Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 1189: With great fame, one hundred can drive away ten thousand

Xuan Jia is good at attacking and is invincible. It can be called invincible.

This understanding has now become the consensus of the world. After all, as long as the Xuanjia Army attacks, there will be no chance of failure. Not only will the enemy be defeated, but the enemy's forces will also be defeated.

But by extension, there were not many times when the Xuanjia Army was actually on the defensive. What is really known is that when Zhang Fang led the army in Pingzhou, it was surrounded by several parties.

As for this incident, although the Xuanjia Army did not suffer much damage at the time, many of Zhang Fang's allied troops suffered a lot. In fact, they made sacrifices on behalf of the Xuanjia Army.

This incident gradually spread and developed to this day, and gradually formed a consensus in the hearts of many people, that is, compared to the Xuanjia Army's offensive, their defense was weak.

However, this weakness is relatively speaking, compared to the invincible attack power of the Xuanjia Army. In fact, many people can easily find that after analyzing the results of Zhang Fang's defense at that time, In the simple city environment at that time, Zhang Fang was able to withstand the offensive of tens of thousands of enemy troops with three thousand Xuanjia troops. This ability was far beyond that of ordinary soldiers and horses.

In other words, if you compare this city-defending ability to the entire world, it can still be said to be one of the best, but it is no longer so out of reach.

On the contrary, many people have also realized that although the Xuanjia Army is well-trained and has many sharp weapons, it is also a mortal body and will still face disadvantages such as insufficient numbers.

Because of this, Director Wang felt that the number of Xuanjia soldiers escorting the envoy this time was a little small.

However, his idea was immediately dismissed after meeting the enemy for the first time——

It is not accurate to say that this was the first time they met the enemy, because under the escort of Li Tou and others, the southern envoys went all the way north, and they did encounter several groups of bandits during the process.

These thieves still have some skills, at least they seem to be that way, and more importantly, they can already be seen to be organized.

According to Director Wang's opinion, he felt that perhaps these bandits along the way were more professional than Shi Le during the Eighteen Horse Thieves period.

There was some reason for this. Mr. Li explained it to the Prime Minister of Jiangzuo afterwards. The reason was simple, it was because Xuanjia suppressed bandits.

It is said that the entire north is suppressing bandits, but in the end it is difficult to deal with transportation and communications. It is just that things are better in places such as Youzhou. The construction of official roads is relatively complete, and there is patrol experience, so you can often detect some bandits. Any resurgence will be discovered immediately.

But the states after the destruction of the Zhao State were different. The territory was too large, and the corresponding Xuanjia soldiers were not enough. They repeatedly suppressed the bandits and killed a large number of bandits, but there would be a small group of fish that slipped through the net. , and to deal with such a small group of thieves, it is not cost-effective and completely unoperable to use a large force, and it is difficult for a simple small force to wipe them out.

With the current development, these small groups of thieves still have room to survive. However, after repeated sieges by the Xuanjia Army, coupled with publicity and resistance among the people, the small groups of thieves who can still survive to this day are more or less weak. His ability, at least, is knowing who he can mess with and who he should get out of his way.

Therefore, the little thieves we met before ran away immediately and did not dare to surround them at all.

It wasn't until they entered Sizhou that they encountered their first serious encounter. Although the opponent's number was not ten thousand, there were at least more than 8000.At that time, Li Tou and the envoys were coming down from a high place. Looking over from a high position, the crowd of people suddenly frightened most of the people in the envoys.

But Li Tou laughed, and directly arranged his troops. He saw many soldiers from the Xuanjia Army coming out, taking out many parts and objects and assembling them together, and soon formed a structure that looked a bit like a single branch. The cannon was fired directly, and the thieves below immediately began to cry for their fathers and mothers. The seemingly menacing attack formation collapsed in an instant.

Later, Li Tou seized the opportunity and rushed in with his troops.

So in the horrified eyes of Director Wang and others, they saw hundreds of Xuanjia troops, and they rushed over without fear, and rushed into the nearly [-] enemy troops - nearly half of the Xuanjia army remained. Guarding the mission.

But these few hundred people, fighting left and right among thousands of people, seemed to be in a deserted place!

The final result was that nearly ten thousand people completely collapsed and fled in all directions!
So Director Wang and other southern scholars were so shocked, seeing hundreds of people driving away nearly ten thousand people!
The chase lasted for a full hour before Li Tou came back with his men, with an unfinished expression on his face.

"These thieves..." Director Wang stepped forward, with some caution in his words.

Unexpectedly, Li Tou would get it wrong. He blushed and explained forcefully: "It's not that I can't lead the army. It's not that my soldiers are not strong. It's that there are too many thieves and I can't kill them at all. I didn't do it before." There was no ambush preparation, which is why we made such a mistake and failed to annihilate the rebel army!"

Director Wang was stunned when he heard this, and his mind couldn't turn around for a while. After a while, he finally realized that Captain Xuanjia felt that he had underestimated him, and the reason was that he had not annihilated these nearly ten thousand thieves!
For God's sake, you led hundreds of people and drove away nearly ten thousand people. Who dares to look down on you?
As the ruler of the South, Director Wang knew very well that if there were only a few hundred soldiers from the South, even elite soldiers from his own clan Wang Dun, and encountered nearly [-] thieves and bandits, their first reaction would definitely not be If you charge forward and kill them, you won't feel ashamed if you can't annihilate them.

But Director Wang really didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only say in a praising tone: "The general's power is so great!"

When Li Tou heard this, he put aside his worries and became happy. Then he became humble and said, "This is nothing. In fact, this group of people looks like a large number of people, but in fact they are just a mob. If the people I brought with me were a little bit smaller, A little more, they don’t dare to get close at all, now they just think they have a chance to come over!”

"Then I was defeated by you, General!" Director Wang flattered him again.

Li Tou waved his hand, but he explained seriously: "Actually, this matter is easy to say. Don't look at these people. In fact, there is no supply and logistics, and part of the combat and logistics. They are veritable mobs. Once their forwards are defeated, the people behind If you just run away and mess up your formation, you will definitely lose!"

Director Wang nodded silently, but he knew very well that many people knew these truths, and he would never say anything that could be proven by hundreds of people. But the Li Tou in front of him was only an upper-middle-level general in the Xuanjia Army. That’s all.

That Xuanjia Army...

Inexplicably, Director Wang was even more in awe of this name.

(End of this chapter)