"Those who are good at fighting cause harm but do not harm others. Jin Zheng led his troops to fight and had many shortcomings, but he kept this in mind." After reading the battle report, Shao Xun threw it to his staff.
After a rain, the grasslands that had been eaten away by cattle and sheep began to grow again.
The dry sandy ground was filled with gorgeous wild flowers overnight, making it like a fairyland on earth.
"General Jin can be regarded as a great general." Zhang Bin commented: "But his ambition for success is too strong."
What he was talking about was that after Kim Jong clearly blocked the enemy's retreat, he failed to stabilize the camp and instead took the initiative to attack. He was too aggressive.
But Zhang Bin did not deny this person as a whole.
It is true that Jin Zhengwan understands the importance of causing harm to others without harming others.
Actively choose terrain and battlefields that are favorable to you, so that the enemy's cavalry advantage cannot be used.
After winning the battle, he marched for more than 200 miles, and with only ten days of food and water, he set up fences at key roads to cut off the enemy's return route.
As soon as the camp was established, Suo Tou was forced to give up his advantage and was forced to dismount and fight on foot.
But Kim Jong made a mistake here. He did not stick to the camp, but took the initiative to attack.
It's okay if you win, but if you lose, the road won't be blocked.
If this battle had been fought by Zhang Bin, he would have held on to his stronghold.
The rope head may want to give it a try to see if it can be captured. If the attack can be repelled, one's own morale will be stronger and the enemy's morale will be weaker. At this time, one may try to charge for a while.
If the morale of the rope head is so low that they don't even dare to attack the camp and just take a detour, it doesn't matter. They stay until late at night and send out many troops to beat drums and shout for death.
After walking such a long way, the enemy is depleted of physical strength, hungry, and demoralized. This move can make them even more panicked. They don't even dare to stop and rest at night, and can only run away in a hurry. Their physical strength and energy are exhausted to the extreme.
At this time, the elite soldiers who are recharged are sent out to pursue them one after another, without forcing the enemy to jump over the wall in a panic, but only to bite off the soldiers and horses behind them bit by bit. This is the "strike on the tail" in the art of war.
After doing this several times, the retreat will turn into a rout, and the gains will be huge.
But Kim Jong's thoughts were indeed different from those of counselors like him. He actually took the initiative to form a field battle!
"Jin Zheng is a good sword when he uses it well. Even Wang Que'er and Hou Feihu can't be as good as him." Shao Xun said with a smile: "If Que'er comes to fight this battle, he will first hoard resources in Mayi and Yunzhong cities."
For food, most of the elite soldiers and generals like Zuo Feilongwei will stay in the rear to escort the food."
"He led the silver spear center camp, the right camp and the cavalry troops all the way. Every time he captured a city, he stopped and waited for supplies. He would not be able to advance unless he had three months of supplies."
"When Suotou's cavalry attacked, they used their car camps to protect them and marched all the way to the foot of Shengle City, forcing Suotou to fight decisively."
"The rope head intercepted the grain road, and the Free Flying Dragon Guard, Qiaoqi Guard and other troops were driven back."
"This style of play is slow and consumes a lot of money and food, but it is safe."
"Kim Zheng's fighting style is fast and he only needs a few elite troops to mobilize, but it is not stable enough."
After saying that, Shao Xun looked at Zhang Bin and said: "Everyone is useful. If it is a life and death battle, I will use Wang Que'er. But Jin Zheng only led Zuo Feilongwei to attack, so I can still afford to lose."
"Yes." Zhang Bin cupped his hands and said no more.
King Liang was sober and knew Jin Zheng's strengths and weaknesses, and he could control this overly ferocious and somewhat unruly wolf well.
Shao Xun suddenly noticed what Wang Xiao, who was accompanying the army, was writing. Considering his status as a writer, he asked with a smile: "What is Chu Jiao writing?"
Wang Xiao is a descendant of the Wang family in Chen County, the son of Wang Yin, and the nephew of Wang Hu.
The king was secretly writing a history book about the dynasty, and Shao Xun knew about it.
Wang Yan even borrowed a few volumes and commented that the literary talent was not good.
Wang Xiao is a writer, and part of his job is to take notes. It is possible that he will write down what Shao Xun said to his staff now. After the war, he will even interview the parties involved in the war and record first-hand information
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Later dynasties compiled history based on this.
