Chapter 2030 Crossing the river and charging
Li Zuoche was unimpressed by Chen Sheng's words. However, in the case of a lack of troops, this kind of emergency action is understandable. The only thing Li Zuoche could do was to propose a few improvement plans to make the fortifications stronger.
"The South Vietnamese army began to cross the river." When his scouts reported the news to Chen Sheng, a rare smile appeared on Chen Sheng's face.
"My lord, shall we strike him halfway?" Li Zuoche was also ready to move in his heart. Halfway through the enemy's crossing of the river, the army rushed over, and the blow inflicted on the enemy was absolutely devastating.
Chen Sheng frowned, pondered for a moment, and then said, "No, let them all come over, and introduce them to the position we have set up to fight again." ”
"My lord, a sudden attack can kill and damage the enemy to the greatest extent. It can also reduce the casualties of our troops. Li Zuoche still didn't give up. Li Zuoche's mentality, Chen Sheng can understand. Because the Qin army was weaker than the South Vietnamese, Li Zuoche did not dare to take risks, and after all the main forces of the South Vietnam went ashore, the Qin army would face a tragic battle.
Chen Sheng was still unmoved, his voice was calm, and he said resolutely: "While the enemy army has not yet gained a firm foothold and launched an attack, our army will certainly be able to win with very little loss. But for the enemy army, this can only be regarded as a small defeat. A small defeat does not become a big disaster, and the enemy still has tens of thousands of infantry troops crossing the river upstream, and we only need to regroup our strength to cross the river again and fight hard. When Chen Sheng said this, his eyes flashed with essence, and he said angrily: "So we must let all the enemy troops on the other side cross the river." Especially their iron cavalry, we must destroy all the enemy's iron cavalry in this war, otherwise we will always be in a state of passive combat. It is difficult to gain a foothold in Lingnan. ”
Li Zuoche smiled bitterly. Chen Sheng's appetite was too great. He actually wanted to swallow the enemy's nearly 20,000 troops with more than 10,000 people, including the most elite more than 2,000 iron cavalry! It's a hard bone, and if you don't have a good mouth, it will pierce your stomach!
But seeing that Chen Sheng had made up his mind, Li Zuoche sighed and said, "My lord, your courage is greater than the sky. ”
Chen Sheng smiled "haha" and said, "Brother Zuoche." Don't be so pessimistic. The enemy forces did not know anything about our layout. I don't want to annihilate the enemy, I just want to destroy the enemy's heavy cavalry. As long as the enemy's cavalry loses its combat effectiveness, then we don't have to worry about our rear roads being cut off in the future, let alone our infantry being slaughtered. What's more, our cavalry can also be quickly replenished and expanded, and the land of Lingnan will be galloped by our Fujian army! Speaking of this, Chen Sheng's heart was hot.
"Order, ambush and prepare for battle, beat my banner, and lead the enemy over!" Chen Sheng decisively ordered.
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On the other side of the Meijiang River, a rare smile appeared on Meng Heilong's face. Thousands of infantry had already crossed the river, and the formation had been set, and the cavalry was also crossing the river, and in less than an hour, the army would appear on the south bank, and at that time, the Qin army would usher in the catastrophe of destruction.
However, when the cavalry successfully crossed the river one after another, Meng Heilong's mood began to become a little heavy. Because a scout unit of the Qin army appeared in sight. And soon fled back. It is believed that it will not be long before the main force of the Qin army will appear in front. The plan to raid the Qin camp may have been aborted, but the Qin army was defeated in a dignified manner, and Meng Heilong was just as confident. As long as his main force crossed the river, he did not doubt that the final victory would be his. He stepped up his efforts to urge the army to cross the river, and at the same time let the army crossing the river line up to guard against the surprise attack of the Qin army.
Sure enough, half an hour later, the enemy troops with the battle flag of "Qin" and the banner of commander "Chen" with white characters on a black background appeared on the horizon. For the commander of the enemy army, Meng Heilong also knew his name Chen Sheng through his own channels. is a general who is younger than Zhao Tuo. Zhao Tuo's brave performance outside Hengpu Pass is enough to make Meng Heilong pay attention to it, and now there is another Chen Sheng, how not to make Meng Heilong's head hurt.
By this time, the South Vietnamese army had also crossed the river. Meng Heilong rode on a tall brown horse, surrounded by two thousand murderous iron horses, looking very majestic.
"You're too late!" Meng Heilong laughed wildly. "Catch up!" Seeing the approach of the Qin army, Meng Heilong also decisively gave an order to the South Vietnamese army.
However, when they found that the South Vietnamese army was advancing head-on, the Qin army, which was still at a certain distance from Meng Heilong's army, slowly retreated. This made Meng Heilong excited. In his heart, he decided that the commander of the Qin army must have seen his army like a rainbow and had retreated timidly. Seeing that there was a large open field around him, Meng Heilong's heart was even more happy, this kind of terrain was the most suitable for iron cavalry to kill!
Chen Sheng had a smile on his face. It was only a few miles away from the South Vietnamese army. If the enemy's cavalry were a charge, it would not be long before him. But he wasn't afraid. Because he is playing his own banner here, just to attract the main force of Meng Heilong to appear.
After a few days of arrangement, he had transformed the battlefield in front of him into a place of death. If Meng Heilong had carefully investigated the history of Chen Sheng's battle with tens of thousands of troops in Minyue Yingchou Village, he would definitely not take it lightly and stupidly plunge into this death trap.
"Woo woo......" The war horn of the Qin army has been sounded. A thousand cavalrymen dressed in rattan armor formed a conical arrangement behind Chen Sheng, and this formation was most suitable for charging. Of course, now is not the time for them to develop a charge.
It seemed that the battle horn of the Qin army was blown, and Meng Heilong also waved his hand, and a moment later, in the South Vietnamese army, the war drums also began to beat. The advancing infantry also let out a loud and neat roar from their mouths, like the roar of fierce beasts in the mountains and forests.
The morning sun had already risen, shining on the armor and weapons of the warriors, giving a sparkling light.
The South Vietnamese army finally stopped nearly two miles or so close to the Qin army.
Meng Heilong looked at the Qin army in front of him and couldn't help but laugh. The number of the Qin army is too small, and the infantry army in front of the front is only 7,000 at most. The other biggest highlight is probably the cavalry around the enemy commander. But this cavalry, both in terms of numbers and combat effectiveness, seems to be quite a small gap compared to their own iron cavalry.
Meng Heilong decided to crush the enemy's cavalry first. With a sudden wave of his hand, the flag officer next to him immediately conveyed the order he had given. The drums of war hurried. The cavalry around Meng Heilong began to adjust their formation, ready to charge.