Zhao Hao remembered that in his previous life, a good person had done a database of ancient wars, and according to his statistics, he came up with a surprising result - more people may not be able to win a battle, and winning more with less is the norm.

And observing the exploits of those famous generals can be said to confirm this conclusion all the time, Liu Bang led the princes of the Five Roads to attack Chu, and 560,000 people were hung and beaten by Xiang Yu 30,000 people in Pengcheng. During the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, 800,000 troops were raised but were pacified by Zhou Yafu in three months. Not to mention that Wang Mang asked Wang Xun to defend Kunming with 430,000 troops, but was defeated by Liu Xiu's 17,000 troops, and Wang Mang had no more available troops, which directly led to the fall of the New Dynasty and the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In addition, there are Chibi, Guandu, Weishui, etc., and many wars at the turning point of history are almost won with less.

So people came up with the conclusion that "if there are 10,000 more people, the IQ will be reduced by half". After analyzing it, Zhao Yu thought that it seemed reasonable, thinking that the ancient communication system was simple, basically 'the transmission relied on roaring, and the command relied on walking', and it was difficult for the commander to grasp all the military movements, and he could not command at all, which led to difficulties in the coordination of various departments. I think that when Alexander went east, there were 40,000 troops, and every time there was a battle, all the armies fought together, and the heralds had to run to death, so in the Battle of Gaugamela, this group could easily defeat the million-strong army of the Persian Empire at the cost of 2,400 killed.

Then there are too many soldiers, and generals are easy to be arrogant and complacent, which leads to self-confidence and underestimation of the enemy. This example is gone, even a cautious old driver like Cao Cao will overturn in Chibi because of excessive expansion. And Fu Jian's million-strong army claimed to be able to 'throw whips and cut off the stream', but they were beaten by 10,000 people of the Xie brothers in Weishui and fled, leaving behind the beautiful talk of 'the wind and cranes are all soldiers' that has been passed down through the ages.

In addition, as the saying goes, 'too many people don't work, too many chickens don't lay eggs', and in a cold-weapon war, you need to line up a military formation horizontally in order to expand your own combat area, so that you can give full play to the combat effectiveness of cold-weapon weapons. Because if you are in the platoon, the soldiers in the back can't hit people, which is equivalent to not existing, and waiting for the front row to die, the morale of the back row is long gone, so if there are too many soldiers and there is no suitable venue, it is equivalent to useless, but it will add to the chaos and waste valuable resources.

Of course, Zhao Yu thought that the most important reason why there were so many examples of winning more with less in history was probably because of the seriousness of the masses, and it was necessary to win more people if there were more people fighting and fewer people winning, and there was nothing to brag about at all, so naturally there was no record. So even if it is recorded in the history books, there is no famous capital, probably this is how the good fighters have no outstanding achievements!

At present, it is not impossible for the cavalry with superior strength proposed by Li Sanniang to crush their own battle formation if they launch a continuous assault at any cost. Zhao Hao thought that he could not be wrong, although it seemed a little incredible, but the frontal charge tactic of cavalry in rows and in unison had been used in the West for thousands of years, because practice proved to be the most effective and ferocious way of attack. And usually the cavalry faced five times as many enemies, and sometimes even one enemy and ten could win. But as he said, this also requires the right conditions......

"How sure is Your Majesty that this battle will be won with less?" Sure enough, after listening to the emperor's 'wild words', Li Sanniang questioned it again.

"Look, everyone!" Zhao Yu pointed to the map on the table and said, "Changlu Town is very close to Guabu Town, it can be said that you can reach it with your feet, but there is Chushui between them, although there is a pontoon bridge between the two places, as long as our army destroys the bridge, or sends a battalion of troops to guard the bridgehead, it is not easy for them to cross the river." In this way, the enemy along the way will not be able to reinforce Guabu Town! ”

"Your Majesty, at present, there is little water from the upstream, and the water flow is gentle, so you can cross the river by floating horses, but you don't have to cross the river from the pontoon bridge!" Li Sanniang said again.

"Okay, just as you said, the enemy cavalry chose another place to cross the river, but don't forget that we still have a naval army on Ilha Verde Island, will they watch the enemy cavalry cross the river at this time? Don't say that Chen Fenglin is negligent, if he is like this, he is not worthy of being the general who commands all armies, and he also has no eyes and no ability to know people. Zhao Yu didn't expect this little girl to be quite stubborn, constantly defending her point of view, he smiled.

