Chapter 502: Using Li Chengzhi’s heart to reach Changyi’s belly
Although Chang Yi would definitely send troops to stop him on his way westward, as the head of the family said, on both sides of the Wei River, the ancient Hu-Shang Road, and the two valleys to the west of Chencang, there were a total of five roads leading directly to Chencang. Chang Yi wanted to stop him.
, which one should be blocked?
Few will be ineffective, otherwise it will undoubtedly lead to death. Therefore, if troops are sent to block the road, at least 20,000 will be required for each road. The total of the five roads will be hundreds of thousands.
How many soldiers did Chang Yi have in total, and he still besieged Li Shao with bird feathers?
And with the flexibility of the cavalry, if they encounter an enemy, they can just avoid it in advance. And with the advantage of firearms, even if there are enemy troops on the front and back, they can be divided and wiped out when they arrive at Chencang.
As for the latter plan, which is what Li Shixian said, it is even simpler to send only elite cavalry and send urgent reinforcements to Li on the North Information Road.
You can start your journey now, and you can reach Xiying in three hours at most. Don’t you believe that Li Shao can’t survive even half a day?
As soon as the husband arrives, Li Shao transforms like a domestic cat into a ferocious tiger, and suddenly grows wings. Even if he is as good at fighting as Chang Yizhi, he will probably be very timid.
Li Song smacked his lips and looked at Li Liang again: "What do you think?"
Li Liang blurted out without even thinking: "What the head of the family said is true!"
Upon hearing this, Li Song's face showed a look of disdain, and he thought, could it be that the head of the house farts, and you think it smells good?
But if we speak honestly, although Li Songjue's first strategy of Li Shixian is a bit risky, his second strategy is much better than Li Song's.
Feeling a little familiar?
With a thought in his heart, Li Song stole a glance at Li Shixian, then turned to look at Li Chengzhi behind the case.
Could it be that the head of the family got advice from the husband last night?
Li Chengzhi finished eating, put down the bowl, and picked up a few letters and newspapers on the case.
These were all delivered by Li Yun who was scouting along the road from dawn to night yesterday.
The two most recent ones were both from around Zishi. One was submitted by Li Shao, saying that the enemy had sent out two armies, both of which were light cavalry. One way was heading south, and it seemed that they were rushing to Chencang. The other way was heading west, which was in all likelihood.
to stop him from aiding the east. He also said that Changyi's sudden attack ordered the front army to dismantle the camp and rush forward towards the Bu camp. More than ten thousand Hu cavalry were added to the two wings. Therefore, it was concluded that Changyi would definitely launch an offensive just waiting for dawn.
The other letter was reported by the night scout brigade commander, saying that near night, the forward cavalry had explored the front camp for fifty miles, and happened to encounter a group of enemy cavalry stationed nearby. They had set up camp at night, and no movement was seen again. Also known as Hou Gang
We arrived at Tianshi Ridge at dusk, about seventy miles away and less than a hundred miles away from the enemy's eastern camp.
If we only speculate based on these reports, it is difficult for Li Chengzhi to judge whether it is true that Changyi will attack today as Li Shao said.
But honestly speaking, Fu Luo, Yuan Li, and Yu Zhong are all people who know how to fight, not to mention Chang Yi, a famous general in the world. So they will never miss this rare opportunity. p>
Furthermore, the enemy's army now totals tens of thousands, and they don't need to go out in full force. They only need to divide half of their troops to reach 70,000 or more, which is enough to attack Li Shao.
So Li Chengzhi still leaned towards Li Shao's judgment, and that's how Li Shao came up with the note that Li Shao regarded as a brilliant idea...
Seeing that he was thoughtful, Li Song didn't dare to disturb him. It wasn't until Li Chengzhi put down the letter that he approached the case: "I dare to ask Mr. Lang, now that there is an emergency in Ganyin, how should we respond?"
"What father just said is the best policy... I informed Diao Zheng and Li Daoyuan last night that the three battalions of Huqi and Jingzhou have been combined into one army. After setting up camp, we will take the first step and rush to Qian.
Yin..."
When Li Song heard this, he immediately understood.
As expected, I guessed right. No wonder the head of the family was so sure. It turned out that he had already consulted the husband?
Thinking about it this way, the plan to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao should be the original intention of the family leader. It is strange, but it is also much more dangerous and unpredictable.
It seems that during the war, even the man who is always taking risks has become uncharacteristically safe...
While he was guessing, he heard Li Chengzhi say: "But soldiers are unpredictable, and water is unpredictable. The military situation is like water and fire, and it can change rapidly, let alone one night. Therefore, it is not too late to wait until Li Shao reports at night before making a decision...
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As soon as he finished speaking, he heard an urgent call outside the tent, listened to Li Rui's cross-examination, and led a general into the tent.
"My lord, the scouts are reporting urgently: About half an hour ago, we suddenly saw an open fire fighting on the north bank of the Weishui River, and the sound of hooves was like thunder. The brigade commander sent us to investigate nearby, and we arrived at an unknown mountain ridge forty miles west of Yuetianshi Ridge.
