Chapter Seventy-Five: Division of Troops
Yue Kun's words immediately caused a discussion in the big tent, and most of the rest of the generals thought that at this time, it was best to defeat the Mongol army in Jiezhou City first, and then go to sweep the Mongol army in the rest of the states, but everyone felt that Yue Kun's analysis of the strength of the two sides was also correct, and for a while there were different opinions. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info6
Gao Huaiyuan was originally inclined to directly attack Jiezhou and confront the Mongol army, but after listening to Yue Kun's words, he had to re-examine his plan.
Yue Kun has read military books in the end, although his actual combat experience may not be comparable to him and even Huang Yan and others, but at the strategic level, Yue Kun's insights are still quite useful.
Gao Huaiyuan measured the strength of the two armies mentioned by Yue Kun, and gradually began to change his original thoughts, he Gao Huaiyuan is not a military god, and he will make mistakes in some things, he never believes in other people's praise of him, saying that he is invincible, so he usually pays attention to listening to the advice of his subordinates, and Yue Kun's proposal today is obviously more comprehensive than him.
Although he has more than a dozen artillery pieces, but this kind of firepower for a large-scale battlefield, as long as the other party can stabilize the morale of the army, then this firepower is far from enough to deter the enemy, if he really wants to rely on the current strength in his hands, and the Mongolian army duel, he really has no certainty, in this era, it can be said that it is still the era of cold weapons to control the battlefield, he can not completely bet on these artillery.
Everyone saw Gao Huaiyuan with his back to them, standing silently in front of the map, and after arguing for a while, they all quieted down, quietly waiting for Gao Huaiyuan to make up his mind.
After a while, Gao Huaiyuan turned around, judging from his expression, Gao Huaiyuan had already made up his mind, and everyone immediately stood up straight and waited for Gao Huaiyuan to speak.
General Yue is really a famous general! This plan is really good! General Yue analyzed the strength of the enemy and our army quite thoroughly, and with the current strength of our army, it is indeed not easy to fight a decisive battle with the Mongol army in Jiezhou City!
Therefore, what General Yue said is that the official thinks it is feasible, most of the enemy army has now been assembled in Jiezhou, and our army is bold to go, obviously the chance of victory is not great, so that our army needs to prepare for a longer time and mobilize more troops, and at present, our army's troops are scattered in three passes and five states, and it is impossible to form a superior force, so it is a wise move to sweep the Mongolian army in the remaining states first!
However, this officer believes that we still have to go to Jiezhou, and we must put pressure on the Mongolian army, so that it will give the illusion that our army is going to fight a decisive battle with it in Jiezhou, so that it will not dare to divide the troops easily!
Then our army can do this now! Yue Kun listens to orders!
Yue Kun immediately stood up and bowed down and said: The last general!
Since you put forward this plan, then this operation, this officer, will be entrusted to you to be responsible, this officer ordered you to immediately take the headquarters of the troops and horses, the starry night rushed to the direction of Xihezhou, in one fell swoop to defeat the Mongolian army besieging Xihezhou, and then divide the troops to sweep away the enemy army of Tianshui! Would you like to? Gao Huaiyuan immediately asked Yue Kun.
Thank you for your trust, please rest assured, you will lead the army to live up to your expectations! When Yue Kun heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he quickly nodded to receive the order.
Gao Huaiyuan nodded and said: Then there is General Lao Yue, you! Huang Yan listens to the order! Then he called Huang Yan's name.
When Huang Yan heard this, he quickly stood up: The end will be!
Huang Yan! This officer knows that the soldiers under your command are working very hard at the moment, but this time I am afraid that I will have to let the soldiers under your command work hard, you have a large number of cavalry, and it is the most powerful soldiers and horses in our army, this officer ordered you to go to Chengzhou immediately, and defeat the enemy army near Chengzhou in one fell swoop, and then join forces with General Yue, Yue Kun is in charge, gather the soldiers and horses of the Xihezhou, Chengzhou, and Tianshui armies, and launch an attack on the main force of the Mongolian army in Jiezhou from the direction of Xihezhou! Gao Huaiyuan then instructed Huang Yan.
Huang Yan immediately bowed down and received the order: The last general will obey the order! But
After Huang Yan received the order, he suddenly said a but, as if he had something to say, but he didn't say it directly.
Gao Huaiyuan also heard what Huang Yan had to say, and knew that he must be inconvenient to say it because there were many people in the account, so he coughed lightly: Today's deliberations are here for the time being, Yue Kun and Huang Yan stay, and the official still has some details to discuss with the two of you!
The generals immediately bowed down and took the order, quit the big tent, and everyone understood that Yue Kun and Huang Yan were taken to Lizhou Road by Gao Huaiyuan, and soon became the commanders of the two capitals, these two people are definitely Gao Huaiyuan's descendants, so everyone had nothing to say, and they went down one after another to start preparing.
