The troops returning to the enemy were discovered at about 2:30 in the morning, and the scouts visually estimated that they were about 8,000.
Zhiyao decided to lead two "brigades" to intercept, so he would use three thousand troops to defeat eight thousand enemy troops.
"The Zhi family has trained a new army, it must be this kind of army?" Uncle Jian said, looking at the troops that were setting off.
Wei Ju glanced at Jian Bo, the retainer, and said, "Yao never does anything he's not sure of."
The New Army, right? The Wei family also has them!
The Wei family began to train new troops in Wei Shu's generation, and the scale was maintained at less than a thousand people.
However, Wei's new army is not a standing army. It only places strict requirements on the equipment, physical fitness, endurance and other aspects of the recipients.
For example, those who receive the gift must be able to afford to prepare heavy armor in advance. Generally, they wear at least one layer of armor underneath and then put on a pair of heavy armor. That is, the defense must be sufficient, and then it depends on how many miles they run.
Be ready to engage in battle at any time.
Later, the Wei family also made suggestions for the weapons of those who paid tribute. They learned from the halberd of Chu State's "Left and Right Guang" and made a spear and spear, coupled with a large shield.
At this stage, Wei did not require his heavy infantry to carry a strong bow and a necessary number of arrows.
Then, Wei's new army is a heavy infantry with a number of less than a thousand people, and it is not yet an army at the level of "Wei soldiers".
Jian Bo said: "The Guanzhi clan's new army has many types!"
Yes, the Wei family only has heavy infantry.
The arms displayed by Zhishi include spearmen, shield and halberd (spear) soldiers, sword and shield soldiers and spear and axe soldiers. Among the various types of arms, the spear and axe soldiers also carry a weapon that has never been seen before. It seems that
It can be identified as a long-range weapon.
Wei Ju drew a conclusion from the marching posture of Zhi's new army. Let's not mention the actual combat effectiveness. The military appearance looked relatively prosperous, and it was obvious that it had a strong degree of organization and discipline.
"Is Zhi going to give up weapons like Ge?" Wei Ju thought a little dazedly.
Seeing Zhiyao leading his army away, many people wanted to see with their own eyes the combat effectiveness of Zhi's new army. However, due to the arrangements they received, they could only stay far away and do their own work.
Zhiyao was in the same car as Zhixuwu for the time being, explaining some matters.
It is not known yet whether the enemy found that they were blocked in their retreat, but they can usually tell from their marching posture.
Zhiyao needs to judge whether the enemy has discovered it based on the scout's follow-up report, and then choose how to fight.
"The enemy will pass by here in about half an hour." Zhiyao stood at the edge of a forest.
The army has stopped advancing, and some of them are working hard to build simple obstacles such as blocking horses. More soldiers are heading to the hiding place under the leadership of officers.
Zhiyao looked at the end of the distance and could not see any trace of the enemy for the time being.
The place where they stayed was located at a pass that had to be passed from north to south. Both sides of the middle road were covered with various plants, leaving a relatively flat passage about eighty meters wide.
Speaking of which, Zhiyao has told herself more than once not to let cats ambush in the forest. What is more realistic is that the current environment is like that. There are woods everywhere, and the difference is nothing more than the size of the area.
So, if you want to carry out an ambush, it is really easy to find woods to hide in, or weeds and bushes to form a green wilderness.
"I led my army to hide in the forest on the right, and the crown prince led his army to hide in the forest on the left. I left behind spears, axes, swords and shields, and a thousand men blocked the back of the pass?" Zhi Xuwu made the final confirmation.
Zhiyao said: "Exactly."
This style of play really doesn't have a high technical content. The difficulty lies in not being able to detect the ambush in advance.
Fifty or sixty years ago, when warring nations were at war, they would not send out scouts to investigate the surrounding areas. What was emphasized at that time was that the warring parties would agree on a place to start fighting.
Things are different now. It is rare to agree on the location of a battle anymore. Even if an agreement is made, it may not be credible. There are too many related examples of being ambushed. The commander-in-chief attaches great importance to checking and sending out scouts in advance to investigate.
"If you are discovered, go over the mountain and retreat behind the pass?" Zhi Xuwu confirmed again.
Without collecting dry firewood and pouring kerosene in advance, it is quite difficult to quickly ignite a raging fire in a forest in humid spring.
Zhiyao knows that if you walk too much at night, you will encounter ghosts sooner or later. She also knows what it means not to be afraid of ten thousand, but to be afraid of just in case. She must have a second set of combat plans.
About two-quarters of an hour later, a small team came from the north.
When they arrived near the pass, the team split into three groups. Two of the teams began to explore the mountains and forests on both sides of the pass, while one team went directly through the pass.
Zhiyao, who was standing on a low hill, could see clearly. Looking further north, he could already see the enemy troops appearing on the horizon.
The enemy team exploring the mountains and forests on both sides heard a series of whistling sounds after they penetrated about fifty meters, and they all retreated to the bottom of the mountains and forests.
It was the team that passed through the pass that discovered the situation, that is, Zhiyao asked a group of people to act mysteriously and pretend to be rushing towards the pass.
When the number of troops increases, the march will be filled with dust and smoke. Riders riding horses and dragging branches behind the horses can also create the effect of dust and smoke.
