Fu Hongzhi frowned: "But in the battle at the rear, we wiped out their four to five thousand attacking troops with less than half of the enemy's troops. How can we explain this?"
Tan Daoji laughed: "Because we are not attacking the enemy from one side, but attacking from both sides. The enemy is attacked from both sides. They are attacking my rear troops from the front, and you appear behind them, and the fence line is isolated.
They had no contact with Xu Daofu's main force in the direction of the Chinese army, and our army arrived first with cavalry, followed by infantry. They didn't know how many of our troops had arrived. They only knew that our troops were continuously coming for reinforcements, or that they appeared from their rear.
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Tan Zhi nodded with satisfaction: "Although the rear troops in the front were not large in number, they still firmly defended the strategic position. They attacked for a day and a night but failed to capture it. At this time, a large number of enemy reinforcements appeared in the rear.
Knowing the numbers, they must have suffered a psychological breakdown, so they made the wrong choice and divided their forces to fight."
Fu Hongzhi suddenly realized: "So it turns out that our army's defenders are in the front, reinforcements are in the rear, and there is a line of fence left for them to escape on the side. Therefore, Taoist Songfeng and Li Nanfeng divided their forces first to resist our army's reinforcements.
At the same time, they expected the main force from the direction of the Chinese Army to come to the rescue. As a result, after the troops were divided, the troops remaining in the rear surrendered first. Then, there was no hope of reinforcements from the Chinese Army, so they each had their own agenda and wanted to sacrifice their friendly forces to save themselves.
Dividing our troops to break through again gave our army the opportunity to defeat them one by one and eat them separately. Finally, in front of the trap on the northern fence, their entire army was annihilated."
Tan Daoji nodded: "So, the victory of this battle was firstly because the enemy soldiers were not united. The thieves of the Tiandao Alliance and the demon thieves of the Tianshi Dao were two groups, each with their own agendas, and the Qiang people inside the Tiandao Alliance were
The Di people and the old Chu thieves are not united in their hearts. When they encounter difficulties, they do not think of working together to reverse the situation and hold the line of defense. Instead, they run away separately and let the other party stay and die. How can they be undefeated?"
Liu Daogui said sternly: "Yes, the victory in the rear direction can be said to be a victory of a small number against a large number. However, the first reason for the victory is that the enemy troops are not united and their command is incompetent; secondly, the enemy troops are attacked from both sides and are in a desperate situation in terms of military tactics.
Even if they hold on to the defense line, they will be destroyed by our army's front and rear flanking attacks, because the cavalry has a huge advantage in mobility. Their infantry cannot stop the cavalry's assault on flat ground with no danger to defend. However, we
The price the military has to pay will be relatively much higher."
Tan Zhi smiled and said: "We will kill hundreds more brothers, but we can also wipe them out, because these thieves have become tired soldiers after fighting all night and cannot bear to fight anymore. However, these conditions are not suitable for Xu Daofu here in the Chinese army.
As far as the main force is concerned, it does not hold true.”
"First of all, they are not surrounded by enemies and are desperate. They can still leave from the east side. Secondly, after Xu Daofu has a strong army, these Lingnan barbarians have not been involved in the battle. They still have enough fighting power. In addition, Xu Daofu has set up a trap early.
Damn it, if our army attacks forcefully, it will suffer heavy losses, and the situation may even be reversed."
Everyone nodded repeatedly, and Tan Zhi took a breath, pointed at the retreating enemy troops in the distance, and said: "They are also retreating in an orderly manner. Even though they are defeated, they will not disperse. Each unit is covering up step by step.
Withdraw, there are guard troops spread out on both wings to prevent our cavalry from outflanking us. Although the speed is not very fast, the formation is tight and we can change from marching state to combat state at any time and form formations to fight on the spot."
Zhu Chaoshi frowned deeply and said seriously: "It is indeed a tight turtle shell. It looks invulnerable. Although it is bulky due to the lack of cavalry, their infantry formation has spear teams and obstacles such as horse antlers."
, there are also archers in the formation. Now everyone in the army knows that they are in a desperate situation, whether to die or not. Only by surviving this journey and rushing to Wulindu, two hundred miles away, can there be a glimmer of hope. Before that,
They will work hard and defend to the death. If our army attacks forcefully, even if we win, we will pay a heavy price."
Liu Daogui nodded: "Yes, although the enemy has withdrawn from the battlefield, they are not yet in a desperate situation. However, they have lost the initiative now. Our army has a large number of cavalry who can follow and harass them all the way. This is what they want.
It was a dream to withdraw, and more than 20,000 people had to eat and drink. On the way back to Wulindu, there were only a few Handong villages. There were some small rivers flowing nearby and wells in the villages. However, as long as we
If we go to these villages first to set up ambushes, even if only a few suspects are left, and then poison the wells to make them undrinkable, the enemy will soon be in a desperate situation of water shortage."
Everyone's eyes lit up and they all said in unison: "Wonderful. It's so wonderful. If the enemy's water source is cut off, even if there is dry food, it will be difficult to eat!"
Liu Daogui smiled slightly: "This is called self-inflicted evil and you will not survive. Hongzhi, you and Zunkao set off immediately, bringing with you your deputies who are familiar with the terrain of Handong. Well, I remember that Hu Longshi, the eldest son of Brother Hu, is very familiar with this area, right?
, Daoji.”
Tan Daoji nodded: "Brother Longshi often patrols the villages in Handong. In yesterday's battle, many of the villagers he knew well were killed by the Tiandao Alliance's thieves and turned into immortals. They almost captured us.
At the rear army camp, now he is filled with hatred for the demon thief and his desire for revenge is extremely strong. It would be best to let him lead the way."
Having said this, Tan Daoji paused: "It seems that we don't need to poison. The big devil Heipao has planted the powder of Changshengren Daliwan in the wells of these villages before, and then used the medicine in the pears to activate it.
, and this turned all these villagers into monsters."
Liu Daogui's face changed: "Is this happening? These thieves are really heartless, but for the sake of safety, we still continue to poison, and then ambush a small number of suspects in the village, fearing that the enemy will not dare to do so easily
When we enter the village, even if we drink poisoned well water and die from the poison, we don't dare to stay for a long time, and we will inevitably speed up and escape towards Wulin Ferry. We just need to continue to follow all the way to Wulin Ferry."
Tan Daoji laughed loudly and gave a high-five: "It's wonderful. When we arrived at Wulindu, these monster thieves who had no food or water were already unbearable. They relied on one breath to support themselves. They were already on the verge of collapse. Look at this moment
If we have no hope of surviving and can escape on board the ship, then no matter how strict military discipline is, it will be useless. There will definitely be a scramble to get on the ship. If our army launches an all-out assault at this time!"
Everyone said in unison: "We will definitely annihilate all the demon thieves and capture Xu Daofu alive!"
This chapter has been completed!