"What Your Majesty said is very true, the navy has now completed the task of supporting the landing of the infantry army, and it can cruise in the river to prevent the enemy from crossing the river, so as to avoid the worries of the enemy on the back of my landing troops!" One of the soldiers nodded and said.

"Let's talk about the Hada Wanhu Mansion stationed in Liuhe, they are garrison troops, not only to undertake combat missions, but also to farm to support themselves. It would not be possible to be stationed together, but to be scattered over an area of hundreds of miles, right? Zhao Yu asked everyone rhetorically.

"That's natural, although there are only 7,000 regular soldiers under the jurisdiction of a 10,000-household government, there are still several times as many as their families and displaced households, with a population of no less than 40,000 or 50,000, and tens of thousands of hectares of land are cultivated. If we get together, we go out to farm together, and those who are close to the evening have already finished work and go home, and those who are far away are afraid that they have not yet reached the ground! Sihu said with a smile.

"Therefore, a 10,000-household household should be scattered and stationed in various places, and for the convenience of farming, even a thousand households should be separated from several lands. Therefore, after getting the news again, they still have to regroup before they can come to reinforcements, and what they found at the moment should be the nearest thousand households from Guabu Town. Zhao Hao sighed and said, "At present, the second division of our army participating in the war has a total of three regiments, a total of twelve battalions, and more than 9,000 troops. ”

"Well, Your Majesty is right. The enemy army entered the battle in batches, but turned its advantage into a disadvantage, and when it woke up, it had already lost most of it, and it was difficult to compete with our army; If its various units are assembled and go to battle again, our army will have completely annihilated the enemy in Guabu Town, completed the task of searching for the trapped people, and calmly retreated to Jiangbei, and they can only sigh in vain. One of the soldiers nodded.

"Your Majesty, the boat carrying the rescued and trapped people has returned, and it is about to enter the water village!" This is what the lookout post reported.

"Okay, I'm going to greet my hero of the Great Song Dynasty immediately!" Zhao Yu stood up and spoke, and everyone was also jubilant, with their return, it showed that most of the goals of launching this battle had been achieved. On the other hand, it is also to express his reverence for the emperor, thinking that for the sake of more than 20 soldiers, he did not hesitate to personally launch a big war. If he is in danger one day, he must have sacrificed his lives to rescue the emperor and the Pao Ze brothers......

At this time, Tan Fei was in a bitter battle. After he sent back the trapped people, he barely rested, and after replenishing ammunition, he rushed to Guabu Town, taking advantage of the enemy's main force to fight with his own side, the guard battalion detachment bypassed the battlefield and suddenly rushed into the town. The situation was similar to what he expected, as the soldiers stationed here were all in battle, the guards of the town were empty, and a dozen Mongolian soldiers patrolling outside the town were killed by a flurry of gunfire before they could take off their bows and arrows.

From the beginning of the battle in the early morning, the news of the landing of the southern army had already spread, and Qianhu Habichi gathered soldiers to meet the battle. But this time the battle did not end as some time ago, but the gunfire became more and more intense, and people felt that it was not a small fight of the Southern army, as the wounded and the dead were constantly sent back, people got the ferry and lost the battle, all the 100 troops stationed in the camp were killed, and thousands of Song troops went ashore.

As time passed, bad news came one after another, and Senhu Habichi's counterattack did not go well, and his son was killed in the battle. At the same time, the Song army raided Guabu Mountain, and the two hundred-man teams that surrounded and suppressed the soldiers of the Southern Army on the mountain suffered heavy casualties, and only less than thirty percent of them fled back.

More and more casualties were being returned, and the town was shrouded in a cloud of grief, with the families of the dead crying and claiming the bodies, and the families of the wounded busy seeking medical care and medicine. Many more gathered at Oulu, anxiously seeking news of their families and waiting for Oulu's orders to transport supplies, treat the wounded, and bury the dead.

At first, people thought that since the southern army had already rescued the people, they would withdraw their troops and leave. But as the morning passed, the fighting intensified, and not only did the beacon for help be lit, but the messenger was also Pegasus. And Oulu also announced with a gloomy face that all men in the family who were over fifteen years old and under sixty-five years old were to prepare their bows and horses, and to assemble at Oulu's place, ready to take part in the battle at any time, and that young and strong women were to serve in the camp.