Encountered Hu cavalry scouts. Judging from the formation, there were about four to five thousand of them. They were moving rapidly, and they were all fine cavalry... The brigade commander concluded that it should be the army that came along the Wei River yesterday and was stationed about fifty miles away from our forward...
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Li Chengzhi raised his eyebrows, pulled out the map and asked solemnly: "Is there anything unusual happening when we are stationed at Tianshi Ridge?"
"We have already set up camp, but we are not heading west, but continue to march east. Apart from this, we have not seen any lights or the sound of carriages and horses..."
Just these four or five thousand riders, shouldn’t it?
If Chang Yi wanted to stop the attack halfway, he should have sent more troops anyway. In the worst case, as Li Shao expected, he should have left Hou Gang's more than 10,000 infantry behind, and then blocked the ancient Silk Road and both sides of the Wei River.
, at least you can prevent yourself from going around his back and attacking his heart.
And if you are traveling for exploration, you only need to send one or two thousand cavalry, not so many.
But these four or five thousand cavalry were either too many or too few, and they didn't hide their whereabouts. They just came up to them with open fire. Are they trying to attack or explore?
Li Chengzhi suddenly had a headache.
He even doubted whether Chang Yi could predict the situation and already expected that he would divide his troops, so he sent such a small number of troops to disgust him?
If all the cavalry leaves the camp and only ten thousand infantry remain, Diao Zheng will have no choice but to camp and wait until the defenders recalled from the Longshan passes unite before they dare to march.
Otherwise, if the camp is organized in a cunning manner, the enemy cavalry will take advantage of it. Just like the Anxi cavalry's horse-returning arrow tactic, or the Mongolian wolf pack tactic. Just flying a kite behind you will kill you. "Let's explore again... If there is no sudden change, just report once every ten miles!"
"No!"
The scout walked away quickly, and Li Chengzhi ordered again: "Li Liang: This is what the scout reported four moments ago, that is, it is not clear that it is not suitable to rush forward, but half an hour has passed, and now this army is less than three meters away from my front camp.
Shili. You immediately assemble your army and lead your old Jingzhou troops out to meet the enemy. Do not use thunder weapons first, but only use rockets to attack them..."
"Li Rui, take my letter to Yuan Zhi's camp: Now he will lead all the tiger cavalry out of the camp. When Li Liang comes to fight, he will divide his troops into two groups and encircle them... Even if they cannot be annihilated, they will still be killed.
Defeat them all, dare not join forces again, and tickle my camp like flies... Li Cong, go and send orders to make things worse, start camp immediately, and march eastward at full speed..."
Li's retainers were all taught many cavalry tactics by Li Chengzhi, and Li Song was no exception. After listening to his orders, they immediately made a general guess, feeling surprised and confused:
"How could Chang Yizhi predict that Lang Jun would definitely divide his troops? Would he still be able to fight against each other?"
"Why do you need to be able to figure things out?"
Li Chengzhi shook his head and said, "If I urgently help Li Shao, there is no other way. It is just like what his father said: one is to surround Wei and rescue Zhao, and the other is to rush to Qianyin day and night. But no matter which strategy is used, it is necessary to divide the troops and use light cavalry.
How could Chang Yi fail to predict this point? Therefore, he only needs to send a division of light cavalry to contain me, and he can put me in a dilemma, so that I dare not divide my troops..."<
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Li Song was still suspicious: "According to what Lang Jun said, if you change the place, if Lang Jun is Chang Yi, it will be like this... But the Southern Dynasty is a corner of peace, the terrain is changeable, there are mountains and rivers, and there is no way to raise horses.
In addition, many years ago, the defense was more defensive than the attack, and there was not much experience in cavalry combat. So where did Chang Yizhi learn such miraculous skills?"
No wonder Li Song was so surprised.
Before Li Chengzhi became wise, even Li Shixian and all the Li family retainers, including him, did not know that there was such a wonderful cavalry fortune-telling method in the world as the "returning horse arrow". Changyi's introduction to Nanchen was a famous general.
, you shouldn’t be able to think of such tactics?
Li Chengzhi pondered for a moment and said uncertainly: "Chang Yizhi may not be able to think of it, but don't forget that Fu Luo has led all his troops under his command. It has been more than a hundred years since the Murong family founded the country in the southwest, and they have discussed the art of cavalry warfare.
Even compared to the Turks and Rourans, they are not willing to give in too much. And there are so many talented people in the clan, there is no guarantee that someone will not be allowed to come up with such a strategy...
Furthermore, this technique is not traceable, just like how wolves in the wilderness do it when hunting in winter..."
Li Song was thoughtful, then nodded frequently.
He once remembered that when Li Chengzhi was teaching tactics, he used wolves as an example. And as Lang Jun said, the Murong family had all the talents, and lived on the plateau for many years, nomadic all day long, accompanying horses, and associating with fierce men.
It’s not surprising that some sophisticated tactics have been developed...
Li Shixian was somewhat dissatisfied: "That's not necessarily true... Your speculations are based on your own opinion of Chang Yi's heart. But before this battle, Chang Yi's An knew who you were, Li Chengzhi, and when had he ever heard of Lei Chengzhi?"
