Dian Wei came directly to Yuan Shu with the telegram.
After Yuan Shu read the telegram, the corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily.
"Your Majesty, has Prime Minister Tian Feng taken Marakanda?"
Seeing the smile on Yuan Shu's lips, Dian Wei directly asked him with clasped fists.
"That's right. After a fierce battle, Yuan Hao finally defeated the defenses of Malakanda. Rijeka, the governor of Lit Province, died on the spot. Generals Amsda and Kabdat surrendered with their troops. He has already sent
The two men used the order of Rijeka, the governor of Lit Province, to ask them to surrender to the Chinese army."
Yuan Shu directly read the contents of the telegram.
"A strategist is a strategist after all. I heard that Marakanda is an ancient city. When the Kushan Empire attacked this place, it was besieged for several months without being able to capture it. If it weren't for the plague that appeared in the city, and the soldiers and civilians suffered heavy casualties, I might not be sure.
How long will it take for the Kushan people to capture this place?"
Sure enough, Tian Feng had already captured Marakanda. As the capital of Lit Province, Marakanda was also the foundation of the former Lit people. When the Kushan people conquered it, they paid a huge price to conquer it.
Take it here, but where is Tian Feng?
It only took a few days to finish it.
"Well, Yuan Hao can strategize and win from thousands of miles away. You still have to learn for ten thousand years."
Yuan Shu gently patted Dian Wei on the shoulder.
"Your Majesty, Dian Wei is definitely not as good as the Prime Minister in terms of resourcefulness, and he may not be able to catch up with him in ten thousand years, but in terms of force, it will take him twenty thousand years to surpass Prime Minister Tian Feng."
Tian Feng smiled naively at Yuan Shu, not even a trace of anger at Yuan Shu's words. This was a normal teasing to him. If he couldn't see it, he wouldn't have been able to stay with Yuan Shu for such a long time.
"I believe what you said. I ordered the whole army to speed up, skip these towns, and go straight to Maracanda to fight Tian Feng."
Yuan Shu also nodded and directly ordered the army to speed up, skipping the two cities in front, and speed towards Maracanda. Anyway, these places will surrender to him in the end.
Time passed day by day, and Yuan Shu's army came directly to Maracanda to fight with Tian Feng. Zhou Yu brought the Dawan Jingqi, a total of about 30,000 cavalry, across the slow yellow sand, and rushed to Marakanda to fight with Yuan Shu.
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The 50,000 cavalrymen who went south from Kangju turned around with Huang Zhong and Yan Xing's cavalry in Khwarezm, and annihilated all the resistance forces with the force of plowing the court and sweeping holes. Finally, with the 30,000 Khwarezm cavalry, they had already
It turned into a behemoth with 160,000 cavalry.
"Yuan Hao, now that Khwarezm has been completely pacified, Han Sheng and Yanming have joined Kang Ju and the newly recruited elite cavalry of Khwarezmo and have 160,000 mercenaries. What are you going to ask them to do next?
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Yuan Shu glanced at Tian Feng in front of him. Now that all his troops were in place, it was time to start the war against the Daxia Province lying in front of him.
"Your Majesty, do you think it's better to let them go south from Khwarezm, or come here to fight with us and attack simultaneously?"
Tian Feng smiled slightly, you asked me what I think, I also want to hear your thoughts.
"You are the military advisor, so naturally everything is dominated by you, but since you asked, I think it is better to let the troops of Khwarazm cross the Amu Darya River from the territory of Khwarazm, and then fight with Zilong to sweep across the enemy's hinterland.
It would be best if we could surround the administrative center of Daxia Province with troops. If not, I would turn the territory of Daxia upside down."
Yuan Shu glanced at Kanyu. The Amu Darya River was now lying in front of him. No matter how many troops he had, if he could not break through this natural river, it would be useless. It would be difficult to invade the heart of the Kushan Empire.
Moreover, the other side also built a strong defense line based on several cities on the edge of the Amu Darya River, with tens of thousands of troops, just to stop their march south.
This is like the Maginot Line of Defense during World War II. It was said that it could never be broken from the front. But when Mustache's armored brigade entered France from Belgium, this line was broken without attacking. So what Yuan Shu is thinking now is the same
In this way, they continued to send more cavalry to join Zhao Yun's command, bypass the defense line of the Amu Darya River through Khwarezmo, and capture the province of Daxia from the inside.
"I understand what Your Majesty means, but the last time 200,000 cavalry attacked Khwarezm, the logistics troops were already overwhelmed. This time, 260,000 cavalry will be sent to bypass such a long road and march into Daxia.
Province, I’m afraid it will put a huge pressure on logistics.”
When Tian Feng sent Zhao Yun to go south with 100,000 cavalry, it was carefully calculated. Whether it was food, grass or anything else, it could meet Zhao Yun's needs. But now Yuan Shu directly increased the number of troops to 260,000 cavalry, which made him
I'm scratching my head a bit.
"I don't believe you weren't prepared. Tell me, how many people did you originally plan to send south through Khwarezm?"
After hearing what Tian Feng meant, Yuan Shu knew that he might have frightened the other party, so he asked him about his bottom line.
"The maximum is 150,000 cavalry. Otherwise, the logistics troops will not be able to meet such a huge consumption."
Tian Feng thought for a moment and told Yuan Shu his bottom line. After all, this was a major event. If there was a problem with the army's food and grass, let alone conquering the city, it would be good if he could not die.
