Chapter 629: Shrimp fishing on Kaifeng River

Zhang Shougui was indeed close to the 113 high ground. He first received information from Zhao Hanzhang, saying that the 113 high ground had been broken through and the remaining troops were not large. When the large army came, he could push it past.

At the same time, the news came that Zhao Hanzhang was in his own location. When he passed by the Er-25 Highland, he found someone above him. There was also an ambush in the nearby low-lying areas. He also had a scout battle with the team that did not know the number, and the other party had already left.

He also said something guaranteed, saying that he would be like a sharp knife, inserted tightly into the enemy's heartland, so that the enemy would not be able to go smoothly no matter what action he did.

When he first received the news, Zhang Shougui was happy for a while and felt that victory was in sight. When he was about to advance quickly, he suddenly hesitated.

"Measure the wind direction and wind speed, the glider team takes off, and reconnaissance the high ground one by one." Zhang Shougui resisted the urge to directly issue a sudden order, slowed down the troops and dispatched the reconnaissance team.

Soon, the messenger replied: "The report was that the fortifications in the 113th Highlands were messy and mostly destroyed. From the air, you can vaguely see wounded people lying in various places. When my reconnaissance troops flew past, they were not attacked. It was finished."

"It's so... so hanging, Zhao Hanzhang, you've cheated me to death." Zhang Shougui cursed Zhao Hanzhang in a low voice.

He turned his head to look at the generals in the room and asked, "Did you see anything?"

"I guess that the other party should have a little counterattack, so we should show our weakness first, wait for our army to rush forward and catch us off guard. According to General Zhao's information, the other party should have a battalion or a half battalion's troops at one or three highs.

However, the number of wounded soldiers is less than 100, and the other people must have been ambushed. Our army should open the artillery and take down the high ground in one go. This is called taking advantage of the situation."

A general expressed his analysis and waited for Zhang Shougui to approve it.

Zhang Shougui didn't look at him directly: "Are you a fool to be the other party's commander? They just suffered an attack, can they not know the power of the cannon now?

If you dare to set up this formation, it is probably either really empty or have a bigger backhand. Our army rushed over directly. If the other party really has a backhand, tell me, how do you calculate the loss?"

The general who spoke just now stopped talking, but he was unwilling to accept it. Since he didn't know why he said that the method he proposed was wrong?

Zhang Shougui continued: "I'm worried that this is a trap. Zhao Hanzhang rushed too quickly. The troops along the way were not cleaned up. He thought his weapons were advanced and wanted to rush over and face the opponent's main force directly, and then determine which unit the opponent belongs to.

I don’t think about it. If the other party is Wang Juan’s main force, can he take advantage of it? If not, he will try his best to keep his brigade. It’s not good."

Speaking of this, Zhang Shougui was shocked and said to the messenger: "Send a message to the vanguard General Zhao, and order him to retreat quickly and join our army without delay. Our army will camp on the spot and guard against the surroundings and not move around."

Zhang Shougui's army, more than 10,000 people, immediately began to station according to the terrain, and various fortifications were built. The generals acted according to Zhang Shougui's orders, but no one objected this time.

Because they remembered something, Yang Qiang's first brigade launched a charge against others without even setting up camp.

As a result, they survived the artillery fire attacks again and again, and finally completed the sneak attack and siege. It is still unknown whether anyone in the brigade survived.

"My opponent is the outstanding commander of the military academies of Zhang and Wang families. It is excellent and very excellent. Usually I can think of it. People can think of it. Be cautious. At worst, I can do it step by step."

Zhang Shougui once again emphasized to himself who his opponent was, but he actually changed his previous combat command personality at the critical moment. He was no longer the tactic of constantly looking for opportunities to take advantage of opportunities and causing a lot of damage to the enemy.

I started to take a steady route, I was afraid, I was afraid that I would make a quick move and be plotted against by others. By then, the soldiers would be gone, and my officials would probably be gone, and the central army would easily be dragged to death by myself.

Zhao Hanzhang received the telegram very slowly. However, he led an army of 4,000 people to march very fast. He forced his troops to travel. When he was one hour away from the Qisanqi Highland, the scouts from both sides first came into contact.

When he received the telegram from behind and wanted to take the order to retreat, he killed the enemy in the depression on the way, and the messenger ran in.

"Reported that the remaining ten gliders of our army were knocked out by the enemy with a powerful crossbow. One person survived by chance and was seriously injured. The news was sent back that two regiments of enemy forces appeared behind our army and behind the left side. The advancement was very fast and would immediately block our army's retreat."

"Reported, the enemy appeared behind our army and was advancing very quickly. Most of our scouts were shot and killed by the enemy. The scouts who came back reported that the enemy had cut off our army's retreat and hoped to take over."

Two consecutive commissars came in to report, one of which was obtained from the glider troops, and the other was a scout. The scout was a little slower and the enemy was advancing faster.

"Camping on the spot, the team was divided into two, and two thousand people formed a defensive circle, forming a horn with each other, fast." Zhao Hanzhang no longer considered attacking the enemy's high ground for a while, but turned from attack to defense.

