Chapter 39 Frontline
When he returned to the Censorate, Du Zhongxiao felt a little depressed. In fact, he had learned about the situation in Ye County for more than ten days. He was just intuitively thinking that the emergence of a factory would inevitably greatly change the society. He proposed reforms just to turn passive into initiative and take the initiative.
Today's collective discussion was generally not very successful. Du Zhongxiao's idea was difficult to recognize by other officials. The final result was that everyone admitted that there were problems and there was no specific solution. After a while, I thought it through and discussed it again.
What is there? This is not a matter of one day or one night. Without a lot of practice, it is difficult to have a complete solution. But practice? Du Zhongxiao shook his head. How many officials are willing to practice and find a solution?
Guo Shenxi said: "Zhongcheng, look at the discussion today, most ministers do not think that there is anything wrong with Ye County. If it were not for the will of the emperor, they would probably not have anything in their eyes."
Du Zhongxiao said: "It's true. Forget it, I have done what I should do. What we should do in the future is not what we should care about. There is no need to spend more time on this matter and focus on the government. It is late September, and the autumn is high and the horses are fat. When it comes to military use, pay more attention to the military in the northwest."
Guo Shenxi said that. Regarding Ye County, the Censorate paid attention to the large number of cases found, and the governance caused by this was unreliable. How to reform it is the matter of the Political Affairs Hall, and Guo Shenxi did not worry much about it.
Guo Shenxi left, Du Zhongxiao sat down after returning to the case, closed his eyes and pondered. Judging from today's discussion, except for a few officials, most officials did not know much about the factory and did not think they should spend more time. In Ye County, the officials' opinions were to promote the county to prefecture and send more officials. As for the various reforms below, they were not interested.
Shaking his head, Du Zhongxiao had no choice. He entered the court as the chief censor and began to have a lot of contact with the officials in the court. Many things are just the beginning now. Even if you are too anxious, just watch it slowly. Only when you get familiar with the court can you really start.
Now is not the time for me to be on Hequ Road. At that time, I have the final say. As long as I decide, I can start immediately. Now, no matter what I do, I can only make suggestions, but I don’t have the right to make a decision.
Zhenrong Army, Song Army Commander's tent, Di Qing said to Liu Ji in front of the case: "If the energy is cold today, the army is united, and it is time to send troops. The army unites one place to attack Zhuangyikou. According to the township guide, there are not many Dangxiang troops there, so it is not difficult to capture. After the Zhuangyikou, we divided into two groups. Our commander attacks Weizhou from the east, and you are the west route to attack Xishoujunshi. These two places are mountain valleys, and although there are cities to guard, we can rely on artillery to attack. After taking these two places, there are no more powerful enemies on the way out of Huluchuan north. You can join forces to sweep away the remaining enemies and encircle the enemy in Lingzhou."
Liu Jidao: "Taiwei, nearly 300,000 troops have gathered around the Zhenrong Army, and the Dangxiang garrison is not worth mentioning. The Dangxiang people also knew that they were defeated. There were not many people in Weizhou and Xishou, but gathered troops in Lingzhou. I thought that the main force was elected as the key place, and the main force quickly advanced and swept the surroundings with flank troops. The 300,000 troops, even if there were 50,000 people on the left and right wings, was enough to break through Weizhou and Xishou squadrons."
Di Qing said: "The most important thing about deploying and fighting a large army is to be neat and not give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of. The Weizhou Military Supervisor is in the east, and the Xishou Military Supervisor is in the west, guarding the Huluchuan River Valley on the left and right. If we do not capture these two places, our army will come forward and the Dangxiang people suddenly go around the back. At that time, it will be troublesome. We divide our troops, capture these two places, sweep the rest, and join forces to attack Lingzhou."
Liu Ji was silent for a while, and finally nodded: "Since the Taiwei made such a decision, I will be ordered."
The Song army gathered troops to the Zhenrong Army, and Dangxiang had already received news and made targeted arrangements. Under the Song army's artillery, ordinary cities were useless. Dangxiang gave up many places, gathered troops, and built several strong cities. The largest two were the Weizhou Military Supervisory Office and the Xishou Military Supervisory Office, which were divided into two sides of the Huluchuan Valley Road and relied on the strong city to defend. The Song army had to face the first thing they had to face when they came forward.
Liu Ji was the first general to follow Du Zhongxiao to train troops and fight. His command style was like the shadow of Yingtianxiang Army. After changing into guns and cannons, the Song army's field combat capabilities were much stronger than that of the Dangxiang Army. Now there are many horses in the army, and a large number of reconnaissance cavalry should be used to control the entire Huluchuan Valley first. Then divide the army into several corpses to destroy Weizhou and Xishou, and cover the main army out of Huluchuan.
In Liu Ji's view, due to the loss of field maneuverability, Dangxiang did not arrange many troops on Huluchuan Valley Road. To deal with them, just use partial divisions, and the main force of the army should go forward as quickly as possible under the protection of the left and right wings.
