Chen Shuren was slightly surprised when he heard Zuo Zixiong say that he had studied the art of war and history books very hard recently, and also learned from others to offer advice.
At the same time, I felt a little relieved, so I was half sure and half struck: "Brother Zuo already knows how to read military books and history, but he has made some progress. What you said makes sense.
At least, I agree with the point that "fighting early, fighting early, fighting early, fighting early and making determination can prevent Kaifeng soldiers and civilians from being tortured again." However, you said that you can retreat by forming a formation with your back against the water, using vehicles to form a formation, but also fighting on the moon, and fighting on both land and water.
Enemy, I don’t agree.
Throughout the ages, there have been such battles. We have fought them, and Liu Yu has fought them too. However, this kind of tactics requires extremely high morale and fighting spirit, so the history books have specially recorded them. Those who were self-defeating and did not deserve to be named,
Just more.
In the Battle of Huangzhou back then, you almost fell into Liu Xiyao's trap. If you hadn't taken the lead in killing the general, it would have been unimaginable. Because of this, only famous generals like Liu Yu and Han Xin could fight. If you attack rashly without complete preparation, then
You are making fun of the lives of the soldiers!"
Shen Shuren obviously also took care that Zuo Zixiong could not know the "survivor effect", a later military terminology, so he tried to be simple and popular when wording it, in line with the characteristics of the times, but the meaning was the same.
Zuo Zixiong was a little shy and frightened when he mentioned the past when he was almost defeated and finally made a lucky comeback, so he quickly admitted his mistake:
"Your Excellency, you have foresight, use your troops prudently, and cherish your soldiers. The general will be ashamed of himself! In that battle that year, the general learned a great lesson.
For example, from then on, the generals knew that whenever they formed a formation along the river and defended it with a car formation, they could not let the warships get too close. People's hearts would be frightened and they would not be able to see the warships. They would not be able to jump into the river and swim to the boats to escape.
Only then will he truly fight to the death.
The ship is getting closer, and it seems that it can support the shore with bows, crossbows, firecrackers and cannons, but in fact it has shaken the soldiers' determination to fight to the end. Tangible firecrackers and cannons, as well as unintentional human hearts, are equally important. The general will definitely learn a lesson this time
, make a good choice.”
Seeing him reflect, Shen Shuren nodded: "So, it's not that we can't fight because Li Zicheng is so aggressive, but even if we have to fight, we must be prepared to ensure that people's hearts are available and that the soldiers trust me and I will never
Risk their lives.
When Tian Dan defeated the robbers, he didn't just fight back when the robbers came to Zi and Jimo showed off his power. He had to wait until the robbers dug up the Qi people's ancestral graves and cut off the ears and noses of the surrendered prisoners of war, which provoked the Qi people to know
It is absolutely impossible to surrender to the enemy to survive, so you dare to fight with dead soldiers and fire bull formations!"
After hearing this, Zuo Zixiong felt a chill in his heart, and even felt a slight chill. He subconsciously blurted out: "Do you want to use some more bitter tricks to deliberately suffer some losses so that our army can unite and share the same hatred of the enemy?"
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo Reading recently to catch up on books, change sources, and read aloud with many sounds, and it can be used on both Android and Apple.]
Wouldn't this mean sacrificing some of your own people in exchange for others to muster up the morale to completely hate the bandits and block their retreat, right?
Zuo Zixiong was puzzled.
Fortunately, Shen Shuren didn't intend to let him go. He just waved him away: "How is that possible! Who do you think I am? Of course I won't deliberately use a bitter trick.
I just used Tian Dan as an example, and I didn’t say that I should follow Tian Dan’s steps and completely imitate Tian Dan. That’s all, these things that manipulate people’s hearts are beyond your control. You should retreat first, be prepared for war, and wait for news from me.”
Zuo Zixiong knew that he was not a conspiracy material. If he read history and art of war, it would be very difficult for him to understand the upright things on the battlefield.
There was no other way. Shen Shuren had no choice but to do the dirty work of attacking and winning over people's hearts. Zuo Zixiong could only play the last-minute role on the battlefield.
