"According to the prisoners' confessions, each soldier of the Jin army was only distributed three days' rations."
Tiao You held the standard ration of the Jin army in his hand, which was a kind of rice ball after coarse grains were mixed and cooked, and a small amount of glutinous rice.
He said: "Seeing that there was cooking smoke in the Jin army last night, and then there were scouts to report back, Xie Shi burned grain but left livestock. ” In fact, it is still unknown whether Xie Shi really burned the grain, after all, as the chief general, Xie Shi just wanted to show a kind of determination, and it was okay to show the soldiers of the whole army, and it should be left behind.
"Is there any sign that the enemy is about to retreat" Xu Zheng is most concerned about this now, he has not yet received the information from the Jin army's naval division that has reappeared in the combat area, and said more seriously: "Be sure to monitor closely, but if you find any signs of the Jin army's naval division coming, the fleet should go to intercept or destroy." ” Regarding the movements of the Jin army's naval division, the Han army has been monitoring it.
After the Jin army's sailors sent Xie Shi's troops to the north bank of Huaishui, they retreated back to Shaobei.
The fleet of the Han army has done the action of intercepting and destroying the Jin army's sailors, but after all, the battlefield is in the territory of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Jin army's eyeline is too many and widely distributed, and the fleet can only sail in the waters, and the Han fleet finally did not find a chance to catch up with or stop the Jin army's sailors.
"It's already under close surveillance."
Tiao Yu should report on the situation on the outer battlefield and said: "When Tu was captured by our army, Si Hongzhuang's department had already joined forces with Xie An's department in Yinling.
According to the original plan, after their division, they should advance to Xiquyang, conquer this city located in the rear of Shouchun, and cut off the main force of the Jin army from the rear. ” The so-called plan is the goal to be achieved, but what Xie An reported was that they found that the Jin army was constantly coming from the southwest, and the banner was led by the national abbot Chu Pei, and they also found the banner of Gu He, Wang Yizhi, Lu Wei, Wang Gong and others.
There are a lot of people who lead the generals in the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and there are actually only a few who can fight, and several of them happen to be more capable of fighting, all of which appear on the Huainan battlefield.
Xu Zheng nodded and asked, "What news will Xie Lang have over there?"
Tiao You was stunned for a moment, and quickly came back to his senses, 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 already started to cross the river, and calculate the time to fight with the Jin army in the Dantu area."
The number of troops on Xie Ai's side did not exceed 50,000 at its peak, and they faced a defensive belt of at least thirty miles deep along the Yangtze River built by the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Their work of crossing the river was based on the fact that the Jin army's naval division was attracted to the Huainan battlefield, otherwise even if the Han fleet had an absolute advantage, the Han army, which was not good at water warfare, would inevitably suffer heavy losses if it forcibly crossed the river.
"That Guozhang shouldn't know that Dantu has already landed with our army" Xu Zheng touched his chin and paused before continuing: "Once discovered, he can continue to come to the Huainan battlefield with his troops."
For the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the national capital Jiankang is on the edge of the Yangtze River, and they spent national strength to build a depth of thirty miles to ensure the safety of Jiankang, but it is absolutely not enough to have a defensive line, and there must always be enough troops to garrison in order to make the depth of defense play its due role.
"When the time comes, you can send some fleets to the area of the puppet capital for a walk." ” According to the speculation of the Han army, most of the elite of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were in the Huainan battlefield, and the elimination of the Jin army in Huainan was equivalent to completing half of the intention of destroying the country, and it was also a preliminary preparation for the next attack on Jiankang.
The Han army's southern invasion corps was quite prepared, including using Xie Shi's department as bait to attract the Eastern Jin Dynasty to send reinforcements to wipe out those Jin troops who came later.
Jiankang is a big city with a population of nearly one million, and the number of defenders at present will not be less than 100,000, and hundreds of thousands of defenders will be mobilized in times of emergency.
The Han army really wants to forcibly attack Jiankang, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to gnaw without sending two or three hundred thousand.
Attacking a big city with a population of nearly one million, even Liu Yan would feel stunned when he thought about it.
If you want to capture such a city, or the capital of a country, you need a huge number of troops, and the time it will take will definitely be very long, and the consumption of materials will be beyond imagination.
