Mi Jiang looked at Zhao Hongrun with a bit of surprise in his eyes.
It's no wonder that Zhao Hongrun, who had clearly promised to win the battle in front of the tribal chiefs, had a sad face afterwards and sat on the edge of the blanket sleeping berth in the felt tent with his hand on his forehead. This made Mi Jiang feel incredible.
You know, in Mi Jiang's heart, this little dwarf Zhao Hongrun is quite conceited, and it is rare to see him being so worried.
"There will be a battle with the Jiejiao people soon. I am worried about the situation of the battle. Is this strange?" Zhao Hongrun said somewhat unhappily, perhaps because Mi Jiang's interruption interrupted his train of thought.
After hearing this, Mi Jiang was even more surprised and couldn't help but say: "Last year, you led more than 30,000 Wei soldiers and defeated the 160,000 Chu troops of Prince Xiong Tuo and Xiong Hu with a small loss... I
Although it is said that Chu’s 160,000-strong army has only been trained for less than three months, it is still more difficult to deal with than the slaves of the Jiejiao people outside the city, right?"
"That's different." Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said a little irritably.
Mi Jiang frowned slightly when he heard this, and said displeasedly: "Are you referring to the soldiers of our Chu Kingdom, who are not even as good as the slaves of the Jijiao people?"
"You..." Zhao Hongrun raised his head and said angrily: "Commanding an army to fight a war on a single battlefield with the enemy is different from commanding multiple armies to fight a war on multiple battlefields at the same time with the enemy.
Can these be the same? These are two completely different concepts!"
"Tell me... Anyway, if you are so anxious right now, you probably won't be able to come up with any clever strategies."
"..." Zhao Hongrun glared at Mi Jiang, and after a while he sighed helplessly: "Okay, you were right."
After that, he organized the vocabulary and explained: "Last year, when I fought with the Chu State, I fought all the way, and the battles were only on a single battlefield, so I could make arrangements. But this time, three battlefields appeared at the same time.
I can control the battlefield on this side of the city, but I know nothing about the on-the-spot arrangements of the Dangshan Army and Chenggao Army... Sima An and Zhu Hai, their intentions, and their methods of using troops."
"You don't believe those two generals?"
"It's not that I don't believe it, why can't you understand?" Zhao Hongrun glanced at Mi Jiang and patiently explained: "On the battlefield, local wars often affect the whole body and affect the overall situation...
For example, the Dangshan Army is approaching the front line. When I hear this news, do you think I will cooperate? What if General Sima An thinks that I will send troops to assist, but in fact I do not send troops to assist? This kind of judgment seems to be
Mistakes will often ruin an army and directly affect the entire war situation."
Zhao Hongrun is not exaggerating when he says this. After all, commanding a war on a single battlefield is actually within the scope of a general at best. Any general who can act alone can handle such situations well.
Although there are many things involved, in summary, it is nothing more than discerning opportunities, making up for one's own loopholes in time, and always keeping an eye on the enemy and looking for loopholes in the enemy's army.
But if you command several armies at the same time and fight with several enemy armies on several battlefields, this is the category of being handsome.
In this category, many unstable factors will emerge. After all, strategy is dead, but the generals in charge of the frontline battlefields are alive. Although adapting to circumstances is one of the criteria for whether a general is qualified to be called a famous general.
1. However, this also makes it much more difficult for the coach to take charge of the overall situation.
So much so that a general thought it was a correct judgment and changed the established tactics without authorization, but the coach was kept in the dark. This would very likely lead to an overall failure.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun's mind at the moment was not actually on Luocheng. On the contrary, he was more concerned about the subsequent movements of the Dangshan Army and the Chenggao Army.
After Zhao Hongrun explained, Mi Jiang finally understood the former's concerns and asked in confusion: "Since you knew there would be such disadvantages, why did you let the Dangshan Army and Chenggao Army leave Luocheng?
Wouldn’t it be better to work together to defend Luocheng?”
"Then we will definitely lose this battle." Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said seriously: "The reason is very simple. First of all, this Luocheng is too small, only less than two miles in radius. Calculated, there are about four thousand soldiers placed on one wall.
, this is already the limit. If it is increased unnecessarily, it will only reduce the number of soldiers on the city wall who can dodge and move around.
Space will increase casualties... There are 4,000 soldiers on one wall, and only 16,000 soldiers on the four walls. What do the remaining soldiers do? They can only stand in the city as a reserve army... In other words
, except for the 16,000 soldiers, the rest of the soldiers had no effect at all, which was a waste of force."
"..."
"Secondly, if the Dangshan Army, Chenggao Army, and Shangshui Army are all trapped in Luocheng, then it will be even easier for the Jiejiao people to deal with us. With nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses, or even more than 300,000 people, they can only fight on all sides.
Encircling Luocheng can turn Luocheng into an isolated city... An isolated city that has been cut off from its water source and the transportation of grain and grass cannot be defended."
"Secondly, since ancient times, no war has ever been won by passive defense. If you want to win the opponent, you must seize the enemy's lifeline, Achilles' heel, and weakness at the critical moment and take the initiative to attack... Therefore.
