Lu Songduo asked Liu Yang for orders, wanting to help set a trap and annihilate Zhao Jun Guo Taisuo's department. Liu Yang shook his head and waved his hand: "Although the Qing Department is elite, it is inconvenient to run away for a long time, I am afraid that I will not be able to stop the enemy horse." ”

Lu Songduo hurriedly said: "The general thinks that our troops can't run away for a long time, and everyone is heavily armored, and the horses are also armored. However, if you remove your armor and remove your armor, we will each have three horses, how can we not stop Guo Taizhi? "Heavy cavalry takes off their armor, that's light cavalry, how can it be so simple, don't you understand?

Liu Yang was dumbfounded and said, "Don't Meng Lang!" The secretary is accustomed to heavy armor and trample on the enemy's position head-on, how can he sacrifice his own strengths, and on the shortcomings of people, he unloads his armor and gallops with the light cavalry of thieves? Ann Youshengli?! "Light and heavy cavalry, the tactical application is very different, and the direction of ordinary training is also different, not that you can change your position in an instant by changing equipment. Besides, if your subordinates are not subordinates, they will only have less than 400 cavalry, how can they fight with Guo Tai's thousands of cavalry?

Since Lu Songduo dared to ask for orders, these questions had naturally been considered for a long time, and he immediately replied: "Our people have three horses each, and three people can also ride, and they can get more than a thousand when they take off their armor and turn into light horses." And the use of our ministry is just to lure Mrs. Guo to shortlist, and cut off his way back, and he is defeated, so he doesn't have to compete with him head-on. Whether this battle can be won or not is not in our department, but in the general's planning, and whether the infantry can be used; Only to tie up his army and block the enemy's distance, the responsibility lies with me. ”

His words were quite reasonable, and Yao Yizhong next to him had been basically convinced. But Liu Yang still didn't allow it, and said: "Qing and the others are all refining and refining, and the horses are also Kansai Liangji, the cost of a soldier, when he rides ten, when he is a foot soldier, how can he be wasted?" If there is any loss, how can I explain it to the Grand Duke? ”

Even Yao Yizhong couldn't listen to these words, so he immediately stood up and persuaded him: "General, the reason why a strong soldier is strong is that it can destroy the front and fall into battle, break the enemy and win. As the general said, the cost of a cavalry soldier can be when he rides ten and when he has a hundred foot soldiers, then he will kill ten horsemen and kill a hundred soldiers on the battlefield, and he will naturally not hesitate to spend and lose without regrets. If not, the thief's ten horsemen and a hundred pawns will look at the armor from afar and tie their hands? ”

Liu Yang has a relatively mild temper and is easy to talk to, so Yao Yizhong didn't treat Chen An as deliberately as he did in front of him, and he was so polite that he was almost flattering.

Immediately, Yao Yizhong pleaded for Lu Songduo from a strategic height: "General, now Shihu will cross the main force eastward, Yao Temple is in danger, and I am looking for my help, but I can't help, why?" Chen Chuan is guarding Xiping City, which is really not a problem, and the only person I am worried about is Mrs. Guo. If I go out of the division, I am afraid that it will be disturbed, resulting in the slowness of the army, then once Shi Hu returns to the division, our army will not return to the city, it is bound to be dangerous!

"If you can annihilate Mrs. Guo, or kill the light cavalry of the department, it will naturally be difficult to disturb me, and I am in Fenxi, and there will be a lot of room for maneuver, and it will be convenient to support Yao Temple. There was no good opportunity before, the general was cautious, and refused to go out of the city with General Chen to attack him, so he just gave up; This good opportunity is given by God, even if it is ominous, how can it be missed? Once missed, General Chen went to attack Gaoliang, but only slightly tied up Shihu, the siege of Yaoci can not be solved, when it is defeated, Shihu will return to Fenxi, then the situation of Pingyang City Defense, will be more difficult than before! The general thinks twice.

"And now, even if the armor of the hundred exercises, once lost, can successfully destroy Guo Tai, and then respond to the Yao Temple, so that Shihu Dun's soldiers can not win under the city, and they are unwilling to give up, and they are tired and weak, and finally the reinforcements after the autumn arrive, and they will break the mountain in one fell swoop, and then go straight to Jinyang, all of them have to merge with the state, between the ten months, the world is half determined, what is the regret? How could the Metropolitan Governor blame the general?

"General, it is the destiny and duty of heaven to wrap the body of the general's horse leather and fill the trench for the corpse of the pawn, if you can break the enemy, what is the regret of death? If you can't break the enemy, you will be strong and strong, and you will be a shame not to die! ”

Lu Songduo listened, nodded again and again, and said, "What General Yao said is true!" The various departments and thieves fought fiercely, Yao Temple was surrounded by thieves, only our armor was the strongest, the spear halberd was the sharpest, the food was the finest, and the daily cost was the greatest, but they could not go out to destroy the enemy and make meritorious contributions, but they succumbed to the city wall, and the soldiers were all ashamed of it - I hope that the general will allow the last general to ask, otherwise I am afraid that the more I will not fight, and the more the spirit of the armor and cavalry will be weak! ”

Liu Yang was originally ranked the highest among Pei's generals - after Zu Li's Eastern Expedition, before Tao Kan crossed to the north - but then he was gradually suppressed by Zhen Sui, and even Guo Mo, the main reason is that he used his troops to hold his weight, although there was no big defeat, but there were few big victories (defeating Shi Sheng before, it was an exception to boost his prestige), and the so-called "good fighters have no great merit" is also. But his weakness is also obvious, that is, he is more cautious, not brave than enough, and he thinks a little too much about the gains and losses.

