Chapter 684: The Eve of the Decisive Battle
As August entered, Cha Ge was already very uneasy, but the most crazy heavy rain and the feint attack of the Western Xia army to Daming Prefecture did not force Gao Fangping or Liu Yanqing's troops out of the decisive battle.
But the long logistics line of the Xixia Army was full of loopholes and was facing increasingly skilled guerrilla attacks.
In the generation of Qingzhou, Weizhou, Zhong Shidao became even more courageous and had fought two annihilation battles against the logistics line of the Xixia Army. Although the loss of the Zhong family army was not light, the fatal problem facing Cha Ge is now: his morale was no longer as strong as before.
The people's strength and food supplements obtained from the occupied areas were extremely limited, and Cha Ge might be able to bear it. However, from the Western Xia court's documents that were unfavorable to advance, and the increasingly unstable emotions of the generals under his command, many generals have begun to go wild. They are looking for Gao Fangping all over the world like hot pans, threatening to swallow Gao Fangping's troops alive.
Because of the fierce tactics of defeating Jinzhou, nearly 8,000 soldiers and civilians in the Song State were killed in battle, and the magistrate was also beheaded. Therefore, the public opinion in the occupied areas is getting more and more serious, and they are following the same thing, and more and more people are leaving the city to join the guerrillas to harass them.
All of this puts pressure on Brother Cha to become more and more intense.
It was not pressure from Gao Fangping. Cha Ge held the invincible cavalry and was not afraid of those guerrillas and Gao Fangping's 20,000 "small army". The real pressure came from the accountability of the Xixia court and the accountability of his subordinates.
As a qualified commander, Cha Ge knew that such a pronounced accountability was a certain time when the southward strategy officially failed.
All of this is because the Song Dynasty has a pork flat!
Brother Cha was eager to fight a decent annihilation battle at this time to explain to the Western Xia court and to the generals in order to maintain the "political spirit" above and the "military spirit" below.
However, the decisive battle is not easy. Now there are only powerful cavalry, but they can only be tied up in cities without food. There is no established Song army to fight. Finally, they found traces of some people. As soon as they went out, their grandsons ran faster than rabbits, and they crawled into the mountains and forests in minutes and disappeared. The cavalry was useless and they dared not enter the forest to encircle them.
"Damn these unconventional cowards! What are the things that protect the country, the etiquette and effectiveness are all deceiving ghosts. They gave up the city, their fellow villagers, the emperor's orders and ethics, and just hide in the mountains as savages, but dare not come out to fight with our Xixia King Army in a decisive battle!"
When Brother Cha said that he was angry, he punched the wooden table with a very uneasy punch!
"It's time to massacre the city!"
"It should go south to chew Hezhong Prefecture and build a major logistics center for Hezhong Prefecture. Gao Fangping lost the northern supply line in one fell swoop!"
Countless generals made suggestions, and they were really fed up and were impatient. It had been May since the expedition south. It was unstoppable before, but for nearly four months, they were trapped here by Gao Fangping, the dog official who did not understand military tactics and had no military ethics. The morale was low and could not be low.
If it continues, I'm afraid everyone will forget what they are doing?
Now the northwest rear is facing endless harassment from the old thief of Zhong Shidao, and the logistics line is basically facing disconnection and exhaustion, and the autumn harvest season in the occupied areas is still invisible.
As a last resort, Cha Ge finally made a reckless decision that he shouldn't have made. He pointed at the military map with red eyes and said: "We must take down Hezhong Prefecture, and the Xishining division's 20,000 elite cavalry are the vanguard. The other military headquarters gradually shrinks and abandons the Yan'an Prefecture War Zone. Our army quickly assembles to support the Xishining General's headquarters as the rear army!"
"Yes!" The cruel people in Xixia yelled together...
Before waiting for the final summary of the military newspapers everywhere, Gao Fangping knew that the time for the decisive battle was basically ripe.
He was killed by death and did not dare to go east to attack Longde Mansion and Daming Mansion. It was useless for him to stay in the Yan'an Mansion War Zone now. They could only be harassed, but they could not find the guerrillas to fight position.
The Ministry of the Zhong Shidao is increasingly fiercely challenging the Xixia logistics line. They have no hope for the autumn harvest.
"Our Northern Army Group has now officially given up hiding maneuvers. The main force of the Chage division is now looking away from Jinzhou. At this time, they were eager to obtain food and grass supplements, so they had to take one road to Hezhong Prefecture." Gao Fangping pointed to the military map in the account and said: "In the Wenling Canyon on the way to Jinzhou to Hezhong Prefecture, the territory of Shilong Pass, the first battle of our Song army's counterattack against Jedi."
"All generals have all. They have been grandson for so long and have never had any results. They will be hung together by street lamps when they go back. This is my political battle. My pressure has been transformed into your military pressure. Whoever has no way out? No matter how many pioneer enemies there are, they must win the Battle of Wenling, the emperor and even the entire Song Dynasty need a victory as the clarion call for the counterattack!" Gao Fangping said.
"See the Prime Minister to the death to fight Wen Ling!" They all knelt on the ground with one leg and shouted!
"Please ask for the Emperor's Sword."
After Aoi Kikukyo handed the not-so-value sword to Gao Fangping, he found that his posture of holding the sword was still wrong, and he was a little embarrassed.
However, everyone knows that the great devil is so hilarious, and no one blames him...
