Chapter 214: War of Atrition
Does the bull know about this threat? I don't know. He really didn't know that Chu Yuxing had taken such extreme measures in his plan against the Autumn Mountain Peninsula. Of course, Chu Yuxing didn't expect that his measure would pose a threat to him. The current situation is that if the ultimate weapon is launched, Chu Yuxing, like Ba Niu, will be wiped out. Of course, Chu Yuxing didn't know the Great Monk's plan, he never doubted him, he thought that he was completely in control of the Great Monk, in fact, he was under the control of others.
The Great Monk's plan will take a few more months to complete, and now the two sides of the opposing team will not be able to wait that long. The food supply of Ba Niu has now bottomed out, and the current situation must be reversed. Although Chu Yuxing has sufficient reserves, he still hopes to solve all the problems in the shortest possible time. However, their head-to-head confrontation did not happen anytime soon.
After Chu Yuxing was stationed in the Giant Plains for the first month, he discovered the anomaly. Every day, he saw the misty fireworks in his own barracks, but in the other party's barracks, there were only a few wisps of cooking smoke.
"We have fallen for the enemy's trick"! Chu Yuxing sighed and said helplessly: "Their main army is not here. We were put on a stand by the enemy. Li Lin, you go find their camp."
Li Lin is his right-hand man now, but in this strange place, it is absolutely impossible to find a group of people who completely live here. So, he searched for three months. During these three months, everything has changed. Ba Niu's army suddenly appeared here and there, and their camp around Chu Yuxing flickered and flickered, like ghosts, and they couldn't be found at all.
Chu Yuxing was now feeling a huge pressure, and he was not afraid of a tangible enemy. Tangible enemies, no matter how powerful they are, can be predicted, but invisible enemies, he can't predict at all. The current Chu Yuxing is like falling into five miles of clouds and mist, and he can't find the southeast and northwest at all. The army of the Akiyama Peninsula appears here today, and there again tomorrow, drifting like ghosts.
"Find out the main forces of the enemy"! This is the most important order and the last order given by Chu Yuxing, because what happens next is beyond their control.
Ba Niu's army of 150,000 people, but it was like only a few tens of thousands, constantly moving and changing every day. It's impossible to find their flaws.
The people of Kangle have been defeated! This is a fact that Chu Yuxing has to admit in his heart. But as a commander-in-chief, he had to hold out until the very end. They are now an obvious target, completely exposed to enemy attacks.
"It's easy to say about consuming enemies, but it's so hard to do"! Ba Niu looked at the campfires that stretched for hundreds of miles, and couldn't help but sigh: "450,000 people, how to consume them?"
Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to say a word, not because they really had nothing to say, but because the stakes were so high, no one dared to take such responsibility. This is exactly what Ba Niu is sad about. However, there will always be brave fighters who dare to risk their lives like this, and Sheng Shiyuan is one of them.
"Maybe we don't need to consume them, we can just let them consume themselves". Sheng Shiyuan's words immediately attracted everyone's attention, and Ba Niu was even more overjoyed and hurriedly let him continue.
"In the current situation, we are completely in a favorable situation, but we are not strong in the reserve without the enemy, and this problem must be solved. As long as we can put the enemy's reserve at a disadvantage, we can take the initiative".
Ba Niu smiled and nodded, letting him continue, so Sheng Shiyuan said: "The enemy's grain and grass camp is not far away in Mingsha Mountain, but unlike us, there are no obstacles on their way. Our problem is that, although there are no obstacles, there are not enough reserves. Therefore, it is not easy to wear down the enemy. However, we cannot fight a quick victory, and with 150,000 against 450,000, it is impossible to achieve a quick victory. There are only two things we can do now, one is to block the enemy's food routes, and the other is to disperse the enemy's forces."
Ba Niu exhaled a long breath, and now someone finally thought of him: "Then according to the general's opinion, what should we do"?
"Adventure"! Sheng Shiyuan looked at Ba Niu, wanting to see his thoughts from his eyes. When he saw the strange light in Ba Niu's eyes, he knew that he was right.
"We have to take a risk. Of course, I can't guarantee that this adventure will be successful, but not taking the risk is definitely in a situation where you are bound to lose, I am sure"! He said it so categorically that no one could question it.
"150,000 people and 400,000 people face each other, even if place 3 is old, weak, sick and disabled, there is no absolute certainty, let alone people are regular soldiers? With the advice of your subordinates, you can set up suspicious soldiers first, just like we did in the Giant Plains. so that they cannot find our main forces, and at the same time they are exhausted, so that they can wait for their work and break through each one".
"We can use the six armies separately", Ba Niu agreed with him: "Each army appears in a different place, but it does not engage the enemy, and as soon as the enemy appears, we retreat quickly, so that they cannot detect our movements." In this way, the enemy will naturally hesitate and even be confused, and then, if we use a trick to win, it will be basically foolproof."
It is difficult for people to make correct judgments about their thoughts, and they can only judge the current situation according to their own understanding, so many people do not agree with the way of dividing their troops into battles.
"It's not a division of forces"! Ba Niu went on to explain: "It's a division of forces. Our aim is to disrupt the enemy, so every army of the Sixth Army will only be used as a suspect and will not come into direct contact with them. To put it bluntly, as soon as the enemy appears, we retreat".
The others still didn't understand what they meant, so they listened quietly.
"Chu Yuxing came this time, obviously he made sufficient preparations, and he will definitely not take risks easily unless he has to." Ba Niu continued: "His 450,000 people are very difficult to separate. However, things have changed over time. Inherent patterns may not work all the time, especially over a longer period of time. I expected some of his men to take risks."
He looked at the crowd and smiled, as if he had seen the dawn of victory: "This risk-taking person is our hope."
They were hopeful, and soon appeared. Chu Yuxing's general, Hu Yunhao, was his most profitable general, and his 120,000 horses soon discovered Li Jiuyuan's Nine Dragon Banner. He was tired of that kind of cautious behavior and wanted to make a contribution in the shortest possible time. Therefore, when he saw Li Jiuyuan's banner, he decided to attack with all his strength with his headquarters.
He was also the first to achieve victory on the Akiyama Peninsula. The enemy quickly retreated with little strong resistance. But when he was working, he increased the difficulty of victory, and it was depicted extremely vividly.
Although Chu Yuxing felt that this victory came relatively suddenly, he still rewarded them. This is also where he is not very qualified as a general. He didn't know exactly if the victory was a real victory or a false invitation. So in the days that followed, there were constantly generals who broke away from the troops without permission to pursue small groups of enemies, and after the pursuit, exaggerated their military exploits. In this case, Chu Yuxing made another mistake, he rewarded almost all the people who reported the merits.
An impetuous mood soon spread among the well-being, all of whom were waiting for the enemy to appear and wish to pursue them. As a result, a strange phenomenon appeared in the military camp of the Kangle people: as soon as the Mingsha Mountain people appeared, an army would come out to pursue. They don't need the consent of the Chinese military at all. They also did not need to report to their superiors, as long as they drove the enemy out of their range and returned to report to the Chinese army, they were rewarded. Sometimes, there were more than a dozen troops in Chu Yuxing's army to pursue the enemy every day, and the generals of more than a dozen armies were ordered to go to the Chinese army's account to ask for merit, and all of them were rewarded. This made the entire army of the people full of victory, but Chu Yuxing's heart faintly felt worried.