Guangde

Yang Wo looked at the circle carefully for a while, as if he had understood a little, but then asked in confusion: "What does this have to do with today's battle?"

As if to prove the words of Tai Meng, a golden sound came from the central army of the rebels in Xuanzhou. The rebels on the left and right wings began to retreat. The rebels' rear squad extended from the side, forming a sparse front line, covering the rebels on both sides retreated. However, under the fierce pursuit of the Huainan army, the retreat on the right wing of the rebels gradually turned into a retreat. The fierce Hedong cavalry waved their sabers among the defeated soldiers and cut down the unorganized defeated soldiers one by one. Many new recruits who were on the battlefield for the first time dropped their weapons and armor and fled backwards. There were even hundreds of soldiers who left their weapons and knelt down on their knees. Excited Yang Wo did not care about continuing to learn military tactics and pointed at the rebels opposite and said, "Taiwan Commander, let the central army press forward. This is a good opportunity to kill the thieves in the field!"

"No!" Tai Meng shook his head, calmly observed the situation on the battlefield, and ordered in a deep voice: "Come, let the reserve army reinforce 3,000 people to the left wing and step up the attack on the enemy's right wing. Tian Wei is a long-time general in the army, so he cannot give him a chance to turn over."

The messenger behind Taimeng responded and left quickly. Taimeng explained to Yang Wo: "Tian Wei's central army and left wing are still intact. How can he underestimate the elite he has accumulated for more than ten years? If he is forced to fight hard, he will fight to the death, and the outcome is unknown! We are in a dangerous place, and it is enough to win six or seven points this time. Moreover, in this way, Tian Wei will inevitably lead his troops to retreat to the right, and it will be further and further away from his logistics base Guangde City, and we can separate him from Guangde City."

Yang Wo nodded in a ignorant way. Although he grew up in the military camp, he had never had the opportunity to command the army like this. It would be extremely difficult to learn the detailed aspects of command in this battle formation without personal experience. Before leaving, Taimeng was reminded by Yang Xingmi, so he continued to say unhurriedly: "Do you know why I asked the left wing to move first before but the right wing did not move?"

Yang Wo shook his head, Tai Meng pulled out his waist knife and drew three parallel blocks on the ground, pointed to the three blocks and said, "This is the three left, center and right armies of the rebels." He drew three parallel blocks opposite the three blocks, representing the three left, center and right armies of Huainan, and then pointed to the square representing the right wing of the rebels and said, "The right wing of the rebels is the weakest, so I strengthened the cavalry to our left wing, and then let the left wing attack the opposite enemy first. Relatively speaking, our right wing became weaker than the enemy directly opposite, so I let the right wing stand still, with the purpose of trying to delay the time of contact with the enemy and strive to maintain the integrity of our front line before defeating the right wing of the enemy." Speaking of this, Tai Meng stopped talking, looked up at Yang Wo, and asked, "Do you understand?"

Yang Wo was stunned for a moment and asked, "What if the enemy draws reinforcements from the central army to support the right wing?"

Tai Meng smiled and said, "If the enemy commander on the opposite side is not that Tian Wei, but you. The two armies fight, unless the strength is too different, the victory or defeat is a slight difference. The comparison is about who gets the first move. If I have already taken the initiative, it is too late for the enemy to respond. The defeat is like a mountain. Even if there are reinforcements, I can still choose the next weak point to attack. Instead of sending reinforcements to support the broken right wing, it is better to attack our left wing with all our strength. If it can be broken, you can still seek an invincible situation. Situ, you must understand that the best defense is clever attack!"

After hearing this from Taiwan and Mongolia, Yang Wo couldn't help but fall into deep thought. It was indeed the field battle in the era of weapons. Although the front line was only more than ten miles at most, due to the limitations of communication means, the movement of the troops and organizational capabilities, the highest commander had very limited control over the troops and his reaction was very slow. Due to the width of the battlefield, the entire army was generally divided into three armies on the left, center and right, and then each had corresponding generals. The highest commander commanded it through banners, gold drums and messengers. Once one of them was defeated,

It is very difficult to withdraw troops from other troops to support. The fleeing defeated soldiers can easily break the formation of reinforcements, and the emotions of the defeated soldiers are easily transmitted to the reinforcements. Therefore, one wing is often defeated, and the commander can send a small number of troops to counterattack. The greater possibility is to make the other side take a gamble and seek unbeaten. Therefore, in many battles in history, both sides defeat the other side of the other side, and then compete with which cavalry will return to the battlefield first, detour to the side of the enemy's central army, and complete the final blow.

In the Xuanzhou army formation, Tian Wei's face had already turned pale at this time. Seeing that the Huainan army had strengthened its attack on its right wing, many defeated soldiers on the right wing discarded their weapons and armor in order to seek protection and ran towards the central army. Although the officers of the central army commanded their soldiers to line up dozens of small square formations with widths between several people in the middle, and loudly ordered the defeated soldiers to escape from these gaps and not to impulse the formation, the defeated soldiers who had been blinded by fear could not hear the shouts at all. Their ears seemed to be filled with the terrible whistles of the Hedong cavalry, and they rushed to their front. Some of them fell to the ground and crawled over there, and they were about to impulse the formation of the Xuanzhou central army.

