With a "click" sound, the baton hit the edge of the sand table.
"Do you understand?" Zhao Kuo looked at the two of them and asked slowly. Listening to the general's words, the two of them obviously fell into deep thought for a while.
Is it that simple? Is there really no need to cooperate at all? Even if the heavy armored cavalry can ignore the enemy's defense, what will the subsequent army do?
"But, what should the follow-up army do?" After a long time, Li Mu finally answered, but he did not choose to follow blindly, but carefully raised his own questions. Obviously, he had some doubts about such a simple and crude tactic.
Zhao Kuo looked at Li Mu, obviously pleased and a little bit disgusted that Li Mu did not follow blindly.
What is gratifying is that he is worthy of being one of the four great generals of the Warring States Period. He has his own considerations for everything. Such a general is the general worthy of entrusting his trust in the future!
The interesting thing is that the generals under him have brains, which means that he must improve faster, at least not too far behind his own men.
Fortunately, Zhao Kuo still had several trump cards in his mind, so he was not afraid of overshadowing him for a while. What's more, Zhao Kuo's ambition is not comparable to that of today's King Zhao.
Hearing Li Mu's question, Zhao Kuo just smiled lightly and put down the baton in his hand.
"Our army charges so recklessly, the enemy has only two ways to deal with it." Zhao Kuo looked at Li Mu, then turned to Zhou Qi aside, and said slowly: "One, gather a large number of troops to surround and suppress my heavy armored cavalry; The second is to let our heavy armored cavalry do whatever they want, strangle our follow-up troops first, and then calmly deal with the exhausted heavy armored cavalry." The two men also nodded slowly when they heard this, and it was obvious that Li Mu was worried about the second type.
If the opponent's general is bold enough and allows these three hundred unexpected troops to flow through the formation, but withstands the following troops, after a long time, the war horse power is weak and the speed is gradually decreasing. In the calm encirclement and suppression, I'm afraid... ....But Zhao Kuo had obviously expected it.
"Needless to say the former. Heavy encirclement and suppression will inevitably lead to insufficient troops on the front line, and there will be a gap for our heavy armored cavalry to rush in. It will not be difficult for my follow-up troops to break through!" Zhao Kuo continued to explain: "As for the second situation, let alone Does your opponent have such courage and courage?"
"Even if the opponent had it, these three hundred heavy armored cavalry would not be what the opponent wanted. First charge the front line, break through the shield array and the forest of spears, then break through the heavy infantry, and then the archers. And then... It’s the Chinese army’s banner.” Zhao Kuo briefly gestured with his hand to draw the cavalry’s breakthrough line, and continued: “Even if the enemy can abandon these fronts, the enemy can’t abandon the Chinese army’s banner, right?”
"Actually, the charge of our heavy armored cavalry against the enemy's follow-up units is actually to cover the breakdown of the follow-up army. If the heavy infantry is defeated, the frontline troops will be short of troops. If the archers are defeated, the front army will be suppressed by bows and arrows. , breaking the Chinese army will cause the enemy to lose ground front and rear. After all, there are only a few hundred heavy cavalry, which can kill and injure only a limited number of people. Disrupting the enemy's formation and disrupting the enemy's deployment is the fundamental use of heavy cavalry. Wherever they are, a sudden advance is also the best way for heavy armored cavalry to defeat the enemy." Zhao Kuo concluded.
After he finished speaking, Zhao Kuo also breathed a sigh of relief. He finally explained the use of heavy armored cavalry clearly. As for how much the two people in front of him can understand, it depends on them personally.
"Disrupt the enemy's formation and disrupt the enemy's deployment." Li Mu chewed on Zhao Kuo's words repeatedly. It turns out that the battle can be fought to the death like this?
! Li Mu always thought
"Killing the enemy" is the best way to end the battle, but unexpectedly, it turns out that in
In addition to the tactics of "killing the enemy", there are also
High-level tactics of "disrupting enemy forces" exist. Indeed, as the general said, the number of people these three hundred heavy cavalry can kill is limited after all.
Strategically disrupting the enemy's formation and damaging the enemy's morale is what this terrifying force should do.
Once the neat formation is disrupted and the confidence of victory is destroyed, if the subsequent army cannot win the war, then there is really no way!
This may be what is often said in the art of war.
"Use the right combination to win with the unexpected"! After some words, Li Mu looked at Zhao Kuo with even more admiration and reverence in his eyes.
As for Zhou Qi, he was already prostrated and his eyes were filled with stars. The admiration and respect between the two men lies not only in Zhao Kuo's grasp of strategies and tactics, nor in his exquisite use of new types of arms. After all, his ability as a general has been proven as early as the Battle of Changping.
The two people's admiration lies even more in the fact that Zhao Kuo actually taught them both without reservation and in detail.
How can you not make people want to follow you! You know, the art of war! It has always been a family's secret, and the family's art of war can even mean prosperity for generations!
