Chapter 26: Drag the Knife Strategy 2

For a moment, Azige felt impatient in his heart. He had a feeling that if he couldn't break Xiangyang today and go south, it would be difficult to break Xiangyang in the future.

"Report, Master." A man knelt down on the ground and said, "There is something strange happening in Cao Camp."

Azig said: "What's going on?"

"Cao Ying's troops left the camp and headed south," the man said.

Azig sneered in his heart and said: "Old Shi did a good thing."

Azig felt angry when he thought of what Duduo had done. He asked Duduo to help him find his place, but he didn't expect Duduo to have his own thoughts. He almost couldn't cover his ears at the speed of lightning.

Within five days, they advanced more than a thousand miles, and the news and intelligence from the rear could not keep up with the speed of Duduo's advance.

The word "quick" is taken to the extreme.

Not only Yang Chengzu couldn't react, Zhang Xuan couldn't react, Azige didn't expect it either.

Fortunately, when Duduo arrived at Xiangyang City, he immediately sent someone to inform Azige, and Azige and Zhang Xuan got the news almost at the same time.

Azige can naturally guess Zhang Xuan's thoughts.

Cao Ying could only choose one direction. If he had to change his strategic direction, he would naturally retreat in a hurry.

But Azig also had some doubts.

My suspicion is that the retreat arranged by Zhang Xuan was too embarrassing. It can almost be said that he abandoned his armor and fled in despair.

"My subordinate is willing to be the vanguard to pursue the thieves." Liu Wu said loudly.

Immediately, more than a dozen generals, large and small, came out together and said.

The doubts in Azig's heart gradually faded away, and he thought to himself: "Zhang Xuan is just a young boy in his twenties and a young boy. He only got to the position with his pretty face. What ability can he have? In the current situation,

I'm afraid Zhang Xuan has the intention but is unable to do so."

Azig has been fighting since he was a child. He has fought countless battles, but none of them were won by the Eight Banners. Instead, the Ming army collapsed. The Qing army just chased from behind, as if they were hunting, and won a big victory easily.

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However, Azig still had a plan in mind, and instead of letting the Eight Banners pursue them, he let the new annexed troops pursue them.

After giving the order, more than a dozen people came out of the camp one after another. They quickly chased after him.

A distance of more than ten miles almost passed by in the blink of an eye.

They immediately broke into Zhang Xuan's camp.

Zhang Xuan's camp was empty, and many things were left behind, such as food. Piles and piles of food were piled up in mountains. Just a quick glance showed that they could supply Azig's army for a period of time. As soon as the news spread

Opened, everyone suddenly felt relieved.

Although there is not much food in the Azigh army, it is too difficult to transport food from the rear.

Moreover, Zhang Xuan's last camp lost artillery, and this camp lost food, which shows that it has completely lost its organization. The rest will naturally be beaten up.

The various departments of the Qing army no longer talk about humility at this time. They are scrambling one by one. You must know that when the Qing army was founded, military merit was the most important thing. Military merit means everything. But now military merit is right in front of you, just waiting to reach out and pick it up.

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They subconsciously felt that their biggest enemy was no longer Zhang Xuan, but their companions.

To prevent them from taking credit.

They continued their pursuit and caught up with the army more than ten miles south of the camp.

This is not far from Dahong Mountain.

Looking south from a distance, you can already see the undulating mountains of Dahong Mountain.

An unknown small river flows down from Dahong Mountain, flowing north, and it is unknown where it flows. Many weeds grow crazily, and some places can almost block the legs of horses. A road is forced out of such weeds. Come.

This road is none other than the road that the Xia army pressed northward.

But at this moment, there are so many vehicles on this road that you can't even see the end of it.

The sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded, and the people pulling the cart immediately panicked and shouted: "The Tatars are coming."

Then he dropped the vehicle and ran away immediately. He ran to both sides in a panic.

These vehicles blocked the road. Therefore, only a small number of these cavalrymen were left to guard the trophies. Most of them passed by both sides of the road and continued to pursue the man. Not far away, they saw the real owner. He read a message. The big flag waved in the sky.

