Five hundred and twentieth chapters general demeanor
The reason why I stopped updating during this period is because I found that there was a problem with this book and it was irreparable, so I started thinking about a new book.
Many readers asked if it was because of the poor results again. The results of this book were indeed not good, with more than 200 additional orders. But it has been like this for a long time. The first order was more than 900, but I think a large part of it should be
Thanks to the friendly support of old readers, it didn’t take long for it to drop off a cliff to more than 500, and then all the way to more than 200.
The soldiers here are very grateful to the old readers who have always supported me. I am very satisfied with the number of friendship orders reaching more than 900 soldiers.
But the transformation was just like that. The soldier also looked away and continued writing with the mentality of not reading the subscription.
I have almost finished the book at this point. When I look back, I find that there are many plots that are like writing an outline. They just write about what to do, and there is basically no character creation and description... If you are not satisfied with this book
, the reader’s reading experience will certainly not be good. This is a mistake made by the soldiers and something that needs to be reflected on.
The soldiers also want to slowly go back and change, but there are too many situations where they "let themselves go" and it is almost impossible to change.
The soldier can only say that he has finished this book and will try his best to write the next one. I hope you will understand.
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Shen Bing believes that with such a disparity in strength between the enemy and ours, it is obviously not wise to fight head-on with the anti-Qin alliance, even if the Shenwu Army has matchlocks and the city of Huosang, and there is a large amount of food and equipment in the city
for support.
However, the combination of the Roman legion and the Macedonian legion was a defense and an attack that complemented each other's strengths. This kind of phalanx that used strict order to coordinate against the enemy could easily cause asymmetrical casualties to both the enemy and ourselves if they fought head-on.
The Qin Army is also a side with fewer troops. As long as one asymmetrical casualty occurs, the Qin Army will lose the initiative in the war.
Therefore, Shen Bing believes that the most feasible tactic is to attack the enemy's command system, that is, to capture the thief first.
If the enemy is just one army, the strategy of capturing the thief first may not be ideal, especially for the Roman legions.
This is because the Roman legions adopted the "11 kill" method of appointing a commander's substitute, that is, an adjutant. Each army designated this kind of substitute officer. Once the commander was injured or killed in battle, someone would quickly take over the command.
At this point, it is not that there are no other armies. In fact, it is very easy to designate a commander before the war. For example, if the leader of two or five hundred dies, the leader of five hundred will be the leader. If the leader of five hundred dies, the leader of one hundred will be the leader.
The Qin army was no exception.
The problem is that these 500 Lords, 100 Generals, etc. usually do not participate in higher-level command. The 500 Lords only command 500 people, and commanding 1,000 people is beyond their capabilities. So they panic, and subordinates may appear.
Problems of dissatisfaction, these are fatal on the battlefield.
The outstanding thing about the Roman army was that its adjutants usually participated as assistants to the chief commander, assisting in command, and often achieving a seamless connection when taking the command of the chief commander.
Of course, if the chief officer dies in battle, morale may still drop, which is unavoidable.
The point is that Shen Bing was facing a coalition at this time, a coalition led by Seleucid and supplemented by Macedonia, Rome, and Ptolemy.
These countries usually have many conflicts. For example, Antiochus III always conquered the east and west in order to realize his dream. Not long ago, he was still fighting Ptolemy and Greece.
They only formed a temporary alliance to defend against the foreign enemy because of the powerful foreign enemy Qin Army and the new equipment in the hands of Shen Bing.
Shen Bing was not surprised by this, because in history, when Mongolia conquered Europe, Europe, which usually fought internally, also united to fight against foreign enemies in Poland and Hungary.
This is why Poland is called the "Spear of God" and Hungary is called the "Shield of Christ."
For no other reason than because the forces in Europe are too scattered, and the strength of a single country is too small to be worth mentioning. Only by uniting can we face the powerful Mongolia.
If Shen Bing can defeat Seleucid's command system, it will seriously damage the morale and confidence of the coalition forces. At this time, the internal conflicts of the coalition forces will break out again and collapse without a fight.
