Chapter 1029 Jizi Scroll Gyeonggi Style Cloud (3)

   This is the most difficult problem facing the Great Zhou court.

  There are three barriers in the north of the capital city, the first barrier is the border wall pass and its nearby forts, guards, and offices.

For example, Gubeikou is a pass, but this pass is too important, so Miyun guards are also located here. At the same time, Baima Pass is next to Gubei Pass, which is also extremely important, and behind Baima Pass are Fengjiabao and Gaojiabao. It's a military settlement.

  Chaohe Station and Caojiazhai are both strongholds supporting the side wall, but the real and most important place where mobile troops are stationed is Shixia Camp.

There are three battalions of mobile troops stationed here in Shixia Camp, including two battalions of elite infantry and one battalion of armored cavalry. Fortress guard.

  The second barrier is Huairou Miyun. In fact, if you want to count Changping, you can also count it.

  This is the strategic depth zone of the first line of defense. Once the first line of defense falls, you can retreat to this line of defense steadily to stop the enemy.

  Huairou and Miyun not only have a good and complete defense system, but also have complete material stores such as granaries, forage yards, and weapon depots in the city, which can support the consumption of war for a period of time.

It can be said that once the enemy army invades, the first line of defense is often too thin and faces the enemy directly, and the front line is long, it is difficult to withstand the enemy's surprise attack, so generally speaking, the battle will be between the second line of defense and the first line of defense Fight between them.

But this time, the Chahar people and the Wai Khalkha people cooperated too tacitly, especially they chose to break through from the Xuanfu on the flank, and attacked from the middle in one fell swoop, destroying the entire second line of defense, forcing the Dazhou army to fail. Do not retreat to the third line of defense.

  The third line of defense is (Changping Prefecture)-Shunyi-Pinggu-Sanhe line. Due to its special location, Changping Prefecture can be counted as the second or third line of defense, depending on the specific situation.

  Once this line of defense is lost, the capital city will really have to rely on the towering city walls that have stood for thousands of years to defend itself.

The reason why the second line of defense is important is that the two counties of Huairou and Miyun not only have a large population, but the county seat is also quite prosperous. The population of the two counties exceeds 350,000. Once the towns are destroyed and the population is looted, it means that the northern A blank area will be formed, and this is precisely the basis for supporting the second line of defense.

  The imperial court could not allow the gap here anyway, which meant that everything had to be rebuilt, including the migration of the population to fill it up. This would be an astronomical consumption, and it was almost unbearable for the imperial court.

The picture of the Mongols’ southward invasion shows two, one is wealth, and the other is population. Wealth is easy to say, and population is more important to grassland tribes. These military households, farmers, craftsmen, and businessmen who plundered on the grasslands can provide for the entire tribe. Production and life have brought huge changes, so for the imperial court, this is not only self-defeating, but also an enemy, and it must not be allowed.

   "There are still about 10,000 people in Li Ruzhang's department. Can you keep it if you ask him to retreat to Caojiazhai?" Chai Ke asked after thinking about it.

   "Difficult. If there is no support, we need to consider how long Li Ruzhang's morale can last in this situation. I am not very optimistic." Yuan Keli was not polite.

  The atmosphere in the flower hall has stagnated, support? Where does support come from? Now the front line of Pinggu in Shunyi is clouded with battle clouds, and everyone is massively increasing the defense line to stabilize this line. How can there be any strength to reinforce Li Ruzhang's troops? And even if you have spare energy, how can you bypass the enemy's defense line and go to the rear to support Li Ruzhang's troops?

   "Report!"

   "Huh?" Yuan Keli snorted softly in his nasal cavity, "Pass it in, where did it come from?"

   "Master You Shilu sent it, and Lord You Shigong also read it. Please deliver it to the Ministry of War, the Cabinet, and the Emperor."

   "Oh?" Yuan Keli became interested, "You Shilu's handwriting?"

   "It doesn't seem to be true. It was delivered from Qian'an to Master You Shilu. After reading it, Master You Shilu immediately sent it to You Zongbing. You Zongbing just took a rough look and sent it to the Ministry of War."

   One of the directors of the official department was excited and presented it to the doctor. He must check the content first.

  Yuan Keli also noticed that something was wrong with the principal's expression, snorted again in his nasal cavity, stretched out his hand to take it, and after reading it, his expression suddenly changed, "Huh?!"

  Chai Ke and several other doctors noticed the change in Yuan Keli's facial expression, "What's wrong, Li Qing?"

   "Brother Zishu, please take a look." Yuan Keli took a deep breath, his face flushed.

  Chai Ke glanced at the other party suspiciously, raised his eyebrows suddenly when he took it, glanced at ten lines, then retracted his gaze, closed his eyes briefly, and took a deep breath, as if he was savoring the content on this paper sign.

  The handwriting is too familiar, besides Feng Ziying, who else?

Four thousand infantry, one of the battalion's elite firearms, experienced a **** battle in Qian'an City, severely defeating the Allied Forces of Neikarka and Horqin. After trekking 300 li in the mountains of Yanshan, they entered Caojiazhai from the south of Wuling Mountain.

