Ling Tianxin was shocked. Could it be that the Luo Bei people really launched an attack? As he thought about it, his thick eyebrows rose sharply, and he asked in a deep voice: "Please tell me the details of the battle quickly."
"Sir, at five o'clock this morning, Beiying was attacked by the enemy's heavy armored cavalry. It is estimated that the number is about 5,000 people, followed by about 10,000 infantry. Our army immediately launched a counterattack, but the enemy's heavy armored cavalry was quite large. It was fierce, breaking through many fences and walls in the North Camp, and filling up about one thousand meters of trenches in front of the North Camp. Our army organized an effective defense. One of the light infantry regiments suffered heavy losses. Later, our army organized a counterattack and the enemy retreated; At 5:30 in the morning, the South Camp was also attacked by the enemy's heavy cavalry of about 10,000 people. The enemy once broke through the outer defense line of the South Camp and fought fiercely with a heavy infantry regiment of ours in the South Camp. After half an hour, the enemy retreated. , our heavy infantry regiment suffered heavy losses. The specific losses are still being calculated."
The commander was very articulate and his words were clear and logical. He could explain the situation clearly in just a few sentences.
The fourth division of the Jerok Army was responsible for the defense of the northern camp, while the fifth division of the Jerok Army was responsible for the defense of the southern camp. Both divisions were once defeated by the enemy's heavy cavalry, which put Ling Tian at risk. While I was ecstatic, I also felt a little worried. The enemy began to use heavy cavalry to launch tentative attacks. This proved that the big fish of the Luobei people had bitten the hook, and the focus of its attack was finally on the purpose of eliminating the main force of its own army. This also proved that its empty city strategy finally worked. As a result, the main force of the Luo Bei cavalry was finally attracted to the war of attrition, but Ling Tianfang was secretly frightened by the ferocity of the enemy's armored heavy cavalry. He seemed to be able to imagine how the Luo Bei cavalry would go crazy around his divisions. Cannibalization, this kind of passive defense in the wild is the most clumsy defense method, but I have no choice. If I want to prevent the Luobei people from breaking into the interior, the bait has to be heavier. I can't bear to let the child catch the wolf. It was only at this time that Ling Tianfang truly realized the meaning, whether he could persist to the end of his plan regardless of whether he had only these tens of thousands of troops. One thing Ling Tianfang can be sure of is that this war will probably severely weaken the Jerok Legion.
But at this time, Ling Tian could not express anything in front of Kang Jianguo, the commander of the Jeroke Army. No matter what, the big fish biting the hook was a happy event worth celebrating. At least the goal had been achieved strategically. As for luring the enemy How this ball of bait can be used to turn the bait into a stinging hook that is difficult for the Luobi people to swallow will test the defensive strength of the Jerok Army and the fighting will of the officers and soldiers. At this point, Ling Tianfang cannot help to any busy. They can only rely on Kang Jianguo and the others. The only thing Ling Tianfang could do was to put the already armed Mote and Tubu reserve cavalry teams on the flanks of Luo Bei as much as possible, and try his best to reduce the pressure of Luo Bei people on the frontal defense line, but Whether it can play the expected role, Ling Tianfang is not very sure in his heart. In the end, he still needs to rely on the Jerok Legion itself.
"Jianguo, the fish has bitten the hook. Now it's up to your legion. Whether you can hold on to the end depends on the performance of your soldiers. Although the Luobi people launched their attack two days later than we expected, But judging from the intensity of their attack today, it probably exceeded our expectations. It seems that Tu Da has put a lot of effort into their heavy cavalry. We need to be mentally prepared for the worse. The outcome of this battle is I'm afraid the cruelty and difficulty will far exceed our original expectations." Ling Tianfang glanced at the commander of the Jerok Army who seemed to have not yet reacted to the fact that the enemy had broken through the defense lines of the northern and southern battalions, and warned in a low tone. other side.
