Of course, Xue Chongxun knew about their every move at any time with the military power of the imperial guards. He rarely asked about it personally because everything was normal.
For example, Li Kuiyong has several concubines, some people and backgrounds in his family can be found in the inner factory, and even his family has people from the inner factory, he doesn't know.
Xue Chongxun had to guard against that the imperial guards had swords and guns in their hands, which had certain hidden dangers; but he also needed the imperial guards to maintain their military advantage from the outside, because compared with a group of military generals who lacked far-sightedness and foundation, his hidden dangers were also the Nanya bureaucrats who had deep foundations in charge of military and political power in the world. Therefore, Xue Chongxun never sent military eunuchs to the imperial guards to affect their enthusiasm, and all surveillance was carried out only by the internal factory.
In Xue Chongxun's eyes, the two systems of the north and the south are just a check and balance. At the same time, there is also a balance between the imperial guards. The three armies with different structures have completely different backgrounds and positions; and the military equipment supervision that controls equipment is not a group of people.
It is difficult for them to unite and can only obey the royal edicts separately.
In short, it is one thing to follow Xue Chongxun to fight the country, and it is another thing to do when it comes to distribution of power and distribution of wealth and interests. Just like soldiers calling each other brothers but the rules must be abide by, military laws are ruthless.
Through such checks and balances, coupled with the values of loyalty and filial piety recognized by this era, to achieve the stability of the regime, of course this is only relative.
After dinner, Xue Chongxun only asked the chief general Yin Ci and the inner factory to enter the inner account to discuss military affairs.
Yin Ci and Yu Wen Xiao first arrived in Zhengzhou. One of them led the troops to formulate a plan for the march, and the other provided information on the enemy situation. The cooperation was quite tacit.
However, Xue Chongxun noticed that their relationship was very cold and his words were limited to official business.
Yin Ci is not as naive as Li Kuiyong. It is estimated that Yin Ci has already noticed that he is being monitored by Yu Wen Xiao. No matter what, it is obvious that he has no good impression of Yu Wen Xiao, just like the military generals of the previous dynasty have never had a good impression of the eunuchs in the military supervision.
Yin Ci described his combat suggestions: The Shen Ce Army came from the canal through major cities, and Cui Qigao should have known our location through careful work.According to Duke Yuwen, a large number of rebels who had scattered in various counties in Hebei were returning to Huazhou for defense.In the eyes of the last general, Cui Qigao wanted to concentrate his troops to fight our army in Huazhou to protect their full control of the nest, because except Huazhou, they have not occupied any prefecture in Hebei, and losing Huazhou will lose its base.Therefore, the early combat goal of our army was very simple. We directly approached Huazhou Prefecture and waited for the main rebels to fight to the decisive battle. Winning this decisive battle would make the large number of mobs gathered by Cui Qigao disperse... If the main rebels did not gather in Huazhou and fight hard, we will first capture the prefecture and clean up its nest.The rebels will lose their foundation and become bandits wandering in Hebei. The difficulties in supply will inevitably plunder the people. Losing the people's hearts will turn into a mess. The next situation will also be beneficial to us.
Xue Chongxun did not express his opinion. After a while, he asked Yin Ci: If you were Cui Qigao, how would you break this situation?He can't take a dead end to the end, right?
Yin Ci pondered for a long time and said: Assuming this is the case, although the elite troops transferred by the court were well-equipped, the number of people was small. In addition, the real Cui Qigao did not know the combat effectiveness of the Shence Army, nor did he know the advantages of the firearms. "I" would fight in Huazhou, hoping to win the first battle to win more time for expansion; if unfortunately defeated, he should lead the remaining troops to quickly cross the Yellow River and retreat to Hebei.At this time, if the Khitan and Xi soldiers went south to attack various parts of Youzhou, I would take the opportunity to lead people into Andong Prefecture to try to seize important places such as Yuguan and cut off the supply line from Yingzhou to Hebei.Next, Yingzhou has too many troops and too little food, and it may be occupied by the barbarians again when it is attacked from both sides. Cui Qigao can collude with the Khitan to share the territory of Yingzhou and Andong Prefecture, and rely on the help of the Khitan and the terrain to survive in a corner.Of course, this is just a hypothetical possibility. In fact, it is difficult to make the Khitan support Cui Qigao and whether it will respond in time. There are too many variables.However, Cui Qigao, an exiled prisoner, was also a fugitive, which was equivalent to a desperate, and he could only take one more step.
Xue Chongxun nodded and said: Then let’s fight down to Huazhou first. I also want to start a battle with Cui Qigao’s main force to try the firearm tactics.If you send the order, you will send troops tomorrow morning and take Huazhou along the south bank of the Yellow River. There is no need to give Cui Qigao too much time to prepare.
