Chapter 373: The Gentleman's Golden Drum (14)

Since last year, he helped Teng State to "restore the country", and Shi presided over the construction of three fortresses, blocking the three necessary roads to directly besiege Tengcheng.

Tengdi is the north gate in the direction of Pengcheng, unless the Lu State is completely annexed by the Qi State, otherwise the Qi State wants to go south in the future, this place is the only way.

Do business early, plan early.

And if the Yue Kingdom wants to counterattack Tengdi, it can only pass through this unavoidable fortress.

The northern line is in the area of Baimaguan in Lianqing Mountain in later generations, which is a mountain pass that stretches for dozens of miles, and the north is the Zou State, which is also a vassal state of the Yue State, because the Marquis of Zou was deposed by the King of Yue.

The southern fortress was built at the bend of Xiaoshashui, controlling the direction of Xue Di's entry into Teng, which had been occupied by Qi and restored by Yue, and was now also a vassal state of Yue.

The eastern fortress is on the shore of the water, which is the only way to enter Tengdi from Ni City, and now Yue Wang Phong is not only in Ni City, but also has the battlefield information advantage of the scouts, presumably the Yue Kingdom must attack here first.

This is the battlefield chosen by the Mo family for a decisive battle with King Yue.

The strategy has been strategized, and what should be persecuted has been persecuted, and the war ultimately depends on a decisive battle to decide the outcome of the war, and Yue Wang Phong has no other way to go.

Dare to enter, after the righteous master has already demonstrated his mobility and siege ability, this is no different from suicide. The troops are stationed under the fortified city, and it is a fortified city guarded by the Mo family, and the main force of the Mo family's righteous division can fight, which is also self-defeating.

In order to fight, the procedures that should be followed still have to be followed.

Yue Wang Peng first sent an envoy to the Moshi army to question him first.

After the envoy saw Shi and Gongzao, he asked sharply: "I have heard that the Mo family claims benevolence and righteousness, and many words benefit the world, but how can they do unrighteous things?" ”

"In the past, the Marquis of Qi was deaf, and the first king and Zhao Gou were together. Tenghou will ally the faint king, and the first king will destroy him, so as to show the way of heaven. ”

"Houtian's bad manners, murder of the head of the family's brother, my king and the three Jin Dynasty to punish the bad ceremony, the princes are excited, and they are all willing to join the alliance. The Marquis of Qi also knew that he was unconscious, and recognized that Teng and Tan were unwise and allied with the faint monarch back then, and should be punished. ”

The envoy said that Zhu Gou and Zhao Gou punished Qi because of Qi Hou's mediocrity, but Teng supported Qi State, which was a big crime, and Zhu Gou's destruction of Teng Na was showing the way of heaven.

Zhao Gou is not a contemptuous title, but a Zhao nobleman, a big man who can lead the army to fight Qi.

Later, Yue Wang Peng and Sanjin joined forces to attack Qi, and the Marquis of Qi had already recognized that the two vassal states of Tan and Teng were well destroyed by the Yue people.

Logically, in terms of your ownership, what kind of thing is your Mo family, and what reason do you have to help the Teng people restore the country?

The envoy said: "In the past, the princes of the Qi Huan League and the princes of the Kuiqiu and Jin Wen Leagues were in the land, and the world was decided. Since the Mo scholar said that it would benefit the world, don't you know that small countries should be vassals of large countries, so that they can reduce military disasters and benefit the world? ”

"Furthermore, I have heard that the Mo family once said that the world is set to be one, isn't my king's destruction of these unrighteous countries also for the sake of the world being one?"

Seeing the blood of the envoy, he smiled and said: "The Mo family does say that the world is set on one side for great benefits, but this is set on one side but it can't be a warlike king, otherwise, if Shang Xia Ji is set on one, can it also benefit the world?" ”

Seeing that the Mo family directly accused King Yue's character, the envoy couldn't help but turn his face and say: "There are many warlike kings in the world!" Wei, Han, Zhao, and Chu are all belligerent, but they don't see you ink people to stop it! ”

Shi Da laughed: "I can't do it." I have heard that there are those who can't and those who don't do things in the world. To do not do it for the sake of the elderly is to do it for the sake of not doing it; It is impossible to coerce Mount Tai to surpass the North Sea and not do it. ”

The envoy was even more angry in his heart, he never expected that the Mo family's truth was so shameless, and it was clearly a slap in the face of King Yue.

