In the command tent, in addition to Wang Zhen, Deng Gui, Xu Wujiang, Xu Xin'an, Xu Wukun, Tang Pan and others, there are also several governors and elders who, as representatives of the local power's township council, are responsible for escorting the transportation of grain and fodder, repairing fortresses and digging.
The trenches and other matters were left to Deng Gui's command.
The Inspection Department is the most basic yamen in the world. It usually only has two or three scribes. At this time, even if Jinlongquan and Tang Tiande were sent to do logistics work, they would still be far too busy. They needed to be seconded from the local area to be able to do their jobs.
of human hands.
Xu Wufu himself was a state official. He stayed in Tongbai Mountain and did not go to Biyang City. Even though he could not intervene in the command of the Huaiyuan Township Camp, he took Xu Heng, Xu Wuqi, Xu Xin and others to serve under Deng Gui.
, participating in the decision-making of the Eastern Front war is also a matter of course.
Zhizhou, Chen Shi's letter to Huaiyuan also clearly mentioned this. Of course, Deng Gui could not kick Xu Wufu aside; Xu Wufu even regarded himself as the Zhizhou Chen Shi's dispatch these days, and he was quite able to win over people.
human heart.
Xu Wufu's current attitude is that although the Xu clan soldiers will not listen to him for the time being, the record of suppressing bandits achieved by the Xu clan soldiers should be his, and no one can take it away from him.
At this time, Xu Wufu, Xu Heng, and Xu Wuqi were also in the command tent, standing in the corner and looking at Xu Huai coldly.
Xu Huai looked at the faces of everyone in the tent:
Xu Xin'an, Tang Pan and the others were still excited and believed that there was a good opportunity to capture Huangqiao Village; although Wang Zhen was troubled by Chen Shi's rashness, he really did not want anything to happen to Chen Shi and the state soldiers to cause the situation in Tangzhou to deteriorate; and Deng
Gui, Xu Wujiang and the others will at least not openly disobey Chen Shi's orders.
Xu Heng's belly was too shallow, and his jealousy was written directly on his face, so he was really not worth seeing. Xu Wuqi's expression was indifferent, as if he was someone who was far away from him.
At this time, Xu Wufu's face was gloomy, and the look in his eyes gave people a slightly frightening feeling like a poisonous snake staring at him. He couldn't figure out the depth of his heart. He really saw that the situation was very good, and he stayed close to him every step of the way.
Does Deng Gui want to get an extra piece of the pie?
Xu Huai sighed softly in his heart, knowing that no matter what he was worried about, what was supposed to come would eventually come. He turned back and asked Xu Xinan in a low voice: "Which bandit stronghold are we going to attack first?"
Chen Zixiao personally rushed to Huangqiao to take charge. In addition to the main stronghold on the inside of Huangqiao, he also set up three camps outside to protect the hinterland west of Huangqiao stronghold.
"Then we must attack the rebel army in Xixiaozhai first," Xu Xin'an said excitedly. "Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, and Zhou Tian merged into one battalion to garrison Xixiaozhai. They have the strongest combat effectiveness. They also used mobile troops to kill from the flanks many times.
out, to contain our offensive in its direction. It can now be preliminarily judged that they secretly removed at least two-thirds of the elite from Xixiaozhai, and the thief army may also secretly evacuate them from the thief's front village, which is the easiest place to attack.
Strengthen the troops to prevent us from stealing the camp..."
"How about it, this time you will be the first to enter the camp and be the first to attack Xixiaozhai, and behead more heads in exchange for reward?" Deng Gui stood up and asked with a smile.
The number of military soldiers in the Huaiyuan Township Camp and Inspection Division has expanded to nearly 2,000. In terms of pure combat effectiveness, the Xu clan soldiers are still the absolute main force.
As for whether and how to use Xu Huai, Deng Gui knew that this would have to follow the will of Wang Zhen, Xu Wujiang and Yakshahu who had not yet appeared behind the scenes, but he personally still hoped that Xu Huai could go into battle.
So damn ferocious.
Going into battle to kill the enemy is like a tiger pouncing on its prey. Simply by looking at the momentum, it can severely damage the morale of the enemy in front of you.
This is something that other generals of the same level are hard to match.
Xu Huai did not rush to answer Deng Gui's question, but stared at the distribution of the rebel army's strongholds on the sand table.
The bandit army's front village is the closest to here, located on the north side of the walking road, and stands against the mountain; the west Xiao village is actually in the southwest of its front village, which not only protects the flanks of the front village, but also blocks a gap in the mountain valley in the south.
The main village of Huangqiao Village is located farther inside the Qianzhai and Xixiaozhai, with a deeper distance; in terms of layout, it forms a pattern in which the Qianzhai and Xixiaozhai protect the main village.
The bandits also set up a camp in the rear to receive reinforcements and food from the west.
After the rebel army captured Shibaliwu, they focused on regrouping and their troops did not expand uncontrollably. However, even after the defeat of Yushan Station, the rebel army still maintained a strength of six to seven thousand people.
Of course, since the bandits have been in chaos for so long, everyone knows that there is no need to weigh the strength of the bandit army purely in terms of numbers. The more combat-effective bandit army is mainly composed of Chen Zixiao, Gao Xiangzhong, and Zhong Changqing.
Among them, Chen Zixiao's tribe has the strongest combat effectiveness, and their armor is far better than that of other bandits.
Xu Huai planned the worst, and the rebel commanders Gao Xiangzhong and Zhong Changqing worked together to capture the state troops led by Chen Shi. The real elite troops under Chen Zixiao did not actually come from Huangqiao Village.
If you transfer them away and wait for them to collide head on, how will Chen Zixiao secretly adjust his troops in these villages?
