The tactic proposed by Qingji to surprise the Yingdu is actually very risky.

Qing Ji took this risk, but the soldiers who wanted to implement this tactic were afraid that they would die and have a bad fate.

"King, my Wu army is good at water warfare, why did you change to march by land?"

Bo asked puzzled.

"Bo Yu, fighting with soldiers is the most expensive and fast. The enemy should take the path that the enemy does not expect, so as to take it by surprise. ”

"Sailing against the current, the speed is slow, it is difficult for the Wu army to give full play to its advantages, and the Chu army will inevitably take the opportunity to strengthen its defense, so it will be difficult to break the enemy."

Qing Ji said meaningfully: "The outnumbered people are fighting, so as to fight quickly, and do not drag mud and water, resulting in too many casualties among the soldiers." ”

"The king, the minister is willing to lead a strong force through Yongli and surprise attack Yingdu!"

Da Sima Sun Wu took the initiative to invite Ying.

Qing Ji hesitated.

This place in Yongxi is in the north of Yunmengze, east of the Han River, and across the bank is the right land.

Once they reached Yongxi, the Wu army was able to cross the Han River and drive straight into Ying, the capital of the Chu State.

It's just that the Wu army that attacked Yingdu by surprise is very likely to be besieged by the Chu army and suffer from the enemy on the back.

Qingji valued Sun Wu very much, and naturally didn't want Sun Wu to risk his life.

"The king, the ministers are also willing to go!"

Wu Zixu immediately said solemnly.

Like Bo Tuo, he was born as a Chu person, but almost all of his doors were beheaded by the Chu State, and he had a deep blood feud with the Chu State.

This time in the battle of Chu, they were naturally very active.

If they can lead the troops to break through Yingdu, it is a dream thing for them.

"Da Sima goes."

Qingji hesitated for a moment, and finally made his own choice.

Between Sun Wu and Wu Zixu, Qingji chose Sun Wu.

This is not to say that Wu Zixu is inferior to Sun Wu in marching and fighting, or that Qingji trusts Sun Wu more.

Instead, Qingji took into account Wu Zixu's character.

Wu Zixu is jealous and hateful, with a violent personality, and his military talent is undoubted, but if he leads the army to attack Yingdu, it will inevitably be a little rash.

Qingji had to take this into account.

He needs a general who can keep a cool head at all times and can judge the situation, and Sun Wu is undoubtedly the best candidate.

After all, this time they went deep into the hinterland of Chu alone, the risk was too great, as the chief general of the first army, they must be cautious!

"Da Sima, how many people do you need?"

"King, the minister needs five thousand fine armor, that's enough!"

"Is 5,000 too little?"

Qingji was a little hesitant.

He didn't suspect that Sun Wu was holding the big one, but he was worried that Sun Wu would have an accident.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers are fast. This time the minister led a lone army across the Han River, a surprise attack on Yingdu, expensive in a 'strange' word, if the army is too heavy, lest the Chu people detect the traces too early, if the troops are too small, it may be difficult to break the Yingdu in a battle. ”

Sun Wu said slowly: "Therefore, five thousand elite armor is the most suitable force. ”

Sun Wu's so-called five thousand elite armor are naturally elite soldiers, all elite soldiers wearing armor!

You must know that the armor rate of soldiers in this era is generally not high.

In the fierce war of the Cold Weapon Age, it is not easy to win the war.

In addition to the quantity of officers and men in the army and the quality of the army itself, the weapons and equipment of the army are also a factor that cannot be underestimated.

The armor ratio is the ratio of the number of armor you have in an army to the number of people in your army.

Because in all dynasties, it is impossible to achieve a 100% armor rate if you want everyone to have armor.

One is that the productive forces of ancient times and the state of the country could not do it.

Another reason is that there is simply no need for that much armor, although nominally more armor the better.

But when encountering a war with clear strengths and weaknesses, it is enough to ensure a certain amount of armor, otherwise too much armor will cause a waste of combat resources.

However, this does not prevent the armor ratio from being used as a factor in judging the combat effectiveness of the army, because the level of the armor ratio also affects the combat effectiveness of the army.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a military chariot, three soldiers, and seventy-two foot soldiers.

Such an armor ratio is three to seventy-two.

But, that's just a criterion.

Because each country will have a different degree of affluence and a different military system, the armor ratio will be completely different.

In medium-sized countries, such as Song, Lu, Wei and other countries, the armor ratio of soldiers is 1:5.

Small countries and widows, such as Cai Guo, Zhong Wuguo, Xu Guo, etc., the armor ratio of soldiers is generally 1 to 7 or even lower.

Because the soldiers of these countries generally bring their own armor.

Even if it is a powerful country with peak national strength, such as the Jin State and the Qi State, the armor ratio of the soldiers is only one to four!

As for Wu's opponent, Chu State, now the armor rate of the soldiers is even lower, and the standard has been lowered again and again.

Qingji estimates that the Chu army is up and down, and the current armor ratio is only one to seven!

Wu benefited from the conscription system, and the weapons and armor were all issued by the state, so the armor rate was the highest, but it only reached one to three.

In other words, among the hundreds of thousands of Wu troops, only one-third of the soldiers are really equipped with armor!

However, this is already very remarkable in the era of cold weapons.

"Shen Zhuliang is a generation of famous generals, and he can't be taken lightly."

Qingji frowned and said: "The one who is worried about the widow is that once Shen Zhuliang realizes that Da Sima is leading a lone army to go deeper, he will probably send troops to besiege him from all sides. ”

"Wouldn't it be better?"

Sun Wu chuckled and said: "King, if Shen Zhuliang mobilizes heavy troops to aid Yingdu, then the minister can lead the army to wait for work and strictly defend it." ”

"In other words, use the lone army of the minister as bait to make the Chu army attack, and then the king can send troops to break it in one fell swoop."

"Center flowering?"

Qingji only then remembered that there was indeed such a classic method of warfare.

"Center flowering? Yes, my lord, this tactic is metaphorically used as 'central flowering', which is indeed very vivid. ”

"The Ancient God Emperor"

Flowering in the center is a tactic.

Strike at key or vital points in the enemy's center first, and then expand the results in all directions.

Or they use their own side as bait to stick to a certain strategic area, induce enemy troops to move towards themselves, cooperate with friendly and neighboring forces to carry out counter-encirclement of the enemy, and when the time is ripe, cooperate with friendly and neighboring forces to strike at the enemy's tactics.

In a classic battle in the West, the Battle of Austerlitz (also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors), the French Emperor Napoleon I had weaker troops and artillery than the Russian-Austrian army.

However, he was foresighted and determined to concentrate his superior forces on the northern section of the front when the enemy detoured to his right flank.

Tsar Alexander I of Russia foolishly rejected Kutuzov's request that all reinforcements arrive before attacking the French, and when commanding, he abandoned the Central Heights.

Napoleon, seeing in his telescope, made a major mistake in the enemy's tactics, and quickly sent a division of Field Marshal Sirte to capture the Platzen Heights in the center, which blossomed in the center and routed the Russian-Austrian forces in one fell swoop.

In addition, there are examples of failures in the "central flowering" tactics.

One of the important reasons for its defeat was that it chose the wrong battlefield.

Just like Ma Tan Shou Street Pavilion, he chose a place where there is no water source, isn't that looking for death?