Qiming 1158

Chapter 1082 The advantage is in me!

When the Ming army went south, it was bound to need food.

The specific food route is not easy to analyze where, it must be well hidden by the Ming army, but the essential point of the art of war is where the enemy must be saved.

Nanyang was an important rear area for the Ming army, no matter whether the food route was close, could the Ming army still let it go?

The main force of the army has all gone south to attack Xiangfan, and the main force has been held back by the Xiangfan defenders. Isn't this a good time to surround Wei and save Zhao?

Li Xianzhong decided to use his subjective initiative to launch a bold attack on the Ming army.

Since the Ming-Song war started, the generals of the Song army were all afraid of the Ming army and did not dare to compete head-on with the Ming army, but Li Xianzhong, who had experienced an active offensive operation before, did not think he was inferior to the Ming army at all, and did not feel that he would definitely lose to the Ming army. military.

He dared to use 1 people to challenge more than 2 people from the Ming army, but this time he dared to use 8 people to fight against 7 people from the Ming army.

Among the 3 reinforcements, [-] are the absolute main force, and they are direct troops trained by himself. He is very confident that he will win the war against the Ming army based on these [-] people.

Then he started designing tactics.

He had heard some battle examples of the Ming army before, and he really admired the founder of the Ming army, Su Yonglin.

When Su Yonglin was weak in strength, he used the weakness of the powerful enemy Jin to destroy the Jin Kingdom's territory many times, turning the enemy's main force around, while he himself destroyed the enemy's main force in mobile combat.

He felt that he could also learn from Su Yonglin.

Judging from the current situation, attacking where the enemy must be saved is a good method.

Use the strategy of attacking Nanyang to mobilize the Ming army to return to the division for assistance, reduce the pressure on Xiangfan, and create opportunities for the main army to attack Xiangfan and cooperate with Xiangfan defenders to defeat the Ming army.

The Ming army surrounded Xiangfan and attacked, and there was no idea of ​​encircling points to help, but Li Xianzhong decided to do the opposite.

He believed that the strength of Xiangfan could not be easily broken by the Ming army. Under such circumstances, what would happen if he attacked Nanyang, which was far less strong than Xiangfan?

Moreover, according to intelligence, the main force of the Ming army was a Henan Corps, and there were no other Ming Corps going south to join the war. Except for the 3 people stationed on Huainan East Road, the entire Henan area actually had only [-] Ming troops.

To attack Xiangfan, a large army must be dispatched. The number of Ming troops left to defend Henan must be very small. If they die, they will only be [-] or [-]. Therefore, the number of Ming troops going to Xiangyang will probably be [-].

According to the previous judgment, the total number of thieves on Jiangnan West Road may be relatively large, but their front lines are so open that the number of troops that can be invested in the Xiangyang area is estimated to be [-] or [-]. Together, the total strength of the Ming army is roughly the same as that of Song Dynasty. The number of military reinforcements is about the same.

On the premise of lack of first-hand information, Li Xianzhong made such a judgment - it is not that he is unwilling to get more reliable and reliable information, it is really that they cannot get more accurate information.

The meticulous work and sentry cavalry sent to spy on the news went a lot, and they came back less and brought back less news. At present, they can only do this. Li Xianzhong obviously noticed that the Ming army consciously made spying on the Song army. response.

And it works just fine.

Despite this, Li Xianzhong felt that he could also analyze the approximate numbers, and the remaining aspects had to be achieved by tactics.

In the art of war, it is very reasonable to say that attacking the enemy must be saved. He believed that if he sent troops to attack Nanyang, he would inevitably mobilize a large force of the Ming army to return to the rescue. The main force of the army rushed to Nanyang, forcing the Ming army to return to help.

Taking this opportunity, he used the main Song army to attack Xiangyang, lifted the blockade, and wiped out the remaining Ming army, thus turning the situation around.

Therefore, although the battle situation is critical and the enemy is strong, the Ming army can retain only 7 to 4 troops on the battlefield at that time, while the Song army still has a main force of [-] people and [-] Xiangfan defenders.

