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There is a deep cave under the cliff, and hundreds of Yan army cavalry have been surrounded outside the cave. The leaders all reported to Zhao Zaili, saying that the enemy generals fled into the cave. I wonder if it was Li Congke. He said that he organized several raids on the cave.
attack, but it was too dark inside, and the opponent's archery skills were precise. He had injured seven people and still couldn't rush in.
While Zhao Zaili was still thinking about how to attack, Li Dutou stood aside and offered some advice.
Li Dutou said that this cave is a dead hole. If Li Congke escapes in, he will be a turtle in the urn and cannot escape. Li Dutou said that when he was hunting with Li Siyuan, he blocked a black bear in this cave. At that time, everyone took
There was nothing that could be done about this cave, but then someone came up with a way to get the black bear to come out on its own.
When he said this, several curses came from the cave, and the other party obviously heard what Li Dutou said.
Li Dutou chuckled and asked Zhao Zaili: "General Zhao, do you know what the plan is?"
Zhao Zaili thought about it for a moment, but couldn't remember it for a moment. The officers around him were very curious and urged Li Dutou to stop telling him.
Li Du pointed his head at the black hole and said: "It's simple, just set a fire at the entrance of the hole and burn some grass. Everyone cut some branches and fanned the smoke inside. It didn't take long for the bear inside to run out on its own."
Another burst of curses came from the cave, but the surrounding Yan Army officers and soldiers, including Zhao Zaili himself, felt particularly relieved after hearing the curses.
Without Zhao Zaili's instructions, soldiers had already been busy, gathering firewood around. Zhao Zaili patted Li Du on the shoulder and said with a smile, "It's indeed a good strategy. If it's really Li Congke in the cave, I will remember you as a third-level military meritorious officer!"
Li Dutou looked a little strange. He covered his mouth and chuckled: "General Zhao, do you know who came up with this plan?"
"Oh? Who?"
"That's the 'little boy' Major General Li. General Manager Li has received many adopted sons. To be honest with General Zhao, a certain person was also under Manager Li's account at that time. Among so many adopted sons, Major General Li was also one of them. Because
After offering this strategy, General Manager Li said that Major General Li was rich in strategy, and he looked at him differently from then on..."
While Li Dutou was talking about this interesting thing, someone suddenly shouted in the cave: "Don't shoot the arrows! Don't burn them either. I'll wait until someone comes out!"
When everyone took a closer look, they saw more than ten people filing out of the cave, all of them in a miserable state. The young general at the head stared fiercely at Li Dutou, as if he wanted to swallow him in one gulp.
Li Du bowed his head to the other party and said, "Young general, are you okay?"
Zhao Zaili and the hundreds of Yan troops around him couldn't help laughing wildly.
After returning victoriously and capturing the enemy's general, the Yan army was in high spirits, and the horns sounded throughout the hills and valleys. The Yan army gathered under Zhao Zaili's command and marched towards Xiangyuan.
The next day, when Zhao Zaili's troops returned ten miles west of Xiangyuan City, a military order from Zhou Kan, the temporary commander-in-chief of the Luzhou battlefield, was delivered to Zhao Zaili. The order required Zhao Zaili to immediately lead his army north to participate in the siege of Li Siyuan's camp.
After Zhou Kan received the news of the cavalry's victory yesterday, he immediately focused his attention on the battle in front of him after a brief celebration. Li Siyuan's "Han Army", which had lost the cavalry, actually appeared defeated in Zhou Kan's view.
Elephant, this is not a judgment based on a simple "cavalry determinism". The significance of cavalry to combat is unquestionable, but it cannot be simply absolute. It does not mean that the defeat of the cavalry means the final failure of the war.
.The key is to analyze the specific situation in detail.
The reason for Zhou Kan to make such a judgment is that the importance of cavalry in the old Hedong Army far exceeds that of the vassal towns in the world. The foundation of the Hedong Army was the Black Crow Army that Li Ke single-handedly led, and the Black Crow Army was based on
The main strength of the cavalry was cavalry. The Hedong Army was outnumbered many times and defeated the Xuanwu Army that was far superior to itself. The most important reliance was the cavalry. It can be said that the closer to the north, the more important the cavalry becomes.
Therefore, the cavalry in the "Korean Army" were annihilated by the organic system. In addition to causing Li Siyuan to lose his most elite combat power, it also dealt a particularly severe blow to the morale of the entire Korean Army. Therefore, Zhou Kan would never let go of this opportunity to counterattack.
Zhao Zaili ordered Mao Zhang to escort Li Congke and other surrendered generals to Xiangyuan, and he personally led the team to Shiyu where the Korean army was camping.
Xiangyuan is high in the north and low in the south, with hills and mountains in the northwest and plain cultivated land in the southeast. Shiyu is located exactly at the junction of the hills and plains, backed by high ground and overlooking Xiangyuan. Li Siyuan was originally the leader of the army in Luzhou and was quite familiar with this terrain.
The camp was established here, occupying several highlands around Shiyu and protecting the road leading to Wuxiang behind it.
When Zhao Zaili rushed to Shiyu, he took a brief look at the terrain and felt that it was very difficult. Due to the terrain, the Yan army could only attack from the east and south sides, both of which were upward attacks, while the Han army
The fortresses occupying several highlands are stuck in key positions. Not to mention "one man can block it and no one can open it", at least if you want to attack it purely with manpower, it is impossible without making huge sacrifices.
