Lan Yu followed Zhu Sheng to Chizhou, and the only person following Zhang Ximeng was Li Wenzhong. Compared with Lan Yu, who was jumping around, Li Wenzhong was calmer and easier to learn.
Especially after he realized that his uncle had a bright future and that people like them could ascend to heaven, he worked even harder, hungrily and never let go of any opportunity.
"Sir, teach me the art of war!" Li Wenxiu said with a smile.
"The art of war?" Zhang Ximeng was startled, then suddenly shook his head and said, "I don't understand the art of war."
"You don't understand? You are a scholar of heaven and earth, so why don't you understand?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled bitterly and shook his head, "What do you mean by the art of war? Those military books and tactics? Or those classic battle cases? If I could talk about these, I could talk about them for a day or two. But since I agreed to unite the army, I can't
Once you know what tactics there are, the only thing left is to adapt to circumstances."
“According to circumstances?”
"Well!" Zhang Ximeng said: "According to the news sent by Chen Di, the Yuan army dispatched more than 20,000 people, including a cavalry of ten thousand households. Let me ask you, how can this infantry deal with the cavalry?"
"This... naturally forms a battle formation, with spears in front and bows and crossbows to suppress the formation. As long as we can survive the initial difficulty, we will have a chance of victory."
Zhang Ximeng nodded, "The truth is correct, then let me ask you, why must the cavalry attack your battle formation?"
Li Wenzhong was stunned for a moment. The two armies were fighting. How could they win if they didn't fight?
However, Li Wenzhong quickly realized what Zhang Ximeng meant. War is never a simple battle between generals. If you send one person, I will send one person. It will not be that you send a hundred people and I will send a hundred people...
Take the cavalry for example. They have a speed advantage, are flexible and have strong impact. In such a situation, the cavalry must wait for the infantry to be tired, slack, disorganized, and caught off guard before launching an attack and winning in one fell swoop.
Infantry is not necessarily a lamb to be slaughtered. A smart commander will use the terrain to seize the advantage, minimize the enemy's advantage, exploit strengths and avoid weaknesses, and use infantry to control cavalry.
Everyone will try their best to gain the greatest advantage, and then initiate a decisive battle when the advantage is mine.
Of course, these are just people's good wishes. No one can say for sure what will happen on the battlefield. It is common for one side to be unprepared, or both sides to be unprepared, and hastily engage in battle.
Therefore, it is extremely complicated to deduce and restore a battle. Even if you are in the middle of it, you may not be able to master it.
All I can say is that you should train more, sweat more, have the best equipment possible, anticipate as carefully as possible, and make as few mistakes as possible when facing emergencies.
This is Zhang Ximeng’s experience in the battlefield for several years.
But in the final analysis, he is not a very talented person, and even if he knew it, he might not be able to do it very well.
Therefore, it is difficult for him to become a famous general.
Of course, if Zhang Ximeng is given enough resources to achieve a Montgomery-style victory, he can still do it.
Li Wenzhong pondered for a long time, and seemed to realize something, with a happy smile on his face.
"Sir, you are really talented, I understand!"
Zhang Ximeng looked at this happy boy and laughed out loud, "What do you understand, I don't understand!"
Li Wenzhong ignored Zhang Ximeng and began to observe the war by himself... As analyzed, there were too many surprises on the battlefield and there were no fixed rules at all.
That's why Zhang Ximeng used Zhu Sheng to persuade Chizhou to surrender, and then asked Taiping Road for help in the name of Chizhou, forcing the Yuan army to come out... And in order to save Chizhou, the Yuan army would probably go all out.
As a result, there were not many choices for the Yuan army, so Zhang Ximeng sent Zhang Desheng with 2,000 people to act as bait to attract the Yuan army.
In order to stabilize the battlefield, Chang Yuchun then acted as the main attacker and dealt a fatal blow to the opponent. Liao Yongan and Liao Yongzhong were dispatched in two directions, and finally won the victory.
The plan is not amazing, but it is quite satisfactory.
However, this does not mean that the Yuan army will definitely be unlucky. If they are powerful enough and overwhelm Zhang Desheng's troops, Zhang Ximeng's plan will be over.
Or they can bypass Zhang Desheng and not take this bait, which is fine.
No matter how bad things went, the two sides fought chaotically, but the Mongols relied on their strong fighting power and tenacious style to defeat the Zhu Jiajun.
That's the general situation. It's hard to say how the war will break out.
In the morning, Zhang Desheng led his troops and arrived at Nanling County. To the south of them was the Qingyi River, the largest tributary of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, originating at the northern foot of Huangshan Mountain.
The rivers in the south may not be so famous, but in the summer and autumn rainy seasons, the water volume is definitely sufficient, and there are dense bamboo forests on both sides of the river banks, and the terrain is undulating.
