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Although Li Xiaoxi gave up the plan to storm Shangdongshan, he still concentrated the two hundred cavalry on hand, bypassing the Xuanwu military camp in Shangdongshan from time to time, and launched harassment operations in the open basin between Gaoping and Shangdongshan.
The harassment operation did not achieve very substantial results. In three days, the total number of beheadings was no more than ten. Most of them were lone Xuanwu Army messengers, including three cavalrymen. The Xuanwu Army had been fighting with Hedong all year round and had long been familiar with the cavalry.
In terms of combat methods, it was rare for small teams to leave the stronghold. Every time they left the stronghold, the number of people was around 500. For an infantry formation of about 500 people, Li Xiaoxi did not dare to try to charge with the precious 200 cavalry on hand.
We can only watch helplessly as the Xuanwu Army's supply line continues to be maintained smoothly.
Two days later, Li Xiaoxi was recalled to Shihou Fort by a military order - Zhao Yuanping, the general manager of the Shangdang Camp, and Army Supervisor and Sima Omari arrived.
The Shangdang camp was considered the Lulong Army's first attempt at external operations. This was different from the dispatch of troops to Qingqing to the east of the river. The Qingqing direction relied on Dizhou, which had smooth flow behind it, and both troop projection and baggage transportation were firmly guaranteed.
Although the Shangdang camp has been approved by Hedong, after all, it is fighting on other people's territory, and all aspects need to be recalculated. According to the idea of the General Administration of Military Staff, this is a "pilot" to verify the Lu Long Army's "long-range deployment"
The ability to "send troops".
——Well, the above idea actually comes from the oral statement of King Yan Li Chengzhong.
The Shangdang Camp has a small number of troops. There are four battalions in total, one spear battalion, one sword and shield battalion, one archery battalion, and one cavalry battalion. In addition, the Logistics Department is also equipped with three logistics troops to accompany the operation. At the same time, the Shangdang Camp controls You
The Youzhou Brigade of the Yanbao Army has 1,500 troops. The total strength is close to 4,000.
Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. Such a projection force can verify the Lulong Army's long-range projection capabilities in all aspects. Once the experience is accumulated, a larger-scale external combat plan can be planned based on this battle.
As soon as Zhao Yuanping and Onali settled down, they immediately convened a military meeting with the chief officers of each battalion. Li Xiaoxi, who was the outpost, naturally had to go to Dianmao. After the military meeting, Zhao Yuanping already knew what was going on, and worried about Li Xiaoxi, he stormed up Dongshan.
Question. I don’t take it seriously.
"The battle strategy in Hedong has been informed by Yu Housi. The terrain in Hedong is special and is no better than ours in Hebei. In addition to the cavalry that can be used in the basins and plains, other battles will test the ability to remove or build forts..." Zhao Yuanping
He patted Li Xiaoxi on the shoulder and comforted: "Lao Li, you have worked hard, but there is no need to worry. When I came to Hedong this time, the Logistics Department specially assigned three logistics departments. These three logistics departments are all skilled in the installation and manufacturing of large equipment.
We just attack the fortresses one by one, I don’t believe we can’t take them down.”
Omari sighed on the side: "There are more mountains than flat areas in Hedong, so we must be prepared to attack the fortress. The Hedong Army will suffer because it is blocked in the mountains by Xuanwu. If they can rush out, the terrain in Henan will be flat, and with the Hedong Iron Cavalry
With such power, King Liang's hair will turn white... Lao Li, don't worry. Let's see how we remove these strongholds. You have never been to Dizhou. If you had participated in our battle to attack Dizhou, you wouldn't be so miserable.
"
Li Xiaoxi listened to the words of the two superiors with suspicion. Although the boss still didn't believe it, since the superiors said so, she just followed the arrangement.
Because Li Xiaoxi had made sufficient preparations before, the Shangdang camp did not need to worry too much about passing through the Changping Old Road. On the Changping Old Road, the Youzhou Brigade had already occupied three strongholds, from north to south, Tumenling and Changping Village.
After a brief discussion with Si Zhuang and Shangdang's camp, they re-allocated their troops, focusing on Si Zhuang at the forefront and concentrating the main force on Changping Village in the middle.
