Thanks to the precautions taken by a few old men, the map that included all three or four surrounding mountains came in handy.
As a person from later generations, even if Li Xingchen didn't pay much attention to maps on weekdays, he still knew about contour lines and the like. When he saw this map from 1,500 years ago, he felt helpless, because on this map there were only
The locations of the surrounding streams and valleys were hastily marked, without any height-related markings. I had no idea how high the mountain was, how deep the valley was, or how wide the stream was.
Even though Li Xingchen had been mentally prepared for such a crude map, he still didn't expect it. Although the ancients did possess some technologies that were even more advanced than modern people, in most aspects, they were far behind modern times.
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Especially in terms of measurement, it is already very good that the ancients can draw maps with primitive methods and tools such as footsteps or rulers. It would be difficult to ask the ancients to accurately measure the height and the width and length of some details.
.The left edge of this map has turned a little yellow, while the right edge still looks quite new. You can imagine how much effort the elders of the tribe put into drawing this map, and how much effort they had to make in this deep mountain and old forest.
How much time will it take to go back and forth?
Although this map is rudimentary, fortunately, even if the actual battle is on a few hills around the village, the people in the village have long been familiar with these places, so Li Xingchen can think about it based on the memory of his previous master.
It has to be said that these young men who grew up in the mountains are really familiar with their surroundings. Looking at this map, Li Xingchen can already picture the scene in his mind.
The three or four hills around here are actually about the same height, about one hundred feet, two to three hundred meters. There are obviously not many high mountains in this area, but because of the dense bamboo forests, this mountain is not high, but the village can
Hidden there unknown to anyone.
Glancing at the map that cost him a lot of effort, the old man of the Zheng family turned to look at Li Xingchen: "Xingchen, since I have given you the power to lead all the young people in the village, as well as all the strong men, and among many young people
Among the young men, you always have a lot of clever ideas, so you might as well tell me what you think."
Before he finished speaking, the eyes of Li Cheng and others fell on Li Xingchen. Li Xingchen took a gentle breath and took a step forward. Naturally, there was no reason to shirk at this time: "This junior is not talented, but I still thought of someone who might be able to do it."
Bring it up and see the strategy."
After a pause, Li Xingchen stretched out his hand and pointed on the map: "There are three more hills around the hill we are on now, and according to the direction from which the two thieves came, this group of bandits is most likely hiding in the east.
This hilltop, and I think these bandits are likely to gather on a hilltop, which is the largest and farthest hilltop from us, in order to unify their orders and prevent anyone from escaping or leaking information."
Li Cheng and others nodded, obviously they had the same guess before.
Li Xingchen continued: "There is a saying in the art of war: take it by surprise and attack it unprepared. The best defense is actually offense. Now we have many enemies and few enemies, and the enemy is hidden and we are clear. This is the most unfavorable situation for military strategists in marching and fighting. The only thing that can be used as an advantage is this village.
There is still a stronghold wall to protect it. With just a few people like us, we may still be able to fight against the bandits rushing up from one direction, but once the bandits have enough crossbows in their hands, at the same time, the fighting spirit of these bandits will
If it is quite high, then it is very likely to attack from multiple directions at the same time, or feint to coordinate with the main attack, or simply attack directly at the same time. It will be difficult for us to resist, so if we want to reverse the current situation, we can only create an advantage ourselves.
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This time, Li Cheng and others frowned. Although they followed Chen Qingzhi all over the country when they were young, and even received Chen Qingzhi's teachings on the art of war in his spare time, after all, they only followed the personal guards and had no experience in commanding wars. Now Li Xingchen has written "Sun Tzu"
"The Art of War" was brought out, and it was so mysterious and mysterious that the three people were a little confused, let alone young people like Zheng Qing.
Seeing the expressions of Li Cheng and others, Li Xingchen also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he had read a lot of books on war. In total, he had 1,500 years more experience than Li Cheng and others.
It's easy to calm them down.
"Xin Chen, how should we create the advantage you mentioned?" Li Cheng couldn't help but ask first.
Li Xingchen smiled slightly and reached out to tap on the map: "The enemy is outnumbered, the enemy is dark and we are clear, which will make the enemy lose vigilance, especially when waiting for orders and resting, and that is the biggest advantage we can take advantage of.
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Seeing Li Cheng and others' sudden realization, the expressions on their faces became complicated, and Zheng Qing said with some surprise: "Brother Chen, you mean..."
"Fight them!" Li Xingchen said in a deep voice, "take advantage of their unpreparedness and take them by surprise. Kill the morale of these bandits first. If we can take advantage of the chaos to disperse their troops, we can buy us enough time."
Before Li Xingchen finished speaking, young people like Zheng Qing took a breath of cold air. They thought that they were not timid people who had been climbing around in the mountains since they were young. Even Li Qiu, who was generally regarded as smooth and naughty, was actually just a
Relatively speaking, if you want him to go into battle, this kid will beat his chest and rush forward with a howl. After all, people in the mountains are simple and honest and like to go straight, so occasionally there is a person who likes to beat around the bush.
It's natural to say that he is timid.
And now the plan proposed by Li Xingchen is quite shocking to young people who consider themselves to be bold. In fact, it is not because these young people who have had the courage to fight wild boars in the mountains since they were young do not dare to rush over to those bandits.
There was a fight at the gathering place, but because these mountain people were simple and simple, they would not have thought that they could fight like this.
Li Cheng and the other two old men looked at each other, and couldn't help but said with joy and disappointment at the same time: "When you were young, in the private school in the village, someone taught you the art of war, but now you can only remember
Xun Chen is alone."
What Li Cheng didn't say was fortunately that Li Xingchen remembered it.
Chen Qingzhi was an out-and-out Confucian general. Historical records record that when he was young, he could not even mount a horse-drawn bow. He could be said to be a thin scholar. He did not gradually transform into a military general until he led troops to fight. As a Confucian general, Chen Qingzhi
, his personal soldiers are more or less literate, and even the personal guards who often guard Chen Qingzhi, such as Li Cheng and others, are somewhat grateful to Chen Qingzhi to teach them some simple military techniques. After all, with their brains, they want to read.
Understanding those profound military art does not happen overnight, let alone putting it into practice.