Chapter 83: On the way back, King Zhou expands his army

"Lord Wang, what are we doing here? Could it be ......" A personal soldier next to him asked in a low voice, but was stopped by Gongsun Jian, and then pointed to a row of dark tents in the distance, signaling everyone to hide and wait quietly to watch the play.

After only about a stick of incense, more than a dozen figures were found to appear and sneak into the vicinity silently. Less than a cup of tea passed, a pillar of fire rose into the sky, accompanied by a violent explosion. Suddenly, the camp of the Sixth Division was as lively as boiling water.

Gongsun Jian waved his hand and signaled his soldiers and himself to quietly retreat. When he returned to his camp, Gongsun Jian smiled and said to those soldiers: "Have you seen it, no one of us in the camp will notice, let alone the people of the special operations brigade." ”

"Lord Wang, that's a heavy farming of grain and grass, why is the Sixth Division so negligent?" One of the soldiers questioned.

"Hahaha, that's a fake." Gongsun Jian laughed and explained, "Do you think Zhu Zequan is so stupid? But he's still a little tender. Wait. There will definitely be news in a moment. ”

"What? Is that a fake grain warehouse? ”

"Well, if my guess is correct, Zhu Zequan has prepared at least seven or eight such fake warehouses. Count him as a boy and be cautious. What a pity! The explosion just now will surely alarm everyone, and the real warehouse will be exposed. ”

When all the soldiers heard this, they all looked at each other, and none of them spoke again. All of them were calculating the outcome of the battle in their minds. This prince of his own family is really not an ordinary person, not only did he calculate the actions of the special operations brigade exactly right, but also guessed the deployment of the sixth division.

After a short time, someone from outside came in to pass the ceremony, saying that the other adults had already gathered, waiting for the prince to pass, and there was a new report on the results.

Gongsun Jian came to the camp where everyone was concentrated, and soon learned the result of the battle. A platoon of the 6th Division's garrison of the false warehouse was wiped out, but there was no loss of supplies. The only puzzling thing is that all the troops on the perimeter of the 6th Division have lost contact, and that is a full battalion of troops. Needless to say, the strength of this battalion is estimated to be reimbursed. The purpose of the Special Operations Brigade was not to destroy the grain and grass warehouses of the Sixth Division, but to create chaos within it, first, to find out the true location of the warehouses, and second, to take the opportunity to attack and kill the outermost alert troops of the Sixth Division.

In just one night, the Sixth Division lost a battalion and two platoons, while the other side did not lose a single person, which made Zhu Zequan very annoyed.

So taking advantage of the fact that there was little danger during the day, Zhu Zequan quickly made adjustments, in addition to leaving enough defensive troops, organizing manpower to search near the station, and sending elite troops to try to find and annihilate the living force of the special operations brigade.

It is right to take the initiative to attack, but for a unit like the special operations brigade, Zhu Zequan's approach seems to be a bit miscalculated, and the most important thing is that he should not disperse his troops. Instead, we should concentrate all our forces in the wilderness and look for opportunities to fight each other. Even if you don't have the opportunity to start a large-scale battle with the other side, you can delay it for at least three days.

This is the judgment and explanation given by Gongsun Jian. Of course, he only explained these words to his own personal guards, and did not tell anyone else, after all, these personal guards around him are the objects of his current training, they protect their own safety, and he teaches them more combat knowledge, maybe one day some of these people will be sent out to serve as the military commander of a unit. After all, the two military academies are still under construction, so he will first use the people around him to practice his hands.

Sure enough, many of the search units sent out by the Sixth Division during the day soon lost contact. And once the contact is lost, it means that it is very likely to be wiped out by the special operations brigade. But that was nothing, and in the afternoon there were again explosions and riots at the garrison of the 6th Division. This time, however, it was a real grain and grass warehouse that was attacked. Fortunately, Gongsun Jian guessed that both sides would target each other's grain and grass logistics in an attempt to cut off each other's security systems, so in order to avoid the food being wasted, he chose substitutes to serve as grain and grass for both sides. The real food and drink of the two units is provided daily by the Logistics Department.

At this time, Zhu Zequan realized the seriousness of the problem. Immediately ordered to shrink all forces and form an extraordinarily tight defensive circle. And each important position was heavily guarded, and the number of sentinels was tripled.

When all this was done, the time came again to night, after the previous night and the day today. The 6th Division lost nearly a regiment of troops, which was equivalent to a third of its men. However, the special operations brigade only 'killed' more than a dozen people. Such a disparity in comparison made everyone particularly shocked.

Now, many people are beginning to believe that perhaps the Special Operations Brigade may really be able to completely annihilate the Sixth Division in three days. But how did they do all this?

Gongsun Jian was naturally very clear about this problem, but he didn't want to explain it to everyone. After all, this force will become a sharp weapon in his hands in the future. So keeping it mysterious is key.

The tide of the battle was moving more and more in a direction unfavorable to the 6th Division. And Zhu Zequan became more and more restless. By the evening of the next day, his men were just over a regiment long. And the casualties of the special operations brigade have just exceeded 100.

If the Special Operations Brigade no longer attacks at this time, but puts on a posture and fights head-on with the Sixth Division, then the final result of the Sixth Division can only be defeat, after all, their numerical advantage is no longer there. At this time, Gongsun Jian began to move, he secretly sent out all the guards around him, and then called Zhu Zequan to his big tent to give advice.

