Chapter 67: The Offensive and Defensive Battle of Ba'an Mountain (I)
After two days and two nights of uninterrupted operation, a seemingly simple, but actually extremely strong wooden village rose on the grain road in front of Ba'an Mountain.
In the direction facing Linchang City, the Jinjia Battalion actually built a wooden city wall under the personal command of Wang Minglun, although it looks very simple, it is already a miracle.
Moreover, on the left and right sides of the wooden city wall, there is also an arrow tower, which can accommodate more than a dozen archers to stand on it and shoot calmly.
Chu He watched this wooden village grow from scratch, and there was nothing to praise to say, only amazement.
In the past two days, the soldiers of the Jinjia Battalion took turns to eat and sleep, and they all ate well and slept well, and their mental and physical states recovered.
But none of them dared to relax, because they knew that a large army of the enemy could kill them at any time.
What they can do now is to build the camp more strongly, so that they can have an advantage in the face of the enemy.
On the battlefield, every inch of land must be contested, and every advantage cannot be given up.
In the mountains and forests on both sides, Wang Minglun also arranged countless secret arrow posts, and now Ba'an Mountain can be said to be fully armed.
For these actions, Jiang Wuxian is no longer surprised, and Yan Chen is not interested, only Chu He, who has never seen anything in the world, walks around the camp, and looks at it.
So Wang Minglun had a better impression of Chu He, and pulled him to brag, saying that if his construction ability of the Jinjia Battalion ranked second in the old Eighth Battalion, then no one would dare to admit the first.
Chu He was skeptical about this, but he had never seen anything more powerful, so he reluctantly believed Wang Minglun's words.
Wang Minglun led Chu He to the wooden city wall again, and pointed to the square holes about half a meter apart. Said proudly: "Chu boy, do you know what this is?" ”
Chu He looked at the square holes that penetrated to the other side, studied for a long time, and didn't come up with a reason.
"Hey, I invented it, the jab hole."
"Barbone?"
"Yes, that is, our soldiers can hold special extended spears inside, pierce the spear through this square hole, and deal a fatal blow to the enemy who wants to climb the wooden wall."
Chu He suddenly realized, and nodded again and again in admiration of the ingenuity of the idea.
Wang Minglun was so excited by Chu He's praise that he almost pulled him to admit his godson.
At this time, Yan Chen and Jiang Wuxian also walked over, and Yan Chen asked directly, "When will the enemy army arrive?" Itchy hands. ”
Wang Minglun shrugged his shoulders and glanced at Jiang Wuyi with his eyes, "Then you have to ask our deputy Jiang Minister." ”
Jiang Wuxian shook his head and said: "I'm just good at making suggestions, this kind of judging the enemy's actions is more accurate than the intuition of those of you who have experienced a hundred battles." ”
Yan Chen said to Wang Minglun: "Then your old man quickly use your intuition to see when the enemy army will come over?" ”
Wang Minglun pinched his fingers with both hands, rolled his eyes up, and didn't know what to mutter, like a bookkeeper calculating accounts.
"I guess...... They're going to kill tonight. ”
Yan Chen suddenly became interested, "What are you gambling on?" ”
"Fifty taels."
"One hundred taels!"
"Okay, it's a deal!"
Forty miles away, the army that set out from Linchang City, under the command of Liu Baiming, was slaughtering towards Ba'an Mountain.
Liu Baiming's most powerful subordinate who joined the army followed him and asked in a low voice: "General, it is less than seventy miles away from Ba'an Mountain, do you want to deploy a marching formation?" ”
General Liu, who was full of confidence, waved his hand and said heroically: "It's better to do it according to the old rules." ”
Liu Baiming's so-called old rule is to send 10,000 stragglers up first, as cannon fodder, firstly to explore the opponent's strength, and then to buy time for the advance of the elite in the rear.
The 10,000 elites are Liu Baiming's old bottom, and they are also the foundation of his foothold, as long as there are 10,000 loyal sons, he will always be the top five in the Eastern Army, unshakable.
In the middle of the night, there was silence in the wooden village in front of Ba'an Mountain.
Half of the soldiers had already gone into their tents to rest, but no one took off their armor, because the enemy army was always coming, and they had to be ready to meet the enemy at all times.
The generals of the Golden Armor Battalion gathered on the wooden wall and watched the endless darkness ahead.
Wang Minglun predicted that the enemy army would arrive tonight, so they did not dare to relax for a moment.
Wang Minglun and Chu He stood together, after this period of contact, he liked these young people more and more, and the previous grievances and grievances with Jiang Wuxian had long been left behind.
Suddenly the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the darkness, and the sound was getting closer and closer.
The generals on the wooden city wall were in a commotion, but Wang Minglun snorted coldly, "Listen to the sound and know that there is only one horse, what are you nervous about?" It's our scout. ”
Sure enough, as he said, the person who came was a scout of the Golden Armor Battalion.
The wooden wall built by the golden armor did not leave a door in order to avoid the enemy's key attack.
The soldier standing guard on the wall threw a rope down, and the scout tugged at the rope and sprang up with a few strokes.
After coming up, the panting scout didn't have time to find out where Wang Minglun was, and said directly: "The enemy army ...... The enemy arrived, less than ten miles away. ”
Wang Minglun seemed to have expected it, and happily patted Yan Chen's chest next to him, "Okay, prepare the silver, one hundred taels." ”
Yan Chen straightened his bulging chest and said indifferently: "Don't worry, I have all silver tickets here." ”
Wang Minglun laughed twice, and suddenly his momentum changed, and he began to exude bursts of invisible coercion.
"Pass my order, everyone immediately go to the predetermined position and stand by, ready to meet the enemy!"
"Yes!"
The great enemy is present, and the big battle is imminent, but everyone in the Golden Armor Battalion did not show a trace of panic, but prepared in an orderly manner.
Jiang Wuxian walked over and said: "According to our previous analysis, for such a big thing as cutting off the grain road, Liu Baiming, who stayed in Linchang, will definitely go out in person. This person uses soldiers and is accustomed to sending a ragtag army to charge first to open the way. ”
"So our first battle is to completely eat this ragtag army that has been pushed to the vanguard position, and use as much strength as possible, and we must kill them with fear and coldness, so as to occupy the advantage in morale."
Wang Minglun squinted at Jiang Wuxian, "If you don't roll down and find the ground to hide, you won't have to go down if you start fighting for a while." ”
As soon as he heard this, Jiang Wuxian immediately ran down the wooden city wall with his waist bent, turned around and shouted, "Come on", and then he didn't know where to hide.
Chu He slowly drew the knife, and his heart beat rapidly and irrepressibly.
Suddenly, there was a tearing wind sound in the air, Chu He subconsciously dodged his face, and a sharp arrow flew past the tip of his nose.
Then, more arrows whizzed through the air.
A big fat man on the city wall who was in charge of giving orders roared loudly.
"Enemy to the enemy!"