Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 419 Principles of Offense
"Generally speaking, it is necessary to try to avoid the war directly entering the decisive stage.

And hide your strategic intentions before the decisive battle, even if you maintain an absolute advantage, you can't fight a war without calculating the consequences because of arrogance. "In the garden, Shi Congyun was bare-chested and backless. He had just practiced, and the weather in Daliang was getting hot, so he decided not to wear it. Anyway, this is his back garden, and there are no outsiders, even Fan Zhi and Dou Yi. You can't do anything to him.

While he was dictating, Zhao Shijian, who was wearing a light green dress over there, was writing down with a pen with his head slightly tilted.

She doesn't understand everything, she's just taking notes.

For Emperor Shi, a lot of things are his understanding and insights gained from fighting for more than ten years. As for why he wrote it down, it may be because he has the mentality of leaving it to future generations, or he wants to be in the vastness of history. Leave a little footprint in the long river.

After all, just a few decades is very short for human history, and insignificant for biological history. If it is enlarged to the vast universe, there will be no waves at all. He thinks that at least in a small environment that is a drop in the ocean, he can It's good to leave a little trace.

Few people understand Emperor Shi's state of mind, and he has never shown it. He understands nihilism, but he also understands that he is living in reality.

"War is an interaction between the enemy and us, so I think it is very reasonable for Sun Tzu to say that victory is known and nothing should be done.

For war, many people know the ways and conditions of victory, but these conditions cannot be met from the beginning. If the conditions for victory are not met, they should first use the existing conditions to protect themselves and wait for the opportunity to win.

But opportunities don’t have to be created by oneself, and often the enemy will also create conditions that are beneficial to oneself.”

After writing this, Zhao Shijian raised his head slightly, and asked in surprise, "Doesn't it mean that we often rely on the enemy?"

Shi Congyun grinned: "Of course it's good to be able to create the conditions yourself, but wars are often extremely difficult, and people are not as smart as they or others say. In many complicated battlefields, we must first ensure that our own side is as good as possible." Making no mistakes and exploiting the enemy's mistakes to win is a very clever strategy."

"But they all said that it was the officials who planned their strategies and made decisive decisions to turn the world around."

"Hahahaha!" Shi Congyun was quite proud and smiled happily, thinking that these ministers can really talk, he likes to listen, but he just laughed it off, "They have some truths, but I can make a decision. However, in terms of personnel, many situations are uncontrollable by manpower, especially on a complex and changeable battlefield.

Therefore, generals must be adaptable while following the general principles. "

Shi Congyun glanced at it as he spoke, and found that Zhao Shijian recorded their conversation just now in the form of question and answer, similar to the Analects of Confucius, similar to Li Weigong's question and answer.

It seems that the little lady also wants to leave a name in her heart.

The Guijiang River is a big river, hundreds of paces wide, with mountains rising to the north.

The mountains here are different from those in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Shu, which often stretch for hundreds of miles, and one mountain traverses dozens of states. The mountains here are more delicate and petite. Cheng Lin.

The mountains that are not high but very steep are like sharp needles, straight into the sky, which look very beautiful and have a strange beauty.

This unique landform also creates a unique environment and culture, that is, there is no common cultural or emotional identity among the villages scattered here, just like these towering lonely mountains and forests, most of the time they will fight on their own.

As a result, the Central Committee of the Southern Han Dynasty's control over this area was actually very weak, and the prime ministers of the Qin State knew this long before sending troops.

This is one of the important reasons why Guizhou is desirable in the final decision made by the emperor, and it is not expected to encounter fierce resistance here.

Guo Tingwei and Si Chao stood at the bow of the boat, and behind them were boats stretching for several miles. Fires flickered on the quiet Guijiang River, like a long winding dragon, and the river was dyed fiery red.

Si Chao said quite emotionally: "The mountains and rivers here are really beautiful, I have never seen such beautiful things in my life."

Si Chao is from western Liaoning, and the southernmost place he has ever reached is Hengzhou. He has never seen such beauty since he was a child.

"The mountains and rivers on both sides of the Guijiang River are unsurpassed, beautiful, strange and beautiful. When I lived in Jiangnan when I was young, I came here once, and it was very shocking." Guo Ting said with emotion. He is a character, he will sell their ancestors a little face, but he will not get much better. He has also carried a heavy burden since he was a child. He dare not indulge in every word, deed, and action easily. He is afraid of humiliating his ancestors. At the same time, he feels powerless. Never catch up with the achievements of the ancestors.

