The navy is unreliable, this has been a long-standing concept among the army generals.
It's not because the Navy is really bad, or the Marine Corps is trash in the military. It's because the competition between the Army and the Navy makes both sides naturally despise each other. But this contempt is not serious yet.
The two sides even refused to assist each other in fighting. When back-to-back was needed, they would abandon the hesitations and doubts in their hearts and resolutely leave their backs to each other.
This is unreliable. In fact, it just means that it is better to rely on yourself than to rely on anyone. Why should we give the Navy the credit for the problems that we can solve by ourselves and the achievements that should be attributed to us?
Niu Hong did not question the capabilities of the Marine Corps itself, but believed that the Marine Corps' lightly-armed infantry formation might be difficult to resist the Northern Zhou's armored cavalry.
Now that Li Jing has spoken, Niu Hong will say nothing more. When Li Jing was with His Majesty, he personally witnessed the training of the Marine Corps, and what he said certainly has enough reference value.
"Then what should we do now?" Niu Hong was very confused.
When it comes to farming, he is a good hand. After the Han army settled in Dai County, they began to level the land, just in time for the last train of spring plowing, and at least they could harvest a batch of grain this year.
He was also a good hand when it came to reassuring the people. The Han army's scouts were sent out, and in more than half a month, they had gathered at least a few hundred homeless people around them.
You must know that this land has been deserted for many, many years. These people are either hiding in the mountains on the south side or are about to become nomadic people on the grassland. It is not easy to gather so many people.
Now these common people are settled in newly built villages and towns on both sides of the river. After all, Dai County still has to play a military role. Mixing the common people and the army is not conducive to management. It is better to let them guard the newly reclaimed farmland. And these common people,
They will be the first residents of Xindai County. They will multiply and live, and one day in the future, they will restore Dai County, a famous city on the fortress, to its former glory.
But when it comes to fighting, Niu Hong still wants to ask: "What should we do?"
After Li Jing pondered for a long time, he looked up at Niu Hong and said, "Without further delay, we must hurry up and prepare to attack Juyong Pass."
"This?" Niu Hong was surprised and met Li Jing's gaze.
Are you sure you're not kidding me?
"Otherwise, what would Dugu Yongye think if we stand still in Zhuolu or even this generation of counties?" Li Jing explained, "Dugu Yongye will either think that we are just bluffing, or that we have other agendas. He probably doesn't know about the naval cross-border crossing."
Regarding the sea expedition, after all, the navy and marines have been operating in the south before, and it is impossible for the Zhou scouts to stretch their hands that far. Therefore, the possibility of the former is very high."
"But we..." Niu Hong considered, "Aren't we just bluffing?"
Is there any mistake, if someone has millions of soldiers, why should he wait for the Marine Corps? Even if he doesn’t have artillery and uses human lives to fill it, he can still win Juyong Pass.
Juyongguan is located in a border fortress and has been in disrepair for a long time. How can it be compared with Wuguan and others in the Central Plains in terms of strength? Didn't Xiao Shilian just take Wuguan in three months?
Now it's because I only have 8,000 men in my hands. Even if you include the troops and horses brought by you, Li Jing, the number is only 10,000. The number of generals is the same as that of the Northern Zhou Dynasty defenders in Juyong Pass. Isn't the current posture
A flower stand?
Li Jing smiled and said: "We are bluffing, but Dugu Yongye shouldn't know that we are bluffing now, right? Otherwise, he would not be able to squat in Juyongguan honestly, he would have already run out to cause trouble for us.
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Niu Hong was startled for a moment, this was true.
Dugu Yongye, who was squatting at Juyongguan, was very honest. Of course, part of the reason was that Dugu Yongye did send out many sentries at the beginning to spy on the Han army's strength, but they were all attacked head-on by Niu Hong's musketeers. There was no intelligence.
No matter how much they spied on, the Sentinel Cavalry lost a lot.
Dugu Yongye's subordinates are mainly infantry - his main purpose of squatting in Youzhou was not to fight the Han army, but to lead the military reclamation in Youzhou. The number of people in Youzhou was not large in the first place.
Being able to use the army to carry out reclamation - naturally it could not withstand the heavy losses of the cavalry, so this kind of exploration soon came to an end.
In addition, the road from Jinyang to Youzhou, which has been cut off by the Han army, can only be turned northward from Jinyang to Jizhou. Even this road has been cut off by the Han army.
The situation was precarious, so Dugu Yongye didn't even know where the main force of the Han army in Pingcheng was. Niu Hong and Han Qinhu created the illusion for him and Yu Wenchun that the main force of the Han army was in Daijun and outside Yanmen Pass respectively.
In fact, the Han army in Pingcheng was divided into two. There were not many on either side, and there were not many on either side. Originally, Han Qinhu's side had a little more, but now that Li Jing has arrived at Daijun, both sides are about the same.
In other words, until now, Dugu Yongye really doesn't know the details of the Han army in Daijun.
But if the reason why the Han army hesitated before was for farming, then now the Han army can no longer react at all. As we all know, the Han army is different from the Northern Zhou army that "serves as soldiers in wartime and as farmers in peacetime". The recruitment system has given way to
The officers and soldiers of the Han army received more food and pay than the Zhou army, so the main task of the army was to fight rather than cultivate the land.
Wouldn't it be a waste to spend so much money to support the army to plow the land? It is impossible for the Han army to do such a thing. Therefore, it is not strange for the army to help with spring plowing or summer harvest when the manpower is insufficient, but the army must both
Spring plowing followed by summer harvest is no different from farming, so it is abnormal.
Among the armies of the Han Dynasty, except for the army in the northwest, which is limited by distant food routes and insufficient local supplies and needs to support itself, there is really no army that needs to stay in the fields all year round.
The Han army is not abnormal now, but if it continues, it will become abnormal.
It's strange that Dugu Yongye doesn't doubt it.
"But attacking Juyong?"
"Now that we have artillery, it is not difficult to form a deterrent against Juyong Pass. Moreover, the terrain in front of Juyong Pass is narrow. There is no way for the army to form an array. No matter whether it is tens of thousands, eight thousand or ten thousand, in the end, it can actually be arranged
It's just a thousand men, so unless Dugu Yongye leads his army out of the city to fight us, how will he know how many people we have?" Li Jing obviously had already made up his mind, "At that time, we only need to set up camps widely.
, multiple rows of flags, Dugu Yongye can’t see through them.”
"This is very risky." Niu Hong squeezed out five words.
"But there is no choice, right?" Li Jing asked.
Niu Hong could only nod.
It is better to take such a risk than to kill Dugu Yongye after seeing through them.