"Mr. Xu Fu, General Wen, and Mr. Qian, we still need to stop for a moment, my intestines will not be able to bear it!" Seeing Xu Wei, Wen Hengyue, and Qian Zerui each of them still trying to finish several bowls of meat porridge, Xu Xu
I was worried that their stomachs wouldn't be able to bear it, so I quickly dissuaded them.
At this time, not caring about manners, Xu Huai, Xu Wei, Wen Hengyue, and Qian Zerui sat directly on the blood-stained village wall to discuss matters.
Xu Huaixian introduced the current troop deployment of the enemy and ourselves on the northern front to Xu Wei, Wen Hengyue and others.
The Chihu people's troops on the northern front are very limited.
The Qing Shun army has been crippled. It seems that Cao Shixiong can still gather seven to eight thousand troops in Ningwu, but the overall combat effectiveness will not be stronger than the five thousand defenders of Lanzhou City who were completely wiped out, but will only be weaker.
Cao Shixiong did not even dare to pull these seven or eight thousand troops out of Ningwu.
This is his last capital.
Otherwise, the Qing Shun army and Lanzhou would have to change their surname to Meng instead of Cao.
The Prince of Zhennan Zong only had 3,000 cavalry left in Datong, but they had to take care of several directions, and there was no way to launch a fierce offensive against them in a short period of time.
Although the Zhennan Zong Palace can still recruit thousands of cavalry from many tribes in the Huihe River Valley (Yunshuo Yingwu and other states) in the south, it will take time.
Xu Huai's main purpose now is to grab this time.
In addition, Chi Hu still has a small number of soldiers and horses left behind in Xin, Dai and Yanmen, but their strength is limited and their combat effectiveness is poor. They have withdrawn into the city and are not afraid that they will dare to act rashly in a short period of time.
The strength of the Red Husbands on the northern front was Li Chulin, who was guarding Taiyuan City, and Yin Chao's two troops. However, these two tribes attacked Taiyuan City for a year, suffered heavy losses, and failed to capture the city. Their morale and fighting spirit were at a loss.
Very low.
Although the two troops continuously recruited young men and horses from Yunshuo and other places to form troops and maintained the scale of their troops, their combat effectiveness was not strong.
If Li Chulin and Yin Chao dare to pull all the soldiers and horses out of the camp, Chushan's cavalry will not be afraid of one against five, or even one against ten.
Now I'm afraid they won't be able to get out.
At this time, several battles between Chushan Cavalry, Zheng Jinqing's Department, and Yang Qiye's Department were extremely fierce and rapid, including forced marches in the wind and snow for several days, which inevitably resulted in large casualties. However, including the prisoners of Tianxiong Army marching eastward,
In addition to the soldiers, they still have three thousand elite soldiers near Taiyuan.
In Qipanshan, Huanglongpo, Heiyanyi, Taohuachongzhai and other places, there were still 2,000 men and horses including those who had withdrawn to rest and recuperate.
In addition, although the Gu family will not send troops into Taiyuan, it is obvious that they will no longer refuse to send troops to reinforce Qipanshan, Huanglongpo, Heiyanyi and other places to protect the flanks of Taiyuan soldiers and civilians retreating from Lanzhou to the west.
They didn't dare to be unhappy with the Gu family, which was also the bottom line Xu Huai set for them.
It is difficult for Xu Huai to predict whether Xiao Linshi will mobilize more troops to join the battle, but even if the remnants of the Khitan tribe remain stationary west of Caochengchuan, they will definitely be able to help them contain some of the captive troops at the northern foot of Guanluan Mountain.
Otherwise, how brave would Yan Muchi be to not have Yangkou at all, but Guangwu and others to deploy troops on the flanks to guard against Xiao Linshi, and send all the troops he could muster to Qipan Mountain and Huanglongpo to crush him?
Simply considering the size of their troops and their combat effectiveness, they still have the advantage. The current core goal of the Lu soldiers is to capture Bianliang and completely open the passage from Yanji to Heluo as quickly as possible. This is impossible in a short time.
We will divide our forces to take care of this side.
The most critical and important problem they are currently facing is that Taiyuan's 100,000 soldiers and civilians are too weak and the scale is too large.
