Competing

Chapter 17
That's right, such a situation is exactly what Yin Xu expected.

Faced with the menacing Qin army, some people suggested hiding in the mountains and fleeing, but Yin Xu did not accept it.Where can I hide?How long can you escape? , it would be better to deal with Qin Jun.Of course, he did not say that he would not escape. It was not a purposeless escape and hiding, but a purposeful strategic shift.If it is used properly, it can cause a lot of damage to the enemy, and more importantly, it can preserve its own strength.

More importantly, it is a long-term plan. If thousands of Qin soldiers are afraid now, they still want to compete in the Central Plains and become king in the future?Isn't that bullshit?In this battle, Yin Xu wanted to practice more, firstly, to use his military knowledge practically, and secondly, to sharpen the backbone strength of his subordinates.Not so, wait until the future in a hurry.

When leaving Maolin's bamboo house, Yin Xu felt unwilling and decided to give Qin Jun a small gift first.Pu Jun led people to collect pine resin in the forest, and smeared it on bamboo houses and piled up dry firewood.Two long burning lamps smeared with turpentine, a wooden stick, and a long rope form a temporarily balanced lever.Unfortunately, Qin Bing touched the long rope, the lever became unbalanced, the oil lamp fell to the ground, and the fire ignited.Whether they can escape from the sea of ​​flames really depends on good fortune. Unfortunately, the Qin soldiers who underestimated the enemy were so unlucky that their entire army was wiped out.

Prior to this, Yin Xu had already taken people to Rongshuling for transfer, and Pu Jun was in charge of staying temporarily to collect news.The reason why Rongshuling was chosen was because the terrain there gave the Qin army the illusion that they could encircle and annihilate them. Of course, if they want to encircle them, they must divide their troops.Many local terrains are extremely beneficial to prevent ambushes, or use tactics such as flooding and fire attacks, and then you can deal with the Qin army well.So Yin Xu ordered people to make preparations early on, and transferred many food supplies to Rongshuling.

Yin Xu didn't expect that a fire in the bamboo house would be so effective. Not only did he burn more than a dozen Qin soldiers to death, but he also angered the commander.Without hesitation, the troops were divided into eight places, and they attacked together, trying to surround themselves in Rongshuling and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

This is exactly what Yin Xu wanted. The Qin army has a total of 5000 people, but there are only more than 100 people around him. The difference is really huge.If you want to deal with it, the first thing to do is to disperse the enemy's strength. Only in this way, the balance of power will not tilt so sharply, and you may have an opportunity to take advantage of it.

It is good to divide and attack together, step by step, but there are many failed battles in history, such as the battle of Saerhu in the late Ming Dynasty against Houjin.Yin Xu's memory of this is still fresh. In the 46th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, because the Jianzhou Army invaded the border of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty appointed Yang Gao, the left servant of the Ministry of War, as the Liaodong strategy, mobilized the army, raised the payment of the soldiers, and prepared to march into Hetuala and eliminate Nurhachi.

In February of the 47th year of Wanli, Jinglue Yang Gao was stationed in Shenyang, and ordered his troops to encircle and suppress Houjin in four ways, and joined forces with Hetuala.In the north, the commander-in-chief Ma Lin led from Kaiyuan, passed Sanchakou, crossed Shangjian Cliff, and attacked Suzi River; The commander-in-chief, went out of Qinghe, crossed the Yafu Pass, and attacked Hetuala directly; in the east, he was commanded by the commander-in-chief Liu Ting, and went out of Kuandian to attack from the east.

Such a strategy is indeed good, steady and steady, step by step.However, Nurhachi wiped out the deployment of the Ming army with only one move.This trick is - depending on how many ways you come, I will only go all the way.That is to concentrate troops and annihilate the enemy. This is exactly the strategy Yin Xu wants to use.

Now that the Qin army has been forced to divide its forces and lured the enemy into deeper depths, it has been somewhat difficult to concentrate its forces to wipe out the enemy.Although the Qin army is divided into eight groups, each team has at least five or six hundred people, but there are only more than 600 people on its own side.With one against five, not to mention whether you have the strength, this risk alone determines that you can't fight head-on.

Therefore, relying on geographical advantages, it is necessary to use some tactics.

Qingshigou, one of Liudaogou on the north side of Rongshuling.The water flow of Qingshixi can be said to be the largest in the entire Rongshuling water system.It is for this reason that after tens of millions of years of scouring, the mountain roads of Qingshigou are relatively wide and relatively flat.

