"Sun Tzu's Art of War" says: Soldiers have no constant force, and water has no constant shape. △
The situation on the battlefield is complex and changing rapidly. Although there are certain ways to deal with it, it is only a general rule. It is actually extremely difficult to flexibly apply the rule to the details. Low-ranking generals often only know how to form an array. When infantry encounters a horse team, they use dense spearmen, archers shoot arrows, and then they raise their shields. A middle-ranking general can understand why these things are done this way, understand most of the changes, and understand why such changes occur. From this, they can know under what circumstances, infantry can confront cavalry, and how to use spears to fight. Dense bows and arrows…
Just like the growth of people, when I was young, people always pursued a certain principle between heaven and earth, thinking that if I understood a truth, if I understood a meaningful sentence, my life would be able to find a direction. But in fact, human growth does not appear in such a pattern. You can find countless plausible sentences, and even for every sentence, there is an equally meaningful utterance that has the opposite meaning.
Then people start to see what kind of past and what kind of environment they are in when they say this sentence, when people can finally empathize with them and understand the reason why their predecessors said this sentence , Wisdom, can really be inherited. When the learner can finally understand the core of the thinking of many people, and can compare and draw inferences from other people, he may have just acquired the ability to think independently, and he has only read a few books and can only show off with famous words...
The truth is that.
In most cases, stereotypes are still powerful. Especially in the battlefields of these years, the strength and morale of the two warring parties are often very different. The situation in many battlefields is basically just crushing. If you combine a little bit of restraint. It's usually a good situation.
Most of the things in the world are mediocre. Just like the later generations, there are many people in the world who only know how to recite famous aphorisms and chicken soup for the soul. Even those who can’t recite famous aphorisms and chicken soup for the soul can still live and even feel that they are living well. But on top of that, there is tenfold effort with direction, purpose and discernment. Only those who absorb and refer to the wisdom of others and finally form a self-logic system can cope with all novel situations. To be honest, those who can truly stand at the top and the top of society, except for the second generation, must have a complete self-logic. system, without exception.
In the first battle of Chaobai River, it needed to be used. It's just a skilled operation of the art of war. And this time in the battle of Xia Village, in a sense, what was tested was wisdom.
After the blockade of the Yumu Cannons, the harvesting of bows and arrows, and the crushing of heavy cavalry, Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren were able to organize long-distance and alternate attacks, indicating that they still had the ability to be generals. But that's about it, if that's the only way to play. Their 10,000 people are simply not enough to spend in this area of Xia Village. Especially under the threat of artillery fire and heavy cavalry. The tough battle is fought when the personnel are inferior and the fighting spirit is not necessarily overwhelming. Once it is confronted, I am afraid that it will all be buried here.
It was also because Pharmacist Guo came too quickly that this situation was changed. On the third day of the first month of December, his abrupt shot really showed the quality of the opponent as a famous general. In a short period of time, he recognized the limitations of firearms, used rockets to suppress them, and then allowed the charging soldiers to keep a distance from each other. Only when they reached the wooden wall, they launched a strong attack. If it fails in one round, he immediately retreats. In a short period of time, the Xia Village side is really in a hurry and is in a hurry.
But no one's war wit is designed to deal with things outside common sense. When the defenders of Xia Village made adjustments to the placement and firing of the Elm Cannon, the firing of the artillery, especially the salvo when the grieving army was in a siege state, the violent sound and light effects would still have a great impact on the opponent's fighting spirit. Great influence, the several storms under the command of Guo Yaoshi, even when suppressed by rockets, were still abruptly broken up by the timely launch of the Xia Village Yumu Cannon.
He then changed his strategy and began to make a large-scale single-point breakthrough on the eastern city wall. The selected position was the section where 800 people were killed.
At the beginning, in order to induce the attacking army to choose this place as a breakthrough point, the defense of this section of the battalion wall was slightly weaker. However, with the 30,000-strong army assembled, Guo Yaoshi no longer had to consider the threat of the hundreds of heavy cavalry, and this became a real breakthrough.
