but it is a pity that they are Hu generals and have no hope of surrendering to the enemy. He will obey the orders of Ma Qiu, the defeated general.

(End of this chapter)