"Why did you cease your troops and stop advancing? Isn't this a good opportunity to take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to attack his battle formation and capture Ruzhou City in one fell swoop?"
Cao Cheng pushed aside the guard on duty in front of the big tent, broke into the big tent, stared at Cao Shixiong who was sitting in front of the case and looked over in astonishment, and asked aggressively.
"Major General, you haven't recovered from your injuries yet. You will never have the chance to kill the enemy, so why rush it?" Meng Jian stood up in a hurry and asked Cao Cheng to push Cao Cheng out of the tent.
"..." Cao Cheng didn't get a convincing answer from Cao Shixiong, so how could he leave?
He was born with supernatural power and was stronger than his father Cao Shili; he was young, but the superb martial arts skills he had honed in life-and-death battles on the battlefield over the years were even better than those of his father Cao Shili, and he also cultivated him
Conceited and aloof character.
He stood in the handsome tent like a stone tower, but Meng Jian couldn't push it away.
In his opinion, Cao Shixiong did not decisively send his front troops to the east battlefield to participate in the battle last night, and did not disperse the troops with scattered killings, but instead had the determination to fight in chaos. This was because he was afraid of the enemy and afraid of fighting.
Later, on the battlefield in the valley in front of Pishan, although the left wing was once dispersed by the enemy, they still had nearly 10,000 troops waiting on the right wing, and they already had an absolute advantage in terms of strength.
Under such circumstances, Cao Shixiong ordered the entire army to retreat just because there were two to three thousand new Chushan tired troops rushing to the battlefield. In Cao Cheng's view, it was a clear sign of cowardice.
What made him even more intolerable was that he was afraid of a melee with a strong enemy, but let it be a chaotic battle. Cao Shixiong led the forward army to set up camp ten miles outside the Pishan Valley, but had no intention of further gathering troops and reorganizing the offensive to seize the refuge.
The thought of the mountains and river valleys actually allowed the Chushan Army to take a stand in the Pishan Valley.
Seeing Cao Cheng's menacing eyes wide open, Cao Shixiong angrily threw his pen on the table and angrily said:
"You bastard, you don't know the principle of caring for your troops and being cautious in fighting, and you use your troops recklessly, causing the death and injury of thousands of Shuozhou Ruiqi. At this time, you don't know how to reflect on your life, but you break into the commander's tent without permission. Do you really think that I won't use military law to punish you, a bastard?"
The tent guy? Come here, tie up this bastard guy, hang him in front of the camp gate, give me thirty lashes, and show all the generals in the army what will happen to those who disobey military orders?"
A group of guards walked into the big tent and saw Cao Cheng, who was glaring at him. They whispered: "Young general, please stop being stubborn with the commander-in-chief. Let's go out first..."
"Tie me up and whip me. Anyone who dares to be merciful will be punished with military law!" Cao Shixiong was so angry that his beard was shaking, and he pointed at the many guards and shouted sharply.
The guards stepped forward and grabbed Cao Cheng and dragged him out of the tent.
"Looking at Cao Cheng like this, I remembered how Cao Cheng and his father were when we were young. We were so young and energetic, so arrogant. I always felt that with an iron gun in my hand, we could pierce the sky and tear apart the world.
There is no fear of heaven or earth in this land. At that time, I always felt that the Commander-in-Chief was too cautious in his actions. He was in charge of both the east and the west." Meng Ping laughed and said after sitting at the table, "Later I saw Wang Xiaocheng leading Jingsheng.
The army swept through Yunshuo, and after seeing Xiao Lin Shiye's skills in Xijing, he finally understood the truth that there is a world outside the world, and there are people outside the world. Cao Cheng, a bastard like him, is only in his early twenties. He has been in the army for several years, and even his mother-in-law
I didn't even have time to get a few sleeps. It's not surprising that I couldn't calm down when I saw the enemy who killed my father. I think the commander-in-chief might be able to let go a little and transfer Cao Cheng to Yongning and Changshui, so that he can lead an army alone.
Attack the enemies of the Lu family..."
Cao Shixiong was still hesitant in his heart whether to let Cao Cheng go out to stand alone. He did not rush to respond to Meng Ping's suggestion. He smiled bitterly at the guest Zhong Changqing sitting beside him and said: "General Zhong is just kidding..."