"Sir Ling, Jianguo has this mental preparation. The Luobei people are not vegetarians. Since they dare to send out a large army to provoke this time, they naturally have something to rely on. However, our Jerok Army has also fought hard against countless old teams. We have experienced ups and downs. We have experienced a lot of rain. I believe that even the Kaman people have not been able to get a better deal from us, and the Luobei people will not do the same. I, Kang Jianguo, am going to leave the 180 kilograms on this Tuqi plain. He Luobei people If a person wants to cross here, he has to cross over my body, Kang Jianguo." At this time, Kang Jianguo may have appeared calmer after being stimulated, but the determination revealed in his words was unquestionable.
Since the order was given to temporarily abandon the three capitals of East Tengger County, Zhou Tinggui, the governor of East Tengger County, has become even busier. At this time, he, the governor of East Tengger County, has no other government affairs to talk about, only one left. The goal is to expel these Luobi people from the territory of East Tengger County in the shortest possible time and restore the economic development of East Tengger County as soon as possible. As the commander-in-chief of the entire Western Front Theater, he will be given this Eastern Tengger army. The only task of the county governor is to mobilize the Mote and Tubu reserve cavalry in Huohua Mansion and Daqingshan Mansion, and to form a cavalry team that can immediately go into battle as quickly as possible. The person who assisted Zhou Tinggui in this work was Hundreds of cavalry veterans and officers drawn from several Ranger regiments.
Zhou Tinggui believed that his early ideological work was quite in place. From then on, his main task shifted to the primary task of mobilizing and organizing the Mote and Tubu cavalry and providing them with various material support. It should be It is said that this work was carried out very smoothly. Out of envy for the favorable treatment received by the soldiers of the Western Xinjiang Army, this temporary recruitment of soldiers quickly recruited more than 60,000 riders. This is because Zhou Tinggui saw that the situation was not good. After raising the recruitment standards three times in a row, it was still unable to stem the wave of defections and had to announce the suspension of recruitment.
A large number of poor Luobei herdsmen who had originally conquered the east also requested qualifications to join the army. However, after careful consideration, Zhou Tinggui politely rejected this suggestion. Although this method of using Luobei's eastern cavalry to deal with other Luobei cavalry could force the expedition to the east. More thoroughly tied to Western Xinjiang, but considering the importance of this war, there can be no mistakes, Zhou Tinggui would rather choose a safer method, not to mention the enthusiasm of Mote and Tubu herdsmen to join the army has exceeded his expectations, recruiting The number of soldiers and war horses also far exceeded the 40,000 baseline set by him.
Of course, Zhou Tinggui also had to temporarily sign the largest debt since he took office. The emergency collection of up to 100,000 war horses and a large number of weapons cost up to 12 million imperial gold coins. Such a huge sum If the debt had to be paid off by the East Tengger County finance department, I don’t know how many years it would take to pay it off. Fortunately, with the backing of the order from the Director of Military Affairs, Zhou Tinggui seemed confident when signing the debt. As for the war, Who should pay for this temporary war fund in the end? Should it come from the annual military expenditures of the Military Affairs Administration? Should it come from the unexpected emergency funds of the Financial Department of the Government Affairs Bureau? Or should it come from the two counties of East Tengger County and Northwest County? The two levels of finance were borne by the county and government, and this issue became an unsolved issue that many parties argued about after the war. The Financial Secretary claimed that this expenditure was approved by the Military Affairs Administration without the approval of His Highness the King of Qin and was requested to be deducted from the Military Affairs Administration's annual military expenditures. The Military Affairs Administration claimed that this was an emergency measure taken to protect the northwest county in an emergency and should be supervised by the Finance Department. The department will jointly bear the financial responsibility of Northwest County and East Tengger County. East Tengger County and Northwestern County were even more determined not to bear this expense that had nothing to do with them, so much so that Financial Secretary James and Director of Military Affairs Ling Tianfang even got into a quarrel over this.
