sweeping the world

Chapter 1036 Xu Guang's Suggestion

The team of Erbata was targeted by the cavalry of the Han army. It wasted a lot of time to be entangled again and again. After getting rid of the entanglement, they were hung behind their tails and had to make a detour. When they reached the third line of defense, the garrison on the line Almost all escaped.

The defense line was built with great labor and material resources. The enemy's large army is still far away, but the defenders on the defense line ran away first?This kind of thing is actually not uncommon in history.

No matter how strong the defense line is, it still needs courageous people to guard it in order to play its role as a defense line, otherwise it is actually a dead thing.

Elbata felt that he didn't have the ability to use less than [-] troops on the defense line to resist the menacing Han army. After he found that almost all the defenders on the defense line had escaped, he originally wanted to set fire to them. The problem was that The clinging Han cavalry came again, but they glanced at the line of defense with tears in their eyes, and embarked on the escape journey again in despair.

The anti-Han Axis Allied Forces spent time and effort to build the defense line and barracks, which became the new owner's garrison after the arrival of the Han army.

"This is already in the territory of Hunnit, and it is far away from the main residence of the Protectorate, but it can be used as a material reserve base." Li Kuang has already inspected a circle and found that the camp is actually quite well-built. The city wall faces the east, and the necessary wall needs to be added to the west: "In fact, the city can be built on the basis of the camp."

After crossing the Penchi River, the Han Empire only had some small fortresses, forts and beacons on this side, and no other large-scale permanent fortification gathering points.

The eastern part of the Hunnites is all nomadic tribes, and there is not even a fixed settlement in the eastern part. They are all groups that live on grass.

The Han Empire really needed an advance base in the territory of Hunnite. It had to be built from scratch, and it got a basic camp. Naturally, it would be more time-saving and labor-saving to strengthen it on this basis.

"Of course it's possible." Song Ping thought about it for a while and continued, "It's just that major changes are needed."

There are some risks in using a camp built by the enemy as a forward base, including that the camp was built by the enemy, and the enemy must have grasped the weakness of the camp.

It is not even ruled out that there are more dangerous hidden dangers, such as whether the enemy may have dug a tunnel.Once there is a tunnel, the enemy will definitely use the tunnel when they counterattack.

Li Kuang would not ignore those risks, and nodded to Song Ping, "Leave it to Chang Shi."

Once this camp really has a back-up force left by the anti-Han axis coalition forces, they will definitely not be willing to use it for some small fights and will use it as a trump card.

That was just a necessary safeguard. In fact, as long as the Han army kept advancing and pushed the front line all the way to the west, even if there were some tricks in this camp, the enemy army would only be able to use it to the extreme when the soldiers pressed close.

They "received" the camp that the anti-Han axis coalition forces had finally built. When the war reached such a situation, it was equivalent to the defeat of the anti-Han axis coalition forces' attempt to invade the Anxi Protectorate.

The main force of the Anti-Han Axis Allied Forces collapsed, but the Anti-Han Axis Allied Forces in this area had more than one army. There were more or less remaining Anti-Han Axis Allied forces around the main battlefield.

Li Kuang faced two choices next.

The first one is to continue to advance westward with the main force, as far as it can go, forcing the anti-Han axis to organize a large army to stop it again, and keep the initiative of the battle in its hands.

Another option is to stabilize the front line at the current position, dismantle the troops in hand to attack those enemy forces that have not had time to deal with them before, so as to maximize the results of this battle.

"I believe that expanding the results of the battle is the best choice." Song Ping gave his opinion: "Our troops are too small, and the longer the front is drawn, the greater the danger."

Li Kuang hesitated because of this.

Even though they seemed to easily defeat the enemy's main force, in fact it was just an unbalanced manifestation of the use of firearms. The enemy's collapse so easily was mostly due to the shock of the firearms.

If there is no normal warfare using firearms, the Han army will not be able to directly attack the fortifications built by the enemy as if they had firearms, and a detour attack would be the correct choice.

Under the attack of the Han army, the enemy's city wall fortifications did not even hold up to the first wave of offensive, which led to the psychological collapse of the anti-Han Axis coalition forces, and the battle situation is what it is now.

