Chapter 14: The Victory of the Cavalry (I)
Wu Xiaohu was looking aimlessly in the barracks at this time, it can be seen that the Xiang family army has begun to take shape, this drill can see the quality of the entire army, orders and prohibitions, and the execution is very strong, perhaps because the children of Jiangdong remember the hatred of the Qin State for the death of the country the most, after all, when Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, Chu was the most innocent, although the Chu State was small, although the national strength was weak, but it was also the most resolute and fierce resistance among the Six Kingdoms, they all said that the Qin people were warlike, and the Qin people were extremely brave, in fact, the Chu people were good at fighting, and each of them was a hero. Therefore, there is also a saying that although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu, and history also happened like this.
Wu Xiaohu wandered around the entire barracks, everyone was a little curious when they saw this person with a different appearance, and some soldiers who were resting would also whisper why this person had no hair bun and short hair, which was so strange.
"Brother Wu, Brother Wu." Faintly, you can hear someone shouting to yourself, Wu Xiaohu looked at the source of the sound, it was Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu strode over, laughed and said: "Brother Wu, my uncle wants to have a drill in ten days, our Xiang family's soldiers are divided into two parts, use wooden swords instead of real swords, and have a battle, my uncle wants to know a good understanding of Brother Wu and Brother Yu's talents, what does Brother Wu think." ”
Wu Xiaohu thought to himself, this old oilman, must have heard that I was unwilling to go to the front line and command the battle, and he was a little suspicious of me, afraid that I was just talking on paper, and wanted to use this to test me, but he was really right, I was really just talking on paper, I had to find a way to pass this level, this time I had to completely bluff this old oilman, so that he could do his best to help me find that guy. Thinking of this, Wu Xiaohu said: "Listen to the court, but how to arrange the personnel." ”
Xiang Yu saw that Wu Xiaohu did not show dissatisfaction, and breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't want him to feel that his talent was doubted by his uncle, looking at his expression, he didn't seem to mind, and said: "This time, my uncle divided the Xiang family army into the Red Army and the Green Army, and my uncle himself and I and several of his strategists led two thousand Xiang family soldiers against the two thousand Xiang family soldiers led by my cousin Xiang Zhuang, our two armies are fighting for each other in this square inch of land, which requires a very high level of the general's ability to arrange troops, extremely fine, and extremely thoughtful, There is not much room for expansion, Brother Wu is good at strategy, this battle must be very difficult, I wonder if Brother Wu is confident? ”
"Brother Xiang and Uncle Xiang don't have to be merciful, just come to fight, I, Wu Xiaohu, can have the honor to have a battle with Brother Xiang and Uncle Xiang, it is really a blessing for three lives, but it is hard to find." Wu Xiaohu said unashamedly, no matter what the result is, he must not be cowardly, and then think about countermeasures, I don't believe that I am not as good as you when I travel back two thousand years, and I am also a more advanced product from the perspective of Darwinian evolution.
Xiang Yu saw that Wu Xiaohu was so confident, and said with a heroic smile at the moment: "It is worthy of my brother Xiang Yu, hahaha, courageous, Brother Wu this time as a military advisor, my uncle and I will wait and see Brother Wu's winning strategy, Brother Wu will go to the west military tent, Brother Long, my cousin and Brother Yu are already waiting, it is getting late today, a few of you will talk first, tomorrow we will point troops on the battlefield, each battalion, ready to fight, ten days later, in the rear of the camp training ground to fight a battle." ”
Wu Xiaohu also pretended to be heroic and said: "Okay, Brother Xiang, you go and plan your battle first, and I will go to our military tent by myself." "After Xiang Yu left, Wu Xiaohu wilted, making hair, this old oilman, it's really not easy to get by, I want to use him to do something, it's really hard, these various temptations are endless, I know a little bit of military knowledge, but most of them are still modern, this ancient cold weapon era The two armies are facing off, I really don't have any ideas, although I was also full of confidence just now, how to do it after ten days. It's really a headache, if he fails, Xiang Liang will definitely feel that he is not a great talent, and he will not help himself find that ancient, and his way home will gradually drift away.
Wu Xiaohu came to Xiang Zhuang and Long He's military tent, there were about seven or eight people in the military tent, Long and the main general, Xiang Zhuang and Yu Ziqi were all deputy generals, and there were several strategists, as well as Wu Xiaohu, the nominal military division, in fact, the title of military division was not popular in the Qin and Han dynasties, at that time it was more called strategists, and it slowly developed from the Han Dynasty onwards, and the military division gradually replaced the strategist. When several people were discussing the arrangement of troops, when they saw Wu Xiaohu coming in, they paused for a moment, Yu Ziqi glanced at him coldly, and did not speak, thinking that it should be the time for your true form to be revealed, Xiang Zhuang said: "Brother Wu, I sent you, we are discussing the method of arranging the formation of two thousand Xiang family's disciples." Wu Xiaohu hurriedly said: "You go on, leave me alone, I'll listen to your thoughts first." ”
Several strategists looked at this strange and extremely unserious young man and were unhappy, thinking about how to let such a mediocre person join the military exercise, and they were not welcome at the moment, and continued to discuss.
