Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

In this strategic deployment of the Southern Han Dynasty, he was responsible for leading part of the navy to fight with the main force of the army, and the main navy was led by Si Chao, Guo Tingwei, Wang Huan, Cao Bin and others.

"Two elite cavalry troops of 1000 men were selected from the army to patrol the banks on both sides of the Mawei River. Once there is a situation in the eastern section, the cavalry in the eastern section will quickly support them. If there is a change in the western section, the cavalry in the western section will quickly support them. If there is a battle report outside the jurisdiction, do not move."

Everyone nodded, and Liu Renshan's suggestion was much more mature.

The water route is definitely faster than the land route. Based on the scout information, the water army will be used as a response force on the river to block the point of crossing the river. The army will divide the elite cavalry as a support force for rapid mobile response. Knowing where the bandit army crossed the river, the follow-up army will support them one after another, annihilate the crossing troops on the beach, and drive them back into the water.

"What do you guys think of General Liu's words?" Seeing that everyone was just thinking and didn't speak, Dou Yilian, the military supervisor, asked. He didn't know much about wars, but he had a strong sense of mission, and felt that it was a great thing for the officials to appoint him as the military supervisor. trust, now he is more anxious than all the generals.

All the generals in the big tent nodded one after another, they all felt that Liu Renshan's method was useful, seeing this, Dou Yi also breathed a sigh of relief.

Coach Pan Mei thought about it for a while, and affirmed: "This method is feasible. Next, let's discuss the specific arrangements and arrangements..."

The night was quiet, the candles were flickering, the wind outside the big tent was blowing the horns, and the lights were shining in the night. There were many discussions in the big tent, and everyone had their own opinions. The discussion lasted until the middle of the night.

Generally speaking, the core generals of the Qin army were all generals who followed Emperor Shi to conquer the world, and they were already used to discussing things in this way.

The city wall of Hezhou towers high in the night, the fire on the top of the city is condescending, and the stars are twinkling in the sky, as if jumping and restless...

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In the end, after deliberation, Pan Mei decided to divide the army into two groups.

As the commander-in-chief, Pan Mei continued to lead troops to besiege Hezhou and prepare for the siege. With Liu Renshan as the commander of the southern capital of Hezhou, he led the army to block the reinforcements from the Southern Han Dynasty.

Among them, [-] sailors were deployed at the mouth of the Mawei River into the Hejiang River, and [-] soldiers were stationed in Daguizhai on the southeast river side of Hezhou. It was originally the camp of the Southern Han Army, but it was taken down by them as a garrison.

At the same time, [-] elite cavalry were selected and divided into two teams, with the Mawei River as the boundary, patrolling the east and west sections of the river as a quick-response mobile support force.

After the arrangements were made, the Qin army immediately demonstrated strong execution capabilities, and all troops were deployed in place in just one and a half days, entering a state of preparation for combat.

This kind of organization also amazed Liu Renshan, who was leading the main force of the Qin army for the first time, and felt that they were not wronged when they lost in Huainan.

This remark was very subtle, and it was very helpful to the generals of the Qin army who were not convinced by him. At the same time, they also said that the most powerful army in Huainan was Liu Renshan's army. They also played for more than a year, and they admired them very much.

In this way, the atmosphere gradually became harmonious. Although Liu Renshan was strict in running the army, he was not a reckless man after all, but a Confucian general. He knew how to lead troops in battle.

Soon, a large number of Qin Army scouts began to cross the He River to explore the route of the Southern Han reinforcements. This link is extremely important.

At this stage again, Liu Renshan was even more surprised to find that the scouts of the Qin army were very elite, paid well, and had a large number, far exceeding the scale of scouts of other troops. The soldiers were also proud to be able to join the scouts.

Other generals told him about the government's scouting reform in the army. After all, the government attached great importance to intelligence and information when fighting.

And Liu Renshan also quickly realized the great benefits brought by the scouts.

The Southern Han army had just arrived in Wuzhou, more than 250 miles away from Hezhou, and their movements had already been reported to their tents by the scouts from the south.

It seems that every move of the Southern Han army is under his nose, more than 200 miles away!That was no joke, and the Southern Han Army knew nothing about their situation.

Two days later, he began to have some doubts. The reinforcements of the Southern Han Dynasty went north along the Hegu Avenue, and soon reached Cangwu, and then continued northward, marching towards Hezhou along the mountain and flat road.

