Mystery Makes Me Strong

The middle-aged emperor was furious and immediately ordered:

"Let's surround the city tightly. We are going to kill all these unruly people!"

"If anyone dares to threaten our kingdom, no one will survive!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The emperor then had the curtain drawn down, out of sight, out of mind.

The middle-aged household affairs clerk breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, three civilians interrupted and diverted the emperor's attention, allowing him to escape with his life.

When I got home, I burned a stick of incense for the three people.

Then the middle-aged emperor sent out 50,000 of his 120,000-strong army, and they surrounded the city.

Another 70,000 people were stationed at different important roads.

Large armies cannot be stationed together.

First, there is the problem of water source and campsite.

Secondly, if they are attacked by surprise, chaos will occur and they will gather together, which will lead to a chain reaction of chaos and no soldiers will be able to rescue them.

This is the most basic military common sense.

Although dividing troops is a taboo in military strategy, it is often necessary to do so; if they are concentrated together, the harm will be greater.

The emperor looked at the city in the distance and had no intention of sending anyone to persuade it to surrender. He directly ordered an attack.

But what surprised him was that the city, which he thought could be conquered with one blow, made his Beijing camp extremely uncomfortable.

The city was equipped with all kinds of defenses, the aroma of gold spread from ten miles away, and traps were everywhere.

They wanted to cut down trees to make siege equipment, but the trees in the nearby dry land had long died and were cut down for fuel, leaving the mountains bare.

They could only use the crude ladders they carried with them to attack the city.

Can you imagine how difficult this is?

Normal sieges involve cutting down trees nearby and making various complex siege equipment with good protection.

Battering ram, earthen building, well fence, siege vehicle...

Soldiers can directly reduce the height of the city wall and climb up the wall directly from the building.

The appearance of these siege weapons would force the people in the city to send out troops to destroy them.

It would be difficult to destroy it with rockets and stones without sending troops.

Then both sides can reach a certain balance.

Of course, people in the city still have the advantage.

That is, the number of people who climbed up the city wall using this siege weapon was just one point, or at most a few points.

After all, these instruments are complex to make, require a lot of materials, and take a long time, so it is impossible to make a lot of them at once.

Now we don't even have these instruments.

The middle-aged emperor thought that the morale of these bandits was very low and they would flee when they saw the emperor's flag.

As a result, the other party used stones and gold juice to kill his elite soldiers one by one!

You have to know that these soldiers are elite who have been trained for many years.

In contrast, their opponents, the bandits, were farmers just a few months ago.

Relying on the advantage of the city wall, they killed one elite soldier after another!

Of course, the soldiers were also using bows and arrows to shoot from below to cover their companions.

There are many arrow protection devices on the city walls, which means that only very elite archers can accurately shoot the bandits.

As a result, the exchange ratio becomes ugly.

You know, there are at least tens of thousands of bandits in the city.

But because of the city walls and the city, it is difficult for these people to collapse.

This is mainly because the city wall has a visual blocking effect - other places cannot see how many people died here, so reinforcements can be continuously supplied from the city.

This is also the reason why many seemingly ordinary cities, which do not have many professional soldiers, can hold out for several months under the large army.

For example, they held on to the county town for more than 80 days.

At this time, the middle-aged emperor never imagined that his retreat had actually been cut off.

At this time, the four people had already issued orders via the radio.

Let the rebel troops scattered everywhere attack from all sides and cut off the emperor's army's long supply lines.

The middle-aged emperor's supply lines now mainly come from provinces that have not been affected by the disaster.

They used large carts, traveled a long road, and finally gathered at the emperor's camp.

Just like ants moving, they transport things forward slowly and persistently from several provinces.

However, these transport routes were intercepted in various ways almost at the same time.

This was something the middle-aged emperor had never encountered in previous wars.

When the emperor received reports from the rear that the grain routes of various provinces were blocked, he was stunned.

He had no idea what tactics the other party was using.

In his traditional thinking, the two sides fought each other.

When two sides are at war, one side attacks the other side where it must be rescued.

One side is defending, the other side is attacking.

Of course, there are many cases of cutting off the enemy's food supply.

But every time one side made a detour, the other side would send troops to intercept.

The two sides fought at a point and a line.

But now, his seemingly stable rear area was surrounded by enemies and was being attacked everywhere.

