Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 196 Strategic goal, attack Lintao Mansion
  Stop setting unrealistic super goals, and set some realistic father-in-law goals!
  We can't break down the city wall in Tongguan, and we can't attack that place.

Not to mention our more than [-] soldiers, even if the number were doubled several times, Tongguan, an army of more than [-] people, could stop you.

If you want to break through a super majestic pass like Tongguan, you need to dispatch at least several times the enemy's strength.

Then carry out a large-scale siege, and completely cut off the opponent's logistics supply lines. To be realistic, if you want to attack such a city head-on, it will be difficult for some modern artillery.

"What do you mean, kid? Aren't you trying to embolden other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige?"

How do you know we can't defeat it? We are now strong and strong. And with your boy's explosive bag, the defenders of Tongguan will definitely not be able to stop it in a fight. "Wokuotai said very dissatisfied.

"Father-in-law! We only have a total of [-] soldiers and horses. We can capture one or two big mansions. We can still have enough manpower to defend them.

But if we were to capture Tongguan and capture the entire Guanzhong area, it would be impossible without an army of more than [-] people.

Otherwise, it is okay to capture these territories, but what about the Jin Kingdom’s counterattack later! If you attack Tongguan, the Kingdom of Jin will never sit idly by and will definitely send a large number of troops to defend. "Zhang Yong said.

Capturing Lintao Mansion and Fengxiang Mansion were already great achievements. Zhang Yong had never thought about Jingzhao Mansion.

You must know that Muhuali defeated Fengxiang Mansion back then. The Guanzhong area was already the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom and was of great strategic significance to the Jin Kingdom.

If his [-] men really go to attack, the troops of the Han Shihou will just make ordinary small moves in the north. If they don't really send troops to support, they will not be able to win at all.

Even if it is true as Wo Kuotai said, his unscrupulous cannons and explosive packets have a great psychological damage to the soldiers. Even if they knock down all these places, what about the subsequent defense?
  The [-] cavalrymen you brought with you took off, and Chahan also went back with [-] soldiers. The defense is left to me.

If you want me to defend only one Lintao mansion, that's fine. If I divide the five thousand troops into one, I can still defend it.

Nothing will happen to Xiliang Mansion at present. He only needs to leave one thousand defenders, and the remaining four thousand defenders can be transferred over.

But a little more won't work. He doesn't have enough troops. If these places are captured, the Jin people will try their best to take them back. Then he will face the Jin army.

Zhang Yong's idea is to build an ancient bunker, gun tower, and the like. Lintao Mansion is also located on a plateau, so it can be defended from a high position.

But once you enter Fengxiang Mansion, Jingzhao Mansion and other areas, it will be a complete depression plain.

Mongolian cavalry is not easy to use here either. How was the Mongolian army defeated in the subsequent Battle of Piohui Valley? Not without reason.

Zhang Yong analyzed these situations for Wo Kuotai in great detail and showed him a map.

"Father-in-law, we have a chance to capture this place, but we have no chance to defend this place, so our strategic target is Lintao Mansion. If you want to attack Fengxiang Mansion.

That's okay, but after capturing Fengxiang Mansion, you must leave me at least [-] troops for defense. Otherwise, I won't be able to defend this place, and there simply won't be enough men and horses. "Zhang Yong said.

Genghis Khan's previous strategic target was actually Lintao Prefecture. If you can attack other places, then attack them. If you can't, forget it.

"Brother Zhang Yong! Didn't those tens of thousands of Han troops surrender to you? Why did you let them go back to be farmers? Isn't it good to let them all come to fight?" Guyu said.

Previously, they had recruited more than [-] Song troops and [-] civilians, but Zhang Yong only recruited [-] soldiers.

"I also want to recruit all these tens of thousands of people into soldiers to fight, but I can't afford to support so many people. Now I only have Xiliang Prefecture and Xining Prefecture.

