Chapter 700 Differences
At the end of July 19806, the Far East Uprising Army had swept across most provinces and regions in the Far East, and its troops had reached an astonishing 2 million people, more than several times the Hanhai army stationed in the Far East.
Because the Hanhai army was stationed in various provinces in the early stage, its troops were relatively scattered and unable to resist the surging Far East Uprising Army. In just one month, the Hanhai army had lost control of most of the Far East and retreated to several provinces including Aladdon, De'an, and Lalgas.
In just one month, the Far Eastern Uprising Army's troops expanded from more than 100,000 to more than 2 million. Various problems such as insufficient military training and no practical experience, and the chaos in the command system began to gradually break out.
According to the suggestion of Mu Xue, the chief of staff of the Far Eastern Uprising Army, the Far Eastern Uprising Army was reorganized into four armies at the end of July. After the reorganization, the problem of the chaotic command system of the Far Eastern Uprising Army was solved and the command headquarters ensured that the commander's command would maximize the control of the army under its command.
On July 30, the command of the Far Eastern Uprising Army held a high-level military meeting after the reorganization. Those participating in the meeting were senior generals of the Far Eastern Uprising Army Group Army. The meeting discussed a series of issues regarding the next phase of the Far Eastern Uprising Army's combat goals.
Regarding the establishment of the next phase of the Far Eastern Uprising Army, the opinions of Zhao Yun, commander-in-chief of the rebel army, and Mu Xue, chief of staff, had serious differences.
Chief of staff Mu Xue believes that although the Far Eastern Uprising Army's current strength has expanded rapidly, it has insufficient weapons and equipment, weak combat effectiveness, and a large number of vacancies of grassroots officers. This will greatly reduce the strength of the Far Eastern Uprising Army. Therefore, he suggested that the Far Eastern Uprising Army should slow down the offensive speed and speed up internal integration.
At the same time, the Chief of Staff Mu Xue also suggested sending one or two armies to consolidate the current occupied area, concentrate superior forces and turn westward, break through the connection between the Far East and the dynasty's mainland Tielanguan Fortress, and open up the connection with the dynasty's hinterland.
This will not only obtain food and weapons support from all provinces in the hinterland of the dynasty, but also, once the war is unfavorable, it can obtain the support of all provinces in the hinterland of the dynasty, especially the strong support of the Nanchuan Army, because although Mu Xue is now at a high position and powerful position, he is from the Nanchuan Army after all. He especially hopes that the Far East Uprising Army and the Nanchuan Army can form an alliance, so that the chance of victory will be much greater.
Compared with the stable plan of the Chief of Staff Mu Xue, Commander-in-Chief Zhao Yun did not think so. He believed that although there are various internal problems in the Far East Uprising Army, it was not the main one. Their main enemy was the Hanhai Army.
In the early stage, the uprisings in various regions caused a major blow to the Hanhai army stationed in the Far East. The Hanhai army has been completely contracted. The Far East uprising army should take advantage of the victory to pursue the remaining troops in the Hanhai Sea, and reclaim the Far East land occupied by the Hanhai Empire, and truly revival the entire Far East region.
"We now seem to have huge troops, with four armies of more than 2 million, but our weapons and food are insufficient, and our combat effectiveness has not been greatly enhanced. Now the Hanhai army is still huge, and there are at least 400,000 or 500,000 people. Behind them are the continuous support of the Hanhai Empire. If we cannot take down the Hanhai army in one fell swoop, then we will fall into a passive state."
What made Mu Xue even more worried was the issue of food and grass. Although there are many troops now, the Far Eastern Uprising Army did not have a good logistics supply base. It relied entirely on fighting to support the war and obtained supplies by seizing the Hanhai army.
Now the Hanhai army has contracted in full swing, which is equivalent to clenching into a fist. With the strength of the Far East Uprising Army, it is impossible to chew this bone in a short period of time. If the annihilation war becomes a long-term tug-of-war, then the Far East Uprising Army without logistics supplies is very likely to collapse, and all their early efforts will be in vain.
This is also the main reason why Mu Xue insists on mobilizing superior troops to move westward to open up connections with the hinterland of the dynasty. As long as the connections with the mainland are opened, you can not only obtain support for weapons and food, but also obtain strong support for troops when necessary.
But the huge victory now has already dazzled the mind of Commander-in-Chief Zhao Yun. He was not as thoughtful as Mu Xue. He only had to pursue the victory in his mind, reviving the entire Far East and establishing his own hegemony.
The generals of the Far Eastern Uprising Army were also extremely excited. They did not support the chief of staff Mu Xue's suggestion as always, but agreed to attack. Victory made them feel that defeating the Hanhai people was just around the corner, and they did not see that the Hanhai people were still strong at all.
The entire military meeting lasted from early morning to night. The two sides argued whether to continue to advance eastward to annihilate the remaining forces of the Hanhai people in the Far East or turn around and attack the Tielanguan Fortress in the west, and open up contact with the mainland.
This was also the first time that the Chief of Staff Mu Xue and Commander-in-Chief Zhao Yun had a disagreement. Faced with Mu Xue who was unyielding, Commander-in-Chief Zhao Yun, who was blinded by victory, felt that his authority was challenged. He left the conference room in anger, and the entire military meeting ended in anger.
Before dawn the next day, Commander-in-Chief Zhao Yun ordered the entire army to set off and continue to attack eastward, trying to take advantage of the victory to pursue and annihilate the remnants of Hanhai's army, and completely confirm his position as King of Far East.
Mu Xue learned that Zhao Yun was going to continue attacking eastward, but did not adopt his advice, so she hurried to see Zhao Yun and tried to continue persuasion, but was stopped by the guards: "Chief of the staff, the commander said he was not feeling well, you should come back another day."
Mu Xue rescued Zhao Yun from the layers of siege of Hanhai's army, helping him to revive the Far Eastern Uprising Army to its current scale. However, as the power expanded, Zhao Yun also became more wary of Mu Xue, who was second only to him.
Zhao Yun's avoidance made Mu Xue's originally hot heart like a basin of cold water. He worked hard to think about the overall situation, but he was not understood. Now he was turned away, Mu Xue felt discouraged.
Facing the stubborn commander Zhao Yun, Mu Xue had no choice but to send someone to send a message to Zhao Yun, asking him to lead an army to advance west alone and open up connections with the hinterland of the dynasty.
Now Mu Xue's prestige has threatened Zhao Yun's position. Zhao Yun hopes that Mu Xue will go to the west and will be bleeding, so as not to stay in the army to threaten his position. Therefore, he generously handed over the weakest Fourth Army to Mu Xue, leading him to sweep the western provinces and attack the Tielan Pass fortress at the same time.
At this point, the Far East Uprising Army was divided into two routes, with the commander-in-chief leading the most powerful first, second and third army, a total of 1.8 million people rushed towards the provinces of De'an, the provinces of Largas, and Aladdin, which were still occupied by the Hanhai people.
Chapter completed!