Lords of War: Sinicized Dragonborn

Chapter 76, Auspicious time to kill and set fire in the middle of the night
Although Emperor Li had entrusted all the soldiers of Li Yue to his elder brother Geng Gong before.

But this does not mean that Emperor Li completely lost his command over Li Yue's generals.

Since the eldest brother Geng Gong intends to take him to attack the camp tonight, then Li Di must dispatch his Liyue commanders.

Quickly returning to the station of Sanjin Xiaoyuan, Li Di immediately dispatched the soldiers of Li Yueling.

Without elder brother Geng Gong's explanation, Li Di also knew that this attack on the camp would definitely not pull out all the troops in Shule City.

And Liyue's most powerful lineup of soldiers is a row of 27 people who can form a triple battle formation.

So tonight's attack on the camp, Li Di only planned to bring out 26 people, and the rest of Liyue led the soldiers to stay in Shule City, which could play a greater role.

Because what we need to face this time is as many as four or five thousand Huns rangers, so the 27 people in this row, from the formation leader to the squad leader, are all the captains and chiefs of the shield battalion recruited by Emperor Li.

When Emperor Li led the 26 carefully selected officers and soldiers of Liyue to the school ground of Shule City, which was also an open space behind the gate of Shule City.

Eldest brother Geng Gong also selected half of his men from the big Han frontier guards. Counting the twenty or so people behind Li Di, there were only 200 men at full count.

With a total of 200 troops, they wanted to attack in the middle of the night, the Huns' camp with four or five thousand rangers.

If it wasn't for Geng Gong who was forced to make a helpless choice when he learned that there was no reinforcements, if it wasn't for Li Di's confidence in his heart, he was so bold that he wouldn't listen to him and would not die.

Speaking out, I am afraid that few people will believe that there is such a fool. With such a disparity in military strength, he wants to take the initiative to break the tacit understanding between the Xiongnu army and Shule City in the past few days, and take the lead in fighting...

Seeing Li Di and the others who were ready to dispatch the army, the elder brother Geng Gong didn't say anything polite, but just patted Li Di on the shoulder to express his attitude.

Two hundred or so soldiers who were about to go out of the city to attack the camp, bury the blame and cook to solve the food and clothing of everyone, and brought all the supplies needed for the attack on the camp.

In the middle of the night, the moon is dark and the wind is high, it is an auspicious time to kill and set fire...

Geng Gong, the captain of the Wuji School, led the people out of Shule City through a secret road, and quietly touched the vicinity of the camp of the Xiongnu army.

As long as they cross the loess hill in front of them, the 200 people in Shule City are no longer blocked from the Huns camp.

However, at this moment, the eldest brother Geng Gong stretched out his hand, pressed Li Di beside him, and asked again.

"Brother, the Xiongnu enemy has four to five thousand troops, but we only have 200 people, the difference in strength is more than 20 times, do you think we can defeat the Xiongnu?"

As he approached the camp of the Huns, his heart gradually began to surge, and his mood was heroic. Li Di, who was just waiting for the fight with the Huns, did not expect that the elder brother he worshiped would not forget to treat him under such circumstances. own teaching.

Although he knew that his elder brother, Geng Gong, was really thinking of himself wholeheartedly, it seemed that if he didn't seize every rare opportunity in the battle and teach Li Di some military strategies on the battlefield, he would never have another chance in the future.

"With our 200 troops alone, we want to defeat the five thousand horses of the Huns. I don't think we can win! But we don't need to defeat the four or five thousand horses of the Huns, we just need to repel them That's good, this is not an unrealistic delusion..."

Hearing Li Di's unexpected but reasonable answer, Geng Gong was stunned for a moment, then said:

"Brother, it's really a pity that you don't join the army. With your talent as a tiger, it's not impossible to become the pillar of the great man in the future..."

"The strength of the enemy and the enemy, in fact, has no direct connection with the victory or defeat of the war..."

"The Huns rangers in front of you and me, before they are rebellious as the Huns who invaded my big man, they are first of all human beings, even if they are barbarians of the Huns who refuse to accept the king... and as long as the Huns are human, Then you can't avoid the weakness of being a human being!"

"Tiger, when you meet the leaves blowing in front of you, will you choose to dodge?"

Seeing that the elder brother Geng Gong changed the way he called himself because of the answer just now, Li Di immediately became serious.

