Chapter 520: A Big Victory
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While Yu Shan was anxiously waiting for the casualty statistics, Liang Xiao's mood was also up and down. But he can't show it, he can only hide it in his heart, and he has to make a look of being a bamboo in his chest and a victory in his hand, which is really a great test of his acting skills, and it is even harder than playing a submissive minister in front of the Son of Heaven.
If Zhao Yingqi is the supreme commander of these South Vietnamese soldiers, then he is the spiritual pillar of these South Vietnamese soldiers. All the people were staring at him, watching his every move. If there is a slight disturbance here, the South Vietnamese soldiers will set off a huge storm. He had a hint of uneasiness here, and the hidden despair in the hearts of the South Vietnamese soldiers would come to the fore, magnified countless times until they were crushed.
Anyone who is surrounded by dozens of times more enemies will have panic. This kind of emotion can never be soothed by a few empty words, nor can it be completely controlled by heavy rewards and punishments. If survival is a problem, all threats will not be threats.
Liang Xiao must always be able to convince them that they can not only survive, but also have a chance to defeat the enemy, make great achievements, and return to their hometown, so that they can always be in a state of initiative and not be crushed by their fears.
Liang Xiao got up, walked to the edge of the cliff, and looked down at the Minyue army under the ridge with his hands. Even if he didn't use clairvoyance, he could see the heralds running back and forth, guessing what Yu Shan was probably doing at the moment, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart.
God really helped me, Jing Zhao was not there, and it was Yu Shan, a fool, who commanded the battle. Fighting is fought by breath. Either you don't fight, or if you want to fight, you have to fight continuously, and you don't give your opponent a chance to breathe. As soon as we got into a fight, we stopped. It was a serious setback to the morale of the attacking side. If Jing Zhao was in command, he would definitely not make such a low-level mistake.
He could almost feel the confusion and uneasiness of the Minyue army.
It seems that the losses of the Minyue Army are not small, but I don't know how big the losses of the South Vietnamese Army are. Fight big with small, and there is no room for negligence. The loss of one or two thousand people will not have any serious impact on the Minyue army. Losses of a hundred people. The morale of the South Vietnamese army would have suffered a heavy blow.
Liang Xiao was very anxious, but he couldn't send someone to ask. He knew that Zhao Yingqi must be counting the number of people at the moment. If he took the initiative to ask, it would seem that he had no bottom in his heart. He could only wait for Zhao Yingqi to take the initiative to report the news.
A blessing or a curse, this is a key turning point. If the losses were within his estimates, the confidence of the South Vietnamese soldiers would have been strengthened. If it's more than he estimated, then the image he has built up so easily will be discounted.
Liang Xiao put his hands behind his back, and his hands were tightly clasped together behind his back. He could feel the blood vessels in his temples beating, and he could hear his heart beating faster than usual. He struggled to regulate his breathing so that he could remain as calm as possible, at least not so that others could see his nervousness.
If the command is decided, it is easy to say, but how many can really do it?
I don't know how long later, there was the sound of footsteps behind me. Liang Xiao turned to the side and listened intently. The footsteps were urgent, but light. The mood of the visitor should be relaxed. It seems that the news is not too bad. Maybe ideal. Liang Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, and was about to speak, but was stunned.
The one who came to deliver the news was not the military official he thought, but Zhao Yingqi himself.
Zhao Yingqi's face was slightly red, and he couldn't suppress the smile in his eyes. He walked quickly to Liang Xiao. Grinning, laughing before speaking. "Guess what, Prince, what are our losses?"
Liang Xiao couldn't help laughing. Although Zhao Yingqi is the crown prince, after all, he has not experienced any major events. Especially this kind of major event on the line of life and death, his expression has betrayed him, and it must be within one-tenth of what he estimated before.
"How many decapitations?"
"I don't know the exact number yet, but it should be above two thousand." Zhao Yingqi laughed out loud. "Prince, none of us died, only seven people were injured, and all of them were lightly injured."
"One too...... Not dead? Liang Xiao was also a little stunned. That's a bit of an exaggeration, isn't it? According to his estimates, the first battle was the most likely time for casualties, attacking from all sides, with only 100 men on each side, and 10 small formations, and it was inevitable to lose 10 or 20 people. Not a single one died, why does it sound so unreal? If it's luck, it's too good to be true.
"Really, all the forty small formations that attacked remained intact, and only seven were slightly injured, which did not affect the battle." Zhao Yingqi didn't notice Liang Xiao's consternation, and said the statistical results in one breath, his excitement was beyond words, and his admiration for Liang Xiao couldn't be concealed.
