Chapter 786: Falling Decadence (II)
The role of generals on the battlefield is not to charge into battle with personal martial arts, so that only small soldiers are needed. In fact, an excellent general can be a powerless scholar, as long as he can coordinate the overall situation of the battlefield, know when to send who to send up, and where to attack, he can be called a general. If the generals are worse, they can only wait for the enemy to attack, and know who to send up and where to resist.
War is not a game of guessing, it is not who strikes later and who takes advantage, in fact, if one side is always in this state of sending people to the top, it is tantamount to giving up the initiative in the war and being led by the nose by the enemy. This kind of resistance takes more effort than attacking, and it is more difficult to mobilize, as long as one of them can't be blocked, the next can only collapse.
Zong Zhixin must admit that there seems to be a very good general by the side of the floating prince. The skill of commanding the troops is as superb as the skill of reorganizing the troops. There have been a few times when he thought he had found a flaw, but before he could catch the flaw, the other party had already patched up the flaw. Sometimes, he found a flaw, but he didn't dare to attack, for fear that the other party was deliberately selling a trap.
You must know that due to the influence of communications and the quality of the troops, it is very difficult to move large troops, and during the battle of Kawanakajima, the men and horses of Takeda Shingen and Kamishi Kenshin lined up before the battle, and until the end of the war, the large array never changed. Even if the layout is wrong, there can only be one way to go to the dark, and whoever changes the formation at the opportunity and does not need others to fight will die.
A large-scale change of position will directly cause the troops to lose their combat power and collapse, so the margin for error on the battlefield is extremely low, and the attack must be carried out with sufficient caution. Once he really falls into the trap, no matter how strong Zong Zhixin's means are, he will be defeated, but on the contrary, as long as he seizes an opportunity, it is enough to wipe out the Ming army, and no matter how good the other party's means are, he can't save it.
This opportunity was purely a coincidence, after a Ming army was repulsed, it was contained as usual, and then when it launched a counterattack again, it seemed that the commander's order was misunderstood, and it ran to the wrong position, creating a hole in the defensive line.
This kind of mistake on the battlefield is no longer inevitable, and there have been several similar mistakes on the part of the Japanese army, but the Japanese army has fierce firepower and the quality of its soldiers is high, and this kind of mistake can be remedied. However, on the side of the Ming army, the desperate fight to a tie has reached the limit, and it is more difficult to make up for this loophole, at least this time, Zong Zhixin will not give it.
The 100 soldiers wearing a hat on their heads, holding two and a half spears, and wearing iron stabs, are the elite soldiers of the Zong family, not comparable to these thieves and the people of the country. Because Tsushima Island is mountainous and has few fields, and the stone height is no more than 8,000 stones, it is said that the daimyo rely on the profits of trade, so they cannot support the soldiers. Pursuing an elite policy, the troops were trained little but well, and the 100 infantry did not participate in the battle from the beginning, only eating quietly there to conserve their strength. The combat power that has broken out now can withstand almost half of the real Japanese on the battlefield, and if they kill it, they will definitely collapse the defense line of the Ming army.
Zong Zhixin has almost seen the scene of the collapse of the Ming army's banner when the flag is cut down, as long as he kills it, he can catch the Ming Qincha and make a wine bottle with his head, and before sunset today, he can also go to the yamen in Ningbo to rest.
For the Japanese, Ningbo is a place of special significance, a paradise in their dreams, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi in another time and space once thought that after occupying the Ming Dynasty, he would set up the capital in Ningbo. At least for now, the Ming Dynasty is still an unprovoked behemoth in the eyes of Japan, and at most it can only take advantage of it, and it is impossible to attack the city and seize the land. Being able to stay in Ningbo for one night is Zong Zhixin's greatest ideal.
On the side of the Ming army, Li Zongyun also discovered this hole in the defense and the fluttering flag in the rear at about the same time, and Huo Qiu also trotted over with a big knife and the Yang family's own soldiers. "General Li, on the orders of the Qin Mission, I have brought someone to support you."
In addition to the troops directly under him, when Yang Chengzu went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he always had a large number of personal soldiers around him, as well as the subordinates of Nanjing Xungui, Yang Ji's own guards, etc., and there was no shortage of people in his hands. This time in Ningbo, there were also more than 200 guards around him, and these guards were around, forming the last line of defense of the official army.
The person who commanded this personal army was the general Huo Qiu, who was now Yang Chengzu's confidant, and he held such important positions, which is enough to show the degree of importance he is valued. Now he is bringing the guard troops to Li Zongyun as reinforcements.
Li Zongyun, who was born in Anlu Fuwei, has always looked down on this former opponent, and his face sank like ice that has not melted for thousands of years, "When did I say that I wanted reinforcements?" Your men and horses are there to protect the Chin Cha, and if the chief is in danger, who will be responsible? Go back! Get back to your place, or I'll kill you with one stab. I, Li Zongyun, don't want reinforcements. ”
The Yanling knife in his hand slashed in the air, and ordered the guards around him, "Order Tai Yong to withdraw, it's time for us to go to the Zhongzi camp!" If you want a Yanling knife, kill it with me, remember that I can't beat Li Zongyun, come with me! ”
Seeing him charging forward with the new military camp team, Huo Qiu spat and scolded in a low voice, "Isn't it just that your background is a little better than Lao Tzu, what is a cow?" In terms of official positions, we are almost the same, and in terms of closeness, I am the confidant next to Ti Shuai. With your stinky temper, you deserve to be unable to rise for the rest of your life. Yanling knife, I also have it. ”
Having said that, he thought that he should indeed find an opportunity to make a contribution, otherwise, after this battle, Li Zongyun was afraid that he would really climb on his head, right?
"What? Li Zhongjun came up? Tell them to go back, we can hold on, we can still fight, we don't need a new army! "Because the big leaders of Tai Yong have been killed, the people who are now in command are all junior officers of the New Army. In the battle of Fang Cai, with the 200 backbone of the two new armies led by them, plus more than 1,000 Taiyong, they were tied with less than 1,000 real Japanese soldiers.
Now the real Japanese infantry who suddenly killed on the battlefield are indeed in chaos, but under the constraints of the new army and the law enforcement team, it has not yet reached the point of being out of control.
"That'...... That's Li Zhongjun, we have to listen to the officials. An officer was a little hesitant, but another person next to him spat and spitted, "What the hell Li Zhongjun, but he farms in the Anjun Army, I am a child of the Anlu Wang family, and my aunt and grandmother are the side concubines of the emperor, why does he press on my head?" This credit can't be given to him, all the people who can move follow me, grab ahead of Li Zongyun, and defeat that team of thieves! Kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, right now! ”
Just when Zong Zhixin thought that the hundred Zong family infantry he sent could solve the battle, he didn't want to face the Ming army, for the sake of honor, for atonement, or for reward, for promotion, he actually burst out with unprecedented courage. Without waiting for Li Zongyun's reinforcements to enter the battle, the last two banners of the forward, as well as dozens of lightly and seriously wounded soldiers, after two shotgun salvos, took the initiative to launch a surprise attack towards the Zongjia infantry like a tiger descending from the mountain, and then Zong Zhixin received the news that his general Oishi Yoshihisa was begged for the head by the Ming army.