The Han State is not only in a state of war with the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty now, but the war with the Shijie Zhao State has always been in full swing, and I don't know how long I can drag Murong Yanguo in Liaodong, and the rest of the aspects cannot be too relaxed, so the southern invasion should be properly arranged strategically.
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 army of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty as much as possible, whether it is a field battle or a battle in the city outside Jiankang, eliminate the living forces of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty bit by bit, and completely lose the confidence of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty with one victory after another, and Jiankang does not need to attack at all when the time is ripe.
Xu Zheng insisted on a hunt with Xie Shi on the north bank of Huaishui, which was to cooperate according to the national strategy, and they had successfully used 50,000 troops to trap the 80,000 Jin troops led by Xie Shi into the battlefield, and several partial divisions were constantly attacking the city and plundering the land.
For example, Si Hongzhuang, Xie An and other partial divisions, their main task is to build a battlefield, create favorable time and space, and create opportunities for eliminating the Jin army that may come to support Xie Shi's department.
With the arrival of a new day, the battlefields on the north and south banks of Huai have resumed fighting.
The Jin army still placed the main attack position in the central front, and the left and right flanks were more engaged in containment and solid defense.
The Jin army, which played in the first round, looked at the banner of a military government with six or seven three thousand people, and their opponents were the Han army of three colonels.
It's not that Xu Zheng doesn't want to mobilize more troops in the frontal battlefield in the central part of the country, it's that the terrain over there can only accommodate those troops, or that no matter how many troops are arranged, the ones that can really participate in the battle are the ones in front, so taking turns to participate in the war is the best way.
The Jin army, which had renewed its offensive, discovered that the Han army's arrow attacks were fiercer and more frequent and dense than they had been on the first day.
Such a discovery was reported to Xie Shi of the Chinese army, and the generals and colonels of the Jin army present all showed worried looks.
"There was no frontal hand-to-hand combat like on the first day," Sun Sui said disappointed and worried: "Is it that the Han army has changed its commander?"
In general, everyone on the Jin army's side thinks Xu Zheng is stupid.
It's not for nothing that they think like this, and it's not that there is some dignified array to fight in the classical era, but Xu Zheng really has the style of a general in the classical era, and he promised to hunt is to carry out the agreement, and even the Jin army's most worried about being hit by Bandu did not happen, and it happened later that he could block the Jin army's offensive by archery but wanted to send troops to fight hand-to-hand.
If Xie Shi also thought that Xu Zheng was stupid to be unreasonable, but thinking about why his soldiers' morale fell so quickly in one day, he suddenly felt that Xu Zheng didn't seem to be stupid, and seemed to be very smart The high morale of the Jin army is based on the premise of being constantly deceived, which leads to the fact that the Jin soldiers do not think that the Han army will be very powerful, if the Han army only uses long-range attack weapons, even if the Jin army is blocked, the Jin army will feel that the Han army is just a long-range weapon, and it may not be to lose confidence.
The Han army gave up the absolute advantage of long-range attacks, and even if there were long-range attacks, they only happened against the cavalry of the Jin army.
They had a day of hand-to-hand combat with the Jin army, and the result was that the Han army could not only firmly block the Jin army's offensive in close combat, but also block it with outnumbered blows and be able to push back.
The Han army is telling the Jin army with facts, don't think that the Han army can only shoot arrows, and it is still strong in hand-to-hand combat.
The false lies were proved to be true, and the Jin army seemed to suddenly find that the Han army was not as easy to bully as imagined, and the gap in his heart directly led to the shaking of confidence, from the beginning to be able to bear heavy casualties, and the recovery to each military government was only close to a loss of nearly one achievement, and there were signs of collapse.
Strength can't be faked, Xie Shi suddenly felt a little physically and mentally exhausted, many means still have to rely on hard power to achieve results, and in the face of the gap in strength, it is not possible to really reverse it with some means.
He didn't show his inner state, and said calmly: "Adjust the battlefield troops and carry out an attack with the shogunate's pro-army as the main force." ” The so-called shogunate pro-army is actually the real elite army in Xie Shi's hands, and the source of soldiers comes from the private soldiers of the Xie clan as the backbone, and the military or civilian brave people are selected to supplement them, and they are equipped with sophisticated armor and equipment.
