Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 327: Compassion does not command troops
There are many ways for monarchs and ministers to get along with each other. If both parties fail to maintain the relationship with each other attentively, examples of monarchs and ministers turning against each other are common in history.

Quan Yi is undoubtedly a good minister of Longyou, otherwise Huan Xi would not always seek cooperation from him, but Quan Yi acted too hard today.

Of course, Huan Xi attributed this to the fact that caring leads to chaos.

After all, they are not only monarchs and ministers, but also close friends who have known each other for many years. It is understandable that Quan Yi loses his composure when he learns that Huan Xi is about to put himself in danger.

After Quan Yi left, Huan Xi sat alone in the handsome tent.

During the current war, this was not the first time Huan Xi had experienced such a moment in his military career. However, due to the different opponents he faced, Huan Xi was a little less calm and calm.

His heart couldn't be calm for a long time. He was nervous, expecting, and excited.

“If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, you won’t catch the tiger’s cubs.”

Huan Xi stared at the terrain sand table in front of him and muttered to himself, as if to encourage himself.

It is not difficult to make a terrain sand table. Huan Xi had never been a soldier before traveling through time, but he had never eaten pork and had seen pigs running. Sand tables are a very common prop in military-themed film and television works.

The only difficulty is measuring the nearby terrain.

The first thing Murong Ke did when he went south was to understand the surrounding terrain.

Huan Xi has been stationed here for several months and is also familiar with the nearby mountains and rivers.

In the sand table, the location of the Yan Army's camp has changed from the original position. It is no longer between the Yu Army's camp and Anyi, but is moved ten miles forward, and is camped near the Yu Army, at the corner of Li Weicheng. potential.

This is what happened yesterday, and the scouts reported it to Huan Xi last night.

"Murong Ke, can you finally hold yourself back?"

Huan Xi pondered.

"But what are you going to do? Are you really going to ambush Zhu Xu?"

Huan Xi was not the roundworm in Murong Ke's belly, so of course he couldn't figure out his thoughts.

However, Huan Xi knew one thing, Murong Ke must take action, otherwise, when reinforcements from the rear of Liang State continued to pour into the front line, Murong Ke would definitely be defeated.

After all, it was impossible for Murong Jun to stake all his money to support Murong Ke's battle in Hedong.

As for Fu Jian, even if his army returns to Hedong, he will only have a group of defeated and exhausted troops, and it will be difficult to do anything in a short time.

In the twelfth year of Yonghe (AD 356), in early August, Hexi Xianbei people rested for a day in Gaowang City before embarking on their journey again.

In the team, Zhu Xu had a frown on his face. Anyone who looked at him could tell that he was worried.

Huan Xi's plan is currently kept secret, and only a few people who are considered confidants know about it.

As an important part of the overall plan, Zhu Xu was naturally aware of Huan Xi's plan, and Huan Xi informed Zhu Xu of everything in a secret letter.

In this battle, Zhu Xu's reinforcements will serve as bait.

If he met an ordinary opponent, Huan Xi would naturally ask Zhu Xu to advance quickly with light troops, but since the opponent was Murong Ke, he had to act realistically.

In the impression of the world, Huan Xi has stopped taking risks and has become extremely cautious since he established his business in Guanzhong.

Therefore, Zhu Xu's marching speed must be slow, not fast. After all, Huan Xi's personality does not allow him to maintain a rapid marching speed after arriving in Hedong, giving the enemy an opportunity.

However, the bait has been thrown out, waiting for the fish to take the bait, but the fisherman will not show up. Huan Xi did not want to stage a counter-ambush in Hedong County at all, but wanted to rob Murong Ke's camp while he was ambushing reinforcements.

As a bait, Zhu Xu was not actually worried about his own safety. His subordinates were all cavalry, so if he really wanted to escape, he would definitely be able to escape.

On a general battlefield, it is difficult for a commander to be captured alive. Seeing that the situation is not good, it is common for him to abandon his army and ride away alone.

Huan Xi also told Zhu Xu that there was no need to fight to the end, after all, the key to victory or defeat was not with them.

But the one who is really in danger is Huan Xi who plans to rob the camp.

Once the siege of the camp failed and the reinforcements were defeated, the morale of Huan Xi's army would be greatly affected.

It was impossible for Wang Meng's follow-up reinforcements to arrive in Hedong so quickly. At a time when Liang Jun's internal military morale was wavering and there were no reinforcements from outside, Murong Ke would inevitably lead the Yan and Yu coalition forces to swarm up and trap Huan Xi in Hedong.

Of course, if Huan Xi successfully robs the camp, it will be a different story.

As long as the baggage is burned down, the morale of the Yan and Yu coalition forces will be greatly damaged. At the same time, without the food and baggage baggage, the coalition forces will definitely retreat.

After all, it is impossible to hope to ensure that the 120,000 troops of 120,000 people can eat through food transportation.

Logistics and transportation in ancient times were extremely unstable. Due to various reasons, delays of one or two days were common.

There is no food in the camp, and the 120,000-strong army can only hope that food will be transported from the rear. If there is any emergency, then they will be hungry every three days, so there is no need to fight and talk about morale.

Even if Murong Ke defeated Zhu Xu's reinforcements, so what? Zhu Xu marched with light troops on the way to Hedong. As much food as he could bring, how much harvest could Murong Ke gain.

Even if they win and lose, it will not have much impact on the morale of Liang Jun on the front line.

As for the casualties in Xianbei, Hexi, they were only second-line troops. Once Huanxi forced the Yan and Yu coalition forces to retreat and occupied the salt pond, he could issue generous pensions to the families of the sacrificed soldiers.

As the saying goes, kindness cannot lead an army. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Emperor Tuoba Tao of the Northern Wei Dynasty attacked Xuyi City in the Liu Song Dynasty, but could not capture it for a long time. Tuoba Tao wrote a letter to the defender Zang Zhi, and he said bluntly in the letter:

'None of the siege troops I sent were from Xianbei. Those who attacked the northeastern part of the city were Dingling and Huns. Those who attacked the southern part of the city were Di and Qiang people. Kill them to prevent them from causing trouble in our country. It's only good for me, so try your best to kill him! '

Huan Xi can now make a choice.

The reason why he was sure that he could successfully rob the camp was that it was unexpected.

Gan Ning's hundreds of cavalry were able to rob Cao's camp, but Cao's army was unprepared.

Huan Xi believed that Murong Ke would never have imagined that he, who was always cautious, would put himself in such a dangerous situation.

At the same time, Huan Xi, who had always been known for cherishing his soldiers, could actually give up 30,000 Hexi Xianbei, not caring about their life or death, just to lure the main force of the coalition army away from the two camps.

Therefore, Murong Ke will definitely lead his troops out and set up another layer of encirclement in addition to the expected encirclement set by Huan Xi, hoping to annihilate the enemy.

Late at night, Quan Yi boldly broke into Huan Xi's handsome tent.

"Mr. Liang! The spies reported that there were unusual movements in Yanying and Yuying tonight!"

Upon hearing this, Huan Xi muttered:

"Oh? He finally made a move? It's just that he made such a big noise at night. He must have done it deliberately to show me that he was running towards Zhu Xu."

(End of this chapter)