On the other hand, the Yan army had very few highlands to choose from to set up camp, and the few highlands they had were backed by the Nangou River. In fact, Zhao Zaili understood after a brief walk around that the Yan army could only stand with its back to the river.
If you don't set up a camp, you will have to walk more than ten miles just from Xiangyuan every day, which will be very serious for physical exertion.
Under the guidance of the liaison officer, the cavalry brigade settled in Xijiayan Village, which is three miles away from Shiyu. The terrain has gradually opened up, and the access to the north and south can be well controlled, which is conducive to the cavalry's advantage.
Zhao Zaili didn't take any rest, and immediately rushed to Pingqiu, less than a mile opposite the Korean army camp in Shiyu, where Zhou Kan's main camp was located. Within the Chinese army's tent, Zhou Kan, Gao Xingzhou, Li Xiaoxi and several others
A senior Yuhou officer was discussing the military situation, and more than a dozen low-level soldiers were making a terrain sand table on the other side. Zhao Zaili glanced over and saw that nearly half of the sand table was completed, and the shape of the stone valley was roughly revealed.
Zhou Kan and Zhao Zaili were very familiar with each other. They were both old men from the Jianzu camp. However, at that time, Zhao Zaili was Zhou Zhiyu's personal guard and his status was much higher than Zhou Kan. When he saw Zhao Zaili, he immediately sat down next to him and said,
He said: "Old Zhao is here? You have made great achievements in this battle, and the credit and reward will definitely be indispensable. I have asked someone to report the victory to Gaoping, but you have to write the final military report."
Gao Xingzhou, Li Xiaoxi and others also congratulated Zhao Zaili one after another. Zhao Zaili felt relieved, but his face was tense, and he responded lightly with humble words.
After a few gossips, Zhou Kan brought the topic to the current war and asked Zhao Zaili to participate in the discussion. Zhao Zaili listened for a while and got the general idea. It turned out that what everyone was discussing was how to do a good job from Xiangyuan to Shiyu.
Logistics support for more than ten miles.
The pre-war military deliberation atmosphere of the Yanjun system originated from the later generations that Li Chengzhong traveled through. It advocated equality in matters. Anyone who was qualified to participate in the military deliberation could speak freely. The chief officer was not allowed to use any excuse to suppress opinions that did not suit his or her own opinion.
To punish, that is to say, it will not be like in the outer town, where the officers in the military meeting are trembling with fear, fearing that they will be dragged out for saying the wrong thing, and they will not be dragged out to sacrifice the military flag because of disagreements with the general. Of course, once
When the chief officer makes a decision, he must strictly abide by it and must not violate it.
Zhou Kan and others discussed for a while. Seeing that Zhao Zaili remained silent for a long time, but his eyebrows seemed to be twisted into a rope, they asked: "Old Zhao, what have you thought of? Tell me!"
Zhao Zaili listened to Zhou Kan's inquiry and immediately said: "I have never thought about this problem before. After I came to Shiyu this time, I suddenly felt that if we want to attack Shiyu, the inconvenience caused by these more than ten miles is quite troublesome, so Li Siyuan wants to attack
Xiangyuan, don’t you think this is troublesome? He has stationed his camp here, hasn’t he considered this issue?”
Everyone in the tent was stunned and looked at each other a few times. Zhou Kan said: "Old Zhao, you mean..."
Zhao Zaili said: "Either Li Siyuan has no intention of attacking Xiangyuan at all, and is just showing off his troops..."
Gao Xingzhou shook his head and said, "But this is inconsistent with his proactive behavior in sending out cavalry in the past few days."
Zhao Zaili nodded: "Yes, therefore, this reason can be ruled out. So, why did he do this? To lure us to attack on our own initiative? I think this may be more likely. In this way, his purpose of attacking with cavalry can be slightly explained.
It makes sense."
Marquis Chen surnamed Yu on the side interjected: "Seducing? Setting up an ambush? The possibility is not very high. From yesterday to today, many scouts have been sent out. If Li Siyuan sets up an ambush, where will his soldiers be hidden? Around Shiyu.
There is no place to set up an ambush. If we want to set up an ambush, it can only be in the mountains in the northwest, but that is Li Siyuan's escape route, and we have no way to get around it before we pull out the Shiyu camp."
Zhou Kan thought for a while and asked: "Is there any other trail that can lead to surprise troops, detouring from Shiyu to Xiangyuan?"
Several Yuhous were shaking their heads. Their main combat mission was to find out the terrain of the battlefield. They had put a lot of effort into this aspect. If there was really a trail that could go around from Shiyu to behind Xiangyuan, then they would have put forward a response plan long ago.
.
"Are you sure?" Zhou Kan asked.
Yu Hou, surnamed Liu, said: "We have been stationed here for almost two years. According to the map handed down from the Shangdang camp, there is no trail near Xiangyuan that can lead to surprise troops. To the east are Xiantang Mountain and Huangyan Mountain, which belong to the remaining Taihang veins.
, there is no communication with Shiyu. To the west is Shideng Mountain, which also has no connection with Shiyu. Moreover, we considered this issue when we built the camp and surrounded Shiyu from the east and south. If Li Siyuan wanted
A sneak attack outside the stronghold will definitely be exposed under our noses."
Chen Yuhou added: "A certain person also discussed it with Li Dutou of Dongyang City, but he also said no."
Zhou Kan immediately said: "It is reported that Li Dutou has entered the military meeting!" (To be continued...)