Chapter 739
This move made General Zhang and the navy generals feel very fresh. For them, the post-war summary is at most a celebration meeting, dividing the spoils, and chanting how many enemies they have killed, and now they have received a few more glasses of wine. However, there are very few times when summarizing, unless the battle fails, it is possible to honestly understand their shortcomings.
"No matter which battle, whether it is victory or defeat, this is extremely valuable experience. If we can summarize these experiences, analyze them, and then record them on paper, this not only allows us to deeply understand the shortcomings and advantages, but also leaves extremely valuable experience and wealth for future generations. This is our purpose." I stood in front of the temporary podium and talked freely. General Zhang and the generals of the Navy, who were idle, sat at the end, and as an audience member, listened to our analysis very seriously.
The navy's sailors are working hard to repair the damaged warships to welcome the upcoming battle of the navy's first strong attack on the beach: the Songjiang Beach Landing Battle.
My students, together with Xian Yun and Fang Zhu, were observing the landforms, plants, animals, etc. on the beach. The initial shock to the war had passed. When talking about war, they were no longer as excited as before, as if they were watching a lively event, but were more able to calmly analyze the pros and cons of the war in front of me, and even evaluate the impact of the war on both sides of the country.
At this moment, we received the news from the rear. Just after our Datang Navy was dispatched and won a big victory in Baijiangkou, Li Daozong, the chief general of the Liaodong Dao Army, did not continue to fight as planned and did not go to the end of the month. Instead, three days after receiving the news of the great victory in Baijiangkou, he immediately ordered Su Dingfang, the former chief general of the army stationed in Hanzhou, to launch an attack in advance. After waiting in the Hanzhou Chengtun Army, the former chief general of the army, Su Dingfang, had already received impatiently, received this order, and was naturally overjoyed. He immediately led the surrender of 20,000 cavalry of Hu and 10,000 cavalry of the Marine Cavalry, and his headquarters, 15,000 insurgent cavalry of the Tang Dynasty. He suddenly set off from Hanzhou and rushed straight to Qingzhou, the important military town of Baekje, north of Xiongjin River.
It took only a day and a half, except for the Tang Dynasty artillery and infantry cavalry and were still a hundred miles away. Su Dingfang's military front had already pointed to the city of Qingzhou. Su Dingfang decided to adopt the strategy of siege but not attacking, and with the advantage of the cavalry, he could wait for the Tang Dynasty infantry and artillery to arrive before launching an attack on Qingzhou.
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However, this strategy was opposed by two people. One was the commander of the surrender of Hu, Zhe Kelie, and the other was the leader of the Marines, Jin Dahe. The two strongly asked for war and seek merit made Su Dingfang helplessly. At the beginning, the surrender of Hu and Marines took turns to attack. However, the Qingzhou in Baekje was definitely not a small town without defense. A large number of city defense equipment and an excellent Baekje elite, which caused a large number of casualties to these troops that did not carry many siege weapons.
A day later, Hu and Mohe could only surrender in despair, waiting for the arrival of the Tang Dynasty's most powerful attack: artillery. In less than two days, 30,000 BJI soldiers calmed down the military city of Qingzhou. Su Dingfang used artillery to smash the three city gates north, east and west into ruins. Seeing that things were not done, Fude had to give up Qingzhou. The 30,000 troops fled at night. Unexpectedly, Su Dingfang had already prepared. The Hu Jingqi and the Mohe cavalry had been waiting for more than ten miles outside the south gate. Fude did not die. Except for 4,000 BJI soldiers under his command, they either died or surrendered.
The Baekje King was very scared and urgently ordered the Baekje army north of Xiongjin River to shrink its defense line and resist along the river. However, Su Dingfang did not go any further. Instead, he only gathered his troops in Qingzhou and stayed for three days and three nights. When the outpost of the Central Army of the Tang Dynasty arrived in Qingzhou, Su Dingfang's front army rushed to the east at an astonishing speed and pulled out the important stronghold of Japan north of Luodong River: Rongzhou.
Then, through the rush to repair the floating bridge at the upper reaches of the Luodong River, the army's target was directly aimed at Jincheng, the old capital of Silla. At this time, the central army commanded by Li Daozong, the chief general of the Liaodong Road, had reached the north bank of Xiongjin River. Xue Wanche, deputy chief general of the marching road, also led the army between Luodong River and Xiongjin River, forming a confrontation with the defenders of Baekje from two aspects, and cut off the connection between Baekje and the Japanese army occupying Silla, making it impossible for him to send troops to rescue the Japanese.