He also knew who the opponent he was facing was. Since the enemy could dispatch four regiments, it means that at least it was the division's organization. Could the command personnel be poor?

"When I send a report back, our army cannot complete the retreat mission and is surrounded. Please instruct me." Zhao Hanzhang couldn't think of a better solution. He wanted to stick to the support, for fear of implicating his troops behind him, and wanted to break through the siege, but was worried about disrupting the deployment of the rear army.

As soon as Zhang Shougui received the news from Zhao Hanzhang, he felt that his head had become bigger. He looked at the one-three high ground on the sand table and said, "They want to force me to attack, or take a detour to rescue the forward. Let me talk about it, what should I do?"

The generals also found that the situation was wrong. The people who just said they wanted to take down the high ground in one go, and they dared not have that idea anymore, and said:

"A strong attack will definitely not work. Even if it is attacked, our army's ammunition will be consumed too much. When our army starts to land, we should not leave the area near Hangzhou, but should stabilize the defense line there and wait for the army behind to arrive. If the ammunition supply cannot be kept up, how can we fight the battle?"

"Ask you, what did you ask about before? When I gave the order, you didn't object. Now you want to force me down first? What should you do now?"

Zhang Shougui slapped the table and scolded the other party.

The man was shocked. He was speechless just now. He analyzed the situation and started from the reasons. When he saw the general angry, he whispered: "Let's take a detour. I suggest taking a detour. General Zhao still has 4,000 people. He went around to a place where the enemy's defense was relaxed. He worked hard to cooperate with General Zhao and rescue General Zhao's men and put them together.

Then retreat back and return to the port of Hangzhou, supply ammunition and food, and make plans. Otherwise, the last bullet will be shot away, and our army will have to fight with the enemy for bayonets, but the enemy will have bows and crossbows."

"Then do you know how many people there are in total in the enemy? Our army went around and walked around. When we met the forward, the opponent surrounded the forward in the direction of the forward.

If we come to 14,000 people, we may enter a larger encirclement. What we are advanced is weapons, not speed, and we also need two legs to walk. That little horse is used to pull cannon trucks. What should we do if we are surrounded?"

Zhang Shougui continued to ask.

Now everyone stopped talking.

Zhang Shougui circled around the sand table, muttering as he turned: "Our army is not suitable for fighting tough battles. The best terrain is the highlands for defense, or the plains, but why do we have to attack?

Oh, I remembered that we used advanced weapons to lead the Tang Dynasty soldiers to fight against the indigenous people. Yes, we are the invading side. Oh, these indigenous people are so smart that they know themselves and their enemies.

If you want to win when you arrive at the place, you have to destroy at least 60,000 main forces of the natives. If they hide, it would be easier to do so and send various reconnaissance units out to find them.

Now it’s true and false. If something goes wrong, there must be something that has not been calculated. Think about it, calm down, and think about it carefully.”

Zhang Shougui was playing around, and the other generals started to work on their own affairs again.

After two quarters of an hour, Zhang Shougui, who was turning around, suddenly stopped, slapped his hands hard, and laughed: "Ha~! I know where the problem lies.

Our army should gather together, connect the logistics supply route, and then use the personnel configuration of the large army to find the opponent's main force. When we find that the opponent is guarding the mountain, we first surround the mountain.

When the shells sent by the logistics came up, they kept bombarding them, first cut off their supplies, and then exploded their living forces. If they organized other troops to fight back, our army could fight a defensive battle according to the terrain.

In this way, we will turn the command and soldiers into weapons and logistics supply. Even if the logistics supply is the same, our weapons have the advantage. Yes, just do that."

After figuring out the matter, Zhang Shougui got happy and ordered the messenger: "Send it to the vanguard, let them defend temporarily, build fortifications, save ammunition, and respond to changes in the same way as the enemy dares to fight an annihilation battle, and deal with the enemy with great force.

What are the supplies for food and grass? Let them find ways to find their own ways to use local materials, to feed horses for people to eat, to kill them, and there are wild vegetables, birds and beasts, so that they can persist.

Tell them that every day that lasts for an extra day will increase the pressure on the enemy by one point. Our army will soon contact the central army and let the central army come as fast as possible. Now it is about fighting for perseverance and grab time, go."

When the messenger left, Zhang Shougui said to another messenger: "Our army expanded its defense range, killed horses, and collected various foods in the surrounding areas. We should be quick and collect more parts, so that we can be more confident."

After the messenger went down, Zhang Shougui sat down, looked at the sand table, tapped his hands on his legs, hummed a song that only he could understand, and his head swayed slightly.

"Haha, I understand. It is definitely not the troops led by Wang Juan in front of me. Otherwise, how could I leave me supplies all over the mountains and fields? If she commanded this troops, she would definitely be a strong wall and clear field.

Kill all the wild animals around me, pick the wild fruits from the trees, burn all the mountains and grass, and don’t even leave me the bark of the grass, so that I can at most dig some grass roots that have not been burned to death.”

