There were two documents in front of Shao Shude, one of which was a good news, saying that he would defeat the Bian Army Hao Zhenwei and Feng Ba's troops in Hebei, and captured nearly 3,000 prisoners and killed them.

The second letter was a letter, which was obtained from the intercepted messenger of the Bian army, saying that Zhu Quanzhong ordered Ge to go to Ergu Mountain and Xiong Er Mountain to retreat to Ruzhou and join the Zhongwu army.

It will be much clearer if you combine the two copies.

Hao Zhenwei and Feng Ba were considered unlucky. He received an order from Ge Congzhou to go to the north bank of the river and look for an opportunity to cross the river south. However, Zhu Quanzhong ordered Ge Congzhou to leave Ergushan and take the initiative to remove the flanking threat of the Xia army. Ge Congzhou should give Hao the subsequent

Feng and the other two passed the order, but due to the poor traffic, they failed, resulting in the annihilation of the two.

This is the advantage of more cavalry.

Shao Shude also felt a little surprise in this battle, that is, Zhe Silun was brave and resourceful. He used suspicious soldiers to scare Hao and Feng to repel Hao and Feng, and made great contributions. This is actually the direct reason for the defeat of Hao and Feng.

If they brought enough supplies and marching steadily, and had enough food and supplies, they would not be so easy to eat, and they might not even be able to eat, or even if they had eaten, they would be a loss in the final settlement.

The situation on the battlefield will become increasingly larger in the future. Each battlefield needs qualified generals to take charge of command, and it is impossible to rely on one person alone.

Whether the generals under his command are capable directly determines the outcome because they compare their overall strength.

When Chen Cheng walked into the barracks, he saw Shao Shude studying military conquest cases in ancient times. He looked curiously, but was still studying Liu Yu, because he had put himself in Zhu Quanzhong.

"The Deputy Envoy Chen came just right. I was fascinated by Liu Yu's battle to destroy Nanyan." Shao Shude put down his book and smiled and said, "Liu Yu is really a god. The army is dominated by infantry and goes straight in to destroy Nanyan of Murong Xianbei.

The Xianbei cavalry could not do anything to cut off food, and the plan to harass the tired enemy was not enough. They actually watched them drive straight into the capital."

Although the strategy adopted by Murong Xianbei was not appropriate, such as giving up occupying dangerous passes, believing that he had many cavalry troops, it was better to indulge Liu Yu's infantry into the pass and annihilate him in one fell swoop on the flat terrain.

In theory, it is not wrong.

Shouldn’t infantry be unable to move forward when facing the overwhelming cavalry on an empty plain?

I divided the cavalry into three parts, some of them took turns to harass, some rested, and some mobile support. How many days can the infantry last?

But the harassment surprise attack seemed to have no effect in the end. When approaching, it was blocked by the vehicle array and was shot to death by the stair bow that was more powerful than the stair bow.

The infantry group even marched while fighting. When they were tired, they sat on the ground to rest and drove straight to Guanggu, the capital of Nanyan.

Liu Yu even distributed a unit to attack other cities. The Xianbei cavalry with the advantage of blocking the battlefield could not stop other people's surprise attacks, allowing people to break the city.

Cavalry, theoretically, have the initiative on the battlefield, and can choose to fight or not, but sometimes they lose the initiative and have to fight. For example, if an infantry attacks the capital or other important cities, they have to attack head-on, resulting in a crushing defeat.

In the battle between Liu Yu and the Southern Yan, the Xianbei cavalry had the initiative at first, but then disappeared and were eventually destroyed.

Now, the overall strength of both sides of Bian is actually somewhat similar.

Shao Shude substituted himself into Liu Yu, and was also trying to find out how to crack this tactic. After all, Zhu Wen and Li Keyong were both figures who could come and go freely in the sea of ​​cavalry in the three towns of Hebei.

Also, Ma Long and Liu Yu's infantry could drive up to hundreds of miles, more than a thousand miles, surrounded by cavalry groups, and finally safe and defeated the enemy.

Li Keyong and Zhu Wen can also use infantry to suppress Hebei, which has the upper hand.

Even after Yelu Deguang entered the Central Plains, controlled the Bianliang Imperial Army, the vassal soldiers of Henan, and the militia armed forces attacked, which made more than 100,000 Khitan cavalry exhausted? In the end, Liu Zhiyuan found an opportunity to proclaim himself emperor and establish a country.