It is already very luxurious for me to raise an army of ten thousand people. If I don't let them remove their armor and return to the fields to farm, the problem of food next year will not be solved. "Zhang Yong said.

In fact, he only maintains an army of [-] men. The [-] herdsmen and cavalry are all self-sufficient in grazing in Xining Mansion.

My army is not like your Mongolian army. Everything is prepared by the Great Khan under an order. The Mongols will not think there is any problem with this. He would drag his family and his large numbers of cattle and sheep to fight with the Khan.

The armies of farming peoples fought. Combat effectiveness is related to military rations. When they have food and drink, their combat effectiveness is very strong. Once they don't eat or drink, they are finished.

It's okay to let them garrison troops there for defense, but once they go on an expedition, they are not as useful as the Mongolian army. You need to equip them with sufficient logistical supply lines.

I want to launch a large-scale war, but I can't do it now.

"What you said makes sense. We really can't hold on." Wo Kuotai sighed helplessly, sat down and said.

After some advice from Zhang Yong, he also understood the crux of the problem. The most important thing was that Zhang Yong did not have many soldiers under his command. Even if they captured these places, Zhang Yong himself would not be able to defend them. It is impossible for the army to stay.

And how much military rations did Wo Kuotai bring? The military rations Genghis Khan left him were only enough to feed his troops for more than a month.

"Father-in-law! We just need to complete the set strategic goals. Maybe we can also plunder some population food and send it to my territory." Zhang Yong said.

"Well! I just want to make a contribution, and make a greater contribution than Tuo Lei. This time, if I can defeat the Jin Army, most of the Mongolian nobles who originally supported Tuo Lei will turn to support me. ." Wo Kuotai said.

In Mongolia's Great Khan election and the Kuriltai Conference, all you compete for is your own military merit, connections, and prestige.

He has certain advantages, but he does not have an absolute advantage. He even has the upper hand in terms of absolute advantage.

Zhang Yong nodded when he heard this. Mongolia's electoral system is really fucked up sometimes.

Because Genghis Khan said long ago that the Khuliltai Conference was the only legal means to determine the rulers of Mongolia.

If any of the future generations is very powerful and unwilling to abide by the rules of this conference, then all the descendants of Genghis Khan and all the Mongols will have reason to attack him. The first person to be attacked by the Mongols was actually Kublai Khan.

But this dear friend relied on the army of Han Shihou to overthrow the original Mongolian army.

In the next period of time, Zhang Yong and Wo Kuotai led the army and began to survey the nearby terrain in the Liupan Mountain area.

A few days later, the [-] Xixia army led by Chahan also joined Wokuotai's army.

After everyone gathered together, they first exchanged greetings for a while, and then entered the big tent and began to discuss the war.

The heads of thousands of households under Wokuotai, Chahan, Zhang Yong, and Guyu all attended this meeting.

"If you want to raid Lintao Prefecture! Then you have to cut off their retreat. I propose that Chahan's [-] troops go around to the rear of Lintao Prefecture and defend there.

My father-in-law and I, you take the remaining troops and attack directly. First, use explosive packs to conduct a round of bombing. This time, only use trebuchets. After three rounds of bombing, you will send people to persuade them to surrender. "Zhang Yong said.

Zhang Yong's strategy has been recognized by the Mongols. It is a common method of the Mongols to send people to persuade them to surrender as soon as they arrive in a city.

But Zhang Yong proposed some changes, that is, to carry out a round of bombing and strikes first, and then send people in to persuade them to surrender, which would have better results.

"I agree with Master Military Advisor's strategy, which is to cut off the Jin people's escape route first. Leave this matter to me!" Chahan said.

"Okay! Chahan, take your army and go around behind Lintao Mansion to cut off their retreat in case they have reinforcements," Wo Kuotai said.

"Father-in-law, let's set off immediately. After arriving at Lintao Mansion, I will raise the flying artifact and enter their city to have a look."

