Yun Chao didn't need to know the detailed battle situation, as long as he could grasp the general timing. He was waiting for the key point in the war between the official army and the Onozawa bandits.
The two sides went back and forth and fought for more than a month. They fought numerous small and large battles. The fatigue of the officers and soldiers finally showed.
Although the Onozawa bandits are small in number, they often train together and are relatively united.
The official army was not good enough. It was made up of 20,000 imperial guards and 80,000 local troops.
This kind of temporary establishment can be successful in smooth sailing, but once it encounters a tough situation, its shortcomings will soon be exposed.
There is often a scene like "Inspector Zhang, for the sake of the court, let's help our brothers".
To put it bluntly, everyone is conserving their strength, leaning back when fighting, and pushing forward when competing for credit. Everyone is afraid of suffering a loss, and everyone is worried that others will take advantage.
Tong Guan was not a vegetarian, and he quickly realized that this was not going to work.
In each small battle, although our losses were not large, they added up. As the war lasted longer and longer, our losses became greater and greater, and our morale became lower and lower.
In desperation, Tong Guan had to give up the temptation and actively sought a decisive battle with the Onezawa bandits.
It's a pity that the Onozawa bandits have some experts and found that this current tactic works, so they don't want to fight the official army at all.
If the officers and soldiers were to put all the officers and soldiers out, the Onozawa bandits would be unable to retreat.
Although the army's strength doubled, it was still very difficult to storm the Onozawa bandits' camp.
Don't think that the camp is just a paper shell that can be destroyed as soon as you attack it.
If it's so fragile, why bother setting up camp?
There are trenches outside the camp, and there are more than one. There are many traps between the trenches. It is difficult for even people, let alone war horses, to get through.
There are watchtowers and arrow towers. The wall is very wide and soldiers can walk on it. It is not a simple wooden wall.
Therefore, it is best not to use the method of sending a small group of people to sneak attack on the opponent's camp in the middle of the night and harass the opponent so that they can't sleep at night. It is impossible to succeed at all.
The camps on both sides are at least ten miles apart, and can even be dozens of miles apart.
A large number of scouts cover the battlefield during the day.
There were soldiers patrolling around the camp at night.
Outposts and hidden outposts are distributed within several miles around the camp.
Let alone a sneak attack, it's good if you don't get ambushed!
…
Waited for another half month.
The battle situation between the two sides finally changed.
Tong Guan repeatedly sought a decisive battle with the opponent but failed, so he decided to retreat temporarily and lead the Onezawa bandits farther away to lengthen the opponent's food route.
The bandits are backed by their lair, so it is not too convenient to transport food and grass, so they have almost no worries.
The same cannot be said for the officers and soldiers. While fighting, they also have to guard against the robbery of the food road. The longer the time goes, the more exhausted they become.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers were about to withdraw, the Onezawa bandits did not return to the mountain stronghold because they knew that returning to the mountain stronghold was almost useless now. The officers and soldiers were not injured at all. As long as they went back, the officers and soldiers would be able to fight back immediately.
Of course the Onezawa bandits knew that they could not be blocked in the stronghold by the army, just like when defending a city, the defenders usually had to line up outside the city to defend themselves against the enemy.
If you lose the ability to fight back and just keep getting beaten with the door closed, you will suffer big losses sooner or later.
Therefore, knowing that the retreat of the army was a conspiracy, the Onozawa bandits had no choice but to bite them.
So, the battlefield moved.
"Brother Chao, why don't you take advantage of the Onozawa bandits' departure to take down their lair directly?"
"Yes, Brother Chao, the Onozawa bandits are almost out in force. There are only some old, weak, sick and disabled people left in the village. I believe we will be able to break through the village soon!"
"Brother Chao, based on the combat effectiveness shown by the official army and the Onezawa bandits during this period, I feel that the Onozawa bandits still pose a greater threat to us. It is better to take the opportunity to destroy them first!"
"..."
The military generals talked to each other, and most of them advocated going to Onozawa's bandit's lair to steal homes.
Yun Chao knew that these guys probably held it back too hard.
Seeing others beating back and forth, all the boys were already feeling itchy!
This is the change of mentality.
Before the war with the Onezawa bandits, most of the Yun family troops were afraid.
Since the Onezawa bandit was imprisoned in Dongping Mansion and beaten up last time, the mentality of many boys has changed.
Especially in the recent period, hiding nearby and watching the battle between the Onezawa bandits and the government troops has made many boys more confident. They feel that the Onezawa bandits and the government troops are nothing more than this!
"Shitou, Li Xing, you are the division commanders. If I give you the command of this war, what will you do?"
Wang Shitou and Li Xing exchanged glances.
Yes, Brother Chao’s soul torture is here again.
The other boys are extremely envious of these two guys. Brother Chao is really partial to these two shameless things. This is to train them to be independent!
Li Xing joined the revolution a little later than Wang Shitou, so he was prepared to answer first to show respect for Wang Shitou.
"Brother Chao, I think it's better for us to just sit back and watch what happens. It's best not to touch the Onozawa bandit's lair. Otherwise, even if their cottage is broken, and the main force of the Onozawa banditry returns, there will definitely be a decisive battle, and it will be all for nothing. The officers and soldiers..."
After Li Xing finished speaking, Wang Shitou nodded to agree with his opinion: "Li Xing is right, second brother, I think that not only can we not help the government troops fight the bandits of Ohnoze, but we must also find ways to help the bandits of Ohnoze fight the government troops."
"Hmph, what do you think, Commander Wang, of helping the bandits fight against the army? Do you want the reputation of our Yun family army to spread out?"
Someone raised objections and expressed dissatisfaction with Wang Shitou.
Yun Chao touched his chin but did not stop him.
Wang Shitou is a very shady guy, but I like him.
Of course, Yun Chao didn't resent the boy who was dissatisfied with Wang Shitou, because he was from the staff office.
The so-called staff office is the organization specially used by Yun Chao to formulate combat plans.
Youdao is one of three cobblers who can rival Zhuge Liang.
Yun Chao drew on the organizational structure of later armies and directly organized the staff office.
Yun Chao requested that as a member of the staff office, when formulating a combat plan, you should not only consider one aspect, but should consider the problem from multiple angles and all aspects.
For example, when Wang Shitou said that he would help Onezawa bandits fight against the army, even if the staff agreed, they must raise objections and then formulate a contrary combat plan based on the situation.
This is not because Yun Chao deliberately complicates things, but to cultivate talents.
At the same time, the various plans formulated by the staff office can also be used to check for omissions and fill vacancies, and to discover the commander's shortcomings.
"Director Huang, tell everyone the plan formulated by your staff office and let everyone discuss it."
