Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 427 Absolute Strength (7)

There is a saying in the art of war: if it is ten, it will be surrounded, if it is five, it will be attacked, and if it is doubled, it will be divided.Considering that Tuoba Shanye's total force is [-] times that of Li Xian's, the best strategy is to encircle Li Xian's troops, but Tuoba Shanye did not do this, and he did not seek to cooperate with Li Xian at all. The opportunity for a decisive battle is that the [-] troops are all strictly guarding the formation, guarding the tribes, old and young, in a stance of strictly guarding to the death. Seeking meritorious deeds, but seeking no faults, and winning by defending firmly, as soon as the deployment of the formation occurs, Li Xian will immediately hesitate - attack by force?Although the five thousand elite cavalry of the Tang army were elite, they were not so elite that one could stand up to ten. If Tuoba Shanye caught the opportunity by mistake, the entire army would be wiped out. After all, this is a sand table deduction, not In actual combat, there are too many details that affect the outcome that cannot be reflected on the sand table; lure the enemy to attack?Obviously it won't work, as far as Tuoba Shanye's situation is concerned, it is clear that peace with Li Xian is the most important thing, if you can avoid fighting, then don't fight, procrastination is the best policy.

What to do?Cold salad, how can a living person be suffocated to death by urine? Although the iron barrel array in Tuoba Shanye made Li Xian feel a little tricky, it was far from making Li Xian helpless. In fact, Lin Chengbin and other confidant generals used to When fighting against Li Xian in the sand table, I have often tried the tactic of not seeking victory but seeking peace with Li Xianlai, but so far, I have not seen anyone who can defeat Li Xian with such a foolish trick. You If I don't attack, then I will fight well. The left and right fighters are fought, not waited for.

The iron barrel array is good for defense, but weaker than offense. There will be a gap in the hundred secrets, and this gap is on the grain. The food road seems to have few flaws, but in fact it is not, just because livestock need to be grazed, and the feeding of hundreds of thousands of large livestock cannot be handled by mowing at all, and it can barely support it for three to five days. If there are large-scale deaths due to lack of exercise, the work of mowing grass is enough to exhaust the entire army of Tuoba Mountains. Without Li Xian's fighting, they have to finish their own work, and this gap in grazing is one of Li Xian's fighting opportunities where!
Five days had passed, and there was no battle between the two sides, each of them stood still. The difference was that the formation of Tuoba Mountain remained unchanged, and it was always retreating, while Li Xian's army dispersed into five thousand-man teams, wandering around the periphery Frequent exchanges, frequent transfers, and a posture of waiting for opportunities made Tuoba Shanye not dare to relax in the slightest. On the sixth day, Liu Ziming, who was the referee, made a conclusion that the grass near Tuoba Shanye's camp had been exhausted, and it was impossible to do so. After supplying the needs of the army, at this time, Tuoba Shanye could no longer retreat in an all-round way, and he had to move even if he didn't move.

Tuoba Shanye is also a ruthless man, since he had to move, he simply made a special move, still did not seek a decisive battle with Li Xian, but dispatched the whole army to guard the old and young of the clan and graze livestock, tens of thousands People are always huddled together, not giving Li Xian a chance to attack them. This idea is quite safe, but it is not without its disadvantages. The disadvantage is that the pasture needed by hundreds of thousands of livestock is not a small amount. One, Within two days, the forage at the core position had been sent to Xin, and it was no longer able to support the needs of all the livestock. At this time, the army had scored regardless of division. Afterwards, hundreds of thousands of people were divided into three legions, arranged in a zigzag shape, echoing each other, and two echoing each other when one was attacked. It seemed to be seamless, but it was full of loopholes, at least in Li Xian's eyes. At this time, the victorious The balance has quietly tilted to Li Xian's side!
The power of cavalry lies in its mobility. Although both sides are cavalry, the difference in quality and training is a key factor that cannot be ignored. Li Xian launched a surprise attack just after Tuoba Shanye divided his troops, but after seeing the dizzying movements of the five Tang army squads that were originally scattered everywhere, they suddenly turned to Tuoba on the right. The Bashanye army launched a strong attack, and with its elite combat power, it beat the army on the right like Mount Tai, and was unable to resist, so they had to stick to the camp and wait for reinforcements.

attack!As soon as the army on the right was attacked, Tuoba Shanye couldn't sit still, and had to mobilize the other two armies to send out large-scale assistance. Each army was divided into half and rushed to the attacked right wing at a forced march, trying to rely on the absolute strength of its troops. However, Li Xian's troops withdrew from the battlefield without hesitation before the two armies rushed to the battlefield. According to Liu Ziming's ruling, the Tang army suffered more than [-] casualties. The army on the right side of Tuoba Mountain, which was suddenly attacked, suffered [-] casualties. Although the losses of both sides were not so severe, the initiative of the war was firmly controlled by the Tang army. in hand.