What is a rocket?
After all, by the time you returned from Beizhen, you had only fought two battles with thunder weapons and rockets, and Yuan Ji was dead. Now only Fuluo has seen the power of these thunder weapons and rockets with his own eyes. Such as Yuan Li
, Yu Zhong and Hou Gang just heard about it.
But Chang Yi, a famous general in the world, will never trust him simply based on the words of the Fuluo family. Therefore, if my father’s prediction is correct, 80% of these thousands of elite cavalry are here for testing..."
Test...yes!
A word that wakes up the dreamer!
Li Chengzhi was stunned for a moment and almost cheered.
If any other person hears "thunder from heaven", "poisonous fire" and the like, nine out of ten they will regard it as evil talk to deceive the public.
Even if Fu Luo swore and swore plausibly, and with Yu Zhong, Yuan Li and others fanning the flames, Chang Yizhi should not dare to believe it.
With the character of this kind of person, I have to see it for myself no matter what.
Of course, as the commander of hundreds of thousands of coalition forces, Chang Yi would not take such a risk, but it was very possible for him to send his confidants to watch.
No wonder there are only a few thousand horsemen, but they are fighting openly, not hiding their whereabouts at all, and charging forward as if they are committing suicide?
It turns out that I really came here to die...
"Hurry up and deliver the order. If nothing goes wrong, the enemy cavalry will definitely charge straight at you... Li Liang and Yuan Zhi should not panic. It will not be too late to counterattack when the enemy approaches the camp. Secretly order Li Liang and Li Zhang
, replace the forward with an artillery battalion, and when it comes into range, give it a thunderous blow..."
Li Shixian and Li Song immediately understood: Li Chengzhi was going to use his plan.
Since Chang Yi does not believe in evil, let him have a good experience. The enemy's cavalry will be defeated faster. When the news is sent back to the enemy camp, Chang Yi will be more cautious and present it on the western and southern fronts.
The more troops are used to prevent Li Chengzhi from encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, the more troops will be used to block his retreat.
Li Shao's pressure will naturally be much less...
Of course, it is also possible that Chang Yizhi will make a last stand and attack Li Shao regardless of casualties.
Fortunately, Li Chengzhi's clever move made Li Shaoruo take the lead in retreating into Mianyin City when he saw something was wrong.
Even if it is just a small county town, the city is still three feet high. Li Shao has tens of thousands of troops in his hand and has sufficient food and grass. Moreover, Chang Yizhi is not like himself and has sharp weapons like explosives. So even if he bites hard,
Enough to feed his 200,000 troops for ten days and a half.
Moreover, they can only persist for such a long time if the coalition forces from all sides are sincerely united and work together to block their 50,000-strong army to the west of Qianyin at the cost of human lives.
If this were to happen, it would play into Li Chengzhi's favour: But when Jingzhou's Xi Kangsheng and Xiazhou's Gao Meng free their hands, Chang Yi would be filled with hatred.
He was just afraid, and nearly 200,000 coalition troops acted like beasts, and the soldiers were divided into dozens or even dozens of groups and wreaked havoc in Guanzhong.
At that time, it will be just like what Yang Jun said: Although people and land still exist, this land has become thousands of miles of scorched earth and is riddled with holes.
But is there a safe way in this world?
If you are greedy and greedy for perfection and perfection, you will instead focus on one thing and lose the other, and you will lose everything in a bamboo basket.
Li Chengzhi pondered for a moment and then said to Li Song: "Take my order to find Tiao Zheng and order him to act according to his plan and gather all the remaining cavalry. But when Li Liang and Yuan Zhi defeat the enemy cavalry, I will go first
One step...
Well, that's all, the state cavalry is of no use to me, so I left him with two battalions of opera cavalry recruited from the counties of Huazhou and Binzhou, and ordered him to send more scouts, but when encountering enemy cavalry, he would be on the spot.
Garrison. It won’t be too late to set up camp after joining forces with the rear army..."
"I will obey your orders!"
Li Song responded loudly and walked away quickly.
Li Chengzhi stood up in a hurry: "Father, why don't you come with me to watch the formation?"
"We'll go together!"
Li Shixian responded casually, and when he left the tent, he probed Li Chengzhi's tone: "I have been left in your tent like this all day, and my father is about to fall ill. It's better to go to Qianyin, and you will still be my father."
How about being sent to Li Shao's tent to listen to his orders?"
Li Shixian is indeed very leisurely and uncomfortable, and Li Chengzhi can naturally feel it.
He calculated silently and nodded simply: "Just follow father!"
Why are you so happy all of a sudden?
Li Chengzhi agreed so readily that it actually made Li Shixian suspicious.
Know your son, not your father. He knows that this treacherous son will often disown his relatives, and even his own father will be coaxed from time to time.
As expected, before he took the initiative to ask, Li Chengzhi explained: "If nothing else happens, after arriving in Qianyin, I should be stationed in Xiying permanently, so it is okay for my father to return to Shibo's tent!"
Don’t I still have to obey your orders?
Li Chengzhi was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood: What a traitor...