"No, at most, just raise your hand to block it..."

For Li Di who had a correct attitude, Geng Gong grinned and continued his military education on his sworn brother Li Di.

"Then when you encounter a rolling stone that you know you can't resist alone, will you block it alone?"

"If I can, I will dodge as soon as possible..."

After getting Li Di's answer again, Geng Gong also found out at this time that his sworn brother seems to like to play cards that do not follow common sense...

"Then if, as long as you have ten people working together, you can block this rolling stone unscathed, are you willing to take the lead in resisting this rolling stone?"

"Is it unstoppable?"

Facing the question of elder brother Geng Gong, who tested people's morality, Li Di frowned and asked back.

"Unstoppable!"

"Even if it has to be blocked, I don't want to be the first to block the rolling stone. At most, it depends on the situation and follows the others to help..."

"Hehe, Tiger, you are a real-tempered person, but your answer is exactly the standard answer that most ordinary people will definitely choose..."

"People have the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, even on the battlefield, with the warlord's blade on their necks behind them, it's the same..."

"If you look closely at the battles of the military strategists, you will find that the word rout is not uncommon in history books!"

"Veterans on the battlefield know a common sense. Once the enemy and our troops lose more than [-]% of the troops, then the battle will definitely be withdrawn. If the general does not withdraw troops in time and allows the loss of one's own troops to continue to expand, the consequences will be There is bound to be a rout!"

"There will be so many routs in the counterattack that no warlord dares to stop them, just because when there is a rout and fleeing for their lives, anyone who stands in front of the rout will be treated as an enemy!"

From the words of elder brother Geng Gong, Li Di thought of more battles recorded in the history books, the most famous of which was probably the Yellow Turban Rebellion that will happen not many years from now.

"This is because the morale and morale of the army have been defeated. At this time, the defeated soldiers have abandoned their social responsibilities and chose to escape for their own survival. Therefore, anyone who stops them from escaping is trying to cut off their survival. Hope's life-and-death enemy..."

"That's right, soldiers fleeing for their lives are like a flock of sheep being chased by a shepherd dog. Only one shepherd dog is needed to drive a flock of sheep away!"

"So wars are always fought against the enemy's military spirit and morale, not the enemy's sheep soldiers who panic and flee for their lives after being defeated!"

"This is about the enemy and us, the battlefield strategy when the number of troops is large...Then we have to face the problem now, which direction should we launch the attack from the Huns camp..."

"The choice of direction for night raids is not the same every time, but changes at any time according to the strategic intention we want to achieve every time we raid the camp!"

"First, let's talk about the military distribution of the Huns camp. No matter which side's military camp it is, the defensive force in front of the camp will always be the strongest, most vigilant, and the most difficult direction to attack... If the enemy has specialized logistics Supplies are generally placed and stored behind the enemy’s camp, and at the same time, the defensive strength of the enemy’s rear camp, where soldiers and supplies are stored, is second only to the front of the camp, and the second most difficult direction to attack.”

"Compared to the front gate of the enemy camp and the rear camp where important supplies are located, the defensive forces on the left and right sides of the enemy camp are much weaker..."

"For example, our main purpose of attacking the camp this time is to force the Huns to retreat!"

"Although there is no logistics supply that requires centralized management because of the Huns' army, but in order to prevent the Huns' defeated deserters from attacking Shule City, it is a very inappropriate choice for us to launch an attack from the enemy's rear camp..."

"Of course, if we have reinforcements, the most suitable direction to launch an attack is the rear of the Huns camp. Jieshi's reinforcements and our soldiers in Shule City will attack from both sides, which will cause huge casualties to the Huns army."

"Because our troops are too few compared to the Xiongnu, the front gate of the camp, which is heavily guarded by the Xiongnu camp, is not suitable for us..."

"So, the most suitable direction for our night attack is the left and right sides of the Huns' camp! And our main purpose of attacking the camp tonight is not to kill people, but to set fire to and kill any enemy commanders who try to gather the Huns' rangers!"

"We need to forcibly disperse the morale of the Xiongnu army before the command of the Xiongnu army fully reacts, and in the shortest possible time, let the Xiongnu camp form a rout, rolling up an unstoppable trend of routs and fleeing for their lives. Jie Shishu The siege of Le City will be resolved!"

(End of this chapter)