……
Zhengzhou City is more than 300 miles apart from Huazhou City. If the combat marching speed of the Shence Army infantry and cavalry can be reached in three days. However, this time the troops were sent with a large amount of baggage, and there were more than 40 artillery pieces in a single piece. Although the improved small dragon and tiger cannon is more suitable for field combat and can be transported by horse-drawn carriages, it is still very slow.
With a large amount of ammunition and food, the Shen Ce Army seemed even more bulky and slow.
It is estimated that it will take more than five days to arrive in Huazhou City.
The teams that were actually marching were not as good as those on Zhuque Street. In order to save physical strength, the army marched in loose queues, and there were mules, horses and mates mixed with camels. The rear army was even more ugly. There were many civilians recruited, and carriages and horses carried all kinds of things, as if they were moving.
It was the end of May and the weather was already hot, especially when the sun was sunny, people were sweating profusely.
However, Xue Chongxun still rode a horse with a strong and held a sharp horse. He hadn't lived such a hard life for a long time. Sanniang wore a big hat and couldn't see her face, and she was always inseparable from Xue Chongxun.
There are crop fields on both sides of the road, but there are also sporadic whistle riders extending their horizontal vision on the path in the middle of the field. It is not easy to not step on crops at all, unless there is no warning to marching with your head swagger.
The weather is a little hot.Xue Chongxun turned his head and said to Yin Ci, but I am really afraid it will rain, so the firearm will not be used when it rains.
Yin Ci clasped his fists and said: Your Majesty, the Shen Ce Army can still defeat the enemy soldiers in one battle without using firearms.
Xue Chongxun said: But in this way, I can't see the scene I want to see, and I can only see infantry and cavalry rushing. There is nothing good about this. I have seen hundreds of thousands of people fighting all over the mountains and fields in the battle between Helong and Tubo before.By the way, you will give orders to this battle. I won’t interfere, just take a look at the excitement.
After setting up camp that night, Yu Wenxiao brought new information. Cui Qigao's main force had gathered in Huazhou City. Xue Chongxun said to Yin Ci: You may have guessed it right. Cui Qigao just wants to compete with us.
When I went to bed at night, I lit herbs in the tent to repel mosquitoes. The smell was very bad, and the smoke made people's eyes even more unwilling to open. The generals of the Flying Tiger Group presented spices instead of herbs, but Xue Chongxun refused.
Seeing that Sanniang was frowning and looked very upset, Xue Chongxun said: It would be better to order this thing, but the whole tent was so fragrant that it was so fragrant. Be patient.
Sanniang whispered: It’s not the smell of smoke, she sweats all over the sun during the day, and she can’t even take a shower.
Xue Chongxun suddenly realized: If you take a bath, you have to wait a few more days before the war. At that time, the entire army will take a bath and change into clean clothes to prevent the wound from deteriorating easily after being injured.
In this way, the marching cavalry and the sermons had already clearly explored the arrangements of rebels inside and outside Huazhou.
Judging from the density of troops, Cui Qigao actually had two key defense lines: the first one chose a battlefield that was beneficial to them at the main intersection, and planned to set up a decisive battle with the official army; the second one was the fortifications of Huazhou City and a military camp near the Yellow River, hoping to form a corner.
From the news from Huazhou City, Cui Qigao put a lot of effort into the city defense. Not only strengthened the city gates, but also stocked up tincture oil, rolling wood, a large amount of arrows and food.
It seems that he really can't bear to leave his hometown and wants to stick to it for a long time.
Xue Chongxun was also thinking about using small dragon and tiger cannons to bombard the city walls of Huazhou. I wonder if it is powerful enough. After all, the power of this batch of cannons mainly used for field battles is far less powerful than the previous batch of cannons weighing thousands of kilograms.
The central army staff painted a picture of the battlefield chosen by Cui Qigao, but Xue Chongxun was confused and had to let them explain orally to figure it out.
Cui Qigao did have a very loud abacus, and this terrain was very unfavorable to the people coming from the west: the terrain was high and wide in the east, and the official army attacked from the front to the back; there were mountains on the west, and the horizontal openness was not wide in the ground, which was not conducive to opening.
Moreover, the rebels had already set up camps and waited there, eating, drinking, sleeping and waiting for work, and there were many people and horses, which took advantage of many benefits. This guy must have talents who are well versed in military tactics.
This place can be said to be the only way to go east to Huazhou. Although there are other roads to bypass, the road is difficult to walk, which is quite troublesome for the Shence Army with a large amount of baggage, and may be attacked by the rear army's baggage.
Yin Ci also suggested a frontal attack, but he should find a way to attract enemy troops to attack, otherwise the road to feint attacks will be too narrow and it is not convenient to advance or retreat.
Xue Chongxun had no other idea, just hoped that it would not rain in the next few days. The heavy rain in summer came just by saying that, just don’t recite the luck like that.