Chen Shuren just closed the door and thought about it for a long time, and came up with a way to act according to the situation.
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In the next few days, everything remained stable on the battlefield in Chen County. Li Zicheng's provocation did not trigger a violent reaction from Shen Shuren for the time being. He remained calm and did not go out to fight.
But this kind of non-fighting is a bit abnormal - if it is normal that you don't want to go to war, then you should take advantage of the fact that after the previous batch of military rations is shipped into Chen County, the food will be enough for at least a month, so don't provoke the invading army.
Okay, don't risk transporting food for the time being.
But Shen Shuren was not interested. He was training in Shen. After the shipment arrived, Li Yu asked them to turn back as soon as possible and then make another shipment or two as soon as possible to hoard more grain in Chen County.
Everyone in the Chuang Army had no IQ, so Song Xiance saw that something was wrong, and it did not conform to Shen Shuren's usual steady and cautious style.
But he couldn't find any evidence. After telling Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng didn't believe it either. His final conclusion was:
"Shenshu people may be too stable, so they are worried that the grain road will get worse as time goes by, so they want to transport all the grain for the whole winter in one go before it gets too bad, so that some key areas on the Yingchuan River can be transported later.
, it doesn’t matter if the flow is completely cut off with hidden piles and hidden cones.”
Li Zicheng felt that this possibility was more likely, so Song Xiance couldn't say anything.
Then, there were several consecutive battles to transport and rob food.
When Shen Lian came here for the second time, he also learned the lesson. He knew that the intruders would send small boats to intercept them, and that the hidden piles under the Yingchuan River would only become more and more dense. So Shen Lian also changed his previous use of large boats.
The method of transporting grain was changed to adding more boats.
Because the Chuang army also used small boats, the density of hidden piles on the river bottom must be enough for small boats to pass through. With small boats in front to explore the way and escort, there is no need to worry about large ships directly running aground on the rocks.
However, because the Chuang army had more troops, and there were a large number of infantry and cavalry on both sides of the strait, they used bows, crossbows, muskets and other long-range weapons to assist the battle. The small boats of the Shen family army escorted the soldiers, because they had fewer bunkers than the big ships, so they could shoot at each other.
The casualties will naturally be more severe.
Although the soldiers on the warship could still have shelter from the ship's side anyway, they could lower their bodies to reduce the area being hit by bullets. Shen Lian also temporarily added sandbags and shields to both sides of the small boat without a cabin roof to block it.
Therefore, the Ming army definitely took advantage of this kind of shooting. The average casualty of one sailor transporting food could at least replace the casualties of three or five people on the Chuang army.
However, the Ming army's navy only had a total of more than 10,000 people. If the lone army fought against the main force of the Chuang army, it would definitely not be able to defeat them. After a bloody battle, the Ming army's sailors killed and injured hundreds of people, in exchange for killing and injuring two Chuang troops.
Three thousand people still managed to transport the grain into Chen County City.
When they arrived at the water village outside the city, whenever the Chuang army tried to attack, they would be driven back by Zuo Zixiong's main force of the Ming army. After suffering too many losses, the Chuang army would no longer do this kind of direct attack on the Ming Dynasty.
The army now has a strong position in a fortified area.
When this second batch of grain arrived, it was already the second day of November, four or five days later than the last time.
When Zuo Zixiong's troops saw that their comrades in the navy who were transporting food were fighting to the death, fighting repeatedly with the intruders to store food for the army in the city, the morale of Zuo Zixiong's troops was once high. Many officers below the garrison level had already begun to write bloody letters asking for battle.
Although that battle is not as good as some modern wars that are inconvenient to describe, the principles are the same.
However, in the face of the generals' invitation to fight, Shen Shuren once again rejected all opinions and refused to fight. He also summoned the generals and patiently explained to them:
"Everyone, the invading army is still powerful now. Our army has few major generals and no fighting spirit. We cannot rush in! At this time last year, how did Hong Chengchou lose at Songshan? It wasn't that the troops in the battalion were not united, but he wanted to fight Huang Taiji to the death.
