Chapter 132: A Beautiful Battle
[Ran^文^Library][]. []. According to the information obtained by Wu Zhi, Wu Song encircled and suppressed Qingfeng Mountain this time, not only purging the robbers on the mountain, but also arresting the other two thieves in Qingfeng Mountain, Yan Shun and Zheng Tianshou. 【For more exciting, please visit】
Wang Ying, who was arrested when Wu Zhi detained Liu Gao and his wife back to Qingzhou last time, has now been put on death row in Qingzhou, Liu Gao and his wife were exiled thousands of miles away and finally saved their lives, Wang Ying was not so lucky, he committed the crime of rape and robbery, and there was no one to help him up and down, and he had already been sentenced to death by the Criminal Division.
The reason why he hasn't been beheaded now is that he is waiting for the results of Wu Song's encirclement and suppression, Murong Yanda has considerations, if the encirclement and suppression are not successful, he will cut Wang Ying to show his attitude of not being at odds with the Qingfeng Mountain thief; If the bandit is successful, then the three thieves will be convicted and beheaded together, which will show their merits!
Wu Song can be described as a complete victory this time, you know, he only brought 500 officers and soldiers from Qingzhou to suppress the bandits this time, and there are less than 1,000 soldiers counting Qingfeng Village Huarong, and there are no less than 3,000 thieves on Qingfeng Mountain, and they occupy a favorable terrain, and it is not easy to win in this situation.
Although the officers and soldiers were well-equipped and well-trained, the biggest weakness of the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty was not the lack of combat effectiveness, but the fear of death!
I'm just afraid of death! The biggest flaw of the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty is that they cherish life too much, but it is not surprising to say, because the Song Dynasty society was rich, the people's life was too comfortable, and the soldiers were just to eat - the Song Dynasty was the only dynasty in ancient times that implemented all-professional soldiers, and being a soldier was a profession, and no one would work hard if it was not really a crisis.
Wu Zhi recalled that in the 21st century, it was the same for those who went to the army to serve as soldiers, and those who went to the army were just to enrich their life experience under the training, and if there was a real war, I am afraid that most people would not want to be a soldier at all...... For example, in the United States, conscription is advertised on TV......
As soon as the society is rich, the officers and soldiers are particularly afraid of death, which is also the Water Margin in Liangshan with so many people who dare to make trouble in Jiangzhou to rob the law field to save Song Jiang, and finally Jiangzhou dispatched thousands of officers and soldiers to chase and kill the dozens of people who escaped from Liangshan, and as a result, the dozens of people in Liangshan were cornered, and as a result, as soon as Hua Rong's arrow came out, he shot and killed several officers in the lead, and thousands of people and horses were immediately frightened and confused, and they all retreated, and no one wanted to step forward to be the bird that was shot...... In the end, thousands of people were actually killed by Liang Shan's gang!
It is conceivable that Wu Song led such a group of officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress thousands of outlaws, if there was no strict military discipline and absolute prestige, how could he win?
Wu Zhi also asked Wu Song in detail about the encirclement and suppression from the mouth of the report, although Wu Song received great help from Hua Rong's brothers and sisters this time, but after listening to the reporter's story, Wu Zhi was also extremely satisfied with Wu Song's performance, and Wu Song did not disappoint Wu Zhi!
According to the informant, after Wu Song arrived at Qingfeng Village, he did not rush to lead the troops to besiege Qingfeng Mountain, but set up camp in the mountains and forests to confront the thieves.
Moreover, after settling down, Wu Song asked the officers and soldiers to practice in the mountains and forests every day, and the mountains and forests were rugged and uneven, and the drills were several times harder than usual. Qingfeng Village has a regular school field, how good is it to practice there?
If it weren't for Wu Song's inability to mess with, and Hua Rong and Hua Xiaomei sent a large amount of wine, meat and food every day to reward them, I'm afraid these soldiers would have quit a long time ago.
Hearing this, Wu Zhi nodded secretly, Wu Song did this firstly to let the officers and soldiers adapt to the mountain and forest operations, and secondly, to familiarize everyone with the terrain and not panic when facing the enemy in the future.
Wu Song confronted the thieves, and the thieves naturally did not dare to attack rashly, after all, they were a rabble, and they relied on the only dangerous path that could lead to the mountain. As long as they hold the dangerous pass, no number of officers and soldiers can attack it.
But after more than ten days of confrontation, Wu Song finally took action, Wu Song did not take various methods like the officers who came to encircle and suppress before, to attack the dangerous pass up the mountain, to be precise, Wu Song did not attack, but together with Hua Rong, with heavy troops, cut off the only water source in Qingfeng Mountain!
Unlike in ancient times and later generations, any experienced general would not garrison his troops on the top of the mountain, because there was often no water source on the top of the mountain, and once the enemy army cut off the water source, he would be defeated without a fight. The Three Kingdoms' Ma Tan lost the street pavilion because of a big taboo and stationed the soldiers on the top of the mountain.
The bandits relied on the danger to guard the top of the mountain, and Wu Song went to cut off their water source, which was really a very wise approach.