Then Shen Bing obtained the location of the Seleucid Army...on a hill fifteen miles northeast of Homusang.
The information was sent by carrier pigeons, and it even showed the deployment of the Seleucid army: 10,000 troops were deployed five miles to the north, another 10,000 troops were deployed five miles to the east, and only five troops were deployed on the hills. Thousand Guards Defense.
Shen Bing understood why Akevus arranged it like this.
The troops in the north are always ready to reinforce the Roman legions, while the troops in the east are ready to reinforce the Macedonian legions. This shows that he cares about both Macedonia and Rome equally.
As for the hill where he was stationed, he only needed 5,000 men to defend it... Akefus believed that the Qin army had been tightly surrounded in the city. At the same time, these 5,000 men still set up defensive positions condescendingly, and there were 20,000 troops on both sides. Reinforcements are available at any time, so no mistakes can be made.
This is actually the "offense is greater than defense" tactic mentioned before.
Attacking is greater than defending, which does not mean that the one defending the city is "defending" and the one attacking the city is "offending".
Whether it is "offensive" or "defensive" actually depends on the strategic direction.
For example, although the Seleucid Allied Forces were attacking the city in this battle, their strategy was to encircle rather than attack in order to trap the Qin army. This was actually "defending".
However, the Qin army wanted to take the initiative to break through the Seleucid coalition and even defeat it, so it was actually an "attack".
On the "defending" side, that is, the Seleucid coalition, there will inevitably be loopholes due to troop strength issues... There is no other reason than that they have to defend everywhere, so although the troop strength is large, it is evenly divided, and of course it cannot be compared with The Qin army on the offensive concentrated its forces to break through.
Shen Bing didn't think much and immediately asked the Shenwu Army to prepare for battle.
The attack time was chosen at noon, that is, around 11 o'clock noon.
There is a reason why I chose this moment.
First of all, the Shenwu Army is a cavalry army. They need good sight lines during the day, especially since they are also musketeers. If they choose to do so at night, the long range of the muskets will not be conducive to the enemy's close combat.
Secondly, this battle is similar to modern special operations, quick attack and quick withdrawal. It does not take too long and cannot be planned for too long... As time goes by, reinforcements with a distance of less than five miles from the enemy's two wings will arrive, and then the army will be surrounded Come up, even if the Shenwu Army has three heads and six arms, it can't resist it.
The most important reason is that Shen Bing knew that the living habits of the Seleucid Allied Army were somewhat different from those of the Qin Army:
The Seleucid army had three meals a day, one each for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Lunch was usually at noon, which was around 11:30.
However, Qin Jun only had breakfast and dinner, and did not have the habit of lunch.
The attack time was chosen at noon, when the enemy had lunch.
So did the Seleucid army eat Chinese food or not?
If you eat, it means that you are not fully prepared to deal with the enemy. If you don't eat, it means that you must be in poor condition because of your eating habits. However, the Qin army did not have this problem at all.
The leader was of course Wang Ben. At this time, he had learned how to use a matchlock gun and was very interested in it. He was even a little uneasy when using the matchlock gun.
When asked the reason, Wang Ben replied:
"General, although Wang Ben is not yet a weakling, he has been training in martial arts for nearly ten years since he was a child."
"Although I can't beat ten with one in battle on weekdays, I can't find an opponent on ordinary days."
"But as soon as this thing comes out..."
Then Shen Bing understood that Wang Ben was lamenting that after so many years of learning skills, he still couldn't face the matchlock gun.
This will indeed make people psychologically unbalanced. Ordinary people can operate a matchlock gun after practicing for a few days or even a few hours, and then they can face off against an opponent who has practiced martial arts for ten years. It is not certain who will win...
Shen Bing laughed "haha":
"Well, Wang Ben, a life-and-death battle is just around the corner, but you're still thinking about whether you can defeat a matchlock gun!"
But then again, this is what people often call "general demeanor".