, but what’s the result?
Scum like Wang Pu abandoned the army and fled first! Bai Guangen and others were not much better! In the end, they led an entire army of 130,000 to collapse! Let us learn from the past!
What's more, if you want to go out of the city to protect food and fight in the field with the invading army, you will inevitably use car formations. You have to form a formation with your back and set up a moon formation to coordinate water and land! Once our army is like what it was in the Battle of Huangzhou three years ago, there will be officers fighting hard.
Among them, if you want to take the lead in escaping, jump into the river and run to the boat, I think many of you know what will happen!
Lu Datou, tell me, the commander who was the first to jump into the river to escape and led to the collapse of the front line, and who was later beheaded by military law, I remember he was your subordinate!"
Lu Datou is now on guard. He can only be regarded as the lowest-ranking person in this big account. Those lower than him are not qualified to participate in the military meeting hosted by Master Futai. He heard Master Futai expose his shortcomings in public, and
He was also so embarrassed that he quickly knelt down and expressed his position with tears in his eyes:
"Sir! That uneducated Lü Meng said that after three days of separation, we should be impressed! We have been ashamed of this for the past three years and have been strict in running the army. We have changed! Please give me another chance, sir!"
If there are any officers under my command who dare to jump into the river and escape because there is a friendly ship behind them during the last battle, I will kill his whole family first and then commit suicide to apologize!"
Chen Shuren snorted coldly, but his words were not rude at all. He just said calmly: "If something like this happens, what's the use of killing you, and what's the use of killing the whole family of deserters! Do you want to take on this kind of responsibility?"
, can’t afford it! This is the life of at least 60,700, or even 70,000 to 80,000 troops!”
Seeing what Chen Shuren said, some other stubborn generals nearby also pulled out their sabers and stabbed their arms to bleed. They issued a military order and swore that if any of their officers dared to jump into the river and escape on the boat, they would definitely kill the other party's whole family and lead to
It is a disgrace to the whole army and I am subject to military law.
There are also some more serious officers who did not join in the fun. They may also think that swearing like this is too shameful, and it may not be more cowardly than screaming.
Everyone in Chenshu saw it, and then he gave a blow and reassured: "Why are you doing this? The matter has not reached this stage yet! In today's battle, so many sailors were killed and injured. It is my fault.
.
I did not expect that the small boats escorting us to clear the way and explore the reefs would be blocked by the intruders who would use bows, crossbows and firearms to block the attack at both sides regardless of the cost. I have already thought of another strategy that can reduce casualties and ensure the delivery of food.
You ask me to act according to the plan first, and if it doesn’t work in the end, it won’t be too late to send out the entire army to fight!”
The generals looked at each other in confusion. Since Master Futai said that he had other back-up plans, they could not immediately invite a fight.
Shen Shuren did not show off, and quickly announced his new plan in one breath: "Next time, let Zhang Mingzhen prepare a few more large ships to clear the way. Instead of loading food, just load firewood, fire starters and ballast stones. Make the draft a little deeper.
The hidden stakes and hidden cones of the invading army will definitely become denser and stronger as they are erected. The security on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will only become more and more strict. Therefore, there will definitely be casualties among sailors if we use small boats to shoot at each other, so we will directly use big boats to ram them! Just get rid of the hidden cone, stick it in the bottom of the boat and sweep it away. If you encounter a hidden pile, if you keep hitting it, just set it on fire.
Please think about the specifics and find out how it works well - Wang Jun and Du Yu broke the iron cable across the river in Dongwu and buried the river with a secret cone. Didn't they do this before? It was nothing more than the loss of a few more ships.
To put it bluntly, I am a third-generation maritime merchant from the Shen family. There is not much else but more ships and more money. The lives of the soldiers are important, and if the ships are gone, they can be rebuilt. Even if every time I transport food, five or even ten ships cost 200. Materials, a big sand ship with 300 materials comes to mine, as long as the soldiers on board can evacuate without any casualties, the loss of money is nothing!"