Chapter 480: The Battle Situation Changes Again
After the tactical plan to grasp the small and enlarge, the limited Funing Army troops began to shrink: shorten the four defense lines into two, focusing on Tonghuang and Minhe areas.
While shrinking, all the bridges of the Ruhe tributary of the Huangshui River were removed.
In view of the great tactical shrinkage of the Song Dynasty Volunteer Army, Zhuo Luolan's troops' crossing plan is being implemented rapidly, and more and more troops are continuously crossing north of the Huangshui River from Ledu, Suiyuan and Baosai.
However, it is useless to cross over. There are disadvantages to dispersing. Given that Wang Yun's troops are too strong in combat, Zhuo Luolan will never allow the troops crossing the river first to advance. In other words, the troops crossing the river from the ferry crossings such as Ledu Suiyuan must not only face the barrier of the Ruhe River, but also have to wait for the main force to reassemble.
After waiting for the main force to assemble, Zhuo Luolan, as the commander who personally destroyed Dong Wen at the Huangshui Fork, of course she knew what she might face at the Huangshui Fork, so she did not intend to strengthen Ruhe. She would detour through the Nanzong area, completely seal the Hetao pocket and encircle Wang Yun's troops.
So the success of this strategy depends on Tonghuang, the people and the two forced corpses. How much damage can it cause to Shen Jilian, or how long can it drag Shen Jilian in the sect city?
This process requires luck, and it is also a competition of speed, will and efficiency.
If the Watshu and Nantong Secret Corps, which were baited as bait shield, were defeated too quickly by Wang Rong's troops, then Zhuo Luolan felt that Wang Rong would still cross the Huangshui River five times, and once again intersected the heavy encirclement of the heavy army in the sky and earth net, and returned to the southern area.
"The battlefield situation changes rapidly, and everything is possible. Now the balance is still balanced, and it is not biased towards either side for the time being. The strategic situation of the four-sided encirclement in the Hetao area is temporarily open to both sides, and it depends on too many variables. I have this Zhu teammate, Manme, but he also has it. Jishi Army may not have entered the battlefield of the sect city at the time he expected, and it is useless for him to jump to the foot in a hurry."
Zhuo Luolan, who was commanding the army to cross the river in Suiyuan area at night, raised his head and muttered to himself as he looked at the colder night sky.
The generals under his subordinates were very worried. Although Wang Rong's situation was not good, Lan Shuai's pressure was not small. After violating the military order, it was estimated that the iron kite was already on the way to catch people. What should we do then?
In order to implement this strategy, Zhuo Luolan made a heavy bet and sent two generals, Wasai and Nantongmi, which were obviously suicide squads, and Yu Tonghuang and Minhe respectively, in order to delay Wang Yun's troops until the main force of the Nanjun Office officially sealed the territory of the Nanzong...
"The battle between Tonghuang and Minhe was extremely difficult. Nantong Mi and Watshu Corps temporarily collected simple shields made of wood, which could effectively defend our army's flintlock gun attack!"
"The main forces of Zhuo Luolan's troops have basically been assembled. As of the time of sending the report, they have already left Thunder Ridge and are marching towards the Gude area in a hurry!"
"Report...Report...Report..."
It lasted until November 10th, and negative military newspapers everywhere flew over like snowflakes.
The situation has not deteriorated in an all-round way, but it is exceeding Wang Yun's estimate and developing in an unoptimistic direction.
In view of this, Wang Rong held an emergency meeting and said in the temporary military meeting: "I have to admit that in the early stages of the Zongcheng District tactics, I was overly optimistic, which was not a big hit, but it was overly optimistic."
The few officers who participated in the meeting looked very tired and looked at the Great Demon King with tears in their eyes.
Wang Yun said in a gentle voice: "In fact, Zhuo Luolan, Nantongmi and Wasai, they are enemies but are also extremely excellent soldiers. Their abilities and qualities were underestimated by me before. Zhuo Luolan's main force gathering and marching was at least one and a half days faster than I expected. The tenacity and intelligence of Nantongmi and Wasai Corps were beyond my estimate. It was their blessing to have generals in Xixia. My fault is that after many victories, I also relaxed my mind's vigilance, and in fact there was a mistake of 'not recognizing the situation'."
This is an important means to return to the morale of the army, so even if he said too much, Mu Guiying did not stop him and acknowledged his "self-criticism".
After looking around, Wang Rong said again: "I cannot refuse to blame the current passive situation. But the most urgent task is to correct mistakes, readjust the tactics that are most beneficial to our army, and summarize them in the mistakes. We cannot have the idea of breaking the can. We must maintain the correctness of the ideological and fighting spirit of each unit during this period. Because even if the situation deteriorates further, I will still find a way to lead everyone to break through again."