On the afternoon of the fourth day of December, a large number of soldiers of the Ever-Victorious Army really stepped on the heads and corpses of their companions and started to attack, and the surrounding camp walls also began to be attacked by rounds of rockets. The defenders of Xia Village also returned fire with bows and arrows. Color, when the attack was the most intense in the evening, the side door on the section of the camp wall suddenly opened, and more than a hundred heavy cavalry lined up neatly. A moment later, more than 20 elm cannons were fired simultaneously at the south of the camp wall, and a large number of bows and arrows cooperated to counterattack the attacking army.
Since then, the two sides have been fighting wits and courage. The soldiers of the Changsheng Army were indeed higher than the defenders of Xiacun, and the number of soldiers was as many as 36,000. This was a huge advantage, but relatively speaking, the changes in the tactics of war were influenced by the north. The strengths of the tactics are mainly solid rather than changeable.
On the Xia Village side, due to the flourishing of the literary style of the Wu Dynasty, various military books are also rampant in the war. These military books are often not useless. Once they are read, they can always integrate and penetrate the thinking system of some wise men. Although Qin Shaoqian is rough, but in fact, he can be regarded as a Confucian general. He is influenced by his father and is familiar with a lot of military books. This time in Xia Village, the situation was quite different.
A large number of really usable soldiers replaced the once bloated Wu Rui battalion system, and the solid defensive arrangement was combined with the flexible support of the Yumu Cannon. Even though the strength of the individual soldier is slightly inferior to that of the resentful army soldiers, he still used what he had learned in his life for the first time on this battlefield. The defense of Xia Village was like an unbreakable iron prison. When Guo Yaoshi rushed up, his teeth were really broken.
With Guo Yaoshi fighting Zongwang in Chaobai River, the mood is normal. He can let go of his hands and feet in the battle, and fight with the heroes of this world, especially when he has been tied up in the past and has never been released. Fight down. Qin Shaoqian was unspeakably happy in his chest. However, in such a battle situation, great pressure is also accumulating in the hearts of both sides.
The situation in the capital is in danger. As the Bianliang battle continues, many people suddenly come to the battle of Xia Village. But it is bound to have a huge impact on the situation in the capital. And even if this battle was tragic from the beginning, if it were to end, it would never end with one side fighting to the last soldier.
After all, Yaoshi Guo was a subdued general. The strength of the resentful army was his foundation. He took decisive action and went all out to attack Xia Village. what he could not bear. For Qin Shaoqian, Ning Yi and others. Waiting is such a psychological expectation. On this battlefield, once Guo Yaoshi's army is broken, Zongwang may have to withdraw his troops and seek peace no matter how strong he is.
On Guo Yaoshi's side, the defenders of Xia Village were stronger than many troops of the Wu Dynasty, but after all, they were only the army of the Wu Dynasty, and this army would also have a psychological expectation of battle damage. Once the ferocity of the war is really over the line, the army will definitely collapse. But once it collapses and chaos begins, what Xia Village will face will be massacres and crushing.
Both sides are almost waiting for the other's collapse point to appear.
But this time, both sides seem to be more tenacious than imagined.
On the fifth day of December, the first elm cannon exploded during firing on the battlefield. From this, Guo Yaoshi launched a larger-scale attack in turn. His troops were sufficient, and he could use more consumption to squeeze the firing limit of the Yumu Cannon. And because of a sudden accident, Xia Cun's side. We had to reduce the use of elm cannons, and for a while, the war began to tilt towards the resentful army.
On the sixth day of the 12th lunar month, the resentful army invaded the camp wall for the first time. Yue Fei led the elite to join the battle. At the same time, he let more than a hundred heavy cavalry dismount, and used the advantage of iron armor to massacre the Jurchen soldiers who broke into the camp defense.
On the seventh day of December, Ning Yi and the others had already started running on the battlefield...
