173. Chapter 172 Strategic Direction

Author: Use your soul to aim

Chapter 172 Strategic Direction

Shuofang City, Legislative School.

After completing the inventory of the military fields in Piantuguan Town, it was already July. Zhang Zongxian did not rush to Xuanfu, but returned to Shuofang City.

After returning to Shuofang City, Zhang Zongxian convened a meeting with members of the Legislative Ministry of War and the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Determine the next strategic direction.

The reason why we need to hold this meeting is, firstly, because we have already taken control of six of the nine border towns of the Ming Dynasty, and the next step is Xuanfu Town.

Xuanfu Town is responsible for defending the capital. It is close to the capital and has close ties with the nobles of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, it cannot carry out mass killings like other towns.

Therefore, Zhang Zongxian planned to launch a war against Lin Dan Khan and annex Xuanfu Town during the war.

Secondly, as more and more land is reclaimed outside the border wall, more and more people settle outside the border wall. With more people, there are more things to do, so corresponding management policies must be in place.

Third, as the control area becomes larger and larger, the defense pressure is also increasing, and it is also necessary to determine the future defense layout.

In the newly built building of the college, in the simulated combat conference room belonging to the officer class, all members of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Civil Affairs gathered here to participate in the meeting.

In this combat conference room, there is a sand table of the Ming Dynasty that was made under the personal guidance of Zhang Zongxian.

The entire sand table covers all the countries, rivers, mountains, and plains surrounding the Ming Dynasty, and they are all displayed on the sand table in proportion.

The meeting started with the first topic, which was the review of Lin Dan Khan's combat plan. As the chief of general staff, Liangchen was responsible for introducing the combat plan formulated by the general staff.

The good minister walked to the sand table, saluted everyone present, hit his right chest with a fist in his left hand, and then shouted:

"My Way"

The disciples present responded collectively:

"My Way"

Then the formal explanation began:

Lin Dan Khan currently controls the Liaohe Hetao area, claiming to control the line of 400,000 people. Although the Tatar militiamen are indistinguishable, the staff estimates that Lin Dan Khan can control up to 60,000 horsemen. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong, his troops were at the gate. During the Ming Dynasty, the number of troops from Guangning to Jinzhou was

Only 30,000 people were mobilized for the hundred-mile defense line.

Therefore, the staff estimated that Lin Dan Khan's troops could dispatch up to 60,000 cavalry, most of which were light cavalry. There was a Qingxue army of less than 10,000 people personally commanded by Lin Dan Khan. This cavalry should be a heavy armored cavalry.

In this battle, our army plans to dispatch thirty cavalry brigades and ten infantry brigades to fight with three times the strength of the opponent. First, the cavalry and infantry will cover each other, and military stations will be established along the way, all the way to Chahanhot, the capital established by Lin Dan Khan.

March forward and force the enemy to engage in a decisive battle with our army.

If the enemy does not engage in a decisive battle with our army, then our army will occupy the enemy's capital and rely on the enemy's capital to take advantage of our army's strength to sweep the surrounding grasslands until the enemy's army is wiped out.

As for the border troops in Xuanfu Town, after the master brings them into the grassland, our army will reorganize them and then use them as baggage trains. It is estimated that the Xuanfu border troops can dispatch 60,000 troops.

The above is our army’s battle plan this time.

The advantage lies with me, I am not worried about failure, but Zhang Zongxian is worried that he cannot completely annihilate Lin Dan Khan's tribe. After all, they are Tatars, and they may not care about the survival of the capital. It would be okay if they just escape.

They were afraid that they would defect to Jiannu, and the Horqin tribe was married to Jiannu, so after defeating Lin Dan Khan, Jiannu would take advantage and increase his strength.

Zhang Zongxian pointed to the Horqin tribe on the sand table and said:

"The plan is good, but I think it is too conservative. With the Xuanfu troops and horses, our army's strength reaches 200,000. Can we make a large roundabout to trap all the enemy's troops, leaving them only

You can run north, but you can't go east to seek refuge with the slaves."

After Zhang Zongxian finished speaking, the staff members present fell into deep thought and soon began to discuss on the sand table.

Soon the staff came up with a new plan and divided the army into three. One group carried out the original plan with twenty cavalry brigades and ten infantry brigades.

The other force, with five cavalry brigades, went straight into the vicinity of Taining Guard, which was Tongliao in the previous life.

The third unit is also composed of five cavalry brigades, which directly penetrates into the rear garrison of Guangning. Further east from here is Tieling and Kaiyuan.

The first five infantry brigades will be gradually deployed, restoring the original Kaiping Guard, Quaning Guard, Guangning Houtun Guard, and setting up forward bases in Yingchang and Gyeongju.

This time it was very bold, but Zhang Zongxian was worried about the troops that directly penetrated the Taining Guards. He felt that they would be attacked from both sides by Horqin and Lin Danhan. So he suggested that the staff abandon the penetration of this unit and instead strengthen the attack on the Guangning Guards.

strength.

After all, it is close to Tieling and Kaiyuan, and his brothers are stationed there. If the foreign slaves also come to intervene, they can retreat to Tieling and Kaiyuan when necessary.

After final comprehensive consideration, the General Staff canceled the opportunity to penetrate directly into the Taining Guards, strengthened the cavalry of this unit into the team that implemented the original plan, and strengthened ten cavalry brigades for the team that directly penetrated into the Guangning rear guard.

Currently, the Legislative Army distinguishes cavalry brigades and infantry brigades based on whether the brigade is equipped with artillery. In the Legislative Army, both cavalry brigades and infantry brigades are equipped with horses, and both have high mobility. However, the horses of the cavalry brigade are better. On weekdays,

The training is also more focused on horseback tactics.

After finalizing the battle plan, Zhang Zongxian asked about supplies.

There is no problem in supplying supplies. Whether it is food or weapons, the logistics department has sufficient reserves.

As for transportation, since this battle has enough troops, the border troops of Xuanfu will also join. A military station will be set up every fifty miles on the supply road. Each military station will be equipped with a battalion of troops. An infantry brigade will be deployed to fight with Xuanfu.

After the border troops are mixed, they will be left in these military stations. Two cavalry brigades will also be left as a mobile force to support the military stations under attack.

After finalizing the battle plan, the Ministry of War set the time for dispatching troops after the autumn harvest. In this way, young men from various places could be mobilized to fill the defense vacancies after the large armies were transferred.

Then there is the issue of management of the people outside the border wall. As more and more people come to reclaim land outside the border wall, management issues in various places are urgent. Now most of the people outside the border wall live in settlements.

Civil affairs management in various places is basically laissez-faire. Civil neighbor disputes in the village are resolved by the village chief, while in the city they are handled by the military police. Shuofang City is jointly managed by a council composed of workshop owners and the college.

Systematic and efficient civil administration had not been established for the entire land outside the border wall. At this time, the cabinet had not yet reacted. It did not know that so much land had been reclaimed outside the border wall, and thought it was just a guard station rebuilt.

Once the cabinet reacts, it will inevitably send officials to manage it. This will not be a wedding dress for others, so a corresponding civil affairs management system must be established as soon as possible.
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