Chapter 774 Suzaku's First Military Meeting

This world is not a complete replica of the maps of the present world that Zhao Changhe knows. For example, a few geographies such as Beimang and Gujian Lake are different, but most of them are the same.

Different oceans and monsoons, different mountains and rivers, different plateaus and valleys will cause completely different climate distributions, which will have a great impact on species and culture. Since it will form such a similar landscape to that of ancient China, the geography must also be very similar.

The same is true for the geography after going north from the frontier. There may be some small differences such as the chaotic rocky mountains in the Xuanwu Secret Realm and the Xuanwu Lake with yellow sand, which are not present in the present world, but the general distribution will not change.

If you go out of the frontier from Yanmen and cross the Yinshan Mountains, the first thing you will see is a vast grassland. This is the land of the north of the frontier and the south of the desert, where the Batu tribe is located. In fact, it is the Inner Mongolia of the present world. The environment is very favorable, and there are many arable land and minerals. Of course, Batu and his predecessors have never developed arable land.

Further north is the Gobi Desert - this is not an adjective, the name is the Gobi Desert. The desert stretches from east to west, becoming the dividing line between the north and south of the desert. Only after crossing it can you find the Golden Horde in the north of the desert. Most of it is the area of ​​today's Outer Mongolia.

If Huangfu Yongxian's troops crossed the desert to the north, they would have directly attacked the royal court, which is a bit similar to Wei Qing's route.

This kind of royal route naturally cannot be accompanied by only the original Yanmen garrison, because there are only a few people. In fact, after the capital swore to go to war, only half of them followed Zhuque and Zhao Changhe, and the rest left Beijing to report to Yanmen. For example, Zhuque didn't like Cui Yuanyong's Hebei Army at all, so he simply assigned it to his father's side. The powerful imperial realm commander who was with the army there was Sanniang.

The desert Gobi did not cut off the entire Mongolian Plateau, but was cut off in the east. So a grassland belt running from north to south was formed in the east, which was a connecting corridor between the south and north of the desert.

In the east, Huangfu Qing and Zhao Changhe crossed the Yanshan Mountains and headed north, entering this grassland belt. From here, they went around to the northeast and could march straight in, defeating countless grassland tribes along the way, and reaching a famous mountain in the east of the royal court.

It is called Langjuxu Mountain, where the Changshengtian Temple is located in this world.

Going further north, there is also a famous large lake, which is called Lake Baikal in this world and the vast sea in this world.

Both routes can also turn halfway and agree to meet at one of the points, not necessarily fighting each other.

There are several biggest problems in marching and fighting in such places.

First of all, in this environment without clear landmarks such as mountains and roads, and without GPS navigation, it is very similar to sailing on the sea, and it is extremely easy to get lost during the march. If you say that you can judge the direction by looking at the sun, moon and stars, you can only judge that you are going north, and you can't be more specific. A slight deviation may lead to going to the wrong place completely.

The second is water supply. You can bring your own military rations, but it is difficult to carry enough water with you. Once you can't find a water source for a few days, there may be catastrophic consequences.

Due to the full dependence of the Batu tribe, the two armies of the Han Dynasty now have a lot of old herdsmen from the Batu tribe. They are familiar with how to go to the holy mountain, how to go to the royal court, and which route to take. In particular, the holy mountain must be visited several times a year, so they are very familiar with it. Where there is water source on the road and where there are tribes, they are all clear. Even without a storage box, these two items are basically no longer a problem. The current storage box is a bottom line, and there is no fear of getting lost.

The third problem is that the enemy's army comes and goes like the wind. Unlike the Central Plains, they will not wait for you to fight in a city. You will often find that your army has passed, but the enemy has come from behind you. There are also often inexplicable encounters on the road that neither side is prepared for, and they fight in a confused manner. This is not something that can be avoided by simply doing a good job of scouts and sentinels. The falconer sent by Sisi perfectly solved this problem.

The last problem is that the royal court can actually change. Nomadic tribes rarely have such a clear attack point. Where Timur is, there is the Golden Tent. Often, a large army would rush to the king's court, but they couldn't find anyone, wasting military expenses and food. The same is true for the temple. The so-called sacred mountain is also a continuous mountain range. People hide in the mountains, so it's no big deal to demolish a temple for you. The place where the immortal god is located is probably a completely secret place, and it's impossible to find it.

But this time, Timur also wanted to fight a decisive battle.

At night, the Suzaku army camped. Zhao Changhe entered the general's tent with a roasted eagle leg and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, eat something. This is Timur's eagle. The meat is delicious."

A large group of generals and officers in the camp were looking at the sand table map. When they saw Zhao Changhe coming in with the roasted meat, they turned their heads away.

