Chapter Seventy-Six: A Bold Plan
After the morale was restored, we did not stop here, but immediately went to a rendezvous on the north side of the valley to prepare for the next step. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
After the rendezvous, I found that in addition to the more than 100 brothers who died in our battle with the regular army, Zhao San and Zhang Yi died less than 50 in battle.
After I told them about this battle, they showed admiration on their faces, and the exchange of one hundred for two thousand five was indeed an extremely rare achievement.
And Meng Li, who gave me advice, was temporarily promoted to the rank of centurion by me, and followed me to be dispatched.
Looking at the nearly 3,000 elite soldiers who did not lose much in combat strength, I asked Zhang Yi: "Captain Zhang, this time the grain and grass were burned by us, they are bound to organize forces to sweep us, what to do next, I want to hear your opinion!"
Knowing what I meant, Zhang Yi did not shirk and said bluntly: "Dongyi has been planning for a long time, and the lost grain and grass this time will soon be replenished, and we are bound to intercept the grain for the second time." ā
"The next time we cut off the grain, it will be difficult, after this fight, our actual strength should have been figured out by the boss of Dongyi!"
It was Zhao San who said this, and the discussion was conducted among the three of us, and he was also going to speak.
Nodding in affirmativeness, I answered: "This is reasonable, not only the Liangzigu side, but even Dongyi itself will strengthen the army, and if you don't want to come up with a good way, our losses will not be the case next time we cut off the grain!"
In this way, it will be difficult to cut off the grain for the second time, and if you don't pay a huge price, you won't be able to get it!
Seeing that the two of them had sad faces and stopped talking, I turned to look at Meng Li, his wisdom is not bad, I don't know if he will give me a little surprise this time.
He also smiled bitterly at my gaze and shook his head, not yet able to come up with a good solution.
Just then, a fluttering sound caught my attention, and when I looked up, I saw that it was a carrier pigeon flying over and landing on my shoulder.
Noticing that the pigeon had something strapped to its leg, I could understand what was going on.
This is the information sent to me by the Shangguan family, let go of the carrier pigeon, take down the information and take it down, I can't help laughing.
"Haha...... God help me!"
Seeing that Zhang Yi and Zhao San looked confused, I explained with a smile: "There is a problem within Dongyi, it seems that there is a contradiction within the hundred clans, and there is a big problem in the procurement of grain and grass and the allocation of soldiers, and I am afraid that it will not be solved in a short time!"
They didn't know that this was information from the Shangguan family, so they didn't laugh with me, but asked, "Is this news reliable?"
"Rest assured, absolutely reliable!"
After a round of nods, I turned the conversation around and came up with an idea.
"The grain and grass can't be transported for the time being, and the commander of the Dongyi army will definitely know this as soon as possible, and the strength of their grain and grass will also be temporarily transferred to attack the city!"
"In that case, what will happen to you if we come from the rear of their army to raid the camp when they move?"
Such an idea is indeed a bit fanciful, and I also learned that there was a problem with the transportation of grain and grass, and I came up with it in my mind.
The two of them glanced at each other, their faces full of surprise, and after a while, Zhao San spoke.
"Your Highness, a big battle has just been fought during the day, and then you are going to rob the camp, and the soldiers may not be able to withstand it physically. ā
I rejected such a rebuttal after a little thought.
"Just got a big victory, everyone's morale is high, and after a little rest, the combat strength will definitely be higher than during the day today, so don't worry about this. ā
After explaining here, Zhang Yi said: "Your Highness, falling into the enemy formation will bring us too much loss, we might as well come and lure the enemy deep and intercept halfway, what do you think?"
"Oh...... Duwei Zhang, tell me about your plan!"
Zhang Yi smiled: "Okay, I think so......"
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After some deliberation, our men hurriedly marched to Moyang in the south to rest, preparing to stay in Moyang until nightfall.
It may be because of my status as the guest of honor of the county lord, and the guards of Moyang have a good attitude towards us people and respond to requests.
I originally planned to take out the Yudi token on my body, but I didn't expect these things to be free.
After a rest, I made up for all the things lost in today's war, and soon it was dark.
Stopping at the foot of the torch-lit city of Moyang, I began to issue a combat mission by the bright light of the fire.
"Zhang Yi listens to orders!"
As soon as I shouted, Zhang Yi immediately rode out of the battle and responded: "The last general!"
"You take a thousand men and horses to the predetermined place to set up an ambush, and after seeing my signal, you must inflict heavy losses on the enemy in the place, reduce our casualties, and then return to Moyang to stand by!"
"Whoa!"
After agreeing, he led the 1,000 men and horses during the day to set off and leave Moyang.
Seeing their group leave, I continued to shout, "Obey the order!"
"The last general!"
"You take five hundred men and horses to the predetermined place to standby, see my signal, immediately launch an attack, once it is completed, do not fall in love with the battle, quickly return to Moyang to standby!"
"Whoa!"
Similar to Zhang Yi, when I finished giving the order, he left with five hundred men and went to the pre-arranged place to prepare.
