Chapter 73 Liaoyang confrontation
"It's ridiculous, isn't it?" Xu Kang said sarcastically: "But don't you think this expedition itself is ridiculous. We are rebels in the Han Dynasty, but now we are accepting the request of a court governor to help the court.
Soldiers to defend the territory of the Han Dynasty. It sounds unreliable."
"But, we are still here. Why? Just for an order?" Xu Kang said this but did not mean to explain further, but said: "Okay, I won't say more about the rest, each of you
Everyone, go down and think about why we are here?"
The generals didn't know what kind of medicine Xu Kang was selling in his gourd. Is it because he hadn't really made up his mind to rescue Xuantu County? That's why everyone was asked to find the reason together.
The generals left one after another, each of them looking puzzled.
Only the three girls Xue Keer, Gong Yinglian and Ci Mei were left in the handsome tent.
Xu Kang stretched out and said, "You should go down and have a rest. You have been traveling all day."
Xue Keer came forward at this time and said a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry."
"Ah?" Now it was Xu Kang's turn to be confused: "Why are you apologizing to me?"
"Those generals were recommended to you by me, but today they..."
Xu Kang was stunned when he heard this, and laughed loudly: "Do you think I will be angry over such a trivial matter? As long as you have the ability and know how to fight, what does it matter if you have a free and easy personality?"
"You're not angry." Xue Keer breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Kang stood up, rubbed her hair hard, and sighed: "This little thing is worth your apology to me. I don't even know when our relationship became so estranged."
Xue Keer's face turned red and said: "No, it's just that this is a military camp, so you have to look like a soldier."
Seeing Xue Ker's serious expression, Xu Kang smiled casually, but at the same time his heart ached slightly. He didn't know if his decision was correct? Is it really good for her to let Xue Ker participate in the bloody war of the army?
Seeing Xue Ker'er leaving with peace of mind, Gong Yinglian walked up to Xu Kang and said: "Don't think too much, at least now Ker'er is satisfied."
Xu Kang nodded clearly, suddenly jumped to the side, crossed his hands into a cross, and shouted: "Ah, how do you know what I am thinking? Which monster did you transform into to confuse me? Monster,
If you don’t reveal your true colors, give me my wife back.”
Gong Yinglian was stunned by Xu Kang's weird call. After a while, she said angrily: "I was so worried about you and comforted you, but you actually called me a monster."
Seeing her angry expression, Xu Kang immediately put his intention to joke back and said with a smile: "Honey, I just think the atmosphere is too boring, I'm just making a joke for you, don't be angry."
"Who has time to joke with you?" After Gong Yinglian finished speaking, her fists were like jade and she struck Xu Kang.
In the big tent, screams that were not like human voices were immediately heard.
Some uninformed generals heard the screams coming from the commander's tent and thought that Xu Kang was interrogating some important prisoner and did not know what kind of lynching was used, but he actually made the prisoner scream like this. This general was so terrifying.
The army entered Xuantu County. Goguryeo had received the news and gathered back the troops that had been scattered to attack various cities. They placed them outside Liaoyang City, obviously hoping to decide the outcome with the Fengtian Army here.
Liaoyang City is currently the largest city in Xuantu County. It has 2,000 soldiers and nearly 10,000 officials. It has complete urban construction and extremely strong defensive capabilities. This is why the Goguryeo people have not conquered it after fighting for so long.
So it happened that Xu Kang also thought that this was the most suitable place for a decisive battle. Therefore, he also moved his army over, forming a horn with Liaoyang City and cooperating with Goguryeo's attack in the area.
Xu Kang actually had no specific idea of how to defeat Goguryeo's army. Although he said that he was using good to suppress evil, it was just a psychological suggestion and had limited impact on reality.
In fact, fighting is similar to a group fight if you think about it. It's just that this is a group fight with more participants, more rules, more requirements, and more scheming.
Since it is a group fight, the number of people is sometimes the key to victory or defeat.
As the numerically weaker side, Xu Kang had also thought about imitating the Battle of Guangzong and learning from the surprise attack method that was often used in the future to win with fewer troops and fight a classic battle of his own.
But the reason why the battle of winning more with less can become a classic is because it cannot be copied and the success rate is too low. There are too many accidental and uncertain factors in it. Victory is certainly a great victory, but failure is even more important.
It would be a disastrous defeat. Xu Kang, who had just arrived from Liaoyang City, would naturally not use such a self-inflicted attack rashly.
Therefore, real war is about the collision of mutual strengths, the victory of the strong and the victory of the weak, which is an inevitable process in history.
In the following period, the two armies that had been facing each other began to attack and defend each other as if training. You attack me for a few days and I push back. Then I attack you for a few more days and you push back again.
Going back and forth like this is a bit boring and uninteresting, but it is a real war.
Both sides strive to compete for their respective advantages, such as perseverance, physical strength, generals' organizational and control abilities, soldiers' psychological abilities, etc., all aspects that may be mastered by others, and a mistake in any of these aspects may lead to a disaster.
Failures on every battlefield resulted in the deaths of hundreds or thousands of innocent people.
The two sides are constantly fighting for consumption and perseverance. At the same time, they are waiting quietly, waiting for one of them to finally be able to retreat first, which heralds their own victory. If they can seize the opportunity at this time, during the other side's retreat,
In the process, if you use a sneak attack to kill one or two generals or more soldiers of the opponent, you can call it a great victory.
Standing on the battlefield where the two armies were fighting, the confrontation between tens of thousands of people made the idea of winning by sneak attack impossible.
Because the number of people sent is small, the effect cannot be achieved, and the number of people sent is large, and it is easy to be discovered by the opponent.
At the same time, neither side has the intention to engage in a decisive battle. After all, if nearly 100,000 people fight together, the uncertain factors will increase, and the victory or defeat will no longer be in the hands of the generals.
Besides, Xu Kang has never expected to win a so-called big victory. He is currently working hard and will participate in even small and small-scale battles. He does not need to personally command, he just needs to stand there.
, pretending to be observing the abilities of the generals around them. These people will naturally try their best to use their own unique skills to win the boss's appreciation. However, this time it was painful for the Goguryeo soldiers on the opposite side. Facing such a fierce offensive, they immediately suffered heavy losses.
Chapter completed!