Chapter Eighty-Eight: Guerrilla Warfare Avoids the Real and Attacks the False
Zhang Xiaoting heard the strange sounds of the soldiers in front of him, and their expressions looked very strange, so he couldn't help but walk forward. Vertices
I saw a big wooden sign erected under Yunlong Mountain, on which four sentences were written:
"Yunlong Mountain Range,
Feng Shui treasure.
ZHANG Xiaotinglai,
Buried here. ”
made Zhang Xiaoting's heart, which had just calmed down, couldn't help but become angry again.
"20,000 horses, still so arrogant!"
Zhang Xiaoting said hatefully, with anger and a little contempt in his tone.
However, thinking about what I have experienced in the past few days, I immediately became cautious.
"If I were them, how would I fight this war?"
Zhang Xiaoting thought silently.
While thinking, he kept looking at the Yunlong Mountain Range, and his brows couldn't help but furrow tightly.
This Yunlong Mountain Range is undulating, one end is within the range of Yunyu Country, and a long section in the middle is the dividing line between the two countries, and further in, it extends into the territory of the Southern Tang Kingdom.
Rolling mountains, lush forests, steep and gentle mountains, 20,000 troops hid in them, and it was difficult to find them for a while and a half.
There is a cloud in the art of war: "don't enter the forest", but how can you destroy the enemy if you don't go in now?
"Didn't they write such a big wooden sign here to provoke me and let us enter rashly?"
"How do we crack it?"
Zhang Xiaoting couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
And Mu Qianmei, who was on the top of the Yunlong Mountain Range, Liu Tingfeng, Tana and the four of them, watched from a distance at the enemy army that stopped not far from the foot of the mountain.
Seeing that they stopped for a long time, but there was no movement, Liu Tingfeng said with a smile:
"It seems that Zhang Xiaoting is not really provoked, will they enter the mountain?"
"Entering must be entered, it is just to see what kind of way they will choose to enter, seeing that they have not moved for a long time, they must be thinking about a good strategy, and they want to enter the mountain at the lowest cost."
Mu Qianmei guessed and replied.
"In the current situation, what is the best way to enter the mountains?"
Tana couldn't help but ask curiously.
"If you can, of course the fire attack is the best, as soon as the fire comes, all the ambushes will be reduced to nothingness. However, they didn't dare to attack in such a way, this fire burned the Yunlong Mountain Range, even if they won the victory, they couldn't afford this consequence. ”
Speaking of fire attack, the other three immediately looked worried, this is indeed a dead end!
But when she heard Mu Qianmei say that they wouldn't choose this way, she put her mind at ease again.
"And what about fire attacks?"
The military advisor also asked suspiciously.
"Except for the fire attack, it is to surround us without attacking, but not to attack, it is to trap us in the Yunlong Mountain Range. When our food and grass are exhausted and the reinforcements have not arrived, we are the first to be anxious, as long as they are well guarded in all directions, we can't get out, and it is a dead end. ”
"However, they will not choose this way, because their grain and grass have been burned by us, and they are the ones who can't afford it now, so they will definitely choose to go into the mountains."
Mu Qianmei analyzed and replied.
"Think about it from another perspective, they are also quite embarrassed now, knowing that there is an ambush in the mountains, but they have to attack, no wonder they hesitate for so long, it is indeed difficult to advance and retreat!"
Tana couldn't help but sigh.
Think about all the arrangements Mu Qianmei has made
and the method of contingency, which is simply unheard of, the idea is bold, but the arrangement is very careful, almost flawless, and I can't help but admire.
"Senior sister, what kind of method do you think they will choose to attack?"
Liu Tingfeng thought for a moment and asked.
"No need to guess, they'll be moving right away. Hehe...... We just need to be prepared to be adaptable. ”
"This guerrilla war is bound to be a protracted war, and they want to win a single battle, and we must not be greedy for merit and rush forward, but we must insist that 'the enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs us, the enemy is tired and we fight, and the enemy retreats and we pursue.'" The sixteen-character policy, flexible and mobile, slowly consumed, so that they can not advance or retreat, it is best before the reinforcements arrive, they can consume more than half of their troops, and the battle will be finally won. ”
Mu Qianmei replied.
"The three words 'guerrilla warfare' have obtained a good name, a very apt name, and a very practical method of warfare!"
The military advisor couldn't help but sigh secretly, and he also deeply admired Mu Qianmei's intelligence in his heart.
"This is the only way we can choose at the moment, you see, they are ready to enter the mountain, their shield soldiers walk in the front, slowly approaching the woods, in order to prevent our archers from shooting, Tingfeng, immediately order the archers to retreat quickly, no need to attack, let them enter the mountain safely!"
Mu Qianmei immediately commanded.
"Okay!"
Liu Tingfeng replied, and immediately gave the order, and the archers who had arranged the matter in advance immediately retreated quietly up the mountain.
When Zhang Xiaoting's shield soldiers entered the mountain, there were no archers to shoot arrows, they moved forward slowly, walking cautiously, afraid that the enemy would set some traps on the ground, such as digging deep pits and putting pointed bamboo in the pits.