Although the 60,000 newly recruited cavalry are not as good as the officially formed Ranger regiment in terms of weapons and horses, the excellent qualities inherent in the nomadic people, combined with the organization of a large group of temporarily transferred veterans and officers, The size of two Ranger regiments has also been initially formed. Although their combat effectiveness is still uneven, this mission does not require them to confront the Luobi cavalry face to face. The combat mission they accepted is relatively simple, that is, they are responsible for the rear of the entire Luobi army. Harassing and attacking their supply lines in the hinterland, and choosing the right time to launch an attack on Luo Bei's Eastern Expeditionary Army.
The formation of these two reserve ranger regiments would have a profound impact on this war, something even the instigator, Ling Tianfang, had never imagined when he issued the order to form them. It was these two ranger regiments that constantly attacked and harassed the rear of Luobei's main army. They not only attacked food and supplies gathering points, but also often concentrated their forces to besiege Luobei's transport teams and convoys, and even developed to attack Luobei. The camp launched a harassment and sneak attack. This result forced Tu Da, who originally thought he had an absolute advantage in military strength, to shelve his plan to send a small group of cavalry into the hinterland for an attack. Instead, they came to encircle and suppress these two bumpkin troops who had just converted from herdsmen to cavalry. It was the illustrious achievements of these two troops that gave the economic vitality of Qingyang, Yinchuan and even the entire northwest county a chance to be preserved, and also made great contributions to defending His Highness the King of Qin's absolute prestige in the northwest.
Compared with the start of the war on the Tuqi Plain, the war on the Western Front was in full swing from the beginning. Adhering to the coach's intention, Cuerdo, who served as the commander of the Western Region Army, thoroughly implemented Tu Da's policy from the beginning, concentrating his forces to attack the booming economy of the Western Region, especially those industries developed and operated by the Tang people in the five prefectures of the Western Region. In the first phase of the battle, Kurdo's flexible tactics achieved quite good results. One hundred thousand cavalry were divided into four attack groups by him. According to the configuration of 2224, the two Ten Thousand Cavalry Teams form an attack group, using their own mobility advantages to sweep one or two mansions, while the attack core composed of four Ten Thousand Cavalry Teams is responsible for Select those important targets to attack, such as specifically attacking those Western Xinjiang troops who came out to fight. When the strength is insufficient, you can even temporarily summon one of the other three attack groups to concentrate on attacking. This tactic can be used in the early two Within weeks, quite good results were achieved. Five regiments of three divisions of the Western Xinjiang Army were canceled in the face of such a large-scale cavalry attack.
But the Xijiang Army quickly came up with countermeasures. One or even two divisions are formed into a group as a challenge group, taking advantage of the special geographical environment of the Western Region, where deserts and Gobis are spread all over the place, and there are not many convenient passages between provinces, and key passes are selected for blocking operations. Once an enemy attack group is discovered, they immediately set up camp on the spot to organize a defensive counterattack, which also greatly reduces the effectiveness of Kurdo's blitz strategy.
The stalemate of the war once again put Cuerdo into a distressed situation. These damn Tanghe people actually came up with such a stupid way. Although the Luobei cavalry did not suffer in this kind of battle, the huge manpower of the Tanghe people The resources are far beyond what our own nation can match. If they lose one warrior, they can quickly replace three. But they have come all the way, and the loss of one is one. This kind of war of attrition is not cost-effective for our side. Yes, even if you try your best to concentrate your forces to find one or two divisions, it will be difficult to hurt the opponent's vitality. This is quite disadvantageous for our side as time slowly passes but fails to achieve the strategic goal, unless we find a suitable target and give the opponent a heavy blow. hit. If time permits, I don't need to have such a headache, but those damn Motes and Tubu people seem to be forcing me to take this risky move. The rear area is frequently attacked and the baggage and food are often looted, which has affected the entire army. Although after understanding that those timid and humble guys are just some bumpkins who have just gathered together, everyone on the grassland knows it. Once these guys are gathered together, they can exert unexpected power, which is another reason why Kurdo is troubled by this.
