Chapter 43: The Art of War
A group of four people inquired about the distribution of the Xianbei cavalry as they walked, found a few camps with good horses, and recorded the locations. After three or four days, Yiliang's family and Chun Yujiu returned to the tiger and leopard women's camp. After a few days of separation, the riding skills of the women's battalion were seen again, and it was time to solve the problem of war horses.
Back in the camp, Yiliang didn't know what was in the heavy box that Ah Shu gave him, put the box on the wooden table, opened it, and a red light appeared in front of him, Yiliang and Song Yi were shocked, this is a delicate and delicate ancient sword. The grammar on the sword is extremely detailed, extremely gorgeous, and staggering.
I saw that this sword was flame-colored, and the junction between the blade and the hilt was inlaid with seven blood-colored gems. The whole sword is three feet long, and there is a ridge on the blade, coiled on both sides, like a dragon. Kazura concluded that this was a famous sword. Calling Xiao Jianli, he entered the house and exclaimed: Zhan Lu Sword?
Only then did Yiliang be convinced that his guess was right, this was the Zhanlu Sword. This is the sword casting master Ou Yezi worked hard, lasted three years, climbed the Zhanlu Mountain at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, found the divine iron and holy water on the Zhanlu Mountain, and used the most sophisticated sword-casting furnace and his unique skills to cast the sword.
The young master actually got this divine sword? It was really the Qilin who came into the world. Xiao Jianli dragged the sword with both hands and said while looking at it.
Let's test the power of this sword. Bring a Danma saber. Yiliang snatched Zhan Lu, put her on the knife holder, and said.
Xiao Jianli objected and said: The young master must not do such a violent thing. But the saber is made of fine iron in the Jianmen Pavilion, which should not be underestimated.
Take it. Yiliang said decisively: If this is Zhen Zhanlu, it can't afford to eat it, but with a sword, it will also be a waste of fame, and it will not be a pity to ruin it.
Ichira raised Dan's saber and slashed ...... Qiang ...... , but the saber was cut flat, leaving no trace on the cutting surface, like a mirror. Look at Zhan Lu again, unscathed.
It's really a divine sword! Xiao Jianli was shocked.
Fortunately, this sword fell on the Kahu tribe, and if it was obtained by that section, she would become a sin sword that slashed and killed my Han people. A good way.
How did the young master get this sword? Xiao Jianli asked.
I became a brother with Ashu, the king of the Kahu tribe, and he gave it to me. According to him, it was obtained by his ancestors when they plundered the Central Plains. A good way.
How can you form a righteous alliance with the Xianbei people? This is against the rules of the sect. Xiao Jian left the road.
This is my private matter, should the sect also take care of it?" Ichira said angrily.
Of course you have to care, you're too headstrong. I'm going to report this to the Sect Master. Xiao Jianli also said angrily.
Love is not reported. Yiliang played with Zhan Lu in his hand and said.
I'll talk about this later, the sect master has an order, you can take a look. Xiao Jianli threw the silk silk on Yiliang's table and went out angrily.
Yiliang played with it for a long time, he decided to make a scabbard for Zhan Lu, but not too fancy, the more ordinary the appearance, the better, and then put the hilt of the sword on the sheepskin, and give him a full-body belt sleeve, so that no one could see that it was Zhan Lu. After telling Song Yi about his thoughts, Song Yi immediately went out to find the sheepskin.
Yiliang picked up the silk silk that Xiao Jianli threw on the table, took a look, and was angry. The silk silk issued a killing order, killing a group of powerful ministers in the current court. From the list and the tone of the sect master, Ichira judged the sect master's intentions. On the one hand, he killed the ministers to avoid the formation of a situation in which the court was dominant, and on the other hand, he cut off the power of the queen Jia Nanfeng. The names of more than a dozen people on the list include Wei Qian, Sima Liang, and Sima Wei...... There is also a good father Zhang Hua.
Let me kill my father, is your brain worn?
So he went to Xiao Jianli and asked him to reply to the sect master, in which he told the sect master: The secret envoy of Gyeonggi reported that some of the people in the list could be killed, and some of them were loyal and righteous people, and they could not be killed. If the sect leader is determined to kill these people, please send someone else, and the Gyeonggi secret envoy will resign and quit the Langya sect.
Although Xiao Jianli had doubts, he had to carry out Zhang Yiliang's orders. Like Zhang Yiliang, he became more and more unaware of what was wrong with the sect master, and became a little violent and a little unkind. Of course, Xiao Jianli also became more and more unaware of his Qilin Young Master, although this young master was still very upright, he was too casual......
