Du Hongjian's command post was built on a cliff on the edge of the valley.
This is the location Du Hongjian carefully selected based on the sand table. During the two days of rest, he took his subordinates to conduct on-site inspections and finally selected this place as the command post.
Standing on the command podium, Du Hongjian could clearly see the changes in the battle situation. The messengers behind him were holding small flags for orders, ready to issue orders to the grassroots brigades at any time.
In order to command the grassroots troops, ancient generals also invented many ways to convey orders.
The most classic thing is naturally the sound.
Marching by beating drums and withdrawing troops by calling gold, however, this is generally only applicable to large open battlefields, and once the war begins, it is entirely up to the grassroots generals to perform their own actions, and more precise operations cannot be performed.
The military flag has become another means of command. When the commander's military flag advances on the battlefield, the army will follow, and each unit will see the position of their general's military flag on the battlefield, and then carry out operations around the general.
This is also the reason why all over the world, in ancient and modern times, capturing the flag on the battlefield is regarded as equal credit for killing the opposing coach, because the military flag represents the coach on the battlefield.
In addition, semaphore is also a way of conveying orders.
The messenger with various flags on his body is itself a mobile signal station.
After issuing an order from the headquarters, the orderly soldier will put a combination of flags representing the corresponding order on his body.
When these messengers are put on the battlefield, the officers they see will command the troops according to the orders represented by the flags.
This method is naturally much simpler than sending troops all over the battlefield to find grassroots commanders to issue orders, making it easier to convey messages on a chaotic battlefield.
By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the flags used to convey orders had become a symbol of command power, and grassroots commanders were also called "little flags."
In terrain like the valley, it was difficult to use drums to direct operations, so Du Hongjian used the method of passing flags to command operations remotely from a high platform.
At the entrance of the valley on the other side, Xue Hu just stood on a big rock. He observed the battlefield with a telescope and said to Fang Jianguo: "This time we are going to win, and we have to win beautifully. Are you ready?"
Fang Jianguo had already put on his armor and said, "Don't worry, Manager! This battle will be won!"
After saying this, Fang Jianguo got off the command platform with a wooden gun, mounted his horse and rushed into the battlefield.
Du Fu stood behind Xue Hu. As Captain Zhechong, although he was also a military attache, according to Longyou's classification, he was a civilian officer and did not need to lead troops in battle.
He was also called to the command podium to watch the battle. Xue Hu looked at the opposite army for a while and couldn't help but shake his head.
Du Fu also picked up the telescope, but he didn't know much about military affairs and couldn't see anything interesting after looking at it for a long time.
Seeing Du Fu being so confused, Xue Hu smiled and explained: "Captain Du, what I'm laughing at is that Shuofang's army is said to be elite, but it's not even as good as the recruits in your company."
When Du Fu heard about his soldiers, he quickly picked up the telescope, but after looking at it for a long time, he still couldn't see anything interesting.
Xue Hu saw that Du Fu really had no military skills, so he said: "The terrain in the canyon is complex and there are many trails, so every time you go to a place, you must leave some soldiers to guard the trails to prevent the enemy from harassing you."
Du Fu nodded. The entire canyon was an irregular circle, with pits and pits like a small maze.
If soldiers are not left to guard the various forks and trails, if the enemy takes a detour to the rear and attacks, it will cause huge chaos to the troops on the front line.
Du Hongjian is worthy of being a student of Guo Ziyi, and he always takes the lead in battles.
He has memorized every important fork in the road, and at each fork he will leave some soldiers to guard it.
However, Du Fu looked over and saw that the soldiers who were left to guard the fork in the road quickly relaxed after the army left.
Some of them rested against the trees, and some simply fished in the nearby streams.
On the Hexi Army side, soldiers were also left to guard the fork in the road.
Moreover, Fang Jianguo basically put three recruits from Zhechong Mansion in charge of this work.
I only saw that the soldiers in Hexi were assigned the task of guarding the forks, and under the division of labor among the grassroots commanders, they each found a place to lurk.
A player instructor that Du Fu often saw in Zhechong Mansion had all his men covered in white clothes and hid in the snow in the valley. If you look carefully with a telescope, you can't see his position at all.
Moreover, all the new troops in Hexi stayed at their posts, and no one cheated, slept, or fished.
Du Fu felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart. At least he didn't have to worry about Zhe Chong's affairs in vain. These new recruits really lived up to their expectations!
On the frontal battlefield, Du Hongjian's nephew Du Guang was the vanguard, and his task was to lead a thousand elite troops to attack the wooden bunker in the center.
Although it is only a wooden bunker, engineering equipment is not allowed to be used in this military exercise, so the side that occupies the wooden bunker will definitely gain a great advantage.
Du Guang was in his thirties, which is when an officer is young and strong and has the will to fight.
He liked to wear a red cloak, and the Shuofang army called him "Red Robe General". The red robe that was buzzing on the battlefield was the best command signal for the entire forward army. A thousand people just followed Du Guang on the march.
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Du Guang was very proud of his marching speed.
When he was twenty years old, he joined the Shuofang Army. He once led a hundred of his men on a long-distance attack on the grassland for hundreds of miles, caught up with the remnants of the Tiele people who wanted to control the grassland, and personally beheaded a Tiele Khan.
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No one can be faster than me, Du Guang!
This was Du Guang's idea, and it was also the consensus of Shuofang's army.
