Zhao Kaihe is right.
Zhao Kaishan is actually not happy these days.
Su Yonglin had just won a big victory and was in the spotlight. Everyone was talking about how he defeated the Jin Army and respected him, but Zhao Kaishan seemed to be left out and no one mentioned it.
Zhao Kaishan was very dissatisfied with this. He felt that as the leader, he did not get the respect he deserved. Everyone was discussing Su Yonglin, ignoring him, and snubbing him, which made him feel a sense of gap.
The people who were always surrounding him and praising him before were now praising Su Yonglin, as if Su Yonglin was the soul of the Liberation Army.
But Zhao Kaishan is not about killing. He also knows that respect comes from strength and military merit. As long as the military merit is strong, you can naturally get enough respect. If the military merit is not strong, the respect is empty and temporary.
Therefore, he must fight a hearty and victorious battle to tell all members of the Liberation Army that Commander Zhao is the strongest.
And this requires a hearty victory!
So he looked at Zhao Kaihe.
"To take the initiative, it must be a field battle. The gold thief must send out cavalry. Our cavalry is not many and not strong. We lost two small-scale confrontations. What's more, the gold thief still has an army of 20,000. What are you going to do in this situation? beat?"
"He cannot put all 20,000 people into the battlefield. We can only fight between a few thousand people. In this case, of course we must form a formation to fight against him. He has cavalry, and our army has tens of thousands of troops behind him. If you dare to increase troops, we will also increase troops."
Zhao Kaihe talked eloquently: "The gold thieves have come from afar, so they must be short of energy and cannot fight for a long time. Our army is waiting for work, there are many people, and there are tens of thousands of reserve troops to rely on. How can we be invincible?"
It seems reasonable, but in fact it is empty. Zhao Kaishan is still quite uneasy about this.
He was very afraid of the Jin Army's cavalry. He was worried that the military formation on his side could not withstand the intimidation of the cavalry and would be easily defeated by the cavalry. Once the military formation was destroyed, the cavalry would really massacre the infantry in a one-sided manner.
Seeing this, Zhao Kaihe said again: "In the past, our army had less than 10,000 people, and the commander dared to attack the entire Shandong East Road. Now that our army has 50,000, why does the commander dare not attack a mere 20,000 gold thieves? Have you launched an attack?"
Zhao Kaihe's aggressive tactics shocked Zhao Kaishan's heart.
This is indeed the case in Daoli. I was desperate at the beginning, but why am I so worried now?
His position began to waver.
Zhao Yucheng thought about it and felt that this shouldn't be the case. He was about to have a head-on debate with Zhao Kaihe, but he remembered Su Yonglin's advice to him, so he suppressed the idea of debating.
He turned to persuade Zhao Kaishan.
"Commander, although the Golden Thieves are exhausted, they have thousands of cavalry and are extremely mobile. However, our army lacks cavalry and moves slowly. Once it leaves the camp, it will be threatened by cavalry when advancing or retreating, and it will fall into a passive position. , is not the best policy.
In the current situation, the best way is to hold on and attract the gold thief to attack. If he attacks, he will naturally not be able to take advantage of the cavalry and can only attack the enemy. Our army relies on defenses to confront it, which will always exhaust his energy. Logistics, forcing him to retreat, we can win. "
Zhao Yucheng's persuasion was reasonable, which made Zhao Kaishan look at his son with some surprise, and he was secretly happy, feeling that his son had grown up and had a military vision.
But having a military vision alone is not enough. He is still a bit immature politically.
Yes, politics.
Zhao Kaishan himself believes that he is already a leader. He must not only use military means to attack external enemies, but also use political means to stabilize his internal position.
He is not only a military leader, but also the leader of a political organization. He must grasp both sides and be strong with both hands.
Based on his own learning and experience during this period, he believes that military is a continuation of politics. Military and politics are two sides of the same coin. No one can separate the other. Problems that cannot be solved politically can often be solved through military means.
Applying this theory, Zhao Kaishan felt that the problem he was facing was not only a military issue, but also a political issue.
Su Yonglin led the way and fought a great victory, which greatly increased his prestige among the entire Liberation Army group. The increase in military prestige will inevitably lead to the expansion of political power.
