Chapter 42: The Expedition

The generals were speechless for a while, neither is this cavalry faction, nor is it a non-faction. What's more, the cavalry of the Han army is too small, the Zhenxi army has 5,000 cavalry, the Pingxi army has 2,000, plus the 3,000 cavalry in Longxi, but 10,000. Hu cavalry has 50,000, no more, the same number, under the same conditions, in a battle, the Han cavalry is also more defeated and less victorious.

What's more, there is no benefit of scouts, and I don't know that there are few Hu riders in Weiyuan and Zhangxian areas.

As soon as Fan Zeng saw that everyone was silent, he said: "King, although this strategy is quite subtle, however, it will be defeated by this strategy. ”

The words were not shocking, and when everyone was scratching their heads and thinking about how to break the situation, Fan Zeng had already asserted that he would be defeated.

Zhao Ming sighed in his heart: This is the gap between the three of them, Changsun Sheng is very good, he can see problems through appearances, and it is difficult to hide from him on the battlefield.

Yue Fei is stronger than Changsun Sheng, not only looking at the problem through performance, but also pondering the military intentions of others from the problem.

And Fan Zeng, whether it is the appearance, the problem, or the military intentions of others, he has long understood it, and when the generals were still thinking about the first two steps, he was already thinking about a way to break the situation.

Changsun Sheng is definitely a handsome talent, sitting on one side to preside over a battle, and can be regarded as outstanding in the entire history.

Yue Fei can preside over a war, which is stronger than Changsun Sheng.

But Fan Zeng can plan and direct a battle. Neither Yue Fei nor Changsun Sheng can do this.

Of course, if it was just a battle or war, in front of the two armies, Fan Zeng might not be stronger than them.

Hearing Fan Zeng say this, Zhao Ming didn't dare to think too much, and hurriedly asked, "Father, please elaborate." ”

Fan Zeng Zhengse said: "Those who are worried about our army, Hu Qiye." With 50,000 horsemen, if it is a field battle, our army will be defeated. However, Na Mi cut off his arm and divided his troops away, and Fan asserted that the Hu cavalry in the Weiyuan and Zhangxian areas ranged from 20,000 to 30,000 at least and 30,000 to 40,000 at most. The Hu cavalry in the Weiyuan and Zhangxian areas must ensure the total annihilation of our Han cavalry, and they will also be responsible for attracting our army to encircle and suppress, and the number will not be too small. ”

Fan Zeng said this, took a sip of tea, and continued: "Even if it is conservatively estimated, there are 20,000 to 30,000 Hu riders in Weiyuan and Zhangxian areas. In this way, only half of the combat power of Hu cavalry is left, and at this time Qianghu's sharp spirit has been lost, the king should take this opportunity to raise the army and Qianghu decisive battle, first defeat the misi, and then return to Weiyuan, Zhangxian. ”

What Fan Zeng said was not a strategy, but the only correct choice that the Han army could make after analyzing the situation.

Only by fighting a decisive battle first can we save the situation.

If you really take 20,000 or 30,000 Hu cavalry, it is no less than 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers, and after removing the strength of the Ada Division, in fact, the strength of the Qiang and Hu troops and the strength of the Han army have been basically equal.

However, the individual combat strength of the Qiang Hu soldiers was far stronger than that of the Han army.

To be honest, the combat power of the Western Army is already the top in the Yan Dynasty now, the combat power of the Longxi Army is stronger, most of them are locals in Longxi, the people of Longxi are fierce, no one is not martial, and no one knows how to bow.

But even so, compared to these Qianghu soldiers who danced with wolves on the grassland, they were still a few points weaker.

But the situation is like this, if you don't fight, you will lose, and Zhao Ming can't be allowed to hesitate anymore, it's a big deal to use the dark chess, where are there five or six thousand cavalry with strong combat power in the Hungry Tiger Valley and the Ada Department, and when the battle is over, if it is attacked from the back of Qianghu, it will win.

