"According to the prisoner's account, each soldier of the Jin army was only given rations for three days." Tiaoyou took the standard ration of the Jin army in his hand. It was a kind of rice ball mixed with coarse grain, and there was a small amount of glutinous rice. He said: "last night, there were cooking smoke in the Jin army, and the scouts returned. Xie Shi burned grain and fodder, but there were animals left."
In fact, whether Xie Shi really burned the grain and fodder is still unknown. After all, as the chief general, Xie Shi just wants to show a kind of determination and show it to the whole army. It should be what future will be left.
"Is there any sign that the enemy will retreat?" Xu Zheng is most concerned about this now. He has not received the intelligence that the Jin Army Navy reappears in the battle field. He said more seriously: "be sure to closely monitor. If you find any sign that the Jin Army Navy is coming, the fleet should go to intercept or destroy it."
The Han Army has been monitoring the movements of the Jin Navy. After the Jin Navy sent Xie Shi's headquarters to the North Bank of the Huai River, they shrank back to shaopi.
The Han Army's fleet had done the interception and eliminated the movements of the Jin Navy. After all, the battlefield was in the Eastern Jin Dynasty's small imperial court. The army's eye liner was too numerous and widely distributed, and the fleet could only navigate in the waters.
"Already under close monitoring." Tiaoyou should report the situation of the peripheral battlefield and say, "after Tu was captured by our army, Si Hongzhuang's headquarters has joined forces with xie'an's headquarters in Yinling. According to the original plan, after the meeting, they should forge ahead to xiquyang, conquer this city behind Shouchun and cut off the connection between the main force of Jin army and the rear."
The so-called plan is the goal to be achieved. What Xie an reported was that they found that Jin troops were constantly coming from the southwest. According to the flag, Chu Li, the National Father, led the army, and found the flags of Gu He, Wang Yizhi, Moyi, Wang niche, etc.
There were many leading generals in the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In fact, there were only a few who were more able to fight. It happened that several of them appeared in the Huainan battlefield.
Xu Zheng nodded and asked, "what news is there from Xie Lang?"
Tiaoyou was a little stunned and soon recovered. Xu Zheng asked Xie AI from Jiangdu, not Xie an who was already in Yinling. He said, "if there is no mistake, Xie Lang will have started to cross the river and calculate that he should fight the Jin army in Dantu area?"
When the number of troops on Xie AI's side was the largest, they did not exceed 50000. They faced a defense belt at least 30 miles deep built by the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty along the Yangtze River. Their business of crossing the river was based on the fact that the navy of the Jin army was attracted to the Huainan battlefield. Otherwise, even if the Han Army fleet had an absolute advantage, there would be heavy losses for the Han army who was not good at water warfare.
"The abbot should not know that Dantu has our army landing..." Xu Zheng touched his chin and paused before he said: "once he found out, he can continue to come to Huainan battlefield with his troops?"
For the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Jiankang, the capital of the country, was on the edge of the Yangtze River. They spent national strength to build a depth of 30 Li to ensure the safety of Jiankang. However, it is absolutely impossible to have a defense line alone. There must be enough troops to garrison in order to make the defense depth play its due role.
Tiaoyou said safely, "when the time is ripe, you can send some fleets to visit the area of the puppet Korean capital."
According to the speculation of the Han Army, most of the elite of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were in the Huainan battlefield. The elimination of the Jin army in Huainan was equal to half of the intention to destroy the country, and also made preliminary preparations for the next attack on Jiankang.
There were quite a lot of preparations for the southern invasion corps of the Han Army, including using Xie shisuo's department as a bait to attract the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to send reinforcements to destroy the Jin troops coming from behind.
Jiankang is a big city with a population of nearly one million. At present, the number of garrisons will not be less than 100000. In an emergency, hundreds of thousands of garrisons will be mobilized. The Han Army really wants to attack Jiankang by force. It's estimated that it's hard to bite it if it doesn't send out two or three hundred thousand.
Attacking a big city with a population of nearly one million, even Liu Yan will be frightened when he thinks of it. To capture such a city, or the capital of a country, requires a large number of troops, which will take a long time, and the consumption of materials is beyond imagination.
