According to the words of the general of the Roman Empire, when two armies fight, the commander of the army must enter the battlefield before the enemy. This has two benefits.

One is to occupy a terrain that is beneficial to one's own side. This terrain is not only a terrain advantage. For example, if you choose a terrain with some slopes and condescending, it is not only faster to charge, but also easy to shoot the enemy flat, and it is flat rather than shooting. On the contrary, the enemy who attacks upwards will have to pay more. In addition to choosing the terrain, you should also pay attention to the weather conditions. If it is clear sky and the sun shines brightly, you should choose to avoid the sun illuminating the eyes.

The second reason is morale. Being the first to enter the battlefield shows that one side has a more desire for battle and has greater courage. Moreover, the arrangement of troops is not so simple. The real elite can combine into a military formation anytime and anywhere, and can form a staggered square formation when walking. But even so, the whole team needs to be completed after arriving at the battlefield. If you choose a bad location and a bumpy place, the whole team may take more time and may have to overturn the expected combined military formation.

When a later army enters the battlefield, when they see the opponent neatly and densely packed, their momentum will be weaker. Moreover, when they are in the whole team, they have to worry about whether the opponent will take the opportunity to kill, just like the effect of "half-crossing attack".

When you decide to fight, you should check the battlefield environment in advance. You should have a clear idea. It is true that it is better to enter the preset battlefield first, but it should not be too early. This will make the soldiers feel exhausted and avoid the war near noon. A serious military battle often cannot be decided in a moment. It often takes several hours, or even a whole day, so soldiers should avoid fighting on an empty stomach. If it is impossible to avoid it near noon, you should prepare food in advance.

Dong Hu camped twenty or thirty miles northwest of Kaifeng. Both sides were armies of 100,000 levels, with the camp alone being more than ten miles away, and the front camps were only ten miles apart.

The chosen camp was not very beneficial to him. Once he entered the battlefield, the fierce sunlight could easily shine on the eyes of soldiers due to direction. It was at the wind vent under the southeast wind and was easily attacked by fire and smoke. In addition to this unfavorable factor, it was also easy to be attacked by Yuan Shao and Zhu Jun from Xingyang in Kaifeng.

Logically speaking, it is extremely stupid to set up camps in places that are prone to being attacked, but camping in the northwest of Kaifeng also separates Yuan Shao and Zhu Ye, and it will be extremely difficult for both sides to effectively contact.

Zhu Yan's troops were 50,000, and Xingyang and Kaifeng were two hundred miles apart. Even if infantry marched urgently, it would take four to five days. The soldiers of this era did not only carry a gun, but only the armor on the soldiers was a big burden. In addition, they also had to carry various objects. The items in the later era of carrying guns were of good quality and lightweight. In the era of cold weapons, a wooden barrel was about twenty kilograms. The rice cooker in the Han Dynasty was not an iron pot, but a copper tripod. Ceramic jars were easily damaged during marching. Most of them were heavy and strong objects. It took a lot of time to bury the pot to make rice and camp in the wild. The soldiers should not be too tired when marching. If they were too tired, how could they fight when they were suddenly attacked?

The age of cold weapons is different from the age of hot weapons. When wearing straw sandals, you can run a hundred miles a day and night, and it is good to travel 50 miles a day and 50 miles a day. Many things are abandoned in 50 miles a day, most of which only marches about 30 miles a day. In special circumstances, soldiers can run wildly with only one knife and a spear, and they can still run a hundred miles a day.

It takes at least four or five days for infantry to go from Xingyang to Kaifeng. The cavalry of one person and two cavalry can only kill Xingyang in one day, cutting off the connection between Xingyang and Kaifeng. If Dong Hu wants to attack Zhu Jun's troops, he only needs to make an illusion. As long as Yuan Shao is delayed for a few days, 40,000 elite troops can attack Zhu Jun's 50,000 troops.

Forty or fifty thousand elite infantry cavalry, twenty-five thousand elite infantrymen, ten thousand light cavalry, and three thousand heavy cavalry, which are enough to face any enemy with the same force. He has this confidence.

However, at this time, Zhu Jun did not have the intention to attack him, but instead stationed his troops in Guangwu, Aocang, Longcheng, and Guoting. Without the help of siege equipment, he wanted to break four cities in a short period of time. This was almost a dream. Only when Zhu Jun ran out of the city, he could only attack Zhu Jun's troops when he came to rescue the Kaifeng coalition forces, or attacked him with Yuan Shao.

The location of the camp is relatively dangerous. Even if he cut off the direct contact between Kaifeng and Xingyang, Yuan Shao could go north from Chenliu to Soybean, enter Yuanwu City and Tanyong City from Soybean to the west, and then enter Zhujun's camp in Xingyang. Although the journey was long, as long as Yuan Shao and Zhu Jun agreed on time, Yuan Shao could carefully observe the movements of Dong Hu's camp during this period. Once he noticed that Dong Hu's elite main force was not present, he could take down the 50,000 baggage camp, mainly fighting against the Five Slag Yingchuan Army.

The 100,000 camp is stationed in the northwest of Kaifeng. Although the direct contact between Zhu Jun and Yuan Shao was cut off, it was impossible to completely cut off the contact between the two. However, it took time. The journey of two people would increase to 300 or 400. It would take more than ten days for the two to pass the message back and forth. This is an opportunity, such as releasing the crisis of Kaifeng to Zhu Jun, which made Zhu Jun mistakenly believe that troops must be sent to rescue Kaifeng.

