ps: Thanks to brother Zong. Heng for the reward, thanks to niuniumaomao, ligyotan, Zuo Sanqi Changshi, Long.’s Sky, yikm, and the monthly ticket of Christ’s revelation.
"I didn't expect that Li Chengzhong would kill horses to solve the ration problem, and I didn't expect that the Waiyo coalition would use harassment tactics to threaten our supplies. This was my mistake, and I admit it to you brothers." Abaoji.
I apologize to brothers Huolu, Aping and Abo very much.
"Brother Chuli, please don't say that. No one can predict what will happen on the battlefield." Ah Bao comforted Ah Baoji.
"No matter what, it's always wrong. Our cattle, sheep and rations are only enough to last for ten days, unless the supplies from Western Liaoze can arrive smoothly, so we are the ones who are short of food now." Abaoji said to several people.
"How about we retreat? Go north, leave Raolao Mountain for the time being, and look for another opportunity in the future?" Ah Bo said with a guilty conscience.
The severe situation made several people hesitate, and even Aping preferred to continue heading north.
A Ping was the most experienced in the battlefield among Abaoji's hardcore players. Abaoji looked at Aping, hoping to hear his explanation.
"We underestimated the Waiyang Coalition Army. We will not comment on the combat effectiveness of this army for the time being, but its commander is very smart. He has put us in a very embarrassing situation. Now it seems that we want to fight at Raoleshan
It is very difficult to deal with Li Chengzhong. I think we can avoid the danger for the time being and continue to retreat north. Well, we can retreat three hundred to five hundred miles north to lengthen their supply line." A Ping made suggestions from a tactical perspective.
Abaoji was deep in thought and did not make a sound for a while. Abao thought for a while and said: "Over in Western Liaoze, we still have more than two months of supplies. As long as we leave Raoleshan, we should return the supplies within two months.
Be in the initiative.”
Aping added: "Yes, we can choose a strategy based on Li Chengzhong's response at that time. Regardless of whether Li Chengzhong continues to fight with us, the initiative is in our hands. If he plans to follow closely, we will get out of the way to harass him.
The tactics are waiting for opportunities to defeat the enemy; if he stops here and tries to solidify the defense on the line of Raoleshan and Buyeo City, it will be easier for us to fight. He can't defend such a vast place no matter how hard he defends it."
Huo Lu asked: "What if he just retreats to Yingzhou? We will lose the best opportunity to annihilate Li Chengzhong's army." Huo Lu still didn't want to give up.
A Ping smiled and said: "If he retreats to Liucheng, the grassland will be ours. As long as we take Fuyu City, Brother Chuoli will be able to ascend the throne of Yue. At that time, we Khitan people will integrate the warriors from each department and then choose the opportunity to fight with us."
He fought and the situation was better than today."
For a moment, there was silence in the big tent. Ah Ping, Ah Bo and Huo Lu all looked at Abaoji, waiting for him to make his final decision.
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"...the Huaiyue coalition forces commanded by Zhong Doyu should have arrived at Fuyu City and are expected to arrive at the foot of Raole Mountain within five to ten days. Of course, if Zhong Doyu directly led the two cavalry battalions to set off first, they should have already arrived at the foot of Raole Mountain at this moment.
The back or side of the Khitan camp was in a certain direction. According to the decisive battle plan before the war, the two options were to move the entire Huaiyue coalition army and the cavalry battalion to move first. The choice was given to the Huaiyue and Yuhou Joint Headquarters.
It is currently unknown which one Zhong Duyu will choose. But in any case, after analysis by Yu Hou’s staff at the headquarters, everyone’s consensus is that our Yingzhou Army’s left wing will remain alone for at least five days.
, in order to get the support of the Huaiyue coalition forces... In addition, the Youxiang Group commanded by Zhang Duyu should also set off within these two days. According to the training outline, their combined drill date should be completed three days ago..." Commander Youxiang
Meng Xuxing said slowly during the military discussion.
Li Chengzhong asked: "Have the results of the discussion been reached? How long can Abaoji's more than 20,000 people support it?"
Meng Xuxing looked at Cui He, who hurriedly said: "Several colleagues from the logistics department have gone up to Raole Mountain and observed the Khitan camp and movement patterns from a high position. No special supply camp was found. In several directions,
Each enemy camp has its own animal husbandry camp... The grain storage cannot be calculated, but judging from the animal husbandry camp, it can sustain 20,000 people for ten to fifteen days. The Logistics Department believes that the number of cattle and sheep
In proportion to the supply of pasture, the livestock capacity of this pasture can only feed so many cattle and sheep. Of course, the Khitan people may have a large pasture that can continuously supply the Khitan camp. This area
Although we cannot know the location of the pasture, the general direction should be northeast, because eleven days ago we discovered that the Khitan people had a supply convoy coming from the northeast - the same Xi chariot, and thousands of cattle.
sheep……"
Li Chengzhong asked: "Just once?"