But there was no division of troops at all, and there was no intention of concealing the whereabouts of the main force of his army, so he walked straight along the road to the shore of Heshui...

Liu Renshan thought to himself that they should confuse their own judgment and make some actions at the last moment, that is, when choosing a ferry, so their spirits are still tense.

The terrain on both sides of the Hejiang River is flat, and there are many available ferries. If tens of thousands of troops need to pass through, there are only two, Yewu Ferry in the east and Yulin Ferry near Hezhou City.

Liu Renshan thought differently. If he faced the possibility of a large army blockading the other side, he would definitely let the main force stay behind and send forwards to pretend to cross the river at more than a dozen ferries. They were exhausted, scattered their forces, and then found a weak point of defense to concentrate their forces to cross in one fell swoop.

This is the safest way. Thinking of this, he repeatedly ordered the scouts not to worry about the forward troops of the Southern Han Army. Even if it was dangerous, they had to go deep into the enemy's rear and detect the movement of their main force. Only in this way could they find out where they were going to cross the river.

But on the third day, he was shocked again.

Because the Southern Han army did not send forward troops to various ferries to confuse them, but went directly to Yewudu, a large ferry farther to the east from Hezhou, and it was the main force, tens of thousands.

Liu Renshan repeatedly confirmed to the scouts that everything was correct. The main force of the Southern Han Dynasty really went to Yewudu.

Liu Renshan didn't react to this incident for a long time. In the end, he was furious. He felt that the Southern Han army was insulting him. He felt that their blockade troops were vulnerable, so he swaggered and exposed the whereabouts of the main force, meaning to invite them to a decisive battle on the beach? ?

After confirming the information the next day, Liu Renshan felt like a fool for the first time. He made careful arrangements and deployments, and used various tactics to confuse his vision and disturb his judgment. Thinking of the straight person on the opposite side, I just came here!Just didn't pay attention to them.

In fact, he didn't know that the leader of the Southern Han Army was not a general of the country, but an eunuch who came to power because he could please the king.

So that day, after confirming that the main force of the Southern Han Dynasty had arrived near Yewudu, the various ministries deployed by the Qin Army along the Hejian coast began to shrink and move closer to the north bank of Yewudu, and set up ambushes on the beachhead forest and the side of the road. He entered the He River, ready to intercept the Southern Han Army's troops crossing the river at any time.

Chapter 417, Offensive Principle

The water of the Hejiang River is meandering and generally runs from east to west, but there are many large and small river bends along the way. Compared with the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, the water surface of the Hejiang River is much narrower and the waves are calm. It is much easier to cross the river.

However, the river is still about a hundred steps wide, and crossing the river can only rely on boats.

On both sides of the He River, due to the moist soil and water, there are dense forests everywhere. Even in broad daylight, it is difficult to see the light. There is a huge difference from the north. Only a clean road near the ferry has been cut down for traffic.

In the era when felling depended on manpower and precious iron knives and axes, felling trees itself was also a very time-consuming and laborious task. In many places in the south where the natural environment is suitable for tree growth, human felling could not keep up with the growth of trees. So, this is itself a way of survival evolved by plants, but the evolution of humans far exceeds the speed of other species, which is beyond the expectation of trees.

Yewudu is located several miles west of the intersection of Mawei River and Hejiang River, because there is a village built on the south bank of Hejiang River, named Yewuzhai, which is a small village with more than [-] families. The people here have been operating the ferry for generations and carrying passengers and goods across the river for a living, so they are called Yewudu.

The water flow here is gentle, and the width of the river is only about sixty or seventy steps, which is suitable for crossing the river.

The people in Yewuzhai had already received the news, and most of them had already fled. The houses beside the He River were empty, except for some old, weak, sick and disabled.

No one is immune to war alone.

After the army of the Southern Han Dynasty arrived at the ferry, they immediately started building boats to prepare for crossing the river. In addition, they found more than a dozen boats hidden by the common people in the surrounding ferry and river beach forests. They quickly assembled the boats and began to cross the river.

Wu Yanrou did not disappoint the trust of the king, he immediately started to cross the river without the slightest delay or reservation.

Firstly, he is really very conscientious, and secondly, the soldiers all over the mountains, the riverside full of people, such a sea of ​​people, and the soldiers under his command like a cloud gave him a great sense of security.

