The first brigade had the fastest impact, so it naturally became Li Yongli's first choice target.
In order to deal with Lu Tien's first brigade, Li Yongli first ordered General Nguyen Minh Tong, who was in charge of the right-wing army, to slow down the retreat, so as to control more Da Hua pursuers, slow down their attack speed as much as possible, and lay the ground for his own siege and annihilation.
The First Brigade of Canglang Battalion buys enough time.
Based on the idea that it would be better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt ten of them, Li Yongli wanted to kill Lu Tian's troops who were pursuing the most fiercely. He believed that as long as the more than 10,000 Chinese cavalry were wiped out, the rest of the Chinese cavalry would be destroyed.
Hua's pursuers will inevitably be wary, and this may give him enough time to regroup and stabilize the front.
In order to achieve this military goal, Li Yongli mobilized as many troops as possible, including 30,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry, a total of four times the strength of the first brigade, just to complete this military strategic task.
The 60,000-strong South Vietnamese Army, which had been organized, relied on its understanding of the terrain to set up an ambush twenty miles in front of Jinglong City. They chose a relatively low-lying area as an ambush circle, just waiting for the arrival of their opponents.
The battle was going so smoothly that the battlefield intelligence could not keep up. Lu Tian did not know about the ambush set up for him. In addition, this place was only more than twenty miles away from Jinglong City. Seeing that the great achievement was right in front of him, he
It's a bit heart-warming.
Jinglong City is the royal capital of South Vietnam, and the significance of occupying it will be very important. No general will miss this opportunity to leave his name in history.
The same goes for Lu Tian. He has a somewhat impulsive personality. With such a great achievement placed in front of him, why wouldn't he grasp it?
"Command the army, Jinglong City is right in front of us, our brigade will be the first army to enter the capital of South Vietnam." Lu Tian looked confident as he rode on the horse with a loyal look on his face.
The soldiers below were encouraged by the brigade commander's words, and their morale soared. They couldn't help but speed up a bit while riding on their horses.
Perhaps in the eyes of Lu Tianhe and the soldiers of the First Brigade, the South Vietnamese Army was already a defeated army, and being a defeated army was unlikely to threaten them. Little did they know that rabbits would bite people when they were anxious.
Not to mention, the South Vietnamese army was not a rabbit, but a ferocious wolf.
The first brigade rushed straight in without slowing down, and plunged into the encirclement of the 60,000 South Vietnamese army. When night began to fall and the sky became darker and darker, when the soldiers of the last company of the first brigade also rushed in
After reaching the encirclement, the counterattack belonging to the South Vietnamese Army began.
One by one, the stumbling ropes were suddenly pulled up in the darkness. The direct result was that nearly a thousand Canglang Camp soldiers fell off their horses and fell to the ground.
The stumbling rope appeared without warning, catching Lu Tian's men off guard. Then arrows from the sky rained down on their heads.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack." Lu Tian rode on the horse but did not suffer any damage, which allowed him to make a very correct countermeasure at the first time.
The Canglang Camp is worthy of being the Canglang Camp. Even if there was a sudden attack, no one was seen panicking. Even if the bows and arrows fell from under their heads, the soldiers still reacted extremely quickly and took out the shields on their horses.
Overlapping layers blocked their heads, preventing bows and arrows from causing damage to them. "Charge." In front of the palace of the South Vietnamese general who was responsible for commanding the ambush this time, after noticing the reaction of the first brigade through the torch, his expression suddenly changed.
It was very ugly.
The Canglang Battalion's response can be said to be swift, and its ability to remain calm in times of trouble is commendable. But so what, at this moment he had four times the enemy's strength and suddenly launched another attack.
, he doesn’t believe that these enemies can’t be defeated in one fell swoop?
The Canglang Battalion's performance like this is naturally attributed to its usual training. I don't know how many times we have rehearsed such sudden attacks. The soldiers below have long been accustomed to it, and only then can they have more confidence on the battlefield.
Good performance.
"Damn, you dare to attack me secretly." Under the protection of the shield soldiers, Lu Tian first dismounted. He needed to see the situation on the battlefield clearly before he could make the next correct decision on the battlefield.
And at the moment when Lu Tian dismounted, the shouts of death from all directions shook the sky, and countless black shadows in the night rushed straight towards where he was.
"Melee combat? Huh! Do you want to use this to prevent our cavalry from using their speed?" A look of contempt flashed in Lu Tian's eyes, and then he said to the ordering soldiers beside him: "Let the soldiers prepare grenades. When the enemy gets close,
Blast them, then rush out with a double-barreled firecracker to catch them off guard."
There was no sign of panic on Lu Tian's face. This was mainly because the weapons they were equipped with were too advanced. This was also his greatest confidence.
