Chapter 489: Division of labor, those who retreat will be killed
All the generals in the tent stood up, clasped their fists, and said in military salute: "Great Sima Yingming!"
After Quan Cong said this, four messengers got on their horses and galloped to the four gates outside Xiangping City to deliver the orders.
Quan Cong looked at the map of Xiangping City that had been hung for a long time and said: "To conquer Xiangping, we have to let everyone divide the work. Only in this way can we get twice the result with half the effort."
Quan Cong pondered for a moment and then said: "I will order Quan Xu to lead two thousand troops to attack the west gate, Qin Dan to lead two thousand troops to attack the north gate, and Tian Jiang to lead two thousand troops to attack the south gate."
Quan Xu, Qin Dan, and Tian Jiang came out to conduct the military salute: "Servants, please obey the military orders of Grand Sima!"
Zhang Qun and Du De were a little anxious before they received the military order, worried that they would miss the opportunity to perform meritorious service and avenge their colleagues.
After several people received the military orders and came out of the big tent, they got on their horses and each led a group of troops (a thousand people) to each gate in Xiangping.
When Zhang Qun saw that Da Sima had not given him the military order, he blushed and went out with clasped fists in his arms: "Da Sima, who is going to attack the east gate? Why don't we just let the last general go?"
Du De also hurriedly came out and said: "Da Sima, will the general be guarding the camp here?"
Quan Cong did not continue to deny it, and immediately said: "I will go to the east gate personally."
Zhang Qun and Du De hurriedly clasped their fists and said: "How dare I let Da Sima risk his own arrows? It's better to leave the attack on the east gate to me. I promise to break it tomorrow morning!"
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Quan Cong smiled and waved his hand and said: "I will come to the east gate personally. I have other important matters to hand over to the two generals. This is also a great achievement!"
Zhang Qun and Du De solemnly said: "Please give the order, Grand Sima. Your servants will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
Quan Cong pointed to the map of Liaodong on the other side and said: "Generals Zhang Qun and Du De immediately set off for Shoushan with eight thousand troops and set up an ambush in the valley on the west bank of the Daliao River. We must severely defeat Youbeiping and Liaoxi here.
Reinforcements from the county!"
Zhang Qun and Du De held the military salute and said: "I obey the military orders of Grand Sima!" Then they also left the big tent, led eight troops and horses, totaling 8,000 troops, and headed west straight to the gate of Xiangping.
Mashou Mountain and the Daliao River area,
Quan Cong said without even thinking: "If the Wei army wants to rush to Xiangping quickly, it is better to take the Bailang River Valley route. If they take a detour further north, wouldn't it mean that they are seeking the distance instead of the near, which is even more incomprehensible.
Is Xiangping in danger?"
After the army set up camp, the first priority in the camp was the granary. The first focus of the granary was fire prevention, and the second focus was digging toilets.
The choice of toilet location in the camp is crucial:
First of all, you need to keep a distance from the place where food is stored; secondly, you need to keep a distance from drinking water sources.
Anyone who dares to defecate near grain depots or water sources will be beheaded immediately (some generals are mysophobic, and soldiers will be beheaded if they bathe in water sources).
Third, the toilet must be far away from the living areas of the officers and soldiers.
The purpose of this is self-evident: the army is camping and the crowd is dense; once an infectious disease breaks out, the spread will be extremely fast (see this outbreak).
If a disease is rampant, it will cause large-scale non-combat attrition of the army; how can we fight if everyone is sick?
Of course, once the camp is secured, it does not mean that you can sit back and relax, especially at night. How many generals have fallen victim to enemy night attacks. Therefore, early warning at night is particularly important.
There are two points here: First, in order to prevent the enemy from pretending to be our personnel for reconnaissance or sneak attacks, there will be troops on duty inside the camp to patrol at night, and at the same time, the commander will pass down the password.
The leaders of the troops on duty are the chief warden and the sitting person (fixed sentry); in current terms, they are fixed sentry and movable sentry.
Every day during the garrison, Yu waits to go to the Chinese army's tent to receive the password for the night watch response. The commander will randomly select two characters (or four characters) from a book as the response password. This password is generated instantly and is changed every day and will never be repeated.
(This is the same as the modern army) to ensure that the password is timely and will not be leaked.
The first word (or two words) is the command of the person sitting down, and the last word (or two words) is the reply command of Yuhou.
After the general determines the password, he will seal the letter with the password written on it with wax and send the messenger to each unit of the troops on duty, and the officer on duty that night will open it in person.
After nightfall, most officers and soldiers will rest; those who are on duty that night and the waiters will start to work.
The person sitting has a fixed position; Yu waits to lead the patrol.
When Yuhou passes by the seated person, the person sitting there will shout: Who is that person?
Yu Hou replied, "General Manager Yu Hou is making a patrol (you must give your name)."
Then the two people exchange passwords: For example, if the president is the one sitting, the president will first report the password for the night: National Master!
Tianwai is the manager of Yuhou, and Tianwai replies: lustful.
After ensuring that the password is correct, the president will say: Mr. Yu has made a mistake.
Tianwai then leads the team to continue patrolling and walks to the next seated person, and the process starts over again.
This is mainly done to prevent enemy scouts from sneaking into the military camp to conduct reconnaissance, assassination, and sabotage. Soldiers' uniforms and armors are relatively easy to obtain; but it is not easy to obtain random passwords every day.
After arranging the military affairs, Quan Cong personally led a group of troops out of the camp and went straight to the east gate, taking the lead and personally supervising the battle.
There are no mountains in Xiangping. Shoushan is the first mountain in Xiangping. It is located in the southwest of Xiangping. It can be said to be the veritable gateway of Xiangping City.
More than ten years ago, Sima Yi's battle against Gongsun Yuan took place here. The first mountain of the Thousand Lotus Mountains is the first mountain of the Thousand Lotus Mountains. It is 176.1 meters high, runs east-west and is 5 miles long.
Because of its strategic location, strategic location, and dangerous terrain, Shoushan became a battleground for military strategists in the Liaodong War. It has been dormant for more than ten years, but it will finally be put to great use again in recent days and become famous all over the world.
After a cup of tea, Quan Cong also led his troops outside the east gate of Xiangping City. Quan Cong led his bodyguards on horseback to the outside of a stone's throw to supervise the battle. He pulled out the long sword from his waist, raised it high and shouted loudly:
Said: "Continue to attack the city!"
In the face of death, even soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles are not afraid of it. In more than half a day, the Wu army climbed to the top of the city several times, but they were all killed and unable to gain a foothold. This made the soldiers start to retreat.
As expected, the soldiers behind held up their shields and kept retreating.
Quan Cong drew his sword and beheaded several soldiers who retreated, and loudly said to the Wu soldiers in front: "Whoever dares to retreat will be killed!"
Quan Cong understood that attacking the fortified city would cause heavy casualties, but there was nothing he could do about it. If everyone withdrew due to fear of death, then all the previous efforts would be in vain. There was no need to think about taking Xiangping, so even if there was
The casualties must also be taken, so that they can capture Xiangping City tomorrow, let their allies take a good look at the strength of the Wu army, and follow them to capture more Youzhou land.