As an eunuch with no experience in war, he just relied on his instincts to feel that surrounded by tens of thousands of people, all over the mountains and plains with no visible side, it must be very safe for him to dispatch the army. The gathering of so many people gave him a huge sense of security. and a sense of accomplishment.

Subsequently, the army began to cross the river, and dozens of small boats went back and forth to transport the troops to the opposite side.

Soon many soldiers reached the opposite bank safely one after another, and more and more soldiers gathered on the north bank to rest by the woods.

Until noon, when the sun was high, nearly one-third of the people had already crossed the river and gathered by the river.

Wu Yanrou was very satisfied. Seeing that there were more and more people in Jiangbei, he also felt that the situation was good, so he began to cross Hejiang under the guard of everyone...

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In the imperial garden, Zhao Shijian was leaning on Shi Congyun's shoulder, lazily reading to him some memorials sent from various places.

After having a child, Zhao Shijian, who was once slender and capable, has become plump and has the lazy temperament of a mature woman.

She was in charge of summarizing the contents and handling methods of the memorials sent by the prime ministers, and then told Shi Congyun about it.

There are two reasons for this. First, the emperor is too lazy. Second, the official documents of the prime ministers are really difficult to understand. Shi Congyun told them several times, write something that people can understand, don't search for chapters and excerpts, but the prime ministers don't understand at all. Understand......

Although Emperor Shi was lustful, he didn't always have women in his mind. Except for Zhao Shijian and Xiao Huanghua, he generally didn't let any women intervene in the affairs of memorials.

Xiao Huanghua couldn't read, so he only asked Zhao Shijian to do this kind of thing.

He trusts Zhao Shijian very much and has been growing up with him. Furthermore, Zhao Shijian does not have any huge forces behind him.

Behind the queen is the Fu family, and Hebei officials are obviously very biased towards the queen.Mrs. Huarui is the representative of Hanzhong officials in the Shu region, and Zhou Xian is the hope of most officials in Huainan, Jiangnan, Chu and other places, and there is also a huge network of connections behind her.

In such a situation, even if they are unintentional, they will be involved in it involuntarily.

"What book are you reading?" Zhao Shijian asked curiously after the memorabilia was almost finished.

Shi Congyun said: "Sun Tzu's Art of War."

Zhao Shijian was quite amazed, her pretty eyes shone brightly, then she giggled and said, "The officials really should read more books."

"Dare to laugh at me!" Shi Congyun feigned anger, and went to arrest her as he said that. Only a few people knew that he couldn't read too complicated official documents, and Zhao Shijian was one of them.

Many people think that they can easily understand ancient official documents if they have learned characters and learned a few classical Chinese texts. If they really read a lot of ancient official edicts, books and other documents, they will understand.

The classical Chinese in the textbooks are basically selected classics that are easy to understand, catchy, and have few rare words and rare words.

But most of the time this is not the case. Civil servants like to chew on words and show off their literary talents. They can use uncommon words but never use simple ones. a knowledge monopoly.

Without several years or decades of careful and systematic study, it is difficult to adapt. In other words, ancient prose itself is not for the dissemination of knowledge and information, but its greater role is to limit dissemination and realize knowledge monopoly.

It is completely opposite to the fundamental purpose of simplified Chinese, Mandarin, and vernacular that became popular later.

Shi Congyun reprimanded these civil servants several times for this, and they have changed, but the framework that has been used for thousands of years is there, and they can't change much.

After severely punishing Zhao Shijian who laughed at him in the garden, Emperor Shi picked up his "Sun Tzu's Art of War" again.

The redness on Zhao Shijian's face hadn't dissipated yet, he stroked the messy hair on his forehead, and patted him lightly, "Why do you think of reading military books? Didn't you say that military books are not worth reading?"

Emperor Shi was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that he had indeed said such a thing, so he raised the book in his hand, "There are two kinds of military books, one is to teach people how to make military deployments, and the other is to talk about the philosophy of war." .

You don’t need to look at the military deployment, no one in the world is my opponent, but the book of war philosophy is worth reading.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" talks about the philosophy of war. "

"Philosophy?" Zhao Shijian didn't understand.

"It's just a kind of thinking..." Shi Congyun tried to explain: "In short, it's the overall policy."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, picked up Zhao Shijian and put it on his lap, because he was tall and the girl looked petite in front of him. He was used to this kind of action, and Zhao Shijian was also used to it. He didn't resist, but complained to him, "Hot Woolen cloth....."

