At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"When the Shangguan's order is issued, we have to do it immediately. Sometimes the matter is not finished, and the next order is delivered. We are so busy that we don't even have time to rest. When the task is the most intense, we have just started to work. It’s still morning, and in a blink of an eye, it’s lunch break, and in a blink of an eye, it’s starry night.”

Hearing what he said, Guo Peng felt a little nostalgic for the past when he started his business.

"Back when the father first established the Wei Kingdom, he was also so busy. All the ministers under his command had to be busy from morning to night, and they couldn't rest at all. If they wanted to take a break, they could only lie on the desk and squint a little. , the Wei State back then was established with such diligence and diligence."

Guo Chengzhi nodded slowly.

"It's not easy for the ancestors to start a business. The teachers in Taixue often said so. Today, I really understand the meaning of this sentence."

"It's good to understand. You know how difficult it is for the people at the bottom. When you are on the top of the people in the future, your governance must take into account the hard work of the grassroots officials, and you must also consider the ordinary people who work harder than the officials. The most stressed group."

"Grandson remembers."

Guo Chengzhi nodded vigorously.

Everything that should be dealt with has been dealt with, the army is ready, the supplies are ready, and the war is about to start.

The advance troops of the army had already set off, and the general Zhang He was appointed as the vanguard general, leading three thousand pioneers to open the way first.

The main general Li Qian led the remaining [-] main forces to follow, and the army marched to the front line of the battle-the last shelter of more than [-] rebel tribes called Montenegro by the locals.

In this battle, Li Gan decided to complete his merits in one battle, to pacify Montenegro, wipe out all rebel tribes, end this protracted security war, and pacify Yunzhou.

Moreover, during this battle, the Supreme Emperor Guo Peng of the Empire was in the army as a counselor. The morale of the whole army was high and the fighting spirit was high. He vowed to dedicate this final battle to the Supreme Emperor Guo Peng as the best gift for their meeting this time.

Guo Peng took Guo Chengzhi fully armed and lived in the Chinese army. He walked all the way, telling him some basic knowledge he had mastered during the march and campaign, some knowledge that he could never learn in class.

On the sixth day of February in the third year of Xingyuan, the vanguard army led by Zhang Xi repelled a tentative attack by the rebel tribe. The rebel tribe was beaten badly and fled back to the mountains in embarrassment, but still failed to break through the Wei army's blockade.

The so-called relying on mountains to eat mountains depends on water to eat water, but whether it is a mountain or a river, its carrying capacity is limited. When there are too many people, the mountains and waters cannot bear it. There is no strong bearing capacity of the land.

The rebel tribe has defended the Montenegro Mountains for many years, and they have already raised the carrying capacity of the mountain to the extreme, and they can no longer continue.

But now the road to go out is completely blocked by the Wei army, and the material support of Jiaozhou is also cut off by Man Chong, and all the people who made deals with them are wiped out by the police force led by Man Chong.

At this moment, the Montenegro rebels had reached their limit and could no longer do anything. They were now only relying on the steep mountains of Montenegro to fight against the Wei army.

However, the Wei army did not prepare enough strategic materials before. Once the strategic materials were prepared, it would not be a problem for the Wei army to burn the mountain alive.

The Montenegrin rebels never realized that what they were fighting against was not an army, but a world's most powerful country with a population of more than 8000 million.

Facing an empire, the Black Mountain rebels had no hope of victory from the very beginning. Even if they could integrate the entire rebel force in Yongchang County, they would never be able to do so.

In particular, this empire was still the Wei Empire under the rule of Guo Peng.

Wei Jun's ability to deliver materials is far from what it was a few years ago. Now that the main artery of the Shu Road is about to be opened, they have absolutely no chance of defeating Wei Jun.

Even so, they still couldn't understand the situation, and wanted to fight against the Wei Empire to the end, and even killed the negotiating envoy sent by the Wei Empire.

That being the case, Li Gan has no mercy.

For this reason, they must be completely wiped out, and the attack must be particularly fierce. If they are not wiped out, some guys who have already surrendered will have thoughts that they shouldn't have.

On February [-]th of the third year of Xingyuan, the main force of the Wei army arrived at the scheduled attack position near Heishan.

After a day's rest, on February [-]th in the third year of Xingyuan, Li Gan issued an order to wipe out.

The so-called annihilation order refers to the complete annihilation regardless of everything, without leaving any hands behind, with the ultimate goal of completely annihilating any and all resistance forces of the enemy, regardless of casualties or consequences.

The whole army is fully output.

Li Gan used all the fierce fire oil tanks and the enhanced version of the thunderbolt that had been accumulated for several months, and told the throwing troops not to hold back any hands, to attack with all their strength, even if the black mountain was burned to the ground, it would not matter.

Anyway, we have to open the way anyway, and now that it is burned, it will reduce the burden on the behind-the-scenes engineers, right?

Under this kind of combat guiding ideology, the Wei army did everything they could, took out all the stored fierce fire oil tanks and thunderstorms, and used their usual tactics of attacking cities and conquering territory.

