Chapter 448: The Enemy Army Deep
The 5th and 6th Brigades of the Meng 84th Division stopped when they chased to the hilly area, and they only had 2,000 people, and they might not be able to beat Xue Chong's 1st Brigade if they really fought, and they didn't dare to chase after them when they came to this easy ambush area.
Xue Chong only took Ding Kui and Ao Yu to a hill and secretly looked at Meng Jun's movements.
"Team Xue, the enemy seems to be very timid, and they dare not chase inside, do you want me to provoke it? Attract them to chase in. "Ding Kui's Eagle Eye Technique is very proficient, and it is estimated that he is not far from advancing to the "Eye of Insight".
"It's too obvious that you're running to provoke, they're not stupid, they won't fall for this. Wanggui observed that there were two squadrons in the rear to meet them, and they should not venture into the hilly terrain until they converged. "Xue Chong seized a telescope out of nowhere.
Although this world is a telescope, its production is very low, and it is generally equipped with a division commander and above in the army, but as long as you have the ability, even an ordinary soldier can capture the enemy's telescope on the battlefield.
"Then isn't the ambush location we set in advance useless?" Ding Kui was unwilling, he really wanted to fight a few more battles, maybe he could break through the Dou Qi armor nodes in the front chest and back of the heart.
"What's the hurry, the longer it drags on now, the better it will be for us, let them wait here slowly, after dark they will definitely have to camp in the hills, and if there are cavalry camping on the side of the plain, it will be their own death. "Xue Chong is mainly stable, he has such a few people under him, one less to die, and he will not take the initiative to fight without full certainty.
Pingzhong County has a large population, and there are many scattered nobles in various towns, although the overall strength is not as good as the Duke's domain, but the number of knights is quite large. There are only four squadrons in Xue Chong's first brigade that are not full knights, and both the ratio of knights and shield-breaking knights are the highest in the 201st Division, and they are Zhang Jie's veritable trump cards.
Xue Chong can actually countercharge the two brigades of the Meng army near Wanggui City once, even if it is a one-on-two, it should not be a problem to win, but after such a hard battle, the first brigade will withdraw from the battle sequence, after all, it is a newly formed army that cannot bear too many casualties. Ding Kui dared to take the first squadron to fight more with less, because he didn't have to consider the orders issued by the base camp, even if the first squadron was all over, there would be other squadrons to complete the task.
Xue Chong received an order to "report the position of the enemy's main force, wait for an opportunity to destroy part of the enemy's troops, and cooperate with the 2nd Army Corps and the 20th Army Corps to eliminate the enemy's main force", the first two items were completed, and the last item was not done. He wanted to preserve his strength in order to participate in the final decisive battle to destroy the main force of the enemy army.
The speed of the march of the Ninth Army of Meng was fast, and the third and fourth brigades of the 84th Division of the Meng 84th Division arrived at the entrance of the hilly area in only a few dozen minutes, and the speed of these two mixed infantry and cavalry brigades was only a little slower than the cavalry.
Several captains of the Meng army discussed for a while, and decided that the four brigades would be divided into two armies, one cavalry brigade and one mixed brigade, and enter the hilly area at intervals of one mile, not seeking to catch up with the Shaodian army, but only to find the traces of the Shaodian army.
Meng Jun's movements were exposed under the noses of Ding Kui and others.
"What should we do? The enemy is very cautious, and we have no chance to attack. Ding Kui asked.
"Well, if you don't have a chance to start, you just wait for reinforcements to come, it's not so easy to withdraw when you come in, and if you bite me, you have to bite off a few pieces of their meat. Xue Chong patted Ding Kui's shoulder and spit out the weeds in his mouth, "Go back and take them around in circles." ”
The three of them quickly returned to the first brigade, and Xue Chong ordered: "The ninth and tenth squadrons are responsible for killing the enemy scouts who are far away from the main force, and the rest of them will scare and scare the enemy with me." ”
After entering the hills, the Meng army followed the horseshoe prints and advanced steadily, and the two brigades never separated from each other, and when they encountered a higher soil slope or hill, they first sent scouts to investigate, and only continued to move forward after making sure that there were no ambushes.
When entering the hilly terrain for seven or eight miles, the scouts of the Meng army began to be attacked and killed, and the cavalry brigade of the Shaodian army appeared from time to time on the high ground suitable for attacking the Meng army's ranks, causing the marching speed of the front army of the Meng army to drop again and again, until the rear army entered their field of vision before they dared to force the Shaodian army.
Xue Chong didn't really lead the charge either, and when he saw the enemy approaching, he ran deep into the hilly area, sometimes to the west, sometimes to the south, sometimes to the north, in short, in the direction away from Wanggui City.
When it was dark, the Meng army no longer pursued, and gathered four brigades to find a high ground and camp, and it was thirty miles away from Wanggui City.
The first brigade did not set up camp, but also found an open high ground around it to rest, people did not take off their armor but horses unsaddled, and used war horses to form a circle, and people rested in the same place in the circle.
"Each of your squadrons must go around the vicinity of the enemy camp, starting with the first squadron in order, and going to a squadron every hour, and come back at a moment to disturb the enemy troops, and you must not fight them.
Reinforcements from the 2nd Army Corps are arriving overnight, and it is expected that they will arrive here before dawn, and when the time comes, we will join them, eat the 4,000 people in front of us, and then kill the Meng 84th Division under Wanggui City. Everyone work hard, stay up tonight, and sleep well in Wanggui City tomorrow. Xue Chong personally explained the battle plan to the whole team.
It is normal for the first brigade of the 201st Division to not sleep for a few days after being a soldier, and since the first brigade of the 201st Division has been assembled and formed, except for Ding Kui's first squadron, which has fought a battle of little intensity, the other units have always maintained a good state of readiness for battle. Now that Xue Chong asked them to prepare for continuous combat, the whole army had no complaints at all, even if they were unhappy in their hearts.
"Hehe, such a preferential treatment for the first squadron, we will be the first to go, the first to come back, and we can hurry up and sleep. "Ding Kui is happy, the first also has the benefit of the first, they have the greatest physical exertion, but also get the longest continuous rest time.
"You'd better hurry up and pretend for me, and don't mess up the enemy camp for me. Xue Chong was a little worried that Ding Kui would be murderous, and when he saw the opportunity, he couldn't help it, and ran into the enemy camp to kill.
"That's right, junior brother, don't take all the work on yourself, you're going to finish it, what are we going to do? Feng Liang was also afraid that Ding Kui would be in danger.
"Well, please rest assured that Team Xue, his subordinates will not dare to disobey military orders. Senior brother, don't laugh at me, I can still tell the difference, this battle is going to annihilate the enemy army, how dare I mess around?" Ding Kui hurriedly explained for himself, thinking: What am I doing with a hundred people against a camp of 4,000 people? Unless I can cast magic.