Chen Ergou's task was quite smooth, and according to Wang Yan's instructions, he used this gap to find out where the other party's lair was, which was a mile and a half away, and the surrounding terrain also observed his experience.

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On the ninth day, Wang Yan's department was officially out of food, and there was still some water left.

Temporary food shortages are not a big problem, as long as there is no water continuity. The water will last until tomorrow, and if there is no chance before tomorrow, then they will retreat according to the plan they have set.

During this period, Wang Yan asked the big-headed soldiers not to think too much, mainly to rest, and to maintain a combat state with appropriate slight movement of joints. And Wang Yan himself didn't know if he had a chance to fight this battle, but he was still working out tactics with Mu Guiying.

Work it out first, even if you don't use it, if you use it, you will kick their butts and beat them to death in a place with few people. These are the original words of Aunt Mu Guiying.

Although it is still impossible to determine the specific number of opponents, according to the scale of the mine in this area, as well as the size of the hole of the horse thief stronghold reported by Chen Ergou, as well as the movement of their several sorties, the flow rate of the cave is judged, although these are not specific when combined, Mu Guiying's analysis will not exceed three hundred, which is the limit and the worst plan.

Since the worst-case plan of 300 enemy troops has been calculated, and they assume that 100 people will be left behind when they attack, then there is no intention to calculate or not, General Mu Guiying confirmed for the first time that this tactic is feasible, there is no need to make a detour, use strong offensive methods, quickly and accurately direct surprise attack, besiege and kill about 100 horse thieves in the tunnel, and then wait for the return of the external cavalry.

In this regard, Mu Guiying officially ordered to convene a meeting of officers above 10 generals.

The officers immediately gathered around and watched Mu Guiying draw a simulated local mine drawing on the ground.

The eldest lady pointed to the drawings and said: "According to Ergou's experience in previous years, as well as the specific investigation of several nearby mines, the mines in this area are about this scale and form. The details of the horse thief's stronghold are uncertain, but these can already be referred to, or there may be differences, but they are always the same, and the established tactics will remain the same. Listen to the following tactics, Ben will lay out the tactics as follows. ”

The officers nodded their heads and listened.

Mu Guiying continued to point to the simulation map and said: "According to the terrain and the situation of the mine, there must be mechanisms arranged by the horse thief army, but it is not important, don't be frightened, the mine conditions in this area determine that there will be no mass destruction mechanisms, only early warning mechanisms." Each of them controlled his subordinates, formed a formation according to the general, maintained the rhythm of his pace, and advanced steadily with his shield in hand. Don't care about your feet, don't care about others, even if you are injured or killed by the trap, the rest of the people continue to advance. Those who dare to break my tactics will not be spared. ”

"Yes." The officers nodded their heads.

Mu Guiying continued: "The thief army in the cave must have torches, we don't need torches, because we can't identify the mechanism in a short time with torches, we just need to keep moving towards the bright place, starting from the entrance of the cave, starting from the assault order, the front row is holding a shield for defense, two rows and three rows, and they shoot in the direction of the enemy, no need to aim, no need to see people to fire." The purpose is to maintain the frequency of effective long-range suppression, to make them panic, to make them retreat, and to make them unable to activate the mechanism in the cave as much as possible. ”

"According to the formation that Ben will train you, continue to advance, the second and third rows of guns will retreat, the third and fourth rows will be connected to suppress, and so on, forming a cycle, and maintaining a wave attack. The real battle would have been at the bottom of the tunnel, with them in fear, and Ben would have taken the lead. ”

After looking around, Mu Guiying said: "Do you understand everything, now ask questions if you don't know what you don't know." ”

"Understood." All the officers stood upright.

Mu Guiying waved his hand: "Each of them summoned his subordinates to implement the tactical details and mobilize before the war." Although the old lady is not sure whether she will fight, she is prepared. When the tactics were activated, they would not have re-ordered, and if they couldn't do it at that time, they would have been cut. ”

So they began to prepare......

Luck is a kind of strength, and the luck of the big bird has not been used up until now.

On the 10th day, there was another scene of the horse team galloping, and after waiting for the set time, there was no signal for the second wave of horse thieves to leave the nest.

"Attack, Chen Ergou stays by my side, you take me to run if something happens, General Mu Guiying organizes a raid." Wang Yan gave the battle order.

So all the staff set out quickly and orderly, there was no baggage, the mother's water was drunk, and now they are counting on going to the other party's lair to grab some food.

Since there is no way back, there is no need to hide, what you want is speed, start running fast from half a mile, even if it is not a cavalry, there is still a lot of movement in the neat fast run of 100 people.

At some point, there were still two hundred steps away from the bandits' stronghold, and this time the big goose was riding Mu Guiying's aunt. I saw two people with bows and arrows on their backs coming out of the cave to check the movement.

When they saw that there were a hundred hooligans coming to eat black, the faces of the two horse thieves changed greatly, and at the same time, they quickly took off the bows and arrows on their backs.

