Zhang Pizhu was the first person to discover this situation. At that time, Wang Deren, the most famous warrior among the pro-army soldiers, took the lead in crossing to the other side of the river on a raft. He discovered that the smoke and dust sweeping in from the north and the flags of the Ming army were behind him.
, he hurriedly swam back to the other side of the river bank and told Zhang Pixuan the important news.
The Xiaoyuan Camp had obviously received support from the Ming army, and the situation seemed to have changed. Wang Deren was furious, thinking that after the Xiaoyuan Camp was reinforced by Ming army reinforcements, its strength had greatly increased, and it was very likely that it would launch a counterattack on the river bank. This is how the Chuang army was crossing the river.
Chaos, once there is a large-scale counterattack, the consequences will be unimaginable!
However, Zhang Piliu's battlefield sense was more accurate than that of the fierce general Wang Deren. He could smell Yuan Shizhong's true intentions from Yuan Shizhong's lax arrangement of the river bank defense line.
Is Xiao Yuan's camp going to fight, defend, or flee?
Judging from various signs, Zhang Pizhu concluded that Xiao Yuan's camp must be fleeing. This Ming army reinforcement was not to strengthen Yuan Shizhong's strength, but to support their retreat.
Now there are more than 10,000 intruders' pursuit troops scattered at countless ferries on the west bank of the Guohe River. Zhang Pili knew that if he waited until he brought the news back to Li Laiheng, Li Laiheng would order the intruders to speed up the pursuit across the river. After a few steps,
, Yuan Shizhong ran away long ago.
He looked at the broad river in front of him. The middle stream was three to four feet deep. It was difficult for people and horses to cross the river. However, many pontoons had been built by pro-junbiao. If the soldiers of the invading army had the courage not to be afraid of falling into the water, it would not be impossible for them to cross directly.
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"Brother Hao, what do you think?"
Xiao Yuan's camp was about to flee north, and the fighter plane was fleeting. Zhang Pizhu believed that his judgment was correct, but he really did not have enough authority and qualifications to shoulder the responsibility of launching an attack in advance against Li Laiheng's Jiedu.
But Hao Yaoqi did.
Like Zhang Pili, he is one of the only four generals Guo Yi in the field force of the Huguang Army. Compared with Guo Junzhen, who has a surly personality and stayed in Huguang, he is not completely considerate to Li Laiheng and is not a direct descendant.
Gu Kecheng, Hao Yaoqi and Zhang Pili are considered Li Laiheng's most valued generals.
And Hao Yaoqi's qualifications far surpassed Zhang Pixuan's. He was one of Li Zicheng's Yuan followers and a veteran among his brothers in northern Shaanxi.
Hao Yaoqi's body was as strong as a mountain, casting a larger figure on the ground. He carefully observed the river, the ferry, and the small Yuan camp on the other side of the river, not missing any detail. Hao Yaoqi has always been bold, brave and fearless
A very kind person, but now besides being bold, he has an additional layer of carefulness.
When Chuang Jun was still in Suizhou, Hao Yaoqi often made many mistakes because of his boldness and rudeness.
Once he was invited to give a lecture to the new students at the Suiying School. The content of the explanation was the Battle of Shangcaiying that he had participated in. Of course, Hao Yaoqi boasted about his bravery and invincibility.
, but when the students asked about various details of the battle, he either couldn't recall it, or he didn't know what it was about at all, so he could only give vague and prevaricating answers.
What made Hao Yaoqi even more frustrated was that a permanent teacher at Suiying School at that time was the Baoding Army officer who was captured by him during the Battle of Shangcaiying. This teacher himself did not dare to stand in front of General Guo Yi, Hao Yaoqi, who broke into the army.
Unfortunately, those ignorant little students forced the teacher to come to the stage and asked him to re-explain Suiying Academy’s previous analysis of the Battle of Shangcaiying.
Most of those analyzes were criticisms of the aggressive mistakes in the Battle of Shangcai Camp, and they criticized the command of Li Laiheng and Hao Yaoqi. Li Laiheng was not here, and he had a thick face and a dark heart, and he did not care about such criticism at all.
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Hao Yaoqi was in the audience. He used to be a person who didn't stick to trivial matters and often made small mistakes. However, in recent years, as the number of soldiers increased, his official position became larger and larger, and his problem of saving face became more and more serious.
When he heard the cautious criticism from the teacher at Suiying School, he was so furious that he lost his temper and turned a small class upside down.