When choosing Wenling Shilong Pass, it is actually not a strategic point such as Hangu Pass or something. In principle, Shilong Pass is not suitable for defense. However, it is a large valley that can limit the route of the Chage army. Otherwise, the Chage army will detour further Yan'an Prefecture War Zone, in addition to delaying time, it will also be severely harassed by the guerrillas.
But what you want is not the level. If it is a level, Gao Fangping was not sure that the people of Xixia dared to fight to the decisive battle. Because there is no need to ask, Brother Cha is now very guarded against Gao Fangping.
There is no way to win. Who is the vanguard cavalry team? How many people are there? Gao Fangping doesn't know.
But we can no longer wait. At this time, they were impatient and anxious to jump over the wall. Hezhong Prefecture could not be surrounded, otherwise Gao Fangping's troops would also officially lose their initiative, affecting the blood transfusions to the northwest front in the rear.
In any case, the Bei1 Beijing Station Station, which was like a new recruit, had been trained through months of hard and urgent marches and training, and comprehensively refine the will, thoughts, quality, military technology, etc. It seemed that it was passive to the limit and did not fight in one battle, but the fact was that everyone was finally transformed into a real war army under Gao Fangping's endless training. And the anger value was already full.
Gao Fangping didn't know whether the time for the decisive battle was really ripe. Gao Fangping only knew that if he couldn't win now, he would never win.
Wenling is a large open valley. Although it can limit the enemy's route, it is difficult to ambush with the help of terrain. There are gains and losses. This is the condition for Cha Ge to dare to quickly send a vanguard army from Wenling.
At the same time, the terrain of Shilong Pass is wide open. Once it fails, it is difficult to hide the cover quickly and it is difficult to escape the ravages of the opponent's cavalry cluster.
So in military terms, this is also a battle against the enemy. There is no way out...
When the Yongle Army and the Beijing stationed in the 1st Beijing stationed in the battlefield, Gao Fangping pointed at the front with a whip on the horse and said, "This Shilong Pass has a hard geology and is difficult to dig deep into ditches to block the opponent's cavalry. It is the battlefield that is most conducive to the Xixia cavalry raid. There is no opportunity for me to mix infantry, so if I can't win, I will die. Now I don't want to use the Emperor's Sword to threaten everyone. I only have one sentence. I want to completely break the unbeaten myth of the Xixia cavalry in this place that is beneficial to the cavalry, in a field position warfare. Do you dare?"
"See the Prime Minister to fight again after he dies!"
The roar of the sky scared all kinds of birds in this world, and all kinds of rabbits, beasts and so on ran everywhere.
"Okay, no matter what you say, you will be useless. Either you will be hacked to death here or you will be hacked to death here. That's all." Gao Fangping laughed.
"..." Everyone looked at each other.
Lin Chong couldn't help but say, "Don't you need to build an offensive in advance to increase your defense?"
"It's useless. If an offensive is a force, it will increase the opponent's concerns on the contrary. They are cavalry, and if they retreat, we have no choice. So if we don't act hard-line and quickly and effectively eat the opponent's vanguard army, we will not be able to win when the Chage army arrives. Not all battles need to be mysterious, and the horn of the Jedi counterattack must be sounded shockingly. Those who die here will become martyrs who reverse my strategic initiative, and their reputation will be left in history." Gao Fangping said: "If you want to fight a tough battle this time, if you don't be a grandson, I will reverse it!"
"Hard battle, hard battle, hard battle, hard battle, hard battle, hard battle!" The berserkers finally went crazy.
Yes, since entering the war zone to train, Gao Fangping's troops have been fully mature. They have changed their clothes and re-equipped them to the battlefield, no longer need the protection of the city. They can't exert momentum. They just need to wait for the work in this Shilong Pass, and they are full of anger, waiting for the arrival of the Western Xia Army...
From Jinzhou to Hezhong Prefecture, the fastest light cavalry vanguard is expected to arrive in two days at the latest.
Then, these two days will be waiting for a relaxation and repair. Then, you must defeat the Western Xia vanguard Iron Cavalry in a very short time, and make further maneuvers before the main force of Chage's army arrives.
The news has dispersed, and Gao Fangping's troops are no cowards or hidden. When the main force of the Western Xia army headed south and intended to strategically siege Hezhong Prefecture, Gao Fangping's troops have made public statements in order not to lose the logistics center Hezhong Prefecture: to defend Wenling Shilong Pass and live and die together with the Hezhong Prefecture War Zone.
When Gao Fangping, who had always been treacherous and vulgar, made this decision, the entire Northwest War Zone was in an uproar.
This is definitely not fake, not smoke, because this is the official military newspaper delivered to the Western Front Army by the northern commander holding the sword of the Emperor.
The purpose is to prepare for Liu Yanqing's army and Zhong Shidao's army. Once Gao Fangping's army fails at Shilong Pass, it will maintain an inherent effective strategy to protect itself and drag it on with the concept of protracted war.
Once Gao Fangping's troops won the Wenling Battle, they officially sounded the horn of counterattack. Zong Shidao's troops divided their troops to completely cut off the logistics line of Xixia and launched a battle against the Zhuoluo Army north of the Great Wall. Liu Yanqing's troops gathered again and conquered the lost territory, and eventually trapped the main force of Chage's troops north of Hezhong Prefecture and south of Yan'an Prefecture. In the end, several large armies slowly surrounded and contracted.
If the cavalry troops that had lost their logistics lost their mobile space, then the Chage army would face the situation of being strategically surrounded and killed by infantry...
Chapter completed!