Chapter 608: The Army Goes Out (Please vote and subscribe)

After everyone understood the reason for sending troops in winter, they were all impressed. They didn't expect that there were so many things to pay attention to in war. It seems that when I command in the future, I have to pay attention to this aspect.

"Just now, Ying Rui and Xue Tu both mentioned a problem, that is, it is impossible to land quickly, and when we all land, the enemy may be scared away, which will not achieve the purpose of encirclement and annihilation.

So my plan is to land in advance." After Luo Chong and others digested his analysis just now, he once again said the next plan.

"Land in advance?" All the generals frowned in confusion. Luo Chong did not explain immediately, but let them think about it first and cultivate their own thinking ability. This is very important.

Many generals were thinking about the leader's meaning, and then looked at the sand table and analyzed it carefully. Among them, Chai Duoduo, the commander of Qianniuwei, was the first to react. He took the baton and gestured on the sand table, and then spoke.

"What the leader means is that we should go forward by boat first, and land in advance when we are one or two days away from the target. This will provide us with plenty of time to land calmly, and the enemy will not be able to find us. Then we can march from the land and quietly surround them?"

Luo Chong snapped his fingers, "Yes, that's it."

"We will land in advance two days away from the target to rest and recuperate, which can reduce the soldiers' discomfort from seasickness. After the soldiers recover, we will march in formation. All troops will advance quietly, and scouts will be sent out in front, behind, left and right to clear the way. No matter who we meet during the march, we must capture them first to avoid revealing our position.

But this is still not very safe. When we are close to the target, we are still easy to be discovered by them, so we have to make a feint to the east and attack in the west to attract their attention."

This time, Luo Chong continued without waiting for others to express their opinions.

"After the fleet lands, the troops will march quietly and try not to expose themselves. The large ships will stay where they are. You will still lead the three schooners. Once you reach the target waters, you will wave flags and shout, beat drums to cheer, and send six landing craft to try to land in turn.

You don't have to really attack the shore in this battle, just pretend to attack the target, firmly attract their attention, draw their eyes to the river, and cover our landing troops. You must make them feel that you are going to avenge what happened last time.

Finally, after the landing troops complete the encirclement, we will use the advantage of numbers to kill them. Go to the river. Youfu, you must land all the manpower at this time, and at the same time drive our troop transport ships over, so that the large ships will cover the entire river surface, and scare them to death.

If they still don't surrender at this time, then don't say anything, just do it. We have a ten-to-one advantage in troops, and our equipment is better than theirs. If we can't win, then you don't have to be officers. "

Luo Chong finished his battle plan in one breath, and everyone couldn't help but applaud. Such a perfect plan, if we still can't win and can't surround them, then it's really like what the leader said, and we are not qualified to be officers.

"The leader's plan is too good, so we can definitely successfully surround them. Don't worry, this time our Qianniu Guard will complete the task." As the military chief, Chai Duoduo immediately raised his hand to agree with Luo Chong's plan.

"The same goes for our Huben Guard." Xue Tu was not very good at speaking, so he just seconded it and expressed his approval of the plan.

Luo Chong looked at the two military commanders who were full of confidence, nodded immediately, and then slapped the table and stood up.

"Order!"

All the officers in the tent stood up at the same time, and the armor on their bodies also made a neat friction sound.

"Qianniuwei and Hubenwei, listen to my order. The whole army will assemble immediately, take all the baggage and set out immediately.

Now I will arrange the marching route. Our army will set out immediately. Qianniuwei will be in front, and scouts will be sent to lead the way. Hubenwei will follow, and scouts will be sent to both wings to scout the situation at any time and report any findings immediately.

Our army must arrive outside Fumaguan City tonight and camp. We will break camp at dawn the next day and go to camp outside Matan County. We will arrive at Danshan County on the third day and camp outside the city. We will go to camp outside Hanyang City on the fourth day. We will cross the river and go to camp outside Ruyang County on the fifth day. We will march to camp outside Sitong County on the sixth and seventh days, and arrive outside Liuyang County on the eighth and ninth days.

