Chapter 261: Separation of offense and defense
Chapter 261 Separation of offense and defense
Chapter 260: Separation of offense and defense
Before Qin Hao finished speaking, Li Ru, who was beside Dong Zhuo, stood up and asked: "The cavalry will not participate in defending the city?"
Qin Hao glanced at Li Ru, who was frowning slightly, and said with a smile: "You don't need to participate in the city defense unless it is absolutely necessary!"
“As far as I know, the Yanmen Army seems to be all cavalry!” Li Ru said lightly.
The meaning of Li Ru's words is obvious. Your Yanmen Army is conserving its strength, but you want us to fight against the Yellow Turban Army. Isn't it not good?
Liu Yu and Ding Yuan knew in advance that all members of the Yanmen Army were cavalry, so they had no reaction. Dong Zhuo was immediately heartbroken when he heard this, and his eyes looked at Qin Hao with a hint of sharpness.
Dong Zhuo, who was born in Xiliang, knew how difficult it was to train and support cavalry, but the Yanmen Army was actually all cavalry. This is too luxurious!
Seeing this situation, Qin Hao couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Li Ru was worthy of being the top counselor in the late Han Dynasty, and he could see his biggest purpose at a glance.
That's right, the biggest reason why Qin Hao asked for all cavalry to go south was to preserve his strength.
This decisive battle is obviously about the Yellow Turbans attacking the Han defense. The cavalry does not need to join the defensive battle. If the Yanmen Army is all cavalry, it can avoid a head-on confrontation with the Yellow Turbans to the greatest extent, thus preserving its own strength.
Not only the Yanmen cavalry, but also the cavalry from the other three parties did not need to participate in the defense of the city. Qin Hao took advantage of this, so even if he was discovered by Li Ru, there was no way to change the result.
So faced with Li Ru's aggressiveness, Qin Hao didn't care and said calmly: "If the Hedong Army agrees to let the cavalry defend the city, then our Yanmen Army will naturally join in."
“You...” Li Ru also wanted to refute, but was speechless.
The current Dong Zhuo is not the great devil of later generations. He does not have a hundred thousand Xiliang cavalry as a backing. If the general's already small number of Xiliang cavalry is really used up in the battle to defend the city, Dong Zhuo will never agree even if he is killed. of.
What a conspiracy. Li Ru sighed secretly in his heart.
What is conspiracy?
It's someone who knows it's a plan but has to jump in. Even if Li Ru sees Qin Hao's plan, he has no way to stop it. This is a conspiracy.
Li Ru never thought that Qin Hao, a fifteen-year-old boy, would be so difficult to deal with.
Liu Yu didn't want this trivial matter to affect the overall defense plan, so he took the lead in stating: "We, the Youzhou Army, agree that the cavalry will not participate in defending the city."
"The Bingzhou Army also agrees." Ding Yuan said solemnly. He and Qin Wen belonged to the same faction, so naturally there was no reason to stand up against Qin Hao.
With Liu Yuding's approval, Dong Zhuo was completely isolated. Jia Xu gave Dong Zhuo a wink. Seeing this, Dong Zhuo said helplessly: "Okay, I, the Hedong Army, also agree."
In fact, whether Yanmen's military officers participated in the defense of the city had nothing to do with Dong Zhuo. It was just that Qin Wen was the chief general and his subordinates did not take the lead, but let their group of deputy generals do so. This made Dong Zhuo very unhappy.
However, Qin Hao's rhetoric also allowed Dong Zhuo to find no loopholes. Since ancient times, there was no precedent for letting cavalry on the city wall until the moment of life or death was required to defend the city.
Forget it, whoever makes people rich and wealthy are all cavalry! Seeing this situation, Qin Wen nodded with satisfaction. He thought he would have to go through some verbal battles, but he didn't expect his son to convince everyone so easily.
In this battle, although Qin Wen was the general conferred by Liu Hong, the only people directly under Qin Wen's command were the 20,000 defenders of the original Hulao Pass, and the 30,000 cavalry directly under his headquarters, totaling more than 50,000, and the remaining 100,000 The army was in the hands of the other three.
None of the three lieutenants including Dong Zhuo had lower qualifications than Qin Wen. Although Qin Wen had Liu Hong's appointment edict, if he wanted to mobilize his troops, he had to obtain their consent, otherwise he would not be able to command at all.
Therefore, although Qin Wen is the head coach, he must also pay attention to the influence. For example, the Yanmen Army will not participate in the defense of the city. It must not be said from Qin Wen's mouth, otherwise it will be suspected of seeking personal gain with power, and his son Qin Hao is Qin Wen's spokesperson. .
Seeing that Li Ru was defeated, Qin Hao was secretly happy, and then continued: "Although we focus on defending the city this time, it does not mean that we have to defend alone. Only by combining offense and defense can we be invincible, so Qin Hao suggested This battle should be a combination of offense and defense.”
Ding Yuan thought for a while and then said with a smile: "What my nephew said is true."
“It makes sense, it’s really not appropriate to stick to it.” Liu Yu nodded.
Under Qin Hao's divine deception, Liu Yu and Ding Yuan could not help but nod secretly. Only Dong Zhuo frowned secretly, secretly wondering what Qin Hao was up to.
“Now there are 50,000 cavalry gathered in Hulao Pass. The Yellow Turban cavalry is at most this number, but it is definitely not as elite as our cavalry. Therefore, the cavalry is the weapon of victory for our army.”
Liu Yu and Ding Yuan's eyes shone when they heard Qin Hao's words, and they secretly thought about the feasibility of winning a large-scale cavalry battle, and found that it was extremely possible.
If you can kill all the Yellow Turban cavalry and millions of Yellow Turban infantry, why should you be afraid?
Dong Zhuo frowned and had a bad feeling in his heart. He always felt that although Qin Hao's words sounded nice, he was actually trying to attack his cavalry.
"Now the fifty thousand cavalry belong to different camps, and it is very inconvenient to dispatch them. To facilitate the dispatch, Qin Hao hopes that you, sir, can temporarily hand over the command of the cavalry under your command to Qin Hao."
Dong Zhuo was very angry when he heard this. The cavalry was his lifeblood. Now that Qin Hao had taken away his lifeline, how could Dong Zhuo not be angry.
Unlike Dong Zhuo's anger, Liu Yu and Ding Yuan were very indifferent. Both of them were loyal to the Han Dynasty, so in their view, as long as they could defeat Jin, all military power was not unacceptable.
“Commander Father and all your lords will lead the defense with an army of 100,000 people inside, while Qin Hao will lead the attack with 50,000 cavalry outside. The separation of offense and defense can ensure that Hulao Pass is not lost.”
What Qin Hao meant by "outside" was not to station 50,000 cavalry outside Hulao Pass, but to separate the cavalry from the main army, just to facilitate unified deployment.
As soon as Dong Zhuo heard Qin Hao's request for cavalry command, he subconsciously wanted to do the opposite, but at this time Jia Xu leaned into his ear.
After Jia Xu whispered a few words in Dong Zhuo's ear, Dong Zhuo immediately changed his mind and said with a smile: "What my nephew said is reasonable. I will send Hua Xiong, the general of Hedong, to lead all the cavalry under my command to help my nephew. Look at this. How's that?"
Qin Hao took a deep look at Dong Zhuo and said with a smile: "Master Dong understands righteousness, and Qin Hao admires it."
Qin Hao didn't know about Dong Zhuo's little thoughts, but he didn't really want to seize his military power. He just wanted to beat Dong Zhuo's Xiliang tiger to facilitate his father's command from behind.
(End of this chapter)