Su Yonglin's right to speak will increase, his power will expand, and those outsiders who admire the strong may be wavering again.
Su Yonglin hasn't made any moves yet, but once he does, he will be very passive.
As the leader of the Liberation Army, Zhao Kaishan would be in decline politically if he could not produce military achievements that could match or even surpass him.
He finally used various means to remove the two threats Su Yonglin and Sun Ziyi, "exiled them to the frontier", established his political identity as a leader, and became the only leader of the Liberation Army. But now Su Yonglin used his military ability to turned the situation around.
Zhao Kaishan felt threatened.
So he believed that this battle must be won, and fought beautifully, so that everyone would know that not only Su Yonglin could fight, but he, Zhao Kaishan, could also fight, and even better, he could lead them all to victory. Get benefits.
As for the current situation, if we just blindly defend, even if we win in the end, it will not be beautiful enough. It will not be as beautiful as Su Yonglin fought a beautiful annihilation battle, and it will not be important enough.
He would also fight a war of annihilation in response, letting everyone know that he was still the irreplaceable leader of the Liberation Army.
"We have to fight a war, and we have to fight it beautifully. We must fight a complete battle of annihilation and eat these gold thieves completely!"
Zhao Kaishan punched the map in front of him with a stern expression and a firm tone.
"This is a great kindness! You are truly worthy of being a leader!"
Zhao Kaihe was very happy.
Zhao Yucheng was shocked.
"Commander, this is not the best policy, this..."
Zhao Yucheng's words were stopped by Zhao Kaishan.
"I have made up my mind, Yucheng. You don't have to say anything. This battle must be fought. It must be fought beautifully and vigorously. The golden thief must be frightened and dare not look directly at me from now on!"
Zhao Yucheng could not say anything, so he could only lower his head with worry on his face and remain silent.
Then, Zhao Kaishan began to discuss with Zhao Kaihe how to attack.
What Zhao Kaihe meant was to fight in formation and cooperate with infantry and cavalry. Although the main force of the Liberation Army did not have strong cavalry, it could still produce two to three thousand horses and cavalry.
Not all of them will be dispatched in this wave, but at least a thousand cavalry will be deployed to assist in fighting as flanks on both sides of the military formation.
The main force is still the infantry. The infantry forms a formation and takes the initiative to attack, and the Jin soldiers rush into battle. In the haste, the Jin soldiers will inevitably fall into decline, but the Liberation Army will become more courageous as they fight, and they will definitely win.
Zhao Kaihe was full of confidence. He believed that the Jin soldiers he faced were still the same ragtag group and were simply not enough to compete with the Liberation Army. The simpler and cruder the tactics, the more effective they would be.
Zhao Kaishan thought for a while, and although he still had a lot of worries in his heart, he still had no objection in the end, and decided to allocate Zhao Kaihe four thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry to gather five thousand troops to attack the Jin army.
Even if you can't defeat this group of golden soldiers in one fell swoop, you can still dampen their spirit and give them a severe blow to make them retreat.
Zhao Kaihe was very happy, so he took the order and went to prepare the army.
Zhao Yucheng waited for Zhao Kaihe to leave and came to Zhao Kaishan.
"Commander, I still feel something is wrong. The Golden Thief cavalry is far above me. If our cavalry is defeated and our retreat is cut off, our army will most likely collapse. By then, our army will suffer heavy losses. of."
Zhao Kaishan looked worried after hearing this.
He does want to win, but it is precisely because he wants to win that he cannot accept defeat, and what Zhao Yucheng said does make sense.
"Then what do you think is better?"
"Defend the camp and don't fight, forcing the gold thieves to fight."
"No, we have to fight."
Zhao Kaishan immediately shook his head.
He has already decided to go to war and cannot change it. Otherwise, if he changes his orders every day, what authority does he have as a commander-in-chief?
Zhao Yucheng sighed, thought for a while, and said: "Then, please give me a troop of troops. I will follow General Zhao, block his retreat, and scare the golden thieves cavalry to some extent. This way , General Zhao can retreat smoothly once the war goes against him."
