When Zang Ba led his troops to the front line, the battle was over.
The people he entrusted as the vanguard of the formation were the Sun brothers. At this moment, Sun Guan was wiping the blood stains on his ring-headed sword with his sleeves.
Zang Ba immediately asked:
"Baby, have you encountered a thief?"
Sun Guan shook his head and said helplessly:
"I don't know which tribe they belonged to. They shot a few arrows at us on the mountain and then ran away. My brother has already chased them."
Zang Ba was confused:
"Then where did the blood on your knife come from?"
Sun Guan pointed to a headless corpse next to him and pursed his lips:
"Well, when this pawn heard that there was a thief, he ran back. I saw that he dared to escape from the battlefield under my Sun Guan. How could I tolerate him? I killed him with one knife."
Zang Ba nodded. Although Sun Guan was born in Shanliao, he still managed the army quite strictly, which was very good.
But when Zang Ba looked at that man's withered and bleeding head, the more he looked at it, the more familiar he felt, hey? Isn't this my bodyguard?
Hot girl, suddenly realized that Sun Guan had killed the guard he had inserted in front, and Zang Ba wanted to rebel. But when he saw the confused expression on Sun Guan's face, Zang Ba held it back.
Maybe the baby really didn't know that this person was our guard? Maybe when this person saw a thief coming, he wanted to go back to the rear army to report, but Sun Guan treated him as a deserter and handed him over to the gang leader?
Just when Zang Ba was undecided here, Sun Kang returned panting with dozens of Shanliao. Seeing Zang Ba there, he immediately reported the situation.
"When I led my troops to pursue them, I only saw the backs of these thieves. They were as fast as the wind, as if they were walking on flat ground, and then you looked at the arrows."
After saying that, Sun Kang handed over a brand new iron arrow and said:
"This group of soldiers must be General Shi's scouts. I estimate they are just a few miles away. We need to prepare early."
Zang Ba touched the sharp iron arrow and thought deeply. Then he ordered the whole army to speed up out of the mountain and set up camp outside the mountain pass. They should use their leisure to lead their work.
At three moments, Zang Ba and other Lang Yakui troops with six thousand troops marched out of the Yilu Mountains and drove to a highland of rolling hills.
As far as I can see, here is the majestic Taishan Mountain in the front and the Lushan Mountains on the right. These two mountains are like a person's right arm holding this hilly land in his arms.
In the distance, you can also see a curved jade belt slowly floating into Mount Tai from the southwest. It is the famous Wenshui River.
The hilly land in front of Zang Ba is the most fertile land in the entire Taishan County. Tens of thousands of hectares of land are nourished on both sides of the Wen River.
In fact, this was also an ancient battlefield between Qi and Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. This place originally belonged to the State of Lu, and the State of Qi coveted this fertile land and repeatedly sent troops to conquer it.
Therefore, since ancient times, it has been said that "Qi and Lu will fight for Wenyang Tian."
Wenyang is talking about this place.
At this time, Zang Ba was looking at the terrain in the distance on a hillside. He wanted to find the location of each military camp.
He now has 6,000 soldiers, so he can set up more camps. This will allow him to effectively control an entire area and facilitate maneuvering.
Zang Ba's military skills were learned from his father and experienced in the mountains. He was not comparable to the brave generals. After only watching for a moment, he began to arrange his troops to set up camp.
First, Zang Ba used Yilu Mountain Pass as his retreat and deployed all his troops along the surrounding hills to form a four-mile long and narrow arc-shaped defense line.
Within this arc of defense, there were several dock walls built by local tycoons, and Zang Ba had already ordered the Sun brothers to attack them.
The reason why he divided his troops and trapped the wall was to obtain supplies on the one hand, but more importantly, the dock wall of these local tycoons could be used as his reserve camp. His main formation could be stationed here as the mobile reserve of the entire army. , support the walls of the villages ahead at any time.
Then he began to order his generals to set up villages in various ridges and valleys.
In the five ridges and valleys in the northwest, he ordered Wu Dun, Pan Da, Ruan Zhong and other Langya bandit leaders to lead a thousand troops and fall into the stronghold. Then in the four ridges and valleys in the north, he ordered the Sun brothers to supplement them with 600 Langya bandits. A thousand troops were combined and fell into the stronghold. Finally, in the Liudaoling Valley in the northeast, Zang Ba selected the remaining 2,000 Yilu Shanliao soldiers who had newly joined the army and fell into the stronghold.
To be honest, he didn't trust the strength of these new Shanliao people who had joined the army, so he placed them farthest from the mountain pass.
As for Zang Ba, two thousand of his most elite old thieves were stationed in the three dock walls behind the entire defense line, which was also the location closest to the Yilu mountain pass.
A qualified general should not worry about victory but defeat first. Zang Ba was stationed here, but there was some discord in reality. It was Zang Ba who was the first to retreat to the mountains.
The other bandit leaders only had the courage to fight, but they didn't understand Zang Ba's dirty thoughts, so they got the order and started to build camps in their respective mountains.
The Sun brothers here had just broken through the walls of the dock, and they were each holding a woman and laughing. Over there, Zang Ba's army guard sent an order to replenish the Sun brothers with 600 soldiers, and settled in the village at Sidaoling in the north. , there must be no mistake. Then the guard carrying the flag left.
Sun Kang frowned and looked to the north, where his younger brother Sun Guan sighed:
"Brother, I saved that Zang Ba's life before I went blind. I didn't expect that he didn't care about saving his life at all and wanted to push us to the front. Brother, I don't think this battle can be won, so why don't we go back to the mountain? "
Sun Kang was thinking there, and after a moment, he spoke seriously:
"Brother, do you know that after this battle, no matter who wins or loses, there will only be one leader in these thousands of miles of mountains. We have become mortal enemies because we hunted General Shi's troops before. If we go to battle again now If we go away, if we continue to attack Zang Ba, even though this thousand-mile mountain is huge, we will never be able to stand up to you and my brothers! Moreover, I see that Zang Ba is quite heroic, and we have the upper hand now. We have a good chance of winning."