Emperor Shi explained to her: "It is very useful to understand other people's thoughts, and you can learn to absorb them.

After fighting for so many years, I also have my own views on war and my own philosophy of war. Maybe one day I can write a book on war. "

"What kind of philosophy?"

Shi Congyun thought for a while, "If you want to talk about war, first talk about attack.

If a man-to-man war is to be won, kill the other.

But if there is a war of 1 people against 1 people, the situation is much more complicated. There is no need to kill 1 people, as long as they cannot cooperate with each other.

This is a war mentality.

Generals rely on the formation and command system to command troops, and annihilation does not rely on dozens of times the strength of the opponent to surround the opponent and kill them all one by one.

Instead, it directly makes the army useless by destroying their organizational system and command system. "

"Wait." Zhao Shijian suddenly covered his mouth with his small hand, and let him say: "I'll go prepare the pen and ink, and write it down."

"Just call people, don't do it yourself, learn to order people." Shi Congyun taught her, Zhao Shijian was used to being ordered by him, and he always liked to do things by himself.

Looking at the back of the little lady, he thought it was cool. He might forget these things after he said them. If he could write them down, he might really be able to write his own military book in the future.

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"...If you want to disrupt the enemy's organizational system, there are many solutions at the operational level.

First of all, at the stage when the enemy starts to plan an attack, they can preemptively attack and strike first.

If it cannot be done, then before the enemy's troops are assembled, they will break through and disrupt their organization.

If you still can't do it, then launch an attack when the opponent has just assembled, or has not yet fully assembled.

If you still can't do it, you will enter the stage of the main decisive battle, and you can only fight the enemy in the field.

When none of these can be done, you can only attack the enemy's city, and siege warfare should be avoided as much as possible.

If the war develops to the stage where the main decisive battle is required, it means that all the previous operable means are gone, and the room for choice is also lost, and the matter becomes a simple killing contest and a comparison of forces.

Once a battle enters the main decisive battle stage, there will be huge risks and uncertainties, and direct main decisive battles should be avoided as much as possible.

Use various methods to weaken the enemy's ability to launch a decisive battle in advance. It is best to let them collapse if they are unable to launch a decisive battle, or even if they launch a decisive battle, their strength will be greatly weakened, so as to avoid risks as much as possible.

This is the principle of offensive warfare....

Generals with little experience always like to have as many people as possible, and gather a large number of troops around them, which will give them a sense of security and the illusion that they are invincible. In fact, the more people there are, the greater the pressure on organization and logistics , the easier it is to fall into a predicament that is difficult to dispatch and command. There is an upper limit on the number of people, and the more the better.

The principle of concentrated use of troops is to concentrate superior forces and attack weak links, rather than pile up soldiers around one by one to create a false sense of security..."

Shi Congyun explained while Zhao Shijian carefully recorded that the imperial garden in the afternoon was very quiet, a rare tranquility.

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The beach of Hejiang was crowded with people. After landing, Wu Yanrou asked someone to build a wooden high platform, put his chair, and sat on it overlooking the crowd of soldiers around him. He felt a kind of pride and pride in his heart.

He is conscientious. Since he received the order, he has been going north without any delay, and he has recruited soldiers from states and counties along the way. Now the exact number of people under his command is not clear, but at least more than 3 people.

Half of the troops had already crossed the He River. The afternoon sun was just right, and the dense forests along the river blocked the sunlight, making the soldiers who crossed the river very comfortable, and many of them rested on the spot.

The mighty army crossing the river, the dense crowd of people, and the dense colonies of soldiers on both sides of the north and south bank like an ant nest, all of these made him full of confidence. With so many people here, who can be his opponent.

For Wu Yanrou, who had never fought a war or been out of the Southern Han Dynasty, this was the biggest scene he had ever seen in his life.

However, he was a little dissatisfied with the lack of return from the northern striker who had just crossed the river. He felt that the procrastination and negligence of his soldiers might be the cause, and he was used to it.

As for defense, he has never thought about it. In his limited experience and imagination, fighting is to bring the army in front of the enemy. Everyone spreads out and has a killing contest, which is more powerful than who.

And here is still a hundred miles away from Hezhou, so it is still early before the war.

In the woods on the north bank, a large number of birds took off and circled in groups, but they flew for too long and did not land for a long time.