Chapter 315: Clever Tricks and Straight ~ Pounding Yellow Dragon
After listening to Zhang Bao's passionate speech, the generals expressed their opinions one after another, and some proposed that the army pour out of the nest to find the enemy's main force for a decisive battle; Some people proposed to set up bait to lure the enemy into the encirclement and annihilate him, etc., and everyone made a lot of suggestions, but the more Zhang Bao listened, the tighter his brows wrinkled, because these suggestions were not very reliable, and they could not fundamentally solve the dilemma he was facing.
Unlike previous operations, because the scouts could not achieve an overwhelming superiority, they could not achieve absolute superiority in information, and so far, the 1st Division has not been able to reconnoiter where the enemy's main forces are stationed.
In fact, even if you can detect the enemy's main force, it is useless, because the Xianbei army is different from the armies of Wei and Wu, they are mainly cavalry-based troops, and they are very mobile, and the main force can be transferred at any time.
Therefore, maybe when you reconnoiter their base camp, day and night, and rush to the place, you will find that the people have already moved, and in the end you haven't even seen a single ~ hair of the enemy.
The most frustrating thing is that even if the enemy didn't move in the first place, and only temporarily moved when he saw you coming, you still can't catch up with them. Because people run on four legs, you run on two legs, and two legs will never be able to run on four legs.
So again, the saying is correct: only the cavalry can deal with cavalry. Even if you have a firearm that is sharper than Brother Sharp, it's useless, how can you fight if you can't catch up with others? Even if you see someone, but as soon as they hit a horse, they run out of the range of firearms in a short time, how do you fight?
Therefore, the proposal to put forward the main force of the army to go out of the city to find the main force of the people is very unreliable, not only is it impossible to find the main force of the enemy, but it is very likely that if you are not careful, someone will set a trap and cause huge losses.
And the strategy of setting up a decoy to lure out the enemy's main force sounds a little reasonable. He proposed that the army pretend to retreat, give up the city of Jinyang, lure the Xianbei army into Jinyang, and then launch an ambush to destroy the enemy's main force in one fell swoop.
However, when Zhang Bao asked about the specific implementation rules, the "strategist" was stuck, and not everyone could be like Sima Yi and Pang Tong who could easily use the tricks.
A strategy seems simple, and it can even be summed up in a four-character idiom, but it really needs to be implemented, and there are many places involved in all aspects, and many details cannot be sloppy, and often a very inconspicuous omission may lead to the failure of the overall plan.
The general who proposed this strategy did have some brains, but unfortunately he was still too young, to put it vulgarly, he was still too young to plan and perfect this clever plan, and he did not have enough action to ensure that this strategy could be implemented successfully.
The rest of the First Division was also unable to help him complete this strategy, which was one of the reasons why this originally very good strategy was aborted~. If it had been a military meeting convened by Liu Hou, the situation would have been completely different.
Even if someone proposes an imperfect strategy, as long as everyone thinks that the general direction of this strategy is correct and feasible, then several top strategists around Liu Hou can quickly supplement and improve the strategy, from a hazy concept to a highly enforceable action plan.
Although the brainstorming method is very useful, if the level of those minds is too low, it will not be able to cause a storm. Zhang Bao, the division commander, is a young man who has not grown all his hair, and the other generals of the first division are generally young people, and there is a lack of a scheming old fox-like figure in charge, which is destined to make this storm unlikely.
"Bang!" Zhang Bao stood up and slapped the table in front of him, and the teacup on the table jumped up and spilled most of the tea.
"Humph! If you can't think of a countermeasure, then you will take the first strategy, and really pour out of the nest and go straight ~ to smash the Yellow Dragon. Seeing that his subordinates had discussed for a long time and had not come up with any results, Zhang Bao said angrily.
The generals looked at each other when they heard this, and a brigade commander finally couldn't help but ask: "General, we have discussed this issue just now, we can't find the enemy's base camp, and we can't go straight ~ to smash Huanglong." β
Before Liu Hou inadvertently said the four words straight ~ pounding Huanglong, he had to try his best to explain it when he was questioned. Of course, he didn't say the terms of Yue Fei, Huanglongfu and other later generations, but only said that it was an ancient immortal legend, and Huanglong was a divine beast that guarded the mansion of a certain immortal.
Therefore, straight ~ smashing the yellow dragon means directly attacking the enemy's lair. There are many loopholes in these words, but when they are told by the emperor, all the loopholes are not loopholes, and Liu Hou has stated in advance before telling this story that this is just a fictional fairy story, so no one has investigated its authenticity.
However, after this incident, almost all the middle and high-level officers in the army now know this word, and they also like to put this word on their lips, especially in the battle against these Hu people, almost every officer will shout one or two sentences when they are hot, "straight ~ smash Huanglong".
Zhang Bao was refuted by the brigade commander, but he had nothing to say, because what the other party said was the truth, and he had no way to refute it. At this moment, an arm that was not too thick~ strong was raised, and a young voice sounded: "Actually, it's not that there is no way to straight~ pound Huanglong." β
Everyone followed the voice and looked over, it was Zhang Bin, the young staff officer who had just reported the battle situation. "Oh? Counselor Zhang, what are your clever plans? Zhang Bao asked.
"General Qiyu, my subordinates have thought of a way, but I don't know if it's feasible, please give me more advice." Saying that, Zhang Bin made a group for Zhang Bao and the generals.
"Okay, good, good, what do you have a plan, quickly give Ben a word. If it had worked, it would have been rewarded. Zhang Bao sat down again and said to Zhang Bin.
Zhang Bin said: "The idea of the last general may be a little naΓ―ve, which makes everyone laugh. The last general heard that the Xianbei royal court was more than 300 miles north of Gaoliu (now Yanggao, Shanxi). Isn't this exactly what we've been looking for in the straight ~ smashing Huanglong goal? β
Hearing Zhang Bin's words, the generals shook their heads one after another, this staff officer is probably too young, he can only talk on paper, and he actually doesn't know anything about war. He didn't think that there were chiefs of staff in the division-level staff corps, and there were many staff officers, so why did he choose such a young staff officer to report on the war situation?
There must be some unknown advantages in this little staff officer, which made the chief of staff give him this opportunity to report on the military situation. Through his previous speeches, it is not known whether he has other talents, but at least he has the eloquence and courage to choose from above.