"In addition, send a message to General Wang Zhen, asking him to find a way to defeat the Zhendong Navy as soon as possible!" Sun Chengen continued.
In fact, these have always been the most important and critical points. As long as Wang Zhen can defeat the Dongyi Navy, Wang Yu's group of people will block the road to retreat. At that time, that is the time when the other party has no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth.
However, thinking of this, Sun Chengen had to blame Wang Zhen for his incompetence. The Zhendong Navy had always avoided fighting. It was precisely because of this that Wang Zhen had not completed this task until now.
However, just as Sun Chengen was dispatching his troops, he never expected that at the same time, Xue Rengui also began to actively plot against him.
There is a saying in Sun Tzu's Art of War that soldiers have no constant momentum and water has no constant shape. War is an ever-changing process, so there is no one-size-fits-all set of rules.
It stands to reason that when a weak defender faces a menacing and powerful enemy, it seems to be a safer choice to choose to defend from danger. The result of the weak defender's proactive attack is likely to be to hit the stone with an egg.
However, in many battles in ancient times, it frequently occurred that the weak defenders gave up their defense and took the initiative to attack. Moreover, by taking the initiative to attack in this way, the purpose of defense was finally achieved. In many battles in history where a small number of people defeated a large number, it was basically the weaker side that took the initiative to achieve a big comeback.
This is true when defending, and it is also true when Xue Rengui is escaping now. If you really only focus on escaping, sooner or later you will be caught up by others.
Only by actively counterattacking properly while escaping can you gain greater initiative for yourself, and in this way you have a greater chance of breaking out.
When two armies are fighting, no matter which side is stronger or weaker, it is extremely important to gain more initiative. This is an important factor in the final outcome.
"General Xue, a surprise attack at this time! It's a dangerous move!" After Xue Rengui expressed his idea of a night attack, Hu Luguang said with great dignity even though he was a little moved.
Hu Luguang could also clearly see the benefits that would be brought to them if this night attack was successful. However, benefits have always been linked to risks. If the benefits are great, the risks involved will naturally not be small.
"At this time, our army is seriously at a disadvantage and the enemy is strong. When facing our army, they will definitely be more relaxed psychologically. In this way, our army will have the opportunity to make a surprise attack."
"Even if the enemy general is extremely powerful, he would never have thought that our army would make a surprise attack when they are at a numerical disadvantage." Xue Rengui explained.
Although the generals present agreed with Xue Rengui's explanation, a surprise attack on tens of thousands of enemy troops was always very risky. It was easy to go, but whether they could come back was another question.
The enemy's numerical advantage is too obvious. Once you fall into the enemy's army, you will experience what kind of dangers.
However, these generals did not expect that it was precisely because the enemy had tens of thousands of troops that Xue Rengui wanted to conduct a night attack at this time.
The Dongyi Army's 130,000 infantry troops blocked Xue Rengui's retreat routes in advance, while the 70,000 cavalry troops were responsible for the pursuit, blocking one after another, and the cooperation complemented each other.
What Xue Rengui wants is to try to disrupt the enemy's rhythm, attack the enemy's horses, and buy them more time.
If all the horses of the Dongyi troops could be released, even if the Dongyi people could gather these horses back, it would definitely take a certain amount of time.
Moreover, even if he could only release some of the enemy's horses, it would be helpful for Xue Rengui's subsequent escape.
"If this is really going to be the case, the general will ask for a fight!" Hu Luguang said seriously.
Night raids, once successful, have the highest return rate. However, its success requires the joint action of multiple factors such as intelligence, command, communications, contingency, and morale. This battle mode, which involves small costs and large profits, has higher requirements for the overall quality of the army and requires officers and soldiers to have strong capabilities. Psychological quality, in short, night attacks are destined to be the exclusive tactics of a few elite officers and soldiers.
Similarly, if you want to successfully carry out a night attack, it is not something that ordinary people can do. Those who can understand the night attack are all famous generals in the world, such as Zhang Liao, Gan Ning, Xu Da, Li Jing and others.
Zhang Liao became famous as Zhang Babai because of Sun Shiwan, Gan Xingba also attacked a camp with hundreds of cavalry, and Xu Da even attacked the enemy at night with 3,000 troops and annihilated more than 80,000 people.
If you are not strong enough and want to play Night Raid, let alone using your small skills to make a big difference, then it will be no different than giving away your life.
Therefore, there are really not many people in the military who are qualified to perform this kind of task. Guan Yu was injured, Xue Rengui, as the commander-in-chief of the army, was not suitable to take risks, and Hu Luguang could only think of himself.
In fact, Deng Qiang is also a suitable candidate, but what he has shown at this time is only his military strength, and his leadership ability has not yet blossomed. Therefore, no one will naturally think of him at this time.
"This night attack, I will personally fight!" Xue Rengui shook his head and refused.
As a general, he certainly shouldn't put himself in danger. However, Xue Rengui was more or less confident about tonight's action.
It is true that Dongyi's army has an absolute advantage in terms of numbers, but the generals of the Zhendong Army are no weaker than the enemy in terms of ferocity.
"But..." Hu Luguang was about to persuade, but Xue Rengui waved his hand again to calm him down.
"I don't know how many troops the general is planning to lead for a surprise attack!" Knowing that Xue Rengui was probably determined to leave, and it was useless to persuade him at this time, Hu Luguang could only sigh silently in his heart and asked.
"We only need three hundred men who dare to die!"
Three hundred men who dared to die? Dare to attack the enemy? Many generals were a little confused.
Xing Tian, Yang Zaixing and other powerful generals all looked at Xue Rengui curiously. This was the main camp of the Chinese army. As the saying goes, there is no joke in the army. Even if he was the chief general of the army, he could not go back on what he had promised in front of everyone.
Although Xing Tian, Yang Zaixing and others thought they were brave, they never thought of taking the initiative to attack a camp with tens of thousands of people with three hundred people.
In this regard, Xue Rengui smiled and said: "What about a hundred people, what about a thousand people? In the dark night, can the enemy still tell how many people our army has? If we can't make a surprise attack, as long as we can keep the enemy in chaos, that's it." A big victory, and after three hundred elites successfully attack the enemy, the blow they can bring to the enemy will be even greater."
