Chapter 929: Winning Soldiers Win First and Then Seek Battle
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Although Zhao Wuxian was ready to "bleed and drift", it was a pity that this time the Zhao clan attacked in four ways, and the resistance encountered was minimal.
Zhao Wuxian's main force of more than 10,000 people crossed Kang's father and penetrated directly into the country of Yi, the weak people of Yi were already internally discordant, how could they dare to fight with the powerful Zhao army? They all retreated back to the city and watched the Zhao army drive straight in.
Even if there were sporadic battles, they also took place at the position of the forward, and when Sun Wu and Zhao Wuxian arrived, they saw only a piece of chariots and horses that had been swept away, and soldiers who had squatted on the ground and surrendered.
Not only the main force of the Western Road, but except for Zhao Guangde's department, which was blocked in the northern Yishan, the rest of the southeast divisions of Ran Qiu and the Song army all advanced smoothly, and it is expected that they will soon be able to join Zhao Wuxian in the capital of the State of Yi.
In this regard, Sun Wu commented: "The law of the husband uses soldiers, the whole country is the first, the country is second, the soldiers who surrender without a fight, and the good ones are also good." The Zhao clan has already established a victory by isolating the state of Yi in Sishang through conspiracy and diplomatic relations, which is a good thing. ”
Having said that, Sun Wu was also unhappy that he didn't see the way the Zhao army fought, and stayed in the Chinese army with Zhao Wuxian, and this time the bystanders would spend so dullly, so he simply asked him to act with the striker.
Zhao Wuxian agreed, gave Sun Wu a car, two armor soldiers to protect his safety, Sun Wu followed behind Tian Ben's forward troops, he found that most of the Zhao army forwards were new recruits, but their training was good, under the leadership of veterans carefully swept away the front enemy.
Ten years ago, Zhao Wuxian had thousands of backbone veterans, and these people were constantly promoted, and now the worst is also a pawn chief. That's it, one person teaches ten, ten people teach hundreds, one hundred people teach thousands, and thousands teach ten thousand! The number of Zhao's armies expanded tenfold, twentyfold, and the experience of that year was constantly replicated.
Sun Wu had a positive attitude towards this method of military training, but it was a pity that Wu was so poor that there was almost no respite for 20 years, so that the veterans were killed and wounded. So now, although Wu Wangfucha is known as Wu Guojia's "three thousand in 100 million", which is about the same as Zhao's strength on the surface, only half of them can be pulled to the battlefield, and the good and bad are incomplete.
At the same time, he also noticed that the composition of the Zhao clan was not quite the same as that of the princes, there were few chariots, and they were only used as command vehicles, and the task of attacking the enemy formation was mainly undertaken by soldiers equipped with thick armor, which was similar to that of the Wu army.
The charioteer is also the wings of the army, so it is not human power to trap Jianchen, to strengthen the enemy, to cover the north, and the chariot to rush into battle. The reason why the Jin State dominated the Central Plains was because the Jin State had many horses, and horses could be equipped with a large number of chariots. But the problem is that the chariot is too expensive, and the maintenance of the chariot is a huge amount of money, and the loss of the war horse is also very alarming, and the Wu State in the south does not have so many horses at all.
What's worse is that the training of the soldiers on the chariot has not been effective for many years, in other words, a qualified royal hand, without ten years, can not become a battle, so the armor on the chariot is mostly the children of nobles.
In addition, the chariot needs to be put into the battlefield in a very flat area, and the so-called chariot has a "place of ten deaths", which limits the play of the chariot, and in the case of the increasingly vast and complex war area, the chariot is slowly not suitable for conquest. However, according to inertia, the princes still had a large amount of equipment, and at first Sun Wu decisively reduced the chariot soldiers of Wu State and replaced them all with foot soldiers.
As a result, Wu Jia shook the world and defeated the Chu army, and the five battles and Ying, because the infantry phalanx was not conditionally constrained, and some strategic detours and tactical attacks that no one had imagined before could be realized.
Coincidentally, after Sun Wu trained his troops for ten years, the Zhao clan also decisively replaced the chariot formation with cavalry and foot soldiers. The Zhao light cavalry performed many miracles, because their mobility and agility far surpassed that of chariots. And the phalanx of Zhao Wushu is no less than that of the Wu army, and it has the advantage of the blade, and if it is equipped with iron armor over time, it will be even more desirable.
Now, the Central Plains is competing for hegemony, and it has come time to rely on foot riding to separate the winners and losers. It can be seen from the battle of Qin and Wei Hexi, the Qin State has begun to follow the cavalry of the Zhao family, and the Wei family has followed the foot soldiers of the Zhao family to carry out reforms, and the Chu State in the south is also reforming.
Sun Wu predicts that in the coming decades, military reform that destroys vehicles in favor of infantry will become a trend. If the princes did not want to perish early, they had to change and learn to use the Zhao clan's battle methods to fight against the Zhao division.
Zhao's troops and equipment, the princes and doctors may be able to learn the skin, but there are some things that cannot be imitated if you want to.
