Chapter 46: A Fatal Flaw?!
-- April 1, Liangqiu Army Camp on the south side of the Xinfeng River --
At noon, Xie An and Liang Qiuwu specially inspected the morale of the soldiers in the barracks, and saw that everywhere they looked, the soldiers in the camp were smiling and their morale was high.
Also, how can a simple boring training be as interesting as the current exercise? What's more, as long as the performance in this exercise is excellent, there is still credit to be gained, where can such good things be found on weekdays?
It can be said that all the sergeants in the battalion looked at the exercise with a relaxed and joyful mood, except for the woman who paid homage to the general.
"Although it's a drill, you have to take it seriously, like what kind of system are you waiting for this giggling to become?" No, there were a few unlucky people who guarded the camp gate who were caught by Liang Qiu Wu on the spot, even though they belonged to the Jizhou soldiers and were not Liang Qiu Wu's direct subordinates, they were also reprimanded and did not dare to raise their heads.
In the end, Xie An couldn't stand it anymore, and pulled Liang Qiu Wu and walked away, in his opinion, the three military exercises were obviously used to relax the mood of the soldiers, why should it make people tense their nerves?
"Okay, okay, wait for you to continue to guard, remember to pay attention to the movements of the Changsun Army on the other side of the river, if there is any trouble, come and report immediately!"
"Yes!" Sneaking a sneak glance at Liang Qiuwu's gloomy face, several unlucky soldiers shrank their heads.
Pulling the sullen Liang Qiu Wu to return to the camp tent, Xie An raised his hand to greet the soldiers around him who were holding respectful eyes, and then glanced at Liang Qiu Wu beside him, and asked with a little wry smile, "Still angry, Wu'er?" ”
"It's handsome!" Liang Qiu Wu snorted lightly, and it was not difficult to see from her expression that her mood at the moment was not very pleasant, and it could be said that she was sullen.
It's no wonder, after all, just half a day ago, a woman who told her to gnash her teeth had already stolen the information of her Liangqiu Army. This made the Liangqiu army, which was not very favorable to the battle situation, suddenly fall into a passive situation.
Some people may ask, since the earlier arrangement has been spied on by Jin Ling'er, wouldn't it be better to change the plan? For example, ask Lin Zhen and Yan Kai to swap the positions of the two generals.
But in fact, the information leaked by the Liang Qiu Army is an important tactic of [defensive counterattack], and it is not an unfavorable situation that can be made up by swapping the position of the general's garrison.
For example, right now, the Liangqiu Army and the Changsun Army are pinching each other, come. Liang Qiu Wu uses the tactics of defensive counterattack, after resisting a wave of Changsun Xiangyu's offensive, she can take advantage of the opportunity of Changsun Jun's withdrawal to counterattack, but now that this tactic has been leaked, does Liang Qiu Wu dare to do this?
In case the eldest grandson Xiangyu will be calculated. Set up another ambush to wait for the counterattack of the Liangqiu army, what should it be?
In this way, does the Liangqiu army still dare to chase the defeated army? If you don't pursue? Isn't it in a passive situation of being beaten all the time?
Arguably, the worst possible situation caused by tactical leakage comes from psychological self-confidence, in other words. It's a loss of sharpness.
Don't think that this is just a drill, and the generals on both sides will despise it, on the contrary, because it is a drill. It is precisely because both sides are familiar people, therefore, whether it is Liang Qiuwu and the eldest grandson Xiangyu who are the coaches, as well as the subordinate generals under the command of the second daughter, they must even be more cautious and pay more attention to the real battlefield.
Even Chen Gang, the four generals of the Eastern Army, who has been pursuing a death attack and rushing on weekdays. This time, he barely suppressed his belligerent mood and patiently waited for the Changsun Army to have a flaw. That's enough to prove something.
Think about it, if he Chen Gang accidentally folded in the hands of a certain general of the Changsun Army for a while, how embarrassing it would be, you must know that the generals on both sides are familiar figures, and they may have to sit together and drink in the future, if they talk about him Chen Gang at the wine table, he was once planted in the hands of a certain general...... Wouldn't he Chen Gang lose face?
I have to say that the biggest pressure in this military exercise is actually the commanders and generals of both sides, so it seems that the soldiers under both sides are heartless and hard-hearted, and they hardly care about the final victory or defeat.
"Yes, yes, handsome...... Hehe, Dashuai, after the inspection, it's better to go back to the Shuai tent first, Ma Dan is also a good general who is not inferior to Yan Kai's eldest brother, and he will control the camp on his behalf, and there will be no accidents......"
"Hmm...... Well! Liang Qiu Wu nodded.
