Yang Duanhe rushed to Jiuyuan alone with decades of cavalry.
As soon as he walked away from the general's mansion, he smiled and bowed to Lianlian:
"General, long time no see, how are you lately?"
Chen Bing hurriedly replied:
"Everything is OK, welcome to the general."
Then he hurriedly invited Yang Duan and the supervisor to serve the drinks.
At this time, Yang Duanhe felt a lot of emotion.
Chen Bing, who was still a soldier a few years ago, didn't expect that he was his superior at this time... Although he had foreseeed it, Yang Duanhe was still a little uncomfortable with this day.
What's rare is that Chen Bing did not put on airs in front of him, and was still as respectful as usual, which made Yang Duan and his heart feel a little comforted.
After a while of revelation between each other, Yang Duanhe asked:
"I'm going to the north to attack the Huns. I wonder what the general has to do?"
Yang Duanhe asked this because he had not received the order to change his strategy.
This is not surprising. On the one hand, this is because communications remain unchanged in ancient times, and on the other hand, Yang Duanhe rushed to the north with light cavalry...
At this time, the fastest means of transportation was horses. If Yang Duanhe and others were light and simple all the way, even those who delivered the letter could not catch up with them.
Chen Bing explained:
"The general doesn't know anything, and the emperor has changed his target to a back trap."
Yang Duan said "Oh", as surprised as Fusu.
Yang Duanhe is also a person who knows Ying Zheng and knows that he will not change his mind easily.
But when I thought about it, I sighed secretly.
Because I don’t need to ask, I know that Ying Zheng must have changed his goal under Shen Bing’s persuasion.
It can make Ying Zheng change his goals, which shows how much the emperor trusts Chen Bing, which makes Yang Duanhe feel a little uncomfortable.
But it just flashed by.
Yang Duanhe didn't ask much, but just bowed to Shen Bing and said:
“So very good.”
"I asked for a fight. As soon as my army arrived, I would immediately set off and head back!"
Chen Bing hesitated for a while, and then said a little embarrassedly:
"General, in this battle... can the Hanoi soldiers guarantee our army's food and grass transportation?"
Yang Duanhe frowned and his expression was a little unnatural, and he just asked:
"My 100,000 troops are protecting food and grass transportation?"
"The General should know that our Hanoi soldiers are elite soldiers in a hundred battles!"
Chen Bing hurriedly answered:
"The Shen Bing was ordered by the general, of course I know."
"only……"
Yang Duanhe asked:
"Just what?"
Yang Duanhe thought to himself:
Good, you are a soldier. You have learned the officialdom in just a few days after you are promoted. You know how to suppress others and raise yourself... Isn't it just for this to let my 100,000 troops guard the food and grass?
If you are guarding against me, Yang Duanhe, what else can I say?!
Thinking of it, my face naturally became gloomy.
Chen Bing just sighed and said:
"Can the general have the leisure to follow the soldiers to inspect the army?"
Yang Duanhe gave in a stiff expression and replied:
"How dare my subordinates refuse to obey the order of the general?"
As he said that, he got up and stood aside.
Chen Bing did not explain much, but took Yang Duanhe out of the general's mansion and asked someone to prepare a carriage.
The carriage rushed to the barracks, and Shen Bing first took Yang Duan and to the Daliang Army barracks on the left.
When Yang Duanhe saw that Daliang Army was repeatedly throwing a cloth ball, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.
Chen Bing asked:
"Can the general know what the soldiers throw?"
Yang Duanhe replied:
"Is it the 'Pi Li Fireball' that defeated the Huns?"
The incident of Chen Bing's discovery that the "Pili Fireball" defeated the Huns had already spread in the Central Plains. Of course, Yang Duanhe also heard the news, but he didn't know what the "Pili Fireball" looked like.
Chen Bing replied:
“That’s right.”
Then he raised his head to Ren who was following him.
Ren understood and immediately ordered a set of live ammunition.
But when a soldier came up, he lit the "Pi Li Fireball" in his hand in an order, and threw it out, and all lay on the ground.
After a burst of "boom boom", a piece of grass man dozens of steps away was blown upside down, which scared Yang Duanhe.
He had the power of hearing the "Pi Li Fireball", but he only said that it was mostly exaggerated by word of mouth. He didn't expect that it would be even better than the rumors at first sight.
Chen Bing asked:
"General, how do you think of siege with this object?"
Yang Duanhe nodded and said:
"But it's a good thing to attack the city!"
"Throwing this object onto the top of the city can cause heavy casualties without attacking the city wall."
Shen Bing took Yang Duanhe to the Shenwu Army camp again.
This time, there is no need to say anything more to Shen Bing. Yang Duanhe was so surprised that he widened his eyes as soon as he entered the barracks... The Shenwu Army was practicing riding and shooting, and those cavalrymen could even shoot more than a hundred steps when they pulled their bows on their horses? No cavalry in the Central Plains can do this.
Chen Bing asked again:
"General, what if we compare the Shenwu Army with Hanoi Army?"
Yang Duanhe nodded in admiration:
"I am convinced."
"With the military strength of the Daliang Army and the Shenwu Army, the combat power is far better than that of the Hanoi Army."
"It is natural to take the Northland Army as the main force."
Chen Bing shook his head and said:
"The general doesn't know what it means, and this is not a question of who is the main force."
Yang Duan and Qi said:
"How do you say this?"
Chen Bing found a piece of grass next to him, took out the map from his arms and spread it on the ground while explaining:
"Please look at it, there are four hundred miles from Yunzhong County to Jiuyuan."
"There are another four hundred miles from Jiuyuan to Houtao Wuyuan."
"While Jiuyuan has not enough food and grass, our army needs food and equipment from Yunzhong County to the front."
Chen Bing is telling the truth.
In fact, this is not a question of whether Jiuyuan is "just determined".
Jiuyuan and Yunzhong County were unable to produce their own grain within two years because they missed the farming period. Almost all the grain was relied on Yunzhong County's textile fabric to exchange or distributed by Ying Zheng.
And Jiuyuan added more than 100,000 new people.
So the food was sent from Yunzhong County continuously but it was still insufficient.
Chen Bing continued:
"The grain road in front and behind is 800 miles long. If our army attacks Wuyuan with 100,000 Hanoi soldiers and protects grain with 20,000 northern troops..."
When Yang Duanhe heard this, he couldn't help but "Oh" and suddenly realized.
This is indeed not just a question of which unit has strong combat effectiveness, nor is it even a question of whether the troops are strong enough to protect the supply line.
Instead, if 100,000 Hanoi is placed in Wuyuan to attack the Huns, it means that 100,000 mouths for eating are eight hundred miles away... Even if all the people are mobilized to transport supplies, they cannot be transported.
But if only 20,000 mouths are eight hundred miles away and 100,000 mouths are in Jiuyuan and Yunzhong County, then the logistical pressure will be much smaller... There is no need to transport so much food to the front line as far away as it is. Of course, the danger of being attacked by the Huns will be much smaller.
Thinking of this, Yang Duanhe said ashamed:
"What the General said is very true."
"Everything is followed by the General's arrangement!"
At the same time, Yang Duan and he thought to himself that he should adapt to the exchange of such roles as soon as possible and adjust his mentality, otherwise...