161, first fight the momentum, and then fight the strength
The henchman Ding carried Master Xu Renjie Xu, took three steps and made two steps, and rushed to the ground in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. It's also interesting to say, this Ding didn't run to Baishui City, didn't run to Siye, but actually ran towards Zhu Yuanzhang. It turned out that when he was thinking about where it was safest to send his master, he immediately ruled out Whitewater City, and that broken place was like a naked woman in front of the thief, allowing others to take what they wanted, and there was no power to fight back.
As for running away from the wilderness, what's the use of running into the wasteland? Being caught up by thieves is still a dead end.
He thought of the words that Zhu Yuanzhang came over to say to Master Xu just now: "You paid taxes, so I protect you." These words didn't feel anything when he was safe, but when he felt the danger, there was a calming power, and he couldn't help but be convinced.
Looking at the white water, there is only this army.
The family rushed into Zhu Yuanzhang's military formation and put him on the ground, panting from exhaustion, but Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xu Renjie for a long time and smiled: "What? Can't do it anymore? ”
"I don't know what's going on...... I haven't fought yet, and I suddenly lost ......" Xu Renjie was shocked: "If I really fight, my spear formation may not be lost." ”
"The two armies are fighting, first fighting the momentum, and then fighting the strength!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "You have lost all the fighting momentum, what are you talking about fighting power?" ”
Xu Renjie's face was still a little blue, he was frightened by the eight thousand people who pressed over just now, and there was a trace of bitterness at the corner of his mouth: "These townsmen, I have trained them for more than half a year...... Teach them benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, loyalty, righteousness, and courage every day...... Why did the thieves disperse so simply? ”
"Hah!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "What kind of mess are you teaching......
"Don't laugh at me!" Xu Renjie said indignantly: "You only have a thousand people, and when Wang Zuohang rushes over you, your subordinates will have to escape......
"Oh? I don't think so......" Zhu Yuanzhang spread his hands: "Try it......"
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Xiang Yong dispersed, and the last barrier in front of Whitewater City was actually gone.
The Rogue army has long been accustomed to seeing the scene of their opponents fleeing, but it is not surprising at all. In front of their overwhelming military formation, no one has ever dared to confront head-on, when they were in Yichuan, every time Wang Zuohang used this move, the enemy army on the opposite side would collapse without exception, and every effort would be made! Whether it is officers and soldiers, village warriors, who comes and scares away whom.
In the future, if the enemy army is scattered, they will also scatter in all directions, loot the place, kill all the rich families, and take away all their possessions. As for the poor people, they were coerced to join their own army, and they went with them in the ranks, so that the momentum grew stronger and stronger, and now there are as many as 8,000 people.
They have no food to store, and they have to wander and loot constantly, turning the places they pass into a barren and dead land, and if they stop, they themselves will collapse, because they have no solution in the face of the enormous food pressure.
But today, they could not begin to rob, for at the corner of the city wall stood an army, which, in the face of their overwhelming pressure, although it also fluctuated slightly, did not disperse, and still watched quietly at the corner of the wall.
Wang Zuojiao believed that this army would also be subdued, and the reason why they did not flee now was because they were standing on the side just now, and they did not feel the strong oppressive force of their army from the front, and if they rushed towards them head-on, they would also flee.
"Go, scare that army out of me!" Wang Zuohang waved his horsewhip and pointed at Zhu Yuanzhang's army from afar.
The eight thousand rogues under his command turned sideways together, facing the direction where Zhu Yuanzhang was, and all kinds of messy weapons were raised high.
"Forward!"
"Forward!"
Just as just now, the order began, and the army formed a wave-like pulse, and the order flowed through the crowd, and then ...... Eight thousand Liukou took a step forward together......
The footsteps of the eight thousand people ...... "Boom" was so terrifying, just like just now, the overwhelming pressure surged towards Zhu Yuanzhang's military formation.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't look back, but he obviously felt that Ma Xiaotian behind him shrank a little, and the thirty-five henchmen all shrank a little, and the old first team, the second team, and the new fourteenth team all trembled...... Fear spread in the military formation. If they don't do something, they will also collapse like Xu Renjie's army.
Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head and yelled at his soldiers: "Think about what I just told you...... Remember? ”
"What did you just say?" The soldier desperately recalled, what did Zhu Bugling just say? Oh, by the way, he said that although there are many enemy troops, most of them are old and weak, and they can't fight! Also, the weapons held by those who can fight are also very different from their own...... It's a paper tiger!
The paper tiger is also a tiger, and the soldiers are still very afraid, but they are so bad, they steady, although their arms and thighs tremble slightly, but they do not turn around and run away, and stand on the spot.
