Chapter 1728: Know Yourself and Know Your Enemy
"I see that he is just tossing around, when will he toss all this bit of people and horses, and then he will run back honestly, we don't care what tricks he plays, just respond to all changes with the same." Duan Fengnian is not wrong to say this, after all, the strength is here.
In the face of absolute strength, it is useless to play any tricks.
"Do you want to send a force around the mountain?" A general said, "First, you can probe the reality behind him, and second, you can also form an encirclement of Wolong Pass, in case he is defeated and escapes, or even put a few fires to scare them." ”
"I think it's okay, it seems that we are too passive to attack the city like this, seeing that the weather is getting colder and colder, and the supply of firewood is a little unavailable, it is better to take the initiative to attack, to fight the grass and scare the snake, knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, and see how many soldiers and horses there are in his city?" Another chubby general said.
"There's no need for that!" Duan Fengnian waved his hand, "The mountain road is not easy to walk, and now the mountains are covered with snow, and the troops can't go around it for six or seven days?" Mules and horses can't walk, you can't bring food and supplies, even if you finally pass, you are tired and half dead, how can you fight? ”
"Although it's not easy to walk, you can still walk, mules and horses can't pass, so you can carry dry food on your back, as long as you go around, there is always a way to get food." The fat general said, "If the prince allows, the last general is willing to personally bring 10,000 soldiers." ”
"Pull it down, when your 10,000 soldiers pass, I will already defeat Wolong Pass!" Duan Fengnian said, "In addition, our purpose in this battle is only to capture the pass, as long as Wolong wins, even if it wins, we will not besiege them and leave them a way to escape." ”
Duan Fengnian resolutely disagreed, he thought that he would be able to capture Wolong Pass within ten days, since this was the case, there was no need to send troops to make a detour.
In addition, if Wolong City is besieged, Li Qiu and they will definitely not surrender, they will only trap the beasts and fight, rather than this, it is better to leave them a way back, this is the truth of encircling three and letting one go.
Since he didn't agree, a few generals under him didn't dare to say it anymore, and said in his heart, Lord Wang, you may be too optimistic, looking at the momentum of the other party, it's not false, otherwise how dare you take the initiative to go out of the city to challenge?
Even if Li Qiu doesn't know how to lead troops, Xu Zhisheng, Zhang Heng, and Lin Feixiong are all very experienced generals, how could they let Li Qiu mess around?
Besides, Li Qiuke didn't mess around, and we didn't take any advantage of the siege on this day, and even lost hundreds of siege ironclad vehicles and dozens of catapults......
Without these large equipment, the siege would have been even more difficult.
What worries the Langya generals the most is that the number of troops in the city may not be only 20,000, otherwise how dare they come out?
If they want to win in danger and fight to the death with us, they won't fight so smoothly, and they don't have to fight under the city at all!
Although this has caused us a lot of casualties, from a strategic point of view, it does not make any sense at all!
In short, the other party has no rules, but it is also quite rules, but it is not the rules we are familiar with.
This is actually a very terrible thing, and it must be paid attention to, but the prince is still so light on the enemy, so he shouldn't be.
But Duan Fengnian is very stubborn, and it is difficult to change the things he decides......
In fact, when the soldiers first arrived, some generals suggested sending a strange army back to the back of Wolong Pass, but Duan Fengnian did not allow it.
He thought that if it was a roundabout encirclement, there would be fewer people to go and it would be useless, and at least 10,000 troops would be needed, and the horses would not be able to pass, so they could only be infantry.
The weather is cold, the mountain road is difficult to walk, the soldiers can not carry heavy armor at all, they can only carry weapons and a few days of rations, and 10,000 people detour past, even if the march is particularly smooth, it will take at least seven days, with these seven days of work, Wolong Pass has already been defeated!
In addition, Duan Fengnian was also worried that Xue Jinshan would send reinforcements, Yanyun Pass was all black dragon heavy armored cavalry, even if only 3,000 cavalry came, his 10,000 light cavalry would not be enough for others to kill in half a day......
But unexpectedly, Xu Zhisheng fought for three days and three nights, and he still resisted it stubbornly, and he didn't expect the reinforcements of the Great Zhou to come so quickly, especially it only took three days and three nights to get here from Fengyang, which was flown with wings?
Someone asked, even if Duan Fengnian attacked Wolong Pass in a hurry, didn't he send a scout to investigate, or planted spies in advance?
Of course there is, but Xu Zhisheng is an experienced general, can he not think of the things that everyone thinks of?
When he learned that Duan Fengnian's army was coming, he not only notified Fengyang as soon as possible, but also immediately cleared the wilderness and sent all the people in the city away!
He also organized the young and middle-aged people among the people, and temporarily cobbled together a village army, so that they did not need to defend the city and fight, but only sent a few officers to lead them, and let them conduct a carpet search in the rear.
But everyone who comes from Langya County, whether it is a spy or a good citizen, will be imprisoned!
Especially on both sides of the road, people are sent to patrol back and forth day and night, and if you see a suspicious person, you don't have to ask, and you can arrest them directly!
In addition, many people in Wolong Pass are hunters, usually hunting in the mountains for a living, and are particularly familiar with the mountains.
If there is a living person, then take it directly, take one, no matter who it is, you will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver!
If it is verified that it is an enemy spy, a reward of 100 taels of silver!
There is also the shooting of carrier pigeons, as long as you shoot an enemy carrier pigeon, you will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver.
Because carrier pigeons do not fly at night, they can only fly during the day, and although their targets are small, it is difficult for them to escape the arrows of the hunters.
Therefore, it is not enough for an excellent general to just lead troops to fight, and there are many things that must be planned carefully by himself, and there can be no mistakes or omissions, or try to minimize mistakes......
This basically completely cut off all sources of Duan Fengnian, making him blind and deaf.
He didn't even know that Yanyun's 50,000 troops had passed through Yanyun Pass and entered Wolong Pass, and he still insisted on his opinion in a vague way, thinking that there were only 20,000 people in Wolong City......
He Duan Fengnian's eyes were dark, and he couldn't figure out the situation, but Xiao Chen had a clear understanding of his situation.
Because Li Haibo and the others have already lurked in well, and successfully rebelled against Murong Yumen, they have obtained a lot of important military information from various channels.
Even sometimes the news from Langya County didn't wait for Duan Fengnian to be delivered, and Xiao Chen knew it first!
Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent and not being defeated in a hundred battles is also the confidence of Xiao Chen to dare to take the offensive.
Whether in ancient times or now, information warfare is extremely important, and it can even affect or even reverse the situation of the entire campaign......
Besides, Xiao Chen sent Lin Qi to discuss with Duan Fengnian to help each other's wounded soldiers, firstly out of humanitarianism, and secondly, to delay time.
An hour can kill many, many people less......