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Shanxi Datong Prefecture.

This place has always been an important border town in the former Ming Dynasty, and it was also the same in the Tang Dynasty. Whenever the word Datong was discussed by Gyeonggi cabinet officials, it was basically a discussion of military issues.

The Ninth Army, one of the sixteen armies of the Datang Empire, has its headquarters here.

In the headquarters of the Ninth Army, Lieutenant General Deng Xide, the commander, was thinking about the huge sand table. As the second commander of the Ninth Army, he is also the new generation of generals in the army. He experienced fierce competition last year. He was given the important task of His Majesty as the commander of the Ninth Army.

And his ninth army, like the other sixteen armies of the Tang Empire, is not a simple field army, but a kind of theater command. Its defense line includes the border line of Datong Prefecture, and also includes Shaanxi Northeast line of defense.

Because what this place is facing is the main direction of the Tatars, the pressure is not small on weekdays, so the troops under its jurisdiction are not small.

Its main force is only the 6th Division and the 5th Cavalry Division, as well as the 18th Reserve Division and the 19th Reserve Division.

However, when the empire was preparing to carry out the Hetao campaign at the beginning of the year, the troops under the Ninth Army had undergone great changes. First of all, the neighboring 3rd Infantry Division and the 3rd Cuirassier Regiment were transferred to Datong House and belonged to Under the jurisdiction of the Ninth Army.

Immediately afterwards, the 1st Cavalry Division originally stationed in Youzhou City was also transferred. After May, the 8th Light Cavalry Regiment stationed in Taiyuan was also transferred.

Later, the 13th Infantry Division and other units joined the army one after another.

By the Mid-Autumn Festival, the troops under the ninth army already had two main infantry divisions, five reserve divisions, two cavalry divisions, one cuirassier regiment, six light cavalry regiments, and the seventh artillery brigade. In addition, there is a temporary deployment, but it is not directly under the ninth army, but still under the command of the third army, which is used to fill the temporary brigade of the defense line.

The above are all combat troops, not including the more than ten transport groups that were temporarily recruited and formed under the management of the Logistics Department.

Of course, it is impossible for so many parts to go out to fight, and it is necessary to leave a part of the troops stationed in the Great Wall defense line, so as not to be beaten behind, the three reserve divisions, artillery units, and the third army are left behind. A provisional brigade to support.

It was determined that the troops heading north were two main infantry divisions, two reserve divisions, two cavalry divisions, one cuirassier regiment, and six light cavalry regiments.

The total strength is about 60,000!

The 60,000 people are currently located in Datong Prefecture and the northern part of Taiyuan Prefecture, but most of the troops who are ready to participate in the war have already assembled in advance, and have undergone relevant pre-war adaptive training.

Deng Xide received a 300-mile urgent secret decree from Jinling City yesterday. In the secret decree, the Son of Heaven has officially approved the Hetao battle, and ordered Deng Xide to lead his troops to send troops to Hetao, inflicting heavy damage on the Tatars and fighting for the empire's subsequent northern strategy. strategic initiative.

This secret decree was handwritten by the Son of Heaven, and there is no nonsense in the traditional imperial decree. A secret decree of a few hundred words only said one thing, let him find an opportunity to hit the Tatars and destroy the enemy's living force. , Don't care about the land gains and losses, and don't care about the victory or defeat, but decisively, annihilate a large number of the enemy's living forces.

As for capturing the Hetao, the Son of Heaven didn't even mention a word!

As a senior general of the military, Zheng Xide's political sensitivity is naturally quite high. He only relies on military talent. In the system of the Datang Empire, it is no problem to be a regiment commander, brigade commander, or even division commander. In addition to excellent military talent, the commander must also have extraordinary political talent.

Otherwise, you won't be able to climb up at all!

Deng Xide, of course, is not a person who only knows how to fight. Although he is good at fighting, to be honest, people in the Datang Army who have more military talents than him dare not say much, but they are certainly not few.

In this way, when he saw the secret decree of the Holy Son of Heaven, he guessed a little, and in general he could guess the meaning behind the words of the Son of Heaven. Use it, because people can turn around and kill them.

Moreover, the defense of the Hetao area is very difficult. This place is easy to attack and difficult to defend. Whether it is the Datang Army or the current Tatars, it is actually difficult to defend here for a long time.

But if they can hit the Tatars hard and kill their army directly, they won't be able to fight back if they want to.

But if you want to destroy the enemy's living force in large quantities, this is easier said than done.