Under the banner, Zhang Xuan looked at the sight of thousands of horses galloping in the north. He felt slightly nervous and said to Cao Zongyu, "It depends on Brother Cao."

The trick of dragging a knife is very simple to say, but isn't it just a counterattack?

But with so many years of experience, Zhang Xuan knows that this is the most difficult thing, because you don’t know when your army is fake and when it is a real collapse. Many times, there is a thin line between the real and the fake. separated.

It's too risky.

If Zhang Xuan was given a choice, he would definitely not want to use such a dangerous strategy. He would rather fight steadily. Build an upright division and attack an upright formation.

To a certain extent, it was Zhang Xuan himself who made use of his strengths and avoided his weaknesses.

Zhang Xuan has never thought that he is a genius in military use. When facing the enemy, he only needs to win the battles that can be won and delay the battles that cannot be won. Any more would be beyond his ability. And the current situation , it was so overwhelming that Zhang Xuan couldn’t breathe.

You have to choose tactics that are beyond the norm.

As for whether victory will be possible, whether it will be a true rout or a false rout, it is still uncertain. However, the execution of the plan has not gone beyond the framework so far.

Cao Zongyu smiled slightly and said: "My lord, please rest assured, we are sure of victory now."

In Cao Zongyu's view, Zhang Xuan's greatest military talent was never the ability to march and fight, but the ability to train troops.

Although the Qing army is powerful, the men and horses of Zhang Xuan's headquarters are not weak. Just talking about the middle and lower-level officers, both have their own strengths. In a real battle in front of the battle, a head-to-head fight, the Eight Banners will be better than the men and horses of Zhang Xuan's headquarters. After all, the Eight Banners The officers who have been tempered by decades of fighting with the Ming army are not fake. From Lao Nu, Huang Taiji, to Fulin Xiaoer, the accumulation of three generations cannot be underestimated.

But Zhang Xuan's troops should not be underestimated.

Since the founding of the army, Zhang Xuan has attached great importance to the culture of lower-level officers.

Before arriving in Nanjing, no matter how busy Zhang Xuan was, he had to spare some time to give lectures to junior officers. If he was not good at cultural classes and did not know much about literacy, he could only stay as Zhang Xuan's personal guard or be assigned other positions, but he could not become an officer. of.

This kind of universal, military-style education was unprecedented before. Although Zhang Xuan made Zhang Xuan's illiterate soldiers ecstasy, it greatly improved their combat effectiveness. Perhaps in a head-to-head fight, .When they were arrayed to fight, they still couldn’t be revealed.

And it shows when executing these complex combat missions.

Junior officers understand orders, carry out orders, and even make up for some shortcomings themselves.

In Cao Zongyu's view, the army trained by Zhang Xuan should be used in this way instead of rigidly confronting others head-on.

There is a concept in online competition called micro-management. Cao Zongyu doesn't understand it, but that's what he means. Zhang Xuan's officer team can try more refined fighting methods. But Zhang Xuan doesn't have this awareness. In fact, he has done it before

Such thoughts.

However, he found that due to information transmission and the quality of the army, orders that were too specific could not be executed at all. He could only give the following orders that were rigid and less error-prone. Only a year or two later, the quality of Zhang Xuan's troops had already deteriorated.

It's very different, but Zhang Xuan himself doesn't understand it yet.

This time, Cao Zongyu's drag trick seemed very risky. But Cao Zongyu himself estimated that it was about 60%.

A 50-50 victory is enough for a battle, and a 60-50 victory is enough.

However, Cao Zongyu was still very grateful to Zhang Xuan. Not everyone trusted him like Zhang Xuan and put all the troops under his command. This kind of kindness made Cao Zongyu secretly determined to win this battle.

Be beautiful.

"Kill." The sound of countless horse hooves mixed with the cry of killing came towards him.

The worried look in Zhang Xuan's eyes faded away in an instant. He stood with his sword in hand, but there was a look of indifference in his eyes. He turned a blind eye to the Qing army rushing in front of him. He only waited to see Deng He's performance. He had fought many battles.

Many people are like this, and the strong feelings are worn away little by little.
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