46. ??Brother Shimin, from now on you are my pirate
Although the acting of Li Shushi, Su Xiaoluoli and Luo He in the 8 o'clock romance drama was quite realistic (fog), it was obvious that the enemy's commander and soldiers were not fooled. Well, even if Li Shushi was fooled, he wouldn't be able to tell.
Let me reiterate, this is the western section of the Qinling Mountains. Although the mountains here are not very high, and the valley is large enough for both sides to field thousands of people for a melee, it is not enough for both sides to fully open their posture. Of course, not to mention relying on the mobility of cavalry to mobilize opponents within a maneuvering distance of tens of miles.
The terrain here dictates that both sides must show their true skills in a head-to-head confrontation in this relatively small space.
The terrain here is really interesting. There are undulating mountains in the southeast and northwest, forming a basin surrounded by plateaus. Two not-so-obvious mountain roads intersect in this basin. One of them is eastbound. One road leads east to the county seat of Shanggui County, while the other leads to the southeast, passing through Wangjiashan and winding south to Wudu County. The westbound one leads to Ji County, while the other leads from the southwest to Xi County. The future famous Qishan Mountain can be reached to the southwest, which is the masterpiece of Zhuge Liang's only two military plans in his life. By the way, the other one is to conquer the Southern Barbarians. As for the famous Longzhong Battle, although it finally achieved Zhuge Liang's expected territory concept, but in Nothing happened to Zhuge Liang during the implementation process.
Rewind time to one day ago...
Because this can be said to be the most suitable place nearby for a decisive battle between the two sides. Although the generals all hope to fight on their own preset battlefield and do not want to run to the opponent's preset battlefield, in view of the suggestions given by the Jiang family guide Judging from the above, it is obviously what Sun Tzu calls a "fight for land" for Li Shushi's troops, whose overall soldier quality is low. If they can block the intersection leading to the basin first, it will be difficult for both sides to deploy their troops. Li Shushi, who is an elite force, is more advantageous.
However, firstly, the leader of the opponent's army was not stupid and was marching here with all his strength; secondly, Li Shushi did not want to engage his troops in a war of attrition, so the marching speed of Li Shushi's side was completely controlled. According to Cao Xing It is enough for the intelligence provided to arrive at the battlefield a little earlier than the opponent, leaving a certain amount of rest time for one's side.
"Tomorrow we will make food at the third watch and set out at the fourth watch. Judging from the tactics of the person leading the troops on the other side, he should be a guy with some experience. Although he is young, he should not be underestimated. There is more reliable news confirming that he left Wushi County in Anding when he was not even young. He graduated from the Qinglong Shrine, but was unable to be recruited by the imperial court because of his mother's death. After the mourning period, he became a knight-errant. He was a young man who had made great achievements in both culture and martial arts. It is indeed extraordinary to be able to achieve such a deed at such an age. But such people are also prone to arrogance, and it is questionable how much experience they have. This is something that deserves our attention, and I wonder if we can take advantage of it."
In the last military meeting before the war, Li Shushi finally put away his playful smile, which made Xiao Yang Fu, who was already familiar with his appearance, feel somewhat unable to turn around. However, Jiang Xu had seen Li Shushi's serious appearance. I don't really feel anything.
What Li Shushi said was the latest information they received. Because the young man named Liang Tian was from Anding County, the information about him was collected with the help of the Yin family, who was also friends with the Yang family in Hanyang County. I don’t know if this young man is usually too low-key or if this young man’s limited ability prevents him from showing off his reputation. However, considering the other party’s smart mind, Li Shushi would rather believe that it is the former point. But if that is the case, Li Shushi feels that a young man It is hard for a mature man who is not frivolous to believe that he would make the mistake of not taking his opponent seriously.
It stands to reason that because the other party is young, he should have certain deficiencies in experience, but Li Shushi has two experienced old foxes, Jia Xu and Cheng Yu, who are helping him handle the piles of official affairs in Xihe.
And the people around him are either muscles and brains that are not much better than him, or young people who are willing to exercise their brain cells but lack experience in this area. So Li Shushi can only look at the so-called flaw but cannot take advantage of it, which is really uncomfortable.
ah.
It is for this reason that Li Shushi decided to give up on off-site tactics that could easily fail and be exploited, and instead compete with the opponent for his scheduling ability on the battlefield. Although Li Shushi was still frustrated in this regard, he could not stand up to the helpers around him in this regard.
There are enough. Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Hua Xiong, and Dian Wei are all leaders in this field, and they all have enough experience.
The best way is to use one's own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses, so Li Shushi decided to have an open and honest encounter with the guy opposite.
The price you have to pay for making meals in the middle of the night and setting off in the fourth is that you have to be dragged out of bed when you are still in a beautiful dream state. For Li Shushi, after more than a year of military career, he was originally like a dead pig.
I also became quite alert when sleeping. I washed my face with ice-cold water.
It can drive away most of the sleepiness. However, it seems a bit cruel to young men like Jiang Xu, especially Yang Fu. Think about how I got here back then, just because there is a person in the brain who is much more mature than the body.
Only with a strong soul can we survive so easily. Come on, two little guys!
Compared with the daytime, the dark sky in the early morning is obviously not very conducive to marching. Although the torches are lit, it is still easy to get tripped by tree roots or rocks that appear somewhere if you are not careful. And this is reflected at this time.