Zhong Changqing cupped his hands and said, "Cao Cheng is a bit impatient now, but given time, he will become a great talent..."
After learning that the Heluo Army had captured Ruyang, Muchi and Yuehailou sent Zhong Changqing to detour from the Dengfeng (upper reaches of Yingshui) valley between Jishan and Shaoshishan mountains and rush to Ruzhou to meet with Cao Shixiong for discussion.
The strategy of the two armies to attack Chushan.
Zhong Changqing was fortunate enough to witness the whole night battle in the Pishan Valley last night.
Cao Shixiong did not hesitate to gain notoriety, dragging out Yang Lin's body and trampling it, with the intention of luring the Ruzhou Army to the Pishan Valley to encircle and annihilate him. This plan was extremely cruel, but no one expected that the Chushan Army's reinforcements would be so swift.
As a result, Cao Shixiong's poisonous plan failed, and Zhong Changqing was deeply saddened by it.
After Xu Huai personally led Chushan's elite armored cavalry into the battlefield, Zhong Changqing, who prided himself on being good at fighting, could only say that it made sense to deal with the situation at that time.
As the commander-in-chief of an army, Cao Shixiong finally erred on the side of caution and led his front troops to withdraw from the Pishan Valley and retreated to a hillock more than ten miles away to set up camp. There was no point in criticizing him.
As for Cao Shixiong, he did not rush to order Guangchengyi, Ziluokou, Ruyang and Dagu, and Yique's troops quickly gathered together to launch another offensive against the unsteady Chushan Army, and captured the Pishan Valley and Ruzhou City in one go.
Zhong Changqing can also understand.
It’s not something you don’t want to do, it’s actually very difficult to achieve.
At the beginning, the Chihu Iron Cavalry went south, sweeping through three to four hundred prefectures and counties in Hedong, Hebei, Shaanxi, and Hehuai, and were invincible in all areas. There were millions of soldiers in the Southern Dynasty, but no one could stop them.
That was also the time when their soldiers and horses were at their most high-spirited. In every battle, nine out of ten times they were victorious. Even if they suffered setbacks, their muscles and bones would not be hurt. They burned, killed, and looted all the way, and there was no need for food supplies. The soldiers
There is no need for money and rewards, and everyone has high morale.
However, Zhong Changqing had to admit that the battlefield environment they faced at this time had undergone subtle and profound changes.
After Emperor Jianye ascended the throne in Xiangyang, he used three years to successfully organize a defense force with a total strength of 400,000 troops in the Qinling Mountains, Xiong'er Mountain, Funiu Mountain, Tongbai Mountain and the Huaihe River along a defensive belt of more than 2,000 miles.
In the past four or five years of resistance operations, the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty suffered more defeats and fewer victories, but it is undeniable that their combat effectiveness has made great progress, and their will to resist has become more tenacious. In the past two years, large-scale surrenders without fighting have
Already extinct.
Even the Shenwu Army led by Zheng Huaizhong held their troops outside Heluo in Pinglu and other cities for two years; in the past two years, their soldiers and horses north of the Qinling Mountains and south of the Weishui River have been fighting with Gu Ji
Qian, Gao Junyang and other tribes relied on the soldiers and horses guarding the mountains at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains to fight, and there were also victories and defeats for each other, and even the casualties were slightly higher.
Although Yang Lin died in the battle in Ruyang, and the Heluo army finally succeeded in capturing Ruyang, from the battle of Guangchengyi to the capture of Ruyang, and then to the night battle in Pishanheganggang, tens of thousands of heavy casualties were incurred.
Not to mention that monsters like the Chushan Army appeared in the Southern Dynasties. Ru Ying's battle made them miserable; the Huaishang defense line run by Xu Huai made them even more sharp-tongued but unable to bite their tongues.
Because the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty have become more tenacious in fighting, and because the terrain of the newly organized defensive belt of the Southern Dynasty is no longer conducive to large-scale roundabout operations by the red cavalry, after the Battle of Ruying, Zhennanzong’s Palace, Pingyanzong
The royal family realized that the possibility of quickly eliminating the remaining forces of the Southern Dynasty had become slim.