Teaching at the Suiying School was something Li Laiheng paid special attention to. After Li Polu, who was in charge of the Suiying School, told Li Laiheng about this, he immediately went to suppress Hao Yaoqi personally with his military standard, and arrested Hao Yaoqi on the spot.
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Hao Yaoqi himself knew that he was unreasonable, but he refused to admit his mistake. He had no problem with using troops in the battle of Shangcaiying. Li Laiheng was so angry that he even admitted that his family was in Shangcaiying.
There was a mistake in the use of troops in the battle, and Hao Yaoqi still doesn't admit it?
Li Laiheng asked the teachers and students of Suiying School to bring maps on the spot, and everyone used backgammon as soldiers and horses to demonstrate the battle process. Hao Yaoqi played one chess piece, and the Baoding military officer played the other chess piece, and both sides arranged their troops.
, played backgammon again on the map, and Hao Yaoqi was defeated.
But he was still unconvinced, insisting that he was from the country, and that he was from a farmer's background. He would definitely not be able to compete with you educated people in terms of tactics or military skills. But if we really wanted to fight, he would definitely win.
Li Laiheng seized this opportunity and beat up the old brothers from northern Shaanxi who had joined the army. He wanted these people not to rest on their merits and be lazy. There is no reason in the world that the culture of country people must be inferior to that of city people.
, you yourself are lazy, unwilling to learn, and unwilling to make progress, how can you blame it on your background?
Now the Chuang army is growing stronger. People like Hao Yaoqi have put on armor, and their horses have been replaced by strong Ningxia horses. On weekdays, they have to bring two soldiers to serve tea and water. The official's work
What does it sound like to say that the sect has learned everything, but has not learned strategy or the art of war?
Of course, if a war breaks out, Hao Yaoqi, who is experienced and invincible on the battlefield, will definitely be able to defeat that Baoding soldier officer. But Li Laiheng promoted him to the position of one of the four major Guoyi generals, and his demands on Hao Yaoqi naturally increased.
It requires you not only to be able to win on the battlefield, but also to be able to win on the maps and sandbox deductions on the battlefield.
Both hands must be strong and both hands must grasp. The old brothers in northern Shaanxi must study actively and keep up with the growth rate of the army so as not to be left behind. No one can excuse that he is a countryman, a farmer or a cowherd boy.
Even Hao Yaoqi couldn't do it if he didn't study because of his background.
Such a very severe reprimand made Hao Yaoqi, who had always had a good reputation, feel ashamed in front of everyone. But he also learned from it and made up his mind to win back the face he lost no matter how much effort and energy he put in.
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After such a period of time, Hao Yaoqi had to devote all the time he had spent eating, drinking and having fun to studying almost every day. He didn't know much about literacy, so he hired a literate soldier to help him read and listen. When he met someone who didn't understand, he
You can also ask Fang Yiren and Gu Junen shamelessly.
As the saying goes, people should treat each other with admiration after three days of separation. Although Hao Yaoqi's progress has not reached the level of Wu Xia Ameng, he is no longer the vulgar and unlettered person in the past who has no other merits except boldness and fearlessness.
Zhang Pizhu's reminder made Hao Yaoqi feel that the opportunity to fight had arrived, and it was time to organize, mobilize his own troops and concentrate on annihilating the enemy's main force.
Sometimes in war, we must avoid strong points and attack flaws, and first select the enemy's weak links to attack. Sometimes, on the contrary, we must first concentrate all our efforts on fighting the enemy's main force. Once this level is broken, other parts can be easily solved.
Which of these two different strategic approaches to adopt is mainly determined based on the specific local conditions at that time, but it is also related to the commander's determination, style and his commanding art.
Now Hao Yaoqi is like a big gambler in planning and deploying his troops. He would rather destroy his entire army than bet most of the bets he could raise on a win or loss that can bankrupt the opponent.
If you win, you will be defeated.
He still retains the bold and fearless spirit of the past, and he has mastered careful and meticulous combat organization techniques through long-term study.
Hao Yaoqi's cavalry, plus the hundreds of pro-military standard cavalry led by Zhang Pizhu, all ventured across the river relying on the pontoon bridge that had not yet been completely built.
The water flow in some sections of the river was too fast, and people and horses always fell into the water. There were also several warriors who were swimming by and were sucked in by the whirlpool in the whirlpool. Their lives and deaths were unknown.