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Chapter 53: The Last Stand

At night, Li Li was summoning his subordinates to discuss matters in the tent. The war will be fought tomorrow, and victory or defeat will be here, so he will mobilize before the war, explain his tactical arrangements to the generals again.

"From the east, Yanling, all the way west, there is Yundu across Jurong to connect to the Qinhuai River. This Yundu is collectively called Pogangdu, but now it is avoided, called Podundu."

"This is not the point, the point is that our army must line up with its backwaters, that is, fight with its backwaters."

"Everyone must have heard of the allusion of fighting against the enemy." After Li Li said that, he saw someone confused and explained.

The battle against the water was a battle between the Han army and the Zhao army when the heroes were competing for the end of the Qin Dynasty. The location was in front of Jingxing Pass in the Taihang Mountains.

Most of the soldiers of the Han army were new soldiers, the commander was Han Xin, the later Marquis of Huaiyin, while most of the Zhao army were veterans, which were more powerful than the new soldiers, and the number was many times greater than that of the Han army.

As a result, before the war started, Han Xin violated the common sense of using troops and allowed 10,000 soldiers to set up formations on the river, "putting the soldiers to death", which violated the taboo of military strategists.

When the Zhao army saw it, they laughed at the Han army for their own death and used their superior forces to fight against the Han army.

As a result, the Han army, who had no choice but to retreat, fought to the death and withstood the Zhao army's fierce attack.

At the same time, the Han cavalry, who were ambushing on the flanks in advance, took advantage of the Zhao army's inseparable camp and took over the other side's camp.

This sudden reversal caused the Zhao army, which could not be advanced or retreat, to become in chaos and soon became unsuccessful.

After Li Li said this, the generals understood the intention of their side to arrange the water on the back of the water tomorrow: to put it to death and then live.

"However, just 'putting it to death' is not enough to win. Someone copied it and ended up losing a big battle. That is Ma Su during the Three Kingdoms and Ma Su who lost Jieting carelessly."

Ma Su was ordered to guard the gateway of Guanzhong and enter Long, Jieting, to block the rushing Wei army, and at least for a while, to gain time for his main force.

However, Ma Su did not act according to Prime Minister Zhuge's orders, and did not establish a village at the intersection of Xingrushan Road, but instead stationed the army on the nearby mountain.

There was no water on the mountain, and the last general Wang Ping opposed this, believing that once the enemy surrounded the mountain with his superior forces, his side would collapse due to the water cut.

But Ma Su believed that "it was left to death and then live." In order to drink water, the soldiers would definitely be able to fight with the enemy and then defeat the enemy, just like Han Xin fought against the water.

As a result, the Wei army indeed surrounded the mountain. The Han army cut off water on the mountain and could not attack it. In the end, the morale of the army was in chaos and was defeated in a disastrous manner.

Li Li talked about this battle example and summarized it: "So, in a battle with the back, the core is not to line up the back, but to support it, that is, to combine one positive and one odd."

"The army lined up with the backwaters and tried hard to block the frontal enemy, but the surprise troops accidentally took the lead, seized the opponent's backwaters or attacked sideways. This is the key to successful battles with the backwaters."

"So, our army will fight to the decisive battle tomorrow, and the array of straits with backs must be carried forward, and surprise soldiers are the foundation for victory..."

.........

In the autumn wind, in the southeast of Jurong, on the bank of Pudundu, the Liang army lined up with the backs of the water. On the other side, there was Hou Jingjun, which had significantly more troops.

The two armies were bathed in the morning light and were about to start fighting.

In the middle army, Guo Yuanjian, the chief general of Hou Jing's army, looked at the Liang army in front of him and felt a little unbelievable: "They thought that by learning from Han Xin to form a formation, they could win a battle?"

Wang Wei, who came to supervise the battle, smiled and said, "This is a talk on paper. I only know one thing, not the other."

"The formation of the backwater is just forcing the soldiers in the formation to resist desperately. To win, the surprise troops must help, seize the enemy's retreat, or attack from the flanks, and catch the opponent off guard."

