Chapter 287 Simulation
After more than a day's trek, Zhao Xu arrived at Yancheng. Read
The arrival of Xie's food solved his last worries.
As long as the soldiers of the Southern Camp complete three months of training.
Once all the flintlock rifles in the Nanfang District are delivered, he can attack Jinzhou.
For him, this time point should not be delayed too long.
The reason is simple. If he continues like this, he will only be exploited by the Jinzhou nobles and use expensive coal.
And this is unacceptable because it seriously affects the development of the four counties.
"Your Highness, according to your instructions, the Jinzhou sand table is completed." Chang Wei said.
After returning to the palace to rest for an hour, Zhao Xu set off for the North Camp.
Now there is a special courtyard in the North Camp, and all the rooms in the courtyard are used to store sand tables.
The plaque in front of the courtyard door is hung with the five words "War Command Courtyard".
Behind Chang Wei are the generals who are about to go to Jinzhou to fight this time.
From the captain to the lieutenant level.
Zhao Xu entered the room first.
The room was spacious, with a five-meter-long sand table in the middle.
The mountains, rivers, and passes of Jinzhou were clearly visible on the sand table.
There were red and blue flags on both sides of the sand table, which were used for simulating confrontation.
Zhao Xu walked around the sand table and finally stood on the east side of the sand table. "Now you are divided into two teams, red and blue. Red represents the royal army and blue represents the Xiliang army. Now deduce this battle on the sand table."
The royal army was equipped with artillery and now flintlock rifles.
This army is transitioning from a traditional ancient army to a modern army in a short period of time.
But for an army, the transition cannot be just weapons, but also tactics and decision-making systems.
He explained a lot of tactics to the generals in the school.
And sand table deduction is a way to simulate and train tactics.
After a pause, he continued, "I will lead the blue team to command the Xiliang army, and Chang Wei, you will lead the red team to command the royal army."
The other generals looked at each other, and after a brief exchange, they split into two groups and stood behind the two men.
Chang Wei chuckled twice, "Your Highness, I will be disrespectful to refuse."
He knew very well that if he commanded the Xiliang army, there would be no need to continue this deduction.
The King of Yan would defeat him in a flash.
At the same time, the King of Yan, playing the role of the Xiliang army, could also check their ability to command the firearms army.
"Just show off your skills." Zhao Xu said with a smile, "But I remind you that the Xiliang army under my command can cheat."
"Cheat?" Chang Wei and the generals were confused, "What is this?"
"In short, I have the right to make the Xiliang army stronger at will, let the Xiliang army play to its maximum strength, or fight beyond their maximum strength."
Chang Wei was immediately furious when he heard it, "Your Highness, isn't this cheating?"
"It is cheating. What I want is that you can fight well even if you cheat, but don't worry, I won't go too far." Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows.
Chang Wei and the generals behind him immediately looked bitter.
But the order of King Yan was here, so they could only stand firm.
The generals behind Zhao Xu were all excited.
They had the same idea as Zhao Xu, that is, to ravage them.
"Let's start." Without any other questions, Zhao Xu asked a general on his side to insert the blue chess piece outside Feihu Pass.
This is the camp of Xiliang at Feihu Pass.
If you want to enter Jinzhou, you must first conquer this camp.
Chang Wei thought about it and asked the generals behind him to discuss how to take down this camp at the lowest cost.
A quarter of an hour later, Chang Wei and others nodded.
Chang Wei said: "I will use 4,000 spearmen as the front, 8,000 flintlock musketmen in the middle, and 2,000 light cavalry as the rear. Then I will order the artillery to set up an artillery position on this mound, and bombard the Xiliang camp with artillery to cause chaos. Then I will order the front army and the middle army to advance and attack it. If it is defeated, the light cavalry will chase and kill it."
Zhao Xu nodded slightly. Chang Wei's tactics are still good.
Hearing Chang Wei's words, the generals behind Zhao Xu began to rack their brains, thinking about how they would respond if they were the commander of Xiliang.
Then they discussed again.
Zhao Xu also thought about all the possibilities.
After a while, the generals summarized their ideas and told him.
"Before your army appeared at Feihu Pass, my Xiliang spies had already found out and sent someone to the camp. Our army ambushed 1,000 archers and 2,000 sword and shield soldiers in the mountains and forests on both sides at night. When your army came out of the pass, the camp sent out another 1,000 archers to attack your front army. At the same time, 2,000 iron pagodas attacked, causing chaos in your front army. The flintlock musketeers were exposed in front of the iron pagodas. At this time, the ambushes on both sides rushed out together..." Zhao Xu tapped the Feihu Pass with his baton in his hand.
"Your Highness, the iron pagodas of Xiliang can't disrupt the front army of the royal palace." Chang Wei said.
After saying that, Chang Wei regretted it. Not to mention that no one can tell on the battlefield, not to mention that the King of Yan has the right to cheat.
So Chang Wei and the generals discussed again how to avoid such a situation.
"Before leaving the pass, I will have people search the mountains and forests on both sides carefully. Only when it is safe will the army go out. If an ambush is found, set it on fire. At the same time, have the soldiers carry the barricades and place them in front of the army. When the iron pagoda is within a hundred meters, the spearmen kneel on the ground, and the flintlock gunmen shoot three times. At the same time, the artillery bombards..." Chang Wei frowned and said, his expression became serious.
Zhao Xu laughed lightly.
Compared with the rough tactics last time, Chang Wei's tactics this time were obviously much more sophisticated.
And this is the benefit of deduction, gathering the efforts of everyone to solve difficult problems.
Chang Wei and others gathered manpower to crack it, so that the generals could consider all situations when going to the battlefield.
Next, Zhao Xu presented many problems and even gave the Xiliang archers the ability to break armor.
The Xiliang soldiers were also given hammer-type cold weapons that could deal with plate armor.
Although Chang Wei and others were miserable, they all acted as if they were really making decisions on the battlefield.
Until evening fell, the house gradually became dark.
Chang Wei pushed the army to the foot of Jin City, and Zhao Xu announced that today's confrontation drill was over.
"How do you feel?" Zhao Xu asked with a smile as the generals arrived in the courtyard.
This is the first time the generals have officially conducted a sand table simulation.
Chang Wei's face showed the exhaustion left by intense thinking, and he said: "I have to say that this sand table is very useful. Not only them, but also the general also found that he has many shortcomings."
With excitement hidden in his eyes, he said: "In the future, we will make rules to let the generals come here regularly to deduce wars. Only in this way can they improve their command capabilities. At the same time, before each battle, the generals will also let the generals go out to fight." Let’s deduce it.”
Zhao Xu nodded, "That's right, there will be sandboxes in other states for you to practice on."
Chang Wei's eyes lit up when he heard this.
This sandbox not only provides them with a place for deduction.
It also gave them a more intuitive understanding of Jinzhou's topography.
This is equally important to generals.
Coming out of the command center, Zhao Xu asked Chang Wei casually.
"How many flintlock muskets have been delivered to you by the Military Division?"