Cui He nodded: "Only once. Since that day, we have not found any Khitan convoy replenishing supplies."
Li Chengzhong said: "Let's talk about the conclusion. How many days can they last? Has the logistics office calculated it?"
Cui Hedao: "The Khitan people's eating habits are one pound of meat, two ounces of grain, and a little tea every day. The soldiers will increase the supply by 20% on the battlefield. This number was sent back by the king of Fuyu City, and the logistics department consulted for this
The former Khitan soldiers in our army are roughly the same. Of course, this rule will not be followed under the conditions of long-distance raids. We do not need to consider this. After calculation, we compared the number of Khitan cattle and sheep with their grain reserves, and we got
We came to the conclusion that the supplies of the Khitan camp opposite are only enough for half a month, which is not even as good as our army."
"When should their next supply be?"
"Based on the amount of food stored for fifteen days, now should be the time for the next supply, either today or tomorrow, or at most the day after tomorrow. In such a large-scale battle, if the Khitan people's food reserves are below the safety line,
That would be too risky," Cui He said.
"In other words, the Khitans should have supplies within three days?"
"Yes, so the Logistics Department hopes that the left wing or the old camp can deploy more Yuwai staff officers. We want to add distant sentry posts on Raole Mountain to closely monitor the Khitan's supply routes and supply patterns."
Li Chengzhong nodded: "Yes, you can select the Yu Hou staff officers from the left wing and the old camp. This is the current top priority!"
Salanna was dumbfounded during the military discussion. She had never heard of such a calculation method to determine the opponent's supplies. She couldn't help but interjected: "Just now you said that the Khitan people's supplies are only half enough."
Months, if this is the case, then as long as we have an army of troops to harass them, won’t the Khitans be in dire straits?”
Li Chengzhong said: "We have made various plans before the war, and this is one of them. It is not clear whether the Waiyo Allied Forces will choose this plan."
Salanna said: "If the Waiyo coalition adopts this tactic, then this battle will be really easy to fight. However, I have been listening to your discussions in the past few days, how to fight Abaoji here,
I don’t know if you have thought about it. If Abaoji has a supply problem, will he still fight you here? What if he withdraws his troops? For example, continue to the north? They can continue to lengthen our supply line, and then find the right opportunity to strike.
.”
Li Chengzhong smiled and said: "He will not withdraw his troops. If he withdraws his troops, we will win without fighting."
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"We cannot withdraw our troops. If we withdraw our troops, we will never have a chance to fight this battle!" Abaoji suddenly shook his head and said in a very firm tone: "We must not withdraw!"
Aping, Abo and Huolu were all startled. They were waiting for Abaoji to make up his mind, but they didn't expect such a shocking statement to come.
"We have retreated hundreds of miles to Raolao Mountain. If we want to retreat, where else can we retreat? Continue north? If we want to retreat, we have to return to Western Liaoze to pick up the tribe and the Khan.
With more than 100,000 ethnic minorities, how can we possibly outrun the enemy?"
Agbo gritted his teeth and said: "I will go back and organize the tribe to evacuate first. If Brother Chuoli gives me ten days, I can lead the tribe to evacuate more than three hundred miles north! Let's look for another opportunity."
Abaoji sighed: "There will be no next chance. If we withdraw our troops, people will be dispersed. Don't forget, in addition to the Die La Department, the soldiers under our command also include the B Chamber Department, the Tu Ju Department, and the Tu Lu Bu Department."
tribe, as well as the Adahe tribe, Tuyuhun people, Shiwei people, and Lin people. What brought them together was the great martial arts of you and me in the past. If we leave without fighting this time, how will you and me lead the army in the future?
?On what basis can you and my brothers move the Khan and the tribes who follow us to Western Liaoze? It is based on the warriors in our hands, and it is based on the confidence of the Khan and his tribe in the victory of our brothers.
!Now that the pot has been set up, the firewood has been lit, and the meat in the pot has been cooked, we brothers have to tell everyone that we don’t want to eat this meat, we can’t eat it. How can we explain to everyone?
?" This question made several people fall silent. Indeed, as Abaoji said, this is a matter of eating meat, and more importantly, a matter of confidence.
"Now, all the warriors who can fight have been mobilized here. Khan accompanied his men to starve in Western Liaoze. They supported them only because they believed that our brothers can conquer the grassland in one battle! We only need to retreat once
, what would the Khan think? What would the elders and nobles think? What would the soldiers under our command think? And don’t forget, Brother Hua and the others are still in Buyeo City! As long as we retreat and withdraw our troops to the north,
Li Chengzhong has the final say on this grassland, and the position of Yue Yue will rightfully fall into the hands of Brother Hua and the others. When the flag is raised, our army will immediately fall apart!"
Aping, Abo and Huolu all looked at Abaoji in confusion. Finally, Huolu nodded, followed by Aping, and Abo sighed: "It seems we can't retreat..."
Abaoji said slowly: "So, Raoleshan is our bottom line. The most we can do is retreat here... This battle must be fought!"