As soon as the two major ills of Zodiac Zhou were mentioned, Luo Zhanjun and Xia Tiegu were immediately speechless and indisputable.

After careful consideration, his consideration was one for attack and one for defense, which was extremely thorough.

If the forces are combined, the strength is indeed much greater.

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But want to attack?

I'm afraid I can't even touch the shadow of the enemy.

Take a step back and say, don't look for enemy troops everywhere, but only attack the cities occupied by the enemy. In this way, the enemy army has seen it, but with only tens of thousands of men and horses, how can they conquer the fortified city?

You know, the enemy army is not only powerful, but also has artillery support, not to mention a city to support.

It can be said that its defense is as strong as a horse!

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Want to defend?

In the absence of strong fortifications to rely on, the simple fence alone may not be able to stop neither the enemy's artillery bombardment nor the brutal onslaught of its iron cavalry.

Therefore, joining forces in one place seems to be powerful, but it cannot be attacked or prevented, and it is extremely unscientific.

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Secondly, Huang Daozhou fully expounded the reason for dividing the troops into three ways.

The soldiers are divided into three ways, of course, much more flexible and sensitive.

There are three main advantages.

First, it is convenient to command.

The upload and release of messages is much faster.

When necessary, it can be directed forward, without the need for intermediate transmission.

In this way, it is possible to understand and be quick and correct.

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Second, be flexible and mobile.

With few people, not only the goal is small, but also the action is fast.

It is possible to adopt the guerrilla tactic of "fighting if you can beat it, and running away if you can't beat it."

You have artillery? You have cavalry?

Fearless!

Because the combat area I chose is all near the high mountains and jungles, and I will be scattered and hidden in the forest at that time, whether it is artillery or cavalry, what can I do?

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Third, it is conducive to survival.

Because of the small number of enemy troops, the limited number of troops, and the extremely long battle line, it will not attract attention, and it will be impossible to mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress.

In this way, the possibility of total annihilation is reduced.

Moreover, even if they are defeated and flee, stragglers are more conducive to survival than large groups of people.

Because it is much more convenient to find food, or to hide and hide.

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Although it is desirable to divide the troops into three ways, there are also many weaknesses.

To sum up, there are two main aspects.

First, it is not conducive to fighting a tough battle.

The Northern Expeditionary Army was originally less than 50,000 people, and after it was divided into three, there were no more than 10,000 people on each road.

At this point, it is okay to fight roundabout warfare, pursuit warfare, encounter warfare, raiding warfare, and guerrilla warfare, but as for the frontal battles such as siege and fortification, confrontation between the two armies, etc., he does not think about it at all.

Of course, if it is a small city with low walls and few defenders, you can also try your best to fight by surprise.

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Second, it is difficult to form a resultant force.

After the troops were divided into three routes, although the distance between the two was not too far, the farthest between the left and right armies was only a few hundred miles away. But because they were all infantry and lacked effective means of communication, there was not even a single carrier pigeon. As a result, communication is difficult.

It can only be fought on their own, and it is difficult to support each other, and it is difficult to form a situation of mutual horns.

Of course, the three-way people who went separately still had a certain pulling effect.

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However, plans are not as fast as changes.

did not wait for the Northern Expedition to divide the rebels, but suddenly met with a large number of Qing troops in Niutouling, Jiangshan.

It wasn't until they were only more than 200 miles away that the Northern Expeditionary Army found out the news.

And seeing the appearance of the Qing army, it seems that it is even more sluggish than the Northern Expedition Righteous Army, and I don't know that there is an enemy.

It is no wonder that they are like this, since the Qing army entered the customs, they have burned and looted all the way, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and rarely encountered decent resistance.

In the eyes of the Qing army, now that the Ming Dynasty is dead, the number of qi is exhausted.

There are only a few remnants of the climate that have not been formed, and they are still dying and struggling.

Moreover, these people are still very disunited. Not only are they kings, but they are also pouring into each other, and they are like fire and water.

How can such a force compete with the Qing army?

What is the difference with the mantis arm blocking the car and the grasshopper shaking the tree?

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An encounter is inevitably about to begin.

At the suggestion of Luo Zhanjun, Huang Daozhou immediately sent people to urgently collect the topography of the rivers and mountains, so as to seize the "geographical advantage" for the upcoming battle.

As for "time" and "harmony", they can only be left to fate.

Soon, a rather detailed introduction was placed in front of a group of generals.

Hua Feng, as the highest commander of the elite barracks, is also among them.

After research, discussion, and repeated deliberation, it was finally unanimously decided that the ambush location was in Niutouling.

At this time, the distance between the two sides from Niutouling was slightly different: the enemy army was about 120 miles, and the Northern Expeditionary Army was about 80 miles.

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There are various types of landforms in the rivers and mountains, mainly mountains and hills, known as "seven mountains, one water and two fields".

Among them, more than 10% of the land is in the valley between the mountains and valleys, and nearly 90% is in the mountains and hills.

The topography of this region is complex and changeable, and the whole is asymmetrical "concave".

Among them, the southeast is high, the Xianxialing mountain range, the mountain is steep, there are hundreds of large and small peaks, the northwest is low, the branch vein of Huaiyu Mountain, the mountain is gentle, and the central part is the river valley zone, which extends to the southwest in the form of a long strip.

Niutouling is one of the larger mountains in Jiangshan.

The appearance resembles a bull's head, which is why it gets its name.

Its topography is the standard "concave".

The gentle mountains and dense jungles make it a great place to set up ambushes.

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After agreeing on the location of the ambush, the next thing to determine is strategy and tactics. Strive to play the right way at the right time, in the right place, and achieve the desired result.

Needless to say, strategy is an encounter.

Of course, it can also be turned into positional warfare.

But you can't do it.

In the face of a strong enemy, no one can be so stupid unless they want to bring about their own destruction, early death, and early transcendence.

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What about tactics?

This is much more flexible, and the specific tactics to be adopted need to be fully measured. But no matter what kind of tactics, they are inseparable from a principle, that is, "strike the enemy to the maximum extent and save yourself as much as possible".

At present, there are roughly three kinds of options available to them.

First, fight head-on.

Second, ambushes on three sides, small forces to harass, and lure the enemy into depth.

Third, "set up an ambush in the pocket and wait for the king to enter the urn".

At the meeting, everyone expressed their opinions and had a very heated discussion.

The tactic of "head-on resistance" is, undoubtedly, ruled out.

After all, with weak soldiers, shake strong enemies, avoid them, and conduct positional battles face-to-face?

Obviously very inappropriate!

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As a result, the discussion focused on the second and third tactics.

These two tactics have their own advantages and drawbacks.

All tactical means serve to achieve strategic objectives.

The strategic purpose of this campaign was undoubtedly to destroy the enemy's forces.

Therefore, which of these two tactics is easier to achieve this goal, of course, is adopted.

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