Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 750 Strategic Intention
"This is the Kuangwei Army, this is the Long Sword Army, this is..." Inside the camp in Xiangcheng, Li Tangbin pasted a small note on the map, muttering words.

Gao Renhou sat on one side far away, sipping tea comfortably.

The more than [-] men under Pang Shigu's army confronted Xia's army across the Yingshui River, and this was the main battleground.

This battlefield was chosen by Xia Jun, not by Zhu Quanzhong's side.

The initiative to choose the battlefield is no longer in their hands. They have lost the power to decide whether to fight, where to fight, and when to fight.

So if he desperately tries, is there any way for Zhu Quanzhong to force the Xia people to fight decisively and seize the initiative?The answer is no.

You gather 10,000+ soldiers and horses, go north to Heyang for a decisive battle, and the whole south will fall.

You gather 10,000+ soldiers and horses, and set up a formation under the revolving door.What can you do if people are firm and don't fight?On that road, there is nowhere to go around.

In the middle of the year, Xia Jun gave Liang Jun a chance for a decisive battle. They chose the battlefield in the north of Ruzhou, near Yiqueguan, so that Pang Shigu's lone army could go deep, and then they were cut off from the grain road and suffered from north-south attack. completely annihilated.

But Pang Shigu was unwilling to start a decisive battle in such an extremely unfavorable situation.

But if you are in good condition and your morale is high, why should Xia Jun fight you?The essence of the art of war is to try our best to weaken the enemy's state, so that he can only display [-] to [-]% of his usual ability, and then break it in one fell swoop.

When Emperor Taizong broke Dou Jiande, he spent more than 30 days at leisure in Hulao Pass, allowing Dou Jiande to scold him outside the city.On the day of the decisive battle, Dou Bu had deliberately let Dou suffer a great loss of physical strength, and only then did he launch a fatal blow with such a multi-pronged approach.

In addition to the main battlefield in Yingshui, there are sub-battlefields.

Caizhou and Yingzhou were divided into battlefields on the southern front. The main force of the Weisheng Army and part of the Huaining Army tried to cut off the waterways of Yingshui, Caishui, and Rushui.

Xuanmenguan and Zhengzhou are the battlefields on the northern front. A large number of rangers tried to shake the morale of the Liang army by threatening the hinterland of Zheng and Bian.

Strictly speaking, the Liang Hanyong Department in Puzhou is also a sub-battlefield.But because of the distance, they couldn't command at all, so they could only play by themselves.When Li Tangbin and Gao Renhou made decisions, they would not take this part into consideration.

After the tea was boiled quickly, Gao Renhou poured himself a bowl, and when he saw Li Tangbin walking over, he brought him another bowl.

"In the battle of Heqing, our army was only in the tens of thousands, and we forced back Pang Shigu's [-] people. Now when we fight against Pang Shigu again, Li Shuai seems to be at ease." Gao Renhou said with a smile.

The 30 people fought against the river, and the stalemate lasted for more than two months. Both sides stared wide-eyed, trying to find the flaws in each other's body, and then crossed the river to attack, and the battle was successful.

Comparatively speaking, the Liang people should be more eager to fight, but Li Tangbin was very steady and suppressed the request of the war-seeking faction.

It should be said that Zhu Quanzhong still has strong soldiers in his hands.The three armies of Longjian, Kuangwei, and Jiama are relatively capable of fighting, while Youguo and Feilong are not far behind. As for the Jianrui army, their combat effectiveness will drop by another level-their problem is not in martial arts, military formations, or equipment. On the contrary, there is a problem in thinking.

"What does Gao Shuai think Pang Shigu is thinking now?" Li Tangbin took the tea bowl and asked.

"I must be thinking about how to stimulate our army to fight against it." Gao Renhou said: "Zhu Quanzhong scoured his family and almost gave him all the troops he could give. It can be said that he has more trust than a mountain. Pang Shigu is a person who knows how to repay his kindness. For the sake of Zhu Quanzhong's trust, he also wants to win this battle. If Li Shuai wrote to him and made an appointment to fight with him, then Pang Shigu would definitely retreat, let our army cross the river smoothly, reach the east bank, and then fight in formation. A showdown."

"The book of war states, 'The first step is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the next is to attack the city'." Li Tangbin said: "The king has achieved the ultimate in the 'attack plan', and he has also done a good job in the 'fighting exchange'. Now I need to wait to 'cut soldiers' and 'siege the city', so I have to be patient."

"Actually, I also like to fight under the king. I don't know why, but I play very smoothly. Pang Shigu's level, I don't think it is bad. Instead of changing positions, I guess Pang Shigu can also play very well. Shun, I can't recover." Gao Renhou sighed.

What does this mean?It shows that a lot of work has been done outside of the war, and everything is going well now. If you are not Gao Renhou, I can win the battle just as much as an experienced general.

This is the victory of "Fighting Scheme" and "Fighting Crossover", creating this excellent strategic situation.King Xia didn't play any tricks, just beat you upright.Repeat the game again, unless it was more than ten years ago, Zhu Quanzhong would still lose.

"The courage of the generals, has Commander Gao noticed that the bandit army on the other side of the Yingshui River is getting more and more anxious? Especially after the Weisheng army was launched, the bandits were worried about losing their flanks, so they crossed the river to challenge them a lot more times." Li Tangbin Said: "In the past few days, you can release more rangers to see if the thieves are going to build a pontoon bridge. If so, then it is probably close."

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Outside the city of Caizhou, cavalry were rushing, and drums were beating.

Zhang Quanen returned to Nancheng with hundreds of remnants and defeated generals, blushing.

