In military warfare, "the false is the real" means that when the opposing side is in an unfavorable situation, it should deliberately disguise itself as a strong force to deter the opponent and make him dare not attack rashly.

In the Three Kingdoms, Li Ru offered Dong Zhuo a plan, so that the Xiliang soldiers went out of the city with great fanfare during the day, and returned to the city at night, thus giving people the illusion of a strong army. This example is a classic example of "fiction is reality".

On the contrary, when one's own troops are strong, they deliberately make the appearance of empty forces or show some flaws to lure the enemy to attack and be deceived, that is, they are strong but deliberately disguise their weakness in order to paralyze the opponent.

In Han Dai's opinion, the other party knew that it might not be able to hold it for even a day, and deliberately showed that there were reinforcements in the rear, trying to delay time.

Otherwise, with the character of the Ming army that refuses to suffer losses, since they have already "shown weakness" from the beginning, then they will continue to "show weakness" and give the Russian-Manchurian coalition army a "hope", as long as they invest a little more troops, they can win the "hope" of Juyong Pass.

Instead of showing that the troops were stretched thin in the morning, as they are now, they directly showed strong force in the afternoon, as if they were afraid that the Russian-Manchurian coalition would not know that they had reinforcements.

"Even if there are reinforcements, it is estimated that they are the last 5,000 defenders transferred from the capital, after all, the Juyong Pass has been broken, and the 5,000 defenders in the capital will not play much role at all, so it is better to transfer here to buy more time for the rear." Han Dai's idea turned out to be the same as Qi Hongying's idea.

Whether it is Yarumufu, the chief general of Tsarist Russia, or Aixin Jueluo Handai, the minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, their analytical ability is very strong.

Unfortunately, no matter what analysis, it can only be deduced based on the existing intelligence, that is, whether the intelligence is correct or not is directly related to the final analysis results, and even the results of this campaign.

However, Qi Hongying's instructor has never appeared in the intelligence system of the Qing army, relying on a wrong piece of information, Yerumoufu and Han Dai, even if they are top military talents, it is difficult to guess the practices of the Ming army in Juyong Guannei.

"Why do you want to do so much? I think Han Dai is right, even if the other party has reinforcements, it must not be too much. And we finally arrived outside the Juyong Pass, could it be that because of an uncertain guess, this great offensive opportunity was delayed in vain? Prince Zheng Zilharang finally concluded.

The Ming army invaded Mongolia in a big way, and the Russian-Manchurian coalition army had been defeated and retreated in Mongolia, and now it was the only chance for the two armies to turn around.

Tsarist Russia is a little better, after all, without Mongolia, they still have a large part of Eastern Europe, as well as a vast area of Siberia.

But what about the Manchus?

With the degree of hostility of the Ming Dynasty towards the Manchus, as long as the other side successfully took the Mongolian steppe, it was equivalent to a strategic encirclement of the Manchus directly from the west and south.

To the east was the sea, and the Qing army had no way to retreat.

Siberia to the north is the land of Tsarist Russia, although the two sides are allies, but that is also under the condition that the Manchus have a certain strength, otherwise the so-called allies can only evolve into servant armies in the end.

The Qing army has invested a lot of money in this sneak attack plan, and it will not give up this operation because of the speculation of the two people.

"The prince is right, we have an army of 100,000, can't it be that we are still scared off by the Ming army of less than 10,000 people? The sudden increase in troops of the Ming army did catch us off guard, but as long as we can fight steadily and slowly consume the strength of the Ming army, I believe that it will not be long before we will be able to capture this Juyong Pass! Handai said.

In this way, the axemen were ordered to continue to climb the wall, but mainly by feints, and not to be greedy for merit. In addition, an additional 10,000 musketeers were to shoot and kill the enemy's living forces. "Zilharang changed his tactics.

Competing for numerical superiority, the Russian-Manchurian coalition is really not worried.

The Ming army on the city wall was less than 10,000, and Zilharang used 40,000 musketeers against 10,000 Ming troops, even if the power and rate of fire of the flintlock pistol were not as good as the Ming army's "single pistol", but the numerical advantage could effectively make up for this shortcoming.

If the Russian-Manchurian coalition army used cold weapons, the crowd tactics really did not play much role in the Ming army, and the fifth division and the Guanning iron cavalry defended head-on, that is, with one enemy and five, and killed the Guanning iron cavalry and returned defeated.

But now it is different, the Russian-Manchurian coalition army not only has a numerical advantage, but also for the first time invested in the all-firearms troops, plus the purpose of the people, is not to go forward and attack Juyong Pass, but to avoid the blind spot of the Ming army's artillery and grenades, and directly shoot at the Ming army's musketeers on the city wall.

