Chapter 29: Gnawing on the Hardbones
The archers also went to prepare, Pei Yuqing said to the rest of the people: "They have all gone to the ambush now, the rest are the brothers of our sword battalion, there is still a little more than a day, our role is to protect the archers, in this way, let's dig deep ditches on both sides of the road first, and then divide four people to go to the woods to get some broken branches and leaves, collect them with sacks and bring them back, and after digging the deep ditch, put these things on to cover up, so that if we start to attack, it can also play a protective function, After getting the things back, the four brothers worked harder, and went to the bank of the West River to fill some water and fill it into a deep ditch, and the brothers who dug the ditch would soften the soil at the bottom of the ditch, and the water would turn into a mud pool, so that they would not be able to climb up. ”
Among the rest of the people came out of consciousness four soldiers, all four of whom were good at carrying heavy loads, and since the captain had said so, they took the initiative to stand up, and after reporting it, they went to collect leaves and broken branches.
After the four people left, Pei Yuqing continued: "Okay, the rest of the people are divided into two teams and start digging a ditch, remember, the span of the ditch should be large, too big to cross directly, in the case of ensuring the span, it should be as deep as possible, both sides should be flattened, try not to leave a support point for climbing, we don't have much time, let's start working." ”
Everyone started to work according to Pei Yuqing's arrangement, they were very busy, the first to complete was the ambush trap led by Zhao Jie, every tripping rope was fixed by a person to guard, after the personnel were hidden, Zhao Jie took the remaining brothers to join the trenching work, and soon, all the preparations were basically completed. Everything that should be hidden is hidden, everything that should be done is done, and everything is ready to stop. Pei Yuqing and Zhao Jie led the Sword Battalion and some of the scouts to ambush behind the ditch they had dug.
In order to make sure that the grain transport team was going this way, Pei Yuqing sent four more scouts to investigate, and soon these four scouts brought back the news. Pei Yuqing guessed very accurately, the grain transportation team of the former corps did take this road, and the time was the same as Pei Yuqing's estimate, but there was one difference, that is, the escort team of this grain transportation team was not simply cavalry, in other words, this time the grain transportation team was acting with reinforcements, so there were many times more soldiers. The trap they set up was only for the general escort team, and not for the current reinforcements.
"What can I do?" Zhao Jie frowned, this was obviously a bit difficult to ride a tiger.
Pei Yuqing is not easy to say here, you say give up, this time it has been arranged, all the staff are ready to fight, it is a pity to give up, and it is also a big blow to morale, but don't give up, this time the enemy is a bit overloaded, it can't be said that these traps can be dealt with, this advance is not retreat, it is a little difficult.
Pei Yuqing was also anxious, but it was useless, he still had to think of a way to deal with it. Pei Yuqing called the number one who was looking for the beast group, "Where is the beast group you are looking for?" What animal is it? ”
"We found a valley more than ten miles from here, and there was a herd of bison in it, very strong, about twenty of them, and generally the tigers would not dare to mess with these cattle."
"Okay, it's easy to do with these cows, have you cleared the passage?"
"Don't worry, captain, I have ordered someone to clear the passage, if you do it, driving these bison to this side is a pillar of incense, and the passage I prepared is diagonal to this road, and you can directly impact the enemy formation without turning."
Pei Yuqing called the scouts who had been scouting before, "How far are the people of the former army from here to this side?" ”
"When they first reconnoitred, there should still be a distance of thirty miles, according to their marching speed, it is estimated that there is still a distance of more than twenty miles, they have a lot of people and most of them are infantry, plus the grain and grass transported, the speed will not be too fast."
As soon as Zhao Jie saw Pei Yuqing ask these two questions, he knew that he had already made a plan, so he asked, "Have you already thought of any plans?" ”
Pei Yuqing smiled slyly: "That's right, I'm going to give them a big gift, the enemy's speed is not fast, I estimate that it will take about a pillar and a half to get here, so you can set off now, drive those bison to their current position, and set off immediately!" ”
Number One summoned the men who had been with him and set off. Zhao Jie was a little puzzled, "What's the use of coming and driving those beasts away now?" ”
Pei Yuqing explained his thoughts, "It turns out that I am going to use these beasts as a rear hand, if there is a large corps of reinforcements, we can use these to create chaos and then take advantage of the chaos to retreat, but now the enemy in front of us is already a large corps, so there is no need to stay in this rear hand, directly the back hand becomes the front hand, we use these beasts to attack first, disrupt their order and kill, then we attack again, our pressure will be much less, Because they can no longer organize an effective counterattack. In fact, there is no way to do this, the combat effectiveness of our Dongling City is really underestimated by me, if we send out additional troops from this time, then it can prove that their front-line troops are being rapidly consumed. ”
"Well, that makes sense!" Zhao Jie also agreed with Pei Yuqing's opinion, "And if we increase the troops, the demand for grain and grass will be greater, if our action is successful this time, it will directly affect the overall trend, let's not try to keep the grain and grass this time, it is better to destroy it directly!" ”
"Well, okay, pass the order, all the archers will be replaced with rockets, the target is the grain and grass on the grain truck, let's burn them all directly, and see how these former soldiers go to war hungry!"
When the archers hiding in the trees heard the order, they all replaced them with arrows with explosives or combustibles, and they also wore ignition points on their wrists, which could be used directly for ignition.
Not long after everything was ready, I saw a group of cavalry galloping past on this road, this should be the vanguard, Pei Yuqing did not order the attack, but let these soldiers go, and waited for a while before seeing the large army, I saw that this army was hanging the battle flag of the former corps, there were more than a dozen grain trucks alone, full of sacks of food, and bundles of arrows and weapons, there were more armor, and there were many carts, infantry heavy shield soldiers were guarding the periphery, behind the grain trucks and weapon vehicles, A handsome flag and a military flag with the word "Kun" written on it followed behind a general riding a tall horse and wearing gold armor.