Chapter 145: Using Generals
As soon as Jinquan ordered his generals to attack from the side, they saw Chang Xi, who was known as the most brave in the army, already running wildly in the ravine on the side with a large group of soldiers holding up a big gun.
It turned out that Yu Jin, who was observing the formation from behind, had already discovered the changes in the battlefield situation. He lamented that this ambush battle turned into a rout battle, and the rout battle turned into a positional battle. This battle was fought.
Over there, Yu Jin asked Chang Xi to lead his troops and horses from the ravine beside the official road to the enemy's rear formation, and directly attack the enemy's rear.
He had already understood it while standing on the slope. The key to this battle is the last wave of soldiers. The soldiers in front are not good at fighting, but they are fighting back after the road ahead is blocked. As long as the passage at the back is opened, the wave of soldiers in front will not be able to hold on.
Of course, this tactic is also dangerous, because the ravines along the road are difficult to walk through and the soldiers cannot walk, so they can only select a few jumping warriors as death squads to attack the enemy's rear lines. Fighting against a large number of enemies always requires courage and arrogance, which is why Yu Ban chose Chang Xi. So brave and savage!
As for Chang Xi, he really lived up to his reputation as a brave pig. After receiving the order, he selected forty people from his troops who dared to die without even thinking about it. Everyone held big guns and armor and accelerated along the ravine. Run.
Looking at Chang Xi's fighting spirit, Yu Jin said to his adopted son Yu Jin:
"Son, remember what you said as a father, you must use your brain when fighting."
Yu Jin, who didn't understand anything, could only nod along, waiting to understand the true meaning of these words in the future.
On Changxi's side, after only running for a hundred steps, he saw a wave of soldiers gathering on the road under a flag with the word "Zhang" in the character "Zhang". He directly held up a big pillar and shouted:
"Nai Gong will hit you to death."
As the saying goes, there are soldiers as there are generals. Chang Xi is like a wild boar, and the forty people he chose to die are also like a herd of wild boars. They crashed into Mou County's soldiers with a roar, knocking them off their feet.
The soldiers of Mou County came to their senses at this moment, not knowing whether to fight or leave.
Really, they are also suffering inside. The county prince had abandoned them before and went into the Mou County camp in front of them, saying that he wanted to mobilize troops, but he did not return once they left, and then they were ambushed in front.
The camp soldiers in front were really useless. They collapsed without even a fight, and even tried to push them away. But how dare they leave? They didn't see the county prince and didn't have his military orders. As soon as they left, they would have to march according to military regulations when they came back, so they wouldn't leave.
Besides, it doesn’t make a hero to be defeated before the battle. They encouraged the defeated soldiers to return to the army and fight against the thieves.
But when these county soldiers really met Chang Xi and the others, they cried. This group of soldiers usually maintain the city gate and show off to the county magistrate, but they don't know how cruel the real battlefield is.
At this moment, Chang Xi was so fierce that he knocked over a county soldier with a single blow of his head, and then he held up his spear and plonked it on the man's neck. Then he drew out his ring-shou knife and slashed wildly at the stupid county soldier in front of him.
Chang Xi originally thought that pressing all his troops up would still be risky. According to tactics, Chang Xi divided his troops into two waves, front and back, and attacked in sequence. But Chang Xi, who was above Mang, still didn't remember this and rushed straight away.
But there was a wrong move, and it was Chang Xi who pressed forward with all his troops, directly breaking the county soldiers' will to resist. At this moment, they no longer say that they will wait for the order of the county king, nor do they say what to do with the hero. At this moment, they have only one thought:
Run!
Fear is contagious, people will follow blindly, and courage will be consumed. The county soldiers in the rear formation have a way out, so everyone wants to survive. The soldiers of the Mou County camp in the front line were attacked from both sides. They had no choice but to kneel down and surrender.
In this way, the army was defeated like a mountain, and countless people knelt down and tied themselves.
Watching his troops chasing each other to the north, and the enemy troops falling in the wind, Ding Sheng raised his troops and roared:
"I, Ding Sheng, won!"
Jin Quan beside him giggled, Zhao Rong rubbed his forehead and sighed, Ding Tou is really having a lot of fun.
After the war, when the battlefield was being cleaned, Yu Jin learned from the prisoners why Mou County soldiers had stopped patrolling. It was learned that it was precisely because they ambush at Quetou Ridge, which did not look like an ambush point, that the magistrate of Mou County did not suspect that there was an ambush here. It was precisely because of this dispute that a fight broke out between the county magistrate and the camp general.
After understanding this, Yu Jin had a deeper understanding of the impermanence of military tactics.
Afterwards, the heads of the Mou County Lord and the camp general were cut off and presented to Ding Sheng and Yu Jin.
Ding Sheng rubbed the two withered and ferocious heads back and forth, full of reluctance, and glanced at Yu Jin next to him. Gritting his teeth, he pushed the battalion general's head to Yu Jin, pretending to be heroic while pushing it. Road:
"Wen Ze, come here, let's take one of these two heads."
Yu Jin laughed secretly when he saw Ding Sheng being so protective of his money. He was ready to let Ding Sheng take all the credit, but Ding Sheng was the most beloved general of Qu Kuai.
That's right, in the eyes of Yu Jin and other generals, Ding Sheng is Qu Kui's most beloved general. Because Qu Kui respected every general under his command, only Ding Sheng was fisted and kicked, and this was exactly the expression of his deep love. Now that Ding Sheng has let a head come out, he will naturally take over. Now is not the time to show so-called aloofness. If he can move up further, then the generals below him can also move up.