At this time, the defense system of Xia Village was basically divided into five stages. Liu Chengzong had more than 2,000 people in the first section of the camp wall. The defender of the second section of the camp wall was named Pang Liuan and had 3,500 people. Mao Yishan and his superior Xu Lingming were also on the section of the camp wall. In the middle section, Li Yi led 2,000 people. In addition, He Zhicheng led 3,000 people, and Sun Ye had 2,000 people, who were respectively responsible for the second section of Bing Ding.
The battle loss rate among these thirteen thousand people had already reached 20-30% by the eighth day of December. In particular, the east wall that He Zhicheng was in charge of was under attack. On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the dead or seriously injured people who quit the battle may have broken through one-third. This is also what Ning Yi would complain about after the camp wall was broken through. reason. At this time, the reserve team and the new force were basically thrown in. On the southeast side, almost all the living forces that the rest of the party could squeeze out were gathered here.
And there are some things that cannot be accurately estimated, but Ning Yi and others have some guesses. The casualties of the resentful army had reached nearly 20% at this time, and more than 6,000 people were either dead or seriously injured. By this time, they could no longer participate in the battle. It is conceivable that Pharmacist Guo suffered from pain, but it is still unclear how much he is willing to pay for this victory.
"What other tricks are there to use..."
On the edge of the battlefield, watching the fierce battle with the breach of the camp wall in the distance, Pharmacist Guo said this sentence almost subconsciously. A figure on the watchtower finally gritted his teeth: "Okay." He took out a firework arrow from his arms.
At this time, Hongti had already rushed forward. An arrow passed through the crowd and shot towards Ning Yi. Then a figure came over and slammed into Ning Yi's side...
With a swoosh, from afar, Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Linghui and the others watched a beam of light rise into the sky, their scalps tingled, and Zhang Linghui immediately said, "Let them withdraw!"
Guo Yaoshi waved his hand fiercely: "The archers are on! The cavalry is on! The storm is in response—"
He did not issue an order to evacuate, but of course, such a reaction was too late after all. Just outside the breach in the camp wall, vibrations suddenly came from the ground, and heat waves and rays of light rolled over the ground, as if boiling mud—it was a stretch of land that was more than ten feet wide and several feet long, and it was already crowded. Crowd rushing in.
The explosion sent blood, dirt and limbs flying into the sky, forming a shrill curtain like a barrier, and the caltrops flew in all directions with the minced flesh. This is the effect of a mine array lined up in three rows outside the breach at the same time exploding. They have been quietly buried in this area for several days. Ning Yi and others were worried that their leads might fail, but fortunately this paragraph Time's study of firearms has finally paid off.
This sudden explosion caused twenty or thirty casualties on the battlefield. But most importantly, it blocked the backs of attackers entering the defensive circle. When the huge explosion sounded, and the nearly two hundred soldiers who rushed into the breach in the camp wall looked back, the muddy blood that was lifted up was like a high curtain, cutting off their connection with their companions.
Even if it may only be a moment, the psychological pressure caused. Also big enough.
Guo Yaoshi watched all this from a distance, his face trembling, while Zhang Linghui was already stunned.
"Kill them..." Inside the camp wall, Ning Yi was half-stained with blood, with a fierce face, holding a soldier who was also half-blooded, he was raising his knife and shouting: "Kill them, kill them, kill them—"
Under the sky, the light of the sword and the waves of blood rushed over...
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In Bianliang City, the time is approaching evening. This afternoon, because the timing of an attack was not right, after the Jurchen was blocked, there was no further attack. For the defenders of Bianliang, this was the time to clean up the battlefield.
Several regular defenders were still defending the city wall, and some soldiers who were forewarned walked up the city wall and carried the corpses. Occasionally someone speaks. Shout out, among other things. The sound of screaming is the mainstream of the city. This sound is made by the wounded, and not everyone can bear the pain.
Crying can hide in no one's place.
The Huotou Battalion, which was in charge of logistics, brought porridge, rice and steamed buns early. Some went to the city wall to deliver them, and some started to distribute them in several fixed places. The carts carrying the corpses stopped at the edge of the city wall, one by one. Come and go as carefully as possible.
