Chapter 1552: Pingpei Town Encounter
"The subordinates proposed to abolish the North and South Defense Theater, establish the Wangzhou Theater, set up the base camp in Xiping County, and Jin Shuai led his troops to transfer to Xiping County, combining the forces of the 8th, 13th, 15th, and 22nd Army Corps and the National Protector Army to ensure the smooth flow of grain routes for the front-line troops. ”
Liu Yu put forward a specific plan, and there are plans for breaking and standing.
Because it was an internal meeting of the command, there was no corps commander and chief of staff present.
"Miaowa, most of the control of the Xijiang River is in the hands of our army, even if the road to the south is opened, the enemy army will not dare to go deeper, the Yang Kui Department has withdrawn, the northern defense area is dispensable, it is really better to concentrate troops to support Liyang County. Kong Ren agreed with this plan.
"It's feasible!" Ding Kui's train of thought widened, "I didn't break out of the original battle situation, thanks to Mr. Liu's timely reminder." ”
"The lord does not have to be humble. You often say that the authorities are obsessed, and the subordinates are watching the battle from the perspective of a bystander on the way here, and they have enough time to deduce, so they came up with such a stupid method. ”
"Well, the original battle situation has been broken, and if we stick to one attack and one defense, we will fall into the inferior, since we have decided to change the war zone, then we can be more aggressive. ”
Ding Kui pointed to the sand table, Kong Ren's face was shocked, and Liu Yu fell into deep thought.
Seeing this, Ding Ji consciously walked to the door and stared at the door fiercely to prevent someone from suddenly breaking into the house and disturbing the people inside.
"Is this really good?" Kong Ren was frightened.
"Xuanyuan Su will fight back wildly. Liu Yu's fingers swiped on a table next to him.
"If you can fight down quickly, you are not afraid of the rebels counterattacking. Ding Kui planted a small flag representing a legion on the Tibetan Fog Mountain, "Do you remember how it was lost here?"
Liu Yu lowered his head and said abruptly: "The rebels colluded with the spy Wang Han and Wu Jin to attack the fortress of Zangwu Mountain, and forcibly captured Zangwu Mountain with more than 400,000 troops. ”
Ding Kui's target turned out to be Zangwu Mountain!
Tibetan Foggy Mountain is not as simple as a grain road, it is one of the gateways to the state of Zhenwang, where Du Sain once built a fortress and blocked the footsteps of hundreds of thousands of rebels, which is a military stronghold.
"There is a rebel army fortress on the east side of the Tibetan Fog Mountain, and at least one legion is guarding there, are you sure that is a place that can be captured quickly?" Kong Ren couldn't think of any army that could do it.
To the south of the Tibetan Fog Mountain, across the Xijiang River, is the Nine Lamps Mountain Range, not far from the headquarters of the Burning Heart Palace, and can get the help of the forbidden magician in times of crisis, which is far from being comparable to the base camp of Baise County.
"You can't say you can win without fighting, and you can't say you can't win, you have to fight to know. Our army has the initiative, and if it cannot be defeated, it can retreat, and other tactics can be adopted in the future. "Ding Kui is not all-or-nothing.
"If you want to fight, you have to fight early. Liu Yu seems to have come to a conclusion, "Before the change of the theater of operations, you can invest the fifth, eighth, ninth, and tenth army corps and the Protector Army, and use the strongest forces to complete the thunderous blow." ”
Ding Kui asked, "What is the probability of winning?"
"Sixty percent. Liu Yu gave a conservative estimate.
"All Level 6 fighters are engaged in this battle. ”
"Six-in-five. "Liu Yu didn't pin his hopes on a sixth-level combat power.
"Well, convene all the legion-level generals. Ding Kui wastes no time.
If you have a decision, you have to act as soon as possible to shorten the time for the enemy to react.
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"There is a new order,......" a magician whispered a few words in Lei Feixiang's ear.
Lei Feixiang immediately opened the map to check.
"The joint operation is over! We will immediately retreat, the special operations regiment will assemble in place, and after the 1st and 2nd infantry divisions are broken, the headquarters of the 13th Army Corps will immediately set off. He made a decision right away.
The people of the Thirteenth Legion wanted to fight for the break, but he sternly refused.
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At the base camp of the southern defense line, a convoy was just preparing to enter the camp.
An officer rushed to the scene and shouted: "Stop! From now on, all logistical materials will be transferred to Xiping County, and the 15 th Army Corps will be responsible for escorting them along the road." Don't go into the camp, turn over there to the north gate, and there will be troops to send you to Xiping County. ”
The convoy asked him for military orders, and after checking it, he ordered the convoy to move.
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Chen Yu led the army and set off.
The 60,000 men and horses were divided into three armies, the front, the middle and the rear, and they exited the pass south of Liyang County and advanced south at a normal speed.
To the south of Liyang County is Tong'an County, which is not far from the rebels' southern base camp, and the main transportation routes are guarded by local armed and regular troops.
The 1st Division served as the pioneer of this southward journey, and the division commander Yu Hu personally walked in the forefront.
Yuhu is a typical easterner, with a darker complexion, black hair with yellow hair, likes spicy food, and is a fairly fierce general.
"Report! There are enemy troops in Pingpei Town in front of them, and the banner of the rebellious Second Army Corps has been discovered, and the number of people is unknown for the time being. "There's a scout coming back.
"Finally met with decent resistance. Yu Hu's eyes lit up.
Fighting from Liyang County, the resistance of the rebels was crushed at the first touch, and the disparity in strength was too great.
The armament of hundreds or thousands of people can deter a city, and a fifth-level combat power can stabilize the place, but when encountering tens of thousands of regular troops, they can only flee for their lives.
