Chapter 124: Strategy and Tactics
In the early morning, in the thick fog, a large group of sergeants surged up like ghosts.
On top of the low wall, a teenager stared with wide eyes and stared desperately ahead.
The veterans in the army told each other that on a foggy day, the thieves were very likely to come to sneak attack.
But it's one thing to knowβthe boy wiped his eyes, I really can't see clearly.
There seemed to be a "rustle" of footsteps in the fog.
The boy swallowed dryly, and the shaft of the spear was almost out of his mouth.
The "rustle" sound is louder.
The boy looked ahead with all his eyes.
In the thick mist, it seems that there is a fierce beast hiding its head and eating people, and the "rustling" sound seems to be a fierce beast chewing.
The boy was frightened by his own imagination.
After a few moments, he finally made up his mind, descended the wooden wall, and made his way to the camp.
This village is very small, only about ten people can live, and it is generally set up on the periphery of the large camp to serve as a guard.
Once the enemy army is attacking, there is no possibility for them to survive, and the only role is to send a signal before they die, giving the battalion time to prepare.
There were nine more people in the village.
Some people leaned against the wooden wall, closed their eyes and pretended to sleep.
Someone eats like a starving ghost.
Someone had a straight face, as if someone else owed him much money.
There are also people who are cursing the weather, making the firewood and grass wet and not lit on fire.
The boy suddenly realized that these nine comrades were actually very scared, but each of them showed different forms.
Yes, the enemy army has come, just to the north, the number of people is unknown, but there are quite a few cavalry, at least more than them.
Who knows if they're going to attack out of nowhere?
Let's hope not. As long as they stay until noon today, another team of brothers will come and replace them.
"Team leader, I seem to hear movement." The boy said, "Do you want to warn you?" β
When the team leader heard this, he immediately opened his eyes, jumped up, and said, "Go up with me." β
One old and one young quickly climbed the wall, and the scene in the north suddenly stunned them.
In the white mist, it was as if countless evil spirits had emerged, rushing towards them.
The boy shuddered.
His eyes unconsciously fell on the enemy soldier, who seemed to look at him with malice.
The team leader rushed down silently and rang the bell directly.
A crisp "pop" sound suddenly sounded, piercing the thick fog and spreading far away in the wilderness.
Almost at the same time, a dense barrage of arrows came from the opposite direction.
Screams rang out from the walls.
The boy fell to the ground with a "bang", and he didn't bat an eye.
The wooden wall resounded with an incessant "do-do" sound, and occasionally a few arrows were thrown into the village, plunging heavily into the mud, and the arrow feathers trembled.
The surging crowd almost overwhelmed their small camp.
One by one, the thieves leaped down, and the sound of blade clashing and dying screams came and went.
The owner persevered to the end.
The leather armor on his body was in tatters, and he was forced into a corner by several spears.
"Boom, ......" Alarm bells rang one after another in other places.
The team leader laughed and said, "I still want to take advantage of the fog to sneak attack and dream!" β
"Poof!" The spear stabbed into the chest and abdomen, and the team leader fell to the ground screaming.
The pain blurred his vision, and everything ahead became vague and ethereal.
"Bang!" He fell to the ground hard, and the last thought before he died was: After harvesting the beans in September, he must pick the fullest seeds and plant them again next year.
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After crossing the perimeter of the guarded village, the enemy troops marched all the way to the edge of the trench.
Sandbags rained down and planks fell one by one.
Standing behind the trench wall, Xu Chang's face was pale and spitting.
The officers went back and forth, shouting loudly.
In a few moments, waves of arrows flew out, sweeping all the almost unarmored enemy cannon fodder to the ground.
But there are too many enemy troops, and they are still surging.
The Xuchang soldiers were not the full-fledged archers of the Silver Spear Army, and the density of bows and arrows and crossbows was not enough to effectively prevent the enemy from rushing over.
As the crossbow projection slowed down, some of the enemy soldiers rushed through the planks and in front of the trench wall.
"Kill!"
"Death to those who retreat!"
The overseer team was armed with machetes and stopped more than a dozen Xuchang soldiers who turned around and wanted to flee, and their hands fell with knives, and their heads rolled to the ground.
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The soldiers were shocked and had to fight hard.
The two sides were separated by a wall of trenches, spears and knives were stabbed and chopped back, and in a few moments, corpses piled up on both sides of the wall, and rivers of blood flowed like rivers.
"Whoosh! Sou! "The archers retreated behind the second trench wall, found high ground, and fired condescendingly.
Arrows fell on the heads of the advancing enemy soldiers one by one, causing considerable damage.
The Xuchang soldiers behind the trench wall gradually stabilized their positions, and under the leadership of the officers, they desperately resisted the enemy's offensive.
Slowly, the enemy's offensive became weaker and weaker, and there were fewer and fewer people.
Finally, after a certain tipping point, someone shouted, turned and fled.
When the others saw it, their courage was lost, and they turned around one after another, following closely behind.
A wave of offensive was repulsed.
"Attack!" Xuchang's soldiers jumped out of the trench wall, stepped over the planks, crossed the filled trench, chased after the retreating enemy army, and slashed and slaughtered.
But they didn't dare to chase too far, after all, the fog was thick, and the devil knew what was ahead? What if it's a cavalry ready to fight?