While carefully reading the information sent by the scouts and the local intelligence department of the Western Region, Kurdo's eyes wandered over the long map of the Western Region. It should be said that the foundation of the intelligence agency in the Western Region is much stronger than that in the Western Xinjiang mainland. Li Wufeng's implementation of the Baojia-continuous-sitting policy in the Western Xinjiang mainland and the people's fanatical worship of him made it difficult for the Luo Bei intelligence agency to establish a foothold in the Western Xinjiang mainland. Even if you have a firm foothold, it is difficult to break into the middle and high-level officials to obtain valuable intelligence clues. This is something Kurdo knows very well. He was troubled by this as early as when he was the deputy coach of the Eastern Conference. Every time he got a Valuable information is hard to reach. Many of them are obtained only after a long time has passed, and often by this time the information has lost its due value. In the land of the Western Regions, although the Luo Bei clan, which has long held a strong position, has been temporarily pulled down from its dominance, the dominance established over decades still leaves a lot for the current Luo Bei clan. heritage. The long-term awe of the strong has enabled our nation to still find collaborators on this land. Maybe they didn't dare to openly challenge Li Wufeng's rule, but they were still quite enthusiastic about providing necessary intelligence information to their side secretly.
Kuqa, Wusun, Bejia, Loulan, and Gaochang are arranged in the shape of candied haws, making it very difficult for the Tanghe people to build a defense system here. In order to prevent possible rebellion in this not-so-tame area, Li Wufeng almost destroyed this area. The local armed forces were wiped out, which also resulted in the weakness of the local defense forces in the Western Region, and also forced the defense of this region to rely entirely on the regular army of Western Xinjiang. This is undoubtedly an opportunity for myself. The black dots marked on the map are the divisions of Li Wufeng's two garrison armies in the central mainland. Except for a newly formed reserve division, the only ones ranked are the five divisions of their Second Army and the Indian Army. The Bei'an Army has four divisions. Even if the nine divisions plus the newly formed reserve division are included, there are only ten divisions. If you want to defend such a land that is not conducive to defense, although it is a bit stretched, it is already possible. The advantage lies in. Now the Western Xinjiang Army has concentrated heavy troops in Wusun and Loulan, which can not only protect Bejia in the center, but also take care of Gaochang and Kuqa at both ends. It seems to be barely formed, but this chain defense has a big drawback for the Western Xinjiang Army, which lacks maneuverability and does not have an advantage in total strength, that is, if it devotes all its strength to attack it, One thing is that reinforcements from Western Xinjiang, which are hundreds of miles away in a short period of time, are difficult to arrive in time, which creates a good opportunity for themselves to encircle and annihilate the enemy.
The thick black charcoal pencil moved slowly across the map. Kurdo focused on a dot on the left, Anyanji, located at the junction of Wusun and Kuqa. It belongs to the current Wusun Prefecture of the Western Regions. The business roads that run through the entire Western Regions are connected here. The two cities of Wusun and Kuqa are not far from the iron ore mines under development in Shuangdui Prefecture of North and South Luzon in the south and are well connected by roads. The excellent geographical location makes it second only to the five prefectural cities in the Western Regions. The big market town is also an important material distribution center in this area. The Wusun and Kuche tribes as well as a large number of Tang merchants gather here. Because of this, one of Li Wufeng's Indian Divisions is stationed here, and There are three divisions stationed in Wusun City to the east as support, so Kurdo has never chosen this place as an attack site, but now it seems that this place has become the best encirclement and reinforcement bait.