After Wang Xiao heard what Shao Xun said, he hesitated.
Shao Xun smiled and was about to say forget it, but Wang Xiao stood up and handed it over.
Shao Xun took it and took a look. It turned out to be about the war.
"It is said: 'The king has conquered the country's most talented people, but if it lasts for a long time, both men and horses will be in trouble, and there will be unexpected disasters. Yi Huai's big things have been done to his best, and everyone from top to bottom is resentful. He has tried his best to conquer, and everyone is suspicious. Today's scholars are like this.
The horses are brave and brave, and there are more than ten thousand sharp soldiers. If they are not as straightforward as Shanwu, they will attack them unprepared and disrupt their position."
"After saying this, he bowed to the south and cried: 'If I am defeated, please kill yourself to thank you and others.' The generals wept, and the troops advanced."
"The main soldiers arrived at Zhonglingyuan, and the divisions and brigade were reorganized, but Xianbei did not dare to attack. The main soldiers beat drums to cheer up, and the government troops advanced with great noise, and the Xianbei people collapsed. The main soldiers were sent to pursue them, and they fought several battles a day. They were defeated repeatedly, and Xianbei was thus
I’m so scared.”
"When Ai Tou heard that all good deeds had been lost, he looked at each other and turned pale. He said: 'We will die soon,' and he ran back in a hurry."
"Since there is no good thing, I am pretending to care for the Xianbei people to harm the people. I led thousands of elite soldiers to the west and attacked for more than 200 miles in two days. They conquered Wucheng and Luo County and intercepted the key roads to block the thieves' return.
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"The Aitou army has arrived. I am telling Qin San, the governor of the army, to say: 'The thieves have come from afar. Their morale is greatly reduced and their physical strength is low. You must form a formation to attack them.'"
"Qin San paid his respects and said, 'I owe my sudden wealth and honor to the King of Liang, and now it's time to repay my kindness.' Then he invited me to hit him on his head, and he won."
"We were sending troops to pursue us, but the thieves were escaping. Tens of thousands of people were killed, but Ai Tou only escaped with his own life."
Shao Xun was silent for a long time after reading it.
This style felt too familiar to him. He didn't think it was anything special before, but when he experienced it personally, he felt it was a bit outrageous.
"How do you know what Jin Zheng, Aitou, said?" Shao Xun asked.
After Wang Xiao was silent for a moment, he cupped his hands and said, "This is Tai Shigong's old wisdom."
Shao Xun laughed.
If the historians of later dynasties really wrote according to this paragraph, then Jin Zheng's image would change drastically. He seemed to be a brave, strategic, bold and careful god general. But Shao Xun knew that Jin Zheng was a person with very distinct advantages and disadvantages.
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If he makes good use of his advantages, he will be more energetic than Wang Queer and Hou Feihu, achieve greater results and consume less money.
If he exposes his shortcomings, he will suffer a big loss.
Shao Xun handed the manuscript to Wang Xiao, turned around and sat down, and said: "How many people have died in Suotou since the battle?"
"The number of prisoners and beheads should be around ten thousand people." Zhang Bin calculated in his mind for a while and replied.
"There are only so many people." Shao Xun sighed and said.
He calculates the general ledger.
Dou Qin, Dou Yuzhen and his son defected to the Wang family, which was a heavy loss for Helan Aitou. It can be regarded as the "annihilation of the entire army", but in Shao Xun's view, this is not the case.
Because the main force of the Dou family and his son are still there, still alive.
If he returns to Tuoba Yihuai's side in the future, they will have tens of thousands more soldiers and horses, and the soldiers and horses along this line will be "alive" again.
The Yilou family, one of the ten surnames of Tuoba, is the same.
After they surrendered quickly, they were not able to show their faces and directly attacked and killed them.
"Your Majesty." At some point, Pan Tao stood up and saluted: "It's time to send an envoy to contact Yihuai, uncle and nephew Aitou. Now his prestige has been greatly damaged, his strength is weak, and many of his tribes are estranged and ungrateful. Perhaps the only one who can control him is
There are only a few tribes such as Helan. Their people should have fled to Yixin Mountain. If we can recruit them, we may be able to contain Pingcheng or two."