Du Hongjian's battle plan was to have Du Guang march quickly to the wooden fortress, and then wait for the rear troops.
Relying on the wooden fortress, Du Guang can definitely hold on until his own army arrives. At that time, he can annihilate the Hexi army surrounding the fortress through a combination of internal and external cooperation.
There was nothing wrong with Du Hongjian's plan, but Xue Hu, who was standing on the command podium, had already seen the changes in the battlefield situation.
And he had already shared the battle situation with Fang Jianguo, who was commanding the battle on the front line, through the sharing function.
Du Guang's troops advanced too far!
Du Hongjian, who was standing on the cliff, also discovered this flaw. Because the soldiers in the rear were not familiar with the terrain, they had already put some distance between themselves and Du Guang.
Logically speaking, this flaw in the battlefield is nothing, as long as Du Guang successfully captures the wooden bunker and the troops at the rear can follow.
But Du Hongjian felt a little flustered for no reason.
Xue Hu, who was acting as a reconnaissance radar at his own command post, also discovered this flaw.
Looking at our side, the former army led by Fang Jianguo was not far from the wooden bunker.
Using the in-game communicator, Xue Hu said to Fang Jianguo: "Fang Jianguo, can you hurry up and ambush the enemy's protrusion in front of the bunker?"
Fang Jianguo immediately said: "Promise to complete the task!"
After finishing speaking, Fang Jianguo immediately gave an order to his captain and brigade commander-level player: "March quickly! Set up an ambush in front of point A before the enemy!"
The thousand elites led by Fang Jianguo are the most elite troops organized by the Hexi armies. They were the elite troops that Zhang Wu defeated in the great battle and dug out valleys.
The King of Yue specially gave them the title of "Championship Group", which is the most powerful unit in Hexi.
All the officers in this regiment are players, and the daily training is the hardest, but the treatment is also the best.
After Fang Jianguo gave the order, all levels of player officers starting from the brigade commander began to give orders. The entire championship group quickly broke away from the main force and rushed towards the wooden bunker in the center of the battlefield.
The soldiers of the champion regiment were all wearing new military uniforms, and they all wore leggings for the rapid march.
They were the best of the best who followed Zhang Wu over the snow-capped mountains and raided the valley from behind. The championship team ranked first in several training competitions and was worthy of the title of "champion"!
Every soldier had a breath on his face. They marched quickly through the rugged valley as if they were walking on flat ground, rushing towards the wooden bunker.
On Du Guang's side, many ordinary soldiers already had sore calves due to the officers' constant urging, and even some officers were out of breath.
The valley was muddy and full of potholes, making it impossible to ride a horse. Although Shuofang's army was elite, they seldom conducted endurance training in the wild.
Du Guang rode a pony and kept urging his officers to speed up. He even held a riding crop to beat down soldiers who fell behind.
Although the marching speed temporarily accelerated under his urging, the morale of the entire army continued to decline.
"Oops!"
Du Hongjian, who was on the cliff, saw that something was not right, and he quickly sent out the messengers around him to remind Du Guang to pay attention to the ambush.
However, when the ordering soldiers rushed out, Du Hongjian still felt that something was not good. Du Guang had rushed too far forward, and he was afraid that the ordering soldiers would not catch up with him and would collide with the enemy.
After walking around irritably for two times, Du Hongjian sighed again, why can the Hexi Army move so fast? Now it can only be seen how Du Guang responds to the battle.
In just a short while, Fang Jianguo had already seen the wooden bunker.
However, he did not all enter the bunker. Instead, he ordered some soldiers to rush in, while the other soldiers lay in ambush on the edge, quietly waiting for the enemy's forward.
Unaware of this, Du Guang was still complacent. As long as he captured the bunker, he would be the biggest contributor to this military exercise.
While Du Guang was still dreaming about being praised by his uncle, he also looked at the spire of the wooden bunker.
Du Guang said to the left and right: "Let everyone hurry up!"
The order was conveyed quickly, and the team, which was already in chaos due to the long and urgent march, became even more chaotic.
The soldier's intuition made Du Guang even more uneasy. In order to march in a hurry, he did not even send out enough scouts to inquire about the situation in the nearby woods.
Oops, I really got ahead of myself!
"We, the Hexi Army, are the first to go!"
Just when Du Guang was about to rush to the bunker, one hundred Hexi troops who had already garrisoned the bunker shouted to Du Guang in unison.
The loud shouts made Du Guang's expression change drastically. The pony under his crotch was frightened and almost threw him out.
The soldiers of the Champion Battalion stuck their heads out from behind the wooden wall of the bunker, and held up their helmets with wooden sticks, pretending to be outnumbered.
At first glance, it seemed that thousands of soldiers had already rushed into the bunker. Now Du Guang was even more afraid to attack by force.
Du Guang's army, which was already in some confusion due to the long-distance attack, was immediately demoralized by the enemy troops emerging from the bunker.
Just when Du Guang was about to bring back the forwards and join the Chinese army for long-term planning, a terrible thought came to his mind:
"Oops, what if the enemy ambushes me?"
Du Guang also had experience with Du Hongjian, and he immediately thought of this possibility.
But when people are unlucky, they always encounter bad luck one after another.
Fang Jianguo, who was ambushing nearby, led the crowd and rushed out.
Fang Jianguo held up a wooden gun without a tip and shouted: "You have been surrounded!"
As soon as he finished speaking, after the sound of neat footsteps, the champion battalion surrounded Du Guang's vanguard army!