For example, Li Kuiyong has several concubines, some people and backgrounds in his family can be found in the inner factory, and even his family has people from the inner factory, he doesn't know.
Xue Chongxun had to guard against that the imperial guards had swords and guns in their hands, which had certain hidden dangers; but he also needed the imperial guards to maintain their military advantage from the outside, because compared with a group of military generals who lacked far-sightedness and foundation, his hidden dangers were also the Nanya bureaucrats who had deep foundations in charge of military and political power in the world. Therefore, Xue Chongxun never sent military eunuchs to the imperial guards to affect their enthusiasm, and all surveillance was carried out only by the internal factory.
In Xue Chongxun's eyes, the two systems of the north and the south are just a check and balance. At the same time, there is also a balance between the imperial guards. The three armies with different structures have completely different backgrounds and positions; and the military equipment supervision that controls equipment is not a group of people.
It is difficult for them to unite and can only obey the royal edicts separately.
In short, it is one thing to follow Xue Chongxun to fight the country, and it is another thing to do when it comes to distribution of power and distribution of wealth and interests. Just like soldiers calling each other brothers but the rules must be abide by, military laws are ruthless.
Through such checks and balances, coupled with the values of loyalty and filial piety recognized by this era, to achieve the stability of the regime, of course this is only relative.
After dinner, Xue Chongxun only asked the chief general Yin Ci and the inner factory to enter the inner account to discuss military affairs.
Yin Ci and Yu Wen Xiao first arrived in Zhengzhou. One of them led the troops to formulate a plan for the march, and the other provided information on the enemy situation. The cooperation was quite tacit.
However, Xue Chongxun noticed that their relationship was very cold and his words were limited to official business.
Yin Ci is not as naive as Li Kuiyong. It is estimated that Yin Ci has already noticed that he is being monitored by Yu Wen Xiao. No matter what, it is obvious that he has no good impression of Yu Wen Xiao, just like the military generals of the previous dynasty have never had a good impression of the eunuchs in the military supervision.
Yin Ci described his combat suggestions: The Shen Ce Army came from the canal through major cities, and Cui Qigao should have known our location through careful work.According to Duke Yuwen, a large number of rebels who had scattered in various counties in Hebei were returning to Huazhou for defense.In the eyes of the last general, Cui Qigao wanted to concentrate his troops to fight our army in Huazhou to protect their full control of the nest, because except Huazhou, they have not occupied any prefecture in Hebei, and losing Huazhou will lose its base.Therefore, the early combat goal of our army was very simple. We directly approached Huazhou Prefecture and waited for the main rebels to fight to the decisive battle. Winning this decisive battle would make the large number of mobs gathered by Cui Qigao disperse... If the main rebels did not gather in Huazhou and fight hard, we will first capture the prefecture and clean up its nest.The rebels will lose their foundation and become bandits wandering in Hebei. The difficulties in supply will inevitably plunder the people. Losing the people's hearts will turn into a mess. The next situation will also be beneficial to us.
Xue Chongxun did not express his opinion. After a while, he asked Yin Ci: If you were Cui Qigao, how would you break this situation?He can't take a dead end to the end, right?
Yin Ci pondered for a long time and said: Assuming this is the case, although the elite troops transferred by the court were well-equipped, the number of people was small. In addition, the real Cui Qigao did not know the combat effectiveness of the Shence Army, nor did he know the advantages of the firearms. "I" would fight in Huazhou, hoping to win the first battle to win more time for expansion; if unfortunately defeated, he should lead the remaining troops to quickly cross the Yellow River and retreat to Hebei.At this time, if the Khitan and Xi soldiers went south to attack various parts of Youzhou, I would take the opportunity to lead people into Andong Prefecture to try to seize important places such as Yuguan and cut off the supply line from Yingzhou to Hebei.Next, Yingzhou has too many troops and too little food, and it may be occupied by the barbarians again when it is attacked from both sides. Cui Qigao can collude with the Khitan to share the territory of Yingzhou and Andong Prefecture, and rely on the help of the Khitan and the terrain to survive in a corner.Of course, this is just a hypothetical possibility. In fact, it is difficult to make the Khitan support Cui Qigao and whether it will respond in time. There are too many variables.However, Cui Qigao, an exiled prisoner, was also a fugitive, which was equivalent to a desperate, and he could only take one more step.
Xue Chongxun nodded and said: Then let’s fight down to Huazhou first. I also want to start a battle with Cui Qigao’s main force to try the firearm tactics.If you send the order, you will send troops tomorrow morning and take Huazhou along the south bank of the Yellow River. There is no need to give Cui Qigao too much time to prepare.
