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Chapter 45

Du Zhongxiao put down the official document in his hand and said to Zhao Zi: "The troops of the White Horse Military Supervisor have already set off their camps. Three miles in front of Yang Wenguang's formation, it seems that the war will start tomorrow. This battle tomorrow is extremely critical and will determine our final result. What is the name of the leader of the White Horse Military Supervisor?"

Zhao Zi said: "Return to the court, I will be in the same position as I am in the same position."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "There are too many things recently, and I can't remember the name of Dangxiangren. I don't know what it means, but it's particularly difficult to pronounce. There are several names, which really makes people feel headache."

Zhao Zi said: "The generals don't know what Ela means, they only know that it is the surname of the foreigner, and sometimes also called Woluo. His name Baozhong means clearly, but they don't know if there is a corresponding word for Fan."

Du Zhongxiao said: "When the battle is won and settle down, you have to find a special person to decide the names of the foreigners. The Han people have the same name so that people can't figure it out. Otherwise, the names written by different official documents of the same person are different, wouldn't it be troublesome?"

The Song Dynasty used transliteration and official names of the surrounding Fan tribes, and there was no unified standard. They wrote them in Chinese characters according to the pronunciation they heard, which was very casual and easy to make people confused. Ela Baozhong was a kind of Dangxiang people's name, whose surname was Fan surname, and whose name was Han name. Burying Xiangre was another kind of. Fan surname, and the Fan surname was Fan surname, and I didn't know what he meant at all. If he hadn't been an important figure in Dangxiang, the Song Dynasty called Unified, and I wouldn't have known what he had done before.

Without worrying about this issue, Du Zhongxiao said to Zhao Zi: "Tonight, you send a cavalry to find out how to arrange the Elabaozhong military camp. If it is still the same as Dou Shunqing, there is the main military camp in front and the auxiliary soldiers behind to take care of the baggage, we will give us a chance."

Zhao Zi crossed his hands and said yes, and asked in a low voice: "What is the meaning of the strategy? Is it to steal the baggage of his auxiliary soldiers?"

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "What is the Ming thief? Is it good for us to attack clearly? About fifteen miles away, can your cavalry arrive in one hour?"

Zhao Zi said: "The cavalry of the last general is not that bad, half an hour is enough."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Then let's arrange it like this. If Ela Baozhong attacks Yang Wenguang with all his strength tomorrow, I will let him hold on for one morning. If Youla Baozhong uses major injuries, your cavalry will attack the Dangxiang baggage in the afternoon. The rest of the infantry, the entire army will ride horses, and then go to the intersection that Lou Bobei must pass, and arrange positions. Together with Yang Wenguang's troops, which are counter-defense and attacking, they will encircle and annihilate the White Horse Military Supervisory Office!"

Zhao Zi said yes, and asked in a low voice: "Jiang Rich, what if Dang Xiang doesn't fight like this? Go to Yang Wenguang's army and act like a show and don't attack with all your strength."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Then there is nothing to do. Your infantry riding horses first, guard the intersection of Loubobe, and the cavalry seize the baggage."

Zhao Zi said: "The ruler means that no matter how Dangxiang fights, we will be the first to take the White Horse Military Supervisor!"

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Yes, it's just a matter of being able to eat him. The White Horse Military Supervisor has collected a total of 60,000 troops, with about 20,000 soldiers and less than 40,000 auxiliary soldiers. Their auxiliary soldiers are not counted. We have more than 20,000 soldiers against more than 20,000. We have guns as cannons, and it is not suitable to eat them. Shisanlang led a group of Qi soldiers in Langshan. When you and Yang Wenguang surrounded Ela Baozhong, he will go out to Langshan to assist you and pursue the defeated soldiers of Dangxiang."

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao stood up, looked at the map at the table, and said, "Your position is near the Dangxiang military camp a few days ago. There is a lake there, arranged according to the lake, and protect your right wing with the lake. If Dangxiang wants to go around from the left wing, it is close to Langshan and facing Shisanlang's troops. After defeating Dangxiang's troops, you immediately ride your entire army and attack Lou Bobei. Lou Bobei is located in the desert, but the military tent of Olabaozhong's army is located, and there is no city, so it is not difficult to capture. After occupying Lou Bobei, guard it, and I will send people to send the subsequent food and grass."

Zhao Zi crossed his hands and said, feeling a little excited. In the last battle, the burden fell on himself.

After occupying Lou Bobei, there was no Dangxiang power within a thousand miles west of Helan Mountain, and Huhua could only defend the Right-wing Military City. As for the various divisions under the White Horse Military Supervision Office, all Ding Zhuang was gathered this time. After the entire annihilation, these tribes were equivalent to being abolished, and most of them would be annexed by other tribes.

This time is not a defeat war, but a struggle to completely annihilate. The practice of the whole people of the Dangxiang people is equivalent to sentenceing the White Horse Military Supervisor to death.

Han Qi sat at the table in the map of the official hall, watching Wang Dexing mark the positions of the two armies on the map. As a commander, Han Qi has experienced many wars and is very curious about fighting like this. He commanded several wars with Du Zhongxiao, realized the benefits of doing so, and took the initiative to learn.

Wang Dexing was asked by Han Qi from Du Zhongxiao. Although he was young, he learned very solid knowledge and did things seriously. No matter what Han Qi didn’t understand in terms of professional knowledge, he could always get answers from Wang Dexing.