We will arrive at Weishan County Wharf from the tenth to the thirteenth and stay here for ten days. The logistics department will supervise the production of dry food for the whole army for half a month. The rest of the combat units will cooperate with the fleet to train on boarding and disembarking ships, as well as the lifestyle on the ship. After ten days of training, the army will officially set out on the ship."

"Yes." Everyone in the big tent shouted loudly.

But then, Xue Tu was puzzled by Luo Chong's order, so he asked.

"Chief, why don't we choose the shortest route to go directly to Weishan County, but go around so many places, won't it delay our army for a long time?"

Luo Chong smiled, looked at the generals present and held up three fingers.

"I have three purposes for this arrangement. The first is to train the soldiers' marching ability, because our army has not yet had a serious long-distance march. In order to avoid combat mistakes, we will train in advance.

The second is that everyone hasn't been home for several months. This time, we will stay in various places in the Han tribe for one night, which can be regarded as relieving everyone's homesickness. By the way, we can say goodbye to our families before going to the expedition, and let our relatives take a good look and remember your heroic appearance.

The third is that the current ships are not built yet, and it will take at least a month to complete them all. Even if everyone arrives, it is impossible to get all the ships immediately.

Therefore, instead of just waiting, it is better to stroll around the cities first, so as to strengthen our military prestige, show the people everywhere the strength of the Han tribe, and make them feel more at ease. "

When everyone heard the leader's arrangement, they were speechless, and quickly stood up and agreed, and then returned to their own troops to arrange for the soldiers to pack up and move out.

Moving out does not mean that the camp must be dismantled, but only to pack up the supplies and equipment. The facilities of this military camp are so complete and so large, and Luo Chong is planning to use this military camp to accommodate the Jiang clan.

All the supplies and military rations were loaded onto carts, and the soldiers wrapped their spare clothes in quilts, folded the quilts, and put them on their backs. All the livestock raised in the military camp were driven out, and the large animals were used to pull carts or carry goods, and the pigs and sheep that were not eaten were directly slaughtered and made into frozen meat to eat on the road.

About an hour later, When the war drums beat and the assembly horns blew, more than 4,000 soldiers who were ready to go, each picked up their weapons, dressed neatly, and began to line up in full armor.

The rustling sound of armor plates rubbing against each other rang out in unison, and countless flags fluttered in the whistling north wind. After the formation was completed, there was silence on the scene, and thousands of soldiers stood there in an orderly manner without saying a word.

Their battle robes were as red as blood, their iron armor was as dazzling as white snow, the rows of spears and halberds were like dense forests, the huge shields were like solid fortresses, and the red flags covered the sky. This was a vast red ocean. This force was enough to sweep away all obstacles with overwhelming force. They were the pioneers of the Han Empire, the Red Army of the Han tribe.

"Let's go! "Luo Chong didn't say any extra words, just uttered two words after a moment of silence.

The red ocean suddenly flowed like a tide. The Qianniuwei Cavalry Unit was the first to leave the camp. They had to lead the way, followed by the scouts. These people quickly dispersed in units of small flags, and then the army set out. Thousands of main forces lined up and marched out. The Hubenwei scouts also immediately dispersed to the periphery of the two wings, scouting the situation on both sides at any time. The last Hubenwei Cavalry to appear was guarding both sides of the army, ready to drive away the invading enemy at any time.

Once you learn this marching formation, you don't have to worry about losing in this era, unless the commander makes a mistake. Coordinate the marching plan.

Logically speaking, in the ancient times, as long as there were enough scouts and they were spread far enough, there would be no such thing as failure. If the scouts were ambushed after marching thirty miles from the center of the army, it could only mean that the enemy had dropped from the sky, but this was impossible.

Luo Chong followed the army all the way. Whenever they were stationed outside a city, Luo Chong would personally go to the top of the city wall and lead the people in the city to review the soldiers, boost the morale of the local people, and let them know how strong their tribe was, especially the newly joined tribesmen. This was both a deterrent to them, telling those clans not to make trouble, and also telling them that the Han tribe They are not afraid of any strong enemies, and they can rest and recuperate in peace after joining the Han tribe.

