Chapter 81: Offensive and Defensive Battles
Ma Yuan also sent various spies to approach the mountains, explore the terrain, and completely reflect the new graphics on the sand table. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info After another two days, Ma Yuan basically determined that the sand table was complete, and summoned his generals to discuss how to march and attack.
Ma Yuan enlarged the sand table a lot, made a special plate, and no longer took the board from the kitchen. The sand table was six feet wide and one battle long. The terrain above is more clear and complete, with large and small roads, dense forests, large and small river valleys, and camp tents all marked.
Ma Yuan held a long white wooden strip in his hand, and the wooden strip pointed to the sand table and said: "Everyone knows that this is what He Wang taught us to do a few days ago, it is stronger than what I did, and it can at least save a lot of rice." ”
The crowd laughed.
Ma Yuan then pointed to the top of the mountain with a wooden stick and said: "Look, Li Xiaoquan and Wu Kui's two armies occupy a total of three mountains, for the convenience of the future, I am now called Dongshan, Nanshan, and Beishan." The north and south mountains are very close to us, the south one is slightly shorter, the north one is slightly higher, and the north mountain and the east mountain are connected by a soil waist in the middle. How do we fight? Who has a good idea? ”
Everyone was silent, and Ma Biao said: "Brother, just say what you think, let's do what you say." ”
Ma Yuan nodded and said, "Then everyone listen to my opinion." ”
As he spoke, he pointed the white wooden strip in his hand to the valley in the middle of the three mountains.
Ma Yuan continued: "Look, between these three mountains, the North Mountain and the East Mountain are connected by the middle of the soil waist, and there must be a road in the middle, but no, Li Xiaoquan and Wu Kui will definitely not ignore it, and they should have done a good job of transporting troops." Between the valleys, there is also a flat land a few miles square, and in the middle of the flat land is a river valley, and now in summer the river is still very deep, the current is very fast, and the banks of the river are dense forests. My opinion is to abandon the South Mountain and not fight, and first hit the North Mountain and the East Mountain. ”
Everyone was stunned, and Ma Biao said: "Brother, the order we received is to attack these mountains?" Don't you want to disobey military orders? ”
Ma Yuan glanced at Ma Biao and said, "Big brother, if you defend the mountain and Li Xiaoquan and Wu Kui come to attack, with the same force, can they capture them all?" ”
Ma Biao shook his head: "The strength of the two sides is equal, and I have a geographical advantage, even if Wu Kui and Li Xiaoquan are famous generals in our army, it is not easy to take it, the mountain roads are rugged, the attack is extremely difficult, and the troops in many places cannot be deployed at all." There is a company of soldiers guarding it, and it is useless for a regiment of soldiers to go up. ”
Ma Yuan said: "Yes, if we attack one by one, the troops are scattered, and I am afraid that we will not be able to take any of them." It is said that we should come to capture Nanshan, and Nanshan is isolated and easy to fight. At the time of the attack, the rescue of Dongshan and Beishan was afraid that it would be too late. We will take it with all our might, it is said that it is possible, but it is estimated that we will lose troops and generals, and we will have to guard against their counterattack at that time, and we will have people left behind on the mountain. With the current strength, do you say that we can still take the North Mountain and the East Mountain? ”
Ma Biao was silent for a while and said, "Brother, do you mean to only attack Beishan?" ”
Ma Yuan nodded and said: "We only attack Beishan, there is a soil waist connection between Beishan and Dongshan, and if we occupy Beishan, Dongshan will not have a condescending advantage in terms of terrain." As long as we are fast enough, it is possible to take it. If both are won, the soldiers of Nanshan will have no great significance, he will be surrounded by me on both sides, and the initiative will be completely in our hands. ”
Ma Biao said: "Okay, good, or the brother thinks thoroughly, you can send troops." ”
Ma Yuan held a wooden stick and pointed it on the South Mountain, and looked at the generals around him and said: "Although we want to attack the North Mountain with all our might, we must put on a posture." Brother Ma Biao led the troops to attack Nanshan, and I led the troops to attack Beishan. Ma Biao, you first concentrate your barracks on Nanshan and put on a posture of attacking Nanshan. Make more flags, don't cease fire on the cooking stove because there is no one, and the cavalry's horse farms and other places, to make an appearance, that is, you have to attack Nanshan with all your might, and you must not see the fake. Then, at dusk tomorrow, secretly mobilize the main force of your infantry to the mountain gate west of the North Mountain, and attack the mountain with all your might. ”
Ma Yuan continued: "The main force of our troops, led by me, will climb the mountain at noon tomorrow from the dense forest north of Beishan, and strive to hide in the mountain in the afternoon, and at dusk tomorrow, we will attack at the same time." After marching into the army, be quick, attack them as soon as possible, so that they can deliver a decisive blow before they have time to react. The rules of the exercise are that as long as we surround them, they are treated as if they are captured. We need to make full use of this rule and strive to surround them on a large scale. ”
Ma Yuan explained in detail the rules of engagement, so that everyone from top to bottom understood that this is not really a life-and-death battle, but how to establish a combat advantage on the battlefield, and establish a combat advantage to automatically obtain victory.
After Ma Yuan finished speaking, Ma Biao and other generals went back to prepare.
The next day, the sun was shining, the defenders on the South Mountain were on unusually alert, and there were bursts of smoke and dust under the mountain. The flag is high, although it is a big horse character, everyone above knows that it seems that Ma Biao is coming to attack, and everyone knows the red flag, which is different from the black flag of Ma Yuan. The most elite infantry of the Pingzhou Army was under Ma Biao, because the other generals basically brought cavalry, but Ma Biao concentrated the most infantry. To capture the mountain, it is still the infantry that is the most comfortable.