At this time, Tan Fei rushed into the town, he found that the layout here is no different from the small town along the river in the south of the Yangtze River, it is also developed because of the river, built by the water, there is only a spacious main street about two miles long, and the shops and inns built on the street are adjacent to each other, showing the prosperity of the past, but now because the south of the Yangtze River has been recovered, the north-south trade has been interrupted, and it is inevitable that there will be a depression here. However, as the residence of a thousand households, tens of thousands of people are gathered around it, and it is not decaying.

The battle was raging at the front, but no one expected that the Song army would suddenly rush into the town, and people first thought of the defeat at the front, which immediately caused a great panic, and the few people on the street also scattered and fled, and the shops were closed. Tan Fei's trip was not to rob houses, nor to attack the city and plunder the land, let alone have the intention of looting, but to catch a few fleeing pedestrians and ask about the whereabouts of the Song soldiers in the lost town.

In the past, the Song army attacked the post house in the town and made a big fuss, and they were not able to kill all of them until now, so this matter can be said to be well known. After questioning separately, those people all said that there were indeed four Southern troops trapped in a room in the town, they held on for nearly a day, swore not to surrender, and finally thousands of households set fire to the house, seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, the four people destroyed their weapons, detonated the bomb and committed suicide. More than a dozen people were killed and wounded, but not even a single one was caught, and Qianhu Habichi was furious, and asked people to drag the corpse to the street next to Qianhu's house to expose the corpse to the public, in order to deter the southern army, and the corpse is still placed there.

After asking about the situation and the location of the Thousand Households, Tan Fei immediately led his troops to look for it. As the highest administrative body within a radius of tens of miles, it was not difficult to find, it was located in the center of the main street, and they searched all the way through, and soon found the bodies of the trapped soldiers abandoned on the street. However, due to the warmer weather and the bite and gnawing of wild dogs, it has become a pile of scattered white bones, and it is impossible to distinguish each other from each other, only the tattered military uniforms still show their identity.

Seeing this tragic situation, the guard battalion was full of grief and indignation, it was a misfortune to die on the battlefield, and the body was still abused in every way and eaten by dogs, which can be described as a great humiliation. But Tan Fei was not carried away by the anger, he knew that he was alone and could not stay for a long time, so he immediately sent guards to both ends of the long street, and quickly collected the bones of the martyrs, and evacuated as soon as possible after completing the task.

Everyone endured their grief to pick up the bones, but the bones were dragged by the beasts and were already incomplete, and it was difficult to piece them together by all means, and the bones of the four adult men finally only contained two backpacks, which made everyone even more sad. At this moment, there were gunshots and grenade explosions at both ends of the street, Tan Fei looked at both ends, and saw countless enemy horses rushing over at both ends of the long street, and more enemy horses were behind him when he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and he realized that the passage was blocked, and it was impossible to break through, after all, people couldn't outrun the horses after all.

"Enter a thousand households!" After Tan Fei saw the situation clearly, he gave up his plan to break through. And if it is difficult for them to resist the enemy cavalry in front and rear on the street, they must also have a strong place to defend it, otherwise they will still repeat the mistakes of the four robes on the exposed street.

The building of the Thousand Households is not unfamiliar to Tan Fei, its predecessor should be the dock wall built by the local big households, since the southern crossing of the Yangtze River has been in turmoil on both sides of the Yangtze River, as long as the wealthy families within the reach of the wealthy will be built, in order to resist foreign invasion and bandits. This kind of building adopts the layout of the outer moat and the inner house, like a miniature castle, with the defensive characteristics of moats and walls. Outside the fort dig a deep trench, build a wall, the suspension bridge and fort are readily available, the trench is three or four meters deep, the towering city wall can go to people and horses, there are pillboxes and arrow towers on all sides, from the appearance, it is as hard as an iron bucket and does not invade.

However, the former owner of the dock wall in front of him had limited financial resources, and the whole building was only about fifty acres, and there were no deep moats around it. In the past, there may have been, but due to lack of maintenance, it gradually silted up and was encroached upon by the surrounding houses, leaving only a small waterhole in front of it, but there was no suspension bridge, but a stone bridge was built. The outer wall is half a foot high, feasible for people to walk and horses, and there are corner towers at the four corners, which looks like a miniature square city from a distance.

At present, this building can indeed be described as a barrier, but as a yamen, how can Qianhu be guarded without soldiers, and they lack heavy weapons, and it is a difficult problem to seize it in front of them......