Jiang Qin shouted and urged his men to move forward.
This section of their journey was going down the mountain, and then they had to climb up the opposite hillside to kill the Hussar sentries before they could raid the Hussar water village, so they had to hurry!
Slower means failure and death!
Jiang Dongbing followed Jiang Qin, almost exerting all his energy to feed him. Everyone was stumbling and their tongues were about to spit out.
Climbing in the mountains is strenuous enough, let alone running?
However, Jiang Qin's strategy had a certain effect. He and his men suddenly accelerated, disrupting the rhythm of the hussar sentries.
The hussar sentry was a little flustered for a moment. He didn't know whether he should prepare for defense immediately or send a message to the water village first. In the end, he decided to do both, but the result of wanting both was that there were fewer people on both sides.
Both sides are slow!
After all, the commander here at the Qiusi Outpost is just a commander, not a fully developed, omnipotent keyboard warrior in future generations.
"Get ready to cum again!"
The commander of the hussars shouted loudly. He felt that his men had shot too hastily and had no accuracy without aiming. They should wait a little longer to let Jiangdong's army get closer, or even shoot when they climbed up.
However, some of the hussars sentries had already fired their bows.
Sure enough, when the first round of arrows rained down, the Jiangdong soldiers rolled and climbed on the downhill road. Their speed was not slow, and there were many trees and shrubs, so they did not cause any effective damage.
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"Charge forward! Kill their archers!"
Jiang Qin shouted from a distance.
At this point, he felt relieved again.
Obviously, the hussars sentries here are not the kind of extremely powerful hussars elites.
Otherwise the arrow would not have shot like this.
Think about it, of course, good steel must be used on the blade. This is just a regular sentry post, just in case. Who would have thought that the Jiangdong Army would actually show up?
"The opponent is not an elite!"
Jiang Qin shouted, "There are not many people!"
For a veteran like Jiang Qin, he made a judgment in just a split second.
"No need to form a formation! Just climb up! Kill them all!"
If it were a competition of bows and arrows, Jiangdong soldiers would not be much worse, but the terrain did not have an advantage, so shooting from below onto the hillside was obviously of little significance.
Jiang Dongjun's momentum surged and he quickly climbed up the mountain...
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"Xiao Liuzi, you guys cum! Others, follow me and stop them!"
Although the hussars at the checkpoint are not elites, there are some things that not only elites can do or can do.
Because of the dispersion, not only is there insufficient strength to intercept Jiangdong's army here, but there is also insufficient manpower on the other side to prepare to light the beacon fire!
These days, there are no convenient fire starters. Tinder and fire sickle are still the most common ignition equipment.
However, this kind of ignition equipment is somewhat unstable and more random. It may ignite the flame in the first stroke, or it may still not light up the small tinder after dozens of strokes in succession.
When the sentry commander saw that the beacon fire and smoke behind him never came out, he subconsciously raised his arms and shouted, and rushed down with his sword in hand!
Jiang Dongbing cannot be allowed to come up like this, he must be dragged until the warning beacon is lit!
It is true that the commander of the sentry was a little lax before and did not give a warning, which made Jiangdong soldiers suddenly realize when they were approaching. However, the commander of the sentry at least was not timid and he rushed forward bravely!
He was not good at archery, so he chose the more dangerous hand-to-hand combat to buy time and space for his comrades behind him.
The sentry commander accidentally stepped in the air and hit a tree. He staggered and felt that half of his shoulders were about to fall apart. However, he still did not hesitate and was still rushing down!
There seemed to be some falling sounds behind him.
Someone was calling him, but the sentry commander didn't even turn his head. He stared at the Jiangdong soldiers rushing towards him and shouted: "Follow me and kill!"
He didn't look back, and he didn't know if anyone was following him behind him or if there was anyone guarding his flanks.
Not far below, a Jiangdong soldier was climbing up.
In a hurry, I saw Jiang Dongbing climbing up on the other side.
The sentry commander jumped into the air and kicked the Jiangdong soldier who climbed up. He kicked the Jiangdong soldier directly and fell down, and he himself fell to the ground...
"Shoot! Shoot! What a great cover!"
"Come on, charge on!"
Chaotic shouts came and went.
The arrows shot this time were much more accurate.
