Chapter 32: The First Battle
Recently, Nangong Yue was busy replenishing the vacancies, and after the recruitment of recruits was complete, Ling Xia went to communicate with those comrades-in-arms, looking at the way those people were familiar with the military camp, he couldn't help but be a little curious, and after some inquiry, he learned that those recruits were actually replenished from the Guard Corps in the next province.
"If you add to our legion, won't the establishment of your legion be vacant?" Ling Xia looked at these recruits with a puzzled face, feeling a little strange in his heart, it stands to reason that all legions are suppressing bandits, and it is impossible to have extra troops to supplement other legions.
"That's the Legion Commanders' business, how do we minions know?" After the new ten-division commander responded, he then went back to his camp to arrange the battle at night, looking at the other party's back, Ling Xia secretly thought about something?
After dinner, Ling Xia's ten-person team came to the training ground, and after finding the hundred-person team he belonged to, he walked to Nangong Yue's side, and after ordering from Nangong Yue, Ling Xia took his team to stand in line.
When lining up, Ling Xia observed the surroundings, soldiers and horses were gathering on the school field, groups of soldiers entered the formation under the leadership of their respective superiors, war horses were assembling at the edge of the training ground, dozens of trucks transporting materials were loading grain and grass, and even the men in the cooking canteen were carrying pots and stoves to prepare for the march.
"Strange? Aren't you going to suppress bandits? Why are even the people transporting Zi cars and canteens assembled on standby? Looking at the scene of the soldiers gathering in the distance, Ling Xia secretly wondered in his heart, he couldn't figure out what the plan was to suppress the bandits tonight? Why is there such a big battle?
"Woo......"
After the horn of the assembly sounded, the team in the school field was instantly silent, and the team took the 1,000-person team as the phalanx, and gathered according to the 10,000-person team to which they belonged.
After ordering the soldiers and horses, Fu Qingyun, the commander of the Tiger Division, and the other two division commanders, rode to the school field at the same time, and looked around with a serious face.
"Where are we going? Why don't you announce the content of the mission and the place of the march? Following the pace of Fu Qingyun, the soldiers couldn't help whispering, not knowing where to go to suppress the bandits tonight?
Soon after the Tiger Division left the school grounds, the Warhammer Division and the Iron Division also set up camp one after another, and the two division commanders also did not read out the mission, but directly led their soldiers to their respective destinations, which was quite mysterious.
Riding on horseback, he looked at the map of Baishi Province, and glanced at the marching routes of the three divisions, Ling Xia frowned slightly: "No, this is clearly the route of Baihu Mountain, is it possible?" The division's goal tonight is White Tiger Mountain?
The map shows that there are more than 30,000 people on Baihu Mountain, and there are six camps around it as barriers, and these bandits add up to nearly 50,000 people, not to mention the combat capabilities of both sides, but in terms of numbers, the division and regiment have lost. ”
Thinking of this, Ling Xia put away the map and rode forward to look for Nangong Yue, as soon as they met, Ling Xia asked about tonight's target, but Nangong Yue told him that the target of tonight's action was only known to Commander Wan and the division commander, and the rest of the people did not know.
After hearing this, Ling Xia was even more sure of his judgment, and then, he told Nangong Yue about his guess, and asked him if he could persuade the division leader to change his mind, Nangong Yue shook his head, saying that his level was too low to be qualified to say these words at all.
Nangong Yue is not qualified, Ling Xia is even less qualified, after he returned to the team, he told everyone in a solemn tone that this task of suppressing bandits is very dangerous, let everyone be vigilant, don't be careless.
After a night of rapid marching, the division and regiment arrived at the destination in the early morning of the next day, where the name "Yuma Pavilion" was only more than 30 miles away from Baihu Mountain.
After Yi Haojie received the task from Xiang Kunlun, he called Nangong Yue and the other nine centurions to him, and arranged the military orders of the regiment in turn, so that everyone could convey the military orders after they returned, and they must complete the tasks assigned by the division no matter what.
After Nangong Yue returned to the camp of the hundredth team, he called Ling Xia and several ten-captain commanders to him, and after all the personnel arrived, he took a few lines from the ground, and then assigned the task assigned by his superiors:
According to the report, there are more than 10,000 bandits on Baihu Mountain, and there are six medium-sized cottages under the mountain, and all the bandits on and off the mountain add up to more than 20,000 people, which is not the opponent of our division at all.
Today's task is to pull out the six cottages, the division commander divided our division into six teams, each team of 5,000 people, each responsible for a bandit village, our 10,000 people team is responsible for Toutuo Village and Shajiamen, these two bandit villages are located behind Baihu Mountain, separated by more than ten miles.
Our thousand-man team was divided into the team of the elder Wanfu, and the elder Wanfu personally led the battle, and there were more than 1,000 bandits in Shajiamen, and they relied on a primeval forest.