Therefore, Zhiyao arranged for the troops behind the pass to also hide, while some riders pretended to be approaching from farther away from the pass.
The enemy team that detected the situation went back and reported, mentioning that the Jin army would arrive at the pass in about half an hour.
At that time, the coalition vanguard commander will have two choices: speed up and quickly pass the pass, or turn around and go back to join his own army.
"We are constantly intercepting and killing the teams that are reporting to the coalition forces from 'Wen'. We probably won't be able to kill them all. It depends on the courage of the other party's commander." Zhiyao thought to herself.
There is a term in the military called "fog of war". To put it simply, you know where the enemy is, but you don't know how many troops the other party has in a certain place and what they will do.
The unknown situation is a great test for the commander, and any choice he makes will affect the outcome of the battle.
The subsequent development was that Zhiyao saw the enemy vanguard pause slightly, and then resumed their march.
When the coalition vanguard approached the pass for about five miles, they divided into two parts. The leading troops numbered about a thousand, while the rear troops stopped in place.
"Who is the vanguard of the enemy army? He is very cautious?" Zhiyao faced a crowd of looking eyes and signaled to be patient.
Places like passes have always been the most risky places on the march. The vanguard of the coalition forces advanced with a thousand front troops, which was nothing more than a test, and could also be called an armed reconnaissance.
"If the enemy army explores the mountains and forests on both sides again, I will be passive." Although Zigong saw that the enemy army was still far away, he deliberately lowered his voice.
Because Zhiyao did not give a signal to attack, the Zhishi soldiers who were ambushing on both sides of the mountain forest certainly did not launch an attack. Even the Zhishi troops who were ambushing behind the pass would only watch the thousand enemy troops pass by.
I don't know if it was because of Zigong's crow's mouth, but a thousand enemy troops arrived at the pass and sent a small team to explore the mountains and forests on both sides again.
Zhiyao decided to wait and saw that the remaining 7,000 enemy troops chose to continue advancing and sent a signal to prepare for battle.
What signal? It’s not a sound type anyway, it just uses the difference in visual field of view. The flag bearer stands in a position where one can see it but the enemy can’t see it, and uses the pre-agreed semaphore.
It's not a too complicated semaphore, it's just an agreement on what color to raise and what it means.
After the seven thousand enemy troops approached within one mile, Zhiyao finally signaled that his own troops on both sides of the mountain forest could go down the mountain, and at the same time, the troops hidden behind the pass were ready to intercept.
The coalition soldiers who were exploring the mountains and forests on both sides found some signs of large groups of people after going fifty meters deep. They hesitated to issue a warning. The next second they heard frequent rustling, and then heard
The sound that broke through the air suddenly disappeared.
If a person is shot in a vital part, there will be no scream at all. At most, it will be a muffled grunt, or no sound at all.
Zhiyao heard a drumming noise in his ears. The source of the sound was from behind the pass, and it was clear that a battle had taken place there.
The movement behind the pass caused an uproar among the 7,000 enemy troops and confusion in the team. Then many officers asked to speed up at the same time.
Zhiyao did not go down the mountain. He was the commander and should take charge of the overall situation from the place with the best view.
Of course, if there is a need to motivate one's own troops and when it's time to lead the charge, Zhiyao will definitely be there.
As the seven thousand enemy troops marched faster, they were running. Someone suddenly saw figures in the mountains and forests on both sides. While issuing a warning, waves of arrows were fired from the mountains and forests on both sides.
The vanguard officer of the coalition army came from the Qu family and was named You.
Qu You saw constant rain of arrows shooting out of the mountains on both sides. When he knew he was lying in wait, his first thought was: "The wind and water are really changing!"
Before, they also used the terrain advantage to ambush the Jin army led by Zhao Yang. It was just an attempt, but they did not expect to defeat the Jin army in one wave. It was not a surprise to see that most of the Jin army fell into chaos. The chaotic Jin army quickly
The retreat was frightened, fearing that the Jin army might have some plot, so the coalition forces did not directly launch a large-scale attack, which ended in a tailspin.
An ambush would cause panic, and Qu You kept shouting loudly to calm down the soldiers.
"The number of enemy troops does not look large?" Qu You originally wanted to order a retreat, but when he came to this conclusion, he decided to seize control of the pass.
Slowly, no, probably after the two armies officially engaged in hand-to-hand combat, Qu You was surprised to find that something was very wrong with his own side. He didn't know what tofu was, otherwise he would have thought of the scene of "cutting tofu with a knife".
By the time Qu realized that the situation was critical, Zhishi's troops had already appeared in front, and the way back was cut off.
Standing on a low mountain, Zhiyao led his army here with the main purpose of testing the combat effectiveness of the new army. The annihilation of the enemy's vanguard was only part of the test of the new army's combat effectiveness.
Seeing his own troops advancing rapidly and overwhelming the enemy when entering the battlefield, Zhiyao could only say that the path he chose was correct and he needed to continue to use his advantages.
When Zhiyao goes down and kills Qu You with one arrow, the outcome of the battle has already been decided.
He watched the development of the battle with a critical eye. He saw his own soldiers fighting for the enemy's heads when the final outcome of the war was not in sight. He also saw those soldiers with the enemy's heads on their waists chasing the gall-splitting souls.