After nightfall, the wind and snow eased, but did not stop.
Although the cold winter in Hehuai is not as cold as in the north, early December is already the time when dripping water turns into ice.
The piles of bonfires looked dim, and the generals on duty gathered around the bonfires, shivering with cold. They put a few logs on top of the bonfires, hung up their iron helmets as pots, boiled the snow water, and put in a few handfuls of washing water.
After cleaning the wild vegetables, use a bag knife to carefully rub the remaining mutton fat from the iron box into the boiling water, sprinkle in a pinch of salt particles, and the aroma immediately spreads around the tent.
At this time, a night watchman came back from changing his guard and scooped a small can of wild vegetable soup into his stomach. The warm stomach immediately washed away the hardships of the day.
There were constant snores in the camp, and we had to be prepared for night attacks by enemy cavalry. The generals who were not on duty had to be ready to pick up their swords and guns and fight at any time while sleeping. They could only lie down in the haystack and sleep with their armors under their swords.
Wrapped in a thin quilt, I often wake up from the cold in the middle of the night.
The camp that was set up in a hurry was still too crude. More than two thousand soldiers and civilians had to work all night, using hands that were cracked by movement and braving the severe cold, wind and snow, to dig the frozen hard soil outside the fence and deepen and widen the shallow trenches.
, and the surrounding land should be leveled as much as possible to allow soldiers to enter and exit better.
The lights in the command tent were brightly lit, and most of the generals took the time to rest or go back to their ministries to supervise various tasks. Chen Zixiao, Tang Pan, Fan Zongqi, Wang Ju, Zhou Jing and others also accompanied Xu Huai to sit in the tent to study the military situation.
Military intelligence officers came in and out, passing the latest intelligence from the scouts to Zhou Jing, Han Gui, Jiang Xie and others. After their preliminary analysis, it was passed to the desks of Xu Huai, Chen Zixiao and Tang Pan.
"It seems that Yue Hailou still doesn't dare to jump directly to Linying!"
Chen Zixiao personally marked the enemy's latest movements on the more detailed map of the Centipede River and said,
"It seems that in the next two days, we will extend our military front eastward and cross the east bank of the old Yinghe River..."
Not only did Yue Hailou not dare to advance to the north bank of the Centipede River to set up camp and confront them face to face, he even used thousands of elite cavalry to cover the civilians on a snowy night and continuously transported large quantities of logs to the camp north of the Centipede River.
The Red Hussars and their horses are very hard-working and have lived in the freezing cold of Mobei for many years. However, constantly looking for shelter or going into camps to rest on snowy nights takes a huge toll on the physical energy of both the men and their horses.
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The enemy's movements north of the Centipede River at night proved that Yue Hailou did not expect that the Chushan Army would come out of the city to meet them so resolutely, nor was he prepared for a large-scale battle with the Chushan Army in this winter.
Otherwise, Yue Hailou should send the front troops to carry a small amount of grain and a group of livestock that can supplement the rations, and directly garrison the remaining city of Linying. If they intersperse to the north of Linying and try to cut off its grain route, Yue Hailou will
Lou just takes the opportunity to launch a battle.
Since they have figured out the enemy's intentions, they should be more resolute in intercepting the enemy in the northwest direction of Linying.
Although Chushan must gather a large number of elite troops to confront the enemy in the northwest of Linying, it can still seize some initiative.
If the enemy army calmly advances to Xiangcheng and Zhaoling City, and sends large groups of cavalry to Wuyang, Suiping, Yexian and other places, and the elites of Chushan tribes are divided among the cities, then they can only passively defend and endure this.
The cold winter has passed.
"After Yin Peng and his troops from Ye County arrived, they went directly to camp east of the old Yingshui Road!" Xu Huai nodded, confirming Chen Zixiao's suggestion.
He decided to take the initiative to send troops along the Centipede River to intercept the enemy forces heading south. In addition to testing the intentions of the enemy forces in the west of Beijing, the more important thing was to strive to seize a certain initiative during this winter.
Forcing the enemy forces in the west of Beijing to confront them along the Centipede River and Yingshui old roads, if the war situation in Ruzhou or Huainan changes, they can promptly abandon the camps along the Centipede River and Yingshui old roads and quickly withdraw into Xiangcheng and Zhaoling, thus
Gain some initiative.
"Today the enemy is very interested in snatching our war equipment on the battlefield. Both sides sent civilians into the battlefield to collect the corpses, and some are collecting the broken halberds of the remaining soldiers we abandoned on the battlefield," Zhou Jing said hesitantly,
"Has there been any delay in putting Tiejima into the battlefield?"
Chushan has just begun to cast angle iron in batches. The daily output is still quite limited, and it is not luxurious enough to directly replace wood for the construction of camps. Currently, it is mainly used for the manufacture of shield vehicles, trebuchets and other war equipment.
May reduce its weight.
Making a horse by riveting angle iron is much more convenient and faster than a fine iron shield car, and its strength is no less than that of a heavy hardwood horse.
Zhou Jing, Chen Zixiao and the others had already judged that the combination of the iron horse and the fine iron shield vehicle would enable better and more convenient interception and blocking of enemy forces on the battlefield.
It's just that the iron shield horse is used on the battlefield, mainly to be placed on the edge of the battle formation to block the enemy. After all, it is not as easy to advance and retreat as the fine iron shield chariot.