To this end, a thousand people were assigned to the front camp and the middle camp of the Youzhou Brigade in the direction of Sizhuang, and four combat barracks and three logistics capitals of the marching camp were assigned to Changping. The Dongyang Army of the Hedong Army was responsible for Shihou Fort-Tumenling.
——On the first line of the passage in Changping Village, the Shihou Fort at the rear was converted into a grain platform and was garrisoned by the Youzhou Brigade Rear Battalion.
After adjustments, Shangdang's camp has actually been moved to Changping Village. Judging from this arrangement alone, it shows how powerful Zhao Yuanping's attack power is!
Beginning in mid-April, the Shangdang camp of the Lulong Army that entered Hedong, after five days of rest, began to launch an early-stage harassment campaign against the Xuanwu Army in the Dongshan and Gaoping areas. The raids and harassment battles used cavalry as the main force, with a small number of infantry, and the main goal was to find out
The enemy's situation in the Xuanwu-controlled area on the south side of Danzhu Mountains, summarizing the enemy's response patterns, and understanding the enemy's fighting spirit and morale.
After seven days of harassment and investigation, the Shangdang camp had a preliminary understanding of the inside story of the Xuanwu Army. The troops stationed in Gaoping were the troops of Hou Yan of the Xuanwu Army. Their troops were mainly distributed in Shangdongshan and Gaoping County. Among them, there were about 3,000 soldiers in Shangdongshan.
There are about 600 people in the military village on the hillside, and more than 2,000 people in the army village under the mountain ridge behind the mountain. The Shangdang camp marked the former as Shangdongshan front village and the latter as Shangdongshan rear village on the sand table.
Village.
The Xuanwu Army in Gaoping City is about 15,000 to 20,000 people. Shangdang Camp estimates that based on the configuration of the Xuanwu Army's combat troops and auxiliary troops, there should be about 5,000 combat troops. According to the instruction of An Zhong from the Hedong Front,
According to feedback, there is also a military stronghold in Taoshan on the east side of Danzhu Ridge. There are 3,000 to 5,000 Xuanwu troops stationed in it. This is used to resist the troops of the Hedong Army in the direction of Huguan.
Therefore, the troop deployment of Hou Yan of the Xuanwu Army was basically very clear. With Gaoping as the backing, two defensive fulcrums were extended to the east and west sides of Danzhu Ridge in front, blocking the north-south passage.
What Shangdang's camp faces are the 3,000 Xuanwu troops in Shangdongshan and the troops from Gaoping that may be reinforced at any time. However, due to the constraints of An Chongjie from the Huguan direction of the Hedong Army, the troops from Gaoping that can be used to support Shangdongshan are not available.
It will be higher than 10,000. The specific number depends on the containment efforts of An Zhongjie's command, but the Shangdang camp cannot overestimate it.
There is no other reason. In this southward joint operation, the main attack direction of the Hedong Army is in Jinzhou. The main force is gathering in Jinzhou. Even the Fanhan Internal and External Horse Infantry Army commanded by Li Siyuan in Luzhou has withdrawn more than half of its troops to support Jinzhou.
The Hedong Army remaining in Luzhou only has a total of five or six thousand men. Among them, Huguan'an Chongjiao's troops only have more than a thousand men with 500 Hengchong as the main force. With this small number of troops, it is difficult to protect themselves.
, let alone attack?
But Zhao Yuanping and Onali still want to attack, and they rely on two things. They have 800 cavalry and three logistics troops!
On April 25th, the logistics in Changping Village completed the construction of various large-scale attack equipment; on April 28th, various equipment arrived at the temple in large trucks; on April 29th, Youyan Brigade and
The cavalry battalion went south from Sizhuang and advanced to the arrowhead of Xuanwu Army, two miles northwest of Dongshanqianzhai, and occupied the entrance of this abandoned ancient kiln.
On April 30, under the cover of the Youyan Brigade and the Cavalry Battalion, the logistics department urgently built an advance camp at Arrowhead. On May 1st, large trucks loaded with attack equipment entered Arrowhead. The logistics department began to assemble it all night long.
