After leaving Yushi Military Station and continuing eastwards, we reached the front line of the garrison in just one and a half days' journey.
Because of the terrain, although the name of Jianchuan sounds like a dangerous place, it is actually the opposite. There is no dangerous terrain to guard it. Military camps and scattered fortifications can only be set up on the main paths suitable for large-scale marches. At the same time, Strengthen all-weather patrols to prevent the barbarian army from breaking through.
Doing so is very passive. In addition to having to compete with the barbarians in the field battles they are best at, they often miss some relatively scattered small groups of barbarians because they care about one thing and neglect the other.
The more than 7,000 barbarians who had raided the Yushi Military Station before took advantage of the opportunity of the battle between the frontline formation and the barbarian army to spare a long way and pass through in batches.
This situation is unique to Jianchuan. Because Baekdu Gorge and Hojuwon, which formed a line with Jianchuan and formed the first line to block the barbarians, both had outstanding and dangerous places that could be defended. As long as heavy troops guarded the passes that were still in the hands of the Jingji Dynasty, the barbarians wanted to break through. It's still very difficult to come.
This is also the reason why Jianchuan is frequently in emergency while Hojuwon and Baekdu Gorge are as stable as Mount Tai. The barbarians also knew that Jianchuan was the key point for them to break through the blockade, and it was also the easiest point, so they kept attacking.
As the forward-looking left winger of the mixed army, Wu Kai arrived at the front-line checkpoint earlier than the Chinese army's main formation, and chatted with a captain at the checkpoint while repairing and waiting.
However, this captain was from Jingdong and had a strong accent. Even though he was speaking Imperial City Mandarin, his words still made Wu Kai frown. Moreover, the captain was led by people from his hometown. They had no problem communicating with each other, but Wu Kai could only take a rough look.
What the captain meant was that the fighting in Jianchuan was very severe, almost every day. A small fight a day and a big battle every three days. Even people like them who guard the checkpoints are often slaughtered cleanly by the barbarians who sneak through the border. He also said that now there are more people coming in and fewer people leaving Jianchuan.
If these words are strictly pursued, they may sound depressing. If the recruits heard this, they might be afraid of fighting. However, Wu Kai was also a veteran, and he was familiar with the opponent's old-fashioned demeanor. He also knew that this was a joke from the captain, so he did not take it seriously.
"Have you ever seen a big man who can beat him?"
"Of course I've seen him before. The head was as big as a wall, and the arms were thicker than my thighs. But I've seen dead ones, dragged and burned like a dead dog."
"Elephant clan?"
"Yeah, the kind with teeth!"
"Where did you meet him?"
"It's at the entrance of the military camp. I dragged him back."
The Tusk Elephant Tribe has always been an important concern in Wu Kai's mind. These guys with huge bodies and terrifying strength are really too much of a threat on the battlefield. Especially after the re-equipment of the Tusker Tribe, it is not an exaggeration to say that one is equal to ten, and it is even modest to say so.
What's more, the barbarians mainly focus on body training as monks. A race like the Long Tusk Elephant Clan, a race with an innate physical body, is naturally the best in physical training. At least the initial effect of training is far 40 to 50% higher than that of other races.
When several things are added up, it is quite difficult to deal with them. Because of its huge size and weight, it has a strong ability to resist blows. Others may die from the same injury, but the Tusker Clan may just bandage it, and even still maintain a certain level of combat effectiveness.
In addition, the Tusk Elephants run very fast... once they charge...
Wu Kai has been thinking about dealing with the Long Tusk Elephant Clan and has never had a clue until he accidentally received an inspiration from an auxiliary soldier who was paving the road when he was helping to clean up the Yushi Military Station. However, he still has to verify whether it is useful. . And when he left the Yushi Soldier Station, he took away hundreds of one-handed shovels.
When the main formation of the Chinese army came up from behind, Wu Kai gave up his temporary job of scouting the left forward and returned to General Li's camp. Then they moved forward with the army, and then waited outside a huge military stronghold to enter.
This time, Wu Kai's mixed army was replaced by an integrated army, which was driven over by soldiers from the Jingbei Army after entering the border. The number is also 20,000.
Wu Kai is an old man in the army, and he has experienced this kind of rotation and repair many times. Generally speaking, it is because the frontline soldiers have been stationed for too long or have been tired for a long time, or they have suffered too much damage and need to be rotated. But how long did it take for the war in the south to start? So the first one can be ruled out, and the remaining two are not good news, but Wu Kai has been somewhat mentally prepared along the way.
Sure enough, after the procedures were verified, the handover took place in rotation. Wu Kai followed the army into the military camp and carefully observed the reorganized army that they had rotated out. In addition to a large number of wounded, Wu Kai felt that the number of people who left the camp may be less than 10,000...
On the same day, after the rotation was completed, Military Commander Yao Tianning once again convened the middle and high-level generals for discussion.
Yao Tianning asked someone to open an enlarged topographic map of the Jianchuan area in the big tent, with all the terrain and important points marked in detail. While pointing at the map, he said to all the generals in the big tent: "From now on, the area from No. 4 C to No. 7 D will be our defense area. The first batch of garrison troops will be stationed after the baggage is loaded. You have to drive over. I will tell you the specific strategy..."
Because the area "C No. 4 to D No. 7" that Yao Tianning refers to is almost entirely composed of chaotic rocky beaches and small waters, accompanied by some low hills. The terrain is very complex and does not belong to the "main "Defensive Zone" belongs to the coordinated defense zone.
But after Wu Kai saw the map, he swallowed subconsciously and thought to himself: Isn't this too big? Can you defend it?
Defending the wilderness is not like defending fortifications. Although the mixed army has a total of 20,000 people, the distance between "C-shaped No. 4 to D-shaped No. 7" spans a full fifty-five miles! Moreover, it is difficult to take advantage of the cavalry to cruise quickly in complex terrain. What to do if an enemy situation arises?
According to Yao Tianning's arrangement, the 20,000 troops will be divided into three batches for rotation. In other words, the actual deployed troops in the defense zone from "C No. 4 to D No. 7" are only more than 12,000 troops. Excluding the baggage camps, the combat forces are counted alone. The number of people is less than 10,000.
The defense strategy adopted made Wu Kai's eyes shine: fix a few points to be stationed permanently, and then the remaining personnel form roving patrols, move laterally to the next permanent point, and then replace the permanent personnel, and the replaced people will be replaced again. Form a cruising patrol to go to the next point, repeating in a circle.
This can free up some time for cruising personnel to repair, and at the same time achieve the purpose of uninterrupted patrolling and cruising.
But Wu Kai knew that once he really encountered the barbarians, this defense strategy would be easily interrupted and people would escape to the rear. This is probably what happened to the Yushi Military Station.
Yao Tianning was divided into three rotations. The first batch was led by General Li, the second batch was led by Yao Tianning, and the last batch was led by the remaining general. There are three batches of rotation. The first time is to use two batches of people at the same time, and then change one by one. At the same time, one of the two batches of people who came up for the first time needs to be replaced by one more person. General Li Shen's department is in this batch that needs one more rotation.
