Chapter 1545 Training Newcomers

The four generals also agreed that Su Dingfang would serve as Li Chengyi's backup.

Cheng Chuliang acted as backup for Changsun Ze.

Regarding Li Xiang's arrangement, the two generals understood that it was purely to train newcomers. Li Chengyi and Changsun Ze were both young people and still needed training on the battlefield. As for Cheng Chuliang and Su Dingfang, the time for training had passed. And you are growing up pretty well, so now you have become old generals, and you have to act as backup for these two young generals.

According to what they discussed, all four armies were dispersed, with the two leading troops advancing first, and the remaining troops wandering about two hundred miles behind, specifically responsible for filling the gaps and preventing the enemy's cavalry from penetrating.

They have also studied the combat method of the Arab cavalry, which is to travel long distances and advance rapidly. If they are given a chance, they may be able to rush to our camp overnight.

Li Chengyi used to be in charge of artillery, but suddenly he was leading 20,000 elite troops alone. Although there was still artillery, it was already reduced to a small number. He also knew that if he performed meritorious service this time, he would go down in the history of Datang in the future. It will definitely have its own strong character.

After leaving the military camp, this guy did not rush in as quickly as before. Instead, he first got to know his troops, and then slowly released the sounding balloon. Under the reconnaissance of the sounding balloon, he only advanced forty miles a day. inside.

When Li Xiang got the news, he immediately shook his head with a wry smile. Even the desperate Saburo in our army became so cautious. It seems that because of his being on the front line, the generals did not dare to let go. .

"Your Highness, it's not entirely your fault. Given the way the Arab Empire fights, we have no choice but to do this. If we rush forward quickly and miss the opponent, wouldn't that mean we lose a spy opportunity? ? If the opponent is fast and slow, we should respond calmly. There is no problem with the generals' response strategy. "

Zhang Jiuli also studied a lot in the art of war, so after complex analysis, he believed that the generals' response methods were correct. Especially in the current situation, if the two sides were to cross each other, it would be easy for me to hit you. In the rear, you hit my rear, or the two sides penetrate each other so deeply that our weapons are useless.

Taking our various artillery as an example, the most suitable one is large-area bombardment. If the armies of both sides are mixed together, how should our weapons be used? In the end we could only watch helplessly, throwing away our original advantage and starting a close combat with them instead. This is not what we want.

During the last war, Zhang Jiuli also read some war records. If it were a duel between cold weapons, our side would not have the advantage at all.

When we had the advantage, they used the speed of the light cavalry to leave the battle group quickly. The light cavalry from all walks of life gathered together and overwhelmed us with superior numbers, but our speed could not keep up with them. Although we They are all cavalry, but if we want to gather them together, it will take twice as long as others.

On the battlefield, let alone twice the time, even ten percent less time may have already played a role in winning or losing. So what we have to do is to fight steadily, step by step, and advance slowly. As long as we find the opponent, To attack the opponent from a long distance, you must kill more than a quarter of them in at least one round.

"You are right. They have learned how to do it. It is time for our camp to set off. These people advance forty miles every day, so we will advance forty miles every two days. After keeping a certain distance from them, we can then follow them. They move at the same pace."

Li Xiang still has hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, but 90,000 of them are troops of various ethnic groups and are not the real Tang army. Li Xiang uses the Gaochang army to look after these people in order to occupy new lands in the future. What makes them maintain order is not really counting on them on the battlefield. What they are counting on on the battlefield is the elite men of the four generals.

In addition to the troops participating in the war, there are also an equal number of civilians busy in the rear. Of course, due to the prevalence of four-wheeled carriages, our logistical pressure has been greatly alleviated, but with so many troops, it still costs a lot of money to eat, drink and defecate every day. few.

On the other hand, the Arab army's logistics are much simpler. Everyone carries their own rations, which lasts about seven to fourteen days. If they cannot win, they have to rob on the spot, whether it is Both the enemy and one of our own must be robbed.

When fighting in Europe, the places where the Arab Empire's troops passed through were like locusts. This aroused the fiercest resistance from the locals. However, because of the bloody policies of the Arab Empire, all local resistance was suppressed. Now they want to If they want to replicate all this in Datang, it's a pity that Li Xiang is Mount Tai standing in front of them.

General Sukhguman kept urging the advancing army. If they advance at the current speed, they may run out of food before they meet the Tang army.

Therefore, we must find the Tang army before they run out of food and fight to the death with them. If we win, then the logistics of the Datang army will become theirs, and the food in the military camp will be enough for them to tide over the difficulties. .

If it fails, there will be no need for logistics. Even the army is gone, so what is the need for logistics? Either he would be a prisoner in the army of the Tang Dynasty, or his head would be left in the desert to nourish the earth, and after many years it would become a white skeleton.

For the Arab Empire's fighting style, Western countries simply could not find a way to crack it. Under the influence of hunger and other factors, the Arab Empire's army was like a group of hungry wolves, beating the armies of Western countries. If it were not for the heavy cavalry of the Frankish Kingdom, I am afraid that the whole of Europe would have been swept away.

Even so, the Frankish Kingdom paid a huge price, which made them always under the threat of Arab cavalry. When they learned that there was an army in the East that was also fighting against the Arab Empire, they were relieved.

In their legends, that was the Celestial Empire. All Europeans hoped that the Celestial Empire would deal with this army and then kill it clean, so that they would not have other dangers. After all, in the legend, the people of the Celestial Empire loved peace and would not come to fight us... (End of this chapter)