On the third day of May, three temporary roads were leveled between Arrowhead and Shangdong Mountain. On the same day, Xuanwu Army garrisoned troops at Shangdongshan Camp and came out to harass the camp. The Youzhou Brigade repulsed the camp. Xuanwu Army lost more than 50 people and the Youzhou Brigade lost 20 people.
Nine people were injured, 13 were seriously injured and eight were slightly injured.
On the fifth day of May, the Shangdang camp concentrated the main force and divided the troops into two groups. Omari led 800 cavalry south to the mountain ridge behind Shangdong Mountain. They monitored the Xuanwu Army in the back village of Shangdong Mountain and looked for opportunities to attack the stronghold. Zhao Yuanping led the Shangdang camp.
Three infantry battalions and 800 people from Li Xiaoxi's command were dispatched by Arrowhead and formed a formation at the front village of Shangdong Mountain. At Li Dutou's request, the Hedong Army stationed at Arrowhead in Dongyang to provide timely support.
Neither the cavalry in Omari nor the infantry of Zhao Yuanping or Li Xiaoxi were the main force in this battle. The real main force was the three logistics cities.
Two hundred steps away, eight large catapults were lined up along the gentle slope of Shangdongshan Qianzhai. The huge arms were covered with leather bags and pointed directly at the sky. Following the orders of the logistics officers, the huge catapults
Under the twisting of the winch, the arm slowly fell backward, making a "creeping" belt friction sound.
Then, suddenly, the huge arm of the catapult in the middle was raised with all its strength, and the stone bullets in the leather bag were thrown forward with a whoosh, hitting the wooden fence in front of Shangdongshan Village, smashing a deer antlers into pieces
.The bounced stone bullet hit the front left and took the two outer Antlers directly flying out.
The logistics officer who commanded the catapult stretched his right arm flat, raised his right thumb, closed his left and right eyes respectively, and after visual inspection, shouted loudly: "Each vehicle's position! Each vehicle of A, B, C and D will be raised twice, and the orientation will remain unchanged——
Wu, Ji, Geng and Xin each drove their cars four turns higher, and their directions were two degrees apart——"
"First salvo - let go!"
As if being thrown by the giant hand of the gods, the eight stone bullets flew violently towards Dongshanqianzhai. A cloud of dust flew up, accompanied by sawdust flying everywhere, and the occasional scream of pain, the Lulong Army's attack officially kicked off.
"Second salvo - let go!"
"Three volleys - let go!"
"Each bus station, check the vehicle condition——"
In less than a moment, the village in front of Shangdong Mountain was baptized by dozens of stone bullets, and the visual inspection report from Lu Longjun's watchtower was quickly transmitted to Zhao Yuanping.
One archery tower, five wooden houses, one stable, five wooden fences were damaged, more than ten antlers were destroyed, and the casualties are unknown...
Shangdong Mountain is already very small, and with five to six hundred people gathered in it, this military stronghold must be very crowded. Such damaging effects were expected by the officers in the Shangdang camp.
For the first time, Li Xiaoxi saw the huge power of the Lulong Army's siege equipment. As far as the catapults were concerned, he was deeply shocked. Compared with what he had seen in combat in his life, these catapults could throw farther and the stone projectiles could be thrown farther.
It is heavier, can be thrown faster, more accurately, and is less likely to be damaged. The eight catapults have the effect of at least dozens of catapults in other towns, but the manpower used is several times less! In an instant,
Li Xiaoxi looked at these catapults and felt a sense of powerlessness.
Zhao Yuanping took the teacup handed over by his guard leisurely, took a sip, and sighed: "It is indeed a good tea from the Ming Dynasty. Merchants from Wuyue sold it to Youzhou by sea. The Logistics Department of the General Administration specially allocated the money."
The party camp has twenty kilograms...Old Li, you should also try it, don't just sit there."
Li Xiaoxi said "Uh", still staring at the large catapult in front of the battle with her mouth wide open. She stuffed the tea cup in her hand into her mouth, but her tongue was suddenly burned, and she spat it out on the ground.
Zhao Yuanping shook his head and said regretfully: "What a waste..." (To be continued...)