Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Chapter 37 Breakthrough battle

With the start of the battle of Wangjiataizi, a frenzy of sabotage wars immediately set off in the entire northern Kamanian-controlled area. On October 15, 698 in the mainland Gregorian calendar, on the second day after the Wangjiataizi battle, a regiment of cavalry from the Western Frontier Army raided the two thousand-man Kaman infantry in the west of Qinghe Prefecture, and wiped out more than 1,600 soldiers in one fell swoop. Only more than 300 people used the cover of the terrain to escape triumphantly, and more than 200 carts of food collected were burned. On the same day, a regiment of Xijiang cavalry in the eastern part of Yulin Prefecture once again attacked two thousand-man Kaman infantry in charge of collecting and escorting food and grass. The few survived, but still took nearly a thousand casualties.

On October 17, the Second Division of the South Terok Corps of the Western Frontier Army attacked a temporary food storage point of the Kamans in the central and southern part of the North Terok. The Kamans stationed 15,000 people here , and then received reinforcements of 5,000 men, and the two sides fought fiercely locally. In the end, although the Second Army failed to achieve the goal of burning the opponent's food storage, it succeeded in encircling and annihilating four thousand-man troops, and eliminated the Kaman army to reach 4,000 many people. On October 20th, the 1st Division of the Nanjie Locke Corps and the Imperial Dispatch Division jointly attacked, and came to **** and **** the collected food in the southern part of the Jiama area. The cavalry confronted each other, and the two sides fought fiercely for a day, and both paid a heavy price. The Nanjieluk Front Army successfully destroyed the Kaman people's attempt to transport the grain and grass collected from the southern part of Jiama back to Jiama City at the cost of 12,000 casualties. In an attempt to burn all 100,000 shi of grain, the Kaman people also paid more than 5,000 casualties in order to save this batch of grain. The same thing happened in Pinglu. On October 19, the First Division of the Third Army attacked the east of Pinglu, defeated a 10,000-strong Kaman team responsible for transporting grain and grass, and wiped out more than 3,000 enemy troops.

And these battles are just a few influential battles in the frenzy of raids in the entire northern theater, while countless smaller scales are happening almost every day. Separate the cavalry to form several raiding units, but the simplified organizational system is not disrupted, and all of them enter the northern region. The commander will directly contact the local intelligence organization personnel. The commander of the raiding unit will decide whether to launch an attack. If you find that the enemy is powerful, you can choose to ask for reinforcements or give up the attack, all determined by the actual situation.

Since the field commanders have the flexibility to handle on-the-spot, most of these numerous sabotage battles ended with the victory of the Western Frontier Army. Accurate intelligence information, every time a large amount of food collection and **** has to be mobilized to **** the army, this situation is particularly prominent in Yulin, Qinghe and Pinglu, and this provides a lot of opportunities for the raid team. A series of defeats made the Kaman people deeply feel that they are stretched. The number of troops they sent was large enough, and it was a waste of money, but the Western Frontier Army did not come at all. If it was a little weaker, it would immediately besieged by the Western Frontier Army. This smell is really irritating, and the cavalry who come and go without a trace are like fish in water on the northern plains. Although Kaman's side also sent light cavalry as an encirclement and suppression team, the effect was minimal. It is better than the Kaman side, and the Kaman people lack an effective intelligence network. Fighting on the great plains in the north without the support of extremely solid intelligence information will not be able to achieve any results at all.

With a bang, the teacup on the table jumped an inch high, and the water splashed from the water cup fell on the table, even some documents were splashed wet, and two rows of military officers stood under the desk. Silent as if chilling, the white-haired general behind the desk had a rosy face distorted with anger: "What the **** is going on with Nick?! Didn't he dare to send out a second batch of food after being attacked once? Didn't he Do you know that there are 70,000 soldiers in Jiayuguan and Beijieluk who are still waiting for food?!"

All the generals under his command bowed their heads. It had been a long time since Marshal Mailey, who had always been kind and steady, got so angry, and directly pointed his finger at another giant in the Imperial Army—Marshal Nick. Nick and Mailey are the two leaders of the imperial army, and the generals in the army system are naturally divided into two factions, but the good personal relationship between the two has never caused conflicts between the two factions because of the war In the past few decades of the Northern Expedition and the Southern Expedition, although the two major factions of the army are clearly separated, they are surprisingly united in foreign wars. It can be said that this kind of open questioning tone has never been seen before.