……
Zhengzhou City is more than 300 miles apart from Huazhou City. If the combat marching speed of the Shence Army infantry and cavalry can be reached in three days. However, this time the troops were sent with a large amount of baggage, and there were more than 40 artillery pieces in a single piece. Although the improved small dragon and tiger cannon is more suitable for field combat and can be transported by horse-drawn carriages, it is still very slow.
With a large amount of ammunition and food, the Shen Ce Army seemed even more bulky and slow.
It is estimated that it will take more than five days to arrive in Huazhou City.
The teams that were actually marching were not as good as those on Zhuque Street. In order to save physical strength, the army marched in loose queues, and there were mules, horses and mates mixed with camels. The rear army was even more ugly. There were many civilians recruited, and carriages and horses carried all kinds of things, as if they were moving.
It was the end of May and the weather was already hot, especially when the sun was sunny, people were sweating profusely.
However, Xue Chongxun still rode a horse with a strong and held a sharp horse. He hadn't lived such a hard life for a long time. Sanniang wore a big hat and couldn't see her face, and she was always inseparable from Xue Chongxun.
There are crop fields on both sides of the road, but there are also sporadic whistle riders extending their horizontal vision on the path in the middle of the field. It is not easy to not step on crops at all, unless there is no warning to marching with your head swagger.
The weather is a little hot.Xue Chongxun turned his head and said to Yin Ci, but I am really afraid it will rain, so the firearm will not be used when it rains.
Yin Ci clasped his fists and said: Your Majesty, the Shen Ce Army can still defeat the enemy soldiers in one battle without using firearms.
Xue Chongxun said: But in this way, I can't see the scene I want to see, and I can only see infantry and cavalry rushing. There is nothing good about this. I have seen hundreds of thousands of people fighting all over the mountains and fields in the battle between Helong and Tubo before.By the way, you will give orders to this battle. I won’t interfere, just take a look at the excitement.
After setting up camp that night, Yu Wenxiao brought new information. Cui Qigao's main force had gathered in Huazhou City. Xue Chongxun said to Yin Ci: You may have guessed it right. Cui Qigao just wants to compete with us.
When I went to bed at night, I lit herbs in the tent to repel mosquitoes. The smell was very bad, and the smoke made people's eyes even more unwilling to open. The generals of the Flying Tiger Group presented spices instead of herbs, but Xue Chongxun refused.
Seeing that Sanniang was frowning and looked very upset, Xue Chongxun said: It would be better to order this thing, but the whole tent was so fragrant that it was so fragrant. Be patient.
Sanniang whispered: It’s not the smell of smoke, she sweats all over the sun during the day, and she can’t even take a shower.
Xue Chongxun suddenly realized: If you take a bath, you have to wait a few more days before the war. At that time, the entire army will take a bath and change into clean clothes to prevent the wound from deteriorating easily after being injured.
In this way, the marching cavalry and the sermons had already clearly explored the arrangements of rebels inside and outside Huazhou.
Judging from the density of troops, Cui Qigao actually had two key defense lines: the first one chose a battlefield that was beneficial to them at the main intersection, and planned to set up a decisive battle with the official army; the second one was the fortifications of Huazhou City and a military camp near the Yellow River, hoping to form a corner.
From the news from Huazhou City, Cui Qigao put a lot of effort into the city defense. Not only strengthened the city gates, but also stocked up tincture oil, rolling wood, a large amount of arrows and food.
It seems that he really can't bear to leave his hometown and wants to stick to it for a long time.
Xue Chongxun was also thinking about using small dragon and tiger cannons to bombard the city walls of Huazhou. I wonder if it is powerful enough. After all, the power of this batch of cannons mainly used for field battles is far less powerful than the previous batch of cannons weighing thousands of kilograms.
The central army staff painted a picture of the battlefield chosen by Cui Qigao, but Xue Chongxun was confused and had to let them explain orally to figure it out.
Cui Qigao did have a very loud abacus, and this terrain was very unfavorable to the people coming from the west: the terrain was high and wide in the east, and the official army attacked from the front to the back; there were mountains on the west, and the horizontal openness was not wide in the ground, which was not conducive to opening.
Moreover, the rebels had already set up camps and waited there, eating, drinking, sleeping and waiting for work, and there were many people and horses, which took advantage of many benefits. This guy must have talents who are well versed in military tactics.
This place can be said to be the only way to go east to Huazhou. Although there are other roads to bypass, the road is difficult to walk, which is quite troublesome for the Shence Army with a large amount of baggage, and may be attacked by the rear army's baggage.
Yin Ci also suggested a frontal attack, but he should find a way to attract enemy troops to attack, otherwise the road to feint attacks will be too narrow and it is not convenient to advance or retreat.
Xue Chongxun had no other idea, just hoped that it would not rain in the next few days. The heavy rain in summer came just by saying that, just don’t recite the luck like that.
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