The meaning of war is actually quite simple. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info kill all the enemies, and naturally there will be no war. It's a simple concept, but it's hard to do.

What is the war fought? The answer is very simple -- except for national strength, it is people. However, people are really the most important part of national strength, no matter how rich the materials are, how can they fight without people, so killing more enemy soldiers in a state of war is the main goal, and attacking cities and seizing land is only incidental at some times. After all, the enemy is gone, and no one wants to regain the lost land, and there is no ability to do so.

If you save people and lose land, people and land will survive, and if you save land and lose people, people and land will be lost. The great man summed up this conclusion from history, and although Yang Tianhong had not read the works of another great man in the world, he also had his own understanding of it. Of course, Yang Tianhong's understanding is not to say that space is exchanged for time. What land is not important, people are more important. He thought that the best way to take the land was to destroy more enemies, and when the enemies died, the enemy's land would naturally become his own land.

If you want to conquer the Central Plains, you must definitely not have a war horse. If there were no war horses, it would definitely become difficult in the future Central Plains campaign. Especially in the face of the grassland Rongdi cavalry in the future, it will be an even more tragic situation. Yang Tianhong has not forgotten how high-spirited the Han emperor Liu Bang was after unifying the Central Plains in another world, and then the emperor led his army north, but suffered a fiasco. In that time and space, since the Han army was able to unify the Central Plains, it had already proved that even if they were soft-footed shrimps, they would definitely not be soft. As a result, hundreds of thousands of strong troops in the Central Plains were completely defeated when they encountered hundreds of thousands of steppe cavalry. In the end, it was only by relying on the tribute of the beauties of wealth and silk that the siege of Baishan Mountain was relieved.

Cavalry, there must be cavalry. Because of this, it is precisely because of this insight that Yang Tianhong raised the butcher's knife without hesitation in accordance with Emperor Shunming's secret decree against the Qingyuan Hou Ding family and the Changhu Hou Cui family. After all, only by occupying Lizhou and Tongzhou can we get the most stable source of war horses.

Before the lack of an effective method against the cavalry, Yang Tianhong did not think that the army he had formed in the south could be much better when it encountered the Rongdi cavalry of the grassland, after all, no matter how good the strategy was, it also needed to have the strength of the facility strategy.

To the south is the largest land in the world. Therefore, the most urgent thing at present is the southern expedition. Yang Tianhong thinks that he doesn't have the ability to play any Central Plains hegemony for the time being, after all, the time for his rise is too short and too short, even this time to the south, Yang Tianhong is just dividing his troops into four ways, and there are still not enough generals at hand after all. Especially when a plan was made and a large number of generals and talents were already needed, Yang Tianhong's head almost crashed, and he sat stunned for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh.

The person he can use in his hands can only be the Yang Mansion general. Although there are many of them, they still need to be honed. Of course, there are also many outstanding talents such as Yang Tong, Yang Sui, Yang Han, etc., who can be of great use and can also be independent, but compared to the goal of dominating the world, the number of talents under Yang Tianhong is still too small. He even felt that he should wait a few more years for the talents from various schools in Anzhou to come out, and then carry out the southern expedition at that time?

The commander of the army is not a moment and a half can be conjured, that needs to be trained and exercised in war, and even if there is training and training, there may not be an expected general, Yang Tianhong lay down every night at that time, thinking about the lack of generals in his head, he also really realized that even if he has a lot of money, enough food, and a wide supply of soldiers, in fact, it does not mean how strong he is, only if he has enough generals, can he be regarded as truly strong.

Of course, the system itself is also important. Fortunately, Yang Tianhong implemented social rules from another world in Anzhou from the very beginning. As long as everyone follows the rules, then Anju will surely usher in full development in a few years. At that point, it can be said that nothing is lacking.

By that time...... Yang Tianhong almost turned into a complaint about this sentence. Everything needs to wait, but there are some things that can't wait at all.

This time, it is really a good idea to train the soldiers with the Vietnamese barbarians. Yang Tianhong is extremely looking forward to digging out more talents in the battle of the Southern Expedition. Therefore, in the entire Anzhou, as long as Yang Tianhong felt that it was a little reliable, all of them were sent south. The country is very large, and there are many people, even more than the ants in the burrow. If you want to take down Shuiyue, Qingyue, and Heiyue, so that all the large and small Yue barbarians, then the battle of the Southern Expedition is destined to last for a long time. Yang Tianhong didn't believe that the generals he needed would not emerge during this period. Before there are enough generals, he doesn't want to enter the Central Plains at all, even if a certain country suddenly becomes strong and is expected to unify the Central Plains, Yang Tianhong will only play a sideline ball at most, curb the strength of that country, and will never go into battle barearm without any certainty.

The Yue barbarians around Yuan County are retreating south. Yang Tianhong, who knew this information, still didn't want to move, if he wanted to train the generals under his command, he couldn't go into battle in person. Otherwise, if they personally command every time, those generals will only carry out orders according to their own intentions, and there will not be many opportunities for substantive training.