Zhuque, dressed in a soft armor cape, sat behind the commander's desk, glaring at her man in anger: "We are in a military meeting, what are you doing?"

"I don't know how to fight, I just want to give you some food?"

"You don't come in with an eagle's leg like you do, what's the matter? Don't you want to eat?"

"Look at what you said, everyone just ate, this is a snack." Zhao Changhe stuffed the eagle's leg into Zhuque's hand without saying anything, and leaned over to look at the sand table: "What are you studying?"

Zhuque held a bird's leg, which really felt out of place, but the generals looked like they were smiling like an aunt. I don't know what's wrong with the generals now, aren't they serious?

She took a bite angrily: "What we are discussing is another matter, but Weiyang just came to complain, do you want to listen?"

Zhao Changhe looked at the Demon Suppressor General Wu Weiyang in the tent in astonishment. He was previously assigned to be the deputy to striker Xue Canghai. This was his own intention. He was afraid that the Blood God Cult would go too far and would harm Tianhe. So asking people from the Demon Suppression Division to assist him would also suppress the evil spirit of the Blood God Cult. . As a result, we were not even halfway through the march. We didn’t even fight a single hard battle and ran back...

Wu Weiyang reluctantly handed over to Zhao Changhe: "We also know that war is not a place for mercy, especially in the past when the Hu people were defeated and dispersed in a rush, and then came back to gather again, and it was reincarnation again. Therefore, the tribe caught this time, General Xue wanted to kill an adult man, but we didn’t say anything..."

Zhao Changhe said: "He wants to kill women and children? Didn't I tell him not to kill those who are lower than the wheel?"

"But General Xue turned the wheel."

Zhao Changhe: "..."

"I stopped him with sweat profusely, but General Xue said, if only the women and children are left here, they won't survive. If we are really merciful, we might as well send them to the pass, break them up and stuff them in various places." It can replenish the population." Wu Weiyang said: "It sounds reasonable to me, but it will require a lot of troops to do this. Whether it is appropriate or not, the commander-in-chief and King Zhao need to decide whether to move after the war. It’s also a way. Anyway, no matter whether we win or lose, this battle will not last long.”

Zhao Changhe looked at Suzaku. He himself is really a woman in this matter and cannot make the most reasonable decision. However, Suzaku is a big demon who can kill a whole family without even frowning. He is also afraid that Suzaku will say that the wheels are flat. …

But Suzaku nodded: "It can indeed be done after the war... This kind of war will not last long. Let's give them a basic living guarantee first."

Zhao Changhe and Wu Weiyang breathed a sigh of relief, and Wu Weiyang cupped his hands and said: "Then I will go and convey this to General Xue."

"Don't worry, Wei Yang also knows the soldiers, so we might as well consult together." Zhuque said: "We are analyzing now that our two-pronged attack situation cannot be hidden, and Timur should also know it. According to common sense, he cannot also Stupidly dividing the troops to deal with it individually, the only way is to entangle one side and concentrate superior forces to destroy the other side. Where do you think his main force will appear? "

Zhao Changhe asked: "What do you say?"

"Now everyone's mainstream opinion is that our side mainly uses light cavalry, which is very maneuverable and not easy to be blocked. Moreover, we have three imperial realms including you, me and Hong Ling. So the other side is more likely to put the main force in My father only has some restrictions on our way, as long as we don't let us drive for a long time, otherwise they won't be able to withstand the destruction. "

Wu Weiyang said: "If you ask me about being humble, that's the same view. Even according to the current situation where Timur and Bo'e are at odds with each other, it is possible that we will really make a long journey to their sacred mountain to fight with Bo'e. Life and death, he will come back to pick peaches."

Many generals said: "That shouldn't happen. If we can really drive forward unimpeded, we may not go straight to the sacred mountain. Can't we make a detour and attack Timur's back?"

"It's hard to say. After all, the two roads are quite far apart. It's hard to know the timing of this roundabout."

Zhao Changhe watched the generals discuss and shrugged. Therefore, the coach himself cannot really do anything. It is easy to come up with ideas. How to make the most correct choice from various opinions is the real level. The scribe who wrote the record can say in hindsight that a certain general failed to listen to correct opinions and failed. Who would be able to determine which sentence is correct so easily if he is in a different position of making decisions?

The current situation is pretty good, although there are differences on the details. Generally speaking, they all believe that Temur's main force will appear on Huangfu Yongxian's road, which is considered a consensus. What the coach needs to think about is how to take the next step based on this consensus. Should he go around the corner and attack Timur's back, or should he simply drive away from the sacred mountain? And how to support my father along the way, when, who to send, and how many people.

