June. Shi Jilong's general Wang Bao attacked Wujie and held Zhang Chonghua's escort Hu Xuan. He also made Ma Qiu and Sun Fu cut down Jincheng, and guarded Zhang Chong to surrender it. Chonghua listened to Sima Zhang Tanyan of Liangzhou, bowed to General Xie Ai, and gave 5,000 foot cavalry to make the autumn. Ai led the troops out of Zhenwu, and there were two owls in the teeth at night, and Ai said: "The one who wins the six wins wins." In today's owl's teeth, the omen of defeating the enemy is also. "Fight with Zhao, break it, and behead five thousand levels. Chonghua named Ai as Früber.

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Before Zhu Tao could come back to his senses, the battle situation in the distance suddenly had a breakthrough and a turnaround at that moment.

Seeing the urgency of the left flank, the BLU leader immediately ordered the mobilization of reserves to support the left flank, but his movements were not as fast as the RED. As soon as the BLU reserve team came behind the left flank, they saw the right wing of the red team, with the emergency support of its own reserves, launch the final blow, and the continuous onslaught had already broken its own left flank. The defeat was overwhelming, and the reserves of the blue team were quickly defeated by the right wing of the red team. When the RED right wing group flanked the BLU center flank in a flash, the outcome of the battle was decided. The middle flank of the Blues, who were caught between the front and rear of the red team, suffered heavy casualties, and soon there was less than a group of sergeants left, struggling for half an hour before finally being drowned in the sea of red.

There was less than a tun left on the right flank, and the blue team had to abandon the battle and slowly retreat back, and the victory or defeat was finally settled.

And Zhu Tao, who was watching the battle on the side, was surprised by another thing. Although the blue team was defeated, but the wings and teams were defeated after they were all killed, if they were replaced by other imperial army troops, it was estimated that just over 10% of the casualties would begin to rout, but the Changshui army did not.

The defeated blue team and each team held out until all the sergeants were marked with white spots, and it was the first time Zhu Tao had seen such a tough and fierce army. Fortunately, the victorious red team "came out of the same door", which was equally fierce, and the fighter took the lead, and took advantage of the victory, so he was able to grit his teeth and fight with the blue team to the end. In this way, the victorious red team also suffered heavy losses, and the price paid was much less than that of the blue team, so in the end, they had to let the last sergeant of the blue team retreat.

Maybe it's just the drill of fake knives and fake guns that will be so fierce, and the battle with real knives and guns shouldn't have such good quality. While comforting himself, Zhu Tao turned around and asked Tian Feng, who was leading the way, this question.

Tian Feng replied: "This is normal in the Changshui Army. According to the military law formulated by our military master, Lord Zeng, from the beginning of the day, all the battles are marching with drums, and the team is defeated and retreats, the captain of the team will be beheaded; If the captain dies in battle and the team retreats, the whole team will be killed! ”

Zhu Tao was stunned when he heard this, and he was speechless for a long time, is there such a harsh military law?

And Tian Feng's next words continued to impact Zhu Tao's "young and fragile" heart: "This is a wartime military law, and of course it can't be followed in drills." However, those who violate the military law during the drill will be punished with 20 lashes instead. After eating dozens of whips, no one dared to treat the drill as a child's play, but when there were drums to move forward, everyone had to rush forward desperately. ”

After listening to this, Zhu Tao asked stupidly after a while: "The military law is so harsh, but some people are not convinced?" ”

Tian Feng glanced at Zhu Tao with dissatisfied eyes, and said loudly: "Our army's military law is strict, and the rewards and punishments are clear. In the first exercise of leading the troops, the commander of the army was punished with 30 lashes for the defeat of the whole army. However, those who have performed well in the drill can be admitted to the non-commissioned officer camp if they are excellent soldiers, and those who are outstanding and excellent non-commissioned officers can be admitted to the training camp. ”

"What is this non-commissioned officer camp and training camp?" Long Yu General Zhu Tao asked Tian Feng, the head of the Changshui Army on duty in front of him, a little "weakly".

