Zhao Bing observed the entire battlefield on the imperial boat. Although the distance was a little far away, he could understand the development of the battle situation. After discovering that an enemy was exploring the camp that day, he became alert. While strengthening his defense, he also asked Ni Liang, who was on the Fuli front, to strengthen his reconnaissance against the enemy to see if there were any abnormal movements. Soon he discovered that the enemy troops in the Mongolian Yuan were searching for ships, and reported the situation to the camp. The navy also found that there were ships appearing on the lake near the camp, and there were also unidentified people trying to get close to the camp.

After receiving reports from all parties, Zhao Bing could basically determine that the enemy's attempt to attack his rear camp was nothing more than the food and grass stored on Zero Wall and his number one "invader". After obtaining the intention of the enemy, he did not alarm the enemy spies, but appeared frequently in their sight, but secretly set up arrangements. The food and supplies were the guarantee of the 200,000 army's combat, so Zhao Bing naturally did not dare to take it lightly, nor would he take this risk.

As the saying goes, "The cunning rabbit has three holes" is actually the same in military use. When choosing a camp, the main general will select several reserve camps and choose one of them in any special circumstances. However, a backup camp will be built so that it can be transferred in time when changes occur. So he immediately launched an emergency plan and quietly transferred the canal ships to the backup camp in batches while the night is dark, and the old camp is used as bait to lure the enemy. To outsiders, everything is as usual, and even the camp is not moved.

The biggest disadvantage of two-sided combat is the shortage of troops. The current troops left behind by the Zero-Bi Battalion are the first brigade and two regiments of the Imperial Front Guard, the Imperial Front Guard and the Inland Water Army serving as the escort. The troops are about 15,000, and there are thousands of followers to the military and civilians. If there are two places, there will inevitably be insufficient troops, but it is impossible to draw troops from the front line. Therefore, this anti-sneak attack is about the rice to be put into the pot.

However, Zhao Bing did not preside over the battle. Since the fifth brigade in the front of the Lingbi Yuyu was the most powerful and the brigade leader Luo Datong had the highest position, he organized anti-sneaking operations, supplemented by others. He only participated in the battle as a bystander, and did not interfere in how to allocate troops and organize defense, and even counterattack operations, and would not make specific suggestions.

"Your Majesty, this Mongolian Yuan enemy is very fierce in combat. The troops have lost more than 70% of them and can still organize attacks. It is rare in recent years!" Tan Fei, who was following the escort, was also always paying attention to the changes in the battlefield. When he saw the enemy troops who were sneaking into the camp failed to attack the camp, although the losses were heavy, they still did not decline and tried to break through, he couldn't help but whisper.

"Well, the personal army of the Mongol Yuan guards is still very combat-effective, and it is worthy of being the name of the personal army!" Zhao Bing also picked up the telescope and looked in the direction he pointed. He saw a remnant soldier had fallen into a siege and had no hope of breaking through, but he was still rushing left and right to find loopholes in his own defense. If he didn't talk about position and other things, it was really admirable to just talk about fighting spirit.

When Zhao Bing was surfing various military forums in his previous life, he found that in the ancient cold weapon war, if 10% of the troops were injured or killed, he would collapse, and if 30% of the losses were still able to persist in fighting, he could be called elite. Because this statement was widely circulated and the speakers were confident, he believed it and used this standard to estimate it when he came to this era.

However, after experiencing a series of battles, Zhao Bing questioned this standard, because many cases of wars in the Mongol-Yuan battle were hard, and the enemy lost 30% of them, and more than half of them still fought to the death and did not retreat. More than half of them were killed or killed in battles of a thousand people, and even the entire army was wiped out many times.

This forced Zhao Bing to re-examine the past "experience" talk. He thought that from a macro perspective, there would be a big gap in combat awareness and combat effectiveness of the army in the same dynasty in the early and logistics. In addition to the Khitan, the opponents faced by the Song Dynasty several anti-aggression wars were all facing the Jurchens and the new regimes like Mongolia, which resulted in thousands of people being chased by dozens of enemies and collapsed when there was a slight loss during the battle.

Although the Mongolian Yuan army that Zhao Bing is currently facing has declined, it is only compared to the time when he was completely victorious. Therefore, his combat effectiveness has declined due to many reasons such as corruption of senior officers and pursuit of pleasure, which must be a strong foundation. Secondly, the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty began to fight everywhere since its independence. The long-term war has also trained an army that is good at fighting. Not only are there many officers who are good at commanding, but also a large number of veterans with rich combat experience, which is very important.