"Okay! Soldiers are very fast, so there is no further delay. Since we are all here, let's set off immediately. It will only take a day or two to reach Lintao Mansion from here." Wo Kuotai said.

Under the leadership of Wo Kuotai Zhang Yong and others, the Mongolian army of more than [-] people marched towards Lintao Mansion in a mighty manner. It took a day and a night to arrive at Lintao Mansion in the middle of the night.

After Chahan said goodbye to Wokuotai and Zhang Yong, he took his [-] troops and went around behind Lintao Mansion. The mission of their team was to block possible reinforcements from the Jin Kingdom and cut off the Jin people's Logistics and supplies.

At this time, the city gate of Lintao Prefecture was closed. It seemed that the Jin army had discovered the intentions of the Mongolian army. After all, with tens of thousands of troops acting together, it would be strange if the Jin people were unprepared.

After all, they were old rivals who had been fighting for many years. The Jin Kingdom had already noticed when Genghis Khan's Mongol army was operating near Liupan Mountain.

The Jin people were also on guard against Wokuotai's army.

"Zhang Yong, you kid, quickly raise the drone and fly to the city to take a look. Now, we need to take advantage of the night to see their defense situation." Wo Kuotai came to a forest and watched Zhang Yong speak. said.

Zhang Yong nodded, took out his drone, assembled it, and quickly took off.

Then he flew into the Jin people's city.

After seeing this big black bird with red light, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin did panic a little. A large number of soldiers began to gather on the tower, and the drones could clearly take pictures.

There were densely packed soldiers standing on the city wall of the Jin people, and there were all kinds of defensive equipment on the city, including rolling stones, fallen wood, and hot oil.

"It looks like they are very well defended! Did they know we were coming? I originally wanted to catch them off guard." Wo Kuotai said a little disappointed.

"Of course, this is a normal thing. After all, we have tens of thousands of troops gathering here. If I were the guard of Lintao Mansion, I would also take some precautions. Moreover, the Song Kingdom had just attacked here before, and the Jin Kingdom must have done a lot Get ready." Zhang Yong controlled the drone and said.

"Zhang Yong, take a look at the layout on their city wall. Mark the places where they store hot oil, and aim at these places when we launch the explosive packages." Wo Kuotai said.

These hot oils are indeed a weapon for defense. When the soldiers attack the city, they are extremely lethal when they go downhill. But they are also an excellent ignition item for explosive packs! The kind that catches you at once, you must attack it with focus when the time comes.

Zhang Yong nodded and controlled the drone to fly around the city wall. Mark all the places where the hot oil is stored, and then tell Wokuotai the specific location.

"Sir, this thing is the Mongolian flying artifact in the intelligence, the black iron bird." An officer from the Jin Kingdom came to the Lintao Mansion guard and said.

The Jin Kingdom did not sit idly by when Mongolia attacked Xixia. Instead, they sent a large number of scouts and spies, and even bribed some local people in Xixia to learn more about the process of Mongolia's attack on Xixia.

The Jin people also knew about some of the new weapons used by the Mongols and this flying artifact that shone brightly on the battlefield.

After living in the Shenren Cave for three years, they have heard about the strange people in the world over the past thousand years.

There are even folk legends now that Genghis Khan is the Lord of Destiny. Otherwise, there would not be such a magical person with so many artifacts appearing beside him.

"Yeah! It's this thing. It is said that the Mongols can see the situation in our city with it. Someone shoots it down for me." The guard of Lintao Mansion said immediately.

(I didn’t find out the rank of this guard, but I found one. At the end of the Jin Aizong period, during the Battle of Caizhou, it seemed that this place had not yet fallen. It was defended by a Han guard, and he later surrendered.)
  "It's an adult."

The general immediately arranged for several archers to draw their bows like the full moon, aiming at the drone in the sky.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yong snorted coldly and raised the height of the drone to more than [-] meters.

