Finally arrived at Yinshan.

Although it was reckless at night, Shi Xiong and Zhang Wei were very happy, they had been planning this time since last winter, and they had launched an attack on Liaodong in the spring, only today it was almost summer, and the time span was large enough.

From Nurur Tiger Mountain in eastern Liaodong to the land of Youzhou in North China, and then to the foot of Yin Mountain in the northwest, the geographical location span is also large enough.

Whether it is the distance in time or space, it makes people feel that today's battle is not easy to come by. Now that the hard work has finally paid off, the army of the Tang Dynasty is about to wipe out the desperate Shanxi army. Whoever it is, can you not be happy?

After putting a wooden stick in the mouth of the war horse, the soldiers all had an invisible tension and sacredness, and they all looked at Shi Xiong and Zhang Wei in unison.

"General Shi, let's go."

"Uh--"

Shi Xiong waved his hand, "Soldiers, Yinshan is in front of you, set off ---" and led tens of thousands of ** soldiers to the Shanxi camp in Yinshan.

Less than ten miles away, it will soon be there.

"General Shi, in front of you is the camp of the Shanxi army." Zhang Wei pointed to the dotted firelight not far away and said to Shi Xiong.

In the distant valleys, the firelight is like stars in the night, and from time to time it glows brightly and dimly.

Arrived?

Shi Xiong glanced at Zhang Wei, and Zhang Wei nodded at him.

It's finally here.

Shi Xiong felt that his heart was about to pop out, and it was difficult to hide the joy in his heart, "General Zhang, do you think our army is about to launch an attack on the enemy?" ”

The enemy was in front of him, and Shi Xiong's first thought was to immediately launch an attack on the enemy army.

Zhang Wei shook his head, "General, this is the place where the enemy must pass through to enter and exit the valley, once our army starts a fierce battle with the enemy in the valley, this will definitely be an important stronghold for both the enemy and us." ”

Shi Xiong looked up and down, left and right, and saw that this was the outlet of a valley, the opening was larger, and it became smaller and smaller inward, and there was a small river in the middle.

This is a desolate place in the northwest! Although it was night, Shi Xiong could clearly feel that the mountains on both sides were almost bare, with few trees. It would have been difficult for such a large number of troops to hide if it were not at night.

"What do you mean?" After checking the terrain, Shi Xiong asked Zhang Weidao.

"My meaning is very clear, if our army wants to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop, it should first occupy this place and set up an ambush in this place."

Set up an ambush here?

Shi Xiong looked at the ground under his feet and said to Zhang Wei: "You are right, as long as our army occupies this place, it is equivalent to bandaging the enemy in the valley with a pocket, closing the door and beating dogs, and catching turtles in urns." Well--, Ben will agree with your suggestion. ”

As a general with troops, Shi Xiong of course knows the importance of terrain to military operations, as the so-called time is not as good as the location, the location is not as good as the people, and now the ** has occupied the day of the night march, if it can occupy the location again, it is equivalent to two-thirds of the success.

What's more, the ambush war is still an opportunistic method, our army is in the dark, the enemy is in the open, taking advantage of the other party's inattention, secretly launched an attack on it. It usually succeeds.

Therefore, ambush warfare has been highly valued by generals since ancient times, and Shi Xiong quickly agreed to Zhang Wei's suggestion.

"General Shi, I plan to take three lines of defense to set up an ambush here." Zhang Wei's right hand raised three fingers and said to Shi Xiong.

Three lines of defense?

What an auspicious number!

How many Maginot lines are there in Europe? People use it to protect their families and defend the country.

You Zhang Wei have to take three lines of defense in order to defend a small mountain Xi enemy army, to be practical, let's not play the numbers game, okay?

After listening to Zhang Wei's suggestion, Shi Xiong said to him with a smile: "As far as the mountain of thousands of people ridicules the enemy army, you want to set up three lines of defense, is it necessary?" Do we have so many soldiers? ”

Don't think that a large number is a good thing, it is also necessary to use soldiers and horses as support, without so many soldiers and horses, it is useless to say more.

