Kai Fu Han

Chapter 503 Battle in Cangzhou 8
Although the infantry regiments were encamped and seemed arrogant, the cavalry and artillery did not relax.

The artillery was arrayed on both wings, and the cavalry was on standby at the rear.

As long as the Jin army dares to charge over, they will first plow the ground with artillery, and then sweep it with cavalry, and the victory or defeat will be decided in one fell swoop.

"It's a pity that the enemy commander is very cautious." Liu Xinqi sighed. His first step of "showing the enemy weakness and luring the enemy to attack" failed.

Until the Xinghan League's camp was set up, the Jin army on the opposite side stood still.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Liu Xinqi ordered the soldiers to bury the pots to make rice and prepare to rest.

"Don't fight today?" The order was passed on for a while, and Zhao Yinghao came to the camp of the Chinese army.

"Take a rest and fight the Jin army in an upright manner tomorrow." Liu Xinqi replied.

Our own troops haven't arrived yet, and it's still a little early to talk about the decisive battle. Tomorrow, we can try what this Jin army's partial division is doing.

"Well, I've always wanted to win with surprise, and this time I'll try an upright battle." Zhao Yinghao said.

In "Sun Tzu's Art of War", Sun Wu said in "Position": "All warriors use righteousness to win with surprises. Therefore, those who are good at surprises are as infinite as heaven and earth, and as inexhaustible as rivers." This is also the source of the idiom "surprise victory". .

The dozen or so generals of the Xinghan League were basically self-taught, and Liu Xinqi also made his debut halfway.Therefore, I highly admire the legendary "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu.

Liu Xinqi had also been training his generals to use their brains more and not be reckless.

Now it seems that the effect is very good. These subordinates will only choose to fight head-on when there is "no clever strategy".

"Any successful military operation is a combination of strangeness and righteousness. The two are indispensable, and they are interdependent and dialectically unified." Liu Xinqi retorted. After experiencing the era of information explosion in later generations, the information obtained passively every day is massive. Therefore, he knows that there is no such thing as absolute right or strange.

"It is the foundation, the foundation is solid, and the magic can achieve the role of winning. The positive role is to weaken the enemy's strength by attacking the enemy directly and directly or defending the enemy from the outside, turning the enemy's reality into a virtual, and attacking the enemy with surprise soldiers. It is unprepared and creates conditions for defeating the enemy by surprise.”

Liu Zhijie also walked in at this time. Liu Xinqi asked him to sit down and then continued to explain that this kind of "small classroom" that started at any time was often carried out in the past marches: "For example, during the siege and reinforcement operations, using a small number of It is right not to attack the enemy's key points with some force, but it is strange to use the main force to ambush the enemy on the road and eliminate them unexpectedly and rescue them."

"Close to show the distance, use a small number of troops to pretend to be the main force to attack from a distance, so as to mobilize the enemy's main force to leave the near area we want to capture, and our main force will attack it unprepared, and launch a violent attack close by unexpectedly. That’s strange.”

Later generations had a point of view that Liu Xinqi agreed with.

On the battlefield, there is no absolute victory of the weak against the strong.A brilliant general has a record of defeating the strong with the weak, only because he deploys troops and takes advantage of the right time, place and people to create a situation where his own side is strong and the enemy is weak, and then expands this situation step by step. The weak defeat the strong.

"Simply understanding Zheng and Qi separately is to misinterpret Sun Tzu's original intention of 'everyone fights with Zheng and wins with Qi'. A good general fights first with a small part of his strength to fight the enemy head-on, and then further , take two steps back, weaken the enemy's morale and strength, drag the enemy's main force, and then annihilate part of the enemy with one's own main force in one fell swoop, breaking his arm, and finally reverse the strength and weakness. In this, hold the enemy and weaken the enemy's strength It is the foundation, if Zheng cannot create time, weaken the enemy, and be wiped out by the enemy, then Qi will lose its function and become a Zheng that fights a war of attrition head-on with the enemy."

"Unless the situation is desperate or the bottom line has been reached, we must not engage in a war of attrition." Liu Xinqi concluded.

"Indeed, in a battle of attrition, you will injure the enemy one thousand, and you will suffer eight hundred losses." Liu Zhijie agreed.

"According to this principle, it is right to face the Jin army first tomorrow, and it is strange to find the enemy's weakness and kill it with one blow. This is the right combination and the odd victory?" Zhao Yinghao tried to express his understanding. "Yes, fighter opportunities are fleeting, and whether you can seize them is one of the main indicators to measure whether a general is good or not." Liu Xin said.

There are many indicators to measure whether a general is excellent, and Liu Xinqi named one at the occasion.

In fact, coming from a later generation, he knew that the most important indicator should be to "obey orders and act"!
Sun Tzu's Art of War: "If you will listen to my plan, you will win if you use it, so keep it; if you will not listen to my plan, if you use it, you will lose, so get rid of it."

It is believed that generals' compliance with strategies is the first condition for appointment.Basically all countries in later generations will emphasize in the military that "soldiers must obey orders as their bounden duty."

Liu Xinqi is assisted by the system, and he doesn't worry about his subordinates being disobedient. As a commander, the most difficult point is actually the easiest for him.

With the development of his power, Liu Xinqi discovered that the biggest cheat the system gave him was not the high-end force of the warriors, but the advantage of "doing what you say" after adding the card.Without the latter, the former is a double-edged sword that may backfire on you at any time.

At this time, Xu Zhong walked in, followed by four guards carrying four plates of food.

The four guards put the food on the table in the big tent, saluted and walked out.

"Is there any movement in Qingchi County?" Liu Xinqi asked.

Xu Zhong had been arranged to rush to Qingchi first to keep an eye on the Jin Army's base camp, and handed over the military information on Yanshan to Liu Xinbao.

"The Jin army in Qingchi County also left the city, but did not come directly towards Yanshan." Xu Zhong replied.

Qingchi County is very close to Yanshan County, less than thirty miles away. If the cavalry gallops at full speed, it will only take half an hour.

"Sit down and eat and chat." Liu Xinqi said

Several people sat cross-legged around the table. The portions of food on the plates were very large, two or three times that of ordinary people.

The warrior's great strength and high physique are not perpetual motion machines and need to be supported by injecting high-calorie food.

"Why do I have a feeling that the Kingdom of Jin is forcing us to fight them on the plains? What do they rely on? Just the civilians who have been training for a few days?" Liu Zhijie asked doubtfully.

"It is possible that the civilians will rush in front, and the Jin army will follow behind, allowing the civilians to rush into our army's position, so that the main force of the Jin army can rush up and fight at close range." Liu Xinqi guessed.

"Very likely, I think the Tartars of the Kingdom of Jin would definitely do such a thing." Xu Zhong also agreed.

"Then how should we crack it?" Zhao Yinghao asked.

"I have two ways, let's discuss it." Liu Xinqi put down his half-eaten dinner, cleared the small case table, and planned to make some sketches on it.

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(End of this chapter)