Chapter 175: Use one's own strengths to attack the other's weaknesses
"The only way to fight is to use one's own strengths to attack the other's weaknesses!"
On the way back to the camp, Li Chengzhi explained to Hu Baozong his plans and ideas for the Battle of Jingzhou, and also taught lessons to others.
Li Song, Li Feng, Li Zhang, Li Zhao, Li Ming, Huangfu Rang, etc. all urged their horses and followed closely.
Whether Li Chengzhi's tactics are effective or not will be known by looking at the results.
No one dares to expect that every battle will be like Li Chengzhi's, annihilating the enemy with minimal or almost no casualties. They only hope to achieve a high victory rate with a small casualty ratio, and then they will be satisfied.
To prevent anyone from eavesdropping, Li Song had already ordered Li Xian to lead the guards to isolate the left and right sides.
It's not that Li Song is stingy, but that this is the concept of this era: the law is not passed down lightly, and knowledge can only be in the hands of a few people. This is also the basic principle for the survival and growth of the gentry.
Secondly, being good at discussing the art of war is a crime of conspiracy.
It’s really not a joke. If you don’t look at the past dynasties and the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, which were the most chaotic in history, with the most flourishing schools of thought and the most open-minded, there were only great Confucian scholars giving lectures, but no famous generals taught the art of war?
Just because this thing is a dragon-slaying technique, it is most tabooed by those in power.
Even in the most chaotic and open-minded Southern and Northern Dynasties, no matter whether the powerful clans in various places were raising private soldiers, mining or smelting iron, or building armor, the imperial court would turn a blind eye.
But if any family dares to risk the disapproval of the world and teach the art of war to the public, not to mention the emperor, even other family members will not let you go...
Therefore, someone like Li Chengzhi who frequently holds classes to explain tactics and tactics is definitely unique.
Fortunately, most of them are not outsiders, except Hu Baozong...
Li Chengzhi talked eloquently: "Just like our army, the greatest advantage is that it has strong armor and strong bows, many horses and chariots, but its shortcoming is that it has few soldiers...
Therefore, we must try our best to maximize our strengths and avoid weaknesses, engage in mobile warfare and attrition warfare with the enemy, and gradually weaken the rebels' main battle force, instead of fighting a decisive battle as soon as they come up..."
"It's just a group of thieves! The enemies we are fighting today are already elite rebels, but their combat strength is just like this. Even if there are thirty or forty thousand soldiers, with the strength of our army and the high morale of our army, when
Can win in one battle..."
Hu Baozong gritted his teeth and asked, "But how long will it take to fight like you said?"
"When? What if it lasts until the beginning of autumn?"
Li Chengzhi glanced at him coldly: "Not to mention the sudden decisive battle, even if we win, it will be a tragic victory. Our army's casualties must be huge. Even with an army of less than tens of thousands, we can still annihilate tens of thousands of thieves under the city in one fell swoop.
?
Even if the rebels are defeated, they are defeated. After the tens of thousands of bandits are defeated, can they still wait for the imperial court to surrender and resettle them? At that time, those who go to the mountains to become bandits will go to various places, and those who want to gather together will
To annihilate it would be even more difficult than climbing to the sky... This would be an endless disaster for Jingzhou in the future!"
Halfway through, Li Chengzhi sighed again and lowered his voice: "I know you are very eager to save Hu Cishi, but this Jingzhou is not only the Jingzhou of your Hu family and Hu Cishi's family, but also
Hundreds of thousands of civilians..."
These words were so heartbreaking that Hu Baozong was so shocked that his heart trembled.
He argued in a hissing voice: "I didn't think so, I was just eager to win..."
Hu Baozong's idea is very simple: as long as he can take the lead and solve the siege of Jingzhou before Xi Kangsheng, the first success will be a certainty.
As for how to break the siege, it is natural to drive away the rebels. As for how to exterminate the defeated bandits, that is a matter for the future.
But when it comes to the idea of persecuting the people, I really don’t have it...
Li Chengzhi snorted coldly: "Of course I know you haven't thought this way yet, but I'm just reminding you in advance that it's best not to think this way. Otherwise, whenever I take the lead or attack a difficult situation, I will definitely send you out every time..."
He was afraid that Hu Baozong would go crazy if he wanted to make meritorious deeds, and if his brain suddenly twitched and he rushed forward, his plans and arrangements would be disrupted, so he gave him a warning in advance.
What I mean is, if you really dare to disobey orders or play tricks, don’t blame me for making you suffer a big loss.
This has nothing to do with how good the relationship between the two is in private. Public is public and private is private. Li Chengzhi has always been very clear about it...
Listening to Li Chengzhi speak so straightforwardly, cold sweat broke out on Hu Baozong's head.
After being together for so long, he still doesn’t know Li Chengzhi’s temperament of not recognizing others even if they fall out?
Besides, how many times has this tricked him?
When he thought of this, it was like pouring a basin of ice water on his head, and Hu Baozong immediately calmed down.
It's better to obey the orders honestly, otherwise Li Chengzhi will really fool him and he won't even know the time...
The generals glanced at Hu Baozong, who was sweating profusely, and secretly let out a sigh of relief.
There is not only one Hu Baozong, but there are really not one or two like him who only care about making meritorious deeds without thinking about whether there will be any harm afterwards.
Including Li Song, everyone has this idea...
To put it bluntly, even if the rebels break up and become bandits, will they disturb the people? This is something that the government should consider. What does it have to do with the Li family?
Even someone like Hu Baozong, who has many officials in his family and is even a captain of a county, doesn't care. What kind of leisure does Li Chengzhi have?
Why can Li Chengzhi think so far-reaching?
Thinking about it at this time, he is still just a white man. Even if he becomes an official afterwards, he will 90% not stay in Jingzhou. Doing so is really a bit thankless.
It can only be said that Yang Shu, Zhang Jingzhi and others saw it accurately: from beginning to end, Li Chengzhi was not pretending to be benevolent, but really worried about the world and had all the people in his mind...
Li Song secretly breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, when it is time to be cruel, Mr. Lang will not be soft, otherwise he would really be a woman's kindness.
Seeing that his subordinates had become much more well-behaved, Li Chengzhi was too lazy to use Hu Baozong to scare the monkeys, and continued: "The best way at the moment is actually to encircle but not attack. After Xi Gong raises his troops, a two-sided attack will form.
Then try to annihilate or capture the main force of the rebels.
But the rebels are not made of clay. It is impossible for them to cooperate with me no matter what I think. They will definitely treat us as weak persimmons, and they will definitely break out to the west or invite a war.
In the same way, I don't just fight how the rebels want to fight. Looking at the camp surrounding Jingzhou City, it is more than ten miles wide, and the number of people should be about 100,000. It is impossible for all of them to be fighting soldiers. So.
We will bypass the elite of the rebels and focus on the weak points..."
Halfway through, Li Chengzhi exhaled heavily and said leisurely: "To sum it up, it can be summed up in sixteen words: when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue..." The eyes of all the generals lit up.
These sixteen words are so subtle, and they are similar to the horse-turning arrow tactics and wolf pack tactics that Yu Langjun talked about before?