Wang Zhen and Lu Xiong were both worried that the fall of Shibaliwu would further worsen the situation in Tongbai Mountain, but they did not think about the situation where two thousand bandits were stationed on the east bank of the Baijian River and asked Xu Huai to lead his troops to penetrate the bandits.
The military blockade of Huaiyuan.
To achieve the purpose of containing and deterring the enemy, it is meaningless to penetrate through it once in a while. It is necessary to lead elites to repeatedly attack the blockade.
It is difficult for them to defend Huaiyuan with the few troops they have now. Do they have the right to take the initiative to go out and fight in the field with a bandit army that is several times their own?
Wang reported that Lu Xiong had not asked Xu Wujiang about the specific situation after falling into the grass, but Xu Wukun said that there were only a hundred soldiers and horses in Xiema Mountain and Jinsha Valley who could fight on the move, which obviously did not include the soldiers of the Xu clan.
Under the current circumstances, it seems impossible to expect Xu Wufu to agree to the main force of Xu clan soldiers going out to fight in the stronghold. There are really too few soldiers and horses capable of fighting in the field.
"If there are thirty or fifty people who dare to fight against the elite, they will be able to enter a place where there is no one..." Xu Huai said.
"Master Xu, you can't brag about this bullshit!"
Except for Zheng Tu, who was dizzy at first and felt as if he had been injected with chicken blood. He was not willing to stay in the village camp as a cook. He thought about following Xu Huai and going out to kill the thieves. However, after seeing many casualties one after another, he kept a calm mind.
After coming down, he realized the bloody and ruthless nature of war; and he and Yin Peng spent all day hanging around Xu Huai, Wang Zhen, Lu Xiong and others, and gradually understood the principles of military confrontation.
No matter how rudimentary the weapons and equipment of the bandit army may be, they may be a mob, but there are nearly two thousand people on the east bank of the Baijian River.
No matter how invincible Xu Huai is, if he leads thirty or fifty people in, will it be enough to squeeze people's teeth?
"Logically speaking, it can be done, but it is too dangerous!" Wang Xun said with a frown.
"How is it possible?" Xu Wukun asked anxiously.
Every time Xu Huai uses insurance, there will be a big commotion within the Xu family.
Xu Wukun was not afraid of being blamed, but it was impossible for him to do something. How could he sit back and watch Xu Huai die?
At that time, civil society was used to control military affairs, and military and political affairs were all led by ministers. Scholars guarded the borders, commanded the imperial army, and even controlled the Privy Council. Their probability was even higher than that of military ministers.
Therefore, the dream of the officials of the current dynasty to govern the country and bring peace to the world was more urgent, and a group of officials who were good at both military and political affairs emerged.
Wang Zhen has served in the army for many years in the positions of military judge, governor, and so on. Even if his military ability does not reach the level of a famous general, it is not far behind.
When Xu Huai proposed the penetration tactic, he could certainly see through its possibility, but he was not sure whether to do it or how to persuade Deng Gui to give him unwavering support and win the cooperation of Xu Wufu and Xu clan soldiers.
"You guys come over and talk to Deng Gui and see what he thinks?" Xu Huai said.
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"Is the bandit army making any changes to General Shibaliwu?"
After Xu Wukun waited for them to leave, he discussed the Tang syndrome problem with Wang Zhen alone. Deng Gui didn't think there was anything worth making a fuss about.
In his opinion, Yaksha Fox was behind all this.
What surprised him was the crisis the Tang clan was currently facing, and Wang Zhen's suggestion to send Xu Huai out to repeatedly penetrate the rebel blockade on the east bank of the Baijian River in order to contain the main force of the rebel army.
"The thieves are becoming more numerous and powerful. Xu Huai only goes out with thirty or fifty capable soldiers to fight in the field with an army of thieves that is dozens of times his own. How can you say there is no risk?"
Xu Huai also went out to fight in Huaiyuan before, but he carried out a shallow attack and was not too far away from the market. Seeing the bandit army encircling him, he quickly retreated to the market.