Such a battlefield will undoubtedly greatly limit the power of cavalry.
After Zhang Desheng observed carefully, they were on the official road from Jinling to Chizhou and other places.
Not surprisingly, this is the place for the decisive battle.
Zhang Desheng is under great pressure, not only because of this battle, but also about his origins.
In Chaohu Water Village, he was neither the Liao family nor the Yu family, but struggled to survive between the two families. He led troops to fight against Yuan Ting, and was defeated and defeated.
But no matter how you look at it, his previous experience can only be described as mediocre.
Now that he has joined his new master, it is a God-given opportunity. If he cannot seize it, he will be like this for the rest of his life.
Zhang Desheng thought carefully for a long time. He did not enter Nanling County or intercept the Yuan army first. Instead, he chose to set up a battlefield twenty miles west of Nanling.
He quickly formed a defensive position with a few carriages, and then ordered his brothers to stand ready.
Not long after, news came that the Yuan army had entered Nanling, and then the forward of the Yuan army passed through Nanling and came straight towards them!
"We are finally here. Whether we can become famous in one battle depends on today!"
Zhang Desheng decisively sent an order for 500 men to move forward and actively lured the Yuan army over.
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"Commander, Zhang Desheng did not seize Nanling, but stopped to the west of Nanling and prepared to engage in battle."
Zhang Ximeng was slightly startled, but Li Wenzhong on the side was pleasantly surprised and said: "Wonderful! The Yuan army is tired from the attack, so they must be willing to choose the county town to rest. And relying on the county town will paralyze the Yuan army, making them arrogant and arrogant. Seeing that our army has no troops.
If there are too many, we will definitely rush up decisively." Li Wenzhong said excitedly to Zhang Ximeng: "Sir, the fish is hooked!"
Zhang Ximeng blinked, but didn't say anything after all.
"Don't tell me these military information in the future. I trust the judgment of the soldiers!"
Li Wenzhong didn't say anything, he just felt that Mr. was as calm as a mountain and he was at least 70% sure of this battle.
When the soldiers who delivered the message arrived, the Zhu Jiajun and the Yuan army had already clashed.
Nahachu, who had ten thousand cavalrymen, faced the provocation of hundreds of red thieves. As long as he was still a man, Naha Chu would launch an attack.
The overwhelming cavalry pressed forward decisively with a mountain-like posture, but the hundreds of red scarf troops retreated even more decisively.
The cavalry chases the infantry, four legs chases two legs, how can there be any suspense?
The Yuan army pursued them hard, and the rapid hooves of the horses splashed up dust and gathered in the air, like a sandstorm. The sound of killing people as the ground shook and the mountains shook made people's hearts beat with fear and their livers and gallbladders burst.
No matter when facing a cavalry charge, the unparalleled momentum will give people the idea of being invincible.
Zhang Desheng felt that his tongue was dry, his palms were sweating, and his heart was beating fast.
The first time he opened his mouth to give an order, no sound came out. He had to swallow and roar again. In just this moment, the Yuan army had already reached within a hundred steps.
"Crossbowmen, prepare!"
The soldiers responsible for attracting the Yuan army also arrived in front of them. They finally escaped with their lives and escaped through the gaps in the military formation.
However, there were still dozens of people who were overtaken by the Yuan army and trampled under their iron hooves. Not even their bodies were left.
"Fire the arrow!"
A volley of bows and crossbows was fired, but the Yuan army rushing in front could not dodge. More than a dozen people were hit by arrows and fell from their horses. The Yuan army was in chaos.
The Yuan army that followed was very smart. Instead of charging forward, they made a circle and passed in front of the military formation while firing arrows at Zhu's army.
These Yuan army cavalry were like a whirlwind of death, passing by fiercely.
The high mobility of the cavalry actually allowed them to shoot more arrows in the same time.
The infantry standing still would be at a huge disadvantage.
Zhang Desheng's men once again paid the price with dozens of lives.
"Hold on! Hold on! Don't retreat. Think about your families and the land! If you become a deserter, you will lose everything!"
Finally, the shaken military formation regained stability.
But soon the second round of attacks from the Yuan army came.
They just chose to pass in front instead of attacking, because they also knew that it would be unwise to use cavalry to hit the car formation.
At this time, Nahachu had already seen clearly the details of the red thieves on the opposite side. They should only have one or two thousand men and no cavalry. If they wanted to fight him, they were still far behind.
But even so, Naha Chu still showed the rigorous style of a qualified Mongolian general.
"Go tell Zhang Xu and ask him to speed up and help me immediately!"
The messenger flew away immediately.
Nahachu's eyes fell on the Zhu Jiajun in front of him again. By eliminating this group of red thieves, he would probably be able to establish a prestige and let them know how powerful I am.