Perhaps the world has always felt that the [Yan Hu Ji] Liangqiu Dance who led the victory in northern Hebei must be a person with rich combat experience, but in fact, Liangqiu Dance is actually not a general who can focus on the overall situation, her strength lies in the fact that she has a terrifying force that is enough to reverse the victory or defeat of the entire battle, just like when Chen Bei almost defeated the Zhou army array on the battlefield of Chang'an, this cousin and sister can be called the most terrifying war gods on the battlefield.
But in terms of military strategy that focuses on the overall situation, Liang Qiu Dance does not have anything unique, at least, she does not have this talent at the moment, after all, she is only a young girl who is nearly nineteen years old, and it is only in the first war that she became famous in one fell swoop to enjoy the prestige she has now, and in terms of combat experience, there is not much in fact.
It is undeniable that Liang Qiu Dance is very strong, but her strength lies in her personal strength, in the familiar military formation, and what kind of strategizing is actually not what she is good at, in this regard, she is not as good as her father Liang Qiu Jing, and not as good as her grandfather Liang Qiu Gong.
Therefore, under Xie An's proposal, Ma Dan became the de facto defender of the Liangqiu military camp of Xinfeng River, after all, when this person was in Tongguan, he had noticed the eldest grandson Xiangyu's clever plan to capture Tongguan, although it was a little late, but compared to others, it was enough to prove this person, but it was a pity that Qin Wei, the commander of the rebel army at that time, was jealous of the talents, which made Ma Dan disheartened, and under the temptation of Xie An's surrender and exoneration, he lost his fighting spirit, otherwise, maybe Xie An could not win the entire Chang'an campaign so easily.
When Xie An and Liang Qiuwu returned to the tent, Ma Dan was already waiting in the tent, and when he saw the two of them returning, he clasped his fists and saluted.
"Ma Dan, how's that? Any news? Xie An asked with a smile.
"Lord Hui, Marshal, General Xiang Qing has sent a few ......soldiers of the Eastern Army," he said, he walked to the table in the tent, pointed to the map on the table, and said in a deep voice, "The first thing to mention is that General Xiang Qing's light cavalry scouts encountered General Luo Chao on the way after crossing the river, because it was not noon at that time, so the two armies retreated separately and did not fight, according to General Xiang Qing's speculation, the second master mother's side." Most of the time General Luo Chao was appointed to the same position as General Xiang Qing of our army, the purpose was to guard against our army from spying on his intelligence, General Xiang Qing felt that if he went deeper, he would be surrounded by the Changsun army, so he temporarily retreated, and now he is stationed here......" As he spoke, he pointed to a forest on the other side of the river.
"Heh, it's not good to be a teacher! I also expect Third Brother Xiang to be able to collect some useful information, I never thought that I would be blocked by Fourth Brother Luo so quickly......" Xie An smiled bitterly. Secretly shook his head.
Suddenly, he frowned, as if he had thought of something, and turned back to Liang Qiu Wudao, "Wu'er." In terms of commanding the cavalry, which is stronger or weaker between the third brother Xiang and the fourth brother Luo? ”
"Ann mean, eat Fourth Brother Luo's scout first?" Liang Qiuwu raised his eyebrows and asked, strange to say, when it comes to military affairs, this stupid woman's intuition is much sharper than usual.
After pondering for a moment, Liang Qiuwu slowly raised his head and said. "This ...... It's really hard to say, Third Brother Xiang and Fourth Brother Luo have always served as the vanguard of the division on both sides when fighting, and they jointly flank the enemy on the left and the right. Create an opportunity for Second Brother Chen, who is the main vanguard, he has never tried to compete with the enemy like this, and it is not good to say ......"
"What does Wu'er mean that Third Brother Xiang may not be able to eat Fourth Brother Luo?" When saying this. Xie An couldn't help but be a little surprised, after all, he had always thought that Xiang Qing was the best general in the Eastern Army who was good at field sneak attacks.
"Hmm." Liang Qiuwu nodded, and said sincerely, "Fourth Brother Luo is not good at words, and he is not more pompous than Third Brother Xiang, but if it really fights, Fourth Brother Luo may not be able to win Third Brother Xiang...... The two of them have always been the two sharp knives of our Eastern Army that pierced the hearts of the enemy's henchmen, and the two of them have a very tacit understanding and are very familiar with each other's habits of leading the army, so they ...... Five-five! ”
Speaking of this, Liang Qiuwu couldn't help but be a little annoyed, after all, the eldest grandson Xiangyu picked Luo Chao away, if Xiang Qing and Luo Chao were on her side, why was she afraid of cavalry field battles?
"That's right...... Then you can only ask Third Brother Xiang to avoid the edge for the time being......" Xie An looked back at Ma Dan, and his intention was obvious, that is, to ask Ma Dan to send someone to order Xiang Qing to try to avoid confrontation with Luo Chao, so as not to lose both.