But why did Song Jun die by this move?

"Master, the first thing to do is that the elite infantry soldiers are resistant to fighting and are old in battle formations. They go deep into the enemy's territory, are not timid, are not panic, and dare to fight and fight." Chen Cheng said.

"Same as I thought." Shao Shude smiled and said, "I dominate the northwest. The states I pass by, the Qiang and Hu people are all dominated by cavalry and soldiers. They use cavalry and soldiers to defeat cavalry and soldiers. They have more than ten provinces and hundreds of foreign and Han people.

Yu Wan.”

"However, the general defeated Tuoba Sigong, attacked Lingzhou, and attacked Li Changfu, and all won by infantry."

"So, when dealing with Zhu Quanzhong, we should combine cavalry and infantry, with infantry as the foundation and cavalry as the auxiliary?" Shao Shude asked.

Chen Cheng did not answer directly, but talked about Liu Yu's incident: "Before Liu Laozhi entered Daxian Pass, he built a city dozens of miles away, left troops to guard, and stationed grain and machinery.

The distance is for infantry marching, at most two days, or three days. In two or three days, there are big chariots accompanying each other, and the cavalry can't do anything to them."

But the Song army was exposed to the wilderness for two or three days and could not hold on...

"Why build a city? Because the vehicle array is much limited, the first thing is that it is affected by the terrain." Chen Cheng continued.

“Rugged and dangerous roads are not conducive to driving.”

"The rain and snow are mixed, which is not conducive to driving."

"The swamp sticks to the ground, which is not conducive to driving."

"River land is not conducive to driving."

"The road collapses and sinks, which is not conducive to driving."

...

"I have ten methods of chariot fighting, and I am present to the general." After that, Chen Cheng pulled out a paper from his sleeve, which was covered with fly-headed small calligraphy, densely packed, and handed it to Shao Shude, and added: "Nothing is absolutely true"

, these ten disadvantages can be avoided or cracked. With a chariot and a cavalry, the first thing is that infantry dares to fight and is good at fighting. Without this, no matter how well the chariot is built, it is useless."

This is about the point.

If the Zhaoyi army's infantry formation was broken away by the cavalry and was not disintegrated, and he dared to snatch the cavalry off his horse and kill him, what kind of cavalry can defeat the infantry?

After taking it, Shao Shude looked at it quickly, and it was somewhat consistent with his thoughts.

However, many of them overlap with cavalry, such as rivers, woods, swamps, etc., and cavalry cannot go. On rugged mountain roads, chariots are not as easy as cavalry walking, but to put it bluntly, they are not as good as infantry soldiers as infantry.

Easy to walk.

It would be great if Zhu Wen's infantry were not good at fighting!

Shao Shude estimated that from the late Tang Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty, infantry was worse than the previous generation, and gradually became worse. The reason was mostly due to economic collapse and fewer and fewer resources invested in military affairs.

Zhu Wen started building the imperial guards of Bianliang.

After the demise of the Later Liang Dynasty, Li Cunxu brought tens of thousands of Hedong soldiers over, and the 100,000 Zhuliang Imperial Army recruited, formed the main body of the Bianliang Imperial Army in the Later Tang Dynasty.

This imperial guard system was passed down to the Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou, and Northern Song Dynasty like a family heirloom. The atmosphere is getting worse and worse, the population in the north is getting smaller and smaller, and the economy is declining year by year, resulting in worse equipment and training, and Ma Zheng is even more

It is so corrupt that it cannot be added.

At that time, this imperial guards had undergone many mutinies, like fence-bearing grass, extremely slippery, and had become a rogue army.

Anyone who is willing to fight to the death?

"The general now has tens of thousands of cavalrymen, not inferior to Chengde Wang Rong, far surpassing Youzhou Li Kuanwei and Wei Boluo Hongxin. He intercepted and killed the Bian army's cavalry, compressed the scope of his scouts, and intercepted the messenger, which had a great advantage. Zhu Quanzhong gave Ge

From the orders given by Zhou, there are probably several messengers, but one of them is intercepted by me, you can see the inside story." Chen Cheng said confidently: "If the main force of the two armies faces off and our army is defeated, the cavalry can be intercepted to death by the cavalry and the soldiers will be killed.

