Chapter 41: Take the initiative

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The core of the army is the scout, responsible for reconnaissance, spying on intelligence, capturing prisoners and drawing maps, etc., which can be regarded as the eyes of the army, the more accurate the information obtained by the scouts, the smoother the army's operations.

After three months of fierce competition, 50 scouts were finally decided, and these scouts first entered the actual combat drills, and they lurked in Wuling County, Qingyuan County, Bazhou and other places, trying to obtain information by all means, and in the shortest possible time, sending it back, sometimes even walking more than 200 miles a day.

The news that the Yawai army and some of the foreign soldiers stationed in Bazhou were preparing to conquer the cottage was detected by the scouts, and the officers and soldiers were arrogant, and they did not look at the bandits at all, and accepted such a task, they thought that the harvest season had come, and rushed all the way to Wuling County, I don't know how much money and food they could get, and it was the autumn harvest season, and the common people had money and food at home.

The training of the cottage continued, very calmly, and there was no other situation because the official army was about to attack the cottage, which was completely different from the situation when the official army came to exterminate the cottage last time, no one would believe it, but three months have passed, and the cottage has changed so dramatically.

Li Rupei is not idle, he has always asked the scouts to pay close attention to the situation in Bazhou, this time it was the Yawai Army who was ordered to exterminate the cottage, which shows that Lu Yanhong still did not put the cottage in his eyes, to say that Lu Yanhong is not Liu Di can be compared, no matter what, he has also participated in the conquest and fighting, when he was in the Zhongwu Army before, he led the army to fight against Huangchao, there should be no such understanding, so Li Rupei has always asked the scouts to secretly investigate and find out the real situation.

In late July, the news soon came back, and the Yawai army stationed in Bazhou and Hepengzhou, as well as some soldiers from other towns, were dispatched, with a total strength estimated at more than 3,000 people, and they might meet in Wuling County to jointly exterminate the cottage.

Li Rupei did not have a detailed map, but he knew very well that Guanzhuang Town, which belongs to the jurisdiction of Qingyuan County, is just between Bazhou and Pengzhou, that is to say, it is reasonable for Lu Yanhong to mobilize the Yawai army and some of the foreign town soldiers in these two places to encircle and suppress the cottage, and it can form a situation of flanking before and after, as for saying that the Yawai army and the foreign town soldiers met in Wuling County, it is nonsense.

In the face of the huge official army, if the cottage can not resist, there are two escape routes, go north into Bizhou, or go south into Jiannan Road, these two roads, are not simple, Bizhou's defense is stronger than Bazhou, hundreds of people are difficult to gain a foothold, and then there is the Daba Mountain Range, the mountain is sparsely populated, very poor, it is difficult to have a foothold, as for entering the territory of Jiannan Road, it is even more dangerous, the terrain is complex, not to mention, everyone knows that the strength of Jiannan Road is far stronger than Shannan West Road.

There is only one way in front of the cottage, and that is to defeat the official army.

Li Rupei also has such a plan, he is not ready to leave Shannan West Road, he plans to stay here for a long time, until he is full-fledged, and then come to the next operation.

This stems from his clear understanding of history, the southeast feudal towns, although after the chaos, also have the idea of separation, but because of their own weakness, and the northern feudal towns can not be compared, and the capital of the Tang Dynasty is in the north, so the northern fighting is particularly fierce, and the army is more powerful.

The place where Li Rupei showed his strength was also in the southeast feudal town.

Huang Biao, Song Hu, Zhao Laibao and others, after entering the Juyi Hall, were attracted by the sand table placed in the middle, this thing is generally used by the official army for combat, and the requirements for making zuò are also very high.

On the sand table, the hillside road made of fine sand and clods is very visible, some small branches represent the mountain forest, the city and village are marked with repaired wooden blocks, and the most striking thing is the small white and red flags.

When everyone was still looking at the sand table carefully, Li Rupei spoke.

"This is the scout team brothers have been busy for most of the day, before the production zuò out, a certain has seen it, very good, in the future, such a sand table, the scout team must always be made zuò out, you lead the army to fight, but also talk about the position and strategic changes demonstrated by the sand table, keep it in mind, the battle can become orderly."

Li Rupei's words did not cause everyone's surprise, the official army is about to come to encircle and suppress the cottage, people will not be polite, just want to put the cottage to death, plus such a long time has passed, Li Rupei has always been training the brothers in the cottage in accordance with the regular army training method, and unconsciously, everyone has long regarded themselves as a formal army.

"The white flag is the direction of the official army's attack, and the red flag is the direction of the cottage brothers to meet the enemy."

As soon as Li Rupei's words fell, Huang Biao, Song Hu and Zhao Laibao all raised their heads, with shocked expressions on their faces, judging from the mark of the flag, the cottage was facing the enemy from two directions at the same time, one direction in Guanzhuang Town, and the other direction in the suburbs of Wuling County, that is, the place where the cottage took the initiative to attack the official army last time.

