Lords of War: Sinicized Dragonborn

Chapter 74, Geng Gong’s Teachings and the Unsolvable Huns
At this time, Li Di suddenly thought of something, and pulled Mr. Xiucai, whom he specially brought in, in front of his elder brother Geng Gong.

"Brother, my family general is slightly different. I am a talented scholar. Originally, I planned to let my master slowly teach these leaders to read, write, and speak on the way home."

"Since my elder brother has made reasonable arrangements for me, the naturalized citizens, why not wait for the master to teach these naturalized citizens, and also teach the big Han soldiers under my elder brother how to recognize and write?"

Li Di's suggestion made the elder brother Geng Gong's eyes flicker suddenly.

"That's fine, my brother's idea is really great news for those big bastards under me... To be honest, these soldiers under me are actually stronger than your naturalized citizens. It’s not much better, the number of subordinates who can correctly identify and write their own names is not more than half of them...!"

In fact, it was Li Di who thought that at the bottom of the ancient society, the penetration rate of writing was actually very low. Those who could speak and listen and those who could recognize and write were two completely different social classes.

In just a few words, the two of them made clear arrangements for the future lives of Li Yue's soldiers.

Eldest brother Geng Gong arranged the Liyue soldiers brought by Li Di, and after arranging them one by one, he took Li Di to teach and said:

"Brother, although we don't have to worry too much about the Huns attacking the city for a while, it doesn't mean that we don't need to make some preparations in advance..."

Afterwards, Geng Gong personally took Emperor Li to prepare defensive supplies for the possible attack of the Huns in the future.

From building wood and stones to gold juice and fire oil, from wartime defense to logistics supplies, all the military strategy knowledge related to city defense should be carefully explained to Li Di.

"The reason why you stopped you from attacking the camp in the middle of the night just now is because the Huns have not yet planned to attack the city, and there is also a reason why the time has not come..."

"On the surface, the current Xiongnu army has just surrounded Shule City and has not yet finished setting up camp. It is the most suitable opportunity to attack the camp in the middle of the night..."

"However, when you think this way, you don't know that this time is also the time when the Xiongnu army is most vigilant and sensitive... You can imagine that the Xiongnu will also be worried that we will attack them tonight when they attack the camp in the middle of the night before the Huns set up camp. Raid the camp..."

"Moreover, such things as attacking the camp have always been a helpless gamble that the attacker and the defender have to make when the disparity in military strength is too great. If you win the bet, the predicament of the siege will collapse immediately. The city of Le was handed over to the Xiongnu, so attacking the camp can only be regarded as a strange strategy of taking the edge of the sword, but it cannot be regarded as the common way of fighting in war..."

"The only right way for us right now is to not lose Baoshule City! Only when this major premise is met, can we use the strange strategy of attacking the camp..."

"The attack on the camp does not mean that you can go if you want, and you can go back if you want. Before launching the attack on the camp, you should know the important supplies of the Huns army and the location of the key leaders..."

"And these information about the enemy's situation cannot be seen at a glance before the Huns' army has completely set up camp..."

"Attacking the camp and attacking the camp is only called attacking the camp after the enemy has completely deployed the camp. Otherwise, it is not called attacking the camp, but a charge!"

"So, allowing the Huns to successfully set up camp will actually help our success rate in launching a midnight raid... Only a thousand days can be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to defend against a thief..."

"In addition to this point, you also need to think about your escape route in advance. Once you launch an attack on the camp, no matter whether it succeeds or not, you must have a set or even more safe escape routes..."

"If the attacking camp alarmed the Huns, let the Huns army follow behind the generals you sent to attack the camp, and take the opportunity to break through the gates of the city defenses, then this attacking the camp will be meaningless..."

"The attack on the camp was successful, but it is also meaningless to wipe out all the soldiers sent. The enemy has tens of thousands of troops to lose, but you and I only have less than four hundred available soldiers..."

In order to teach Emperor Li the military strategy on the battlefield, the eldest brother Geng Gong did his best, explaining to Emperor Li the key knowledge points of problems that may arise on the battlefield from various aspects.

As a modern traveler, because it is easy to obtain external information, he can generally have a so-called overall view. Putting it in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, anyone who has passed the history can talk about the general situation of the world.

But while looking at the big picture, there will also be a shortcoming of high-sightedness and low-handedness.

Let him talk about the general situation, he can give you a lot of nonsense, but when asked what to do...

For example, when the Xiongnu army besieged the city, how to solve it, apart from abandoning the city, the only way is to attack the camp in the middle of the night.

Because Emperor Li knew the history, he knew that the capital of the Han Dynasty was at a critical moment of power change.

There is no way to count on reinforcements. There is no one on the throne to issue a transfer order. In this special period, any general stationed on the border who dares to transfer troops without authorization will be convicted of rebellion.

Without reinforcements, it means that the only thing Shule City can rely on is the less than [-] soldiers it has now.

The main purpose of the Xiongnu army's siege was not to storm Shule City, but to keep the retreat unobstructed. It was not the main force of the Huns, but a small group of cavalry behind the back to clear the road.

This also means that even if the attack on the camp is successful, it is useless to repel the Huns cavalry who are now surrounding Shule City.

Because the retreating Hun cavalry will soon call a large group of Hun cavalry to surround Shule City again to ensure their back road is smooth.

It was also after his eldest brother Geng Gong's patient explanation that Li Di had a solid understanding of the Shule City defense battle that took place in history.

No wonder these Xiongnu, according to historical records, have been changing frequently since April and May. Since Geng Gong retreated from outside the Great Wall to Shule City, the strategy of the Xiongnu army against Shule City since July has always been to encircle and not to attack Shule City. attack.

According to historical records, Geng Gong, who was stationed in Shule City, also led his troops out of the city to attack the Huns several times, but it was like driving away mosquitoes. Not long after the siege of Shule City was released, he would be driven to the supporting Huns again. , Surrounded Shule City.

From blocking the gate at the beginning, to cutting off the stream, and even four months later as Li Xin said, the Xiongnu army disregarded the loss of troops, and forcibly transported soil to fill the city to attack Shule City.

It is estimated that at that time, it was probably when the Xiongnu army was about to return to the outside of the Great Wall after plundering supplies and people from the big Han.

Not just because Shule City ate the corpses of the Huns...

(End of this chapter)