At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

At this time, the Yellow Turbans seemed to echo from the north to the south, like two fists, the left and right fists attacked at the same time, and they used a powerful punch in the direction of Luo Yang.

The Han government army had to go head-to-head, fist to fist, and the Yellow Turbans were facing each other.

It seems difficult, because the Yellow Turban Army's 40 million people are far more than the 40 Han army that suppressed the rebellion, but the [-] Han army that suppressed the rebellion is only the Central Army and the temporarily expanded Central Army, while the Yellow Turban Army's [-] million people are even larger. Bring your family and count together.

After more than two months of expansion and the recruitment of civilians, the number of soldiers capable of fighting will definitely not exceed 15.

In addition to the Central Army, the Han government also cooperated with the local rebels.

After the initial panic, local tyrants also spontaneously organized to fight against the Yellow Turbans for the sake of protecting their industries.

After the initial smooth progress, the Yellow Turban Army actually fell into the vast ocean of "people's war".

The so-called people in ancient times were definitely not the people in the modern sense, but people with local industry.

Big landlords, small landlords or self-cultivators with land, they are the "people", and they are often the most staunch supporters of the regime. They have property and hope that the world will be peaceful.

And those who have no industry and go into exile are often the main force of the rebellion.

When the Yellow Turbans united with these people who lost their property and were about to starve to death, they naturally met with strong resistance from the "people".

The interests of the "people" and the Han government are the same.

So on the whole, the number of soldiers and horsemen on the Han government's side was much larger than the number of the Yellow Turbans.

However, we can't just let our guard down because the Yellow Turban Army reaches a certain place and robs the rich and powerful to open their warehouses and release grain, attracting more people to join, and the number may increase at any time.

Everything remains to be tested by time.

But only one thing will not change.

The Yellow Turbans who were abandoned by the power of the gentry have already become abandoned sons, they are just doing unnecessary struggles, and they will surely perish sooner or later.

Guo Peng led his own 510 four cavalry in the Chinese army to follow in Lu Zhi's footsteps, and wanted to help Lu Zhi convey the military order. Guo Peng followed Lu Zhi's side and was directly responsible for protecting Lu Zhi's safety as Lu Zhi's direct confidant.

Lu Zhi had a lot of cavalry, about [-] in number, and they would be the main force for the rushing army to break through the formation.

In fact, after fully understanding the activities of the Yellow Turban Army, Guo Peng has already made a judgment that this battle is not difficult to fight.

It seems difficult to fight because the court was frightened by the momentum of the Yellow Turban Army's uprising of 10 people in Bazhou. A careful analysis reveals that this is not the case.

The government has an advantage against the rebels, and the resources the government can mobilize cannot be mobilized by the rebels.

The government has a righteous reputation, the rebel army does not.

After the party's restraint was lifted, local nobles and clansmen generally chose to cooperate with the government instead of rebelling.

Besides, the rebellious Yellow Turbans had no basic resources and could not produce, they all depended on destruction, and their food was obtained by looting.

Knives, bows, arrows, spears, halberds, tents and other military supplies must be produced. The Han government can do it, but the Yellow Turbans can't.

Moreover, at this time, the Yellow Turbans had lost the help of a unified planning group. After the gentry withdrew their capital in the middle, the existing leadership was unreliable.

Guo Peng believed that Zhang Jiao did not have the ability to command so many Yellow Turbans to fight together.

Since the Yellow Turbans took action, they have been fighting everywhere in the area where they broke out.

As the leader of the uprising, Zhang Jiao should have coordinated the various Yellow Turbans to cooperate with each other, but he did not.

He fought in Jizhou from beginning to end, and did not command or mobilize the Yellow Turbans south of the Yellow River. He did not look like a qualified rebel leader at all.

I don't know if I don't have the mind to mobilize, or if I want to mobilize but are powerless.

After all, some people may not listen to him.

Zhang angle is not qualified.

Chapter 65 Don't win small, win big

Regarding this point, after Lu Zhi compiled the information currently held by the court, Guo Peng volunteered to say that he had discovered something.

Lu Zhi allowed Guo Peng to say, and Guo Peng marked it on the map.

Guo Peng used the arrival time of the intelligence as a node to mark the activities of the various branches of the Yellow Turbans on the map, and finally came to the conclusion that the Yellow Turbans did not work together, but fought independently.

"What do you mean, the Yellow Turban thieves have not formed a unified command, but are fighting each other, and have already messed up the rules?"

Lu Zhi saw what Guo Peng marked and saw some clues.

"Yes, Lu Zhonglang, you see, Zhang Jiao, as the leader of the bandits, should take advantage of their advantages when the Yellow Turban bandits are on the rise, and start a siege towards Luoyang, strive for every possible advance towards Luoyang, and strive to join forces with Luoyang.

No matter how bad it is, they must connect their respective areas of activity, echo each other, and use the advantage of numbers to coerce our army, but now Zhang Jiao is in Jizhou, one yellow turban is in the Yingchuan area, and the other is in the Nanyang area.

