Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 1292 War is hard to replicate

The victory at Qingshi Mountain has been achieved.

Lan Youguang changed tactics in the face of danger, not only winning with fewer troops and wiping out the bandits in one fell swoop, but also using all the wealth confiscated from the stronghold to help the surrounding disaster-stricken people.

The people praised his actions, and he was established by the court as a model of "suppressing bandits and calming the people's hearts".

That year, the title of "General Yunhui" resounded throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty once again, and he thus became a first-class military general, firmly establishing himself in the court.

However, many people believe that Lan Youguang won this battle because he outlasted his opponent.

Xin Ji thought the same: "If the bandits hadn't been worn down by him for half a month, they probably wouldn't have been so desperate as to rush down and fight them to the death!"

Su Yan frowned slightly upon hearing this.

Xin Ji immediately greeted him: "You must be the county garrison leader? My name is Xin Ji, and my father is the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner stationed in Fuzhou."

Su Yan: "?"

Who asked?

Xin Ji had always had a good impression of military generals, and even though the person standing in front of him was just a general who commanded a few hundred men, he still grinned and chatted: "Why are you frowning? Do you think what I said is wrong?"

Su Yan didn't speak.

Xin Ji then said, "How about this, I'll lead the Black Flag Green Bandits, and you lead the Red Flag Cloud Banner Army, let's have a match?"

Watching the chorus of humming and laughing in the arena, he felt an irresistible urge to join in.

Leading troops into battle! Even though it was just a simulation, he was incredibly tempted.

Under his expectant gaze, Su Yan firmly shook his head.

His face immediately fell.

Clever as he was, he didn't try to reason with Su Yan, but instead tried to reason with Shen Zheng: "Lord Shen, please let me give it a try, I will be very grateful..."

Shen Zheng: "Your gratitude is worthless."

Xin Ji was startled.

What a blatant insult!

Is this the kind of treatment a commoner should receive when facing an official?

For the first time, Xin Ji felt inferior because he had no official rank or title.

Shen Zheng looked at Su Yan: "Why do you think General Yun Hui was able to win this battle?"

Xin Ji immediately chimed in, "Didn't I just say that he won by wearing them down? The Qing bandits were worn down and had no choice but to fight the Yunhui Army to the death."

Su Yan disagreed: "General Yunhui's victory lay in his timely change of tactics, which severed the Qing bandits' arm in just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. Otherwise, Yunhui's army would not have been able to achieve such a victory with fewer troops."

He looked at the training ground: "But my simulation of this battle is not intended to replicate General Yunhui's victory."

Xin Ji let out a long "Oh": "You want to make your own mark, right?"

Come to think of it.

Every military general in this world hopes to be unique, to achieve victory by surprise, to win with fewer troops, and to be a master strategist.

However, there are very few generals whose names resound throughout history.

Su Yan found Xin Ji annoying, took half a step toward Shen Zheng, and said seriously, "My lord, what I really want to do is to look at this war from the perspective of both sides, because those who are besieged are not necessarily bandits, and those who are camped outside are not necessarily soldiers of my Great Zhou."

War is always a two-way street.

Those who wage war must never confine their vision and thinking to the perspective of the victor.

Only by learning from past defeats can we achieve different kinds of victories.

What is winning by surprise?

Su Yan thought that only when everyone thought the outcome of the battle was irreversible, but then suddenly everything collapsed, could one achieve a surprising victory.

He looked at Shen Zheng, wanting to gain her approval.

Shen Zheng stared at him quietly for a while without saying a word.

Just as he was pondering whether he had made any mistakes in his words, Shen Zheng suddenly laughed: "No wonder General Lu wanted to recruit you back then. If you hadn't come back to Tong'an County with me, you might have become a first-class military general."

This kid isn't bound by a winning perspective; he's willing to work hard even in defeats. That shows he's no ordinary person. With further refinement, he'll surely become a great talent.

Seeing the thoughtful look in her eyes, Su Yan immediately shook his head and said urgently, "I just want to follow you. I don't want to go back to the capital, and I don't want to follow General Lu!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Zheng immediately withdrew the thought that had just sprouted in her mind.

Xin Ji was shocked: "General Lu? General Lu Botang, the Loyal and Martial General?"

He looked at Su Yan in disbelief: "He wants to recruit you?"

That was the loyal and valiant General!

"Why don't you go?" Xin Jiba was so anxious that he wanted to go for him: "Although General Zhongwu is not good at strategy, he treats his subordinates very well and never claims military merits. If you follow him, you will probably be able to become a captain in a few years!"

"Captain?" Su Yan couldn't hold back any longer: "Young Master Xin, are you underestimating the soldiers of Tong'an County? Although we only have a few hundred men, in a real fight, we are still worth a thousand elite soldiers."

Xin Ji was brought back to his senses by the words "Tong'an".

I almost forgot that Tongan County is Tongan County, and other counties are other counties.

Hypothesis.

Let's assume that Tongan County gets into a fight with other prefectures.

The weapons of war that Shen Zheng could pull out were probably far more than just the telescope and steel tools.

These county soldiers who follow her may not become great generals, but they will definitely be among the first to enjoy new weapons.

With this kind of treatment, not even the soldiers under Lu Botang's command could enjoy it, let alone the soldiers under General Lin.

"I won't say anything." After thinking it through, Xin Ji wisely shut her mouth: "You guys discuss, I'll just listen."

Shen Zheng glanced at him and led Su Yan toward the training ground.

Wars that have already occurred are often difficult to replicate.

The same applies to the drill ground.

The county soldiers playing the role of bandits did not fight desperately, but instead kept probing the "pass".

The county soldiers, who were playing the role of Yunhui Army, could not besiege them for long and could only try to force them out of the "mountain pass" for a battle.

Suddenly, a county soldier standing on a high place, playing the role of a bandit, spotted Shen Zheng.

In his excitement, he gave himself away, and immediately some "Yunhui Army" soldiers drew their bows and shot at him.

"Whoosh-"

The cloth-wrapped wooden stick struck his Adam's apple precisely.

The archer, a member of the "Cloud Banner Army," raised his arm and shouted, "Ade, you've been hit by an arrow! Get down! You can't fight anymore!"

Ade touched his Adam's apple, his face full of frustration.

Not only did he drag Black Flag down, he also showed Lord Shen his useless side...

"Come down quickly!" Several "Yunhui Army" soldiers shouted at him together.

He didn't move, but his eyes darted around, and suddenly he shouted towards the back of the "Yunhui Army": "Lord Shen!"

The Yunhui Army remained unmoved and even mocked him: "You've used this trick before! It cost us several men. Don't think you can lure us in with the same trick again!"

Ade touched his nose.

Fine, believe it or not.

He plopped down on the makeshift earthen slope, slid all the way to the ground, and ran to Shen Zheng, saying, "Your subordinate greets Lord Shen!"

Shen Zheng looked at his reddened Adam's apple and asked with a smile, "Distracted?"

He scratched his head: "I haven't seen you in a long time... I was really, really happy just now, and then... But don't worry! I won't do it again! The boss said that we can't treat training as training, we have to treat it as a life-or-death battlefield! After all, the enemy's arrows are not just wooden sticks wrapped in cloth."

"You know that, yet you still dare to get distracted." Su Yan glared at him and waved her hand: "Thirty laps, hurry up and get going."

"Yes!" Ade ran off, then turned back to look at Shen Zheng several times.

"Yunhui Army" sneered: "This kid, he's going all out with his act today."