The difference between Li Shushi's troops and the Jiang family's troops was that not only did they move without making any noise that shouldn't be made, but their movements were not affected by the terrain, and their movement speed was almost the same as during the day. Even Hua Xiong nodded secretly in his heart.
The sky always gets bright very early in summer. After Li Shushi's troops had been walking for a while, the sky had become misty and bright, which also made their march speed much faster. By the time they arrived at the basin, the sun had already
It was enough to extend the line of sight to the limit of vision. Even more fortunately, the opponent had not reached the battlefield yet. This time difference was likely to determine the winner of this battle. Li Shushi also felt quite satisfied that his plan could be implemented smoothly.
happy.
Not long after, the information that Li Shushi and his troops had arrived on the battlefield and were resting came to the hands of the opposing commander.
"Damn it, you really underestimated the opponent. I didn't expect that the opponent who was not marching very fast suddenly suddenly used his strength to reach the battlefield first. This allowed them to wait and fight with us. This is going to be troublesome."
"Xiangkong, don't worry. Even if they take advantage of it, so what? The strength of the Jiang family's soldiers is there. Even if they invite some foreign aid, it will only have some effect on a small fight between dozens of people. Thousands of people.
I'm afraid they couldn't even dream of the confrontation. And when the other side thought they had the upper hand, they gave the other side a hard blow. Their group of guys who had never been on the battlefield were directly frightened and collapsed by us.
Maybe."
Others didn't care about Liang Tian's worries, because the Jiang family was really famous in Hanyang for being soft, just like the army of the Han Dynasty. Although the country was huge and victorious, in the eyes of the foreigners, they still relied on the opponent's heavy support.
Victory was achieved through various means. If they did not rely on mercenaries to fight head-on, the Han army would be absolutely vulnerable to them.
The Han army, which has repeatedly won battles, is like this, let alone the Jiang family soldiers who have no good results. Therefore, it is conceivable that other powerful Hanyang powers despise it. Moreover, the Jiang family uses the Qiang rebellion to attack opponents and strengthen their own.
This method also aroused the resentment and jealousy of many powerful people. Naturally, in their mouths, the strength of the Jiang family's soldiers was once again artificially weakened.
Of course, in Li Shushi's view, the Jiang family's soldiers are actually not that weak, at least if they really have no fighting ability. Let alone the Qiang people, the bandits that appear from time to time in the northwest can wipe out this family in the long river of history.
Medium. It's just that because of the lack of baptism in the war, his combat experience and mentality are far below the passing standards.
Therefore, when the powerful coalition forces headed by the Deng family entered the battlefield, the Jiang family coalition forces, who had already received the news, were already waiting in line.
Li Shushi and his personal guards were arranged on a hill in the northeast behind the military formation. Here, they could not only have the nascent sun behind them, but also have a relatively good view, and could clearly observe the movements of the opponent.
Compared with the Jiang family's coalition forces, who were waiting here in order to relax and unwind, the Deng family coalition forces that had just entered the battlefield seemed much more chaotic. Not only because of the long march, the opponent's formation was somewhat scattered, but also because the opponent entered from the southwest. Although
It was not directly exposed to the sun, but it was also strongly disturbed by the early summer sunshine. The military discipline was not very good to begin with and there were many outsiders involved. A certain amount of chaos immediately arose among the powerful soldiers.
Although the scale of this chaos was not large and was quickly stopped by Liang Tian's order, all this was clearly seen by Li Shushi and his generals who were standing on the mountain and clearly observed the enemy. They loved to take advantage of such opportunities.
How can you miss the cheap Li Shushi.
"He has been stationed in Hanyang and has not seen a big enemy. Now that he is in danger, the soldiers are noisy and the order is not quiet. He is approaching our formation, but he has the intention of underestimating me. Now the enemy's mentality is in chaos, and the result is destruction. Pass on my general's order and order Hua Xiong to lead it.
Five hundred cavalry pass by the enemy's formation from the north to the east and test the formation first. If the enemy's army is well organized and immobile, they should return to the army. If there is any movement in the formation, they can lead the troops to the west."
Li Shushi's test obviously exceeded the imagination of many people on the other side. They did not expect that an enemy who was inferior to their own would dare to attack first. As a result, when Hua Xiong led his troops in front of Deng's army, the Deng's army's formation, which had just calmed down the chaos, was shaken again.
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Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Shushi ordered an attack and personally led his personal guards to charge down from the mountain. The entire army took advantage of the situation and pressed forward to attack the opponent.
Facing Li Shushi's attack without any warning, Deng's army, which had not formed a formation to resist, could only respond hastily. However, the disadvantage was very obvious. Faced with this unfavorable situation, Liang Tian, the commander, could only be forced to retreat to the southwest.
However, although Li Shushi had taken the lead in the battle, it had to be admitted that the other party did have the capital to be proud. Faced with this unfavorable situation, he was able to slowly turn the situation around after recovering. Zhang Xiu,
Several attacks organized by Hua Xiong and others were blocked by the opponent. If the stalemate continued like this, it would obviously be detrimental to the originally powerful Jiang Jiajun.
At the critical moment, Li Shushi saw that the war was going badly, so he immediately summoned Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu, and led Dian Wei, Xu Chu and other brave generals as well as the most elite Xiliang cavalry guards to break into the enemy formation, aiming directly at the local commander Liang Tian who was directing the battle from behind.
