The watchtowers are about three feet high and well-protected. The wood used to build them is soaked in refractory chemicals, which are extremely difficult to ignite. What's even more disgusting is that there is a huge brazier on the top of each watchtower, which can be said to be very powerful.
It contains hundreds of kilograms of lamp oil. Once it is lit, it can be said to be equivalent to a lighthouse, shining brightly for more than a hundred feet.
Once these six watchtowers are built, it becomes even more difficult to conduct a sneak attack. It can be seen that Guo Xi's reputation as a famous general is really extraordinary. The enemy's tactics can be said to be casually destroyed, which also allows the soldiers to replenish their sleep.
But that night, Guo Xi was hit hard again! His protection this time corresponded to the situation where the opponent continued to harass the enemy, so he evenly distributed the night-watch troops around the military camp. Unexpectedly
However, in the middle of the night, when people sleep the sweetest, Lin Fengjin actually asked Mr. Lan to drive one or two hundred bison. The dozens of bison led by him were blindfolded and aimed at the military camp with great arrogance.
The door is so hard!
The impact of this bison was so terrifying!!! In addition, Guo Xi was setting up a temporary stronghold after all, and the gate of the stronghold was definitely not as strong as the city gate. The bison lost his temper while running, and charged forward one after another fiercely.
The gate of the village was only hit by the fourth bison at most, and then it fell into pieces with a crash.
Fifty thousand people seemed to be a lot when they were estimated to be in formation, but to build a camp that could accommodate 50,000 people, it actually did not require much area. According to the records of the Complete Book of Martial Arts at that time, one group was under the jurisdiction of five Shi, a total of five
Ten people were placed in a barracks.
The construction specifications of the barracks are very clearly recorded. First, a straight drainage ditch two feet deep, two feet wide, and ten feet (30 meters) long was dug in the ground. Then, this drainage ditch was used as one side.
A horizontal ditch (one foot and a half long and five meters long) was dug at the end, and then the digging was carried out symmetrically. Finally, a rectangle thirty meters long and five meters wide was formed. Within this frame, the barracks began to be built.
Such a 150-square-meter barracks is more than enough to accommodate fifty people in a large bunk. Fifty thousand people only have a living area of 1.5 square kilometers, even if the roads, deer wood, partitions, and trenches are included.
After counting, the military camp doubled its area and only occupied an area of three square kilometers. This military camp is approximately two kilometers long and 1.5 kilometers wide.
The men and horses mobilized by Lin Fengjin were fully armed and followed the crazy buffalo butts and swarmed in, killing them arbitrarily. At the same time, they threw torches arbitrarily, igniting large seas of fire everywhere. I don't know how many unlucky guys were sleeping.
Lost his life.
Fortunately, Guo Xi is indeed a cautious person. Not only did he put all his direct troops and horses together, he also used the soil excavated from the construction of the barracks to build a female wall and divided the entire camp into four areas.
, additional camp gates should be set up in each area, so that chaos and cavalry raids can be effectively blocked.
Don't watch the movies and TV shows where horses cross obstacles very gracefully. In actual combat, you must try to avoid this behavior. Not only is it extremely harmful to the horse's hooves, but on the battlefield, the horse itself has to wear armor, and the person holding it is also
It's strange to be able to jump if you need armor and weapons, so for a cavalry charge, the chest-high female wall is just the height that the archers can hide in the back room and the horses can't go over.
A very embarrassing thing.
However, after Lin Fengjin discovered the existence of the female wall, he simply told people not to get close, and simply concentrated on causing harm to the area that had been controlled. This military camp accommodated 50,000 people, so even if Lin Fengjin
In the quarter of the area controlled by Bad Luck, there are at least ten thousand people.
The more than a thousand cavalry he brought with him were killing and trampling indiscriminately in this area. In this chaotic area, it was impossible to organize an effective scale of resistance. Wait until the Dongxia sergeants in the other three areas are ready to fight.
Later, Lin Fengjin seized this time period, blew the horn to withdraw his troops, and galloped away like the wind.
At this time, the large area that they broke into could be said to have been completely ruined. The dead people were all fine, especially the wails and cries of the injured and frightened sergeants, which were almost inconvenient.
The blow to morale is devastating.
It's just that Lin Fengjin retreated like this, but Guo Xi also saw a crucial thing, that is, the troops in Lin Fengjin's hands were too scarce. If he had five thousand
People, so on the premise that the raid has been successful, they must forcefully break through the female wall and completely mess up the entire military camp!! In this case, defeating the enemy in one fell swoop is not nonsense.
