Chapter 139: Attacked from three sides

The Blood Qi Army had almost all gathered in the Dongjiaji camp and was ready to go. And their preparations were not only that. The Dongjiaji camp did not look like a barracks purely for garrisoning, but more like a comprehensive semi-permanent military base. At the current scale, at least there is absolutely no problem in carrying out material supply and transportation.

What is more important is the central army tent in the middle of the camp and the Yunzhou terrain sand table placed inside. Since the camp was established, there was no consideration to establish a permanent military base, but on the one hand, when the Blood Qi army entered Yunzhou, the construction level of the Blood Qi army's heavy equipment camp and the logistics camp was quite good. In addition, there is a good terrain to use. In the middle of the huge camp building, they flattened the top of a hill and used thick ones on the top of the hill.

The strong logs are used as brackets, and the sewn huge cowhide as the wall curtains, and a huge tent was erected. Under the dome made of cowhide, the Yunzhou terrain sand table is placed in the center, surrounded by a wide command area. The command area and the periphery are separated by many file cabinets and a one-person-high cowhide curtain wall. A maximum office area is arranged to handle camp affairs, handle logistics transportation, handle military information and related situations sent by all parties, and sort letters from soldiers in the army.

The top of the hill where this camp was built was connected by a suspension bridge and the tops of the two hills on the side. On the hill on the side, a considerable height watchtower was built, and an Eagle Station was set up at the top of a watchtower.

At the foot of the hill, rows of simple barracks and tents are neatly arranged. The tents and simple barracks are roughly built according to different establishments, and each area has a large military tent in the middle. The style is very similar to the central military tent built at the top of the hill. It seems that the heavy equipment camp and the baggage camp have mastered this kind of tent building with very nomadic style built using wood and cowhide.

Behind the hills is a simple warehouse where large quantities of materials are stored. Although it was a little hastily, a relatively large drainage ditches were built in the reservoir area to prevent any situation in this rainy season. In order to prevent fires, several deep wells have been excavated, while a large number of large tanks storing clean water were half buried in a corner of the reservoir area.

Seeing such a camp, Ye Tao's expression was very strange. The huge central army tent set on the top of the hill always reminded him something... It was probably the shape of the central building of a certain race in a expansion pack in the Hero Invincible series. The method of connecting several hills with suspension bridges made him wonder, if these hills were higher, if the space at the top was sufficient, would the Blood Qi Army also create the "Thunder Cliff" he remembered? Ye Tao would also secretly defend himself to the heaven that this time's piracy really had nothing to do with him.

Since he has arrived here and is about to enter Yunzhou with the Blood Qi army, Ye Tao is not going to hide from attending the military conference. If there is a place where he can do his best, he will do his best. This is not only responsible for these companions who trust him, but also to convey a message to the Dai family in Yunzhou, who has already arrived here and will attend the military conference: the Blood Qi army is united in the whole country.

Now Dai Ji is already a member of the cavalry battalion. Due to his excellent cavalry skills, his in-depth understanding of Yunzhou, and his mastery of several languages ​​in Yunzhou and many tribes in the northern part of Yunzhou, he was even specially approved to enter the most special and most valued scout cavalry battalion among the Blood Qi Army cavalry. He became a soldier under Chi Lei, and now he is already in Yunzhou, and he is no longer qualified to participate in the military discussion. However, Dai Ye, the former commander of the Iron Yunqi, was not very willing to be considered to be useless and was sent to Danyang. This time, he followed the Blood Qi Army to the Dongjiajie camp in a very comfortable four-wheeled carriage. Dai Ye's body was not enough to allow him to support large-scale and high-intensity military activities in Yunzhou, but it would be absolutely fine to be a senior staff officer in the Dongjiajie Forward Camp.

The Dai family also had several people who came from the headquarters of the Dai family in Yunzhou. The most important ones were the younger brother of Dai Shihuan, the current head of the Dai family, Dai Shikui, the father of Dai Yundi, and Dai Shikui, who was in charge of military affairs in the Dai family. The other few were all practical deacons in charge of various government affairs in the Dai family. They were to fully coordinate the supply issues of the Blood Qi Army and other troops entering Yunzhou that might mobilize other troops.

