Chapter 588: The tactics of the Ningwuguan defenders have improved!
"Father-in-law, what do you mean?" Xia Guoxiang, after hearing Wu Sangui's rhetorical question, had a clever idea in his mind.
"Sun Baigu's Qin soldiers can be considered a powerful force, but they don't have the firearms in the hands of the Zhili gang of thieves. Their combat power may not be as high as our Guan Ning army. Besides, Sun Baigu wants to send Qin soldiers here, but he can
How many can be sent? There are only about 100,000 troops under his command at most. Some of them are involved in the civil unrest in Gansu, and the maximum number that can be sent is 50,000 to 60,000. They are also divided into two parts, one to support the Central Plains battlefield, and the other to support us. This is already
This is the best situation. Based on my understanding of Sun Baigu, he won’t even send troops! The most appropriate plan is to rely on the Tongguan natural barrier to block the Northern Zhili army, and safely become the local emperor in Sichuan and Shaanxi."
Wu Sangui is not a qualified warlord, but he is a qualified military leader! He understands better than anyone how to preserve his own strength. Therefore, he is not optimistic about Sun Chuanting's ability to come to Taiyuan's aid. Anyone with a discerning eye can understand that, even if
Sending a large army here will result in more defeats than victory. It is better to quickly build the Tongguan defense line now, and then take in some of the troops who retreated from Shanxi and Taiyuan to strengthen the strength of the Qin army.
"If this is the case, Taiyuan City may not be able to be defended. Father-in-law, what are our plans? Why don't we contact Governor Sun and we retreat to Sichuan and Shaanxi as soon as possible? With the help of our 40,000 elite soldiers, he can defend Sichuan and Shaanxi.
Have more energy to spare.”
"Sichuan and Shaanxi are not good places to go, and Sun Baigu is not a good place, and he has a hundred thousand Qin soldiers under his command. After we go there, how to deal with ourselves is a problem. Chen Qiyu, who is just a military commander, is trying every way to add some sand to us. Sun
Bai Gu is much stronger than him."
"Sichuan and Shaanxi are not good places to go? Do we have to continue going south?"
"Take the Central Plains and enter Hubei from the direction of Nanyang! Wherever the remnants of the bandits are now controlling, it will not be difficult for us to gain a foothold in the past. Even if the Northern Army moves south from the Central Plains, there will be many places where we can move to fight. When we first arrived in Taiyuan, we were just helpless. Here
It’s not a place to stay for a long time.”
"The Northern Army is also using troops in the Central Plains. Do we have a chance to enter Hubei via the Central Plains?"
"From Yanzhou to the Central Plains, there are several big cities. The Northern Army will not advance too fast. Gao Mingheng, Chen Yongfu and others can delay it for a while no matter what, especially the King of Zhou. He has no retreat like us. However, this matter
Sooner rather than later, Prime Minister, you will bring a vanguard of more than 3,000 people. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, wear plain clothes and go south to find out the way back for us. When you go south, you will go to Lucky City, along the line of Fechichi, and into Nanyang. Remember to arrange the right people.
We are lurking in important cities and passes along the route. Once the army moves south, we must have someone to support us when we pass through each pass so that there is no obstruction."
"The general has taken the order! I just don't know when the army will really move south?"
"I will make preparations in the city from now on and let Guozhu lead the troops to guard the front line of Ningwuguan. Once the Northern Army breaks through Ningwuguan, the army will immediately abandon the city and move south. Let Chen Qiyu find a way to defend Taiyuan City."
Ningwuguan is the most important checkpoint between Taiyuan and Datong. In the past two years, Wu Sangui and Chen Qiyu actually thought of some ways. They reinforced Ningwuguan with cement and built cement trenches, forts and
The fortress was equipped with nearly 200 heavy artillery along the entire Ningwuguan line. It can be said that Ningwuguan was built into an iron wall to the greatest extent possible, hoping that it could play a role in blocking the imperial army from going south to the Taiyuan Valley.
"The rebels have spent a lot of money on Ningwuguan in the past two years. Look at this fortress defense line. It's really not easy to break through." After leading the guards to the front line to inspect the battlefield, Ma Youliang pointed to the front.
The defense line looked embarrassed.
After experiencing the artillery battle in Datong City, the enemy has made progress! The line of defense in front of us is already half a shadow of the anti-artillery fortification tutorial set up in the military academy. Although the artillery of the imperial army is extremely powerful, facing a systematic attack
It is still difficult to destroy the fortifications from the front. Later generations have missiles and heavy artillery that are more powerful than this, making it difficult to effectively break through the fortified areas, let alone now.
"Yes, their fortifications used cement, and the trenches were well dug. The tunnels were not only narrow, but also had many bay channels. They were closely connected to Guancheng, forts, and fortresses. There seemed to be some bunkers in the trenches.
"As a result, our army's artillery bombardment is estimated to be only 30 to 40% powerful." Bai Xiangcheng, Ma Youliang's deputy and chief of staff of the Second Front Army, agreed with May Youliang's judgment. From what he saw,
There is indeed some trouble.
"Send some mortar teams to conduct a tentative attack on the fortifications at Ningwuguan from now on. Carefully explore the defense situation of the entire fortifications and the enemy's fighting will. Before the army officially launches an attack, I need to
A complete assessment report. Deputy Commander Bai is here to take charge of this matter!"
"I have received your orders, Commander-in-Chief, when will our army launch a general offensive?"
"Waiting for the news of the three front armies, if most of them come out of the mountains, our army will immediately launch a general attack. It is not an easy task for an army of 50,000 to 60,000 people to leave Taihang." The most difficult points in the battle of Shanxi are two points
, one is that Ren Shuangyou and the others were able to successfully cross the Taihang Aperture and penetrate into the Taiyuan Valley, the other is that May Youliang and the others were able to successfully break through the Ningwu Pass.
These two directions actually cooperate with each other. If Mayu and the others do not contain most of the enemy troops and let a large number of enemy troops enter the mountain passes to ambush the Third Front Army, it will be very difficult for Shuangyou and the others to get out of the Taihang Mountains. The same principle is true.
, if Ren Shuangyou and the others don't come out of the mountains and threaten Ningwuguan's defense line from the side, Mayouliang's side will have no choice but to attack Guancheng and fight to the death.
In war, the most important thing is the morale of the military. If the defenders are determined to fight and have the advantage of the land, even with the most advanced weapons and tactics, it will be difficult to easily break through the defense line. But once the defenders lose confidence and morale, the strong
The fortifications are of no use, and the army will be defeated in a few days.
"General Hu, tens of thousands of enemy troops are approaching the city. Your general only asked you to bring tens of thousands of people over?" The general guarding Ningwuguan escaped from Datong and came here from Jiang Yu. Now he is in this town.
The commander-in-chief's territory is only a small Guancheng.
"The Northern Army is crossing the mountains from the direction of Shimen to Taiyuan. The general must leave troops to guard Taiyuan and sit in the rear to prevent us from being flanked. General Jiang has nearly 10,000 men under his command, and Governor Chen has sent nearly 20,000 more reinforcements.
The general's men and horses have crammed into a small Ningwuguan of nearly 40,000 men. The place is so big, how many people should be transferred here to be enough?" Hu Guozhu knew what Jiang Yu meant by this, and he also
He knew Wu Sangui’s true thoughts, but at this time he had to use his words to catch Jiang Yu to prevent him from causing trouble again!