Chapter 163: Decision
The news of the defeat of Su Dangui was transmitted back to the rear, and Pei Wen'an, the former army commander who was garrisoning on the border of Jinju, was taken aback when he learned of this battle report, and he was covered in a cold sweat, and he almost beheaded Su Dangui. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
But Su Dangui, as a powerful general, has good qualifications in the military, and has more prestige in the army than him, the soldier of the Governor's Mansion, after all, he is not a real general, so he hesitated, did not kill, but comforted them and let them go down to rest.
"Generals, now the vanguard army has suffered a lot of losses, which has affected morale, and the main force of the Sui army of 100,000 is about to arrive, how should we meet the enemy, please let a few generals speak freely and discuss together."
Wang Dan said: "This time the imperial court march is rushing, the soldiers are strong and strong, they are all elite soldiers, plus the division is famous, after the victory in the battle, the morale will definitely be like a rainbow!" Our army has just had a big defeat, and if we meet it head-on, I'm afraid it will be disadvantageous! ”
Pei Wenan nodded and said: "It makes sense, now our army still has 100,000, but it is not as good as the regular army of the imperial court, plus their morale is booming, we should take measures to avoid its edge, and then find an opportunity to ambush." ”
Wang Dan saw that his opinion was agreed by the main general, a smile appeared on his face, and he took the opportunity to say: "After the imperial army wins this great victory, maybe it will rush forward, our army can retreat step by step, and then set up an ambush on the way, leading the imperial army into the trap, we will catch the turtle in the middle of the war, even if only the vanguard army destroys it, we can also win back a city, give the imperial army a bitter face, and extinguish their prestige, so that the future war will have a chance of victory!" ”
General Ru Ru Tianbao shook his head and said: "What is this, retreating step by step, our army soldiers still think that they are really going to be defeated and retreat, how can they still insist on fighting spirit, maybe some people have already become deserters, but don't forget, we are rebelling this time, we are going to crusade against the capital, and we can't boost the arrogance of the imperial army, so when we fight head-on, destroy its vanguard army and main force!" ”
Wang Dan said: "It's easy to say, but the imperial army is commanded by Yang Su, this person can never be defeated, even the 300,000 Turkic army has been pushed by him, and he fights against him, relying on frontal combat, how can he have a chance of winning?" ”
"You are scared, you are cowardly before you fight, how can you have the courage to fight a decisive battle?"
"It's not a matter of being afraid or not, but going to the army to fight, you can't blindly seek force, if you can use a strategy, you should focus on the plan, and then kill."
The two generals had a disagreement and quarreled, and the rest of the lieutenants also supported and stood in line, and they were immediately divided into two camps.
Pei Wenan was also a little contradictory for a while, both sides made sense, and how to choose made him a little embarrassed.
Although he is a soldier of the governor's office, he is a civilian, and when he is not a general, he is full of wit, and he analyzes everything for the king of Han, and he is very strategic.
But when he straightens him and appoints the chief general, it will be a little difficult to control this position.
This is a common problem of literati, when he is not in power, he can only be a deputy and a strategist, he can have many ideas and ideas, but when he is in the main position, he hesitates, because to be a decision-maker, he needs a kind of courage, and his character must be decisive, ruthless, and hard-hearted, and literati generally can't do it.
Pei Wenan pondered for a long time, and finally spoke: "Several generals, it's better to be like this, General Ruru Tianbao led an army of 30,000 to fight with the vanguard army, our army is ambushed behind, once it wins, take advantage of the victory to pursue, even if it loses, you can lead the enemy into the encirclement, so that you can attack and defend, what do you think?" ”
"That's fine!"
"That's all there is to it."
When the generals heard the strategy of the main general Pei Wen'an, they took care of each other, and both sides compromised, and they all nodded and agreed for the time being.
Pei Wenan breathed a sigh of relief, this time he led the army, he finally realized that in the past, when he looked at the art of war, it was not enough to have some strategies, and when he marched and fought, many times, he made a decision at the right time, which was very majestic and courageous, and it was very important to govern the army strictly. (To be continued.) )