Chapter 1,751 Still cultivating openly and secretly
"It can't be saved, and it's too late to save."
Han Xin's opinion is very straightforward and simple, and also very incomprehensible.
Tian Hu blew his beard and shouted with eyes wide open, "What did you fart!?"
Han Xin explained, "Wang Li's armor-piercing soldiers are very good at booby-trap tactics. Once they encircle the enemy, they often do not quickly annihilate them. Instead, they use them as bait to trap and kill the troops who come to rescue them."
"I heard a word from someone before that is very suitable for describing this tactic, it's called... encircling the point for reinforcements."
"If you try to save him, you will play into his hands."
"Then what should we do? Just ignore it?" Tian Hu asked, turning his hands.
Han Xin looked at the messenger calmly and asked, "What troops are attacking the British and British troops?"
"One carries a red tiger stripe banner, and the other carries a blue and black dog stripe banner."
"It looks like the troops of the Blood Tiger and the Yin Jackal...are there any more?"
"There were also soldiers from Wang Li's headquarters. Under the banner of Wang Zi, they raided the ambushed brothers... and all of them died."
"Wang Li's crossbow infantry, it seems that he really has the idea of encircling the point for reinforcements, and used three troops to block Yingbu's one."
After listening to these questions and answers, the faces of everyone in the farm family became more and more gloomy, but Han Xin looked very relaxed. He smiled and said, "It seems that the plan to lure the enemy was successful."
Liu Ji's brows twitched and he said in surprise, "Did you drink secretly and knock people out? That's a fart success!"
Han Xin glanced at him and asked, "What is the purpose of luring the enemy?"
"Uh..." Liu Ji was stunned for a moment, then recalled and replied, "You said it was... to drag people to Shuangjiang Ridge and leave them empty behind."
"Are we being held back now, and are we still in the third line of troops?" Han Xin asked again.
Liu Ji was completely stunned.
If you want to put it like that, then...that is indeed a delay.
Although it was completely the opposite of what I expected, using human life to hold the opponent back was also a hold-up.
Han Xin continued, "Wang Li and the jackals, tigers and leopards under his command are experienced generals. Simple tricks to lure the enemy are not enough to deceive them."
"If you want them to get involved, you can only give them bait that will truly satisfy them."
"Frostfall Ridge has now become a complete dead end. It is precisely because it is a dead end that it can hold back Wang Li and others."
"This is the real plan I prepared to lure the enemy."
After the Battle of Qingming Valley, Wang Li to some extent put aside his contempt for farmers, but at the same time he became more obsessed with heads.
In a sense, his own problems not only did not decrease, but actually increased.
"So it is indeed a success...but what do you mean by 'dead end'?" Liu Ji asked suspiciously, "Is Yingbu going to be okay?"
Tian Yan calmly explained Han Xin's plan to lure the enemy, "The so-called luring the enemy is actually to let Ying deploy a force to attract the entire attack of the enemy's three armies."
"This... this... can Yingbu withstand it?" Liu Ji asked blankly.
"If he can withstand it, he has to withstand it. If he can't, he has to withstand it!" Tian Yan responded in a calm and almost cold tone.
"What kind of luring the enemy is this?" Liu Ji's eyes widened and he couldn't help shouting, "Let Yingbu carry Wang Li, Xue Hu, and Yin Jackal by himself. Doesn't this mean that he is going to die?"
"If nothing else happens, Yingbu's troops will collapse completely before dawn." Han Xin calmly fiddled with the flags on the map and responded at the same time, "So, he still has a helper."
Yingbu can still barely hold on while carrying the two troops of Blood Tiger and Yin Jackal by himself, and coupled with the powerful crossbow phalanx that annihilates the enemy like mowing grass, he can really collect his corpse tomorrow morning.
Fortunately, Han Xin predicted that Wang Li might seize the gap in Shuangjiang Ridge, directly concentrate his superior forces, and try to swallow up one of the farmers' troops first, so he made arrangements in advance.
"Jibu."
Liu Ji was stunned when he heard the name, "Ji Bu? Didn't he just withdraw from Lidong Spring?"
"That was disguised by a farmer's disciple. He and his main force have been hiding near Frostfall Ridge." Han Xin answered casually.
Ji Bu was nicknamed "Unshakable as a Mountain", which not only refers to his integrity, but also refers to his style of leading troops in battle - good defense.
Anyone who knows Ji Bu will be suspicious when they hear that he hastily retreated his troops as soon as the war started.
