Chapter 1061 Reasonable tactics: move forward with big steps, move back with big steps
"To others, not to others! Even if you have been in the military for many years, you cannot understand it well and often forget it."
On October 25, in Yangkou Camp, Tao Kan carried his hands behind his back, and his gray beard fluttering in the river breeze.
The chief secretary Zhou Fu and Sima Wang Qianqi followed behind.
The wind was a bit strong today. Although there were huge boats and ships under your feet, they were still not very stable. However, the two of them had long been used to it and walked like walking on flat ground.
"From a general point, I have been caused by the Shao bandits." Tao Kan said, "Will you save Xiangyang? If you don't save it, just sit back and watch it swallow my elite soldiers and powerful generals, famous cities and towns. If you save it, you will definitely obstruct it in every way, and even Take the opportunity to kill."
Wang Qianqi was a little surprised when he heard this and asked, "Ming Ming, has the thief Shao not attacked Xiangyang yet?"
Tao Kan looked up at the sky and said, "Even if it has been besieged, it has not yet come down. The king and minister of Jianye are thousands of miles away, and they do not know that the war is dangerous and the war is in danger, which leads to this incident."
Zhou Fu and Wang Qianqi were silent.
As the chief of the shogunate and Sima, they certainly knew that Tao Jingzhou was actually unwilling to defend Xiangyang.
The reason is also very simple. After years of war, I have been exhausted and too far from Xiakou and Jiangling. It is better to move people south to make up the Jiangxia and Jiangling household registration and make a long-term plan.
This is Tao Kan's previous thought, but the court refused to allow it, but instead brought a large amount of resources and equipment, and strictly ordered that Xiangyang not be given up.
Therefore, he could only formulate a combat plan under this premise. Simply put, it seems unlikely to use Xiangyang to consume the enemy's troops and spirit. Now it seems that it is impossible. Tao Kan actually had the idea of giving up Xiangyang for the second time.
Of course, the two people have different opinions on Tao Kan's idea.
Zhou Fu felt it was OK, so he might as well send a small number of soldiers to monitor him. He would retreat south whenever there was something wrong, and retreat to Wuchang, the former capital of Eastern Wu.
Wang Qianqi felt that he should be defended, even if the local area had already beaten the people and could not hold on.
Xiangyang is the barrier between Jiangxia and Jiangling. Xiangyang exists, and these two places can live a peaceful life. Xiangyang does not exist, and the two places will enter a wartime state, and life is relatively difficult.
But none of them are the ones who make decisions, it's useless.
"Ming Gong, is Shao thief hanging my army with Xiangyang?" Zhou Fu took two steps quickly, followed Tao Kan and asked.
"It may not be so." Tao Kan said, "Where is a certain rule in war? Shao Zhe also took one step at a time. He came to Xiangyang from the beginning, but Xiangyang City was high and the pool was deep, and the defenders were no less than ten thousand, so it was difficult to Just suddenly pull out. Moreover, the troops come and go like the wind, and siege the city is the best way to fight. It is better to let it go and see if it can annihilate the enemy."
"To others, not to others... If he attacks the city, it will cause me. If he does not attack the city, I will cause me."
"This is a big shot. Let's talk about the enemy in front of the battle. This time, Song Xia was caused by the thief. He knew where our army was and where the enemy was short, but he was blinded by the enemy and was defeated and died. .”
"The ancients said, 'the time, the place is right, and the people are harmonious'. Shao thieves all formed a large army and went south, but in fact they occupied the time of heaven." Speaking of this, Tao Kan turned around and looked at Zhou Fu and Wang Qianqi.
Zhou and Wang all smiled bitterly.
This "time" refers not only to the weather, but more to the alternation of new and old in Jianye, and people's hearts are turbulent.
Once people's hearts are turbulent, there may be someone surrendering to the enemy, such as the Li family in Jiangxia.
Li Chong's surrender to the enemy was very troublesome, which led to the Jiangxia County City being in the hands of a thief.
In addition, rumors spread in the past two days, saying that Zhonglu Kuaiheng accepted the appointment of Shao Zhe Xiangyang Prefect and rebelled!
If this is true, then this is also a reaction to the turbulent heart.
Of course, Shao Zhe also chose a relatively good season and headed south in late autumn and winter.
Of course there are epidemics at this time, but they are not as serious as summer. For the people of northern China, it can be said to be a life-saving time.
"If the land is good, it will not occupy it." Tao Kan said: "Jingzhou uses troops, and the navy is the key. The more you go south, you need a navy. The land is good. People are harmonious—"
Tao Kan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The heads and rats of the Jingxiang family are no longer in my hands."
"The right time, place and people are harmonious, I only occupy half of the land and harmony. Shao Zhe has the right time and harmony, and this battle is difficult."
After Tao Kan's analysis, Zhou Fu and Wang Qianqi were disgraced.
Now they finally understood why Tao Jingzhou was unwilling to defend Xiangyang.
The further south the land is, the more obvious the land is, and the more determined the people are to resist Shao.
The northward, the smaller the advantage of the navy, and the more people become, the more they are, the more they are.
The ancients had already made it clear that the generals had fought for, but Jianye was indiscriminately commanding.
But—maybe they are no wonder.
When the new king ascended the throne, he abandoned the important town when he came up, and he had to look a little bad.
"Ming Gong, do you still want to save Xiangyang?" Zhou Fu couldn't help asking.
"Correction first." Tao Kan was silent for a moment and said, "If you can save me, save me and see if I can withdraw people."
Is this a rescue? Zhou Fu and Wang Qianqi looked at each other.
"If the court holds accountable..." Zhou Fu hesitated.