"The non-commissioned officer battalion specializes in training non-commissioned officers, and those who are qualified to leave the camp can be admitted to each non-commissioned officer such as the commander and the standard-bearer. The training battalion specializes in training officers, and the personnel are generally selected from among the non-commissioned officers, and those who are qualified to leave the camp can join each team as a captain and other junior officers, and only then can they be promoted separately on the basis of military merits. Tian Feng explained in detail to General Zhu Tao of Longyu.

"I see!" Zhu Tao nodded, and finally figured out some of the military laws and regulations of the Changshui Army.

When Zhu Tao humbly asked for advice, the Changshui Army had already begun to clean up the battlefield. And outside the woods not far away, more than a dozen people gathered there, and the discussion seemed to be intense. Zhu Tao heard the sound and saw many acquaintances at a glance, and immediately turned around and used the token of the Governor's Mansion to "threaten" Tian Feng with his own through the perimeter guards, quietly entered the woods, and listened attentively.

"No! The military master's resourcefulness is far superior to mine, and this long water army is all trained by the military master, how can I beat you? It was Zhang Shou, the leader of the blue team, who spoke.

"Just admit that you're worse than the master." Gan Rui, who was a referee next to Che Yin, opened his mouth and continued.

"I'm worse than the military master, but not necessarily worse than you! Didn't you get disgraced by the military boss last time? Even the Chinese army was wiped out. Zhang Shou shot back.

"That's a night battle, who knows that the army leader is better at night than day fighting, a few people scattered, I don't even know how many people are attacking from where. But if it were you, you might not even be able to tell the direction. Gan Rui argued with a red neck.

"Okay, Brother Baishan, Brother Changbao, don't fight. What we should do is to sum up the experience of this exercise. Zeng Hua persuaded that his brother, the longer he got along, the deeper his relationship became, the more he loved to fight with each other.

Zhang Shou and Gan Rui were extremely convinced of Zeng Hua, and when they saw this, they couldn't speak, so they had to stop arguing: "Obey the orders of the army master." ”

Under Zeng Hua's "Three Shen and Five Orders", Zhang and Gan were embarrassed to call Zeng Hua, who was several years younger than themselves, "Brother Xuping", but they changed their words to call Zeng Hua the military master, so Zeng Hua couldn't smile bitterly, so they had to let them.

"See why the BLU team lost?" The two men and horses of the Changshui Army, which had just finished the exercise, were cleaning up the battlefield, but Zeng Hua and other senior officers gathered around the woods on the side to hold a summary meeting.

"I was too impatient, I couldn't help but take the initiative to attack!" Zhang Shou replied honestly.

"Too aggressive? If I don't attack, you don't attack either? We're staring at each other right here? Zeng Hua seemed to be the president of the Dajin National Defense University at this time, and he actually had a bit of a "Dao Bone Fairy Style" flavor, "If you don't attack, I will take the initiative to attack, but you have no initiative." ”

I think that at the beginning, Zeng Hua, who boasted of having a belly of ancient and modern military books, led his own Changshui Army to conduct the first exercise, and it was like driving a flock of ducks. The chaos of the scene, the difference in the results, can only be described in one word, after receiving thirty whips, Zeng Hua finally understood that theoretical knowledge and practical ability are completely a matter of one thing.

Zeng Hua, who had a special temper, took out the energy to take the college entrance examination and tried hard to recall the wall full of military books in his grandfather's office. As a divisional leader, Zeng Hua's grandfather kept up with the trend of the times and installed a bookcase that occupied one wall in his spacious office, and put all Chinese and foreign books related to military affairs on it. Zeng Hua's grandfather didn't know a lot of big characters, and he only had a diploma from the Sanye literacy class, so these ancient and modern military books at home and abroad were naturally cheaper than Zeng Hua, who loved this area. I am familiar with a belly of military theoretical knowledge, but in reality it is a mess.

On the other hand, Zeng Hua showed an indomitable spirit and conducted drills almost every two days, striving to transform the theoretical knowledge in his memories into his ability to control the troops, his insight into the battle situation, and his ability to grasp the fighters. Anyway, it's your own soldiers, so let's treat it as a test field, and let's make progress together.

After a few months of training, Zeng Hua found that he was still very talented in military command, and soon felt that he was getting more and more proficient, and there was a tendency to develop into a master.