The general calmly dismantled the defeated army and reorganized the troops. If the Bian army was defeated, the general could chase the cavalry and soldiers. How could Zhu Quanzhong take over the defeated army? Such an advantage, what is the small one?"

"The two armies of iron cavalry and silver spear can go deep behind the enemy. If they encounter enemy armored cavalry, they will flee. If they do not meet, they will burn, kill, loot." Before Chen Cheng finished speaking, he was stopped by Shao Shude.

"If you do this, you will be a lord. If Li Keyong doesn't burn, kill, loot, how can I do it?" Shao Shude said.

Being labeled as a barbarian is a very sensitive thing, especially the Shuofang Army looks like now.

Yelu Deguang came to the country and entered Bianliang to become emperor.

It was nothing at all. The late Tang and Five Dynasties did not discriminate against the Hu people too much, after all, the Northern Dynasties have been through it all the way.

But the Khitan soldiers were too much fun to burn, kill, loot, and the first one to attack them was actually the people of the Central Plains. The rebels and civilians rushed forward and fought more than 100,000 Khitan cavalry and were exhausted and worried.

After the professional warrior joined, Yelu Deguang had no choice but to ride a camel and run away.

Do you really think that the people of the Central Plains are sheep? Do you really think that they are not virtuous? After more than a hundred years of separatist vassal states, which adult males in Henan, Hebei and Hedong, can't do anything to do with crops? Which one is not cruel?

If you leave room for others and don’t do anything, they will naturally not have to fight to the death.

But if you do it, you will be enemies everywhere, and you will be unable to move forward. You still want to occupy the Central Plains?

Li Keyong has such poor military discipline. Who among his subordinates, besides Li Hanzhi, the cannibal demon king, does this?

You can't think of others as fools.

In the late Tang Dynasty, it was extremely special in Chinese history, with grassroots people occupying a high position. The people were tough, brave and fierce, the soldiers were domineering, and they dared to fight and fight.

Shao Shude didn't want to become a barbarian, which meant he would lose the opportunity to enter the Central Plains forever, just like Yelu Deguang.

Because the people of the Central Plains are not sheep. The proportion of soldiers in the entire population is too high. Yajun, foreign army, prefecture army, county army, and Tutuan Township men are like cows, which means organizational degree.

Especially Tutuan Township, the Tutuan Township, were ordinary people who worked during busy farming and trained during slack farming. During the Middle Tang Dynasty, the court attacked Zhaoyi Liu Zhen and gave Tutuan Township a reward plaque to Tutuan Township, each plaque worth of silk.

Can ordinary people who are worth a piece of silk at the head really not be beaten at all?

The social atmosphere of the late Tang Dynasty, which had been separating the vassal states for more than a hundred years, was the biggest mistake compared to other centralized dynasties.

"Now that I have been forced to move to the people of Henan Prefecture, my reputation has been damaged, and I will make up for it in the future. If I burn, kill, loot, everything will be over. I am afraid that the rebels will not be everywhere and there will be no chance of progress." Shao Shude continued.

Millions of people in Henan oppose you together. I can’t ride a camel, so I secretly complained in my heart.

"When it comes to the people, there are more than 60,000 people now. If Huazhou and Weibei cannot be resettled, some of them will be sent to Shengzhou. There are many local Qiang and Hu people, and the atmosphere is a bit strange." Shao Shude ordered again: "Don't be anxious."

To urge them to rush on the road, there will be more casualties. Prepare rest places along the way, prepare more carriages, and isolate those who are sick to minimize losses."

"Affect the order." Chen Cheng replied.

"The biggest profit this time is these people." Shao Shude said: "When the main force of the infantry comes, we will do another big vote."

Of course, this requires Zhu Quanzhong's "cooperation".

If he defeated Li Keyong, more than 100,000 troops would be overwhelmed by the sea, and even a village in Henan would not be able to cut off the grain route, and the enemy's plan would most likely be of limited effect.

Tielin, Tianzhu, Tianxiong, and the four armies of Wuwei have 25,000 infantrymen, plus more than 10,000 cavalrymen. If they are not sure, they will fight with them.

It would be quite troublesome if he drove the army to detour to attack Shanzhou and cut off the return journey of Shuofang's army.

Fortunately, the Shuofang Army had the advantage of information and could not defeat and withdraw.
Chapter completed!