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"As expected of a bandit, I heard that He Bandit doesn't even know a few Chinese characters. He really has no authority and doesn't know the word forbearance at all. In just one day, he couldn't help but want to attack!"
Standing on the camp wall, watching the Liaodong Town army begin to prepare to attack their own camp, Fang Zhenshan, the governor and governor of Liaodong, commented with disdain.
At this moment, the Liaodong Town army has prepared a batch of simple and crude large-scale ordnance, such as wooden bumpers, ladders, etc., and is obviously ready to launch an attack at any time.
Moreover, judging from the various movements of the Liaodong Town army, their first target of attack was the camp where Fang Zhenshan was located.
However, although Fang Zhenshan's tone was disdainful, his expression was extremely solemn.
In fact, Fang Zhenshan would rather He Tui read more books, be more literate, and be more patient and tolerant, so that he would not have to face the strong attack of the Liaodong Town army so soon.
Around Fang Zhenshan, people such as Liaodong Governor Wang Shizhen, Liaodong Regiment Training Commander Ling Huguang, Liaodong Branch Training Commander Song Dahe and others all had pale expressions, and even looked twitchy.
No wonder everyone's performance was so miserable.
Although the various siege weapons prepared by Liaodong Town are crude and crude, they were hastily made during yesterday's time and are of no use at all, but Fang Zhenshan's defensive capabilities are even weaker.
Let’s talk about defenses first. The camp where Fang Zhenshan is located was built by Zhao Junchen. Taking into account the threat from Liaodong Town, we also focused on strengthening the defense capabilities during the establishment. Not only did it have a ten-foot-high wooden wall, but also dug several There are tunnels and horse-repelling guardrails set up... but that's all. After all, the construction time is very short, which is not enough to prepare more complete defenses, which is better than nothing.
Let’s talk about defense strength. Fang Zhenshan’s troops are simply a hodgepodge, including more than a hundred people from the Liaodong Patrol Battalion under Liaodong Governor Wang Shizhen, more than 200 regiment training frontier troops under Liaodong Regiment Training Commander Ling Huguang, and Liaodong Branch Training Officers. There are more than a hundred people who are trained as frontier troops, servants of major wealthy families in Liaodong, and a total of more than 300 people, as well as more than 100 government guards under various levels of Liaodong civil servants. In addition, there are 300 armored soldiers supported by Guan Ning's cavalry. Cavalry, as well as the two hundred private soldiers that Fang Zhenshan himself brought to Liaodong from Guyuan Town - there are only 1,400 people in total, of which only the 300 armored cavalry supported by Guan Ning's cavalry and the two hundred private soldiers of Fang Zhenshan can Worthy of use!
As for the morale of the army, let alone that. No one thought they could withstand the strong attack of the Liaodong Army. Fang Zhenshan used his eloquent words and various promises to finally win the territory of Liaodong. The major wealthy families had temporary support, but now after seeing the tough attitude of the Liaodong Town army, these Liaodong wealthy families were simply frightened, and they all advocated surrender, and even secretly plotted betrayal.
This is evident from the internal and external troubles and the bad situation.
However, Fang Zhenshan, as the former commander-in-chief of Guyuan Town, although he was better at fighting for power, he still had basic military qualities and knew very well that he had to stand up at this time to boost morale.
Therefore, noticing the fear and uneasiness of everyone around him, Fang Zhenshan immediately expressed relief: "Don't worry, everyone, the situation is not as serious as you think!
In fact, the governor didn't speak highly of Bandit He just now, and he didn't mean to belittle him! After all, he was just a member of a thousand households. He didn't know the art of war and had very low literacy, so he adopted completely wrong tactics!
Now we and the Guan Ning cavalry are divided into two, both of them are defending their own camp. Our side is weaker, so He Bandit decided to hit us, the soft persimmon, first. It seems to be a correct judgment, but in fact it is wrong. Thousands of miles!
Why? Because we and the Guan Ning cavalry camp are at odds with each other, we can support each other and make the Liaodong Town army vulnerable to enemies from both sides! We have also reached an agreement with the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry, and we will fully support the other party. The Guan Ning Iron Cavalry even supported us with 300 elite armored cavalry!
But in fact, our side is not strong enough. It is okay to defend the camp, but we have no ability to take the initiative. Once He Bandit leads the army to attack Guan Ning's cavalry camp first, we will not be able to provide much support at all. We can only let Guan Ning The cavalry alone withstood the offensive of Liaodong Town, and when the Guan Ning cavalry defended the camp, they were unable to use their cavalry advantage. Once the Guan Ning cavalry's camp was breached, we would naturally have no choice but to wait and be captured!
