On this battlefield with fierce flags and fierce swordsmen, a battle could break out at any time, Li Mengxi fell into confusion at an untimely moment.

When he is confused and in a battle formation, he can win by attacking the enemy's weak points first; he can win by attacking the enemy's elite first, and when his elite are defeated and the remaining troops are unable to support him, he can win. No matter whether he concentrates his strength to annihilate the enemy's elite first, or attacks the weak first

, there is no doubt that these are tactical choices with positive returns, but why can't we attack the impressive formation?

Li Mengxi thought to himself, since they are all good tactics, and one is used and the other is not used, it seems that it is not the tactics that are useful or useless, but it may be the cost-effectiveness, or the optimal solution.

So, why is it the optimal solution not to attack the majestic formation? But destroying the enemy's elite first is not the optimal solution?

Baisi can't figure it out, but the answer is definitely here. Attack the strong first and attack the weak first. There are definitely differences in efficiency between these two strategies, and it is most likely that attacking the weak first without attacking the majestic formation is the most cost-effective.

However, it is difficult to understand the reason behind this.

There was a formation in front of him, and the enemy's troops were displayed in front of him. In the enemy's dark and overwhelming formation, the strong and weak were clearly distinguished. Li Mengxi pointed to the left of the enemy's formation, where Hu Qi was, and asked Guan Yu, "General Guan, what do you think if I attack the enemy's weak left first?"

Soldiers, how will the situation between us and the enemy change in the future?"

Guan Yu squinted his eyes and glanced at the enemy's formation from a distance, and said, "The enemy's flank is weak. If you choose to attack on the left wing, the enemy's flank will collapse in a moment. Now that the enemy's flank is exposed, the center's position will be dangerous. The enemy will be defeated unless he retreats."

also."

Li Mengxi nodded, "Yes." Then he pointed to the enemy's central formation, where enemy soldiers gathered, "Then what if I attack the enemy's central formation and defeat their elite first?"

Guan Yu smiled and said, "The enemy's central army is defeated. The Hu soldiers on both wings will flee first when they see the potential. The enemy's entire formation will be defeated."

This is the key point. Compared with the offensive strategy of evenly dividing troops, a concentrated attack, whether it is attacking the enemy's strong troops or attacking the enemy's weak troops, can achieve the effect of defeating a corner of the enemy and defeating the entire army. The key lies in the cost-effectiveness

Where is the highest method?

After thinking seriously for a moment, Li Mengxi asked again, "Then you said General Guan, if you attack a weak enemy or attack a strong enemy, you can defeat the enemy. What's the difference?"

Guan Yu stroked his long beard and thought carefully for a moment, then said, "Perhaps... if you attack the enemy's strong point, there will be more casualties? Will the attack be slower?"

The word "slow" immediately inspired Li Mengxi. He seemed to realize something, and there was some understanding in his eyes. (The attack is slower...this is the reason, efficiency...)

Li Mengxi immediately thought of a widely circulated saying in his previous life. It is said that the cold weapon era can only withstand 20% of casualties. Regardless of whether this data is true or false, let's calculate it as 20%.

What does it mean that an army with twenty casualties will collapse? It means that whoever reaches this number of casualties first will be defeated first.

Therefore, if you want to win on the battlefield, you must increase your output as much as you can. Whoever can cause 20% casualties to the opponent faster will win. That is, the side with more powerful troops and higher output efficiency will win.

, will be more able to win.

After understanding this point, Li Mengxi connected it with another point. There is another sentence in the art of war, which is called, "It is better to cut off one finger of the enemy than to hurt ten of the enemy's fingers." Why? The efficiency is different. Cut off the enemy with one finger.

Obviously it can weaken the enemy's combat capability more effectively.

When the problem is found at the core of "efficiency", the principle of "not attacking the official formation" becomes clear.