A Jiangdong soldier was about to swing his sword at the sentry commander. He raised his sword and was hit by an arrow in the face. He was killed on the spot. He fell back and bumped into another Jiangdong soldier.
He rolled down with his arms and legs crossed.
"Up! Up!"
"Kill, kill!"
All the words, all the vocabulary, and all the thoughts are gathered into the simplest, most primitive, and most direct cry.
Jiang Qin waved his sword, flicked the arrows, and dodged this round of arrows. Then he didn't care about the Jiangdong soldiers around him, and just rushed forward.
At this time, no one can stop. Once they stop, they will not only become the target of the hussar soldiers on the hillside, but also block the path of other Jiangdong soldiers behind them.
Taking advantage of the gap between the hussars' arrows, he quickly rushed across the empty bottom of the slope and began to climb up.
Jiang Qin felt that as long as he rushed forward, chopped down the archers, and prevented the beacon fire from igniting, he would not be 100% sure, but would have at least an 89% success rate!
The next moment, two black figures suddenly fell down!
"Ahhh!"
Then there was another scream.
Jiang Qin looked up and saw the commander of the hussar sentry, cutting a bloody gash in the neck of Jiang Dongbing with a knife!
"puff……"
Blood spurted out, covering Jiang Qin's head and face.
Jiang Qin didn't bother to wipe it off, but raised his sword and charged straight at the hussar sentry.
"Come die!"
"Go to hell!"
The shouts from both sides seemed to come and go, but the meanings expressed were unusually consistent.
At this point in this battle, command is no longer the most important factor, but becomes courage.
We meet on a narrow road, just fight bravely!
"We can't let them come up!"
The commander of the sentry also instinctively sensed the crux of the problem. He saw more Jiangdong soldiers rushing out, and also saw Jiang Qin rushing towards him. He no longer had any hope of returning alive, but he just hoped to kill these
Jiangdong soldiers held back until the beacon fire and smoke rose!
"Be very careful!"
There were hussar soldiers on the top of the mountain shouting and then shooting at Jiang Qin.
Jiang Qin shrank slightly and dodged the arrow.
Other Jiangdong soldiers were not as capable as Jiang Qin, and some were shot one after another, causing casualties, but the effect was not very good, because the number of arrows was not enough, and the speed of shooting was also not enough, and it could not form a suppressive effect.
Jiangdong's soldiers gradually rushed up and fought with the hussar sentries in chaos.
Jiang Qin used a flaw, and then slashed the sentry commander on the body with a knife. He was surprised to find that he could not kill or injure him with one knife. Then he realized that the person fighting him was not Shanyue from Jiangdong, but a series of people.
Hussars all wearing armor!
Jiang Qin saw that he and his soldiers were stuck like this by five or six hussars sentries. He couldn't help but became furious. He immediately slashed the sentry with another sword until he lost his center of gravity. He then used several swords in succession to chop him down.
Shi Chang's defensive posture was broken, and he was finally killed with a single blow.
Since when did it become so difficult to kill a leader?
But before Jiang Qin could figure it out, he heard Jiangdong soldiers pointing at the hillside and shouting something.
Jiang Qin looked up and saw black smoke rising into the sky!
"Damn it!"
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"Zhuge is engaged! There is smoke warning from behind!"
In the central battlefield, the soldiers responsible for the lookout shouted down.
Zhuge Liang turned his head sharply and saw the smoke on the side of the Sichuan-Sichuan Water Village. He immediately understood that Zhou Yu had arranged two groups of soldiers to attack from the side!
However, Zhuge Liang did not panic because of this. Instead, he exhaled a long breath and said, "Zhou Gongjin's plan stops here."
Zhuge Liang was really relieved, not pretending to be calm.
He had been thinking about what Zhou Yu's main strategy was.
At first, Zhuge Liang was not sure about Zhou Yu's approach.
Although generally the forms of war are similar, using more to attack fewer, combining odd and right, etc. Basically, anyone who knows a little bit about the art of war can tell you one, two or three, but the specifics are not how much they know, but how much they know.
How to use it in actual combat.
Today's Zhuge Liang is not the kind of counselor in history, oh, who is so shocking that weeping ghosts and gods in the novels. He is just better than ordinary counselors, and the most important thing is that Zhuge Liang went from Lushan to Guanzhong, and all the way.
