After hearing Xue Rengui's explanation, Liu Yuan suddenly realized.
At the same time, there was still a trace of joy in his heart. Fortunately, the Southern Xiongnu took the right path back then. Otherwise, I am afraid they would have been destroyed by General Xue a few years ago.
Regarding Xue Rengui's strength, Liu Yuan also had a certain degree of understanding through what he saw and knew.
Take the Northern Xiongnu as an example. If it had not been supported by Xianbei, it would have been destroyed three years ago.
If this raid is really successful, the benefit to their army will be huge. The biggest benefit is that Er Zhurong and the others will never be able to continue to waste it like this.
Even for the sake of dignity and the honor of the tribe, they must take the initiative to fight. Otherwise, the morale of their own side will be greatly damaged before the war really starts.
Of course, everything has its pros and cons. Take this raid as an example. They also have to bear a lot of risks. If they make one wrong move, they may lose everything!
After all, this raid was on the base camp of the Grassland Alliance Army. Even if not all of them gathered there, there would still be at least 70,000 to 80,000 people. Since it was a raid, there would definitely not be many people with them, so this trip would always be very risky.
It's easy when you go, but not so easy when you come back. It can even be said that whether you can come back from this trip is a question.
"General Xue, if this is really going to be the case, the general will ask to fight in this surprise attack!" Liu Yuan said seriously.
The reason why Liu Yuan took the initiative to ask for a fight was because of the importance of this night attack. Once this was successful, the rate of return would be very high.
Of course, if you want to have a successful night attack, you must have strict requirements for the generals' requirements, understanding of the situation on both sides, communications, the leading general's adaptability, and the current morale of the army.
It can be said that only the real elite can accomplish things like night raids, because this requires not only high overall quality of the army, but also strong psychological quality. Otherwise, it will easily lead to collapse due to the gap between the enemy and ourselves.
edge.
It can be said that, looking at the five thousand years of China, those who can become famous by relying on night attacks are all famous generals in the world, such as Zhang Liao who has not yet fully grown up, Gan Ning who is now unknown, and Xu who is under Zhu Yuanzhang.
Da, and the unborn Li Jing and others.
It was precisely because of Xiaoyaojin's night attack that Zhang Liao got the name Zhang Babai, and Sun Quan also gained the reputation of Sun Shiwan because of this battle. Gan Xingba also succeeded in the Hundred Cavalry Attack Camp Conference, which made Sun Quan
Shouted "Meng De has Zhang Wenyuan, I have Gan Xingba".
As for Xu Da, the number one general in the early Ming Dynasty, he used 3,000 troops to attack the enemy at night and annihilated more than 80,000 people in one battle.
It can be said that anyone who can play night attack is very capable. But if you don't have this ability and want to imitate it, let alone using your small skills to make a big difference, it will be no different than giving away your life.
Although Xu Feng also performed a hundred-horse hijacking camp more than a month ago, that was because his opponent was the Yellow Turban, and the leader was still Liu Haitian, who was equally powerful as him.
But this time, Xue Rengui's opponent is not only Er Zhurong, but also Tie Shiwen and Wanyan Wu Qingmai. These three are not easy to deal with!
It was precisely because of this that Liu Yuan took the initiative to ask for a fight.
However, Xue Rengui did not agree to Liu Yuan's initiative to fight this time. He immediately shook his head and said: "This night attack is of great importance. I decided to fight in person!"
As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, what Xue Rengui should do most is to command the entire army, rather than be a fierce general charging into battle. Xue Rengui naturally knows this truth.
However, Xue Rengui had his own plan for tonight's night attack, and that was to complete his success in one battle.
Therefore, Xue Rengui whispered a few words into the ears of Liu Yuan and Wang Chang, causing their expressions to change instantly.
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"General Xue, is this... too dangerous..." After hearing this, Liu Yuan immediately wanted to persuade him, but Xue Rengui waved his hand again to calm him down.
"Alas..." Seeing that Xue Rengui had made up his mind, Liu Yuan knew that it was useless to persuade him. He could only sigh and then asked: "I don't know how many troops the general is prepared to lead this time."
"Not many, I only need eight hundred men who dare to die!" Xue Rengui said forcefully.
"What, eight hundred men who dared to die?" After Wang Chang heard Xue Rengui's words, he stood up at that time. Not only he, the deputy general of the army, but also other generals were a little confused, and their eyes were full of disbelief.
As soon as Xue Rengui said these words, Ran Min, Wang Li, Wang Ba and other fierce generals all looked at Xue Rengui with great curiosity, even though they had been following Xue Rengui these days and had seen the latter's strength.
However, after hearing these words, they were still shocked.
Ran Min considered himself to be highly skilled in martial arts, but he did not dare to lead only 800 men who dared to die to attack the grassland coalition camp. This was not a matter of fear, but a responsibility on his shoulders.
Therefore, once an attack is launched, it can only succeed, not fail, otherwise, their army will fall into passivity.
Xue Rengui naturally saw the expressions of the generals, so he immediately smiled and said: "Generals, what about a hundred people, what about a thousand people? Once we enter a night attack, do you think that the grassland coalition can still distinguish our army... after all
How many people are there to make a surprise attack?"
"Yes, what General Xue just said is very reasonable." The generals below began to discuss one after another, and unknowingly, they began to favor Xue Rengui.
Seeing that everyone was moving, Xue Rengui immediately struck while the iron was hot: "Besides, as long as this night attack can keep the grassland coalition forces in chaos, it will be a great victory."
"After this battle, even if Er Zhurong and the others don't want to confront our Han army for the time being, they will be forced to join it. At this point, the initiative will be in our hands."
Since Xue Rengui dared to do this, he was very sure of success. After all, at night, due to the darkness of the night, all ordinary people could see was darkness and they could not clearly see the number of enemies.
In this case, as the party being attacked, sometimes it will frighten itself, so that it will lead to a situation of overwhelming defeat.
Especially in ancient society, in this era of poor culture and rich military.
If warriors want to move forward, they need a lot of resources. This has caused a large imbalance in the supply of resources, which has led to most ordinary people suffering from "night blindness" due to their own malnutrition.