Chapter Ninety-One: Entering the Back Mountain is in a Difficult Situation
Just after noon, the weather was still unbearably hot.
But the soldiers had to be strong enough to face the battle that was about to begin.
No one dares to have any negligence and carelessness, because the slightest mistake may result in the loss of precious lives.
I saw Zhang Xiaoting's army 500 meters away from the woods, neatly lined up, looking from a distance, it was very imposing, and the team of 220,000 people gave people a lot of oppression.
However, they did not attack immediately, but picked out about five hundred horses and pulled them to the front of the line.
If you look closely, these war horses are not very good, but some are about to retire or be disabled.
Mu Qianmei was a little puzzled at first, but quickly reacted.
"It seems that they want to drive the war horses into the woods first, destroy the mechanism we have set up, and the horses will go ahead of the mountain, and if we put stones again, the horses will suffer first."
As soon as Mu Qianmei finished speaking, she saw that Zhang Xiaoting really ordered the soldiers to drive the horse into the woods.
Five hundred horses were driven by the soldiers, and they rushed into the woods, and soon all of them were submerged in the woods.
In the woods, the organs set up in the back were touched by the war horses and activated, the arrows flew indiscriminately, the trees fell, many war horses were shot at the point, fell down on the spot or were seriously injured, and the lightly injured or lucky ones were not hit, they were even more panicked and ran around.
The archers and soldiers in ambush watched, but there was nothing to be done.
After the first batch of war horses went up the mountain, Mu Qianmei did not order to put stones, firstly, after the last battle, there were not many big stones on the mountain, and secondly, these war horses were also innocent, and there was no point in injuring them.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xiaoting ordered three hundred war horses to be put in, and this time five thousand archers followed, and the war horses just played a covering role in front.
And behind the archers, there were 50,000 cavalry ready to go.
When the archers entered the range, Mu Qianmei's archers who were in ambush in the dark immediately released their arrows.
The archers did not show weakness and immediately drew their bows and shot arrows to counterattack.
However, in the light and dark, Zhang Xiaoting's archers suffered heavy losses, and the ambush soldiers only suffered a small number of casualties.
Seeing the cavalry approaching, the archers in ambush immediately withdrew up the mountain.
The cavalry was in the woods, although it was moving relatively slowly, but it also gave Mu Qianmei a problem, let go of the arrows, the other party was also an archer and cavalry, and he did not take advantage of the shot.
Put the stones, five thousand archers are in the woods, and the lethality is really limited.
Do you really let them go up the mountain?
Mu Qianmei gritted her teeth and did not give the order to put stones.
Instead, he quietly withdrew the ambush soldiers on the mountainside first, and returned to the mountain to set up an ambush, because of this situation, the ambush soldiers on the mountainside no longer had much meaning.
Seeing that his own archers were halfway up the mountain, and the other party had not yet ordered the stones, Zhang Xiaoting sent two teams of 5,000 cavalry each to rush into the woods.
This time, Mu Qianmei saw that the other party had about fifteen thousand soldiers entering the woods, so she did not hesitate to order the stones.
In the rolling boulders, many war horses were smashed one after another.
In the rumbling sound of rolling stones, the horses neighed and wailed.
However, there were still many people who dodged the stones and continued to walk.
Some of the horses were wounded, but the men were not hurt, and they hid behind the trees and waited for the stones to roll over, and then they ran forward.
Finally, about 2,000 archers slowly approached the top of the mountain.
When Mu Qianmei gave the order to release the arrows, they were also fast
of the counterattack.
The 10,000 horses followed by five or six thousand were rapidly approaching.
Zhang Xiaoting, who was outside the woods, seemed to have made up his mind this time, he had to eat 20,000 horses, and when the stones became scarce, he immediately sent 20,000 cavalry in front and 30,000 infantry in the rear, and quickly went up the mountain to support.
Mu Qianmei first arranged for some of the men and horses to retreat separately and hid in the depths of the forest behind the mountain range, leaving some archers and elite soldiers on top to deal with the enemy who had already reached the mountain.
The stone was quickly rolled out, and seeing that the number of people coming up from the other party was increasing, Mu Qianmei immediately made a decision and ordered all to retreat.
When Zhang Xiaoting's troops all went up to the mountain, it was already empty, and there was still half of the enemy's trace.
Zhang Xiaoting also rode to the mountain, counted the number of people, and lost about 5,000 people.
Looking at the cave in front of him, Zhang Xiaoting immediately understood that this must be the place where the treasure is buried.
He immediately divided the 100,000 soldiers who had already gone up the mountain into 20 detachments according to a group of 5,000 men, two of which entered the cave, and the rest searched deep into the forest behind the mountain.
Standing on the mountain, Zhang Xiaoting looked into the distance, looking at the more than 100,000 troops he had left below, with a huge lineup and a neat formation, which had sealed all the exits down the mountain.
In front of you are the endless savannah, and behind you are the vast, winding mountains.