"Shoot the arrows, impulse the army formation, kill!" Wu Guozhang had a blue face, his voice as if he was squeezed out from his teeth. With his orders, a burst of screams sounded in front of the Xuanzhou army formation, and the arrows fired from close range easily penetrated the chests of the defeated soldiers. Even a few people who could escape the arrows were immediately stabbed to the ground by a spear. The rebels who were shocked by Sun Guozhang's bloody methods began to bypass the central army. The cavalry chasing behind him saw that the opponent's formation was so strict, and he stopped.

"Okay, Mingjin, let that Master Guo come back." Tai Meng ordered in a deep voice. He looked up at the sky and said, "It's almost noon. I guess Tian Wei will retreat. Situ, you will bring two hundred cavalry later to monitor the enemy. I will lead the army to capture Guangde."

At this time, Yang Wo was already convinced by the military use of Taiwan and Mongolia. After bowing to accept the order, he quickly walked backwards.

Guangde City, after the fierce battle during the day, Tian Wei was indeed as expected by Tai Meng. The defeated troops on both wings were retreating north by the intact central army. Tai Meng sent a small number of cavalry to monitor Tian Wei's army and led the main force to besiege Guangde. The guards of Guangde County heard that Tian Wei's army was defeated and immediately opened the door to surrender. Tai Meng only sent 200 soldiers to the city to maintain order, occupied the county government, warehouse, etc.

The key point was that the army built a large camp in the city. As if it was a marching in advance, he stood in front of the camp gate until the soldiers and the villagers dug the trench and erected a wooden fence on the soil behind the trench before returning to the tent to eat. As soon as he ate two bites, he heard footsteps outside. Before the tent could enter, he heard the people shouting loudly: "Uncle, uncle, I have an important military information notice."

The curtain of the tent was opened, and the man came in barely, and a heat came up. It was Yang Wo, who was leading the cavalry to monitor Tian Wei's army. He walked to the desk, picked up the pot and drank a few big mouthfuls of water before he spoke: "Uncle, Tian Wei went north. Look at his march, it doesn't look like he was going back to Xuanzhou, it seems to be going to Wuhu. How should our army act tomorrow?" It turned out that Xuancheng was located at the junction of the northern slope of the southern Anhui mountains and the plain on the south bank of the Yangtze River. If Tian Wei wanted to retreat to his old nest, Xuanzhou, the best road was to go west from Guangde to the oath festival and Shuangxi to Xuanzhou. This road was along the junction of the southern Anhui mountains and the plains of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, rivers and lakes

There are very few, and the journey is closest, and the modern Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway also takes this route. If it weren't for this, there would be only one way north, along Langxi and Gaochun all the way to Wuhu, and there is also a road leading to Xuancheng from there. However, this road has to be a big turn. If you want to divert the route in the middle, you will need a large number of rivers and lakes in southern Anhui. Tian Wei's army has a large amount of supplies. If you don't prepare a large number of ships, it will be very inconvenient to move. Therefore, under the premise that Guangde has been occupied by Taiwan and Mongolia, Tian Wei either risked his side exposure to Taiwan and Mongolia to rush back to Xuanzhou, or retreated to Wuhu, and join the army that stayed there to confront Li Shenfu, and then make plans.

Tai Meng did not answer immediately, but ordered more sentry detectives to carefully monitor the movements of Tian Wei's camp. Yang Wo knew the person's temperament at this time and no longer asked. After a while, Tai Meng replied: "Supervise Tian Wei's actions. If Tian Wei retreats to Wuhu, we will follow him."

Yang Wo asked, "Then why not just take the rebels' nest? The generals and officials of the other army are in the Xuan City. If I attack them, Tian Wei will definitely transfer troops to rescue them. Isn't this the truth in the military strategy that 'respond to others but not to others'?"

Tai Meng shook his head and said, "Although this is what the art of war says, it still needs to be used according to the actual situation. Tian Wei has been operating in Xuanzhou for many years, and Xuanzhou's old nests must be equipped with all kinds of warfare tools. It is not so easy to get it. What's more, from Guangde to Xuancheng, there are no less than ten places to guard the garrison along the way. When our army arrives at the city, the military's edge has long been dull. If we can't take it for a while, we will be afraid that it will be a situation where we are attacked from both sides."

"But if Tian Wei's gentleman joins with the remaining bandits in Wuhu, his troops will definitely revive, so how should he do it."

Taimeng pondered for a moment and replied, "When I prepare a letter to Wang Maozhang, let him divide his troops to help, first break the field, and then join forces to defeat An Renyi." Now the river has been re-controlled by the Huainan Army, and Wang Maozhang will take a boat to go upstream from the Yangtze River and attack the Xuanzhou rebels in Wuhu.
Chapter completed!