However, it was not until they entered the woods that they found no traps that the enemy was relieved.
A small leader in the lead, with a single sword, cut down the sign in front of the woods, and then slashed it to smithereens, to vent his anger.
When I entered the mountain, I saw that everything was empty, and on the trunk of a tree not far ahead, there was a sign with six eye-catching characters written on it
"Welcome to the Treasure Land!"
Everyone was furious again, feeling as if they were being teased by the other party, this mere 20,000 soldiers and horses, they were still so arrogant, and they still had the leisure to make such an arrangement, they simply didn't take them into account with an army of 100,000!
"Carving insect skills, so make a mystery."
Another small leader also said resentfully and contemptuously.
Seeing that there was no danger in entering the 5,000 shield soldiers in the mountains, Zhang Xiaoting sent another 20,000 soldiers to dismount and then follow up and also entered the woods.
But the 20,000 soldiers were only halfway inside, and there were bursts of painful wails and screams from inside.
It turned out that the little leader was angry, and slashed at the vertical wooden sign, and suddenly countless arrows flew in the mountains at once, and large sections of wood or large stones fell on their heads, and the soldiers who crowded forward and backward could not avoid it, and they were hit by arrows or stones, some died immediately, and some were seriously or lightly injured, so they let out a terrible scream.
The sign cut by the little leader is actually the switch of a group of organs, and when it is cut off, it is just activated, and the calm woods immediately become a hell on earth, and the people behind them have withdrawn, and the people who are still alive in front have also hurriedly retreated.
But more than 2,000 people died here.
When Zhang Xiaoting heard the screams, he immediately slapped his horse forward, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but rush up with anger and blood, and his mind was dizzy.
Before the enemy saw it, he lost more than 2,000 soldiers first, how can this battle be fought?
He longed to burn down this abominable Yunlong Mountain Range with a fire.
But reason told him this
Such a decision could not be implemented.
Zhang Xiaoting gritted his teeth and ordered:
"Look closely, if there are no traps, pack up the corpse of the warrior and move on!"
So, everyone carefully searched up and down, front and back, left and right, and made sure that there were no more traps and traps, so they hurriedly packed up the bodies of the dead soldiers, and after hastily burying them, they slowly moved forward.
This time, Zhang Xiaoting sent 30,000 soldiers to march slowly in the mountains.
As they climbed up the slope for a short distance, they suddenly heard an order from above:
"Shoot the arrows!"
Then another burst of arrows rained down on them.
Fortunately, there were trees in the mountains, and there were shield soldiers in front, so this time there were not too many casualties, and only a few hundred people were killed or wounded.
However, it caused their marching team to lose their formation and look for a place to hide, and the fear in their hearts seemed to have intensified a lot.
The enemy is in the shadows, but that's one of the most frightening things because you don't know when they're going to attack next or what kind of attack they're going to take.
After a burst of arrows, Mu Qianmei's soldiers quickly hid deep in the woods.
Zhang Xiaoting gave an angry order:
"Keep going, pick up the speed and catch up with them!"
So they sped up a lot and ran up the slope.
The front army had just reached the halfway point of the mountain, and when the rear army had just walked up the slope, they heard an order from the mountain:
"Rolling Stones!"
As a result, countless huge stones rolled down from the mountain at a rapid pace.
When they heard the sound of the order, everyone immediately realized that something was wrong.
But people are halfway up the mountain, they can't go up, they can't retreat, they can't avoid it, and the team is in chaos again.
"Withdraw!"
Zhang Xiaoting ordered loudly.
However, as soon as the ranks were in disarray, boulders rolled in, and it was difficult to predict how the frightened soldiers would dodge, let alone withdraw, whether they would survive or not.
"Hide behind a tree!"
Zhang Xiaoting immediately ordered again.
However, you pushed me and squeezed it, and many people didn't have time to dodge, they were already crushed by the boulder and lost their lives in an instant.
The soldier holding the shield instinctively raised the shield to block it, but where could he stop it?
Everywhere the boulders passed, they were crushed under the shield and turned into meat pies.
The shield became their grave.
After waiting for a boulder to roll over, Zhang Xiaoting immediately gathered the remnants of the soldiers and ordered a retreat, and when he looked at it, there were only about 10,000 people left.
The battle was so hard that he almost fainted.
However, the retreat was not so smooth either, and the order to release the arrows was again given from above.
Many people were killed by arrows in the back.
Moreover, during the retreat, when he was about to reach the bottom of the mountain, more than 5,000 elite soldiers suddenly killed from the right side, and there was another brutal slaughter.
Zhang Xiaoting shouted loudly for the soldiers outside to answer.
When Zhang Xiaoting's soldiers left outside slaughtered into the forest, the soldiers of the Xinyun Yu Kingdom after killing for a while had already disappeared into the woods and fled without a trace.
Zhang Xiaoting had no choice but to order a temporary withdrawal from the woods, and of the 30,000 soldiers who had entered earlier, there were only more than 2,000 remnants left.
And the other side was only a few dozen dead and wounded.
Before the frontal battle, his own side had already suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and Zhang Xiaoting experienced the taste of defeat for the first time.