"Huh? Mandulu is going south?"
Jia Hui, who gets up every morning and lies on the bed to look at the map, sees on the map tens of thousands of people in the north starting to move south.
Can't wait any longer!
Jia Hui quickly got out of bed.
"General, what's going on..." The soldiers standing guard outside the door were a little confused when they saw Jia Hui hurriedly opened the door.
"Quickly, go summon Lin Chong and the others, and come to my tent to discuss matters after the ointment!" Jia Hui ordered his soldiers and left the barracks without looking back.
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"It's rare to see you arrive so early. I feel like I'm thankful that you don't have to rush in on weekdays." Yun Yu held a cup of hot tea and sat back on the chair with a comfortable look on her face.
"The general will see you, Commander-in-Chief!" Jia Hui pretended not to hear, stood in the center of the tent, and saluted Yun Yu.
"Without courtesy, sit down. Do you come so early to see me for something?" Yun Yu put down the teacup, straightened up and looked at Jia Hui.
"Yes, the general feels that our army is almost ready and trained now. It's time to go north to fight, right?"
Yun Yu glanced at Jia Hui.
"I thought you were going to wait until they joined forces before fighting. Why, are you finally planning to fight?"
"Yes, our army has almost completed its training. In order to avoid long nights and nightmares, Bilige Khan will mobilize the rest of his troops to go south for support. If we fight at that time, there will be even more variables."
Jia Hui replied.
"Haha, I really don't know what to say to you. You didn't rush when you should have been anxious, but you became so anxious when things happened! Maybe there is new information in the night!" Yun Yu leaned forward and stared at Jia coldly. Hui.
Jia Hui broke out in cold sweat.
The big tent suddenly fell silent,
The sweat on his forehead condensed into beads, and flowed down bit by bit until it fell down Jia Hui's chin.
A drop of sweat dripped onto the armor.
Jia Hui nodded with difficulty.
"Yes, Canyuan Bilige Khan issued an order to Mandulu in the north..."
"Ha." Yun Yu sat back on the chair again.
"You have both advantages and disadvantages." Yun Yu picked up the tea bowl again.
"You will make all possible preparations before the war, prepare weapons, repair armor, build equipment, mobilize supplies, and even think about the cooperation issues of various departments in advance and let them conduct cooperation training in advance. This is good." Yun Yun Yu drained the tea in the bowl.
"But, how much you despise your quartermasters! How much you despise your robes!
Your quartermasters are many veterans who have participated in many Northern Expeditions. The ones you can think of have even been working quietly for decades! Your robes are also the elite of Daqi. They have been constantly training during the march after leaving Huaihuang Town!
Do you think you are smart? Do you think they are stupid enough to need you to remind them of whatever you think of? I know you are being cautious, but please give your colleagues more trust!
Do you know how helpless your quartermasters looked when they came out of your big tent to report to me?
You are so arrogant! "
Yun Yu placed the tea bowl firmly on the table.
"Besides, you are really procrastinating! The army was almost ready in the past few days, but you still stayed for two more days. Do you know how many times you delayed the fighter plane? I wanted to slap you in the past two days!
If you don’t fight when there are not many people, you say you are not ready yet. Well now, Mandulu is moving south, and you think of starting the fight. "
Yun Yu leaned back on the chair again.
Jia Hui sat on a pincushion, looking at the ground blankly, thoughts flashing through her mind crazily.
Am I so arrogant that I look down upon the abilities of others? Am I really a procrastinator? When did it start?
Yun Yu looked at Jia Hui, whose eyes were lifeless, and sighed.
"Well, I know what you think, and what you do is good, but it can't be like this. How can there be a time when you are completely prepared in this world? When you came to my place to check your homework, were you really ready? Not only are you sitting there in a reserved manner, looking around, but you are also stumbling while reciting books!" After Yun Yu finished speaking, he glanced at Jia Hui angrily.
"Actually, I found out when I read your diary of going to the plateau. What are you ready for? You have already made preparations before going to the plateau. Why do you have to rest for a day when you go to the plateau? , prepare for one day and rest for two days, don’t you know that the farther you go on the plateau, the colder it gets? Why not rush a little further and complete the raid as soon as possible?
Okay, let’s not talk about the plateau. I have also read your battle report. You have done well enough. It is the first time to walk this road. It is cold, unaccustomed to the climate, and there is miasma. I understand and thank you. The preparations and rest you put in were only able to reduce the damage to this level without the battle. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to do better than you.
But this is no longer a plateau. Your grandfather alone has been to this place no less than five times. The supply system is mature and the environmental terrain has been explored all over. To put it bluntly, even if the battle is lost, You can still run into Huaihuang Town and Yanshan Mountain in the south. What do you have to worry about? "
"The last general, the last general..."
"Forget it, you are only 18 years old, and not everyone in this world is called Huo Qubing.
Remember, how can there be any 100% preparation in this world? Why don't you just make some preparations and rush forward when you seize the opportunity? Things like tacit understanding can only be achieved by fighting more battles. Fighter opportunities are the most important. You should not have wasted these few days. However, I think you only developed the habit because you went to the plateau. If the information is unclear, you will not be punished. You know, remember, this is the last time. "After Yun Yu finished speaking, he closed his eyes.