That night, Gongsun Jian, Zhu Zequan and Xu Huaizhi and other generals led 500 elites and 100 guards under him to quietly leave the station of the Sixth Division.

The team walked through the mountains and fields, and remained silent the whole time. He also stopped at a predetermined location to recuperate and wait for further news. It didn't take long for a personal guard platoon commander to find Gongsun Jian's low report.

"Lord Wang, I have found out, the brigade headquarters of the Special Operations Brigade is in a mountain col about five miles away from here."

"Didn't alarm the other party?" Gongsun Jian asked in a low voice.

"The other party is very vigilant, and there are a lot of dark sentinels on the periphery. We were able to infiltrate after taking out two outposts. ”

Gongsun Jian frowned slightly when he heard this, and then quickly ordered: "Leave a hundred people led by Zhu Zequan to quickly advance towards the other party's headquarters." Be sheltered along the road. The others followed me on a detour. ”

"Lord Wang, is a hundred people enough? That's the other party's headquarters. Xu Huaizhi asked in a low voice.

"Nope. Zhu Zequan's troops were sent to death. We touched each other's outposts, and Xie Wu would soon notice the anomaly, and the most likely outcome would be for him to immediately transfer the command or ambush us on our way. From what I know about Xie Wu, he will mostly ambush us. Therefore, Zhu Zequan went to attract the other party, and we followed behind to surround the ambush soldiers of the other party. Although this can't change the current situation of the Sixth Division, it would be a good result if Xie Wu could be eliminated. ”

Just as Gongsun Jian guessed, after discovering that he was missing two secret sentinels, Xie Wu immediately guessed the other party's intentions, and led his men to ambush Zhu Zequan's strange soldiers on the way into the mountain pass. But he never expected that behind Zhu Zequan, there was such a yellow finch as Gongsun Jian waiting.

After all, it was just a competition and exercise, so the results came out quickly. Zhu Zequan and his 100 decoys were all 'killed' in battle, and Xie Wu, who led people to ambush Zhu Zequan, and more than 200 soldiers of his special combat brigade were also unfortunately 'killed'. Fortunately, the deputy brigade commander of the special operations brigade, as well as the command system, were transferred in time before. Therefore, although Xie Wu himself was 'killed in battle', it did not affect the combat strength of the special operations brigade.

At this time, the garrison of the 6th Division was also garrisoned by less than 1,000 men. Therefore, the special operations brigade launched a large-scale attack. Before the time came, the battle was over. Only the 500-person raid team led by Gongsun Jian was still alive more than 100, and all the other 6th Division's more than 5,000 people were finished.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, the main generals of both sides participating in the competition and all the members of the observation group gathered in the tent of the sixth division. Gongsun Jian sat on the main seat, looked at the dejected generals of the Sixth Division below, and said with a smile: "It's okay to fail, but the most important thing is to find a problem in failure, and then find a way to solve it." Through this competition, I can see that the officers and men of the Sixth Division are still training very hard and conscientiously in peacetime. This is commendable. But what I'm saying here is that you can't stick to the rules. There is a cloud in the art of war: 'water is impermanent, and soldiers are impermanent'. Learn to be flexible at all times. As he spoke, Gongsun Jian looked at Zhu Zequan, who bowed his head and was silent, and said, "General Zhu, do you understand what you are doing wrong?" ”

When Zhu Zequan heard this, he immediately stood up and bowed down and replied: "Lord Wang, the changes in the formation of subordinates are too rigid. Counting on being able to rely on the numerical advantage to hold out to the end. But ...... "Speaking of this, Zhu Zequan couldn't go on." This failure was too much of a. If it weren't for the fact that Gongsun Jian took him and his subordinates to attack the opponent's headquarters and kill Xie Wu. Then this competition is a complete defeat.

"Nope. You still don't get it. Gongsun Jian shook his head with a smile, then looked at the people present and said loudly: "There is a famous person who said that war is a continuation of politics. All wars are in the service of politics, just like the last time we took back Zhenyuanguan, without strong combat effectiveness, will Wu Guoguo easily give up Zhenyuanguan? But sometimes war doesn't mean you're going to win if you're strong. Take this competition between the Sixth Division and the Special Operations Brigade as an example, Xie Wu, a bastard, has already lost from the beginning. And Zhu Zequan's mistake is that his thinking is still stuck in the thinking of a martial artist. That's why I asked Huang Wenyuan to speed up the preparation of the two military academies. ”

As he spoke, the smile on Gongsun Jian's face became even stronger. Then he looked at the people who were puzzled, especially Xie Wu and Zhu Zequan, and continued: "The reason is very simple, Xie Wu is too arrogant. If he can't completely annihilate the Sixth Division in three days, even if he loses. That is to meet a brainless general like Zhu Zequan. If it were me, I would just run away with the Sixth Division, I wouldn't fight you, just run away vigorously, I see what you Xie Lao Wu has to be able to annihilate me in three days. ”

"Lord Wang, you're too scoundrel in this way, aren't you?" Xie Wu muttered in a somewhat unconvinced whisper.

"Scoundrel. Hahaha, it's a shame that Xie Lao Wu can say such things. What is the war fought for? It's all about winning. As long as I can win, what method do you care I use? For example, I take the Sixth Division all the way, leaving behind secret marks that only my own people can understand, and then leaving a small number of people along the way to monitor your movements, and when everyone is tired along the way, I will find out your command system, and then concentrate on giving you a full blow. Do you think that in the end, you will completely annihilate my Sixth Division or will it be possible for me to completely annihilate it? ”