It seems that this thing does have to be talented. Zeng Hua was "amazed" by himself, and at the same time remembered his favorite PLA general, General Su Yu.

This Sanxiang son, who had only studied for one year at the primary school attached to the Second Division of Changde, had not gone to any regular military academy to study, let alone to the Huangpu Military Academy, the cradle of the Kuomintang and Communist Party generals. Honestly started from the company commander, battalion commander, and regiment commander, and finally shined when he had the opportunity. The Soviet-Chinese Seven Battles and Seven Victories, the Menglianggu Campaign, and the Huaihai Campaign were fought in a shocking manner, and when he finally died, the Central Committee said in his obituary that he was "particularly good at commanding large corps operations", and such an evaluation is unique among the founding generals.

What does this mean? Zeng Hua tried hard to recall the idol's combat thoughts and style, while secretly cheering himself on.

From another point of view, God is organized and prepared to do this, and he didn't just come to deal with the errand by grabbing people indiscriminately. Maybe God has secretly vetted himself many times ago, and it seems that he is really a talent! Zeng Hua began to have great confidence in himself and his future prospects, and he was a little ambitious.

Moreover, the methods of selecting and training troops, the establishment of training battalions, and the level of military skills have also laid the most important foundation for him to give full play to his military talents. Zeng Hua has read so many books, so he naturally understands that fighting a war is not only a test of your ability to control the battle situation, but also a test of your command ability and the subordinates you brought out.

Your Longmen Bagua Array is no matter how flowery it is, but your subordinates are a group of tofu soldiers, and it is estimated that you can only eat the defeat when you go to the battlefield except for performing a group exercise. The battle must be fought by your soldiers, and it is up to first-class officers and non-commissioned officers to command on the spot. No matter how Zhuge Kongming is reincarnated, no matter what kind of tricks you have, but your subordinates are a pig's head or a reckless man, you have no place to cry.

"Baishan, the key to controlling the battle situation is to grasp the fighter, what is the fighter? It is to grasp the instantaneous changes in strength, time, and space on the battlefield. To use an analogy, I will first attack your left flank and center with heavy troops, and in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong in these two places, you will mobilize reinforcements from the reserves and the right flank. Once your reinforcements are in place, then I have won a very good fighter, and that is that on your right flank I can temporarily gain a local superiority in forces, and I can concentrate superior forces to break through your right flank. And when you find out that it is not right, when you hurry to reinforce the right flank, since the rest of your troops are still some distance from the right flank, it will take you a while to bring in your reinforcements, and this time is enough for me. ”

"Any war is fought in one space, and it takes time for anything to be carried out. So if you have fewer troops than your opponent or the same number of troops, you have to use space and time to gain an advantage for yourself. This is also the time and place that the book of war says. ”

Zeng Hua likes to discuss with his henchmen and generals, after all, when he grows up, he also hopes that his subordinates will grow together. No matter how powerful you are, you are still a bare pole, if you have a bunch of defenders under your command, you won't sweep the world if you release them all! All you have to do is get the good news.

"What is the key to mastering the warplane? It's about judging the situation! Only then can we make use of our strengths and avoid our weaknesses, and avoid the real and attack the weak. Zeng Hua Zhengse said, "There are a lot of accidents, and you can't anticipate everything about the opponent and everything on the battlefield. So the battle began when we were thousands of miles apart. You have to do everything you can to put the enemy at a disadvantage and put yourself at an advantage. Then he keenly searched for the enemy's weak spots, and finally suddenly hit with a single blow. Of course, the one who counts people is also counted by others, you are calculating the enemy, and the enemy is calculating you, so it depends on who can seize the fighter first. Those who use soldiers, those who are inferior lose their fighters, those who are medium can grasp the fighters, and those who are superior can not only seize the fighters first, but also create fighters for their own benefit. ”

"I will say a few more principles of warfare: Those who benefit themselves will harm the enemy, and those who benefit the enemy will harm themselves; In any case, it is necessary to ensure that there are enough reserves in hand, and the role of the reserves is to invest in key positions at critical moments and decide the outcome of the battle. Baishan, your reserves are too hesitant to invest, if you had been decisive at the time and invested quickly before I broke through your left flank, you would not have been defeated. But if I had a hundred light riders, I wouldn't have let you carry it here for an hour. ”

"In war, favorable timing is often more practical than guts; It is better to be brave and good at fighting than to have a large number of people; Sudden performance spooks the enemy and gives you the initiative in battle..."

