My life skills in Daming Liver

Chen Yiqin looked at the decree from the General's Office sent by the envoy and threw the decree to the ground.

Chen Yiqin's son Chen Yubi quickly picked up the decree and said to his father: "Father, this is the imperial decree. You should not treat it like this."

Chen Yiqin looked at his son and sighed again.

If there is anything worth boasting about in Chen Yiqin's life, this son is definitely the first.

Chen Yubi inherited Chen Yiqin's talent as a question writer, and even excelled at it. He passed the provincial examination at the age of seventeen, and was admitted to the Jinshi in the first imperial examination held after Emperor Longqing ascended the throne. He was also awarded the title of Shujishi. .

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng all praised their son and believed that he was the future prime minister.

In the historical timeline before Su Ze traveled through time, Chen Yubi had become Wanli's assistant minister, and was not even given the important task of compiling national history.

Later, the capital was in turmoil. After Chen Yiqin left Henan, he took his son from the capital.

Now Chen Yubi assists Chen Yiqin in handling Henan's government affairs. Chen Yubi also has a lot of credit for the promotion of Henan's new affairs so smoothly.

Chen Yiqin said with anger still lingering: "This Li Chengliang is going too far! The southeastern bandits are already at the Bianshui River. The court chose to issue a document between sending troops and food, but only asked my father to raise the food himself. How unreasonable!" "

Chen Yubi couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the decree from the General's Office.

In fact, Chen Yiqin himself did not agree to ask for help from the Ming court at first. He was also afraid that the troops sent by Li Chengliang would invade his territory, and his old enemy Guo Pu was even more unwilling to bow his head.

It was his son Chen Yubi who persuaded him hard, and Chen Yiqin agreed to show his respect to Li Chengliang and write a letter asking for help.

Chen Yubi also communicated with Guo Pu. In the end, Chen Yubi and Guo Pu's daughter got engaged, which was regarded as an alliance.

Chen Yiqin lowered his head to ask for help and gave up some of his benefits. However, the result was that Ming Ting only sent a message to express his intention, but did not mobilize any troops at all, and did not even send any support materials.

Chen Yubi said: "My son heard that the situation in the capital is not easy. Nowadays, prices in the capital have soared, and many military workshops have stopped production. I am afraid that this is the reason why I cannot support my father."

Chen Yiqin also had his own information. Although he knew that his son was telling the truth, compared to Henan's gains and losses, Mingting's attitude was obviously perfunctory.

Chen Yiqin said: "If Shandong is attacked, will Li Chengliang do the same? It is better to treat us in Henan as outsiders!"

"There is absolutely no hope for the imperial court. My father will go to Suiyang today to inspect the front line. The southeastern thieves are going to attack Henan, and Suiyang cannot be bypassed."

"As long as we hold on to Suiyang, we still have a chance."

In Xuzhou, Chen Lin was holding a final strategic mobilization meeting with his mid-level generals and staff.

Li Yangong was also sitting among them, and his artillery regiment was temporarily integrated into the fifth brigade for the battle against Suiyang.

At this point, the specific tactics have been held in countless seminars, and Chen Lin doesn't need to say more.

Chen Lin's main discussion at this meeting was the overall strategy.

"The Governor's article said that in modern warfare, the most important thought to abandon is 'to complete one battle'. This is a kind of strategic speculation and a lack of confidence in one's own strategy."

"Always think about annihilating all the enemies in one battle, always think about annihilating the enemy's main force in one battle, and always think about making the enemy surrender in one battle. This approach is okay when facing weaker enemies. , but it won’t work when facing the Henan Ming Army.”

Li Yangong listened carefully. The battles he had participated in were all against Guangxi and Annan, which were crushing battles in the southeast to bully the surrounding areas.

Although these natives have good combat awareness, there is a generation gap between them and the Southeast in terms of equipment, and they have almost no military ideas. Therefore, fighting them is like bullying. As long as the opponent's main force is wiped out, the opponent will surrender.

However, Chen Lin has been in Xuzhou for a long time, confronting the most elite Ming army. He has an understanding of the quality and capabilities of the Ming court's new army, and is an absolute expert in Ming court operations.

Chen Lin has a stable personality, which is why Su Ze placed her in Xuzhou. Chen Lin did not disappoint Su Ze's expectations and performed well in every battle.

Chen Lin continued:

"When fighting an opponent like Ming Ting, sometimes the competition is not just one or two battles on the front line, but the overall ability."

"Logistics supply capabilities, soldier replenishment capabilities, and the ability to repair frontline trenches."

Why is this so similar to the logistics theory of Gaowu Guan?

Li Yangong thought of his friend's theory, but he didn't expect that Chen Lin was a supporter of Gaowuguan's logistics theory.

Chen Lin continued:

"When fighting in Henan, the most important thing is logistics."

"When fighting deep into the enemy's territory, logistical supplies are also the biggest problem."

"And our logistics supply lines are exposed to threats from the north."

Chen Lin said:

"Have you seen the tide?"

Everyone nodded.

"Modern warfare is like waves of waves. Our first wave of attacks must be the strongest, but if Suiyang cannot be captured immediately, the enemy's counterattack will begin."

"If you want to overwhelm the enemy, you must use a steady stream of tides to overwhelm the seawall."

"So everyone needs to make it clear to the soldiers to put an end to the idea of ​​quick victory in the army. Moreover, our logistical supply problems will also greatly affect our army's combat effectiveness."

Chen Lin quickly drew a simple sketch of Henan on the blackboard.

"In the attack on Suiyang, we have only one supply line, which is to transport supplies to the front line along the Bian River to the west. This official road was originally destroyed by the Ming court, and this official road was also exposed to the attack direction of the Shandong Ming army. If the Shandong Ming Army interferes with our logistics supplies, it will put huge pressure on the front line."

"If we divide the troops to protect them, it will reduce the number of troops on the front line, which will not put enough pressure on the front line."

The optimism that originally permeated the military camp was quickly wiped out by Chen Lin's few analysis sentences.

Li Yangong couldn't help but sigh, times have really changed.

Ancient military operations required the commander's decision-making. The so-called temple calculation method was to evaluate the strength of one's own side and the opponent's, and to find the enemy's weaknesses to defeat the enemy.

Today's generals have too many things to consider when fighting, and there are too many factors that affect the outcome of the war. It is no longer possible for a single genius general to control the overall situation. Scientific analysis and collective efforts are required to formulate a stable strategy. plan.

Chen Lin's style is steady, but the disadvantage is that the war will drag on for a long time, and a long war will cause a lot of variables. Therefore, Chen Lin has very high requirements for his staff and needs to formulate plans for various situations.

The same goes for Li Yangong, the commander of the artillery regiment. He must memorize various plans and lead his men in targeted drills.

On March 3, Chen Lin finally completed all mobilization and gathered the entire army to fight towards Henan.