New Shun 1730

Reporting victory and praising merits is not like stealing someone's wife, so there is no need to speak softly.

The knight who reported the victory wanted to shout until his throat was broken, for fear that the camp could not hear it.

Clatter...

There was a sound of armor pieces, and all the old nobles in the camp tent stood up. The old ones even scratched their ears, fearing that they had heard it wrong.

Several veterans looked at each other, and there was an incredible look in each other's eyes.

Is this true?

Regardless of the impact of this battle on the war situation, if this is true...

Attacking the city without cannons and armor, using the few to defeat the many, all count as going into battle.

Killing hundreds, capturing hundreds, and even capturing the adopted son of the Rakshasa King, is a high gain.

According to the rules of the twelve turns of merit, a battle of a thousand people is one base, going into battle is three turns, and a high gain is three turns. Beheading, capturing generals, and breaking the city are counted separately.

A rough calculation shows that it is at least eight turns of merit!

If it is true, after the Sixun Doctor checked it, just for this battle, this Liu Shouchang was directly promoted from a meritorious guard without any military merit to a senior light chariot commander of the fourth rank?

A senior light chariot commander of 17 or 18 years old was promoted to the eighth rank?

The old generals, who were shocked, stood up one after another, formed two wings to protect the emperor, and followed the emperor out of the camp tent.

The knight who reported the victory knelt on one knee and held his head high, just as the rules of reporting victory. He did not lower his head and hold the victory letter with both hands, but held the blue flag of the victory in his left hand and dragged the victory letter flat on his chest with his right hand.

The eunuch stepped forward and took the victory letter with both hands. The knight then put down the blue flag of the victory and turned to kneel on one knee to salute the emperor.

Li Gan did not read the victory letter. He knew that he was at the front line in person. Not to mention a small meritorious guard, even a real duke would not dare to forge a victory letter.

"Where is Liu Shouchang now?"

"Your Majesty. Lord Liu recaptured the Murugan Mountain Acropolis and ambushed the Rakshasa reinforcements upstream. He thought the castle upstream must be empty, and it was time to attack. Lord Liu has led his men up the river and attacked Huliping Village."

"Map!"

As soon as he stretched out his hand, the eunuch immediately brought a map over, and several eunuchs unfolded it. It was a map of the Heilongjiang River Basin that Liu Yu had snatched from Bering.

Huliping Village, of course, was not this name on the original Russian map. This is the Heihe River in later generations, or, it is called Hailanpao.

The knight who reported the victory recalled Liu Yu's instructions, and without waiting for the emperor to ask, he said: "Lord Liu said that the largest city of the Russians in the north is Yakutsk. If the troops from the north are sent to support, they must go out from Yakutsk."

"Huliping Village is at the intersection of the Heilongjiang River and the Jingqi River. The Jingqi River runs from north to south and is the largest tributary on the left bank of the Heilongjiang River. If the Russians want to support from the south, they must go through the Jingqi River and go down the river. As long as Huliping Village is captured, the Russian Yakutsk reinforcements will become deadly aid."

"Secondly, Huliping Village is westward , go up along the Fabela River, pass the 40-li Broken Ridge of the Lesser Khingan Mountains, and you will reach Mulijiwei. This will cut off the support of the Luosha people on both sides, so as to prevent the Luosha people from abandoning one of them and joining forces to defend. "

"Third, if we take Huliping Village, the Songhua River Navy can directly reach the upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River. Take advantage of the east wind to transport food and soldiers. Even if winter comes, we can use the ice river as a road, dogs and deer sleds as livestock, contact tribes, reward and show favor, and we can also guarantee logistics. "

As the knight repeated, Li Gan's fingers moved on the map, and the veterans beside him nodded.

Mulijiwei, which has not yet been captured, is indeed not far from Huliping Village. After the 40-li Broken Ridge Valley Road, there is a tributary leading to the Heilongjiang River.

Li Gan saw that the knight spoke clearly. Although he was just retelling, it was rare to be able to speak so clearly.

Looking away from the map, Li Gan knew his advantages.

As an emperor, sometimes he might just casually ask a soldier's name, which might make people grateful and willing to attend a banquet.

The extreme inequality under the system has made it very low cost for superiors to show favor.

"Get up. Who are you? What position do you hold now?"

The knight suddenly turned from one knee to two knees, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying: "Your Majesty... I am now a commoner, the son of the commander of the Handori Zhechong Mansion, Du Feng, who was pardoned by your majesty's grace. Your majesty's grace will never be forgotten. Only by serving the country with loyalty can I deduct one tenth of your majesty's grace."

Li Gan was slightly stunned. He could not remember many such small people.

But this incident had just happened, and he suddenly remembered who this was. The wild boy who went to rob the "caravan" and was caught by Liu Yu and was about to force his father, a soldier, to gamble.

"Studying hard is close to knowledge, practicing hard is close to benevolence, and knowing shame is close to courage. You are still studying hard in the border army, which can be regarded as a little knowledge; knowing shame and seizing the cannon to wash away the shame can be regarded as a little courage. I hope you will practice the words of serving the country with loyalty and know benevolence and courage."

"Since you have previously seized the cannon, you will be rewarded with a military uniform, a military cap, and a red cap."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Du Feng kowtowed to the ground several times, feeling extremely happy.

He was originally an official fan, and he was looking forward to making a name for himself in the future and leaving this hard place of guarding the border. Now that he has received the imperial gift from His Majesty, he is so happy that he doesn't know which way is east, south, west, or north, and almost fainted.

He silently recited the emperor's words in his heart, thinking to practice hard, practice hard, and of course he must practice hard.

