In the reply letter that Du Wei ordered his men to shoot with a bow and arrow, it clearly said: "Fight slowly, you are not in a hurry, and I am not in a hurry either."
Gu Hua Duoluo just took one look and felt like someone had seen through his entire plan!
This Tulip Duke, he knows that his mission is to delay time here?
I am not in a hurry to fight, but he is not in a hurry either? What does this mean?
Did he know General Lu Gao’s intention to advance with the cavalry? Or did he have other arrangements to intercept the general in the Desa Province?
In this era, there are no telephones, telegraphs, or instant communication systems. At this time, the wisdom and command ability of the commander-in-chief are completely tested.
Although Gu Hua Duoluo was full of suspicion, he then thought about it. The 70,000 cavalry led by Lu Gao were the elite of the Northwest Army. The 70,000 cavalry were enough to sweep across the Dessa Province. Du Wei must have said this on purpose.
Most of the time he came to fool him because he wanted to provoke him into a quick battle so that he could send troops to pursue Lu Gao!
Huh, I must not be fooled, slowly wear him out here! Let his army be nailed here, unable to move at all! Don't let him have the energy to divide his troops to pursue General Lu Gao and the others! Just drag them up
In two or three days, Lu Gao's cavalry advanced suddenly, and their speed was naturally extremely fast. By then, Du Wei could not catch up even if he wanted to.
Well, that’s it!
Little did he know that he had been fooled by Du Wei.
He didn't even know that Lu Gao's cavalry regiment, which led the advance, had been completely wiped out. But the battlefield was behind Du Wei's defense line... Who would have guessed that Du Wei, an insidious guy, would actually "dig" in his rear area?
"Pit"?? The battlefield is more than a hundred miles away from here. How did Guhuaduoluo know that the Lu Highland Army no longer existed? His mission of "cutting off the rear" here has long become an empty talk.
Du Wei stood on the city wall, looked far away for a while, and saw that Guhuaduoluo's military camp was very busy. This guy was very capable of leading troops. The military camp was heavily guarded and orderly. Although it was busy but not chaotic, it can be seen that
The Northwest Army is indeed elite.
What made Du Wei amused was that Guhuaduoluo actually ordered a huge wooden fence with baggage trucks to surround the camp, and sent people to dig a trench outside the camp... It seemed that he was very attentive.
I decided to stick to this place.
Du Wei became more and more amused as he watched. Then he summoned Longbottom's subordinates and asked about the handling of the prisoners of war at the front, and then said: "Send a thousand cavalry out, in a small group of twenty, and walk around.
Come, search for the cavalry of the Northwest Army who escaped on the battlefield, and at the same time step up patrols to prevent Guhuataro from sending scouts through our defense lines to the rear. We cannot let Guhuataro know that their Lugao is finished!"
Some of his subordinates were puzzled: "Your Excellency, we have already won a great victory anyway. If Guhuataro knows about it, I'm afraid they will become even more desperate. Wouldn't it be better?"
Du Wei shook his head: "Don't you understand the principle of a dog jumping over a wall in a hurry? They have just arrived here and are in full swing. If we let them know the news at this time, maybe Gu Hua Duoluo will lose his temper and attack us fiercely.
Fortress."
The people below said: "Sir, we are not afraid of their attack!"
Du Wei looked at the soldiers under his command, smiled slightly, and said warmly: "Of course I know that you are all loyal warriors under my command, and I trust your ability and courage. However, the Northwest Army is bound to perish, and this broken ship has sunk.
It's half done. Now we just need to watch slowly from the side. Why make the other party go crazy and come to bite us hard? It can minimize the sacrifice of soldiers. It's always better. Just follow the previous plan.
, first delay them for a few days and wear off their energy. Then when they know the news of Lu Gao's defeat, that will be the best opportunity. Moreover, if these people know now, even if they don't come
Attack. The northwest army of tens of thousands suddenly collapsed. These tens of thousands of rebels dispersed and wandered to such a large place in the northwest to cause chaos. We were also in a hurry. We waited for a few days to wait for several groups of friendly troops to arrive, and surrounded them.
Stop, this is called closing the door and beating the dog, do you understand?"
The next morning, it wasn't until the sun was shining that the war drums were beaten in Guhuatolo's military camp. Then the door of the military camp opened, and an infantry battalion slowly came out and lined up in Duwedi Fortress City.
Under the door, he shouted a challenge.
Du Wei only took a look at the city tower, and after a rough calculation, he found that there were only two or three thousand people, and then he laughed and said: "Gu Hua Duoluo has been fooled, haha, we only send so many people out for a war. It is obvious that we want to consume them."
Time will play slowly. Since he is interested, we will play with them. Order, we will also send people out, it doesn’t need to be more, just send 3,000 people. Practice with them. "
A commanding officer next to him said doubtfully: "Sir, yesterday you said you would not waste the blood of soldiers with these guys... today."
Du Wei glanced at this guy and cursed with a smile: "You are Robert Knight's subordinate, right? You idiot, you don't understand such a simple question, huh... I will send you to lead your battalion to fight. Remember,
You don’t have to fight too hard, and the opponent won’t fight too hard. Just set up a formation and wait for them to attack. If my guess is correct, they will retreat after fighting for half an hour at most. No one wants to fight hard now...
...What are you looking at? Go down quickly and order troops to leave the city."
After saying that, Du Wei lightly kicked the guy on the butt, causing a burst of laughter from the people next to him.