Jia Hui quickly said yes.
In a big way, this matter is called delaying the fighter plane. Fortunately, Yun Yu has already set the tone for himself. The information is unknown and he does not dare to underestimate the enemy. In the future, no one will make trouble about this matter of his. This is really a saving grace. It's a damn life of your own.
"Okay, go back and sit down, and be more energetic for the next battle, or else you try!"
Jia Hui agreed, quickly stood up, returned to his own low stool, and wiped his forehead with his sleeves.
Not long after, all the chiefs and generals gathered in the festival hall to have a meal.
Yun Yu opened his eyes, glanced at the generals, and said.
"Before, the information of the Royal Court of Canyuan was unclear and they did not dare to rush in easily. Now the situation is clear. It is time to attack, Jia Hui!"
Jia Hui stood up quickly.
"The general is here!"
"You take charge!"
"Follow the order!" Jia Hui looked around and saw that no one raised any objections. He nodded and continued.
"There are currently more than one million herdsmen in the Royal Court of Canyuan, but there are only about 180,000 fighting soldiers. As long as we defeat these 180,000 regular soldiers, they will definitely flee with their tribesmen.
The day after tomorrow is the dark moon. I want to lead the army to march 400 miles and raid Xilinhot. The remaining infantry will follow closely behind and drive the millions of herdsmen scattered! "
After saying that, Jia Hui turned back to look at Yun Yu. Yun Yu glanced at the map, tallied up the time, and nodded.
"Then let's do it. What are you still doing? Go get ready!"
"General, take your orders!" The generals in the tent stood up and agreed, and then hurriedly left the tent to prepare to break camp.
"Yes, it's simple and crude, but very effective, but how to fight it specifically?"
"I don't know the final general. I don't know when we will arrive. I will tell you what method of attack we will use when we arrive."
"That's right. How can there be so many plans? When it comes to this kind of head-to-head confrontation, isn't it all about adapting to the situation? If you tell me today exactly when and where to attack, from which direction to attack, and draw me a formation diagram, hey , then you will never want to lead an army alone again in this life." Yun Yu nodded.
There are differences between grassland operations and Central Plains operations. In Central Plains operations, the terrain must be taken into consideration, and the preparation time is much longer than that of a head-on confrontation. Moreover, there are many variables such as psychological attacks and instigating rebellion before the battle. There are many variations of the same terrain. Fighting methods, water attack, fire attack, etc.
But the grassland is different. The terrain is flat and open, and the few mountains are not high. The terrain is relatively simple. Water attack does not have the conditions. Fire attack can easily burn oneself. As for running out of food? What do millions of herders do for food?
As for attacking the heart, the emperor has ruined Da Qi's international reputation so much that he doesn't even bother to talk about it. Moreover, their troops are all together, surrounded by scouts, and the eagle shooters are all on the outer observation deck, let alone pigeons and eagles. No sparrows can fly in, and rumors can't be spread.
incite defection? Those who are still attached to the Khan Court are all diehard loyalists. Those who can rebel and want to rebel have already rebelled. Can they wait until now?
Therefore, there are only two options left: head-on confrontation and sneak attack. Head-on confrontation during the day, and sneak attack at night, nothing else.
Fortunately, due to the last Northern Expedition, Yuanting lost almost all its craftsmen. The newly built Xilinhot city wall cannot be said to be without it. It can only be said to be better than nothing.
A 4-meter-high pile of gravel mixed with soil and grass.
Although there are mountains and rocks near Xilinhot, they have lost the ability to build city walls. They can only let a few two-knife mason apprentices and construction enthusiasts build a city wall, and even slag will fall off when it rains.
Compared with the masonry walls of Shangdu City, it is terribly shabby.
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"In this humble position, I will see you, General!" Lin Chong and others saw Jia Hui coming back and quickly stood up and saluted.
For Guan Sheng and Lin Chong, Jia Hui, who single-handedly promoted them from ninth-rank minor officials to fifth-rank officials and directly subordinate to Qianhu, is their benefactor. In the eyes of others, the three of them are Jia Hui's absolute confidants. .
The three of them didn't have any objections to this, but were actually very happy.
Not to mention Jia Hui's own achievements, background and character, and he never deducted the military merits of his subordinates.
With Jia Hui's ability alone, he was able to overcome all objections and promote them, all of whom were over thirty and had no ambitions, so he was willing to be called the general.
"Ah, you are here. Well, the war is about to begin. You will inform the brothers to break camp later. Next, we have to march four hundred miles in a hurry. Get ready and set off at midnight!"
The three of them agreed and hurried back to the camp to pack their things.
Jia Hui also started to pack his things. His clothes and luggage were packed by his own soldiers. The main items he packed were the military books and documents on the table.
After sorting the military books and notes respectively, and just as he was about to pack up his armor and weapons, the commanders of the various horse armies came to Jia Hui's barracks.
"Du Si, I'm here to draw lots."
