The devil is coming

Chapter 168 Everyone in the Art of War
People feel refreshed during happy events, and Li Fusheng gave people such a feeling at this time.
When Zheng Fan leads his troops in battle, more than anything, he enjoys the sense of dominance of galloping horses and thousands of troops to charge and move according to his own wishes. In short, it is just to show off.
Not Li Fusheng. Li Fusheng is the kind of person who purely likes killing.
A blind man once said that a person's eyes are the most difficult to lie. The redness in Li Fusheng's eyes was already a crazy interpretation of his desire for blood at this time.
"Zheng Shoubei, come with me."
This is actually a kind of show of goodwill. First, it will give you some insights. After all, although Zheng Fan had good results in the past, he only fought blitzes and guerrilla warfare, and he also encountered those stupid wolf soldiers.
The second is to take you to increase your qualifications. Although sitting in the rear and regulating affairs in the city is also a credit, in the traditional understanding and perspective of the Yan people, only bloody military achievements are the most practical capital for promotion, and other credits will inevitably be inferior.
This is just like the fact that in the eyes of many older generations in later generations, all other industries except civil servants are part-time jobs.
To be honest, Zheng Fan really wanted to see what a tens of thousands-level battle was like. Besides, if there were blind people working in the city, they would not cause any trouble. He immediately raised his hands and saluted:
"Thank you sir!"
"Haha."
Li Fusheng walked out of the house, and the lazy beast immediately stood up, walked to Li Fusheng and bent his front knees.
Li Fusheng turned over and sat on it.
ordered:
"Send my military order and the army will set off!"
"Dong dong dong! dong dong dong! dong dong dong!"
Outside the south gate, groups of Northern Army cavalry were moving out in an orderly manner. Twenty thousand cavalry had to perform combat missions. Naturally, it was impossible for them all to pile up and swarm in one direction.
Li Fusheng personally led three thousand cavalry as the central army, and his six guerrilla generals each led nearly three thousand cavalry and headed there based on the location reported by the sentry cavalry.
If there is an aerial camera above at this time, we can see a total of seven fast-moving shadows in the area from Chuzhou City to the south.
Zheng Fan and Liang Cheng naturally followed Li Fusheng's central army. In fact, the [-] cavalrymen in Cuiliu Fort were supposed to be from Li Fusheng's temporary barracks, but once they arrived, the soldiers in Cuiliu Fort had already been busy for a whole day. Before he could get any rest, Li Fusheng had to take care of the fighting desire of his soldiers.
A truly powerful army must be a confident army. They are not afraid of war, they are eager for war, and they are happy to hear war.
Liang Cheng had been observing the surroundings carefully, and cavalry messengers were constantly shuttled back and forth among the various teams to ensure the timeliness of the command.
The cavalry's combat methods are actually very rich, and they are much freer than the infantry. At the same time, their mobility allows them to obtain more battlefield opportunities, but how to command the cavalry to fight well is a great knowledge.
Obviously, regardless of whether Li Fusheng was mentally ill as the blind man said, his military command quality was very high.
This is not something gained by talking on paper, but learned from years of fighting in the desert with the barbarians of the previous generation of cavalry masters.
Previously, there were two reasons for staying in Chuzhou City for two or three days, leaving aside the political elements:
First, in order to obtain supplies, because they have to travel long distances, the supplies carried by the troops are not very abundant;
The second is to cultivate horse power. War horses are expensive and precious. They must be maintained after a long-distance attack, otherwise the losses will be great.
However, after recuperating, I put the pillow on when I felt sleepy, and a soldier actually appeared in front of my eyes.
Unlike Zheng Shoubei, who lived a careful life in a small household, Li Fusheng obviously looked more domineering.
The first reaction when seeing the enemy is not to measure the opponent's strength and the possible losses to one's own side.
But there is only one word:
Dry!
At this time, Li Fusheng had just finished listening to the report from a messenger, and immediately laughed and cursed:
"Straight bitch, these gangsters actually shrank by themselves!"
Zheng Fan is right next to Li Fusheng. At this time, it is naturally not a question and answer session.
But Li Fusheng's mood seemed to be due to the arrival of this military report. First, he was a little disdainful, and secondly, he relaxed and took the initiative to turn to Zheng Fan and shout:
"I don't know where this army came from, but it definitely can't be from the north. I guess I don't know the news that Chuzhou City has changed hands. I foolishly headed here in the morning. Now I should be aware of it." Something is wrong and it is moving towards Qingshan County in the southwest."
"Isn't this the Qian army who came specifically to attack and recapture Chuzhou City?"