Just stand still! Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was relieved, and he shouted loudly: "Military band!" Play music for me! ”
"Boom!" When a drum beat sounded, the drum player was actually trembling, but when he hit the leather drum with a hammer, the drum sounded, and his hand was stabilized after years of training, and he struck a second hammer with a bang...... Then the sound of a hammer raining down on his leather drum continued to sound.
The sound of the drum was built on the top of the military formation, and the soldiers listened to the familiar drum sound, and their trembling bodies began to slowly stabilize, which was the drum sound they listened to every day during training, and it represented a meaning: "Stop, don't move!" ”
Stand still and don't move!
Human beings are wonderful creatures, and even the most disliked people can be affected by music, especially when you understand what the music represents, and it is easier to fit in.
"Hey! Ha! The soldiers couldn't help but shout out along with the beat of the drums.
A good shout, let you crash on the shore, I will not move like a mountain!
At this moment, the situation suddenly reversed, and the rogue army that was pressing towards them stopped suddenly, and the rogue who was walking in the front was a little afraid to move forward...... Because they felt a kind of air, a language that didn't need to be spoken. This is the simplest and easiest language to understand when communicating between armies.
I! No! Fear! You!
The enemy is not afraid of you, what to do? This is a problem that every army will face, for a strong army, it doesn't matter if the enemy is not afraid of me, I will fight you are afraid.
But Wang Zuo's rogue army is different, they have never met an opponent since they were formed, and they don't even know whether they are strong or weak, because all enemies run away in fright. Now there is an enemy soldier who can't scare away, what to do? What should I do?
The rogues didn't dare to continue to move forward, they turned their heads in unison, and stared at their leader, Wang Zuohang!
Wang Zuo is hanging, what do you think I am doing? I don't know what to do!
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At this time, in Zhu Yuanzhang's military formation, Xu Renjie was already stunned...... He looked left and right in disbelief, front and back, Zhu Yuanzhang, Wang Er, Ma Xiaotian, and the rows of soldiers behind him.
"This ...... No way! Why aren't they afraid? Xu Renjie exclaimed: "So many people pressed over together, don't they know how to be afraid?" The same people, why is your bandit army scared, but my hometown warrior army is scared? I'm not convinced! ”
"Because you taught them benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, and faith, these things that don't have any use for." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.
"Nonsense...... Why is this useless? This is the virtue of my towering China for thousands of years! Xu Renjie said angrily.
"Virtue is used for self-cultivation!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "But it's not for war." ”
"Those military books ......," Xu Renjie shouted.
"It's useless to talk on paper." Zhu Yuanzhang said to Xu Renjie seriously: "If you want your army not to be afraid of the enemy, just tell them one thing, that is: you can win against them!" ”
"Scare?" Xu Renjie was stunned.
"Fear of the strong, not afraid of the weak, this is the natural surname of man. I don't talk about any military books, I don't talk about benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, and faith, I only tell my soldiers, who is stronger than the enemy, and that's enough! ”
"Then how can you convince them that a thousand people are better than so many rogues?" Xu Renjie was a little dazed.
"I don't have time to talk to you in detail, Ma Xiaotian, you come to tell Xu Renjie how I told the soldiers." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and no longer paid attention to Xu Renjie, while Ma Xiaotian leaned over and laughed in a low voice: "That's what Brother Zhu said......"
Ma Xiaotian whispered what Zhu Yuanzhang said to the soldiers at the beginning.
Xu Renjie listened quietly and thought in his heart: He said that the enemy is only 5,000? Isn't this coaxing soldiers? Oh, by the way, I remember, Cao Ying once coaxed the soldiers that there was Merlin ahead, and it turned out to boost morale. Zhu Ba deliberately said that the number of enemy troops was several thousand less, also to boost morale. I obviously read this strategy in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", why didn't I think I could use it when I was in battle? I'm so stupid!
He said that the enemy is only young and middle-aged in front, and old and weak women in the back? That's right! This is ...... I didn't expect that I would have made this clear to my township warriors, and they wouldn't be so afraid.
When Xu Renjie heard this, he felt that he had learned a little bit again, and after listening to the whole thing, he couldn't help but sigh: I understand all these things, but when I was in battle, I didn't expect anything at all......
"Baishui Zhuba, how many military books have you read?" He asked, a little reluctantly.
"Book of War?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "I never look at that thing!" ”
That's right, Zhu Chongba, a cattle herder, has been poor since he was a child, how can he have a book to read? His invincible command art in the world was cultivated by him from a small soldier and a horse all his life!