Not far away, Bi Qing came over with a sketched map and interrupted the shallow water’s thinking. "The scouts have mastered the road conditions in this area and found a temporary hidden point suitable for our army to attack. Although it is not too hidden, it is better than being at the bottom of the enemy’s eyes. We are now fully confident that we can go behind the cold wind without disturbing the enemy."
Shallow water Qing immediately sat up. "Great. Tell the troops to get ready to start at once. I want them to arrive at their destination on the night of the 22nd. Let’s study how to get there."
Chapter VII circuitous ()
January 16th
cold wind
Lonely shadow hurried into the war room.
"Father, as far as Huoyuncheng is concerned, the shallow water has turned to the southeast, that is, it is coming towards our side. It seems that Jiang Zhuo and others have done a good job. They have blocked and blocked the iron wind flag from marching into Lubeiye."
Gu Zhengfan didn’t lift his head. "If you can’t do this kind of thing well, Jiang Zhuo Lou Tiande has been a soldier for so many years in vain. So shallow water is now going to try its luck in the cold wind?"
The lonely shadow said, "Even if we can’t get to the cold wind, General Jiang Zhuo and General Lou Tiande have already laid the tight encirclement Iron Wind Flag in the southeast, and even if we run faster, it is impossible to escape from our palm."
"Show me the distribution map of the new troop movements."
Gu Zhengfan frowned and asked, "Is there anything wrong with father?"
"The 200,000-strong army is divided into 12 roads, with an average of 10,000 soldiers on each road coordinating with each other. Once you encounter an opponent, you can wait for two or three batches of reinforcements day by day to ensure that you can defeat the opponent with three times less force. As far as tactics are concerned, there is no problem, but if the spread is too wide and the encirclement is too sparse and dense, it is still possible to escape before the arrival of reinforcements."
"Father, I don’t think this is a problem. According to the information we got, Tiefengqi is currently equipped with a double horse, so if the encirclement is too small, I’m afraid it can’t hold this slippery fish, but they have the speed, the quality of their soldiers or the infantry and horses are not good at fighting. In the previous few times, Tiefengqi was attacking the city, and the horse was attacking the city. In fact, it was extremely sharp to ride two steps. In fact, once the cavalry confrontation was carried out, it immediately showed its shortcomings. General Jiang decided to expand the encirclement and was not afraid to open up with them The wild versus the plain versus the attack is indeed true from the situation of the encounter between General Lu’s troops the day before yesterday. At that time, General Lu led the troops to fight with 6,000 iron flags, but the battle results were damaged by 2,000 and the enemy was destroyed by nearly 1,000 iron flags. Judging from the battle strength, there should not be such huge casualties. Most of them were still not accustomed to the horse battle, and the heavy soldiers of the Iron Lion Battalion really fought back our troops when it was still the iron flag. Otherwise, it is hard to say who won or who lost. You know that our pursuit troops are all worse than the border guards. Many iron flags
"But shallow water is a problem." Gu Zhengfan frowned more and more tightly. "Since it is a horse infantry, you should avoid the charge confrontation and play like this? Referring to his past battles, this soldier’s ability in local battlefields is quite outstanding, and his ability is remarkable. Even I dare not say that he will definitely win the battle with the same strength. But why would he fight such a heavy loss? This is a bit unlike his ability. "
"What does father mean?"
"I’m a little worried." Gu Zhengfan took a few steps in the room with his hand behind his back. "I’m worried that there is a conspiracy in the shallow water. You see, at present, Jiang Zhuo’s layout department is encircling the Iron Wind Flag, and after its success, it is difficult to guarantee that the reinforcements will arrive in half a day because of the distance between the ministries. Once another army is suddenly killed at this time, Jiang Zhuo’s abacus will be disrupted. Not only will the Iron Wind Flag be broken, but 200,000 people led by Jiang Zhuo will be bitten by their opponents, and the losses will be heavy."
"That’s only if he has an ambush. It’s been ten days. We haven’t found any clues about other troops except that the iron wind flag is arrogant in our country."
Gu Zhengfan’s eyes narrowed slightly. "If you want to hide in shallow water, you can’t find him unless you really exaggerate the name of this person."
"Shallow water is clear in Tiefengqi. Someone saw him wearing a ghost face and riding a flying snow to command the art of using saber, which is very much like saying that thousands of people cut their chests and pinned the eagle seal with that knife."
On hearing the word knife eagle, the lonely sail eyes released a cold mountain. "You said knife eagle?" So the fierce flame cleared the most proud memorial of his life to shallow water? "
"Exactly!"
Gu Zhengfan nodded. "So that’s it. No wonder Shallow Water Clearing is so crazy and desperate to attack Jinghong. Two months ago, Cang Yewang suddenly said that Shallow Water Clearing was arrogant and didn’t listen to the order to withdraw it from the iron town governor to make the iron wind flag. I have been wondering what Shallow Water Clearing did to make the emperor so unhappy. Now it seems that he wants to take revenge on his adoptive father, so he wants to pull the whole storm corps in after discovering the secret passage. Maybe Cang Yewang must have rejected his crazy suggestion to lead to this result of hatred. Hatred makes people crazy. It’s a pity that a man who can write the shallow art of war should go to the end like this. If in the future, I will add in his book that those who have no cool thinking and good psychological endurance will eventually become war talents even if they have the best talent. "
After thinking about it, Gu Zhengfan said, "Jiang Zhuo has done a good job this time. Give him the credit for catching shallow water, but you and I will give him a letter saying that it is a generalship to capture this person alive as far as possible, and I am courageous, knowledgeable and righteous. I really want to meet him. If I can, I want to attract him."