Do you see these lines on the ground, the circle in the middle is the hidden woods of Shajiamen, the five points around represent five thousand people, and the position in the lower right corner is our thousand people, and when you reach the designated position, I will lead you to charge.
Now the commanders are adjusting the deployment of the task of suppressing bandits, and it is estimated that a military order will be issued later, taking advantage of this gap, everyone will hurry up and repair, once they enter the battlefield, it will be too late to rest. ”
As soon as Nangong Yue said this, the commander Yi Haojie walked over, and saw that Nangong Yue was arranging the task of suppressing bandits, he squatted down and took out a map of Baishi Province with him, Ling Xia looked at Yi Haojie's map, and subconsciously glanced at his chest.
Although Yi Haojie's map marks the mountainous landforms of Baishi Province, the painting is very rough and rudimentary, and many sections and locations are blank, which cannot be compared with the map in Ling Xia's hand.
Ling Xia originally wanted to donate his share of the map, but thinking of this task of suppressing bandits, he fell into deep thought, and after a moment of silence, Ling Xia changed his mind and did not take out his own map, but looked down at Yi Haojie to distribute military orders.
After laying out the map, Yi Haojie pointed to a location at the foot of Baihu Mountain, saying that this is the forest where Shajiamen is located, with an area of about 1,000 acres, and 5,000 people can completely surround it.
After the mission begins, the 100th team is in charge of the area on the north side of the woods, and everyone will search for bandits in a carpet way, as long as anyone resists, they will be killed immediately, the woods are full of trees, and it is impossible to ride horses, so there is no need to worry about the other side having cavalry charge.
After ordering the task, Yi Haojie encouraged everyone, and then walked towards the other hundred-person team, seeing Yi Haojie leaving, Nangong Yue asked his ten captains to go back and prepare, and act together later.
"Done? Is that the end of it? Seeing that everyone got up and returned to their respective camps to convey the military order, Ling Xia hurriedly grabbed Nangong Yue and asked with a shocked face, "Let's just arrange the task like this?" ”
"Of course." Nangong Yue nodded as a matter of course, looking at Ling Xia's puzzled and blank expression, he couldn't help but ask, "What?" Do you have an opinion? ”
"No------- no------- how can you assign tasks like this? Say a few words and leave, this is also too hasty. Seeing that Nangong Yue didn't understand what he meant, Ling Xia thought for a while, and then said:
"For such a big operation, at least send someone to keep an eye on the target in advance, how many people are on the other side? What weapons are equipped? How many ways in and out are there? Is the bandit leader in the stronghold? Does the other side have any reinforcements? How to deal with the aftermath after the main culprit is arrested?
How do we connect? What should I do in case of an emergency? What to do with the bandits who surrendered? Do you support allies after winning? How can I get help in the event of an unexpected attack? None of this is considered? Just rush up and do it stupidly? ”
"We have always fought bravely and charged, how can we have time to consider these twists and turns." After speaking, Nangong Yue scratched his head: "However, what you said seems to make sense, right?" I'm going to talk to the Elder Thousand? ”
"It's necessary, if we are so stupid and stupid, it makes no sense, to put it bluntly, this plan only relies on the number of people to win, if the other party's number is less than ours, it would be better, then we can bully less people with more people. But in case the other party's number exceeds ours, then our arrangement is to die in vain?
Because the other party is a main body, but we are scattered into a circle, when the other party concentrates its forces to counter the encirclement, and we can be disabled along the encirclement, you hurry up and ask, see if there is a follow-up plan above? Ling Xia said anxiously.
After listening to Ling Xia's words, seeing that the time to send troops was approaching, Nangong Yue didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran to the hundred-person team next door, found Yi Haojie, who was assigning tasks, and told him what Ling Xia had just said.
After listening, Yi Haojie looked at Nangong Yue with a shocked face, hesitated, he stopped assigning the task, came to Ling Xia, looked Ling Xia up and down, and asked in a flat tone: "You are the tenth commander under Nangong Yue?"
Just now, Nangong Yue relayed your words, and Ben Jiang felt that there was some truth, but the task assigned to us by the division commander and the commander of ten thousand was this kind of carpet encirclement and suppression, but you said that this plan would not work, are you questioning the military ability of the division commander? ”
Facing Yi Haojie's inquiry, Ling Xia hurriedly explained: "General, this military ability has nothing to do with it, the war is changing rapidly, and accidents may happen at every moment, and the division commander may be suitable for this kind of plan when he formulates the plan."
But after actually going to the scene, because of the enemy's changes, the previous plan is not suitable for application, so we must also temporarily change the strategy, the purpose of the war is to win, as long as the war is won, it is okay to change the battle plan a little. ”
When Ling Xia finished speaking, Yi Haojie looked at Ling Xia with a slight frown, turned his head to look at the direction of the division commander's military tent, he turned around and asked Ling Xia with a solemn face: "The operation is about to start, do you have any good plans?" ”