The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 291 It is not appropriate to occupy Jingzhou for the time being!

Qinzhou Guancheng and Song Yingkui looked at the drawings of trebuchets used by the Mimeng to attack cities and field battles passed by intelligence personnel in Beixiang. The more they looked at them, the more familiar they became.

The catapults they use to throw gunpowder packets seem to use Western craftsmanship, which is very different from the several catapults here in Dazheng.

In terms of craftsmanship, it is much rougher and bulkier, but its advantages are long throwing distance, heavy throwing weight, and simple workmanship.

The gunpowder thrown by the Mimeng's trebuchets was still black powder, and the explosive power was limited. However, due to the miracle of strong force, the firepower output suppressed Beixiang's firearms, causing Beixiang's army to suffer successive losses.

Of course, Beixiang's inability to withstand the Mimeng was not only at a disadvantage in terms of firearms, but also in terms of cavalry duels, army combat organization, tactical application, and fighting will. There was a gap between them and the Mimeng army.

Song Yingkui even felt that Beixiang's military strength had declined rapidly in recent years, and another reason was that he was led astray by the Yungu Army.They thought that once they had firearms, they should use them intensively like the Yungu Army.

In fact, their own military organizational structure and production capacity are very different from those of the Yungu Army. They used firearms based on the Yungu Army's method and ended up looking completely different.The actual effect is not as good as the crude method figured out by the Mi Meng people themselves.

Even though the Mi Meng people used local methods, they had gained experience in a large number of actual battles. In terms of practicality, they were far beyond the capabilities of the Beixiang Army, which was ignorant of actual combat.

According to Song Yingkui's current information, the Mimeng people far away in Mobei have expanded rapidly in recent years, and their rise path is very similar to that of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty in real history.They are not only fighting against Beixiang, but also fighting westward, and now control many places in the Western Region.A large number of stone throwers used by the army were made for them by craftsmen from the Western Regions captured during the Western Expeditions.

The learning ability of the new forces is stronger than that of the old forces. Theoretically speaking, Dazheng and Beixiang came into contact with firearms earlier than the Mimeng people, and their national strength is stronger than them. However, the Mimeng people's tactical application of firearms is better than these two. If you don’t learn, you won’t make progress!

"Now that the Mimeng people are surrounding Yinzhou, the King of Northern Xiang has ordered the garrison envoys from all over the country to lead troops to serve the king! The Zheng army seems to have reached a consensus with the Mimeng people, and they have also launched military operations against Xiang Jun in the direction of Hepingqing in Shuozhou. The world There has been a big change!
We, the Yungu Army, have to come up with contingency plans. Please share your thoughts. "When Yinzhou was besieged, the situation extended beyond Qinzhou. Song Yingkui had to convene military and political officials to meet again at Qinzhou Pass to discuss the next strategy.

"Commander, can the Mimeng people destroy Beixiang this time?" The second uncle looked at the strategic situation map on the conference table and asked a very speechless question.

"No one can give a definite answer until the war is over. Judging from Beixiang's performance on the battlefield, it will be difficult for them to come back this time." The second uncle's question was idiotic, but this was what most people present thought. He wanted to get the answer from Song Yingkui, so he had to answer.How can I put it this way? Beixiang's inability to be strong on the outside and weak on the inside was very obvious in this battle.On the surface, they seemed to be a super force, but when the showdown came, they discovered that Beixiang's available troops were much fewer than imagined.Except for the core troops of the headquarters, the rest of the tribal armed forces are not needed now.

As for Beixiang's headquarters troops, their actual combat effectiveness is not as high as expected.The long-lasting aura of a great power has caused the former Ma's regime to rot.At the beginning of the founding of the country, Beixiang could mobilize all the people into soldiers, but now their mobilization ability is not even as good as that of Dazheng.

In terms of core population, the core population of Beixiang is definitely larger than that of the Mimeng people, but the Mimeng people can truly make all the people into soldiers, which today's Beixiang cannot do.Furthermore, the Mi Meng people's ability to control the servant soldiers is much stronger than that of Beixiang.Judging from various signs, Beixiang seems to have no power to resist this time.

"In my opinion, we should go to Jingzhou first, and then we can use Longshan as the border to sit back and watch the changes in the world situation. If possible, we can try to achieve peace!" Yang Shunan also came to Qinzhou Pass this time. The idea is very simple, just advance the established strategy and quickly occupy Jingzhou.

Other military and political leaders expressed their opinions one after another, which were basically similar to Yang Shunan's thoughts.They felt that even Zheng Jun had made a move, and Yun Gujun had to seize the time to seize the territory, otherwise he would be very passive.

"I feel that it is best to hold off troops for the time being! We have just captured Qinzhou and have not yet completely reorganized it. At this time, we have the opportunity to reorganize Qinzhou with peace of mind.

In addition, our army has not yet received new recruits and has too few veterans. If we want to control Jingzhou, we must continue to increase our troops. The additional officers are not ready. This is not the time to go to war!
I believe that what our army needs to do next is to expand the strength of two or more regiments based on the previous military expansion plan, and to establish a brigade-level combat corps based on the regiment-level organization.At present, it is tentatively planned to form two brigades. Each brigade consists of a cavalry regiment, an infantry regiment fully equipped with bicycles, plus some additional troops and horses, totaling 500 people.

In addition, the military academy is urgently recruiting more than [-] students for enrollment and training to prepare for the possible expansion of the military expansion plan. "

Song Yingkui rejected everyone's suggestion to send troops to occupy Jingzhou as soon as possible. This is not because he is conservative, but because the troops under his command are really not enough!

The biggest drawback of rushing to send troops to Jingzhou is that it will further dilute the core combat effectiveness of the Yungu Army.Can't the time come when the Yungu Army won't even be able to produce four to five thousand truly useful mobile troops?Jingzhou is easy to occupy, and preventing the Mongol or the main troops from the north from going south is a big deal!
"Commander, will you miss the opportunity by doing this?" Seeing that Song Yingkui wanted to be more cautious, Yang Shunan couldn't help but raise objections. As the saying goes, opportunities are rare, how can you be so conservative?
"Besieging a city and occupying land is not a fighter plane. The real fighter plane is to annihilate the enemy's effective force and defend the occupied area. Even if Jingzhou is occupied by the Zheng army or the Mi Meng people, it will be difficult for them to build it in a few months. It will not be difficult to seize Jingzhou after the troops and horses are organized. Why should we rush to this moment?
What I am most worried about now is that we may have to fight a decisive battle with the Zheng Army or the main force of the Mimeng people. If we focus all our energy on seizing the place now, we will not have the energy to form a main force that can fight a decisive battle. !As long as you win a decisive battle, everything else is easy to talk about.But if you can't win the decisive battle, everything else is idle. You have to distinguish priorities and don't rush in blindly! "

In Song Yingkui's view, the Zheng army's behavior of scattering to seize territory at this time was a way to seek death, and the Yungu army must not imitate them.You must first hold the power in your hands, and when the real time comes, then come up with a big one. This is the real move.If the power is enough, of course it is best to occupy Jingzhou now, but the key is that the power is insufficient!
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