"Sixth brother, the statistics are out, six hundred people died in the battle, and nearly three hundred brothers were too injured to fight anymore!" Yang Yanshun, with his arm wrapped in a circle of white gauze, walked into the main hall.
In today's battle, Yang Yanshun was slightly injured. Even counting the female generals who came, Yang Yanshun was considered to be at the back of the pack in terms of strength.
"The casualties were so heavy!" Yang Yanlang said in surprise.
This was only the first day, and there were already 900 people who died in the battle, plus those who were seriously injured, who could no longer fight. You must know that there are only ten thousand people in total, which is almost equivalent to nearly one-tenth of their strength.
If the fight continues as it is today, doesn't it mean that in at least ten days, they will be gone?
However, their mission is to stay here for a month! If the casualties continue as they are today, then this mission will simply be impossible to complete. Everyone realized they had to find other ways.
Therefore, at such a moment, the faces of the Yang family brothers all began to look serious. Even Yang Yansi's joy after today's breakthrough disappeared without a trace.
"Sixth brother, let the brothers return to defend the second line of defense!" The boss, Yang Yanping, said seriously.
The Yang family is a family of generals. Except for Yang Yansi, who is relatively young and spends more time studying marksmanship, which makes him slightly worse, the remaining brothers, although their commanding skills are not as good as Yang Yanzhao's, but There is still a certain foundation, and basically everything has reached a first-class level.
This is the advantage of these general families. They have a good education foundation from an early age, giving them a better starting point than those military generals with wild backgrounds.
The children trained by these general families may not necessarily produce top figures in every generation, but their family background and good basic education will at least guarantee their abilities.
Although Yang Yanping's troop command level is far behind that of Yang Yanzhao, with the increase in combination skills, he can barely reach the threshold of super-class. In this kind of battle with tens of thousands of people, it is definitely enough. .
"Forget it! It's time to retreat to the second line of defense!" Yang Yanzhao said solemnly.
Between the first and second lines of defense, in the past few days, Yang Yanzhao prepared a large number of traps to assist defense. In today's battle, the strong bows and crossbows used by Zhuge Liang were not used.
First of all, the garrison army can certainly not be compared with Han Xin's 100,000 professional army in all aspects. They have not experienced any big battles, and they may not have high ability to withstand pressure. And the subsequent battle will inevitably It was a hard and bloody battle.
Therefore, in the first battle, Yang Yanzhao did not rely on the prepared traps for defense. Instead, he moved the original defense line to the front and let the soldiers fight head-on to warm up for the hard and bloody battle that followed.
Secondly, although Zhuge Liang sent him strong bows and crossbows, Yang Yanzhao decided to hide these things for the time being. Because the enemy's cavalry has not been dispatched today, Yang Yanzhao prepared to hide these strong bows and crossbows, and catch the enemy's cavalry by surprise at the critical moment.
In this kind of plain terrain, although the enemy's cavalry troops only account for a very small part of the total, the threat posed by such a small part of the cavalry troops is likely to be greater than the threat posed by the infantry troops.
"Big brother! Fourth brother!" Yang Yanzhao pointed out the two generals.
Even if you want to retreat, you can't really leave just like that. General Yang Yanzhao's talents are not really limited to direct confrontation on the battlefield.
"Brother, lead three thousand soldiers and horses out of camp at night, go 20 miles east and then turn back. Build more momentum and plant more torches. We must create a momentum of ten thousand people!" Yang Yanzhao said in a deep voice.
Yang Yanzhao's current approach is similar to that of the Great Demon King Dong Zhuo in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, which was to quietly pull the troops out and then come back openly. This way outsiders saw it and thought that their reinforcements had arrived. Although the actual number of troops has not changed much, it makes the enemy think that their troops have become larger.
Even if he does not have enough troops, if the enemy thinks that he has enough troops, then the enemy may not dare to attack rashly again if they are well prepared.
Yang Yanzhao will defend here for a month, but it does not mean that he must fight the enemy here for a month in an absolute sense. It would definitely be better if you can scare the enemies into not attacking easily and delay them for a certain amount of time!
For Yang Yanzhao, no matter what method they use, as long as they can persist through this month, it is their victory.
"Fourth brother, when our army retreats, leave the flag in the camp, tie thirty sheep, and place its front two legs on the drum!" Yang Yanzhao ordered again.
First, Yang Yanzhao wanted to create the illusion that his troops were sufficient since he sent reinforcements.
Secondly, he wanted to create the illusion that their troops were still in the first line of defense camp after their troops retreated.
The combination of the two methods can prevent the enemy from taking rash actions.
The tactic of hanging sheep and drumming is a typical "creating something out of nothing" strategy. Like the empty city stratagem, attacking from the east and attacking from the west, concealing old warehouses, hiding from the sky, and the golden cicada escaping its shell, it is an important manifestation of ancient Chinese military wisdom and has been widely used in all dynasties. Military practice and relevant records are everywhere in history books.
Jiang Xiaobai, Bi Zaiyu, Yue Fei and many other figures are recorded in history as having used this strategy, and the final results were remarkable. If it can really be played well, it can be considered a very practical strategy.
"General, take your orders!" Yang Yanping and Yang Yanlang both said with serious expressions upon hearing that Yang Liulang issued a military order.
Although privately in the army, they still treat each other as brothers. Even if Yang Yanzhao is the general, he is still called the sixth brother in private.
However, when it comes time to issue a military order that should be serious, they will definitely take it seriously and will not compromise when completing it.
"Okay!" Yang Yanzhao nodded.
Among the brothers, Yang Yanping and Yang Yanlang are the most stable. Apart from himself, these two brothers have the best foundation in the art of war.
Therefore, Yang Yanzhao is generally more willing to leave such important matters to his two brothers, Yang Yanping and Yang Yanlang. Of course, if it was a fight, then Yang Yanzhao would of course be handed over to Xiaoqi Yang Yansi.