Guo Yuanjian looked around and saw that there were no hills in the wilderness and the woods were available for the "Shock Warriors" to hide.

Before the war, I could understand that the Liang army had only a thousand cavalry, and now they were all on the left and right wings. So, what other "strange" soldiers can the opponent have to "surprise"?

He asked Wang Wei: "Prince, the Xichang Hou has fought for decades, so he wouldn't think that the new recruits who have trained for more than a month can fight tough battles? Not to mention the surprise soldiers, even if there are, they cannot be stopped from the front. What's the use of surprise soldiers?"

Wang Wei replied: "It doesn't matter whether he knows the soldiers or not. Emperor Liang asked him to bring new soldiers to fight, so he had to bring them with him. Even though he knew he was here to die, he had to come."

"But you shouldn't have been in a row with your back!" Guo Yuanjian felt incredible, "These new recruits are not responsible. If they rely on the camp, they can hold on for a few more days and line up in the field. Our army can destroy them with just one charge!"

"The right wing is the Li Qi. I think the new recruits from the official camp of Cai are on the right wing. Once the collapse of the central army and the left wing will be over. Xiao Yuanzao has fought for decades, so where can he get the confidence that he thinks he can stop our army from attacking his right wing?"

Wang Wei smiled and said, "If you think so, you will suffer a loss... Then Li's name must be not new recruits."

Guo Yuanjian was stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly realized: "So that's it!"

Wang Wei continued: "If you train for a month, you can't fight a war at all. Everyone knows this, so they deliberately showed weakness, making our army think that this Li brand is a weak new recruit."

"Then, our army will definitely attack its right wing, and they should be prepared. Under Li Zizhi's banner, the veterans are waiting for us to hit us."

Guo Yuanjian asked: "Prince, can our army attack its left wing? They only have so many troops. If the new recruits are not on the right wing, they must be on the left wing."

"Not necessarily, what if they expected it? Perhaps the right wing is really a recruit, and the left wing has been strengthened, which can be a second-level calculation."

"Ah? Then..." Guo Yuanjian was a little hesitant. This kind of twists and turns of "I know what you think" and "You know what you think" was simply endless.

Wang Wei smiled and said, "It's okay, just press forward. The recruits who have been practicing for a month will not be responsible at all. As long as they fight, they will soon be able to see which side is the flaw."

He said his opinion: "The military formation is approaching slowly. Wherever there is a crossbow shooting, which side must be a new recruit. Our army can defeat it by hand."

"These new recruits have only been practicing for more than a month, have never seen blood, have never killed anyone, and are no different from ordinary people. They are still good at shooting people from a distance with crossbows. They fight in close combat and are about to collapse at once."

A general asked, "But they may have a barrier?"

Wang Wei disagreed: "These soldiers may not even understand the orders. The formation is backwards and they are prone to chaos. When our army approaches, they will inevitably retreat to the barrier. At this time, if someone shouts 'beaten', haha..."

He was very sure of winning the battle against his side. General Li Li, the general of the talent agency, recruited new recruits in Jiankang, so many of his previous eyes and ears were arranged in the city.

Now, Xichang Hou Xiao Yuanzao led his army to attack and approach Yanling. Li Li's official camp fought with the army, and a large number of new recruits were used to make up the number of them.

Such an army cannot fight a tough battle, and the inside story is clearly explored by Wang Wei's detailed work, so it is impossible to win.

When the two armies are fighting, among the new recruits, they will definitely wait for an opportunity to act. As long as they shout "be defeated" in chaos, those new recruits who have been on the battlefield for the first time will inevitably collapse after hearing this.

No barrier or crossbow will be of no use at that time.

The battle started quickly. With the sound of the horn, various troops of Hou Jing's army pressed towards the Liang army, which was lined up with the backs of the water. They waited for the rabbit and waited for the "Running Rabbit". They planned to fight down and eat the Liang army today.

However, Wang Wei, who came to supervise the battle this time, did not see the Liang army defeating the war, but for one person.

Seeing the battle begin, he did not forget to explain again: "If you break the formation in a while, if you catch General Li Li of the corpse officer, you will save your life."
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