23. Dare to be the first, and the six armies strive to be the vanguard
When Pang said that "it is impossible to cross the river and transport supplies by boat, only after the river freezes, this river will become a smooth way for the Qin army to march, and the Wei army will never think of it", the generals' thoughts suddenly came alive. āļ¼āx.
Living is lively, but the habitual thinking has formed a fixed situation, and when the words of the plagiarism just fell, someone retorted: "Midwinter is cold!" In the history of the Qin State, there was no record of sending troops in winter, and even slaves did not go out. Excuse me, General Pang! Let our sergeants go to war in the winter, and the sergeants they may go to war? Can it be combative? ā
This is really a stone that stirs up a thousand waves, and it has attracted a lot of criticism, so that General Pang has no way to refute it. The Duke of Qin and the three great generals were also pondering the issue of going to war in winter, and for a while they were overwhelmed by the opinions against fighting in winter. At this moment, it was the one who stood up to the east and said loudly and proudly: "What's not to do? Is it a winter battle? Can you freeze an army of 200,000 to death? There is a first time for everything, since even we ourselves could not imagine that the Qin army would fight in winter, then the Wei army could not even think of it. Since the Wei army never imagined that the Qin army would brave the severe cold in winter and break the habit of hundreds of years to fight, it would not guard against the Qin army's crossing of the river. As long as the Qin army crossed the river, it could annihilate the Fenyin defense army in one fell swoop. After annihilating the army of Fenyin, he divided his troops into three routes: all the way to the east, and went straight to Anyi to sneak attack; went all the way south, went straight to the line of Heyang, prevented Fenyin, the source of Heyang's crossing of the river, and prevented the Wei army of Minggua and Jieyi from going north to support Fenyin; All the way north, rush to the shore gate, block the enemy at the shore gate and the eastward Jishan, and take the opportunity to capture the shore gate in one fell swoop. With the Wei army and Wei people in Anmen and Fenyin as prisoners, at least 50,000 strong men can be used as laborers to transfer materials from the ice of the river, how much will the transportation capacity of the Qin army be increased? Generals, you are all my division commanders and seniors! Although I spoke impulsively, I only knew one thing: since there is a solution, why don't we try it? Hasn't General Panda practiced camping and marching in the snow this winter? After speaking, he looked at Pangu and was silent.
Pangu looked at it, this Xiangdong will really find a shield! Under the spicy gaze of Qin Gong**, he stood up and said loudly: "Actually, the winter training was not the first thing I did. I still heard General Ao say: The Ketou army was panicked in winter, and it only rested for one month in Mengdong every year, and both Midwinter and Jidong had to be trained in winter. Since there is nothing to do with the winter training of the head army, I can't watch the 30,000 army always rest at home, so the head army of the department will start training in midwinter and season winter. The effect of military training is not bad, but one must pay attention to anti-freezing and improve the food of the sergeants, otherwise the sergeants will not be able to stand it, and it will not be cost-effective to reduce the number of frostbite. Of course, this antifreeze is also simple, that is, get more animal oil and apply it on the face, hands, feet, neck, anyway, just wipe the exposed skin. As for the food, it's not too good, the main thing is to change two meals a day to three meals. ā
Qin Gong was puzzled, so he asked, "Isn't there frostbite after eating three meals?" General Pan! ā
"It's not. Lord! Pangu arched his hand and explained: "It's that the sergeant is no longer cold, and he is more powerful." If you don't eat it, you won't be able to stand the cold. Especially when marching in the snow and camping in the snow, if you don't eat at night, you can't sleep hungry. ā
Qin Gong asked again: "Then what are the problems with fighting in winter?" Generals! ā
He stood up and said, "Yes." Lord! When the minister was stationed at Wuguan and Hangu Pass, in order to prevent the enemy from sneaking up at night, he found that the officers and men of our army could not see at night, but the enemy officers and soldiers could see it. After suffering a few losses, a doctor told him that eating more animal offal could make the sergeant night bright, and it was true, so the minister specially trained a night army to eat animal offal every day, and in the future, it was our army that attacked the enemy army. If you really want to fight in winter, you can't cross the river in broad daylight. The ice surface of the river is shining, and people can see far away in winter. Tens of thousands of Qin troops crossed the river at once, and if you are still assembling on the west bank, the enemy of Fenyin will already find out, how to cross the river. Therefore, it can only be passed in the middle of the night, and after crossing the river, when the sky is just dawning, when the Wei army is still asleep, kick the city to cover and kill, and the blow is successful. This requires special training of a night army of more than 30,000 people, feeding animal offal every day, and then crossing the river on ice, marching in the snow, and braving the cold to fight in the haze. Lord! Chen Jian yƬ, this night army is served by the head army and the first army of the minister! ā
Qin Gong didn't think about it, and followed the words of Pang and replied happily: "Okay! ā
Ao Bao, Li Youwu, and Pang Ba, that one is not a human spirit, without waiting for Qin Gong's voice to settle, he immediately left the table, and walked quickly into the hall. Thank you, Lord! ā
As soon as the white tiger saw that the wood had been completed, he simply came to a favor, and without waiting for Qin to open his mouth, he announced sharply: "Lieutenant General Pang Plagiar, Major General Ao Bao, Major General Li Youwu, listen to orders!" ā
The three generals who were still kneeling on the ground did not get up, but knelt on one leg, and after beating their chests and giving a military salute, they responded, "Here!" ā
The white tiger shouted: "Order you and the other three to lead the Tenth Army, the First Army and the Second Army, and from now on, they will train for winter operations." But don't be too happy too early, in order to ensure the success of the winter battle in one fell swoop, the general will also train the other three armies, compared with you, when it comes to the battle, the assessment results will prevail, who is superior and who will be the vanguard. ā
When Bai Hu saw it, the three stupid kneeling in the hall, and after laughing secretly in his heart, he shouted loudly: "Where are Lieutenant General Zhao Hu, Lieutenant General Wu Hao, and Lieutenant General Chen Xi?" ā
As soon as the former lieutenant generals of the three generals heard General Bai's order, they thought that the three pioneers who were the most showy and the easiest to make military achievements no longer had their own lives, and they were ecstatic in their hearts, and they left the table in an uproar and stood up. I saw the three lieutenant generals replying: Zhao Hu is here! Wu Hao is here! Chen Xi is here! While galloping to the middle of the hall, he knelt on one leg and performed the highest chest-beating military salute in the army.
The white tiger roared with a tiger face: "Do you dare to compete with the three of them?" ā
The three of them raised their throats, and Zhang Hong yelled: "Dare!" By the order of the general alone! ā
"Good!" After the white tiger said good, he shouted with a big hand: "You also lead the third, sixth, and seventh armies, just like their three armies, to train for winter operations, and then compete for the vanguard with their results!" ā
After the three of them came to a uniform chest-beating military salute, they shouted: "Obey the general's order!" General Xie! ā