This force is the killer weapon in Xie Shi's hands, the number is only less than 20,000, it was originally sent out as a last resort, and now if he doesn't take up a sample for the rest of the troops, the morale may really be leaked to the end.
Xie Wan hesitated for a moment, then stood up and responded: "No" The generals and colonels in the tent were all in good spirits, and the shogunate's pro-army was dispatched earlier than expected, and they realized that the turning point of the war would soon occur, and that the shogunate's pro-army would inevitably save or even arouse higher morale if they did not perform well or even lose, and it would be terrible.
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The boss's order was issued, and some topics that were not easy to make public had been discussed, waiting for the non-core generals to leave, Xie Shang, who had deliberately stayed, said: "After Huaishui, it's only the second day of the war, isn't it a little early" hesitated for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "It's too risky." ” Xie Wan didn't leave, because they weren't outsiders, so he said directly: "Those are the elite of the family."
After the Battle of Huaishui began, the Jin army went into battle either the troops of the imperial court or the troops of some second- and third-rate families, and the troops of the gate lords or first-class families were at most a dozen sides, which was the direct embodiment of the family's politics.
Xie Wan's words sounded very clear, no matter how many casualties the imperial court's troops were, it should be the imperial court who was distressed, but the elite of the family was the foundation of every family, how much was lost is not much, and the loss of the elite of a family also means that the family should sink or disappear directly, and if it can be preserved, it must not be consumed.
"Don't be as naïve as those other families."
Xie Shi kept smiling bitterly and said, "They thought that even if they couldn't win, they would be able to retreat to the south bank.
Only a small number of people can really be withdrawn, and the large army will definitely be lost on the north bank, and they have already crossed the river to the north, and there is no possibility of preserving their strength. ” Xie Shang and Xie Wan both knew that this was the case, and even Xie Shi was very clear, and even the rest of them didn't understand.
Before they crossed the river to the north, they were full of confidence that they would use "combination punches" to collapse the Han army, but the reality was very shocking.
"At least you can try it now, can't you" Xie Shi raised his hand and clenched his fists, and said sonorously: "Not only the shogunate pro-army, but also the rest of the elites must all play, and today is a benevolent for us if we don't succeed."
It's not a fool, Xie Shidu is already like this, Xie Shang and Xie Wan have fully understood the seriousness of the situation.
Later, Xie Shi mentioned the things he had realized, and in the end, he couldn't help but say: "Whether it is a mistake or a foolish wisdom, Xu Zheng's reaction has always controlled the general situation on the side of the Han army. ” The Jin army on the north bank of Huaishui has not yet been in contact with the rear for the time being, if they knew that there was a Han army attacking the city and plundering land in Huainan, they would know that what Xie Shi said was right, but it seemed to be a bit of hindsight.
The movement of the battlefield could not be done silently, Xu Zheng learned that the attacking Jin army had withdrawn, and his own troops in pursuit had encountered an iron plate, and he immediately knew that Xie Shi on the opposite side was going to fight hard.
"It should be Xie's private soldiers."
Tiao You was not guessing at all, he said: "The newly emerged Jin army armor is very well-equipped, and the will to fight is also resolute. ” Whether an army can fight or not is directly reflected in the difference in will, and when two armies with the same will to fight against each other, what can affect is the configuration of the armor and equipment, and then the number of troops.
The Han army that went to pursue the rout of the Jin army was only more than 3,000 people, and they were killed by the shogunate army from the left and right flanks halfway, although the pursuing Han army adjusted the fastest speed, but the two wings were quickly broken through, and they showed defeat in less than half an hour, and they fought and retreated only when the troops in the rear came to the rescue.
That part of the battle was only a small corner of the many battles on the entire battlefield, but it was a great encouragement to the rest of the Jin army, and the Han army retreated in a head-to-head confrontation for the first time, whether it was the Jin army bullying the minority with the majority, at least let the Jin army see that the Han army was not invincible.
"Attack, can only attack" Xu Zheng is very clear about the seriousness of the situation, he has been trying to break down the morale of the Jin army, and at the beginning of the results, Xie Shi immediately dispatched his hole cards, and resolutely said: "We can't let the Jin army have a chance to restore morale" Of course, Tiao Yu also sensed the turning point on the battlefield, and suggested: "The enemy army has dispatched the absolute elite, as long as we can defeat it with an absolutely strong offensive, they should completely lose confidence." ”: