Chapter 1048: The Influence of Sacrificing the People
Feng Run paid the price of five thousand death squads, gathered magicians to attack, and finally destroyed five wells.
However, what worried him was that when the soldiers on the well fell to the ground, they all ran back to the rear as if nothing had happened.
"A long-range soldier wearing fine armor survived unscathed after falling from such a height. How could anyone train such a troop?" Feng Run was quite depressed.
After gathering together, the magicians of the Shaodian Army immediately turned the tide of the battle, repelling the magician group of their own country led by Xia Fan, assisting the ground troops in annihilating their own death squads, and protecting the remaining five wells.
When the cavalry troops appeared on one side of the battlefield, Feng Run completely gave up on the 5,000 men leaving the city and did not dare to send out the troops ready to respond.
"Will the enemy break through?" Hua Mo asked Ding Kui after the battle.
Our army lost 5,000 men in this battle, and the garrison in the city was less than 40,000. The balance of strength between the two armies was reversed. If we continued to fight, our army would be defeated sooner or later.
"Not for the time being. The loss of Xixuan City will cause Huatong City, Jiaxin City, and Chunlu City to face the threat of our army. Unless the enemy is sure that we have no new reinforcements, changes its defensive tactics, and chooses to block our path of advance.
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Ding Kui dare not say that he is more experienced than Hua Mo, but he has the help of the legion staff behind him and has control of the entire battle situation.
The direction of the war is always uncertain, and there are new changes in the war in the north of Nanqiu County.
Yudi drastically changed his deployment and moved the Northern Third Army Corps stationed in the county and city area to the north, replacing the Northern Fourth Army Corps. The Kong family army suddenly became uncomfortable facing the new opponents and suffered two defeats in succession, with nearly 20,000 casualties.
, was forced to return to the boundary city to rest.
Now the Fourth Northern Army Corps has taken over the defense of the county and city, from Huatong City to Jiaxing City, to Chunlu City, to the county city, to Juyang City, and has re-deployed troops to defend the city.
The Beisan Army was worthy of being an elite army. It took the initiative to go out of the defense line and fight with the Kong family army in the field, defeating an opponent with twice its strength head-on, and displaying its due combat effectiveness.
Kong Xing underestimated the enemy a little and did not concentrate his forces to deal with the attacking troops. He only sent reinforcements when he found that the front line was weak, which caused his troops to seize favorable terrain. Continuous defeats made him wake up and ordered a retreat in time to avoid a major defeat.
The reason why our army has been retreating steadily during this period is because facing the Eighth Army, its actual combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the local army. Jiang Xi has a clear understanding, so he ordered the transfer of the troops of the Twenty Army, and only ordered the Kong family army to take over the boundary city.
No order was given to attack.
"The talks collapsed. Prince Xiaoyao and Prince Haichao broke up on bad terms. Our country and our country have not reached a consensus. The orders given to the war zone by the Commander-in-Chief's Office remain unchanged." Sun Jianing reported the latest news.
"Huh, it's just relying on the inhuman victory of Yangfeng." Jiang Xi said with an angry face, "The backbone of the imperial court is actually based on the massacre of civilians!"
News of the battle at Caofang City also spread, and everyone had different interpretations of it.
When Zibi, the chief of the Government Affairs Council, immediately approached Shaodian, he explained, "Yangfeng's move was very helpless. The defeat of the 10th Army Corps put King Zhouzhou in danger. The theater urgently needed a big victory to boost morale. However, Yangfeng
The troops under my command are limited, and it is difficult to save the kingdom and protect the people at the same time, so I have to choose the former. After all, defeating the rebels can save more people."
"I understand what Zigong means. If the people of Caofang City know that their sacrifices can lead to such a major victory, the heroic spirits who go to the Eternal Temple will be happy. Commander Sheep is willing to bear the infamy that can be easily misunderstood to fight this battle.
He is a rare loyal minister in the kingdom, and I understand his painstaking efforts."
The Prince Regent regarded this battle as an exchange. The lives of tens of thousands of people were exchanged for victory. Being able to annihilate 50,000 rebels and stabilize the war situation was worth it. Deep down in his heart, he may not have fear of the rebels. Even the heavily defended
King Zhouzhou was also threatened, and the rebels were strong enough to challenge the imperial court.
The Government Affairs Council's voices condemning Yang Feng are endless. Although there is no evidence that Yang Feng deliberately sacrificed the people, they all believe that the Caofang City War involved innocent people in the battle. Yang Feng, who commanded the battle, must bear the primary responsibility and must pay tribute to the tens of thousands of people who died.
Let’s explain it by one surname.
The commander-in-chief rarely responded. Shaodian Akira was facing the most difficult situation in the ten years he had been in charge. The rebellion of the rebels had plunged six states into turmoil. To add insult to injury, his own country was attacking Nanma Prefecture. Shaodian had 70% of the country.
The land was ignited in flames of war. The most embarrassing thing was that both the 9th and 10th Army Corps were defeated by the rebels. This was something that had never happened in military history.
In the battle of Caofang City, Yang Feng had both merits and demerits. The question is who can replace him now? Who is capable and loyal to the court? Long Kun, Xun Qi, Gongsun Jie and Wang Deng are not 100% reliable. The descendants of the royal family are not 100% reliable.
There is no one who is worthy of a big job, and Shaodianzhang has no one to use.
According to historical experience, if King Zhou is in trouble, he should lead the army to fight with the guardian of the country. However, if he rebels against the king and has an old relationship with the Ding family, the Ding family who guards the gate for the country will be invalidated.