Unless all the firearms are used up, they may suffer a loss if they use the human sea tactic. But Lu Tian is not alone. He believes that as long as he can persist for a while, he will naturally get help from friendly forces. That
It's time for his center to blossom and counter-encircle the enemy.
If you have food at home, you will not panic when trouble comes.
If you have a firearm in your hand, you will not panic if you are surrounded.
Under Lu Tian's calm command, they saw that the surrounding South Vietnamese troops were getting closer and closer to them, and at this moment, countless grenades were thrown out by the Chinese army.
The South Vietnamese troops who were charging forward could not see clearly what was in front of them in the darkness. When grenades were thrown, they were still rushing forward regardless, until the sound of explosions suddenly occurred after less than two breaths.
When the crowd rang out, bursts of pitiful and wailing cries came from the South Vietnamese army.
A burst of grenade explosions killed many of the besieging enemies. However, the number of South Vietnamese troops was too great, including 30,000 fast cavalry. Grenades that could only be used in close combat could not carry such a large force.
Effect. Seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, Lu Tian had to grit his teeth and give the order, "Everyone mount up and fight."
The weapon used by Canglang Camp for close combat is the Shen Dao, which is extremely sharp and has a lot of advantages in close combat. But again, there are too many enemies. When everyone is crowded together,
The advantage of the cavalry was constantly being weakened. When several enemies attacked a soldier from the Canglang Battalion at the same time, casualties soon began to occur.
"Hold on, hold on, the birds have already reported what happened here to us. If we hold on for a while longer, our reinforcements will appear." Lu Tian saw enemies coming from all directions, completely surrounding his own brigade.
At this time, it roared loudly.
Being surrounded by the enemy is already a very passive thing. But once the morale of the army collapses because of this, it will be at the mercy of others.
In order to avoid such a thing, Lu Tian needs to give everyone a belief and a hope. Only by persisting can he have a chance to survive.
"Come on, the Dahua Army is surrounded. It can no longer hold back. Keep charging." On the outside, Gong Qian was also shouting loudly, cheering up his sergeants.
Both sides were working hard, and soon this area became a blood mill. In a short period of time, the death toll continued to rise, and the pungent smell of blood rushed straight into the mouth and nose, making people smell it.
Desire to vomit.
It was getting darker and darker, but twenty miles in front of Jinglong City, there were brightly lit torches, illuminating the place as if it were daytime.
The charge between the two sides had lasted for more than half an hour. During this period, Canglang's brigade had killed four thousand people and injured more than five thousand.
The total number of casualties was 9,000. For the First Brigade, which only had 15,000 men, it was already a loss of 60% of the troops.
Someone once calculated that in a war, once the number of casualties on one side reaches 40%, there is a possibility of defeat. And once the number of casualties exceeds 50%, a mutiny will occur at any time.
And now, the number of casualties has reached 60%. If this continues, no one knows what will happen in the next moment.
It is true that Canglang Battalion belongs to the elite of the Great China Army. But it is undeniable that they are still a team composed of humans. Since they are humans, there is no one who is not afraid of death.
This is true even for soldiers. Once someone has selfish motives and does not want to continue fighting, or chooses to escape or surrender, it is likely that the entire battlefield will fall into passivity, so that the entire first brigade
Total annihilation of the army is also possible.
At this time, Lu Tian had no choice but to join the war due to insufficient numbers. At this time, he was covered in blood. Most of it belonged to the enemy, but also his own.
Just now, he was besieged by six or seven enemies at the same time, including several cavalrymen. He responded flawlessly and was stabbed by a spear on his left arm. Although his kung fu was good and he dodged in time, he did not let the spear hit him.
The point on my arm went deep into the bone, but it was still injured and bleeding.
As the blood flow increased, Lu Tian felt that his body had become a little weak. His reaction ability, including the speed of drawing the knife, was far slower than usual.
But even so, he still had to grit his teeth and persevere. He knew very well that the first brigade could persevere until now because everyone was persevering with faith, and if something happened to him, it would probably be the next big army.
Morale will drop, and at that time, it will be time to be eliminated.
Lu Tian was still gritting his teeth and persisting. What he didn't know was that twenty miles away from him, the headquarters of the Second Brigade was rushing towards here under the leadership of Brigade Commander Jiu She.
Jiu She was able to arrive so quickly, firstly because of his keen sense of the battlefield, and secondly, thanks to the birds in the sky. Even in the dark night, their eyes are still very bright and they can see some things that humans cannot see.
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It is precisely because of this that Jiushe, who was originally rushing here, received the news from Feiqiao immediately, and the first brigade was unexpectedly besieged.