The morale of the two armies is the first to fight, and paying attention to the first attack is to attack the morale of the other side. How much the effect of the first wave of attack will be, and how much the morale of the two sides will change.

Now the morale of the anti-Han axis coalition forces has completely collapsed, falling to almost no lower limit, but in fact this is only temporary and full of uncertainty.

"That's fine." Li Kuang accepted Song Ping's opinion, and explained the reason Song Ping didn't say: "It's really not advisable to force them too hard, so that they feel that they have no way to survive and have to work hard."

Song Ping responded with a smile.

The main reason is that the number of Han troops involved in the war was insufficient, and there were only 3000 regular troops, which were divided into seven parts.

Li Kuang concentrated [-] regular troops into sharp knives, but this amount of troops is not enough at all. Continue to advance westward. The farther west you go, the more determined the enemy will be to fight. They are all in a numerical advantage, and if they really want to form a lonely army, they don't have to worry about food shortages, but the ammunition supply of the firearms troops will become a big problem.

Song Ping has a lot of things to do next, including the verification and recording of military achievements, camp reconstruction, logistics and military supplies, and the establishment of diplomatic relations with various small countries and small tribes.

Shi, the commander-in-chief of the Han Empire, was a big butler, basically a helper general who did chores.If the commander of the army, Shi, was stronger in strategy, he would hand over the chores to Zanhua, the army commander.

Song Ping knew very well that what he was good at was not strategy, but the handling and coordination of chores.

The key point is that there really were no strategists in the Han Empire, mainly because of the fighting style of the Han army. The Han army usually fought the enemy face to face. After a long-term habit was formed, the Han army gradually became rigid.

When an army wins the same way over and over again, they become convinced that that style of play is best for them, and the result is a style of fighting that becomes fixed.

If such a unit is suddenly brought under the command of a commander with a different style, and the combat style suddenly changes, only truly outstanding generals can display their combat effectiveness. Otherwise, the combat effectiveness of such a unit will usually be reduced, or even annihilated. .

The reason is very simple, an army that is clearly capable of fighting in frontal battles is dismantled and transferred to the enemy's rear to fight guerrillas, which is really not so suitable!

Next, the group of Han troops in the Anxi Protectorate, they left [-] regular troops and [-] county and county soldiers, and the rest were split up to join the reinforcements from the back. The enemy forces began to clean up.

Liu Shen's unit, which had only rested briefly for one night, was in the middle of overhauling their flintlock guns when they received the order to set off.

"The barrel of the gun has been worn out after firing fifty or sixty rounds, and it no longer has any accuracy." Ji Hai was cleaning the body of the gun, muttering a little: "We have fired not only fifty or sixty rounds, but hundreds of rounds."

The twelve-style flintlock gun currently used by the Han army, after shooting more than 130 times, the barrel is in danger of cracking at any time. In fact, the barrel should be replaced after a large-scale battle.

Firearms troops naturally carry replacement barrels, and the reserve flintlocks must also have them.

However, the flintlock gun used as a reserve is only used in an emergency, and the barrel is usually replaced.

As riflemen, they must have training on changing barrels, at least to master the technique of changing barrels, but compared with professional maintenance logistics soldiers, their speed and perfection will definitely be much worse.

Liu Shen was doing the work of replacing the barrels, not his own firearms, but helping the soldiers under his command.He frowned when he heard Ji Hai's complaint, if Ji Hai didn't keep his hand while complaining, he would have scolded him.

As a "second-generation" Ji Hai, some behaviors are too escaping. He is a qualified soldier, but he is not a soldier that the officers will like.He himself is aware of this, but he really doesn't have any prospects for the development of the army, and he won't do things that cause trouble, but he doesn't intend to change the thoughts that he opened his mouth.

"Hurry up!" Liu Shen looked around and shouted to the busy Pao Ze, "We only have half an hour."

After they came off the battlefield, they were ordered to rest, mainly to restore their condition as soon as possible and prepare for the possibility of participating in the war again.

The order to set off again was issued at nine o'clock in the morning, and the departure time was 01:30 noon after lunch.

"This one is irreparable, please register..." Liu Shen put the flintlock gun in his hand on the table to be repaired, and said to the soldiers standing beside him, "Go to the quartermaster to get a new one." .”

