Chapter XXXIII: The War Begins

Therefore, Hong Shan's salute is to sincerely admire this big brother Chiyou and have good intentions.

There were no other tribes here, fifty miles to the north, and the deep forest was maze. Sending a large number of soldiers to garrison them was to make the Union army mistakenly believe that the northern tribes were hiding inside.

In fact, those large armies in the north have already divided their troops and are going to deal with everyone's rear, so as to attack the weak with the strong.

Therefore, Chi You is in danger and will meet at a distance from the place, so that everyone can not send troops back in time. Moreover, these are all mountain roads, although the altitude is not very high, it can also effectively delay the cavalry attack.

Hong Shan was sure that the armies in the north were resting during the day and starting to march at night after their scouts had camped. So the Alliance Army and himself have been kept in the dark and have not found anything abnormal, no wonder they have been faintly uneasy in their hearts.

Even the undercover agent sent to report to himself didn't have a chance to report to himself, and Chi You did enough to take precautions.

Now the tower post near Hongcheng has been selected for the planned construction site, but the construction has not yet started. Fortifications had to be built everywhere, and the Ministry of Construction was too busy. It does not play the role of monitoring, and it cannot give early warning.

The loophole in the scout's patrol has been found by Chi You again, and Hongcheng's side will face a lot of pressure. Hongshan expects several tribes in the north to send a lot of soldiers over, who is called Hongcheng is now a fragrant bun.

Now, the number of the Jiuli tribe army in Chiyou is not as large as that of the alliance army. Took a reined defense, and retreated step by step, very slowly. It seems that he wants to retreat into the deep forest.

Chi You learned from Hongshan and equipped a circle of soldiers on the periphery of each formation with shields. But this shield is very large, and it is protected against people and arrows, and it is also against the collision of horses. Moreover, with a two-meter-long spear in his hand, he simply sharpened the front part of the small trees, and the whole thing was very powerful.

If Hongshan dares to send cavalry to attack, the leader of each formation will beckon everyone to squat. Hold the shield firmly on the ground and support it behind it in groups of two. The other two men stuck the tail of their spears in the dirt, the tips of their spears pointing diagonally ahead.

Faced with such a shrinking defense, Hong Shan shook his head when he saw it. It is true that you can't send cavalry to charge into battle, and you can't afford to suffer a loss. It can be broken with cavalry, but it has to be filled with human lives.

It would be nice if the catapult was here, but it would be suitable to deal with, and it could disrupt the formation. Well, just think about it, it seems that this point has also been calculated by Chi You. One of the reasons why the meeting place was chosen here is also to take into account the fact that it is very difficult to push the catapult over this large mountainous area.

Several high-ranking members of the alliance army looked at Hong Shan worriedly, all waiting for instructions. In this battle, everyone unanimously elected him as commander-in-chief.

Hong Shan shouted: "The first company of the second cavalry regiment and the first company of the third regiment listen to the order. ”

"Yes."

"Yes."

"Order your two companies to follow the enemy's left and right flanks respectively, and throw arrows to stop the enemy." Hong Shan first used cavalry and used a rain of arrows to drag the enemy's turtle shell towards the forest.

Then arranged: "Heavy armor, listen to orders." Immediately rode to the front of the enemy, dismounted and began to set up an interception. ”

"Yes."

Hong Shan continued to give orders: "The first, second, and third teams of the Allied Army, listen to the order, and assist the heavy armor to intercept it. ”

"Yes."

"The fourth, fifth, and sixth teams of the Alliance Army, listening to the order, followed the tail of the enemy and began to charge."

"Yes."

The people who received the task from the coalition army were all acting quickly in accordance with Hongshan's instructions.

"The leader of the Yellow Emperor will be invited to watch the camp here, and the rest will set off with me." Hong Shan rode all the way with the rest of his men and horses to the deep forest.

Hong Shan understood that Chi You wanted to drag the Alliance Army here and prevent him from going back to the rescue. At this time, he was not dragging Chi You, and only after confusing him could he send troops back to help.

Because in the early hours of this morning, after figuring out Chiyou's conspiracy. Hong Shan immediately summoned the top brass of the Alliance Army and communicated his arrangements:

The cavalry regiment all returned to Hongcheng to rescue and set up defenses.

The main force of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment went to the rescue of the Yellow Emperor tribe, and only one company of men and horses was left here.

The main force of the third cavalry regiment went to the rescue of the Yandi tribe, and only one company of men and horses was left here.

Detachments of spearmen, on horseback, rushed to the rescue of several other tribes. As much as you can save, and then take the people of these tribes and rush to Hongcheng.

The people and horses left here pretended to be dragged by Chi You first. Following Chiyou's intentions, he pretended to let him go into the deep forest to hide, and sent troops to surround him outside.

Wait until the evening, learn Chi You, take advantage of it. The large army quickly moved to Hongcheng and assembled there, where it fought a decisive battle with the northern tribes.

Hong Shan came to the deep forest to check if there were still ambushes here. Otherwise, the whole plan will be disrupted, and now I have it, but I can't send a single soldier anymore.

