Dongsheng City in the pre-Ming Dynasty was located where the Yellow River came from the west and turned south. To the north was the Yinshan Mountain, and to the south was the Shanxi-Shaanxi Gorge in the middle reaches of the Yellow River rushing southward.
It is worth noting that the home base of the Tumut tribe, the core tribe led by Anda Khan, is actually in this area, or more accurately, on this narrow grassland south of Yinshan Mountain and north of the Yellow River.
This area was called the Toyoshu River, and today it is also called the Tomo River.
Southwest of Dongsheng City, across the Yellow River, is the northeastern area of the Hetao. That place is one of the 30,000 households controlled by Ada Khan and the home base of the Ordos tribe.
If the Tang Empire went north along the Yellow River and then rebuilt Dongsheng City in the old system of Dongsheng City, it would become a huge nail in the hinterland of Anda Khan's rule. It would not only be able to cut off the connection between the Tumote tribe and the Ordos tribe.
Strategic connections, and can threaten them at any time.
It would be almost impossible for Anda Khan to just sit back and let the Tang Empire occupy such a place without doing anything.
If he really lets it go, then Deng Xide has nothing to say except that you are awesome and I admire you!
But this situation is basically impossible, because if Anda Khan really wants to do this, he can basically declare that he will voluntarily abandon Tumochuan and the eastern part of the Hetao. For the Tatars, the blow will be too great.
They can't accept it.
Precisely because Dongsheng City is so important, rebuilding Dongsheng City will be a top priority in the battle plan of the Ninth Army!
However, rebuilding Dongsheng City is not easy. It will definitely not be easy. Anyway, relying only on the strength of the Ninth Army itself, it is probably impossible to do it in a short time.
After all, it is easy to build an isolated city, but how to garrison it for a long time is a big problem. It takes time to colonize the city, and transporting grain and grass will face enemy attacks.
Do Deng Xide and the others know that this is not easy?
Know.
So why are we still making plans to try to rebuild Dongsheng City!
Because Dongsheng City is so important, the civil and military ministers of the Tang Empire knew it, and I believe the Tatars also knew that if the Tatars did not want to lose the strategic initiative in Tumochuan and the eastern part of the Hetao, Dongsheng
Shengcheng will definitely not allow the Tang Empire to be rebuilt.
So once the Tatars know that the Tang Empire wants to rebuild Dongsheng City, what will be their reaction?
It is very likely that heavy troops will be gathered to prevent the Tang Empire from doing this. At this time, the Datang Army can give full play to its advantages: defensive operations!
Defensive operations are one of the few strategic advantages that the Tang Army has when facing the Tatars. It relies on guns and infantry units. So far, the advantages of defensive operations are very large. It is better than a decisive battle in the wild.
The advantages are all great!
As long as they dare to attack the city, Deng Xide will guarantee that they will not be able to go back!
Even if they don't take the initiative to attack foolishly, as long as they appear in the surrounding areas, they can still give the cavalry troops a chance to kill them.
The generals of the Ninth Army hope that Dongsheng City will become a big magnet, attracting Tatars to attack!
At that time, 15,000 cavalry troops will be roaming on the flanks, operating as a separate cavalry regiment. They will not be required to participate in the rear defense and maintenance of supply lines. They will only be given one strategic goal, which is to find opportunities.
and kill and injure enemy troops.
The infantry troops gradually advanced along the Yellow River, built forts along the way, established logistical supply lines, and fought all the way to Dongsheng City to rebuild Dongsheng City.
To put it bluntly, in this combat plan, the cavalry is the main combat unit, and the infantry unit actually serves as the logistics unit for these cavalry!
The plan seems simple, but it is very troublesome to implement. In order to liberate the cavalry and allow them to move freely, the infantry will need to bear great pressure. The Tatar cavalry will not watch it.
As the Tang Dynasty moves deeper into the grasslands, they will definitely try every means to attack the logistics supply line of the Tang Dynasty Army.
After the combat plan was finalized, the Ninth Army also took action quickly. The first was the reorganization of the cavalry unit. The cavalry unit now has two cavalry divisions, one cuirassier regiment, and six light cavalry regiments. If unified combat operations are to be carried out,
If so, it is naturally impossible to disperse the command.
Therefore, the commander of the Ninth Army, Deng Xide, ordered the establishment of a cavalry regiment. Among the above-mentioned cavalry units, except for a light cavalry regiment, which will be transferred to the headquarters of the Ninth Army, it will be directly under the command of Deng Xide.
The remaining cavalry units will be integrated into the cavalry corps and divided into three parts. Each of the two cavalry divisions will strengthen a light cavalry regiment to form the left and right armies of the cavalry corps. The remaining cuirassier regiment and
Three light cavalry regiments were organized into the central army.
The commander of the cavalry corps will be Major General Kang Changning. This person is not well-known within the army. He is also a bit old. He is still an old bandit. His status as an old bandit also means that this person is well-known within the Tang Army.
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During the Huang Zhushan period, he was already Conglong, fighting under Cao Mingda, a cavalry general with a background of bandits. Before Lu Yuzhi got up, he had also been Lu Yuzhi's immediate boss.