Then Wei Chu, Han Zhao, the Mo family can't reach it, and when they go to Yueguo, they can do it? Yes, the Yue country is not as strong as the Goujian era, but it is not a weak country like your Mohists saying "breaking branches for the elderly", right?

The messenger said angrily: "I have more than 3,000 miles of land, 100 cities, and 100,000 men with armor, how can I be weak? ”

Shi still looked indifferent, and said: "The giant once said that the king of Yue is more warlike, likes to kill his father, and has a good land and city. With the things that happened a few years ago, if you use Gou Jianyue, how can you only return to Jianyang and Juling? However, with the Yue of the Phong and the Jianyang Giant Mausoleum, it can be called a great victory. Isn't that weak? ”

"The Mo family is interested in benefiting the world, and is interested in killing soldiers in the world and stopping the unjust wars of the princes. The weaker it is, the more it will stop first, so that the princes of Surabaya will not attack the alliance, where is it not benevolent? Where is the unrighteousness? What's bad for the world? ”

"I heard that there is a gentleman's army, and the world is called a tiger, in my opinion, but the dry bones in the grave, if the army is handed over, it will be powder in an instant."

"Needless to say, if you make an appointment to fight, you will fight!"

The messenger got up and left in a rage, and Gong Zaoye looked at Shi Dao with a smile: "In this way, the Yue people will definitely be angry." ”

Shi nodded and said, "Anger is best." If you are not angry, how can you be arrogant? I was afraid that after teasing them for three months, I led them around in a circle for three months, and when I engaged in battle, I was about to collapse, so how could I get into the trap of our army? ”

After that, he sent scouts to keep an eye on the movements of the Yue people.

Seven days later, the Vietnamese army was already encamped seven miles away, and a decisive battle would be fought tomorrow.

The boss of this battle, Mozi proposed that Shi Lai should be the boss, and the only one who could compete with Shi in the position of coach was Gong Zaoye.

The rest of the ink masters did not have large-scale command experience.

And with the First Battle of Niu Langyi, the Battle of Futeng and the previous battles with King Yue in circles as the foundation, it can be regarded as having some experience, at least more than others' actual combat experience.

Gongzaoye became famous in Shangqiu, and Pengcheng governed the government and suppressed the rebellion very well.

However, one is that the use of firearms is appropriate, and the other is that many people in the Mo family can now see that the giant is hoping to be the successor after the poultry slippery, and this matter can be regarded as an experience. His own qualifications and abilities are also the only two candidates.

The army of the righteous division camped near the fortress, quietly waiting for tomorrow's decisive battle, the weather was good, there was no wind or rain, it was a good day to fight.

In the battalion, he gathered with the commanders and deputies of the Gongzaoye and various brigades to discuss the decisive battle tomorrow.

Any battle needs to be planned in advance and have a set plan.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is impossible to go according to plan, but if there is not even a predetermined plan before, it is purely a random fight.

Seize the opportunity of the battlefield, be keenly aware of the opponent's loopholes, and use it well, that is a peerless general, and he does not have this ability.

The staff officers laid out the predetermined goals in advance, and on the premise of ensuring the overall control of the battlefield situation, developed towards the set goals, which was far worse than the previous ones, but it was also the most suitable for the current situation of the righteous teachers.

Neither side knew their plans for tomorrow, so they could only book their own plans and wait until after the engagement, which would test the ability of the commanders of both sides and the organization of the soldiers.

Shi marked it on the map, and roughly explained the predetermined plan for tomorrow, so that each brigade knew what it was going to do, and in case of any accidents, it was necessary to make a favorable choice on the overall situation by relying on subjective initiative.

Communication is all about roaring, and an order is delivered by a herald and then received, and it is easy to have problems, and sometimes a fighter plane appears but cannot be seized, and it is difficult to have a chance.

According to the appropriate expectations, tomorrow will be a war of annihilation as much as possible.

With the water and the fortress behind him, as the two support points for tomorrow's formation.

