Chapter 600: Luo Ziling is not smart or strategic
Yuan Shao's allies gathered in the south of Xingyang. Looking at the towering fortress, Yuan Shao could not help but sigh: "Xingyang has experienced many wars since the Xia and Shang dynasties. In the past, Emperor Gao stopped King Xiang here for a year, buying time for Marquis Wu Mu to wipe out the northern princes. What will be the outcome of our coming here today?"
After hearing what Yuan Shao said, everyone looked at each other in confusion. Why were they suddenly reminiscing about history at this time, and it was so unlucky.
Cao Cao immediately laughed and said, "Zhang Jue of the Taiping Army is just a man without wisdom and strategy. How can he be compared with the Emperor Gao?
We, the princes, are all heroes in the world, and we are definitely not inferior to King Xiang.
Don't worry, Master Benchu. This battle is a win-win situation."
In the late Han Dynasty when appearance was generally valued, Cao Cao's image was considered very bad, but he was born with a surging heroic spirit.
Anyone who sees him will think that he must be a heroic figure, especially when he stands with other people, it is almost impossible to ignore him, and only a few people can stand out from his aura.
Yuan Shao woke up as if from a dream, and thought to himself: "How can I always be distracted when it comes to such an important matter as suppressing Taiping?"
Then he looked at Cao Cao again, took a deep breath and said loudly: "Meng De, you are very heroic. When we swore an oath of blood, I promised you to be the vanguard.
Now is the time to fulfill your promise. I will use your troops as the left vanguard, and Shao will have 2,000 cavalry to support us. We will charge at the enemy when we encounter them, and challenge every city we encounter to see if the Taiping Army dares to respond.
Didn’t Bokyu also want to be a pioneer before?
Now, with you as the right vanguard, advancing with the army, since Bogui is strong, we will no longer equip him with cavalry.
The rest of you, follow my orders and advance without giving the enemy any chance, do you understand?"
Contrary to what most people think, except for those old scoundrels who want to preserve their strength, being a vanguard is not a hard job. It is the most meritorious job in the army and is usually held by the strongest unit in the army.
Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan took a step forward, and the other princes stood still, clasped their fists and said in unison: "Yes!"
The sound waves almost overturned the tent. The two men looked at each other, and there was a hint of provocation in Gongsun Zan's eyes. Both were vanguards, so who had made the greater contribution?
Retracting his gaze, Gongsun Zan went straight out of Yuan Shao's camp. Cao Cao looked at Gongsun Zan's receding figure and frowned slightly. It was not a good thing that a rift appeared within his ally before he even started fighting with the Taiping Army.
However, when Cao Cao thought of the strength of the army, he put his heart back in his stomach. This was a sure win, and it would not matter if there were cracks. Thinking of this, Cao Cao clasped his fists to Yuan Shao and said, "Mr. Benchu, I will assemble the army and march forward. I will take my leave."
Cao Cao left the camp, and Gongsun Zan returned to his own camp. He smiled happily and said to Liu Bei, "Xuan De, now that you have won the position of vanguard, half of the credit is in your hands.
The position of a noble, the nobility of a minister, the stability of the country, and the peace of the world are all on the sharp swords of you and my brothers, and we must bravely take the lead. "
Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at each other and saw the passion and excitement in each other's eyes. They suppressed their excitement and clasped their fists and said, "I will live up to my brother's reputation and let the world know about the bravery of the Youzhou men."
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In war, intelligence is the most critical link. In this regard, the imperial army is obviously inferior to the Taiping Army.
Under Luo Xiao's governance, the Taiping Army was like an iron barrel formation, and almost no one could leak inside information.
Luo Xiao took advantage of the fact that the Taiping Dao followers were widely distributed and difficult to detect, and established an intelligence system for the Taiping Army. Although it was not very perfect, it had already gained a huge advantage compared to the blind imperial army.
Not long after Cao Cao's army and Gongsun Zan's army set out, Luo Xiao had already received the news. As soon as he heard the intelligence, he didn't even need a map, Luo Xiao even knew where the two would march from.
He had a photographic memory, and all the geomancy maps in the world were in his mind. Moreover, he had traveled for many years, and the mountains, rivers and terrain of each place were engraved in his mind, not to mention the area around Xingyang, which he had visited countless times.
How many troops could pass through, how much time would be needed, and where would be suitable for an ambush were all in his mind.
For a hexagonal warrior without any character flaws, the mutual addition of attributes is quite terrifying. Even force, the only attribute that seems to require no brains, is actually very important.
High martial arts ability means good health, and the energy consumed by the operation of the brain is enormous, especially for someone like Luo Xiao who has all the attributes maxed out. Without a good body, it is impossible to withstand such consumption.
After he broke through the Mandate of Heaven of the Han court, the reason why his three military items were not fully filled was because he had only roughly studied military affairs before and had no real experience of war. But with his learning ability, he would be able to raise his command of troops to the full value soon, while the military strategy and force would depend on the situation.
Luo Xiao was about to arrange the tasks when he saw all the generals looking at him. Their faces were full of reverence. He immediately took back what he wanted to say, walked to the map, drew a few lines with his hand, turned around and asked, "This is the marching route of Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan, this is where Yuan Shao's army is meeting with the allied forces, and this is the approximate location of the rest of the princes' armies. What do you think we should do next?"