The raging fire is paired with earth-shattering roars, and the flames are raging on the Black Mountain, and from time to time, a group of big sparks will explode, which is very visually impactful.

Although Guo Peng and Guo Chengzhi couldn't see the scene of the Black Mountain rebels being killed, the raging flames dyed half of the sky red, and the smoke billowed straight into the sky, looking like a purgatory on earth.

This is the concrete manifestation of the national power of the Wei Empire.

Under such an attack, few enemies can survive.

Of course, this is also very different from the bloody battle between the two armies in Guo Chengzhi's fantasy.

So when Guo Peng asked Guo Chengzhi what he thought, Guo Chengzhi expressed his doubts.

"Father, this is very different from the battlefield I imagined."

Chapter 1609 One Thousand Five Twenty Nine This Is the Combination of Art of War and National Strength

Guo Peng was not surprised at Guo Chengzhi's thoughts.

Young people who have never really seen the battlefield are full of enthusiasm, and they always wear romantic filters when imagining the battlefield.

I feel that killing the enemy in blood is a heroic and romantic thing. After the victory, I will paralyze on the battlefield with my comrades and celebrate the rest of my life after the disaster. How romantic is that.

Unfortunately, this only exists in the imagination.

On the real battlefield, there are all dead people, and the living people are also fighting each other, and they will become dead people in the next moment, and the death conditions are extremely miserable.

On the ground were half heads, broken limbs, broken internal organs, blood everywhere, mixed with soil and weeds, and the stench was so strong that it was almost suffocating, and the evil spirit was soaring.

If it's hard to understand, it's almost as good as a restricted-rated zombie movie, and soldiers with adrenaline rush are no more rational than zombies.

When a soldier is red-eyed, he will feel very excited due to adrenaline. The more he kills, the more excited he will be. He will only feel that there is not enough blood and the enemy is not dead enough.

Imagine being on the set of a zombie movie, surrounded by shattered corpses, the smell is soaring, a bunch of armed "zombies" who want to kill you are coming densely, brandishing weapons to tear you apart.

Are you still romantic?

It was pure horror, visually stunning horror beyond the limits of imagination.

So Guo Peng could only sigh and shook his head.

"Is the battlefield you imagined the kind of fierce scene where two armies fight to the death? The heroic general leads the soldiers to fight bloody battles and finally wins victory and glory?"

Guo Peng looked at Guo Chengzhi.

Guo Chengzhi nodded immediately - that is the real battlefield and the place to win fame in the heart of a young hot-blooded man.

How romantic it would be for the general to lead the soldiers to fight bloody battles and completely defeat the enemy!

Guo Peng shook his head firmly.

"Chengzhi, you have to remember, this is the experience that my father has summed up after fighting for a lifetime."

"Father, please speak."

"From ancient times to the present, all the famous generals, all the generals who have made great achievements in the annals of history, all their thoughts and thoughts are all about how to ensure that they can fight more and fight less on the battlefield, bullying the weak, so as to win the war as soon as possible.

No general would be willing to fight a war with a disadvantage. The basis for victory in a war is actually to win a war with more and bully the weak. If a battle cannot be fought like this, then it is because of insufficient strength and forced to fight at a disadvantage. "

"This……"

The hot-blooded young man Guo Chengzhi couldn't accept such a situation.

"Don't you see? All the military books you have read, all the famous generals, the writings and thoughts left by them are all about how to put yourself in a position to win. The meaning here is to let you Do you find ways to put yourself in a situation where you can bully more and bully less?"

Guo Peng smiled: "On this basis, there are tactics, tactics, and the right to seek opportunities to change, but Chengzhi, before the tactics and strategies are used, the outcome of the war has already been roughly decided. More is an advantage, and bullying is an advantage.”

Guo Chengzhi felt that it was really difficult for him to understand what Guo Peng was thinking.

But his eldest father is a famous general who has won every battle and has never failed in his life. Is what he said wrong?

He was very confused.

Guo Pengyuan looked at the black mountain like purgatory and sighed.

He remembered the hard work and hardships when he first started fighting.

"The so-called art of war and the so-called tactics all require the execution of prerequisites. This prerequisite is sufficient supplies and soldiers who obey orders. These two are based on abundant national power. Without strong national power, the There is no strong army.

From this point of view, all military books, the most fundamental thing they want to tell you is not how to use the army to defeat the enemy cleverly, but to use your powerful national power reasonably, crush the enemy with an absolute advantage, and obtain overwhelming victory. victory.

Throughout the ages, most military victories have been achieved in this way. The reason why those battles where the few win more and the weak win the strong are so famous is also because it is really rare, and it really requires luck, and it is almost impossible to replicate.

The wars that the father fought were all fully prepared before the battle, and it was not without risks. During the several risky battles, the father was in danger, and the wounds on his body were all from the adventurous battles. and nearly died.

