Chapter 516 Military Discussion and Division
On July 16, the armies spent a whole day marching across the city to clean up the remaining enemies.
Shao Xun was not in a hurry to go in. He planned the next phase of the war with his staff in the camp outside the city.
To some extent, Yecheng can be regarded as the third capital of the imperial dynasty. The city is large in scale and has complete facilities. It is the largest city in Hebei and one of the few great cities in the world.
Well, don’t be afraid when you see a big city. In fact, big cities are not necessarily easy to defend.
Just a question, have you seen the Tang army guarding Chang'an? No.
No one is a fool. Don't regard those generals who have experienced battles as ignorant of soldiers. There is a reason why Chang'an is not defended. This city cannot be defended at all.
For a city wall with a circumference of dozens of kilometers, one person standing one meter would need 40,000 soldiers. In fact, this density is simply not enough. It would have to be doubled and doubled again - it is simply unrealistic.
The city wall is only over five meters high. It lacks city defense facilities and is very thin. It can be easily destroyed. Even the city walls in many counties are stronger than it.
There is a large population in the city, and the consumption of food is astronomical. As soon as there is a slight siege, everyone will eat each other immediately.
Which wise man wants to guard Chang'an?
At this time, Luoyang and Yecheng were not as big as Chang'an and Luoyang in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and were not even as big as Yecheng and Luoyang in the Southern and Northern Dynasties - the Northern Wei Dynasty would have all the residential areas outside Luoyang at this time. After entering, the outer city was built, and the city area increased several times.
But no matter how small Luoyang or Yecheng is, without tens of thousands of troops, it is really difficult to defend them.
Shao Xun doubted how many people Shi Le could summon now.
"Liang Xi and others used the people of Jizhou to draw materials from the mountains and forests of Shangdang. The magnificent system can be seen in the Wenchang and Tingzheng palaces, the golden tiger and bronze sparrow towers, the Minghe and Catalpa palaces..." At the meeting, Hu Wufu shook his head and talked about the old story of building Ye City during the Cao Wei years.
“Ye City is solidified by three platforms, just like the Jinyong City in Luoyang.”
“There are gardens and forests in the west of Ye, and the city walls are short and thin, so it is not difficult to pull them out.”< br>
Shao Xun listened quietly and nodded repeatedly.
He has been to Yecheng once and has some impressions about it. Yecheng itself is actually not difficult to attack, and you can even capture part of it. However, the three towers in the western half are relatively strong, like Jinyong City, which is very difficult. Capture.
In his impression, the last ones to fall in Luoyang and Yecheng in the original time and space were Jin Yong City and Santai.
With these two places, we can definitely hold on for a long time and see the battle again and again, if there is food.
"Ye has three solid platforms, connecting Taihang to the west, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and serving as a thoroughfare. It is truly the backbone of the world and the throat of Hebei. If the Ming Dynasty can get it, he can move here like Cao Mengde. ." As he spoke, Hu Wufuzhi's thinking began to diverge and he began to digress.
Shao Xun frowned after hearing this.
Other generals looked sideways at Hu Wufu.
They are based in Henan and are absolutely unwilling to go to Yecheng. Hu Guanyanguo, what on earth are you talking about? Who ordered you?
Hu Wufuzhi seemed not to notice, and continued: "How late it was for Shile to go south! This shows the difficulty in raising military rations. I thought that there were not many defenders in Yecheng, and there was not much food. Ming Gong can boldly go north and annihilate them in one battle."
"Oh?" Shao Xun was a little interested and asked, "Do you think Shi Le will fight me?"
"Shi Le? If he fled without fighting, he would have no choice but to serve as an official for Liu Cong. For him, it would be better to fight. Escape, or rely on Liu Cong. Since Liu Cong will take care of him no matter what, it is better to fight. "
"Yan Guo saw it very accurately this time." Shao Xun praised: "I also expected Shi Le to fight me, but I don't know whether it will be a city defense battle or a field battle, or whether he will send elite cavalry to penetrate deep into my rear to harass me."
There is only one road from Yecheng to Fangtou. More than one hundred and ninety miles.
One person and three horses can only take two days.
One person and two horses, only three days.
A person consumes three kilograms of grain a day, and a horse consumes nine to ten kilograms - if it is not enough, you can graze for a while.
In other words, carrying sixty kilograms of dry food, Shile's cavalry could move in the wild for two to three days, and basically did not need to graze.