Holding the battalion general's head, Yu Jin also sighed with emotion, this general is also a good general. I have never fought against their Taishan army, and I can still be cautious even without knowing their details. But unfortunately, he accidentally died in the hands of friendly forces.
Thinking of this, Yu Jin took out a pen and paper and wrote down on the paper:
"The most dangerous enemies are often your friendly forces."
Looking around at the enemy soldiers who had been stabbed to death in the back, Yu Jin added another word:
"No matter what, don't leave your back to the enemy."
Then, he closed the book and helped clean up the battlefield.
At this time, the sun was setting in the west, and Yu Jin's shadow was getting longer and darker.
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It was getting dark, and a bonfire was already lit in Changshaowei.
Many households in the mountain huts did not leave. They sang and danced with the Taishan Army in the bonfire to express their happy mood.
The reason why they haven't left yet is because they heard that Taishan soldiers would light bonfires and control millet at night. But apart from this practical reason, they are also grateful to Taishan soldiers.
Taishan is not a very wealthy county. Most of its counties are mountains and valleys, and the limited plains have been divided up by powerful people. They, the mountain lairs, can only eat naked in the forest like wild beasts, and hang out with foxes and rabbits. Their lives are like these animals, they live and die suddenly, and no one knows the meaning of their lives. Since life is meaningless, why fear death?
And today, around this campfire, they heard many, many stories. Too many people from Shanliao like them joined the Taishan Army and changed their destiny.
In the collective of Taishan Army, they eat together, live together, rejoice together and fight together. The army is their home, which can protect them from wind and rain. They naturally believe that as long as their home is there, they can survive no matter what happens.
Those Shanliao people envied the family of Taishan Army. No one knows better than them how helpless and fearful it is to be alone in this world.
Therefore, with a bonfire, the reputation and righteousness of the Taishan Army spread among the Shanliao in Lushan. From time to time, some gangsters would grab Taishan soldiers and ask if they were still accepting people.
Over there, Li Damu and Dian Wei and their respective generals waited dejectedly for Zhang Chong to surrender. It turned out that after receiving the order, he rushed all the way and lurked in an excellent mountain ridge for half a day, but he did not wait for even a single soldier from Ying County to arrive.
Dian Wei and Li Damu were the kind of people who were quiet on the outside and strong on the inside. They stayed there for a long time, accepting their fate and staying there for a long time. They came back unwillingly until sunset when no more reinforcements came.
Zhang Chong looked at the dejected looks of Dian Wei and Li Damu, but he admitted his mistake first:
"This was poor planning on my part. I thought this place was a choke point. Even if Ying County Magistrate did not consider this place to be a jurisdiction, he would have sent troops to come to the rescue. But I didn't expect him to be so arrogant. But from here we can We can see the fragility of the Han Dynasty. Without orders from above, these counties will not send troops across the territory. This will also take advantage of our actions in the future."
The second general was comforted by Zhang Chong and lifted his spirits a little. It was also at this time that Ding Sheng and Yu Jin returned.
As soon as he came back, Ding Sheng deliberately walked in front of the old brothers. From time to time, he would show his head to the old brothers. Whenever the old brothers asked, he would just be proud of himself and say what he said about setting up another one. A small, unworthy achievement. When he was talking about his contribution, he patted his head several times on his waist. But Yu Jin was not as showy as Ding Sheng, but stood solemnly behind Ding Sheng, waiting for Zhang Chong to see him.
Ding Sheng's unique voice had already conveyed the result of the great victory to the big tent. Li Damu was fine, but Dian Wei was even more sad. It was sad not to catch Yingxian soldiers at first, but when Ding Shengsheng won, he was even sadder.
Zhang Chong actually saw Dian Wei's problem. After all, Dian Wei had never led an army before, and his character was still quite poor. After he killed a powerful man named Li in his hometown to avenge his friends, he went into exile on the roadside. Then Zhao Chong, who was raising troops to rescue Hu's mother, was recruited into the army. After Zhao Chong was defeated, he was promoted to general by Zhang Chong. After many battles, he was promoted to general and led 400 troops.
To be honest, this was too fast for Dian Wei. His martial arts, courage, and courage were all excellent, but he had not been able to develop the mentality of a general. The so-called general is to be quiet and secluded, and to be upright and orderly. That is to say, you should keep your cool when things happen, value your authority, and be calm and collected. But now that the ambush was unlucky, Dian Wei was worried about gains and losses. This is not the character a general should have.
This also made Zhang Chong realize that those who left their mark in history also grew up through experience, and blind promotion is not conducive to the cultivation of talents. Of course, there are exceptions. For truly talented people, you have to break the rules and employ people in an eclectic way to retain talent.
For example, Han Xin could only be a halberd holder step by step with Xiang Yu. Ji Lang is not a small official, but also a very important lackey. But a general like Han Xin cannot be treated as a lackey, but must be treated as a humerus. As for Liu Bang, he didn't recognize Han Xin at first and regarded him as nothing. Once he learned that this man was a great talent, he immediately came to the stage to pay homage to the general and discuss the affairs of the world. As a result, Han Xin was very angry with Liu Bang.
This is how Zhang Chong used Guan Yu. After several inspections of Guan Yu, he found that Guan Yu was a really proud and conceited person. Moreover, because he came down from the battlefield in Northern Xinjiang and traveled around the mountains and rivers, he already had an excellent character. The qualities possessed by a general. For this kind of general, he must be entrusted with important responsibilities in order to recruit and retain people.
This is also Zhang Chong's insignificant way of using generals.
(End of chapter)