"No wonder we know each other's every move, they stand on a high place, it's a natural watchtower!"
Zhang Xiaoting said softly.
After hiding in the mountains, Mu Qianmei also divided her team into pieces and divided them into nine mobile groups, each with 2,000 people, ready to attack the enemy at any time.
Fortunately, they are already very familiar with the terrain of the back mountain, and there are not many people, and they are very agile when they walk back and forth.
Once the opportunity is seized, it quietly fires a cold arrow, or suddenly launches an attack from behind, and then disappears into the forest.
In this mountain forest, it's like playing hide and seek.
One side is in the light, and the other side is in the dark.
Zhang Xiaoting's army obviously had an advantage in numbers, but because the terrain was unfamiliar, it was often dizzy, and it was impossible to fight the enemy head-on.
After sneak attacks again and again, Zhang Xiaoting's army suffered a lot of losses.
Zhang Xiaoting stood on the mountain, and from time to time he heard a short burst of fighting and screams from the mountain.
But it was over soon.
There are constant reports from soldiers that so-and-so detachment has been sneak attacked, and so-and-so detachment has been sneak attacked again.
Zhang Xiaoting was irritable in his heart.
There has never been such a humiliating war, you say he is not afraid, and he does not fight you head-on; You say he's scared, and he's always ready to attack anywhere.
What kind of tactics is this?
He's never seen anything like it.
In the war books of this world, there has never been such a tactic.
Obviously in an absolute weakness, but they gave full play to their advantages, since they came to the Yunlong Mountain Range, in just a few days, they only killed more than 50,000 of their own soldiers with a loss of more than 2,000 people.
What kind of ratio is this?
It was a war loss that he felt extremely humiliated and saddened about.
Zhang Xiaoting forcibly suppressed the anger and irritability in his heart, and repeatedly warned himself that as a general, he must be calm and calm.
But the news of being attacked one after another made it difficult for him to calm down.
"If another 50,000 people are transferred to come immediately, I don't believe that we will not be able to take this 20,000 horses."
Zhang Xiaoting ordered loudly.
"Yes, General!"
An adjutant general replied, then went down the mountain, and transferred another 50,000 troops to join the ranks of Soushan.
After a while, the two detachments that entered the treasure cave also walked out one after another, and reported in disappointment:
"Back to the general, there is nothing left in the cave except a newly made tomb."
"Graves? Or is it a newly created tomb? Have you dug it up and seen it? ”
Zhang Xiaoting asked strangely.
"General Hui, we dug it up, and it was full of old human bones, and nothing else."
A small leader replied.
"It seems that the treasure has been taken away, strange, with so much treasure, how can they still be so flexible? I think they must be hiding, you leave a team of people on the mountain, and the rest go to search the mountain, you must not let go of any place, I want to see, where else can they hide? In addition, always check if there is anything different from other places, such as newly dug pits, etc., and report them in time. ”
Zhang Xiaoting advised.
"Yes, General!"
After saying that, he ran to the back mountain with the soldiers.
The 150,000 army did a carpet search in the back mountain, which still gave Mu Qianmei a lot of pressure.
Several mobile and flexible sneak attacks, although they all took a lot of advantage, but their own side was not without losses.
Nearly 20,000 enemies were killed, and more than 2,000 were killed or wounded.
The enemy can afford to lose, and there is no longer any loss for the enemy.
So, Mu Qianmei ordered:
"We try to protect ourselves and don't kill the enemy again, and now that their teams are so close to each other, we can easily fall into a siege, so we can't show up easily anymore, hide and wait for help!"
"Yes, princess!"
Unconsciously, Mu Qianmei has become a god-like existence in the minds of all soldiers.
Clever and clever, like a god.
In just a few days, with only 20,000 troops, against the enemy's 100,000 troops at that time, and now the 200,000 army, they have fought calmly and calmly, taking the lead everywhere, and so far, the number of enemy killed has reached more than 60,000, while their own troops have only lost about 5,000 people, and the casualties are 12 to 1.
It is a miracle that many soldiers can achieve such a result under such difficult conditions.
The soldiers adored such a general, even if it was only a seventeen-year-old woman.
However, now that the situation is becoming more and more severe, they have been forced to change their strategic approach and strictly implement the orders to protect themselves and hide and evade.
Familiar with the terrain, they continue to go deep into the mountains, although they can't show up to kill the enemy, but they can set up some traps and obstacles at will, or secretly put a few cold arrows, which can still make the searchers have a headache, trembling, and dare not go too fast, so they can only move slowly.
However, the further back on, the more difficult the conditions became, and in this uninhabited primeval forest, danger could still occur at any time.
In addition to the pursuers behind, there are many unforeseen dangers lurking in nature, such as mosquitoes and large animals.
In Mu Qianmei's team, a small number of people were bitten by poisonous snakes and died, and it is conceivable that on this summer night, if it is night, mosquitoes will definitely become their great enemies.
There are pursuers in the back, and there are dangers in front, and they are also in danger.