"Send the order! The Chinese army marches forward quickly, running in columns, and reorganizes the formation after 200 steps."
"Push forward with the left and right wings to force the enemy."
"When all the cavalry and soldiers are out, if you see the enemy formation shaking and the noise is louder, attack them critically."
"The enemy is in chaos and has lost all order. Send another group of cavalry to go behind the enemy formation and make a big show of it."
Order after order was passed on.
Marshal Shao's level of skill in fighting has entered the stage of proficiency. After so many years of fighting, when the two sides first formed an formation, he could roughly tell the enemy's formation process: the formation was slow and unskilled; the noise
He would remember those who were bigger and had poor discipline; those who had poor execution and the officers even kicked and hit them, and then carefully observed which direction they were ranked.
In face-to-face field battles, there are actually no tricks. The core purpose is to attack the weak with the strong, first pick out the weak persimmons, and then use the chaos caused by the soft persimmons to rush in, widen the gap, shake the enemy's morale, and make them panic.
I doubt whether this battle can be won.
Once the seeds of doubt are sown, in a tense battlefield, the slightest disturbance can cause a chain reaction. If you could have tried harder, you should simply give up. If you originally planned to rescue friendly troops, you would not save them.
Most of the array transformations that can be done cannot be done.
What followed was basically an avalanche-like rout, just like the enemy army in front of us.
There were a total of about 4,000 people in the first three formations. They had lost all will to fight. They stopped forming and fled backwards crazily. In fact, not many of them died at all. Thousands of them died, and most of them were killed when they collapsed. But this
By that time, it is already too late to be saved. Even if you stand in front of the defeated soldier and slap him hard, he will not stop and continue fighting. You have to escape to a place where the enemy cannot see him, calm down, and take it in.
The souls that are about to be scared away must be reorganized and restored to organization, so that they can have the ability to continue fighting.
But how could they be given such an opportunity on the corpse ground?
The central Tielin army, which quickened its pace, marched forward in rows. In the eyes of the defeated enemy troops, they were no different than the faces of bulls and horses. With a stab from a spear, a man's life was taken, and a volley of arrows was fired, causing a group of people to fall to the ground.
What kind of person is easiest to kill? The answer is: People who won’t resist.
The Tielin Army advanced unhurriedly like this, which not only prevented the enemy troops from jumping over the wall to resist because they could not escape, but also allowed them to use up their physical strength needlessly in tension and panic. In the end, they really had no energy to resist.
This is a group of veterans who are well versed in battlefield psychology and killing techniques. They can choose the most reasonable way to harvest the enemy's life without being ordered by a superior officer.
Zhuge Zhongbao stared blankly at his soldiers who were defeated like a mountain. Although he had planned to defeat each other before the battle, he also felt that this battle would not be too easy and the chance of winning might not be too high, but he was defeated so cleanly.
It was indeed beyond his expectation.
To use an inappropriate metaphor, Zhuge Zhongbao before the war was like a child who had just finished an exam and tried his best to overestimate his score. But when the exam results came out, it was like being struck by lightning. How could this happen?
?!
In despair, he drew his sword and planned to kill himself, but he was quickly stopped by the soldiers, who hugged him and ran back.
"General, return to Bizhou quickly. Governor Zhang is the son and daughter of the family, so he will not betray the general."
"Yes, General, after you go back, you can contain the defeated troops and reorganize your troops. There will still be a chance."
"Let's just defend the city until the Shao thieves retreat."
The soldiers said all at once.
Zhuge Zhongbao finally came to his senses at this time, and said with tears: "The matter has come to this, what can I say? Once tens of thousands of troops were wiped out in one day, how could there be any soldiers and horses in each state to guard them? It's the barbarian beasts.
The tribe will never agree to send troops again."
The soldiers ignored him and just hugged him and continued to move forward.
The battlefield was noisy, with broken soldiers stumbling around like headless flies everywhere. Zhuge Zhongbao and his party dodged left and right. Before they could run far, a group of cavalry came to the front. Seeing this, the broken soldiers were stunned at first.
After a pause, they all knelt down and chanted their wishes to surrender.
"Why don't you surrender?" the cavalry team asked as they drew their bows.
"He is Zhuge Zhongbao..." You Jiangbing said loudly.
The cavalry team's eyes lit up, is there such a good thing?
******
"General Niu, how do you feel about today's battle?" Shao Shude sat down under the commander's banner on the high slope and asked with a smile.
"How many battles has the Tielin Army fought..." Niu Li was not good at words, and now he only had this doubt in his mind.
"Counting from Tielindu..." Shao Shude thought for a moment and said: "Fighting with the Datong Army in the north, several battles against Huangchao in Guanzhong, conquering the Jinze tribes in the north, pacifying Tuoba Sigong in Youzhou in the west, and defeating Ling
Zhou Hanlang and Kang Yuancheng went south to Chang'an to fight against Fengxiang's army, and marched west to Hewei to defeat Lanzhou. Since this expedition, they also attacked Fengzhou and defeated Zhuge Zhongbao. If you count the small battles, there will always be twenty or thirty battles.
"
"Have seen dozens of battles..." Niu Li was a little stunned. With such a high frequency of battles, even a new soldier can be trained into an elite soldier. He knew Zhuge Zhongbao's soldiers and horses, and he had brought hundreds of them with him.
Sergeant Hedong went south and served as the governor of Tongzhou. He operated for several years and expanded the army to more than 2,000 people. Most of the so-called 10,000 people recruited now have served in the army for less than a year. In terms of the quality of the sergeants alone, there is a huge gap with the Dingnan Army.
