As an amateur time traveler with no military experience, all of Shao Shude's strategic and tactical thoughts were learned, comprehended, summarized, and summarized in this time and space.
As the most popular classic tactical thought at this time: using right combination, winning by surprise, and combining right and wrong, this is what Shao Shude has practiced most personally.
Moreover, he understood this tactical thinking thoroughly and applied it to strategy.
Why did the protagonist in the previous chapter criticize his son for taking risks by marching in the army? Because he was taking risks with real troops, not surprise troops.
For example, the risk index of a surprise attack through a detour is very high. Because what is waiting for you may be a trap. Even if it is not a trap, if the enemy is suddenly prepared, the surprise attack army will be in dire straits.
It doesn't matter if you send an unexpected force to give it a try. Failure is still within the tolerable range. But you can't risk your regular troops or yourself, because once you fail, the whole army will be defeated.
(1) Take, for example, the classic war between Li Shimin and Xue Ju and his son.
In 617, Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and Li Jiancheng joined forces to dominate the army. The Tang army had more than 200,000 soldiers and strong horses.
In this year, Xue Ju also basically controlled the Xiliang area, moved his base to Qinzhou, recruited various motley crews, and annexed other people's tribes. His military strength was "numbered 200,000", but it is estimated to be about 100,000.
Compared with Li Tang, Xiliang's economic strength, territorial stability, and military strength are far inferior. If ordinary people think about it, they can just defeat it in one battle, but how did Li Shimin defeat it?
In December 617, Xue Rengao and Li Shimin fought in Fufeng. This time it was actually a field battle. Li Shimin won and sent troops to pursue him, beheading thousands of people in total.
Xue Rengao was the vanguard of the Xiliang army and was defeated.
However, the other three troops, Jiang Jie and Dou Gui, were defeated by Xue Ju's main force, with unknown losses. Brothers Liu Shirang and Liu Shibao were also defeated by Xue Ju. "Because (Liu Shirang) was appointed as the general manager of the march of Anding Road, he led 20,000 troops to resist Xue Ju.
, I was unable to win the battle, and my brother Bao and I were both killed by the thieves."
Li Shimin won this route, but the other three routes were severely beaten, with losses estimated conservatively at 30,000 to 40,000 people.
Li Yuan was careless, and Li Shimin also realized that the Xiliang army was not a weak force, but could still fight. So he switched to the defensive and "erected barriers."
(The above is the general background before the official war begins.)
After taking the defensive position, even if the front was very passive, he would not be moved. As long as he was undefeated, he would be passive and ugly. For this reason, he even resisted Li Yuan's orders.
In July 618, strategically speaking, Xiliang and Li Tang had been at war for more than seven months.
(This situation is somewhat similar to the long-term stalemate between Shao Shude and Zhu Quanzhong in Luoyang and Ruzhou.)
The Tang army actually performed poorly, and Li Yuan had to recall the troops heading to Luoyang, Guandong, to reinforce Li Shimin.
This time, the Tang army had a military advantage, and its economic and logistical advantages were far better than that of Xiliang. However, Li Shimin still ordered to stay strong and defend the wall. Challenge as you like, do whatever you want, the previous seven months
I've endured it, so I'll fight you and use my logistical advantages until you can't hold it any longer.
Guanzhong owned by Li Tang and Xiliang owned by Xue Ju are not the same in terms of economic size.
But Li Shimin was tricked. He was sick in bed and handed over the command.
"The marching commander, Shi Liu Wenjing, and Yin Kaishan were observing the troops at a high hill. They raised their troops to cover their rear because of the lack of equipment. They were defeated. Sixteen of them died. Generals Murong Luohu, Li Anyuan and Liu Hongji were all lost."
Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan felt that the Tang army had many soldiers and sufficient logistics. With these two advantages, why not fight them decisively?
Get out of the camp, get out of the camp! So they were defeated miserably, losing 60% of their troops, and Chang'an was shocked.
This is almost a defeat that can destroy Li Tang's foundation, just because of an irrational decisive battle. It is obvious that the chance of winning is greater if the time is spent, why rush to the decisive battle? I have a 70% winning rate now, and it may be 90% if I wait.
It all sounds the same, but sometimes God just plays tricks on you.
However, Li Tang was lucky. Xue Ju suddenly died of illness, and there were problems within the Xiliang army. Moreover, Li Shimin had previously judged that Xue Ju had insufficient food, so he held on to the wall without fighting. This judgment was still valid. And Li Tang's capital was indeed rich.
After experiencing such a disastrous defeat, he was still able to gather his troops and continue to fight against Xue Rengao.
The two armies fought for more than sixty days, and the Xiliang army ran out of food. Li Shimin judged that the time was ripe for a decisive battle, so he fought decisively and defeated Xue Ju.