"What a admiration! After listening to Captain Zeng's words, I finally understood that my Longyu army had lost unjustly! A sentence suddenly came from the side, interrupting Zeng Hua's words.

"It turned out to be General Zhu, you came back from Jiankang!" Zeng Hua watched a middle-aged herald come from the woods under the guidance of his subordinate Tian Feng, and after a closer look, he saw the person who came, and couldn't help but ask in surprise, it seems that this old Zhu used some means to threaten Tian Feng to bring himself into the place surrounded by the guards battalion, and quietly listened to a "Zeng's military knowledge lesson".

"Yes, I'm back, and as soon as I came back, I heard that my dragon army was beaten to a disgrace, and I was looking for teeth all over the ground." Zhu Tao replied with a smile.

This old Zhu is really a cautious eye. Last month, Che Yin went to Jiangling to run errands, and when he met Huan Wen, he praised himself for his good military training. On a whim, Huan Wen ordered a thousand dragon army to go to Dangyang to practice with a thousand long water troops, but he was beaten and lost his armor in less than half an hour, and he lost all face.

As soon as Zhu Tao, who went to Jiankang on a business trip, came back and heard about it, he suddenly felt that his old face couldn't hang up, so he found an excuse to come and prepare to "ask for advice" and wanted to get the field back.

"Lord Zhu came to inspect our army on the order of Lord Dudu." Tian Feng stepped forward and replied honestly. I see, if it weren't for the token of the Governor's Mansion, my subordinates wouldn't have let you in easily.

"General Zhu, are you here to ask about the guilt?" Zeng Hua and Zhu Tao are quite temperamental, and the two have always had a good relationship, so they asked half-jokingly.

"Ask a fart, I thought it was my subordinates who didn't help to lose in your hands, and I wanted to come and ask for advice in person. Who knew that after listening to your words and watching this drill, I realized that fortunately I went to Jiankang, otherwise my old face would have been completely lost. Zhu Tao glared at Zeng Hua and said.

"Hehe, Lao Zhu, it's good that you understand, if you didn't go to Jiankang, I would be embarrassed to make a move. Besides, it's not like I'm looking for you to start training with the Dragon Army. This debt has a head and a master, and you can't find me if you want to find it. Zeng Hua opened his mouth and squeezed Zhu Tao and said.

When Zhu Tao heard this, he was so angry. The drill of these two armies was ordered by Huan Wen, and he heard that Zeng Hua meant to go to Huan Dudu by himself, Zhu Tao didn't have the courage.

"By the way, Lao Zhu, you won't come dryly to ask for advice, will you?" Zeng Hua saw that Zhu Tao was about to make a fortune, so he hurriedly asked and diverted his attention.

"The military commander ordered you to return to Jiangling with me immediately, and there is an urgent military affairs to discuss." Only then did Zhu Tao remember his intentions, and they were all angry with this bad boy, so he explained his true intentions.

After Zeng Hua heard this, his eyes rolled, he stood there and thought for a while, then turned his head and said to Zhang Shou, Gan Rui, and Che Yin: "I will go to Jiangling with General Zhu, and you will immediately pass on my order, and the Changshui Army will be stationed at the foot of Lishan Mountain in Lingyang County three days later. ”

"Lishan, that's the westernmost part of our tundi, very close to Yiling (now Yichang, Hubei)." Zhang Shou shouted.

"Yes, at the same time, the order was issued that all departments should immediately reorganize and equip weapons, grain and grass, first-class armaments, and fight at any time. Execute it now! Zeng Hua said sharply.

"Obey!" The people answered.

"Boy, you guessed that! Are you a fortune teller? Zhu Tao asked in surprise.

", I never pretend to be a half-immortal. It's just that I've always liked to be prepared. Zeng Hua blinked his eyes and smiled and replied.