Chapter 39: The Shaking of Dongyi (3)
The art of war originated in hunting and was sublimated by constant conquest. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Mu Cheng's relatives, who were chasing Ji Bai, were well versed in the art of hunting, so he divided his 3,000 men into three teams, one team pursued forward, forcing Ji Bai to flee, and the two teams followed behind.
Both sides need to rest, but the two teams behind keep moving forward at a normal pace, and when Ji Bai rests, the team that pursues in front is also resting, and the team behind that maintains a normal speed launches a rapid pursuit.
Just like chasing a herd of deer, the constant pursuit gives the deer no time to rest, and the speed will become slower and slower to catch up with the encirclement and slaughter.
The physical exertion of moving at a constant speed is far less than that of running and stopping suddenly, not only people, but even wolves know this truth when hunting.
After chasing for most of the day, the leader felt a little strange. The men in black on the opposite side were not very fast, and seemed to be only close to catching up, but they could not overcome this.
Even the thousand-man team that was chasing again on his side chased too fast, and those people on the opposite side actually took the opportunity to fight back, but fortunately they were not too far away from the people behind, maybe the soldiers of the Dahe tribes who were dressed in black were worried about being stuck and finally fled.
The three hundred people led by Ji Bai made a deep impression on the people of Mucheng, the quality of this group of people is comparable to the tribal warriors trained by Qiongxi himself, if there are only three or five hundred people in pursuit, maybe this group of people will not flee at all but will directly fight back and eat.
Because of this, the leading relatives and nobles are even more determined to catch up with this group of people, because once this group of people wanders near the jade mine, it will definitely cause a great sensation, and the people guarding the jade mine are definitely not the opponents of this group of people.
After a day of continuous pursuit, the team was exhausted, and the pursued prey seemed to have reached the point of exhaustion. They may flee at night, but there is only a dead end when they scatter and escape, and it is difficult to retract when the establishment is dispersed, which is the law of war in this era, unless they are fighting near their own cities, there is no such thing as scattering and escaping to break through.
Therefore, the leader is sure that the other party will rest this night, and if he does not rest, he will not be able to run tomorrow, and now it is the end of the month and the beginning of the month, and it is pitch black at night, and there is no moonlight, so don't think about escaping from this kind of night.
It was already afternoon, and the sun was hanging in the west, and it was still far away.
Stratus clouds blocked the sunlight, and only some fantastical pillars of light emerged from the cracks in the clouds, scattering the phantoms of the clouds across the ground.
Ji Bai knew that this was the predetermined battlefield chosen by Jian Chen, and inadvertently looked westward, and sure enough, the sunlight blinded the entire forest into a white shadow, and the surroundings were quietly and eerily quiet, and he couldn't even notice that there was a large army lurking on the mountain.
But he believed that the army of his city was already lurking on the top of the mountain.
That's true, Jian Chen did lurk on the mountain, checking the movement below, but frowning slightly.
The team of pursuit is very long, and the front and back are clearly distinguished, those in charge of the pursuit in front need to constantly sprint to consume the physical strength of Ji Bai and others, and those in the back move forward at a normal speed to save physical strength.
The team of more than 3,000 people formed an extremely long formation, with a gap of about two miles in between.
At this time, Ji Bai had already arrived at the bottom of the mountain, but Chen Jian did not let people blow the whistle to attack, and the fighter had not yet appeared.
"If it really doesn't work, let the 1,000 people in front go over first, and ambush the 2,000 people behind."
This is a situation that cannot be taken for granted, because the ambush of these three thousand men is not a tactical purpose, but a strategic one.
These 3,000 people should be the mobile force that Mu Cheng can put together. Once these 3,000 people are eaten, the various cities of Dongyi will fall into the dead: if they are eaten, it will prove that the ranks under 3,000 people are meaningless, and no city will dare to pursue them with only three or four thousand people.
Therefore, the Dongyi people either cobbled together an army of 10,000 people in each city, or they could only cut off exchanges in each city, strictly guard their own destiny, wait for the return of the army at the end of the day, and watched Chen Jian wander around and set fires everywhere.
And to put together an army of 10,000 Chinese people, in terms of the power structure of Dongyi City, it will take a month to say the least.