If you can graze, the food consumption rate will slow down and the activity time will be longer.
This is the advantage of cavalry: short-range explosive power.
Shao Xun thought for a while and found that Shi Le had two possible ways to deal with it.
One is that the infantry defends the city, and the cavalry uses explosive power to harass his food routes in the wild. In fact, it is still the same trick as before.
The second is to pull out the entire army and engage in a main battle with him under the city of Yecheng.
Both of these possibilities exist, and both are what Shao Xun is happy to see.
The last thing he wanted to see was that Shi Le abandoned the defense of Yecheng and ran away!
In that case, it would be like the Xiongnu's first attack on Guanzhong, with so many enemies falling, and if they were not beaten cleanly, they would have to attack a second time.
After all, if Shi Le’s soldiers surrender, can you really be trusted? Are you really not going to rebel?
Unless he is cruel and tyrannical, he might as well just trap and kill all of Shi Le's surrendered soldiers, no matter if they are 50,000 or 100,000, kill them all.
Let’s not talk about his unwillingness to do this, but the consequences of doing so are not what he wants to see - from now on, the enemy soldiers will fight to the death, and the price is too high.
"Ming Gong, I think Shi Le may stick to Yecheng. He should have tens of thousands of troops at hand. Although Yecheng is big, thirty or forty thousand people are enough. If it doesn't work, you can retreat to Santai. This is A place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack may turn around if we delay." Wang Que'er said from the side.
Shao Xun nodded and looked at the others.
Sili Colonel Yu Chen stroked his beard, pondered for a moment, and said, "Ming Gong, you must be prepared for a decisive battle with Shi Le."
"Why do you say that?" Shao Xun asked.
“When Shi Le fights against the city, the soldiers will be calm, and if the mind is calm, their morale will be strong. This is one of them.”
"Secondly, if we can win in one battle, it will be difficult for our infantry to retreat, or it will suffer great losses. Is it difficult for Shi Le to pursue and capture ten thousand people? In this case, Hebei will be settled. After Ming Gong was defeated and returned to Henan , or someone makes trouble and the situation becomes chaotic, it will give Shi Le an opportunity."
"Thirdly, if Shi Le avoids the battle and leaves, I don't think his troops will be able to be saved? When Liu Cong issued an edict to mobilize troops into Guanzhong, would Shi Le listen or not?"
At this point, Yu Chen paused, then looked at the crowd and said directly: "Yes. As far as Shi Le is concerned, it doesn't make much difference whether the army is defeated in Yecheng and killed by Ming Gong, or it is annexed by Liu Cong. Anyway, Shi Le has only one way to fight against the city and defeat Ming Gong. "< br>
My father-in-law is really reliable! Shao Xun secretly praised in his heart.
He also preferred that Shi Le would fight with him, but the reason was different from Yu Chen. They are all people who want to dominate the world. They will run away without a fight. Go home and farm as soon as possible!
Anyway, Shao Xun would never be able to do such a thing in a different place. Without him, he didn’t want to be despised by the warriors.
To put it bluntly, it is prestige.
A careerist in troubled times still cares about things like prestige.
With prestige, you can even let your men go hungry for a day or two to fight. Without prestige, you can make them eat and drink well, but they will still be unruly and defiant.
The founding emperor's eyes could make the murderous generals tremble with fear.
The emperor in the peaceful years had to rely on various conspiracies and power to restrain his generals.
The founding emperor laughed and scolded, with a distinctive personality. He would scold and beat whenever he wanted.
Emperor Taiping, with a sinister air, weaves conspiracies, euphemistically called the "emperor's mind". To put it bluntly, he does it as a last resort when his prestige is insufficient.
Shao Xun has a high prestige in the military. Wherever he stands, everyone respects him.
He has been careful to maintain his prestige.
He didn’t believe that Shi Le didn’t care about prestige.
"Jin Zheng, what do you have to say?" Shao Xun looked at his beloved disciple again and asked.
"Ming Gong, if Shi Le is still a man, he should fight to the death." Jin Zheng said loudly: "If he dares to avoid the battle, bah, he has no eggs, it is nothing to worry about. Then we will attack Yecheng directly. , Shi Le’s wife and concubines will be presented to Master Shao.”
“How to speak?” Shao Xun couldn’t stand it anymore and cursed with a smile.
