My life skills in Daming Liver - Chapter 686

c673 Ding grassland

Yu Dayou said: “I see it is said in the script that three armies are easy to obtain, but a general is hard to find. I don’t think this is true or not.”

“If you ask me, it is that three armies are hard to come by, and even one general is hard to come by.”

“The most difficult thing in the world is troop training.”

“In the end, people have to fight the war. Brigadier Xiong, you have been in the army for a long time, you should know what a war is like.”

“Tell me, what can support soldiers fighting on the front line?”

Xiong Kuang said without hesitation: “Students think it’s discipline.”

Xiong Kuang has been impressed by Yu Dayou and treats Yu Dayou with the etiquette of a disciple.

Yu Dayou said: “Discipline is very important. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, there have been military judges in the army who supervise battles. Anyone who retreats in battle will be killed by the military judges. However, using harsh punishment to urge the army can only maintain the discipline of the army, but it will not The soldiers could not be driven into charge.”

Xiong Kuang thought for a while and nodded in agreement. He then asked, “Is it the education that the Governor mentioned? Let the soldiers understand why they are fighting, and let the soldiers know how to fight for the country and the people?”

Yu Dayou shook his head and said: “This set of family and country identification is naturally useful for officers, but many ordinary soldiers do not know a few characters and have no sense of identification with their family, country and world at all. You want all soldiers to have this idea, How difficult it is.”

“Please enlighten me.”

Yu Dayou said: “It’s just a trace of bravery.”

Yu Dayou pointed to his charging cavalry and said: “Soldiers fight on the battlefield, and what supports them is just a trace of courage. This courage allows them to charge desperately on the battlefield and allows them to fight to the death.”

“But blood bravery will fade away.”

“If you are the only one in the team who charges every time, and the remaining nine people are watching from behind, how many times can you charge? Will you continue to charge next time?”

Xiong Kuang thought that this kind of problem had already appeared in his army. He shook his head and said: “If I charge alone every time, I won’t charge again after a few times.”

“Yes, one person charges every time. If this person does not die in battle, he will not charge again after a few times. Moreover, when I calculate military merits in the southeast, I mostly summarize the overall combat with the staff office, which is very difficult. The Major Society will reward a specific soldier, which means that most of the time, there will not be much difference in military merit between the soldier who leads the charge and the soldier who hides behind.”

Xiong Kuang nodded repeatedly. Grand Governor Su Ze canceled many old bad military habits. For example, the power of frontline officers to determine military merits was transferred to the post-war review staff. This aspect has indeed reduced the cliques among frontline commanders. faction, fighting for military glory.

But what Yu Dayou calls the “big pot rice” phenomenon is also happening.

Yu Dayou said: “So we have to select a vanguard. The so-called vanguard selection is to select elite soldiers to form a vanguard battalion. The soldiers in this vanguard battalion are all warriors who are bloody, brave and dare to kill. When everyone is a warrior , everyone will rush to catch up with each other.”

Xiong Kuang looked over and saw that among the training teams, a cavalry team with significantly better equipment and horses rushed out of the large army, then quickly rushed across a small river and separated from the large army behind. gap.

Yu Dayou said: “Selecting the vanguard means selecting top soldiers, and the top soldiers selected must be given honor and special treatment to make this team a team that the entire army yearns to respect. Only in this way can more top soldiers be selected.”

“Based on my experience in fighting over the years, in fact, the moment that determines victory or defeat on the real battlefield is often just that moment. Most of the time in a war is preparation for that moment, or the pursuit after victory and the pursuit after defeat. On the run.”

“Regardless of the scale of the war, what ultimately determines the outcome of the war is often a very local war fought by a small group of people.”

“An army of ten thousand people only needs a thousand or even hundreds of top soldiers to open up the situation and decide the final battle situation.”

“In a war involving hundreds of thousands of people, the final decision may be just a showdown involving a thousand people.”

“You cannot leave the best soldiers in the ordinary troops. It will weaken their spirit and make the entire army lose its vitality.”

“This is the essence of military training.”

The more Xiong Kuang listened, the more impressed he became. He had been groping for so long, but he was indeed not as thorough as Yu Dayou.

However, he also agreed with Yu Dayou’s theory, because Su Ze also said that most of the time in a war is “garbage time”. What determines the situation of a battle is often the most critical battles, and what follows is ” Defeat is overwhelming” or “taking advantage of victory to pursue victory”.

Xiong Kuang thought that when Su Ze personally trained troops, he also emphasized the concept of elites and used the most elite soldiers to open up situations. It seemed that this was indeed the most important part of military training.

Yu Dayou looked at the cavalry he had trained with his own hands, raised his whip and said:

“The next step is how to use these top soldiers. I will show you carefully and let’s go!”

In April of that year, on the grassland during the lambing period, a cavalry group of Han and Hu mixed cavalry from Wuyuan City, claiming to be thirty thousand people, came directly towards Wangting Bansheng City of the Tumed tribe.

Tumut Khan Huang Taiji, who had just agreed to the Ming Dynasty’s request and was preparing to support the Ming court, was shocked and quickly summoned the grassland coalition forces to stop him.

But now is the lambing period on the grassland, which is the time when lambs are born. At this time, all tribes on the grassland have to hand deliver the lambs, similar to the autumn harvest of farming people.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty discovered this timing, so every time Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent generals to attack the Xiongnu, they chose the spring lambing period in March and April, while the Xiongnu went south to choose the autumn harvest period of farming civilization.

During this period, if the ewe has dystocia or the lamb dies prematurely, it will have a huge impact on the entire tribe’s livestock herd, and the reduction of livestock will not be able to support the tribe’s population.

In recent years, the Tumut tribe has exploited other tribes and has been unable to hold grassland meetings to distribute the interests of various tribes. It has failed to suppress Han defections several times and has gradually lost its authority on the grassland. Therefore, after receiving Huang Taiji’s order, various tribes waited and watched without sending troops.

Huang Taiji could only summon his own cavalry to block Yu Dayou’s cavalry.

Yu Dayou was very fast. His vanguard bypassed Huang Taiji’s cavalry and launched a charge from the flank.

Huang Taiji’s cavalry was greatly frightened, and their camp was dispersed by the elite vanguards. Yu Dayou immediately seized the opportunity and directly defeated Huang Taiji’s cavalry.

Huang Taiji knew that the situation was over, so he could only lead his cavalry to retreat and try to defend himself through Bansheng City.

But before Huang Taiji returned to Bansheng City, the city gate had already been raised. His wife Sanniangzi looked at Huang Taiji with a pale face and said:

“Khan, surrender!”