In fact, this was also influenced by Pei Gai to a certain extent. After Pei Gai parted ways with Zu Ti in Xuzhou, he personally recruited and trained soldiers, weapons were afraid of being bad, supplies were not enough, training was not strict, morale was not low, and the effort was not under the famous generals of the world, and the amount of money and materials invested was difficult for even Zu Ti and his ilk to match. So since he is so attentive, he is naturally very treasured, even if he dies a few soldiers, Pei Gai will be extremely painful, and even go to sacrifice in person.

His attitude and behavior greatly encircled the hearts of the generals and boosted the morale of the army, but in terms of specific operations, he also formed the characteristic of being too heavy-handed, or more precisely, weak. Since ancient times, even if the elite army is, as long as it goes into battle, how can there be immortals? Of course, how to inflict great damage on the enemy and reduce the casualties of your own army is a question that deserves to be considered and considered repeatedly by the general, but if you want to win without damage, it is pure fantasy.

This is the meaning of the so-called "mercy does not control the soldiers".

At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, Pei Gai was still not confident in his own strength, and on the other hand, he was too precious to these generals under his command, and he was too cautious in using troops, always thinking about showing the enemy weakness, luring the enemy deep, and then fighting a war of encirclement and annihilation...... In fact, if I had been more radical at the beginning, I would have had every chance to leave all the tens of thousands of people in Henan with Liu Yi.

Of course, Liu Yi escaped and went back to engage in the "Qingjun side", which led to Liu Cang's rush to Pingyang, and the Northern Expeditionary Army was able to successfully capture the whole of Henan, which was another problem......

Pei Gai's weakness of paying too much attention to the lives of soldiers, even ordinary soldiers, led to too much emphasis on the use of soldiers - if there was no Tao Kan and even Guo Mo's assistance, it is estimated that he would have to suffer militarily sooner or later - because of his similar temperament, naturally it also deeply affected Liu Yang. However, today, Yao Yizhong's words were like seeing the sun through the clouds, but they completely woke up Liu Yetang, he couldn't help but be full of crimson, and sighed: "I'm ashamed!" ”

Hell, I'm not as reasonable as a Xijon......

- In fact, Pei Gai himself has already reflected on these truths, and he has personally preached them in the "Military Academy", Liu Yang was in Pingyang and failed to listen to the teachings. Of course, Yao Yizhong has never heard of it, but he was born in a small Qiang tribe and is more precious to the lives of soldiers, so he can understand Liu Yang's thoughts; At the same time, he is not as serious as Liu Yang - even if I kill all the clansmen, as long as I can annex other clans and thus grow, what is the pity?

Liu Yang finally repented after receiving this advice, so he nodded at Yao Yizhong and said, "What Qing said is reasonable, but he is too serious. After a pause, he said: "Although, you can allow the armor to cooperate with the foot soldiers to lure and annihilate Guo Tai, how to deploy it should be carefully planned." ”

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Shi Hu stormed Yaoci for three days, but could not succeed, and then received information that the Jin army was likely to be short of grain and had to wait for the transport from the south. So on the one hand, he sent Guo Rong to lead his troops south to intercept the Jin grain team, and on the other hand, he also turned the focus of the attack to the south.

After Wang Ze occupied the Yao Temple, he faced Fenshui and built a battalion on the left and right, with deep ditches and high bases, showing the trend of horns to each other. Specifically, the north camp is in the north direction of the Yao Ancestral Hall, and the south camp is in the southwest direction of the Yao Ancestral Hall. Shi Hu considered that since the Jin people were in urgent need of grain assistance, they must be worried about the safety of the southern base, once the southern base was captured, even if the grain team was close at hand, it would not be easy to send troops to meet it. So he personally led the troops into battle and stormed the southern base.

Wang Ze also went to the south base to supervise the battle, only to see Shi Hu wearing gold armor, wearing a big red cloak, a green horse under his crotch, and eight spears in his palm, that is, galloping back and forth and shouting and scolding in the distance in front of the base. Wang Ze sneaked to the side of the base, quietly pulled his bow and released the arrow, and shot straight at Shi Hu - but unfortunately the distance was too far, and the bow strength had weakened when he got closer, and Shi Hu only used his spear to swing away, and he easily knocked it open.

Wang Ze shot two arrows in a row, but all of them missed, and he couldn't help but secretly say: "Unless Pei Xiong is here, he can shoot Shihu......