A good order came to Yimo and gave the order to march into Xianbeisanbu. Today and tomorrow, we will train our soldiers and horses, practice tactics, and attack Xianbei the day after tomorrow. This matter can only be known to the commander and the commander-in-chief. According to Ichira's instructions, Yimo immediately assembled the team, and at present, there are a hundred horses that have just been operated on to remove the wooden needles and cannot fight.
So 400 tigers and leopards were dispatched to practice the tactics of rushing into battle, and in two days, the team could basically fight. Early in the morning of the third day, Yimo took full command of the army, and as soon as he observed the Chinese army, the team went northeast.
In the early afternoon, the team came to a hill. There was a river at the other end of the hill, and there were about 300 or 400 Xianbei cavalry protecting the herding nomads, so it would not be much of a problem to eat them. But this is the first battle of the female Haw Par Cavalry, and they must be won, and there must be no mistakes. Imer came several times to urge, and she said that she would use her head to ensure that she could take down this straggler.
Ichiliang is not allowed. The ranks stood behind the hills, taking turns to keep watch and take turns to rest.
After a few hours, when the Xianbei people were eating, the female soldiers also took out some dried meat to supplement their physical strength, and they were not allowed to eat too much. When it got dark, the Xianbei cavalry liked to drink, and they were also drunk at this time. Ichira told Imer that he could attack.
How?, Imer asked.
You are the master, you decide. A good way.
Just waiting for your words. After Yimo finished speaking, he jumped up and ordered the female soldiers around him: Get up, get up, stand up according to the company, and prepare for battle.
The tiger and leopard rider instantly stood up in formation according to the formation, but it took only half a minute. The female soldiers all stepped on their horses, drew their swords, and tried their bows.
Imer rode in front of the group and wanted to speak, but Ichira told her to dismount and ride his through the forest instead. Yimo rode behind the majestic piercing forest, looking even more majestic and heroic.
Yimerdao: The archers attacked on both sides, and the rest pressed in the middle. Kill......
As soon as she finished speaking, she took the lead, and the cavalry company rushed up the hill with her, and slaughtered the camp. When the archers arrived on the hill, their company commander reined in his horse and stood beside the team, and ordered: The first squad of the archers is on the right, and the second squad is on the left, kill!
Only then did Ichira mount Imer's horse and slowly follow the group. The speed of the forest was extremely fast, and Yimo took the lead, but when he turned around, he found that the troops were a lot behind, and he rushed back and shouted at the team: "Are you going to the Xianbei people's dinner party at such a speed? Have you forgotten that your family was killed, and you have been ruined? Hurry! Hurry! Speed up!
This kid is really good, he is not reckless on the battlefield, and he knows how to coordinate with the troops. The mobilization on the battlefield is also very powerful, and it is very powerful! Yiliang observed from the back and secretly said with relief.
The Xianbei soldier on duty shouted when he saw a vote of men and horses killed a few hundred meters away. Dozens of people came out of the camp behind them, looking for war horses. Before they could find their horses, bows and arrows rained down. Yimo once again took the lead, slashing the soldiers on duty in the camp tent one by one, and the brigade rushed directly into the tent group and killed anyone they saw.
The Xianbei herdsmen fled eastward with their flocks, and when thirty or forty female tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers saw this, they chased after them and slashed them. Yiliang shouted loudly, not knowing whether they could not hear or were red-eyed, and dozens of herdsmen, including women and children, were soon killed by the knife.
After ten minutes of killing, all 360 Xianbei cavalry were annihilated, and more than 60 Xianbei nomads also died tragically in the battle, including more than 20 women and more than a dozen children under the age of 10. More than 100 female tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers were slightly wounded, and more than 30 horses were lost.
When the battlefield was being cleaned up, Ichira ordered the women and children who had died to be carried together and placed on the grass. After the battlefield was cleaned up, the tiger and leopard were ordered to gather in front of these rows of corpses.
Ichiro was on horseback, looking at Imer in front of him. Imer didn't know what he meant. Yiliang suddenly asked: Who are the people who chased and killed the herdsmen, and stood up.
No one dared to move, they all held their breath.
Who did that?' Imer roared.
Today, you've all seen it. You killed the Xianbei cavalry with your own hands. Look at the front and back, left and right, and then see what kind of birds you have become? What is the difference between you and the Xianbei cavalry? A conscience was painful, and after a pause, he said: I thought I could ride a war horse and kill people with a knife, right?
The horse under Ichiraza plowed the grass with its hooves and sprayed its big nose. Yiliang continued: "I tell you, you don't even have one-tenth of the combat strength of the Xianbei Army now. In addition to fighting horses, we must learn tactics from others, and we must also arm our contingent with benevolence, righteousness, and morality. You all look, look at what you look like, what else do you have but hatred?