"General Niu, when he arrived at a certain camp in the future, he brought soldiers like this with him. They had enough food, pay, and soldiers. The sergeants also didn't understand why they were fighting. These soldiers were hard-earned, and they serve as generals.
Be cautious." Shao Shude said.
These words were spoken from the bottom of my heart, and there was also a sense of importance in the words. Niu Li was a little moved and said: "When a general leads an army, he should be cautious."
"Training soldiers is like raising children, it is not easy." Shao Shude said: "If there are 100,000 of these elite soldiers, they can dominate a place; if there are 200,000, they can sweep across the world and cannot go anywhere; if there are 300,000, they can...
…”
Having said this, Shao Shude remained silent.
The elite soldiers who founded the country in any dynasty were the most capable and experienced, because they all came out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. But once they were buried, the fortune of the dynasty took a turn for the worse.
The spirit, combat mode, command methods, and training routines of an army are all inherited. Once too much is lost, many inheritances will be lost. Originally, it might take fifty years for the army of the New Dynasty to deteriorate, but you
It has ruined a big wave and may not be able to fight in twenty or thirty years.
Be cautious and walk on thin ice, this is how you should treat war.
"Commander, Zhuge Zhongbao has been arrested!" Li Renfu, the tenth general of the army, suddenly came to report.
"Bring him here."
Zhuge Zhongbao was quickly brought and he knelt there with his head bowed, not sure whether he was afraid or unwilling to meet Shao Shude.
There was silence for a long time. After a long time, Shao Shude was heard to say: "In the past, you were just a beggar. When the servant saw you, he felt the same for you, so he adopted you as his adopted son. He has cultivated many people. Your wife is a servant of the servant.
Niece, this marriage was arranged for you by the servant. Your official position was also approved by the servant, allowing you to control the Banan states. But how do you treat the trust and cultivation of the servant?"
Zhuge Zhongbao lowered his head and said nothing, as if he was ashamed.
"If I kill you, will you accept it?" Shao Shude kicked Zhuge Zhongbao over and asked.
"I am unworthy of my great kindness to the commander, so I will die without any regrets." Zhuge Zhongbao said.
Shao Shude looked at him, not knowing whether he was submissive and begging for mercy, or whether he really meant it.
"Lock him up first."
"As commanded."
Before leaving, Marshal Zhuge suddenly said that he wanted to meet Zhuge Zhongbao and ask him why he did what he did. Shao Shude thought it was unnecessary. In troubled times, there were many warriors who cannibalized human flesh, and rape and robbery were commonplace. What's the point?
Asked? But this may also be Marshal Zhuge’s obsession. Just take him back. If the Marshal doesn’t want to kill him, then take him back to Lingxia and stay away from Shannan West Road. Even if he wants to become a monster, he will not succeed.
In this battle in Damou County, a total of more than 2,000 people were beheaded and 5,000 people were captured. The rest dispersed and fled to the mountains and forests. After annihilating this army, which can be called the essence of the three states, there are no more Bi, Tong and Kai three states.
No matter how much strength I have to resist, I no longer have the courage to resist.
On the first day of the sixth lunar month, a light force of Tianzhu's army advanced rapidly to Tongjiang County, Bizhou. The governor Zhang Xia opened the city and asked for surrender. Hearing that this man was related to Zhuge Zhongbao, he surrendered so simply and neatly. This was also a shameless act.
good.
This was the case in Bizhou, but it was even more outrageous in Tongzhou. The left-behind generals directly captured Zhuge Zhongbao's family and sent them to Shao Shude's army.
Kaizhou was the last to surrender. And an internal fight broke out, and they attacked and killed each other. In the end, the victors sent envoys to the army to beg for surrender, expressing their willingness to fight anyway. ;;;.;;
The three states of Tong, Bi and Kai were now completely recovered. As for deeper governance, that was Zhuge Zhongfang's business, and Shao Shude was too lazy to take care of it.
It's so satisfying to annihilate the enemy's main force in one battle.
Shao Shude suddenly saw Fu Cunxen who was escorting the prisoners away. He remembered that this man had fought in all his life and had never lost a single battle. He didn't know if he could still do this under his command. Sometimes, people
It also requires a bit of luck.
In this southern expedition, the military battle is almost coming to an end. Next, there will be a more important political battle.
"Senior Zhao, go south from here and follow the Dazhu Road to Bazhou, then to Pengzhou and Quzhou. Where do you go behind?"
"Go back to Marshal, go south from Quzhou, follow Bashui (now Qujiang River) for 400 miles to Hezhou, 560 miles to Yuzhou. There is also a shortcut road 430 miles to Yuzhou. Go to Jizhou
To the west, you can also go to Longjian Town." Zhao Guangfeng replied.
"Dragon Sword..." Shao Shude thought for a moment and asked, "Has Zhao Jian defeated Yang Maoshi?"
"Peace has been achieved. After Yang Maoshi's defeat, his whole family set themselves on fire and died."
There are so many military leaders whose whole families have set themselves on fire! Former Youzhou Governor Li Keju set himself on fire with his entire family, and Langzhou Governor Yang Maoshi also did this. It’s not that the military leaders were cruel, not even sparing their wives, concubines, and children, it’s just that the world is so ungrateful
Cruel, especially for women.
"Send an envoy to Longjian and ask Zhao Jian to come to Bazhou and tell him that I am waiting for him here." Shao Shude ordered.