Liang Xiao also breathed a sigh of relief, forcibly endured the happiness in his heart, and deliberately said with a faint expression: "In this way, Your Highness's luck is really good, congratulations." But I laughed three times in my heart, one didn't die, and Lao Tzu's luck was also so good. Not only did he meet an opponent who could be bullied, but he also created such a magical record.
Zhao Ying's eyebrows fluttered. "That's right, I'm really lucky to get the help of the prince. If it weren't for the prince, I'm afraid I would have had to flee for my life now. Haha, maybe Lu Jia and Zhao Guang thought I was dead and were thinking about who would succeed them. ”
"Then when Your Highness triumphs, won't you want to slap them in the face?"
Zhao Yingqi raised his eyebrows. "It's a must! Not only to fight, but also to fight hard, to beat them so that their faces are full of peach blossoms, and they recognize who is the real king...... Heir. ”
Liang Xiao squeezed his eyes and smiled at Zhao Yingqi's "slip of the tongue". Zhao Yingqi was stunned for a moment, then smiled, and patted Liang Xiao's shoulder, looking like you know me, and God knows.
War is the catalyst of feelings, and Zhao Yingqi unconsciously regarded Liang Xiao as a real confidant. And their chatting and laughing appearance fell in the eyes of the South Vietnamese soldiers, which added a little confidence in victory. After winning the first battle and seeing the power of the small array, their apprehension can finally be put in their stomachs.
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While Liang Xiao and Zhao Yingqi breathed a sigh of relief, Yu Shan's face turned blue and he was furious.
The casualty statistics made him very angry and unacceptable. Of the 4,000 men who attacked, only 1,851 returned, and more than 500 were wounded. Although this casualty was heavy, it was not these that made Yu Shan angry, but the loss of so many people, but he didn't know why.
The retreating sergeants said that the woods were so dark that they could not see their opponents clearly. I can't see the number of opponents clearly. Judging from the fact that they dared to surround on all sides and attempt to annihilate them completely, the number of the opposing side should be more than 1,000 people.
Yu Shan was furious. If there are more than a thousand people on all sides, then there are not four or five thousand people on the ridge? No matter how careless Jing Zhao and Jing Ping are, it is impossible to make such a mistake. It must have been those soldiers who had lost the battle for fear of punishment and deliberately exaggerated the strength of the enemy.
This is the greatest contempt for him, the main general. He ordered someone to call Kan He, the only one of the four captains who was unharmed, looked him up and down, and sneered: "Kan He, Captain Kan, you're not injured, are you?" ”
Kan He lost the battle. I was worried in my heart, and when I saw Yu Shan's expression, I was even more uneasy, and I hurriedly apologized. "Prime Minister, the last general is incompetent, please punish the Prime Minister."
"Kan and Lieutenant, don't be nervous." Yu Shan squeezed out a smile. "Four attacking thousand-man teams, your division suffered the least losses. You don't look hurt. I'd love to know what your opponent is like, can you tell me about it? ”
Kan and listen. I chuckled in my heart. He led a thousand men to attack the mountain range, fought hard for more than an hour, and finally retreated only more than 700 people, nearly 300 people folded in the woods, and never came back. In the first battle, it was lost by 30%, and such losses were still the smallest. Wouldn't the situation be worse in the other ministries?
Kan He didn't dare to slack off, and told the battle history. He himself did not enter the woods, but only listened to the subordinates who had fled back to say that the South Vietnamese soldiers in the woods had adopted a strange method of warfare like bandits, but how strange it was. There are different theories, and he can't figure out what is right and which is wrong.
"So, you didn't see the enemy with your own eyes?"
Kan He shook his head, and an ominous shadow flashed in his heart. He didn't know who the other three captains who went out to fight were, but he knew that he was not Yu Shan's cronies, so he was extra careful, and when he saw that the battle was not going well, he immediately withdrew back, so as not to lose too much and be punished by Yu Shan.
Yu Shan leaned back and sneered: "Junzheng, what should you be guilty of cowardly battle?" ”
Jun Zheng, who was standing on the side, listened, his face turned pale, and he said in a deep voice: "According to the military order, you should be beheaded." ”
When Changshi heard this, he was taken aback, and hurriedly came to Yu Shan's side and said in a low voice: "Prime Minister, it will damage morale if you kill the generals in battle." Please think twice. ”
Yu Shan waved his hand. "What is the use of keeping a cowardly general like this, it can also boost morale if it is beheaded. Whoever comes, cut off his head, and inspect the armies, and there are cowards, and they will not be spared. ”
Kan He was shocked and shouted loudly. Yu Shan didn't care about him. The two guards stood up, held Kan He down, dragged him to the stage, and cut off his head with a knife. Yu Shan immediately sent someone to carry Kan He's head to each battalion to publicize it, and ordered another battle.