However, the bandits were not at all nervous about Wu Song's practice of cutting off the water source, because Qingfeng Mountain was different from other places, the terrain here was very complicated, and the place where the water source could be cut off was very narrow, and it was also in a very disadvantageous position in the battle.
Because as long as the officers and soldiers intercept the water source there, then the bandits can even send a team of less than the officers and soldiers over, and they can beat the officers and soldiers away and easily take back the water source!
But the bandits encountered this time is Wu Song and Hua Rong's strong combination, Wu Song and Hua Rong with about half of their entire forces to cut off the water source, the bandits immediately gathered hundreds of people to rob the water source, but after arriving at the water source, they were ambushed by Wu Song, and the whole army was annihilated, only a few small leaders ran back to report the news.
After this fiasco in the first battle, the bandits did not dare to attack for several days, but the water storage on the top of the mountain is limited, once the water is exhausted, they will be defeated without fighting, this Yan Shun and Zheng Tianshou know very well in their hearts, so the second time, led by Zheng Tianshou himself, more than 1,000 bandits were organized to fight Wu Song and Hua Rong's small 500 officers and soldiers!
The bandits have also estimated, no matter how powerful the officers and troops are, in the case of geographical disadvantage, it is impossible for 500 people to fight 1,000 people, and this time they are on guard, they will definitely not be ambushed again!
In this battle, Zheng Tianshou is very confident.
But when Zheng Tianshou led people to the water source, he found that there were many more officers and soldiers than last time, nearly 1,000 people, and it seemed that all the officers and soldiers were dispatched to guard the water source!
Although shocked, since Zheng Tianshou came, of course he couldn't go back empty-handed, the number of people was about the same, and if he fought hard, he still had a chance of winning.
But what he met was Wu Song and Hua Rong, Wu Song and Hua Rong fought bravely to kill the enemy, and also drove the blood of the officers and soldiers to boil, and the bandits were defeated in this battle, not only that, Zheng Tianshou's helmet was shot down by Hua Rong, and he almost didn't escape......
In the face of Wu Song and Hua Rong's encirclement and reinforcements, the bandits were furious!
I'm running out of water......
The third battle for water must not be lost again!
There are actually about 4,000 people on the mountain, and the officers and soldiers are less than 1,000 at best.
4,000 against 1,000 people, still occupy an absolute geographical advantage, even if the officers and soldiers are brave, this is a battle without suspense!
Yan Shun and Zheng Tianshou personally led the team in this battle, and after hearing the report from the spies, there seemed to be more officers and soldiers at the water source, Yan Shun and Zheng Tianshou said in their hearts that it was urgent, in case the officers and soldiers had reinforcements, it would be difficult to do it, and strive for this battle to completely defeat the officers and soldiers, as before!
But when Yanshun Zheng Tianshou led a group of bandits to the water source, he was horrified to find that the water source was full of fake officers and soldiers who hung armor with tree branches! There are no more officers and soldiers at all! Only a small group of archers guarded the water, and their archery skills were so good that they had already shot a dozen minions dead when they rushed over!
Not good! Fooled! With a shout, Yan Shun and Zheng Tianshou didn't care about the small group of guerrilla archers near the water source, and immediately led people to rush back to the cottage!
This team of archers was led by Hua Rong, and in the face of the fact that they all turned around and rushed back, with their backs to their own meat targets, Hua Rong, the archery team, would be polite, and immediately set up a bow and released arrows at the fastest speed in his life, and harvested the lives of the bandits.
Now it's too late for them to rush back, when they poured out of the nest and rushed to the water source, Wu Song had already led hundreds of elite soldiers to easily break through the fortress and rush into the cottage, and now the cottage is controlled by Wu Song, how can they attack these thousands of people?
Yes, Wu Song's purpose from the beginning was actually the dangerous entrance of their cottage, not the water source!
In the third battle, Wu Song concluded that the bandits would send heavy troops to come, so the defense of the cottage must be particularly weak, so Wu Song used this trick to successfully capture the bandits' cottage.
The cottage is a natural danger for the bandits, and now it is in the hands of Wu Song, they know that it is difficult to take down, and for a while, the whole thief is panicked.
Yan Shun and Zheng Tianshou are not stupid people after all, and they know that if they don't recapture the cottage as soon as possible, then they can only be slaughtered, so under their strong command, the bandits are barely attacking the village.
If they escaped in time, Wu Song might not be able to catch them all, and he might not be able to catch Yan Shun and Zheng Tianshou, but they still wanted to give it a try with nearly 4,000 people...... Just as they were leading people to attack the village with all their might, the Hua Rong team, which had been following the bandits and harvesting life with arrows, finally converged behind the bandits with another large team!
Yes, Wu Song only brought a few hundred people to the cottage, and more than 600 people are being led by Hua Xiaomei to cut off the back road of the bandits, and now Hua Xiaomei led the team to rush over from behind the bandits, and the entire bandit army finally has no way to retreat......
ushered in the catastrophe!
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