Fortunately, Chiyou also had limited troops, and in order to prevent a surprise attack by the alliance army, he simply concentrated his forces and shrunk into a big turtle. In this way, one is constantly attacking, and the other is slowly retreating into the deep forest while defending.

After an afternoon of fierce fighting, both sides achieved their goal. The battlefield has finally shifted to the side of the deep forest.

Chi You and the rest of the army were at ease when they entered the deep forest, in which it was not that if there were many people, they could win, but that they would pay attention to tactics, as well as the use and arrangement of the environment. Chi You had arranged his men in advance and created a large number of traps, waiting for the Alliance to attack.

However, the coalition army seemed to have seen through its own thoughts, and was only defending on the perimeter and arranging positions. Archery would be harassed at intervals, and it was done several times a night, but no troops were sent in.

Chi You wondered, only outside, not in, what is this about, are you sure it's fun?

And here, a large number of scouts blocked the battlefield and isolated the spies sent by Chiyou. The main forces of the Union Army secretly packed up and left. They were all slow infantry and had to retreat towards Hongcheng first.

Hong Shan stayed, leading all the cavalry here to break off.

I was harassed for most of the night, and it wasn't until dawn that I was quiet. Chi You stood on the top of a big tree and observed from a distance, and found that on the side of the Alliance Army, there were fewer small movements, and the whole camp was very quiet, and there were not many people entering and leaving.

Sensing that something was wrong, the spies sent out never returned. Simply beat the drums and gather the army in formation to prepare for battle.

After slowly walking out of the deep forest, I saw that the coalition army camp on the opposite side was empty, and there was no one in sight, and the things inside were quite clean, and there was no one left.

Arrange the forward army, divide the troops to search around for news, and see if there is an ambush. After receiving a few returns, I realized that the Union army had really retreated. So he led the army and ran all the way, following after him.

When the forward army was out of breath, he had just arrived at the place where Hongshan and Chiyou met. was shot down by a sudden rain of arrows. It's empty, and there's no way to hide.

In order to march quickly, the vanguard army will not be equipped with such large shields, and will only have a single wooden bow and knife in their hands. Under the rain of arrows, the rest of the people could only flee back, but where could they outrun the horsemen. In less than a while, most of this vanguard army was killed, and a few remnants were deliberately left to report the news.

Hong Shan arranged for everyone to dismount and collect arrows and food, and then left here quickly. It didn't take long for Chiyou to get the news that there was an ambush on the road and that the vanguard army had been killed. I know in my heart that this little brother Hong is learning from the eldest brother and is using the strategy of dragging the soldiers. But there is no way, who said that the infantry could not outrun the cavalry. He was shot with an arrow from a distance by the opponent, but it was consumed.

Chi You figured this out, and simply let the army march at a normal speed and march towards Hongcheng. And sent people to inform several other tribes in the north that the war here had changed.

The scouts on Hongcheng's side finally discovered the anomaly dozens of miles away from the city. A large number of birds rose into the sky, quacking and criking, circling and not falling.

Two patrols were sent to investigate, and when they got there, they saw a large group of people in strange costumes and weapons marching towards Hongcheng in the distance.

Hurriedly pulled out his horse and turned back to Hongcheng to report: "Alert, there are a large number of enemies attacking, alert!" And beat the cowhide drum, knock knock, placed in the four corners of Hongcheng, also echoed in the whole city.

The drums on all sides echoed at the same time, which meant that this was a first-level alarm, and all soldiers needed to be soldiers. The armies entered the pre-defended area, and the male inhabitants of the city went to the nearest camp to receive weapons and equipment. Other women, the elderly, and children were in charge of logistics and carrying defensive tools.

The younger sister Zha Hua also hurriedly took the female archers and hurried to the humble gate in full gear.

My sister organized an ambulance team and was on standby at any time.

The people on the side of the craftsman's workshop were also gathered, and under the leadership of the city defense army, they prepared various weapons to defend the city. Some of the weapons defending the city had to be carried to the vicinity and then assembled.

These northern tribes who attacked Hongcheng consisted of about 3,000 soldiers. The leader was the Golden Tribe, whose leader was Hulajan.

This time, the alliance between the entire north and the Chiyou Jiuli tribe is also headed by him. When he sat in the yurt and heard the messenger sent by Chiyou say that this place called Hongcheng had a large amount of iron ore, a method of forging iron tools, skilled craftsmen, and a large number of exquisite and powerful weapons and self-defense equipment, and he was moved.

After that, Chiyou sent a messenger again, and brought the sample he said, Hulajan, this time it was really heartwarming. After asking for a large amount of food and other supplies, he took several other tribes, according to Chiyou's plan, he went to drag the opponent's main force, and he arranged for other tribes to divide their troops to attack a few designated places.

In order to maximize profits, he took the strong soldiers of his tribe and the tribe with good relations to fight Hongcheng first.

As for the loot obtained, although it had been negotiated in advance with Chi You's side, it was said that no matter what, it would be fifty-five points. But how to divide it at that time is not to see who has the big fist and the most soldiers.