Even after traveling to Sichuan and Shu, I never stopped learning and thinking.
This is the basis for Zhuge Liang to be stronger than ordinary people now and to view things and problems more clearly.
Talent is important, but if you only have talent without hard work, the upper limit is just meager...
Xu Huang was a little confused, "Kong Ming, what do you mean?"
It's really hard to understand how Zhuge Liang seemed to relax even though he was clearly being attacked.
Zhuge Liang said: "If you draw your bow but don't fire it, you will be uneasy if you don't know where it is going. Now that you know what you want, why should you be afraid of it? Zhou Gongjin's military strategy seems to be varied, but the root cause is that it is due to the geographical advantage.
Yes! Just like the place east of the Yangtze River, there is only Lir, and there is nothing else! What a pity..."
Jiangdong's army divided its forces again.
And are the mountain roads around here easy to walk?
Gan Ning accidentally got confused.
Therefore, the soldiers dispatched by Jiangdong Army must be relatively elite.
Among the Jiangdong Army, those who can be linked to the "elite" are the private soldiers of each general!
So there are Zhou Tai all the way, Jiang Qin all the way, and here at Zhou Yu, only Zhou Yu's soldiers are left...
These are basic inferences that most people can think of, but the reason why Zhuge Liang is called a wise man is that in addition to thinking about these things that ordinary people can think of, he can also consider deeper issues at the same time.
That is, does Zhou Yu also want him to think so?
Both generals of Jiangdong Army are on the sidelines, so what is left for Zhou Yu in the middle?
If you defeat Zhou Gongjin suddenly, you can win the final victory!
Is it an easy choice?
Zhuge smiled slightly, "I thought Zhou Gongjin had other means this time..."
Xu Huang looked at Zhuge Liang and wondered if this young man was too arrogant?
I don’t have any means, but my own nest has been invaded!
Zhuge Liang seemed to have noticed Xu Huang's expression, so he smiled and explained: "I didn't know what Duke Zhou Jin was planning, so I should have thought more about it. Now that I know what he wants, I can use strategies to defeat it!"
Zhuge Liang is undoubtedly a person who is very good at learning and summarizing.
Although Zhou Yu's strategies may appear to be various on the surface, such as luring, inserting, or ambushing, in fact, Zhuge Liang concluded that all of Zhou Yu's strategies are based on his use of the "geographical advantage" of the river.
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"My lord has said that for a general to fight, the right time, place, and people are indispensable." Zhuge Liang said slowly, "Now that Duke Zhou is willing to use the right place and the best possible conditions, there will be a shortage of people to make peace with him! The general can give the order to turn the army around.
Then the disadvantages of Jiangdong will be fully revealed!"
Xu Huang was stunned. He looked at Zhou Yu who was not far away, and then pointed, "Then this..."
Even Xu Huang had some difficulty in making decisions when faced with the results he was about to "obtain."
Zhuge Liang said: "The east of the Yangtze River is conducive to water warfare, but Zhou Gongjin sent out two partial armies to cross the mountains over and over again... This is the disadvantage of exhausted soldiers! Zhou Gongjin did not know how to fight, but he used his urgency! Liang thought,
There will be changes in Jiangdong! This is the time when it has lost its destiny!"
Zhuge Liang raised his second finger and said, "Secondly, since Duke Zhou is well aware of the benefits of the river, how can he not know the advantages and disadvantages of going up and down the river? Jiangdong navy opens the middle road. If you and I advance and the enemy does not move, there must be a trap in front of us."
!Our army turned around and defeated its plan. If Zhou Gongjin pursues him, he will lose his geographical advantage. If he does not pursue him, he will be forced by the weather!"
"The third one..."
Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "It's a long story... General, let's give the order first!"
Xu Huang looked at Zhuge Liang, thought for a while, and then ordered the money to be withdrawn and the troops to withdraw back to the stronghold.
Although Xu Huang was not very clear about the twists and turns involved, he still chose to trust Zhuge Liang and withdraw his troops first, and then think about why.
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As soon as the Sichuan and Shu troops withdrew, Jiangdong soldiers cheered for joy.
However, Zhou Yu's face showed no joy at all, but his brows were furrowed.