Especially in the Warring States period when it is difficult to read and write, teaching you to read is like a half-father's relationship, not to mention the art of war that can bring prosperity to the emperor's family for several generations. It is an important code that is passed down from male to female. ah!
To be given the art of war is a greater favor than to be taught by a mentor, and it would never be possible without courtesy and close relatives.
But Zhao Kuo taught it to the two of him so easily. The General is simply passing on his mantle.
Both Li Mu and Zhou Qi were so excited that they almost bowed their heads. But what they didn't know was that Zhao Kuo actually didn't hand over all the trump cards in his heart, and he still kept the last one - Iron Buddha.
That's right, Zhao Kuo still hid the final form of the heavy armored cavalry, the Iron Buddha, deep in his heart. In other words, this heavy armored cavalry actually has this obvious problem - the problem of numbers.
Even if Zhao Kuo improved the iron smelting process, these three hundred sets were already very expensive. Even if it weren't for Lu Buwei's timely blood transfusion, Zhao Wei didn't know when he would be able to produce these three hundred sets of heavy armor.
With only three hundred cavalry, in today's battle with only 10,000 or 20,000 people, it may still be considered a considerable force. But when it comes to the decisive battle with the Qin army, the strength of both sides will probably not be less than that of the Shangdang. war.
It is conceivable that it will definitely be a fight of nearly a million people! Three hundred people? It's like a wave in the rolling river. No matter how gorgeous it is, it is fleeting.
To put it bluntly, even if you stand there and let three hundred people chop you, I'm afraid you're already tired and you've only just scratched the surface here.
With the economic strength of the Zhao State, even if Xu Li's Hanoi farmland is successful and he swallows up the Yan State and the grasslands, three thousand heavy armored cavalry may be the limit.
After all, it’s hard to find a war horse that can carry such heavy armor and run freely! Three thousand heavy armored cavalry, in their current form, would obviously not be able to make any splash in a million-level battle.
Don't even talk about millions of people. Once the number of both sides exceeds one hundred thousand, the role that these three thousand people can play will be very limited.
Unless the heavy armored cavalry all transform into iron pagodas! Only in this way can we control a wider frontal battlefield and truly influence the direction of large-scale wars.
Of course, the reason why Zhao Kuo hid the truth from the two of them was not because of a trust issue. After all, since he had taught them the tactics of heavy armored cavalry, he naturally wanted to put it aside and use it for himself.
The reason why I didn't say anything was that I hope they can figure it out on their own in actual combat, and secondly, keeping a few trump cards has become Zhao Kuo's subconscious behavior now.
"I would like to learn from you, general." Li Mu and Zhou Qi immediately bowed and clasped their fists together, clasped their fists together, and held the disciple ceremony towards Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo helped one person up with one hand and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll leave everything I can teach you to you. I hope the heavy armored cavalry can show their due strength in the next battle. Do you understand?"
"Yes." Zhou Qi immediately agreed loudly on behalf of the 300 heavy armored cavalry: "Don't worry, General!" Nodding, Zhao Kuo immediately continued to give instructions: "Send the order to the whole army to repair on the spot for one day. After the meal, the army collectively headed east to meet King Youxian of the Hu people."
"Yes." Li Mu agreed immediately.
"Li Mu is in charge of matters in the military camp here, and Zhou Qi is assisting him." Zhao Kuo yawned and slowly walked towards the bed behind the screen. He said, "I don't think there is anything else to do. I will go to rest first. There is no need to call me for lunch or dinner.”
"Yes." The two men immediately agreed in unison again, and then bowed to see the general off. Obviously, the two of them were also very worried about Zhao Kuo's health. They had been by Zhao Kuo's side and they knew very well that since the three-day war, the most tired person in the army was probably the general.
Others are still repairing and rotating, but the general always sticks to his post. Perhaps you can only half-close your eyes while marching.
"Oh, by the way." Halfway through the journey, Zhao Kuo turned around again and said, "If military advisor Lu Buwei comes, you can wake me up directly."
"Yes." The two of them looked at each other, envied the military advisor Lu Buwei, and then agreed.
Finally, Zhao Kuo's first move to destroy Hu Kangyan was finally completed. Not bad, this is a good start! Except that Zhao Kuo himself was really tired.
"So far, we haven't heard any news about the Hu Shanyu sending troops. No news is good news! Then, he led the army eastward and wiped out the 30,000 people of the Hu Shanyu King Youxian. The situation in Daidi is Stabilized! I can leave and return to Handan. The Yan army should have entered the country now. I don’t know if Handan has got this information. In the history of the Yan army, it seems that a hundred thousand troops came to attack Zhao, but they were defeated by General Lian Po. Defeated easily, even Jicheng was surrounded by Lian Po. I don’t know how many soldiers and horses he brought this time. I have only 30,000 soldiers and horses, it’s not easy to fight..." Lying on the bed Zhao Kuo silently planned the next battle in his heart, and fell asleep unconsciously.
After the victory, Zhao Kuo's sleep became much sweeter. It's just that God doesn't seem to be happy to let Zhao Kuo have such a smooth start...