Including Zheng Fan, most of the people and dignitaries in Chuzhou thought that this cadre army that suddenly appeared outside Chuzhou City was the king's division who came specifically to fight Yangou.
But it seems that this is not the case.
What the composition of this army is and where it comes from is still unclear for a while, but seeing that the other party foolishly took the initiative to march towards Chuzhou City before, it is now panicking and moving towards a nearby county. In terms of performance,
This should be just a passing army.
It’s no wonder that Chuzhou City fell too quickly and fell into the hands of the Zhenbei Army without any decent resistance. At the same time, the Zhenbei Army’s sentries spread out over a large area, almost completely destroying this big city. Isolated from the outside world.
The sentinels of the Zhenbei Army were masters who could fight against barbarian warriors in the desert. How could the sentries of the Qianguo Army be their opponents?
Furthermore, the Qian people did not expect that the Yan people actually jumped over three sides and came directly here, and also captured Chuzhou City with lightning speed.
This kind of isolation naturally cannot block all messages. Some messages will definitely be transmitted, but in this era, the transmission of messages itself has a lag.
At the same time, when the army is on the march, the timeliness of receiving messages will be greatly reduced.
Anyway,
Due to various reasons, this 3-strong army almost ran into Chuzhou City like a savior.
Thinking about it, it must have been the general of that army who realized something was wrong. No matter how stupid the general was, he knew that during the march, he had to divide the front army, rear army and middle army and send out sentries to expand the field of vision. He even sent people to Chuzhou in advance. The other side of the city notified Chuzhou City to prepare for the reception of the army passing by tonight.
Then, the other party should have discovered that the people they sent to Chuzhou City and the sentry cavalry who were sent out did not come back. After having a premonition that something happened, out of a general's instinct, they chose to go to a nearby county where they could respond. Get closer.
"Haha, I'm not a cat, how can I be teased by it and then left behind?"
Li Fusheng continued:
"Send the order, the whole army speeds up!"
Zheng Fan knew clearly that he planned to intercept the opponent before he approached Qingshan County.
Only in the wild can the cavalry exert its greatest combat effectiveness and gain the greatest advantage. Although Zheng Fan has never been to Qingshan County, in this era, the county must have walls. Once the Qianguo army is stationed in the county, even if The city wall of that county town is not very tall, and it will still give the Zhenbei Army a headache.
The reason why we chose the big jump tactic was because we didn't want to attack the Qian Kingdom's important city on three sides. Even if we really wanted to attack the city, we would have to attack the Qian Kingdom's upper capital.
When we attack the capital, no matter how many people die and no matter how many Yanerlang's lives are consumed, it will not be considered a loss.
Under Li Fusheng's order, the entire army began to speed up and no longer cared about horsepower.
at last,
The messenger from the front came to report that the front army had discovered the opponent's military formation.
Li Fusheng immediately ordered the two guerrilla generals before the attack to lead their troops to outflank the enemy, blocking the possibility of the opponent continuing to move closer to Qingshan County.
"Haha, I caught up."
Li Fusheng was in a good mood, but he was actually a little worried that if he failed to catch up, the Gan army would enter the city.
The Zhenbei Army had one of its biggest weaknesses, and that was that they lacked experience in siegeing cities. It could even be said that they had almost no experience.
After all, except for the city where the royal court is located, the other barbarian tribes in the desert have no cities at all.
Finally, the Chinese army arrived.
Zheng Fan saw that the opponent's military formation was actually very neat. Although they were mostly infantry, they still didn't panic too much when faced with the cavalry's pressure.
The spearmen are in the front and on both sides, the shield soldiers are in the middle, and inside, there should be crossbowmen and archers. The opponent's few cavalry are placed behind.
This is what Zheng Fan, a newbie on the battlefield, saw.
Although he had fought several battles, Zheng Fan had only commanded once to pull out the fortress or storm the city gate. Even the battle that defeated the wolf soldiers was personally directed by Liang Cheng, and Zheng Fan only acted as a follower of orders. Just a cavalryman.
However, despite this, Zheng Fan also felt that the army in front of him was unusual. This formation looked very anti-cavalry at first glance.
"My lord, the opponent should divide the [-]-strong army into three parts, in the shape of a "pin"." Liang Cheng said to Zheng Fan, "This formation method can facilitate mutual support. If the number of arrows is sufficient, it can also carry out mutual support." suppression."
Zheng Fan only saw the row in front, but Liang Cheng already had a clear understanding of the opponent's formation.
Just like there is a huge difference between the God's perspective of watching a football match in the middle of the field or in front of the TV and the perspective of the players playing on the field.