In this way, the Ming army really has no way to deal with the other party.

"If the Ming army on the opposite side is bluffing, and there is no so-called reinforcement at all, then I believe that with such a high-intensity attack frequency, at most in the second half of the night, we will be able to win the level in front of us. And if the Ming army does have reinforcements, I believe that before nightfall, we will be able to know the specific number of reinforcements. "Handai understood Zilharang's intentions.

In the face of absolute strength, any intrigue is futile.

Regardless of whether the Ming army had reinforcements or not, it was impossible for the Russian-Manchurian coalition to leave the Ming army much time to breathe..........

The battle in the afternoon was more fierce than in the morning, and the Ming army had reinforcements, and decided to be ashamed of the past and give a profound lesson to the Russian-Manchurian coalition army in front of them.

Not to be outdone, the Russian-Manchurian coalition army directly invested nearly 60,000 troops and launched attacks in turn.

In just three hours, Stilwell's 1st Division again lost more than 600 soldiers.

The Russian-Manchurian coalition army is also not having a good time, and it is true that it can form a more powerful combat effectiveness by increasing its strength, but 60,000 people attack an area less than five kilometers wide, which is equivalent to an average of one meter of city wall, and 12 people are attacking.

With such a dense front, even if the Ming army has poor marksmanship, it can always catch one or two, not to mention an ace army with accurate marksmanship.

When Qi Hongying led the instructor forward and arrived at Juyong Pass, the casualty rate of the Qing army was already as high as more than 7,000 (including more than 3,000 in the morning).

"Commander Shi, the first regiment of the instructor, the three regiments with a total of 3,107 people, have arrived at Juyong Pass in advance, and they can be put into battle at any time. The follow-up troops, except for the artillery regiment, can all arrive before dark at the latest, and ask Commander Shi to arrange combat missions! As soon as Qi Hongying entered the customs, she went straight to the point.

The instructors are full of 10,536 people, except for a company left behind in the capital, the rest of the personnel will arrive at Juyong Pass in three batches, and the latest artillery regiment, if nothing else, will also arrive tomorrow morning.

"The instructor must have worked hard for a long and urgent journey, so let's rest in place for two hours first, and then the front line can cope with it for the time being." Stilwell arranged.

Up to now, the number of troops that the Russian-Manchurian coalition army can put into this area has reached the limit, that is to say, the opponent continues to increase troops, not only can not play much role, but will not be able to exert because of too many people, thus increasing casualties.

The same is true for the Ming army, and now the strength on the city wall is enough to deal with the offensive of the Russian-Manchurian coalition army, and there is no need for the instructor to immediately go up.

After all, Juyong Pass had to hold on for at least three days, and the Ming army had to set aside enough reserves.

"Honestly, what's going on?" After Qi Hongying arranged for his subordinates to rest on the spot, she found Stilwell again.

She couldn't help but be worried, so she took a turn in Juyong Pass, except for the wounded and medical personnel, there were no combat troops in the entire pass.

In other words, all the officers and men of the 1st Division were sent to the front.

"The situation is not optimistic, in the morning battle alone, we lost a regiment (nearly 1,600 people), and later learned that the instructor was supporting, so we dared to give it a go, transferred all the troops to the front line, and finally regained some advantages." Stilwell analyzed objectively.

It can be said that if it were not for the help of the instructor, the First Division would not have dared to let go at all, and if it continued to use the "refueling tactics" in the morning, it would be no problem to hold on today, but let alone hold on for three days, I am afraid that before noon tomorrow, the First Division would have to engage in street battles with the Russian-Manchurian coalition forces in the city.

"So many casualties?" Qi Hongying was surprised.

"Most of the Russian-Manchurian forces this time are infantry, and they are mainly firearms troops, and our side is not well prepared, so it is inevitable that we will suffer." Stilwell sighed.

In fact, the best defense is to defend the city, because once the ultimate goal of defense and attack on both sides is fixed, there is basically only the advantage of competing forces and the soldier's will to fight.

At first, the Ming army failed to react in time and was unable to seize the surrounding favorable terrain to block it layer by layer, resulting in a white-hot war as soon as it broke out.

Both - lost the city wall, the Ming army was defeated, the city wall was held, and the Russian-Manchurian army was defeated.

As a result, many strategies and tactics of the Ming army were useless, and they could only be passively defended.

"In this way, even if all the instructors go up, it will only delay the time for the city to break?" Qi Hongying said.

