Chapter Seventy-Five: Burning Grain
After some arrangement, our 3,000 people were divided into three teams, and nothing else changed, that is, the people and horses who burned grain were only led by Zhang Yi, and Zhao Si was sent back to Liyang. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
According to Zhang Yi's intention, when we intercept the grain, we should let the army in Liyang City go out to put pressure on Dongyi, forcing them not to turn their guns and come to fight us.
After a little appointment, I led my 1,000 elite horsemen to wait between Zhegu and Liangzi Valley.
When the team carrying the grain is almost there, the Liangzigu side will definitely send men and horses to respond, and we will give them a head-on attack.
Although there are definitely a lot of people escorting grain and grass, no matter how many people there are, it is difficult to protect the grain and grass.
Our purpose is only to burn the grain, and when it is finished, we will leave, and fight a mobile war, how can we fight our elite cavalry with their marching speed.
After a short rest on the small hill on the road from Liangzi Valley to Origu, we waited for the movement from the valley.
As I dismounted to drink water, a soldier in his twenties with a big bow on his back came up to me and said, "Your Highness, we are here to work at ease, I am afraid it will be difficult to inflict too much damage on the Yi soldiers!"
"Oh!"
When I heard him say this, I was puzzled, and I asked, "Tell me, why is that?"
"Although relying on the hilly terrain to occupy the advantage of the terrain, we only have a thousand people, and in the face of the iron cavalry from the Dongyi army several times, I am afraid that we will not be able to please us!"
"The cavalry shooting of the Dongyi soldiers is not much worse than ours, if it is really head-on, it is estimated that our side will lose more!"
I only have a thousand men on hand now, and I still can't think of it if he thinks the loss is more.
Thinking about his statement, I found that it was indeed the case for a while, and the combat effectiveness of the regular army and the logistics team were not comparable at all, so I was ready to ask him about it.
When discussing countermeasures before, Zhang Yi didn't tell me about this problem, I guess he wanted me to solve it myself!
"Do you have any good countermeasures?"
He hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, your subordinates are natives of Liyang, and they know that there is a dense forest on the other side of the valley. ”
"If we divide half of our troops and horses to ambush there in advance, and wait for the former army to lure the Yi soldiers over, we can suddenly kill them and catch them by surprise!"
Finding that this strategy was indeed highly feasible, I was ready to accept his suggestion.
"What's your name?"
When I asked, he was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "Subordinate Meng Li." ”
"Okay! Meng Li, I will give you 500 fine horses, and you will lead them to ambush, do you have the confidence to do this well?"
Maybe I scared him by saying this, he stood stupidly for a while before he came back to his senses, hurriedly knelt down on one knee in front of me, and said loudly: "My subordinates will live up to His Highness's trust!"
"Okay, when this battle is completed, I will go back and ask for credit for you in front of General Yebei. ”
"Thank you, Your Highness. ”
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After that, Meng Li took five hundred elite horsemen and went to the woods to ambush them.
Not long after they left, it was almost time for the grain team to arrive at the valley, and we people immediately moved.
Soon, there were more than 3,000 iron horsemen rushing from the Liangzi Valley, and they marched quite fast, rushing straight to the valley.
"Soldiers, whether or not we can make a contribution in this battle depends on whether our volleys are effective! For the safety of millions of people in Zhao State, kill!"
With a shout, the sergeants' emotions rose, and then they followed me from the hill to the Dongyi Iron Cavalry below.
"Don't fall in love with the war, let the arrows stop them, reduce casualties!"
"Whoa!"
Because we waited for our work, and when we rushed down, the Yi soldiers were obviously caught off guard, and the first round of counterattack was not organized at all.
After everyone completed a round of projectiles, the soldiers lost at least 300 men.
As I retreated, I bent my bow and arrows on horseback, and watched as the soldiers rushed to the front, and the one who seemed to be the leader asked the sergeant next to me.
"Do you believe that I shot the man to death with an arrow?"
Because they killed more than 300 Yi soldiers in the first battle without a single injury, they were also quite relaxed, and the person closest to me responded with a smile: "Your Highness, this distance is definitely above three hundred steps, and the arrows you shoot are not accurate, I'm afraid Your Highness won't be able to shoot!"
He is telling the truth, in the case of ordinary flat shooting, 100 steps is already the limit to ensure effective killing.
Three hundred steps like this, let alone the right head, you can't shoot to the side of that person!
Naturally, I want to use a projectile that can go beyond a hundred paces, but if you throw it, it's really not good to keep it accurate.
Instead of responding to this man, I smiled at the others and asked, "What do you think, are you all like him?"
They looked at each other, then nodded at me in unison, thinking the same as before.
"Okay, then I'll shoot you guys!"
Draw your longbow to the fullest, and prepare to fire the arrow at the soldier who is as small as a dot.
His eyes were fixed on the man's position, his hands felt the strength of the bow, and his ears listened carefully to the sound of the wind, catching the best time to shoot arrows.
Finally, when the breeze was at its best, the arrow in my hand was thrown, and a black shadow rose into the air, and when it reached the top, it fell heavily.
"Go!"
As I exhaled, everything was just as I had designed it, and the soldiers at the front fell in response.
"Haha...... Cool!"
After watching me shoot the arrow, the soldiers seemed to be stunned, and none of them made a sound, completely unaware that I had actually shot.