I don't know how this soldier used the gun, but the front barrel was obviously bent.It's not like they can repair such damage now, they can only send it to the logistics department.

"Captain, I..." Zhao Xiuman said anxiously: "When I stabbed the enemy soldier, I didn't find that the bayonet fell off, so..."

After repeated firing of the barrel, the metal will definitely soften. It is not funny that the impact force will bend the barrel when it is stabbed hard to the ground.

Similar situations often happen. Although Liu Shen is helpless, he can't demand anything. People really can't pay attention to too many details when they are desperate. They just use whatever they have in their hands. They also know that it is good to stick out a bayonet according to training. .

10 minutes before the deadline for firing, Liu Shen gave up on the difficult-to-maintain flintlock and reported the statistics directly to the Military Supply Department.

They did not reduce their staff during the battle, and there are still as many people as there were when they came, but there are 37 firearms that need to be replaced.

"So many?" Qin Song saw the data handed in by Liu Shen, frowned and looked at Liu Shen, first asked a question, and then nodded: "That's right."

Liu Shen turned and left in shame.He knew just now that his village was not the one that needed to use the most stored firearms, but they were not the ones that participated in the most intense battles either.

The other village, which has always been at the forefront of the front line, only needs to use 46 stored firearms, and it is basically because the barrels of the firearms have been scrapped to the point of being scrapped. It is not some mistakes of the soldiers that cause the guns to be scrapped.

"Our Highness has done a good job." Zhao Ping smiled and stamped the data sheet: "As a nobleman on the battlefield, he can obey orders and command troops to exert effective combat power... "

Qin Song glanced at Zhao Ping, and knew that Zhao Ping would look different if it was someone else, and even he had to be reprimanded just now, but this is the reality.

They will definitely have some special care for Liu Shen, so it is impossible to really ignore Liu Shen's identity.It would be really stupid to ignore Liu Shen's special identity.

Of course, even if they take care of Liu Shen, they usually don't do it too obviously, not because they care about other people in the army, but because they don't want to hurt Liu Shen's self-esteem.

Liu Shen, who returned to the army, had a helpless and depressed expression on his face.Of course he knew that he had been taken special care of, and he was really ashamed that he didn't take special care as something to be proud of.

"Ten Commander?" Xu Guang saw Liu Shen's mood, and said, "We need to develop it soon, and we need to concentrate on troop management."

Liu Shen was still too young to hide some things, so he told Xu Guang his thoughts.

"Your Highness is a nobleman after all..." Xu Guang changed his address and said bluntly: "As a nobleman, he went to the battlefield, not as an overseer, and he didn't stay in an absolutely safe rear. His Highness is the only one. It is not perfect. , but this is the truth, if everything is perfect, His Highness should be disappointed, right?"

Liu Shen thought about it for the same reason. If everything is perfect, doesn't it mean that everything has been deliberately arranged?He will become a big joke when he arrives in the army, and this period of life journey will not become a good story, but instead will become a "political achievement project" that will be ridiculed by future generations.

"I probably can only participate in this battle." Liu Shen is young, but he understands some things that should be understood: "Mother knows that I will go to the battlefield, and she will definitely cry and beg my father. Even the ministers will also ask my father Remonstrance. When the time comes..."

Xu Guang's eyes were fascinated for a moment. He didn't know what the emperor would think, and he couldn't even guess how the emperor would respond, but that would definitely not be a good thing for Liu Shen.

"Tuen Chief." Xu Guang changed his title again and said extremely seriously: "Once His Majesty asks you whether you want to go back, you should probably choose to stay and at least participate in this war throughout the whole process."

They were sent here by their respective fathers, and it would be best if they could establish a friendship with Liu Shen, but they couldn't even get acquainted with each other. With the experience of serving as a soldier under Liu Shen, the help they would get in the future would definitely not be small.

Of course, Xu Guang could not guarantee that Liu Shen would not be in danger on the battlefield, and he had selfish motives in suggesting that Liu Shen stay. However, he really hoped that Liu Shen would have more experience, so that after boarding Dabao, he would have a deeper and more practical understanding of the war. understanding.

(End of this chapter)