The letter was sent quickly by someone from Cheng Ze in Lingtong County.
When leaving Lingtong County, Jiang Long naturally discussed the contact information with Cheng Ze.
The team placed spies in Hewu County to collect information. These spies knew the team's movements at all times.
Taking the letter, Jiang Long opened it.
At this time, why not ask Jiang Long about the process of wiping out the bandits' nest.
Why didn't he frown when he heard that Jiang Long had brought back a dozen women who had been robbed by horse bandits?
I feel that Jiang Long is somewhat kind to a woman.
But he also knew that persuasion was useless now.
How could he be different when he was young?
Only when you experience too much will your heart become numb.
The numbness here does not mean that you have become hard-hearted, cold-blooded, and will no longer care about the life and death of the people of Daqi.
Rather, it means knowing how to make trade-offs.
The literal choice is a simple one, but in reality, it is not so easy to do.
He Zai also told his story of suppressing bandits.
Jiang Long frowned tightly when he heard this.
Why not take away 350 cavalry? The opponent has more than 200 horse bandits. Although the number is superior, it is quite difficult to annihilate the enemy.
So why not use a trick, abandon a dozen sergeants, successfully lead the horse bandits into the pocket, and finally annihilate them all.
"Why, do you think it's too ruthless for me to use a dozen sergeants as bait?"
Why not just smile and ask.
Jiang Long was silent and shook his head slightly, not wanting to continue this topic.
Although he felt sorry for the lives of those dozen sergeants, he didn't know that He Bu's approach was correct.
Only by annihilating all the horse bandits can we achieve our full success.
Otherwise, if the horse bandits run away and reunite on the mountain in the future, they will still burn, kill, and loot the surrounding people.
More people will die then.
It’s just that reason belongs to reason, and emotion belongs to emotion.
Those dozen sergeants were all trained by He Bu. It can be said that they have known each other for several months.
We practice every day and meet each other.
Not to mention how good the relationship is, but we can still be considered familiar.
Why not make a decision easily and let those dozen acquaintances die?
Jiang Long cannot do this yet.
He also knows that he still has a lot to learn.
It's just that other things are okay, but you can't force yourself too much when it comes to psychological and emotional problems. Otherwise, if depression persists for a long time, your personality may change drastically.
They may even eventually become violent, cruel and cruel.
When the two armies were fighting, why not use your cavalry? Since you had to do your best to stop the horse bandits from breaking out, you killed a dozen more.
In this battle, more than thirty people in the team he led died.
More than 30 people were killed and more than a dozen injured. At such a price, more than 200 horse bandits were wiped out and the bandits' den was destroyed. From a literal point of view, this was a great victory no matter how you look at it.
But Jiang Long felt a little uncomfortable.
He destroyed the bandits' den and only a few people were slightly injured.
Why is the loss so small?
It's very simple. It's not because there are only a few people in the gangster den, but because the battle plan is quite thorough.
Sneaking up, Guntyback fired cold arrows to kill the sentry horse bandits, and then suddenly rushed in to kill the horse bandits, catching them off guard.
They would also shout that they would surrender without killing.
Although the horse bandits were killed in the end.
But if I shouted at that time, I would have one more choice if I didn't kill the horse bandits when I heard that they should surrender.
A choice to survive.
If you resist, you will die, but if you surrender, you will not be killed. Naturally, many people will surrender.
This was also a huge blow to the morale of the horse bandits, and they could no longer form a group to resist desperately.
When people are in desperate situations, they will explode with amazing strength.
The famous general Han Xin once ordered his soldiers to set up a battle array with their backs to the river, cutting off their retreat to meet the enemy. The situation of facing a powerful enemy in front and having no retreat behind strengthened the soldiers' determination to fight to the death, and finally won a great victory.
And why weren't there so many casualties over there? There must have been horse bandits who were in desperate situations and fought desperately to break out of the encirclement and exploded with strength.
"You think you're right?"
Why not speak suddenly.
Jiang Long was stunned for a moment, a little confused.
"But what I want to say is that the soldiers you lead can only win the battle!"
Why not stare closely into Jiang Long's eyes, "Although the soldiers I lead usually suffer more casualties, it is precisely because they have experienced the test of war and the survival of the fittest that they can fight tough battles in the future, and even easily win with a small number of people."
Wins more."
After Jiang Long heard this, he remained silent.
He quickly understood the truth, but still hesitated and lacked the decision-making ability.
Leading the troops, one should be cautious and use strategies to reduce casualties as much as possible. Because of this, the sergeants did not experience the most difficult test. As a result, the sergeants were accustomed to smooth sailing and had low psychological quality.
Problems will be exposed once you encounter a difficult bone.
And why not use this method to bring out soldiers who are truly fierce in terms of both physical and psychological qualities?
Generals need to be resourceful.
Soldiers must be brave and fearless of death!
The two complement each other and can win every battle.
"Look at this letter." Jiang Long took a deep breath and changed the subject.
Why don't you nod and reach out to take it? He just gave a brief reminder this time, and had no intention of persuading Jiang Long in a long speech.
The heat hasn't arrived yet.
Open the letter and read it quietly, why not put a smile on your face.
It turned out that He Chi sent someone to secretly send this letter to Lingtong County.
