Chapter 243 Tiger Ben

When An Bangyan saw the Miao soldiers who had fled back, he knew that something was wrong.

Because there were two groups of defeated soldiers: in addition to the people led by Grasshopper, there were also the people of Wumi—to be exact, there were more people who fled back from Grasshopper's gang.

There are more people in the Wumi belt than Grasshopper, and they are the most elite part of the Shuixi Army. An Bangyan didn't expect them to defeat Sun Jie, just stop the pursuers from buying some time for the main force to transfer, if they can't beat them, can't they still outrun those Han people?

You can't really win.

Because his opponent is Sun Jie.

Wu Mi is a member of the Shuixi Army, and he is not inferior to An Xiaoliang in terms of bravery, but his brain is much more active than the latter. The opponent is the prestigious Sun Jie, and Wu Fan didn't have any opportunistic luck, and he didn't think about setting up any ambush. According to the intermittent reports of the local Miao people, Wu Fan found that Sun Jie's march was decent: at the front were more than 20 horses, and the military tentacles were about ten miles away from the forward battalion - the Wu leader did not know, this was because the Miao land was mountainous and the visual reconnaissance range was limited. If the enemy is marching on the plains, Sun Jie's military intelligence horse can be extended to thirty miles away from the army, which can provide more than a day's warning time for the headquarters - the forward should have two battalions with the same number of auxiliaries. In fact, Wu Mi still misjudged: Sun Jie only sent a tiger battalion as a striker, and the auxiliaries were three times as much, in addition to the armor and grain carriers, there were also a considerable number of earthen battalions (similar to engineering soldiers, responsible for building camps and fortifications) auxiliaries. About twenty or thirty miles behind the forward was the main force, protecting the grain and grass baggage, and driving eastward at a speed of thirty to forty miles a day.

It is impossible for a concealed ambush of 5,000 men to hide from the horses and cavalry, and places that can hide large troops, such as behind the hills and woodlands, are their key reconnaissance targets. If the troops are divided into ambushes, timely communication is a big problem, and nine out of ten will miss the fighters, but the opponent may break through the small groups of troops that are unable to communicate with each other. Therefore, Wu Fan decided to have a dignified battle: with 5,000 against more than 1,000 Ming army forward battalions (the black leader mistook the people in the earthen camp for combat soldiers), and ran over head-on! Twenty or thirty miles away, the main force of the Ming army heard the news, how could it take one and a half to two hours to arrive - a rapid march for more than an hour, three miles away to put on armor and rest a little to recover physical strength, and then go to the battlefield to fight, this is already the highest efficiency - whether it is to annihilate the opponent or defeat it, or even just to teach the Ming dogs to make a false alarm for a while, Wu Fan is at least confident that he will lead his headquarters to withdraw from the battlefield before the main force of the Ming army arrives.

It is good to be able to inflict huge losses on the Ming army, even if they can't, they should not dare to send a lone army to pursue in depth in the future, but the entire army shrinks into a ball and slowly arches forward, as long as they attack from time to time, and when they reach the valley, Elder An has already met the king of luxury in the mountains of Xiongsuo Zexi to prepare a grave for them!

Wu Fan set the battlefield at the Horse Wild Tomb in Yizexi. According to expectations, if the first battle can defeat the vanguard battalion of the Ming army in front of them, after a short pursuit, the camp can retreat step by step in the direction of the northeast valley, always waiting for opportunities to harass along the way; In case the war is unfavorable, the troops can also run away in two groups: one to the east, there is a swamp with yellow mud and a nest (now Shuixi Kehai Wetland Park), Wu Mi hopes that the Ming army will chase after him - unless he is familiar with the terrain features, there is a mud pit under the seemingly solid grass puddle, and he is likely to be trapped in the mire if he steps on it, not to mention the Ming dog wearing iron? Not to mention those baggage carts! One only needs to run north for more than ten miles, crossing the Laolu River (now partially diverted) is the Shuixi Station, the Fire Burning Fort is close at hand, you can get the secret response of the position that has been on the surface of the matter so far, and you can rush to the Guli Station to meet with Elder An's main force by going around a little circle.