"If you have a person or a person who has lost his land or a person who has lost his land or a person who has lost his land, the court always has a choice. How can there be a good thing about a person who has left his land or a person?" Tao Kan sighed, "Shao's thief is known as '800,000 soldiers', which is a lot of false words, but I only Can you claim to be a "100,000 soldiers" and use a 100,000 to 800,000, what is the chance of winning? It is better to retreat south and keep the elite soldiers and generals, and rely on the navy to resist one or two."
"Now only the Yangtze River can stop 800,000 soldiers. If you have to say whether there is a chance to win, I dare not say that there must be no one, but I will definitely not be in Xiangyang."
"Ming Gong, where is the chance of victory?" Wang Qianqi was so impressed that he asked.
Tao Kan did not say it clearly, but only said: "To help others but not to others, the right time, place and people are harmonious, and the whole story is complete."
After saying that, he turned around and left, and the voice floated from afar: "Let Chen Xiu withdraw his troops. Runan has no intention of being Shao Zhe was completely unmoved." Wang Qianqi responded subconsciously, with a lot of confusion in his eyes.
Zhou Fuze secretly thought that he would have to fight according to the initial strategy in the end. Is it against his life?
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When Dou Qin brought Song Xia's head back to Zheng County, the morale of the defenders plummeted.
Huang Biao took the opportunity to organize a large army to siege, and the Heihu Zuoying made a final decision and broke through the city.
After conquering this city, no one stopped them from cutting off the Mian River.
In fact, only Song Xia did not walk forward any further. If you arrive near Zheng County and see Liang Jun's attempt to get wooden stakes in the river, you will definitely understand their intention to fight: they just want to eat Xiangyang first, take it steadily, and then try to do other things.
Tao Kan's judgment on An Lu's change of hands was actually correct, and that was an accident. He temporarily drew troops and horses to take over, and he had no intention of going south for the time being.
In addition to the Eastern Army, the Western Army easily captured Shanghuang and Wuxiang, and the main force crossed the Wushui River and advanced towards the Zhangshui River.
When the news of the two armies came back, Shao Shen was wandering outside Xianshan in the south of the city.
In the past, Yang Hu liked climbing this mountain to visit, and now there are even temples and monuments to commemorate him on the mountain.
But now, Mount Xian has become a place that military strategists must fight for.
On the rugged and narrow mountain road, the soldiers from both sides of Jin and Liang are fighting hard, sacrificing their lives.
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
Shao Shen only took a few glances, not seemingly concerned.
My uncle asked to focus on siege, but he also had an inconvenient request to make it clear, but Shao Shen had to implement it.
At the foot of Xian Mountain, the Second Battalion of the Huangtou Army was on high alert and looked closely at Xian Mountain where fierce battles were breaking out.
The two thousand soldiers of the Capture Army sat on the ground and placed the horses beside them, and they were also ready to attack at any time.
Two thousand soldiers of the Leshi's army in Nanyang pressed behind the earth wall in the middle of the mountain road, and prepared bows and crossbows, drove a group of miscellaneous Hu Yang to attack, cleared the Wu soldiers on the mountain road little by little, and pushed them back to the city gate again. middle.
This is the last attack today. If you fail, you will call the gold and withdraw your troops.
Over the past few days, more than 3,000 Mihus have died in this area, and more people will die in battle in the future.
Where can anyone who attacks cities or mountains be immortal? It's normal.
As for forcing others to rebel, that's awesome. This has been the case since ancient times, and even in the Southern and Northern Dynasties in history, it has been doing this. Otherwise, how could the saying "The fighting troops I send now are not all our people" be so famous?
Just turn against it, they have already prepared for you to turn against it.
After Shao Shen walked around, he moved to the south of Xiangyang City under the surround of hundreds of personal soldiers.
There are many wooden poles standing here, and there are many heads hanging on each pole.
There are dozens of skilled riders, holding spears, carrying heads of Jin generals cut from the battlefield, running back and forth, shouting loudly—
"Song Xia is dead, and the bandits have retreated."
"There is no reinforcements outside and no food and grass inside, so why not surrender?"
"If you tie yourself up and surrender, you will not lose the rich man. If you are late, you will be burned with jade and stone."
"Xiangyang is not a land of Wu, why bother to work hard?"
A few arrows fell occasionally on the top of the city wall, but after suffering a small loss at the beginning, the knights were very clever and carefully maintained the distance until the crossbows transferred by the defenders dispersed.
But the news has spread...
Deng Yue stood at the top of the city and looked at the dense enemy camps in the Mian River, his heart sank little by little.
The city has been besieged for many days, and the Liang people have basically done nothing except attacking Xianshan.
They are all people who are old and war-torn, and Deng Yue knew at a glance that they planned to focus on siege.
Surrounding but not attacking is also a way of fighting, which is rather costly, but it seems that the Liang people don’t care.
After looking at the south side, Deng Yue turned to the north side and looked at Fancheng on the other side of Mianshui.
It was even quiet outside Fancheng, without any intention of a war.
Deng Yue was not worried that Fancheng would be captured by the Liang army. What he was worried about was that the morale of the defenders was depressed and eventually surrendered without fighting.
This is not an unreasonable worry, because even he himself is doubting.
Did the Liang people really kill Song Xia? Reinforcements are really blocked and can’t get in?
He didn't like that little reinforcements, but the strength of defending the city was enough. What he valued was whether Xiangfan had a smooth connection with the outside world.
If Governor Tao really couldn't kill the city, wouldn't they be dead?
There is no need to fight the enemy, just surround you until you eat all the food. Will you eat people next?
Of course, it is also possible that the besieged army would eat all the food first and could not hold on to retreat.
Or simply the plague spreads, morale is low, and the entire army loses its combat effectiveness.
Or maybe they had civil strife themselves and could not continue to fight.
No one knows what will happen.
So far, Deng Yue still has some hope.
(This chapter ends)