Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 956

[Chapter 956]

“Let’s get down to business, then let’s discuss how to fight this battle well.” Chang Wei laughed with everyone for a while, and his expression became serious again.

Knowing that the joke was over, the generals straightened their postures and pricked up their ears.

After pondering for a while, he came to a sand table.

Before he came, Ma Han asked the White Tiger Army’s staff to create a war sand table for deduction.

Now the location of Yinshan on the sand table has a small wooden sign representing Beidi people, and the Jinhe River section also marks the places where Beidi people may cross first, as well as nearby minefields.

At the same time, the important road leading to the south and the location of the White Tiger Army’s garrison were also marked.

The entire battlefield situation is clear at a glance.

“Currently in Yongzhou, there are 80,000 White Tiger Army, 50,000 Xuanwu Army, 120,000 Central Army, and 30,000 Chen Hu’s Independent Lancer Army, making a total of 280,000 people.” Chang Wei said.

Although Chen Hu led 60,000 cavalry to support Yongzhou this time, only 30,000 cavalry actually belonged to him.

The remaining 30,000 men were all from the other armies, so only his 30,000 cavalry were counted.

“This time, Beidi went south, aggressively, with the aura of wanting to eat Da Song with the natives of the West, and it meant a decisive battle, so it must be to break through the defense of Yongzhou at any cost, to the south of Yongzhou, and disrupt the entire war The situation.”

“Since this is the case, they are the ones who are in a hurry, so we will dig trenches and wait for work, so that they will be smashed.” Chang Wei analyzed.

The generals nodded upon hearing this.

Relying on Qin-style rifles and newly installed breech-loading artillery, their offense will certainly be very sharp.

But if they are defensive, their advantage will be even greater.

Picking up the teaching rod, Chang Wei pointed to the sand table and gave an order, “From now on, the Central Army will be stationed in Lingwu County, the Xuanwu Army will be stationed in Dingbian County, and the White Tiger Army will be stationed in Yulin County. Immediately build trenches.”

Chang Wei said . These three points span the entire Yongzhou.

It belongs to the three important military towns in the north of Yongzhou.

Among them, Lingwu County is in the east, Dingbian County is in the middle, and Yulin County is in the west.

Among the three counties, the location of Lingwu County is very important.

In Yongzhou, the “Ji”-shaped Jin River section.

The positions on the left side and the upper side are not dangerous, and both sides of the Jin River are flat grasslands.

The rest of the places facing the river are all mountains, so they cannot travel together.

On the left side, where the mountain range meets the grassland is Lingwu County.

The county is bordered by the Jin River in the west and the Zhutou Mountain in the east. There is a passage more than 20 miles wide in the middle, which can directly go south and enter the hinterland of Qinzhou.

Because the location of Lingwu County is very important, he placed the Central Army in this location.

As for Dingbian County, it is a county seat in the mountains of Yongzhou. The terrain is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Many downhill trails in the mountains converge here.

If Beidi soldiers and horses want to break up into pieces and go south through the trail in the mountain, they can’t get around here.

And because the mountain road is narrow, it is not convenient to deploy a large-scale army, so there is no need to station too many troops here.

So he let the Xuanwu Army station here, and if the pressure in Lingwu County was high, he would let the Xuanwu Army support it at any time.

Yulin County is the gateway to Yongcheng, followed by mountains.

A spacious valley of about five miles leads directly to Yongcheng.

In front of Yulin County is the endless Hetao Grassland.

He believes that besides Lingwu County, Beidi will definitely be the second direction to focus on attacking.

Therefore, he stationed the White Tiger Army here.

“Yes, General.” The generals responded loudly.

Chang Wei sits in Yongcheng, and he is the supreme commander.

The armed forces must obey his orders.

“General, where are our Lancers?” Chang Wei’s voice fell, and Chen Hu said timidly.

Since taking over the Independent Cavalry Army, he can be said to be the most aggrieved.

Because it can’t take much advantage in front of the Beidi cavalry.

They have not been able to fight independently, basically they are under the infantry, doing some chasing after the defeat.

But since he was equipped with a cavalry gun, he felt that the cavalry had been reborn, which meant that it had both the mobility of the cavalry and the combat effectiveness of the infantry.

This time he came here with enthusiasm, ready to show his skills.

Therefore, it is extremely hoped to get an important task.

Hearing this, Chang Wei glanced at Chen Hu and laughed.

He said, “Don’t worry, His Highness has specially ordered you this time to give you Lancers a chance to fight Beidi cavalry. If your Lancers perform well and defeat Beidi’s army, you will be the main force to go north to the grasslands and drive Beidi out. ”

Chen Hu was overjoyed immediately, scratched his head and giggled.

Chang Wei continued, “So, I won’t give you any orders this time. You can find fighters on the battlefield and annihilate the opponent’s cavalry.”

In fact, he didn’t give orders, but it was the biggest order.

The Lancers were given orders, but the Lancers just assembled in one place to cooperate in the battle.

If he didn’t give orders, it meant that the Lancers might have to face the encirclement and suppression of all the Beidi cavalry.

“The last general will definitely not disappoint the general, nor will he disappoint His Highness.” Chen Hu naturally understood this.

But he was not afraid, and gave Chang Wei a military salute.

Chang Wei nodded. At this time, he said to all the generals, “From now on, act immediately.”

“Yes, General.” Everyone turned around and left, dispatching troops and horses to their respective garrison locations.

Watching the generals leave, Chang Wei stared at the sand table with flickering eyes.

Before the heavy snow and extreme cold weather appeared, he wanted to use grenades to blow up the ice in the narrow section of the river to prevent Beidi people from crossing the river.

But he thought about it again, this war seemed to be an excellent opportunity to wipe out Beidi’s army.

This is much better than going to the grasslands in the future and looking for Beidi people everywhere.

But now that the extremely cold weather is coming, there may be too many frozen river sections on the thousands of miles of rivers, and it is impossible to explode them by means of explosives such as grenades. After all, there are too many and it is too late.

For this reason, Beidi people would not give up this opportunity, so it was more in his mind.

This time, in Yongzhou, he is bound to hit Beidi hard.

After thinking for a while, he ordered the telegraph operator to send his arrangement to the palace in Yancheng and pass it on to King Yan.

The palace at this time.

Zhao Xu is discussing something with Yang Feng in the study.

Feng Er sent a telegram from Chang Wei.

He glanced at it and felt that there was no problem, so he asked Feng’er to reply.

After Feng’er’s figure disappeared, he and Yang Feng continued with the previous matter.

“Old general, with this thing, it will be much more convenient for the soldiers to dig trenches in the future. Not only that, but they can also cut down trees and use them as weapons.” Zhao Xu waved the same short-handled shovel in his hand.

It was the folding engineer shovel that he had worked on these two days.

He is going to mass-produce this thing and provide it to the army.

(end of this chapter)