Chapter 261 Separation of offense and defense
Chapter 260: Separation of offense and defense
Before Qin Hao could finish his words, Li Ru, who was beside Dong Zhuo, stood up and asked, "Will the cavalry not participate in defending the city?"
Qin Hao glanced at Li Ru with a frown slightly, and smiled faintly, "It''s not necessary to participate in the battle to defend the city!"
"As far as we know below, it seems that the Yanmen Army is all cavalry!" Li Ru said lightly.
Li Ru''s meaning is very obvious. It''s not good that your Yanmen Army preserves its strength but lets us fight the Yellow Turban Army to the death, right?
Liu Yu and Ding Yuan knew about the fact that all members of the Yanmen Army were cavalrymen, so they did not react in advance, and Dong Zhuo felt a sudden heartbroken when he heard this, and there was a hint of sharpness in his eyes when he looked at Qin Hao.
Dong Zhuo, who was born in Xiliang, knew how difficult it was to train cavalry and support it. The Yanmen Army was actually all cavalry, which was too extravagant!
Seeing this, Qin Hao couldn''t help but sigh in his heart: Li Ru is worthy of being a top strategist in the late Han Dynasty and saw his greatest purpose at a glance.
That''s right, the biggest reason why Qin Hao asked to go south was to preserve his strength.
This decisive battle is obviously the Yellow Turban attacking the defense of the Han Dynasty. The cavalry does not need to join the defensive battle. If the Yanmen Army is all cavalry, it can avoid head-on confrontation with the Yellow Turban Army to the greatest extent, thereby preserving its own strength.
Not only the Yanmen cavalry, but the other three cavalry did not need to participate in the defense of the city. Qin Hao took advantage of this, so even if Li Ru discovered it, there was no way to change the result.
So in the face of Li Ru''s aggressiveness, Qin Hao didn''t care and said lightly: "If the Hedong Army agrees to let the cavalry defend the city, then our Yanmen Army will naturally participate."
"You..." Li Ru also wanted to refute, but was speechless.
Dong Zhuo is not the great devil of later generations. He does not have 100,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry as a backing. If the general has a small number of Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and it is absolutely impossible for Dong Zhuo to agree to the battle to defend the city if he is killed.
Open conspiracy. Li Ru sighed in his heart.
What is open conspiracy?
Even though Li Ru knew it was a plan, he had to jump in. Even though Li Ru saw Qin Hao''s plan, he had no way to stop it. This was an open plan.
Li Ru never expected that Qin Hao, a fifteen-year-old child, would be so difficult.
Liu Yu did not want to affect his defense plan because of this small matter, so he took the lead in proclaiming: "Our Youzhou Army agrees that the cavalry will not participate in defending the city."
"The Bingzhou Army also agreed." Ding Yuan said in a deep voice. He and Qin Wen belonged to the same faction, so naturally there was no reason to stand up and oppose Qin Hao.
With the approval of Liu Yu Ding Yuanren, Dong Zhuo was completely isolated. Jia Xu gave Dong Zhuo a wink. Seeing this, Dong Zhuo said helplessly: "Okay, my Hedong Army also agrees."
In fact, the Yanmen Army did not participate in the defense of the city, which had nothing to do with Dong Zhuo. However, as the main general, Qin Wen did not take over his subordinates, but let their group of deputy generals take over, which made Dong Zhuo feel very unhappy.
However, Qin Hao''s rhetoric also made Dong Zhuo unable to find any loopholes. Since ancient times, there has been no precedent for cavalry to go up to the city wall until the time of life and death.
Forget it, who makes people angry and wealthy? They are all cavalry! Seeing this, Qin Wen nodded with satisfaction. He thought he would have to go through a verbal battle, but he didn''t expect that his son would convince everyone so easily.
In this battle, although Qin Wen was the chief general enthroned by Liu Hong, the only ones who were directly under Qin Wen''s command were the 20,000 defenders of the original Hulao Pass, and 30,000 cavalry directly under the headquarters, totaling more than 50,000. The remaining 100,000 troops were in the hands of the other three.
Any of Dong Zhuo and other three deputy generals had no lower qualifications than Qin Wen. Although Qin Wen had an appointment edict from Liu Hong, if he wanted to mobilize their troops, he had to obtain their consent, otherwise he would be unable to command at all.
Therefore, although Qin Wen is the head coach, he should also pay attention to the influence. For example, if the Yanmen Army does not participate in defending the city, it must not be said from Qin Wen, otherwise there will be suspicion of using power for personal gain, and his son Qin Hao is Qin Wen''s spokesperson.
Seeing that Li Ru was defeated, Qin Hao felt very happy, and then continued: "Although this time it focuses on defending the city, it does not mean that we must be determined to defend and be invincible in order to be invincible. Therefore, Qin Hao suggested that this battle should be combined with offense and defense."
After Ding Yuan pondered for a while, he smiled and said, "What my dear nephew said is very true."
"It makes sense, it''s really inappropriate to defend yourself." Liu Yu nodded.
Under Qin Hao''s deception, Liu Yu and Ding Yuan couldn''t help but nod, only Dong Zhuo frowned secretly, secretly thinking about what Qin Hao was trying to do.
"Now, 50,000 cavalry gathered at Hulao Pass, and the Yellow Turban cavalry is at most, but there is absolutely no elite cavalry of our cavalry, so the cavalry is our army''s weapon to win."
When Liu Yu and Ding Yuan heard Qin Hao''s words, their eyes shone in their eyes and thought in their hearts about the feasibility of winning a large-scale cavalry battle, but found that the possibility was extremely high.
If you can kill all the cavalry of the Yellow Turbans, why are you afraid of millions of Yellow Turban infantry?
Dong Zhuo frowned and had a bad premonition in his heart. He always felt that although Qin Hao said nicely, he was actually just trying to attack his cavalry.
"Now 50,000 cavalry are divided into different camps, and it is very inconvenient to be dispatched. In order to facilitate dispatch, Qin Hao hopes that all lords can temporarily hand over the command of the cavalry under their command to Qin Hao."
Dong Zhuo was very angry when he heard this. Cavalry was his lifeblood. Qin Hao has taken his life now, so how could Dong Zhuo not be angry?
Unlike Dong Zhuo''s anger, Liu Yu and Ding Yuan were very calm. Both of them were loyal to the Han Dynasty, so in their opinion, as long as they could defeat gold, all military power was not unacceptable.
"The father commander and all the lords lead the 100,000 troops inside to be the defense, while Qin Hao leads the 50,000 cavalry outside to be the attack, and the separation of offense and defense can ensure that Hulao Pass is not lost."
Qin Hao said that "outside" was not to let 50,000 cavalry be stationed outside Hulao Pass, but to separate the cavalry from the army, just to facilitate unified dispatch.
When Dong Zhuo heard Qin Hao ask for cavalry command, he subconsciously wanted the opposite, but Jia Xu came to his ears.
After Jia Xu whispered a few words in Dong Zhuo''s ear, Dong Zhuo immediately changed his mind and smiled and said, "What the nephew said is reasonable. I will send my Hedong General Hua Xiong to lead all the cavalry under my command to help my nephew. Do you think this is good?"
Qin Hao glanced at Dong Zhuo deeply and smiled, "Mr. Dong is very wise, and Qin Hao admires it."
Qin Hao didn''t know Dong Zhuo''s little thoughts, but he didn''t really want to seize his military power. He just used this to knock Dong Zhuo''s Western Liang tiger so that it would be convenient for his father''s command.
(This chapter ends)