Luo Xiao put down his pen, then stared at the leaders with shining eyes, hoping that they could give him a little surprise. He was destined to die early, but he didn't want the entire Taiping Dao to fall apart instantly after his death. In this huge Taiping Dao, was there no talented person worthy of being entrusted with the great cause?
The leaders were a little confused after hearing this, and then said directly: "We will obey the Taoist master's order."
Hearing this, Luo Xiao sighed slightly, looked up at the blue sky outside the house, and felt a little regretful. He might have taken away all the luck of the Taiping Army by himself.
After collecting his thoughts for a while, Luo Xiao pointed at the map and said slowly: "It will take some time for the lords along the way of Wushuang Marquis to sort out their affairs, so don't worry about it for now."
Hearing that they didn't need to pay attention to Wushuang Hou for the time being, all the generals breathed a sigh of relief.
Thirty thousand cavalry!
It was like a huge rock pressing on everyone's head. This was the Taiping Army that had been transformed. If it had been the previous Taiping Army, a charge by the Western Region Iron Cavalry would have resulted in heavy casualties.
“The Yinghou Luozichuan route is the most difficult to deal with, as these families have hundreds or even thousands of extremely elite soldiers.
Normally, they are not a threat without armor, but they can be put on during wartime. These armored warriors, who have been trained for who knows how many years, are extremely strong and are difficult for ordinary soldiers to stop. "
Who hasn't heard of Luo Zichuan, the model of the world? As a loyal Han Dynasty man for three hundred years, they will definitely launch an all-out attack. In fact, the fact that Ying Hou has not launched an attack until now has puzzled all the generals.
It was not until the news came that Ying Hou was preparing to meet Wushuang Hou and attack together that he suddenly realized.
After analyzing the two armies led by the Luo family, Luo Xiao breathed a sigh of relief without attracting attention, and his brows relaxed. "As for the Luoyang army, Huangfu Song has suffered losses before, so he will definitely be careful, but now the situation has reversed and the situation is in my favor.
Although Huangfu Song is a rare commander in the world, he is a military strategist and is most afraid of encountering a commander who is stronger than him. I happen to be one of them. Moreover, I am not only a military strategist, but also a top-notch military situation expert. I am a natural nemesis of him.
The army under his command is not as good as my Taiping Army. If he fights against me, he will definitely be defeated every time. This route is actually the easiest to defeat.
As for Yuan Shao's army, there are many people, and I don't know if there are any heroes among them, but the people's hearts are hard to predict, so we can just defeat them one by one."
Now the Taiping Army leaders understood what Luo Xiao had been asking them, whether to attack Huangfu Song first or Yuan Shao first.
Xingyang is an important military town. Although it is not one of the eight passes of Luoyang, it is the most critical gateway to Guandong. Once Xingyang is captured, Guandong will completely gain the strategic offensive advantage over Luoyang.
So this place is naturally easy to defend but difficult to attack. If the Taiping Army holds the city, relying solely on the armies of Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan, or even relying solely on the power of Yuan Shao and other princes, it would be a dream for them to capture Xingyang before the food and water are exhausted.
The Taiping Army could just hold the city, delay one of the armies, and then attack the other. After defeating one of the armies, they could concentrate their superior forces to attack the other armies.
Thinking of this, a general stepped forward and clasped his fists, saying, "Master, I think we should attack Huangfu Song first, starting with the easy ones and then the difficult ones. Moreover, after defeating Huangfu Song, the road to Luoyang will be open, and the other armies will surely be anxious. In a hurry, chaos will arise, which is our opportunity."
As soon as this was said, the other generals nodded, and they all thought this plan was very good. Luo Xiao smiled and said, "Your idea is very good.
But Huangfu Song will definitely defend the city, and we may not be able to achieve any results. Moreover, if Wushuang Hou knew that we were attacking Huangfu Song, he would never take the risk. He would certainly withdraw to rescue us, and then we would be attacked from both sides.
Therefore, the best way is for us to spread false news that we are going to attack Huangfu Song, and then make ordinary Taiping Dao members wear military uniforms and gather in the direction of Huangfu Song.
Attract Wushuang Hou to lead the elite troops to withdraw, let Huangfu Song stay in the city, and then quickly turn with the elite troops to attack Yuan Shao's army. They know that we are attacking Huangfu Song and will definitely think that we are defending the city.
Our army will hold the city for a while, and Yuan Shao's army will surely relax their vigilance. Then I will lead the army in person, and victory will depend on it."
Is this the art of war?
All the leaders were stunned when they heard this, then they all bowed and said, "We will follow the Taoist master's order."
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At that time, Wei Wu was loyal to the king and met with Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao entrusted him with the important task of vanguard. Wei Wu said: "Taiping is a young man, it is easy to defeat him. People like Zhang Jiao are not smart and have no strategy. They are nothing but a ghost under the sword."
When Wei Wu confronted Jiao, whenever he talked about Jiao with other generals, they all said, "It's a pity that we can't work with Jiao."
The Empress Yuan often laughed and said, "Why are you so arrogant at first and respectful later?"
Wei Wu said: "I have never seen a fighter as skilled as Jiao before he turned fifty, so I respect him." - A New Account of Tales of the World: The Later Han Dynasty
(End of this chapter)
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