So many troops had to retreat to Lanzhou through the narrow Lingjingou Canyon (Yang Guang's old road). With only 3,000 soldiers and horses behind them, how could they be fully protected without revealing any flaws?
And as long as they show a slight flaw and are caught by the Japanese soldiers, who dares to imagine what a catastrophic scene would be when a hundred thousand soldiers and civilians collapse in chaos?
"We definitely can't retreat westward in a hurry now. We still have to fight a few more fiercely in Taiyuan, at least to annihilate Li Chulin's tribe; however, in the northeast and northwest of Taiyuan City, we will use the captured enemy strongholds to build defenses and block Yin Chao's tribe.
South of Taiyuan City; at the same time, it is necessary to establish defenses on the north side of Tianmen Mountain to intercept the Japanese soldiers gathered in Xinzhou. After these preparations are completed, arrangements can be made for Taiyuan soldiers and civilians to withdraw westward through Tianmen Pass and Lingjinggou Gorge."
Xu Huai stated the next combat goals and plans,
"Li Chulin is cautious by nature. When the Tianxiong army raided Datong City, he stayed in the inner city. Now I don't have any hope of luring them out of the camp to fight in the field. Therefore, the Yunzhou Han army camp and the two wings are still
We have to pull out the remaining companies and camps one by one, and the time cannot be delayed! To do this, I can't do it with only three thousand soldiers and horses in my hand. Although the Taiyuan generals are weak, they can't do it.
The time left for them to rest and recuperate is very limited. I hope to dispatch troops in batches now and integrate them into various positions as auxiliary troops. Even if they are used to bluff their reputation in the early stage, it is still good - Lord Xu Fu, General Wen, what do you think?
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Ignoring the Yinchao tribe in the south of Taiyuan, only Li Chulin's tribe besieged Taiyuan City from the north. After the two company camps were occupied, there were still 12,000 to 3,000 soldiers guarding seven company camps and the main camp on the north side.
Xu Huai only had 3,000 soldiers and horses at hand. Just using these 3,000 soldiers and horses would not be enough for any battle. Moreover, if the Chushan soldiers and horses suffered too many casualties and lost their combat effectiveness, the consequences would be devastating.
Therefore, it is now necessary to mobilize the defenders in the city and directly integrate them into various positions to participate in the battle. Even if they undertake auxiliary operations in the early stage and do not go directly to the forward line to face the enemy, it will also be a major support for the subsequent operations.
At the same time, the people in Taiyuan City still need to stabilize themselves, provide sufficient food and porridge, and recover some physical strength; the other three city gates also need to maintain a counter-offensive posture to contain Yin Chao's troops on the south side.
Of course, contacting the various rebel armies in the Luliang Mountains is also a task that needs to be done now.
It was not that Xu Huai had not thought of this before. On the one hand, he could not leak the advance plan beforehand. On the other hand, after launching the offensive, he had to fight for days and forcefully march, but he still could not free up his hands.
"Okay! Everything is arranged according to what Xu Junhou said! We will now transfer all the men and horses that can move to Xu Junhou for you to control. We will be responsible for the affairs in the city!" Xu Wei and Wen Hengyue said.
They did not believe that the reinforcements would arrive until they saw the reinforcements. They were so excited that they were pushed to do many things. They also knew that they could not think carefully in their haste, and they did not study the situation between ourselves and the enemy on the periphery enough. In this case,
, and it is impossible to have any reservations about Xu Huai's trust.
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In the northern part of Taiyuan, there are mainly five battlefields.
In the northeast of Tianmen Mountain and on the east side of Qizi Mountain, a camp needs to be established to guard against incoming enemies from the direction of Xinzhou. When Taiyuan's soldiers and civilians formally withdraw to the west, this will also be the core defense line on the flanks of Tianmen Pass.
At present, here, headed by Xiao Yanhan and Chen Zixiao, 500 captured soldiers from the Tianxiong Army are on guard.
There are two battlefields at the north and south gates of the Han army camp in Yunzhou. At present, the main force of the Han army in Yunzhou is to be blocked in the camp. Xu Xin'an and Wang Xian each lead 500 troops to take charge.
