Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Great War
After eating a meal, Zhai Rang didn't say anything about letting Su Mu stay in the mansion, and in this battle, Zhai Rang was defeated by Li Mi. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
When a small number of generals saw this scene, they actually had a faint premonition that the problems between the two had accumulated to the point where they could not return.
The next thing is the issue of standing in line, Li Mi's side has Su Mu joining, and Zhai Rang is no longer the strongest combat force, which makes Li Mi's weight increase by three points.
Su Mu followed Shen Luoyan and Li Mi back to the barracks, Li Mi seemed a little happy, and drank three glasses of wine after going back.
In the next few days, Su Mu followed Shen Luoyan to learn the art of war, the most important thing was to learn how to arrange troops and send troops.
The first thing to learn is the flag language, the Wagang army has its own set of flag language, most of which are created by Shen Luoyan, the soldiers according to different flags, different ways of waving, to respond, or attack, or retreat, or change the formation, very comprehensive, a total of dozens of flags.
Next, Shen Luoyan talked about the principle of mutual restraint between the arms, how to deal with cavalry, and how to deal with the opposing infantry.
There is also the terrain, the climate, and so on.
When I talked about this, it was already the fifth day, and the Sui Dynasty army in front was attacking, and the army of more than 30,000 people was attacking Xingyang.
Zhai Rang came to the barracks and set off with Li Mi with the army, Zhai let Li Mi be in the middle army, Xu Shiji was on the left flank, Shan Xiongxin was the vanguard, and Su Mu followed Shen Luoyan with a team of 2,000 people on the right flank.
The Sui army's offensive was very fast, at first it was only a skirmish, but soon the Sui army launched a large-scale offensive and defeated the Wagang army.
On this day, Zhai Rang, Li Mi and other generals discussed strategies in the camp tent, and each other's faces were a little worried.
Zhai Rang looked at the generals below and asked, "This time the Sui army is menacing, and there are many of them, do you have any suggestions?"
Shan Xiongxin laughed and said, "What are you afraid of them doing, we have nearly 60,000 troops near Xingyang, twice as many as them, so why be afraid of them?"
Xu Shiji shook his head and said: "Most of our soldiers are farmers and ordinary people, and their combat strength is not as good as that of the Sui army. ”
Shen Luoyan also said: "If we fight hard, we will suffer heavy casualties, even if we can win, our strength will be greatly reduced." ”
The Wagang army has a large number of soldiers, and the number of soldiers that can be mobilized is about 60,000, but the combat effectiveness is low, and once there are heavy casualties, they basically run away and flee.
Most of the people are cannon fodder, and they are not very competent, this time there are more than 30,000 people from the Sui army, and even if the Wagang army wins, it will be a miserable victory.
Just like Li Mi's defeat to Wang Shichong in the future, he suffered heavy losses in the battle with Yu Wenhua, although he collected many surrendered troops, but his strength was greatly reduced.
This time, Zhai asked them to fight hard, the strength of the Wagang army was greatly reduced, and if there was another Sui army, they could only be defeated.
Zhai Rang looked at Li Mi and asked, "I don't know what kind of trick Pushan Gong has?"
Zhai Rang's intelligence is far inferior to Li Mi, but he also knows his own shortcomings, so he often asks Li Mi and reuses it, which is why Li Mi can build his reputation step by step, and finally replace Zhai Rang.
Li Mi pondered for a moment and replied: "This time the Sui army's offensive is far more than before, we can't fight hard, but they are not like us, they are backed by Xingyang City, tens of thousands of troops need a lot of grain and grass, if we are in front of the army to contain it, send troops, surprise attack the opponent's grain and grass convoy." ”
Zhai Rang nodded and said, "Then who wants to lead the troops?"
Xu Shiji said: "My subordinates are willing to lead troops. ”
Zhai Rang said: "Okay, then General Xu will lead 5,000 soldiers around the rear to attack the other party's logistics, while Pushan Gong and I will sit in the Chinese army and contain them." ”
Li Mi added: "Once you succeed in destroying the grain and grass, they will inevitably retreat and retreat, at this time, we can take advantage of the victory and pursue, we can achieve a small victory, but if we attack the opponent's left and right flanks at the moment of the opponent's withdrawal, we can win a big victory." ”
Zhai Rang nodded and said, "Which of you is willing to lead troops to raid the Sui army?"
