Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 76
Fang Mengchen's eyes lit up as he watched the officers and soldiers of the brigade leave the city gate.Wang Xiaohun didn't care about himself and left, but what should I do?When he came to the county to report this time, Fang Mengchen reported that he would die.I'm not even afraid of death, of course I want to make things as big as possible.Who would have thought that Wang Xiaohun just asked the matter clearly, and then posted a notice, and left it alone.

The hardest thing in the world is that sometimes.You have used all your strength and are ready to fight the other side.In the end, you found that the other party ignored you at all.How can this be good?
After two days, most of the people around the Fang family became clear.At first, some people sympathized with Fang Mengchen. For two or three days in a row, he kept talking beside the notice, and everyone began to annoy him.What a big deal?Don't say it's the government. In the past, there were fewer cases of forceful buying and selling?
After Jiaxian County, the army turned north and took the road in the mountains.Five days later, we arrived at the foot of Canopy Mountain.

Wang Jun is sleeping soundly in the village.The soldiers came in, crossed their hands and chanted aloud.

Waking up from his sleep, Wang Jun was furious.He said sharply, "What's the big deal? I didn't see me sleeping!"

The soldier said cautiously: "Your Majesty, according to the report from the spies, the Ruzhou officials are not far from here. It looks like they are here for us."

Hearing this, Wang Jun sat up at once.On the couch, he was stunned for a while.Cai said: "Who is here? How many soldiers and horses are there? That bird knows the state, and sent people to the mountains a long time ago, wanting me to submit. At that time, I didn't kill with a knife, and I didn't want to dare to tease me!"

The soldier said, "The spies only reported that the soldiers and horses were running for several miles, but I don't know how many thousands of people. But I didn't see clearly who was handsome."

Wang Jun nodded: "If that's the case, then go to explore! In battle, you need to know yourself and your enemy, how can you be careless!"

The soldiers sang promises, turned around and went out.

Wang Jun got up from the couch and stretched a lot.After pacing back and forth for a few steps, poured a large bowl of tea and drank, my mind slowly woke up.

Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. When he was in the army, Wang Jun often listened to his superiors.But although it sounds familiar, I really don't understand what it means.Don't talk about the enemy, even Wang Jun doesn't know how many people in his own army.

Before Jin Jun came to the south, Wang Jun was the lowest junior in the army.He is clear about the daily affairs of the lowest level in the army, but once he reaches the upper level, he does not understand what the general commander is going to do.Now Wang Jun's army is organized according to the previous model of the Song army.Wang Jun is naturally the leader, and here are a few people he can trust to be the small leaders.How many people each of these little bosses has is up to them to report.All added up, that is the number of Wang Jun's own army.In fact, when adding up the number of troops of the small leaders, Wang Jun is not very clear about it, and it was calculated by others.

The ability to be a leader at this time is not to figure out the army under your command, but to win people's hearts.As long as more people come to vote, it will naturally become bigger and bigger.The more troops there are, the more territory they will occupy.This cycle can become a force.Of course, in the end, such forces will be swallowed up by the real powerhouses.What can you do with so much?It's been cool.

After thinking for a while, Wang Jun instructed his soldiers to call some of his own leaders to discuss it together.

Several leaders entered the room, sang promises to Wang Jun, and sat down.

Seeing that all the people were there, Wang Jun said: "The scouts came to report just now that soldiers and horses from Ruzhou have arrived at the foot of the mountain. They stretched for dozens of miles, and I don't know tens of thousands of people. From their appearance, the people who come here are not good! Got caught off guard.”

The leaders sang the promise together.

Wang Jun added: "Umbrella Mountain is not a lofty mountain. We have no geographical advantage, so we cannot defend it. When the officers and soldiers come, we should attack and fight with them in formation! If we win a battle or two, we will take advantage of the victory to enter Ruzhou and seize the victory. Knowing the bird position of Zhizhou, everyone will be happy!"

The subordinates applauded after hearing this.

Manan Dao, who has the most troops: "Your Majesty said it well! After taking the bird seat, Your Majesty will be the prefect, and we will be the prefects!"

Wang Jundao: "Ruzhou is a big state, with five or six counties below. You each one county, just happens to be just right!"

This remark is in line with the wishes of several people, and they can't help but discuss.You want this county, I want that county, and some people are red-faced.As for how to fight with the officials who came, no one cared.

At the barracks down the mountain, Wang Xiaohun stood in front of the tent, looking at the umbrella covered mountain in front of him.The mountain is not high, the trees are not too many, and it is not steep.Of course, although there are many mountains in this area, they are all soil mountains, and there is no particularly dangerous place.Wang Jun also had to provide support from the surrounding area, and it was impossible to hide in the mountains.