The horse army commander sent by Ningxia Town, Youda, the son of Ningxia Commander-in-Chief Yougui, is also an old acquaintance of Jia Hui. When Jia Hui first arrived in Ningxia Town, the You family took good care of him.
"Hey, isn't this Master Yoda? Come on, each person has a paper ball. It depends on your luck whether you stay or go. Don't be impatient and don't act recklessly!" Jia Hui took a small clay pot from the table, which contained the contents of the paper he had already prepared. Written note.
With an army of 200,000, Yun Yu decided to leave 50,000 as a reserve to guard Shangdu just in case, 10,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry.
During Taizu's Sixth Northern Expedition, the commander-in-chief at that time underestimated the enemy and rushed into the encirclement of the Can Yuan Great Khan and Zaya Du Khan. He broke through the encirclement a total of seventeen times without breaking out.
At that time, the army was on the beach of Yu'er, and the nearest Daqi army was thousands of miles away. No one came to help. After four days of desperate resistance, the entire army was wiped out.
The old man Jia Yan of Dongfu next door, as the deputy commander, was also trapped in a tight siege. If Jiao Da hadn't been a loyal protector and carried the old man out of the siege, he might have died on the grassland.
From then on, no matter what was said, when the army went on an expedition, a group of people would be left behind as a reserve force, following the army at a short distance and regularly contacted by scouts. And he was guaranteed to arrive at the army's location within two days of rapid march.
But it is a reserve team after all, and military achievements will most likely have nothing to do with you. Therefore, it has become an unwritten rule in the Daqi army to draw lots to decide who is in the reserve team.
It all depends on luck, no one can say anything, they can only admit that they are unlucky.
Of course, if the army wins and the reserve team is not used, the troops participating in the battle will use their excess military merits to distribute to the reserve team.
For example, 10 heads can get me a promotion, but if I have gained 12 heads, the next time I get a promotion, I will have to count 20 heads again, which means the extra two heads will be useless. He simply gave it to the reserve team. When he ate the meat, he always left a mouthful of soup for others so that they could meet each other in the future.
After all, who knows if he will be the reserve team next time.
Therefore, allocating gains to the reserves has become an unspoken rule of the Daqi military.
As the commander-in-chief of the Ma Army, the lot drawing for the entire Ma Army was held in Jia Hui's camp.
"Okay, let's get started then?"
"Let's start!" The commanders of the Ma Army also gathered around.
Jia Hui actually showed the pot back and forth in front of everyone's eyes a few times, then flipped it up and down a few times, and then showed the pot again.
"Okay, who goes first?"
"I'll do it!" Yoda replied.
"Okay, Master Yoda please go first!"
Although I don't know why Jia Hui called himself "Master Yoda" from the first time they met, seeing that Jia Hui had no bad intentions and he also liked the title Master, Yoda just let Jia Hui call him "Master Yoda". "Master Yoda".
Yoda stepped forward, twirled his fingers and pulled out a paper ball with his nails. Everyone gathered around and stared at the paper ball in Yoda's hand.
As soon as the word "war" came out, Yoda breathed a sigh of relief, but the people around him became nervous.
It is said to be three thousand battalions, but the actual number of each battalion is about 5,000. The twelve regiments and battalions total 60,000 people. Including the horse troops of the border armies, there are a total of 27,000 people, for a total of 87,000 horse troops. .
There are almost two people who have to stay. If they are all drawn as border troops, they will have to draw another round.
Everyone grabbed the paper balls one by one and opened them with serious faces.
"Stay?" Wang Ziteng's heart dropped.
Isn't he just trying so hard to come to Beijing Camp just to have a chance to make a comeback?
But once this paper ball comes out, if nothing happens, it will last for several more years.
Wang Ziteng looked at Jia Hui anxiously, hoping that he would come forward to speak for him.
Jia Hui also saw Wang Ziteng's move to ask for help, and shook his head, saying that he was helpless.
If I interfere in this issue and break the rules, how will I be able to behave in the military in the future?
At least Wang Ziteng was not qualified to intervene.
At the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief. Based on Wang Ziteng's performance in Datong a while ago, he was really worried that Wang Ziteng would get the "War".
Wang Ziteng saw Jia Hui's expression of "I can't help you" and reluctantly accepted the fact.
When he asked Jia Hui for help, he also had the mentality of being a loser. If he could help, it would be good, and if he couldn't, it was expected.
Although he wanted to make great achievements, Wang Ziteng still breathed a sigh of relief deep in his heart.
Soon, the results came out.
Wang Ziteng from the Beijing camp and the border troops from Liaodong and Gansu towns totaled 11,000 people and stayed.
After repeated inquiries and receiving no objections from everyone, Jia Hui wrote the names of the people left behind on the list and sent his own soldiers to deliver them to Yun Yu.
"Okay, that's enough, brothers, hurry up and get ready to break camp!"
Everyone agreed and the two hurriedly returned to their respective camps.
At Chen time, the army was assembled. Yun Yu gave an order in front of the army and handed over the command to Jia Hui. With the order, the 150,000 army marched northward with firm and powerful steps.
