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Chapter 466: Going to the enemy and fleeing tactics

In the lobby of Yanshi County Yamen, Zhang Cheng continued: "Since ancient times, there have been as many rebellious bandits as a cow's hair, but there are only a few who succeeded in rebelling, only Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and Zhu Hongwu, the great ancestor of our dynasty.

Others, such as Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in the late Qin Dynasty, Huangjin Zhangjiao in the late Han Dynasty, and Huang Chao in the late Tang Dynasty, etc., at the beginning, there were also a large number of responders, and the momentum was not small. They attacked cities and looted land everywhere, but it was difficult to achieve great things in the end. , why? "

After hearing Zhang Cheng's words, all the generals in the hall fell into deep thought for a while, not knowing how to answer.

But Zhang Cheng continued: "Let's start with the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Han Dynasty. When the three Zhangjiao brothers first rose up, they had such a great momentum, but they were completely defeated in just a few months.

Although in the next few years, there were still some riots in this name, but because Zhang Jiao's brothers were all dead, they could not do more.According to you and others, why did the Yellow Turban uprising fail so quickly? "

Although Wang Yuanjing reads a lot on weekdays, but before that he was for the purpose of scientific research, and he didn't know much about this kind of books. He didn't start to dabble in this kind of books until he followed Zhang Cheng in the 11th year of Chongzhen, so he Not knowing how to answer for a moment, he couldn't help turning his attention to Wei Zhice.

Wei Zhice was already a student before, and he liked to wield knives and sticks since he was a child, so he was partial to ancient wars, as well as the rise and fall of dynasties, and various methods of using soldiers. I don't know how to answer it.

But in this hall, he and Wang Yuanjing are the only ones who can be regarded as scholars. Now that Wang Yuanjing is looking at him, he can only bite the bullet and say: "Although there were 36 Fangs in the early days of the Yellow Turban, there were more than [-] generous people, and there were also small Fangs." Six or seven thousand, but they are a mob after all.

However, although the fate of the Han court was in decline at that time, it was far from the time of its collapse. Moreover, Huangfusong and Zhu Jun were all rare generals. Therefore, within a few months, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was defeated one by one. Although there was a recovery later, it was difficult to become a climate again. "

Although Wang Yuanjing only began to pay attention to the historical records of the victories and defeats of ancient wars in the past two years, he did not give much thought to the issue of the rapid quelling of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

He obviously agreed with Wei Zhice's opinion, but added: "The yellow turban bandits rose up in many places at the beginning, but they fought on their own. Although there are many people, they can't command and dispatch in a unified way, work together, and help each other. , plus Zhang Jiao died early, so he was defeated very quickly."

He thought for a while, and then said: "Another point is that because someone went to Luoyang to report the incident, the Zhang Jiao brothers had to rush to the incident because someone went to Luoyang to report the incident. The lack of preparation was naturally an important reason for their failure. cause."

Seeing that Zhang Cheng was sitting at the head and did not nod, Wei Zhice looked thoughtful instead, he hurriedly asked, "Commander, what the last general and Counselor Wang said were all very general, so it may not be true The key point. Dare to ask the commander-in-chief to teach you."

Only then did Zhang Cheng speak: "One of Zhang Jiao's apprentices was called Tang Zhou, and he wrote a letter to the imperial court to inform the court that Dafang Ma Yuanyi was killed in Luoyang, and the regular attendants Feng Xuan and Xu Feng among the people in Luoyang were also arrested and killed. This is indeed a major source of frustration.

From ancient times to the present, the most hateful thing is to defect to the enemy, but as far as Zhang Jiao's rebellion is concerned, he has not suffered fatal losses because of it.

Although Zhang Jiao and the three brothers started the incident hastily, they became very powerful at the moment. All the ministries they belonged to burned the government buildings and looted the cities, causing the Han Dynasty to lose its prefectures and counties.

Look how good the situation is!It's a pity that it has only passed half a year, and it has been defeated. What is the reason? "

All the generals in the hall didn't know why for a while, Wei Zhice boldly asked: "According to the commander in chief, what is the reason?"

Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "From my point of view, the main reason why the Yellow Turban Bandits failed so quickly was not that there were such famous generals as Huang Fusong and Zhu Jun in the Han Dynasty at that time, but that the leaders of the Yellow Turban Bandits didn't know what to do." Fighting wars lacks a real strategic vision."

"Ah?" Wei Zhijue leaned forward, and said solemnly: "Please tell the commander in detail, so as to clear up my doubts for us!"

Zhang Cheng smiled. The generals under him know how to learn, and it is a good thing to be able to grow. Although he can still control everything now, what about the future?

He knew that with the expansion of his power, the territory, military power, and manpower would all expand outwards. At that time, he would need someone to sit in all directions for him, and he would even need a general to lead the battle on his behalf and take charge of his own side!
At the same time, there are other forces that undermine their own internal unity, such as counter-intrigue against their own side, and even divide and win over their own subordinates.

But Zhang Cheng understands the truth not to give up eating because of choking, and he is not willing to do that worrying thing. What he wants to do now is to make his subordinates grow up quickly, so that they can share more affairs for him, and even be able to take care of themselves.

As for the obstacles and troubles that are destined to arise in the future, he also has some estimates, and will try his best to resolve them one by one. After all, it is not impossible for him to give the benefits that the enemy can give them, not to mention their family and reputation. They are also in their own hands.

Zhang Cheng smiled and said to Wei Zhice and the generals: "There is a saying in "Sun Tzu·Xu Shi Pian" that 'the image of a soldier is water, and the shape of water is to avoid heights and go down; the shape of soldiers is to avoid reality and attack the void. To control the flow, the soldiers win because of the enemy. Therefore, the soldiers have no constant momentum, and the water has no constant shape; those who can win because of the enemy's changes are called gods.'

Therefore, this battle is to be fought alive, and we should not stick to the situation and fight hard, but should avoid the real and attack the false.

At the beginning of the rebellion, the thieves and bandits throughout the history, even though they were powerful and numerous in number, were not like our army, which was well equipped with armor, well-trained, unified in command, able to fight tough battles, and especially good at duels.

Therefore, most of them adopt the strategy of "defeating the enemy by walking away". Their purpose is very simple, that is, to prevent the officers and soldiers from destroying them in one fell swoop.

The reason why thieves are called thieves is because they always fight if they can beat them, and run away if they can't beat them.

The central content of its combat can be summed up as the method of "the enemy advances and retreats, the enemy camps and we harass, the enemy is tired and we fight, and the enemy retreats and pursues".

Therefore, as a general, always keep in mind 'to control the enemy but not to control the enemy'. When one's own strength is weak, it would be the most unwise to defend a city. The more tenaciously defended, the more the whole army will be wiped out.

Just as the art of war says, "The strength of a small enemy is the capture of a great enemy." '

But if reinforcements are coming, it is not impossible to defend the city, just like the current Luoyang City, if we can hold on for more than a month, when the army of intruders is exhausted, most of our officers and soldiers will kill the city, and we will be able to defeat them by cooperating inside and outside. Defeat, or even catch the intruder in one go! "

(End of this chapter)