Bump –

The flintlock pistol of the Great Crane opened fire first, and one of the horse thieves was headshot a hundred and fifty paces away, and the other had no time to shoot an arrow, and ran into the mine.

"Sprint!"

Mu Guiying threw the big goose to Chen Ergou and gave the final sprint order.

Before the brigade of horse thieves reacted, the soldiers of the Funing Army rushed to the entrance of the cave, and before they could enter, there was already chaos inside, and there were cavalry running, and they were also approaching the entrance of the cave.

Mu Guiying urgently ordered: "Don't rush to the assault, with their quality and organizational discipline, it is not so fast to activate and put into battle, gather fire, and beat the first wave of cavalry back!" In groups of ten, no need to aim, fire! ”

Bumper Bumper –

Smoke vines, the first row of ten guns fired.

I don't know if I killed the people inside, and it doesn't matter, Mu Guiying heard that the cavalry inside who was about to come out of the hole was in chaos, and then it seemed that he also stopped the follow-up horse thief charge.

Mu Guiying said: "God help me, according to the established tactics, the assault officially began." ”

Next, the first ten-person team ran to the end and began to charge, and the rest, as Mu Guiying explained earlier, were like devils entering the village, and under the protection of the heavy shield in the front row, they rushed into this tunnel in a sense of annoyance.

Bumper bumper, bumper bumper –

There are always waves of gunfire coming out.

Chen Ergou carried an old gun and accompanied Wang Yan outside, always listening to the movement inside, but he couldn't go in and put the gun, he looked very anxious, walking around.

Northwest horse thieves come and go without a trace, and they all have fierce labels. In terms of personal quality, Mu Guiying is not counted, they are afraid that the combined force value of thirty people can slaughter the 100-man team of the Funing Army, but unfortunately, they are also a rabble, and when the Funing Army is well-trained and the tactical execution is fine, the cavalry is limited to the mine for a decisive battle.

In fact, there is no tactic without faults, but what is important is the correspondence, Wang Yan Mu Guiying's tactics of course have loopholes, but it is just that these rabble cannot find a corresponding way immediately in a hurry, so the rabble who are accustomed to the tactics of flying kites freely, once they are confined to the mine, they can only be slaughtered, and it is not subject to anyone's will.

It is an exaggeration to say that there were zero casualties, and three soldiers of the Funing Army in this battle stepped on the trap during the raid and were wounded in the leg. The other two were wounded by each other's bows and arrows in the process.

However, when it was pushed to the bottom, it entered the state, and there were no more casualties, and the queue was shot. So Da Yan shamelessly counted this time as zero battle damage and annihilated one hundred and thirteen horse thieves.

The only remaining living mouth broke the news that the number of horse thieves who attacked was slightly higher, about one hundred and fifty.

Next, clean up the battlefield, make pockets, and after a slight adjustment, quickly deploy for the next battle.

Five wounded soldiers were dragged out, and one of them had a pool of blood under his crotch, and he clutched his eggs and shouted, "Wozhi...... This time it's over, I'm afraid the second child is gone, and he hasn't married a daughter-in-law yet. ”

Then he asked the big-headed soldier next to him who was better with him: "You said that there are no eggs, will Qiuqiu still want me?" ”

Chen Ergou pulled his pants open and looked at them, then slapped him on the back of the head and said, "I didn't shoot the egg again, what are you shouting." ”

"You're all lying to me, my eggs are definitely gone." He still didn't dare to see it himself, he had a crush on Qiuqiu for two years, and finally got a good job and seemed to have the confidence to soak her, but there were no eggs.

Thinking that Qiuqiu had some reactions below, he was slapped by Chen Ergou again, pointed to him and said, "Why is it cocked if there is no egg?" ”

The creep looked down and looked boldly, hey, it's still there. So I hurriedly began to stop the bleeding and pulled up my pants.

Wang Yan was also dizzy about this, but the people trained by Lao Ma are so virtuous, which is why they need to have a political commissar Di Yong to do ideological work for them. Ma Jinsi is a hooligan, but Di Yong is a standard soldier.

Shaking their heads, they quickly trimmed it, and Wang Yan and Ergou began to observe the terrain and landforms around to decide the next way to play.

It's not difficult to win, but if you want them to be safe, you have to be careful.

If you can't do the total annihilation after observing, Wang Yan won't fight, and it's the royal way to hide with people quickly.

Because it is uncertain whether it is Cao Shouyi who acquiesced in these horse thieves lurking in Suide County, if so, and Cao Shouyi's cavalry was deployed not far away, if one of the horse thieves escaped, it would be troublesome, and the infantry of the Funing Army, who had been hungry for a day, would easily be caught by Cao Shouyi before crossing the Dali River.

Thinking, quickly looking around for observations.

Not far from the horse thief's stronghold there is another small mine, unobtrusive.

After observing that a lot of time had passed, Wang Yan hurriedly called Mu Guiying and told Mu Guiying about his thoughts.