After all, Xiang Qing's scout is the only way to investigate the intelligence of the Changsun Army at the moment, if he easily breaks people, even if Luo Chao is replaced, there are still good people such as Jin Ling'er and Mo Fei who can spy on intelligence on the side of Changsun Xiangyu, and Liang Qiujun's side ...... That is to be blind.
Don't think that generals like Ma Dan and others will know that riding a horse is a riding general, if this is the case, then he Xie An can also ride a horse, isn't he also a riding general?
"Yes! The last general understood...... Regarding the information on the second master's mother's side, the soldiers sent by General Xiang Qing also mentioned ......" As he spoke, Ma Dan pointed to the marching map on the table and said in a deep voice, "This battalion is opposite, on the north side of the Xinfeng River, near the upstream and downstream, there is a camp respectively, which is about fifteen to twenty miles away from this battalion...... Look at the banner of the barracks, leaning on the camp in the west, the general is Feiguo, leaning on the camp in the east, the general is Su Xin, as for the specific strength, General Xiang Qing failed to find out......"
"Two camps?" Xie An was stunned, you must know that he had also set a rule on the number of camps on both sides, no more than five, otherwise, if one side built a camp on its own territory, would this battle still be fought?
Because of this, seeing that the eldest Sun Xiangyu actually built two camps in the middle of the stream at once, the intention of which inevitably made people pay attention to themselves.
What's going on?
Xie An frowned and walked to the table, staring at the marching map, in his opinion, although the eldest grandson Xiangyu had called Jin Ling'er to spy on the intelligence, it must have been just to verify the tactics of the Liangqiu army, as for how to set up camp, Xie An did not believe that with the wisdom of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, he would not be able to guess the location of the Liangqiu army's camp.
For example, Longquan Mountain, a place where soldiers with an excellent geographical location must fight, will the Liangqiu army set up camp here? Not to mention that the eldest grandson Xiangyu can guess it, even Xie An can guess it.
Another example is the fork of the Sanzhi River downstream, although there are no hills there, but it is still necessary to set up camp here, otherwise, no matter which side is likely to cross the river from here and surround the front-line camp of the Xinfeng River, so that the other side will be exposed to the enemy.
In other words, different from the camp tactics of Liangqiu Dance 311, Changsun Xiangyu's side is a 401 camping method, simply put, Changsun Xiangyu set up four camps in one breath on the front line of Xinfeng River.
What a risky camp, if the front line was defeated by Liangqiu Wu, and then Liangqiu Wu led the cavalry to drive straight in, Changsun Xiangyu may not have time to return to the main camp of Baihua Mountain......
Why camp like this?
If it is for defense, wouldn't it be safer to set up a camp like Liangqiu's army, and then set up another camp twenty miles back?
What was the woman thinking?
Xie An had to admit that there were still many gaps between himself and his wife, the eldest grandson Xiangyu, in terms of strategy. Eldest Sun Xiangyu's intentions, he couldn't guess at all.
And what made him feel even more strange was that the generals and personnel of the two camps on the other side of the river were too different, Fei Guo and Su Xin......
It is undeniable that Su Xin is also a general of the Zhou army who has experienced the three battles against the Chang'an rebels, and he has rich experience, but compared to Fei Guo, the future of the six gods, the gap is too big. This seems to be saying, give up Fei Guo, and then hit my Su Xin's camp......
"Bait?" Xie An muttered.
"Huh?" Ma Dan glanced at Xie An in surprise, and praised him, "It's worthy of an adult!" -- The last general just came to the tent. Seeing that the adult and the handsome were not in the handsome tent, he thought about it carefully, and thought about it for a long time before he thought that he didn't want the adult to ......"
Looking at Ma Dan's admiring expression, Xie An was a little embarrassed, and said dryly, "It's easy to say...... Ma Dan. Now that you've got that in mind, let's explain it here! When he said this, Xie An secretly pouted in the direction of Liang Qiu Wu, after all, the stupid woman was showing a confused expression right now. Apparently nothing can be seen in this.
"Yes!" Ma Dan hugged his fists when he heard this, and explained to Liang Qiuwu, "Dashuai, this second battalion." There's a camp that's bait! -- Great, and imagine if it was just for defense. The second master mother will not set up two battalions here, in other words, one of these camps, the second master mother intends to give it to our army......"
"Send? - Doesn't she want to win? Liang Qiuwu looked surprised, and his expression became strange.
As if he had guessed what Liang Qiuwu was thinking, Xie An raised his hand and scratched her small and delicate nose, and said angrily, "Do you think she will give it to our army for nothing?" Of course it comes at a price! ”
Liang Qiuwu's face was slightly red, and he stammered, "W-What price?" ”
"It's the camp at my feet!" Xie An shook his head with a smile, and then stomped his right foot.