Are these women and children the ones we don't have a grudge with? No, it's the Xianbei cavalry behind you. What are you killing herdsmen? Killing herdsmen, no one to raise cattle and sheep for them, they will only plunder us more ferociously. Although the Xianbei people are hateful, the sin does not lie in these herdsmen. Kazura continued.
Who killed these herders? Stand up!, Yimer roared again.
There was a slow movement in the ranks, and more than forty female soldiers came out one after another, standing in front of the corpses.
Yiliang got off the horse, stood in front of this group of female soldiers, and said: Our military regulations are not perfect, and we have not explained in advance, and the mistakes you made this time are also the mistakes of me, the boss. I have made a rule today: Do not kill the people who have fled in the battlefield. Women and children must not be cut off in an urgent situation. Do you understand?
Understood! Tigers and leopards ride the whole camp road.
Soldiers who participated in the slashing of herders, dug graves to bury the bodies, and saluted them. After returning to the camp, he was confined for three days. Kazura added.
In this battle, more than 300 war horses were won, all of which were fat and strong excellent war horses. The women rode one and led the other back to the camp. On the way, Kazura and Imo reviewed the course of the battle and pointed out some very prominent problems.
General Imer, do you know what mistakes you made in this battle?
Yimo thought for a moment and said, "I didn't take care of the sisters and killed the herdsmen by mistake."
Yiliang stared at her face and said: Compared with killing the herdsmen, the tiger and leopard rider made a more serious mistake today, and this mistake was caused by you, the lord.
What could I have done wrong? I annihilated more than 300 cavalry and won a complete victory. Imer said.
Yiliang laughed and said: 400 people fought more than 300, and such a battle also caused more than 100 soldiers to be slightly injured. When I had 1,000 men fighting 3,000 Xianbei, I was only slightly injured by 20 or 30 people.
When have you ever fought such a battle? I don't know?" Imer asked, stunned.
Ah, I was wrong. Yiliang was so anxious that he forgot to switch his identity, so he had to say: I said it wrong, it was General Zhang Yiliang's battle.
Commander, tell me, what's wrong with me?" Imer asked, not thinking much about it.
Your mistake is that when the team has a strength advantage, you don't ask the fighters to form a team, two against one, to reduce the number of injuries to the fighters. A good way.
Next time, you must pay attention, Instructor Xiao said it when we practiced, but as soon as we entered the battlefield, we forgot about it, and only cared about cutting people. Imer said.
Your main task in the battle is not to cut people, but to observe the situation, adjust in time, and when the team is scattered, it is easy for people to counterattack. A good way.
Commander, I have a question. Yimer said.
Say.
What if 500 men raided one or two thousand, and there was no superiority in troops?
Create an edge. A good way: The cavalry raid itself is an advantage, and it is a surprise to hit the enemy. But this is not the key to victory, the creation of troop superiority on the battlefield is the most important.
How to create?
It's a tactical question. It is also the importance of roundabout outflanking. You have to be good at using two-sided soldiers, or going behind enemy lines and kicking them in the ass. The two sides are diagonally inserted into the waist of the enemy's formation, reducing the strength of the enemy's support, and creating a two-to-one and three-to-one advantage for the frontal troops. Yiliang said patiently.
What if the two-way diagonal team is at a disadvantage?
That would prove that the raid was a failure, and the commander was terrible. Kazura said.
Why?
What is a surprise attack? A surprise attack is to find the moment when the enemy is most slow to respond and suddenly attack the opponent. If the two-way diagonal team is unable to hold back the enemy's frontal support, it proves that the enemy reacts quickly.
When is the moment when the enemy is slow to react?
When the night is ugly, it is the time to fall asleep. At night, when the Xianbei people are drunk, it is the most suitable time to attack. This is just common sense, and the specific situation has to be carefully observed on the battlefield.
Wonderful, wonderful. Yimo clapped his hands and asked: If you want to raid, how many more troops will the enemy have than you can fight?
It also depends. For example, if the cavalry fights the infantry of the Jin army, 10,000 cavalry can raid 200,000 or 300,000 infantry. And in this steppe, one to five is already dangerous. The highest is 1 to 10, and it can't be higher.
The boss is not only a hero of martial arts, but also a person who is proficient in the art of war......
Every soldier has been trained from actual combat, and you still have a long way to go, and you will definitely be able to become a good general. Ichira said, galloping on his horse. Imer tightened her reins and beckoned her soldiers to pick up speed.