This situation is completely different from what he expected!
Jiang Dongbing was smiling because his goal was to "win". No matter whether the Sichuan-Shu Army retreated actively or passively, it was a "win" anyway, so he was naturally happy.
But what Zhou Yu wanted was not consistent with what ordinary Jiang Dong soldiers wanted.
What Zhou Yu wanted most was to destroy and consume the ships of the Sichuan and Sichuan navy. If on this basis, he could also kill the enemy generals, that would be the best.
So when the Sichuan-Shu army retreated, Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment...
Shouldn't it be that under this situation, one should rush forward immediately and carry out a change of battle?
Isn't this an obvious situation?
Why would you choose to retreat?
Although Zhou Yu did not understand the theory of "sunk costs", it did not prevent him from using this psychology to achieve his strategic goals.
This is like the bad custom of betrothal gifts in some Southeast Asian countries in later generations. Then the person selling his daughter feels that the other party has already paid 380,000, so he might as well add another 80,000, or 180,000 on the day of the official sale.
Thinking that the other party has already given so much, I will definitely not be willing to give up just like that...
This time Zhou Yu adopted the same tactics.
Zhou Yu's central formation was right in front of him, as if eight large sedans had already arrived at the door, so he just withdrew. Let's not talk about the issue of losing face. Just talk about how much energy, material and manpower was spent on dispatching such a large formation?
And once you retreat, doesn't it mean that you have abandoned all the "results" you have achieved before?
Is the Sichuan-Shu Army willing to give up?
Aren't you afraid that when you go back, you will lose both your life and money?
In countries with bad customs in Southeast Asia, when the bride price is given out, they smile and the in-laws scream loudly. When they want to take back the bride price, they are almost like killing their father and their enemies. It is impossible to say that they will actually use a knife. White knife goes in.
, the black knife comes out.
Zhou Yu had imagined in advance and had deduced it many times, and felt that the Sichuan-Shu Army must have chosen to "change sides" when faced with this situation.
Therefore, he does not need Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai to achieve much victory. He only needs to create such a two-pronged outflanking, and the situation of losing the old nest, forcing the Sichuan-Shu Army to burn its boats, and then the Sichuan-Shu Army will definitely "
The boat sank.
Withdrawing troops is absolutely impossible, because doing so would be such a loss!
But the Sichuan-Shu Army just did this!
"Captain! We won!" The guard beside Zhou Yu also said with a smile, and then realized that Zhou Yu's face was ugly, "Captain...Captain, you..."
Zhou Yu stretched out his hand to signal the guard to shut up.
His body was very tired now, and the blood vessels on his forehead were shouting at the top of his lungs that he was exhausted, but he still had to weigh the gains and losses as quickly as possible and make corresponding orders.
If we follow the general understanding, since Sichuan and Shu have retreated, then Jiangdong Army has won. After a while of chasing and killing to see what advantages they can get, they can withdraw their troops and return to their own camp to celebrate...
But what’s the point of doing this?
The reason why Zhou Yu put on such a posture was to make the Sichuan-Shu army fall into a trap, and then use fire, oil and fire attacks to kill and injure the Sichuan-Shu ships and personnel in one fell swoop, destroying at least half of the Sichuan-Shu navy ships.
, so that we can directly press into Sichuan and Shu in one breath!
But now that Sichuan and Shu don't fall into the trap, it's like fighting a war of attrition!
If you can't win in one fell swoop today, maybe others still have tomorrow, and there are countless tomorrow's suns waiting for him, but what about Zhou Yu?
Even if his body can support it, will his rear be willing to support it?
Is Jiangdong still willing to wait for the next tomorrow?
Zhou Yu looked up at the sky, and suddenly felt that the wind above the river was no longer as gentle and affectionate as when he was young. It picked up his hair and silk towel, lingering on his robe and cuffs. Now
The wind on the river was like a charterer who failed to collect rent, torturing him both physically and mentally.
It's like the romantic debts from back then have to be repaid in double amount now.
"Captain! Chai Sang, urgent report!"
Just when Zhou Yu was thinking about making a difficult choice, a soldier hurriedly came under the building boat and shouted loudly, "Commander! Urgent report, Chai Sang urgent report!"