Chapter 860 Recapture Xiaoguan, Li Xiaozhong's plan
It is said that with Li Xiaozhong's proficiency in martial arts and his ability to lead troops, it would not be difficult for the northwest side court to rely on his skills to win an official position when wars were frequent and the army was hiring. Only then was he willing to serve the country bravely, but he did not join the army because he always liked to associate with heroes and had a chivalrous spirit. If he joined the army, he would be subject to many restrictions. Therefore, although he was willing to spend his family wealth, recruit soldiers and horses, and serve the country, However, when the country was at war, he was still willing to be a heroic and wealthy man in Gansu and Shaanxi.
But this time, Xiao Tang and Xiao Renxia, who were also well-known in the world, sincerely invited Li Xiaozhong. At this time, Niu Gao, who was standing next to him, also joined in and said, "Brother Li, I respect you." He is also an extravagant hero. Now that the Song Dynasty is at war with the Xia thieves, you have the ability to achieve a great career. What's more, there are many brothers in the army who share life and death with their hearts and minds and work together for the country. Not happy?"
Because Niu Gao took the lead in leading hundreds of powerful cavalry to attack the enemy formation and solved the urgent need of the dock wall here, Li Xiaozhong admired and was grateful to him. After thinking about it for a while, he handed over to Xiao Tang and said: "Mr. Xiao Renxiao promotes me, man." My ability should be sold to those who know their stuff. Being able to fight side by side with Xun is considered as fulfilling my wish! What's more, if Xiao Renxia didn't come to help, the lives of my little brother and more than a thousand brothers would be at stake here, so we will all say this The blood will be delivered to Yu Xun, and he will kill Xia Bing first, and he has repaid his great kindness!"
Since he decided to fight with the Xia army together with the officers and soldiers, Li Xiaozhong thought about it and decided whether to surrender or not. At this time, Liu Zhongwu, Liu Qi, Wu Jie, Yao Pingzhong, Xiao Jiasui, Xu Guanzhong, Wang Jin, Hua Rong By the time the troops were unified, all the subordinate brothers had arrived in the main hall one after another. After Xiao Tang introduced all the generals present to Li Xiaozhong one by one, he immediately started planning with the generals how to recapture the situation based on the situation at hand. Xiao Guan’s detailed strategy.
Xiao Tang took the lead and said: "Generals, the Xia army now occupies Xiaoguan and controls the choke point. The enemy is coveting the hinterland of the pass. With the Xiaoguan gate wide open, the Xia army will be able to advance straight in, and will also cut off the Song army's logistical supplies on the west route. , so our troops must capture this place before marching westward, but do you have any good ideas?"
Currently in the army, Liu Zhongwu, who is second only to Xiao Tang in terms of official duties and military authority, frowned slightly and said: "Although the terrain around Xiao Pass is not a cliff, it is steep and majestic. It is on the defensive zone over there and is surrounded by tiles. Ting Feng Sui is located at the edge of the eastern foothills of Liupan Mountain, and is also an important barrier around Xiao Pass. The Xia army was able to capture Xiao Pass with lightning speed. Presumably there must be good generals in the army who are good at planning and planning. Now it is important to Take back Xiaoguan... If we attack by force, the casualties will be huge."
Yao Pingzhong also nodded and said in a deep voice: "To the north of Xiaoguan, there are soldiers and horses under the Xia Kingdom's Weizhou Jingsai Military Division and Xishou Baotai Military Division, and the east road is the dangerous mountainous area that the Xia Kingdom has always relied on. Lao Xiaozhong, the general manager, led his army to confront the enemy in the east. The Xia army has gathered heavy troops in Hehuang. The troops led by General Liu Fa are afraid that they will not be able to divide their troops... Although our troops have newly added The 3,000 soldiers and horses commanded by the last general, but more than 20,000 people, are attacking the dangerous area of Xiao Pass, and we don’t know when the Xia Kingdom in the north will increase their troops here. How to recapture the pass with minimal casualties requires long-term planning."
All the generals in the main hall followed the words of Liu Zhongwu and Yao Pingzhong to express their own opinions. Plans such as luring the enemy troops out of the customs were put forward, but they were immediately dismissed after scrutiny by their colleagues. Xiao Tang did not interrupt, but watched quietly.
Watching the officers and generals present planning and discussing.
