Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1063 Wolf Guards

Then Baturmu said calmly: "Now you tell me the whole process of your failure, tell me everything you know, and if I find out afterwards that you missed something important, I will cut off your hands and feet."

Sabir shuddered, and carefully recalled the whole process from the appearance of the Volunteer Corps under the city of Shazhou to their disastrous escape, and began to talk about everything in detail.

The whereabouts of Baturmu's army has been under the control of the spies of the Ministry of Security. When Batumu appeared more than 200 miles away, more than 3 volunteers from the Volunteer Army had all returned to Shazhou, and followed the previously planned operations. plan, began preparations for the construction of the collapsed city walls and various fortifications.

Batumu is No.1 in the Xizhou Uyghur National Army. He is brave and strategic, bloodthirsty, brutal, and good at wolf pack tactics in field battles.This intelligence information had been placed on Huang Dongqiu's desk years ago.Therefore, the battle plan against Batum and his wolf guards has already been prepared, and since receiving the news that he is coming to Shazhou, this plan has already started.

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Coal is burned in the iron stove, and there is a special chimney made of iron, so you don't worry about gas poisoning.So although the inside of the tent is not as warm as a spring day, it does not feel the slightest chill.

Huang Dongqiu was sitting by the stove, and all the officers above the battalion of the Volunteer Army were in this handsome tent, except for a few people who were on duty or had missions.

"Commander of the Engineer Battalion, what are your plans?" Huang Dongqiu asked first.

"Don't worry, the head of the legion, everything is ready, just wait for Baturmu to bring people to break through."

"The stables must be kept warm." Huang Dongqiu turned to Yang Bokun, the head of the logistics department.

"Reporting to the commander of the army, the stables are set up in a place sheltered from the wind, and there is also a stove in it, and hay is prepared, so there will be no frostbitten horses."

"Is there enough charcoal and firewood for your brigades and battalions?"

"The carbon is enough, but there is still a little less firewood for the fire."

"Don't worry, wait until the first wave of Nabaturmu is defeated, and then arrange time to collect dry firewood. Before that, you should save it. If it doesn't work, you can make do with drying the horse manure."

"Yes!"

"Now there are more iron stoves, you must do a good job in fire prevention, and don't lose the big because of the small."

"League commander, don't worry, we all strictly abide by the regulations on the use of stoves issued by the Logistics Department of the Military Hub, and there will never be any fire accidents."

Everyone has deduced countless times about the battle plan of how the wolf guards of Baturmu will fight, and they are not familiar with each other. Now the discussion is only about Huang Dongqiu's consideration of some things outside the battlefield that may affect the outcome of the war one by one. Ask again.Some of these things seem small, or even unimportant, but everyone is an old soldier, and they have not been impatient since Huang Dongqiu, because they know that any detail on the battlefield may determine success or failure, not to mention predicting everything. If there is no forewarning, it is useless. Only the more fully prepared before the war, the easier the war will be, and the fewer casualties will be.

At the beginning of the battle plan, a staff officer proposed to deal with Batum's wolf guards. The army only needs to stay in Shazhou City and wait for Batum to attack the city, and the latter will be bloody. This proposal is actually correct, but Huang Dongqiu has deeper considerations, so he chooses to let the army be stationed outside the city.

It has only been a little over half a year since the Hexi Corridor was taken, and the hearts of the Han people have been determined, but the hearts of the more than 50 Uighurs in Ganzhou are still undecided, especially because of their relationship with the Uighurs in Xizhou. At this time, facing Batu If Ermu had the slightest intention to retreat, or even acted evenly, it might cause some Uighur tribes in Ganzhou to have some unsuitable ideas, which would cause endless troubles.Therefore, Huang Dongqiu must be strong and have the absolute upper hand in the battle against the Xizhou Uighur army.Only in this way, when he brings out the entire volunteer army, the more than 50 Ganzhou Uighurs in the country will not cause trouble.

However, Huang Dongqiu never underestimated Baturmu and the wolf guards. He wiped out 2 people in Dulamati two years ago and this time. Terrorist lethal weapons, as well as unique tactical play, and the fact that one side has the advantage of all-round intelligence provided by the Ministry of Security, plus a lot of preparations and careful planning have been made before each operation.So we can win the battle.But now, Baturmu must have learned something about the situation through the more than 200 remnants of the soldiers, and then he wants to use powerful weapons such as gunpowder packs, landmines, steel string bows, continuous-fire fast crossbows, and hundred-shot fast crossbows to determine the difficulty of winning or losing the battlefield. will increase greatly.

After asking and exhorting some important things that need to be paid attention to and prepared one by one, and after arranging today's tasks, the brigade commanders and battalion commanders stepped out of the commander's tent one by one, mounted their horses and returned to the battalions.