After becoming familiar with this combat method, Han Qi became increasingly aware that the combat effectiveness of the Yingtianxiang Army comes from the entire system, not a certain aspect. This kind of tactic is actually easy to learn and useful, but it is not practical to change to another unit.

First of all, professional talents must draw maps and have sufficient reconnaissance capabilities. The operation commanders of each department must master it. Each thing is not easy. Needless to say, professional talents are trained by the Yingtianxiang Army themselves, and other troops do not. Intelligence reconnaissance also requires professionalism. It is not as simple as a ranger discovers enemy tracks, but has clear requirements, what scope of reconnaissance, what content is the reconnaissance, what information is obtained, which ones can be processed by themselves, and which ones must be reported. The commander’s grasp of the whereabouts of each department is a requirement for the entire system. What should be reported by each department and which ones should be handled by themselves. How to report the whereabouts, is it reported every day or every few days, the relationship between the scheduled route and the actual marching.

The core of this system is the professionalization of the entire army. Soldiers are professional and officers are equally professional. There are not only various technical officers, command officers, and officers who specialize in handling administration, which is completely different from the current Song Dynasty military system.

Seeing Wang Dexing planting a small flag in the original Baima Military Supervisor Army camp, Han Qi asked: "Where is the position of Zhao Zi's troops determined by Du Jinglei? Was it borrowed from the Dangxiang military camp? - It shouldn't be."

Wang Dexing said: "Tomorrow's battle is the key to this war. Du Jingluo specially reported the strategy. Using the old military camp of Dangxiang is the most suitable place. Dangxiang's candidates are not randomly selected. There is an intersection back to Loubobe, and there is a lake next to it as a water source. During the battle, the lake can cover the flanks, which is equivalent to having more troops. Set up camps and make the right place to make use of the territory. This is found in the military booklet."

Han Qi nodded: "What you said makes sense. I don't read the booklets in the army in detail."

Han Qi didn't really come into contact with this army for a long time, and realized that the important differences were shorter. He realized that the brochures printed by Yingtianxiang Army were particularly important, only one or two months. At this time, no matter how smart he was, it would be difficult for him to fully grasp the entire system, let alone details.

Wang Dexing inserted all the small flags onto the map, and the entire battle situation was clear at a glance.

Du Zhongxiao was stationed in Shunhuadu, in addition to Zhao Zi's troops, there were nearly 2,000 soldiers from his headquarters, which were considered personal soldiers. Shi Quanbin was on the other side, led 500 people to take care of Dangxiang prisoners of war and transported military supplies. Dou Shunqing was two or three miles away from Shunhuadudu, and warned Dangxiang's right-wing military city. Yang Wenguang was about ten miles northwest of Shunhuadudu. In addition to supporting each other with the troops from Shunhuadudu, he also sealed the road north with the Langshan cavalry.

Du Zhongxiao's arrangement was very clear. All the troops worked hard to encircle and annihilate the troops of the White Horse Supervisor, and then occupy Lou Bobei.

Looking at the map, Han Qi said: "Yang Wenguang and Zhao Zi are actually less than 10,000 troops. Facing the 60,000 troops of Dangxiang, they divided their troops to encircle and annihilate them. Du Jingluo's command of the war is really a big deal. If I commanded the war, I would not dare to do so."

Wang Dexing said: "My husband, we have calculated that when defending, Dangxiang is a regular soldier, and we have no problem with one to three. If the system is above the battalion and the configuration is complete, one to five. When attacking, one to three can be fully configured, but the infantry can be one to two can be sure. This time, Dangxiang has only more than 20,000 soldiers, and the cavalry of the general is not as many as us."

Han Qi said: "How did you calculate this number?"

Wang Dexing said: "I guess it was estimated after fighting a few battles. Although it is inaccurate, it can be roughly used as a reference and will not be too far apart."

Of course, the specific calculation is not based on estimation. Where can Du Zhongxiao dare to use the subjective estimates in actual combat? Instead, it is compared with basic data from the equipment, personnel training, morale, etc. of the two armies. This data gradually begins to get closer to reality from the inaccuracy at the beginning, and is corrected one after another, as the basis for commanding troops.

This process is very complicated. It is not that any general said that he fought many battles with the Dangxiang people, and that the Song Bing was the Dangxiang people. It is because there are data in the army, professionals, and constantly correcting them. Du Zhongxiao remembers that there are equations for calculating combat power, but unfortunately he doesn't know it, so he uses this stupidest but most practical method.

Han Qi still couldn't understand these things, and felt that although there was a basis, Du Zhongxiao was too risky to deploy troops like this. He had won a series of big victories and had an absolute advantage, so there was no need to take risks now. Du Zhongxiao's arrangement was nothing more than to ask for the territory of the White Horse Military Supervisor, and Han Qi felt that it was not worth it.

After reading the arrangement, Han Qi knew the next battle and no longer thought about it. He asked Wang Dexing on the side: "Are the military brochures you collected for me? These brochures are very useful, and the old ones are all available."

Wang Dexing said: "I have given this instructed me to help me. But the booklets were used to study in Suizhou before, and they left too hastily, so many of them were not brought. As for the old version of the booklets, only Suizhou's headquarters had them."

Han Qi said: "The booklets started with a simple beginning, many speculations, and finally got closer to actual combat. Many people spent their efforts to see how they became like this step by step from the beginning, and they could learn a lot. Forget it, when the war ends, they will send people to collect it."
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