Previously, the 1st Division only needed to send a few hundred scouts to clear the checkpoint, and a brigade was dispatched to a slightly important military town, which was basically easy to capture.
It was the first time that the banner of the regular army appeared in a town.
The 2nd Rebellious Army Corps belonged to the newly formed troops, and there were sporadic battle reports on the southern defense line, and the specific combat effectiveness was unknown.
"I'll go over and see. ”
The staff officer next to him grabbed Yu Hu and said, "My lord, since the enemy army is prepared, you should send infantry to attack tentatively, and you can sweep the formation in the rear." ”
"The infantry brigade went up and drove the enemy away, what do I see?" Yuhu has not really touched the enemy.
"Please think about the military order, it is good to drive away the enemy army, we are the vanguard, we can always see the enemy. The staff officer pulled Yuhu and didn't let go.
A town can hide thousands of soldiers and horses, or tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and if you don't know how many enemies there are, you can't let the main general get into danger.
"Okay, let the second brigade go up, and the rest will follow me to sweep the formation. "Yuhu didn't despise the enemy, he just wanted to practice his hands.
The second brigade set up a goose-shaped formation to force Peizhen from the north, and the other brigades gathered around the general flag in a assembled formation, waiting for Yuhu's order at any time.
Beep...... Beep......
A sharp whistle burst out, and a dark curtain rose in the town.
"Bow and arrow, raise your shield for defense, and line up your two wings behind me!" the second captain immediately ordered.
That dark curtain was made up of dense arrows, at least a few thousand, proving that there were at least a few thousand enemy troops in Pingpei Town, and the goose-shaped array was easily destroyed.
"Sure enough, there was an ambush. "Yuhu is standing on his horse, as high as possible to see more of the town.
"A large group, go around to the south of the town, waiting for an opportunity to attack the town. ”
"Three groups, attack the east side of the town. ”
"Four brigades, attack the west side of the town. ”
"The fifth and sixth brigades, divided into left and right to keep up with the second brigade. ”
Yuhu immediately issued a series of orders and asked the trumpeter to blow the horn of attack.
From the enemy's reaction, it can be seen that there will be no more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Pingpei Town, and the 1st Division has a chance to capture it.
"The 18th Division of the Rebel II Corps. "The staff officer saw the banner of the defenders in the town.
I saw a group of yellow-armored and blue-robed infantry walking out of the town, forming a phalanx to block the road into the town, and soldiers kept crawling out of the roofs of the houses in the rear......
"Magician, please!" Yu Hu watched the changes on the battlefield.
If there are more than 20,000 enemy troops in the town, they will either directly rush out and surround the 1st Division, and the magicians accompanying the army will already take to the air to fight; or they will arrange a few hundred people to resist as they wish, and lure the 1st Division into the town and then counterattack.
The new legion has a weakness, most of the officers and soldiers do not know how to cooperate with the mage, and the experienced commander will let the mage see the battle situation clearly before sending him into battle if necessary.
The reaction of the defenders of Pingpei Town was in line with Yuhu's judgment in the early stage, so he decided to attack with all his might.
Sure enough, after the magicians of the 1st Division appeared, more than a dozen magicians flew up in the town......
The second brigade advanced under the rain of arrows, and the fifth and sixth brigades quickly followed, sharing part of the long-range attack. It wasn't until the 2nd Brigade engaged the defenders that the archers in the town stopped firing.
Yuhu tried his best to restrain the restless horses and walked around in front of his phalanx.
He looked up at the sky, and said, "It's almost time, and the archers are out and shooting into the town." ”
At first, he did not order the archers to fight, firstly, considering that the people in the town did not have time to evacuate the battlefield area, secondly, he wanted to save some consumable materials, and thirdly, the other three attacking troops were not yet in place.
The first brigade that went around the south of the town was dominated by cavalry, and it had time to attack together with the two brigades that went around the east and west of the town.
The two thousand archers had only shot a few rounds, and there was a sound of fighting in the distance, and there was no counterattack from the archers in the town, and Yu Hu knew that his troops were outflanked in place.
"The archers retreat, the archers come forward to assist the infantry, and all the knights come with me!" he said as he rushed out of his camp with his spear and prancing horse.
The staff officer of the division knew that he could not stop it at this time, so he ordered the trumpeter to urge the battle.
The defenders of Zhenkou gradually couldn't support it, and when Yu Hu led more than a hundred knights to rush up, they couldn't resist it, and finally broke out.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the enemy general gathered elite troops, killed them from the west of the town, and then fled by the way.
"There is no need to chase the defeated army, continue to clear the enemy army in the town!" Yuhu did not chase the deserters.
If there can be a rebel division in Pingpei Town, then there may be more rebels behind, and he doesn't think that his troops can pick up more.
The battle began at about 10 a.m. and ended at about 1 o'clock, lasting about three hours in total.
The 1st Division suffered more than 1,000 casualties, destroyed more than 2,000 enemies, and captured more than 900 people.
"Rest in this town for the time being, and send the battle report back to the Chinese army to see if there are any new instructions from the legion. "Yuhu simply camped in Pingpei Town.
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"Stop!" Shaodiantai flew back to his mount.
"Woo, woo, woo!" the horn sounded quickly, short and powerful.
There is a red flag under the handsome flag, shaking desperately.
The long cavalry team suddenly slowed down, and after running more than 100 meters, more than 50,000 cavalry stopped.
"Go to the river in front of you to rest for an hour, ready to change horses. ”
The cavalry had a short break in between long marches to rehydrate and excrete the men and horses.