Within half an hour, the ordering soldiers turned back one after another.
According to the tradition of the Jin Army, military orders are based on talismans, and different talismans are issued according to the number and scale of the mobilized troops. The specific instructions are all dictated by the ordering soldiers to the ordered generals. The process of the navy is more complicated, and each department mobilizes more than a hundred troops.
There is a formal document stating the content of the task, and the officer who takes the order must also confirm it with his signature, and then the orderer will take the order back to the Chinese army for filing.
If the officers do not have basic cultural literacy, or do not have a clear understanding of the campaign plan and preset goals, this process will be completely redundant. But with Guo Ning’s efforts for several consecutive years, most officers have
I have the experience of studying in a military academy and can recognize basic Chinese characters, understand maps, and understand the role of a certain order in the overall arrangement.
This kind of progress is almost meaningless to the traditional army.
Because the traditional army does not need to think, except for the highest-ranking general, everyone below should be stunned, and then naturally dare to fight to the death.
Even the Jurchens and Mongols in their heyday were the same; it was just that in their armies, the grassroots soldiers were particularly bloodthirsty because of their barbarism and ignorance, while at the same time they retained the fighting instincts brought about by their fishing, hunting and herding life.
But Guo Ning insisted that the Ding Navy should not become such an army, and the officers and soldiers of the Ding Navy should not become machines that only know how to kill.
Li Ting is not absolutely sure whether Guo Ning's insistence is justified, but he is already eighty-nine percent convinced.
After ten years in the army, he has become more and more experienced and knowledgeable. He still looks aggressive and triumphant all day long, but in fact he is gradually becoming calmer; just as this year, the army has not engaged in large-scale operations.
But the internal system is becoming more and more mature. The army's training, equipment, and command operations are all smooth. Everyone knows their own tasks, knows whose orders they follow, who they are responsible for, and what goals they achieve, including logistics, medical care, etc.
Special personnel are in charge.
Half a month ago, he witnessed with his own eyes the power of this system's rapid activation.
The military government suddenly issued an order without warning. All the ministries were resting in their camps. Many military camps were more than half empty, because the soldiers had holidays to stay at home with their wives and children, or to help farm. But with the order, countless people came to the rescue.
Starry Night rushed back to the headquarters. Immediately, tens of thousands of people gathered at different stations and received a huge amount of military supplies...
In the past six months, the military government has been spending like a flood. Everyone watched Yelu Chucai, Xu Ding and others cracking their abacus and comparing their money with others everywhere. In the end, it was just a pretense!
After that, it was a matter of marching hundreds of miles long distances in the shortest possible time to open up a battlefield. Li Ting's troops actually didn't go very far, but many of his colleagues led their troops thousands of miles long distances, and even crossed rivers and seas.
This kind of action was impossible to achieve in the past. No matter how high the fighting spirit and desire of the soldiers were, it was impossible. This exceeded the limit of the army's organizational capabilities and would inevitably lead to the collapse of the army at a certain point.
Only when every backbone of this army understands his own role and has full confidence in the commander-in-chief and every comrade of the army, and the entire army system can be closely connected with the regime itself, can this be achieved
in this way.
Li Ting never dreamed that he would one day be able to fight with such an army.
So after he gave the order, he quickly went back to his tent and lay down. Only when he was full would he be energetic enough to fight the next day.
It gets dark very quickly in this season, and you can't see the stars clearly tonight. There are dark clouds in the sky, and there is little moonlight. Li Ting's officers are going back and forth with torches, which will be a bit hard for them. But the army's marching operations, if it comes
If we make arrangements on the same day, it will most likely lead to chaos, not to mention that Wanyan Heda's headquarters and Li Ting's headquarters are only twenty miles apart.
Wanyan Heda was a veteran general, and probably the last one among the Jurchens who was in his prime, with peak courage and commanding ability. At that time, Tu Shanyi asked him and Wanyan Congtan to serve as King Sui's military leaders.
Support, and he did it. The Kaifeng regime was able to defeat the Red Coat Army's foothold in Kaifeng, control all roads in Longxi, and frighten the Xia and Song states. Wanyan Heda's contribution was indispensable.
