Song Dynasty

Chapter 216 Guidance
The summer day, the baby's face, changes as soon as it is said.

Yesterday was still sunny and cloudless.At this moment, the top of the head is like a lead stone, with layers of black clouds.The big flag fluttered behind him, making crackling noises, and a heavy rain seemed to be coming.

This flat wilderness outside Xiaogan City, this fertile land unfolded in front of Wang Shen.

The war horses snorted excitedly in this rare cool wind, and teams of scouts galloped across the field, firmly controlling the information on the battlefield.

At the end of the line of sight is Li Hong's dark camp, stretching continuously, just standing on the official road near the water, guarding the west gate of De'an Mansion.

As Wang Shen expected, Li Hong's rebel army lacked cavalry, so they still used the tactics of the left-behind division in Tokyo, building a stronghold to fight in a daze.Their camp was built very well, with rules, rules, and formations.If you fight hard, it will be like attacking a strong city with a complete defense system, and you will pay a high price.Therefore, Li Hong withdrew his troops and stayed behind closed doors, preparing for a protracted battle for the Sizhou Army.

"Li Hong's son said that our army is short of food, and it is too beautiful to think of someone who will stick to it and wait for our army to run out of food and withdraw to Huangzhou in despair." Standing on a high place, Wang Shen smiled faintly: "He hopes to entrust On the so-called Jianghu brothers Zhang Yong and Cao Cheng. It is a pity that his companions in the left-behind division will not come to make trouble. Moreover, Li Hongli is timid before the battle. How to fight. I will not let him continue to be a coward like this, so I asked my soldiers to prepare and steal the camp tonight."

Next to him, Li Heng snorted: "General Wang, are you sure? You are not joking about stealing camps, are you? The bandit army has repaired a strong camp, and if they attack rashly, the troops will definitely suffer huge casualties. Besides, in the dark, even the basic troops We can’t even maintain our shape, don’t let us get into a mess before we get to the ground. This is not in line with the art of war, no, I can’t just watch you lead the army to a dead end.”

He ruthlessly rejected Wang Shen's proposal.

Li Heng has led soldiers before, so he still has basic military knowledge.Like the stronghold in front of you, if you want to take it down, you have to prepare a lot of equipment in advance, organize troops to attack in an orderly manner, fight in trenches, and fight one by one, just like eating a big pancake. Gnaw it down.Suddenly throwing all the troops into a general offensive is simply nonsense.

And it was still a night battle. You must know that the soldiers of this era suffer from moderate night blindness due to malnutrition.At night, nothing can be seen.At that time, I'm afraid that before the enemy comes to fight, I will be in a mess first.

"Water is impermanent, and soldiers are impermanent." Wang Shen said lightly: "My lord, this battle cannot be delayed. The sooner you defeat Li Hong, the sooner you can rest assured. Since Wang dares to fight at night, he is very sure. Moreover, the rain is afraid It’s going to come down, it’s not too small.”

As he spoke, a smile appeared on his face.

In just these two days, Wang Shen's cavalry and Li Hong's scouts fought more than a dozen outpost battles.Li Hong only had a few hundred scouts, and he came down again and again, but was completely wiped out by Wang Shen.He also got more than 100 good horses, which further strengthened the strength of the white army.

Today, Wang Shen has firmly grasped the control of battlefield information.The situation of the two armies is completely transparent to him, but without eyes and ears, Li Hong has completely become blind and deaf.

The morale of the Sizhou army was high, and they were about to take down Li Hong in one go. He didn't want to wait a day.

Li Heng said angrily: "I'm sure, what's the certainty, I have received the government's order, and I will definitely not let you act like this, causing the situation in Jianghan to get out of hand."

Wang Shen didn't bother to talk to Li Heng, the conflict between him and Li Yanping had become public.The army was brought out by himself. Li Heng came to Chu alone, holding only an imperial decree and wanted to give orders. If he was really caught by the straw paper tiger on his head, he would not have to be confused: "Pass down the order and let all the soldiers Sleep in the tent and build up your strength. The logistics side prepares dry food and food, gets up and eats in the second watch, and the whole team goes out in the third watch. This time, there is no need to make pre-war plans. The whole army will follow my lead and fight as hard as possible. Our army will win."

In the evening, the wind became stronger, but the lead clouds in the sky were not blown away by the strong wind.The sides of those black clouds turned khaki, which looked like the jaundiced face of a hepatitis patient.

"Is the military envoy really going to steal the camp tonight?"

Yue Yun opened the door curtain of the large tent of the Chinese army and walked in. He should be really tall, but he bumped his head on the lintel, and the whole tent trembled slightly under his tremendous force.

Wang Shen had just come back from inspection, and was sitting on his knees on the carpet, holding a book under the oil lamp and reading quietly.Beside, Feng Changqing was carefully knocking a piece of tea cake into the pot on the stove.Dust floated down from his head, making Feng Changqing frowned slightly.

