Chapter 832: Bad Strategy
"Please look at the general. This is the information we just heard, and it has been marked on the sand table. In the past few days, the army of Annan has entered all the major traffic arteries in the south, but based on the information we have obtained, they do not seem to be in an attack."
In the barracks of the Ming army, Mu Xianliang combined the intelligence of all his scouts.
Li Yan looked at Mu Xianliang suspiciously, then looked at the Annan Army marked on the sand table. In fact, we have occupied their northern cities and have opened the barrier to their north.
If you have no problem with your brain, you should gather troops to kill you now, so that you can kill and damage the army of Annan.
Only in the future offense can we achieve good results, but now if they are just defending, will our strategy be wasted?
"Have I told you to take your army to harass them?"
A few days ago, General Li Yan ordered Mu Xianliang to attack everywhere with two thousand troops, and that Annan must be uneasy.
"If you go back to the general, your subordinates will follow the general's wishes, but these people are not deceived. When your subordinates led their troops over, they all hurried in the military camp. Moreover, there are many mountains in the northern part of Annan Kingdom. They have built many mountain villages on the mountain and they will not come down to fight us at all."
Mu Xianliang said embarrassedly, although he had made some achievements in previous battles.
However, after entering Annan Kingdom, he and his Southwest Army did not make much contribution, and even the general's instructions were not completed, so he felt a little hot on his face.
General Li Yan did not blame this guy. Although he was stationed in the southwest border with his father, the situation in our country was still somewhat different from that in Annan.
At least there is support from the people in China. After arriving in other people's territory, everything depends on us, so General Li Yan patted him on the shoulder and did not blame him too much.
Instead, we think about how to change the strategy. Although the strategy established before was good, if the other party does not follow our path, we should modify the strategy.
However, one thing is that General Li Yan will never change, that is, he is centered on the Ming army camp at this moment.
The radius of one hundred miles is the radius, and here is the main battlefield. If the 100,000 troops of Annan Kingdom cannot be consumed, it will never be difficult to get off the ground, otherwise we might have been obsessed with their path.
The general saw it very clearly that we came from afar from the north and had a small advantage, we should achieve the greatest results, rather than pushing south quickly.
During this period, the general also realized that the people of Annan Kingdom did not have any respect for the Ming Dynasty. If we were anxious to advance, we might suffer huge losses in the middle.
It is even more difficult to make up for your own losses on other people's land, so this first battle must be in a familiar place.
The rainy and rain for most of the month did not allow the Ming Dynasty troops to move forward, but also brought them many benefits. For example, they had already investigated some surrounding areas, especially the area within a hundred miles around the military camp. Although they could not tell the truth, they would never suffer any losses on the terrain.
The northern part of Annan Kingdom is similar to that of Yunnan and Guizhou in my country. Mountains occupy more than 70% of this area, so if you want to fight, mountain combat is absolutely inevitable.
Although the Ming army achieved a lot of victories in the country and other regions, it was impossible to carry out a large-scale attack here due to terrain.
Therefore, General Li Yan had to adjust the following combat method, which was to disperse all the troops within a radius of 100 miles, causing large-scale casualties of the opponent's army.
"General, weren't we going to adopt a defensive strategy before? Now we have become proactive. Will there be many places that cannot adapt? Should we wait for a while, maybe the Annan army will come to attack?"
Mu Xianliang said with some concern that the previous strategy has been established.
If you change it rashly, let alone what the generals above think, many soldiers below may not be able to stand it. The most important thing is that they are not sure about this new tactic.
"We can't continue to wait. If I guess correctly, the general of Annanguo is not a fool. This guy has seen our biggest weakness, that is, our narrow and long logistics line, and our food, drink and use are basically shipped from China, and can still be supported in a short period of time. But if it is delayed, we really can't afford it. Once the soldiers are in a low morale, it may be impossible for us to change the strategy. So while we still have the strength to attack everywhere in the familiar places."
Although this strategy was just decided, General Li Yan also took a long time to consider it.
If we keep our troops in motion, our daily expenses will not be small, and we can’t afford to defend against us, but we can’t afford to delay. They are fighting locally and have time and resources. How can we compare with them?
When small groups of troops go out to fight, as long as the two sides contact us with our powerful weapons, they will definitely bring casualties to the other side. Although there will be casualties here, according to some previous war losses, they cannot bear it.
It must be the other party. Either they are slowly eroded by us, or these people will launch a large-scale attack. No matter which result, we can accept it. It depends on how the other party chooses the general to do so, so that we can stand invincible.
"I understand. This time, Annanguo sent their name Ruan Zhixiong. It is said that this guy has achieved considerable results in the battle with Siam."
We have already obtained the information about the opponent's coach. Although it is not very comprehensive, it is acceptable. After all, the two countries are in a state of war.
It is not so easy to find out the news. Fortunately, the Duke of Qian also collected some information, so it would not make us catch things. Is the heroes of Annan really that important to us?
Chapter completed!