Chapter 79 Chapter 12: People on the battlefield

On the first day of June, the eleventh day of the Kunyang offensive and defensive battle. Facing Kunyang, which was already in ruins, Wang Yi was very excited. It was only a matter of time. In response to the war-weariness of his subordinates, he made the following announcement: You are an unprecedented army, with unprecedented power, and your achievements have been made. When you prepare it, you just need to reach out and take it.Glory has come for you and is increasing day by day.Don't be impatient at this moment, and enjoy the fun of conquest slowly.I will not mistreat you in any other way. I will be as happy as you are without enemies. I will not force a few enemies to come among you and let you kill each other to the death.The world is peaceful and everyone is happy.Gambling money, eating wine, and raising a wife are all three; Qi family governing the country and the world are consistent.The accompanying government officials were grateful, prostrated themselves on the ground, and said carefully: "General, let's cook the world and eat it." Wang Yi scoffed at this suggestion, where did you find such a big pot?

The soldiers of the Han army in Kunyang City, after struggling to survive, are already standing on the wall, and they can be strong without desire.There is a so-called fatigue law in psychology. They have suffered too much fear, but now they no longer fear.They encouraged each other, their courage was inexhaustible, and they fought against the officers and soldiers tenaciously. When war became a habit, people were extremely calm: as long as we can die one second later than the officers and soldiers, we can also declare loudly that we have won the victory, and then Each entrusted a dream to the relatives who were leaning on the door, telling them that we have won, and we will always win.To fantasize further, reinforcements will come after all, and they are already on their way.They brought food and fine wine, chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, team members, storytellers, and the brothel prostitute who was famous throughout the capital for her coquettishness and ravery.

It was also on this day that Liu Xiu returned to Kunyang as promised with his promise and thousands of reinforcements moved from Yancheng and Dingling.After turning over the last hill and overlooking from a high place, the generals of Yancheng and Dingling were dumbfounded, one part joy and nine part fear.The joy is that Kunyang City is still holding on, and the fear is that there are so many officers and soldiers: but outside Kunyang City, the ground is covered with darkness, the flags cover the fields, the sky is full of dust, and the sound of drums and drums can be heard for hundreds of miles.This is the era of cold weapons. Even if you stand still and let you chop and kill so many officers and soldiers, you will not be able to kill them until the blade is sharp and your hands are cramped.How to fight this battle?Can't fight.

Liu Xiu was also taken aback. There were not so many people when he broke through the siege. Little did he know that it was only the vanguard of officers and soldiers who arrived in Kunyang at that time. Now that the officers and soldiers are all assembled, the scale and momentum are naturally more terrifying.The generals were disheartened and said: "This is a place of death, it is better to go back."After the initial shock, Liu Xiu carefully looked at the formation of the officers and soldiers, and laughed loudly: "The one who is in the dead is not me, but Wang Yi." The generals were puzzled and asked, "Why did General Liu say this?"Liu Xiu raised his whip and pointed, and said: "The officers and soldiers besieging Kunyang is like spreading out a big cake, taking the momentum of encircling heavily. This is the formation of the full moon."However, the Full Moon Formation was originally a defensive formation. After being encircled by the enemy, they had to shrink back to protect themselves.Wang Yi set up the full moon formation under the strong city of Kunyang. It can be said that he put himself to death. Before Kunyang was captured, the full moon formation was empty.We attacked from the outside, while the Kunyang defenders counterattacked from the inside. Both sides advanced together, and the inside and outside collapsed. The full moon will become a waning moon, and the waning moon will become a lunar eclipse.

After Liu Xiu's words, the generals were unmoved. They didn't understand the formation and so on, but they understood very well that this battle was like moths flying to the flame, good luck and bad luck.Seeing that the generals had no intention of attacking, Liu Xiu sighed: "It's a pity for you to steal it, but you want to retreat without fighting."The generals became curious and said, "General Liu, please speak." Liu Xiudao: "Under Wang Yidun's army, under the fortification of the city, he could not attack for ten days in a row. The divisions and brigades were old and weak, and the soldiers were exhausted. This one can be fought. Most of the officers and soldiers were recruited hastily. Their hearts are not aligned, their ambitions are different. In the battle formation, if you don't practice orders, even though there are millions of people, it is actually difficult to take a single blow. These two can be used for battle; Leaving no room for it, its mobilization and response will inevitably be slow. These four can be fought; It can be fought; the officers and soldiers deploy the full moon formation, which is dull and heavy, but we are light cavalry soldiers, flexible and maneuverable, and these seven can be fought; The morale of the army is fluctuating, and there are eight ways to fight; although there are many officers and soldiers, as long as we concentrate our forces and attack a corner, we can fight more and less locally. Tactics, constantly fighting in different places, repeatedly accumulating small victories, and finally achieving big victories, these are ten battles.

Liu Xiu's tongue is brilliant, and the generals will be skeptical. Thanks to you, Liu Xiu, you can come up with ten reasons in one go. It's really hard!It's so easy to talk about war, but theory belongs to theory, and practice belongs to practice. Once a battle starts, it is tantamount to throwing one's own life away first. If you can't get it back, it's too late to regret it.Seeing the generals, Liu Xiu was still suspicious and uneasy, and said with emotion: "People can die in battle, not in fear. We will travel day and night, and since we have come to Kunyang, no matter what, we must fight. If we lose in the first battle, then It’s not too late to retreat. I would like to go ahead and open the way for you.”

All the generals were overjoyed to see Liu Xiu volunteering to take the lead, and said, "Please, General Liu, we will protect you in secret." Liu Xiu didn't say much, and led a thousand-plus riders, and rushed down the hill towards the millions of officers and soldiers. rushed away. In the history of China's meteorology, it was a relatively cold period at that time, but after all, it was the midsummer of June, the sun was scorching the earth, and the air was full of desire and anxiety.On the Kunyang battlefield, the three parties gathered together: Wang Yi, with about 500,000 troops; Kunyang City, with more than 5,000 troops left; Liu Xiu, with more than 8,000 troops.The entire empire has held its breath, looking forward to the upcoming drama.