The state of Han is not only at war with the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The war with the state of Zhao in Shijie has always been in full swing. I don't know how long it can drag Murong Yan to Liaodong. The rest aspects can't be relaxed. Then the southern invasion should be strategically arranged properly.
Since Jiankang is not so easy to fight and the Han Army has begun to invade the south, the first thing to do is to mobilize the troops of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty as much as possible, whether it is a field battle or a battle in cities outside Jiankang, eliminate the living forces of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty bit by bit, and completely lose the confidence of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty with one victory after another, When the time is ripe, Jiankang doesn't need a strong attack at all.
Xu Zheng insisted on hunting with Xie Shi on the North Bank of the huaishui River, which is to cooperate according to the national strategy. They have successfully used 50000 troops to plunge the 80000 Jin troops led by Xie Shi into the battlefield, and several partial divisions are constantly attacking cities and land.
For example, the main task of some partial teachers such as Si Hongzhuang and Xie an is to build a battlefield, play a favorable time and space, and create opportunities for the elimination of Jin troops who may come to support Xie Shi's department.
With the arrival of a new day, the battlefield on the North Bank of Huainan has reopened.
The Jin army still put its main attack position on the front of the central part, and the left and right wings were more involved in containment and solid defense. In the first round, the Jin army, looking at the flag, was a military house composed of six or seven 3000 people. Their belligerent opponent was the Han army of three schools.
It's not that Xu Zheng doesn't want to mobilize more troops to the front battlefield in the middle, but that the terrain over there can only accommodate those troops. That is, no matter how many troops are arranged, those in front can really participate in the war. Then taking turns to participate in the war is the best way.
The Jin army who launched the offensive again found that the arrow array offensive of the Han army was more frequent and intensive than that on the first day. Such a discovery was reported to Xie Shi of the central army. All the Jin army generals and schools present showed a worried look.
"There was no face-to-face fight like the first day..." Sun Chuo said with disappointment and worry: "has the Han Army changed its master general?"
Generally speaking, people in the Jin army think Xu Zheng is very stupid. They would think that there was no reason for things to happen, nor was there any dignified battle array in the classical era. However, Xu Zheng really had the style of a general in the classical era. If he promised to hunt, he would implement the agreement. Even the thing that the Jin army was most worried about being attacked by half crossing did not happen. Later, there was a move that he had to send troops to fight hand-to-hand when he could block the Jin army's attack by shooting arrows.
If Xie Shi thought Xu Zheng was stupid and unreasonable before, but he was thinking about why his soldiers' morale fell so fast in a day, he suddenly felt that Xu Zheng didn't seem stupid, seemed... Seemed to be very smart?
The high morale of the Jin army is based on the premise of being constantly deceived. As a result, the Jin soldiers do not think that the Han army will be powerful. If the Han army only uses long-range attack weapons, even if it blocks the Jin army, the Jin army will think that the Han army is just powerful on long-range equipment, which may not lose confidence.
The Han Army gave up the absolute advantage of long-range attack. Even if there was a long-range attack, it only occurred against the cavalry of the Jin army. They fought hand to hand with the Jin army for a day, and the result was that the Han army could not only firmly block the Jin army's attack, but also block it with an oligopoly and push back. The Han army is telling the Jin army with facts. Don't think the Han army can only shoot arrows and is still strong in close combat.
The false lie was proved by facts. It seemed that the Jin army suddenly found that the Han army was not as bullied as expected. The direct result of the heart gap was the shaking of confidence. From the beginning, it was able to bear heavy casualties and recover to each military government, but the loss was close to one achievement and there were signs of collapse.
[strength can't make a fake!] Xie Shi suddenly felt physically and mentally tired. He still had to rely on hard strength to achieve results by many means. Facing the gap in strength, he couldn't really reverse it by some means. He didn't show his inner state and calmly said, "adjust the battlefield troops and make an attack with the pro Shogun as the main force."
The so-called shogunate Pro army is actually the real elite army in Xie Shi's hand. The private soldiers of Xie family are the backbone. The brave people in the army or the people are selected to supplement them and equipped with excellent armour and equipment. This army is the killer mace in Xie Shi's hand. The number is less than 20000. It was sent only when it had to be sent. Now, if you don't show up and sample the rest of the troops, the morale may really vent to the end.