Jin Zheng suddenly understood, glanced at Yu Chen, and smiled.
"Dao Hui, you didn't say a word, but what are you thinking about?" Shao Xun looked at Xi Jian and said warmly.
"Ming Gong, I think Shi Le will definitely go to war, and he can't afford to delay it." Xi Jian said.
"Yes." Shao Xun nodded and asked, "Why do you say that?"
"It's already mid-July." Xi Jian said, "Wait until August. The fields are full of millet and wheat, and if Shile is trapped in the isolated city, Ming Gong can send people to harvest grain to supply the army. In this way, even if it snows heavily, there will be no worries about insufficient military supplies. "
Shao Xun laughed when he heard this.
Isn’t this a replica of Liu Yu’s attack on Nan Yan?
On the way to the march, his food road was not without losses, but the Xianbei cavalry was never able to completely cut it off and failed to starve Liu Yu's army - the food road was repeatedly attacked and there were losses. , but food has always been transported to the front line.
When we enter Shandong in August, the fields are full of mature grains, which can be harvested at will, and there are no longer restrictions on grain roads.
At this time, the countdown to Nan Yan's demise has begun. The Xianbei cavalry was forced to launch a desperate charge against Liu Yu's army under Guanggu City, and the results were naturally disastrous.
How similar, how similar!
"Chang Can, what do you say?" Shao Xun finally looked at General Long Xiang and the shogunate supervisor Chang Can and asked.
"The Jie cavalry can't beat Er'er. In the battle of Anyang Bridge, the soldiers attacked the cavalry with infantry, and the cavalry retreated one after another." Chang Can said: "I listen to Duke Ming."
" "Okay!" Shao Xun slapped the table, stood up, took two steps, glanced at everyone, and said, "In three days, we will go north to attack Ye."
"Nuo," the generals responded in unison.
Shao Xun paused and said, "Yan Guo, write me a letter and send it to everyone in Yecheng."
Hu Wufu spread out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and read By Shao Xun.
"Just a few." Shao Xun said: "First, since the late emperor, Hebei has been in chaos many times, and the imperial court has sent out many warriors, which has greatly defeated the bandits. In the battle of Feixiang, the owl jackals and wild horses in Hebei were killed. The battle, the evil atmosphere in Jingye City."
"Secondly, the remnants of Shileben Jisang harmed the common people and polluted the loyal and good people. "Shuang, the law must be punished, and the situation is difficult to forgive."
When Hu Wufuzhi wrote this, he paused for a moment, and then started writing again.
He understood Chen Gong's attitude towards Shi Le: he must be killed.
"Third." Shao Xun continued: "If any of the soldiers who were coerced by Shi Le knew their righteousness and repented, disbanded their armor, hid their bows, and returned to their hometowns, they would not be asked. The idle land given by Shi Le will still be He is ordered to farm without any recourse. "
"Fourth, how can the people of the great country and the people of Zhongxia stay in Jiehu for a long time? ”
“Fifth, some scholars are forced to serve as pseudo-officials in counties and counties due to fierce power. If they can be deeply ashamed of their past mistakes, change their ways, and surrender the city, I can go to the imperial court and be appointed as an official, but still retain my old position."
Hu Wufu's writing is as fast as a dragon and a snake, and he is thinking at the same time.
Obviously, these are all aimed at dividing and disintegrating the Shile Group.
Shi Le allocated fields and houses to the soldiers, but Chen Gong still admitted that as long as you disarm and return to the fields, return to your hometown and resume work, and no longer work for Shi Le.
If someone kills a general of the Shile Group and takes his head to demote him, he will be promoted and make a fortune.
The county officials appointed by Shi Le can surrender now. Guild Chen will fight for you and turn the "pseudo officials" into "official officials". The interests will not be lost at all, but the allegiance will be changed.
In short, Shi Le only punishes one crime and never asks for threats.
Da Hu is bound to die, and Chen Gong must be killed. You still have a chance to survive, so don't make the mistake.
After Hu Wufuzhi finished recording, he thought for a moment, then began to polish the manuscript, and then handed it over to Shao Xun for review.
After Shao Xun read it, he ordered: "Send a lot of people to copy it and scatter it in key roads, villages and cities. Xian Ling knows it. The rest of them prepare their troops and horses and get ready for war. I am invincible in this battle, and I will never return if I win.”
(End of this chapter)