The three Yellow Turban gangs fought separately, never left the area where they fought, and there was no sign of joining forces. Wouldn't this just mean that Zhang Jiao didn't direct the actions of the Henan Yellow Turban gangs? "

The generals looked at each other, and they all felt that what Guo Peng said made sense, and they all looked at Lu Zhi, and saw that Lu Zhi was thinking with his beard twisting.

Leaning less, Lu Zhi nodded.

"This statement makes sense, Zhang Jiao's ability is not enough to command hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves, causing the Yellow Turban thieves to fight separately, and there is no sign of joining together. This is a good thing for our army.

That is to say, I only need to wait for the two armies, one in the south and one in the north, to pacify the Yellow Turban bandits, and there is no need to worry about the Yellow Turban bandits responding to the north and the south and helping each other!Gentlemen, this battle is sure to win! "

A confident smile appeared on Lu Zhi's face, and he already had confidence in his heart.

Lu Zhi looked at Guo Peng again, and found that Guo Peng was very sensitive to a certain sense of smell in war. If this ability was used well, it would definitely play a great role. He became more and more satisfied with his disciple.

Really worthy of his own painstaking efforts to teach a proud disciple for several years.

Whether military or otherwise, he seems to have extraordinary talent.

The potential of coming and going...

With a little practice and training, you will definitely become a generation of famous generals. If you die, the big man will not have no generals to use.

After that, Lu Zhi will immediately ask Guo Peng to analyze the information with him.

The intelligence before arriving in the theater shows that, as Guo Peng analyzed, there is no sign of the three Yellow Turbans converging at all, and there is no attack pattern, and they are completely fighting.

"They are just plundering places, they are a group of chaotic people who are poor, mad, hungry and mad. All they think about is to eat enough food and loot property. They have no idea of ​​the overall plan, and they have never thought about overthrowing the world. They just Huge number of bandits, not rebels."

Guo Peng once again defined the current Yellow Turban Army, and Lu Zhi was very satisfied with this judgment.

"In this way, breaking the Yellow Turbans and quelling the rebellion is only a matter of time."

Lu Zhi looked confident.

Guo Peng frowned, but he couldn't help but say, "Teacher, once you get stronger, you get weak again, and then you get exhausted. , but a thief who was bewitched by Zhang Jiao.

The refugees are ignorant, ignorant of reason, what Zhang Jiao said, pretending to be a ghost, and believing it to be true, taking Zhang Jiao as a ghost, and blindly obeying him. As a result, there may be some people who are not afraid of death, and the fighting power is not as we think. as simple as that.

In ten days, dozens of counties and counties in the world fell. It can be seen that their faith is firm and their momentum is like a rainbow. At present, the momentum of the Yellow Turban thieves' attack has not been hindered. when. "

Lu Zhi narrowed his eyes and nodded slowly.

"What Zifeng said makes sense. Although they are a mob, they might not be able to win the battle. If they underestimate them, I am afraid that they will suffer a loss. In battle, we must win, not small, but big."

"Teacher, Zhang Jiao is currently leading the main force of the Yellow Turbans in the Yecheng area of ​​Wei County, plotting to attack the land of Henan. What should we do?"

Guo Peng asked.

Lu Zhi twisted his beard and said slowly, "The Yellow Turban pirates are numerous, but they are mostly rabble, advance the army, spy on enough information, and then consider it."

Guo Peng nodded, expressing his understanding.

As a result, Lu Zhi said again: "There are many plains in the Yecheng area of ​​Wei County, while the Yellow Turban Bandit has no cavalry, our army has cavalry, this is an advantage, Zifeng, the horse team you lead will come in handy, you must be prepared, this time In battle, you have to fight, and the division will watch you in the middle army."

Lu Zhi said this directly. Although Guo Peng had expected it, he couldn't help his heart beat, took a deep breath, and forcibly suppressed his uneasiness.

"Yes, teacher, the students know."

What would it be like to be on the battlefield for the first time, to fight in the army for the first time?

Guo Peng didn't know, and of course he didn't want to know, but he had to know.

More than ten days later, Lu Zhi led his army to the territory of Wei County. The vanguard cavalry encountered a number of Yellow Turban scouts in Wei County and killed them. Among them, there were also Yellow Turban scouts who were lucky enough to escape.

Therefore, Zhang Jiao and others, who were besieging Yecheng by the Yellow Turbans, knew that reinforcements from the Han army had arrived and that the Han army had increased the number of cavalry, so they stopped besieging Yecheng and turned to siege.

They put their main energy on the coming elite soldiers of Lu Zhi's army, dug more ditches near the Yecheng camp, and immediately refused horses to block the onslaught of the Han army's superior cavalry.

Although they have no military literacy, they still have the common sense that the cavalry in the plains is relatively powerful, and their simple countermeasures are also reliable.

However, the cavalry of the Han army was strong, with only [-] troops and a total force of only [-]. Facing the Yellow Turban thieves army, which was several times his own, Lu Zhi did not think that the cavalry under his command were all divine soldiers.

The cavalry was not the main character of the battle.

