Jiazi Mountain is said to be a mountain, in fact, it is only a few tens of meters high soil ridge, although the mountain is not high, but the forest is deep, covering a radius of more than ten miles. This mountain ridge lies on the road from Wanning Beach to Wan'an Military City, and it is only seven or eight miles away from Wan'an Military City. But because this ridge can be climbed everywhere, there is no danger to defend, although the terrain is very good, Ma Fuji still did not choose to set up a fence here to block Zhao Hunt's army, but chose Chilong Mountain.

Jiang Fenglie said euphemistically: "Little lady Ding, the mountain is deep and dense, and it is not easy to pursue, it is okay to send a small team to harass you, and you are afraid that it will not work to hold on to the enemy." Moreover, the enemy army is large, and the number of harassers is small and easy to eat, and the large number of people will divide the defenders of the city. Whether or not to set up an ambush must be carefully considered. ”

Although Ding Xiaoyi is a woman, she was the first person to follow Zhao Lie, and she also had a life-saving grace for Zhao Lie, Jiang Fenglie had to give some face, even if he objected, the wording was as tactful as possible. If it was another subordinate, he would have been scolded earlier.

Facing the gaze of the generals, Ding Xiaoyi was not timid, swept his sideburns and said: "We don't stick to it, we can follow the example of the Li soldiers, take advantage of the mountains, forests and geography to attack and harass the enemy army." We can let the local Li people act as guides, and if the Yuan soldiers pursue, we will lead the enemy into the jungle one by one, and use our weapon advantage to eat the enemy soldiers little by little. ”

When the generals heard this, some looked at each other, some looked at Ding Xiaoyi, and some looked at Hong Siniang.

Zhao Lie's heart moved-jungle warfare! That's right.

Five hundred miles away, across the sea, there is a country with a geographical environment very similar to Qiongzhou. In later generations, with rudimentary weapons and backward national strength, they dragged a superpower into the quagmire with jungle warfare, suffering unspeakably, and finally had to admit defeat, affecting the entire world pattern.

In fact, not to mention that the later generations are so far away, even in this era, not long after, there will be a very similar jungle battle in the same place. The two sides are the Yuan Dynasty and the Zhancheng, and one side is a behemoth with a vast territory and the world's largest force; On one side is nothing more than a vassal state of the Southern Song Dynasty that was destroyed, a small state with a narrow and barren land and a miasma. No matter how you look at it, it is the giant beating the dwarf, and the elephant stepping on the mouse.

However, the outcome of the war was a big surprise, the giant was tripped by a dwarf, and the elephant was drilled by a rat. Zhancheng not only did not destroy the country, but killed many generals of the Yuan army one after another, including the vanguard of the Southern Song Dynasty, the famous generals of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Heng, etc. It is worth mentioning that these general-level generals were all injured by poisoned arrows and then died of poison.

It is conceivable that if in the land of the plains, the two armies are fighting in formation, under the great army, next to the generals, the guards are like clouds. Not to mention that the arrow injured the main general, it is difficult to hurt thousands of households, thousands of households. And in the jungle, there are traps everywhere, thousands of troops are like lines, and a poisonous arrow flying from nowhere can take the life of a general......

Due to the unique environment of the jungle, the two armies often find each other when they are close to each other, and it is not convenient to use bows and crossbows due to the influence of trees during battles, so the most common way of fighting is to fight each other with cold weapons. And when it comes to close-quarters combat, what other weapon in the world is comparable to firearms?

After several battles, Zhao Lie had noticed that his pistols and shotguns were not much more dazzling than flint in regular battlefields such as city defense battles and field battles. But in a close-range encounter like the jungle, pistols, especially shotguns, have a unique advantage - they can be hit without aiming, and they can be swept away. Even in later generations, when all kinds of high-precision weapons were flying all over the sky, shotguns (shotguns) were still the best choice for jungle warfare.

Zhao Lie patted his forehead, he had been reading military books at night recently, asking Jiang Fenglie for advice, his mind was full of various troop formations and city defense strategies, and he slowly integrated into the role of a general in this era, but he almost forgot his original advantages, but it was not as simple and direct as Ding Xiaoyi's thinking. At that moment, he smiled at Ding Xiaoyi: "Little lady Ding's proposal is good. ”

Ding Xiaoyi smiled, happy in his heart: he knew that Brother Zhao was an understanding person.

Zhao Lie turned to Hong Siniang: "Fourth lady, is there a good man in your camp who is familiar with the terrain of Jiazi Mountain and is good at trapping and hunting in the jungle?" ”

Hong Siniang left her seat to give a salute: "If you go back to the capital, Hong Lao Wu, Guoya and more than ten Li soldiers in my camp are all familiar with this terrain. ”

Zhao Lie said: "Very good, the fourth lady can order these heroes to gather at the school tomorrow, I will equip them with muskets, and then go to Jiazi Mountain to survey the terrain with Long Feiyi and Ding Xiaoyi." ”

Hong Siniang was overjoyed, her battalion leader was still equipped with cold weapons such as swords, bows and crossbows. Although Zhao Lie promised to replace all her battalions with muskets without discrimination, due to the shortage of iron materials and the limited production of muskets, she could only give priority to the supply of the new army of the Dragon Bird Army, and the Chijiao battalion had to be lined up. The Li soldiers of Hongtong Village waited for a long neck, and they complained to Hong Siniang on weekdays, of course, no one dared to say to Zhao Lie. Not to mention the shock caused to them by the might of the Dragon Sparrow Army's guns, that is, Zhao Lie successively captured and killed Ma Chengwang, Ma Fuji's father and son, and also avenged their Hongtongli people. With such a combination of grace and power, Qiongzhou Bafan at least Hongfan has completely surrendered to Zhao Hunt, how dare he complain?

Now that Zhao Lie agrees to equip this Li soldier, and he is acting with the elite pro-army, how can Hong Siniang not be happy?

Jiang Fenglie and other generals did not expect that Zhao Lie not only agreed with Ding Xiaoyi's idea, but even planned to put the most elite firearms troops into ambush, which was both puzzled and worried. Because the regular army of the Great Song Dynasty has never fought jungle warfare, and they have no awareness of this. Jiang Fenglie and the others are all dignified formations, even if they use surprise soldiers, they have to depend on the enemy's situation. The enemy army is huge, and it is too risky to send only a few dozen elites. I want to advise.

Zhao Lie spoke first: "In the opinion of all the kings, my firearms unit and the Li soldiers who are familiar with the terrain will form a team of surprise soldiers, even if the attack fails, what is the chance of retreating?" ”

Jiang Fenglie thought about it, this is really hard to say, he only said: "The elite is rare, I am afraid of damage, and there are firearms and sharp weapons, in case they fall into the hands of the enemy......

"The elite is fought, either there are sophisticated weapons or elite. As for worrying about the sharp weapon falling into the hands of the enemy...... "Zhao Lie pulled out the five-fourth pistol, unloaded the magazine, and threw the empty gun to Jiang Fenglie, "Would you rather have this gun, or the sword on your waist?" ”

Jiang Fenglie shook his head and smiled, got up from his seat, held the five-four pistol in both hands, and presented it to Zhao Lie: "The last general understands, and I respectfully respect the general's order." ”

Zhao Lie took the pistol, pressed the magazine on the ground, and slowly raised it, with awe-inspiring murderous intent: "Most of Qiongzhou is a jungle, and since we are based on this place, we should not only copy the Central Plains' set of tactics of building and defending the city as it is, but also use the unique geographical climate here to drag the Yuan soldiers into the quagmire, drag them down and drag them to death!" ”