Wang Buxi, who was in charge of raising food and grass in Yunzhou, lost weight.
This time, Wang Buxi did not plan to borrow food from the people of Yunzhou, because this war was different from the previous one, and he did not know how long it would last.
Wang Buxi sent many people to Shuozhou, He and other places to buy grain, but before they could buy much, they received a new imperial edict from the emperor.
Although the official position is very good and the words are very beautiful, so far, Yunzhou has not received a grain of rice from Kyoto!
The fifty thousand reinforcements have not been seen yet!
The Yunzhou army has been waiting for the arrival of 50,000 reinforcements, and then handed over the seven towns of Yunzhou to the reinforcements before setting off again.
But now, the movement of the Tatar vanguard has been discovered north of Baihe, and they have begun to set up camp north of Baihe.
If Gu Nanxi doesn't move and lets them continue to push the front south, the Yunzhou army will face the situation of losing its water source!
"General, we have to leave!" Gu Hai was wearing armor all over his body and his thick eyebrows were furrowed tightly.
Gu Nanxi took a deep breath, this kind of large-scale struggle of hundreds of thousands, whether it was all the generals in Yunzhou or the entire Zhou Dynasty, had never happened since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
It is a difficult challenge just to get these hundreds of thousands of troops to go to the Baihe River and set up camp as planned.
"Alechuan, we can only take away ten days' worth of food and grass. Can you protect the safety of our logistics supply line?"
It's not that Gu Nanxi doesn't want to take more, but Yunzhou Up and down can only raise so much food and grass, and the remaining food and grass are still on the way.
Alchuan made a fist with his right hand and beat the back of his chest. His face was as firm as if he was ready to die: "I will fight to the death to complete the mission!"
Gu Nanxi nodded to Alchuan. , fully armed: "Let's go!"
The whole army gathered and prepared to go north and leave Fuming Town. After walking for about a day, the atmosphere was completely different.
Because from this day on, the Yunzhou army lost the cover of the city, exposing the main force in the wilderness and within the attack range of the Tatar cavalry.
The disadvantages of large-scale troop gatherings also slowly began to appear.
The well-trained Gu Jiajun is okay and everything is in order.
Of the grassland soldiers who joined temporarily, there were always some who couldn't control themselves and disliked the slow speed of the army, so they broke away from the team and came back in despair under the whip of the tribal leader.
The whole army looked disorganized and bloated.
In this regard, Gu Nanxi personally commanded, starting from dawn, to give full play to the role of grassroots cadres in the army and reorganize the army.
At Gu Hai's suggestion, the army gave up the formation of a long snake, and instead put the Gu family army in front, followed by Boss Li, followed closely by the grassland soldiers, Fu Mingyuan, Qin Bohuai guarding the left and right wings respectively, and the civilian husband The baggage was in the middle, and finally Gu Nanxi led a part of the Yunzhou cavalry to suppress it.
At the same time, Gu Nanxi also ordered that when marching, the spearmen should be arrayed in front, the crossbowmen should be held back, the baggage vehicles of each department should be arranged on the left and right for preparation, and the cavalry should also be arranged on both sides.
This is a typical marching formation to defend against cavalry raids.
Veteran Guohai, Qin Bohuai and others are actually not optimistic about this formation. It is not that there is a problem with the formation, but that there are nearly 50,000 prairie cavalry in it.
These cavalry have not received military training, and their constant fighting pattern is the same as that on the grassland.
It is a huge success to be able to get them to the predetermined location completely!
But the fact is that the prairie soldiers really followed the team honestly!
Because Gu Nanxi sent the grassland soldiers originally from Yunzhou Qibing to various grassland ministries!
These prairie soldiers, holding wooden plaques engraved with Gu Nanxi's autograph, can turn those prickly heads who don't take the tribal leaders seriously into docile lambs!
The role of promoting educational courses in the Yunzhou army has also been fully reflected at this moment.
The grassland soldiers who were sent to the tribe quickly organized a simple organizational structure based on what they learned in the military camp, and the minimum could be divided into units of ten people.
“As expected of a great general!” Gu Hai couldn’t help but admire. "Back then, many soldiers didn't understand ideological education in the army. Now it seems that the general is really far-sighted!" Gu Shisan was amazed by Gu Nanxi's operation.
He who can lead an army of ten thousand in battle is considered a general.
To be able to lead hundreds of thousands of troops into battle, he is definitely a handsome man!
The general is both a general and a handsome man.
After reorganizing the army, the army set off again. Hundreds of thousands of troops formed a formation, rolling forward like waves, majestic and almost endless.
After arriving at the predetermined location, the army set up camp according to the strategy of establishing a stronghold.
In such a war, preparation before the war begins determines half of the outcome of the war, and the rest depends on execution and response capabilities.
Gu Nanxi’s Chinese army is located on a small hillside on the south side of Baihe River.
Standing on the hillside, Gu Nanxi could finally see the full picture of this army of hundreds of thousands.
“Does it look like it’s so densely packed that you can’t even see the end?” Gu Hai came to say goodbye. He was going to the Zuo Army to wait for the opportunity to raid Wuzhou.
Gu Shisan, who came with him, said with a smile: "The Tatars claim to have an army of 500,000, and we also claim to have an army of 400,000."
In a war, you must release true and false news.
How many troops does the enemy have? Who is the general?
If we can know this information in advance, it will have a great impact on our own formation.
So before every war, false news is flying everywhere.
Gu Shisan: "Our Zuo Army actually only has 40,000 soldiers, but the leaked information is that it is 100,000. In order to confuse the Tatars, the soldiers will dig several more stove pits when cooking."
If there are enough supplies, Gu Hai plans to build more empty tents.
Unfortunately, this war came too hastily.
"General..." Gu Hai didn't know what to say, he looked at the fully armed general in front of him.
Both in appearance and body shape, she is a weak woman.
But she used her actual record to prove that she is the master of Yunzhou.
Through Gu Nanxi, Gu Hai seemed to see the once all-powerful Gu Zhanshen.
Gu Zhanshen died at his most glorious moment. Can Gu Nanxi cross this mountain and climb to the top?
In a daze, Gu Hai seemed to see the handsome Gu Zhanshen, showing off his daughter's portrait to his soldiers in a silly manner.
He hoped that the little girl could live in a heap of beauty and spend her life in wealth and joy.
But his little girl chose the loneliest and most difficult road in the world.
Gu Hai stabilized his mind and said silently in his heart, Boss, if you have a spirit in heaven, please fight alongside the general!
Gu Hai clasped his hands and gave a military salute to Gu Nanxi, then mounted his horse and ran towards the Zuo Army without looking back.
Gu Nanxi stood there and watched them leave.
Everything has been arranged in the pre-war analysis, and all that is left is to wait for the moment when the horn blows!
(End of this chapter)