Luo Chong's method is indeed very useful. People from all over the country feel extremely honored to see their husbands and children joining the army. It is their pride that their families can serve in such an iron army.

And when the people see the army with all new equipment, it arouses the enthusiasm of those young children to join the army. They clamor to ask when the tribe will recruit soldiers again, what are the conditions for recruiting soldiers, and whether they will have the opportunity to join the army at that time.

The result is naturally no. The Han tribe can't afford to support so many full-time soldiers now. The cost is too high. If they still want to join the army Unless the old soldiers are disabled and retired, it will be possible to recruit new soldiers to make up for the loss.

The army marched eastward. On the night when they were stationed outside the city of Hanyang, Luo Chong went home to sleep for a night and see his two wives. He assured them that he would be back after sending these soldiers on board, and that they would definitely be able to catch up with the time for them to give birth.

When the army marched eastward to the outskirts of Liuyang County, Luo Chong went to the shipyard to take a look and found that the last tower ship was already being painted. After the paint was finished, it could enter the stage of launching and outfitting. The person in charge also clearly assured Luo Chong that everything would be settled within ten days and it would not affect the army's expedition.

Luo Chong nodded, and the next day He had already led the army north to Weishan County. They would be stationed at the dock on the shore of the lake for ten days, mainly to practice getting on and off the ship, so that the soldiers could get familiar with the environment on the ship in advance and get used to the feeling of sailing,

so as to avoid the embarrassing situation of a large number of soldiers getting seasick. There are currently three tower ships in service, which can be used as training ships. Each tower ship can carry 800 people, but that is including the number of sailors, so Luo Chong stipulated that each tower ship can carry 700 people, and the extra 100 people are left for the opponent.

Three new sailing ships can directly transport the troops of a garrison, which is terrifying.

On the other hand, the soldiers who had just boarded the ship were also very Everyone was curious about the huge monster in front of them. Such a huge monster aroused everyone's interest and they wanted to explore it from top to bottom.

Luo Chong did not stop them. Such a visit would help the soldiers quickly grasp the structure of the ship and become more familiar with the environment around them.

The soldiers who were not assigned to the big ships were not so lucky. They could only train on the schooners they had previously built. Although these ships were relatively small and had poor carrying capacity, there were enough of them, more than twenty of them. Even if there were 100 people on each ship, they could still carry all the soldiers.

The soldiers were in intense training. They didn't know how many times they had to board and disembark every day. After getting off the ship, they still had to... They had to endure the churning in their stomachs and line up quickly. After lining up, they began to board the ship. The repetitive training made the officers and soldiers feel extremely stressed.

Fortunately, the day before the troops set out, the fully equipped building ship finally arrived at the dock of Weishan County. This made Luo Chong very excited. There was another big ship that could carry 700 people.

In the end, four building ships carried a total of 2,800 people. The rest of the personnel all took the two-masted sailing ships. You Fu led the three reconnaissance ships in the lead, and the other ships followed behind. There were also those three-masted sunken sand transport ships. This ship had a very flat large space and a low chassis. In addition to being convenient for transporting ore, this design also Another benefit is the transportation of cattle and horses. That's right, Luo Chong used such a sunken sand ship to transport thousands of military horses this time.

Luo Chong once again gave instructions to the generals on the shore. In fact, he really wanted to go, but he really couldn't get away because Xiaodie and Zhan Ying at home were already urging him.

Thinking of this, Luo Chong had no choice but to say helplessly, "Each department should strictly follow the battle plan. If there is an emergency, the two chief officers can discuss it. If you can't make up your mind, you can send a letter to ask me. I won't go this time, but Youfu, you have to pay attention and perform as hard as possible. Whether the team can successfully surround the enemy depends on how real your performance is."

"Yes, we promise to complete the task, please rest assured, leader."

(End of this chapter)