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In this battle, I and the Shang Shui Army will turn into shields, dragging the Jiejiao people here to prevent them from getting any closer; and the Dangshan Army and the Chenggao Army will be my two powerful weapons.
Spear, a sharp spear that pierces the heart of Jiejiao people!"
"In other words, the key to winning this war lies in the Dangshan Army and the Chenggao Army?" Mi Jiang said with sudden realization.
"You finally understand." Zhao Hongrun took a long breath and said with a wry smile: "Now you should understand why I am so anxious, right?"
Mi Jiang nodded silently, and then asked curiously: "Are the sentries sent out?"
"It is impossible to break through the siege of the Jie tribe." Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said in a deep voice: "As long as the Jiejiao people are not fools, they will cut off the connection between Luocheng and the Dangshan Army and the Chenggao Army, and forcibly send out sentries and two generals.
The exchange of information was just that the warriors from the two tribes named Lun and Meng died in vain... At this point, we can only rely on guessing."
It has to be said that Zhao Hongrun's prediction was very accurate. After the Jiejiao tribe's army besieged Luocheng, Zhao Hongrun completely lost contact with the Dangshan Army and Chenggao Army. Now he can only judge from the movements of the Jiejiao army.
The actions of Dangshan Army and Chenggao Army.
For example, in the early morning of August 16, around the fourth watch, the Shangshui soldiers guarding the city wall of Luocheng noticed the fire coming from the south and vaguely heard the sounds of killing.
Wu Ji, the general of the Shang Shui Army, quickly informed Zhao Hongrun about this incident.
Unfortunately, when Zhao Hongrun got up from his sheepskin sleeping bunk and hurried to the south wall of Luoyang to look at the fire in the south, the fighting there seemed to have stopped and the fire had disappeared.
In this case, Zhao Hongrun had no way of knowing whether it was the Jiejiao people who attacked the Chenggao army or the Chenggao army who attacked the Jiejiao army. He only knew that these two armies had already had a confrontation, and the rest were
It all depends on his judgment.
It shouldn't be the Jiejiao Army who went to sneak attack the Chenggao Army... The Jiejiao Army has just arrived here after trekking day and night. Logically speaking, they should establish a firm foothold first... That's right, Labitu, the leader of the Jiejiao clan,
That arrogant and arrogant guy didn't even go to Luocheng City to show off his power, which means that all of Jie Jiao's troops probably haven't arrived here yet... At this time, Jie Jiao's army will probably not be so eager to attack Cheng Gao's army.
"In other words, it was General Zhu (Hai) who took the initiative?" Zhao Hongrun muttered to himself, looking at the southern hills that had long since ceased.
In fact, the Chenggao Army is also good at mountain warfare. After all, they guard Chenggao Pass all year round. But what the Chenggao Army is good at is not the same as what the Dangshan Army is good at.
You must know that the Dangshan Army has no real garrison mission. Placing the Dangshan Army in the Dangshan Army is not so much a defense against the Suiyang Army of the Song Dynasty's surrendered general Nangong, but rather a deterrent to the latter.
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But the Chenggao Army is different. This army shoulders the important task of garrisoning the Chenggao Pass. Many times the soldiers stand on the pass wall very boringly, taking turns to serve as guards. Therefore, the soldiers of the Chenggao Army have quite a few
Part of the time was spent fulfilling the responsibilities entrusted to them by the country and Emperor Wei. The frequency and degree of training of the soldiers were completely incomparable with the Dangshan Army, which was idle almost all year round.
Not to mention that, as Wu Wu said, the Jie people did not touch the ground during the war. They ate, drank, and ate on horseback. If they wanted to sneak attack an army with soldiers sleeping with their eyes open, to be honest,
Even Zhao Hongrun was not sure.
Succeeded? Failed? Succeeded? Failed?... Was it a failure? General Zhu Hai attempted to launch a sneak attack while the Jiejiao people had just arrived here and had not yet established a firm foothold...
Zhao Hongrun closed his eyes and replayed the terrain in the south of Luo Di one by one in his mind, finally settling on Yaling.
If it was just the Chenggao army that attacked the Jiejiao people, there was no need for both sides to set fire...Since there were fires, it means...the Chenggao army failed and they were forced to abandon the military camp. Yes, if the Jiejiao people occupied Chenggao
The army’s barracks will definitely be used for one’s own use. In other words,
The fire was set by the Chenggao army, in order not to give up their military camp in vain... After setting fire to the camp, the Chenggao army would most likely retreat to Yaling, while the Jiejiao army had just extinguished the fire.
The speed is extraordinary. Jie Jiao’s army must have participated in putting out the fire...
Based on only those few signs, Zhao Hongrun simulated the fight between Chenggao Army and Jijiao Army in his mind, and predicted and deduced Chenggao Army's retreat route and Jijiao Army's subsequent actions.
To be fair, Zhao Hongrun really didn't like this. He really hated fighting a war that relied on guesswork.
Because it is filled with too many unstable factors.
At that time, Zhao Hongrun stood on the south wall of Luodi for a long time, until a few rays of light gradually appeared on the horizon. (To be continued.)