"Just leave everything to them, and let Yang Sui, Yang Ci, Yang Chong, Yang Yi and others play freely,"

When Yang Tianhong faced Yang Tong's request to go over, he replied so lightly.

The combat effectiveness of the Yue barbarians is not strong, it is really not strong at all, and Yang Sui has already exhausted the elite troops of the Yue people in Yuan County. If in this case, the generals of the Yang Mansion who divided their troops into several ways to attack still could not win, then Yang Tianhong should consider building a comprehensive defense system on the ground in Anzhou, and never think about anything like sending troops to the Central Plains. Then, it is to build the turtle shell honestly and well, and then start a luxurious life until old age and death.

Of course, there is another way. That is, a person sits and cultivates in the cave, and then a person soars alone.

After all, he was a human duke and a monk.

Yang Tong really didn't quite understand what Yang Tianhong's answer meant? Exterminating the Yue people in Anzhou was an established strategic goal that had been set for a long time. If there is no personal command from Yang Tianhong, if something goes wrong, the entire layout will not only be done in vain, but it will also be a fatal blow to the future plan of the Xuanhuo Army to go north to the Central Plains.

Even with Yang Tong's questions, Yang Tianhong did not change his mind at all: "What this duke needs to do is to lead the main army to defend this place, completely cut off the back road of the Yue barbarians, and make sure that even if the Yue barbarians escape, they can only escape a small part." ”

Yang Tianhong was determined to let the generals play freely, and he issued an order: "The frontal battle against the Yue barbarians will be handed over to the generals to complete by themselves." ”

Yang Tong, as the chief general of the Yang family, could naturally see Yang Tianhong's resolute attitude, he was just a little confused, and he was relieved.

As Yang Tianhong's retainer and the chief general of the army, Yang Tong may not have shown the qualities that an important minister should have, but he knows no less than anyone else, and he has always been aware of Yang Tianhong's worries about the lack of generals. Even if the forces lacking generals are strong, they will have considerable limitations, and they will even encounter the danger of extinction after waiting for more wars, these are all things that Yang Tong understands, and he is extremely pleased that Yang Tianhong has discovered the weakness of this force early. It's just that it's too risky to train generals in such an important battle now?

"Hehe! This kind of thing is not risky. Speaking of which, although there were accidents in the layout of the battle of Yuanxian, such as Ruan Shuizeliang's retreat after capturing Yuanxian County, but for us, the completion of seven-tenths or eight-tenths of the layout is already a great advantage. For this war, what is lacking now is not that Bengong personally commands the frontal battlefield, but that it is the most important step for the entire war situation. ”

Yang Tianhong smiled at Yang Tong and continued: "Is there anything more important than cutting off the retreat of the Yue people? Do you think that in the face of the defeat of the remnants of the Yue people, who only have hundreds of thousands, those generals will still fail in a frontal battle?"

The reason why Yang Tong felt unstable in his heart was because this time in the southern expedition, Yang Tianhong brought it up from below, and there were too many new generals who were also appointed. In particular, Yang Lie, the commander of the southbound army, is too young, no matter how you look at it, he is not a general who can control the battle situation, and it is full of too many unknowable factors for them to preside over a general battle of more than hundreds of thousands of people.

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Facts have proved that Yang Tong's worries are well-founded, and less than an hour after Yang Lie's troops and the second batch of troops completed the rendezvous, when the cavalry heard the large-scale retreat of the Yue barbarians to the south, Yang Lie had already changed from the joy of easily attacking the four Yue cities before, to a high degree of tension in an instant.

"Five, five hundred thousand...... Above?"

Yang Lie, who was facing this situation for the first time, was swallowing his saliva, and cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead: "So many?"

That's right, the Yue barbarians who withdrew south from the direction of Yuanxian were more than 500,000, and on the side of the southbound army, Yang Lie and them had less than 100,000 people, among them, the cavalry unit sent by Yang Tianhong before was not in Yang Lie's position.

Yang Lie's unreliable reaction was seen by the generals, and one by one's hearts immediately hung up.

Yang Lie definitely had a reason to break out in a cold sweat, he was just a general before. Although he had the experience of attacking and harassing the Yue villages in Anzhou, at that time, there was strong logistical support and assistance from the Jiping fortress. In that case, it's hard to really lose.

How can a commander in charge of an army who has a psychological shadow and is not confident in himself not panic when he hears that the enemy army has more than 500,000 troops, and how can he not feel nervous?

After the nervousness, Yang Lie quickly stabilized, although it didn't seem so reliable, but he finally knew how to listen to the opinions of the generals.

"Our current location is south of Yuan County and west of the Jinsha River. The terrain is flat, which is quite advantageous for us to set up our troops. ”

Yang Cheng is a deputy general, and when Yang Lie, the main general, is unreliable, Yang Cheng should come up: "Our army has 8,000 heavy armored infantry, and this army is an elite soldier trained by my grandfather himself. Not to mention, we have more than 20,000 crossbowmen and more than 60,000 elite light armor infantry. ”

Confidence is very important, if you don't fight, you panic first, even if you can fight, you will be so scared that you can't even mention your weapons, Yang Cheng's words, to a certain extent, partially eliminated the negative impact caused by Yang Lie's panicked and unreliable actions.