With my eyes sweeping over the remaining 1,300 people, I gave the final battle order.
"Zhao San listens to the order!"
"The last general!"
"You take 500 men and horses to the predetermined place to set up an ambush, be sure to cut off the enemy's rear route and reinforcements, and after you are done, return to Moyang to stand by. ā
"Whoa!"
Another 500 men were taken away, and the number of elite horsemen left here is pitiful, but this is enough to complete this plan.
Looking at these soldiers who were ready to fight, I felt a lot of excitement and emotion in my heart, so I questioned them loudly.
"Soldiers, whether you can make a contribution in the battle tonight, all the burdens fall on our shoulders, do you have the confidence and ability to pick it up?"
"Yes!"
The crowd responded to me excitedly and loudly, and they let me see their blood and see their blood as an elite!
Seeing that their emotions were completely high, I smiled with satisfaction and shouted: "Okay, the whole army will go out, march to five miles from the enemy village, pick up the bells on the horses, and prepare for the night attack!"
"Whoa!"
There was another shout, and the remaining 800 people all moved and went towards the big village of Yi soldiers in Liangzi Valley.
Before leaving, Sun Qian, the general of Moyang City, came out to see me off.
He stood in front of me and arched his hand and said: "Your Highness Yibin, this trip is not a small risk, and I hope to be more careful!
Bowing to him on horseback, I smiled and said, "Then thank you Sun Qian for guarding the auspicious words, and when the others return with the troops, the city guard will send someone to pick them up." ā
"Your Highness, don't worry, I will definitely arrange it well!"
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By the night, my group of men and horses galloped to a distance of five miles from Dazhai in Liangzi Valley, and waited until all the horses picked up the bells and the people were ranked, and then continued to move forward.
Although Dongyi has a ranger guard outside the village, the defense is not very strong, and the density is not large.
We have come to a place less than a mile away from Dazhai in Liangzi Valley, and the soldiers stationed there do not know the arrival of our troops.
Without scouts, the Yi soldiers guarding the village became deaf and blind, and we all arrived at the gate of their village, but they still didn't know.
This situation is also special, we have less than a thousand people, and there is not much movement of horses' hooves as we move slowly, and their scouts and defenders do not know.
If there are more horses, the sound of horses' hooves can alarm the defenders and scouts.
"Ignite the bow and arrows, prepare two rounds of projectiles, and try to burn the camp tent and attract the enemy to pursue!"
The stick on my mouth hadn't been taken off yet, and they naturally couldn't give me a verbal response, but they had already done what I asked me to do.
When the arrows of the first round were ignited by the fire fold and the sound of horses' hooves sounded, the soldiers in the village and on the upper floor of the village finally noticed it, and then responded with some panic.
How could we not be surprised that we had already dived less than a mile away.
If it weren't for the lack of manpower, we would have been able to kill them from this distance, and we would have brought them even greater losses.
Unfortunately, the conditions at this time did not allow me to do so.
"Shoot the arrows!"
When I approached the distance of two hundred paces, I gave an order, and all the soldiers turned their horses' heads to stop and threw the rockets in their hands into Dazhai.
The rain of arrows fell, and there were bursts of screams in the village, and there was a lot of fire burning in the city, which had a great effect.
"Second round, put!"
A second round of feathered arrows like flying locusts went in, and more screams rang out, as if more soldiers were being shot.
Because of the urgency of the situation, we did not ignite the arrows in the second round of projectiles, and we retreated immediately after shooting, but some soldiers were still killed by the feathered arrows from the walled tower.
Knock knock knock......
Not long after we ran out, there was a deafening sound of horses' hooves behind us, and there were quite a few people rushing out with torches to chase after us, probably 10,000 men.
However, everyone's speed is about the same, keep a little distance, these people can't catch up with us at all.
In order to prevent these people from not chasing, I shouted to the soldiers around me: "Slow down a little, prepare for the third round of projectiles, and watch out for the enemy's feathered arrows!"
There was no wind that night, and when we were shooting, the other side also followed with a bow and arrows, and more than 10,000 arrows roared up and fell like rain.
Although there were many arrows on the other side, their line of 10,000 people was too long, and the people who shot the arrows behind them couldn't see us at all, let alone hit us!
That being said, but in this way, we still suffered a lot of casualties, at least more than 100 people.
It may be that seeing that our numbers are much smaller, these soldiers are chasing and killing more vigorously, and the feather arrows are still being thrown.
Let the soldiers not fight back, hurry in the direction of the valley, pay the loss of a hundred men again, and finally come to the woods where the soldiers were ambushed before.
When half of the torches passed past the edge of the woods, I immediately bent my bow and shot a rocket into the sky.
After the flaming rocket was fired, it brought out a burst of sparks, drew a long arc of fire, and planted it in the formation of the Yi soldiers.
This arrow can shoot at most one person in the Yi army, and such a loss has no impact on the overall situation at all.
But the appearance of this arrow became the key point of the turning point of this battle!
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To be continued......