Turbulent Times Chapter 26: Broken grain road

Crossing the Jianding Mountain, and going northwest is a Gobi grassland covering an area of ​​four to five hundred miles. There is a small river flowing from east to west called Wenfeng River. Its source is on the Qilian Mountains more than three hundred miles away. up the Yellow River.

Wenfeng River is about 200 miles away from the border of Jincheng County, Yongzhou, Sui Dynasty. Bali.

"My lord, I have sent three groups of scouts to find out that there are 20,000 civilians and 8,000 Turkic cavalry living in the Turkic logistics camp. There are no less than four million cattle and sheep in the camp, and there are countless hay. According to what the Turkic army eats every day, the food and grass can be used by the Turkic 200,000 army for three months.”

Fifty miles away from the Western Turkic logistics camp, there is a tent hidden in a forest. In the largest tent, Zhou Hu, the hundred-man scout leader under Wang Junlin's command, is bowing down to report the military situation to Wang Junlin.

Wang Junlin laid a map on the desk in front of him. While listening to Zhou Hu's report on the military situation, he began to write and draw on it. After finishing the painting, he nodded, and Wang Junlin asked again: "Can the Turkic people transport food and grass routes, their strength, time, and regularity?"

Zhou Hu felt awe-inspiring. Wang Junlin's requirements for scouts to inquire about the details of information were even higher than those of the governor, Yu Juluo. Said: "My lord, there are four groups of Turkic people transporting grain and grass. Each group is escorted by five hundred cavalry. Every two hours, they will drive tens of thousands of cattle and sheep and a hundred cities of grain and grass to the enemy camp in Jincheng County. According to my scout team Reconnaissance, each herd of grain, cattle and sheep is about fifty miles apart."

Wang Junlin marked or noted the military situation that Zhou Hu said one by one on the map. This map is the military map issued by the Sui Army, the memory of later generations, and what he saw in the past few days. There are also scouts to inquire. After comprehensive information, I drew it by myself. It is much more detailed than the map distributed in the military.

After pondering for a while, Wang Junlin said: "Send an order to let the four captains and all the centurions come to discuss the military."

The soldiers at the gate shouted, and then several people split up to deliver the order.

Not long after, officers above the centurion gathered together.

Wang Junlin led 5,000 cavalry and rushed all the way. As early as yesterday, he found the location of the Western Turkic logistics camp, but Wang Junlin did not launch an attack immediately. The so-called planning before moving, going deep into the enemy's rear, if you are a little careless, you may be surrounded by the enemy's army until the entire army is wiped out. If you don't formulate a plan that is as complete and detailed as possible, he will definitely not rush to take action.

So during this day, he asked the scout team to go all out to inquire about the opponent's strength, food delivery routes and other information. Based on this information, he also worked out a battle plan.

In the big tent, Wang Junlin asked Wu San and Wu Si to hold the map, pointed at the map with a stick, and began to talk about his battle plan.

"Look, everyone, this river is the Wenfeng River!"

Wang Junlin pointed to a river that runs through the northwest and southeast of the map with a wooden pole, and then pointed to a long strip in the south of the river, and said: "This is our goal this time, the West Turkic Logistics Camp , eight miles long from east to west, more than 2,000 tents, and 10,000 cavalry. They are deployed in three places, with 3,000 at each end of the east and west, and 4,000 at the north in the middle. Only the side near the river has no cavalry defense. This time, the scout team can investigate in detail If you know the situation of this big camp, you will go downstream from the water and hide in the reed marshes to conduct reconnaissance."

It was the first time for all the officers to hold a combat meeting in this mode. Listening to Wang Junlin's explanation while looking at the map, they immediately grasped the enemy's situation very clearly in their minds. More seriously.

Wang Junlin then said: "Although our 5,000 people are all elite, the enemy's defenses are also very tight, and the number of troops is as large as two of ours. Therefore, it is not advisable to storm the camp. Do you have any good strategies? A trick?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay and remained silent for a long time. They were used to obeying orders in terms of big strategy and tactics. When did they ever think about it. If you tell them when, where to go, and who to fight, they will know how to fight when they see the situation when they get to the ground, but before the big tactical plan is formulated, even if they have ideas in their hearts, they don't know how to say it. , for nothing else, these people have never read a book, they are purely illiterate, and they are real vulgar people.

Wang Junlin was a little disappointed. Unlike the generals in this era who like to have the final say, Wang Junlin prefers the staff system of the army in later generations, so that he can gather ideas and fill in the gaps. This is the reason why the so-called three cobblers are worth one Zhuge Liang. But obviously there are not many such cobblers, and it is not easy to find them.