The eldest lady hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "It's a little difficult, but theoretically you can fight." This mine is about 700 miles away from the main battlefield stronghold. The effective range of our flintlock pistols is about 600 paces. In the case of effective command, it is possible to attract the attention of the main force of the horse thief army by some people, delay until the ambush team quickly advances to a better killing distance of 350 to 400 paces, and carry out a flank attack. ”

"How sure is it?" Wang Yan asked.

Mu Guiying frowned and hesitated for a moment and said: "It's not difficult to win, but the total annihilation is only half of half, if the soldier's marksmanship is the same as yours, and there is a chance to break through from the rear to within three hundred steps, then it can basically be done without missing the net." ”

"To fight or not to fight, we have to decide now." Seeing that Da Yan hesitated, Mu Guiying urged.

"Hit."

Wang Yan nodded his head in confirmation and began the final deployment, selecting sixty soldiers with the best marksmanship to serve as the main ambush force in the No. 2 mine, led by Wang Yan and Mu Guiying personally.

"Chen Ergou." Wang Yan said again.

was finally named, and Ergou stood up and said, "Yes." ”

Wang Yan said: "You take forty people, including the wounded, directly in a conspicuous place in front of the horse thief stronghold, clearly waiting for the return of the horse thief army, according to the details of General Mu Guiying's deployment, retreat while fighting, lead the thief into the hole, and can't mess up." The reason why you lead the wounded soldiers is not for you to sacrifice them, but to let the horse thieves see that you have packages and casualties, and to boost their morale. ”

"Yes." Chen Ergou comprehended Da Yan's combat intentions.

Then, after Mu Guiying explained some details of Chen Ergou, he and Da Yan hid in the No. 2 stronghold with the main force of sixty people.

At some point, there was dust in the distance, and more than a hundred horse thieves with excellent riding skills were returning, rushing to the stronghold. At about the same time, the horse thieves found that there were many corpses lying outside their stronghold, and some black eaters of unknown origin were carrying the goods of Lao Tzu?

"Put it down! That's grandpa's! ”

After seeing that this was a murderous robbery, the horse thief army couldn't help but be furious, and the leader led them to shout and whistle, and began to sprint with his saber raised.

Chen Ergou kicked the box next to him and ordered: "Don't panic, put down things to keep in formation, and attack in waves." ”

It's a commotion—

The soldiers of the Funing Army, who made a little panicked action, reluctantly made a four-line formation, each platoon was led by ten general officers.

According to the range of the flintlock pistol and the acceleration of the horse thieves running head-on, theoretically seven hundred can be shot, but in order to be more secure, Chen Ergou did not order until about six hundred: "Volley!" ”

Bumper Bumper –

Smoke was rising, and after the first row of ten guns fired, they quickly separated and retreated to the last and hurriedly began to charge.

"Volley!"

The second platoon was connected with fire, after which it stepped back to charge.

"Volley!"

Mastering the rhythm of the eldest mother's command, Chen Ergou ordered again, bumper bumper -

According to Mu Guiying's orders, it was not the goal to resist and kill at this time, and in fact, it was impossible to complete large-scale killing, it was really a big kill, and they ran away in a mobile state.

Only a small number of kills can trigger their madness without knowing fear and traps.

"Volley!"

Bumper Bumper Bumper –

A total of four rounds of salvos, because of the quality of marksmanship, the long distance, the lack of numbers, the inability to form a cluster of suppression and other comprehensive factors, only killed and injured less than one knight of the horse thief army, so they went berserk.

At this time, the musketeers who fired in the first round had not yet completed the charge due to insufficient training and experience.

At this time, the horse thieves were three hundred and fifty paces away and were about to enter the range of their bows and arrows.

"Don't fight hard, keep the formation and retreat!"

After the order, the forty men began to retreat, slowly leaning towards the hole in the horse thief's stronghold, not as fast as their cavalry, but it was equivalent to slowing down the cavalry raid.

"These mongrels are out of line, dare to come and grab food, this time look where you run, kill them all!" The horse thieves shouted and quickened their assault.

At this time, the team that shot first finished charging, so in front of the hole, Chen Ergou ordered: "Volley!" ”

Bumper Bumper Bumper –

This time, due to the close distance, the salvo of ten guns caused the three opponents to fall off their horses!

"Volley!"

Bumper Bumper Bumper –

Three more people fell off the horse.

As a result, the horse thieves almost blew up their lungs and vowed to crush these "ringing horses" to ashes!

Originally, there should have been another round of salvos, but seeing that they had officially entered the range of the horse thieves' bows and arrows, and General Mu Guiying said that they had a horse speed bonus, and the threat of bows and arrows would be earlier than what the eyes could see, so Chen Ergou jumped and shouted: "Stop shooting, retreat!" ”

So at the same time as the overwhelming bows and arrows came, most of the people retreated into the hole, and two soldiers were shot and injured, Chen Ergou ran out and dragged one with one hand, dragging the two of them into the hole.