Chapter 121: Chu Yuxing's personal expedition
Most of the topography of the Akiyama Peninsula is a continuous mountain range, among which there are five main peaks: Tianque, Changqi, Shizhu, Feixian, and Wanghai. These five peaks are not only flat at the top of the clouds, but also have plenty of water. After Ba Niu moved all his troops here, he was condescending, wanting to use it to deplete Chu Yuxing. However, when Chu Yuxing's vanguard arrived, it still made them feel fear. A huge group of more than 60 troop carriers, more than 40 warships, and more than 100 warships is like a bison migrating from Africa.
"This is half of their whole army", Ba Niu stood at the top of Shizhu Peak and said to Shi Bixia beside him: "There are still 250,000 troops to arrive by land." Shi Bixia is the person who has the deepest affection for Ba Niu among the three people, and she always believes that his man is invincible in the world, and he can still turn defeat into victory under extremely unfavorable circumstances.
"There are a lot of them, but they are all rabble, and they must not be your opponents." It's not her flattery, that's what she really thinks in her heart, and that's what she says. But Ba Niu knew his situation in his heart, so he put his arm around her shoulders and said, "This time, I am not absolutely sure. With 150,000 against 450,000, Chu Yuxing is a pro-conquest, and we can only barely achieve parity by relying on the terrain advantage. It's actually very difficult to turn defeat into victory."
Shi Bixia's blind love has led to her blindness in judgment, so no matter what time it is, she won't think too much, she only knows that her man is amazing, and believes that he can be reversed in any adversity.
"There are a lot of difficult things, haven't you solved them all? What's so hard about it now? We have you, they only have Chu Yuxing. Chu Yuxing is not your opponent, and their army is naturally not our opponent. It's just like when Sheng Shiyuan and Shi Qiuyu came, except for a visit, there is no more meaning."
Ba Niu couldn't help laughing, and under the watchful eyes of his guards, he pressed her under him. Among his three wives, Shi Bixia is his favorite, Liu Yiyi is the most afraid, and Hu Bingqing is the most concerned. However, if he chooses one of the three people to get along with for a long time, he will choose Shi Bixia. This is not only because of her love for him, but also because of the trust she has in him.
Before the landing, Chu Yuxing's army carried out a heavy artillery bombardment of the coastal area. This is not just a demonstration, but also to remove obstacles after the landing. His 200,000 horses, divided into three parts: the vanguard battalion, the middle army, and the rear battalion, successively landed on the land of the Akiyama Peninsula.
"That is, in an ordinary place, why did Shi Qiuyu and Sheng Shiyuan collapse?" When Chu Yuxing stepped on this land, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion. He has always been haunted by those two defeats, and he has never believed that his hundreds of thousands of troops were completely wiped out under what circumstances.
The great eunuch Wang Heli immediately noticed the abnormality of the situation, and whispered in his ear: "With the knowledge of the servants, Your Majesty's bombardment did not play any role. It is likely that Li Jiuyuan has already hidden his army."
"Do they want to consume me in guerrilla ways"? After Chu Yuxing successfully landed, his self-confidence suddenly swelled, and he didn't think much of Wang Heli's reminder, he looked at those high peaks, and said with a smile: "Where else can he hide those 150,000 people?" Even if he could hide it, we wouldn't find out? The enemy has retreated, and that's all that matters. They have clearly realized that they are no match for us. As long as we keep that momentum, they don't have a chance to win."
"But they haven't lost yet", Wang Heli made people hope that their efforts would change Chu Yuxing's self-righteous mentality: "150,000 people is not a small number, nor is it an existence that can be easily ignored. We do have a numerical advantage, but the three-to-one advantage is not an absolute advantage, and even in the case of offensive and defensive differences, it is a disadvantage at all. If we are unable to consume the enemy's vital forces in a short period of time and are dragged into a protracted war, the enemy will take advantage of the terrain to harass our troops or attack them suddenly, and it will be difficult for us to guard against them. Your Majesty is a military genius who is not born in the world, and it should be easy to see that the terrain of the Akiyama Peninsula is not conducive to large-scale warfare, and although our superiority has not become a disadvantage, we have absolutely no certainty of victory under the situation of offsetting our superiority and inferiority."
Chu Yuxing patted him on the shoulder and laughed: "You think too highly of Li Jiuyuan, and you also look down on our own people too much." With our current strength, even if we can't win, we can consume them."
For an overconfident person, any kind of persuasion is superfluous, Chu Yuxing has already booked his victory in advance, and in his opinion, this result is logical. In order to further deter the people of the Akiyama Peninsula, he waited until all his more than 400,000 people had been gathered before carrying out a carpet advance.
This offensive tactic is indeed very spectacular, and the dense crowd advances in parallel according to a fixed formation, and the momentum is huge and powerful.
When Chu Yuxing saw this situation, he couldn't help but be complacent, but Ba Niu was more confident when he saw this situation. He had already seen Chu Yuxing's hole cards, and all the bluffs were done out of lack of confidence. And at the critical moment of life and death, confidence can sometimes determine success or failure.
"The heart of the recreational man is very empty." When Ba Niu met before joining the army, he said to his subordinates: "They have ventured into unknown territory, and they do not know how to act cautiously, but want to make a big show, and the strength of such an army can be imagined."
"But we still have to be cautious," Liu Chuanzhi said: "The gap in strength must be considered at any time, and we still can't rush out without absolute certainty."
Ba Niu couldn't help laughing, and turned to the generals and said: "We now have 150,000 people, and the other side has more than 400,000 people. But if they want to duel me to the death, they are guilty of a taboo. I thought that we could concentrate our forces and make key breakthroughs. As long as they can break through one point of the enemy, they will naturally fall apart".
A wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts, if he does it according to Ba Niu's idea, the Akiyama Peninsula will definitely not win in this battle, but fortunately, there are still Lao Chengren.
"This kind of thinking is extremely dangerous"! Yao Jinbo suddenly said: "General, don't underestimate the gap in the number of people. In many cases, even in the case of absolute superiority, there is no guarantee of victory, let alone in a situation of disadvantage? The enemy is three times my strength. Although it is not an elite, this kind of power is still very terrifying. The general must not rush into the army and give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it. In the old man's opinion, it is better to stick to the top and wait for it to change. Since we have already occupied the terrain advantage, we must give full play to this advantage. And we are not in a hurry, as long as we can remain undefeated, victory will come sooner or later".
A sentence reminded the dreamer, and Ba Niu couldn't help but be shocked, ashamed of his arrogance just now. smiled awkwardly, admitted his mistake to everyone, and said: "The old man said very much, Fang is overconfident, and the current situation is indeed not optimistic." The enemy's strength is still strong and in the limelight, and we must hold our ground and wait for the opportunity to counterattack." But here he took out an arrow and commanded the heralds: "Go and give me an order, and no one shall act rashly without my order, even in the case of full superiority."
The herald took the order, and the rest of the story was still to be discussed.
"It's very difficult for the enemy to attack," Liu said, "If they hadn't gone crazy, they wouldn't have made such an attempt." But we still have to be on guard, and we have to be on guard against the enemy, but we have to be on guard against our own people." These words have been said clearly enough, and all people understand what he is saying. Tang Yulin, a factor that has always been unstable, has always plagued Ba Niu. On the one hand, because he is Liu Xiyeol's brother-in-law and a close relative of the Liu family, on the other hand, they have no absolute evidence. However, at such an extremely important moment, they had to take precautions.