Zhang Shougui analyzed it and felt that the more he thought about it, the more he made sense. He felt a little regretful and a sense of gratitude for the troops who had not met Wang Juan.

He told the messenger: "Let the people in the transit team speed up, find a way to contact the Central Army, and tell the Central Army that Wang Juan's main force is not on the front line of Huangshan. However, there is at least 30,000 enemies in this place of Huangshan. I hope the Central Army will accelerate its advancement and cooperate with our army to completely wipe out the enemy in Huangshan."

Zhang Shougui's team stabilized, and he did not go to rescue, attack, and did not retreat, just as if his troops were attacked on the side.

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In the central sand table, Li Longji had just glanced for a while. When he opened his eyes, he saw that Zhang Shougui's troops stopped and Zhao Hanzhang's troops were surrounded by people.

Asked the person who was concerned about the battle situation, nodded and said, "Zhao Hanzhang's team has explained it. It is too fast to go back. It is too difficult to go back. Unless all the weapons are gathered together, he can take a small number of people back.

But if he escapes back like this, he will be very guilty on the real battlefield, and it is certain that he will lose his head. Why doesn’t Zhang Shougui dare to move forward? It turns out that the opponent is too powerful and can make people mature.

He actually learned to defend a person who likes to attack and raid. Let's guard and see how Xiaobao and Juanjuan will deal with it."

"Your Majesty, I think that if Zhang Shougui really doesn't move, Xiaobao and Juanjuan can find a way to eat his troops soon. Your Majesty, look at the weapons on both sides of them."

Queen Wang saw from the situation that Juanjuan had hope of victory and said happily to Li Longji.

Li Longji didn't say anything, waiting for Queen Wang to continue speaking.

Queen Wang said, "Your Majesty, look, if Zhang Shougui stayed there motionless, Juanjuan and Xiaobao would soon eat a brigade of Zhao Hanzhang in front. They could surround him and then strike him every night. When there was wind, they would smoke in the wind and cut off the water source of the river where they camped.

It can also be organized into small troops and shoot with crossbows. Zhao Hanzhang will fight or not? If the ammunition is consumed, it will be dead. If it is not attacked every day, how long can it last?"

"Yes, the queen can see clearly." Li Longji was in a good mood. He hoped that Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao could win, so that the generals of the court would calm down. Don't think that if you have some weapons, you will be invincible in the world. For every little negligence, most of the men of the Tang Dynasty died.

Gao Lishi also echoed next to him: "While grinding Zhao Hanzhang's team, Juanjuan could still judge Zhang Shougui's situation clearly, and ordered people to dispatch the main force to take a detour from the side, and surrounded Zhang Shougui, and did not attack, but only built defense.

When Zhao Hanzhang was eaten, the logistics team was sent over to harass Zhang Shougui's troops, preserve the number of main forces, use logistics personnel, and consume the enemy's main soldiers. Everyone was full of soldiers, and it was okay to draw personnel and transport some supplies.

Just like the weapons of the Tang Dynasty attacking the side, according to the rules, a batch of ammunition and replacement guns and cannons can be transported by ship every once in a while. Zhang Shougui, the vanguard army, was eaten, had a great impact on the Tang Dynasty army."

Gao Lishi became excited. His son and daughter-in-law were so powerful that he had a bright face.

But what I didn't expect was that a martial arts practitioner actually had such an effect. When he started fighting, who would have thought that Zhang Shougui would suffer such a big loss?

Of course, the current situation is good, let the generals of the Tang Dynasty know that the advanced weapons they used in the process of the enemy's desperate resistance were not as great as they imagined.

As Juanjuan said, in war, it is not just weapons, but also people. The generals are incompetent and exhausted from the three armies. When the opponent gathers the power of the entire race to fight with you, you have to be careful.

Look, this is the situation now.

Chide Zuzan was the most serious person. He saw this martial arts. Sometimes, the cannons and guns could not directly determine the outcome of a war, and there were many ways to deal with it.

If we deal with it properly, we may also achieve the current results of Wang Juan's side. Of course, the reason why Wang Juan's side is not because of the natives' fighting to the death, but because of the excellence of the commander.

If the commanders of each regiment, commanders of each battalion, and even the commanders of each squad can display their own abilities, they can achieve the due results little by little, gather small victories, and make a great victory.

"On the battlefield, the timing changes too quickly, don't ignore the power of every soldier." Chide Zuzan summed up this sentence.

He whispered to Princess Jincheng, "Nu Nu, did you say that I was very embarrassed at the beginning? When I was in Mount Hua, I saw the power of cannons and the advantage of hot air balloons flying in the sky. I was directly frightened.

But look at Juanjuan, she and Xiaobao are not afraid, and their military academy commander is not afraid. When the weapons are behind, they come up with various solutions, just not retreat."

"Husband, don't be so upset. Others are also afraid, the Turks and the leaders of the tribes in the northern Hebei Road will not be scared. As a result, our Tang Dynasty can take back the place so easily.
To be continued...