It's just... it's just that Lord Liu asked me to follow that Westerner to learn the science of navigation and surveying, to find a new way, should I learn it or not? Now that His Majesty knows my name and has rewarded me with clothes, do I still need to find a new way?

He kowtowed while thinking about these things, until the ceremonial officer indicated that he didn't need to kowtow, then he followed the eunuch to receive the reward in a daze.

In the camp tent, Li Gan read the victory report and battle process written by Liu Yu, and asked the eunuch to pass it to the generals in the camp.

It was illustrated with pictures and text, and it was easy to understand at a glance.

"What do you think?"

Zichuan Hou Xie Wuji nodded and praised: "Lure them with benefits and take them in chaos. Show them incompetence when they can and show them competence when they can't. It's a chain of tactics and a clever combination of reality and illusion. Liu Yu has mastered the three elements of military tactics at a young age, which is really gratifying. He fought this battle skillfully."

"Before, I was worried that Liu Shouchang had never fought in a battlefield and might become Ma Youchang. Now it seems that Your Majesty has a good eye for talent."

Li Gan also nodded in agreement. Looking at the others, Li Jiusi, Duke of E, said: "I think that what Zichuan Hou said is true, but not complete."

"Oh? Tell me."

Duke of E thought for a moment and said: "It seems that Liu Yu fought a clever battle and seemed to win by tricks, but it is not the case."

"Meng De's New Book says: If there are two of us and one enemy, one tactic is right and the other is strange . This is just a rough outline. "

"Sun Wu said: The situation of war is nothing but strange and regular, and the changes of strange and regular are endless; strange and regular are interdependent, like a cycle without end, who can exhaust it. Therefore, "Tang Li Wen Dui" said: My regular makes the enemy think it is strange, and my strange makes the enemy think it is regular. This is what is called the visible man! Taking the strange as regular and the regular as strange, the changes are unpredictable, this is what is called the invisible. "

"Since ancient times, winning is nothing but the change of regular and strange. "

"Liu Yu dug tunnels, dug trenches, and set up fake gun positions. This is fake strange. "

"However, in the eyes of the adopted son of the Rakshasa King, this is the regular army. "

"Liu Yu claimed that he wanted to "combine the East and the West to seek victory", and he was proud that his strength in Western learning was unmatched in the court. Although this was a young man's crazy talk, it was not entirely false. "

"If he couldn't scare the adopted son of the Rakshasa King by digging tunnels and trenches, then the Rakshasa King would be King Sha's adopted son is also a veteran of battles, so how could he be willing to abandon the city and flee? "

"If the regular army cannot win, then the strange army cannot be used. If the enemy's 'regular army' is not threatening, then how can one's 'strange army' be useful?"

"Those who know a little about the art of war often advocate the use of strange as regular and regular as strange, and the unpredictable changes are what is called the invisible. Therefore, young people and scholars use strange strategies when they use troops. In fact, this is inferior, not seeking to understand it, let alone its deep meaning. "

"If the regular army cannot attack and defend, how can the strange army be used? Take the simplest example of the central army defending and the two wings attacking. The central army is the regular army and the two wings are the strange army. If the central army cannot hold on, only the two wings of the strange army will not only fail to win but will be defeated. "

"For example, in Sarhu of the Ming Dynasty, although many troops were advancing simultaneously, if Liu Ting could hold on for three days without collapsing, then the old slave's defeat of each one would become Yang Hao's center blossomed, surrounded and annihilated. "

"In the final analysis, the regular troops can be used, and then the strange ones can be used. Asking the Wei Suo Army of the late Ming Dynasty to fight against Li Tang's black armor soldiers and Anxi Army, even if there are hundreds of strange strategies, Huaiyin will be revived, how can they win? "

"Liu Yu's battle is the same. If he didn't have a way to attack the city, how could the adopted son of the King of Luosha abandon the city and escape? How could he be captured on the river? Although his siege methods were not used, it can be seen that they were effective, so he could pretend to be regular but actually be strange. "

"Before, I saw Liu Yu's drawings of attacking bastions and zigzag trenches, and thought they were Zhao Kuo's words. But whether the battle formation is effective or not, you have to ask the enemy. The adopted son of the King of Luosha abandoned the city and fled, which is the greatest affirmation of Liu Yu's siege method. "

"Zichuan Hou only saw his cleverness, but did not see the wonderfulness of his siege methods. This is not a clever battle, but a formal formation. "

This hit the nail on the head for Li Gan.

It seems that Liu Yu fought a clever battle, which inevitably makes people think that I can do it too, but it's just a matter of wits and strategies.

But in fact, the key to completing this battle is the trenches dug outside the city.

It was because of these trenches that the mentality of the defenders completely collapsed, and they immediately thought of escaping after seeing their own warships.

Before, Li Gan did not completely disbelieve in Liu Yu's method, but it was strategically impossible to use it, thinking that it would take a lot of time. But now, the Muliji Guards are not attacking the city smoothly, and Liu Yu's speed of digging pits is not very slow. In actual combat, he did scare away the adopted son of the King of Rakshasa, which shows that it is effective.

Does he have the ability to fight a hearty and shocking siege war under the watchful eyes of the leaders of the Khalkha Mongolian tribes?

"The words of Duke E are very much in line with my heart. The strategy of the court was to attack the west and defend the east, but I didn't expect that the Liu family kid was so brave and advanced on the eastern front. I want to dispatch the Songhua River Navy to the Heilongjiang River, and advance from the east and west to break through the Huliping Village to prevent reinforcements from Yakutsk; and transfer Liu Yu to the western front to be the vanguard of the siege. What do you think?"