Chapter 369: [Training]
In the reply letter that Du Wei ordered someone to use a bow and arrow, it was written: "Fight slowly, you are not in a hurry, and I am not in a hurry." ”
With just one glance, Guhuadoro felt like someone had seen through his entire plan!
This Duke Tulip, he knows that his task is to stall for time here?
I'm not in a hurry to fight, and he is not in a hurry to fight? What does that mean?
Did he know the intention of General Lu Gao to lead the cavalry to break through, or did he make other arrangements in the province of Desa to intercept the general?
In this era, there was no telephone, no telegraph, no even communication system. At this time, the wisdom and command ability of the commander-in-chief and generals will be completely tested.
Although Gu Huadoro was full of suspicions, but after thinking about it, the 70,000 cavalry led by Lu Gao were all the jīng rui in the Northwest Army, and the 70,000 iron cavalry were enough to sweep through the province of Desa. This Du Wei must have deliberately said this to deceive himself. Most of the time, he wanted to provoke himself to a quick victory, so he could send an army to pursue Lu Gao!
Hmph, you must not be fooled, and slowly consume him here! Let his army be nailed here, and he will not be able to move for a minute! Don't let him have the strength to divide his troops to go out to pursue General Lu Gao and them! As long as it drags on for two or three days, Lu Gao's cavalry will advance at a very fast speed, and when the time comes, Du Wei will not be able to chase him if he wants to.
Well, that's it!
He didn't know that he had already fallen into the hands of Du Wei.
He didn't know. The cavalry corps of Lu Gao, which led the army to break through, has been completely annihilated. It's just that the battlefield is behind Du Wei's line of defense...... Who would have guessed that Du Wei, a dangerous guy, would actually "dig a hole" in his rear? The battlefield was more than 100 miles away from here, and how did Guhuadoro know that the Lu Heights army no longer existed? His mission of "breaking the rear" here had long since become empty talk. Above, I looked out for a while, and saw that the military camp of Guhuadora was busy. This guy is very capable of leading troops, the military camp is heavily guarded, orderly, and although it is busy but not chaotic, it can be seen that the Northwest Army is indeed jīng Rui.
And what made Du Wei feel funny was that this Guhuadoro actually ordered a huge wooden fence with a baggage cart to surround the outside of the camp, and someone sent someone to dig a circle of trenches outside the camp...... It seems that he is very attentive and has decided to stick to it here.
The more Du Wei looked at it, the more funny he felt. Then he summoned Longbottom's subordinates and asked about the handling of the prisoners of war. He added: "Send out a thousand cavalry, a squad of twenty people, and walk around, searching for the cavalry of the Northwest Army who have fled on the battlefield." At the same time, patrols were stepped up. Prevent the Guhuadoro scouts from passing through our lines to the rear. We can't let Guvadoro know that they're finished!"
Some of his subordinates were puzzled: "Lord Duke, anyway, we have won a great victory, let Guhuadora know, I'm afraid they will be even more desperate, wouldn't it be better?"
Du Wei shook his head: "The dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, don't you understand this truth? They just came here, and they are in full swing, and at this time, they know the news, maybe Gu Hua Duo Luo will be ruthless." and they will attack our fortress with great force. ”
The man below: "My lord." We're not afraid of them attacking!"
Du Wei looked at the soldiers under him, smiled slightly, and said warmly: "I naturally know." You are all faithful warriors under my command, and I trust your ability and courage. However, the Northwest Army is already bound to perish, and this broken ship has already sunk half of it, so now we just need to watch slowly from the side. Why should you cause the other party to go crazy and run to the death to bite us? It is always good to be able to minimize the sacrifice of soldiers. According to the previous plan, delay them for a few days to wear out their sharpness, and then when they know the news of Lu Gao's defeat, at that time, it is the best opportunity. Moreover, now let these people know, even if they don't come to attack, the Northwest Army of tens of thousands of people will suddenly collapse, and these tens of thousands of rebels will disperse, and we will be in a hurry to walk to such a big place in the northwest to make trouble. Drag it out for a few days, and when a few friendly troops arrive and surround them, it's called closing the door and beating the dogs, you know?"
The next morning, it wasn't until the sun was soaking up that the drums of war were beating in Guwardoro's barracks, and then the barracks door opened, and an infantry battalion slowly opened up, lined up under the gates of the fortress of Duweidi, and challenged loudly.
Du Wei only glanced at the city tower, and after a rough calculation, there were only two or three thousand people, so he smiled and said: "Gu Huadoro was fooled, haha, he sent such a few people out to fight the war, and it was clear that he wanted to consume time and fight slowly, since he was interested, let's play with them." Order, we will also send people, not more, just send 3,000 people. Practice with them. A commander next to him was puzzled: "My lord, you said yesterday not to waste the blood of the soldiers with these guys...... Today. ”
Du Wei glanced at this guy and scolded with a smile: "You are a subordinate of Robert Knight, right? You stupid, you don't understand such a simple question, huh...... I will send you to take your battalion out to fight, remember, don't be too desperate, the other party will not be too desperate, line up in formation, and wait for them to attack, if I guess correctly, at most half an hour of fighting, they will retreat. Everybody doesn't want to fight hard right now...... What to see, go down quickly and order troops out of the city. ”
After saying that, Du Wei also kicked the guy lightly in the ass, causing a burst of laughter from the people next to him.
The hapless commander descended the wall with a blank face, and was about to go to order his troops, when he saw Philip walking up to the wall. Everyone under Duke Tulip knew that this Lord Philip was the Duke's most trusted staff, and everyone was convinced of the wisdom of this Lord Philip, so the commander hurriedly went up to say hello, and then asked the doubts in his heart with the intention of asking for advice.