The distance is far away and there is no phone, so it all depends on judgment.

But I saw Zhuque looking at the sand table and pondering for a long time, and whispered: "We all think so...Does Timur think that we think so?"

Zhao Changhe was stunned, and everyone in the audience was also stunned. This is not the time to play "I've predicted your prediction". You need a reasonable basis. Otherwise, this kind of thing can be done endlessly and no judgment can be made.

Suzaku waved his hand: "Of course I am not lying about the matryoshka without any basis, because I personally settled the matter in northern Shanxi, and I know the situation more carefully than you. First of all, all the tribes in northern Shanxi are completely afraid of me. They surrendered under threat, but they were not convinced in their hearts. They had no choice but to contribute so much money, food and horses, but they were still very honest when my father was stationing troops in Yanmen County. Now that the army has left Yanmen, what will they do? "

Seeing that the generals were deep in thought, Suzaku said again: "At first, I wanted to go south, but the Demon God Feng Yin was stationed in southern Shanxi, so I did not act rashly. In other words, there is actually an extremely powerful Demon God who will do their bidding. The backbone, whether it is to make the various tribes in northern Shanxi switch sides, or to attack Yanmen himself, is completely possible. Once the three Jins are in chaos, and all the families of the army who left the fortress are in Yanmen, what will be the result? ?”

Wu Weiyang said: "The morale of the army is unstable, and they just want to return to the pass. Timur only needs to send people to harass them to contain this road, and maybe he can drive them back without spending a single soldier. On the contrary, if the main force encounters, say Uncertainty leads to a desperate situation.”

All the generals said: "Yes...but Commander, since you know this situation, why don't you solve it in advance?"

Suzaku smiled slightly: "Of course I have made arrangements, but Timur doesn't know. On the contrary, he will think that we are so mobile and elite that we won't face the main force..."

As she spoke, her eyes swept over the generals, taking in their expressions.

In fact, this was her first time as the chief commander. When she said these words, she didn't have much confidence in her heart, but everyone's reaction gave her confidence.

During the Spring Festival, she was familiar with the generals and had a very obvious feeling - everyone was obedient on the surface, but in fact, they all looked down on her in their hearts. You said you were from a family of generals, and you did go to the battlefield with your father when you were young, but you have never been a chief commander. You usually do things that are in the martial arts world. Do you really know how to fight? Anyway, you are the Yujing, the Saint Church Venerable, and you are the queen mother. No one can compete with you for the position of commander, but the distrust in your heart can be revealed inadvertently.

Just like when they thought they were playing the prediction nesting doll just now, the speechless taste in their eyes was about to overflow. If they catch you making any obvious mistakes, they will definitely refute you in court without giving you any face.

But no one refuted, even the speechless expression just now disappeared, and everyone was thinking.

It shows that your judgment is reasonable in the eyes of these veterans, and then you will be confident.

Zhuque took a deep breath and made a conclusion: "I am 80% sure that Timur's main force will appear on our side... and I dare to assert that Timur and Bo'e will never have any conflicts in this battle. The Khanate and the Temple will join hands sincerely to encircle and suppress us in the Modong grassland!"

Yue Hongling, who had been sitting cross-legged in the corner without saying a word from beginning to end, slowly opened her eyes: "My sword is trembling... Sister's judgment may coincide with my sword heart."

The so-called sword heart is clear, and in terms of crisis intuition, no one in the world can compare to Yue Hongling now.

Even if you don't have to encounter the main force, there is a high probability that the opponent's realm will be here.

The camp was full of people who had fought for their whole lives. When they predicted that they would encounter the main force, not only did no one flinch, but they all felt a little excited about "military merit coming".

Immediately, an old general in the army said: "In this case, we might as well build it more standard... Since we want to show that we think the main battlefield will be on General Huangfu's side, let's make them see it that way. It seems that we have divided our troops to rush to the west, but in fact we have not gone at all... We need to completely block the opponent's aerial reconnaissance."

Suzaku pondered for a moment: "Not enough. From now on, don't use the storage box. We want to drive straight in, eat the enemy, and chase the water source. Timur will set a trap for us because of this, we wait."

That night, Wu Weiyang, a fierce general of the Demon Suppression Division, led 10,000 cavalry to the west to rush to the west. Soon after, they left the eastern line. The hawks in the sky saw this movement and reported back to the north.

The next morning, after a good night's sleep, the vanguard Xue Canghai received an order from the rear army while having breakfast. The Blood God Cultists raised their knives and rushed to the next water source settlement in front of them.

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PS: It's still a little short. There is a marching sketch in the easter egg chapter, which gives you a rough idea.