This is the hinterland of Dongyi, and it is meaningless to fight a rout, and the fleeing Dongyi people can quickly run back with their familiarity with the terrain.
The people around him were waiting for Jian Chen's order, Jian Chen sighed and made up his mind to eat only half of it.
But at this moment, the situation below took a sharp turn for the worse, and Ji Bai, who had already walked out of the narrow passage along the river, suddenly roared a few times, and then he suddenly turned around with the three hundred people under his command, and it seemed that the whole team was rushing towards the thousand people who were chasing behind.
It was like a desperate counterattack of a trapped beast, this sudden change made Jian Chen couldn't help but praise softly, and took down the pottery whistle that had been in his mouth, and his heart was pounding.
This change also made the Mucheng nobles who followed behind him overjoyed, in his opinion, this group of people in black clothes knew that the night was difficult to survive and they would die sooner or later, and they had already decided to fight to the death, so it was better to fight while there was still strength left.
Looking at the black-clothed enemy who was screaming in the distance and preparing to fight to the death, the nobleman keenly seized the fighter: "All come forward!" Impact! ”
The fighter plane was fleeting, and the more than 2,000 people around him experienced a moment of confusion from marching to attacking, no longer caring about physical strength, and quickly ran forward to join the battle.
Those black-clad armies may be brave, but it is impossible to eat the 1,000 people in front of them, as long as they stick to it, the 2,000 people on this side joining the battlefield will be a ten-on-one battle, and they will win no matter what.
At the forefront of the battlefield, Ji Bai took a great risk, because Jian Chen told him that war is not just a plan set before, and the fighter needs to be controlled by himself.
He didn't see the hidden army, he didn't hear Jian Chen's horn, and he didn't even know if there was a change in the plan.
Once the plan changes, this attack of his own will bury the most elite force of the entire Xia City army, and it is possible to mobilize each and eliminate each by relying on tactical maneuvering, but it is absolutely impossible in such a chaotic battlefield battle.
But he also knew that the fighter plane was fleeting, and even guessed that the reason why Jian Chen didn't give the order to attack was because the tail behind him was too long, and he was even more sure that Jian Chen must be waiting for the opportunity at the top of the mountain, otherwise he would definitely notify him to withdraw.
With this in mind, he drew his bronze sword and hurriedly ordered the soldiers not to retreat, but to quickly form a counterattack.
There are still 300 paces away from the pursuing thousand-man team, and such a short distance requires a high degree of training for the whole team to form a formation, otherwise they will be disturbed by people before the whole team is over.
When Ji Bai drew out his bronze sword and gave an order, the three hundred Xia Cheng people who had been training hard for a long time quickly followed the actions of the training, and the Wu Commander assembled his own team, lined up in a formation that was not too dense, and completed the formation conversion in an instant.
General Ji Bai put the right wing of the formation close to the river bank, and the left wing left one hundred and thirty people thickened, and the whole formation was not lined up, so the front was very narrow.
The left flank was the main force, and the right flank of the middle army and the river was only a little more numerous than the left flank, but the order he gave was for the right flank to assault the left flank and advance slowly.
This is a practice that is completely inconsistent with the tactics class of the military class, but Chen Jian, who is on the mountain, is extremely appreciative and excited.
Chen Jian felt that if he guessed correctly, in addition to Baima, the Xia Cheng system would find another person who was tactically imaginative and adaptable, and this person was still his own family with the same surname, and he was the most trusted group of people.
Defend on the weak side, slowly advancing to delay the engagement; A surprise attack on the side of the main force and tearing apart the enemy's line before its own defense is torn apart is victory. Chen Jian has always said this, and Ji Bai has done the opposite.
Now there is a huge disparity in power, and Ji Bai's changes are beyond Chen Jian's imagination.
Because he saw that the thousand-strong team chasing below also quickly made adjustments, although it was chaotic, he saw the rudiments of the plan, and was completely mobilized by Ji Bai.