The Dongping side naturally would not completely let the young people of the Blood Qi Army take the lead. Former General Xu Jingtian, Minister of War Hu Yi, and Minister of Rites Jiao Zening attended the meeting as representatives of the Dongping court. In fact, except for Xu Jingtian who had a relatively large say, the other two ministers came to listen and implemented matters that needed to be coordinated with other aspects. In Tan Xiaopei's view, the Blood Qi Army was sent and Ye Tao was appointed to suppress the excessively belligerent mentality of the Blood Qi Army. In addition, there was a veteran general who had always been calm and solid, which was absolutely enough in sincerity and administrative level. What's more, when the war in Yunzhou was going smoothly, Prince Tan Weiming would enter Yunzhou as the plenipotent representative of Dongping.

Ye Tao came to the military camp for two hours. After a little rest, the extremely formal military meeting was held in the central military tent. He was the only one who was waiting for this very important meeting.

After a few greetings with the Dai family, Dai Su introduced the military situation in Yunzhou.

There is a sand table that is not perfect but is already very sufficient. Dai Yu's military information explanation is much more intuitive. He put a lot of chess pieces of different shapes on the sand table... In the past few days, he has become accustomed to using these chess pieces to represent different types of troops and even different types of troops. Using one chess piece represents ten thousand people, which is a good way to show the comparison of local forces.

Dai said seriously: "Before coming here, I had just returned from the northern border. In the north, our scouts could have penetrated deep into the grassland and lived in peace with the tribes. Sometimes they could get supplies from them before returning. Now, it is difficult for our scouts to penetrate more than three hundred miles into the grassland. In most cases, if you go deep into about two hundred miles, you will encounter tribal patrols. Although there has not been too many conflicts yet, it is not like before.

The family will say hello and do their own things. Once they meet, it is normal for both sides to monitor each other and provoke some provocations. According to people from the small tribes who have a good relationship with our Dai family and have some connection with those tribes in the north, the most powerful Korka tribe on the northern grasslands was the initiator of this attack on Yunzhou. So far, it has been confirmed that there are 27 tribes in the grassland coalition, with a total of about 140,000 troops, all of which are cavalry."

"To the west of Yunzhou, there is the Xiling army, the old enemy of Yunzhou. The leading commander is also considered to be the old rival of my Dai family. The first cavalry general of Xiling, Jiang Xujing. Xiling's troops are mainly concentrated in two places. One way is in the Zijing Valley, the Beidaying in Xiling, and the other way is in the Mengnan Banner further north. Mengnan Banner is just a forward camp. Without the guarantee of Zijing Valley, it is not difficult to take it down. But it is a bit troublesome to be supported by the two camps. The Xiling army has about 100,000 people, of which more than 20,000 are the cavalry of Jiang Xujing's headquarters.

Strong. Some of the remaining troops are Ni Sigui's troops and Jia Qingyun's troops in the northern town of Xiling. These two troops have 10,000 each. They have been guarding Xiling's north for a long time and are also strong enemies. In addition, the infantry transferred from Xiling's country, our Yunzhou does not know much about this part of the troops. However, the leader of the 30,000 infantry is named Zhao Li, who seems to be the son of Zhao Pengyuan, the general of Xiling's north. The other troops' uniforms are very strange. If you are not wrong, they should be the escort army established by Emperor Daoming. The strength of this part of the escort army is not very clear."

"In the northeast of Yunzhou, there is an army from the Northern Liao Dynasty. This army has never appeared at the junction of Yunzhou and Northern Liao Dynasty before, and should have been newly transferred. Since their stationed location is even after the original border troops in Northern Liao, it has never entered the buffer zone. With the current strength of Yunzhou, there is no way to start spying on this army."

After talking about the situation of the three enemies that Yunzhou needs to face, Dai Ting concluded: "In summary, what we need to face is the total of about 300,000 troops of the three parties. If the three parties did not attack at the same time and did not collude with each other, our Yunzhou could naturally repel them one by one. But the current situation is different. Finally, we will introduce the targeted deployment of our Yunzhou."