Nahachu observed for a long time and separated two thousand households from among his cronies.
"You go in from the right side!"
These two thousand households were on the move. They were wearing heavy armor and holding scimitars, spears, crossbows, and arrows. They were a team armed from head to toe.
It is particularly worth mentioning that the war horses they use are not the Mongolian horses of the past, but war horses that have been crossbred with many famous horses in the Western Regions. They have the toughness of the Mongolian horses and the divine horses of the Western Regions BMWs.
In terms of pure equipment, they are more terrifying than the Mongolian cavalry during the time of Genghis Khan!
So they moved forward bravely and attacked Zhu's army.
At this time, another person came to Naha and said anxiously: "Another group of red thieves have been discovered!"
"There are more red thieves? How many?" Naha asked in surprise.
The soldier said: "Not many, only one or two thousand people."
Naha was inexplicably relieved, "Can only one or two thousand people change the overall situation? Let them watch how I slaughter the red thief in front of me! From now on, don't talk nonsense about these small things."
Two Yuan troops with a thousand households quickly approached the Zhu Jiajun on the opposite side.
These men who came out from Chaohu tried their best to resist. They braved the rain of arrows and fired crossbows at the Yuan army, but the spearmen were already firmly in front.
But this was the weak point of the vehicle formation, and there was a gap. The cavalry came in through the gap. Almost instantly, the weapons shattered, people screamed, and the soldiers of Zhu's army were knocked to the ground and died tragically of their injuries.
Relying on the powerful impact, the Yuan army rushed into the position, stepping on the corpses of themselves and Zhu Jiajun. They slaughtered wantonly and smashed Zhu Jiajun's formation into pieces, like a ball of cloth with distorted longitude and latitude.
It seemed to Naha that the battle was over.
What followed was the rout of the red thief. He pursued vigorously and won a great victory.
At this time, Zhang Ximeng and Li Wenzhong also arrived, and they were observing the battle situation... To be honest, when Zhang Ximeng saw the Zhu family army in chaos, his heart was tangled, and for a moment, he also thought of failure.
But luckily there is Chang Yuchun. As long as Chang Yuchun launches an attack, everything will be fine...
Zhang Ximeng was looking forward to Chang Yuchun, but Li Wenzhong was surprised by Zhang Desheng's tenacity. After they were broken through, although the soldiers were panicked, few of them fled. Instead, they were looking for opportunities to counterattack the Yuan army, and escaped the cavalry one by one.
They came down to kill, and at the same time, people were being killed constantly. Their flesh and blood were entangled together, blooming with the most dazzling colors!
Although Zhang Desheng's troops suffered huge losses, they were able to hold back a larger number of Yuan army elites.
Their sacrifices were exchanged for the most precious fighter planes.
Chang Yuchun held the iron gun and silently watched the battlefield. Naha was full of confidence, thinking that he could defeat the Zhu Jiajun in front of him first, and then return to deal with Chang Yuchun. He actually did not send troops over and launched an attack at the first opportunity.
Chang Yuchun made a decisive judgment and the other party sought stability.
In this case, I will let you experience how powerful Chang is!
"rush!"
Chang Yuchun moved, and he led the real elite soldiers of the Zhu family army to go straight to Naha Chu.
Chang Yuchun's dispatch made people suddenly realize that infantry can also break through with earth-shattering momentum, roaring mountains and tsunamis.
Nahachu realized that something was wrong. He hurriedly called the two Qianhu around him to come closer to protect himself and prepare to fight the red thief.
But soon he realized something was wrong. Chang Yuchun seemed to be attacking him, but in fact he was heading towards the connection between Naha Chu and the rear!
Due to the terrain, Naha's thousands of households were not lined up in a row. He led half of the cavalry in the front, and five thousand households in the back were responsible for the baggage.
It was this junction that Chang Yuchun attacked. Just under Naha Chu's nose, his soldiers and horses were cut open. Three thousand households were restrained by Zhang Desheng, and two thousand households protected himself.
There are still five thousand households who are at a loss...
Zhang Ximeng swallowed subconsciously, "This is a fighter plane!"
"Send the order, Liao Yongzhong and Liao Yongan attack immediately, I only want Naha to attack!"
The ordering soldiers went down immediately, but at this moment, Li Wenzhong actually went down with the ordering soldiers, "Grand Governor, I'm going to make some achievements!"
Zhang Ximeng was startled, then fell back in anger.
Bastard, you don't want your life!
Let Lao Zhu know, he shouldn't care about me asking for someone else!
Zhang Ximeng had no choice but to grit his teeth and say, "Send the order and the whole army will attack!"
He personally led more than 300 guards and also entered the battle... Zhang Ximeng was stunned, Naha came out, you can do whatever you want!