Chapter 607 The trap that had to be drilled
The scorching sun shines on all things, and the scorching climate makes all living beings depressed.
The soldiers of the Eastern Route Army gathered listlessly and began to march from the camp toward the Central Route Army 800 miles westward.
A group of Eastern Army soldiers evacuated the camp in a mighty manner.
The confrontation between the Eastern Route Army and the Dashi Army was hundreds of miles long, and countless scouts were sprinkled on both sides to make up for the hundreds of miles of front. There was absolutely no reason that it could not be noticed.
A group of scouts from the great world rushed back to report.
"Be careful, don't fall into the trap of doubting the army."
Yuan Chuan, the highest commander of the Great Army's front line, was surprised and explained.
A scout saw with his own eyes that the Northern Tang East Route Army went westwards, and all evacuated from the original defense line within one day.
Yuan Chuan suddenly couldn't sit still: "What do the Northern Tang Army want to do!"
He signaled to send a small group of scouts, first went to the camp of the Eastern Army to investigate, and found that he was indeed walking cleanly. Then, Yuan Chuan sent 30,000 troops along the way to take the lead in cautious entry.
Whether it is the scout, whether it is the vanguard, or whether it is the Wuzong, the message sent back is very certain.
The Northern Tang East Route Army was completely exposed in one day.
Yuan Chuan couldn't sit steadily, so he personally led a large number of people to the front line, and even stepped into the camp of the Eastern Army, with an empty view.
The Eastern Route Army relaxed the defense line, which was equivalent to letting go of the road. As long as Yuan Chuan was willing, he could advance straight in at any time and recover lost land. He even became Sun Dasheng who had penetrated into the belly of the southern legion of the Northern Tang Dynasty.
"Will there be any trick?"
This thought is vividly revealed in the hearts of many generals of the great world.
"Wang Ce? Is it his order?" Yuan Chuan was in a serious mood and turned to ask the intelligence officer behind him: "Wang Ce is young and serves as the commander of the Northern Tang Army. Most of the generals under his command have complaints and dissatisfaction. How have Wang Ce got along with his generals these days?"
"Wang Ce took office, and today is the fifth day of his arrival. Before, he had humiliated the deputy general Gong Taiping in public. There were long complaints and dissatisfaction in the Northern Tang army. There were more in the past few days."
"Enough." Yuan Chuan interrupted coldly. He didn't want to know how tense the relationship between Wang Ce and his generals was. He just wanted to know whether the generals of the Northern Tang Army would obey Wang Ce's orders: "Will the Northern Tang Army obey his orders?"
"This..." The intelligence officer was not very clear about it.
"The Grandmaster is here."
A subordinate ran over and whispered to Yuan Chuan.
Yuan Chuan's face was bitter, and he sighed in his heart, and turned back to greet him. Zhu Guangwu, the commander of the war zone on the front line of the Great Army, was a member of the royal family and was well-versed in military combat, but obviously he could not be called a very outstanding military commander.
From bottom to top, the great world has become corrupt. Every year of disaster, starvation is everywhere, and today's great world royal family is already quite unpopular.
Otherwise, if we could have the unity of the Northern Tang and Dalu, a great world with a population of nearly 200 million, and as the world's largest country in population, how could we have to piece together more than 2 million field troops, but more than one million local troops?
If we can re-rect and reorganize the world, we may not be able to get back on track.
Unfortunately, from the royal family to the officials and even the people in the great world, they were quite unsatisfactory. In addition, this is the War of the Human Emperor. At most one country is destined to survive in a continent.
Fortunately, the royal family of Dashi was still a little vigilant and did not arrange for local troops to participate in the war. In fact, today's Dashi was invaded by the Northern Tang and Shangyang continuously, and its momentum was greatly reduced. The local troops were completely disobedient and refused to obey the orders.
If it weren't for the royal family, there was still some experience in suppressing the aristocratic families. If it weren't for the aristocratic families, they were also in the Northern Tang Dynasty, Shangyang and Dalu's Three Kingdoms, they might have risen long ago.
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Generally speaking, royal families in various countries often focus on cultivating force and martial arts masters, and rarely interfere in the government affairs.
The situation in Dashi is obviously that he has to intervene.
Dalu and Northern Tang both conscripted sects and aristocratic families in their territory and obeyed them.
The great world did this too. But the sect didn't say anything or make any noise, just thought it was a cloud of air. Needless to say, the aristocratic families were ambitious and could rise up at any time.
One is not the Human Emperor, the other is only two Martial Emperors. Dashi dared not to be strong, and he could not command or call him.
Zhu Guangwu is actually not a blind person, and he also knows that the great royal family is about to go to the forefront. He asked himself that he was not an excellent commander, and he could decisively delegate power to Yuan Chuan and others under his command.
If there was a little hope for the great royal family in the past, they believed that the Human Emperor was not necessarily that powerful.
The current situation where the four great emperors swept across the army completely strangled the only glimmer of hope for the royal family.
What is little known is that not only the aristocratic families in the Great World choose to surrender. There are also controversies within the Great World royal family. The two paths are either to perish with the Empire or surrender to continue their bloodlines.
Even if you surrender, it is not easy to deal with. Is it the Northern Tang Dynasty? Shangyang? Dalu? All major forces in the East China countries and major forces will face these three choices.
Wang Ce jumped out and formed one of the most powerful forces in Jiuzhou. As the only variable that everyone expected, it shrouded layers of fog on the future of Jiuzhou.
Is it that Dalu unified the world? Or is it the other three great emperors? Wang Ce's level of disruption has always been first-class. Everyone is confused about the future.
Zhu Guangwu came to the front line, patrolled for one or two, sighed and said, "Prepare for the full line of attack."