After I laughed, they came back to their senses and shouted in unison: "Your Highness is mighty, Your Highness is ...... divine shooting."
I just laughed at this and didn't stop them from shouting.
I am actually deliberately selling this way, because I need the capital to convince the soldiers, and I want these people to obey me from the bottom of their hearts and be willing to obey my orders.
I am not a person with any military merits and prestige in the Zhao army, so I am more dispensable in this way.
Don't look at me now, they all listen to me because I'm the guest of honor, and if I get into trouble or other trouble, maybe these guys will mutiny!
After I released the arrows, the speed of the soldiers chasing us slowed down considerably, and I couldn't help but be happy with this change.
It seems that the fool who rushed to the front was a high-level figure of the Yi soldiers, and as soon as he died, the morale of the Yi soldiers was not small, and the speed naturally slowed down.
That guy didn't understand until he died, how I could shoot him from 300 paces away.
Feeling that the breeze had become a tailwind direction on our side, I Ma Shan ordered: "Turn around, complete a round of projectiles in two hundred steps, and then continue to lure the enemy deeper!"
"Whoa!"
Confidently responded, they immediately carried out my order, adjusted the horse's head, and counterattacked the soldiers.
It seems that after losing command and killing that person, the Yi soldiers reacted quite slowly, only knowing how to rush stupidly, and even when we counterattacked, they were not ready to shoot back.
Unfortunately, even if they fought back, it would be useless, because the wind was on our side.
The feathered arrows that were thrown into the air were the most affected by the wind, and with a distance of two hundred paces, plus the headwind, their projectiles would never touch us.
After the second round of shooting, the soldiers who were a little disheartened were shot dead by more than 400 people, and in this way, they lost almost three percent!
"Dump them and wait near the Oriya grove. ”
The group of people in high spirits rushed forward, ran for a while, and sure enough, they saw a forest that was large enough to hide five hundred people.
After the horse stopped, I gave the order again.
"Bow and arrow ready, after completing two rounds of throwing, ready to take on the white-knuckle battle!"
The commander was dead, but the soldiers still did not retreat, but the speed was much slower and came to our side.
Although we were thrown away, the iron rider is an iron rider after all, no matter how slow it is, it will not slow down anywhere, and it will come up again all of a sudden.
"Shoot the arrows!"
"Shoot the arrows!"
With two volleys, less than half of the Dongyi cavalry remained, and they were also at the edge of the grove, ready to shoot at us.
Knowing that Meng Li in the woods would immediately make people rush out, I ignored the soldiers who bent their bows and arrows, and shouted: "Change the spear, kill with me!"
Once the morale is high, the sergeants will die when they start fighting.
Even in the face of the arrows fired by the soldiers, they roared as if they didn't see it.
Seeing that their Yi soldiers were about to be wound, Meng Li finally led people to rush out of the woods, like a sharp spear, and forcibly inserted it from the middle of the Yi soldier formation.
Suddenly killing such a team of people, their plan to shoot arrows was naturally nullified, and they could only rush to raise their guns and continue to fight.
And the distance of a hundred paces in front of the galloping iron rider is only a matter of an eye.
When I really got close, I didn't start shooting, but pulled out the Yuanhong sword that Qian'er gave me.
In this kind of chaotic army melee, the spear suitable for launching a group charge is not very useful, and it is better to sharpen the sword like clay.
This feeling is like the battle of Yeliang City, in order to repel the fake Zhao army that tried to sneak attack Qimei City, I was responsible for long-range projectiles to suppress morale.
And Zhao Qian ...... No, she should have been called Zhao Difeng at that time, and she was responsible for breaking into the enemy formation and killing the enemy leader.
At that time, Zhao Difeng used a two-handed sword, with the sharpness of the Yuanhong sword and the white sword, no one could block her sword!
I'm like this now, I don't need the source qi, my body is much stronger than these sergeants, and when I go down with a sword, I can cut the spear they used to resist into two pieces, not to mention the flesh and blood......
The Yi soldiers, who were already demoralized, also panicked when they were attacked from both sides, and those who began to retreat began to rout after being slashed and killed by us.
This kind of thing is like a flood bursting its banks, with the first one, and then the next is not the second, but a large group.
"Kill!"
Seeing that the enemy broke and fled, we were not too much of a loss in numbers, and our spirits were even more lifted, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.
Adhering to the purpose of not chasing the poor, we only pursued it a little, and the number of people who escaped was less than 500.
Collecting the inventory of the army, it was found that in the melee, more than a hundred people died on our side.
Seeing that the comrades-in-arms who could laugh and talk just now turned into dead souls in a blink of an eye, the atmosphere in the army became a little silent and sad.
The death of these soldiers, I can't bear and helpless, how can there be no immortal in a war, it is impossible to think of relying on the previous throwing to defeat the enemy!
"Brothers, the dead brothers are all good, and when the war is over, they will be admired by the subjects of Zhao State, and they will be remembered forever, and their relatives will be taken care of very well!"
"Because of their sacrifices, we have won a great victory of killing two thousand and a half soldiers, and we are all heroes with such a record!"
"Heroes, we are all heroes!"
Meng Li is also a smart person, and he will immediately respond to my words to help me regain my morale.
The cavalrymen looked at each other, their faces slowly changed from low to bright smiles, and they also shouted with Meng Li, which was really exciting!
After saying this, I looked at the sergeant who was re-energized, and I realized that I really had a talent for incendiary!
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To be continued......