Chapter 179: Huang Zhang's Method of Using Soldiers
"His Royal Highness is really amazing at using troops. He actually made this group of people run wild!" Bian Huan couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the more than 5,000 newly recruited troops in front of him.
At first, Huang Zhang said he wanted to attack Qingcheng, and Bian Huan thought he was joking. After all, they only had a thousand people. If they wanted to attack Qingcheng with such a small number of people, it would be pure suicide.
But Huang Zhang was focused on rushing towards Qingcheng, which kept Bian Huan elusive.
When they arrived at Qingcheng, Huang Zhang immediately ordered a pretend attack on the city.
When Bian Huan heard this, he immediately understood that it was just a pretense, but when they attacked the city, the opponent had no defense at all.
This made Bian Huan feel baffled. Those who didn't know it might have thought that Huang Zhang had colluded with the other party in advance.
But the good thing is that by taking Qingcheng, their supplies can keep up.
Originally, there were a thousand people traveling lightly, and it was impossible to carry too much food, grass, and luggage. After so many days, they were about to run out of food. But when they arrived in Qingcheng, this problem was solved immediately.
Although the barbarian army took away everything they could when they retreated, Huang Zhang used an ingenious idea to attack the wealthy families in Qingcheng.
Robbing the wealthy families? Bian Huan didn't like it very much, but when he thought about it, the wealthy families in Qingcheng were not good people. They were enemies by funding the barbarian army.
Bian Huan had no objection to this.
With the wealth of these wealthy families, all that's left is transfer.
Under Huang Zhang's guidance, they exited from the west gate of Qingcheng, then quickly headed south, passing by Qingcheng under the cover of night, and then went straight to Luxia Town.
This step was completely unexpected by Bian Huan, but after learning Huang Zhang's purpose, Bian Huan couldn't help but exclaimed "Great!"
Now Luxia Town is filled with remnants and wounded soldiers who were defeated by them before. They have no defense force at all. No one can imagine that they will counterattack. This counterattack can directly completely destroy the four thousand puppet troops in Luxia Town.
The fact was exactly as he thought. There were only more than 2,000 defeated soldiers in Luxia Town, which were completely vulnerable. They simply charged and completely defeated them. They could have been completely wiped out, but Huang Zhang
A group of people were deliberately let go.
According to Huang Zhang's words, he needs these people to "snatch the enemy!"
After letting them go, Huang Zhang collected the medical supplies of the wounded soldiers and placed them in Luxia Town together with the property collected in Qingcheng.
Afterwards, Huang Zhang personally led his men to follow the remnant soldiers who had been let go, and headed straight for Qingcheng.
This time, Bian Huan no longer doubts Huang Zhang's decision-making, although their current behavior still seems to be leading to death.
When the troops were about to arrive in Qingcheng, Huang Zhang suddenly turned around and took the official road south, heading straight for Majia Town.
This made Bian Huan extremely puzzled. It was obviously the fastest way to go from Luxia Town to Majia Town, so why did Huang Zhang take the extra step and take a long detour?
But this doubt was soon solved. Huang Zhang personally led people to intercept the barbarian spies.
He was very familiar with this, and the barbarian army didn't seem to pay much attention to the training of spies, so Huang Zhang could easily pull out their eyes every time.
Afterwards, he hid Qianya Army in the mountains and forests on both sides of the official road and waited for the barbarian army to pass by.
When Bian Huan saw the barbarian troops passing by in front of them, he felt astounded, as if everything was under Huang Zhang's plan.
As soon as the barbarian army passed by, Huang Zhang immediately left a few scouts behind, and then led his troops to attack Qingcheng.
Attacking Qingcheng this time was not as easy as last time, but it was not troublesome. After all, there were less than a hundred people defending Qingcheng, so they were taken down easily.
This time, Huang Zhang stayed in Qingcheng, waiting for the barbarian army to arrive.
When Huang Zhang received news from the scouts that the barbarian army was not in a hurry to return, he immediately started recruiting troops.
After recruiting more than 5,000 people in Qingcheng, Huang Zhang specially summoned all the soldiers. This move made Bian Huan a little puzzled.
Next, Huang Zhang explained to everyone the reasons why they were doing this.
In Huang Zhang's words, their behavior is called strategic transfer, not escape.
This statement is quite novel. Bian Huan has no idea of strategic shift. In his opinion, this is escape. If you can't beat him, just run away without losing face!
However, Huang Zhang characterized their current behavior as a strategic shift, a way to transform themselves from passive to active.
When Bian Huan heard Huang Zhang's speech, he felt that what he said was quite reasonable. Moreover, under Huang Zhang's planning, Bian Huan swept away the haze of uncertain future. At this moment, he felt that no matter how strong his opponent was, he was just a
It's just their stepping stone.
Even Bian Huan had this idea, not to mention the Qianya army, each one seemed to have been given a shot of chicken blood and began to become extremely tough.
The morale of the Qianya Army before this was not so strong. Not only them, but also Bian Huan felt that he and others were living in a crack, and could be erratic at any time.
But after Huang Zhang's enlightenment and his previous behavior of playing tricks on the barbarians and puppet troops, the soldiers began to believe in his decision.
In this way, Huang Zhang led thousands of soldiers and moved safely towards the direction of Luxia Town.
Huang Zhang not only manipulated the barbarian army, but also recruited so many people under his nose. I have to say that Bian Huan admired him from the bottom of his heart.
This also made Bian Huan understand why he was defeated on the ancient packhorse road before. Against such a person, he would not be defeated unjustly!
Hearing Bian Huan's praise, Huang Zhang said modestly: "It's not that I'm good at using troops, but mainly that the intelligence is in place. If you captured all the opponent's intelligence, you can do the same!"
"I can't compare to His Highness, but His Highness' grasp of intelligence is really accurate. How did you guess the actions of the barbarian army?"
"I don't know their general, but I know human nature. Every step he takes is what anyone would do."
Huang Zhang told a riddle, which made Bian Huan confused. He could give some advice on military training, but he knew nothing about human nature.
"Then Your Highness, what should we do next?"
Huang Zhang looked at the map. After several rounds of wandering, they had completely escaped from the barbarian army's siege, and due to his seduction, the barbarian army stopped being so rampant and began to be cautious.
This is why Huang Zhang returned.
If this last step had not been taken, sooner or later the barbarian army would have discovered that something was wrong with the situation in Luxia Town, and would then have spread their nets everywhere with Luxia Town as the center. Then it would be a matter of time before they discovered the main force of the Qianya Army in Majia Town.
The Qianya Army is indeed very powerful, but during this period of time with the Qianya Army, Huang Zhang discovered a very serious problem.
The Qianya Army is one of the strongest combat forces in the Su Kingdom. It is precisely because of this name from the beginning that the soldiers of the Qianya Army are somewhat arrogant.
But in the last battle at Huakou, the Qianya Army was completely defeated, and even their number was almost lost.
This blow from heaven to hell is not easy for these soldiers to accept.
Huang Zhang can see this from the usual state of Qianya Army soldiers.
Chapter completed!