The Tatars are all on horseback. This is not a good opportunity. They will run away in minutes. How can they stand here stupidly and confront you head-on.

How to destroy the enemy's living force in large quantities is a bit difficult. The only hope is to control the banks of the Yellow River with thunder before the Yellow River freezes in winter, and then lock the enemy in the loop and force them to a decisive battle.

Not to mention whether this can be successful.

If it doesn't work, in winter, when the Yellow River freezes, basically don't expect to be able to leave the Tartars, they can run anytime, anywhere.

Deng Xide pondered on the sand table, thinking about the chips in his hand, and then thinking about how to use his chips.

The biggest bargaining chip he has now is no more than 15,000 cavalry. If he uses it well, there is still a high possibility of winning this battle, but if he uses it poorly, the result will be difficult to say.

After pondering for a while, he called the senior staff of the army staff and the senior generals in the army to prepare for a meeting. The main purpose was naturally to pass on the combat orders from the Privy Council.

Along with the secret decree, there is also an imperial decree that can be disclosed in the military. After all, many words in the secret decree cannot be published, which is not good and will easily bring about negative effects.

For the upcoming Hetao battle, the generals here are psychologically prepared, otherwise, why would the Privy Council transfer them from other places, just to fight the war.

But how to fight, this is the need for detailed planning.

The War Department of the Privy Council did not give a detailed combat plan. They only gave combat requirements, asking the Ninth Army to severely damage the Tatars and seize the Hetao area. How to fight, this is the Ninth Army.

The operations department of the Privy Council is not so powerful that it can remotely command the Ninth Army to operate across thousands of kilometers.

That is to say, when the combat order is sent to the Ninth Army, when and how to fight, it is already the Ninth Army's own business.

Next, this group of generals of the Ninth Army discussed for a long time, wanting to formulate a detailed combat plan, but although there have been many plans before, but when it comes to the end, many things are still uncertain.

Although the overall battle plan has not yet been determined, Deng Xide knows that no matter what, it cannot be delayed for too long. He must end the battle before winter comes, and then when winter comes, he can choose to continue the battle or choose back.

Therefore, when the many generals of the Ninth Army began to formulate detailed combat plans, he had already ordered the troops to start assembling and preparing. At the same time, he also asked the troops to speed up the construction of the castle and prepare food and ammunition.

No matter how you play, the front exit channel must be created first.

Before, they had built several fortresses along the Yellow River, extending to 50 kilometers away. Now they need to rely on these small-scale fortress groups and the Yellow River to establish an effective and safe logistics supply line.

At the same time, it is also necessary to transfer a large amount of food and materials stored in the rear to the front line in advance. On weekdays, for the sake of safety, large-scale food and materials will not be stored too close to the front line, but will be placed in some large cities in the rear , such as Datong, Taiyuan, Youzhou and other strategic cities.

Only in times of war will they be deployed in large numbers to the front lines.

As the saying goes, the army has not moved, the food and grass will go first, and now there will be a large-scale war. These large amounts of food and ammunition and other materials hoarded in the rear naturally need to be transported to the front line.

Deng Xide's generals and staff did not delay for too long, because they also knew that time was tight. They spent three days on the basis of many previous plans to formulate a detailed plan for this march.

This plan is not too complicated. In fact, the Datang Army has always disliked complicated battle plans, especially large-scale battles.

If it is in the battle at the battalion level, you can still see some complicated and difficult tactics by the commanders of the Datang Army, but in the battle at the division level, there are relatively few.

At the military level, anyone who dares to come up with tactics that make people feel dizzy when they see it will definitely be dismissed directly.

Because when the scale of the troops reaches a certain level and the battle line spreads for dozens of miles or even longer, the command will become very complicated, and the communication delay will be very long.

At this time, the coordinated operations between troops and troops will become very unreliable, and more rely on the strength of the troops to fight.

Therefore, large-scale operations~www.wuxiaspot.com~ are actually as simple as possible in terms of strategy!

The same is true this time. The battle plan formulated by the Ninth Army Headquarters seems to be dozens of pages thick, but in fact the core idea is very simple, that is, the cavalry is the main attack, and the infantry is the main defense.

The reason why it is so detailed is because many of the contents are not military at all, but involve building castles and maintaining supply lines.

After all, to fight north, the logistics line is the lifeline of the Ninth Army, no matter how important it is.

Most of the content about building castles and maintaining supply lines is talking about Dongsheng City!

It was a city abandoned by Qian Ming many years ago!

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