"Oh?" Shao Xun asked curiously: "After this defeat, Aitou is still willing to surrender?"
"One moment, another moment." Pan Tao said: "When life and death are at stake, what does face mean? It doesn't hurt to give it a try."
"Is he still worth recruiting?" Shao Xun asked doubtfully.
People like Helan Aitou are actually the same as the Wang family. Even though there are a lot of people gathered around him, these adults and chiefs have no "patience" at all.
Yes, it is a lack of something called "patience".
If you win, we will still follow you.
If you lose, we will have no patience and will disperse.
But the question is, why can some grassland heroes and monarchs still make their subordinates remain "patient" and continue to follow them after they have failed several times?
To put it simply, it lies in the word foundation.
The foundation can be blood origin, great fame, past achievements, or even the canonization of the Emperor of the Central Plains.
It's basically like a bank account. Some prairie monarch accounts have huge deposits, but even after spending them several times, they still haven't used up all the money.
Helan Aitou's savings were scarce, and once he showed signs of decline, he would never have another chance. In fact, Wang Xiao's words were right, "Yi Huai's big things were all done to Aitou, and everyone from top to bottom complained. He tried his best to conquer, and everyone was suspicious."
Therefore, Shao Xun felt that this person actually didn't have much value. He had no chance to make a comeback. Even if the Helan tribe became stronger in the future, it might be Aitou's son or his grandson who would lead them, but it wouldn't be him anyway.
"Your Majesty, Ai Tou is not worth caressing, but Yi Huai is." Pan Tao said: "Mrs. Wang sent people everywhere to care for her, and she gave up her official positions one by one, and many people defected from far and near. This woman is very smart.
, taking today's events as a lesson, we must kill Yi Huai, and be kind and quick. Otherwise, in the future, the war will happen again, and the Wang family's troops will be defeated. Who knows that Dou Qin, Liu Lugu and others will not surrender to Yi Huai.
go?"
Shao Xun was silent.
Zhang Bin, Pan Tao, Yang Man and others looked at each other and said, Damn, the king will not be confused by that woman Wang, right?
Pan Tao's eyes flickered, secretly thinking that this woman was afraid of something big going wrong.
"Your Majesty, as long as the locust tree is here, Mrs. Wang will always be like a awn on her back." Zhang Bin also advised: "Now in Bingzhou, the land west of Hexi is depleted and there are almost no Han people. If you want to maintain peace and tranquility for ten or eight years, you can still
Score and conquer.”
After a long time, Shao Xun nodded and said: "If we can maintain peace for ten years, I will be free to maintain peace for another twenty years."
"But -" he continued: "Sheng Le cannot be left to Yi Huai, I don't believe him. Sheng Le, Pingcheng..."
At the end of the conversation, Shao Xun thought about these two places.
Pan Tao rolled his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, are you worried that the Wang family will become too powerful to control?"
Shao Xun looked at him and nodded.
"I have a plan." Pan Tao said.
"speak."
"Xianbei has the system of three great people in the east, the middle and the west. Why doesn't the king imitate them?" Pan Tao said: "Today Ruyuan, Dongmugenshan, Pingcheng and other places are all in the hands of the Wang family. Seeing Shengle, Wuyuan
When Henan is about to recover, it will naturally not be as good as when Xianbei was in its prime, but it should not be underestimated. Perhaps officials and titles can be given by imperial decree. I heard that the Wang family has a son named 'Tuoba Li Zhen'..."
Having said this, he shut up.
Shao Xun had a rare blush on his face.
But Pan Tao is right. When there is no way to actually manage these places, we must consider restraining each other.
In short, the principle is that the more finely divided the Xianbei is, the better.
Tuoba He was still alive in the Suotuchuan area and was attached to the Yuwen clan. The Yuwen clan joined forces with Goguryeo to attack the Murong clan last year, but the result was the same as the alliance many years ago, which failed again.
Pingcheng and Shengle each have their own masters.
There is another lord north of Henan.
Xianbei's four points are more beneficial to him as the arbiter to take advantage of the situation.
Of course, this is not simple to implement, and it may not always work.
But he just wants to use it for ten or eight years, so that he can free up his hands to do other things.
Chapter completed!