Master Vajra on the South Mountain, instead of looking down the mountain, ordered everyone to be prepared, and not to have any slack or relaxation. Again check the bows and arrows, spears used for exercises. In order to avoid cannibalism, Zhang Jie replaced all the weapons with bows and arrows and spears, and the bow and arrow also had no arrows, just a long pole, and a piece of charcoal in front of it. The spear was the same, it was also a charcoal head. When the time comes, see who can draw more than two lines on the opponent, even if the opponent dies in battle. Everyone was a little nervous, a little expectant, and found it fun, some soldiers had actually broken the charcoal head, after all, it was still a big part of the game to see him.
King Kong saw the people on the other side running around non-stop, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack, it was already noon. Seeing that the people on the other side seemed to be still concentrated there, he understood that he was trying to take advantage of the surprise attack while I was not prepared. Is it night or dusk, or before dawn? On the one hand, he put the team on guard, and on the other hand, he also let some of the soldiers rest. It's not okay to be tense like this, in case there is a tired plan on the other side, constantly harassing you, it's not really fighting, and when you think he won't fight, he suddenly attacks you. King Kong was also making all kinds of preparations in his heart, and one after another orders were taken out by his heralds.
The main force of Ma Biao's team had moved to a meadow west of Beishan last night, but the banner was the banner of Ma Yuan, and his own Nanshan camp left a battalion to make all kinds of illusions, after all, where the carriages and horses were placed, it was not clear from a distance. But if you exercise today, you will definitely be able to find it on the mountain. Therefore, in the second half of yesterday night, he quietly moved the main force of the infantry to the position of Ma Yuan on the west side of Beishan, and Ma Yuan's men and horses moved north at the same time taking advantage of the night.
It was past noon, and Ma Biao let all the main infantry members eat the war meal and make various preparations. Bows and arrows, spears, just these two weapons, Yun Lei was afraid of causing a fire in the mountains and forests, so he didn't let it be used, Ma Biao thought to himself, if it was really a war, it would be easy to use a fire. In military training, let's look at the ability to mobilize troops and horses, and see whose organizational ability it is.
After resting for a while, Ma Biao gave an order, all the staff gathered, lined up into three brigades, led by three regiment commanders, Ma Biao carried a big gun, walked in the middle of the team, and the flag followed closely behind him. All the staff were dressed in armor and a thin white linen coat, and they were sweating on a hot day.
Immediately arrived at the bottom of the mountain, and suddenly it was much cooler, and before he had time to rest, there was already a rain of arrows in front of him. There are already people who have changed color and can no longer fight. The two or more black spots on his body kept hanging their heads backwards, looking at the comrades who had been "sacrificed", constantly joking and teasing, wanting to avenge them. Ma Biao stood in the middle of the brigade, his own team in front of him kept shooting arrows upward, the mountain road was winding, and the mountains and forests and grasslands on both sides were dense. The enemy didn't know how the sacrifice was, but not a single figure was in the light, and Ma Biao knew that the "enemy" had set up many obstacles by using the terrain.
The biggest way up the mountain, right here, their ambush must be dense, Ma Biao looked at the two brigades on both sides, they did not sacrifice much, but the team was also moving slowly, it seemed that it was not easy to climb.
Ma Biao gave the order to go down, to fight fast and slow, to scatter more, so that the troops formed a three-person battle group, and quickly rushed upwards through this ambush concentration place. Rush upwards in the unit of the company, no longer in the unit of the regiment.
The order went down, and the team dispersed at once, and in the green trees and jungles all over the mountains, white dots flew upwards like a white butterfly, and there were constantly white dots knocked down by the bows and arrows that came from them, but more white dots went upward.
Soon after the ambush on the hillside, groups of "enemies" were surrounded, several in groups, in groups of men, and in rows and piles. It was really Ma Biao's side that concentrated the strength of all the people and rushed upward, like a rolling torrent, constantly clearing out the "enemies" in the bushes and grass.
It was already dark, and Ma Biao's team, when they reached the mountainside, there was a large road, and to the west was several small roads that followed Ma Biao together, and to the east was the main road leading to the east of Tujiaozi.
This avenue leads north to the top of this mountain, which can be said to be the most important place, and control this place, this battle can be described as victory in sight. To the north, a gentle upward slope is formed, and there are no tall trees, just low bushes and dense meadows on both sides. The night was deep, and under the light of the torches, the bushes were like black masses, light and dark. There are also a lot of low earthen walls on the road, the earthen walls are half a man's height, one zhang long, and there are many "enemies" in ambush behind them, and there are bows and arrows constantly shooting at the torches behind the earthen walls.
Ma Biao had no better way, and ordered to speed up the capture of each earthen wall one by one at any cost. You can't hit him, but he throws arrows at you again and again. Ma Biao saw the soldiers around him "fall" one by one, and he could no longer rush forward.
When Ma Biao was helpless, behind the earthen walls, the torches lit as if it were daytime, mixed with loud shouts, and groups of enemies were escorted out from behind the earthen walls. Behind these "captives" were none other than the soldiers of the brigade of horse aid.
After Ma Biao saw the team, Ma Yuan came over and hurriedly stepped forward to catch Ma Yuan. Ma Yuan said: "There are still some remnants of the enemy on the top of the mountain, and I have already sent people over." ”
Ma Biao's heart is stable, it seems that Beishan has been taken. Both of them relaxed and recounted their experiences. It turned out that Ma Yuan sent people from the north of the North Mountain, in the jungle, secretly walked into the woods in the afternoon, and did not go directly to the battlefield, but went to the east of the soil waist to ambush him.