Attack, attack again, the target is Tuoba Shanye's army on the right, the two reinforcements have just evacuated, but Li Xian's troops returned to the carbine and left with one blow. Yu Zhong forced Tuoba Shanye to call out part of the troops of the other two legions to make up for the loss of the right legion. In this way, it became a momentum of fueling. Li Xian seized the opportunity to attack the other two corps again. The legion on the right, often retreated from the battle circle before Tuoba Shanye's reinforcements were dispatched, and came down several times, like a blunt knife cutting flesh, and Tuoba Shanye was deeply saddened.

He couldn't defend anymore. Under Li Xian's repeated blows, Tuoba Shanye could no longer stick to the original strategy of steady defense, because he had already seen that this strategy could only become the victim of the Tang army's encroachment tactics, and it would take a few more rounds Even if they don't even have the capital to take the initiative to attack, at this time, even if Tuoba Shanye is reluctant, he can only go out in full force, chasing after Li Xian's troops, trying to encircle and wipe out Li Xianyu on the grassland with ten times as many troops .

Head-on decisive battle?Li Xiancai is not that stupid. Facing the menacing Tuoba Shanye army, Li Xian refused to fight at all. He led his troops to go around in circles on the vast prairie. They were torn apart, but it was still difficult to grasp Li Xian's main force. Just when he was in despair, Li Xian's main force suddenly appeared in front of the old battalion in Tuoba Mountain. In just one battle, the old battalion, which was empty of troops, was completely wiped out Before Tuoba Shanye's army returned to defense, Li Xian's troops had mysteriously disappeared in the depths of the prairie. At this point in the battle, according to Liu Ziming's judgment, only [-] troops remained in Tuoba Shanye's troops , and Li Xian's troops still had more than [-] troops, the difference in strength between them had narrowed to eleven times, and after deducting the difference in strength between each other, the actual difference was only about four times. The advantage, but the loss of the initiative has become the fatal key to Tuoba Shanye.

I'm in a hurry, Tuoba Shanye is really in a hurry, there is nothing I can do, I can only gather troops again in order to protect myself, but when he mobilized the whole army, the elusive Tang army suddenly came out from the vast prairie , came one after another, and completely crippled the already ruined Tuoba Shanye army on the right side, and then hid in the prairie before the Tuoba Shanye army arrived. After conquering Tuoba Shanye's left-wing camp, they still left in one battle. After two consecutive sneak attacks, Tuoba Shanye lost nearly ten thousand troops again, while Li Xian's troops still had more than [-] troops. The comparison of troop strength is only ten times, and after deducting the difference in morale and troop quality, the difference in overall strength between the two sides is only two and a half times. At this time, the advantage of Tuoba Shanye is pitifully small.

He couldn't fight, couldn't catch, and facing the strangely marching Tang army, Tuoba Shanye was really helpless, but he couldn't be an incompetent person if he could become the "Hexi Eagle". Under the unfavorable situation, Tuoba Shanye still refused to admit defeat, and mobilized the whole army to retreat towards Baituoling. It seemed that he planned to rely on the complex terrain of Baituoling to limit the speed of the Tang army's cavalry, forcing Li Xian to lead The Department confronts it head-on.

There are mountains and rivers in the Baituoling area. Although the pasture is not too rich, it is enough to supply the needs of the entire army's livestock for the Tuoba Mountains and Fields, which only has more than [-] people left. Baituo Ridge can be defended according to the danger, and calmly deal with the possible attack of the Tang army. If this is the case, the initiative of the war that Li Xian won so hard will definitely change hands again, and this is obviously not what Li Xian wants Seeing the situation, reacting to it has become inevitable.

For the retreating enemy, chasing and intercepting is the normal way to use troops. Li Xian understands this, and Tuoba Shanye also knows it. A series of traps and ambushes, trying to lure the Tang army to attack, so as to gather and annihilate the Tang army. All kinds of small tricks are extremely concealed and cruel. If Li Xian really dares to come, Tuoba Shanye has the ability to beat the Tang army. Absolute certainty.

To defeat the enemy, one must attack. This is an undoubted fact, but how to attack is a very particular matter. As soon as Tuoba Shanye's withdrawal trend appeared, Li Xian had already judged the intention of Tuoba Shanye Where, without hesitation, the troops were divided immediately. With 500 people as a team, the whole army was divided into seven teams. They only harassed but never attacked along the way. It was dazzling. Even with Tuoba Shanye's shrewdness, he couldn't see through the real meaning behind Li Xian's seemingly useless method. He had no choice but to be vigilant, strengthen his guard, and not harass Tang Jun They pursued and pursued, only to retreat safely to the Baituoling area.

Retreat, and then retreat, even though he was harassed by the Tang army's squad along the way, he was harassed by the Tang army, but relying on far stronger troops than the Tang army, Tuoba Shanye finally retreated to Baituoling at the cost of the lives of more than [-] soldiers. Nearby, as long as they can cross the Huangshui River, they can enter Baituo Ridge, thus completely reversing the passive situation of the battle. At that time, even though Li Xian has achieved considerable results, he can only hold his nose and accept the draw As a result, at this moment, Tuoba Shanye was finally able to catch his breath a little bit, but it was obvious that he breathed a little earlier, just when Tuoba Shanye was a little relaxed, a sudden change occurred up.

(End of this chapter)