Chapter 832: Deliberately Suppressing Morale

Listening to Yang Chendong's words, Hu Mang replied repeatedly: "Yes, young master, we have summed up our experience, and if we don't find out the situation in the future, we will definitely not send troops easily, I can assure you of this." ”

"Hmm." Yang Chendong's face looked a little better. The last battle has been lost, and there is no point in dwelling on this matter, as long as several military commanders have summed up the lessons and do not repeat the previous problems in the future, the soldiers who died in the battle can be regarded as blind.

Sometimes defeat is not terrible, on the road to growth, what is the reward for encountering failure, it is not another gain, it represents a prerequisite to become strong? And as long as the heart is not defeated after defeat, you can still have the heart to fight again, and the more you fight, the more courageous you are.

"Okay, you go down first, take good care of your own barracks, in the next two days we will only besiege and not attack, in the face of the other party's challenge, we may also retreat appropriately to make concessions, when the military morale must not be chaotic, you go down and talk to the battalion commanders about what to do." Well, go and call the cavalry to reinforce the chasing wind. Yang Chendong picked up the hot tea in front of him and waved his hand gently, Hu Mang was the first person he met, and he was definitely not the last, he was preparing for the next layout, and there were some things to explain to the heads of the regiment.

Hu Mang left, and it didn't take long for Chasing Wind to enter the main tent, and then stayed for about half an hour before leaving with his head held high. One after another the head of the regiment walked into the main tent, each of them had a private conversation with the sixth young master for more than half an hour, and this night, the oil lamp in the main tent was lit until it was almost dawn.

When the day dawned, the armies buried the pots to make rice, the smoke curled up, and the fragrance soon overflowed, and the army was a busy scene.

An hour later, the well-fed and well-fed armies of the two sides began a new day of confrontation. In front of the capital, Fan Yuhai rode out, and this time the cavalry team behind him was even more majestic. From a distance, the number of people has reached 20,000.

In the face of mercenaries, especially the God of War personally leading the army, in Fan Yuhai's opinion, even if the whole army is dispatched, it is not too much.

The cavalry team took a thousand people as a battle formation, and soon opened the frame and set up the battle, and with the main general Fan Yuhai shouted, a thousand people rushed out of the camp, and the leader was Cha Mu Bala, the tiger general of the Mobei Mongolian tribe.

After Chambala's appearance, he led this thousand-man team straight towards the mercenaries on the opposite side, and when they were about a kilometer away, they suddenly stopped. Countless experiences and facts have taught them that this distance is relatively safe.

Chambala, who stopped at the horse, began to call for battle, looking like he was going to win or lose with the mercenary general.

Singled out! This ancient method of fighting the courage of the generals on both sides has been passed down to the present day and has been used by some people. Especially the cavalry, what is important is the tightness of the battle formation, the momentum of the hedge, just one person and one general, the role that can be played is very limited.

Tactics such as heads-up have not appeared for a long time. But today, when they appeared in front of the two armies, many people's faces showed inexplicability, and then the faces of some generals were inexplicably excited, and it seemed that it was time for them to show their personal strength and meritorious service. Yang Chendong, who was riding on the white dragon horse, looked calm at the moment, as if he didn't see the other party's actions, and remained still. This made many of the eyes that looked at him immediately shrink back. They were originally waiting for the god of war to order the general, but when they found that the latter was indifferent, they did not dare to look at it. Ke Shang was a little bold, but he was still careful to talk to his comrades-in-arms, "What's the matter, doesn't the god of war let us fight?" ”

"Silence, no noise in the barracks." As soon as the soldiers below made a move, the regiment commander standing at the head of the team immediately stopped it, and some battalion commanders also cooperated to persuade the soldiers below and suppressed the sound of discussion.

This is the case with all divisions and regiments, and Yang Chendong's afterglow saw these in his eyes, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Last night's interview was quite good, at least the heads of the regiment understood what they meant. With their suppression, presumably the army will not be in chaos, but the morale will definitely drop a lot, but there is no way to do it. The difference in strength is too great, and it is not possible to lose a single cent of strength now for the final general attack.

Speaking of which, last night, Yang Chendong had already thought of a countermeasure for Fan Yuhai. If the roles of the two sides were reversed, he would have at least two paths to follow. One is to raise the strength of a large army and use the advantage of numbers to make a fierce attack. For example, directly press the 30,000 army, and then send 10,000 troops to cushion and make a comprehensive impact, pressing the opponent with the advantage of troops. When facing tens of thousands of enemy cavalry, even the strength of the musket is limited, and once they are allowed to rush over, the role of the musket at that time is very limited, and it is difficult to win this battle.