Although it is exposed that dark chess is not good for the future, if this move is not good today, there is no future to speak of.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ming took the case and said: "That is the case, I have made up my mind, first break the mystery, and then help General Yang Ye." ”

After speaking, Zhao Ming suddenly thought of something again, and said: "However, if Na Mi Dang is unwilling to fight with me, and hangs up the battle exemption card with our army, and defends the camp to the death, although the Hu camp is loose and uneven, it is not conducive to our army's strong attack, if at that time, how to break the camp?" What's more, if I am confused, defend the camp inside, and send Hu cavalry to constantly harass our army, our army is in the field, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the harassment of Hu cavalry, and the loss will not be small, and after a long time, the fear of the army will be shaken. ”

Zhao Ming can think that this is already a great progress, and he reversed the events of the previous few days, combined with the advantages of Hu Qi's harassment, and deduced a tactic that Qiang Hu might adopt, but it also looked like it, and all aspects were taken into account.

Sure enough, people who love to use their brains have improved, and they only listen to the system say:

"Didi...... Congratulations to the host for successfully trying to deduce the battle situation, and the intelligence is increased by three. ”

Zhao Ming hurriedly called up his data.

Name: Ming Zhao

Age: 14

Domination: 56

Force: 68

Intelligence: 78

Politics: 84

Charisma: 45

Loyalty: 90 (Zhao Yi)

Specialty: None

In the past few months, the commander has made the greatest progress, leading troops several times, and under the influence of Fan Zeng, he has made rapid progress, adding 12 points.

With the addition of four points to the force, the progress is also great. Martial arts Zhao Ming is the most diligent, he knows that there is no age limit for intelligence, politics or anything, and it is no problem to learn slowly in the future, but in terms of martial arts, what level can he reach before the age of eighteen, maybe he will stay there for the rest of his life. Zhao Ming also knew that he couldn't punch Lu Bu like other traversers, stepping on Yu Wenhua, he probably wouldn't be able to reach 100 in this life, and if he could rush to 90, he would be satisfied, at least he would be a first-class general.

Intelligence is the least progressive, martial arts, reading this is daily, but the book has been read a lot, originally only added a little intelligence, but I didn't expect today's one plus is three points, it seems that to achieve live learning and use to increase intelligence, reading dead books is really useless.

Politics has improved by two points, and charm has also increased by three points, to become a person with personality charm like Liu Bang, Liu Bei, and Li Shimin, who can attract subordinates to worship their heads, there is still a long way to go, and at present, they can only rely on the loyalty tied by the system and the prestige left by their father to attract talents, and they are still relatively wasteful.

Loyalty has dropped by three points, and he is really an ambitious person.

Hearing Zhao Ming's deduction, Fan Zeng nodded and said: "What the king said is very true, this point, the minister also thought of it, but there is no good plan for the time being, but it is difficult for the minister." ”

Everyone was helpless for a while, but Zhao Ming suddenly remembered a battle example, his eyes lit up, and he said, "We may be able to use the Fire Ox Formation to break his camp." ”

Although Yue Fei and the others have no memory of their previous lives, and they don't remember the battle example of this fire bull array during the Warring States period, the word "fire bull array" is simple and easy to understand, and everyone is happy when they hear it.

There are six or seven hundred cattle in Zhao Ming's Xincheng pasture, all of which were copied by Jia Xu from the major scholars, some of them were ploughing cattle and some were herding cattle. Those ploughing cattle, Zhao Ming is preparing for the beginning of spring for the people to reclaim the cultivated land, this time in order to break the Qiang Hu, the miser Zhao Ming also made a bloody capital, the fire ox rushed to the camp, and in the end I am afraid that less than one percent can survive.