It is not very far from the city wall. On the side of the wounded barracks, the platform has been laid, the torches are also lit, and many soldiers have gathered here. There were a lot of wounded soldiers, and there were also tired looking people with steamed buns, porridge and rice, and found a place to sit nearby.
Although it was wartime, many things were controlled near the city wall, but the situation here is a little looser, and it may have been approved by the military officers. As an ordinary person, if you can really walk in here, the situation you see is mostly chaotic and noisy. At this time, several figures came towards this side. Because they were wearing the clothes of military generals and guards, and did not do anything out of the ordinary, no one stopped them.
The leader has a steady pace, a resolute face, and a dignified appearance. As he walked, he looked at the situation around him, nodded occasionally, or whispered a few words to the people accompanying him.
If there is a military officer here who recognizes his identity, the first reaction may be to kneel.
"Du Chengxi, I know your worries, but I accept your thoughts. These days, the Jurchen siege will stop until it gets dark. I... I came here after thinking about it carefully, just to have a look, you Look, those wounded soldiers... I don't want to preach, just take a look and know what to do, that's all."
At this time, it was Emperor Jinghan Zhou Zhe who quietly disguised himself. With his grasp of power, Du Chengxi couldn't stop him. In a sense, coming to see this battlefield and not wanting to publicize it, in Zhou Zhe's heart, it is precisely to keep the figures of these heroes in his heart. Although he is usually pampered, but at this time, he smells blood, and even sees various bloody scenes, he doesn't feel uncomfortable, at most he frowns occasionally.
As a person standing at the top, his mood is indeed not intimidated by a little blood, even if it is the first time to see such a serious scene, it is still the quality of an emperor.
"But... what is the purpose of setting up a stage beside the wounded barracks? Do you want to sing a big show?"
"The servant thinks, is there an adult who wants to talk, but it doesn't look like..." Du Chengxi looked at it, "The servant goes to ask."
Du Chengxi trotted forward for a while, and Zhou Zhe went straight to the crowd there. At this time, there was still a loud noise in the crowd. After a while, Du Chengxi ran back and found Zhou Zhe and others in the crowd.
"Long... Young Master Long, it's the girls from Fanlou who want to perform for them and reward them for their hard work. It seems that there are girls from teachers and teachers among them..."
"Performing? It's really a child's play." Zhou Zhe frowned and said in a low voice, "The soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and they are looking for prostitutes to perform by the city wall? Who decided this..."
He didn't think that he would see such a thing when he came running. At this time, someone was beating a gong on the stage, and the surroundings were almost silent for the most part in an instant, and someone shouted: "Don't be noisy! Don't be noisy! The teacher girl is here!"
"Would you like to let the teacher girl take a break..."
"Stop arguing—"
In such a voice, the surroundings finally calmed down, Zhou Zhe frowned again with his hands on his back: "Let the teacher take a break, she can't pick up the guests..." Since the table is simple, it is easy for people to go up, Zhou Zhe sees the person walking up. A woman with plain clothes seems to have just finished busy with something, her hair is still a little messy, and her clothes are simple. The woman put down the guzheng and bowed.
"Hello everyone, I'm Li Shishi. I ran over just after my work. I may be a little out of spirit. Please bear with me. I have already washed my face." The woman smiled, and everyone laughed... The voice is not bad, but Most women in Fanlou would not use such words to greet others.
Zhou Zhe walked forward. He was wearing an officer's uniform, but others didn't dare to stop him. Hearing the woman say: "Actually, I don't know what everyone wants to see. I wanted to do some somersaults, but I didn't have the strength. Well, I won't talk nonsense. Let's play the piano for everyone first."
"It's obviously a zheng." Zhou Zhe said in a low voice, "However, the sound of the zheng is loud and fits the atmosphere of the battlefield. I would like to hear what she has to say... It's a farce."
On the wooden table, the woman sat down. She first turned her head to look aside, then breathed a sigh of relief, and dropped her fingers like that.
The first sound came, Zhou Zhe raised his head slightly and pursed his lips.
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