My life skills in Daming Liver - Chapter 646

c636 Xi’an Zhanyun

Chen Lin pointed to the sand table and said:

“Guanzhong is a dangerous place. There were many passes in ancient times. There are many historical battlefields here. It is an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place.”

Everyone nodded. The reason why Guanzhong was able to become the “base of kings and hegemons” in ancient times was because of the terrain of Guanzhong. It was a natural terrain barrier with guarded passes in all directions. In ancient times, it was called the “Land of Four Fortresses”. “.

In ancient times, the Guanzhong Plain had flat, open terrain and fertile land. It was an important grain-producing area and was known as the “Eight Hundred Miles of Qinchuan River”.

However, with the destruction of Guanzhong’s ecological environment and serious soil erosion, Guanzhong’s grain production has gradually decreased.

Later, after the large-scale development of the south began, Guanzhong lost its status as a granary, and Jiangnan’s status increased day by day. Guanzhong, which was relatively far away from Jiangnan, also lost its status as the center of the world.

Chen Lin pointed to the sand table and said:

“Henan only has one dangerous pass like Suiyang that can be defended. After we captured Suiyang, Henan surrendered. However, there are many passes in the Guanzhong area. It is very difficult to win in a battle like Henan.”

“Guo Pu also knew this, so he deployed his troops on a series of passes from Hangu Pass, Tongguan to Xi’an, and built roads to facilitate the army’s retreat.”

“Guo Pu is still building roads in the west. His strategic intention is also very simple. Once he cannot defeat us, he will most likely lead his troops to withdraw westward to Guyuan.”

“As long as he has troops in his hands, Guo Pujin can continue to separate the Longyou area and continue to pose a threat to our flanks.”

“If you retreat, you can surrender to the Ming court or negotiate with us to seek better surrender conditions.”

“It can only be said that Guo Pu’s calculation is indeed good.”

Everyone frowned. Guo Pu was the most hated opponent of the Southeast Army.

Because his goal in fighting the war is not to win, as long as he can delay it longer, make the losses to the southeast larger, and finally negotiate a suitable surrender condition.

In Guo Pu’s eyes, the army and soldiers are just bargaining chips for his personal power. For the sake of his personal power, he would not hesitate to let his soldiers die in vain.

Chen Lin looked around and then said:

“The governor and the cabinet mean that we in the southeast will never compromise with speculators like Guo Pu. Unconditional surrender is the only policy for taking over the Ming Dynasty’s army in the future.”

Nowadays, the territory in the southeast is large, and it has the talents it has cultivated. If the surrendered Ming officials and generals are given generous treatment, it will first chill the hearts of their own people.

Moreover, when Su Ze first launched his army, manpower was tight, and he needed to appoint some surrendered officials to transition. But now that the entire southeast is experiencing an explosion of talent, there is no need for these officials with bad records to maintain it.

In comparison, my own family is naturally more reliable.

When the Battle of Henan began, Southeast offered only one surrender condition: lay down your weapons and surrender unconditionally.

Chen Yiqin and his son accepted this condition and surrendered, and Guo Pu could only surrender on this condition.

Chen Lin continued:

“The Governor’s original words: ‘Only when Guo Pu knows the pain will he sincerely surrender.'”

“In accordance with the policy of the Grand Governor, the General Staff has formulated the following plan.”

“First of all, our fifth brigade is attacking Shaanxi from the direction of Tongguan. We must beat the Shaanxi Ming Army in Tongguan until it hurts and scares us!”

“Brigade Commander Xiong’s 7th Brigade attacked Baoji from Hanzhong through Dashan Pass, cutting off Guo Pu’s retreat and retreat, forcing Guo Pu’s army to mobilize and exhausting his soldiers.”

“The Second Brigade in Huguang has also moved north. The Second Brigade will attack Taiyuan, putting pressure on the Ming court to cut off supplies to Shaanxi.”

“The Commander-in-Chief’s order is that we will never accept any conditional surrender. Shaanxi is not the Shaanxi of Guo Pu alone, but the Shaanxi of the Shaanxi people! We must maintain military discipline when attacking, and must not disturb ordinary people and surrender. Soldiers must not be mistreated, and officers and landowners who commit heinous crimes must not be tolerated!”

“do you understand?”

“clear!”

Everyone agreed in unison, and then Chen Lin said:

“The meeting is dismissed!”

After this meeting, Li Yangong didn’t have much time to continue chatting with Xiong Kuang. His outstanding performance last time allowed Li Yangong to be promoted. He was already the chief of logistics staff in charge of the entire brigade’s logistics supplies.

Southeast also carried out part of the reform of the staff department and professionalized the originally general staff.

There is a combat staff responsible for formulating combat plans.

There is a logistics staff responsible for logistics supplies.

There is a military medical staff responsible for the treatment of the wounded.

At the same time, three chiefs of staff were established to coordinate all work.

Li Yangong was promoted from the commander of the artillery regiment to the chief of logistics staff of the entire brigade, which naturally placed a heavier burden on him.

The sound of a cannon and the golden gold are definitely not an exaggerated slogan in today’s battles, but the real status quo.

The artillery shells fired by the southeastern army every day can pile up into a hill, and how to transport these artillery shells to the front line is a matter of logistics.

After Li Yangong devoted himself to logistics, he realized how prominent his friend’s theory of Gao Wuguan was.

As early as a few years ago, Gao Wuguan proposed logistics determinism and published many papers within the Military Academy to discuss how to establish an efficient logistics system.

In the theory of Gao Wuguan, he proposed a logistics facility called a “military station”.

This is a comprehensive logistics facility, both fixed and temporary. It is a comprehensive facility that integrates logistics supply, equipment maintenance, personnel repair, transportation transfer, and casualty treatment.

In his paper, Gao Wuguan made a detailed plan for the layout of the military depot, and also conducted data analysis on the coverage area and coverage of the military depot.

All in all, a battalion shares a temporary military station, and a regiment needs a comprehensive semi-fixed military station.

Temporary military depots must be within 50 kilometers of combat units, and comprehensive semi-fixed military depots must be within 150 kilometers of combat units.

Li Yangong almost copied Gao Wuguan’s theory and began to set up military depots wherever he went and transported various supplies to the military depots.

Naturally, the troop mobilization in the southeast could not hide the details of the Ming court. Guo Pu’s governor’s office received a large amount of intelligence every day.

After Guo Ding returned from the capital, he served as Guo Pu’s staff. Looking at the intelligence from all directions, Guo Ding was busy until late at night every day.

People throughout Shaanxi were in panic, and the powerful people in Shaanxi, including King Qin, were taking the time to pack their bags and prepare to run away at any time.

Under such circumstances, a caravan entered the city of Xi’an.

The leading shopkeeper is called Peng An, a thirty-year-old young scholar. After entering Xi’an City, he did not sell goods, but used the brand of a bank.

The business of this foreign bank is extremely prosperous.