"This is two versus three... It's still not good. I remember you said before that the imperial army's frontal combat effectiveness exceeds ours." Liu Ji was not as worried as before, but he was still worried.
Han Xin continued to reassure people, "Ji Bu is said to be as immovable as a mountain, while Ying Bu represents his Xu Rulin."
"The former is good at defense, and the defenses he arranges are always airtight, while the latter is good at formation, and his troops can always be arranged in an orderly manner."
"The two of them working together are like dense forests and mountains, hard to shake and represent the best defense."
Of course, Han Xin's words were beautiful, but when put into practice, the effect was not so outstanding.
When it comes to defense, Ji Bu and Ying Bu can indeed achieve an effect of one plus one far greater than two if they cooperate with each other, but only if they command the Shadow Tiger Army and the Thunder Leopard Army, not this group of peasant gangsters.
Originally, they were mounted before the battle, took office in a hurry, and the soldiers they led were not serious soldiers, so the two of them could not show much of their abilities.
Fortunately, barely enough was enough. After all, Han Xin didn't expect them to be able to really withstand the offensive from Wang Li and others. He just hoped that people would die slower.
Trading human lives for time was Han Xin's real purpose. It was hard to tell whether this was a ploy to lure the enemy, or whether it was to drink poison to quench his thirst.
In short, Frostfall Ridge at this time is enough to be called a low-end version of the war meat grinder.
The main attacking forces of the Blood Tiger and the Yin Jackal attacked Yingbu Jibu's second mountain and forest army one after another, while Wang Li led his crossbow troops high on the cliff, using long-range attacks to harvest lives from a high position.
No matter how good a person is at defense, it will be difficult for him to organize effective defense measures against crossbow arrows coming from above his head.
This is all thanks to the terrain of Frostfall Ridge.
Although this line of sky-like valley greatly increased the difficulty of breaking through, it also successfully prevented Wang Li from directly dispatching the Hundred Wars God's Crossbow because he was worried about accidentally injuring friendly troops.
Otherwise, it will really be like a meat grinder... or the kind that is cooked directly.
Han Xin pointed to the map and continued, "The enemy has five lines of troops. Now we use two lines to hold back three of them. The remaining two lines can concentrate our superior forces and move on to the next battalion first!"
It can be said that Han Xin and Wang Li came together and wanted to concentrate their superior forces to push forward first.
In fact, Wang Li might not have seen through that the farmer wanted to forcefully hold him back, but he didn't care.
Because the remaining ones were two against two, they didn't suffer any loss and even had the upper hand. His camp had also arranged defensive measures, so he had no worries.
He could have brought the Blood Tigers and Yin Jackals to slowly and completely devour the Yingbu Jibu troops who were used as bait.
By then, the farmer will completely lose the possibility of turning around.
It's a pity that Wang Li didn't expect that the opponent was actually a five-pronged army, and two against two, the imperial army might not have the upper hand.
Of course, Wang Li was not the only one who didn't understand this, Liu Ji didn't understand either.
"Aren't the remaining two against two? Where do we get the superior strength?"
He pointed out two fingers on each hand of his left hand and asked Han Xin.
Tian Yan saw through Han Xin's thoughts and pointed out, "Let's let General Long Qie and General Zhong Limei pretend to be defeated and retreat, then join forces and then surprise one of the Wild Wolf Legion or Raging Leopard Legion?"
"The hero is wise and wise."
"Then what if the Raging Leopard Legion and the Wild Wolf Legion also join forces?" Tian Yan asked rhetorically.
"It can't be combined." Han Xin replied calmly, "The Xiaoshu Bridge is broken, Zhong Limei can't get across, and the wild wolf can't get across either."
"Originally, I asked Zhong Limei to cut off the bridge, but I didn't expect that the empire would do it first. It would save trouble."
Han Xin once said that Daze Mountain has two key points, the Jingzhe Slope of the Vernal Equinox Stream in the east and the Bailu Rock of the Autumnal Equinox Ridge in the west.
Xiaoshu Bridge is located just near the Autumn Equinox Ridge and is an important thoroughfare guarding the western entrance and exit of Daze Mountain.
The Wild Wolf Legion cut off the Xiaoshu Bridge to cut off the farmers' escape route from the northwest to Daze Mountain, forcing them to give priority to the east side where Wang Li's camp was stationed.
It is somewhat incomprehensible to want to open the champagne before the battle is over.
However, considering how much Wang Li now desires to get all the 100,000 heads from the farmer's family, it is not unacceptable.