Du Zhongxiao commanded the Tianxiang Army, one-third of the cavalry and one-third of the artillery, and cooperated with one-third of the infantry. Before sending troops, he first sent four reconnaissance cavalry to control the overall situation. Then he fought against the enemy on the selected battlefield. However, Di Qing was not like this. He still followed the old habits before, and the whole body was mainly infantry. A large number of cavalry formed two legions of more than 30,000 people each, and followed the main force of the army.
Nearly 300,000 people gathered together and walked along rivers and valleys. Liu Ji felt that he was overwhelmed when he thought about it. When he was in the Yingtianxiang Army, Du Zhongxiao once clearly stated that a army with guns and cannons was suitable for a group of people to fight, divided into several routes. Each route fought alone, neither interfering with each other, and having its own independence. Di Qing had no such concept at all, and his existing organization was completely disrupted.
After leaving the coach's tent, Liu Ji sighed. This time the attack on Dangxiang was completely in chaos due to Di Qing's arrival.
Liu Ji left, Di Qing sat behind the desk, closed his eyes and thought. Speaking of which, although he led his troops to quell the Nong Zhigao Rebellion, it was the first time that Di Qing had been in the army for 20 or 30 years and was commanded so many troops and fought alone, so he was extra cautious. His own army and the other party's party's arrangements were repeatedly thought about. How to advance, how to support logistics, and how to attack the enemy, are very cautious.
Du Zhongxiao compiled the set based on the training of Yingtianxiang Army and the actual combat of Hequ Road. Although there was education in the military academy, Di Qing also went to the military academy seriously, but he still felt uncomfortable. Various calculations and complex and huge command institutions were all not in the army before. Di Qing was in his forties and had difficulty learning. After several years, Di Qing knew about it, but could not fully master it.
During this attack on Dangxiang, Di Qing finally decided to put aside the Hequlu approach and follow the old combat methods. The generals in the army used a large number of old people and reduced the command system so that his decision could reach the various armies as quickly as possible. However, the 300,000 troops still made Di Qing feel exhausted. This is not a simple increase or decrease in number. Once the number of people is too large, there are too many things to consider.
On the table in front is a huge terrain and military map of the Huluchuan area. The people who made the map were from the military academy and were drawn in detail. However, Di Qing was still not used to fighting against the map, and he was more willing to put everything in his mind and think about it himself.
In the side tent next to him, several staff officers were idle. Some were flipping through the documents on the table, while others sat in their seats, staring outside in a daze. In the past few months, the main personnel of the tent have really nothing to do.
Gan Xing sighed: "When I was in the military academy, I heard the instructors telling me that they were fighting on Hequ Road. The busiest thing was them. All the things in the commander's tent, the arrangement of the small tent, and the drafting of the big orders were all done. We arrived here with the Taiwei, but we were idle all day long. The Taiwei next to us was so busy day and night that we didn't even have time to sleep."
Yu Chengyue said: "What's the solution? The Taiwei is a man who has fought for decades and keeps everything in his heart, for fear that he will leak the news if he accidentally says it. We are nothing but sending military orders."
Feng Qiang, who was behind the case, said: "What do you know! How to fight is in the belly of the Grand Marshal. We need to say more! As long as the military order is correct and delivered in time, it will be done well!"
Gan Xing said: "That's right, General Feng is a person that the Grand Marshal values, and he has to discuss everything, which is different from us. What we learn in the military academy is not doing this. We have to calculate the materials of each army, calculate the offensive route, analyze the enemy on the opposite side, estimate the victory or defeat, and provide the commander with various combat plans. Now we don't do anything, we don't even know the military situation, and we actually have nothing to do. After all, we have learned it in vain in the military academy."
Feng Qiang said: "What I learned in the military academy is Du Zhongcheng's tactics on Hequ Road. Of course we are different. Taiwei Di has been in the army for decades, and everything is kept in his heart. We need to do it no matter where we need to do it! As long as you do things with peace of mind, how can we get so many complaints!"
Gan Xing said: "Yes, as long as you do things with peace of mind. But now, what do we have to do? Look at the war is about to begin, and we have been sitting here for more than a month. It would be better to put them in the army."
Feng Qiang said: "The entire army was reorganized by the emperor. The military system was established in this way. How dare you talk nonsense!"
Yu Chengyue stood up, went to the door of the tent, looked at the sun outside, and said, "Yes, who dares to speak for what the emperor has appointed? General Gan, it's good to bask in the sun and see the scenery around him?"
After hearing this, Gan Xing stood up, went to the other side of the door, looked at the scenery outside, and said, "You are right, don't talk nonsense. When you're fine, look at the scenery and take a break. How can it be bad?"
Feng Qiang looked at the other people who didn't speak, and then looked at the two people at the door, and they were so angry that they could say anything. He was a person Di Qing valued especially, and he discussed many things together, which was of course different from these people.
Chapter completed!