Chapter 436 Xue Renguis Hundreds of Cavalry Attack the Camp
"In addition, send a message to General Wang Zhen, asking him to find a way to defeat the Zhendong Navy as soon as possible!" Sun Chengen continued.
In fact, these have always been the most important and critical points. As long as Wang Zhen can defeat the Dongyi Navy, then Wang Yu's group of people will block the road to retreat. At that time, that is the only way to let the people go.
When the other party has no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth.
However, thinking of this, Sun Chengen had to blame Wang Zhen for his incompetence and the Zhendong Navy had always avoided fighting. It is precisely because of this that Wang Zhen has not completed this task until now.
However, just as Sun Chengen was dispatching his troops, he never expected that at the same time, Xue Rengui would also start to actively plot against him.
There is a saying in Sun Tzu's Art of War that soldiers have no constant momentum and water has no constant shape. War is an ever-changing process, so there is no set of rules that are universally applicable.
It stands to reason that when a weak defender faces a menacing and powerful enemy, it seems to be a safer choice to choose to defend in danger. The result of the weak defender's proactive attack is likely to be to hit the stone with an egg.
However, in many battles in ancient times, it frequently happened that the weak defenders gave up their defense and took the initiative to attack. Moreover, by taking the initiative to attack in this way, they finally achieved the purpose of defense. In many battles in history, where fewer defeated more with less, basically
It was only the weak side that took the initiative to achieve a big comeback.
This is true when defending, and it is also true when Xue Rengui is escaping now. If you really focus only on escaping, sooner or later you will be caught up by others.
Only by actively counterattacking properly while escaping can you gain greater initiative for yourself, and in this way you have a greater chance of breaking out.
When two armies are fighting, no matter which side is stronger or weaker, it is extremely important to gain more initiative. This is an important factor in the final outcome.
"General Xue, a surprise attack at this time! This is a dangerous move for the army!" After Xue Rengui expressed his idea of a night attack, Hu Luguang said even though he was a little moved, he also spoke with great solemnity.
Hu Luguang can also clearly see the benefits that will be brought to them if this night attack is successful. However, benefits are always linked to risks. This benefit is great, and the risks involved will naturally not be
Small.
"At this time, our army is seriously at a disadvantage and the enemy is strong. When facing our army, they will definitely be more relaxed psychologically. In this way, our army will have the opportunity to make a surprise attack."
"Even if the enemy general is extremely powerful, he would never have thought that our army would launch a surprise attack while being at a numerical disadvantage." Xue Rengui explained.
Although the generals present somewhat agreed with Xue Rengui's explanation, a surprise attack on tens of thousands of enemy troops was always very risky. It was easy to go, but whether they could come back was another question.
The enemy's numerical advantage is too obvious. Once you fall into the enemy's army, what dangers will you experience?
However, these generals did not expect that it was precisely because the enemy had tens of thousands of troops that Xue Rengui wanted to conduct a night attack at this time.
The Dongyi Army's 130,000 infantry troops blocked Xue Rengui's retreat routes in advance, while the 70,000 cavalry troops were responsible for chasing and killing, blocking one after another, and the cooperation complemented each other.
What Xue Rengui wants is to try to disrupt the enemy's rhythm, attack the enemy's horses, and buy them more time.
If all the horses of the Dongyi troops could be released, even if the Dongyi people could gather these horses back, it would definitely take a certain amount of time.
Moreover, even if he could only release some of the enemy's horses, it would be helpful for Xue Rengui's subsequent escape.
"If this is really going to be the case, the general will ask for a fight!" Hu Luguang said seriously.
Once a night attack is successful, it has the highest return rate. However, its success requires the combined effect of multiple factors such as intelligence, command, communication, response, morale, etc. This kind of battle mode, which involves small costs and high profits,
The requirements for the overall quality of the army are relatively high, requiring officers and soldiers to have strong psychological qualities. In short, night attacks are destined to be the exclusive tactics of a small number of elite officers and soldiers.
Similarly, if you want to successfully carry out a night attack, it is not something that ordinary people can do. Those who can understand the night attack are all famous generals in the world, such as Zhang Liao, Gan Ning, Xu Da, Li Jing and others.
Zhang Liao became famous as Zhang Babai because of Sun Shiwan, Gan Xingba also attacked a camp with hundreds of cavalry, and Xu Da even attacked the enemy at night with 3,000 troops and wiped out more than 80,000 people.
If you are not strong enough and want to play Night Raid, let alone using your small skills to make a big gain, then it will be no different than giving away your life.
Therefore, there are really not many people in the army who are qualified to carry out this kind of task. Guan Yu is injured, Xue Rengui, as the army's commander, is not suitable for taking risks, and Hu Luguang can only think of himself.
In fact, Deng Qiang is also a suitable candidate, but what he has shown at this time is only his military strength, and his ability to lead troops has not yet blossomed. Therefore, naturally no one will think of him at this time.
"This night attack, I will personally fight!" Xue Rengui shook his head and refused.
As a general, he certainly should not put himself in danger. However, Xue Rengui was more or less confident about tonight's action.
It is true that Dongyi's army has an absolute advantage in terms of numbers, but the generals of the Zhendong Army are no weaker than the enemy in terms of ferocity.
"But..." Hu Luguang was about to persuade, but Xue Rengui waved his hand again to calm him down.
"I don't know how many troops the general is planning to lead for a surprise attack!" Knowing that Xue Rengui had probably decided to leave, and it was useless to try to persuade him at this time, Hu Luguang could only sigh silently in his heart and asked.
"This general only needs three hundred men who dare to die!"
Three hundred men who dared to die? Dare to attack the enemy? Many generals were a little confused.
Xing Tian, Yang Zaixing and other fierce generals all looked at Xue Rengui curiously. This was the main tent of the Chinese army. As the saying goes, there are no jokes in the army. Even if he was the chief general of the army, he could not go back on what he had promised in front of everyone.
Although Xing Tian, Yang Zaixing and others thought they were brave, they never thought of taking the initiative to attack a camp with tens of thousands of people with three hundred people.
In this regard, Xue Rengui smiled and said: "What about a hundred people, so what about a thousand people? In the dark night, can the enemy still tell how many people our army has? If we can't make a surprise attack, as long as we can keep the enemy in chaos, that's it."
A big victory, and after three hundred elites successfully attack the enemy, the blow they can bring to the enemy will be even greater."