On the surface, it seems that the first division did play a beautiful counterattack after investing all its troops, and temporarily withstood the offensive of the Russian-Manchurian coalition army, but the ratio of battle losses between the two sides has indeed not reached the level that can make the Ming army turn around.

The first division has lost more than 2,200 people until now, and the Russian-Manchurian coalition army has lost more than 7,100 people, and it seems that the battle loss has reached 1:3.5, but the ratio of troops between the two sides is 1:10, counting the 10,000 people who came to Qi Hongying's aid, unless the battle loss ratio reaches more than 1:5, the Russian-Manchurian coalition army will always have the upper hand.

There is also the most critical point, the Ming army is in a passive state on the whole front, and if there is a gap in any place, and the gap is opened by the Russian-Manchurian coalition army, it will cause a chain reaction, which will lead to the complete collapse of the entire defense line.

"There is no way, that is, to take the initiative and re-establish a defense line outside the Great Wall!" Stilwell said.

If it is the era of cold weapons, although it is inferior to defend the city, it is better to prevent the other party from landing the city, after all, only when the attacking side officially climbs the city wall, the defenders will have casualties in the real sense.

And there are more than 20,000 Ming troops defending the city in Juyong Pass, which is slowly consumed little by little, and it can last for three or five days.

But the thermal weapons are different, and they can be effectively killed and injured more than 100 meters away, and the Russian-Manchurian coalition army also has artillery, grenades (ignition), explosives bags and other siege weapons, and the Ming army does not dare to let the other side get close to the city wall.

Therefore, although the Great Wall still has a certain defensive effect, it is only a chicken rib defense line to prevent the enemy's rapid advance.

Even the Ming army, which was defending on the Great Wall, was more likely to expose the target than the Russian-Manchurian army who hid in the mountains and forests to shoot.

"Indeed, the mountains and forests outside the pass are more conducive to our army's superiority in strength." Qi Hongying agreed.

The firearms of the Ming army were divided into long, medium, and near-range multiple strike methods, but the width of the Great Wall was only five to six meters, which means that no matter what kind of range of weapons, they must be placed on the front line, and there is not enough depth.

Just imagine, on a city wall without depth, put the fast-firing, long-range, and powerful Furlong machine gun in the same area as the "single gun", as long as the enemy is not stupid, of course he will choose to kill the fire point of the Furlong machine gun at the first time.

As a result, the firearms disadvantage of the Russian-Manchurian coalition forces was almost completely neutralized, which is also the main reason why the first division has suffered heavy casualties in the battle until now.

The Ming army can distribute the troops in echelons, make reasonable use of their own firepower advantages, and then cooperate with the long-range artillery in the city to implement layer by layer blockade, with more than 20,000 people in the first division and instructors, not to mention defeating the Russian-Manchurian coalition army, but holding on for three or five more days, it is no problem at all.

"Before the instructor came, I left 3,000 reserves, planning to seize the Jundu Peak in the northwest at night, although the terrain is not the most dangerous area, but fortunately, the depth is enough, and there is a ground effect to block the attack area west of the Juyong Pass, which is a full two kilometers. It can be said that as long as the military capital peak is taken, the offensive range of the Russian-Manchurian coalition army will be reduced by two-fifths, while the time for our army to hold on will be more than doubled. Stilwell pointed to a small hill not far from the gate and said to Qi Hongying.

Jundu Peak was named because it was close to Jundu Pass, which was originally the outermost barrier of Juyong Pass, but this time the Russian-Manchurian coalition appeared too strangely, directly bypassing Jundu Pass and appearing outside Juyong Pass.

Fortunately, the military capital pass belongs to the nature of the "urn city", and the Russian-Manchurian coalition forces not only cannot break through through it, but may be trapped in this "urn city", so even if General Stilwell transfers all his troops back, the Russian-Manchurian coalition army does not transfer any troops to occupy an empty city.

Jundu Pass did not have much effect on the Russian-Manchurian coalition army or even the Ming army, but this military capital peak was different, not only the Russian-Manchurian coalition army could use this to launch an attack on Juyong Pass, but the Ming army could also take advantage of this to hold the northwest area of Juyong Pass.

"With the combat effectiveness of your first division, even if the sneak attack at night is successful, 3,000 people is a bit less, and in my opinion, it will take at least 5,000 people to hold out for three days." After Qi Hongying looked at the topography of Jundu Peak, he spoke.

"That was the last resort before, after all, the army was limited at that time, if 5,000 people were really transferred over, there were only three kilometers left in this Juyong Pass, how could it be defended?" Stilwell said helplessly.

In the final analysis, Jundu Peak can only be contained, and what really needs to be defended is Juyong Pass.