"The main combat power of our Yunzhou is the Iron Yun Cavalry of 50,000 people, the elite cavalry of 10,000 tribes in Dai Family Headquarters, and the infantry of about 70,000 people. Among them, the combat power of 40,000 is relatively reliable, and the other 30,000 are distributed in the main cities and strongholds of Yunzhou. It is hard to say how the combat power of this part of the troops is now in contact with the ability of the commander and the management of the soldiers. There are relatively large ups and downs. In addition, in the past, Yunzhou could have been able to go from tribes in Yunzhou and further north in every battle in Yunzhou.

Some tribes in the Fang that have close ties with Yunzhou received varying numbers of cavalry. In general, the military forces that our Yunzhou can mobilize are about 100,000 cavalry and 70,000 infantry. Of course, it is difficult for our Yunzhou to maintain such a large scale. Except for the Tieyun Cavalry and the elite cavalry of the clan, the equipment of the other troops may not be so particular. Compared with the Blood Qi Army..." Dai Shi shook his head ashamed and said, "The difference is too far."

Dai Su continued: "Because of the enemy on three sides, our Yunzhou has limited troops, so we had to deploy troops. In the Northern Liao Dynasty, we arranged 10,000 Tieyun Cavalry and 10,000 Infantry in Sakai Town. No matter where the Northern Liao Dynasty chose to attack, Sakai Town could respond in time. On the side facing Xiling, we concentrated 30,000 Tieyun Cavalry and 20,000 Infantry. There were 10,000 Tieyun Cavalry and 10,000 elite cavalry in Ningyuan Town. In the north, there were only a small number of cavalry squads and scouts in the north. The troops in Yunzhou were really unable to move away. In the north, now basically all rely on tribal troops to fight against tribal troops, and the opinions within were not very unified."

Yunzhou has raised more than 100,000 troops with the power of one state, and its combat effectiveness is quite good, which is already a great thing. In addition, the tribal cavalry controlled by the Dai family, a total of 100,000 cavalry units have envied Xu Jingtian, who used to use the cavalry carefully in his previous battles. Naturally, Yunzhou itself has a vast pasture, and the cost of raising cavalry mainly lies in the equipment of the cavalry rather than horses. The total cost is much cheaper than raising the same cavalry in Dongping. It is even more frugal than the large family like the Blood Qi Army who does not use money as money. But after all, 100,000 cavalry is such an amazing number. However, Yunzhou can only set up defenses on both sides, venting troops in the north, and maintaining a limited contact and harassment.

However, after such an explanation, everyone roughly understood that the tone of the Battle of Yunzhou must be a decisive battle between the cavalry and the corps. Whether it is the northern tribe, the Northern Liao or the Xiling, they are all armies dominated by cavalry. The occupation, control and purge of infantry are still an important part, but in Yunzhou, they can only be in a subordinate position.

"Where is the logistics preparation?" Ye Tao asked: "It's not just a problem of food. What is the food structure of the soldiers, the preparation of medicine and other aspects, the preparation of weapons and equipment, the reserve of consumables such as arrows? ... In addition, I think the Dai family's current deployment is to fight a defensive battle that trades space for time. So, in the area involved, what is the evacuation of the people in Yunzhou? What is the resettlement of these people?"

Dai Shikui's eyes flashed, but he did not continue to speak, but looked at Dai Shikui. Dai Shikui nodded secretly and said, "Mr. Ye asked these questions about them..."

Ye Tao quickly said modestly: "Uncle Dai, please don't need to call him a boy, you can't afford it. You are Dai Yun's father, just call me my name."

Dai Shikui smiled and bypassed the question of title and said, "It is the turn of spring and summer. Most herders and tribes that mainly grazed are concentrated in the central area of ​​Yunzhou, that is, the south of Ningyuan Town and around Xuelang Lake, north of Anju City. There are the most abundant aquatic plants here and the most prosperous horse market every year. Whether there is any war or not, the herders will concentrate here in summer, and many farmers who make a living by planting will come here to trade in the summer and then rush back before the autumn harvest. From now until September, we do not need to evacuate specifically in the north of Yunzhou. In the areas where planting is mainly in the south, the notifications that should be made have been notified. On the one hand, the people close to the city can evacuate into the city at any time, and on the other hand, the owners of the land owners and the owners of the mountain villa.
Chapter completed!