11 vs. [-], the advantage is mine!
Li Xianzhong decided to believe that his comrades-in-arms could rely on Xiangfan Jiancheng to hold on, and they would definitely be able to support him until his support arrived.

So he immediately began to dispatch troops and choose "excellent generals" to undertake the task of attacking Nanyang.

Who is this lucky one?

After choosing and choosing, he chose Wang Chong.

He decided to send Wang Chong to lead a [-]-strong elite army to attack Nanyang with their own rations.

Nanyang should be guarded by the Ming army, but the number will not be large. As long as the raid is fast enough and unexpected enough, taking Nanyang is not a problem.

In that case, the Ming army's retreat and logistics supply lines can be cut off, causing chaos in the Ming army.

Even if you can't take Nanyang quickly, you can burn and loot around Nanyang to replenish rations, then continue to harass and destroy the production in the mainland of Ming Dynasty, and then return to Xinyang in a big circle to end this combat mission.

They do not need to achieve any important strategic mission, the main thing is to mobilize the main force of the Ming army to return from Xiangyang. As long as this goal is achieved, it will be considered a success.

In order to mobilize as many Ming troops as possible, they also needed most flags, so that the Ming people thought that the main force of the Song army had come to attack Nanyang, forcing the Ming army to return to help.

He himself led the main army and did not advance for the time being. After the Ming army began to move, he then passed through Tongbai County in the border area and arrived at Zaoyang. He waited for an opportunity to capture Zaoyang, and then rushed to help Xiangfan to defeat the Ming army and the peasant army in Xiangfan. Release the siege of Xiangfan.

He felt that the tactic he designed was good, but Wang Chong had a slightly different view on the execution of this tactic.

"General, it is quite difficult to carry out this task. The last general is conscious of his incompetence and cannot complete this task successfully, so the general is asked to choose another good general to go."

Wang Chong, the deputy commander of the march and the commander of the bodyguard Ma Junsi, believed that his ability was not enough to complete this forced march, so he hoped that Li Xianzhong could choose a general who was good at fighting.

What a joke, go to attack Nanyang first, the best attack is the best, if you can't fight, you have to continue to go north into the hinterland of the Ming Kingdom, go around a big circle, and then return to Xinyang...

Who do you think I am?A brave general?
Or do you think my army is the elite of the world?

Guard Ma Junsi's army is considered an elite, but this elite does not mean that the combat effectiveness is strong, but that the quality of the soldiers is good.

However, fighting also requires combat experience and combat literacy. In this regard, the newly rebuilt guard Ma Junsi is relatively lacking.

They are all recruits, and the training time will last for more than half a year. The soldiers have no combat experience, let alone combat literacy.

Li Xianzhong's request is obviously for them to march long distances or even force them. In this case, bring a group of new recruits...

Isn't this unpleasant for yourself?
Maybe running and running, I'll be left as a bare commander!

Wang Chong expressed his difficulties to Li Xianzhong in embarrassment.

"Although most of the soldiers and horses under the command of the last general are young and strong, they have only been trained for half a year, and they are not proficient in warfare, so they may not be able to carry out such a heavy task, lest they fail the general's entrustment and delay national affairs, so I still hope that the general will be able to do another job. Choose good generals and elites to go."

Li Xianzhong looked at Wang Chong and was immediately dissatisfied.

"Commander Wang, your mission is not to fight the Ming army to the death, but to attract the Ming army to return to support by bluffing. I don't need you to defeat the Ming army. I only need you to do some damage, even burn, kill and loot to mobilize the Ming army. The purpose of returning the main force of the army to the aid is enough.

I believe that General Wang and his army can do it. As for the rest, he will lead the other elites to complete the battle. He will fight the Ming army to the death here. Does General Wang think it is easier to fight the Ming army to the death? "

It's not that it's easier, he just thinks that staying here and fighting to the death is more likely to survive. Going to the Ming Kingdom to fight the autumn wind will attract the main force of the Ming army.

It would be hard to come back.

Wang Chong is not a fool, of course he knows the difference between the two.

So he insisted on resigning.

"I also ask the general to understand that the last general is incompetent, and the recruits under his command are not strong enough. I may be entrusted by the general and delay national affairs."

(End of this chapter)