Now if you want to penetrate the bandit blockade, you can't retreat easily when you see the bandit army dispatching in large numbers, but you have to boldly penetrate through it to achieve the effect of drilling through. This is more like playing with fire than playing with fire.
Deng Gui once suspected that Xu Huai was not really stupid, but at this time Wang Zhen advocated the penetration tactic, but Xu Huai was still sitting next to him with his sword in his hands. Deng Gui thought that maybe he was really stupid after all.
How arrogant do you have to be to think that you can lead 30 to 50 people and play with two thousand thieves in an open wasteland of more than ten miles?
"The risk is not without, or even very high, but it is not without opportunity..." Wang Xin said.
"What should I say?" Although Deng Gui was a martial artist, he did not dare to think highly of himself in front of Wang Zhen.
"The soldiers are suspicious, or the basis for the feasibility of this strategy is that Huaiyuan and the Xu family are not without the strength to fight," Wang Chen said, "Huaiyuan and Lutai Village are less than twenty miles apart, and there are many people here.
Xu Huai led thirty-five men to attack because of the shallow and short hills. The rebels would not think that this was a simple matter, would they? They would not ignore that we were using a tactic to lure the enemy, but we actually wanted to capture their two thousand new troops on the east bank of the Baijian River.
Are you going to lure the bandits out from their strongholds and annihilate them in one fell swoop?"
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Deng Gui understood. To put it bluntly, they still wanted to take advantage of the enemy's weakness in not attacking Huaiyuan.
Although there were two thousand rebels on the east bank of the Baijian River, most of them were newly joined rabble.
Pan Chenghu, Guo Junpan and other bandit chiefs have been able to survive in the deep mountains and forests for many years. In addition to their own abilities, they all have one thing in common, which is their ability to judge the situation and be patient.
Of course, this is a nice way of saying it, but a bad way of saying it is to be suspicious.
This strategy may be completely useless against the newly rising bandit leader.
People didn't expect it to be so deep. When they saw Xu Huai dare to lead 30 to 50 people deep into the depths to provoke him, they all rushed out to kill them - this kind of thing cannot be used to deal with reckless bandits.
However, this strategy has miraculous effects when used against treacherous gangsters such as Pan Chenghu, Guo Junpan, and Zhou Tian.
Pan Chenghu, Guo Junpan, Zhou Tian and others were afraid of falling into the trap of luring the snake out of the cave, so they did not dare to send out all their troops. At that time, they only had one or two hundred riders riding on the shallow hills on the east bank of the Baijian River, surrounding them.
To kill Xu Huai's troops who broke into the depth of the blockade, and to divide into several layers with 2,000 people, to continuously and orderly seize key points, pursue and blockade them, are completely two concepts.
With Xu Huai as general, it may not be possible to break through the bandit blockade and get in and out between Yuhuangling and Huaiyuan.
Even if there will be casualties at this time, it is still a price that must be paid to contain the rebels.
"Okay!" The situation forced Deng Gui to be unable to look forward or backward. He acted decisively and immediately said, "Although casualties cannot be avoided by using this tactic, this move is also to reduce the danger of the Tang family. The dead will mainly come from the Tang family's martial arts."
I choose..."
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Deng Gui made decisions and promoted them quickly.
The rebel army marched towards Shibaliwu, where the Tang clan lived together, and forcibly attacked the rebel blockade on the east bank of the Baijian River, attracting the main force of the rebel army back to relieve the Tang clan's danger. The Tang clan had no choice but to shirk
responsibility to go.
Deng Gui will first take the lead of Tang Pan, Tang Qing, Tang Xia and other three people. The few remaining Tang clan soldiers, as well as the Tang clan soldiers and villagers who were stranded in Huaiyuan for various reasons, a total of 32 people will be selected.
When they came out, there were also twenty people including Zhong He and Yin Peng, who either followed Xu Huai, avenged their family or clan, or were rewarded with high amounts of silver, and were incorporated into the piercing cavalry.
