When the scale of the war is huge to a certain extent, the so-called strange strategy will basically be difficult to work.
Especially now, it is still on this vast grassland, Gobi.
Any movement of troops on both sides can be clearly seen by the other side. In this way, the outcome of the war can only be fought by the hard power of both sides.
Such a war is destined to end overnight.
Of course, wars of this scale have never stopped except for large-scale confrontations head-on and small-scale wars in secret since the war between the two armies.
Especially the guards and raids of the food road.
It is the top priority of the war between the two sides.
When it was in the northern desert, progress should be rapid and plundering should be the main focus. Finally, Lin Danhan took the initiative to undertake the logistics supply.
But now, when we arrive in the south of the desert, the army is hoarding, and the war is destined to end overnight, so the logistics supply is naturally imminent.
Fortunately, Ji Town itself has a lot of food, and there are also huge gains from Shanxi's house confiscation and extermination of clans. Of course, the most important thing is to rely on the coordination of the court or the emperor.
In fact, if the emperor had not been able to suppress the court now and had the emperor control the situation for him in the rear, Li Xiu would never dare to start this war.
After all, I don’t know how many people want to drag him down and do tricks.
For an army of more than 100,000, the logistics failure means, it is obviously very clear.
The same is true for the same situation in Monan Mongolia, but the Monan Mongolia has the advantage of the home court, and the nomadic peoples are accompanied by cattle and sheep, so the logistics of the logistics do not need to mobilize heavy troops to protect him like Li Xiu.
As a result, from Jizhen to this battlefield, the hundreds of miles of food roads were everywhere, and the intensity and cruelty were even far beyond the confrontation on the front battlefield.
After all, on the front battlefield, both sides are in the main force. In the early stage of the war, it is basically unlikely to be annihilated in an integral manner, but on this food road, basically every battle is a result of defeat or even destruction.
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Above the food road.
Iron cavalry crisscrossed, soldiers collided, arrows rammed, and the trembling men hid behind frames full of food and grass. On the outside, there were a circle of defense temporarily surrounded by chariots.
The haunted Mongolian cavalry is now attacking this grain transport team crazily.
Going deep behind enemy lines is an extremely dangerous thing, not to mention that it would be a life-threatening attack on the food road!
According to Li Xiu's arrangement, each grain transport team was guarded by a battalion of infantry, and the entire grain transport channel was hundreds of miles away, and there were no counts of rangers. Now that the troops were sufficient, a battalion of rangers was arranged every fifty miles.
Even if the Later Jin broke through the scout reconnaissance circle and raided the grain transport team, the infantry guarding the food and grass only needed to send a signal or send a ranger for help. With such careful arrangements, at most, the cavalry responsible for the food route would be enough to arrive for support.
Under such careful and strict arrangements, hundreds of miles of grain roads have become a slaughterhouse for Mongolian cavalry.
Just like this raid now, just a moment after the infantry sent out the signal, the cavalry coming to rescue were already surging!
"kill!"
As the iron cavalry surged, Li Dingguo, who had been promoted to the general flag and volunteered to release him, was now holding a big knife and galloping at the forefront of the iron cavalry.
The soldiers will win the fame and fortune immediately!
For him, Li Dingguo, no opportunity to show himself can be missed!
Being able to be trained by the general is an opportunity and glory that goes against the will of heaven, and it is also an extremely heavy burden!
With hundreds of thousands of soldiers, why can you win the favor of the general?
If Li Dingguo cannot give a perfect answer to this question, he will be destined to be in a difficult position in the army!
In this way, after his initial excitement, Li Dingguo also saw the reality bit by bit.
It was precisely because he saw it clearly that he volunteered to be transferred from the personal guard camp to the front line.
True gold is not afraid of fire refining. He wants to prove that he is a piece of real gold!
A piece of real gold worthy of the general’s cultivation!
The iron cavalry charged and killed several enemies with his hands. They also directly penetrated the Mongolian cavalry that was raiding. As the vanguard, when they responded immediately, Li Dingguo also turned his horse's head decisively and shouted, and rushed into the enemy's formation again!
Split, interspersed!
In less than a moment, the Mongolian roar completely collapsed!
Chase, extend the investigation, return to the army, and the food and grass are transported again.
A set of procedures has become a standardized operation of the soldiers who are guarding the food road.
And this is just a microcosm of the scene that stretches through the grain road for hundreds of miles. The same scene or different results are also happening all the time.
Compared with the fierce confrontation on the food industry, on the main battlefield, the army of both sides seemed extremely restrained after the first tentative confrontation.
Just like two top masters, they keep testing, and never easily show all their strength without realizing the right fighter.
In a war, the scale of this is so large, the quality of soldiers and generals is not much different, and when fighting head-on, in fact, it depends on the head coaches of both sides. Who makes fewer mistakes, or in other words, the command level of the head coach is tested.
With an army of more than 100,000, everything is concentrated on the head coach alone, and the head coach alone makes the decision. It is conceivable how high the requirements for the head coach are.
The so-called incompetence of a general and exhausts the three armies, which can clearly show how important a qualified and excellent commander is to an army.
In fact, throughout history, there are very few generals who can smoothly command more than 100,000 troops to fight, and each one can be called the pinnacle of an era.
For Li Xiu, who has gathered the experience of fighting among famous generals in ancient and modern times, this is naturally no problem, and it is even far from his limit...
The so-called "unmoving like a mountain" and moving like thunder" ultimately means that an army, whether it is attacking or defense, does not find any flaws or weaknesses, and cannot adopt targeted strategies.
For the current commander of the Mongolian coalition of the Later Jin Dynasty, Mangguertai, at this moment, he finally understood why his father Khan regarded Zhenbeihou as a major concern at the first time, and even tried his best to fight for his life, he also wanted to get rid of Zhenbeihou!
He also commanded an army of more than 100,000, and was also a Mongolian tribe. There was no qualitative difference in quality of soldiers and generals. However, when he attacked and Zhenbeihou defended, he always gave him a deep sense of powerlessness, just like a child facing an adult. He could play around with it casually.
When Zhenbei Hou commanded the attack and defended, even if it was just an ordinary test, it gave him a feeling of being a top master. Even if it was an ordinary blow, it had fatal attributes, which made him frightened!
Once upon a time, he always thought that he was not weak even compared to the famous generals in history. But now, when he truly stood in front of the Marquis of Zhenbei, Manguertai knew what a real famous general was!
The two armies fought, but in just ten days, the young and powerful Manguertai had already appeared in the temples under the pressure of a mountain!
Chapter completed!