The unlucky commander got off the city wall with a confused look on his face, and was about to order his troops when he saw Philip walking up the city wall. Everyone under the Duke of Tulip knew that this Lord Philip was the Duke's most trusted aide, and for this Philip
Everyone was convinced by the wisdom of the Lord, so the commander hurried up to say hello, and then asked the doubts in his heart with the intention of asking for advice.
Finally, he said: "Master Philip, I really don't understand. Since the Duke doesn't want the soldiers to sacrifice more, he sent 3,000 of my men out of the city to fight... Why not send more people to defeat these guys outside in one go?"
Forget it. You still want me not to work too hard...but in a war, how can you do it if you don’t work hard??"
After hearing this, Phillip smiled: "Don't worry. The other party won't fight desperately. You have to understand that the other party's intention is to delay our time. We are just following their own ambitions. They are also afraid of overpowering us, so they are all
The army has come to the decisive battle. As for why you are sent out to fight... I will tell you something privately, the Duke wants to train the army! A truly good army cannot be trained on the training ground! A strong army is made by fighting.
It's not something you've learned through practice. You don't need me to teach you this, right? Let the soldiers go up and fight, feel the atmosphere of the battlefield, see some blood, and the recruits will naturally mature quickly. Now the opponent won't fight hard, we
There is no need to exert force, no one will be seriously injured. Is there any better place for actual combat training than this? Go ahead, don’t worry. I can guarantee that you will only have this one chance. Next, sir
I'm afraid our recruits will be taken out battalion by battalion to beat them. You are leading the charge today, so don't be embarrassed."
This commanding officer was also an old officer who had participated in the defense of Gilliat City. He understood immediately after hearing this, and then he was relieved of his doubts and hurried down to order troops.
As a result, this battle turned out to be extremely weird.
Here, an infantry battalion sent by Du Wei came out and formed a square formation under the city gate. However, the challenging infantrymen from the northwest army were procrastinating and refused to come up to attack. They yelled and cursed from a distance for a long time.
Zhong, the garrison of the Tulip family on the tower here was a little impatient, and an officer couldn't help but let the archers shoot a few arrows. Only then did the troops of the Northwest Army come up and kill them.
Du Wei's troops are not new recruits anymore. Many of them have been in the army for a year, but this is the first time they have been on the battlefield to fight with real swords and guns. Fortunately, the infantry under the city has a very strict layout, and they also have shields and armor.
The equipment was also very sophisticated. After the Northwest Army attacked for a while, they did not take advantage. The two sides fought a draw... It could even be said to be very "harmony". The commander Du Wei led the troops here had participated in the Geely Army.
Those who fought to defend Yate City couldn't help but curse: Where can there be such a fight?
The other party only attacked sparsely for a while, leaving dozens of corpses behind and picking up twenty or thirty people. Then they retreated.
But here in the Tulip family, many of these new recruits who went to the battlefield for the first time were so nervous at first that their hands holding weapons trembled. After fighting for a while, their courage gradually grew stronger, and in the end, they saw the opponent retreat.
When we got back, there were still some people who were not afraid of death, so they chased them down. Fortunately, Du Wei could see clearly from the top of the tower and quickly ordered someone to blow the trumpet to withdraw the troops.
After counting the results of the battle, there were only seven or eight dead and more than twenty injured, most of them minor injuries. However, after going to the battlefield for the first time, seeing blood and seeing dead people, these soldiers did become very different.
Now, the original smell of farmers has also dissipated, and many people have become more of a bold temperament.
Du Wei saw this and sighed in his heart. He was "training" like this, but after all, there would always be casualties. He couldn't bear it, but then he thought about it. In order to prepare for the war in the next two years, this is already his own army.
This is the last opportunity to train troops in actual combat! You can imagine how tragic the future war will be. If you don't seize this opportunity now... No matter how long these soldiers train on the training ground, in Longbottom's words,
They are just a group of farmers with weapons. If you expect these troops to attack the criminals, the casualties will probably be even more severe!
Therefore, the current method of military training is a bit unbearable, but the small damage now is also to have a greater confidence in survival when facing more cruel and brutal enemies in the future.
Du Wei felt more and more that when he was thinking about many issues in his mind, his ideas and thoughts had changed a lot.
This time, he was almost cold and cruel, looking at the reported injury numbers purely with a level of rationality that was almost cold-blooded... looking at these purely as numbers.
Otherwise...what else can we do?!
This is war, not playing house! Where can there be immortality in war?
Du Wei comforted himself in this way.
For the next three days, Guhuataro also symbolically sent out several teams of troops to attack the city every day. Rather than attacking the city, it would be more appropriate to call it "harassment".
Du Wei also took the opportunity to worry about the many generals under his command. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he pulled out all the new battalions and took turns to go into battle, including practicing many tactics, such as siege defense, positional warfare, etc...
After three days, 20,000 new soldiers took turns on the battlefield. They saw blood and dead people. Although these battles were not too intense and even felt a bit noisy, at least the temperament of these soldiers finally changed.
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After all, a real army is not made by training! It is made by fighting!
Gu Hua Duoluo thought he had a trick, so he used the "drag" tactic to the fullest. Sometimes, he sent five or six armies in a day to attack the city in turn, but each attack only lasted for a while.
He immediately withdrew, hoping to use this frequent harassment tactic to hold Du Wei back and prevent him from having the energy to send troops to chase Lu Gao. But he didn't know that this was exactly what Du Wei wanted.
As for Du Wei...he is more worried about Hussein and Rodriguez at the moment!
On the battlefield that day, it had been four days since the two men chased Lu Gao, but they had not come back. There was no news at all. Even the Decepticon team sent out to search everywhere could not find any clues.