The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1495
When fighting and besieging a city, five will attack it, and ten will encircle it.

In other words, if the two sides are fighting, if they attack a city, the strength of the attacking side is ten times that of the number of defenders, then the city can be surrounded and consumed slowly. When we are five times the enemy, we can use an all-out attack way, one bang, to defeat the enemy.

This is the strategy in "Sun Tzu's Art of War", compared to the records of siege and defense.

But if it is a war in the wild, Zhu Zhen will not have the upper hand in terms of strength. After all, although there are more than 3 people, if the troops are divided into three groups, how can there be more?At most, it was about the same size as the number of people Wang Xiwei brought.

Zhu Zhen's confidence stems from this city in his base camp.

The total strength of the troops on this island cannot be five times that of the forces under his hands, not to mention the strength of the troops, there are still many civilians living in the city of Zhu Town. Therefore, strictly speaking, Zhu Zhen's military strength may not only be [-], but [-] is just a standing army. As for those who can defend the city with weapons, naturally they cannot be compared with serious soldiers. , To put it bluntly, they are nothing more than cannon fodder.

But even if it is cannon fodder, it should not be underestimated. If there is too much cannon fodder, it can still bury people.

The fleet of the Tang Army Navy sailed along the island towards the north. All the siege equipment on board had been prepared, and they only needed to move them down and assemble them after approaching the coast.

The city of Zhuzhen is not close to the coast, so Tang Jun still has a buffer time. There is no need to worry too much. Tang Jun is not afraid that the people in Zhuzhen's city will find the traces of Tang Jun's landing. What can they do if they find it? Also abandon the left and right battalions and return to the main camp to let go?

How could Yang Fu, Cheng Yong and Wang Xiwei let them go so easily?
Even if he came back, so what if he encountered Tang Jun in the wild, it would be better to honestly fight Wang Xiwei, Yang Fu and others in the left and right battalions.

The Tang army was equipped with excellent weapons and equipment. If they met them in the wild, it would be like a wolf joining a flock of sheep, and the fight would be nothing more than chopping melons and vegetables.

Tang Jun's camp was already empty, and a few warships were left on the sea near the camp, and the remaining people were all on board. Xuan Shijing and Liu Renyuan, together with the brigade, arrived at Zhuzhen's main camp. .

In the past two days, Zhu Zhen's scouts searched around his camp, and also found out the news that Wang Xiwei and Yang Fubing were heading here in two directions, and reported it to Zhu Zhen.

"This is to force our troops to divide into two groups," Zhu Chang said.

"The division is divided, 1 people are going to deal with Wang Xiwei. Now that Wang Xiwei can take out, it is estimated that there are only 1 people, or even less than 2. The third child will lead the army." Zhu Zhen said: "The rest [-] people, we are waiting for Yang Fu and Cheng Yong's coalition forces in the city, their strength is almost [-], and it is very convenient for us to defend the city."

"It's not a problem for me to lead troops to deal with Wang Xiwei, but what about the camp on the right? We still have [-] soldiers and horses there? Is it possible to abandon the camp and pull people back into the city?" the third child said.

"If we don't do this, we'll be exhausted." Zhu Chang said, "Send 2 people to the camp on the right to deal with Yang Fu and Cheng Yong. In our city, there are only more than 5000 people left. .”

The news that Xuan Shijing heard was still a little off. Zhu Zhen's military strength was not in the early [-]s, but [-] or even more.

But now, even if there are 5000 more people, Zhu Zhen is still powerless.

So what about defending the city? When they came, they dared to attack the city. The Tang army encountered many cities that were difficult to conquer, but not all of them were taken down in the end.

No matter how high the city wall is, no matter how strong the city gate is, is it as strong as the city of Anshi back then?Is this city in Zhuzhen as difficult to beat as Anshi City?

"I thought, 5000 people should be enough." Zhu Zhen, who was sitting at the top, said: "After all, there is a city wall as a cover, and if someone is found to attack our city, the left and right camps can withdraw to the city as soon as possible, and the guards city."

"Brother agrees to divide the troops?" Zhu Chang asked.

Zhu Zhen nodded: "Now that's the only way to go. The left and right battalions are the guards of our city. If the left and right battalions are gone, wouldn't our base camp be so solidly exposed in front of their eyes? There is no line of defense."

Although Zhu Chang felt that it was wrong, but Zhu Zhen had already said so, and it was probably useless to persuade him any more, so let's do it this way. Originally, this battle was just going against the current, and it was a difficult fight, and Tang Jun was still there. Watching fiercely from the sidelines, no matter what, he must bite the bullet and fight.

But when it comes to Tang Jun, Zhu Chang is a little confused. It seems that there has been no news about Tang Jun in the past two days.

"Brother, in the past two days, have any scouts come back to report the news from the Tang army's camp?" Zhu Chang asked.

Zhu Zhen shook his head: "No, but the fight is about to start now, and Tang Jun is probably preparing to watch a good show."

Zhu Chang always felt a faint uneasiness in his heart, but he couldn't think of anything wrong for a while. It was certain that Tang Jun would sit on the sidelines and reap the benefits of the fisherman. It is also difficult to control. After all, the number of Tang troops on the island is limited. Even if the entire island is captured, the local troops on the island are more than the Tang army. Will the Tang army feel at ease?

So the Tang army is going to consume the troops on the island.

Maybe things are not without a turnaround. If I lead the soldiers of the right battalion to face Yang Fu and Cheng Yong, maybe I can persuade Yang Fu.

Didn't Yang Fu send someone over to say that he wants to unite?Maybe it's because his elder brother returned to Yang Fu, and Yang Fu acted like this out of embarrassment?
Zhu Chang also felt that his elder brother's previous decision was a bit hasty, and now it's time to unanimously speak out, and he understands the truth, but his elder brother and third younger brother couldn't resist the temptation, thinking of Yang Fu and Cheng Yong and Tang Jun suffered from both defeats. He led his troops to clean up the situation, and then waited for an opportunity to take down the entire island. Now, the situation was reversed. It was not their old Zhu family who did this, but Tang Jun.

Tang Jun perfectly copied Zhu Zhen's original strategy, but they were better than Zhu Zhen in this aspect, and they also had enough capital to implement this strategy. In the end, they were the ones who fell into the passive position.

After the three brothers of the Zhu family made a decision, they quickly began to dispatch troops. The third brother took 5000 people to reinforce the camp on the left, while the second Zhu Chang quickly rushed to the camp on the right with 1 people.

Zhu Zhen stayed in the city with five thousand soldiers.

(End of this chapter)