It's a win-no-lose battle.

Shanxiong used to be a scout in the Tiger Ben camp, but later he was selected as a writer by Shangou Ji, so he changed his surname to Shan. When attacking Zhijin Village, Shanxiong was hit on the head by a small stone, Rao was protected by an iron helmet and his eyes were stunned for a while, and when he saw the slinger clearly, he was even more ashamed...... Moreover, it's still a girl! It didn't take long to break through the wall, and soon Zen Woong saw the little barbarian girl again in the captive team. But what else? On the one hand, the marshal has long ordered that he must not kill prisoners - even if the marshal does not give the order, can you kill a little girl in front of everyone? That must not be laughed at for a lifetime! Shanxiong had no choice but to blow his beard and glare at the little barbarian girl, which scared her so much that she cried and gave up. Because he was stunned and fell behind, this battle Shanxiong did not get the decapitation merit - here in the marshal, the first level may not be able to exchange for rewards, and the rewards of the marshal are based on the attitude and effect of obeying orders, but the first rank is a matter of face! Dashuai belongs to the tiger, this camp is called the tiger camp, think about what this means! After a big battle, the ordinary soldiers of the Tiger Battalion can often come back with a brute head, so how can the dignified soldiers of the battalion officers be embarrassed to be empty-handed? When he returned to the division of Liuchonghe and saw General Shangguan's horse team, Shanxiong was even more depressed: many people and horses had already dried Miao Man's head under their necks, and the five family members of the head of the family had not only himself, but also each horse under his neck! Although everyone didn't say anything, Shanxiong felt more and more that he couldn't hold his head up, so he pestered the head of the family, and no matter what, he had to return to his old profession and go out to explore the way for the army. Of course, Shangou Ji knew Shanxiong's thoughts, so he agreed, and secretly hoped that this guy could meet a few unlucky brutes who were lone to satisfy his vanity...... But after so many days, except for the figure on the top of the mountain in the distance, Shanxiong has not gained anything. Of course, Yizexi can occasionally see sporadic old and young cultivators working in the fields, but not only is it strictly forbidden to kill good people and take meritorious deeds, but no one in this army bothers to do it.

Detectives and scouts are all elites in the army, and they are by no means the kind of errand that anyone can do as long as they are not blind. For example, Shan Woong knew that he had a large group of thieves, about four or five thousand in size, less than a day's journey from his team—the number of people could be judged by the traces of the dung and the bonfire, and the time of the crossing could be judged by the marks of the trampled broken branches and grass. Of course, calculating the capacity of the road, choosing a suitable location for camping, etc., are all basic tasks for a detective to ride a detective horse. These military information have already been reported to the head of the family.

But today, Shanxiong seems to have hit a big luck, and just after turning a hill with his companions, he found the long-awaited Miao Man in his heart! And then......

Zen Woong and his companions turn their horses and run away!

Not far ahead, the whole road is full of Miao Man, and the gentle slopes on both sides are also densely packed with human heads! Although it is not real in a hurry, there are thousands of people at a glance - the group of guys who dare to love themselves are all here!

There is a reason why the black fans put the troops here. This is a mountain bay, and the Ming army's exploration horses can only see themselves when they turn around, which can satisfy the concealment to the greatest extent. At this time, the army waved to meet it, and two or three miles away was a large open area of the Maye Tomb, and the troops could fully deploy and give full play to the advantages of their forces - if the battlefield was on a narrow mountain road, the front of the enemy would be limited, and no matter how many people there were, they could only be blocked behind and do things in a hurry. There are fifteen or sixteen miles in the open field, and then there is a narrow mountain road behind it, and when the Tanma finds himself, this camp of Ming dogs has already stepped into the open land, and it is impossible to turn around and run five or six miles back into the ravine in one breath, in that case, they will have to run themselves down, and the narrow mountain road tramples on each other, and they can no longer organize an orderly resistance, therefore, they can only fight with themselves here!