No one spoke, so Wang Junlin had no choice but to continue: "I decided to do the next best thing. I attacked their food delivery team first, cut off the food road for the Turkic soldiers and horses, and then forced the Turkic logistics camp to send more people to **** them." Grain, and then wait for an opportunity to attack the Turkic logistics camp.”

After a pause, Wang Junlin continued: "However, we should not have too many troops to attack the food and grass **** team. On the one hand, the enemy generals would not dare to send more troops for fear that we would attack the logistics camp; on the other hand It can also paralyze the enemy's generals and misjudge our strength."

"Okay, next, Zhou Hu will tell the map what the scout team has found out about the troops, routes, and time rules of the escorting food and grass team. After that, if everyone has no objections, I will deploy the task." Wang Junlin put down the wooden pole Said.

Zhou Hu quickly stood up, held the wooden pole a little nervously, coughed lightly at the map, and said: "This long line drawn by the captain is the enemy's food road. Every hour, every fifty miles or so, there will be a grain delivery team escorted by five hundred cavalry. Most of the terrain along the way is open, which is not conducive to ambushes. And the dense forest is good for our army to hide and ambush and launch a surprise attack."

After finishing Wang Junlin's special confession in one breath, Zhou Hu let out a long breath, feeling that he was a little general when he just reprimanded Fang Qiu, and couldn't help but feel more confident.

Wang Junlin took the wooden pole, Zhou Hu returned to his place, Wang Junlin said: "You guys have something else to say."

Everyone looked at each other and said in unison: "No."

Although there are four captains who have the same official positions as Wang Junlin, the story of Wang Junlin taking down Longxi City by himself has already spread throughout the army. What's more, everyone knows that as long as Wang Junlin survives, the captaincy is only temporary, and when His Majesty's reward arrives, he will at least be a captain of Guoyi. Therefore, the four captains did not dare to put on airs in front of Wang Junlin.

Wang Junlin looked serious, and shouted: "Captain Du."

Lieutenant Du was shocked, stood up, and said: "The end is here."

Wang Junlin said: "If you lead a thousand troops from the headquarters to attack the grain road, are you up to it?"

Lieutenant Du immediately said: "Don't worry, my lord, the general will be able to complete the task."

Wang Junlin said: "Lord Du, you must remember that every time you make a move, you must kill as much as possible, prepare the fire, burn them all, kill as many cattle and sheep as you can, and disperse those who are too late to kill. In the future, the enemy will inevitably increase the number of troops escorting food and grass. If the number of troops is equal or less than that of the opponent, Captain Du can consider using wolf pack tactics in view of the fact that the enemy cavalry dare not stay away from cattle, sheep and food. Of course, if there are Opportunity to shoot, I think the effect will be better."

Du Duwei's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he is also a person who has fought for more than ten years, and it is not the first time he has fought against the Turkic people. Nong said: "The general will understand, and the general will prepare for it."

Wang Junlin said again: "Take the eagle slaves and attack the three Turkic food and grass teams, and then release them back to report."

Lieutenant Du respectfully said hello, then he cupped his fists to say goodbye, and left in a hurry. Not long after, he led a thousand troops and left.

"Zhou Hu, in the next few days, you must keep an eye on the enemy's logistics camp, and report to me as soon as there is any situation. The others are recharging their energy in the camp and getting ready to go to battle at any time." Wang Junlin finally said.

All the officers respectfully greeted them, then went out of the tent and left. The so-called "know yourself and know the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger." After Wang Junlin's thorough analysis of the enemy's situation, the officers' confidence has improved a lot, and the improvement of confidence often means the improvement of morale.

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Although it is to recharge your batteries, after all, it will take at least three days to wait for the surprise attack on the Turkic logistics camp. Therefore, in a temporary open space in the dense forest, many officers and soldiers will practice riding and archery during the day. arts and martial arts.

Wang Junlin is very curious about the martial arts of this era, especially after witnessing the fight between King Bo Duo and that strange Taoist priest in the Taishou Mansion of Longxi City a few days ago, he has been trying to figure out the secrets involved.

However, after watching these soldiers and officers practice martial arts, he was very disappointed. Most of these people are not as good as Zhou Hu, and the most powerful ones are far from his opponents. He smiled wryly, how could there be any real masters among these ordinary soldiers? It was because he thought too much.

"Wu San, Wu Si, I've always been curious about your martial arts, why don't you two compete with me." Finally Wang Junlin put his mind on Wu San and Wu Si.

Wu San and Wu Si looked at each other, and the former said: "Then I will practice with my lord."

Wang Junlin was afraid that Wu San would not be able to let go, so he emphasized: "Wu San, I know I can't beat you, but don't hold back, let me see what a real master looks like."

The three of them came to the other side of the woods. Wang Junlin slowly pulled out the knife from the sheath. It feels very handy to use.

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