There are two options for attacking. One is to attack the enemy's strong points, and the other is to attack the enemy's weak points. The difference between these two different strategies is that if you choose to attack the enemy's strong points, after an hour has passed, you are still fighting with the enemy's elite, and if you choose

Attacking the enemy's weak point, within an hour, has defeated the weak enemy, and may have opened a hole in the enemy's tight front line, or successfully opened the enemy's flank, directly threatening the entire enemy army. Among them,

The difference is that under different strategies, if you choose to attack the strong enemy, you will not be able to defeat the strong enemy within an hour, and the battle situation will be anxious; if you choose to attack the weak, you will annihilate the weak enemy within an hour, and take advantage of this to break the enemy's line and threaten the enemy.

On the flanks, at this time, the enemy's elite are still there, and the enemy's majestic formation is still there, but their flanks are exposed, and it is much easier to choose to attack by force.

In the final analysis, it is efficiency, and the best efficiency determines the best solution. The efficiency of attacking the strong in a battle is not as efficient as avoiding the strong and attacking the weak, or [not attacking the dignified formation].

Finally figured it out, Li Mengxi breathed a long sigh of relief. From now on, he will understand that when fighting with others, he should avoid using his strong troops and elite troops, and focus on destroying the weak first.

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On the battlefield where the two armies faced each other, in the tense atmosphere of the battlefield, Li Mengxi was writing down his gains with a pen and paper on horseback. He was almost as if there was no one around, and regarded the thousands of troops as if they were nothing.

After a while, he finished memorizing everything and recalled the reasons why all these things happened. Li Mengxi sighed with emotion, "Sun Tzu" is really a book with small words and great meanings.

[Don’t attack the majestic formation], from these short six words, Li learned from it the best strategies and optimal solutions for choosing strong and weak attack targets when attacking; he also realized from this, since he should [Don’t attack]

A majestic formation], conversely, since when attacking, some can attack and some cannot, it means that when attacking, you cannot choose to attack evenly by completely dividing the troops, but must concentrate on attacking with some emphasis; also,

The purpose of not attacking the majestic formation is to optimize the offensive strategy. Furthermore, it is to pursue the best combat efficiency. From this, we have an additional understanding of the speed of soldiers. On the battlefield, whoever can achieve the fastest killing efficiency will be the winner.

Whoever can make the opponent collapse first will win.

All of this is considered from the perspective of the attacker. On the other hand, from the perspective of the defender, since it is the optimal solution for the attacker not to attack the strong formation and attack the weak, then if you are defending, you should avoid the enemy's avoidance of strong attacks.

Weak, but to prevent our weak troops from being attacked by the enemy, there are ways to cover the weak with strength, with strong troops in front and weak troops behind. This is consistent with the orthodoxy of the art of war. Since ancient times, military formations have always been about armored soldiers in the front and weak troops in the rear.

The soldiers are behind.

Or, there can be a co-ordination method, using strong soldiers who can withstand more casualties as infantry formations and cavalry at the head of the formation, and weak soldiers as crossbowmen and crossbow slingers. In this way, weak soldiers can still take the lead.

It plays a combat role on behalf of the enemy, and at the same time, it is far behind the formation and does not need to undergo high-intensity tests, so as not to be exposed.

At this time, look at the enemy's formation again. From the perspective of the enemy's formation, you will see that the enemy's strong troops are in the middle and the two wings are weak. The weak wings are undoubtedly flaws. Drawing lessons from the enemy's formation, we can see that if the enemy's formation is defended, the left and right wings or the strength of the troops

Evenly divided, the weaker side should not be taken advantage of by the enemy. According to the barrel theory, whether the formation is strong or not does not depend on how many soldiers are on the strong wing and how strict the formation is, but on how many troops are on the weak wing.

How weak.

There is no doubt that if one wing of the defensive position is as solid as an iron barrel and the other wing is sparse in troops, the enemy general will definitely abandon his toughness and attack the weakest side.

The defensive position is like a barrel. It cannot be defended because of its strong part, but it cannot be defended because of its weakest point.

But, is there really a formation that is balanced in every aspect and has no weaknesses? Mr. Li knows that there is no such thing.

No defensive formation is perfect, so wouldn’t it mean that all formations can be broken?

When Li Mengxi told Guan Yu this new idea, Guan Yu remained silent for a while, then shook his head and said, "I think that although the formation is not complete, it must have its shortcomings and its strengths.