Although Xiao Tang is now in charge of the military power of this army, his experience in military strategy and planning is inferior to that of Liu Zhongwu, Yao Pingzhong, and Wu Jie, who were born in the Western Army and have experienced many national wars.
To put it lightly, Xu Guanzhong and Xiao Jiasui are both extremely talented think tanks. However, the previous campaign in Yinzhou and Shizhou to set up ambushes to annihilate the Xia army in the east was also their first appearance in the war between the two countries.
Rong, together with Hua Rong, Wang Jin, Niu Gao and other confidants who were talented generals, Xiao Tang also consciously wanted them to participate in the discussion where the battle-hardened generals expressed their opinions and calculated strategies.
There is no limit to what you can say, thereby quickly improving your command capabilities in larger-scale wars.
After all, the level of war that Xiao Tang is facing now is definitely not comparable to the scale of the war where green forest tyrants gathered in the mountains and led their troops to attack a state or a government.
However, when the two armies attack, conspiracy is better than conspiracy. In most cases, the prerequisite for victory is to have objective factors that can take advantage of the situation. In real wars, it is similar to many novels and narratives where a genius strategist suddenly pops up to strategize.
, it is extremely rare for a few words to immediately turn the tide of the battle around. The current situation is that the Xia Kingdom's soldiers and horses have occupied the key point of Xiao Pass, and if there is no good way to attack the pass, then Xiao Tang will have to lead his soldiers and horses to forcibly retake the pass, even if the casualties are bound to be very heavy
, but because the military geographical location of Xiaoguan is too important, the commander-in-chief of the unified army must not hesitate to carry out some tragic battles that require a large number of subordinates to take their lives.
But I don’t know who in the Xia army decided on the strategy of first luring the Song army on the west route to go deep, and then attacking with heavy troops, and then immediately launched a counterattack against the Song army to seize the dangerous place of Xiaoguan...
Xiao Tang secretly thought to himself, and he thought about the enemy generals such as Renduo Yili, Wu Zangjiu Luo and other enemy generals he encountered in the previous battles with the Xia Kingdom. I am afraid that those Xia Army generals are inferior to the powerful enemy they have not yet met.
, regardless of the military capabilities of making plans or dispatching troops and horses, they are too far apart.
The military discussion reached a deadlock for a while. Xu Guanzhong, Xiao Jiasui, Liu Zhongwu, Yao Pingzhong, and Wu Jie were experienced in battles. However, north of Xiaoguan was the border of the Xia Kingdom, and the enemy had no reinforcements, food, and supplies.
Yu, if we really can't defend, all the generals present will be helpless.
At this time, Li Xiaozhong saw that the generals present were talking about it, and he immediately thought in his mind: Now that I am acting under Xiao Renxia, I have not yet seen any great achievements, and I am about to win some credit and compete for reputation in front of all the generals and righteous men.
, I also have face. Since Xiao Renxia and these generals have no good plan to recapture Xiao Pass now, if I don’t show my ability now, when will it be more important?
After Li Xiaozhong thought in his mind, he immediately stood up and bowed his hands to Xiao Tang and said: "Xiao Ren... Xiao Jieshuai, although there are three beacons built on the commanding heights around Xiaoguan, they can not only echo each other from a distance, but also overlook the bottom.
, it is very difficult to attack as it relies on the mountain wall, but my younger brother is familiar with the surrounding terrain. Walking for several miles on the west mountain ridge and deep in the valley, you can reach the back of the two tiled beacons on the edge of Xiaoguan. Although the mountain is relatively steep, you can still climb over it.
, not to mention the dense trees in the wild ridges, the Xia thieves must not know the terrain and have no weapons to guard them. I would like to lead my subordinates to climb the cliff and detour to the rear to make a surprise attack. First, take down the two beacons near Xiaoguan and defeat some of the enemy troops.
Horse, also teach the Xia thieves not to look at each other head and tail."
After Li Xiaozhong finished speaking, the voices of everyone present gradually slowed down and they all looked at him. Xiao Tang also knew that Xiao Pass was not an independent fortress, and the Feng Sui Walled City built around it also formed a complete defense.
System, if one or two surrounding defensive positions can be captured by surprise, it is also possible to launch an offensive towards Xiaoguan from the flanking foothills.
But at this moment, a voice sounded: "If we just send out surprise troops to take the dangerous peaks and attack behind the enemy's rear...that would be very inappropriate."