Only by truly opening up, especially in an environment like the grassland, can the Central Plains army understand the power of the Mengge tribe army. It is not that the Central Plains soldiers have never fought against the grassland people, but in the past wars, it was rarely like this. In the grassland
The frontal wars that unfolded were all offensive and defensive wars. Most of the time, the Central Plains were protected by cities with a complete defense system, and the grassland people could not fully display their combat power.
Most of the troops in the grassland are cavalry, but the grassland cavalry is very different from the cavalry in other places. They are very light and flexible. The grassland horses have good endurance and are good at running long distances. Moreover, the grassland people eat dry food and the supplies are easy to carry. The grassland cavalry every day
Each man has two or three war horses, which solves the problem of transporting grain and grass to the prairie army very well, and the grain and grass accompany the army, so the prairie people never worry about the problem of grain and grass being robbed.
After the war began, the Central Plains army also thought that the grasslands would not be able to hold on for long without food supplies. If troops could be sent to attack their food transportation routes, it would inevitably speed up the consumption of food and grass in the grasslands. However, during the operation, they discovered that the food and grass were with the army.
At the beginning of the war, food had been distributed to the soldiers. This innate advantage of the prairie people made them the best in mobile warfare.
The Central Plains army advanced step by step and fought steadily, but in the face of the prairie cavalry who were extremely good at mobile warfare, the casualty rate of the Central Plains army remained high.
This made the Central Plains army very uncomfortable, especially the large-scale grassland cavalry. The combat effectiveness displayed in mobile warfare was quite powerful. Fortunately, the Central Plains army was well equipped. With the strikes of crossbows and artillery, the casualties of the grassland cavalry were reduced.
We also have to defeat the Central Plains army.
It stands to reason that the Central Plains people have gained. After all, the casualties of the grassland people have to be defeated by the Central Plains army, and the Central Plains army has an advantage in numbers. If this continues, the grassland people will soon be unable to withstand it. But this is not how the account is calculated.
, let alone anything else, even the treatment after casualties cannot be compared between the two sides.
The Ministry of War in the Central Plains has complete rules on rewards and punishments for military merit. The families of soldiers who die in battle can receive a pretty good pension, but there is no pension in the grassland, and no one even collects the body after death.
The Mengge tribe has hundreds of thousands of troops. If they want to kill all these people, the Central Plains army will also pay more than 100,000 casualties. Such casualties, not to mention anything else, the pension alone is enough for the Central Plains court to drink a pot.
And once such heavy casualties are really incurred, the military bosses will not be able to get over it.
The military commanders and generals were very anxious and even changed their tactics during the period, but they still had little effect in the face of Meng Ge's cavalry.
Although the grassland is not rich, Meng Ge's cavalry unit is a well-trained, disciplined, tactically flexible, and formidable whirlwind unit with both wisdom and courage.
This cavalry got rid of the shackles of traditional military thinking. They grew up on horseback and were physically strong and able to adapt to the needs of battle; they could turn around and shoot the enemies following them when retreating quickly; they could endure hardship and endure harsh conditions.
Climate conditions, don't covet comfort and delicious food.
What should not be ignored is that the strict discipline system formed during the training process made them all obey orders and be rigorous, which was unheard of in the Tubo and Xixia armies.
There are also war horses used by the Mengge tribe. Prairie people also have extremely strict training on war horses. Prairie horses live in the wild regardless of severe winter or scorching heat. They have extremely strong endurance and can travel for several days without food or grass if necessary.
Capable of covering almost unbelievable distances over the most treacherous terrain in a relatively short period of time.
Since horses do not need to carry feed when marching, and soldiers bring their own food and equipment, and usually only the minimum amount, the Mongolian army does not need to drag a huge logistics supply convoy, nor does it need to maintain a rear supply base.
Based on the characteristics of these prairie cavalry, the Central Plains army found that there was really no other good way to deal with such troops other than fighting hard. However, Zeng Yi and others discovered something after research.
Another reason why the prairie cavalry exerts such combat effectiveness is that they operate simultaneously on a large scale.
"If the prairie cavalry spreads out, the situation will be more favorable for our army!"
"Disperse? Brother Meng doesn't know his own advantages. How could he let his troops be divided?"
Zeng Yi pondered for a moment and suddenly said: "Since Brother Meng will not take the initiative to divide his troops, then we will force him to divide his troops!"
"Forcing him to divide his troops?"
"Yes, open up the second and third battlefields. In this way, it will be difficult for Brother Meng to separate his troops. The troops on the second and third battlefields will be like entering an uninhabited country and march straight to the court of King Meng!"
As soon as Zeng Yi said this, the eyes of the coaches and generals all lit up, "What do you mean, Mr. Ni, to open a second battlefield from the direction of Xixia?"
"Not only in the direction of Xixia, but also in the western region of the grassland, a third battlefield can be opened. By then, unless Brother Meng no longer wants his royal court, the troops will definitely be divided!"
The southwest region of the grassland originally bordered Xixia, and part of the western region bordered Persia. But now in these two places, Xixia in the southwest is completely controlled by the Central Plains, and Persia in the west is also occupied by players. From these two directions, open up a second
The third battlefield is the most suitable.
Once the second and third battlefields are opened, Meng Ge will inevitably divide his troops. The current Meng Ge army is divided into three, and the combat effectiveness of the Meng Ge tribe's army will be greatly reduced. After all, the more Meng Ge's cavalry, the stronger their combat effectiveness. This
Growth is exponential growth, and vice versa.
However, it is not an easy task for the Central Plains to open up the second and third battlefields. Xixia is relatively easy to say. Xixia still has some northwest armies stationed there. If you grit your teeth, you can still mobilize an army to go north to open up the second battlefield.
battlefield.
The third battlefield in the western region is very troublesome. There are no soldiers from the Central Plains there. They are all occupied by players. The court cannot order players to cooperate with the Zhou Central Plains army!
"Let the Western Xia garrison dispatch a force to go north first. As for the third battlefield in the western region, I will try to see if I can get the guild occupying the northeastern region of Persia to dispatch some troops."
The Central Plains army was also frightened by the extremely high casualty rate. When they found some solution, they sent the troops stationed in Xixia to the Northwest Army that day, dispatched a unit to go north, and quickly opened up a second battlefield!
Zeng Yi also knew that the situation was urgent. With such a high casualty rate, if it were delayed for one more day, the casualties of the Central Plains Army would be much higher, so he quickly contacted Jingfeng and Hua Qianyuexia!