Xi'er, you said that the defensive formation is bound to have shortcomings, so it will be defeated. If it is just defensive, it will naturally be like this.

However, your formation must have some shortcomings, how can the enemy's formation not have some shortcomings? Since he has shortcomings, why not let him attack your shortcomings? Why not counterattack and go back?"

Li Mengxi was stunned for a moment when he was told this, then he realized and laughed.

It suddenly dawned on me that it was right. There is no perfect defensive position. If the enemy is allowed to attack without intervention, even if the enemy is a ragtag army, even if it has no discipline and no experience, as long as it can attack safely again and again.

, over time, if they try enough times, it is inevitable for them to find a way to win. This is why those undisciplined barbarian cavalry from the wilderness can defeat the elite infantry formations of the Central Plains again and again.

Because the Hu cavalry has the mobility to come and go like the wind, even if the infantry can win against them, they are unable to pursue them. This allows the Hu cavalry to attack safely, retreat safely, and come back again and again.

, the barbarian cavalry does not need to have profound tactical insights. They only need to slightly change their tactics every time they attack. Relying only on this clumsy method, with enough trial and error opportunities, they can break the formation even if they try hard.

The law test came out.

Later generations of the Song Dynasty infantry faced the powerless predicament of the Liao and Jin cavalry. At this moment, Li Mengxi had a deeper understanding of it.

The infantry can defeat the cavalry but cannot pursue them. This is the tactical reason why the infantry is repeatedly defeated by the poorly trained cavalry. More profoundly, as a defensive side, the infantry cannot effectively counterattack the cavalry tit for tat, which makes the cavalry

You can attack safely again and again, but there is no perfect defensive formation. There must be flaws, and you will definitely be found in countless attacks by your opponent and then be defeated.

Therefore, the infantry unit may not necessarily have the mobility to pursue the cavalry, but it can also restrain the cavalry. It is enough that the infantry unit has powerful counterattack means to prevent the cavalry from attacking safely, such as firearms.

This is also in line with the development of war. After the invention of firearms, the disparity in mobility between infantry and cavalry still exists. Even on many battlefields, cavalry can still severely damage infantry. But there is no doubt that after firearms, cavalry completely disappeared.

In the final analysis, firearms make every attack of the cavalry pay a considerable price, making the cavalry attack unsafe, and the cavalry no longer has ample opportunities for trial and error. When there are not enough opportunities for trial and error, those training

The low-level Hu cavalry could no longer defeat the elite infantry formation.

Li Mengxi learned a general principle that is applicable to all scenarios. Not only infantry will be embarrassed when facing cavalry, but also when infantry faces special enemies in special terrain, if they are unable to effectively counterattack the enemy, the enemy can be safely defeated again and again.

Attack, then the infantry of the Song Dynasty will face the same dilemma as the infantry of the Liao and Jin Dynasties. The enemy will find flaws in the attacks again and again, and then be defeated by the rabble that is far less elite than our own. This kind of thing, like the elite army going deep into

There are countless real-life battles in the mountains and huge valleys where people were attacked again and again and were defeated. There are countless real battles in real history.

It can be seen from this that how clever guerrilla tactics are. While guerrilla tactics can preserve oneself, they can also continuously attack the enemy. This is equivalent to having a lot of trial and error opportunities, and having enough trial and error opportunities to correctly

It is an indispensable condition for a weak army to defeat a strong army.

Li Mengxi realized another important rule. No matter what the enemy is like, no matter whether we are elite or not, and how elite our side is, it is impossible for both sides to have no flaws. Since either side has flaws, then there is a possibility that either side will be found.

Therefore, at this time, the side with more trial and error opportunities is more likely to find the opponent's flaws. This requires taking the strategic initiative on the battlefield, just like the Hu cavalry to the Central Plains infantry. The Hu cavalry with enough trial and error opportunities will be killed.

One after another, elite soldiers from the Central Plains are just like the imperial troops who are unfamiliar with the place where the mountain people are fighting in mountainous areas. The mountain people who have enough trial and error opportunities can annihilate the entire army of the elite divisions of the imperial court. How many mistakes are there?

This is also a key factor in the decisive victory of the war.
Chapter completed!