On the battlefield of the two wings of the company and camp, all enemy companies and camps in the north of Taiyuan City must be captured by force, so as to ensure that Taiyuan soldiers and civilians can leave the city smoothly. At the same time, if Yin Chao's troops want reinforcements, they must kill them from the two wings, or send troops to strengthen the two wings.
The defense of the fortress was to wait for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack when a large number of civilians left the city.
On both wings, Tang Pan and Yin Peng were the main generals, each leading 500 elite troops to establish an advancing front.
Xu Huai only had 500 reserve troops and more than 300 wounded and wounded around him. They were the generals who directly participated in the fierce battle to seize the stronghold last night on the snowy night and needed emergency rest. Last night, 200 generals were killed or seriously injured and disabled, completely losing their combat effectiveness.
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Last night was also the one with the heaviest casualties since the Chu Shanqi launched the raid.
Currently, the five battlefields are severely undermanned, especially the battlefields on the company and battalion wings. They cannot launch offensives in a short period of time for fear of heavy casualties or failure to hold the front line, which will lead to the collapse of the entire battle situation.
What Xu Huai is doing now is to drag the horses that were killed or injured yesterday and the captured grain to the city, and cook porridge urgently to feed the hungry people.
Soldiers, first receive the two camps currently occupied, and after simply replenishing some food and armor, send the two wings to the battlefield.
The enemy had six trebuchets in the front base position, which were captured by the Chushan Cavalry. They are currently being dismantled, waiting to be transported to the battlefields on both wings for installation in the siege of the city.
Xu Huai seizes the time to sit on the ground and take a nap against the wall. However, after days of fighting, marching, and even leading the charge several times, he is also very tired. He closes his eyes and falls asleep. When he opens his eyes again, the sky has cleared and the sun has gone.
Sloping to the west.
Seeing Xiao Yanhan sitting next to him, Niu Er, Shi Hu and others were guarding the outside. Xu Wuqi, Wang Ju and others had gone somewhere unknown. There was silence all around. They had not launched a new attack yet, and the enemy troops seemed to have stopped.
Stand still.
Xu Huai took off the felt blanket on his body, held it up, and asked Xiao Yanhan:
"I slept for three hours? Why did you come to the south?"
"There was a small group of enemy cavalry near Qizi Mountain. Xu Wuqi took Yang Qiye's troops to Qizi Mountain to take charge. However, some Tianxiong soldiers strongly requested to come to the southern front to participate in the war, so I led them over!" Xiao Yanhan!
said.
"The battlefield is very quiet! What's the situation over there in Lanzhou?" Xu Huai felt sore and swollen after sleeping. He knew that due to the high-intensity fighting and marching in the past few days, he needed to relax for a while to allow the blood to flow freely. Since the battlefield was quiet
Yes, he didn't even bother to stand up and look around, he could just listen to what Xiao Yanhan told him.
"Li Chulin's camp in the north was tightly closed, and the enemy forces on both wings voluntarily abandoned the three camps and shrank into the west and east corner camps. Yin Chao's troops made no big movements in the south of the city, but towards the two corners
The battalion is adding hundreds of reinforcements," Xiao Yanhan said. "The Gu family has sent a battalion of infantry to station in Qipan Mountain. The follow-up plan is to gather 2,000 troops into Lanzhou to support the westward retreat of Taiyuan soldiers and civilians. Gu Jian and Qiao Jien are also on their way to Taiyuan.
, they obviously won’t give up the opportunity to share the work, but they came here with only two hundred cavalry, it’s too shabby!”
"There are two hundred more fresh troops here, that's good..." Xu Huai knew that since the Gu family decided to send troops to Lanzhou, they would definitely send someone to accompany Qiao Jien to Taiyuan to contact them. And they could bring two hundred cavalry with them, so Xu Huai didn't dare
Expect too much.
At least among the hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops and border troops in Vietnam, the Fuzhou army led by Gu can be regarded as one that dares to fight and is good at fighting. Not only did Gu Jiqian sit in Fuzhou and resist the attacks of the party members many times, but Gu Cong also
, Gu Minghai and others are also rising stars of the Gu family and have experienced some wars.