Excellent generals can achieve an effect similar to "opening the eyes of the sky" by observing details.
Li Fusheng glanced at Liang Cheng in surprise and said:
"Zhi Niang, who is this general? He is a master who knows how to fight."
With that said, Li Fusheng pointed to Liang Cheng again and asked:
"Do you know what he means by doing this?"
"Stick and wait for help." Liang Cheng replied.
"Yes, stick around and wait for help."
Because the two lines of cavalry in front of the attack caught up with the opponent in time and cut off the opponent's retreat in a roundabout way, the generals of Qianguo on the opposite side chose to wait on the spot.
The other party did not choose to attack the nearly [-] Yan cavalry to open the road to Qingshan County, even though Qingshan County was not far ahead.
Because the opponent is cavalry, and most of the infantry are on our side, it is a bit difficult to break the opponent's blockage in time. The most important thing is that the general of Qian State on the opposite side should have noticed that these two Yan troops cut off the retreat as soon as they appeared. The cavalry is just the front army, there should be more Yan cavalry on the way.
Once you take the initiative to launch an attack, it will easily cause the Yan cavalry to counterattack on the opposite side of the offensive. When an army dominated by infantry faces a cavalry group, if its formation is overwhelmed, it will be a real defeat. disaster!
"Send the order and let Sun Guyi and Yue Yuchen each send a thousand riders to test it out."
Li Fusheng's order was quickly passed on,
Then,
In the originally relatively static battle situation,
Two thousand cavalry teams broke away from their own military formation and began to approach the Ganjun military formation.
Zheng Fan couldn't help but take another look at Li Fusheng. The commander-in-chief might be mentally ill, but he was still very clear-headed in battle.
"My lord, this move has two purposes. One is to test the quality of the other party to see if it is just a show. Second, since the other party has put up three military formations in the shape of a pin, we have to pick and choose which military formation. It’s weaker and easier to swallow.”
"Zheng Shoubei." Li Fusheng shouted.
"Sir?" Zheng Fan was listening to the lecture. Hearing this, he turned to look at Li Fusheng.
"Is this person your slave?"
"Uh, yes."
Thinking about it, it was probably because Li Fusheng heard Liang Cheng calling him "Lord".
The slave culture in Yan country is very strong, oh no, to be precise, in this era, domestic slaves and generals are like this, not only in Yan country, but in basically every country.
To a certain extent, the seven generals under the Zhenbei Hou Mansion are actually generals of the Zhenbei Hou Li family.
"Zheng Shoubei is really good at both civil and military skills. This slave is well trained."
"..." Zheng Fan.
Nima,
It was obvious that I was listening to Liang Cheng's lecture like a primary school student.
As a result, from Li Fusheng's perspective, he was deliberately testing his own slaves.
Liang Cheng cupped his hands and said:
"My master taught me well."
"Yes, yes, then I will test you for your master, how to break this situation? Since the other party has chosen to wait for help, there is not much time left for us."
"My lord, you are just kidding. The other party can stand still and wait for reinforcements. Is it possible that our side will go deep alone?"
"What's the explanation?" Li Fusheng narrowed his eyes.
"During the march earlier, Your Excellency should have sent messengers to contact other troops nearby."
"Okay, good, good."
Li Fusheng nodded with satisfaction.
The general of Qian State on the opposite side is choosing to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, because that general should be thinking that this is the territory of Qian State, and it should be easy for Qian State's troops and horses to support him.
At that time, it can be either to bite the Yan cavalry or cooperate with the reinforcements to drive back the Yan cavalry.
But this time the Yan army had 25 cavalry going south. Although the troops and horses dispersed when they entered Chujun, there must be other troops and horses nearby.
The distance and location of the ministries on both sides may not be clear to the middle and lower-level sergeants, but Li Fusheng, as the leader of the troops, is naturally clear.
After all, even if the Yan army that went south dispersed, they were not a group of mad dogs that had escaped from their cages, but a group of wolves from the north.
Wolves are the best at cooperating.
The general from the Qian Kingdom opposite was thinking of holding on and waiting for reinforcements, but little did he know that there might be more wolves nearby than reinforcements.
"Zheng Shoubei, what is his military position?" Li Fusheng asked.
"The captain of Cuiliu Fort." Zheng Fan replied.
"Oh." Li Fusheng nodded.
Just as the two of them were talking,
The two thousand-man cavalry sent out had already approached the Ganjun formation, and the Ganjun formation immediately became tense.
Li Fusheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and Liang Cheng was also observing carefully.