The right flank is a mile away from the water, and there is a bend under the water, which can not only cover the flank of the own side, but also completely eliminate the possibility of the Vietnamese army's flank detour.

On the left flank, close to the fort, a mile in front of the fort. Once the left flank collapsed, there were still fortresses to support and also prevent the Vietnamese army from outflanking in a roundabout way.

This is all due to the fact that the number of Vietnamese troops is relatively large, the cavalry of the Mojia Yishi is too small, and there are almost no sword and shield soldiers on the flanks.

The ranks of the righteous division were tightly organized, the width of the battle line was not enough, and if it was not along the river, and the number of cavalry was insufficient, it was easy to be surrounded by the Yue people from both flanks.

In this way, with the fortress and the river as the two support points, on the premise of ensuring the two flanks, it is necessary to force or induce the Vietnamese to shorten the battle line as much as possible, and concentrate as close to the river side as possible.

In the case of two more support points, if the Yue people hope to be able to encircle the flanks simply by hoping that the battle line will be lengthened, then at least 80,000 people will be needed to ensure that the opposing side will not be broken down to complete the encirclement.

If the number of people is not enough, and the righteous master makes a defensive posture, then it is meaningless for the Vietnamese to stretch the front.

Although the Yue people are not enough to play, they are also nearly 50,000, and the formation is loose, if you want to win, you still need to force the Yue people to shorten the line and compress the troops together, so that it is possible to form an encirclement.

If the Vietnamese want to shorten the battle line, it is necessary to make the Vietnamese feel that there is a threat on the flank along the side of the river, which requires the concentration of superior forces to launch an attack first, so that the Vietnamese have to mobilize troops from the right flank of the Vietnamese army and the central army to support the dangerous left flank.

The more the left wing of the people is close to the river, the more concentrated they are on the left wing, the shorter the array shrinks, and the more concentrated the number of people will be in a small area.

Because the right flank of the righteous division has the river as a cover, once the Yue people begin to move, then the elite can be transferred from the right flank, and the right flank leaves a small number of troops to switch from attack to defense, relying on artillery support to support the counterattack of the Yue people.

The elite infantry and cavalry took advantage of their mobility to abandon the right flank and detour back to the left flank from the rear, which was actually the main direction of attack of the righteous division.

Since the front was induced and forced to be shortened, once the left flank broke through, and the Chinese army and the right flank had not yet collapsed, the Vietnamese would be surrounded, and the battle would be over.

Of course, this is just a perfect plan, and if it is implemented, the battlefield can change rapidly, and all kinds of accidents may occur.

This is an important test of whether the manager can succeed or not.

Is it being led by the nose by the other party?

Or will you be able to deal with these accidents and then follow the established plan?

Or seize the opportunity of the transient changes on the battlefield and the situation of friend and foe, abandon the predetermined plan and seize the fighter plane, and achieve a great victory in response to the situation?

These three are the difference between mediocre and qualified generals and unparalleled generals.

Strategically, the Yue king, who had been forced, had to fight a decisive battle, and the Yue people could neither continue the confrontation nor be willing to besiege the city.

The tactical goal is crucial, and the right flank of the righteous division is crucial.

The resolute offensive in the early stage will make the left flank of the Vietnamese army really in danger of collapsing, and it is necessary to launch an offensive that may cause the collapse of the left flank of the Vietnamese army before the Chinese army and the left flank of our own side fall into a crisis.

In the medium term, you need to quickly switch from attack to defense, which needs to be supported, because if the transfer is successful, the pressure on this side will be the greatest.

If the movement is successful, the elite and main cavalry, as well as the small artillery that follows the movement, must use their mobility to circle the left flank.

If the right flank can't hold on, then it can't surround the Yue people, and at most it will be a crushing battle.

Even if the elite has not yet moved to the left flank, the right flank will collapse first, and the righteous teacher will even fall into chaos and danger.

If the transfer is unsuccessful and the left flank of the Vietnamese army near the river collapses first, it will only be a crushing battle.

The number of cavalry is small, and it is pointless to fight a rout. Because this is not a battle to defend the city with a huge disparity in strength, and it is considered a victory until the Yue people retreat, but a war that will determine the future hegemony of the Surabaya Basin.