The Dongyi Qingui, who commanded the 1,000 men, reacted immediately, he mobilized his people to the west, and maintained the formation near the river bank very weakly: his mind was very clear, his task was to delay time, and to concentrate the main force on the right flank in the west could outflank the enemy, and even if the enemy broke through on the side near the small river, it would be fine, and the follow-up army would block this gap, and as long as he surrounded the enemy's left flank, there would be no way to retreat - crossing the river and escaping would be the best target for the archers.
Ji Bai's front was very narrow, so Dongyi Qingui saw the opportunity to outflank, and although the hasty transfer was chaotic, there were still more than 300 people who came to the right flank in confusion, and quickly advanced towards Ji Bai's left rear on the not too wide terrain, wanting to form an encirclement posture.
It is also the change of formation and transfer, and the difference between the two sides is like a world of world. Ji Bai's side calmly completed the conversion without the slightest confusion, while there was panic on the Dongyi side.
Such a rapid formation change amazed the Mucheng nobles who were chasing behind, if it was this group of people under their own command, they were afraid that they would be completely chaotic at this time.
"They really have the ability to fight to the death, but unfortunately there are too few people. Even then, we will lose six or seven hundred men...... Which city of the Great River is this? Is the military so strong? ”
The nobleman's mind was thinking, but his footsteps did not stop, and he personally held the spear and led the team forward quickly.
Originally, he wanted to spread out his troops, and if those people on the opposite side widened the line, he was even ready to send people to go around from the mountain to the flank, but now those people were shrunk into a ball, and the left flank had completely given up, and he did not need to send people to maneuver around the mountain to the flanks and rear at all.
In his opinion, Ji Bai completely abandoned the left flank, and he even lamented that the commander on the opposite side wasted such a powerful group of soldiers with stupidity.
Ji Bai, who was secretly scolded for being stupid, took a deep breath, the hand holding the bronze sword was extremely firm, and finally glanced at the hills to the west, no longer thinking about whether Jian Chen was on the mountain or not.
The flute on the left flank played a slow tune, controlling the footsteps of the left flank slower than the right flank, and the three hundred men changed from a straight line to a diagonal line in front of the east and west back, but the formation was too narrow, leaving the enemy with the opportunity to outflank the rear.
Ji Bai walked in front with a determined expression, and a few random flying feather arrows landed on his shield with a trembling sound.
There was the sound of neat footsteps in his ears, and he had not yet reached the distance of impact, and he even had the heart to count the number of feathered arrows that pierced the shield.
After two rounds of hasty feather arrows, Ji Bai looked at the slightly chaotic Dongyi army formation, shouted, put the shield in front of him, and rushed into the Dongyi army formation with all his strength with the front row of veterans.
Bang......
The impact force after accelerating thirty steps instantly tore through the front line of the Dongyi people, and more than seventy Xia City veterans rushed into the military formation, and all the bursting power knocked down many Dongyi people, like a hot knife cutting into the solidified grease.
The veterans of the black-clothed guards, who had been training for many years, were armed with short swords and wearing simple leather armor, frantically stabbing the panicked Dongyi people.
At Ji Bai's feet, there was a Dongyi man who had been knocked down by himself, and it seemed that he wanted to stretch out and pull him, but he stomped on the man's chest, making a clicking sound.
Shielding the short spear from the opposite side, he stabbed the bronze sword into the waist of one of the enemies on his right, and the hand behind him cooperatively hooked a short spear that stretched out to his ribs.
What the black-clothed guards were facing was not the strictly disciplined spear formation of Xia City, they were just ordinary Dongyi soldiers, and they didn't even have a chance to follow the Firmament to go on the expedition, because they were not qualified yet, they were just non-full-time Chinese soldiers.
In the face of the harshly trained Xia Cheng black-clothed guards, they had no power to fight back, like a tiger rushing into the flock, and the Xia City soldiers who seemed to fight individually still maintained a tacit understanding of cooperation between the squads.
Splashed with blood, Ji Bai found himself charging forward six or seven steps in the Dongyi army formation, and some Dongyi soldiers were about to break and flee, and the weak Dongyi left flank looked like it could be torn apart.
This is a situation that no one expected.
The Dongyi people originally thought that the opposite side was fighting desperately, but then they panicked and found that their weak left wing was crumbling under the impact of Ji Bai and others, and was on the verge of collapse! (To be continued.) )