The entire map of Yanbei floated in Chai Ke's mind. I have to say that Feng Ziying is as bold as he is. It is an extremely risky move for four thousand soldiers to detour around the Yanshan Mountains outside the pass. The outside of the pass has always been a nomadic land for Mongolians. Zhou's army seldom left the customs, and there were only 4,000 people in the area. If they were caught by these Mongols, it would be a disaster.

But Feng Ziying also made a lot of sense in the letter. Now whether it is the Chahar people or the inner and outer Khalkhas, the main force has already entered the side wall, and there are at most a few small groups of rangers outside the side wall. Qian Jingrui was not afraid.

Moreover, the marching routes of the exits are all in the mountains of Yanshan Mountain. It is not a problem to have Jizhen who has been active in this line for a long time to lead the way. The Mongolian rangers are basically not good at cruising to this line, of course. It's no problem to come thirty or fifty rangers.

  The key lies in whether the supply of four thousand soldiers and horses can keep up with this time.

In the letter, Feng Ziying also introduced in detail the entire troop composition and supply idea, and also introduced the entire marching route. It should be said that it is still very operable. Of course, this operability can be called bold and risky in any case. Just as huge.

  Once encountering some unexpected accidents during the march, delaying the trip, such as heavy rain and mountain torrents, such as road blockage, what do thousands of people rely on for a living? You can hunt with 30 to 50 people, but with 300 to 500 people, you will starve to death, and with 3000 to 5000 people, the whole army will be wiped out.

   After reading it, Chai Ke thought about it for a while, and passed it to Sun Chengzong without saying a word. After Sun Chengzong read it carefully, he passed it to Yuan Yingtai, and then passed it to Ding Yuanjian.

   Several people didn't speak for a while after watching it, and it was Yuan Keli who finally broke the silence.

"Brother Zishu, I think it's okay. A dead horse can be treated as a living horse doctor. I don't know the source of the elite battalion of gunfire in Feng Ziying's words. The new army of Yongmin Zhuang, hum, Sanyue was able to transform Zhimin Zhuang, he really thought it was the alchemy furnace of the Taishang Laojun in "Journey to the West"? Mostly his father's own barracks gave it to him, and then It’s also very courageous to add some folks to decorate the facade. I don’t think Feng Tang’s military battalion has reached the base of a complete battalion. It is estimated that only a few hundred people have been added to go in. Maybe Feng Tang will make up for it when he goes south. of,…"

Yuan Keli's words also won Sun Chengzong's approval, and he said with a smile: "It's fair to say, Brother Dalai, you can rest assured, and you can understand, licking the calf, Feng has this son since he passed 30 in the Tang Dynasty, Feng The family has one family and three bedrooms, and Feng Ziying is the only one in this generation, so it can't be overstated."

  Yuan Yingtai snorted lightly, and stopped talking.

  According to the practice of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the generals and above are basically guarded by their own soldiers, mostly composed of their own family members, servants and some long-term followers, with different sizes.

   It is normal for senior generals like Feng Tang who have traveled to Datong, Yulin and even the towns of Liaodong to have hundreds or thousands of soldiers.

  Of course, the size of a battalion is a bit exaggerated, but it makes sense, after all, it is Liaodong Town, facing the pincer attack of Donglu and Chahar people, and it is Li Chengliang's territory, so he can't overemphasize his own safety.

  Private soldiers are almost synonymous with high-ranking generals and private soldiers. The chief general is free to use them. Generally speaking, the imperial court will not interfere. Of course, if you want to bring them into the capital city, you must not.

  However, Feng Tang gave the entire military camp to his only son at once, even disregarding the safety of his own family, which shows that he values ​​this son and is worried about the situation in Yongping.

   "That childish rope, is your opinion also that this strategy is feasible?" Chai Ke gradually settled down in his heart.

If Feng Ziying's proposed strategy can be implemented, then Li Ruzhang's troops can basically stabilize their position, at least in the corner of Caojiazhai, which can greatly restrain the Mongols on the entire back battlefield. It can even greatly restrict the stay time of the Mongols in Shuntian Prefecture, preventing them from looting and looting as they please. After all, this force is like a dagger on their waists, making them more unpredictable on the way back. risks of.

"Brother Zishu, hasn't Ziying been fully confirmed in the letter? He said that he plans to meet with Zai Sai and talk about it..." Sun Chengzong's eyes sparkled, "I'm really looking forward to Ziying's move, Now that the coalition forces of Neikarka and Horqin have won a complete victory and are in full swing, how can he talk to Zaisai? If, I mean if, Zaisai really don’t listen to Feng Ziying’s words and don’t listen to Lindanbatur’s orders. What will happen?"

  What will happen? Everyone's eyes lit up, and the 20,000 troops in Zunhua would be released immediately. For You Shilu's tribe in Pinggu and Sanhe, it would be like sending charcoal in a timely manner, saving people from fire and water!

   The holiday is over, I wish you all success in the new year and a prosperous future!

  

  

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