Wu Mi did not bother to chase after Shanxiong, who was more than 100 steps away, and with a wave of his hand, the whole army moved forward, and the 5,000 Shuixi elites marched towards the predetermined battlefield with confidence.

Without waiting for Shanxiong to run back to report the news, and even before the scout horse behind him shook the red flag that found a large number of enemy traces, Shangou Ji, who rode his horse to the front of the battalion, discovered the abnormality: the green in the field of vision at the foot of the distant mountain ten miles away was gone! The battle-hardened good hook knows that this phenomenon can only explain one thing: a large group of people or animals moved over to cover the grass and bushes!

"The whole camp stops! Get ready to take on the enemy! Shangou roared, and then instructed the family members around him, "Good tiger, good and fierce, immediately report to the commander: the camp has bitten the main force of the Miao thief, please ask the commander to help." ”

The enemy was ten miles away, and it was too late to dig trenches and fences. However, the reputation of the Tiger Ben Camp is not earned by carrying a beating! With a series of orders spit out from the mouth of the good hook machine, the whole army immediately got busy: the officers of each team began to shout the trumpet to transfer their own team's baggage carts, the soldiers took off their big shields, round shields and other heavy equipment from the cars, and then took off their iron armor from the backs of the soldiers to prepare to put on, the archers took the bundles of feather arrows from the carts, picked up the slings and loaded them into their empty crossbody quivers, and took out the bowstrings wrapped in oil paper from their bosoms to wind the bows, and the busiest were the auxiliaries of the earth battalion. The men who had just removed the armor of the soldiers were pulled down from the cart and placed them in the designated place according to the command of the local battalion officer, and then they were firmly nailed to the ground with wooden mallets......

"Get out of the way!" With a series of shouts, several carts were pushed to the front, and the auxiliaries of the artillery crew unloaded the three tiger squat guns from the vehicles with all hands and feet, and nailed them in a row outside the horse rejection defense ring at the front of the position, while the artillery crew was busy piling up gunpowder packs and projectiles near the left of their respective guns...... The forward battalion of the good hook machine actually brought three small cannons!

The good hook horse ran along the defensive position. The rejection horses on the two wings are very dense, one after another, there are eight or nine layers of staggered, and they are connected to each other by iron chains, which can delay Miao for a long time, and then I heard Mi Dali's report that hundreds of strings of thistles have been scattered inside and outside the rejection of the horse, and nodded with satisfaction "Hmm". When he came to the front team that had been neatly clothed, the face of the good battalion officer turned iron-blue, and the horsewhip in his hand slashed his head at the officers of the teams of A, B, C and D, and scolded while snorting: "Bastard thing! How do you chase the enemy when you wear an armor skirt? Straight lady thief, when the big handsome comes to see, Lao Tzu's face has been lost by you waiting for the dog, this tiger camp should be renamed the rat gall camp! Take them all off for Lao Tzu! The spearmen at the front and on both wings are fully armored, and the sword and shield soldiers are all wearing half armor for Lao Tzu! Archers are not allowed to wear armor - don't you have to chase the enemy, for fear of being burst into battle by the Miao thieves? You don't need a thief to cut it, Lao Tzu is ashamed to death, but you shameless pigs and dogs are sparing your life......"

At this time, Wumi's brigade had approached three miles away from the Tiger Camp. Wu Mi was about to order the leaders of the village to lead their troops to launch an attack line on both flanks, when he suddenly saw a few puffs of white smoke rising from the Ming army on the opposite side, and hurriedly shouted, "Disperse quickly!" However, it was still late, and within two breaths, the ranks were still together, and the faint sound of cannon was heard, and almost at the same time, after a muffled sound, a scream rang out from the ranks.

Sun Jie has always encouraged officers at all levels to make independent decisions when facing the enemy, and the artillery crew is no exception: the artillery commanders know better than the battalion officers or even the commanders when to fire. Seeing that the Miao soldiers had entered the firing range, the artillery commanders of each artillery group glanced at each other, and without waiting for the order of the good hook machine, they ordered to open fire one after another, opening the curtain of this encounter.