In addition, every battle that the father fights has at least a [-]% chance of winning. The more the future, the greater the chance of winning the father, the more sure. Yes, the strength of the father is not as large as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. But the gap is not so big that they can crush the big father.

In the decisive battle with Yuan Shao, my father used more than [-] soldiers, and I also used a cavalry force from Karasuma, with a total force of no less than [-]. Although the total number of soldiers on Yuan Shao's side was around [-], they were actually deployed on the battlefield. In a head-to-head confrontation, his pawns are no more than mine.

In the decisive battle with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu's total army strength is almost the same as mine. I dispatched about [-] soldiers, and Yuan Shu's total number of soldiers was only about [-]. At that time, the troops he could put on the battlefield were almost equal to mine. "

Guo Chengzhi took a deep breath, feeling very surprised.

He felt that what Guo Peng said made sense.

But those gorgeous tactics in the art of war, those generals and counselors who have left a chic and elegant figure in the history of war, they...

Isn't it actually that gorgeous?

"Father, speaking of it this way, don't those famous generals and counselors mean much?"

"No, very large, very large, and of decisive significance."

Guo Peng turned his head and looked at Guo Chengzhi: "If Dafu's opponents are not people like Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu who have obvious flaws and are far inferior to Dafu, Dafu may not be able to defeat them. The reason why one general is incompetent and exhausts the three armies, don't you forget?" gone?"

Guo Chengzhi was taken aback.

"I... I just don't understand, what's the point of the art of war, if all wars can be won or lost before they start."

"Of course it makes sense. A group of ordinary farmers with peerless knives, against a group of well-trained soldiers who also hold peerless knives, who can win?"

Guo Peng asked.

"Soldiers, of course."

"Yes, this is the value of the art of war. The art of war can turn a group of ordinary farmers into a group of elite soldiers. When both the enemy and us have peerless swords, isn't the meaning of the art of war lies in this? You can't always be so lucky , all you encounter are opponents who are much weaker than you."

Guo Peng's metaphor made Guo Chengzhi suddenly enlightened.

"So that's how it is... I understand that national strength and military art are indispensable, and the two complement each other to win."

"Correct."

Guo Peng nodded in satisfaction, and said: "When we first conquered Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the two warlords with a solid rear, our military made full preparations first. The number of soldiers in our army was not as large as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, but we The army is the first to attack.

Our army attacks and he defends, so the initiative lies with our army. Our army moves first, and he moves later. It takes time to mobilize troops. At this time, our army has already defeated and wiped out the troops he set up to defend in various places one after another. reduce his strength.

Yes, his total strength is greater than ours, but the war is not about our two sides agreeing to an open area, where all the troops are lined up face to face and confront each other. It was a war before the Spring and Autumn Period, not our current war.

The total strength of our army is small, but on some battlefields, his strength is not as large as ours. Our army's main force along the way is only 3 people, but his defense force is only [-], and our army's strength is ten times that of his. It is not difficult to attack a city of him.

If one city, two cities, and three cities are captured one after another, slowly, the total strength of our two armies will be equal, and his advantage will be eliminated by our army. If he hasn't reacted, our army will be able to expand further advantage, reversing the balance of strength between the two sides. "

Guo Chengzhi suddenly clapped his hands.

"So that's how it is, reducing their strength little by little, so that there will be no gap in our strength! We can even outnumber him in reverse, as long as we move fast enough!"

Guo Peng nodded.

"In war, we must pay attention to the first opportunity. The first opportunity is very important. Our army can seize the first opportunity by launching an attack first. He needs time to mobilize troops, time to assemble, and time to rush to the predetermined battlefield. , our army can continue to weaken his strength in various ways.

He is indeed a huge monster, but at least on one battlefield, our army has more troops than him, so we can bully the weak, win the victory, and attack his strength. This is the secret of winning more with less. "

Guo Chengzhi was amazed by it, nodded again and again, his eyes were full of splendor.

"Father's use of soldiers is truly a miracle!"

"Many preparations before the battle are indispensable, and the decisive victory is before the battle."

Guo Peng smiled, and said: "Of course, winning more with less actually means that the strength difference between the two sides is not far. If the strength difference is too large, any means will be meaningless."

Having said that, Guo Peng pointed to the fiery place of death in front of him again: "Such a scene is the result of my Wei Guoli completely crushing the Black Mountain bandit army! The complete crushing of national strength makes the art of war look pale, of course, but Nor can it hide its brilliance!

Attacking it from a long distance with fierce fire oil tanks and shocking thunder, our army did not suffer any damage, but the bandit army was already struggling to survive in the raging fire. If this continued for several days, our army would win a complete victory without any effort!This is the combination of the art of war and national power! "

Guo Chengzhi followed the direction of Guo Peng's hand and looked over.

This time, what he saw was not destruction and confusion, but a clear world.

This is the reason why the Wei Empire has gone from a thousand-man army to a huge complex of more than [-] million people.

Guo Chengzhi understands!

The result of this battle has been determined, there can be no twists and turns!