Chapter 911 Divide and Conquer
"Those who are good at fighting cause harm without harming others. Jin Zheng led his troops to fight and had many shortcomings, but he kept this in mind." After reading the battle report, Shao Xun threw it to his staff.
After a rain, pastures began to grow again on the grasslands that had been eaten away by cattle and sheep.
The dry sandy ground was filled with gorgeous wild flowers overnight, making it like a fairyland on earth.
"General Jin is worthy of being a great general." Zhang Bin commented: "But his ambition for success is too strong."
What he was talking about was that after Kim Jong clearly blocked the enemy's retreat, he failed to stabilize the camp and instead took the initiative to attack. He was too aggressive.
But Zhang Bin did not deny this person as a whole.
Jin Zhengwan really understood the idea of causing harm to others without harming them.
Actively choose terrain and battlefields that are favorable to you, so that the enemy's cavalry advantage cannot be used.
After he succeeded, he marched for more than 200 miles. With only ten days of food and water, he set up fences at the key roads to cut off the enemy's return.
Once the camp was established, Suo Tou was forced to give up his advantage and was forced to dismount and fight on foot.
But Kim Jong made a mistake here. He did not stick to the camp, but took the initiative to attack.
If you win, it's okay, but if you lose, the road won't be blocked.
If Zhang Binlai were to fight this battle, he would hold on to his stronghold.
The rope head may want to give it a try to see if it can be captured. If the attack can be repelled, the morale of one's side will be stronger and the morale of the enemy will be weaker. At this time, one may try to charge for a while.
If the morale of the rope head is so low that they don't even dare to attack the camp and just take a detour, it doesn't matter. They stay until late at night and send out many troops to beat drums and shout for death.
After walking such a long way, the enemy is depleted of physical strength, hungry, and demoralized. This move can make them even more panicked. They don't even dare to stop and rest at night. They can only run away in a hurry, and their physical strength and energy are exhausted to the extreme.
At this time, the best troops who are recharged are sent out to pursue them one after another. Instead of forcing the enemy to jump over the wall in a hurry, they can only bite off the soldiers and horses behind them little by little. This is the "strike on the tail" in the art of war.
After doing this several times, the retreat will turn into a rout, and the gains will be huge.
But Kim Zheng's ideas were indeed different from those of counselors like him. He actually took the initiative to form a field battle!
"Jin Zheng is a good sword when he uses it well. Even Wang Que'er and Hou Feihu can't do it." Shao Xun said with a smile: "If Que'er comes to fight this battle, he will first hoard resources in Mayi and Yunzhong cities." For food, elite soldiers like Zuo Feilongwei will most likely stay behind to escort the supplies.”
"He led the Yinqiang middle camp, right camp and various cavalry troops all the way. Every time he captured a city, he stopped and waited for supplies. He would not be able to advance unless he had three months of supplies."
"When Suotou's cavalry attacked, they used their car camps to cover them and marched all the way to the foot of Shengle City, forcing Suotou to fight decisively."
"The rope head intercepted the grain road, and the Free Flying Dragon Guard, Qiaoqi Guard and other troops were driven back."
"This style of play is slow and consumes a lot of money and food, but it is safe."
"Kim Zheng plays fast and mobilizes few troops. He only needs a few elites, but it is not stable enough."
After finishing speaking, Shao Xun looked at Zhang Bin and said: "Everyone is useful. If it is a life and death battle, I will use Wang Queer. But Jin Zheng only led Zuo Feilongwei to attack, and I can still afford to lose."
"Yes." Zhang Bin cupped his hands and said no more.
King Liang is sober and knows Jin Zheng's strengths and weaknesses. He can control this overly ferocious and a bit unruly wolf well.
Shao Xun suddenly noticed what Wang Xiao, who was accompanying the army, was writing. Considering his status as a writer, he asked with a smile: "What is Chu Jiao writing?"
Wang Xiao is a descendant of the Wang family in Chen County, the son of Wang Yin, and the nephew of Wang Hu.
The king was secretly writing a history book about the dynasty, and Shao Xun knew about it.
Wang Yan even borrowed a few volumes and commented that the literary talent was not good.
