I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 685 The last resort
Experience is accumulated because of experience. When doing anything, the state of mind for the first time and the state of mind afterward are completely different.

The Pathfinder team is just that.At the first larger gathering point, I did something that made me feel uncomfortable, and the soldiers still had a dark face for a few days.After attacking the second gathering point, they quickly recovered... After all, from the mouth of the guide, they knew that their mission would be completed soon.

"There will be an air epidemic in the future, we can no longer go all in one brain, or even the whole team to explore the way..."

"Choose the Death Squad. Some people go to explore the road first, forming what the officials call a relay. When and where the epidemic occurs must be marked in detail."

After clearing the last stronghold, the control of this channel is basically completed.The closer you are to success, the more cautious you should be.Therefore, the five teams of Pathfinders now need to discuss how to complete the final stretch of the road.

"Judging from our experience during this period, the qi epidemic has an adaptation process. For example, when I first started running, I felt a little short of breath after a few steps, but it didn't feel so uncomfortable afterwards."

Wang Shunchen was purely acting from his heart.It is undeniable that when people are tense and focus on certain feelings, that feeling will be much more sensitive and intense.In fact, on their way, there are hardly many areas above 3000 meters above sea level, and the altitude sickness is not obvious.The reason why he felt short of breath the first time he faced the horse bandits was actually caused by Wang Shunchen's psychological effects.

The real qi epidemic, on this road, focuses on the present mountain area, that is, where they are located and then to the northwest... Of course, in this era, only Zhao Xi understands this.

Wang Shunchen's words were obviously recognized by everyone.

Agreeing to agree, the five still followed Zhong Jianzhong's advice to act cautiously, and prepared to move forward in batches in a relay manner.

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When the Pathfinder team arrived, Zhao Xi and the entire ministers who knew the details were truly relieved.For the detection of a vital but unknown channel, it turned out that only three soldiers were killed and 12 were injured.

"Officials, the Hehuang Governor's Mansion has begun to be broken into pieces because of Dong Zhan's internal attachment, and troops have been sent westward. From this point of view, next year will be able to form a strategic encirclement deployment, which is better than the officials expected. One year earlier!"

Fu Bi is very optimistic. In this way, for the conquest of Xixia, the deployment of the western front will not be so urgent.

"This channel... how should I put it. It is estimated that it will be unblocked according to the time I estimated. Fu Xiang, the basic work will take a certain amount of time to complete."

As for that area, even without a guide, Zhao Xi knows that it is not so easy to get a partial division to pass through.

Xixia is located in Shazhou, Suzhou, and Ganzhou, and the army is about [-].

Guochao's combat plan for Xixia is a flanking attack, and this flanking attack refers to the flanking attack on Xingqing Mansion.This required that after crossing Dangjin Mountain, the Pianshi must quickly get through Shazhou, Suzhou, Ganzhou, and Liangzhou. Before Xingqing Mansion could react, the soldiers pointed directly at Xingqing Mansion.

Only in this way can the party members be completely despaired... their way to the west will be cut off, and their strategic depth will be lost.Only in this way can the goal of double-teaming be achieved.

In order to achieve this, the partial division must have an overwhelming advantage in terms of combat power, equipment, and numbers.

This requires a large amount of soldiers and supplies to be transported through this road.And this channel, according to Zhao Xi's understanding, is probably less than half a year for the Central Plains people to survive.

"Officials, now the Pathfinder has completely controlled the passage, and has basically reached the edge of the sandbar controlled by Xixia. After the settlement of Qingtang, the imperial court sent engineers to go there. One year is enough to complete the infrastructure of the military station relay..."

Such an idea is probably what most important ministers think.

"This matter... From the information of all parties, this passage is suitable for passage, or the time suitable for the people of the Central Plains to survive is only half a year at most."

"The entire area of ​​this passage, most of the distance, was covered by heavy snow for nearly half a year. It was really heavy snow, which made it impossible for people and livestock to pass through."

"For nearly half a year or even more than half a year, all people can do is cat winter, and they can hardly do anything."

"The way of heating there is to use the dung of livestock to dry and burn it as firewood. Even if there is very little firewood, let alone coal."

"In such an environment, it is impossible for us to garrison too many troops. The long winter and the supplies of the soldiers determine that there cannot be too many garrisons... This is why I dared to let 200 people explore the way. There cannot be too many troops there." Lots of troops."

After Zhao Xi finished speaking, he handed Fu Bi the excerpts that he had been looking through the pile of old papers and finally found.

It was really hard.Zhao Xi knew this situation well, but it was difficult to convince the cabinet ministers out of thin air.

Therefore, he looked through almost all the books, looking for some records about the winter in that area.

I was stunned, and the cabinet ministers were stunned after reading it.

No one thought it would be like this.

Perhaps everyone has heard of Liaodong Leng, and even blamed climate for the defeat of the previous dynasty's conquest of Goguryeo.

But I didn't expect that this area, which is farther north than Hebei, would have such a climate.

Even people's activities will be restricted, and there will be no engineering soldiers to forge soldiers and fortifications.It will take a year to reach the relay station mentioned by the officials...~ It should be half a year in spring and summer.

This year, the channel will be opened and controlled, and some soldiers will be left behind.

Next year, engineers will be sent westward, and military stations will be built along the way...~ If we want to launch an attack on Xixia, it will be the year after next at the earliest.

"Officials, should the Hehuang Governor's Mansion be broken up into pieces and the westward march of troops should be stopped?"

"Well! The imperial court must have a special edict on this matter. State the specific situation and ask the Governor's Mansion of Hehuang to determine the number of soldiers for the westward march based on the various items they carry for the winter."

"In addition, after the pathfinder team completed the pathfinding mission, they retreated to Hehuang to rest and observe the impact of the soldiers' trip on the combat power, so as to evaluate the combat power of the later division."

"I consider that the spoils captured by the Pathfinder team in the process of opening the passage this time should be enough for one or two thousand soldiers to spend the winter."

"The key point is to explain to the Hehuang Governor's Mansion that the soldiers marching westward should bring enough warm and cold items, from clothes to coal, and even the heating furnace in the workshop city."

This is an impossible choice.

Even though the Pathfinder team had almost no delays along the way, it took nearly four months to complete the pathfinding and then turn back. This trip took nearly four months.

Starting at the end of May, four months later, it will be time for this passage to be covered with heavy snow.

(End of this chapter)