Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 663 Sun Chengzong's Tactics
"Sin will be defeated, sin will be completely defeated, my lord, sin will be powerless, sin will be powerless."

Cao Wenzhao knelt in front of Sun Chengzong, crying bitterly.

Sun Chengzong looked at Cao Wenzhao who was kneeling in front of him, and frowned tightly.

The armor on Cao Wenzhao's body was covered with blood, the helmet on his head went to nowhere, his hair was messy, and it was covered with dried blood.

"What's going on? How did you lose so quickly?" Sun Chengzong asked.

Sun Chengzong really did not expect that Cao Wenzhao would lose so quickly and so miserably.

"My lord, it's like this..." Cao Wenzhao narrated the details of the incident while sobbing.

While listening to Cao Wenzhao's voice, Sun Chengzong kept wandering in front of Cao Wenzhao.

After a long time, Sun Chengzong asked: "You mean, the artillery density of the Zhao thieves is not high? In other words, the number of Zhao thieves' soldiers and horses guarding that area is not large?"

"My lord, although Zhao Bandit's artillery is not dense, their weapons are really powerful. It took less than an hour from the time the criminal general launched the attack to the end, and the criminal general was defeated in less than an hour.

Those soldiers of Zhao thief didn't even have reinforcements, so they defeated us. " Cao Wenzhao said sadly.

"They didn't chase you either, they just defeated you. This is not Zhao thief's style. According to the information we have before, if Zhao Wen defeats the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, he will send soldiers and horses to chase you down.

Why is it different this time?Although the mountains are high and the forests are dense, it is difficult to pursue them, but after you were defeated by them, they did not pursue you.It's not normal, it's really not normal.

Before defeating you, they didn't go into the mountains to attack, so they can still make sense.However, you all failed, so there is no reason for them not to chase after you?After all, it is much easier to chase down the defeated soldiers than to go into the mountains to attack the undefeated soldiers.

They don't have reinforcements, which means that even without reinforcements, they are absolutely sure to defeat you.However, it would be unreasonable not to send troops to chase you down.At the very least, you have to put on a show and force you to flee. It is impossible to leave you with time to gather your troops. "

Sun Chengzong's brows were tightly wrinkled together, and he kept mumbling.

Although Sun Chengzong had never fought against Zhao Wen before, based on what he had learned before.

Every time Zhao Wen defeated the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, he would send a large number of soldiers to pursue them, no matter where they were.

But this time, after Cao Wenzhao's soldiers and horses were defeated, the soldiers and horses guarding outside did not pursue them, and they didn't even have the desire to pursue them.For Sun Chengzong, it is really abnormal.

Although Cao Wenzhao has Sun Chengzong behind him, this is not a reason not to pursue him.

Going into the mountains to encircle and suppress soldiers and going into the mountains to chase down the routs are two different concepts. Going into the mountains to chase down the routs is much simpler and easier than going into the mountains to encircle and suppress them.

"Have you found out the number of enemy troops?" Sun Chengzong asked again.

Cao Wenzhao shook his head, "My lord, I haven't figured out the number of enemy troops. We can't even charge up, and we can't figure out the number of enemy troops at all."

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Sun Chengzong said quietly: "It is estimated that the bandit defenders you encountered were not many, if there were many defenders, they would definitely pursue them.

Although Bandit Zhao didn't send troops into the mountains to attack us before, you have already been defeated, there is no reason not to chase you down.

Even if I'm behind you, that's not the reason why they don't hunt you down.Even if you don't chase them down, at least you should send a troop to hunt them down along your escape route, but the defenders outside didn't do that. "

"My lord, do you mean that there are not many defenders outside?" Cao Wenzhao was slightly startled, and looked at Sun Chengzong.

"That's right, the number of defenders outside will definitely not be many. The road you take is the widest road out of Zhuolu Mountain. There are not many defenders on this road, which means the defenders at other exits Not many." Sun Chengzong narrowed his eyes and analyzed calmly.

"But my lord, even if the number is small, we can't rush out. Bandit Zhao's weapons are really too powerful, too powerful, even if there is no artillery, just the terrifying firecrackers can defeat us.

When my men faced those firecrackers, they didn't even have the power to parry them. "Cao Wenzhao looked scared.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao was already frightened by the weapons of the defenders. He had fought for so many years, and this was the first time he had seen such terrifying weapons.