Xu Wukun's original plan was for him to stay with Xu Huai and sneak back to Yuhuangling with Han Qi to report the news, but Xu Huai felt that this was not necessary.
It was only twenty miles from Huaiyuan to Yuhuangling. For the first time, they suddenly launched their attack to break through the rebel blockade and catch the enemy by surprise. It would not be difficult.
There is no need to report the news to Yuhuangling in advance, and there is no need for the Xu family to make any preparations at Yuhuangling. As long as Xu Wukun goes with the cavalry, Pan Chenghu, Zhou Tian, and Guo Junpan will definitely believe that Huaiyuan and the Xu family have already discussed everything.
This will also save the Xu family from quarrels within the family. First, cook the raw rice into cooked rice. Xu Wufu, Xu Wuqi, Xu Bosong, and Xu Zhongyu must accept their arrangement.
What's the use of arguing for a long time if nothing is done?
In comparison, Deng Gui is still capable of doing things.
Huaiyuan intercepted a lot of horses, but the ones that could be called good horses were only forty or fifty. He took them out and incorporated them into the cavalry this time - not many of them had gone through normal riding training, but the good horses
In addition to being able to advance and retreat more quickly and freely on rugged slopes and valleys, a good horse will be less frightened in a chaotic battlefield and easier to control if it dismounts and fights after encountering an enemy.
Fifty cavalrymen can also have a leather armor, shield, sword, spear, riding bow, etc. all at the same time.
Xu Huai took the cavalry out to the market two days ago to test the situation, and led everyone to quickly adapt to the rhythm of horse and infantry mounting and marching, and dismounting and forming formations to fight.
On the afternoon of the third day, Xu Huai led the cavalry and the thieves to have fun in front of the market for a long time. After returning to the market to rest for a while, and after everyone had had a full meal, they took another exit of the market and walked along the east bank of Baijian River.
Take the dirt road to Yuhuangling and attack directly south.
On the east bank of Tiaohu Beach, nearly 500 troops from the Laoyatan bandit group Guo Junpan occupied a stronghold established after occupying a nearby small village and blocked the dirt road connecting Yuhuangling and Huaiyuan.
Xu Huai led his cavalry out to the market for a provocation and returned. Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, Zhou Tian and other bandit chiefs all thought that today's war was over and they all returned to their strongholds.
Guo Junjian was just driving the detained villagers to cut down wood and strengthen the fence wall of the stronghold. When he heard that Xu Huai, the Clumsy Tiger of Chu Mountain, led forty or fifty people to attack on horseback, he hurriedly climbed up to the watchtower to inspect it, and then drove
The soldiers came out of their strongholds to form formation again.
Although he could not guess Xu Huai's intentions, forming a formation to block the dirt road and waiting for reinforcements from other strongholds was the most appropriate tactical choice.
From Huaiyuan to the east bank of Tiaohutan, which is six miles away, it only takes one stick of incense to gallop.
The rebel soldiers noticed that there were soldiers and horses dispatched in Huaiyuan and rushed to report Guo Junpan. After Guo Junpan personally climbed up to the watchtower to confirm the warning, he decided to send troops to the dirt road to form a blockade. From giving orders to gathering troops and horses, he rushed to the stronghold.
At the gate, villagers were being driven to use mules and horses to drag several big trees back from outside, creating a mess. When the two hundred thieves were only about 300 steps away from the stronghold on the dirt road, Xu Huai had already led his cavalry to cover them up.
The fluffy arrows were fired at random, and the thieves panicked to get out of the way, so there was no formation at all.
“If we don’t fight now, when will we wait?”
Although the initial plan was to bypass the enemy stronghold and rush to Yuhuangling, there was an opportunity in front of him, and Xu Huai would never let it go. He led Yin Peng, Zhong He, and Han Qi to dismount with the men who were not good at riding.
, formed a formation next to the woods on the left. He, Xu Wukun, and Tang Pan directly led eleven elite cavalry warriors to use the flying geese formation to take advantage of the chaos to cover up the thieves.