"Because it is a combat exercise, it is naturally mainly infantry charging and killing, and the cavalry archers cannot play a role here, and they are not good at hand-to-hand combat, so the two teams of cavalry will harass on both sides, and the local cavalry can be manipulated and restrained from each other, and the opposing cavalry can not be pulled out of the camp."
"Xiang Ji is brave and invincible, with him leading the troops to charge, it is bound to make the morale of his subordinates great, and his leading troops are bound to lose the momentum of the front and penetrate our army, and the head-on confrontation may be difficult to resist."
"I suggest that I wait for these ten days to mainly practice the Fangyuan formation, Xiang Ji is brave and unbeatable, but as long as he can resist his early offensive momentum, and then in the rear of the main general waving the flag to give orders, the army commanders, Shi chiefs, tun chiefs and hundred generals respond to their orders, take advantage of Xiang's weakness to change the formation, by General Long and General Xiang one left and one right counterattack at the same time, or it may have a miraculous effect."
Wu Xiaohu looked at several strategists and actively discussed, seeing that they were so jealous of Xiang Yu's might, they must have learned something before, but did they ignore a person, Xiang Liang, Xiang Liang This person is scheming, compared to Xiang Yu, he is more calm, and he is bound to be more experienced in using soldiers. Wu Xiaohu thought to himself and shook his head very slightly.
Yu Ziqi, who had not spoken at this time, spoke: "But you seem to have forgotten that there is also General Xiang Liang, there is him restraining Brother Xiang, I am afraid that it will not be easy to weaken, in my guess, if Er and others adopt the square and circle formation, General Xiang Liang will definitely change the formation in time, from the front to the crane wing, divide the forces to surround Er and others, and the flanks will rush straight down and take the camp directly." ”
Xiang Zhuang secretly admired that Yu Ziqi was indeed a thoughtful person, and said: "Brother Yu, with my understanding of my uncle, he will definitely let his cousin rein in his edge, and it is likely that he will feint and then temporarily change the formation, my uncle is a person with high wisdom and profundity, and my uncle is bound to be able to think of things that we can consider, so the Fangyuan formation is not advisable." ”
Long Ji said: "I agree with Brother Yu and Brother Xiang, in my opinion, the defense will fail. ”
Several strategists thought about it carefully, with General Xiang Liang in charge, it was indeed difficult to win with defensive counterattacks alone, but without relying on defense, it was difficult to attack with Xiang Yu, and it seemed that it was difficult to win, one of the strategists frowned and said: "The defense will be defeated, is it better than the offense?" If the arrow is against the arrow, how can the side with Xiang Yu as the arrow be defeated? ”
As soon as these words came out, all the people present fell into deep thought, the road to victory seemed to have been sealed, in this square inch, it was difficult to show more military techniques, how could they win. Xiang Zhuang saw that everyone fell into silence, and turned his gaze to Wu Xiaohu, Yu Ziqi also turned to look coldly, and the rest of the people also shifted their eyes to him, as if to say, how can you be here, see what you can say. Wu Xiaohu felt a chill in his heart, how could Xiang Zhuang, a little oilman, be virtuous with that old oilman. Xiang Zhuang saw that everyone had shifted their attention to Wu Xiaohu, and said with a smile: "Uncle said that Brother Wu is unparalleled in wisdom, and Brother Wu has not spoken when he comes in, I don't know what high opinion he has in his heart?" ”
Wu Xiaohu remembered that one of the strategists had said that the cavalry could not exert its combat power, and at first he was a little puzzled, the terrain here is open, it should be very suitable for cavalry combat, why not, and suddenly thought that riding a horse today is a little uncomfortable, the reason for the lack of energy is that these horses only have a saddle, no stirrups, and then remembered that the stirrups were only after the Qin and Han dynasties, so the cavalry combat in the Qin and Han dynasties was mainly based on short bows, because there were no stirrups, and the feet were suspended, and they were not able to exert their strength particularly well on the horse. And its balance will also be greatly reduced, so naturally it cannot be used as a sharp weapon to charge into battle. Thinking of this, Wu Xiaohu said: "Actually, I have a plan to break Uncle Xiang and Brother Xiang's army. ”
As soon as these words came out, several strategists were in an uproar, and they didn't believe it very much, but Xiang Zhuang, Long and Yu Ziqi were interested, and Long He asked: "What kind of strategy is so magical, hurry up and listen to it." ”
Wu Xiaohu smiled mysteriously: "My strategy is to change the cavalry from two flanks to four teams of cavalry charging into battle, straight to the enemy's belly." ”
Several strategists objected one after another, and they were very disappointed, and Xiang Zhuang and several people frowned, which was indeed too layman.
Wu Xiaohu smiled crookedly and said, "I know why you are against it, you can not listen to me, let's go to train the army in the next few days, Brother Long, I want to ask you to help me find a group of skilled blacksmiths, and allow me three more days, I will definitely be able to give you an answer." ”