Chapter Twenty-Five: The Enemy Presents
Suddenly, Fang Tianzheng seemed to have discovered something, and his brows furrowed again. This stumbling stumbling stump is so clearly placed here, will the enemy be fooled? Fang Tianzheng asked himself.
The next moment, he gave a negative answer in his heart, it is impossible, unless the enemy is brainless, it is absolutely impossible for him to continue to rush forward after seeing the stumbling horse stumbling stumbling. And these stumbling horse stumps, Fang Tianzheng believed that the enemy would be able to reduce his speed in time after discovering it.
In this way, the effect of the ambush is much weaker, although even if the enemy finds out and turns back, he will definitely panic and stagnate for a while, and during this time his own archers can deal a certain blow to him.
But if this is the case, it is estimated that it will not be able to inflict a destructive blow on the enemy, and this trick will be useless after being used once, and the enemy will never be fooled again, so won't the hundred tripping horse stakes you buy be wasted?
What can be done to prevent the enemy from discovering these hundred stumbling blocks? Or rather, when the enemy finds out, it's too late.
After thinking for a while, Fang Tianzheng sighed with a little embarrassment on his face: It seems that it can only be like this, war, casualties are indispensable, and those who know how to exchange the smallest casualties for the greatest results are the highest level that needs to be achieved for the layout of the general.
"Kabeb, you have ordered a hundred archers, a hundred swordsmen, and a hundred sword and shield soldiers to guard this road, and you must remember not to let the enemy see the stumbling horse stakes behind him before rushing to a hundred meters."
"No." It seemed that he heard the cold-bloodedness and cruelty brought about by Fang Tianzheng's order, and Kabiebu's voice was also mixed with a bit of sadness.
"Kabeb, do I have any other generals besides you?"
"General Hui, we are all generals who command five hundred people each, and under us, each of us has two deputy generals."
"Oh, then let your lieutenant go, do you understand?"
"No." Kabeb answered, knowing that the generals sent out this time would surely die, and the only hope for life was that the enemy had not chosen to attack this way.
"All the other soldiers were transferred to the top of the hill for me."
"No." The rest of the other generals all said in unison.
At this moment, all the arming was completed, and Fang Tianzheng sat quietly on the top of the mountain, motionless and watching the grass under the mountain swaying under the breeze, and the wind and rain came, silently.
All the way through the mountains and forests on the left, there are 100 swordsmen and 100 archers; All the way to the cliff on the right, there are 100 broadsword soldiers, 100 archers, 100 sword and shield soldiers, and 200 archers above the cliff; At the foot of the middle road, there were 500 light cavalry and 200 crossbow cavalry. There were 200 archers, 400 sword and shield soldiers, and 800 broadsword soldiers on the middle road.
In the distance, out of the reach of Fang Tianzheng's eyes, one soldier after another kept moving forward. In front of these infantry were the cavalry of the Qing Yi sè, and the men at the front of these cavalry were dressed in jīng zhi armor.
"Marino, do you have anything good to do with our march this time?" Said the one at the front.
"General, we brought all the soldiers out this time, and the gap between us and the enemy is not big in terms of strength, but our battalion still produces soldiers continuously, so I think we can completely meet the enemy this time and concentrate all the troops to attack the middle."
"Oh? Baliho, then tell me how we should attack this time? The man at the front continued to ask.
"General, the last general thinks that although with the bravery of our army, even if it is a frontal toughness, we can win this war, but in order to reduce our casualties and avoid some unexpected situations, it is better for us to win by strategy."
Hearing this from Bali, the leading general was immediately interested, and then asked, "Then tell me what strategy we should take?" ”
"General, according to the last general, our army only needs to annihilate all the enemy's miners and cut off their vital forces, then we will achieve the final victory in this battle."
"Yes, go on."
"And if we only destroy the enemy's miners, I will build a large army to attack from the middle road, that is, to the mountains, but - this is only a feint, the main thing is to attract the enemy's attention and let the enemy mobilize his army to defend the middle lane.
And our cavalry can quickly outflank from the left flank, go around behind enemy lines and quickly annihilate the enemy's miners, and then evacuate, and when the cavalry has completed its mission, we can also evacuate.