After hearing this, Sun Guan couldn't help but nodded in agreement.
When Sun Kang saw his younger brother also pretending to nod, Leng Jun couldn't help but said with a smile:
"You don't have to think so much, there are benefits right now. Didn't Zang Ba replenish our 600 soldiers? When General Shi comes, we will take this wave of people in front first, and the one who survives will be my brother."
Now Zisun Guan was satisfied, clapped his hands, and said yes repeatedly. Sun Guan clapped his forehead, suddenly remembered something again, and asked:
"What about these women? They were just captured."
Sun Kang rolled his eyes and cursed:
"I've killed them all. They're all going to the battlefield. I'm not afraid of losing my life because of weak legs."
Sun Guan had no choice but to lead his men down and stab him one by one. Seeing Kui's deftness, the other gangsters also howled and stabbed the woman on his shoulder to death, bursting into tears.
After a while, the Sun brothers carried the grains on their shoulders and headed north for joy, leaving behind a naked body of a woman covered in stab wounds.
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There is a wooden camp three miles away from Zang Ba Langya's bandit defense line, where Zhang Chong's troops stocked up their troops.
But Zhang Chong, the leader of the meeting, was not there. He was traveling with a group of troops.
When Meng Ju discovered the military traces of the Zang Ba Tai Mountain Bandits on the Yilu Mountain Road, he reported the letter to Zhang Chong and the generals, who immediately invited troops to fight.
They have been camping here for a day, their horses and horses are full, and they are waiting for the showdown with the Langya bandits.
But as the military counselor, He Kui stood up and admonished:
"The thieves of that generation are united in order to gain advantage. Their sharp edges are too sharp to fight, so they should stand firm and frustrate the enemy. However, they are a mob and cannot win quickly, and they are not unified. They must have two minds and be suspicious of each other. Then attack and defeat the enemy.
It’s necessary.”
What He Kui means is that now that the bandits have just come out of the mountain and are in full swing, it would be better to hold on for a while until they are unable to attack for a long time and become discouraged. If someone wants to go back to the mountain, then they will be defeated and they will win.
All the generals have also experienced it, and they couldn't help but nod in agreement when they heard this.
But Zhang Chong disagreed. He said this:
"Zang Ba marched out with his troops, but we are outnumbered, so we cannot defend the camp. First, we must gather our troops in one place, and there are no reinforcements outside. They can concentrate on attacking the city. If we defend for a long time, we will lose. Second, our army will be defeated without fighting."
Defending and showing the enemy cowardice will definitely demoralize the enemy. Therefore, I intend to lead surprise troops outside, wait for them to attack them. When they fall, we will work hard both internally and externally, and we will be able to defeat the thieves."
Zhang Chong's words are in line with the principle of using troops to balance the right and the odd. Since ancient times, everyone in the army has paid attention to the combination of the right and the odd. You must not just "build a stronghold and fight a stupid war."
As soon as Zhang Chong's military strategy was mentioned, the generals suddenly realized that this was actually how the military talents of the generals were brought out. Although they were penniless, Zhang Chong would talk about military strategy in every battle. They were immersed in it and had a war consciousness.
Naturally, a rising tide lifts all boats.
In fact, military ability can be divided into three levels: tactical ability, combat ability, and strategic ability.
The so-called tactical ability is when two armies compete for size. The brave one wins, the timid one loses, the one with formations wins, the one without formations loses, the one who is good at formations wins, the one who is not good at formations loses. Therefore, tactical ability can be learned from the heap of dead people.
Anyone who wants to fight must have a wave of fighting talents.
The so-called battle ability means being able to have a vision of the entire battlefield, understand the situation of mountains and rivers, where is the place to win, where can troops hide, how to schedule the formation, what is the sequence of retreat, who is the main force, who is the surprise force, and when
Use the right, when to use the strange, and when to use the right and the strange interchangeably. This kind of talent, like Zhang Chong, must teach military strategy in every battle. The generals will learn from the war, and a wave of generals will emerge.
But the final strategic ability is not simple. It requires an intuitive feeling of the world's situation and a deep understanding of politics, which requires particularly high cultural literacy. This is why Zhang Chong often talks about ancient times with generals and discusses the geography of the world's mountains and rivers.
, which is to cultivate a group of handsome talents who can stand alone.
Therefore, Zhang Chong handed over the command of Dazhai to Yang Mao, and after giving instructions on the military strategy for the battle, he sneaked out of the stronghold with his troops, Ding Sheng, and Li Damu's elite troops, and was currently cruising nearby.
In the large tent of this meeting, Yang Mao was sitting in the second seat, and the audience was about to report on the morale of each battalion head.
The old battalion head has been established for more than two years, so there is no need to worry about the morale of the army. However, although the newly established battalion head has been well-trained, has neat fighting equipment, and has capable soldiers, after all, it is the first battle after the camp was established. Yang Mao, as the commander of the camp,
Soldiers need to be concerned.
While Yang Mao was discussing matters with the generals, a flying army entered the account carrying a flag and reported:
"A troop of boat troops came up from Wenshui River. The flags were densely covered and countless. Look at the flags and read 'Hu Mu', 'Wang', 'Zhang', 'Gaotang' and 'Bao'. They are the powerful soldiers of Feng Gao."
As soon as Feijun finished speaking, the whole place fell silent.
This is really a case of vicious dogs before and wolves later. This is a true situation where we are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered.
Even though Yang Mao had been used to the battlefield for a long time, he was a little cold at the moment.