However, He Bandit wanted to attack our camp first, but he never thought that although we are not capable of taking the initiative to attack, we still have some defensive capabilities, which is enough to delay Liaodong Town for a period of time, and it is also enough to hold back part of Liaodong Town. troops! At the same time, while we were holding back Liaodong Town, Guan Ning Cavalry could take the initiative with ease, leaving Liaodong Town vulnerable to enemies from both sides. When taking the initiative, they could give full play to their cavalry advantages... In this way, the situation would be worse. Not good for Liaodong Town! "
Speaking of this, Fang Zhenshan concluded confidently: "Hey! Because the life and death of He Yu, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town, is unknown, Liaodong Town is now leaderless and fighting among itself, and its strength must be reduced by at least 30%;
Due to various disturbances in recent times, the morale of the border troops in Liaodong Town is low, and their strength will be reduced by another three points;
What's more, although the army under He Bandit's command is not small in size, it is actually just reinforcements from all walks of life in Liaodong Town that he temporarily recruited. There is a serious lack of coordination and tacit understanding. It can be said that the generals do not know the soldiers, the soldiers do not know the generals, and the strength is reduced. Go for three points!
As a result, Liaodong Town's strength is only one-tenth, coupled with He Bao's wrong command... Hehe, our chances of winning are not low! "
When Fang Zhenshan was the commander-in-chief of Guyuan Town, he was known as a Confucian general. Now he is so talkative and boastful, but there is some truth in it!
Therefore, after hearing what Fang Zhenshan said, everyone present felt at ease!
Seeing the change in everyone's expressions, Fang Zhenshan smiled slightly and wished he could find a feather fan to fan himself a few times.
However, at the same time, Fang Zhenshan's eyes were flickering, and he thought to himself: "These statements of mine are just words on paper after all. On the battlefield, everyone depends on their strength. The strong will be strong, and the weak will be weak. Then the law of the jungle will eat the strong. No luck at all...
Judging from our own situation and strength, we can only block three waves of offensives from the Liaodong Town army at most. Moreover, the premise is that the Liaodong Town army wants to avoid unnecessary losses as much as possible and will have reservations when attacking...
Therefore, just in case, I must seriously consider the options of self-protection and escape..."
In fact, if Fang Zhenshan guesses the true layout of Liaodong Town, he will definitely confirm his judgment more and more, and then he will immediately try to arrange a way out for himself to protect himself.
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Fang Zhenshan believed that He Bandi was born a bandit. He was illiterate, ignorant of the art of war, and had very low literacy. He adopted completely wrong tactics. He obviously underestimated He Bandit too much.
In fact, although He Bandit was born as a bandit, did not know much about literacy, and had not read a few articles on the Art of War, he had followed He Yu and fought against the Jianzhou Jurchens many times over the years, and had extremely rich combat experience, even if he did not understand temple arithmetic and martial arts at all. It was a matter of strategy, but how could he make such an obvious tactical mistake?
Just as Fang Zhenshan was talking and talking on paper in order to boost morale, many senior military attachés in Liaodong Town also gathered together, and He Bandit explained in detail his subsequent arrangements.
"Next, I will personally lead the army to storm the camp defended by Fang Zhenshan... But this operation is just a feint attack. In fact, it is to attack him, lure the snake out of the hole, and hook the Guan Ning cavalry on the other side!
snort! Fang Zhenshan's troops are insufficient, and they are still mixed with good and bad. Even if it is just a feint attack from us, they will definitely be unable to resist! Therefore, it is very likely that the Guan Ning Cavalry will give up their camp defenses and send out cavalry to attack our Liaodong Town!
But in this way, I also achieved the planned goal, which was to fight Guan Ning's cavalry in the wild and have a fair and upright fight!
Of course, if Guan Ning's cavalry is timid and dare not support Fang Zhenshan, then we can turn the feint attack into a real attack and directly attack Fang Zhenshan's camp, which can be considered a huge gain! "
Having said this, He Biao raised his head and looked at Qianhu Li Shijie of the Liaodong Cavalry, and said coldly: "Shijie, the last time you led troops to compete with the Guan Ning Cavalry, you lost miserably to the opponent, which greatly damaged the morale of our army. , it’s simply a shame and a great humiliation!
And now, I give you a chance to wash away your shame. After my plan to lure the snake out of the cave is successful, you will lead all the Liaodong cavalry in our army, a total of more than 2,000 people, and then fight against the Guan Ning cavalry!
Guan Ning's cavalry originally only had 2,000 troops, and they divided their troops to support some of Fang Zhenshan's troops. In addition, Wu Shilin would definitely leave some troops to garrison the camp, so it is estimated that only about 1,200 troops could be dispatched at most! So your troops will have a clear advantage!