Yang Lie may have many shortcomings, but he at least understands that if he can't do it, he will leave it to someone who can do things to preside over the overall situation, so he immediately handed over the command of the army to Yang Cheng in front of the generals, and urgently sent someone to report to Yang Tianhong's department.

There is naturally no legitimacy in transferring control of the army in this way, but at that moment no one objected, they knew that it was inappropriate, but in comparison, it was better than an unreliable lord who would lead the army to defeat.

The cavalry was very fast, and when Yang Tianhong received an urgent report from Yang Lie, he put down the document he had finished reading with an expressionless face, just let out a cold snort from his nostrils, and then picked up the pen, wrote the order to replace the chief general and stamped it, and then immediately sent it over.

"Grandpa, I'm afraid it's not good for Yang Lie to do this?"

Yang Tong didn't say anything about changing generals in battle. Rather, it means that military power is granted and received privately. This kind of thing happened to the commander of the first army, which is really a bit unreasonable.

"Don't think about it so much. Yang Lie is also looking for his own death this time, he is finished, this life is the life of an ordinary general, and it is absolutely impossible to become the main general of the road again. ”

Yang Tianhong was still expressionless with a cold face. For Yang Lie, he was really disappointed.

Yang Lie...... Even if you know that you can't do the work of a leading general, you can still be a mascot-like existence and fully delegate the command of the war. It is not impossible to change the commander-in-chief, but it should not be changed immediately without asking for instructions, the command should be transferred and then Yang Tianhong should be consulted, and then wait for the new appointment of Yang Tianhong to arrive, and then hand over the general seal, this is the rule and procedure that should be in place.

I don't know if Yang Lie was frightened by hundreds of thousands of Yue barbarians, or because of the astronomical enemy who had a sense of fear, in short, he came to such a thing as a first cut and then a prelude. Putting aside whether Yang Tianhong has a pimple in his heart for the time being, just to stop such behavior as an example, Yang Tianhong will definitely deal with Yang Lie's unauthorized behavior. Then, whether it is Yang Lie, who handed over the military power without permission, or Yang Yan, who has accepted the command of the military, there will always be stains on the two of them that cannot be washed away. No matter how good they are in this battle, it is inevitable that they will be deprived of the right to command the army for some time to come.

These two people are finished, they are really finished, and they will probably never have the life of being a commander general. Yang Tong knows this very well, and he finally has a deeper understanding of why Yang Tianhong has been thinking about what etiquette system he has been doing, just because these guys from the family are too unruly. In fact, having said that, no matter how weak the forces on Anzhou's side are and the rules are not strict, in fact, they have little impact on the entire Xuanhuo Army, but if you want to make a difference, you must have a set of rules that are strict and everyone can abide by.

As the old saying goes, there is no rule without rules! Even if it is only once strong because of money and people, it will certainly quickly weaken because of internal disorder. What Yang Tianhong wants is not a flash in the pan, but sustainable prosperity, at least to be able to have the general scene of the Han Kingdom in ancient times after competing for hegemony in the world. Then, the binding force of the rules on the system must be there, so as to form a stable internal structure, and form a kind of chaos that will be controlled within the scope of the least harm, even if there will be chaos.

"Pass the order down, let Yang Wen and Yang Tao's subordinates immediately prepare to be pulled. ”

The disappointed expression on Yang Tianhong's face couldn't be concealed. From the ridiculous thing that Yang Lie did, he thought a lot, even if it was the worst-case scenario where the troops were suppressed by the Yue barbarians, he was mentally prepared enough. However, I just didn't expect that the worst thing would happen that would affect the private transfer of military power.

The more Yang Tianhong thought about it, the more angry he became, and his voice couldn't hold back and roared: "Yang Lie, this bastard, led an army of more than 50,000 people, but he did such a thing...... It was ordered that Yang Wen would be the chief general, Yang Tao would be the military judge, and Yang Jia, the captain, would be promoted to a general, and Yang Jin would be promoted to a lieutenant by two ranks. The department must arrive at the plain on the west bank of the Jinsha River at the appointed time, and then the whole army will be assigned to Yang Wen as commander, Yang Gong will be promoted to deputy general, and Yang Lie and Yang Cheng will be demoted to military marquis, but they will still receive one each. Yang Lie commanded 3,000 heavy armored infantry, Yang Cheng commanded the crossbowmen, and the rest of the generals in his department were each demoted by one level. ”

Yang Tianhong's anger is obvious. However, this kind of thing is also helpless. After all, Yang Lie and Yang Cheng did not graduate from the Anzhou Military Academy. According to the plan, these two people, including Yang Wen and other officers who had just been promoted, must enter the Anzhou Academy. However, Ruan Chen Heihu gathered a large army and disrupted Yang Tianhong's deployment. Now, it can only be said that there is a cause for the event, and there is the current result.

The person who wrote the order was Yang Tong, after all, he wrote well, and he was also a general who could be used by Yang Tianhong's side at the moment, but the person who used the seal would definitely be Yang Tianhong himself. (To be continued.) )