"How about this, you go down and take care of your wounds first, you are not to blame for all this." Sun Chengzong said.

Sun Chengzong did not punish Cao Wenzhao at this time, after all, Cao Wenzhao is really not to blame for all this.

After Cao Wenzhao went out, Sun Chengzong asked all the officers of the general with more than a thousand households to gather together.

When these people were standing in the entire big tent, Sun Chengzong stood at the front and said: "Before, I asked General Cao to lead 5000 troops to test the bandits. Although General Cao failed, I have already figured out something. .

When General Cao was defeated, Zhao's troops did not pursue him.In the past, Zhao thief's soldiers and horses did not go into the mountains to encircle and suppress them. I can still understand, but General Cao's soldiers and horses have already been defeated. Why didn't Zhao thief's soldiers and horses pursue them?
Why didn't they pursue it?This officer feels that their strength must be insufficient.If they send troops to pursue, the defense force will definitely be insufficient. "

Sun Chengzong's voice echoed in the big tent, and the officers under him watched him quietly.

"Zhao thief's soldiers and horses are not enough, which is a good thing for us. We can let soldiers and horses keep trying to pull Zhao thief's soldiers and horses, and attract Zhao thief's soldiers and horses into the mountain.

If the Zhao bandits in a certain place can't bear this temptation, they will definitely go into the mountains to pursue them.In this way, we can take the opportunity to break through their defenses.

The number of defenders deployed by Zhao thief outside Zhuolu Mountain is not large, and the number of defending soldiers is not large. As long as we find a way to attract some of Zhao thief's soldiers and horses into the mountain, then we will definitely be able to break through Zhao thief's defense line and approach the city of Xuanzhen.

Now, the officer orders..."

Sun Chengzong looked around for a week and kept giving orders.

Sun Chengzong's order was to pull out some of the soldiers in his hands and divide them into several small parts. These parts broke through from each exit.

When breaking out of the siege, try to attract the soldiers and horses that Zhao Wen arranged outside Zhuolu Mountain to the forest.

Once the defenders in a certain place are attracted in, Sun Chengzong will lead the remaining soldiers and horses to rush directly from this place.

"Do you understand?" Sun Chengzong looked at these officers and asked loudly.

"I'll understand!" The officers in the big tent replied loudly.

Sun Chengzong nodded, "In that case, you should hurry down now and start marching according to my orders. As for those who are not selected by me, stay here and wait with me."

Under Sun Chengzong's order, the generals selected by Sun Chengzong rushed out of the big tent and came to the place where their soldiers and horses were stationed.

After a brief arrangement, these soldiers and horses began to move to the north, northwest, and northeast of Zhuolu Mountain.

On the second day, Zhang Dong's defenders outside Zhuolu Mountain were almost all attacked by soldiers and horses sent by Sun Chengzong.

Zhang Dong also soon learned the news. He stood on a small hill, looking at the Zhuolu Mountain in front of him, with a calm expression on his face.

"Sun Chengzong really deserves his reputation. In the past few days, almost all the soldiers and horses I deployed outside Zhuolu Mountain have been attacked. It seems that Sun Chengzong is going to make a real move." Zhang Dong said calmly.

"My lord, now that Sun Chengzong has launched a full-scale attack, shouldn't we rush in? Wipe out Sun Chengzong and others?" The company commander of Zhang Dong's guard company stood behind Zhang Dong, looking eager to try.

"Hehe!" Zhang Dong chuckled, "Why go in? The mountains are high and the roads are dangerous, and we don't have many people in our hands. How many people can we hunt and kill in the mountains? If so, it's better to stay quietly in Zhuo Outside Lushan, slowly waiting for them to come out.

Anyway, they can't break through our defense line. There is no need for us to rush into the mountains like this and fight with Sun Chengzong. "

Zhang Dong didn't want to go into the mountains to fight with Sun Chengzong at all. The mountains are high and the roads are dangerous, and the manpower is insufficient. Although the weapons are powerful, it is really not a wise move to go into the mountains to fight with Sun Chengzong's soldiers and horses.

"Besides, what if soldiers and horses from a certain line of defense rush in, and then Sun Chengzong seizes this opportunity and rushes out from here, what should we do then?" Zhang Dong asked rhetorically.