There are warning documents everywhere.

"The food and fodder of XX Province was looted by bandits on the way."

"The vegetables in XX Mansion were stolen by bandits."

Such news comes in an endless stream.

It accounts for almost more than half of the daily paperwork.

"Who can tell us what is going on?"

"Why did our prosperous era turn into a sea of ​​smoke overnight?"

"Is this the prosperous age you present to us every day?"

In a rage, the emperor threw several young officials who often wrote Qingci to death with sacks.

He naturally didn't know that Vincent and the other four had already advanced the war to the "surface" level.

In other words, the emperor is still fighting on points and lines.

However, the four of them were already fighting on the "surface".

That's what radio is for.

Through the radio, a large group of troops can be summoned and have them attack from all sides in a coordinated manner.

This is equivalent to a game of chess. The emperor is restricted by slow communication and can only make one move, but they can make three or four moves at the same time.

The emperor issued an order that it would take half a month to reach the capital to respond.

It only takes a few minutes for four people.

If the emperor dispersed his troops to deal with the situation, a big problem would arise.

It is easy for him to disperse, so he must have high trust in his generals.

Because it would take more than ten days for the generals who were scattered out to pass the news to him.

It's easy for him to get lost in the information fog.

Moreover, it is easy to disperse it, but it is difficult to take it back.

But he has fewer troops here, which can easily become a fatal weakness.

Therefore, he could not do this.

If his troops were scattered everywhere, it would take more than ten days just to communicate, and there would be no way to coordinate the operations.

Therefore, the emperor's soldiers could only concentrate at one point and attack along a line.

At the same time, send troops to maintain your supply lines.

Faced with this situation, the emperor had no choice but to order the establishment of granaries and fortresses along the supply lines to defend against enemy attacks.

At the same time, a team of escort officers was sent out to escort the goods so as to minimize the long journey.

In this way, the success rate of the opponent's attack can be greatly reduced.

But this approach is too slow to implement.

Wensheng and his four companions continued on the same side, using the radio to instruct the Qingyun Society members in various locations to harass the enemy's food supply routes.

The middle-aged emperor looked at the increasingly serious supply lines, but he did not do anything stupid.

A total of 5,000 cavalry were dispatched to escort the food and fodder.

However, these 5,000 cavalry themselves are very costly.

Moreover, they soon met their real opponent.

A part of the elite troops appeared.

They began harassing and attacking the cavalry in the middle of the night.

You can't run horses in the middle of the night.

Because in the middle of the night, the horse cannot see whether there are holes on the ground.

And harassers can greatly expand their reconnaissance circle by using radio.

They sent a small number of men to hide near the supply lines.

As soon as cavalry is spotted, notify the large group behind.

The people in the brigade were very insidious. They dug a large number of pits less than 30 centimeters deep on the ground.

Then in the middle of the night, relying on radio communications, when the front scouts detected that the cavalry were resting, they would send them a message, and they would run and launch a surprise attack on the cavalry team.

When the cavalry came chasing them, they ran away.

Two legs naturally can't outrun four legs.

But as soon as these cavalrymen caught up, the horses' hooves were broken.

Once the horse's hoof breaks, the horse will be disabled and the cavalryman will be thrown out with it.

It can be said that there is no way to cure them.

This move is very vicious.

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If it was broad daylight, they could see the trap from a distance and stop their horses.

If it's Dark, it can't be done.

And this tactic must be based on radio communications.

A small number of people must be able to detect the movements of the cavalry, otherwise they will be surrounded by the cavalry.

Once entangled by cavalry, the entire army will be wiped out.

But now we have complete intelligence, so the cavalry can only run around.

These cavalrymen had no way to attack in the middle of the night and could only huddle together.

Wait until daytime to search for and deal with these attackers.

So the attackers once again took the initiative.

They would scatter and hide during the day, gather together in the middle of the night, and then launch surprise attacks on the enemy's supply lines.

The cavalry could only patrol along the supply routes.

There is no way to change the supply line at will.

The reason is simple. Transporting food and fodder requires large carts, but there are only a limited number of roads that large carts can travel on.

A car cannot cross mountains and hills or wander around in the wild as easily as a human can.

Many fields are full of potholes and mud, making it impossible to walk.

You have to go along a dirt road.

And the wheels couldn't get through at all.