"Master General!" Yuan Chuan was anxious and wanted to make a comment: "I was worried that this would be Wang Ce's trick."
"What trick?" Zhu Guangwu asked back: "The Northern Tang Army has opened the east road. Whether it is a trick or not, we have no choice. Even if it is a trick, we can only gamble."
Yuan Chuan was dumbfounded and wanted to persuade him, but he couldn't find a reason: "Wang Ce's Battle Spirit Army!"
This is a rather unconvincing reason.
In fact, whether there is a Battle Spirit Army or not is the same for the Dashi Army. It is not that the Northern Tang Army cannot defeat it, but that the people automatically do not attack again.
An empty east road, the Northern Tang army was released to them. Whether it was a trick or not, it would be funny if the Dashi Army did not dare to move. Even if it did not move, Wang Ce could still attack the Dashi Army.
At the end, Yuan Chuan had nothing to say: "Then, prepare to counterattack on the whole line!"
"Master, the Dashi Army is preparing for a counterattack."
Wang Ce nodded with satisfaction. This was the most direct and efficient way. I have given up the entire East Road defense zone to your Dashi Army. If he didn't dare to go straight in, then he really didn't mind attacking.
Exposing the Eastern Front is equivalent to allowing the Dashi Army to attack the hinterland, and like Sun Dasheng, the North Tang Army to overturn the rivers and seas. If it succeeds, it will undoubtedly be the end of the Southern Legion.
The Eastern Army was full of complaints, and even the Central Army was very dissatisfied with Wang Ce because of Wang Ce's humiliation of Gong Taiping. He had a great personal emotion.
Generals such as Qin Guangwu could see that Wang Ce's move to shrink the east road and relax the defense zone was to lead the Dashi Army into the hinterland and then encircle and annihilate it in one fell swoop.
秦广武和解世铣等人,姑且不论心里是不是有情绪.是不是对王策这个年轻大帅不满.却还是提醒了一句:“大帅,我们兵力不足.”
"Leave the issue of military strength to me." Wang Ce was very rude.
This was Wang Ce's first order to take office and the first battle planned. Even if the generals such as Qin Guangwu had all kinds of doubts and dissatisfaction, they had to put them in their hearts, otherwise they might be the next Gong Taiping.
"Young Master, how many spirit troops do you have?" Only Jie Shixian would like to remind you in private.
Wang Ce smiled and said, "Before I come, Your Majesty gave me 300,000 low-level battle spirits." Jie Shixian felt at ease.
The lies of a "Divine Refiner" made everyone think about it. They all thought that Wang Ce's Battle Spirit Army was formed into an army based on the captured low-level battle spirits.
It was also the day when the War Spirit Army stepped onto the stage that all countries that had certain hostility towards Wang Ce regarded War Spirit as strategic materials and were strictly prohibited from leaving the country.
Emperor Tang was also a member of the fooling. With the power of the Northern Tang Dynasty, he bought low-level war spirits on a large scale, and I don’t know how much he reserved. Anyway, this time, he gave Wang Ce 300,000.
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On the ninth day when Wang Ce took office as commander of the war zone.
The Great Army fell into a trap.
Zhu Guangwu originally wanted to send 300,000 troops to attack, but Yuan Chuan was cruel and decisive enough. After persuading, he decided to dispatch 500,000 troops at once, which was almost the same as a whole.
"Yuan Chuan? This person is capable." Wang Ce praised it. This is a very beautiful move and it is easy to embarrass the Northern Tang Army.
Releasing the defense line is clearly a trap that has to be drilled.
Yuan Chuan suggested that all the troops be dispatched. In this way, even if the Northern Tang army wanted to encircle and annihilate, they would mobilize at least 500,000. Considering that the Shangyang army was eyeing the middle and west roads, the Northern Tang army could not be drawn at all.
If the troops are slightly insufficient, the 500,000 will be enough to infarct the Northern Tang army and successfully make the Northern Tang army's stomachs.
"Yuan Chuan is a famous general who has only made his debut in recent years. He was a civilian. He has been promoted to the Great Governor by suppressing the uprising and counterattacking our Northern Tang Dynasty. He has also fought several beautiful battles." Qin Guangwu's face looked a little ugly. It is estimated that Yuan Chuan has also caused him to suffer.
Wang Ce blinked: "How about this person?"
As everyone saw that Qin Guangwu said depressedly: "This person is quite talented. He has fought several battles with him. He is good at defending and is good at controlling the chaotic army. As for his ability to attack, I don't know for the time being."
Wang Ce nodded in praise, being good at defending and being good at cleaning up the mess of the chaotic army. These are two very important abilities. Being able to clean up the defeated army and stop the defeat in the event of a defeat is a very important ability.
The war model of Jiuzhou has always been mainly field battles. There are few urban offensive and defensive battles, and there are few sneak attacks. Any time it appears, famous generals will surely be born.
Wang Ce nodded: "This person is good. Will he serve our Northern Tang?" He looked back at Wang Danian, Nanya and Zhu Fengping of the Northern Yai.
Zhu Fengping recalled Yuan Chuan’s information a little and nodded: “Maybe it is possible.”
Wang Ce nodded and turned around to tell the masters of the big internal camp such as Eunuch Xu: "Yuan Chuan, try to capture this person as much as possible."
Wang Ce's fun eyes glanced at the many generals: "Whoever is interested in seeing how I annihilate the 500,000 troops, let me follow!"
Qin Guangwu and others were moved and looked at each other with strange expressions.
Could it be that the young general plans to use the Spirit Army only to encircle and annihilate the Great World Army this time?
Chapter completed!