Of course, if you decide to do so, you have to pay a heavy price. From this point of view, Fan Yuhai is less likely to choose, after all, there are only 15,000 people under his direct control, and he can wipe out his army, but if he really fights out the cavalry of Sude Khan, then this Khan will definitely not do it.

If the first point doesn't work, only the second point remains, which is to send a small part of the troops to challenge, slowly encroaching on and fighting the mercenary forces. Small victories accumulate big victories, thus expanding the results.

The advantage of this is that you will not lose too much, and you can continue to fight out the strength of the mercenaries, and when the mercenaries are small enough to a certain extent, it is the moment to implement the first plan. At that time, once the number of mercenaries was too low, facing tens of thousands of enemy troops, they had no choice but to flee.

These are the two methods that Yang Chendong thought of for Fan Yuhai. Looking at it now, the other party really did the same as he thought, and sent a team of 1,000 people to challenge.

A thousand-person team is naturally not terrible, Yang Chendong casually sent a regiment commander, or even a battalion commander with a thousand veterans to rush forward, with the tip of the arrow and the sharpness of the sabre, he could win. But it is impossible to win this kind of victory without paying a price. If you die a hundred people in one battle, you will have to pay a thousand people ten times, and after a long time, the mercenaries will definitely be the first to be unable to afford it.

Not to mention, in a team of more than 10,000 people, how many veterans are there, once the fight is really finished here, the effective combat power has been run in by one challenge after another, where is there still the strength to launch a general attack?

Therefore, the best way to deal with such a challenge is to ignore it, as if you didn't see it, and with the huge range of the musket, the other party is naturally helpless. The only drawback is that in the long run, the morale of the army must be greatly damaged, and this is the biggest test for mercenaries.

Seeing the other party's intentions, Yang Chendong naturally would not let it succeed, so he has the current attitude of not moving to respond to all changes.

Chambala, who was thousands of kilometers away, was already ready for a battle, but after finding that the other party had not moved for half a day, he thought of Fan Yuhai's entrustment, and immediately scolded him, what is so hard to hear, like a coward, cowardice, pus, etc., in the final analysis, it is all kinds of insults.

What's even more powerful is that Fan Yuhai seems to have been prepared, and even found a cavalryman who can speak Chinese, while scolding in Mongolian, when the Chinese language is repeated, and the sound resounded all over the land, you can imagine how ugly the faces of the mercenary soldiers will be.

"Battalion commander, I'm going to fight."

"Battalion commander, I also ask for battle, even if we die on the battlefield, we can't let them insult us like this."

"Yes, let's fight." Under the scolding, some impulsive warriors could not help it, their faces turned red, and they shouted with anger.

"Shut up." All the battalion commanders were called over for a meeting by the regiment commander last night, so they naturally knew what to do. Although they were also very annoyed in the face of such a situation, and even wanted to rush forward with their swords now, they could only obey the military order.

With the suppression of the regiment commanders and battalion commanders, although many soldiers had some emotions, it did not cause any chaotic consequences, and under the reprimand, many soldiers had to shut up, but judging from their angry faces, they just obeyed the military order, and they did not understand in their hearts.

After a while of scolding, Chamballa retreated with some disappointment. In exchange for a young general who did not know the general with a thousand people appeared, they were still a challenge look, after not getting a response for half a day, a new round of scolding began, which naturally attracted a burst of dissatisfaction and the voice of the fighters.

In this way, the cycle continued, shouting and scolding again and again, and the dissatisfaction among the mercenaries became more and more prevalent. But the regiment commander and battalion commander suppressed it again and again, and still no one disobeyed military discipline, but the morale of the army had begun to decline at this moment, and it continued to decline...

It was finally getting dark, and the Mongol cavalry began to retreat, one after another, back into the city, and the mercenaries began to set up camp, and the prepared hot meals were delivered to the soldiers, but I don't know why, most of them ate tastelessly, and obviously everything that happened today made them very depressed and very angry.

In the evening, after the soldiers entered the tent to rest, some battalion commanders finally got up and came to the regiment commander, asking what to do next? There are also some battalion commanders who expressed their worries, according to their intentions, can they ask the god of war and fight a few battles tomorrow, otherwise, the morale of the army will fall too quickly, and it will be difficult to lead the team.

The main tent belonging to Yang Chendong was still lit with oil lamps on tonight, and Yang Chendong closed his eyes and sat on a chair next to the stove with a big coat and waited, but until dawn, he did not see any regiment commander come to ask for battle.