Moreover, the food and fodder cannot be transported by humans because they cannot be transported very far.

The best way to get supplies in ancient times was by water.

It is easier to defend on water.

Because the water surface is vast, it is difficult for pirates to launch a sneak attack.

With the help of ships, we can defend ourselves well.

Therefore, digging a canal has always been an important project.

In this way, the cavalry ran around desperately but couldn't catch their opponent.

Even if you catch it once or twice occasionally, it will be of no use.

Because those people changed their strategy again, they sent out a small number of cavalrymen to keep an eye on where the cavalry was.

They avoided the cavalry and attacked other supply points.

Just like that, the middle-aged emperor encountered food and grass difficulties half a month later.

Although during this stage, he besieged the city while sending out troops to attack and sweep everywhere, it can be said that he was invincible.

One after another, rebel armies organized by the Qingyun Society came to rescue the city, but they were all defeated by him.

But his supply lines became longer and longer, and the amount of food and fodder delivered from the rear became less and less.

Moreover, he brought more than 10,000 cavalrymen, and the food for each horse was equivalent to that of 5 or even 10 men.

Not only eat more, but also eat better.

Horses cannot tolerate being poorly fed like humans can.

The warhorse simply wouldn't run away, even if it was beaten to death.

If war horses want to fight, they must eat beans and eggs.

Without these two high-energy nutrients, horses cannot run at all and must spend a lot of time looking for grass to eat.

This means we can't fight.

This day.

The forage officer crawled over trembling and reported.

"Your Majesty, there are only 10 days' worth of food and fodder left for the army."

"If more food doesn't arrive, we'll have to cut the supply in half."

"What? There are only 10 days' worth of food left?" The middle-aged emperor was shocked.

He never expected that food reserves would drop so quickly.

You have to know that the army is out there, and 10 days will pass in the blink of an eye.

It took half a month to attack a city.

The other party kept harassing and delaying, and several days passed.

Generally speaking, when an army is on a march, it must carry at least one month's worth of food and fodder with it in order to stabilize the morale of the troops.

Because one month's food and fodder were enough for the army to retreat back to a safe area.

Able to reach the next food supply point.

The journey cannot exceed 30 days.

Now they only have 10 days of food and supplies, and the surrounding area is a disaster area with nowhere to rob supplies.

There was a severe drought in the nearby counties and towns, and there was no food or fodder available.

"Damn it, where do the bandits get their food and fodder?"

The middle-aged emperor was puzzled.

He naturally didn't know that all these were mobilized from the Qingyun Society branches in various places via radio.

Moreover, they avoided the main road to their court and took the small roads.

Although the imperial court seemed to have a strict rule, it could actually only rule down to the county level.

In the countryside, it is the world of Qingyun Society.

Because Qingyun will have a magical weapon.

The sound coming from the radio is considered by many to be the voice of an angel.

Even the local clan leaders believed it firmly.

There is no way. After all, the middle-aged emperor is still a shrewd man.

He knew that now he had no choice but to retreat.

Without enough food and fodder, we cannot hold out.

Insistence is seeking death.

completely annihilated.

How did Yuan Shao end up?

Isn’t it just that the food and supplies were burned?

It could last a few days.

As a result, morale was lost.

However, he ordered an attack on another county town.

After capturing the county town, they massacred the entire city.

After doing all this, seeing that morale had been restored, he led his troops to prepare to return.

When writing back to the court along the way, he said it was a "triumphant return".

And at this time.

Wensheng and the other four had already known that the emperor was out of food and supplies.

They had heard about it over the radio.

So they personally coordinated and sent out 30,000 elite troops to ambush the middle-aged emperor on his way back.

Then he sent out infantry and cavalry to harass the emperor's army in the middle of the night.

Now, after many days of fighting, there are only 90,000 soldiers left out of the 120,000-man army.

In fact, there were not 30,000 casualties.

Dispersed a lot.

The middle-aged emperor found himself being harassed and immediately knew something was wrong.

He immediately left behind 80,000 men and took 10,000 cavalrymen with him, changed direction, and fled directly to the north.

Vincent and his four companions did not chase after them, but instead caught up with the 80,000 people safely.

They will keep fighting all the way without engaging in a fight until the enemy runs out of food and collapses.

Only then did they start taking prisoners.

But the emperor fled.

I have to say that the founding emperor is different.