But now under the government's hand, he suddenly saw the dawn, and he might have a chance to glorify his family, his ancestors, so he became more strict and cautious with himself.

"It's not as beautiful as the official's scheme." Si Chao grinned.

Guo Tingwei also smiled, and nodded in agreement, "They thought our main force was on the eastern front, and the main force was on the eastern front. In fact, most of the navy was on the western front. They just waited for something to happen on the eastern front, and their army went east. assemble.

The officials are right. We can’t let the enemy know our intentions. Even if the enemy is vulnerable, a hasty decisive battle is the next choice. Breaking them down one by one, strangling them in the military port camp, or before they are assembled is the best choice. . "

"I can't say something so reasonable as the official's, but I understand the reason." Si Chao put his hands on his waist and looked at the calm river in the distance. The water here is much calmer than that of the Huaihe River, so quiet and clear that people can't bear to shout.

"Someone can't help but think, when we arrive at the military port, what kind of heroic scene it will be when four hundred cannons fire at their military port."

The two looked at each other without saying anything.

Before dispatching troops, after determining the final general candidates, Emperor Shi Congyun convened more than 20 senior generals for a secret meeting and made strategic arrangements.

Different from the previous disputes inside and outside the court, the decision made by the emperor was to enter the army in two ways.

But this two-way attack is very different from before, and it is not the way Qin Chao and the Han Dynasty sent troops.

There is a big difference in the types of arms. The east road is dominated by the army. As the main force on the surface, it goes south from Daozhou to attack Hezhou, and then claims to continue south to attack Panyu. The road army cooperates.

The West Route is dominated by water troops, with a thousand ships of all sizes, ten days later than the East Route Army. After the sight of the Southern Han Dynasty was attracted by the Eastern Route Army, they went down from the south of Guizhou and suddenly attacked the important town of Guizhou, destroying the shipbuilding of the Southern Han Dynasty. The base, Jingjiang Junzhen, the base for training the navy, destroyed the largest military group in the north of the Southern Han Dynasty in one fell swoop.

Then go down the Guijiang River, pass through Zhaozhou, Fuzhou, Wuzhou, etc., and drive directly to Panyu along the river, reach the capital of the Southern Han Dynasty, and cooperate with the East Route Army to go straight to Guangzhou.

This arrangement is not only to allow the water army to play a role, but also to make the heavy artillery on land that is difficult to carry in the mountains of Lingnan play a role, and it is also to make the enemy misjudge the direction of the Qin army's main attack.

If the East Route Army's attack goes well, and they store up a large number of troops on the East Front to block the attack, the waterway to the west will be opened after taking Jingjiang Town, allowing the West Route Army to go straight to Panyu, and vice versa.

In the worst case, if the attack of the two armies fails, then join forces and attack the important towns on the east and west lines with a huge advantage in strength.

Guo Tingwei and Si Chao still don't know what's going on with Pan Mei and Liu Renshan.

The river in the distance became more and more open, and after crossing a few islands in the middle of the river, they were already very close to Guizhou, and there were faint figures of people in the woods beside the river in the distance.

They are likely to be discovered, but this is not important anymore. It is impossible for such a large fleet to be completely concealed.

The river was already more than [-] paces wide, the water flow became more and more gentle, the high mountains along the river gradually receded, and the villages hiding behind the mountains on both sides were gradually exposed.

You can vaguely see many people working back and forth by the riverside, looking at the huge fleet in the river in horror, and fleeing in horror. In less than half an hour, the beacon fire has been lit on the high mountain in the distance, and the smoke billows straight into the sky.

Guo Ting said that his expression didn't change, and he didn't feel flustered. He only ordered, "Set sail and move forward at full speed."

Exposure was inevitable. They had already bribed the two villages in the upper reaches of Jiangfang by threats and money. They traveled down the river at a very fast speed. It only took one to two hours to reach Guizhou from here to the south.

In such a short period of time, even if they were able to organize a navy, it would be hasty, not to mention
After Guo Tingwei looked to the left, the handsome giant ship was dozens of steps away from his left rear, and the dark gun muzzles on the sides were arranged neatly on the upper and lower decks.

What's more, their fleet has four hundred such guns!

Thinking of this, Guo Ting said that the corners of his mouth turned up confidently. No matter how well prepared he is, he is full of confidence. Sufficient firepower is the greatest sense of security!
(End of this chapter)