Presumably, the enemy will be very eager to annihilate us after discovering our army's true combat intentions and discovering that their mining troops have been wiped out, and then our army can retreat to the plains and fight the enemy to the death.
When we reach the plains, the enemy no longer has a geographical advantage, and whether we win or lose this battle, I believe we will be the ultimate victor. ”
"Well, that's right, that's exactly what I want. Balliho, I am the first in the army, and you are the second. ”
"General Xie, the last general swears to break his bones for the general to repay the general's kindness."
"How did Bali obey."
"The end will be."
"I order you to bring fifty heavy cavalry, five hundred light cavalry, and two hundred archers to outflank from the left side, and be sure to destroy the enemy's mining soldiers, leaving not a single one."
"The last general commands."
Subsequently, after reaching the enemy's territory, the army split into two parts, and all the cavalry departed.
"Forward!" With the order of the commander, five hundred sword and shield soldiers, one thousand five hundred sword soldiers, and eight hundred archers formed five squares and marched towards the high mountain in front.
The broadsword and shield men were both in a team of 500 men, and the archers were in a team of 400 men. First the sword and shield team opened the way, followed by a large sword team, two archers, and finally two big sword soldiers.
However, just as they were about to go up the mountain, suddenly a sergeant behind them shouted loudly to the commander.
"Report !!! Urgent!! ”
"Huh? What's going on! The Lord hurried back and looked behind him.
"General, our rear has been attacked by the enemy's cavalry, and it is an archer's cavalry attack, please quickly call back the phalanx of sword and shield men, otherwise the two phalanx of broadsword soldiers behind us may be killed by the enemy."
I saw hundreds of cavalry appear behind him, and some of them were still constantly pulling their bows and striking at their broadswordsmen.
On the other hand, after being attacked, his broadsword soldiers quickly retreated backwards and retreated into the archers' phalanx to seek refuge.
However, due to the suddenness of the enemy's killing, and the fact that it took some time to retreat, there were still more than a dozen broadsword soldiers lying on the ground, but this was not a big loss for the entire team.
As soon as the attack was discovered, the two archers quickly bent forward to line up with their bows, covering the retreat of the broadswordmen.
And the cavalry troops under Fang Tianzheng also retreated after seeing the enemy's archer phalanx coming to help in time.
Adhering to Fang Tianzheng's order to use the speed advantage to continuously consume the enemy's army, the cavalry general Ulba did not order the light cavalry to charge, otherwise when the enemy has no sword and shield soldiers to cover, and at the same time the big sword soldiers are all retreating, once the cavalry charge is launched, even if the light cavalry on his side may be completely annihilated, it can definitely bring a devastating blow to the enemy.
In particular, the enemy's archer squadron, once it was close to the cavalry, was definitely one by one.
However, in any case, it can be seen that the army on the opposite side is still very good, and as soon as it was attacked by the enemy, it immediately took corresponding defensive measures.
After hearing the report from his subordinates, the main general was also thinking about whether to destroy the enemy's cavalry force first, or continue to feint the enemy's center as planned. However, before he could think about it, he suddenly noticed that the cavalry in the distance had retreated. So he ordered to go on the attack, intending to wait for his cavalry unit to return before picking up these guys.
Not long after he gave the order to continue the attack, when the phalanx of sword and shield soldiers had just gone up the mountain, the enemy's cavalry appeared behind his team again with a roar, and after firing an arrow at his phalanx of broadsword soldiers, he continued to run away.
Because the enemy was coming too quickly, before the phalanx of archers under his command could be properly armed, the enemy had already withdrawn after finishing an arrow, and the corpses of a dozen broadsword soldiers were left on the ground again.
Although a dozen is not much, a few dozen or so can add up to terrifying, and the opponent's attack method is obviously not just intended to be used a few times.
"Order the soldiers to go up the hill at full speed, and order the archers to break the phalanx." Hmph, now it depends on what else you can do, is it possible that your cavalry still dares to kill in the mountains? If so, then wait to be killed by my archer. The lord's eyes narrowed, and he thought to himself.
Sure enough, Fang Tianzheng's cavalry troops did not attack again after seeing that the other side had gone to the mountain, and now the enemy's archers are all in the middle of the mountain, occupying a favorable position, and it would be unwise for their own side to rush up.