"Brother..." Zhang Quanen was a little ashamed.

Leading troops into battle, losing more than a thousand people, and almost being chased into Nancheng by people, it's too embarrassing.

Zhang Quanyi patted his younger brother on the shoulder and sighed heavily.

Zhang family, do they have the talent to fight?Zhang Quanyi has been thinking about this issue for the past year.

Back then, among the Chao army, he was also a Mesozoic general who fought against the army in the south of the Yangtze River and won many battles.Otherwise, it would not be possible to become the Youyi envoy in the north of Chang'an, equal to Zhu Quanzhong.

But now he really doubts himself.

When he met Sun Ru, he was beaten to the ground.After falling out with Li Hanzhi, if Zhu Quanzhong hadn't come to rescue him, he would probably have been killed by Li Hanzhi who was furious and wanted revenge.

After meeting Shao Shude, it was even worse.Luoyang was defeated, Heyang was defeated, and Caizhou was defeated. They were defeated to the point where there was no bottom line.

Zhang Quanyi can't do it, so let his brother Zhang Quanen change his luck and go out to fight, but he also lost.The [-] Caizhou Yamen had never fought against the [-] Wesheng army.In particular, some thieves dressed in horses and horses, charged straight forward with their horses and lances, and returned with only one prisoner, which greatly dampened their morale.

The thief general also uttered wild words, saying that Cai Ren, who was always strong, looked like a coward under Zhang Quanyi's subordinates, so he might as well surrender.

Well, it sounds very demoralizing, but Lao Zhang has long been used to it, and his face has not changed the slightest.

"Go down and wrap your wounds first. Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. It doesn't matter." Zhang Quanyi said gently: "There are so many soldiers and horses in the three cities of Caizhou, and the thieves will not be able to attack them for a while."

More than 2 yamen troops from the Weisheng army, plus [-] Tutuan peasants recruited one after another, a total of more than [-] people, have already attacked the city of Caizhou.

After Chen Su, the governor of Shenzhou, attacked and occupied Zhenyang, he went all the way north and joined Zhe Zongben.

Zhezong didn't ask the Shenzhou soldiers to attack the city, but told them to go northward along the Rushui River, and go in the direction of Shangcai with caution-translated into adult words, help me guard the periphery.

The Cui Hong Department of the Huaining Army crossed the Rushui River, and Xincai County surrendered without a fight.

To be honest, he wasn't very surprised.

The father and son of the Zhe family used him to lead troops into Caizhou, and they had taken a fancy to his influence on the ground in the counties of Caizhou.There were few soldiers in Xincai County, all of them were locals. Cui Hong only tried to persuade them to surrender, and everyone turned their backs on Zhang Quanyi and voted over.

Cui Hong's current order is to continue going north, collect Pingyu County, and level the front lines of all ministries going north.

More than 5 troops did not participate in the frontal battlefield of Yingshui, but joined forces to attack all parts of Caizhou. This intention and style are too great for Marshal Shao. Li Tangbin deserves to be valued by the marshal.

"Brother, several counties in the south are lost." Zhang Quanen couldn't help but said: "If no one comes to rescue, can this Caizhou survive?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Zhang Quanyi twitched his face, stamped his feet, and let out a long sigh.

If Yang Xingmi came here, he might surrender if he couldn't resist the enemy.But Shao Shude?Li Tangbin?Even if he was beaten to death, he would not surrender, at least for the time being he would not be ashamed.

Zhang's and Shao's have a blood feud, how can they be easily resolved?Unless—unless there is no other way.

"Brother, it's really nothing." Zhang Quan'en said: "My son died at the hands of Shao thief, don't you think I don't hate it? But I can't be so selfish, just take revenge for myself, and take advantage of the moment. The descendants of the Zhang family are scattered Ye, reproduction is the most important thing, for this reason, what's the point of bearing the humiliation and bowing to Shao thief?"

Zhang Quanyi glanced at his younger brother in surprise.

After several years of defeat, you have no confidence?Don't want to fight anymore?Are you going to surrender?
"Let's go down and wrap your wound first." Zhang Quanyi said again: "Master Yang and Dai Siyuan may come to the rescue. There is still a turning point in the matter. How can I surrender lightly?"

Zhang Quanen nodded in shame and left.

Zhang Quanyi walked to the side of the female wall, caressing the rough wall with his hands, watching the troops of the Weisheng Army brigade advancing rapidly in the field, he was speechless for a long time.

Pang Shigu was no longer able to resist such a huge force, and he was attacking in multiple ways.

Zhang Quanyi didn't know if Liang Wang had made new deployments, if he would send reinforcements.He felt that the two generals Dai Siyuan and Yang Shihou alone would not be able to suppress Xia Bandit's Wei Sheng and Huaining Second Army.In addition, don't forget that there are more than 1 people in Qibizhang.

The southern line is not only dangerous in Caizhou, but also in Yingzhou.

After the fall of these two prefectures, the thieves not only cut off the Rushui, Yingshui, and Caishui routes, so that Pang Shigu's army could only raise food and grass in Xu, Chen and other places on the spot. At the same time, they could continue to go north and outflank Pangshi. Behind the ancient group, this is very dangerous!

The thief's attempt was not concealed at all, it was very obvious.Zhang Quanyi felt that he, who had been repeatedly defeated and fought repeatedly, could see it, and the experienced Pang Shuai and Liang Wang couldn't fail to see it, right?
What kind of strategy did they formulate to prevent Xia thief from realizing this strategic attempt?
This battle cannot be lost again!
(End of this chapter)