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Chapter 1626 A vicious strategy

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    As the weather gets colder, the craftsmen in the armory are getting busier and busier.  Sheepskin boots, dog-skin ear hats, thick cotton trousers, autumn clothes, cotton gloves made of oilskin, cotton masks, chicken and duck down military uniforms made of oilskin, sheepskin belts, etc. are all being produced at a fast pace.  In the gun workshop, special gun wax, lubricating grease, etc. are also being produced intensively.  In the transportation workshop, we are working hard to make sleds and manual poles.  Among these items, in addition to cold-proof clothes, the ones that Li Zhongyi paid the most attention to were the sled and the dog.  Kaifeng City is not that cold yet, and it is difficult to raise cold-resistant dogs. The transportation workshop mainly produces sleds.  In Youzhou in the north and Lingzhou in the west, each county has raised a large number of cold-resistant dogs in advance.  Attacking the Beibei out of season is a strategic policy set by Li Zhongyi himself. Whether it is the military or the local government, how dare they neglect it?  In the past, the effectiveness of counterattacks against Beilu was very poor, mainly because they did not take advantage of the sled.  On the Mongolian Plateau in winter, whether it is a grain truck or an artillery vehicle, due to the load capacity, the wheels will sink into the snow up to one meter deep, making it impossible to march smoothly.  When fighting a war, we fight for logistics.  If the grain trucks can't keep up, how can tens of thousands of troops go deep into the Mongolian plateau to attack the enemy?  It¡¯s different now. From the day the new army was organized, cold-proof equipment and sleds were already being prepared.  On the Mongolian Plateau, war horses are actually unable to move outdoors in winter.  The severe cold at night can easily kill all the cattle, horses and sheep.  However, the cold-proof dogs unique to the north are different.  As early as when Li Zhongyi was the ruling king, thousands of cold-proof dogs brought from the far north settled down in Hebei Road and the northwest region.  After more than ten years of population cultivation, there are hundreds of thousands of these cold-proof dogs.  According to experiments, an individual soldier can march more than a hundred miles a day in the snow with a sled.  More than ten cold-proof dogs dragging a 6-pound artillery piece hung on a sled can travel as much as two hundred miles a day in the flat snow.  This is not the point. Cold-proof dogs are mainly used to tow camping vehicles, grain trucks and artillery.  That¡¯s right, it¡¯s a campervan.  In this kind of car, it is impossible for soldiers to lie down and sleep, but they can huddle together and sleep next to each other.  After experiments, it was found that setting up camp in the snow would normally take more than three hours.  Moreover, on the extremely cold Mongolian plateau, if 10 soldiers live in a tent for one night, 9 of them will probably freeze to death and one will get frostbite. There is no chance of survival.  Therefore, under the personal leadership of Li Zhongyi, the snow camping vehicle was designed and finalized.  This kind of wooden camping car with a tarpaulin roof is the kind of cart used by Genghis Khan in his Western Expeditions, except that the wheels were removed and a sled was used instead.  It is no exaggeration to say that snow camping vehicles are definitely epoch-making logistical equipment.  Think about it, compared to working in the snow for more than three hours every day and setting up a tent with ventilation on all sides that can freeze people to death, how much convenience does a warm snow camper that can sleep anywhere and anytime provide?  ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  It can be said that one car has multiple uses and one car has many functions.  In late autumn, before the Yellow River was about to freeze, a large section of the canal outside Kaifeng City was under martial law by the garrison.  The canal is filled with large and small warships from the Yellow River Navy, Offshore Navy, and Yangtze River Navy. There are more than a thousand ships.  Looking up, I saw a large area of ??darkness covering the entire section of the canal.  At the military dock, soldiers from the newly formed Army Town No. 1 and No. 2 were boarding the ship.  "Heyho" "Listen to my command and let's push together." Unlike the infantry who boarded the ship silently, the soldiers of the artillery unit and logistics unit were all shirtless, shouting slogans, and pushing the vehicle.  Get on board.  Accompanied by Lin Renzhao, Zhang Sanzheng and Wang Ken, the commander of the second town, Li Zhongyi stood at the highest point on the pier, watching the heroic soldiers boarding the ship from a distance.  It is said that running water does not rot and door hinges do not suffer from beetles.  None of the six commanders of the old faction of the Forbidden Army, including Yang Lie, served in the new army.  The new army will be organized into a total of ten towns, with about 30,000 people in each town.  Among them, Zhentong, Xietong and Biaotong all had to come from the Guards and Lecture Hall.  Within the military, the senior generals of the New Army are privately referred to as the upstarts of the "Guards".  ??In fact, everyone with a discerning eye knows it.  As the formation of the new army continues to accelerate, sooner or later the commander-in-chief of the old Forbidden Army will??Transferred back to the capital for retirement.  The green mountains cannot cover it, and it will flow eastward after all.  A modernized army, an army that scorns agricultural civilization, is an inevitable necessity for the advanced to replace the backward.  Li Zhongyi has reason to believe that even the world-famous Khitan cavalry are vulnerable to the new army.  What¡¯s more, the Imperial Army is conducting an out-of-season attack.  During the freezing season, the empire's 60,000-strong army suddenly appeared on the Mongolian grasslands and attacked the Khitans fiercely. Hey, when they were forced to move, many of the Khitan's cattle, sheep and horses froze to death.  According to this approach, the Khitan people will be exhausted sooner or later.  "Everyone, when we go to the territory of the Khitan Kingdom, annihilating the enemy is actually secondary. The main thing is to force the enemy to move continuously. The longer the Khitan people move and the more people they move, the greater our results will be. Understand.  ?" Li Zhongyi was worried that his subordinates were greedy for merit, and repeatedly emphasized that annihilating the enemy was the second priority, and forcing the enemy to move was the strategic focus.  Facing a large steppe country like the Khitan Kingdom, which has a vast territory and controls hundreds of thousands of people, the correct strategy is to take advantage of off-season attacks and greatly consume its comprehensive national strength.  Historically, it took Wanyan Aguda, who had superior military strength, ten years to destroy the Liao Kingdom.  After the new armies in the ten towns are organized and trained, Li Zhongyi will definitely change his strategy as he has a rotating army.  At that time, when it becomes summer and winter again, two or three towns will be sent to attack the Khitans, making it impossible for them to recuperate and restore their national strength.  With this vicious approach, the Khitan Kingdom will definitely not be able to sustain it within three years.  "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your advice. I understand." Zhang Sanzheng and Wang Ken raised their hands in a military salute to express their understanding.  When Li Zhongyi sends generals to use troops, he always only cares about correct strategies, regardless of specific tactics, and it is absolutely impossible for him to engage in the mentally retarded tricks of arranging formations.  According to the battle plan, during this northward march, the first and second towns will be transported to Youzhou by sea.  Divide the troops from Youzhou. The first town will take the left road to the north, and the second town will take the right road to the north.  If you can, do your best to do so, and if you can't, don't force it.  In this era, on the vast grassland, if you want to break into the joint attack, it is just a dream.  When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu in the north, all the separate attacks and combined attacks failed to achieve the intended combat objectives.  The officers and soldiers from the first and second towns all left, and Li Zhongyi¡¯s two sons also left.  Li Zhongyi deliberately did not send off his two sons. There will be many similar expedition scenes in the future. Can they finish sending them off?  After coming out of the pier, Li Zhongyi felt very comfortable.  The northern barbarians, who have threatened the Chinese nation for thousands of years, will happily enjoy the feeling of the Han army in the south attacking Caogu!  ???????????????????????????????????The people on horseback have always been the enemies of the Central Plains dynasty.  From the Huns, to the Turks, to the Xianbei, to the Wuhu, to the Mongols, to the wild boar skins, to the old fur bears, they are all huge military threats to the Han army.  Now, the days when the Han army was harassed by the northern captives are gone forever.  On the contrary, the northern prisoners on horseback could no longer sleep well!  After Li Qiong was dismissed as Prime Minister, his mentality was very correct. He slept until he woke up naturally every day and drank two small drinks a day, which was very nourishing.  Although there are the empress and the sixth son of the emperor in the palace, Li Qiong has not seen them for a long time.  "Seventy years are rare in life. Li Qiong will be seventy next year. Her family is harmonious and she has no worries.  His son Li Hu was very successful. Because of his great achievements in managing weapons, he was not only granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, but was also promoted to the position of Second Assistant to the Cabinet and Supervisor of Arms.  To put it bluntly, Li Hu, the so-called second minister of the cabinet, is just a heavy military production task and needs to coordinate the money, food and materials of various departments of the court.  The grandson of the Li family, Li Anguo, is currently the deputy commander-in-chief of the fifth town of the newly established army.  As we all know, Zhang Sanzheng taught Biao Tong from the first town and was promoted to Zhen Tong all the way.  ¡° Moreover, the leader of the second town, Wang Ken, is also the same way.  It is conceivable that Li Anguo will be at least the deputy mayor of the fifth town in the future.  Even a fool knows that compared with the prosperous new army, the old Forbidden Army, which has been drained of its elite, has no future at all.  The children and grandchildren are all up to par, and there are also Li Qiniang and the emperor's sixth son in the palace.  Hehe, as long as they don't forcefully participate in the battle for power, the Li family's fortune can be guaranteed for at least three generations.  Li Qiong really took a wrong look at the honest and honest Li Hu.  In the past, Li Qiong always thought that Li Hu would reach the top if he became a minister. ??Who would have thought that Li Hu would be favored by the emperor and promoted to the position of second minister in the cabinet?  When it was three o'clock in the day, Li Qiong finished his breakfast, picked up his fishing pole, sat down by the lake at home, and fished leisurely.  Li Qiong had just caught a big fish when he saw the butler rushing to report it.  "Old man, the emperor has come to our house, and the streets and alleys nearby are under martial law." "Hey, the emperor must be very happy, and wants to take me, an old man, to drink and chat, right?" Li Qiong knew in his heart that the new army set out to start the winter.  The emperor must be in a good mood during the Northern Expedition, right?  Sure enough, after Li Qiong brought Li Zhongyi to the lake, Li Zhongyi, who had never liked fishing, also bought a fishing rod and came over and sat side by side with Li Qiong.  "Your Majesty, I heard that the merchants of that East India Company all made a lot of money?" When Li Qiong opened his mouth, Li Zhongyi knew that the nobles in the court were also concerned about the ultra-high profits from overseas business.  "To tell you the truth, after the spring begins, the Philippines and the Indian subcontinent will also start to make progress." Li Zhongyi just said it, and Li Qiong understood it.  The Philippines and the Indian subcontinent are the private lands left to the heroes and nobles.
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