The Era of Generals

"We didn't run into an ambush because the ambush would never attack troops with supplies!"

Chen Ze frowned, seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to be discussing with Li Quanan.

"It's only 20,000 people, and they are facing six supply lines. As long as they make a move, it is impossible not to leave clues, so that Bo'an City can detect the problem of the supply line."

"Once Bo'an City is aware of it, on the one hand, it will inevitably send troops to patrol everywhere, and on the other hand, it will also be surprised by the problem of food and grass, so that the reinforcements from various cities will be temporarily suspended from entering Bo'an City, and they will be scattered in surrounding cities to wait for orders."

"In this way, the Zhuyan Empire will lose its effect when the 20,000 ambush is reached, and the original plan to use a large number of reinforcements to consume the food reserves of Bo'an City has also come to naught."

Li Quanan nodded again and again, and continued when Chen Zewei paused: "So if I am the Zhu Yan Empire, I will not move the baggage on these supply lines for the time being, at least, at the beginning of the war, I will not move. "

Chen Ze immediately asked, "If it were you, what would you do?"

"it's me?"

Li Quan'an thought for a while, then popped out a finger, and said in a deep voice: "If I were the commander of the ambush, first, I would arrange a small number of people to ambush near all the supply lines in advance, without taking action, just hiding in the dark to record the The number of supply troops sent to Bo'an City by the supply city."

"Second, after having detailed data, analyze the time it takes for these troops to return to the city and the strength of each troop based on the length of the journey."

"Thirdly, after planning the time, notify the large troops on standby, and divide and attack the weakest one among the returning troops on all lines!"

"These troops returning to the city are not disturbed by the baggage, and secondly, after completing the escort task, they are at the time when their vigilance is the lowest. Once they are surrounded, the morale of the enemy has collapsed, and they can be captured without a trace. Down."

After a pause, Li Quan'an said emphatically: "Pay attention here, only attack the weaker ones, not bury all the troops!"

"The logistics of Bo'an City can't have a major problem for the time being. I will reserve a part of the supply troops for each line so that they can transport food to Bo'an again."

Hearing this, even Chen Ze had already thought of this verse, and asked, "What is the purpose of doing this?"

Li Quan'an replied: "Doing this, on the one hand, can paralyze Bo'an City, making them think that there is no problem with the supply line, and still receive the supplies on time."

"On the other hand, it is gradually eroding the defenders of the city at the end of each supply line."

"You should know that each of these supply units has escort missions, which are cyclical operations. After returning to the city, they will take a new batch of food and grass on the road as soon as possible, instead of waiting for the next batch of people to come back before setting off! "

Chen Ze nodded in agreement.

In fact, if there hadn't been a problem in Xichuan City before, and he happened to be there, after the captain Huang Zhengyang returned to the city, he would have escorted a new batch of supplies that had been prepared on the road. Their three supplies in Xichuan City There is no need to gather with each other, just keep going back and forth on the supply line.

So after returning to the city and continuing on the road, Huang Zhengyang would not know that there was a problem with the other two troops.

Perhaps after walking halfway, he would find that the colleagues he should have met had not been seen like Chen Ze did, and he would become suspicious.

But at that time, his main task was still to transport the luggage to Bo'an City, and at the same time, he did not receive any news of enemy troops fleeing in Anluo Province, so this suspicion should not be too serious.

Li Quan'an said again: "Bo'an City will receive the first batch of complete supplies delivered by the six supply lines, which will further paralyze the other party and prevent them from focusing on the supply lines."

"Then there will be a second batch, but the number will be reduced, because some of the supply units have been wiped out."

"However, this will not attract too much attention from Bo'an City. After all, the troops who transported food into Bo'an for the second time like Captain Xichuan Huang have arrived on every line, which proves that the supply line is still in continuous operation."

"In addition, the grain and grass in Bo'an City should be sufficient at that time, so in Bo'an City, it is estimated that only the logistics officer in charge of receiving the luggage will start to complain, and send messengers or direct pigeons to send letters to urge the cities to deliver grain and grass as soon as possible. "

"Then what will the cities that received the military order do?"

Li Quan'an's eyes fell on the map, Wei Wei paused for a moment on the cities responsible for preparing materials for each supply line, shook his head and said: "The military order is in front, even if you have doubts, the most urgent thing is to send food as soon as possible."

"So they will try to reduce the troops defending the city as much as possible, deploy some people to form a new supply force, and rush to Bo'an City. If they want to come, the troops returning to the city will come back in a day or two. Naturally, they will be able to Supplement to the garrison troops."

"You must know that most of the high-level generals in various cities have led reinforcements to Bo'an. The generals who stay behind are not high-ranking, and their authority is naturally low. Everything will be based on the premise of obeying military orders."

Chen Ze followed his words and said, "Then, for example, General Huang's troops transporting supplies to Bo'an for the second time will inevitably be ambushed on the way back again, because these troops already have suspicions and will pay more attention to the road. Our own logistics troops on the way."

"At this point, the logistics units prepared in each city at the beginning are all wiped out, and a new round of logistics units composed of compressed defenders will continue to operate on the supply line."

"A supply delivery can be as short as a few days, and as long as more than ten days. When these transport units replaced by the defenders have also been eaten away, the battle has been at least a month, and all the reinforcements that should have arrived or not have basically disappeared. By then, the daily military ration supply in Bo'an City will reach a terrifying figure!"

"And at this time, when the cities have no more dispatches and can no longer dispatch the supply troops, the supply line of Bo'an City will naturally be cut off!"

Chen Ze interjectedly sighed: "Once the supply line is cut off, the seemingly sufficient military rations will not last long. Bo'an City, which has aroused alarm, will immediately send troops to various places to check the situation. Unfortunately, it is already too late."

"The city responsible for supplies, such as Xichuan City, had the lowest number of defenders at that time. It is estimated that it will not exceed 3,000. Compared with the huge size of Xichuan City, this number is not enough to organize an effective defense battle. of."

"After the Zhu Yan Empire's ambush soldiers killed the last supply unit on the supply line, the next thing they had to do was to attack the city and land with thunderous force, and captured the six major granaries in Anluo Province!"

"They only attack but don't capture. They take down one city and burn another city. So when Bo'an City realized that the food and grass were scarce and sent troops to patrol, all they could see were six burning ruins!"