Just kidding, you want to shoot down the drone with a bow and arrow, unless I lower the drone to a height of tens of meters.

Otherwise, if you shoot a bow and arrow into the sky, if you want to shoot a few hundred meters and shoot down a drone flying in the sky, do you think you are Hou Yi?

If you have a powerful bed crossbow, then I would be a little scared, but it seems that now the drone is a flying artifact.

Some information has been given to the Kingdom of Jin or the Kingdom of Song, and they know that this thing is used for reconnaissance.

After all, although ancient people had never seen anything new, they were not stupid.

If you come, then I will shoot you with arrows, but these people should not have imagined how clearly the drone can see.

Moreover, the night vision capabilities of drones are beyond the imagination of people in this era. They have no idea that even in the dark night, the night vision capabilities of drones can affect everything in the city, even if a kitten or puppy passes by. Zhang Yong Can all see clearly.

"Hmph! Still want to shoot the flying artifact?" Wo Kuotai snorted coldly when he saw this situation in the picture transmitted back from the drone.

This is something from a god, how can it be understood by ordinary people like you? I'm afraid you never dreamed that we would know all your information, right? And the flying height of the drone makes it impossible for you to hit it even if you want to.

For more than 20 minutes, the Jin people chased the drone and kept releasing bows and arrows, but they couldn't reach the drone at all.

Zhang Yong also had a rough look at some of the information in the city, and even discovered the Jinguoren's granary. In order to hide their eyes from others, the Jin people also built a large shed on the granary and extinguished the surrounding torches.

They used pictures to cover their ears, but little did they know that their every move was clearly seen by the drone. Can you just put out the torch? Is it enough to cover it with a cloth?

Air superiority is so perverted and unreasonable.

"Hahaha! Big harvest, big harvest. This is the granary of the Jin people. There is probably a lot of food in it." Wo Kuotai patted his thigh and said.

"Well! If we conquer this place, we won't be short of food," Zhang Yong said.

Winter has just entered and the autumn harvest has just been completed. It is the time when large quantities of grain are harvested. As an important border town of the Jin Kingdom, Lintao Mansion naturally has to store a large amount of grain.

These grains. Zhang Yong made a rough observation. According to the size of the granary, if it was completely filled, it would be about [-] dan, which would be enough to feed an army of [-] people for several months.

There should be a lot of tax-collected grain here, which has not yet been transported to the hinterland of the Kingdom of Jin. It happens to be an advantage for me.

"Father-in-law, the investigation is almost complete now. The number of defenders on the tower should be around [-] to [-]," Zhang Yong said.

The Kingdom of Jin still dare not take Mongolia lightly. An important place like Lintao Prefecture will naturally not be defenseless. There are still ten or twenty thousand troops.

However, it is hard to say how many regular defenders there are and how many civilians there are. There should not be too many regular defenders.

"Should we attack directly at night, or should we start fighting tomorrow morning?" Wo Kuotai asked.

“We will fight tomorrow morning so that we can better deter people.

Let everyone see our strength. Tomorrow we will use trebuchets to throw explosive packets and continue bombing for a day. "Zhang Yong said.

"it is good!"

Under the orders of Zhang Yong and Wo Kuotai, a large group of Mongolian soldiers began to build the large trebuchets that were transported, while the remaining soldiers began to camp and sleep.

Some people were left behind to prevent the Jin army from leaving the city at night to attack.

"Sir! We can't shoot that big black flying bird. It flies too high. How much do they know about the situation in our city?" the Jin general asked.

"Alas! I don't know either. We have received intelligence. We only know that this thing can conduct high-altitude reconnaissance, but we don't know exactly what we can see.

But it's night now, and no one can see, let alone this thing.

We put out all the torches. The enemy probably didn't find anything useful.

You tell the defenders on the tower to brighten their eyes and hide some important things as soon as they see the flying guy coming. "The guard of Lintao Mansion said.

(End of this chapter)