However, his two arrows also aroused the vigilance of the Qian army, and a Zhao general who was supervising the battle on the front line saw this, and immediately pointed with a knife and shouted loudly, and dozens of archers in his department walked together in the direction of Wang Ze, and at the same time drew their bows and shot. Wang Ze hurriedly retreated, but he was still hit by an arrow in his shoulder - fortunately, at the end of the strong crossbow, he failed to penetrate the armor, but just swayed and stuck on it.

This battle was fought from early morning to near noon, under the command of Wang Ze, all the Jin soldiers fought bravely, were not afraid of death, and repelled seven attacks by the other party. Wang Zezheng felt that his confidence had recovered - today's Shihu offensive was not as fierce as the previous two days, was it because the layout of my southern base was more appropriate, or was the spirit of the thieves in the first battle weakened?

If I continue to fight like this, as long as I have enough food to eat, it will be no problem to support me for another ten days and a half.

Who would have thought that near noon, he suddenly got a report that the north base was in an emergency!

Why did Shi Hu play weaker today? Because he ran to the south base, but the main force in the army did not carry all of it, leaving more than half of it to rest in the camp, and the generals Zhang Raccoon and Zhang Xiong led the attack on the north base. Only then did Wang Ze know that he had won the plan of "striking the east and attacking the west", but unfortunately it was too late......

After another fierce battle for half a day, the north base gradually became undefendable, Wang Ze was forced to go to meet in person, gave up the north base, and withdrew all the remnants of the soldiers and horses to the base camp of Yao Temple. In fact, in terms of battle damage, the Jin people did not suffer too much, and there were only four or five hundred people in the north base, and the Zhao army, which repeatedly launched a fierce attack regardless of casualties, was killed and seriously injured more than a thousand. However, no matter how soon the north base is broken, one side of the Yaoci camp lacks protection, and what is even worse is that the drinking water is urgent!

Food is important to the army, but drinking water is even more important, so even if you are marching, it is always best to travel by the main road, because there must be a village next to the road, and if there is a house, there must be water, or by the river. For example, Shihu's camp is not far from Fenshui, even if tens of thousands of horses rely on Fenshui and its several tributaries, it is enough to solve the drinking water problem.

As for the Yao Temple, there are three sweet wells inside and outside, and the water quality is very clear, but for the 10,000 Jin soldiers, it is not enough to drink, just waiting in line for water, and those at the end of the queue may die of thirst...... Therefore, after Wang Ze occupied this place, on the one hand, he tried to dig a deep well inside and outside the ancestral hall, and on the other hand, he built a base in the north and south to expand the defensive range, and took the opportunity to trap the two small tributaries of Fenshui.

Both of these tributaries are short and shallow, and will be enough for the Jin army. But what's worse is that they are all within the protective range of the north base, and if the north base is lost, drinking water will immediately become a problem!

- As for digging deep wells inside and outside the shrine, in terms of the technology of these years, it is basically a big luck, and it is obvious that Wang Ze's luck is not very good.

It is precisely because of this that Shi Hu stormed the northern base for several days, and today he successfully used the strategy of "striking the east and attacking the west". Didn't Zhu Liang say that the Jin people's grain stock might be enough to last for ten days? Ten days is too short for you to wait! It's better to seize the north base and cut off its water source, and I see that he can carry it for a few days with just a few wells in the temple!

Wang Ze returned to Yao Temple in frustration, and hurriedly summoned Sima over, saying that you are a scholar, help calculate, since I have lost the north base, how many days can I drink water? Sima replied that there was no need to calculate it now, I already had an account in my heart-

Because yesterday, the north base was in an emergency, and it was Wang Ze who personally raised his gun and went into battle, and finally repelled the onslaught of the Qian army. So today, Wang Ze accidentally fell into the trick - in fact, even if he didn't hit the trick, it is estimated that the result would not be too good - although he was extremely remorseful and depressed, for Sima, who did not participate in the actual command, he had already been psychologically prepared.

"General Qiyu, as said the day before yesterday, draws more water from the stream, and the three wells in the temple are taken and stored. Yesterday it was calculated, if the north base is lost, only the well water is used, if the day does not rain, it can barely last for three days. ”

Speaking of this, he leaned closer, lowered his voice and said, "The food supply is as usual, and it is only for three days...... The general has to plan ahead. ”

Wang Ze smiled bitterly: "How to plan?" ......"However, whether to retreat to the west or to the south still needs to be considered."

There is enough water to drink for three days, and enough grain to eat for three days, but this does not mean that the Jin army will definitely be able to hold on for three days. If we know that the water will run out and the army will be afraid, then an army that is nervous, hasty and worried about the future can still exert a few percent of its combat power? In fact, the grain is good to say, the so-called people carry half a month's of food, not all of them are carried on their bodies, how many also have carts to push, there are horses, after the formation is established, it is necessary to gather unified management, so it is convenient to cheat in numbers, and stick to the heart of a soldier.

But the problem of drinking water is different, once the north base is lost, the fool also knows that the water supply must be limited from now on, then the soldiers are worried about drinking water, and their morale will inevitably be frustrated.

Wang Ze had to sigh: "I don't know where Mo Huaizhong has gone, I don't know if General Liu is living in Pingyang, is he worried about the battle of Yaoci...... And one more day of support, if there is no turning point in the war, I will have to retire temporarily......"