You must know that there are only 800 brothers in the cottage, but there are 3,000 officers and soldiers, according to the understanding of ordinary people, 800 people against 3,000 people, no matter what, they need to be gathered together, so that the combat effectiveness is stronger.

Li Rupei looked at Gao Chibang, and Gao Chibang quickly spoke.

"According to Li Lang's arrangement, the brothers of the cottage were divided into two parts to meet the enemy, the main battlefield was in the suburbs of Wuling County and Guanzhuang Town, Song Hu led 300 people to meet the enemy in Guanzhuang Town, Huang Biao and a certain led 400 people to meet the enemy in the suburbs of Wuling County, and Zhao Laibao led the remaining 100 people to garrison the cottage to ensure the safety of the cottage."

What Gao Chibang said is very simple and very clear.

After Gao Chibang finished speaking, everyone looked at Li Rupei, and they knew that Li Lang must have thought about it a long time ago.

"Brothers, this battle is very critical, it is related to the survival of the cottage, if you can't achieve victory, the brothers will start to wander, after all, there are 3,000 people in the official army, no matter what the combat effectiveness is, the number of people is absolutely superior, if you wait until the two armies from Bazhou and Pengzhou form a flanking trend, it is very unfavorable to the cottage."

"If you want to break the flank attack of the official army, the best way is to take the initiative to attack and knock out one of the official troops, so that the official army will not be able to form a trend of encirclement, which is conducive to the next step of the cottage operation."

"From Pengzhou Prefecture to Guanzhuang Town, there are more than 600 miles, from Bazhou Prefecture City to Wuling County, there are more than 400 miles, that is to say, the officers and troops from Bazhou marched 400 miles to Wuling County, and the officers and troops from Pengzhou need to walk more than 600 miles to reach Guanzhuang Town.

"The scouts have figured out the situation, and there are 1,500 officers and troops on both sides, and each other's combat effectiveness is about the same."

"The cottage took the initiative to attack, and it was this time difference that the master and the four hundred brothers led by Huang Biao rushed to the outskirts of Wuling County to completely defeat the officers and troops on this road, and then arrived at Guanzhuang Town in a hurry, and Zhao Laibao met the other way of the officers and troops, and the purpose was to completely annihilate or completely defeat the three thousand officers and troops, so that Lu Yanhong knew that it was powerful, so that he did not dare to set foot in Wuling County and Qingyuan County."

Everyone looked at Li Rupei, but no one spoke.

In fact, this is the first battle of the initiative under the command of Li Rupei, the last time the cottage defeated the officers and troops who came to encircle and suppress, the focus is still on the strategy used, in terms of combat effectiveness, the cottage is by no means the opponent of the Xiangyang Tooth Army, but this time the situation is different, the cottage takes the initiative to attack, with fewer enemies and more, in the case of an absolute disadvantage in numbers, it is necessary to completely annihilate or defeat the foreign army and the foreign town soldiers, which requires great courage.

"Make preparations for a qiē during the day today, the master and Huang Biao led four hundred brothers to walk day and night, when the child is out, when the hour is resting, and the day after tomorrow must rush to the destination, the three hundred brothers led by Song Hu will do a good job of ambush in Guanzhuang Town three days later, this march must be kept secret, and the news must not be leaked out."

"The officers and troops in the two directions of Bazhou and Pengzhou have been out yesterday, but they have too many things to do along the way, so the march is very slow, but the brothers of the cottage must go out early, and they would rather wait in ambush and be fully prepared than fight a hasty and unprepared battle."

"The time to test you and a certain is up, a certain believes, this time will be able to win a big victory, a certain has a hunch, in less than a year, there will be a huge turmoil in Datang, so the cottage must be prepared for a qiē, after the end of this battle, a certain will tell you, what to do next."

Huang Biao, Song Hu and Zhao Laibao all went to prepare, Huang Biao was of course happy, and he was going to the suburbs of Wuling County to do a big job again, Song Hu and Zhao Laibao were a little dissatisfied, one of them met the enemy in Guanzhuang Town, and the other waited in the cottage, but after Li Lang arranged, they would not raise objections, and no matter what grievances they had, they would be implemented to the letter.

After everyone left the Juyi Hall, Gao Chibang spoke.

"Li Lang, go to Wuling County, Huang Biao and a certain lead the brothers to go, Li Lang still stays in the cottage, the so-called strategizing, winning thousands of miles away, Li Lang doesn't have to risk himself."

"Master, so-and-so must follow."

Li Rupei did not explain why, but Gao Chibang was clear.

"Li Lang, I didn't expect that in such a short period of time, I would be ready to leave the cottage, and I thought that I would stay in the cottage for a few years."

"The opportunity must not be lost and will not come again, the limitations of the cottage are too great, it is impossible to grow the team in the mountains, and the knowledge of the brothers cannot be increased, if they can win this time, the brothers will definitely be full of confidence, and when the time comes, it is logical to leave the cottage and go to a broader world to show."