Chapter 214: Trapping the Enemy in Dog Ridge
Hu Yihuang opened a meal on horseback, this loss trick was purely learned by Hu Yihuang and Mai Ke, but it changed slightly, from land to horseback.
Don't look at this as a trifle, but the blow to the morale of the enemy is immeasurable. Now, in the enemy camp, from Xiang Xin, the supreme commander, to the lowest-level soldiers, all of them are hungry.
I haven't had a full meal for a long time, and today I have been fighting with the march and the army, and I have been tossing for so long, how can I not be hungry?
The battle was tense just now, and he only cared about saving his life, but now he relaxed a little, and was tempted by this hateful enemy with food, and the appetite came like a monstrous wave, unstoppable.
If any of them knew the story of the sale of birthright in the Bible, they would understand why Esau gave up his precious birthright to his brother for a bowl of red bean soup.
Esau was just starving when he came back from farm work, and if these people could be exchanged for food now, it is estimated that many would be willing to buy slavery.
Hu Yihuang here put the enemy in agony, and the enemy form of Xiao Chaogui's regiment over there also underwent heavy changes.
Because Xiao Chaogui's regiment had the smallest number of people, it established a strategy against the enemy from the very beginning, and did not confront the enemy head-on at all. The already small team was further divided into pieces, and then fought separately, and the enemy circled around this flat mountain area.
Xiao Chaogui's hometown was originally poor in Shanguza Village, and after the enemy came in, he burned and looted, and it was completely dilapidated. In fact, this group of enemies also felt quite meaningless. Because of burning, killing and looting, the crime was put on the table, but there was no actual content.
What was burned was nothing more than some empty houses; killing meant killing a few wild dogs, not even pigs and sheep; looting was only saved in their imagination, because only what the local peasants did not want was left to them; plundering was really not talked about, and people could not even see it, so naturally there was no object of plunder.
Although there is no substance, the accumulated hatred is not at all significant. Therefore, this Xiao Chaogui generally plays hide and seek with the enemy, while repeatedly accusing the enemy's evil deeds. Therefore. Everywhere you go. An atmosphere of common hatred and common confrontation has been formed.
In this way, the enemy who is following is in bad luck. Not only is there no supply, but it is under attack at every turn. Since these people regard the Qing army as an enemy who does not share the sky, they have all kinds of means. Endless. As a result, this wave of enemies has not yet officially fought each other. There have been hundreds of casualties.
This also caused the enemy's revenge even more. The captured mountain people were brutally treated. Beheading has become a light punishment, and lighting sky lanterns and Ling Chi have become their common methods.
In this case, the switch between attack and defense has arrived.
Speaking of attacking the enemy. Due to the number of people, Xiao Chaogui's real large-scale counteroffensive is unlikely. But he was unwilling to let the enemy flee like this. In particular, the local mountain people have a deep hatred for these brutal Qing troops, and they want to take revenge.
Of course, Xiao Chaogui has to meet such a demand, although he is pretending to be the guy who was imprisoned in the Holy Mountain Prison, but his sense of responsibility to these mountain people is much stronger by that guy.
After much thought, he decided to use the trick to achieve his goal.
Xiao Chaogui gave an order, and all the originally scattered teams were gathered, but the total was only more than 350 people, less than one-tenth of the full regiment. However, it is enough for the meter.
Then, together, these people found the enemy, and as if to complete the task, stubbornly blocked them on their way to retreat. In the end, of course, they were outnumbered, so they had to flee with wolves.
Another mystery is the route of their escape. This route, although not exactly coincided with the enemy's escape route, was parallel to the same elephant. The commander who led the team led his subordinates and chased after him.
The leader of the Qing army on this road is Zhao Hao, who is strong in martial arts, but he doesn't ask too much about things other than martial arts. In fact, the main thing is his deputy, and all the bad things that cause the anger of heaven and people are handled by him. His name is Jia Shanren, and the Jia Wuliang of the Shenji Pavilion is his family.
Now that the chaotic people who grit their teeth and hate them are in front, Zhao Haze suddenly feels that the opportunity is rare. If you can kill two birds with one stone in the process of retreating and annihilate these organized rebels in one fell swoop, it will be the best of both worlds.
Only this Jia Shanren has other ideas. He has always wanted to replace Zhao Hao. Killing people and doing evil to arouse public anger is just a means for him to deal with Zhao Hao. Anyway, he bears all these bad reputations.
In this way, one ran and one chased, one intentionally and one unintentionally, and in a short time they ran into a narrow valley, and behind the narrow entrance was a dry river channel, and on both sides there were high slopes and dense forests.
This Zhao Hao was originally rich in experience and familiar with the strategy of the military book, if it was a normal situation, he would definitely not follow up lightly. Today, however, he was carried away by the anger that had accumulated over the past few days, and he knew the details of the enemy well. It's just like that, and you can't make a big deal anywhere.
It didn't take long for all four thousand people to enter, including, of course, the wounded, sick and dead soldiers. This retreat is home, and of course these people are going to be brought back.
When they all entered the bottom of the ditch, Zhao Hao and the others in front also arrived at the other end of the ditch, only then did they know that there was almost no road ahead, and a small group of people and horses could get in, and the large team of people and horses could not get through at all.
Only then did Zhao Haze realize that there was a problem, so he wanted to turn around and retreat outside the ditch. But it's too late!
There was a loud "boom" from the place where the ditch was entered. It turned out that Xiao Chaogui didn't know where to get the explosives, and suddenly blew up the stone cliff on the left side of the entrance and sealed the entrance to the cave.
It turned out that the soldiers who were in the back became the closest to Mizoguchi. The explosion, although it did not cause casualties, also collapsed into their bodies. What's more, the sound of the explosion and the effects it caused terrified them.
The collapsed stones not only blocked the way out, but as soon as the dust fell, I saw where the people who had been chased just now were standing, and I didn't ask what I could know, that is, I told them that this way was impassable!
Suddenly, the entire enemy army, which had been arrogant when chasing the enemy just now, was all shrouded in a panicked feeling. At this time, Jia Shanren didn't care about intrigue, and hurried to Zhao Hao's side to discuss countermeasures with him.
Zhao Haze had no wit, so he didn't think about it at this time, and simply replied to him: "What plan do you think, find a way!"
Without waiting for Jia Shanren to express his opinion, he immediately ordered the commanders below to find their way in four directions!
Especially in the direction of Mizoguchi, he is the first to take the lead, and he must make a passage!
He rushed to the mouth of the ditch, only to find that on the big stone on the right, there were three big characters engraved - Dagou Ling. (To be continued......)
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