Because in ancient times or modern times, the army is an organized group. The officers act as a network for delivering orders to convey the will of the commander to every soldier. The death of the lower-level officer during combat means that the death of the lower-level officer cannot be arranged into a predetermined formation and the predetermined combat plan cannot be implemented. However, the death of a small number of low-level officers will not affect the overall situation, because there are other lower-level officers who take into account the command, or have higher-level officers who go beyond the level of command. However, if the large-scale low-level officers are killed, the unmanned soldiers cannot exert their collective power, and they will still be regressed.

So his understanding is that due to the backwardness of technology in ancient times, more subordinate officers needed command. Under the same casualties, the proportion of subordinate officers was higher than that in modern times. With the large-scale death of subordinate officers, the army lost its organization, and the remaining scattered soldiers and brave soldiers would inevitably retreat. However, it was not insurmountable for the Mongolian Yuan. It should be noted that the Mongolian Yuan army gradually transitioned from the early days of the entire nation to the current military household system, which was a profession of military service, which can basically be regarded as professional.

The professionalization of the army has improved the military quality of soldiers. More people can take over positions when the chief is killed, and officers can also command more people, and they can re-form a new grassroots military organization before collapse. Therefore, the complete maintenance and professionalization of the Mongolian and Yuan army command system has led to a gradual decline in combat effectiveness, rather than a cliff-like decline.

Therefore, Zhao Bing thought that the so-called "one percent loss can lead to the collapse of the entire army" was not a golden word and jade rule. There is actually no fixed collapse threshold here, and the tenacity of different troops varies greatly. However, in actual combat, you can set a stop loss point or serve as a basis for strategic arrangements. If the troops have more than one percent casualties, they will send a reserve force to reinforce or retreat actively. Never wait until the troops are beaten before sending support, which will almost certainly collapse.

Because the current combat mode is often face-to-face contact-one loses confidence and gives up the position to escape--then exposes the defenseless back to the attacking side--the pursuit causes greater combat losses. It can be seen that the saying that the brave one wins when two armies meet is not groundless, and even if there are large casualties in contact--as long as the other party gives up the position, it is worth it, because in pursuit, you can get back with the principal and the benefit. This is proof of many small battle examples that win with less.

In large-scale battles, even if the battlefield is vast, multiple contact surfaces will appear, and the situation will be more complicated. However, the reason is the same. On a local battlefield, it may be that one side has repelled the enemy on the contact surface, but the contact surface on another battlefield may be defeated by the enemy. However, as long as there are sufficient reserves, it can still rely on its reinforcements to fight unfavorable battlefields to avoid collapse. When the important contact surface is completely repelled by the opponent, more of one’s own troops are under the threat of the enemy, if they retreat in time and sacrifice the losses of the troops behind the palace, they can also avoid catastrophic defeat of the entire army.

But it is hard to say from a micro perspective that a small elite army may die to the last one when they are forced to death. This is exactly the case with the remnants of the Mongolian Yuan army in front of them. They are now in ambush, with half of their casualties, but they are still tenaciously trying to break the siege. Zhao Bing does not deny that if he had prepared himself, it would have really caught them off guard. But if he was successful, he would have been owed, after all, it would be much worse to shake the camp with the simple firearms and the troops at absolute disadvantage in their hands.

The reason why this Mongolian Yuan army infiltrated the camp is actually mostly because of our own "release water". The other half is that after we divide the troops, we have to face the raids of two enemy troops. As the main general, Luo Datong was hesitant to arrange troops before the war. On the one hand, he had to ensure the absolute safety of the young emperors in the old camp, and ensure that the food, grass and supplies are not lost. On the other hand, he also had to defeat the enemy's raids and annihilate the infiltration. After all, it is better to destroy the thieves for thousands of days than to defend against thieves, so that they dare not covet their rear camp anymore.

To make a complete plan, Luo Datong, together with Zheng Yong, the Imperial Navy Commander, the Imperial Guard Brigade Deputy Commander, Tan Fei, the Commander of the Guard Battalion, and the generals under his command, discussed multiple plans and thought of many solutions, but there were still loopholes. They presented them to Zhao Bing to make a decision, but they were sent back as it was and did not make a decision for them. In desperation, Luo Datong chose a conservative plan to distribute troops equally.

Before the war, according to the analysis of the generals, the two Mongolian and Yuan dynasties would inevitably launch an attack at the same time, supporting each other, so that it would be difficult for one side to take care of each other, thus creating loopholes in the defense line, giving them an opportunity to take advantage of it. So a plan was formulated to lure the enemy into the empty camp and gather and annihilate them. Therefore, most of the left-behind troops of the Fifth Brigade were transferred to the battalion to set up an ambush outside the battalion, preparing to seal the gap after it entered the hub, and dispatch warships to attack and annihilate the incoming enemy troops on both sides.
Chapter completed!