Chapter 972 Engineer Shovel
"Back to business, let's discuss how to fight this battle well." Chang Wei laughed with everyone for a while, and his expression became serious again.
The generals knew that the joke was over, so they all straightened their postures and pricked up their ears.
After pondering for a while, he came to a sand table.
Before he arrived, Ma Han asked the White Tiger Army's staff department to create a war sandbox for deduction.
Now on the sand table, there is a small wooden sign representing the Beidi people at the location of Yinshan Mountain. The Jinhe River section also marks the place where the Beidi people may have priority to cross, as well as the nearby minefields.
At the same time, the important roads leading to the south and the positions of the White Tiger Army's garrison were also marked.
The entire battlefield situation is clear at a glance.
"Currently in Yongzhou there are 80,000 people from the White Tiger Army, 50,000 from the Xuanwu Army, 120,000 from the Central Army, and 30,000 from Chen Hu's Independent Lancer Army, for a total of 280,000 people." Chang Wei said.
Although Chen Hu commanded 60,000 lancers to support Yongzhou this time, there were only 30,000 cavalry under his command.
The remaining 30,000 men all came from the other three armies, so only his 30,000 cavalry were counted.
"This time, Beidi went south with a fierce momentum. He and the Western natives wanted to eat up Dasong. They had the intention of fighting to the death. So they must break through the defense of Yongzhou at any cost, fight to the south of Yongzhou, and disrupt the entire war. situation.”
"In this case, they are the most anxious, so we will dig trenches and fortifications to wait for work, and let them get into trouble." Chang Wei analyzed.
The generals nodded after hearing this.
Relying on Qin-style rifles and newly installed breech-loaded artillery, their attack will certainly be very sharp.
But if it's defense, their advantage will be even greater.
Picking up the teaching stick, Chang Wei pointed to the sand table and issued an order, "From now on, the Central Army will be stationed in Lingwu County, the Xuanwu Army will be stationed in Dingbian County, and the White Tiger Army will be stationed in Yulin County. Trench fortifications will be established immediately."
The three points Chang Wei mentioned spanned the entire Yongzhou.
It belongs to three important military towns in the north of Yongzhou.
Among them, Lingwu County is in the east, Dingbian County is in the middle, and Yulin County is in the west.
Among the three counties, Lingwu County’s location is very important.
In the "Ji" shaped Jinhe River section in Yongzhou.
The position on the left side and the horizontal position above can be said to be undefeated. Both sides of the Jin River are flat pastures.
The rest of the places facing the river are mountains and cannot be walked together.
And on the left, where the mountains and grasslands meet is Lingwu County.
This county is bordered by the Jin River to the west and the rolling Zhutou Mountain to the east. There is a passage more than twenty miles wide in the middle, which allows you to go directly south and enter the hinterland of Qinzhou.
Because the location of Lingwu County is very important, he placed the Central Army in this position.
As for Dingbian County, it is a county town in the mountains of Yongzhou. The terrain is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Many of the mountain's southbound trails converge here.
If Beidi's soldiers and horses want to be broken into pieces, they can't go around here through the trails in the mountains.
Due to the narrow mountain road, it is not convenient for the deployment of large-scale troops, so there is no need to station too many troops here.
So he asked the Xuanwu Army to be stationed here. If Lingwu County is under heavy pressure, the Xuanwu Army will be asked to provide support at any time.
Yulin County is the gateway to Yongcheng, followed by mountains.
A spacious valley of about five miles leads directly to Yongcheng.
In front of Yulin County is the endless Hetao grassland.
He believes that besides Lingwu County, Beidi will definitely be the second direction to focus on attacking.
Therefore, he stationed the White Tiger Army here.
"Yes, General." The generals responded loudly.
Chang Wei is in charge of Yongcheng, and he is the supreme commander.
The three armies must obey his orders.
"General, where are our Lancers?" Chen Hu said timidly after Chang Wei's words fell.
Since taking over the Independent Cavalry Army, he can be said to be the most frustrated he has ever been.
Because they can't take much advantage in front of the Beidi cavalry.
They have never been able to fight independently, and basically serve as helpers for the infantry, doing some pursuit work after defeating them.
But since he was equipped with a cavalry rifle, he felt that the cavalry had been completely transformed. It had the mobility of the cavalry and the combat effectiveness of the infantry.
This time he came with enthusiasm and was ready to show off his skills.
Therefore, I extremely hope to get an important task.
When Chang Wei heard this, he looked at Chen Hu and laughed.
He said, "Don't be anxious. His Highness has given special instructions this time to give you cavalry a chance to fight against the Beidi cavalry. If you cavalry perform well and defeat the Beidi army, you will go north to the grassland and drive out the main force of Beidi." "
Chen Hu was immediately overjoyed, scratching his head and giggling.
Chang Wei continued, "So, I won't give you any orders this time. You can look for fighters on the battlefield and annihilate the opponent's cavalry."
In fact, he does not give orders, but it is the biggest order.
The lancers were given orders, and the lancers just gathered in one place to cooperate in combat.
If he doesn't give orders, the Lancers may have to face encirclement and suppression by all the Beidi Cavalry.
"The general will definitely not disappoint the general, nor will he disappoint His Highness." Chen Hu naturally understood this.
But he was not afraid and gave Chang Wei a military salute.
Chang Wei nodded, and then he said to all the generals, "From now on, take action immediately."
"Yes, General." Everyone turned and left, dispatching troops and horses to their respective stations.
Watching the generals leave, Chang Wei looked at the sand table with twinkling eyes.
Before the heavy snow and extreme cold weather, he had wanted to use grenades to blow up the ice in the narrow river section to prevent the Beidi people from crossing the river.
But he changed his mind and thought that this war seemed to be a great opportunity to destroy the Beidi army.
This is much better than going to the grassland in the future and looking for the Beidi people everywhere.
Now that the extreme cold weather has come, there may be too many frozen river sections on the river that stretches for thousands of miles, and it is impossible to blow them up by grenades and other explosive means. After all, there are too many and it is too late.
For this reason, the Beidi people will not give up this opportunity, which is more in line with his mind.
This time, in Yongzhou, he is bound to hit the Beidi hard.
After thinking for a while, he ordered the telegraph operator to send his arrangements to the palace in Yancheng and pass them to the King of Yan.
At this time in the palace.
Zhao Xu was discussing something with Yang Feng in the study.
Feng'er brought Chang Wei's telegram.
He glanced at it and felt that there was no problem, so he asked Feng'er to reply.
After Feng'er disappeared, he and Yang Feng continued their previous affairs.
"Old General, with this thing, it will be much more convenient for soldiers to dig trenches in the future. Not only that, but they can also cut trees and use them as weapons." Zhao Xu waved a short-handled shovel in his hand.
It was the folding engineer shovel he had tinkered with in the past two days.
He planned to mass-produce this thing and provide it to the army.