Fortunately, His Majesty had the foresight to send Pei Zilie over.
Although Pei Zilie's reputation in the army is far less than that of His Majesty, and because it has been a long time since he personally led the army to fight in the front, but has been sitting in the rear, it is no longer as good as Xiao Shilian, who at least once served as the commander of the western battlefield of the Heluo Battle.
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However, Pei Zilie's always steady character, coupled with his experience in presiding over various military affairs in the DPRK, naturally gave everyone a sense of reliability. Although most of the ministries disliked each other, at least everyone
Everyone has to give Pei Zilie some face.
Moreover, Pei Zilie also knew that there was no room for two tigers in one mountain, let alone a group of howling elites. This was simply like trapping a group of tigers in a cage, so he simply launched a wheel-to-wheel battle against the defensive position set up by Murong Fuyun, sending one troop every day.
Going into battle on horseback can not only allow all troops to quickly become familiar with the key points of trench warfare, but also effectively encourage each unit to focus on attacking the enemy instead of fighting among themselves.
After brutal battles have proven, trench warfare has gradually attracted the attention of many Han generals. With the development of firearms, it is conceivable that opponents who can compete with the Han in the future will naturally have sufficiently advanced firearms or have sufficient intelligence.
To deal with the threat of firearms, whether it is to reduce the damage caused by the enemy's firearms to one's own family, or to kill the enemy as much as possible when the firearms are difficult to function, trenches and how to conduct trench warfare are worthy of attention.
The soldiers of the Han army must know how to use trenches to avoid the enemy's firearms strikes, including trebuchets and other strikes, and they must also know how to quickly withstand the enemy's arrows and enter the enemy's trenches to fight with the opponent.
Especially for firearms suitable for trench fighting such as fire blunderbuss and thunderbolts, Han soldiers naturally had to master the correct method of use.
It's just that before that, how to conduct trench warfare has always been a blank field. Even trench warfare can only be traced back to the Battle of Tiangongyuan personally commanded by His Majesty.
Before that, it was very common to dig trenches outside camps or cities for defense, and some generals even tried to set up ambushes in trenches to disrupt the enemy's formation.
However, it is rare, or even almost non-existent, for soldiers to rely on trenches to avoid arrows or to force the enemy into alternative street fighting to divide their more dominant forces and defeat them one by one. After all, trenches were used as a defensive device before.
When it comes to appearance, it is naturally difficult for people to associate trenches with soldiers, hand-to-hand combat, and avoidance of firearms, etc.
The experience in history is often accumulated from the blood and tears of countless predecessors.
Since there was no previous experience in trench warfare, the Han army soldiers could only explore it bit by bit through countless actual battles, and then send the actual results and intermediate operations to the military academy through battle reports.
The military academy will organize senior generals to review the entire combat process on the sand table, re-analyze it, summarize the experience and analyze deficiencies from the perspective of a bystander, and then teach it to students.
The Han Dynasty has built a complete system through the military academy to review, summarize and evaluate military achievements, analyze the outcome of battles, etc. However, for this system to operate and play its role, in the final analysis, it still requires the actual combat of the Han army soldiers.
Use blood to explore the way.
The Tuguhun trenches looked very resistant to beatings, and the elites of the armies were howling to rush forward. This was indeed a good opportunity for Pei Zilie to explore the way, and perhaps reduce the losses of our army as much as possible.
However, Pei Zilie himself had to admit that the elites were elites after all, and these howling guys were indeed enough to make him look good. He had been advancing steadily these days, and the enemy tried to organize counterattacks several times at night, but they were all calmly repelled by the Han army.
, how trench warfare should be fought, and how to fight it most effectively, Pei Zilie felt that he was really going to be figured out by these guys.
But at this moment, looking at the secret letter sent by Lao Cheng, Pei Zilie knew that his time was suddenly running out.
The sound of the gathering drums echoed loudly, and Li Xun, Wei Yuancheng and others had already arrived one after another.
Pei Zilie got straight to the point: "The Wuwei defenders had broken out to the north six days ago and attacked Zhangye westward along the Old Great Wall. Therefore, this is the reason why the enemy's main force has not arrived and has not reached the main battlefield after the main force showed up."
The generals immediately looked at each other.
Are these guys in Wuwei eating the heart of a bear but the courage of a leopard, or are they really not afraid of death?
Attacking Zhangye at this time is simply sending yourself into the dragon's pond and tiger's den. Once the enemy's main force retreats after questioning, there will be no place to run to?
What, you mean the outer desert?
An army that was already on an expedition retreated into the desert. How could we still expect them to come out alive?
What's more, the Tuyuhun army must also hate them deeply. Wouldn't they be chasing them all the way into the desert?
"This is risking death, but you still believe in us." Li Xun said decisively.
All the generals nodded in unison.
Originally, they came to the northwest with the thought that they could not stop Tuyuhun from these idiots in the northwest and needed them to come all the way to help.
After all, who is willing to give up the credit to the friendly forces if they can take it all to themselves?
Now they suddenly realized that they seemed to have thought the enemy too simply. The enemy knew the strengths of the Han army and had begun to formulate targeted countermeasures. The trenches were a clear manifestation of this. This showed that the enemy was at least not as originally imagined.
The barbarian tribes and uncivilized peoples among them are also very smart and know how to adapt to changes. At least they are better than some opponents sometimes encountered by the Han army who only know how to deal with new firearms according to the original formation method, and then are beaten to a pulp.
They are strong. Coupled with their numerical advantage, it can indeed be called "troublesome".
Of course, they also thought that Wuwei's robes were too clumsy.
Facts have proved that not only did they use their flesh and blood to hold off the enemy for a full month, but they are now trying to do even more daring things!
At this time, everyone looked at Wuwei's defenders with admiration.
These guys are really talented!
And the robes of Wuwei also believed in them, believing that the reinforcement brothers would definitely try their best to entangle the enemy's main force and complete the ultimate strategic goal of outflanking and encircling the enemy under Wuwei City.
Because only when this was achieved, the Han army that raided Zhangye could be saved, and the significance of their cutting off the grain road in Tuyuhun became apparent. Otherwise, it would just be a piece of meat being sent to the wolf's mouth.
"Wuwei is missing another army. Can it be defended?" A general couldn't help but ask.