How can Mai Li be in a hurry? Originally, the entire Jiayuguan and Beijieluk garrison had only one regiment, the Seventh Corps. The 30,000 people in Jiayuguan were guarded by Dominique, while the remaining 40,000 troops needed to guard the entire Beijieluk area. In order to concentrate the troops to march south. But now the Southern Expedition has come to a standstill. In terms of the results of the battle, it can be regarded as a bright spot worth showing off. The occupation of Qinghe and Pinglu is equivalent to opening a big hole in the chest of Tanghe people, and Heishan and Longquan directly stabbed their daggers into Tanghe. On the waist of the Tanghe Empire, there is Yunzhong controlled by the Puer people in the east. The two cooperate with each other. As long as there is enough time, they can completely shake up the vast northern area of ​​the Tanghe Empire and slowly devour this fertile land.

But all these wonderful prospects have been changed because of the sudden severe drought. The food supplies in the empire have been completely stopped, a small part of which is raised by North Terok, and most of the rest can only be led by Nick. The Southern Expedition Army is responsible for providing such a long front, especially when the army gathered in Nanjieluk reaches a record of more than 200,000 people, it feels like Mai Li, who has experienced many battles The pressure on the shoulders, except for the 30,000 people on Jiayuguan, can be ignored. 40,000 people have to defend the two areas of Fanlin and Jiama, especially the occupied areas that have not yet been fully naturalized. To attack, with 40,000 people in hand, it is impossible to take care of the two places at all, this point is very clear to Mai Li.

But this is not what Mai Li is most worried about. What worries Mai Li the most is the food problem. The food transported to Fanlin was ambushed outside Yulin City, and a thousand carts of food were turned into ashes. This made Mai Li extremely annoyed. , It's just that this is under Nick's jurisdiction, he can't ask too much, he can only urge the other party to re-deliver the food as soon as possible. The food in the army has been exhausted, and the Xijiang Army is extremely active in the southern part of Jiama and Fanlin areas. Mai Li, who is seriously understrength, dare not take any more risks, especially when the two food requisitions were frantically blocked by the Xijiang Army , This made Mai Li a headache, but there was nothing he could do. He no longer dared to send a large army to transport food and grass. There is no capital to fight with the Western Frontier Army. But food is indispensable. Jiayuguan has reported twice, and the food has run out. If no more food is sent, I am afraid that if the Tanghe people do not attack, Jiayuguan itself will declare that it is not fortified.

Under such circumstances, Mai Li had no choice but to send the little surplus food in the general to Jiayuguan, but now his own army has no food, so he had to forcibly collect food in the two cities of Jiama and Fanlin. The hostility of the people in the city is high. In Mailey's own words, this is drinking poison to quench thirst. The people's hearts that have been built up with great difficulty are suddenly destroyed. The damage is easy to make up for, and if you want to win back these people's original There is very limited support, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult. But until now, there is still no movement in the food delivery of the East and South Expeditionary Army, and this batch of food collected at the cost of losing popular support can only last for ten days~IndoMTL.com~ How can this not make Mai Li anxious? anger.

"Marshal, maybe Marshal Nick is thinking about how to transport the second batch of food safely. Now that the Tanghe people are very rampant and have gone deep into the interior to harass and attack, the Western Frontier Army has been supplemented by nomadic cavalry, and its strength has been greatly enhanced. To be honest, our light cavalry may not be able to gain the upper hand in terms of combat effectiveness." Seeing a group of generals and staff members shrinking their heads and not daring to speak, the middle-aged armored officer who was the first person on the right licked his lips Be brave enough to speak up.

"Hmph, because of choking, why don't we transport food because we're afraid of the enemy's ambush? Has he considered our situation? Without food, what shall we use to feed the soldiers? He is a full man who doesn't know how hungry a hungry man is." Li Leng snorted and tilted his head slightly, "Hmph, Ferdinand, you seem to be quite self-aware when you speak. Now our light cavalry is not at the upper hand, but already at an absolute disadvantage, no matter in terms of horsepower It’s still about the quality of the soldiers. In terms of light cavalry, we have already fallen behind Li Wufeng’s army.”

Mailey took a few deep breaths, maybe aware of his gaffe in front of his subordinates, Mailey picked up the teacup and swallowed a big mouthful of tea, trying to calm down his mind, he hadn't lost his temper like this for a long time feeling. The Prime Minister has made it clear that due to the shortage of food in the country, it may not be possible to supply a grain of food to the Seventh Corps and the Southern Expeditionary Army until the end of the year. From the letter, Mai Li can also feel the heavy heart of the Prime Minister, Mai Li There is no other way but to sigh. Unless he is let go and plundered in Beijielu like Nick, otherwise even with the support of the Southern Expeditionary Army, I am afraid that Beijieluo will not be able to maintain the harvest until next summer.