Li Daozong is moving forward steadily, step by step and steadily, while Su Dingfang is like a strong wind and rain. Two different styles of combat ideas are staged on the peninsula at the same time. The main reason is that Japan is different from Baekje. The Japanese occupy the old land of Silla for less than a year, and the foundation is unstable and the people have not yet obtained it. Su Dingfang's strategy is aimed at this. Li Daozong used a submersible strategy to deal with Baekje. It is also a forceful force to prevent him from supporting the Japanese army.
While the team was also able to defeat the Japanese army more easily, and then use strategic siege to squeeze Baekje, the lost naval land, into a narrow space. In this way, with Li Daozong in the north and Xue Wanche in the east, Su Dingfang defeated the Japanese army and plagiarized from the south. In this way, Baekje had no way out. At that time, Baekje had only two ways to choose from, and if the whole country was not fighting, or surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and become a idle prince without any position or power.
"We can't let them take away all the credits! King Jiangxia really has two tricks, letting Su Dingfang, a desperate gang like this, rush out from north to south, and then go west, Baekje is still playing tricks! According to his fighting style, Baekje will definitely let him easily pick up a big ballistic for more than a month. Our navy can only swallow saliva and wait for a drink. I said, "The Chief Executive, our navy has put a lot of effort into pinching the navy of the two countries. In this battle, they can't let them take over all the Panyi, right? The contribution to destroying the country..." The former navy general could not help but complain.
The idea of veterans is a very unscrupulous behavior in later generations. The idea of robbing the country is too serious. However, this is also a good thing. Under absolute advantage, no one wants to get more soup. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty's military achievements are the priority. It is not an exaggeration to even be named a duke. This is also the reason why these navy generals are envious. Although the Tang Dynasty's navy had the idea of swallowing the achievements of the Japanese state alone, people were not in a good position to swallow the elephant, and everyone hoped that there would be more benefits. What's more, the Tang Dynasty's navy had already destroyed all the navy in these two countries, and the navy had no opponents on the water.
General Zhang also blinked a pair of triangular eyes, his eyes shining brightly, and his mouth grinned: "Damn, are you old guys not afraid of not being able to chew too much?"
The former army chief of the navy smiled and said, "Master General, aren't we thinking about our navy? Our old guys are all people who have buried most of the loess, and there is nothing to do with fighting for this! However, we have been in the navy for many years, and we always have feelings when we stay. When we are all in the grave, who will hold on to this scene?"
This made the group of water heroes present nodded. Indeed, the Tang Dynasty's army can be considered invincible, but the navy has never been valued. If this time, it would be of great benefit to the future development of the Tang Dynasty's navy.
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What's more, Baekje's capital Sibu City is just like Goguryeo's capital, and it is also a big city on the Xiongjin River. If the navy warship can break through the defense line and break into Sibu City, it can even directly bombard the palace in Sibu City. Think about it, this temptation and such a good thing are like a fat and tender lamb missing in the wild, and the lonely wolf of the Tang Dynasty's navy is just hungry, and the chest is on the back. How can it not be moved?
"What, what good idea do you have? Let me also take a look at it." General Zhang licked his mouth, and it looked like a beast preparing to swallow a living person alive. The former army chief laughed dryly: "I don't have any good idea at all, I just have this idea."
General Zhang rolled his eyes in anger, then glanced at the navy generals present. "What about you? What are your ideas? Let's talk about what tricks can you do here?" General Zhang pointed his finger near Sibu City, the capital of Baekje on the sand table.
No one spoke, the most important thing was that it was not difficult. A military officer stood up: "General, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. We not only have to prepare for landing on the Japanese island, but also find ways to attack Sibu City, the capital of Baekje. Is this too difficult? If we divide the troops in two strokes, our army will naturally be weak and we won't make a good deal..." The military officer couldn't continue to say anything, because these old gangsters stared at the poor young man with murderous eyes.
General Zhang cherishes young people very much. He laughed twice and patted the officer in the army on the shoulder: "Well, your words make sense, it is indeed difficult, but I don't bother to do it if it's not difficult. What we are thinking about is how to avoid such a situation, right?"
Everyone nodded, and I nodded to agree with General Zhang’s opinion. No one would think that there was too much military merit, let alone this is also a good opportunity now, but it depends on how everyone should grasp it.
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Chapter completed!