Chapter 937 It is difficult to win
Before the war begins, I often hold my breath and think about defeating the enemy in one breath. However, if victory comes too easily, it will easily scare yourself.
Now, that's it. The brave Taishi Ci hesitated in front of the deep valley, and the generals watching the battle in the central army also frowned. Cao Cao sent someone to stop him seriously, but the result was such a bunch of waste snacks. What was so weird that it was.
"Teel the enemy deeper? Set up ambushers on the top of the mountain?" Qin Feng looked at the cliffs on both sides of the valley and tentatively put forward his opinions. There are also mountains in Youzhou, but they rarely encounter such valleys. Even if there is one, they are not necessary to go, and most of them can be bypassed, so he has no clue about the current situation.
"That's useless. There are not enough stones on the cliff, and the feather arrows shot down from above have lost their strength." On this topic, Fang Yue, who was born and raised, had the most say. He shook his head and denied Qin Feng's suggestion.
The valley in front of me is very long, and the cliffs on both sides of the valley are as steep as a knife. Unless the entire stone wall can be pushed down, it will be useless to occupy the tops of both sides. The top of the mountain is bare and no stone can be found. The mountain wind is fierce. The feather arrow shot down from the cliff walls that are thousands of feet high. Less than half of it, and it is blown to somewhere by the mountain wind.
The commonly known as setting up an ambush in a valley and using the terrain to attack the enemy refers to a kind of hill that is less than a hundred feet high and the slope is not too inclined. Places like Baixing Seventy-Two Guns, whether they attack or defend, they can only make a fuss at the bottom of the valley.
"Anyway, let's fight first." Wang Yu had no intention of expressing his opinion on the comments of the generals, and still maintained his original arrangement: "Tell Ziyi not to rush too fast, and still focus on testing and fight steadily. If there is any disadvantage, he will withdraw his troops."
It is true that the other party is Cao's army. No one will look bored except Cao Cao's side, and they will run to him and find it unhappy. Moreover, this army is also under the banner of Cao Cao. What is a bit confusing is that this enemy soldier only attacked Cao Cao's general and did not have the banner of generals leading the army.
Combined with the performance of this enemy soldier being trashed, Wang Yu couldn't help but think deeply about the mystery.
With limited intelligence, maintaining the original order and continuing to test, at least finding out the enemy's true intentions is the only choice.
Because Wang Yu's target is ahead and he must use attack to defeat the enemy!
Obviously, the enemy also had reasons for not being able to retreat, and the second wave of defense was quickly organized.
Hundreds of men rushed out from the depths of the valley, gathered and dispersed in skillful arrays while advancing, and then formed a dense formation on the spot, with large oars in front and spears in the back, facing the chasing Qingzhou army in a fearless manner.
This time, the enemy's performance was slightly better. However, it didn't look like their fighting spirit and combat power had been enhanced. It was more like the fact that the terrain of the valley was limited and the actual contact surface of the two armies was smaller, so the battle lasted longer.
After about a stick of incense fighting between the two sides, Cao's army broke off contact with the Qingzhou army and was defeated.
After repeated this several times, the Cao army, who blocked the road, retreated all the way to the depths of the valley and disappeared at the first bend.
The sudden appearance was quick to retreat, and it took only half an hour to go. The battle time accounted for even a very small proportion, and most of the time was spent on rushing.
If it weren't for the hundreds of corpses with twists and turns and dead shapes that were left along the way, everyone in Qingzhou would probably not have believed that the enemy would be beaten without any power to fight back.
But things are obviously not that simple. You can see some careful considerations from Wang Yu's solemn expression.
Obviously, this resourceful and long-term lord was not confused by the little victory in front of him, but saw a profound meaning that ordinary people could not see.
"This is not to lure the enemy. To be precise, this is not as simple as lure the enemy!" Wang Yu suddenly said in a daze.
"The lord means..."
"Perhaps, this enemy army has used all its strength to fight!" Wang Yu ignored the congregation's confusion and was completely immersed in the analysis of the battle situation.
"Is this a tactic? Well, there is something to do. If the enemy can fight like this and retreat, we may have to walk for more than five days for this hundred miles." Zhao Yun nodded and shook his head again: "However, if this battle continues like this, can they really afford it?"
"Don't you find it strange? These people are not very capable of fighting, but they are very brave and sticky. At the beginning, those people escaped and reorganized on the last wave of defense!" Ma Yunli had good eyesight and detailed observation skills, and also pointed out a doubt.
"Huh? Ziyi and the others seemed to be blocked again..." Qin Feng looked in the direction Ma Yunli pointed, but exclaimed, and a new discovery was made: "This time the enemy's resistance seemed very fierce... Ziyi and the others lived and retreated! Could it be that the enemy ambushed the heavy troops behind? This is terrible! Wuji, aren't you a local? What is the valley behind the corner like?"
