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Duan Mingyu patted Tian Lingzi's horse indiscriminately, and then both of them had an undetectable ruthlessness and deep fear in their eyes.

Although the generals had doubts in their hearts, they just wondered which army to deploy, but they did not doubt what Duan Mingyu said, it was not for the opponent to hear.Obviously there are only 20 troops, but you can also boast that it is 80 troops, so as to have a deterrent effect. For your own people, there is absolutely no reason to lie like this. It can't change the army of 1, and no one can hide it.

Duan Mingyu said: "In terms of military strength, it's not a problem, but in terms of food, grass and military equipment, we need to start preparations immediately. Attacking Shouchun City is definitely not something that can be seen in ten days. The consumption will never be food, clothing, shovels and axes, gongs, drums and musical instruments. , there are already special people shopping around, and they will be shipped to Chang'an in a steady stream in a short time. The prepared knives, axes, spears, bowstrings, arrows, and tents are being produced by our Chang'an craftsmen day and night, and at the same time, in order to reduce food transportation consumption , and the soldiers will use their lives and consume a lot of physical strength, so we are going to transport grain and grass by water to Bianliang, and send it to the front line by land. As for war horses, eating only grass will inevitably weaken their strength. It is difficult to gallop for a long time, and it needs to be carefully cultivated. Horses consume more food than soldiers. Even if only [-] horses are needed, the cost is astonishing. Fortunately, going to attack the city, with a hundred thousand troops coming, Xu Wen's best choice is to defend the city. There is little chance of going out of the city to disrupt the battle. Therefore, the deputy envoy discussed with the Prime Minister that this battle will be dominated by infantry, and only bring one heavy cavalry. The effect of the enemy's mind."

The biggest advantage of the light cavalry is their speed, they can attack long distances, and receive the effect of surprise soldiers.But the light cavalry needs to be used with caution, because once they perform special missions far away from the main formation, it means that they need to abandon their radiation and stay away from the brigade. On the battlefield, the consequences can be imagined, and this battle is mainly a battle for the defense of the city. There will rarely be scenes where the two sides dispatch troops to outflank and rush to collide in the wilderness. Included in the scope of consideration.

Duan Mingyu said again: "This battle is mainly about siege. We are not good at siege, but Yang Xingmi is also not good at defending the city. We have the best skilled craftsmen. We can make a lot of exquisite and complete siege equipment. In terms of military superiority, our chances of winning are at least [-]%. However, the transportation of a large amount of food and siege equipment will inevitably slow down our army. This is why we don't need a large number of war horses, and the infantry only needs to accompany donkeys, mules, oxen and carts. Therefore, it is necessary to go on the road early in order to arrive at the city on time."

The number of non-combatants required by the army is different for each team. For example, the Spartan army needs seven military slaves per person, the Greek army generally has only one military slave per heavy infantry, and the Roman army also has a large number of military slaves. European knights also have special soldiers. A slave in armor.In addition, there are also merchants and military prostitutes accompanying the army, but generally speaking, the more non-combatants accompanying the army, the greater the consumption, the worse the mobility of the army, and the greatly affected combat effectiveness.

The ancient Chinese army basically had no non-combatants, and some miscellaneous tasks were mostly done by soldiers. First, Chang'an had nowhere to recruit so many civilians.Therefore, the transportation of grain, grass and siege equipment was directly completed by the soldiers themselves.

Duan Mingyu finished introducing the situation in the logistics side in an orderly manner, and said: "As for Shouchun, we had already deployed secret agents, but Shouchun City was suddenly captured by Yang Xingmi's general Xu Wen, and now even the Caizhou soldiers who surrendered to Yang Xingmi have fallen As handymen, all the chess pieces we had placed in advance have lost their effect. So far, we have been unable to contact them, nor can we get the detailed situation around Shouchun City. We can only get a general understanding from the refugees who escaped from Shouchun a few days ago. After Duan Mingyu talked about Shouchun's military strength and deployment one by one, Tian Lingzi stood up to help the case: "From now on, all troops and horses must hurry up and practice.The Seventh Prince stayed in Chang'an to take charge of military matters.On the sixth day of the sixth month, the commander-in-chief will personally lead the army and take Shouchun directly! "

In modern times, the combat effectiveness of an army is mainly evaluated from the aspects of mobility, firepower and communication capabilities in addition to defense, and the era of cold weapons is roughly the same.From the point of view of defense, a charging army is weaker than armor without armor, weaker than iron armor with leather armor, and weaker than plate armor in iron armor, but the manufacturing cost of plate armor is obviously the highest among them. of.

Why the Tang Dynasty was able to make the minorities in the Quartet submit to them during the Zhenguan period? Although Tang Taizong and his Lingyan Pavilion heroes were indeed rare and virtuous monarchs and ministers, there is no doubt that the equipment of the Tang army at that time was first-class, and the smelting of military ordnance, etc. And other technologies, ethnic minorities have not yet mastered.The current surrounding ethnic groups are no longer compared to the Xiongnu in the Han Dynasty. At that time, most of the arrows used by the Xiongnu army were ground from animal bones, but the current ethnic minorities have mastered quite high forging and smelting technology, especially from the Han Dynasty. Some more advanced blacksmithing techniques from the Arabs in the Western Regions even surpassed that of the Han people in the Central Plains.Then if you want to minimize your own casualties, you must work hard on the battle armor.

Today, Chang'an still has its own iron mines and coal mines, which are ready-made combinations of the two, supplemented by the financial resources provided by the government, and the superb forging and smelting technology provided by many foreign businessmen. Everyone in the elite troops is equipped with iron helmets and plate breastplates to protect the vitals, and their offensive weapons are far beyond the opponent.

Of course, Duan Mingyu's purpose has always been to cherish oneself with a broom, as long as his magical right army is equipped, there is no need to arm Tian Lingzi's [-] central army and Yang Fugong's [-] left army to the teeth.

As for mobility, Duan Mingyu is not much better than his opponent. The horses equipped by his cavalry are all smuggled BMWs. The horses that can be provided are limited, and the consumption is also limited. Moreover, their long-distance charging speed is far better than that of Mongolian horses. But the ability to run long distances is a bit weaker, and he doesn't need a lot of equipment, but it is not difficult to get enough horses in the area controlled by Duan Mingyu.

Since it is understood that cavalry is the king of combat troops, its mobility is dozens of times that of infantry.Although in a frontal confrontation, if the infantry is commanded properly, it may not necessarily suffer, and even the cavalry suffers more damage than the infantry, but the speed of the cavalry is dozens of times that of the infantry. If the cavalry is defeated, they can escape to avoid losses, while the infantry is defeated. If they fail, they will definitely collapse. The two are not on the same starting line at all. This is the flaw of the infantry.