65 We must not win a small victory, but a big victory
Regarding this, after Lu Zhi summarized the information currently in the possession of the imperial court, Guo Peng volunteered, saying that he had discovered something.
Lu Zhi allowed Guo Peng to speak, and Guo Peng marked it on the map.
Guo Peng used the time of the arrival of the intelligence as a node to mark the scope of activities of the various branches of the Yellow Turban Army on the map, and finally came to the conclusion that the Yellow Turban Army did not fight together, but fought separately.
"You mean, the Yellow Turban Thieves have not formed a unified command, but are fighting separately, and have already messed up the rules?"
Lu Zhi saw what Guo Peng had marked out and saw some clues.
"Yes, Lu Zhonglang, you see, Zhang Jiao, as the leader of the thieves, should use their advantages to launch a siege against Luoyang when the Yellow Turban thieves are rising, and strive for everything possible to march to Luoyang, and strive to join Luoyang.
No matter how bad it is, they must connect their respective activity areas together, echo each other, and threaten our army with the advantage of numbers, but now Zhang Jiao is in Jizhou, a yellow scarf is in the Yingchuan area, and a yellow scarf is in the Nanyang area.
The three major Yellow Turban bandits fought separately, never leaving the area where they were fighting, and there was no sign of confluence, doesn't this just show that Zhang Jiao did not command the actions of the Henan Yellow Turban bandits at all? ”
The generals looked at each other, and they all felt that what Guo Peng said made sense, and they all looked at Lu Zhi, and saw that Lu Zhi was twisting his beard and thinking.
Leaning less, Lu Zhi nodded.
This is reasonable, Zhang Jiao's ability is not enough to command hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves, so that the Yellow Turban thieves are fighting separately and there is no sign of confluence, which is a good thing for our army.
In other words, we only need to wait for two armies, one south and one north, to level the Yellow Turban Thief Kou, and there is no need to worry about the Yellow Turban Thief Kou echoing north and south and rescuing each other! Gentlemen, this battle will be won! ”
Lu Zhi had a confident smile on his face, and he already had confidence in his heart.
Lu Zhi looked at Guo Peng again, and found that Guo Peng was very sensitive to a certain sense of smell in war, and if this ability was used well, it would definitely play a great role, and he became more and more satisfied with this disciple of his own.
It's really worthy of the proud disciple who has been teaching for several years.
Whether it is military or otherwise, it seems that he has extraordinary talents.
What is the potential of the general and the phase......
With a little practice and training, he will become a generation of famous generals, so that if he dies, the Han will not have no generals to use.
After that, Lu Zhi would ask Guo Peng to analyze the information he got as soon as possible.
The intelligence before arriving at the war zone showed that, as Guo Peng analyzed, the three Yellow Turban Divisions showed no signs of convergence at all, and they couldn't even see the offensive rules, and they were completely fighting indiscriminately.
"They are plundering the place, they are a group of poor, crazy, hungry and crazy people, all they think is to eat enough, they are to loot property, they have no idea of the overall plan, let alone overthrow the Han world, they are just a huge number of bandits, not rebels."
Guo Peng once again defined the current Yellow Turban Army, and Lu Zhi was very satisfied with such a judgment.
"In this way, breaking the Yellow Turban and quelling the rebellion is just an overnight matter."
Lu Zhi looked confident.
Guo Peng frowned, and couldn't help but speak: "Teacher, one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion, at the beginning of the Yellow Turban Incident, with the slogan of 'The Year is in Jiazi World', it can be seen that it is not an ordinary thief, but a thief who is bewitched by Zhang Jiao.
The homeless people are ignorant and ignorant of reason, what Zhang Jiao says, pretending to be a ghost a little, he believes it is true, taking Zhang Jiao as a ghost and god, and blindly obeying it, so that the Yellow Turban thieves may have some people who are not afraid of death, and their combat effectiveness is not as simple as we think.
In the middle of the day, dozens of counties and counties in the world have been lost, which shows the firmness of their beliefs, the momentum is like a rainbow, and the momentum of the Yellow Turban Bandits' attack has not been blocked. ”
Lu Zhi narrowed his eyes and nodded slowly.
"What Zifeng said, it is reasonable, although it is a rabble, it is not impossible to win the battle, if you underestimate them, I am afraid that we will suffer, we do not have many soldiers and horses, once defeated, I don't know if we can fight again, this battle, we must win, not a small victory, a big victory."
"Teacher, right now, Zhang Jiao is leading the main force of the Yellow Turban in the area of Yecheng in Wei County, plotting to attack the land of Henan, what should we do?"
Guo Peng asked.
Lu Zhi twisted his beard and said slowly: "There are many Yellow Turban thieves, but most of them are rabble, advanced army, spy on enough information before considering." ”
Guo Peng nodded, indicating that he understood.
As a result, Lu Zhi spoke again: "There are many plains in the area of Yecheng in Wei County, and the Yellow Turban Thieves have no cavalry, our army has cavalry, this is an advantage, Zifeng, the horse team you lead will come in handy, you have to be ready, this battle, you must go into battle to fight, for the division will watch you in the Chinese army." ”
Lu Zhi said this directly, although Guo Peng had expected it, he couldn't help but feel his heart beating, took a deep breath, and forcibly suppressed his uneasy emotions.
"Yes, teacher, the student knows."
What would it be like to go to the battlefield for the first time, to fight in the midst of thousands of armies for the first time?
Guo Peng didn't know, and of course he didn't want to know, but he had to know.
Ten days later, Lu Zhi led his army to the territory of Wei County, and the forward cavalry encountered many Yellow Turban scouts in the territory of Wei County and killed them, and among them there were also Yellow Turban scouts who escaped by luck.
So Zhang Jiao and others, who were besieging Yecheng on the Yellow Turban Army, knew that the reinforcements of the Han army had arrived, and learned that the Han army had increased cavalry, so they stopped besieging Yecheng and turned to besiege.
They focused their energies on the upcoming elite troops of Lu Zhisuo's troops, digging more ditches near the Yecheng camp and resisting the horses, so as to block the onslaught of the superior cavalry of the Han army.
Although they have no military literacy, they still have the common sense that the cavalry in the plains is relatively powerful, and the simple means of dealing with them are also reliable.
However, the cavalry of the Han army is certainly strong, the number is only more than 3,000, and the total strength is only 20,000.
It is not the main player in this war.
Lu Zhi first conveyed his identity as a knotster to the rebels in the surrounding counties and established his dominant position in the Zhangjiao crusade.
Then he issued a troop transfer order, ordered the rebels in the surrounding counties to move closer to him, and ordered the surrounding counties to provide grain, grass, ordnance and intelligence, and obey his unified command.
Since ancient times, the example of winning more with less has indeed shone brightly and shined on the history of war, but this is indeed a minority, and most of them are still familiar classic battles.
But from ancient times to the present, there have been thousands of wars.
There is no doubt that most battles end with equal or absolute superiority in forces, and there is no doubt that a small victory is a minority of the few.
It was a matter of national affairs, Lu Zhi did not dare to be sloppy, mobilized all the forces that could be relied on, ordered them to come to reinforce him, and raised the number of soldiers and horses to more than 30,000 in a short time.
However, Zhang Jiao's troops brought about 50,000 soldiers and horses to attack Yecheng, and the number was still far more than that of the Han army.
However, the core Central Army led by Lu Zhi is still very elite, even if it is a volunteer soldier, it is slightly better than the Yellow Turban in terms of equipment and combat quality.
If the two sides are in a dignified position to fight in the Great Plains, Zhang Jiao is not the opponent of the experienced Lu Zhi.
And that's exactly what happened.