Kurdo twirled the beautiful short beard under his nose while carefully considering the gains and losses. Wusun is the hometown of Huyanqiu, who is now the commander of the Indian Army. If you choose this place as an attack point, no matter whether it is public or private, it will be stationed there. Huyanqiu in Wusun City will not let Anyanji fall. If the three Xijiang divisions in Wusun City can be mobilized, the scene will be interesting enough. It is best to put on a good show. The seemingly strong but weak posture also lured out the more than 20,000 light cavalry reserves they had prepared, and this battle was really staged.
However, it is difficult to control the situation without letting the people of Xijiang focus all their attention on this, and at the same time attract enough troops. Fortunately, the enemy's cavalry strength in this area is not strong. If 20,000 light cavalry want to challenge the 100,000 soldiers who are accustomed to fighting, the Marquis of Fire is still far behind. At the worst, he can choose the opportunity to retreat at any time. This kind of strategy of advancing, attacking, retreating and defending is the best strategy. The best way to suit your own cavalry operations, the issue that needs to be considered now is how to make this encirclement and reinforcement battle more complete, a sinister smile appeared on the corner of Kurdo's mouth.
While Kurdo was painstakingly designing his encirclement and reinforcement tactics, Helianbo, who served as deputy commander-in-chief of the Western Front and commander-in-chief of the Central Continent Theater in Bega City, was also worried about how to end this battle as soon as possible. exhibition. Ling Tianfang handed over the command of all four ranger regiments to himself, which was equivalent to placing a huge burden on himself. He Lianbo naturally knew Ling Tianfang's intention to solve the Western Region in the shortest possible time. The battle on the front line frees up four Ranger regiments and all available troops to cut off Luo Bei's main force's return. Even if Luo Bei's main force cannot be completely annihilated, it must force the opponent's strategic intentions to fail. This is the commander's intention. For this reason, The northwest front where Ling Tianfang was personally in charge even did not hesitate to use several divisions of the Jerok Army as bait, and had the courage to sing out the empty city strategy. To take such a big risk was to seize the opportunity to concentrate his superior forces and defeat Luobei's southern army. , and finally joined forces to attack the main force of Luobei's eastern front.
However, the battlefield is changing rapidly. Although they already have an absolute advantage in local areas, the Luobei people mainly rely on cavalry. To completely defeat this cavalry army, it is very demanding to capture fighter planes. Although the series of measures taken have curbed the crazy offensive of the Luobi people, better opportunities still need to be found in order to achieve the goal of completely defeating the opponent.
There is not much new information from the intelligence system. The Luobi people still continue their old tricks, moving erratically in the northern parts of the five prefectures and harassing people. When they encounter a suitable opportunity, they pounce on them like wolves and bite them. , except for the main attack group of the four attack groups, it is difficult for the other three to capture their specific direction. This Kurdo is really extraordinary. It decentralizes power and allows the three attack groups to choose the right opportunity to launch an attack. , and these guys are obviously already familiar with this combat method. Although the blocking and guarding measures they took in the early stage have a certain effect, these guys quickly learned the lesson. Once they are blocked, they will fight to the death again and then escape. , looking for the next more suitable target to attack. This method of perseverance made both Helianbo and Huyanqiu very interested. However, they have to find cracking measures for a while, unless they use the four players who have been hiding in the southern region. Cavalry regiment, but in this way it would be impossible to achieve the goal of completely defeating the opponent.
It’s difficult. He Lianbo couldn’t help but sigh from the bottom of his heart. Luo Bei people are not fools. They have suffered repeated defeats and repeated defeats. No matter how stupid they are, they have learned to act with caution. What’s more, the opponent on the other side is not stupid. fool. The Western Xinjiang Army on the Western Front has taken on huge risks and pressure, watching its own performance helplessly, but now I am helpless. I am afraid that I will not be able to explain it no matter where I go. Could it be that I, Helianbo, will really fall into this battle? superior? Shaking his head subconsciously, Helianbo cheered up and refocused on pondering his opponent's thoughts.