Xie Wan hesitated and stood up to answer: "promise!"
All the generals and schools in the account are in good spirits. The deployment of the shogunate Pro army is earlier than expected. They realize that the turning point of the war will occur soon. The excellent performance of the shogunate Pro army will certainly save or even arouse higher morale. If there is no excellent performance or even defeat, it will be worse.
After the commander-in-chief's order was issued, some topics that were not easy to be made public had been discussed. Waiting for the non core generals to leave, Xie Shang, who deliberately stayed, said, "it's just the second day of the war after the huaishui river. Is it a little early? Also..." hesitated and said with a bitter smile: "it's too risky."
Xie Wan did not leave, because he was not an outsider, so he directly said, "those are the elite of the family!"
After the battle of the huaishui River, the troops of the Jin army were either the troops of the imperial court or the troops of some second and third rate aristocratic families. The armed forces of the door lords or the troops of the first-class aristocratic families were at most a dozen sides, which was the direct embodiment of aristocratic family politics.
Xie Wan's words sound very clear. No matter how many troops of the imperial court are killed or injured, it is the imperial court that is distressed. The elite of the family is the foundation of each family. The loss is not much. The loss of the elite of a family also means that the family should sink or disappear directly. If it can be preserved, it must not be consumed.
"Don't be childish like the others." Xie Shi smiled bitterly and said, "they think they can withdraw to the south bank even if they can't win. Only a few people can really withdraw. The big troops must be left on the north bank. They have crossed the river to the north, and it's impossible to preserve their strength."
Xie Shang and Xie Wan both know that the truth is like this. Even Xie Shi is very clear, but the rest don't understand. Before they crossed the river to the north, they were confident that they would collapse the Han army with "combined fist", but the reality was very shocking.
"At least we can try now, can't we?" Xie Shi raised his hand and clenched his fist and said sonorously, "not only the shogunate Pro army, but also all the other elite will play. Today, if we don't succeed, we will become benevolent!"
They are not fools. Xie Shi has been like this. Xie Shang and Xie Wan have fully understood the seriousness of the situation.
Later, Xie Shi mentioned the things he realized. Finally, he couldn't help saying, "whether it's a mistake or a fool, Xu Zheng's response has always controlled the general situation in the Han army."
The Jin army on the North Bank of the huaishui river has not contacted the rear for the time being. If they know that the Han army is attacking cities and raiding land in Huainan, they will know that what Xie Shi said is right, which is a little wise after the event.
The battlefield mobilization could not be silent. Xu Zheng learned that the Jin army in the attack withdrew and that his own troops in pursuit met the iron plate. He immediately knew that Xie Shi was going to work hard opposite.
"It should be Xie's private soldier." Tiaoyou is not guessing at all. He said: "the new Jin army armor equipment is very sophisticated, and its fighting will is also firm."
Whether an army can fight or not is directly reflected in the difference of will. When two armies with the same fighting will fight, what can affect is the configuration of armor and equipment, and then the quantity.
There were only more than 3000 Han troops who went to pursue the defeated troops of the Jin army. On the way, they were killed from the left and right wings by the pro shogunate army. Although the pursuing Han Army adjusted at the fastest speed, the two wings were quickly broken through, and they showed defeat in less than half an hour. They fought and retreated under the rescue of the troops from the rear.
That part of the fighting was only a small corner of many battles on the whole battlefield, but it was very encouraging for the rest of the Jin army. The Han army retreated in the frontal confrontation for the first time. Whether or not the Jin army bullied the minority with the majority, at least let the Jin army see that the Han army is not invincible.
"Attack, only attack!" Xu Zheng was well aware of the seriousness of the situation. He had been trying to disrupt the morale of the Jin army. When it was effective, Xie Shi immediately sent out his cards and resolutely said, "we can't let the Jin army have a chance to restore morale!"
"Send out cavalry?" Of course, tiaoyou also noticed the turning point of the battlefield and suggested: "the enemy has sent out absolute elite. As long as we can defeat them with an absolutely strong offensive, they will completely lose confidence."