The sneak attack on Li Hong's camp scheduled tonight is against the law of war, all the generals in the army are suspicious, and some people can't help but come over to speak out.Wang Shen, however, went against his normal habit of admonishing like a stream, and asked Feng Changqing and his guards to stop him, saying yes, just carry it out, and there is no need to say anything else.

The guards could block others when they came, but there was nothing they could do against Yue Yingxiang.This Yue Xiaoye has a violent personality, and if he is really annoyed, he wants to beat someone up.And the military envoy is also very doting and indulgent towards him on weekdays, in the end, it was everyone who was unlucky.

"What is stealing camp? It's an upright teacher, and it's a stormy frontal attack." Wang Shen put down the "Luoyang Jialan Ji" and said with a smile: "Ying Xiang is here, I knew you would come, is it something else? Did the leading general call you here?"

Yue Yun was stunned, and couldn't help but ask, "How do you know?"

Wang Shen said indifferently: "I am aware of your Yue Yingxiang's temperament. He is happy when he hears about the war. As long as there is a battle, he will just control the fighting. Why do you care so much? If you come here today to remonstrate, it must be someone else who came to you I'll let you come over there to inquire about the news."

Hearing Wang Shen say this, Yue Yun felt a little embarrassed.But he still insisted: "Military envoy, I know that you have always fought safely and never took risks. Why do you want to fight at night today. The risk of fighting at night is too great. That's right, our Sizhou army has never lost since it was formed. For a while, you can wait until the sky is dark, and once you fight, the army will be in chaos. If everyone fights in chaos, there are too many variables. If something really happens, it will be too late to regret."

Wang Shen sat up straight, motioned Yue Yun to sit in front of him, and said seriously, "I understand your concerns, but it's just that the soldiers won't be able to see at night. How can you fight if you can't see?"

Yue Yun nodded: "There is this problem."

Night blindness is indeed a big trouble. In the ancient times of malnutrition, most ancient people got this disease.Because of this, the two armies fought fiercely for a whole day, and when it got dark, no matter what the battle situation was, they would all withdraw their troops at the same time, and fight again at another day.Otherwise, when it gets dark and everyone gets mixed up, it will be the end of each other.

Wang Shen smiled, and suddenly asked, "Ying Xiang, can you see if you don't light the lamp at night?"

Yue Yun: "I can see it."

Wang Shen: "I have learned that the soldiers can see at night, and there is no problem in marching and fighting. On the contrary, Li Heng's rebel army is all corns, and their eyes are darkened at night. Since we can see things, And the enemy is all blind, how can you understand the idea of ​​not bullying him?"

"Si..." Yue Yun seemed to have realized something, and murmured, "Yeah, if you don't pick the cheap one, isn't that a bastard?"

The pathogenesis of the so-called night blindness is also simple. In a nutshell, it is: lack of vitamin A in the body.

It is not difficult to prevent night blindness. Eat more foods rich in vitamin A, such as eggs and animal liver.

Wang Shen considered this problem when he formed the Sizhou Army. The so-called water is impermanent, and soldiers are impermanent. If the army cannot fight at night, many tactics cannot be used, but it is a major flaw.In addition, the Sizhou Army adopted elite tactics, and the main soldiers had two taels of meat to eat every day.Offal occupies a large proportion of meat products.

So, up to now, although the main soldiers of the Sizhou Army don't have green eyes all night like cats, they can still barely see things with the help of skylight.

In this way, the troops have a certain ability to fight at night, at least they can maintain a tight formation, and the troops can cooperate with each other.

If the Sizhou army raided Li Hong's camp tonight, it would be a fight between normal people and blind people. If they still can't win, they might as well smash them to death with a piece of tofu.

Thinking of this, Yue Yun's face was full of excitement: "The envoy's words startled the dreamer, clever, really clever, the general will understand."

"Understood? Just understand. Of course, this alone is not enough. Do I need to continue talking?"

Yue Yun cupped his hands: "Please ask the military envoy to teach me."

Wang Shen: "In addition to people, war horses can also see things at night. I tried it before, and even in the darkest night, war horses can see the road clearly. In the battle tonight, war horses can be used to clear the way ahead .As long as you follow the cavalry in charge of the front, the soldiers will not go wrong."

Yue Yun suddenly remembered something: "Military envoy, there is still one thing unknown about the last general."

Wang Shen: "If you have any questions, just ask, I know everything."

Yue Yun: "At the end of the day today, we will see that Li Heng's camp has been firmly established, even if the bandits can't see at night. But as long as they light up torches and guard the fences, deer villages, and earth barriers, our surprise attack will be different in the end. It is a well-organized assault battle. In this way, it may not be possible to easily take down the enemy's camp. In this way, it also loses the meaning of surprise attack. Expensive but not beneficial, meaningless."