However, Lu Yu's fortune was good, and he soon skyrocketed. He could only endure it slowly. But with good luck and hard work, he was still in his forties and shamelessly hired a scholar to teach him how to read and read.
He also went to the martial arts school and the imperial school every few days to attend.
Only in this way can he keep up with the development of the Tang Army. He did not fail to keep up with the times like his boss Cao Mingda. In the late period of the Unification War, he was basically reduced to second rate. After the Unification War, he basically could not survive in the army.
Finally, he reluctantly retired from active service.
The Holy Emperor was kind and promoted him to the rank of lieutenant general and rewarded him with a viscount before he retired.
Kang Changning was willing to learn and had good luck. He had always led the cavalry troops to conquer the north and south. He followed Lu Yu and gained a lot of military exploits. This way he could avoid the end of the unification war and retain his position.
In the eighth year of Xuanping, after many years, he was promoted to Army Major General, and then served as the commander of the cavalry brigade and cavalry division many times.
He is one of the senior cavalry generals in the army, and he has always been on the front line. He did not go to Nanshan like others. After the war, he was transferred back to Jinling by an imperial edict to retire.
In the past three years, he has served as the commander of the 5th Cavalry Division. Last year, he was transferred to the deputy commander of the Ninth Army. On weekdays, he is also the person responsible for commanding the cavalry units of the Ninth Army.
Only such senior cavalry generals can restrain other arrogant generals in the cavalry unit.
Although his military rank is only a major general, he has profound qualifications, good military achievements, and the title of viscount. Other cavalry generals in the army, even those who are also major generals, have to keep their tail between their legs in front of him.
, call me senior!
Deng Xide is relieved to have such a veteran general commanding the cavalry corps!
As for the large infantry force, he, Deng Xide, naturally commanded it himself!
The plan was made and the orders were issued, but Deng Xide was still busy. As the commander of an army, he had a lot to do. It was not just about directing the battle. He had to deal with all the other messy things.
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Relatively speaking, the division commanders, brigade commanders, and regiment commanders below are more pure and can fight with peace of mind!
Not talking about Deng Xide, but talking about Kang Changning, he seemed a little excited after receiving the order. He had fought many battles, but he had never commanded a cavalry force of more than 10,000 people.
Well, don't talk about him. Currently, no one in the entire Datang Army has this kind of experience, including Lu Yuzhi.
Because the Tang Army had never had such a large cavalry unit before!
At that time, the largest cavalry combat was during the Liaodong Campaign. The cavalry was commanded by Lu Yuzhi at that time, but the cavalry he commanded at that time was only 10,000 less, and a considerable number of these cavalry were divisional cavalry.
It is precisely because no one has much experience that Kang Changning was able to get the command opportunity.
First of all, Deng Xide felt that although this veteran general was only average in talent and could not come up with any unorthodox tactics, he was better than the group of arrogant and powerful generals who had seniority and could suppress the cavalry. At the same time, he was also mature and stable enough and would not mess around with some seven-year-old soldiers.
Things of seven or eight will be implemented honestly and in accordance with the established combat plan.
Sometimes, the more talented a general is, the better, because such people often like to march dangerously and take risks.
Once the adventure succeeds, it will be a great victory, but if the adventure fails, the entire army will often be ruined.
This is also the reason why Hao Bainian's status is higher than Li Chunjing's within the army.
Li Chunjing's military talent is beyond words. Among many senior generals, he can even be said to be number one, but this man likes to take risks when commanding operations.
Every time he leads an army into battle, the people behind him are always anxious, fearing that he will suffer a huge defeat and the entire army will be annihilated.
Even if the Holy Emperor Li Xuan cherishes his talent, he can only use him selectively.
Hao Bainian is different. This person likes to play it slow and steady, and occasionally uses small strategies. He rarely takes huge risks in pursuit of big wins.
And such a general is even more reassuring, because nothing big will go wrong, and as long as he is given enough troops, he will basically not lose.
Of course, if he doesn't have enough troops on hand and his strength is weak, Hao Bainian will take risks and carry out some surprise attacks, but this is done out of necessity and is fundamentally different from Li Chunjing's natural love of taking risks.
Kang Changning is a general like Hao Bainian who doesn't seem to stand out, but is actually very reassuring.
Otherwise, after the Unification War, so many early generals would be replaced by those of the new generation, and then they would be forced to transfer to local reserve forces or return to Jinling City to retire, but he himself would be able to stay at the northern border and lead troops.
Already.
However, even though Kang Changning was already in his fifties and had a mature and steady personality, he was very excited when faced with the opportunity to lead an army to fight north and have the opportunity to achieve great achievements.
Because he knew that this opportunity might be his last chance to win the rank of lieutenant general in the army.
If he misses this time, he may be forced to retire from active service in a few years due to his age to make way for his younger generations. The best ending would be to return to Jinling City to retire.
After all, if veterans like him don't step down, the new generation of generals will have no chance to climb up.
Not to mention major generals like him, even Hao Bainian and others have to make way for new generation generals like Deng Xide and return to Jinling City to retire!
Time waits for me!
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