In April of the seventeenth year of the Apocalypse, the Seljuq coalition finally crossed the Xihong River. They concentrated their main force in the area of Deshigan, and also stationed an army of 50,000 people in Uzgen.
The enemy's move was expected by the Song army. The main force was hoarded in Dieshigan, and it was obvious that they took Baishui City and the Talos line as their main offensive route.
From the perspective of the Seljuk coalition forces, dispatching heavy troops to Uzgen can not only block incoming enemies from the direction of the upper reaches of the Xihong River valley, protect their flanks, but also support Malyi, an important crossing of the Xihong River, from the other side.
Nangcheng, protect your retreat.
From the Song Army's point of view, the possibility of outflanking through Yezhi Pass was blocked. This was indeed disappointing, but it was also expected and within the acceptable range.
This is the first principle not to underestimate any enemy. The Seljuks conquered east and west and rose rapidly in the past few decades, sweeping across the rivers, Khorasan, Persia, Mesopotamia and Asia Minor. They must have accumulated rich combat experience.
Choosing the correct marching route and blocking possible dangers are basic skills for experienced generals.
The enemy headquarters in Broken Leaf City before the Western Expedition was extremely busy and tense.
Zhao Si stood aside, as if he was an outsider. He just read every military report silently, thinking about it in his mind, and then did not express his opinions easily.
Song Jun is now fully mature and has formed a set of effective collection, analysis, decision-making, execution and feedback systems and processes.
After reading the latest military report, Zhao Si curled his lips, Sanjar, you are still not imaginative enough. You should organize an elite force of 5,000 to 10,000 people, from Congling or Bulushe (Kashmir) along the
The glaciers and snowy areas of Big and Little Bolu lead directly to the plateau of the old Tibetan land.
What Gao Xianzhi of the former Tang Dynasty could do, you have so many talented people, why are there no generals who can't do it? Crossing the old land of Tubo, appearing in Lanzhou, Hexi, rushing straight to the Guanzhong Plain from the west, the world was shocked! Even for those thousands of miles away,
The war abroad will not help, but it will be enough to go down in history!
Zhao Si just teased a few words in his heart. As long as Sanjar was not crazy, he would not make such a crazy and ineffective decision.
He folded his arms in front of his chest and looked at the densely packed signs on the map - the red ones were the division-based signs for the Song Army, and the green ones were the Seljuk coalition signs for the independent-leading generals or ten thousand units.
It can be seen from the density of the red and green signs that the Song army was guarding the dangerous pass in the east and focused on defense. The Seljuk coalition also knew that this was a barrier that no one could break, so they did not rush in foolishly.
.Just put an army in Uzgen to protect the flanks.
The main force of the Song Army was concentrated in the area from Qianquan Mountain to the south of the Chu River, with Talas as the fulcrum. The main force of the Seljuk coalition was concentrated on the line from Dieshgan to Baishui City. The important retreat route and the grain and grass transshipment center were at the Xihong River.
Juzhanti (Leninabad) and Ma Eryinang.
Our own forces, excluding the horse infantry guarding the key passes in the east, are concentrated on the west are twelve cavalry divisions, two infantry divisions, and six artillery regiments, totaling 180,000 horse infantry.
Among them, there are three cavalry divisions of the White Tiger Flag Guard Army, four cavalry divisions of the Xuanwu Flag Guard Army, and five cavalry divisions of the Qinglong Flag Guard Army.
In addition, a reserve force was placed in the upper reaches of the Chu River, including three cavalry divisions of the Cavalry Army and two cavalry divisions of the White Tiger Flag Guard Army.
The various military forces added together, excluding Gaochang's military force, totaled about 250,000 horse infantry.
According to various intelligence analyses, the Seljuk coalition's strength is approximately between 250,000 and 280,000. However, Zhao Si feels that his own advantage lies in being well-trained and united.
The biggest problem with the Seljuk coalition lies in the word "joint". They nominally believe in the same faith, but secretly they have their own agendas. Moreover, they are both communists, and they are divided into two major sects, Sunni and Shia.
There are various branches below.
The tribes are mainly divided into Turks and Persians, and there are more tribes further down. There are still twenty or thirty tribes.
These contradictions are now covered up by high morale and Kang's passion. But once the war reaches a stalemate and someone needs to make sacrifices, they will inevitably break out.