Huang Dongqiu drank a cup of hot milk tea under the service of a staff officer, put on a sheepskin coat and left the tent.What caught the eye was a silvery white color.Now that March has passed, spring is already blooming in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, but in the Western Regions it is still colder than when Kaifeng was the coldest.It just snowed heavily yesterday, and apart from the gloomy sky above, there were no other large areas of color on the ground.It's just that this kind of silvery white doesn't have the silver-covered beauty that literati say, but only the infinitely cold desolate meaning.

Behind him is Shazhou City, with the former barracks of the Guiyi Army, but Huang Dongqiu ordered to set up tents and distribute them around Shazhou City, and built various brigades and Chinese army camps along the city wall.Along the city wall, the entire Shazhou City is roughly surrounded by it.And a trench was dug outside the camp, and then the soil dug out of the trench was used to build a second line of defense, a low wall.Of course, there are other fortifications and means, which together constitute an offensive and defensive system that integrates defense and offense.

Huang Dongqiu's central army is located in the west of Shazhou City, facing the direction of Batumu.

Fortunately, these fortifications were completed before the heavy snow yesterday, otherwise the ground would be frozen, and even if there were many picks and shovels in the Volunteer Army, it would be extremely laborious to do these things.Of course, this kind of effort will soon appear on the [-] wolf guards led by Baturmu.

Under the guard of the guard camp, Huang Dongqiu routinely galloped his horse around and looked around Shazhou City. The battalion commander of the reconnaissance battalion galloped over with a few guards, more than ten miles away from Huang Dongqiu. Dismounted while walking, ran, saluted, and said loudly: "Report to the commander of the army, and the scouts will report back. Baturmu's wolf guard forward has appeared in the red willow forest more than 120 miles to the west!"

Huang Dongqiu couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and said, "How many strikers are there?"

"Three thousand are elites with one man and two horses, and all of them are wearing armor." The reconnaissance battalion commander said.

Huang Dongqiu nodded, looked to the west, and muttered to himself: "Baturmu! And your wolf guards, I have been waiting for a long time."

"Command the brigades and battalions that the enemy's vanguard has appeared, and the enemy's main force will arrive soon." Huang Dongqiu signaled for the reconnaissance battalion commander to leave on his own, and ordered a staff officer beside him.

With a promise, the staff officer led several communication soldiers and left on horseback.Another staff officer asked: "Army Commander, do you want to call the brigade commanders to discuss the matter?"

"No, just let the brigades and battalions know the news." Not to mention the forwards, even if Batumu's main force arrived, Huang Dongqiu felt that there was no need to hold a combat meeting.

"The enemy's vanguard is about 120 miles away from us, minus the time for the scouts to come back to report. Marching in this weather, Baturmu can come to our sight in about a day and a half. However, the Uighurs in Xizhou It is estimated that the scout horse will appear nearby tonight. Go to another person and tell the scout camp, I don’t want our camp to be discovered by the Xizhou Uyghurs, and let the scout battalion commander send scouts to deal with the Xizhou Uyghur scout scouts .”

A messenger took the order and agreed, and left quickly.

This is the No. 11 day when Batum sent troops from Gaochang, the capital of Uighurs in Xizhou. Judging from the distance of the forward, Batum's main force of the wolf guards is at least two to three days away from Shazhou City.

Baturmu was all cavalry, but Huang Dongqiu was quite surprised and sneered at the slow march.Under this kind of weather, under normal circumstances, this speed is not too slow for ordinary cavalry.But Baturmu wants to attack the Volunteer Army, as long as the army has really suffered from the Xiangfu Army, they will know that the sooner the better, the faster the better, otherwise give the latter too much preparation time. Will be a nightmare.

In addition, the Xizhou Uighur Lion King sent troops when the winter was not completely over, as Huang Dongqiu and others thought, and the cold was still there. This is not a very urgent situation, and it is really unnecessary.But once you have raised your troops, you must be fast. There is a saying in the art of war that "soldiers are expensive and fast." The slower you go, the longer it will take for the opponent to prepare, and it is common to even set traps for your troops and marching routes.

Therefore, according to the joint calculations of the Volunteer Corps Staff Department and Huang Dongqiu, it was thought that Baturmu would lead the Wolf Guards to reach Shazhou from Gaochang in about ten days, but now it seems that the other party will take at least twelve days to arrive.

At that time, as soon as Baturmu set off from Gaochang, the spies of the Ministry of Security sent the news through Costin. Costin spent a day and flew a third of the way to send the news to a secret base of the Ministry of Security. He also used fast horses to send the news to Guazhou for four days non-stop around the clock.

After receiving the news, Huang Dongqiu immediately dispatched troops, arrived in Shazhou in one day, took Shazhou in another three days, and began to prepare fortifications.This has to be calculated, and Huang Dongqiu has five days to prepare.

(End of this chapter)