"I don't need many men and horses for my defense." Zhang Wei said confidently to Shi Xiong.

"Tell me about it." Since there are not many soldiers, let's talk about it.

"My first line of defense is ready to use the tripwire against the enemy." Zhang Wei pointed to the mountain pass not far away and said to Shi Xiong: "Our army will set up four triphorse ropes here from east to west, once the enemy escapes from the mountain, our soldiers will raise the tripping horse rope to trip him, and then the soldiers guarding the triphorse rope will kill him from both sides and kill him." ”

This is the basic common sense of using a tripwire, after all, the tripstring is not used to jump rope, nor is it used to trip the enemy and it is done, but to kill the enemy.

Tripping is the first goal, and killing the enemy while they are stumbling is the ultimate goal.

"Well---, you're in a good idea. I estimate that one tripwire will prepare a hundred soldiers, and four tripstrings will not take many people, which is feasible. Shi Xiong estimated that the soldiers holding the ropes and the soldiers guarding in a triphorse rope together were definitely more than enough to prepare a hundred people, and four roads down were more than four hundred soldiers, plus the mobile team around the triphorse rope, at most five or six hundred people.

There are not many people, this is feasible.

"My second line of defense is the archers. Set up a thousand archers two hundred to three hundred paces away from the tripwire. Once the army is pouring out, the stumbling horse rope will lose its effect on the enemy's ambush, and a large number of enemy troops will surely break free from the stumbling horse and rush out of the mountain. This is where our archers come in handy, taking advantage of the enemy's panic and shooting as many enemies as possible with dense bows and arrows to prevent them from escaping. ”

In the era of cold weapons, the bow and arrow can be said to be the best weapon for long-range attack, if the shooter has great strength, strength, and the bow and arrow used can also compete for strength, the bow and arrow can basically play the role of a rifle.

"Okay, then arrange two thousand archers to deal with the enemy." Originally, Zhang Wei planned to use 1,000 archers against the enemy, but Shi Xiong decided to use 2,000 archers as the second line of defense.

While archery pays attention to strength and accuracy, the density of arrow clusters is also an important reflection of lethality, and there are certainly benefits to having more people. As the so-called rain of bullets, there is always a time when stray bullets hurt people.

"Well, thank you for the support of the general. Then set up two thousand archers here as the second line of defense. Zhang Wei said gratefully.

"Tell me about your third line of defense." Obviously, Zhang Wei's two suggestions aroused Shi Xiong's great interest.

"My third line of defense is to set up a team of axes and horses at a distance of five hundred paces from the second line. Pick up some battle-hardened veterans to line up here. Meet the enemy forces who have broken through the first two lines of defense. ”

Axemen and horses as a third line of defense?

Shi Xiong's interest became even stronger, "Yes, yes, after the enemy breaks out of the two lines of defense, he will definitely be tired, and if he encounters our army's ambush again, the defense line in his heart will also collapse." Moreover, preparing the sword and axe men and horse teams is also conducive to pursuing the enemy, so that they can't run away if they want to, this is also fine. Otherwise, Ben will be the main commander of this third line of defense in the future. Shi Xiong took the initiative to ask.

The commander with the troops is ready to be the leader of the third line of defense? Zhang Wei looked at Shi Xiong and said: "If the general wants to personally command the soldiers who set up an ambush, I think it's okay, but there are more soldiers in this third line of defense." After all, this third line of defense is already the last line of defense of our army, and can we completely annihilate the enemy army in one fell swoop. ”

"Okay, since it's so important, it's better for the general to defend it himself, and by the way, I'll take care of the one, two, and three lines of defense." Zhang Wei's statement inspired Shi Xiong's confidence, and he decided to take charge of the three lines of defense himself.

"But that's fine, I'm in charge of attacking the enemy in the valley, and you're in charge of defending the enemy outside the valley, and after three lines of defense, the battle is basically over."

"Okay--, you take care of the offense, I'll take care of the defense, that's the best." Shi Xiong said happily.