A few months ago, Jiang Long led his troops and cooperated with He Huan to suppress the horse bandits in Duan Ziliang and released a young man.
The young man has black hair, soft facial features, and is slightly delicate, but his eyes are faintly green.
He is not a citizen of Daqi, he is an informant placed by a small tribe among the horse bandits.
And his status is not low, he is the biological son of the chief of the small tribe.
It was just because of his mother's influence that he admired the Daqi culture and was at odds with his brothers and father.
Being ostracized by his brothers and disliked by his father, he was assigned a more dangerous mission.
The young man's name is Hechi.
Hechi expressed his intention to take his mother back to Daqi's arms, but Jiang Long let him go.
Later, Hechi also sent a message to Lingtong County.
The prince of the Mona tribe led a thousand soldiers and wanted to kill Jiang Long, the son of a public enemy of the prairie, to establish his prestige on the prairie.
In that battle, Jiang Long led his troops to defend the city and also shot and killed a foreign general.
The prince fled back, leaving hundreds of corpses of his clansmen behind.
Hechi notified the news in advance, allowing Dejianglong to be prepared and reduce losses.
This time Hechi wrote that the chief who led eight thousand soldiers to attack Hewu County had a much higher status than Hechi's father.
The tribe where Hechi belongs is relatively small.
The whole clan only has over 10,000 people, unlike the chief who can easily pull out an army of 8,000 people.
When the chief came to Hewu County, he had to pass through Hechi's tribe, so Hechi was able to gain trust.
Hechi was very familiar with the surrounding terrain and learned that the chief wanted to massacre Hewu County, so he drew two marching routes that the chief was most likely to choose based on the terrain and directions.
There are many small peaks in Hewu County, and the roads are difficult to navigate. There are not many choices for marching routes like on the flat prairie.
"I thought it would be enough to withstand the chief's attack, but with these two road maps, we can definitely make a beautiful ambush!" Why not laugh.
Although Jiang Long wrote to He Huan and Jiang Qi for help, the number of teams they could recruit was definitely far less than that of the enemy.
It would be nice to be half as good as the other person.
The troops were at a disadvantage, so they naturally defended themselves in the city.
This shouldn't be too difficult.
But with these two marching route maps, if there is an ambush, four thousand versus eight thousand, as long as the arrangement is careful and proper, it will definitely win.
Even if there are only 3,000 people on our side, the chance of victory is still 70%.
Unless the chief is a rare and outstanding military talent with a strong enough psychological quality who can command calmly without disrupting the position, he will definitely be defeated!
"Does Mr. He think it is credible?"
He didn't know He Chi, so he thought for a moment and nodded, "Yeah."
Of course, you must also be on guard and send more scouts to spread your eyes.
The two of them agreed that Jiang Long would continue to lead a group of sergeants to suppress the bandits, while He Bu would immediately lead a small number of people to conduct a careful survey of the two routes.
Research and select the best ambush location.
Hewu County has many mountains and hills, so it shouldn't be difficult to choose an ambush location. However, time is a little tight, so why not bring some people and set off in a hurry.
Because He Bu led fewer men, Jiang Long asked Fan Ren, the three Qi brothers, and Qin Yu to follow He Bu. With these people on the side, he would be protected even if he happened to encounter a horse bandit or a horse bandit.
Even a small group of alien troops wouldn't be in danger if they weren't there.
Jiang Long, on the other hand, led most of his troops, and based on the information sent from Hewu County, he surrounded and eliminated the horse bandits and foreign teams who dared to plunder.
Although they used their well-informed information to carry out sneak attacks, it was impossible to annihilate all the enemies every time, so Jiang Long's team gradually came into the eyes of those horse bandits and alien teams. Knowing that this team was powerful, some timid people
All the horse bandits immediately returned to the village.
Others who did not reply were also cautiously on guard and did not dare to take action easily again.
A day and a half later, He Huan personally brought four thousand soldiers and horses to Hewu County and met with Jiang Long.
When they first met, He Huan gave Jiang Long a thumbs up and praised loudly, "What a boy, you are worthy of Marquis Jingxian! He was able to dig an artificial river in Lingtong County. Since he can dig a river,
Then it will not be difficult to improve the wilderness and turn it into fertile farmland!
You don't know, when I first heard your suggestion, I almost sent someone to scold you.
It’s all nonsense!
But I thought you were young and energetic, so you wouldn't listen to me.
In the end, I gave up the idea of scolding you, and wanted to wait until things go wrong, then come over in person, talk to you about it, and never let your ears get calluses. I will never give up.
But who would have thought that you would actually accomplish the first step!
Digging rivers and leveling the wilderness. If everything goes well, millions of acres of fertile farmland will be opened up within a few years. What kind of achievement is this? I would say it is comparable to those who fought in various places before the founding of the Kaiyuan Dynasty to open up the country.
The general who split the land!
Boy, I admit it, I underestimated you before!
But your vision is beyond the reach of others!"
At the end of the story, He Huan was so excited that he even hung up his book bag.
If Jiang Long only had a noble status and an extraordinary background, then He Huan could at most respect him a little more. After all, Jiang Long was too young and was a generation behind him.
But now that Jiang Long has shown his extraordinary talent, He Huan no longer treats Jiang Long as a child.