Wang Xiao is a writer, and one of his jobs is taking notes. It is possible that he would write down what Shao Xun said to his staff now. After the war, he would even interview those involved in the war and record first-hand information.
Later dynasties compiled history based on this.
After Wang Xiao heard what Shao Xun said, he hesitated.
Shao Xun smiled and was about to say forget it, but Wang Xiao stood up and handed it over.
Shao Xun took it and saw that it was about the war.
"It is said: 'The king has conquered the country's most talented people. If it lasts for a long time, both men and horses will suffer, and there will be unforeseen disasters. Yi Huai's big things are all done to his own good, and everyone from top to bottom is resentful. He goes to war with all his strength, and everyone is suspicious. Today's scholars are suspicious. The horses are brave and have more than ten thousand soldiers. If they are not like Zhiqu Shanwu, they will be attacked unprepared and their positions will be disrupted. "
"After saying this, he bowed to the south and cried: 'If I am defeated, please kill yourself to thank you and others.' The generals wept and the troops advanced."
"The main soldiers were deployed in Zhonglingyuan, and the divisions and brigade were reorganized, but Xianbei did not dare to attack. The main soldiers beat drums to cheer up, and the government soldiers advanced with great noise, and the Xianbei army collapsed. The main soldiers were sent to pursue them, fighting several times a day, and repeatedly defeated them. Xianbei was thus I’m so scared.”
"When Ai Tou heard that all good deeds had been lost, he looked at each other and turned pale, saying: 'We have no time to wait until death.' Then he ran back in a hurry."
"Since there is no good thing, I am pretending to care for the Xianbei Lord to harm the people. I led thousands of elite troops to the west and attacked for more than 200 miles in two days. They conquered Wucheng and Luo County and intercepted the key roads to block the thieves' return. .”
"The Aitou army has arrived. It is said that Qin San, the governor of the army, said: 'The thieves have come from afar, their morale is greatly reduced, and their physical strength is lacking. You must form a formation to attack them.'"
"Qin San paid homage and said: 'I owe my sudden wealth and honor to the King of Liang, and now it's time to repay his kindness.' So he invited me to hit him, and he won."
"We were sending troops to pursue us, but the thieves were escaping. Tens of thousands of people died, and Ai Tou only escaped with his own life."
Shao Xun was silent for a long time after reading it.
This style felt too familiar to him. I didn't think it was anything before, but when I experienced it personally, I felt it was a bit outrageous.
"How do you know what Aitou and Jin Zheng said?" Shao Xun asked.
After Wang Xiao was silent for a moment, he cupped his hands and said, "This is Tai Shigong's old wisdom."
Shao Xun laughed.
If the historians of later dynasties really write according to this paragraph, then Kim Jong's image will change drastically, and he will seem to be a brave, strategic, bold and careful god general. But Shao Xun knew that Jin Zheng was a person with very distinct advantages and disadvantages. When he makes good use of his advantages, he is more energetic than Wang Queer and Hou Feihu, with greater results and less expenditure.
If he exposes his shortcomings, he will suffer a big loss.
Shao Xun handed the manuscript to Wang Xiao, turned around and sat down, saying: "How many people have died in Suotou since the battle?"
"The number of prisoners and beheads should be around ten thousand people." Zhang Bin calculated in his mind for a while and replied.
"There are only so many people." Shao Xun sighed and said.
He calculates the general ledger.
The father and son Dou Qin and Dou Yuzhen defected to the Wang family, which was a heavy loss for Helan Aitou. It can be regarded as the "annihilation of the entire army", but in Shao Xun's view, this is not the case.
Because the main force of the Dou family and his son are still there, still alive.
If he returns to Tuoba Yihuai's side in the future, they will have tens of thousands more soldiers and horses, and the soldiers and horses along this line will be "alive" again.
The Yilou family, one of the ten surnames of Tuoba, is the same.
After they surrendered quickly, they were easily attacked and killed directly.
"Your Majesty." At some point, Pan Tao stood up and saluted: "It's time to send an envoy to contact Yi Huai and Aitou's uncle and nephew. Now his prestige has been greatly damaged, his strength is weak, and many of his tribes are estranged and ungrateful. Perhaps the only one who can control him is Helan and a few other tribes should have fled to Yixin Mountain. If they can be appeased, they may be able to contain Pingcheng."