"If you can do this, the wind will end."
"Let’s hope" Gu Zhengfan sighed that a country’s strength is far from being built on an enemy general, but if it is shallow and willing to surrender, it will definitely deal a great blow to the confidence of the people in the wind.
"So we still need to keep the rear defense? At present, the soldiers in the rear of the cold wind war are in the first-class combat readiness, and the French have been fully rested. There is a great complaint and the merchants’ living materials have not been supplemented, and the people’s lives have also been greatly inconvenient. Prices have risen, and some businessmen are hoarding. "
"Keep it low for another three days, and then let it go if it changes."
It is quite contradictory to clear the solitary sail in shallow water. He doesn’t want shallow water to be so defeated in the first world war. He expects him to come up with something to surprise himself, so it is meaningful to persuade him to surrender, and he doesn’t want him to do more and more damage to the rainbow before catching him.
He believes in the previous speculation and has some doubts. He always feels as if he has gained or lost something.
He spent the night in this ambivalent mood.
January 17th
Fang Hu’s troops in the south-central part of Jinghong rested after they arrived at a small village.
This time, because the Tiefengqi has no more killing attitude towards the local people after entering the rainbow, the local people feel at ease a lot, but there are still many people who look at the soldiers flying from the other side of the mountain with frightened eyes.
They look so fierce, so strong, so unstoppable.
No matter what the local people think, the Tiefengqi soldiers immediately sent scouts to set up sentry posts, set up temporary defenses in the camp, and then buried pots to cook food. They moved quickly and orderly, although there were many people, but they were not chaotic at all.
Fang Hu and other generals should immediately discuss the plan and route of one-step war around the map, such as walking, dealing with opponents, fleeing or attacking, or hiding
Now, when there is no shallow water, the generals of Tiefengqi are used to thinking and solving problems by themselves. They know that they are facing dozens of times more enemy troops. It is enemy territory that they stand on their own. Every civilian may be an enemy agent. Every inch of land may contain enemy traps.
After the initial panic, the Rainbow Surpriser has entered the stage of counterattack, and such counterattack will be unstoppable until the enemy is destroyed.
In this case, it is not only Tiefengqi who has learned the process of self-learning, progress and improvement, but even every soldier in Tiefengqi has learned this process.
The battle the day before yesterday made many soldiers in Tiefengqi unforgettable. Fang Hu’s command level and adaptability are still not the same as those in shallow water, and the soldiers’ horse fighting skills are far inferior to their walking skills
Among them, the Iron Lion Battalion, which has always been famous for its heavy defense, feels the deepest progress, the biggest casualties and the heaviest. The way they used to fight is far from the way they are fighting now.
If there were not tigers and leopards battalion cavalry and generalists trained by shallow-water bandits, the battle might have ended in failure.
However, every soldier and general grew up in the war.
Two months of hard training just made the soldiers learn to ride a horse, but a hard battle made them immediately understand what should be done, such as riding a horse, and how to switch between walking and riding in the shortest time, and when to adopt the appropriate fighting method.
Learning on the battlefield is always a hundred times more efficient than playing on the playground. Often, one battle can win a year’s training. Of course, it is no longer sweat but blood and life.
In this study, Tiefengqi soldiers gradually learned a lot of cavalry fighting skills, such as not staying like infantry in charge, relying on horsepower to sprint speed is to master the winning skills, and the formation is no longer the foundation of Lai Sheng, destroying the opponent’s formation. Although their generals have awakened them many times, it is not until now that they finally remember this important thing by themselves.
For example, when stepping and riding, a small pointed stake can be tied to the saddle rope in advance, and the stake can be directly wedged into the ground, so that it is safe for the soldiers to go around scurry off during the war. This is the skill that the soldiers themselves have developed.
For example, the infantry captain Ge Yuan is much longer than the cavalry spear, so it is better to carry out horse fighting. It is convenient to cut off a part of the long spear and remove the crescent moon at the same time. This means that the soldiers are no longer afraid to charge in wartime, and they believe that they can do as well as professional cavalry.
For another example, the soldiers in Thorn Camp found that the archer was the best player in the pursuit and withdrawal battle. They could shoot the arrow back when the horse was galloping, but the enemy in the rear would take the initiative to hit the tip of the arrow. Covered shooting is no longer the main killing method in Thorn Camp. If the horses can be well controlled to shoot back, it will be a magic weapon tactic to ensure the safety of flag soldiers. After one year of training, their shooting level has been much higher than that in the past. Now they will be transferred to better, better and more rare archers.
Growing up in a battle full of blood and tears, every soldier’s progress is amazing. In time, they may become the most powerful warrior in the empire, but now they still have too many difficulties to overcome. This bumpy road full of thorns is doomed that everyone will not succeed, and they will die and live to become the real top elite.
In a small cottage, Fang Hu and Mu Xue are seriously discussing the current war situation.
"Since the day of the invasion, we have fought almost more than 20 battles, large and small, most of which were surprise siege battles and all of them were carried out in the first few days. In the decisive battle in the wilderness, two wars were ambushed, and the two armies met each other and fought for life and death. We fought three small battles. The biggest loss was the big battle the day before yesterday. Now it seems that our soldiers are still able to adapt to this new way of fighting and our command is also somewhat problematic."