Lu Zhixian communicated his status as a festival holder to the rebels in the surrounding counties and counties, establishing his dominant position in the crusade against Zhang Jiao.

Then he issued an order to transfer troops, ordered the rebels in the surrounding counties to move closer to him, and ordered the surrounding counties to provide food, forage, weapons and intelligence, and listen to his unified command.

Since ancient times, the battles of winning more with less are indeed shining, shining above the history of wars, but these are indeed a few, and most of them are classic battles that are familiar to everyone.

But there have been thousands of wars since ancient times?

Most of the battles ended with equal strength or the victory of the side with the absolute superiority of strength, and the victory with less is the minority among the few, there is no doubt about this.

As a matter of national importance, Lu Zhi did not dare to be sloppy, mobilized all the forces he could rely on, ordered them to come to reinforce him, and raised his troops to the level of more than [-] in a short period of time.

However, there were about [-] troops brought by Zhang Jiao to attack Yecheng, which was still far more than the Han army.

However, the core Central Army led by Lu Zhi was still very elite. Even the volunteer soldiers were slightly better than the Yellow Turbans in terms of equipment and combat literacy.

If the two sides are dignified and set up to fight in the Great Plains, Zhang Jiao is probably not an opponent of the experienced Lu Zhi.

This is true.

Chapter 66 Lu Zhi's plan

On April [-], Lu Zhi led his army across Zhangshui, and set up camp on the north bank of Zhangshui, facing the Yellow Turbans across Zhangshui.

From April [-]th, the two sides began to engage in small-scale battles such as crossing the river to spy on them, and started a probing outpost battle to test the strength of the opponent.

Several consecutive small-scale encounters ended in the victory of the Han army. The Han army killed hundreds of the Yellow Turbans, which slightly dampened the spirit of the Yellow Turbans. However, the small defeat did not hinder the overall situation, and Zhang Jiao quickly regained the spirit of the army.

And Lu Zhi learned through the outpost battle that the combat capability of the Yellow Turbans was very low, and it was all about advancing bravely.

Lu Zhi sent people to investigate the camp of the Yellow Turbans near Yecheng, and learned that the Yellow Turbans were digging ditches and standing up to resist the cavalry, so he knew that the Yellow Turbans did not have many cavalry and did not dare to confront the cavalry of the Han army. A major weakness of the Yellow Turbans.

At the same time, Lu Zhi also understood the current situation of the Yellow Turbans eager to win.

Guo Peng followed Lu Zhi to observe the battle of the Yellow Turbans for several days. Lu Zhi asked Guo Peng's opinion, Guo Peng thought for a while, and then told Lu Zhi his opinion.

Guo Peng believed that the Yellow Turban Army supported them all with momentum, which was equivalent to Zhang Jiao and the Yellow Turban thieves creating an illusion together, making them think that they were extremely powerful, and the Han Army was just a paper tiger.

When Lu Zhi first came, he won the small battle, which did not arouse the fear of the Yellow Turbans, but made the Yellow Turbans more and more irritable, and wanted to defeat Lu Zhi immediately to ensure a complete victory.

Zhang Jiao may not have known that this kind of emotion was dangerous, but he didn't dare to suppress it, for fear that the illusion would be pierced, and the Yellow Turban thieves realized again the fact that they were just a bunch of scumbags.

Lu Zhi can target this emotion, cheat defeat, and induce the main force of the Yellow Turbans to dispatch.

"The Yellow Turban thieves have never been defeated since they raised their army. The officials fled wherever they went, so they despised our army. Why didn't our army take the initiative to attack, and then deceive the defeat and induce the Yellow Turban army to pursue our army, so that it can escape from the ravines here and there. So, at that time, our army's long-prepared cavalry will be dispatched in one fell swoop, and it will be a big blow!"

Lu Zhi already had this idea and asked Guo Peng to test Guo Peng's ability, and he was very satisfied with the result.

However, there is still a long way to go before the strategy is fully implemented.

Guo Peng understood the psychology of the Yellow Turbans and knew how to use their emotions to defeat them, but how to dispatch troops and assign tasks was not a skill he could master.

Lu Zhi had taught the method orally, but Guo Peng had no idea how to use it when the situation came to an end.

So Guo Peng paid attention to how Lu Zhi dispatched troops and assigned tasks.

Fraud is definitely not just these two words.

It seems very simple, the two armies are fighting, one army pretends to be defeated and flees, the other army pursues, and then is led into an ambush.

Human beings are blindly obedient. On a battlefield with tens of thousands of people, can they tell every soldier about a strategy like cheating defeat?

Soldiers will only think that this is a real defeat, and run for their lives without falling, so who cares about your tactics?

When the time comes, the army will be in chaos, and they will flee in all directions, just thinking about escaping for their lives. Who will lead the superior enemy army to the ambush?

It's easy to say, just two words to write, but it's too difficult to implement.

There are rules for losing and losing. It can’t be so messy that you lose control, and you can’t lose without any sincerity. At least you have to make the opponent’s coach believe that you really lost. There are several plans to ensure that you will not be wiped out.