"At this moment, the Hehuang War was much more difficult than I expected, but you believe me, our army can do it. In fact, in my dream, I traveled thousands of years, ten times more difficult than this, ten times worse, and ten times worse, and finally won the army and commander. So I have the confidence and secret to lead everyone out of the quagmire again."
Everyone stands at attention!
Wang Rong said: "Each person returns to his post, stabilizes his morale, seizes the ideological position, clears up all bad ideas in this critical period, and continues to command the battle before a new order. I promise to recognize the situation as soon as possible and make tactical adjustments that are beneficial to our army."
Next, these instructors left. Wang Rong cooperated with Mu Guiying to enter a new round of research.
Now I can't be stubborn. It was really a brainwave to eat Wasai and Nantong Secret Corps before being surrounded. I really have the tendency to overestimate myself and I really have the phenomenon of being blinded by early victory.
It now seems that although there are river barriers and equipment benefits, the Funing Army has no major casualties, but it has also dragged itself into a tired soldier, and at the same time missed the best time for maneuvering escape.
But it was not too late to make up for the loss. Zhuo Luolan's troops have not yet arrived in the Degu area, and the Funing Army is in a farther clan city. Calculate the distance between the two sides to the Nanzong area, the Funing Army is twice as far away. However, Zhuo Luolan is also a tired soldier, and may still face mana's cleaning up. Then her main force is huge, and her food and supplies are much clumsy than the Funing Army.
In this way, each has its own adverse factors.
So Wang Rong and Mu Guiying concluded that now that the sheep are lost and there is still a chance to rush out of this pocket before Zhuo Luolan blocked the Southern Sect, compare the speed of the march with each other and rush out of this pocket.
Although it is difficult and unfavorable, as long as you break out of the Nanzong area, it is equivalent to opening up a new situation. You can travel far to the Tubo area and travel to the distant Qinghai Lake to survive the winter, and find a way to meet with the Jishi Army again and fight again next year.
This is equivalent to losing the north of the Huangshui River and losing the strategic goal of completely annihilated the Xixia army. Because the situation is unfavorable, they can go north and go home soon, while the Song army has no authorization to enter Xixia.
But no matter what, it cannot be said that the volunteer army is useless. In the past few months of being put into the Hehuang battlefield, Wang Yun has used only more than 2,000 troops to lead Zhuo Luolan to the main force, and then brought Zhuo Luolan back to the northern area and fight with Manme. This means that the entire Huangshui South Line has fallen into the hands of guerrillas such as Di Yong, so that the volunteer army can fight again next year and gain greater depth.
This is the strategic significance that the Funing Army has gained since its battles for thousands of miles.
It was decided that the next tactic would be maneuvered. But before the night could be implemented, another messenger ran into the command center and said, "Report to you! The Nantong Secret Corps at Tonghuang Ferry Crossing was under pressure. From our side, they were now harassed by the guerrillas in the southern region. Because it was evening, the scale of the battle could not be judged specifically for the time being, but the momentum was not small."
"God helps me! Luck still tilts towards our army! It seems that I have made certain mistakes in tactics, but I was pushed by the young master again."
Wang Rong slapped the table and stood up. The initiator of the guerrilla harassment war must be Di Yong, who is a very amazing soldier.
According to the previous examples, the guerrilla harassment war initiated by Di Yong is definitely not a single force, and the scale will continue to expand. Although it cannot be truly effective annihilation, the effect of restraint is really great.
His head was running quickly. Wang Yun looked at the map and licked his mouth. He once again gave up the immediate escape plan discussed with Mu Guiying, and instead ordered: "I am the commander. There is no need to worry about crossing the river between the Mibu in Nantong and completely give up that ferry. With the control of the guerrillas on the south bank, even if they started crossing the river, the scale and flow rate were limited. Moreover, Nantong and Mi were beaten badly by me last time. His troops had a large shadow on me. He would never dare to act rashly before crossing the river. So now I corrected the tactical orders as follows: "
"The entire Funing Army gathered at the Minhe Ferry to ambush, forming a pocket, concentrating all our combat resources to wait. At the Ferry, blocked the small troops of the Wassat Corps, pretending that they could not stand it and then fought and retreated, and let them all cross the river completely."
"After crossing the river, you will be bound to concentrate all the superior forces and destroy the Wassat Corps on the north bank of the Huangshui River. Remember to destroy it, not completely annihilate it, because we don't have time, and we have to clean up the secret troops of Nantong. Remember, after you cross the river, don't blow up the bridge they built. Because of the turning point of Di Yong launching a guerrilla war, we no longer need the Long March. We can use the bridge they built to cross the Huangshui River for five times, return to the southern area, and reorganize the southern area team to fight again next year!"
"Yes, yes, yes..." All the messengers rushed out and began to implement the latest deployment.
Now the morale is getting higher. If you concentrate your efforts to fight the Wassat Corps, with the current mentality and strength of the Volunteer Army, it is indeed a very advantageous force. The cost of casualties will definitely be, but you can win...
Chapter completed!