This time, even though Sun Wu ran to the front, he still didn't even see a decent hard battle, and he couldn't make a comprehensive analysis of Zhao Jun's tactics, so he could only ponder Zhao Wuxian's strategy in the car.
"The Zhao clan used soldiers, and they were good at using strange things in Lu, and they were obsessed with the surprise victory (tactics) of the troops; After entering the Jin Dynasty, it is easy to use the right, force the enemy to fight a decisive battle with yang schemes, and then defeat with the advantage of armor and strong momentum. “
This is when Sun Wu was in Wu State, Wu Zixu summarized the combat characteristics of the Zhao army, after coming to the Zhao army to observe and think, he almost understood that the former is the helpless move of the weak to defeat the strong enemy, and the latter is the strong man's way to win the battle.
The invincible, keep also; The victor is also attacked. In terms of strategy, we can't blindly defend or attack, and Zhao has done a very good job of this, and never lightly start the war every year when the farm is busy, concentrate on farming, develop production, and store grain. When the time is ripe, they will quickly determine the goal, whether it is to destroy the dynasty, take the Qi River, or cut down the west of the Qin River, they will all be accomplished overnight, strive for one to three months of agricultural slack to end the war, and then continue to farm, waiting for the next year's warplane. In this way, it is possible to preserve oneself and achieve partial victories, and the advantage over its neighbors becomes greater and greater.
In Sun Wu's Art of War, he summarized the five principles of national warfare: one is degree, the second is quantity, the third is number, the fourth is weighing, and the fifth is victory.
degrees arise from the breadth and narrowness of the land; Whether the land is vast or not determines the amount of materials; The amount of military endowment determines the number of soldiers; The number of soldiers determines the combat effectiveness of the troops; The combat effectiveness of the troops determines the merits of victory or defeat.
In short, it is necessary to cultivate politics clearly and ensure the law, so that we can control the fate of victory or defeat in war from the inside out.
Therefore, the victorious army is like using Eridium against Baht, attacking the weak enemy with strong military strength, and its momentum is as unstoppable as breaking through the water in a thousand streams, which is the most important "shape" in the military battle.
In Sun Wu's view, Zhao Wuxian can be described as a master of "shape".
He sighed helplessly: "I taught King Wu the art of war, but he only learned the way, and he didn't understand the general trend, let alone what the essence of war was; Although Zhao Qing has a blunt style of fighting, and in recent years, he only knows how to suppress the enemy with skillful skills and strong troops, but his attainments in the situation are very deep......"
Before going north, Sun Wu still felt that Zhao and Wu didn't know who would win or lose when they met, but now, he only felt that Wu Jun was afraid that he would not be able to fight Zhao's, even if he could get away with winning one or two small battles, but in the end he would be dragged to death by Zhao's profound national strength.
Those who are good at fighting always defeat an enemy who is easy to defeat, they have neither superior wisdom nor a reputation for great bravery, and there can be no mistake in victory in war, and the reason why there is no mistake is that their measures in battle are based on victory!
This is the so-called "the victorious army wins first and then seeks to fight, and the defeated army fights first and then seeks victory".
Therefore, even in the face of a weak enemy like the State of Di, the Zhao clan still fought steadily and steadily, without the slightest advance. The defeat of the State of Yi has entered the countdown, if they are deep and broad, they may be able to hold out for a while longer, but it is a pity that the State of Yi and the State of Lu "hear the sound of demolition", the size is only two counties, and there is no depth at all. However, in six or seven days, the Zhao army joined forces with the eastern, northern, and southern divisions under the capital of the state of Yi under the condition that the cities along the way were surrendered or defended behind closed doors.
Nearly 30,000 troops gathered, enough to surround the capital of Yiyang, and at this time, the country of Yi, has been a scene of death, not only surrendered to lead the Zhao army to the doctor in an endless stream, even the sons and grandsons have fled from this big tree to fall, ran to the Zhao wings and groveled, hoping to become the new monarch after the dethronement of the son.
At this critical time, the Zhao army had already attacked Guomen, but Cao Yi was still enjoying music and dancing, and the sound of dance and music could even be heard outside the city. What they don't know is that in history, it was also a similar period of time, Lu Sanhuan attacked Mi, and Mi Zi was also this virtue, but he was captured by Sanhuan.
Sun Wu looked at the city and found that it has a pillow in the north and a mountain in the south, with an open terrain, low middle and high in the north and south, and a plane similar to a rectangle. The east-west horizontal distance is three miles, the north-south longitudinal distance is three miles, and the circumference of the city is about ten miles. The construction and use of the mountain highland, the height of the wall varies from two to three zhang, and the width of the wall base is ten zhang, which is also regarded as a strong city.
However, the theory of "besieging the city for the bottom" was ineffective for the Zhao army, and the Zhao army, which had pulled out countless cities, did not take the small city in their eyes, and they began to set up siege equipment, preparing to launch a general attack in a few days.
Seeing that the Zhao army was slow to attack the city, the doctor of the country of Yi was a little worried, so he reported to Zhao Wuxian: "The son of Yi has sent envoys to Qi and Wu for help, and if it drags on, I am afraid that the two countries will work together to save the city and attack ...... from the north and south" (to be continued~^~)