Zheng Shoubei, who was sandwiched between the two of them, looked at the appearance of the two people around him, and immediately started to look at them seriously, his eyes sore.
Naturally, the two thousand-man cavalry were not going to charge into the formation. The previous charge had kicked up a lot of dust and created a lot of momentum. However, they reined in the reins in a safe area, and then turned the horses' heads. He nocked his bow and arrow and started shooting.
The accuracy of projectiles is naturally much worse, but no matter how good you are in mounted shooting, you are not allowed to compete with infantrymen who are well-formed and have all kinds of arms.
The arrows rained down quickly, and there was a commotion among the Gan army.
In fact, there is not much damage, unless some are particularly unlucky, but for ordinary people, they will subconsciously feel scared if someone throws a snowball at you, let alone an arrow.
These two thousand-man cavalry rushed back and forth twice more, still only firing at a safe distance. Archers and crossbowmen in the opposite army formation also began to fight back.
In fact, the casualties of each other are very sporadic, but you still have to fight back, otherwise your momentum will decline. You can only be beaten without being able to fight back. This kind of pressure is too much for the soldiers.
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"
Just when the two thousand cavalry teams were preparing to withdraw from the battle and return to their own formation, a harsh sound of breaking through the air suddenly came from the opponent's formation.
Bed Crossbow!
There is a bed crossbow in the opponent's formation!
For a moment, a string of crossbow arrows that were longer than the height of an ordinary person were shot at a cavalry team of a thousand people.
There were a total of five crossbow arrows, three of which missed. One hit the horse of a knight of the Zhenbei Army, directly piercing the horse under his crotch. The horse's body seemed to be torn apart, and the knight on top fell to the ground. On the ground, fortunately, the colleague beside him had quick eyesight and quick hands, and reached out in time to grab the other person and put him on his horse.
There was also a bed crossbow that shot through three Yan Jun knights in a row, and blood spurted out for a while.
Waves of cheers immediately came from the Qianjun military formation, and their morale soared!
however,
Regarding this scene, regarding the life and death of his subordinates, Li Fusheng didn't even blink. There was even a smile on his lips. He reached out and touched the hair of the Pit Beast under his crotch.
He seemed to be interested again and asked:
"See what?"
Liang Cheng replied calmly:
"The military formation facing us is the most stable, there is no turmoil in the formation, and the timing of the counterattack is also very good.
Of the two military formations at the back, the one on the west side was fine. Although the soldiers were panicked, they were not in chaos.
Only the military formation on the east side was obviously compressed, and the crossbowmen in the center of the formation fired back in a messy and irregular manner.
With three military formations and three levels, this cadre of soldiers is not an independent force, but more like a temporary group put together by several companies. "
After listening to this, Li Fusheng said:
"Then our army will attack from the military formation on the east side first?"
Liang Cheng shook his head and said:
"My master has taught me that what is real is what is false, and what is true is false. The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing and extremely deceitful.
The opponent's general did not choose to force a breakthrough at the beginning, but deployed his formation on the spot, which proved that he was a cautious general with troops.
Even a makeshift army cannot put up such a formation while leaving such an obvious flaw and gap here.
There should be a backup plan inside the military formation on the east side. "
Li Fusheng reached out and suddenly patted Zheng Fan on the shoulder.
The force was a bit strong, and Zheng Fan, an eighth-level martial artist, was almost knocked off his horse.
"Zheng Shoubei, you really opened my eyes. You are both civil and military. You are truly a great talent!"
"..." Zheng Shoubei.
"Sure enough, the Marquis did not misjudge the person. No, I think the Marquis was mistaken. If the Marquis knew that Zheng Shoubei had such ability to be civil and military, according to the Marquis's temper, he would have fought with that Nan Hou. If we fight, I will snatch Zheng Shoubei over from you."
hehe, hehe...
Zheng Fan blushed slightly. He was actually making excuses for what happened last night. The blind man and Si Niang were responsible for everything;
Just now, it was Liang Cheng who was saying that he was just learning.
People who cheat will always feel guilty.
Zheng Fan opened his mouth and said:
"Your Excellency, this is ridiculous. I'm just talking on paper. I'm just talking on paper."
"What's the meaning of talking about war on paper?" Li Fusheng asked.
"Uh..." Zheng Fan.
Liang Cheng said at this time:
"Sir, that is a military book written by my master himself."
"..." Zheng Fan.
"The Book of War? Oh, then I'm really interested. Our warrior Qiu Ba can also write a book. It's not simple, but it's not simple. What's the name of this book of war?"
Liang Cheng replied seriously:
""Zheng Zi's Art of War"."
(End of this chapter)