If the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry dispatches not many troops, you must devour them as soon as possible. If the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry dispatches more troops, then even if you cannot defeat the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry quickly, you must still send out the camp to support the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry. I'm holding on for dear life! If you still lose to Guan Ning's cavalry this time... you are a smart person, and you will naturally understand the consequences! "
Li Shijie's expression was extremely serious after hearing what He Bandit said.
Of course Li Shijie understood what He Bandit meant. His defeat to the Guan Ning Cavalry once could be explained as an accident and negligence, but if he lost to the Guan Ning Cavalry twice in a row, his prestige within Liaodong Town would be ruined and he would no longer be able to raise it. In the beginning, even if he was exempted from punishment by virtue of his connections with the Li family, his military career would be completely ruined.
So, Li Shijie gritted his teeth and solemnly promised: "This time, there will be no victory but no defeat. If we lose again, I will come to see you!"
Seeing Li Shijie's reaction, He Bi nodded with satisfaction.
In the eyes of He Bandit, although Wu Shilin is the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan and has a much higher official rank than everyone present, he is essentially just a second-generation ancestor with some abilities. His current status is entirely due to the protection of his family, and his actual abilities are not Even more brilliant than Li Shijie.
Therefore, Bandit He is also very relieved about Li Shijie's performance. As long as Li Shijie is not too selfish and has too many scruples like last time, and he has an obvious military advantage, he will never lose to Guan Ning's cavalry again!
Then, He Bandit turned to look at He Rensheng and ordered: "Rensheng, your next task is relatively simple. After my plan to lure the snake out of the cave is successfully realized and Li Shijie has successfully entangled Guan Ning's cavalry, it will be up to you." Come and take over my position and command some troops to continue attacking Fang Zhenshan’s camp, leaving Fang Zhenshan to defend with all his strength and unable to worry about other things!
As for me, I will mobilize most of the remaining troops and turn around to attack Guan Ning's cavalry camp! By that time, Guan Ning's cavalry camp was already empty of troops and was unable to defend itself. It would be broken quickly! When the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry's camp is breached, those Guan Ning Iron Cavalry who came out to support will inevitably fall into panic and can easily be defeated in one fell swoop! "
At this point, He Bandit waved his hand heavily and said: "In short, my plan is to attack it and rescue it, and lure the snake out of the hole. If everything goes well, we will be able to completely defeat the coalition of Fang Zhenshan and Wu Shilin within one day. If we are lucky, Better, we can even capture these two people alive, and then we can completely remove the hidden danger, and then we can go back to rescue the Commander-in-Chief with all our strength without any worries!"
After saying that, He Bao turned to look at the other Liaodong generals and asked: "Common generals, what do you think of the humble post's plan? Is there anything else that needs to be added?"
Upon hearing He Bandit's inquiry, among the Liaodong generals, Ximen Sheng remained expressionless and seemed to have no interest, but Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, and Xu He were a little embarrassed.
Obviously, He Bandit did not trust them and was completely unwilling to give them the opportunity to interfere with military power. Therefore, not only did they not consult their opinions at all when formulating the plan, but they also completely abandoned them when executing the plan, leaving them to act as soldiers. As a bystander, asking them for additional opinions is just a courtesy.
However, He Bandit's plan was very complete and all situations were taken into consideration. As long as they followed the plan, Liaodong Town would be able to achieve results in this battle no matter what, and they had nothing to add.
It has to be said that it is no wonder that Liaodong Town has always looked down upon the other military towns. It also disdained the glorious achievements of the Trilateral Army Town in annihilating the Mongolian coalition forces, because even He Bandit, a veteran of Liaodong cavalry, only In terms of tactical command ability, he is already faintly superior to Fang Zhenshan, the former commander-in-chief of Guyuan Town.
On the other side, seeing that all the generals had no objections, He Bandit immediately issued an order: "Since all the generals have no objections, let's just follow the plan! Order the entire army to prepare and start taking action in a quarter of an hour!" "
Following He Bandit's order, the Liaodong Town army quickly took action and quickly set up an offensive position outside the camp where Fang Zhenshan was located, as if they were going to attack with all their strength.
Seeing that a war is inevitable, all parties are prepared and nervous.
However, just as He Bandit was about to send the order to attack, a fast horse scout suddenly broke into the battlefield and ran directly to He Bandit's side, reporting: "He Qianhu, something serious is going to happen!"
Seeing the flustered look of the scout, He Bao couldn't help but frown. He just felt that no matter what he encountered these days, everything was not going well, and he would always encounter various accidents that interrupted his plans.
But He Bandit still suppressed his emotions and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Four hundred miles south of Hujiazhuang, an army suddenly appeared. Looking at the flag of that army, it turned out to be a Guan Ning cavalry! And..."
"And what?" He Gao's expression changed drastically and he asked urgently.
"Moreover, judging from the flags, this new Guanning cavalry is personally led by Wu Yingxiong, the governor of Jiliao!"
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