Zhao Si was thinking about these analysis of the enemy and ourselves, and suddenly thought that when he was teaching the three sons accompanying the expedition the day before yesterday, Hu La Ba Ji's eldest son Zhao Kuo actually complained, saying that he had too many troops and horses and could not fight a classic battle of defeating more with less.
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What a prodigal child! He lacks the beatings of real society!
I gave this kid a good scolding. After reading the chapter, I was confused by what I heard in the book! If you win more with less, why is it recorded in history books and praised by everyone? It’s because it is so rare.
Everyone has only seen these very few special cases, but not the hundreds or thousands of normal battles in the history books where more people defeated less people! To win more with less is just to be at a disadvantage, and to put all your efforts into a fight, the probability of victory is low.
The risk is high.
Now that the Song Dynasty is prosperous and has abundant military power, is there any need to take risks?
Lack of education! It seems that it is very right to bring them out to see the world.
However, mobilizing so many soldiers and horses will consume a huge amount of money and food.
The infantry was transferred from Hexi, and its logistics was supported by the Hexi Corridor, so it did not dare to run far. Most of the troops were stationed in Gaochang, where they attacked the city, cleared out and pacified the area.
The main force of the horse army was drawn from the three banners of Qinglong, Xuanwu and Baihu, and went westward along the grassland, over Jinshan Mountain, across the Shihe River in Ye'er, along the grassland from Yemili to Alimari, and came to the Qihe area and
Chu River Basin.
They set out from their respective stations, and for the first part of the journey, the herdsmen along the way provided them with "meal stamps" - silver dollar coupons. These herdsmen could use these meal stamps to go to thousands of households to offset taxes, or go to the market to buy things.
The cavalrymen of the three banners gathered at a certain place near the border and began to collect cattle and sheep - all collected from nearby herdsmen. The Propaganda Department of each banner's Huiyuan Yuan would compensate them.
After getting the cattle and sheep in place, they went to nearby towns to collect tea, sugar, salt, matches, flour and other supplies. Over the past ten years, the Song Dynasty established more than a dozen trade routes and built hundreds of towns in Beisan Banner.
The biggest function of these towns is not to gather residents, but to serve as transshipment centers, warehouses, warehousing and markets in this region.
The recruited cavalry received supplies from nearby warehouses in nearby towns, and then organized them into squads, platoons, companies, battalions, and regiments according to the main households, Jia households, hundreds of households, and thousands of households, and finally formed cavalry divisions.
The cavalry division drove cattle and sheep, mounted high-wheeled carriages, and marched westward in a mighty manner like a tribe migrating. The cavalry in the Heishui area of the farthest Qinglong Banner, the last cavalry regiment of the Western Expedition, spent five years.
Months - spent the whole winter in the Jinshan area, and arrived in the Chuhe area - the scheduled battlefield in the spring of the seventeenth year of the Apocalypse.
When they attacked Gaochang State last year, everyone including the Shi family brothers and sisters felt it was a mess. In fact, it was not a mess, but they didn't know the Song army's combat mode. When a cavalry division arrived, they would throw another one into the battlefield.
In the huge and rigorous war machine of the Song Dynasty, no team would be delayed, and no one would dare to delay. The former enemy headquarters only needed to operate according to the diagram - assign different theaters to different cavalry divisions, and assign tasks to different cavalry divisions.
Set the goal, let’s get started!
The front finger uses strict and smooth battle situation feedback to monitor the entire war zone, share information, and coordinate the cooperation of various war zones from time to time...
You look at it as a mess, but others think it is orderly and orderly - I don't know how many times I have practiced it, and I am so proficient that I can't be more proficient.
Zhao Si looked and thought about it. Soon, the map that took up half of the wall was densely covered with signs. He noticed something was wrong, turned around, and walked to another spacious room. There was a huge map here.
The sand table takes up half the room.
The sand table, which simulates the actual terrain in proportion, is also filled with red and green flags.
Seeing Zhao Si walking in, the staff members all made way for him.
Bai Chonghu, Yang Zongmin and others who were gathering to discuss matters quickly gathered around. Zhao Si pointed at the sand table and asked without looking back: "Have you noticed anything wrong with the Seljuk coalition?"