Shao Ling came over, crossed his hands and said, "Xiao Sheren, the spies sent out have returned."

Wang Xiaohun nodded: "The rest of the generals will also come over in a while, let's discuss how to fight."

Shao Ling sang promise, stood aside, and looked at the mountain in front of him.

After a long time, Wang Xiaohun suddenly said: "Tell me, how many soldiers and horses does Wang Jun have in the mountains ahead?"

Shao Ling pondered for a while, then shook his head: "It's really hard to ask people. We have sent spies several times, but the information they brought back is always different. Some say 6 to 4 people, and some say 10 to [-] people , and some say [-] people. However, some spies say that there are only a few thousand people at most.”

Wang Xiaolie said: "Yes. There is a saying in the art of war. If you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. But in front of Wang Jun's army, no matter how many spies we send, we can't find out how many of them are there. We can only estimate. Looking at the mountains here, there is no one around. There is a large piece of farmland, far away from the surrounding states and counties. There should not be many talents on the mountain. It is impossible to have tens of thousands of people. In the whole Ruzhou, there are only 10 households. There are [-] people here. What do they eat? I It is estimated that there are at most [-] soldiers, and the rest of the population will not exceed [-]."

Shao Ling said: "What Xiaosheren said. The number of tens of thousands of people is easy to say, but how is it possible in reality? How can it be possible to live here? Even if they bring food from other places, they can't eat much. day."

Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "The most difficult part of fighting these mountain kings is these. They don't know how many people there are, so how can they find out? Moreover, the military and civilians are mixed together, and it is extremely useless to detect them. These people There are tens of thousands of people who can't hold back their mouths, and even tens of thousands of people when they open their mouths. Is spreading beans into soldiers?"

Shao Ling shook his head, not knowing what to say.

At this time, education was not popular, and among these mountain kings, anyone who could read would be a treasure.As for what can be written and calculated, there is no need to think about it at all.They don't know how to do arithmetic, and they don't even know how to count the number one by one. How can there be a certain number of people.For chiefs, there is no sensitivity to numbers at all.How much to eat for a few hundred people, how much for a few thousand people, and how much for tens of thousands of people, they themselves do not know.Anyway, to be prestige, the bigger the number, the better.The leader has believed, how are the others stronger than the leader?Naturally followed suit.

For Wang Xiaohun, there is a concept of how many people there are, how much land to occupy, how much food can be produced, and how much money can be produced.So many people, how much food to eat, how much water to drink, how much firewood to burn, and how much to arrange for a doctor, all have a rough estimate.Based on these calculations, you can know that these mountain kings are tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands, and they are just talking nonsense.

But the two armies confront each other, and the intelligence must be accurate.Facing the King of the Mountain is really not easy.Perhaps fighting with them is the most appropriate method of some generals in this era.No matter what else, if the army goes up together, they will win.

Xie Linong, Cao Zhiyan, Yu Huan, and Niu Gao came over and saluted together.

After entering the handsome tent, Wang Xiaohun said, "The spies heard the news that Wang Jun had tens of thousands of troops in front of him. The exact number is unclear. We don't have to work hard on this number, I'm afraid Wang Jun doesn't know it himself."

After hearing this, several people laughed together.

Niu Gao said: "Knowing the state, Wang Jun's servant is nothing more than a bullshit. He has tens of thousands of troops, how can he be cramped on this mountain!"

Wang Xiaohun said: "Actually, you can't say that he is bragging. In addition to false reports, there is another reason for such an undetermined army. The leader has no concept of numbers. In their eyes, hundreds of people are like that. Thousands are more or less the same, and tens of thousands are no more than the same. Of course, let’s talk about the number. Don’t worry about him, as long as the battlefield is selected, no matter how many people are useless.”

Shao Ling nodded: "Xiao Sheren is right. As long as we choose the battlefield, even if there are so many of them, it will be useless."

Wang Xiaolie said: "That's exactly the reason. I think there is a flat land in front of the mountain, and the formation of two sides can only accommodate 2000 people at most. Tomorrow we will send out 800 people to call the formation in front of the mountain. Four people will lead. There are 200 left. People, strictly prevent the enemy troops on the mountain from using their brains in other places."

There are not many flat lands in the mountains, and there are even fewer places that can be used as battlefields.Just like the umbrella mountain, there is only a small flat land, with hills and hills on both sides.The two armies can only fight there, and there cannot be too many soldiers and horses.Even if Wang Jun really has 10 people, he can only come in one team.

Where the battlefield is chosen, it doesn't matter how many people Wang Jun has.As long as you closely monitor the camp on the mountain, don't be negligent for a while, and let the enemy detour or ambush.

(End of this chapter)