"This, this..." The commander of the guard company didn't know how to answer for a while.

"But my lord, it's okay for our brothers in the guards, after all, they have made a lot of contributions by following His Majesty in the north and south, but these reserve soldiers are not necessarily the same.

They have been stationed in the area all year round and have no chance to make meritorious deeds. Now that the meritorious service is in front of them, I am afraid that they will not be able to resist the temptation and rush in with their troops, ignoring your lord's military orders. "The company commander of the guard said with a worried face.

"What you said is not unreasonable, so let's get someone to send an order to all the defenders, telling them that no one is allowed to enter the mountain, even if Sun Chengzong's troops are defeated badly, no one is allowed to enter.

Tell them, after this battle is over, I will definitely go to His Majesty in person to give them credit.Anyone who ignores military orders will be punished directly for disobedience on the battlefield. " Zhang Dong said in a cold voice.

"Obey!" The guard company commander gave a military salute, and then hurriedly arranged.

That afternoon, Zhang Dong's order reached the ears of all the defenders.

Outside a narrow passage in the northwest of Zhuolu Mountain, a battalion of reserve soldiers and horses was stationed here.

Because the place is small and the roads are narrow, there are not many defenders here.

At the outermost part of the passage, these reserve soldiers set up two lines of defense. Because the weapons and equipment were not as good as those of the guards, these people had to shrink their troops and hit the firepower.

These reserve soldiers and horses have just repelled an attack by Sun Chengzong's soldiers and horses.

There was a military tent at the end of the line of defense, Zhang Xiliang, the reserve battalion commander, stood at the door of the big tent, holding a military order that had just been delivered in his hand.

"Good guy, I have repeatedly ordered you not to enter the mountain to pursue. I really don't understand what this Zhang Dong is thinking. Now, the weapons in our hands are many times stronger than Sun Chengzong. What is he afraid of?" Zhang Dong said. Xi Liang looked at the military newspaper in his hand and said with a puzzled expression.

"My lord, the attack we encountered today was really too small. The enemy army that rushed over was only one or two hundred people, and they were beaten away by us from a distance. We captured too little. The place we defended was originally It's relatively remote. If we stay here, I'm afraid we won't be able to make much contribution after the war is over.

These guards are all His Majesty's treasures. They fought with His Majesty in the north and south, and made a lot of meritorious deeds. The families of these Guards are very rich. How can we compare them?
These credits are nothing to the Guards, but they are different to us. "A company commander under Zhang Xiliang said with a dissatisfied face, and his words were full of complaints.

Zhang Xiliang said: "How come I don't know what you said? But now that His Majesty has appointed Zhang Dong as the person in charge of this battle, we can only listen to him. If he doesn't let us pursue, we can't pursue. Military orders are like mountains. "

"Zhang Dong is not as old as I am. He is just lucky and has spent a long time with His Majesty. If I had joined the army as early as he did, I wouldn't be just a reserve company commander now.

Reserve reserve, as the name suggests, we are just reserve soldiers and horses, nothing more. "The company commander kept complaining.

Also, because of their status restrictions, these reserve soldiers can't make much military merit.If there is no this war, they will just make do with it.

But this time God gave them the opportunity to make meritorious service. If they can seize this opportunity and make some meritorious service, it will be good for these soldiers.

But if you can't make a contribution to this war, it will be more uncomfortable than not having this war.

"Your complaints are suppressed by me, do you think I am willing to lie here? I also want to rush over, but the military order is difficult, what can I do?
Alright, shut up, stay here, don't think about other things. " Zhang Xiliang scolded.

The company commander had no choice but to return to the line of defense.

Zhang Xiliang walked to a hillside behind the defense line, he held up the binoculars and looked ahead.

After a long time, he put down the binoculars in his hand, and sighed, "Grandma, you have encountered an attack at the end of the day, what credit is there for this? What a ghost!"

As soon as the words fell, a army of about 400 soldiers appeared in front of the defense line.

Holding up the binoculars, Zhang Xiliang saw these soldiers and horses approaching, with a hint of excitement on his face.

"It's finally here. I can't let you run away this time." Zhang Xiliang ran towards the defense line as he spoke, and when he came behind the defense line, he shouted: "Brothers, put me closer before you fight. We can't let them escape this time."

(End of this chapter)