The princes of the two sects then ordered more of the Tibetan cavalry to practice infantry warfare and conduct large-scale naval training in Yingzhou, Xusu and other places.
At the same time, the number of newly occupied prefectures and counties decreased drastically. Even if they were occupied, most of the gains were the ruins of cities that were deliberately demolished after the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasties evacuated in an orderly manner.
All this means that they want to maintain a crushing military advantage over the Southern Dynasties in places such as Weinan, Heluo, Jingxi and Xusu. Logistics supply has become the most urgent problem they need to overcome at the moment.
Generals such as Chimu and Yue Hailou were naturally very excited when they learned in Xuchang that the Heluo Army had captured Ruyang City and killed the enemy general Yang Lin in front of the battle line.
However, there is also a huge controversy within the Jingxi Army as to whether to swarm Xiangcheng, Zhaoling and other cities from along the Centipede River and the old Yingshui River, and cooperate with the Heluo Army to launch a final strong attack on the Chushan Army.
, the generals also quarreled all night in Xuchang City.
In the end, Marshal Mu Chi, who presided over the military affairs of the General Administration of the West of Beijing despite being ill, rejected all opinions and decided that the current moment was not a good opportunity to deal with the Chushan Army's powerful enemy through a hasty battle.
not enough time.
In the early stage, the consumption of materials was too great, and the cumulative casualties of soldiers and horses were too high.
But the generals of the Chushan Army were too tough.
The Chushan Army was extremely thorough in clearing the area south of Xiangcheng, making it difficult for their infiltration and harassment operations to be effective. The Chushan Army's understanding of war weapons and their practical application were only superior to them, not inferior to them.
Mu Chi thought that if a battle was hastily organized in less than twenty days, even if the two armies of Jingxi and Heluo combined together had an absolute advantage in strength, the chance of victory would be extremely slim; even if the Heluo army could
Even if you forcefully attack Ruzhou, Lushan and other cities, it is impossible to change much.
Mu Chi and Yue Hailou finally decided to send Zhong Changqing to Ruzhou to meet Cao Shixiong. They hoped that the Heluo soldiers and horses and the Jingxi General Administration would avoid a hasty battle and face the Chushan army from the north and west in the next time.
Maintain military pressure as the main focus and gradually shrink the blockade of Chushan.
It would be best for the Heluo Army to take advantage of the situation and seize Ruzhou City. If not, Muchi hopes that the Heluo Army can build a front fortress at a location close to Ruzhou City to attack Ruzhou, Lushan, Jiadi and other places.
While maintaining military pressure, make every effort to clear out the remaining enemies of the Southern Dynasty west of Ruzhou City, and strengthen control over Luodong areas such as Ruyang, Guangchengyi and Daguguan lines.
Mu Chi also hoped that the Heluo Army and the General Administration of Western Beijing would jointly build a walled city and station elites in the upper reaches of Yingshui River Valley (Dengfeng) east of Daguguan and between Shaoshi Mountain and Jishan Mountain to strengthen the control of Songshan Mountain.
The intensity of the attack by the resistance forces will be reduced to reduce the threats to the flanks of Heluo and Jingxi.
Correspondingly, the General Administration of Western Beijing will also give up the plan to withdraw troops to the north of Yingshui River after spring, and will station elite troops and horses in the remaining city of Linying, and will push the confrontation front with the Chushan Army from the coast of Yingshui River to the south.
Go to the Centipede River and along the old Yingshui River.
Muchi wanted Cao Shixiong to be mentally prepared that the Pingyan East Route Army would not be able to capture Huainan in one fell swoop. He hoped that through this series of measures, the Chushan Army would have to maintain its positions in Xiangcheng, Zhaoling, Ruzhou, Jiaxian and other places.
Forty to fifty thousand standing troops and horses were deployed for defense in order to contain and consume the Chushan Army.
The west of Beijing and Heluo had also long discovered Xu Huai's extraordinary abilities in addition to commanding troops in battles. However, in any case, Chushan's annual supplies from the Southern Dynasty Center were only three to four million stone grains, and the rest was just short of
We can raise our own funds from a place where the total number of soldiers and civilians is no more than 500,000 to 600,000. If we are forced to maintain 60,000 to 70,000 troops all year round, life will only be more difficult than in the west of Beijing and Heluo...