"Well said, I am very pleased that you can think like this to show that you are using your brain to figure out how to fight." Wang Shen looked at Yue Yun with admiring eyes.

He has high hopes for Yue Yun. In real history, apart from being a mighty general, Yue Yun also has rules in fighting battles. Reckless.This has a lot to do with Yue Fei's training. After all, it is a father-son relationship. Once Yue Yun does something wrong, Yue Ye will unceremoniously reprimand and punish him.

But in this time and space, Wang Shen is just Yue Yun's brother-in-law, no matter how hateful Yue Yun is, there is nothing he can do against him.I can only suppress the irritability in my heart and cultivate it patiently.

Wang Shen: "Don't worry, although Li Heng's camp is extremely well established, in my eyes, it's just a castle on the beach. It only needs a wave of tide to come and it will be wiped out immediately."

Yue Yun looked puzzled: "Military envoy, I don't understand."

Wang Shen looked at the gradually darkening sky outside, and said leisurely: "This rain is about to fall, it's not too small. I think it will fall three feet to the ground no matter what happens. Long drought without rain, dry everywhere. Terrible. With so many troops, Li Heng needed to drink water, so for convenience, he set up his camp on the river beach at the lowest point, as a way to kill him! Seeing this, he decided to fight the enemy tonight. To be a general, one must not just stare at the enemy, but must also understand the geography of the mountains and rivers of the battlefield, and understand the local hydrology and climate. The so-called attention is all articles."

Hearing what he said, Yue Yun's body trembled, and he couldn't help jumping up with an "ah", and waved his arms excitedly: "Yes, yes, why didn't I think of this. If it rains heavily, people everywhere The rainwater pooled together and rushed towards the enemy camp, and the excitement was great."

Yes, just as Wang Shen said, because of internal strife in Li Hengjun, this guy wanted to save his life, lest he be assassinated by his split-brain subordinates.He took more than 1 troops to withdraw from the mountains to Xiaogan.Also because there are too many soldiers, the problem of drinking water for men and horses has become extremely prominent.

On a hot day, if there is no water, the troops cannot last a day.Therefore, he set up his camp on the river beach near the water outside Xiaogan City.It is convenient to be so convenient, but there is a problem. The ground of the camp is sandy, and the terrain is the lowest point in this area.If the heavy rain comes and is washed by the flood, all the fortifications will be washed away, so how can we defend?
"The timing, location, and harmony are all in my hands, and this battle must be won!" Yue Yun laughed and danced.

Feng Changqing also laughed, and hurriedly handed over a bowl of tea: "Uncle, you should sit down and drink some tea!"

"Don't drink, don't drink, I have to go back to the barracks for pre-war mobilization." Just as he was about to leave, Yue Yun stopped suddenly, turned to look at Wang Shen, with an indignant expression on his face: "Military envoy, please ask for advice, Yue Yun What is the name of the army you lead?"

Wang Shen was puzzled: "Back the Wei army!"

"You do remember, what is the Beiwei Army? It means going to the front first, and charging forward in every battle. However, in the past few months, it seems that your cavalry has won all the battles. I don't accept it. I want to Take the lead, otherwise, you simply cancel the banner of our Wei army."

Wang Shen nodded: "That's right, it doesn't make sense to keep your Wei army behind and charge forward. Soldiers are made by fighting, not training. That's fine, I promise you. A few days ago, Ta Bai Didn't you capture hundreds of war horses in the battle with Li Heng's scout cavalry? Go get them now. This Anlu offensive, but you have captured, whether it's soldiers, horses or armor weapons, equip your troops first. but……"

Yes, in real history, the Yue Family Army has three cavalry: the Tabai Army, the Youyi Army, and the Beiwei Army.

No, it should be two books.Strictly speaking, the Beiwei Army is heavy armored infantry mounted on horseback.After arriving at the battlefield, Yue Yun and his athletes will dismount and fight on foot, just like the Mongols later, this is the real main force in the army.In fact, in the general battle on the cold weapon battlefield, the mission of the cavalry is to reconnaissance, interspersed with detours, harassment and charging, but it is the heavy armor that really solves the battle.

His expression became serious: "Your soldiers are the most brave and brave warriors in our army, and you are Lao Tzu's brother-in-law. You are the face of someone. If the battle is not good, you will not be spared if you lose my face."

Yue Yun only wanted to get the vanguard mission today, but he didn't want to get many war horses instead. He was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly bowed down, yelling: "Military envoy, you just look at it and see how I fight. If you make a mistake, the loser loses." Just use military law to control me. Even if you cut off my brain, Yue Yun has nothing to complain about."

Wang Shen waved his hand: "Remember what you said today, go down and get ready!"

(End of this chapter)