A real soldier will not sacrifice the common people to gain victory. There was no one in the commander-in-chief who did not criticize Yang Feng, but in order to defeat the rebel Shaodian Akira, he had to order a strict ban on talking about this matter.
The Senate did not care much about how many people died in Prince Zhou. It was a place under the jurisdiction of the imperial court and had nothing to do with the interests of the nobles.
The clan government was so overwhelmed by the defeat of the 10th Legion that they had no time to take care of Yangfeng's affairs.
In the end, the Prince Regent issued an order to rebuke Yang Feng and deducted Yang Feng's salary for one year, thus ending the burning of Caokou Town.
Little did they know that this incident had planted a root of disaster in the hearts of the people of Shaodian Kingdom. The image of the imperial court plummeted, and the military was even blamed. Where the regular army and the rebels were fighting, the people fled one after another, for fear of becoming a bait for the military.
The burning of Caokou Town had a profound impact on today's royal family's orthodoxy, and the resentment of the people was eating away at the foundation of its rule bit by bit. This was unexpected by Shaodianshi and all those who supported Yangfeng.
"But we must find ways to reduce the pressure on the court to prevent the next burning of Caokou Town. How is the recruitment of new soldiers?" Jiang Xi returned his attention to the Nanzhou War Zone.
"The officials sent by Nanjing City are very experienced. The people have long been dissatisfied with Lejia's invasion of Juyang City. Many forces in the state have made plans to assist Juyang City. Therefore, the recruitment of new soldiers has been extremely smooth. So far, five people have been raised.
Thousands of new soldiers."
Sun Jianing did not expect Nanmao Prefecture to recruit troops so efficiently, so he went to the recruitment station to learn about the situation.
"Oh? In just a few days, there are already 50,000 people in the recruit camp?" Jiang Xi was also surprised. 50,000 is not a small amount, and it takes three days to register each one.
"Yes, that is the latest number of people summarized last night, and it should increase today." Sun Jianing confirmed this.
"Very good!" Jiang Xi showed a rare smile. He had been having a lot of troubles recently. "Order the 201st, 202nd and 205th Divisions to immediately replenish their establishment. Zhang Jie will be in charge of commanding them. They will set off the next day to attack Jizhou City and Huashan County Magic."
The guild will accompany you to help in the battle. This military order is notified to the war zone."
Sun Jianing reminded: "The day after tomorrow? Don't those three divisions need to train with the new soldiers for a period of time?"
"No, how to make the recruits quickly develop combat effectiveness? They have experience."
Jiang Xi couldn't help but want to take action against his own troops in Nanqiu County. The nerves of the Commander-in-Chief's office were too fragile now, and even the slightest bit of unfavorable news would affect the decision-making of the Commander-in-Chief's office. It was necessary for the Nanzhao Prefecture Theater to use victory to stabilize the morale of the troops.
Later that day, Ding Kui received the latest military order from the war zone base camp and said happily: "The opportunity has come! We can seek to eliminate some enemy forces in mobile warfare."
"There are a large number of war horses in Jizhou City and the county town. This is the previous intelligence. There should be changes after the enemy forces adjust their deployment. Two days is not enough to find out the news." Fei Ze was not as optimistic as Ding Kui. "This time the war zone base camp is in Huashan County.
, it only takes one day to march urgently to Jizhou City."
"We can bypass Huatong City and go to Jizhou City to get reinforcements." Ding Kui came to the edge of the sand table. Fei was by his side, so he didn't need to call the division commander and staff for a meeting.
The clerk of the former staff is no worse than the chief of staff of any corps.
Fei Ze followed him to the edge of the sand table and looked at the terrain near Jizhou City. "You and Ding Yu cannot leave. There are problems with the connections between the armies. It is not safe to rely on trust eagles." He was very familiar with Ding Kui's combat characteristics.
There is sufficient consideration when studying tactics.
"How about we ambush near Jiaxing City?" He made a new suggestion.
Ding Kui asked: "Do you think the garrison of Jiaxin City will be transferred?"
"It's very possible! The enemy doesn't know the deployment of our army. After receiving the warning from Jizhou City, they should quickly mobilize their troops to support. Jiaxing City is relatively close to the county town, so it is easy to get troops to supplement. From there, they can mobilize
The troop strength is the most appropriate." Fei Ze drew several lines with his finger to reach Jizhou City, almost all of which passed through Jiaxing City.
"But there are dense enemy spies there, which is not conducive for our army to ambush." Ding Kui did not find a suitable ambush location near Jiaxin City.
"If you can grasp the enemy's marching route, you can attack by force if an ambush fails. You are using cavalry anyway, and the enemy does not have much warning time."
"Aha, you know I want to mobilize the 71st Division?"
"Haha, I don't know how to be your master?"
"The question is how to predict the enemy's marching route?" Ding Kui did not express surprise that he was seen through. "There are only two roads, one goes to Huatong City and the other goes to Ximu City."
"Or we don't need to predict, we can guide the enemy to choose one of them." Fei Ze smiled sinisterly.
Ding Kui high-fived and said, "Hey! Let's go to Huatong City to ambush, and by the way, we can use Shao Dianfei's militia."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, according to my lord's calculation, there is not even a blade of grass growing in the swamp." Fei Ze sighed, stroking his palms.
"Hahaha, Mr. Fei, this is a bit fake. You were obviously the one who thought of it first. There is no one else in the tent who doesn't have to take care of my face." Ding Kui knew clearly that his men were patting the horses, but he was still in a happy mood.
That night Fei Ze left the military camp with several of Ding Kui's soldiers, rode fast horses to Qinglan City, discussed with Jiang Zhi all night, and rushed back the next morning.