This tactic may have been successful for the Qianghu, but it was difficult for the Han army to achieve. The defense capability of the Han army's heaviest camp is also because the Han army is good at robbing camps, and the defense ability in the village is too weak, so it is the way to defeat. The Qianghu camp is loose, which is also the characteristic of the Qianghu nomads, not to mention that it is just a temporary camp, even if it is a place for grazing on weekdays, the defense capability may not be much better.

After everyone discussed the details again, Zhao Ming sent a letter to Yang Ye and the counties, ordering the counties to temporarily gather the people and stick to the city. He also sent cavalry, pretending to save Weiyuan and Zhangxian, but in fact he went to Xincheng to be a bodyguard for the cattle, and then ordered Lu Deng to buy the people's cattle at a high price in Lintao.

Five days later, more than 1,000 oxen were gathered and transported to the camp of Didao.

Everything is ready, and the decisive battle is just around the corner.

Zhao Ming took a deep breath and raised the account.

When the generals arrived, Zhao Ming said: "The willfulness has been decided, tomorrow's decisive battle, no victory, no return, the generals obey the order." ”

"Whoa."

"Eldest Sun Sheng."

"The end will be."

"Order your department to be the vanguard, only allowed to advance, not to retreat, be sure to take the lead for the lonely king, if defeated, beheaded!"

"Whoa."

"Yue Fei."

"The end will be."

"Order your department to escort the fire ox behind General Changsun, and seize the opportunity to drive the fire ox to attack the camp."

"Whoa."

"Wang Qing."

"The end will be."

"Order you to lead 10,000 horses from your headquarters, if you see the fire ox attacking the camp and the enemy camp is chaotic, immediately send troops to attack the enemy camp with Yue Fei, and be sure to gain a firm foothold in the Hu camp and open a gap for the army."

"Eldest Sun Wunai (eldest son of Eldest Sun Sheng), Wang Erhammer (brother of Sledgehammer), Mu Yu."

"The end will be."

"Order the three of you to lead the cavalry of the headquarters, if you see Wang Qing and Yue Fei open the gap, don't hesitate, immediately lead the troops to attack, and then attack in three ways, don't care about the rear team, just rush and kill, no matter how many casualties, don't turn back, even if the whole army is annihilated, you must disrupt the enemy camp."

"Whoa."

"Zhang Kui, Yuan Hu, Yuan Xiang, Huang Sang." These four people are the chief generals of the four counties of Tianshui, Fufeng, Wudu, and Yinping.

"The end will be."

"You wait for the four of you to lead the soldiers and horses of the county, and attack the enemy camp after the cavalry, and be sure to kill the enemy when you see it. It's not that the lone king looks down on you and others, it's just that there are many slacking people in the soldiers of the four counties who are waiting for you, if you don't dare to take the order, just give up, if you can't do it, the lone king will behead you and wait. ”

"Whoa."

"King's sledgehammer."

"The end will be."

"Order you to be the commander of the army, command 10,000 towns and western troops to enforce the law, if there are those who disobey military orders, those who do not listen to the drums, and those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, they will be beheaded."

"Whoa."

"The rest of the soldiers and horses will follow the king to sit in the rear army and act when the opportunity arises."

Early the next morning, the battle began.

Zhao Ming's three armies pulled out of the camp and poured out.

Changsun Sheng led 18,000 horses from his headquarters to take the lead in attacking. (went to two thousand cavalry)

Thirty miles away from Hu Ying, the gate of Hu Ying was opened, and thousands of cavalry left the camp and went straight to Changsun Sheng.

Thirty miles away, although Changsun Sheng did not know that Hu Qi was out of the camp, but he knew that this battle was difficult to fight, and the vanguard was even more difficult to fight, and behind him was a thousand fire oxen related to success or failure.

Don't dare to be careless, keep a formation along the way, and dozens of miles of land will be there in the blink of an eye for Hu Qi.

After walking two miles, I saw smoke and dust in front of me, and Changsun Sheng knew that Hu Qi was coming.