However, few people know that there is a gourd mouth in the middle of Qingshigou, and two large bluestones stand in the river, forming a pool upstream.The river pours down from the gap of less than ten feet, forming a beautiful waterfall.

Today, if hunters who often go in and out of Qingshigou pass by here, they will feel a little strange.Why did the bluestone in the river become shorter?The water pool upstream of the bluestone seems to have grown a lot too?The most regrettable thing is that the beautiful waterfall has turned into a trickle, losing all its former momentum.

Yin Xu sat on the side of the hillside, watching the blue waves rippling down the mountain, couldn't help but smile slightly.If it weren't for some of his subordinates who used to be hunters in this area, they really didn't know there was such a good place.Immediately turned around and said: "Pu Jun, it's time for you to go out."

Pu Jun smiled lightly and said, "Young Master, don't worry, it must be all right."

Yin Xu nodded appreciatively, and said, "Go get ready, remember the time, and take care of the location."

"No problem!" Pu Jun and Yin Xu looked at each other, knowing each other, turned around and took them away.

Looking at the back of Pu Jun leading the people away, Gao Yi said with a smile: "Young master is a good method, if this plan is successful, it will definitely be a deterrent to the officers and soldiers."

"Where?" Yin Xu smiled bitterly: "Deterrence is true. Now it is because of the arrogance and carelessness of the officers and soldiers that we can take advantage of it. However, this operation will kill hundreds of people at most, and they still have thousands more." They will become cautious in the future, and if things go on like this, it will be very detrimental to us!"

Gao Yi listened, also with worry on his face, and asked: "Then what should I do?"

Yin Xu said in a deep voice: "This Rongshu Ridge is a good place, I really don't want to leave."

"What? You mean to retreat?" Gao Yi asked with wide-eyed eyes.

"Don't worry, let's see how the effect is tonight, let them suffer more before they are careless, so that they can learn how to be cautious." Yin Xu smiled softly: "Tell Lu Ming, Baishuixia Let's start getting ready!"

"Yes!"

Looking at Yin Xu's expression, Gao Yi was sure that the young master must have a way to lead them out of the predicament.

Early in the morning, the long stream flows slowly, and the bare riverbed, the white river sand is shining silver in the sun.The small fish in the pool are swimming happily in groups.Suddenly the water wave shook slightly, and the little fish shuddered and swam to the depths of the pool in all directions.

In Qingshigou, a team of 500 Qin soldiers was advancing.The chief general who led the expedition was surnamed Li, and he was the ashamed Lieutenant General Li who was burnt by Yin Xu in Maolin.Not long after that day, he rushed back to the temporary camp to plead guilty.Since he also has the idea of ​​​​underestimating the enemy, An Tong did not criticize Lieutenant General Li, but even entrusted him with the general who marched into Qingshigou.

Although An Tong never blamed him, Lieutenant General Li always felt that he had lost face. In order to get rid of the crime and get back his face, he had to do a good job in marching in Qingshigou.So Lieutenant General Li set off first, for the first time.

Entering Qingshigou, there are dense forests outside the canyon, fighting with the regular army, this kind of terrain really needs to be careful, but now we are only dealing with more than a hundred thieves, so it is not a cause for concern.However, thinking of the Maolin Bamboo House, even though it was just an inconspicuous trick, Lieutenant General Li felt a little cautious.Therefore, all the way forward, there are always guides and sentries in front to explore the road and guard.

After walking for half a day, the whole journey was safe and sound, and Lieutenant General Li felt a lot more relaxed.It seems that I am worrying too much.A bandit is a bandit after all, and hiding is the best strategy. Don't tell me, it's not easy to find such a large mountain forest with more than a hundred people hiding in it.Even if they are attacking separately and attacking in separate ways, they will narrow the encirclement step by step.In the end, it is still necessary to enter the search, and every month cannot be completed.He couldn't help sighing in his heart: What kind of a big deal did this bandit do, so tired to do such a drudgery by himself.

At noon, when we arrived at a place, the reeds on both sides had just sprouted a few new shoots, and most of the leaf stems were still withered and yellow in autumn and winter.Perhaps because of the fire that had just been smoky, Lieutenant General Li was more careful and sent a small group of people to go forward in a big way, but he led them far behind.

Sure enough, wherever the banner went, flaming bamboo arrows shot from the side of the hillside.There is little rain this spring, and most of the sun is shining brightly, and the dry reeds are instantly ignited.

Seeing the fireworks rising in front of him, Lieutenant Li was very proud and laughed.Immediately he snorted coldly: "A bandit is a bandit after all, but that's it, if I repeat the old trick, what can I do?"

(End of this chapter)