If the bandit army really wanted to hide their elite troops in Xixiaozhai, the front village would also have a heavy ambush, so that the Huaiyuan soldiers and horses could launch an attack from the flank after the offensive in front of Xixiaozhai was blocked; and the Huaiyuan soldiers and horses chose Qianzhai as their base.
The focus of the attack is that the bandit army will inevitably use the ambush troops in Xixiaozhai as a surprise flanking force.
Although the main Huangqiao stronghold is far away from the battlefield and may be the most empty, if they want to pass between the Qianzhai and Xixiaozhai, which form a defensive force, and directly attack the main Huangqiao stronghold, the flanks on both sides will be exposed.
come out.
The Huaiyuan Township Camp cannot stand still, but when it has to take the initiative to launch an offensive, no matter which enemy stronghold is chosen to attack, once the momentum of the offensive is curbed and it falls into a passive situation of being beaten, things will get messy.
After all, the Huaiyuan Township Battalion is not a true elite in all battles, and its combat resilience cannot be very strong. Unexpected reversal of offensive and defensive momentum will have a blow to morale and fighting will, leading to a complete collapse of the war situation.
This is the most striking feature of all the newly formed soldiers and horses, and it can even be said to be the most striking feature of the ragtag group.
The most effective way to deal with such an opponent is to demoralize them.
We must fight, and we must avoid this situation. Then we can only choose a way that the enemy least expects to launch an attack.
"Since it is expected that the rebel army has transferred most of the elite soldiers, it is too petty for Wang Xianggong and Deng Langjun to only arrange 500 troops and horses to attack Xixiaozhai at a time..." Xu Huai shook his head and said.
Xu Huai never participated in specific military discussions or rural discussions. Even though Deng Gui now knew that he was neither stupid nor crazy, he would not think that he could offer any improvement suggestions for the offensive plan discussed by Wang Zhen and many others.
I'm a little reluctant to talk to him.
Wang Zhen frowned slightly and said: "Xixiao Village was built in a dangerous situation. There are only two sides that can be engaged in battle, and it is less than 300 steps square. The bandits are stationed inside with more than 300 soldiers and horses. We will arrange 500 soldiers and horses at a time.
Divide into four teams to attack in turn. At the same time, 500 soldiers and horses will be arranged to guard the flanks on the southeast side of Xixiaozhai and Qianzhai. No matter how you look at it, you can't be considered petty - no matter how many soldiers and horses are spread out in front of Xixiaozhai
It won’t open…”
"If you can't deploy all your troops in front of an enemy camp, then attack them all!" Xu Huai said in a bachelor's manner. He stretched out his hand to put out the signs for entering the army on the sand table, pointing directly at Xiaozhai, Qianzhai, Huangqiaozhai and Houzhai.
direction.
Zheng Hui, Chen Zixiao and others deliberately concealed it. It was difficult for them to see the reality between these enemy strongholds. However, Xu Huai could put Xiang Shang's head on it, betting that the thieves must have a weak point between these enemy strongholds.
There is substance.
Judging from the overall strength and combat effectiveness, the Huaiyuan Township Camp is only stronger than the bandit army in Huangqiao Village.
If you want to play, just lay out all your cards and start playing without any reservations.
Instead of testing the reality of each enemy's stronghold one by one, send troops to attack four enemy strongholds at the same time, making it impossible to hide the reality of the enemy's strongholds.
At this time, the bet was on whether they would be the first to capture one of the empty enemy strongholds, severely damaging the morale of the rebels, or which of their troops would be defeated by the rebels first.
Only by fighting like this can they gain an advantage.
After all, they were the ones who took the initiative to launch the offensive. The rebels were stationed in the stronghold. If they wanted to counterattack quickly, they had to pull out their troops and horses. If they were targeted, they would use war weapons to block the gate of the stronghold during the attack.
, the advantages will be more obvious.
Deng Gui smiled and shook his head and said, "Why is it necessary to be in such a hurry?"
"A reckless person is a reckless person. He just waits for orders with a sword and a gun. He really thinks he can get a seat at the table!" Xu Heng stood far away and couldn't help but sneered.
Wang Zhen stood in front of the sand table and straightened his back, looked at Xu Heng and Xu Wufu with cold eyes, and said to Deng Gui: "Mr. Deng, please ask all the irrelevant people to leave first!"
If Deng Gui had spoken out to drive Xu Wufu and others out at this time, Xu Wufu might have relied on his status as a state official to carry Chen Shi out and crush Deng Gui. But if Wang Zhen said this, he could stand up and say that Wang Zhen had been arrested.
The official (emperor) reduced his position to serve the people, so he has no right to tell him what to do?
Even if Chen Shi is here and is reprimanded by Wang Zhen, before he wants to fall out, he still has to consider whether it will be beneficial or detrimental to him if this matter is finally brought before the officials (the emperor).
"Please Xu Langjun, please move aside for now!" Deng Gui raised his hands to Xu Wufu, asking them to retreat for now.
"..." Xu Wufu knew that he was not qualified to show off his face in front of Wang Zhen, but he did not blame his eldest son Xu Heng for talking nonsense. He just glanced at Xu Huai with a gloomy and suspicious face. Wang Zhen glanced at Wang Zhen before walking out of the tent.
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Xu Heng was still afraid of Wang Zhen and Deng Gui, so he walked out with Xu Wuqi in shame and anger.
Others who knew they were not qualified to speak in front of the king also walked away obediently.
"You really want to swarm up and attack four enemy strongholds at the same time, right?" After Xu Wufu and others left, Deng Guicai asked Wang Zhen in surprise.
He could say Xu Huai's idea was absurd, but he could not ignore Wang Zhen's final opinion.
Wang Zhen stood in front of the sand table and straightened his back and said: "Since Xu Huai said to fight them all, then let's fight them all!"