In the decisive battle between Shao Shude and Zhu Quanzhong, the two armies opened multiple battlefields and held a stalemate for a year until a huge hole appeared on the northern line of the Liang Army. Shao Shude put in the reserve team and defeated Ge Congzhou in one fell swoop, tearing apart the defense line and then heading south. Chen Xu fought several times.
, encircled and annihilated the Pang Shigu Group and achieved complete victory.
Is the combat idea surprisingly similar to Li Shimin's?
When good and odd forces are combined, the good troops must be steady and don't act haphazardly. When the time is right, you can invest in unexpected troops. This is the strategy for using troops with the highest winning rate.
Liu Wenjing took advantage of her large number of troops and took the initiative to fight decisively. Logically speaking, she should win, but the battlefield is changing rapidly. How can I argue with you? So what if you have a 70% winning rate? Xue Ju just seized the 30% chance and let you win in one battle.
"Sixty-seven out of ten dead".
(2)
Let’s talk about Li Shimin’s battle in Hebei to destroy Liu Heita.
After Dou Jiande was killed, Liu Heitai recruited rebels in Hebei, persuaded some of Dou Jiande's remnants to join, and then gradually grew stronger.
The background is: in July, Liu Heitai led a small number of people to defeat Tang Beizhou and the governor of Weizhou, collected their surrendered troops, and officially rebelled.
In August, he defeated the garrison general Wang Xingmin and killed him.
In September, the combined forces of Huainan King Li Shentong and Youzhou General Manager Luo Yi captured Xue Wanjun's brother alive.
In November, Li Xuantong, the general manager of Dingzhou, was defeated and killed.
In December, Jizhou was defeated and the general manager Qu Leng was killed. In the same month, Li Ji was defeated again, and he was spared by riding away.
Within a few months, three senior generals of the Tang Army were killed and two were captured alive. Li Shentong, Luo Yi, Li Ji and others were blasted.
The Tang army was beaten like this and it was necessary to assemble the main army to conquer. In the end, Li Shimin led the army.
The two sides faced off at Ming River.
Li Shimin's tactics were still a combination of right and wrong. The main force confronted Liu Heitai, and then sent a surprise force deep into the enemy's rear in an attempt to capture Mingshui City, its grain transshipment hub. The two sides fought repeatedly, and Liu Heitai was helpless and was forced to retreat from the front line of the confrontation.
Defend Mingshui City.
The combat effectiveness of Liu Heitai's army was not weak, and Li Shimin made a mistake at this time. He personally led the troops to attack Liu Heitao's grain road. As a result, he was surrounded and in great danger. Fortunately, Yuchi Jingde rescued him, and Li Shimin
, Li Daozong broke out.
This time, it was actually Li Shimin who took the risk. This seemed to be one of his preferences, and this was not the first time he took the risk. Every time he took the risk, it was very dangerous. To be fair, he was taking the risk with a serious soldier, because he was the commander-in-chief.
He represents a serious soldier. If he dies, the whole army will be defeated with a high probability, which is very irrational.
Li Cunxu and Li Shimin had the same hobbies, and they also survived two or three close calls.
But after Li Shimin finished his provocation, he quickly realized his mistake and continued to stalemate with the enemy. He used his troops as steadily as an old dog. No matter how you provoke me, I would be wasted because I had the superiority in troops and logistics.
In the end, Liu Heitai ran out of food and was forced to fight decisively, and the entire army was defeated.
Li Cunxu simply took a risk. As the commander-in-chief and the emperor, he personally led the surprise troops to make a surprise attack and left the regular troops to his generals. This was a very irresponsible approach.
Luck cannot always favor you.
If you let Li Shimin do those risky behaviors again, would he be able to escape unscathed 100% of the time?
Xia Luqi tried his best to save Li Cunxu by killing hundreds of people and break through the siege. Yuan Xingqin broke into the formation alone, broke two spears with his bare hands, killed one of the enemies, and rescued Li Cunxu. If this kind of thing happens again, will it definitely succeed?
War is a very serious matter.
Many book friends complain that the protagonist doesn't know how to fight, so he just sticks around and fights stupidly. Is this really the case?
The protagonist has a very thorough understanding of the tactics of combining Zhengqi and Zhengqi, and should be as pure as fire.
In this expedition to Hebei, the main troops advanced slowly, leaving no chance. The surprise troops crossed the sea and landed, shaking the entire Jin army and retreating all the way.
This is a very clever art of war, and it is much better than those tricks such as using time and feigning surrender.
How did Li Shimin fight? The protagonist learned very well.
Moreover, the protagonist occasionally takes risks, such as the snowy night attack on Yunzhou, and the time he personally led troops to attack Ge Congzhou. But overall, he is a serious, calm, and rational military commander who is familiar with the battlefield and knows
What are your own strengths and what are your enemy's weaknesses?
Know yourself and the enemy, exploit your strengths and avoid weaknesses, combine the good with the odd, and occasionally take risks to give you surprises. This is all the military performance of the protagonist in this book so far.
He is Li Shimin's student, but he has his own understanding and his learning is not bad.