When Qin Feng found that Taishi Ci was beaten back, he suddenly remembered a possibility. If the valley behind was relatively spacious, the enemy could ambush more troops there and besiege the Qingzhou army that was pursuing the chasing Qingzhou army.
Fang Yue spread his hands, feeling helpless: "How could I know this?"
"You are a local, and you are a disciple of the general. Why can't you even understand the terrain?" Qin Feng was also anxious.
"I said madman, you can figure it out first! Do you know where this place is? Do you think the name of the Seventy-Two Guns is called in vain? It is said that it is Seventy-Two Guns. In fact, the valley roads here are turning around, and I don't know how many turns I have turned. Not to mention that I just walked a few times occasionally, even if it is a traveler who travels all year round, how many people can remember all the terrain?"
Fang Yue's face was flushed by his smuggling and shouted: "Besides, if the thieves on the other side really had such an idea, even if they were careful enough in the valley, what should they do when they left the valley?"
When Fang Yue reminded him, Qin Feng was also stunned: "What he said is true..."
Maybe, the enemy's idea is to use these miscellaneous troops to consume their own physical strength and then ambush thousands of elite soldiers at the valley entrance on the other end. To put it bluntly, it is to wait for the effort and exhaust the enemy!
If this is true, this move is almost unsolvable.
This enemy army is very resilient and seems to be used to being beaten to pieces. It also seems to be used to walking on mountain roads. It moves very quickly and regroups are also very fast.
Although the Qingzhou Army's combat effectiveness is far better than that of the opponent, it is impossible to exert all its combat power in this rugged terrain, and at most it can only take turns to attack. It is even more impossible to win quickly.
"Even if there are no ambushes on the other end of the valley, as long as you delay for three or five days, the reinforcements may have arrived. By then, we have already penetrated the valley. Maybe we will be in a dilemma!"
Zhuge Liang, who was camping behind, also realized something was wrong, and walked up with several aides, listened quietly for a moment, and said worriedly: "Cao Cao's move hit the point of our army. What he paid was just a few thousand thieves who were poisonous or solid."
After he said this, the generals had thought about the identity of this strange enemy army.
That's not the case. He is familiar with the terrain, moves quickly and is very tough, but he performs extremely poorly in array warfare. Only these black bandits who are used to fighting guerrilla have these contradictory characteristics at the same time.
"Tell me to order the general and withdraw the troops!" Wang Yu suddenly shouted, as if he was making a footnote to Zhuge Liang's judgment: "Let Ziyi retreat, there is no need to continue fighting this meaningless battle."
"Dangdangdang..." The harsh golden gong sounded throughout the valley, and the battle came to an end.
"These miscellaneous combat power is very poor, but there are more evil methods..." Taishi Ci took off his helmet and walked towards the formation cursingly, looking unsatisfied.
The vanguard troops who heard it had eliminated the obstacles again and were about to continue pursuing. This battle seemed to be unstoppable and killed hundreds of enemies, but Taishi Ci, who was in the game, was very depressed.
In fact, there were only two times when they captured Gukou Camp and entered the valley. When they arrived at the back, the enemy became more and more cunning. They refused to fight head-on, but they just jumped around like a group of monkeys in front of themselves. Once they chased after them, they either found a pit in the seemingly flat place or were tripped by a stone placed in the middle of the road.
The pits are not deep, which means they have no ankles at first, but they are quite pitiful. If a soldier wearing full armor accidentally steps on it, he will lose balance at the least, fall, and if he falls, he will directly sprain his ankle and lose his combat effectiveness.
In the battle with the enemy, there were only two lightly wounded soldiers in total, but they were trapped by these traps. The ankle was twisted so hard that it would not be in danger of life, but in the next few days, I would definitely not stand up with my own strength.
"That's all. These despicable villains have set up other ambushes at the corner! These monkeys, such bare mountain walls, can climb up with their bare hands, with dozens of people, holding stones the size of fists and smashing them down... Not to mention the men, I was not careful and I was hit. I was so angry!"
Even if Taishi Ci didn't say it, Wang Yu saw the dent on his helmet. He thought he was too fierce to rush to kill more enemies, but he deliberately did not hide. The result was such a ridiculous result.
After comforting Taishi Ci for a few words, Wang Yu gave up his plan to continue the attack, leaving a small number of troops to guard against him, and the large group of troops joined the camp.
He himself was not idle either. He found a few local soldiers from his hometown in the vicinity from the army, and then sent people to find mountain people nearby, intending to learn more about the terrain of the seventy-two crooks.
Wang Yu initially raised an army in Hanoi. There were many Hanoi people in the army. In the cavalry alone, he found several families in Gongxian. With the evidence of these people and the narration of the mountain people, he had a relatively comprehensive understanding of the terrain of Baixing.
So, when the camp was settling down and it was getting late, Wang Yu summoned the generals to conduct military discussions, his first sentence was like this: "Things are probably a bit tricky..." (To be continued. Please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better, updated and faster!)
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