"Can we have more cavalry of 150,000, let alone 260,000? If we support Zilong with 100,000 cavalry, if we gather 200,000 cavalry, it will be enough for him to overwhelm the whole province of Daxia."
After hearing what Tian Feng said, Yuan Shu couldn't help but frowned. The deterrence of 150,000 cavalry was still not enough. If he could get 50,000 more cavalry, it should be enough for Zhao Yun to squander.
"It's impossible to have one more person. This is already the limit. After all, this supply line has to bypass half of the Amu Darya River and cross Khwarezm. Going deep into Daxia, every additional person has to pay for food and grass.
twice the cost,
In fact, my original intention was to give Zilong only 100,000 men and let him attack from behind to seize a ferry, cooperate with the army inside and outside, attack from the front and back, and break the enemy's Amu Darya defense line."
Tian Feng glanced at Yuan Shu. He originally thought that Zhao Yun's cavalry was just a trick, and its biggest role was to cooperate with him to break through the Amu Darya defense line. But Yuan Shu obviously didn't think so.
He actually wanted to assemble Zhao Yun's cavalry to attack the administrative center of Daxia Province, and launch a strategy from the inside out, from the center to the four directions.
In his opinion, this move was a bit risky. After all, he had strong troops and horses. As long as he attacked step by step, it would be difficult for the enemy to stop him.
If too many cavalry are sent to go around, once there is a crisis in logistics, they will suffer huge losses, which will be unbearable for them.
"Yuan Hao, your thinking needs to be updated. I just want to ask you, where are all the soldiers and horses of Daxia Province gathered now?"
Yuan Shu couldn't help but shook his head and directly asked the other party about the current situation of the soldiers and horses in Daxia Province.
"Most of the soldiers and horses of Bactria Province are gathered at the Amu Darya defense line. There is no doubt about this. I understand that His Majesty saw the emptiness inside Bactria Province and wanted to avoid their superior strength."
Hearing Yuan Shu's words, Tian Feng was also stunned. The opponent was like this now. Basically, all the soldiers and horses were gathered at the Amu Darya defense line. Yuan Shu wanted to take the opportunity to steal the chicken.
"Yes, since we know that the Amu Darya defense line is now difficult to conquer, why should we go head-to-head with the opponent? What we are fighting is a blitzkrieg."
Yuan Shu nodded, now he was going to use Mustache's idea to launch a blitzkrieg, and first capture the capital of Daxia Province.
"If that's the case, it's obviously not enough to just send the cavalry. I suggest bringing the guards and Polu troops to attack the city. In addition, nightmares and other trebuchets are needed."
If Yuan Shu thought so, Tian Feng had other ideas. It was obviously inappropriate to send only cavalry to attack the city. He had to bring the most elite infantry.
"It's okay to bring infantry, but didn't you say there will be pressure on logistics?
What should we do in the current situation?"
Yuan Shu has expressed his thoughts now, but there is a problem in the process. The logistics cannot be optimized and it is difficult to support the need for large-scale entry into operations. This is a bit difficult.
If you want to fight a blitzkrieg, you must first ensure the strength of your troops so that you can capture the city you want to capture as soon as possible. If you do not have enough troops and fight a stalemate, it will be a bottomless pit that you cannot fill.
The army will be exhausted to death,
But if you want to conduct large-scale penetration operations, logistics is also very important. If the army runs out of food before it takes over the planned location, don't play it anymore.
"If we squeeze it, we can add up to 30,000 people. 180,000 troops are the most. If there are any more, the army may be dragged to death. This is the limit."
Tian Feng thought for a moment, and the current situation is like this. Logistics in ancient times was indeed weak. There were no roads and no heavy-duty transport vehicles. It was too difficult to support long-distance logistics for tens or hundreds of thousands of people.
"There should be about 180,000 people."
Hearing that Tian Feng had added 30,000 people to his army, Yuan Shu knew that this must be his limit, and there was nothing more to say. 180,000 people were just 180,000 people.
"In this case, you can order Huang Zhong to lead 50,000 cavalry around the Amu Darya River to support Zilong, and send Yan Liang to lead 20,000 Polu troops, plus 10,000 archery troops, maneuvering in carriages, with Nightmare and thirty
The trebuchet accelerates northward and goes around the Amu Darya River to meet Zilong."
The Guards and the Polu Army are all heavy armored infantry, so there is no point in passing all 30,000 soldiers. It would be better to dedicate 10,000 Shesheng Army who are good at shooting to support Zhao Yun.
"Should we send Gong Jin to follow the army to Daxia Province?"
Now that the troops and horses have been confirmed, what Tian Feng is thinking now is whether to send a helper to Zhao Yun. One more person will give him one more person to discuss, and he can also check for Zhao Yun's mistakes and fill in the gaps.
"Is Gong Jin too tired? After all, he just came back from Dawan and Kangju and hasn't rested yet."
Hearing that Tian Feng asked Zhou Yu to follow the army to the territory of Daxia, Yuan Shu couldn't help but frowned. Although Zhou Yu is young and vigorous now, after all, he is also a person with a criminal record in history.
It would be fine if he was in better health, but now he was really afraid that Zhou Yu would die before he could get out of the way. If he died here, he would be completely doomed.
"It should be fine. Young people should walk around more and get more experience."
Tian Feng glanced at Yuan Shu. In his opinion, Zhou Yu, as a young man, should experience more, which would be beneficial to his future growth.