Chapter 2655 Strike the snake at its seven-inch mark; capture the thief by capturing the king first.
Chapter 2655 Strike the snake at its seven-inch mark; capture the thief by capturing the king first.
Chapter 2655 Strike the snake at its vital point; capture the king first.
Ji Chengfu had clearly realized that his orders were always a step behind the other party's, which is why he issued this order.
To put it bluntly, Ji Chengfu no longer treated the entire Qian Army as a whole, but instead divided them into individual units centered around the generals of each battalion.
After being split into countless individuals, the strength of each individual was indeed extremely fragile. Compared to the Han cavalry as a whole, they were naturally far inferior, and it was basically impossible for them to stop the charge of the Han cavalry.
However, even so, it's still better than them dragging each other down.
Only when these individuals cooperate effectively can they achieve a 1+1 greater than 2 effect. However, if they cannot cooperate effectively and instead hinder each other, the result will be worse than letting them fight on their own.
Even if they couldn't stop the Han cavalry's charge when they split into individuals, their collapse would take much longer than if they formed a whole and hindered each other.
"Ding! Ji Chengfu's Military Master skill activated."
Military Master: One of the Four Saints of Military Strategists, the War General is the most revered. This is a unique skill of Ji Chengfu, the Military Master.
Effect 1: When serving as the main general leading troops in battle, Command +3 and Intelligence +1; when not serving as the main general, Command +2.
Effect 2: When you are not the main general, and the main general is the monarch you serve, you can increase the random attributes of the monarch.
Effect 3: When used as a general, it can greatly improve the combat power and morale of the entire army... When facing foreign tribes, it can increase the army's combat power by 1 point on top of this.
Effect 4: When acting as the main general, if the sum of the enemy general's leadership and intelligence values is lower than the sum of the main general's leadership and intelligence values, the enemy's army-wide suppression effect can be sealed once.
Effect 5, Fatherhood: When defending the capital, this skill increases the attack power of all allied troops by 1 point. This effect can be activated on top of the existing increase for all allied troops, and when the user is the commander-in-chief, it increases their own leadership value by 2 points.
As one of the Four Sages of Military Strategy, Ji Chengfu, the Military Master, has quite impressive skill effects.
At its peak, it can provide a 5-point increase in leadership, but this can only be achieved when the user is the main general.
Under normal circumstances, he can only have a maximum of 3 points of leadership boost.
Furthermore, his skill effect is not only useful when he is the main general. Even when he is the deputy general, although his own buff is slightly lower, he can still play a certain auxiliary role for the monarch. In this respect, it can be considered a good effect.
"Ding! Ji Chengfu's skill effect has been activated. When he is the main general leading troops into battle, his command +3, intelligence +1, base command 101, current command rises to 104, base intelligence 92, Zhang Liang's strategy -4, Wang Changluo's lonely phoenix -3, current intelligence decreases to 86."
"Ding! Ji Chengfu's skill effect three has been activated. When used as the commander-in-chief, it can greatly increase the combat power and morale of the entire army..."
"General, should we transfer General Lei and Shengxu's vanguard cavalry over here?" Jiang Chen, who had been guarding Ji Chengfu's side, asked.
Even knowing that the battlefield was in complete chaos, Jiang Chen was still not transferred there.
In the current chaotic situation, with no idea what the situation is at the front, even if Jiang Chen goes there, he will only be fighting haphazardly. What effect can that have?
Moreover, with the situation in such a chaotic state, if he didn't stay by Ji Chengfu's side, and the Han army suddenly attacked and killed their commander, then there would be absolutely no hope of winning this battle.
Therefore, until Ji Chengfu had thoroughly assessed the battlefield situation and was able to organize an effective counterattack, he could only remain here. The two men he mentioned, General Lei and Shengxu, were none other than Lei Zhaohai and Jiang Shengxu, who were currently leading their cavalry in pursuit.
The original plan was to have them chase after and engage Xue Rengui's army, giving their main infantry force time to encircle them. However, unexpectedly, the enemy's main cavalry force suddenly bypassed their main cavalry force and hid here, directly causing this battle situation.
"inappropriate!"
“At this point, if we turn the vanguard cavalry back, then the tide will truly be over, and there will be no chance of turning the tide!” Ji Chengfu quickly shook his head and said.
Under the pressure from Zhang Liang and Wang Changluo, Ji Chengfu's thinking speed slowed down considerably.
However, such a long time had been enough for him to guess the general plans of Xue Rengui, Zhang Liang, and Wang Changluo.
Feigning a retreat to lure the enemy deeper into their territory caused their infantry and cavalry to separate during the process. In order to catch up quickly, the infantry not only suffered severe exhaustion from continuous forced marches, but their formation was also greatly stretched. Meanwhile, the enemy cavalry bypassed their cavalry and launched a sudden attack.
Now that they had guessed this, Ji Chengfu was also well aware that while the cavalry was the most important force in Xue Rengui's battle, it did not mean that the infantry would not move at all.
When the enemy cavalry launches a charge, the enemy infantry, who are feigning a retreat, will immediately turn back and use all their strength to crush the chaotic enemy forces under the cavalry charge.
If their cavalry were to retreat at this point, it would mean that the main force of the Han army, numbering nearly 200,000 infantrymen, could directly press forward.
Just thinking about the consequences of letting the other side press on without any obstacles at this moment sent a chill down Ji Chengfu's spine.
Furthermore, their infantry and cavalry had already separated by thirty or forty miles. Even if someone were sent to call them now, it would be well past midnight by the time they returned.
Even if we take a step back and assume the worst-case scenario, as long as the enemy's main infantry force doesn't launch a surprise attack, no matter how badly they are defeated, they won't lose all their troops.
Xue Rengui's cavalry was so small, how many of them could they kill?
Even if we try to catch them all, we can't catch them all; a considerable number will always manage to scatter and escape in all directions.
"Send word to Lei Zhaohai and Jiang Shengxu that if the enemy's main infantry force returns, we must stop them at all costs and let them choose their own battle opportunity!" Ji Chengfu loosened his neck armor, trying his best to regain his composure, and quickly gave the order.
Ji Chengfu was not worried about the vanguard cavalry. If nothing unexpected happened, all the enemy cavalry were here. As long as their cavalry could stop the enemy infantry from arriving, they would at least delay them for a certain period of time.
Therefore, regardless of whether the cavalry won or lost, Ji Chengfu didn't care about the situation here. With the enemy cavalry absent, even if their cavalry lost, they wouldn't be unable to escape.
The biggest problem is still with them; Xue Rengui's attack truly struck their Achilles' heel.
If they lose this battle, then Ji Chengfu will be a sinner of the Great Qian Dynasty and will be forever nailed to the pillar of historical shame.
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