Finally, he said, "Master Philip." I really don't understand in my heart, since the Duke doesn't want the soldiers to sacrifice more, he sends me 3,000 men out of the city to fight...... Why don't you send more people and defeat these guys outside in one go. I also want to stop trying too hard...... But how can you fight a war without working hard??"
After hearing this, Philip smiled: "Don't worry. The other party will not desperately. You must understand that the other party's intention is to delay our time, we are just in the middle of it, and they are also afraid that they will rush us, so they will come to the decisive battle with the whole army. As for why you were sent out to fight...... Let me tell you one thing privately, Lord Duke wants to train his troops! A really good army is not something that can be trained on the training ground! A strong army is fought out, not a place where it is trained, and I don't need to teach you this, right? Let the soldiers go up and fight a dozen and feel the atmosphere of the battlefield. Seeing a little blood, the recruits will naturally mature quickly. Now the other party won't play hard, and we don't have to exert force, so everyone won't have much damage. Is there a better place for actual combat training than this? Don't worry, I can guarantee you, you just have this chance, and next, I'm afraid that the adults will take turns pulling our recruits out to fight a dozen battalions by battalion. You're taking the lead today, so don't lose face. ”
This commander-in-chief was also a veteran officer who had participated in the defense of the city of Gilliat, and when he heard it, he immediately understood, and then his doubts were relieved, and he hurriedly went down to order troops.
Outcome. This battle was really weird.
Here an infantry battalion sent by Du Wei came out. The phalanx was lined up under the city gates. However, the challenging infantry of the Northwest Army dragged on and delayed their attack. After shouting and cursing from afar for a quarter of an hour, the defenders of the Tulip family on the upper floor of the city here were a little impatient, and one of the officers could not help but let the archer shè pass a few arrows. The troops of the Northwest Army came up to kill them.
Du Weidi's troops are not considered recruits, many of them have been in the army for a year, but it is the first time to go to the battlefield with real swords and guns. Fortunately, the infantry policy under the city was very rigorous, and the equipment of shields and armor was also very good, and the Northwest Army attacked for a while, but it did not take advantage, and the two sides fought a draw...... It can even be said to be very "kind". The commander who led the troops here was a commander who had participated in the defense of the city of Gilliat, and he couldn't help but curse: Where is there such a battle? The other side just attacked for a while, leaving behind dozens of corpses, twenty or thirty people, and then retreated.
It's here in the Tulip family, these recruits who are on the battlefield for the first time, many of them were nervous at the beginning and even trembled with their hands holding weapons, and after fighting for a while, their courage gradually increased, and in the end, seeing that the other party retreated, there were actually some people who were not afraid of death and led people to chase and kill. Fortunately, Du Wei could see clearly from the top of the city tower, and quickly ordered people to blow the trumpet and withdraw the troops.
After counting the results of the battle, only seven or eight were killed, and more than twenty were wounded, most of them were lightly wounded. However, after going to the battlefield for the first time, after seeing blood and seeing dead people, these soldiers did become very different, and the smell of farmers on the ground on their bodies also dissipated, and many people became a little more arrogant.
Du Wei saw it in his eyes and sighed in his heart. I "trained" so much, but after all, there were always casualties. He was also a little unbearable in his heart, but when he thought about it, in order to meet the big war in the next two years, this was already the last chance for his army to train in actual combat! One can imagine how tragic the future war will be. If you don't seize this opportunity now...... No matter how long these soldiers have been training on the training grounds, they are, in Longbottom's words, just a bunch of farmers with weapons. Counting on these armies to fight the criminals, most of them will suffer more casualties!
Therefore, the current method of training soldiers is a little unbearable, but the small damage now is also to have a greater grasp of survival when facing a more cruel and brutal enemy in the future.
Du Wei felt more and more that when he thought about many issues in his heart, his ideas and ideas had changed a lot.
He was almost indifferent and cruel this time, and looked at the reported damage figures with sheer sanity that bordered on cold-bloodedness...... Purely look at these as numbers.
Otherwise...... What else can I do?!
This is war, not a playhouse!! Where is there an immortal in war?
Du Wei comforted himself with this. For three days, Guhuadora also sent several teams of men and horses out to attack the city every day, which is more appropriate to say "sāo disturbance" than a siege.
Du Wei also took the opportunity to hurry up with many generals under his subordinates, and took advantage of this opportunity to draw out several new battalions and take turns to go into battle, including practicing many tactics, such as siege and defensive warfare, positional warfare, and so on......
At the end of three days, 20,000 recruits took turns on the battlefield. I have seen blood, I have seen dead people, although these battles are not too fierce, and even have a sense of noise, but at least, the temperament of these soldiers has finally changed.
After all, a real army is not made by training! It is fought out!
Gu Hua Doro thought that he had a plan, and he even gave full play to the word "drag", and even sometimes, he sent five or six troops in a day, taking turns to attack the city, but each attack only lasted for a while and then immediately withdrew, hoping to use this frequent sāo harassment tactic to hold Du Wei to death, so that Du Wei would not have the strength to send troops to chase Lu Gao. But he didn't know that this was exactly what Du Wei wanted.
And Du Wei is here...... What he is even more worried about at the moment is Hussein and Rodriguez!
On the battlefield that day, after these two people pursued Lu Gao, it had been four days now, but they had not returned, there was no news at all, and even the Decepticon team sent out to search everywhere could not find a single clue.