Now that the enemy has noticed the materials used in the war machines made by Chushan, it is not difficult for Zhou Jing to imagine that once they are at a local battlefield, even if they are temporarily at a disadvantage, they may let the enemy steal a large number of iron horses; fine iron
The shield car was able to be retracted in time.
It was not difficult for Zhou Jing to imagine that once the enemy captured a large number of iron shield horses, it would be easy to imitate refined iron shield vehicles to a certain extent.
Zhou Jing was a little hesitant as to whether this time he was going to turn the first batch into Iron Horses and throw them directly into the battlefield where they could hardly gain an absolute advantage.
"A lion fights a rabbit with all his strength, not to mention Yue Hailou is not a rabbit," Xu Huai shook his head and said, "Since we have made a batch of iron-repellent horses, we are definitely not worried about taking some away for the enemy.
The reason for using it! No matter how much they rob, can they cast it faster than we can? Besides, the most critical aspect of the fine iron shield vehicle is the casting of the wheel hub. This requires them to fumble for a while before they can imitate it. If they want to rob it on the battlefield
How much of the finished product can be snatched away?"
At this time, the enemy forces in the west of Beijing could invest at least twice as many elite troops and horses as theirs in the south of Yingshui River. Especially when large-scale cavalry entered the battlefield, there was always a sharp sword hanging above their heads. Xu Huai really
I dare not hold back my strength and fight this battle.
Whether it is an iron horse or a fine iron shield chariot, they are not indestructible. In the final analysis, they are still consumables.
On precision iron shield cars, angle iron is mainly used to make the frame, car body, wheel hubs, and axles still need to be precision cast in one go.
As long as the enemy cannot master the precision casting technology of wheel hubs and axles, and simply imitate shield vehicles, it will not be able to reverse the gap in combat equipment between the two sides.
Xu Huai then asked Chen Zixiao, Tang Pan, and Fan Zongqi about the casualties and replacement status of the various tribes, and then asked everyone to go back and seize the time to take a nap before dawn.
When the Chushan Army fights, it seems that its elite troops are far inferior to those of the enemy in the west of Beijing. However, one advantage is that the casualties are reduced, and strong reinforcements can be drawn from the nearby state troops in time to ensure that the main force is fully equipped.
As for the enemy army in the west of Beijing, their most elite cavalry troops and semujia soldiers, if they do not mix with the surrendered Han army, they will need to recruit red troops from the Mobei grassland thousands or even tens of thousands of miles away after the reduction.
Only when the Hu clan and other tribes are strong and strong can the full force be restored.
This can also be said that Chushan currently has a home field advantage that the enemy cannot match. Xu Huai has also always paid attention to the training of reserve soldiers. A group of veterans such as Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu and Fan Yong are in charge of the Military and Horse Supervisory Department, dedicated to their duties.
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However, after a fierce and cruel battle, even if Chushan's left and right armies could always maintain full strength, the tragic attrition still resulted in the loss of Chushan's good men.
Xu Huai didn't know how many athletes from Chushan would die after this winter.
Xu Huai sat under the lamp, patted his head to get rid of the distracting thoughts, and then took Zhou Jing, Zhang Xiongshan, Han Gui and others to carefully consider tomorrow's battle plan and minimize unnecessary loopholes.
The next day, in addition to the three thousand elites transferred from Ye County and Wuyang who arrived in Xiangyang, under the leadership of the capital commander Yin Peng, they entered the area east of the branch of the Centipede River and Yingshui River to set up camp. Wang Xian also led two thousand elites.
Directly enter the remaining city of Linying.
At this time, in addition to the 6,000 elite troops coming from the eastern front, Xu Huai almost gathered all the elite combat forces from the western front to Linying Cancheng and the lower reaches of the Centipede River in the northwest to meet the enemy, including Zhaoling, Xiangcheng, and Wuyang.
, Ye County, tallow trees, and Suiping Walled City are basically all guarded by state soldiers.
Of course, it was not difficult for Yue Hailou to guess Xu Huai's intentions, but the Chushan elite equipped with a large number of fine iron shield chariots and iron horse horses were like a hedgehog that was hard to swallow. He did not dare to easily rely on superior troops to kill these ten thousand people.
The Dochu Mountain Army encircled the lower reaches of the Centipede River - Muchi did not advocate taking unnecessary risks.
Yue Hailou also did not dare to risk the food route being cut off to fight for the remaining city of Linying.
Yue Hailou could only build a strong camp to the north of the Centipede River regardless of the cost, and advance towards the bank of the Centipede River layer by layer, compressing the Chushan Army's activity space in Xiangcheng and the north of Zhaoling this winter. Both sides continued to attack along the Centipede River
A fierce and bloody battle broke out.
Of course, the enemy's cavalry advantage in the west of Beijing is still something Chushan cannot ignore.
During the fierce battles along the Centipede River every day, Yue Hailou would dispatch a large number of elite cavalry to intercept the Chushan army.
In order to prevent the enemy cavalry from staying behind them for a long time and form a stable interception position, Xu Huai also had to continuously send out elite troops and horses to attack proactively to maintain communication with Xiangcheng and Zhaoling; in this case,
It will be difficult for the Chushan Army to get much advantage...
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