He is famous for valuing righteousness over wealth, and shares the joys and sorrows with his subordinates. Whatever he gets in the army, he must first ration it to the soldiers, and when encountering the enemy, he dares to take the lead. The army he leads is also the main force that the Kaifeng court can really rely on.
A strong shield placed on Hebei West Road to cover Hedong Liang Road and Xijing Road.
In the past two days, the two armies engaged in several medium-sized conflicts, with both sides suffering casualties. Therefore, the soldiers under Li Ting also knew that Wanyan Heda's troops would be difficult to deal with, and they did not dare to ignore tomorrow's battle.
So prepare very carefully.
Li Ting covered his belly with leather armor and remained motionless, but because it was a little noisy outside, he couldn't sleep. He could hear the archers adjusting the bow strings and making a "bang bang" sound as they kept pulling. There were also military orders.
The officers and staff discussed the march route of each unit tomorrow, the high ground and key points that should be seized in advance, and even the location of the supply warehouse in the rear, the location of the wounded camp, etc.
Li Ting doesn't need to think about it himself. The staff can designate the plan tomorrow morning. All he needs to do is review and approve it. All Li Ting has to do now is to gather energy.
In fact, the best result is of course that Wanyan Heda starts to retreat on his own initiative. Li Ting has prepared a light cavalry in advance and is ready to pursue him at any time. He is sure to be able to break up the defeated troops along the way and kill Wanyan Heda on the bank of the Yellow River.
's head.
What I had to worry about was the weather. The sky outside the tent was extremely dark at the moment, and the sky seemed to be within reach, very low, not to mention the flying insects buzzing and circling, and they all entered the tent.
It looks like it's going to rain, and it will be a heavy rain unique to summer.
If it rains heavily tomorrow, neither battle nor pursuit will be realistic, and variables will appear on this battlefield out of thin air. And the next time we want to force the main forces of the two armies to fight, we must at least wait until the weather clears up and the ground on the battlefield returns to dry and hard ground.
There are mountains to the east of Handan. After heavy rains, the floods will flow eastward. The Fuyang River, Linjia River, Xihe River, and Baiqu will all surge. It is difficult to say when the battlefield will be launched again.
As a result, Wanyan Heda was unable to go south to Kaifeng to support the crisis there, and Li Ting could only continue to waste time here. Both families were in trouble.
In such a decisive battle, it would be a pity that our side commanded tens of thousands of troops but had no chance to make a final decision. If Jing'an people continue to succeed in Hedong... it is very possible. Guo Wenzhen, who is united on both sides of Hedong, opens his arms.
Wuxian and others may not be so loyal to Kaifeng... The result is that Jing'an people have made great achievements along the way, but Li Ting, as the leader, has done nothing?
Good guy, how proud will Jing Anmin be? Based on Li Ting's understanding of him, this person will definitely show a very humble attitude and say that he is just lucky, lucky, hahaha...
When Li Ting thought about that situation, he became even more unhappy.
While wandering around the lake, he suddenly remembered that when he was in Shandong, he had a chat with Wang Chuyi, Yuyangzi, and heard the old man talk about the many spells in Taoism. One of them seemed to be related to rain. Pray
Whether it was raining or stopping rain, Li Ting couldn't remember. He kept muttering the beginning of the spell in his mouth. He just said "Taiyuan Haoshi Lei Huo Jing" and fell asleep.
As soon as I closed my eyes, someone rushed straight into the Zhongjun tent and shook Li Ting awake.
The moment Li Ting woke up, he only heard the roar of dense raindrops hitting the tent. It was raining! It was raining heavily!
An idea flashed in his mind, and he yelled angrily: "That's a spell to pray for rain! I recited the wrong sutra!"
Amid his roar, his subordinates shook him vigorously to wake him up completely: "Commander, Commander! Wake up, Commander!"
"Hands are heavy! Don't shake your neck and break it! Grandpa Li is awake! What's the matter?" Li Ting asked in a loud voice.
"Youqi came to report that they encountered the Jin Army five miles away! They took advantage of the heavy rain to attack! It was dark and I couldn't tell their number, at least ten thousand people!"
Li Ting was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly: "Okay! Okay! As expected of Wanyan Heda! What a good man!"