"Oh?" Shao Xun asked curiously: "Aitou is still willing to surrender after this defeat?"
"This is one moment and that is the other." Pan Tao said: "When life and death are at stake, what does face mean? It doesn't hurt to give it a try."
"Is he still worth recruiting?" Shao Xun asked doubtfully.
People like Helan Aitou are actually the same as Wang. Even though there are a lot of people gathered around him, these adults and chiefs have no "patience" at all.
Yes, there is a lack of something called "patience".
If you win, we will still follow you.
If you lose, we will lose our patience and will disperse.
But the question is, why can some grassland heroes and monarchs still make their subordinates remain "patient" and continue to follow them after several failures?
To put it simply, it lies in the word foundation.
The foundation can be blood origin, great fame, past achievements, or even the canonization of the Emperor of the Central Plains.
It's basically like a bank account. Some prairie monarch accounts have generous deposits, but they haven't used them up even after spending them several times.
Helan Aitou's savings were scarce, and as soon as he showed signs of decline, he would have no chance - in fact, Wang Xiao's words were right, "Yi Huai's big things were all done to Aitou, and everyone from top to bottom complained, and he tried his best to conquer, and everyone was suspicious."
Therefore, Shao Xun felt that this person actually didn't have much value. He had no chance to make a comeback. Even if the Helan tribe became stronger in the future, it might be Aitou's son or his grandson who would lead them, but it wouldn't be him anyway.
"Your Majesty, Ai Tou is not worth caressing, but Yi Huai is." Pan Tao said: "Mrs. Wang sent people everywhere to care for her, and her official positions were given up one by one. Many people defected to her from far and near. This woman is very smart, and today As a lesson from what happened, we must kill Yi Huai and be quick to follow up. Otherwise, if the war breaks out again in the future and Wang's troops are defeated, who knows that Dou Qin and Liu Lugu will not defect to Yi Huai?"
Shao Xun was silent.
Zhang Bin, Pan Tao, Yang Man and others looked at each other. Damn it, the king will not be confused by that woman Wang, right?
Pan Tao's eyes flickered, secretly thinking that this woman was afraid of something big going wrong.
"Your Majesty, as long as the locust tree is here, Mrs. Wang will always be like a awn on her back." Zhang Bin also advised: "Today, the land of Bingzhou and Hexi is in short supply, and there are almost no Han people. If you want to maintain peace and tranquility for ten or eight years, you can still Score and conquer.”
After a long time, Shao Xun nodded and said: "If we can maintain peace for ten years, I will be free to maintain peace for another twenty years."
"But -" he continued: "Sheng Le cannot be left to Yihuai, I don't believe him. Sheng Le, Pingcheng..."
At the end, Shao Xun thought about these two places.
Pan Tao rolled his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, are you worried that the Wang family will become too powerful to control?"
Shao Xun looked at him and nodded.
"I have a plan." Pan Tao said.
"Speak."
"Xianbei has always had the rule of the three great peoples in the east, the middle and the west. Why doesn't the king imitate them?" Pan Tao said: "Today Ruyuan, Dongmugenshan, Pingcheng and other places are all in the hands of the Wang family. Seeing Shengle and Wuyuan When Henan is about to recover, it will naturally be inferior to Xianbei in its prosperity, but it should not be underestimated. Perhaps the imperial court can grant officials and titles. I heard that the Wang family has a son named 'Tuobali Zhen'..."
At this point, he shut up.
Shao Xun rarely blushed.
But Pan Tao is right. When there is no way to actually manage these places, we must consider restraining each other.
In short, the principle is that the more finely divided Xianbei is, the better.
Tuoba He was still alive in the Suotuchuan area and was attached to the Yuwen clan. The Yuwen clan united with Goguryeo to attack the Murong clan last year, but the result was the same as the alliance many years ago, which failed again.
Pingcheng and Shengle each have their own masters.
There is another lord north of Henan.
Xianbei's four points are more beneficial to him as the arbiter to take advantage of the situation.
Of course, this isn't easy to implement, and it won't always work.
But he just wants to use it for ten or eight years, so that he can free up his hands to do other things.
"Take Sheng Le first and then talk about it." Shao Xun slapped the table and said.
(End of chapter)