So, after rushing out for dozens of steps, they slowly retreated and retreated behind the trench wall.
Some of them stayed at the end, taking away the planks that the enemy had placed on the trenches and using them to repair the walls of the trenches that had been smashed by the enemy.
The battlefield calmed down for a while.
The soldiers of Xuchang stared blankly at the corpses in the mist, as if they had a big dream.
Not all of them have experience with war.
As a rebuilt army during the reign of King Sima Qo, they had too much to learn.
The brutal battlefield is the best place to experience.
Under the big waves, if you survive it, it is an emotionless killing machine, and if you can't survive it, it is a stepping stone and experience pack to help the enemy grow.
In today's battle, they did not seem to have as much experience as Shile's troops, and the first wave of the offensive was fought so hard while they were waiting for work.
Of course, this also has to do with the fact that they served as soldiers for the first time.
In the past, he was with the army many times, and he was basically an auxiliary soldier, but now he is a soldier, facing the blade, and he suddenly knows that it is not easy to be a soldier, and he also knows that the soldier's share of salary is not easy to take.
A team of Sizhou Ding Zhuang came to the rear, and they carried stretchers to carry away the wounded soldiers who were not good at walking; Those who were badly wounded, but barely able to walk, were pushed back to the rear; As for those who have only suffered minor injuries, they are not allowed to retreat, and they are not allowed to wrap themselves with sackcloth.
Everyone stood silently behind the moat, and the atmosphere was so solemn that it seemed to be dripping water.
"Knock knock knock......" A dull drum beat sounded in the fog.
This time, the enemy army no longer sneaked up, but lined up and launched a second wave of offensive.
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"Hold your breath." Shao Xun's iron sand palm slapped heavily on Kim Zheng's shoulder and said.
Kim Zheng smiled, a little embarrassed.
"With a few small scenes, are you going to send out the Silver Spear Army?" Shao Xun continued: "I still want you to preside over the overall offensive and defensive situation, so uncontrollable, it's really a lot worse for Wang Que'er." β
Kim Zheng's face was red when he heard this.
Shao Xun looked at him, his tone eased, and said, "Think about it, don't be impulsive." This kind of thing is more than who makes fewer mistakes, and the ability to catch the enemy's mistakes. No one can afford not to make mistakes, and I make mistakes when I fight, but really try to avoid them. β
"Yes." Kim Jong replied sincerely.
"Shile has also been here for almost ten days, tell me what you think." Shao Xun found a Hu bed and sat down, and said.
"Shile's territory should still be busy with the autumn harvest, and there will not be too many infantry troops for a while and a half." Jin Zheng said: "The number of infantry troops on his hand should not exceed 20,000, but may only be more than 10,000." β
"It's nice that you can think so much." Shao Xun nodded and said, "Shi Le arrived on the tenth day, and only launched the first attack, and there is indeed a lack of infantry troops, this is our opportunity." But this kind of thing is always expected to be lenient to the enemy, what if Shi Le dispatched a large number of infantry troops to the front line of Fangtou? Relying on the old and weak women and children to harvest in the autumn, it is not impossible to suffer. Besides, there is no need to transfer all the elites, three or five households can smoke one ding. β
"Taught." Kim Jong answered.
"If this battle is handed over to you to command, do you know what to do?" Shao Xun asked.
"Respond to change with the same. Successful city building is the first priority, and killing enemies is secondary. β
"Good." Shao Xun said with a smile: "This kind of thing about building a city in Fangtou is what I call 'tactics'. Mobilizing Shi Le, encircling Wei to save Zhao, and protecting Wang Jun are what I call 'strategy'. In this battle, it was actually the tactic of building a city with a fangtou to realize the strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao. In the future, when fighting a war, we should focus more on the strategic level and not focus on small scenes. β
"Yes." Jin Zheng realized something in his heart, but he seemed to feel that these things were too complicated, and it was not as pleasant as fighting with gongs and drums in front of him.
Shao Xun looked at him, sighed after a long time, and said, "Think about it." Shao Shi has deep expectations for you, more than everyone else. β
Jin Zheng was moved in his heart, and his face showed shame, and said, "The student disappointed Master Shao. β
"It's not right now, you're still young, and you still have a lot of opportunities." Shao Xun said: "Let's open up early." When it is critical in the future, the only people Shao Shi can trust are you. β
After saying that, he got up and came to the rear of the camp.
On the construction site, the foundation has been laid, and the city wall is being rammed repeatedly.
Most of the auxiliaries are here.
He had already issued an order that He Lun led his army to cross the river to the north, on the one hand, to take turns to fight, and on the other hand, to increase the number of people who built the city.
The north and south cities of Fangtou are of high specifications and are built for the purpose of long-term use.
After Qishui and Qingshui flow into Baigou, the latter has become an important shipping channel.
Even if there is no war in the future, Fangtou will become an important land and water wharf and commodity distribution center for the benefit of the people of the world.
On the other hand, he also wants to build his own basic plate in Hebei.
It's a good way to set up a Tuntian army. This kind of local garrison force is not strong in combat, but it still has the ability to defend the city. With them, it is equivalent to diluting the influence of the noble clan and increasing the control of the imperial court.
The scholars are not his basic plate, but the Tuntian army, government soldiers, and homesteaders are.
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