Dong Hu's camp location was beneficial to Yuan Shao, but it was also beneficial to Dong Hu's killing of Zhu Jun's 50,000 troops.

There is no need to worry about building a camp. There are soldiers in the army to do it. Dong Hu only needs to consider the strategic location of the camp and just send 10,000 baggage battalions soldiers to Guancheng and Zhongmu stationed. They don’t need to fight bravely to kill the enemy, just block the city gate.

I thought that Sun Jian would send a letter of war on the second day, and it was not delivered to him until the evening of the third day. He didn't even read the contents of the letter of war on the war. He shook his head in public. He looked at it for a while and was puzzled and confused. He didn't even read it. Why was he disappointed?

"Lord, you... aren't very satisfied with Sun Jian?"

Others didn't speak, Sun Niu spoke, and he was extremely careful to use the word "you".

"Black Bull."

"Let's ask you, if you invite Sun Jian to fight, if you send 100,000 troops, he will use 50,000 troops. Will you issue a letter of war immediately?"

Sun Niu instantly straightened his body and slapped his chest with a "dongdong" sound.

"If he dares to tell us Hei Niu like this, we don't need to fight again in three days, and we will start fighting with him immediately!"

"Haha... Isn't that all? Half of the troops have taken advantage of the boss, so what else can hesitate?"

Dong Hu looked at everyone with the bamboo slips and said, "There are 150,000 troops under Kaifeng City, and we have 90,000 troops. The comparison of troops cannot reach two to one. If 50,000 Yingchuan Army is removed, it will be three to one."

"Whether it is two to one or three to one, if we change us, we will agree without hesitation."

"Why?"

"If the total force is compared to two to one, and the force in this battle is also two to one. If Sun Jian is defeated, it means that 150,000 people cannot fight head-on with 90,000 people, which means that the soldiers are not capable of combating and the generals are not capable of commanding."

"A frontal battle is not a sneak attack, it is impossible to take advantage of it. It depends entirely on the comprehensive combat capabilities of generals and soldiers."

"This time is both an appointment and a first battle. For the sake of the morale of the entire army, Yuan Shao will definitely bring out some elite troops. If this situation cannot be defeated at 2-1..."

"If we were, we would have three considerations. One is to shrink into the city. No matter how you provoke it, we just won't go out to fight and just waste it. We're waiting for Zhu Jun, Han Fu and Wang Kuang to make a breakthrough on the western front, such as taking Xingyang, Chenggao, Hulao Pass on the western front... or taking Luoyang directly to force you to withdraw your troops."

Dong Hu smiled and said, "The second is to continue to increase troops, use the tactics of the sea of ​​people, and use the methods of attacking you, such as recruiting troops to reinforce each county again, such as letting Zhu Jun... and even Zhang He, who was stationed in Pinggao, led 10,000 Jizhou troops under Gao Lan, so that they could attack you from behind, 200,000, 300,000... and even more troops to attack you 90,000."

"The third is to withdraw back to the east bank of Langdang Canal, rely on Langdang Canal to continue confronting you, readjust the strategies and tactics, train soldiers seriously, prepare supplies, and carry out the next full-scale attack."

Dong Hu said: "Our army has been fighting in Liang and border areas. He killed Sun Jian. When Li Min's troops were killed, he suddenly attacked. The princes of all walks of life should know that our combat power is stronger, but how strong is it?"

"There is no intuitive display, so if we were Yuan Shao, we would definitely agree to this matter as soon as possible and would never miss such a good opportunity. Even if we were defeated miserably, we would not hesitate. This will let us know what is inadequate. Only by knowing what is inadequate can we sleep on firewood and taste gall in the future. Only by making up for the shortcomings can we defeat you on the battlefield in the future and regain dignity and glory."

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"The defeat in the war is not scary, terrible, what is sad? I don't even know why I am defeated!"

"What is Liang and Elite? What is Liang and Iron Cavalry invincible... Where are the elite? Why are they invincible? What is specific? I don't know what to do. How can I make up for my shortcomings?"

...

"Without intuitive cognition, you will not realize the difference between the two, and you will lose again and again. So if it were us, we would agree without hesitation, and we would not hesitate to send the letter of war for two days."

"But why are they hesitating?"

"There is nothing else. They are not much different from the Qiang rebellion that day. They have too many leaders and have more interests involved. They cannot be united and fight with all their strength in a short period of time."

"The top and bottom are one mind, but the steel balls are small but not easy to be broken; the inside and outside are different, but the bubbles are large but they can be broken as soon as they poke."

Looking at the brothers nodding silently, Dong Hu looked solemn.

"When seeing the shortcomings of others, you must also see the strengths of others, see your own shortcomings, and not be despised by the shortcomings of all princes. Being able to gather 200,000 to 300,000 troops in a short time is enough to prove their strength. You must not be despised by their slight shortcomings."

The generals sang loudly, and Dong Hu opened the war letter sent by Yuan Shao. Unsurprisingly, he started with a treacherous villain or something. He scolded the bamboo slips for half a scroll, and then he turned to the topic. It would be fine if it was just "30,000" soldiers, but he even wrote the names of a group of generals, as if he had been able to eat him. He shook his head again and threw the bamboo slips at Dong Chong.

"hehe……"
Chapter completed!