Shen Luoyan said with a smile: "My subordinates are willing to go, lead the army, and surprise attack the opponent's left flank." ”
Shan Xiongxin also stood up and said, "I'll be in charge of the right wing." ”
When Zhai Rang heard this, he asked Shan Xiongxin to take 5,000 soldiers and Shen Luoyan to take 2,000 elite soldiers and wait for the opportunity to move.
As long as the sneak attack on grain and grass is successful, you can launch a sneak attack.
The generals took the order to go, and Shen Luoyan took the two thousand elite soldiers he trained to the right side of the army to garrison.
For the next three days, skirmishes continued, and three days later, the Sui army began to launch a large-scale offensive, which was resisted by Zhai Rang and Li Mi with their troops, and both sides suffered casualties.
Two days later, the Wagang army suffered more than 3,000 casualties, while the Sui army suffered only 1,000 casualties.
On the third day, when the Sui army attacked again, Xu Shiji sneaked up on the Sui army's convoy in charge of grain and grass behind, and the Sui army fell into a panic, and planned to withdraw its troops and retreat half a day later.
However, the Wagang army bit the opponent's Chinese army to the death, while Xu Shiji attacked the rear of the Sui army from the back to the front.
At this time, Shen Luo said to Su Mu: "Young Master Su, you take two thousand people and attack the opponent's left flank. ”
After Su Mu received the order, he led a team of 2,000 people around a distance, took the lead, and rushed to the left flank of the opponent.
When the arrow came, Su Mu's horse lance swept, all of them were blocked, and he jumped seven or eight feet, directly into the opponent's formation.
Then Su Mu held the horse lance in his hand, stabbed forward a few times, and pierced the necks of several Sui soldiers, and then he drove straight in, turned into a storm, squeezed into the Sui army, and fell to the ground everywhere he went.
In the blink of an eye, Su Mu killed nearly thirty people, but he was also surrounded by groups, but Su Mu was sensitive to perception, and all the movements of the enemy within a radius of ten zhang could be perceived, as long as the other party attacked, Su Mu had a little horse lance, stopped the opponent's attack, and with a slight stab, he could take away a life.
Su Mu fought while retreating, and the two thousand people behind also rushed to the front and squeezed in with a sharp arrow formation, and Su Mu rushed in.
At this time, the general in charge of the left flank of the Sui army saw this scene, and a military general rushed to the front, holding a spear, and stabbed Su Mu.
Su Mu blocked the horse lance in his hand, and the guns collided, and the other party only felt a strong force, and the spear in his hand had already been taken off.
Then Su Mu stabbed him directly, piercing the opponent's abdomen, and then picked him up and threw him into the crowd of Sui troops.
The surrounding Sui soldiers were in chaos, coupled with the two thousand elite soldiers rushing straight in, and the entire left flank of the Sui army only appeared a small dot at first, then slowly expanded, and finally became a fan-shaped gap.
The strength of the Sui army was stronger than that of the Wagang army, but the two thousand people behind Su Mu were all elite soldiers trained by Shen Luoyan himself, and their combat power was strong.
When this army appeared, nearly 6,000 soldiers on the left flank of the Sui army were completely contained, and the ratio of casualties reached one layer, and some soldiers fled, but the army behind continued to rush forward, so the other party had not yet collapsed.
But when they killed nearly a thousand people, the entire left wing was completely dispersed, and at this time, the right wing was also broken by Shan Xiongxin, and Xu Shiji attacked from behind, and the entire Sui army began to disperse.
The battle turned into a massacre, many soldiers laid down their arms and surrendered, although the Wagang army suffered nearly 5,000 casualties, but the battle was a great victory for the Wagang army.
And Su Mu's performance is also precious, it is the beginning of his future power in the north and south and the achievement of the name of the god of war.