The Minyue soldiers were frightened by this scene, especially Kan He's subordinates. The loss in the first battle was so big, Yu Shan still felt that Kan was cowardly, how many people would die before they were not cowardly?
Under Yu Shan's urging, the second attack began, and the frightened Minyue soldiers climbed up the mountain step by step.
Yu Shan tossed it once, and it took nearly an hour before and after. During this hour, the South Vietnamese soldiers already knew the specific casualty statistics. When the news came out that seven people were slightly injured and no one was killed, almost everyone thought it was incredible. Originally, they thought that it was just the team they belonged to who was brave and lucky, so no one died in battle, but now it seems that it should be attributed to the power of the small array.
Champion Hou Liangxiao is indeed a legendary young hero, and only he can train such a powerful battle array.
For a time, the South Vietnamese soldiers were full of confidence.
The number of South Vietnamese soldiers was small, the statistics were fast, and there was enough time to rest after counting the corpses. Zhao Yingqi followed Liang Xiao's instructions, let the soldiers eat and drink, replenish their strength, and did not let them idle, he asked them to exchange their experience in the battle just now, discuss the gains and losses, and immediately announced the reward for a hundred-man team with the best record to boost morale.
When the Minyue army attacked again, the South Vietnamese soldiers had already finished repairing, their morale was high, and they were once again engaged in battle.
The sound of war drums endured for a long time, and the shouts of killing came and went. The Minyue soldiers were shocked by Kan He's head, and they didn't dare to retreat easily for fear of following in Kan He's footsteps. The South Vietnamese soldiers were encouraged by the brilliant results of the previous battles, and fought in formation and pushed forward.
The two sides launched a life-and-death struggle in the middle of the Pomegranate Ridge, and the corpses were in disarray, and the blood flowed everywhere, which was unbearable.
The Minyue soldiers fought hard for most of the day, and their spirits were highly tense, tired and hungry. The South Vietnamese soldiers were full of physical strength and spirit, and occupied favorable terrain. Despite the disparity in numbers, they were still full of fighting spirit and firmly controlled the initiative. The small formations cooperated with each other, rushing back and forth, defeating the encirclement of the Minyue army again and again, and killing wantonly.
The two sides fought until the sun set, and the Minyue army failed to make substantial progress, so they had to retreat.
After a day of fighting, calm returned to the battlefield after a day of hustle and bustle. Yu Shan sent people to the ridge to discuss with Liang Xiao about the division of the body. He had to count the casualties, rescue the wounded, and prevent the corpses from decomposing and the outbreak of the epidemic. This is the practice of the two armies fighting, Liang Xiao naturally will not stop it, but out of secrecy, he will not allow the Minyue soldiers to enter the woods, but let the prisoners carry the corpses to the edge of the ridge, and then the Minyue soldiers will take them down the mountain.
There were a lot of corpses, and they were busy until the initial decision, and the handover of the corpses was completed, and the statistical results came out.
In two consecutive battles, a total of 3,752 Minyue soldiers were killed, including three captains, seven five hundred masters, and twenty-four hundred generals. Seventeen South Vietnamese troops were killed and 29 wounded, including three Thi Truang. The proportion of battle losses far exceeded Liang Xiao's estimate in advance, and the power of the battle array was beyond doubt.
As soon as the statistical results came out, the South Vietnamese soldiers thundered with joy. According to this casualty ratio, not to mention that Yu Shan only has 30,000 people, even if he has 50,000 people, it is not enough to conquer Pomegranate Ridge. In this battle, South Vietnam was victorious.
If the first attack on the Zhangpu camp was still a surprise, and the transfer of the camp to the Pomegranate Ridge was also a gamble, then this time it was a real victory to win more with less. The facts are in front of you, who can question Liang Xiao's ability anymore?
Based on such facts, Liang Xiao's previous legendary achievements have also become conclusive facts, and no one will doubt them anymore.
With only 500 people, Liang Xiao has created two successive records of winning more with less, and Liang Xiao has been infinitely close to God in the minds of South Vietnamese soldiers, and he is invincible. From Zhao Yingqi to every Nanyue soldier, even including those captured Minyue soldiers, when they saw Liang Xiao, there was a little more awe in their eyes. When Liang Xiao walked past them, they all bowed their heads, as if they saw a god, and they didn't dare to be disrespectful.
Although Liang Xiao was a little unaccustomed to it, he also knew that at this moment, even if he was not used to it, he had to take this magic stick well.
After a simple and warm celebration banquet, Liang Xiao found Zhao Yingqi.
"I want to rebel against the guest and attack Yu Shan at night." ——
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