Liang Qiuwu was stunned and said in surprise, "Why should I use this camp to exchange?" ”
Xie An looked at Liang Qiu Wu speechlessly, suddenly slowed down his tone, and said in a low voice, "Have you ever thought about taking the lead in breaking the deadlock from the midstream, instead of relying on General Lin Zhen upstream and Brother Yan Kai downstream?" ”
"Hmm!" Liang Qiu Wu nodded again and again.
"In this case, there are two camps in front of our army right now, one of their generals is Fei Guo, and the other is Su Xin, which one do you attack?"
"Of course it's Su Xin!" Liang Qiuwu said with a natural face, "What does this have to do with changing camps?" ”
"Still don't understand?" His finger flicked lightly on Liang Qiuwu's forehead, and Xie An said with a wry smile, "Su Xin is [an abandoned son], a bait to lure our army to attack, once our army sends troops, Fei Guo, another camp, will send troops at the same time to take down our army's camp...... Lost Su Xin's camp, Xiangyu's girl still has Fei Guo's camp on the front line in the middle reaches of the Xinfeng River, and what about our army? The back road is cut off, understand? ”
"......" Liang Qiuwu's red lips looked at Xie An in a daze, and suddenly clenched his fists, and said hatefully, "That woman is still so despicable!" -- He regarded his subordinates as outcasts......
"It's not the first day I met her...... Xie An muttered to himself, after all, he knew very well that it was the art of war practiced by the eldest grandson Xiangyu.
After speaking, Xie An glanced at the marching map again and licked his lips.
"But then again, it's tempting, this bait ......"
"Yes," as if thinking of one thing with Xie An, Ma Dan sighed slightly, and said with a wry smile, "If our army can take General Su Xin's camp without losing this camp, this is a great advantage......"
"Hmm!" Xie An nodded, after all, the exercise was different from the real battlefield, and it would definitely not set fire to the camp, in other words, if Su Xin's camp could be taken, there would be six garrisons of the Liangqiu army, and the eldest grandson Xiangyu would only have four left, and what was worse was that her main camp in Baihua Mountain would be completely exposed in front of the Liangqiu army.
Not to mention Liangqiu Dance, even Xie An was a little moved, although his biggest purpose this time was to help Liangqiu Dance completely master the family stunts, he didn't care too much about the outcome of this exercise...... Ah, I don't care too much, in other words, if you can win, why choose to lose?
Xie An didn't want to use this to fuel the arrogance of Changsun Xiangyu, after all, sometimes, that woman was really ...... It's a headache!
Alas!
Recalling his mansion that had been disturbed by all the women after he got married, Xie An sighed helplessly.
But he also knew that it was a bait deliberately released by the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and it could not be easily touched, otherwise, Liang Qiujun, who had no chance of winning, would encounter an even more unfavorable situation in the next few days.
"Although it's a pity, I can only give up, it's not worth exchanging Su Xin's camp for this camp!" Xie An said in conclusion.
"Hmm!" Liang Qiu Wu and Ma Dan nodded one after another.
Although Xie An said so, he still felt a little regretful in his heart, which was also the cleverness of the eldest grandson Xiangyu's design, and the bait he threw always made people want to stop and be in a dilemma.
Sighing lightly, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the location of the camps of the enemy and us on the map, and suddenly, Xie Anzhong was startled, staring at the marching map with an incredulous expression.
"Ann?" Liang Qiuwu looked at Xie An, whose face had changed drastically, and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you?" ”
I saw Xie An staring straight at the marching map on the table with a happy face, his face was a little incredulous, and he was so excited that he even trembled a little in the tone of his speech.
Because, he felt as if he had inadvertently found an extremely fatal negligence in the design of the eldest grandson Xiangyu!
"Xiangyu's girl...... I don't know if she noticed, if she hadn't noticed, then our army would have won this battle by eight points! ”
"Eight points?" Liang Qiuwu was shocked, and subconsciously walked to Xie An's side, looking at Xie An's right hand intently.
In addition to Liang Qiuwu and Ma Dan's astonishment, Xie An's right index finger drew two lines on the marching map, and before he could speak, Ma Dan suddenly gasped in shock, and looked at Xie An's eyes full of admiration.
"To bet, or not to bet? - Bet she hadn't noticed this fatal oversight! ”
Xie An looked up at Liang Qiu Wu, after all, she was the commander of the Liang Qiu Army in this exercise.
Looking at the trusting gaze of her husband Xie An, Liang Qiuwu hesitated slightly, and felt that this was an excellent opportunity to turn the situation around.
"That's it!"