But such attractive opportunities were simply missed, either because the commander was so mediocre that he couldn't even seize such good opportunities - obviously, this was impossible. So Guo Xi
Another point came to mind: a clever woman cannot make enough food!! The opponent does not have enough troops at hand!!
He is also a famous general, and of course he knows how to confront the enemy tit for tat - by using all his light cavalry and attacking the areas where he must be saved, he will of course be able to force the opponent to come out for a decisive battle!
So after dawn, Guo Xi had a gloomy face and decisively issued an order, that is, to advance at full speed! Rush to the station three miles away, and then massacre the city!!
This order almost made everyone clamor, but after all, Guo Xi had his own direct troops, and the Dongxia Army had never suffered any losses. He was filled with anger, so of course he obeyed the order and set off.
Guo Xi was not the kind of reckless general, he had quite a bit of strategy. Before giving the order, he also summoned the clan leaders of each tribe. He thought that the opponent's troops were insufficient and simply forced a march to raid their lair. He judged the rest of the tribes
The leader said it and agreed that the profit share after breaking the stronghold would be changed from 50-50 to 28-80. The other tribal leaders were finally moved, and most of them followed behind. However, if they were asked to serve as vanguards, etc.
It's almost impossible.
This time, their advance relied on the superiority of their troops. They spread out flatly on the grassland to form a crane-wing formation. The detection area was huge. Naturally, they were not afraid of harassment or enemy surprises and ambushes. It can be said that it was incredibly smooth.
I believe that he did not suffer any harassment along the way, which also restored a lot of trust in Guo Xi among his subordinates.
However, Guo Xi didn't know that the reason why they advanced so quickly was not because Lin Fengjin was afraid that they would rush back and defend by danger, but because Lin Fengjin felt that since the enemy was prepared, there was no need to fight.
It's just a sudden increase in casualties. In short, my combat goal has been achieved, which is to make them reach the camp near Sanlibu exhausted. Since the enemy is so cooperative, let them survive for a few more hours.
At dusk, about 20,000 people led by Guo Xi arrived near the Sanlibu camp. These 20,000 people were all selected elites, all on light cavalry. They were all at the end of their strength after galloping here.
Of course Guo Xi knew how to boost morale now, so he rode out, waved his sword and shouted:
"Break the village and loot it for two days!!"
This made it clear that he wanted to massacre the village. When the soldiers under his command heard this, they all became as energetic as howling wolves and rushed forward.
Guo Xi showed a sinister smile on his lips and said in a low voice:
"You keep hiding!? You keep hiding from me! I raided your lair and killed all the women, children, old and young. I wonder if you can bear it? Even if you can bear it, you
Can your subordinates hold back? You still have about a thousand people at most at the moment, but I want to see how you can pull off a trick that makes one thousand to twenty thousand!"
Guo Xi was right at all. For example, it was very rare for Linde and Kirby to defeat a vanguard of 3,000 people with more than 1,000 people. Next, Lin Fengjin and the others can
What he did was just harassment.
As for the loss of one thousand to twenty thousand, it is really an event with a lower probability than winning the lottery. It must be coordinated by the generals of both sides, and God must make it happen.
Lin Fengjin also recognized what Guo Xi said.
Therefore, he never planned to attack the strong with the weak.
Lin Fengjin's favorite thing to do is to fight Sun Helin one by one in a thousand! There is no need for any strategy or strategizing, just push and crush.
Therefore, when Guo Xi's exhausted 20,000 people mustered up their last strength and rushed towards Sanlibu with loud shouts,
The wooden village gate at the third mile suddenly opened!!
No, to be precise, the wooden wall facing this side was suddenly knocked down!!
Seven or eight silent black torrents suddenly surged out from it, slamming head-on into Guo Xi's incoming army!!!
There were no roars, no cries of pain, and no screams. There was only the clang of the extremely sharp sword when it was pulled out of its scabbard, and the screams of blood splattering. On the banners of this army, what was on display was
It's a terrifying giant snake!
"Snake-Eating Army!" Guo Xi's pupils shrank immediately. "How could they appear here?! There's no way they can stand up for this tribe!"
The outcome of this battle was actually determined when the Snake-Eating Army appeared.
In terms of elites, the Snake-Eating Army was several times the regular army under Guo Xi. The combat strength of the Snake-Eating Army was 10,000, and Guo Xi had to lead at least 30,000 ordinary Eastern Xia troops to make up for it.
In terms of military morale, the Snake-Eating Army has been lurking here for who knows how long. It is full of energy, vigorous and vigorous, waiting for work, and is in the best condition. However, the Eastern Xia Army has traveled a long distance and is exhausted. It can be said that it is hard to reveal the end of its powerful crossbow.