I said boss! I think it's right that you arranged the dispatch of troops like this, what the second brother said makes sense, with our soldiers and horses, it is really dangerous to fight against the main force of the Tartars at the moment, but you are sending me and the second brother out now, so isn't it too risky to leave only so few soldiers and horses around you? I think I'd better stay! I can trust these old brothers at hand! Huang Yan saw that there were no outsiders in the big tent, so he called Gao Huaiyuan and called Gao Huaiyuan the boss.
Yue Kun also frowned and thought for a while and said: Third brother, what the fourth brother said is right, if I and the fourth brother leave together, you only have Ma Zhong's 3,000 men and horses and Lu Youliang's more than 2,000 horses left, plus 1,000 people in your own army, but there are more than 6,000 people left, once the Tartars find out, if you don't have enough troops, the whole army will attack, I'm afraid you will be very dangerous, except for Jiangli County, there is basically no danger to defend in this area, in that case, it will be too risky for you! After all, you are the military and political chief of Lizhou right now, once you make a mistake, then none of us can explain to the imperial court, and the military will definitely be in chaos! fear
Yue Kun didn't finish his words, but Gao Huaiyuan also knew that what he wanted to say was that once he lost, then Lizhou's military affairs would be immediately chaotic, and Lizhou might not be able to stop the Tartars' army.
Hehe! You don't have to worry about this, Huang Yan, you still do what I tell you, I'm afraid you're working the hardest right now, let your brothers grit their teeth, and when the Mongol Tatars withdraw their troops, I will definitely reward them heavily! If you don't worry, then the second brother will leave me another 2,000 soldiers and horses, so that I have 10,000 troops under my command, there should be no problem, and when the time comes, we will attack from both sides, and we will not worry about driving the Tartars out of the Song Realm! Gao Huaiyuan thought for a while, then opened his mouth and said to them.
How can two thousand be enough? I think it's better to leave half of it, and when the time comes, I will join forces with my fourth brother, and the elite strength will reach 7,000, so it will be more balanced! It is enough for me to take 4,000 soldiers and horses to Xihezhou! Yue Kun said immediately.
Need not! Two thousand is enough! I can set up a maze and confuse the Tartars, and I can send the garrisons of the Seven Directions Pass over, the troops are enough! Needless to say, the two of you should quickly reorganize your army, avoid the Tartars' rangers after nightfall, and go to Xihezhou and Chengzhou as soon as possible! Gao Huaiyuan immediately shook his head and vetoed Yue Kun's proposal.
Yue Kun and Huang Yan saw that Gao Huaiyuan had made up their minds, so they had to nod and agree.
After carefully looking at the map, Gao Huaiyuan recruited two local soldiers who were very familiar with the terrain, questioned them carefully, and then made up his mind.
A group of scouts were sent out of the battalion, and drove away the nearby Mongolian rangers separately, taking advantage of their familiarity with the terrain, and quickly shielded the area around Wuping, as soon as it was dark, Yue Kun and Huang Yan immediately led the troops, quietly left Wuping, first retreated to the vicinity of Jiangli County, and then divided their troops to go towards their respective goals.
Although the night march was very dangerous, and some officers and soldiers in the army were ill-nourished and had night blindness, their two armies still did not light torches, and only began to march forcibly in the mountains by moonlight.
And Gao Huaiyuan early the next morning, he led the army to march in the direction of Jiezhou, the flag in the army continued to remain unchanged, and deliberately lengthened some battle lines, so that it could be seen from afar, and there was no change in the strength of the army.
The army drove until it reached a place called Ganquan Town, which was still forty miles away from Jiezhou, and then suddenly stopped advancing, and then sent a large number of scouts to gather all the idle people within ten miles of Ganquan Town into Ganquan Town, and set up a large camp in Ganquan Town.
After Tuo Lei led the army to retreat to Jiezhou, he heard the news of Harabars, which surprised him again, although Harabarsi won the victory of annihilating the Song army, but in the end it failed to continue to expand the results, and was defeated by the Song army, resulting in the almost crippled soldiers and horses of Harabars, this news is not good news.
Tuo Lei had to re-examine the strength of the Song army, but no matter how he analyzed, he felt a little confused, after entering the Song Dynasty this time, they encountered a lot of Song troops, but the performance of the Song army puzzled him, some of the Song army was very weak, after encountering them, it could almost be said that it was a touch of collapse, but this time the Song army encountered near Jiangli County showed very superb technical and tactical ability, and was very brave and good at fighting, even the most powerful Harabar under his command was also defeated under them.
So Tuo Lei is now unclear, whether the Song army can fight, or can't fight, analysis and analysis, he finally came to a conclusion, that is, the Song army soldiers and horses he encountered in Jiangli County should be the elite strength of the Song army, and according to the detailed line report, the one who led the troops this time should be the new Southern Song Dynasty general who entered Lizhou, and the current Lizhou Road is all committed to Gao Huaiyuan.
After figuring out this, the tow mine strengthened the determination that the main force of the Song army would come to fight them in Jiezhou, so he immediately ordered his subordinates to step up preparations and start to arrange the battlefield for a decisive battle with the Song army with Jiezhou City as the center.