The most important thing is that, in Wang Li's opinion, even if a Wild Wolf Legion is detached to guard the Autumn Equinox Ridge, the Furious Leopards alone will be enough to deal with the two remaining troops of the Farmers.
At worst, we'll do the same thing as at Frostfall Ridge.
The farmers on their side traded lives for time, and the opposite was done on the Nu Bao side.
With the quality of the imperial army, they can carry it longer than the peasants anyway.
After Han Xin’s explanation, everyone present could clearly feel that the farmer had the upper hand in this round.
This made their faces soothed a lot.
Tian Yan nodded and praised, "Very good!"
Han Xin continued calmly, "If mountains and forests are a combination for a long-lasting attrition war, then the aggressive fire-like commander of the Tenglong Army and his wind-like Zhong Limei are perfect partners for a long-distance assault war."
"Wind and fire... wind, wind, fire, fire, hahaha... great!"
"Okay!" Liu Ji couldn't help but clapped his legs and laughed wildly after hearing this.
It's not that he had a big reaction, it was mainly because after hearing bad news all night, he finally got some good news, which was really encouraging.
At the same time, after a long chase, Long Qie led the Raging Leopard Army to the vicinity of Bailu Rock.
Zhong Limei also launched a strong attack on the Raging Leopard Legion from the flank at this time.
Wang Li's idea was not wrong. In a normal encirclement and annihilation battle, it would be difficult for Long Qie and Zhong Limei to join forces to swallow up the Raging Leopard Army in a short time.
But for a cold-weapons battle involving head-on close combat, there is a quick solution, which is to directly kill the leader of one side.
Once the general dies, the morale of even the empire's ace troops will collapse directly.
On Wang Li's side, Xue Hu and Yin Jack have been trying to kill Ji Bu and Ying Bu, but their martial arts are too good, and they are much more flexible than ordinary military masters who are only good at fighting in the military formation, and they are closer to Jianghu people.
This makes them very advantageous in melees, or very capable of surviving.
But when it comes to Angry Leopard, the situation is exactly the opposite.
An angry leopard may not be able to win even if he fights a dragon, not to mention the fact that Zhong Limei, a master archer, is there to provide interference.
Under such circumstances, the poor General Nubao naturally had an accident.
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Daze Mountain, above Shuangjiang Ridge.
Wang Li stood on the cliff, looking at the chaotic battle below with a gloomy expression.
Although the number of casualties among the peasant disciples continued to increase at a speed visible to the naked eye, he still felt that it was too slow.
The most important thing is that there have been no battle reports from other places, which makes him feel a little bad.
There are no farm reinforcements here at Frostfall Ridge.
So they didn't react at all?
"How can the defeated generals of two empires and a group of makeshift peasants survive for so long!?"
"These are not the two elite corps of Chu State's Shadow Tigers and Thunder Leopards!"
Wang Li, who was feeling a little restless, cursed dissatisfiedly.
Zhao Bu glanced at him and replied cautiously, "The terrain of Frostfall Ridge is so narrow that the two generals Xue Hu Yin Jack can't move their large forces. There is nothing we can do about it."
Nothing is perfect in this world, and the same is true for the ambush location in Frostfall Ridge.
Wang Li pouted, wanting to scold something but not knowing who to scold.
Then he waited for the emergency military report that he always thought would be there but never appeared:
"Report!"
"Report to the general, the Raging Leopard Army was attacked in Bailu Rock."
"Which army attacked?" Wang Li was relieved when he heard the news.
The accident of the angry leopard shows that the farmer is still taking action, and the probability of holding back other bad things becomes lower.
The messenger replied, "There are two groups of troops, but the specific situation is unknown."
"Hmm..." This news made Wang Li frown, but he wasn't too worried.
If the two armies were to attack, the situation would definitely be difficult for the angry leopard, but it would not be impossible.
Now everyone is just spending time together to see who can't hold on first - if nothing else happens, the farm family will definitely collapse first, and Wang Li naturally feels that he has a sure chance of victory.
Then another messenger came, stumbling, rolling and crawling towards him, and reported in a panic:
"Report!"
"Report to the general, General Raging Leopard... General Raging Leopard was killed in battle!"
"The Raging Leopard Legion has suffered heavy casualties and is in defeat!"
"What!" Wang Li was so shocked that his eyes were about to pop out. He stepped forward in two steps, lifted the messenger up, and asked, "How did the angry leopard die?"
"Yes... he was killed by Long Qie, the leader of the Tenglong Army of Chu State."
Wang Li pushed the messenger away and cursed angrily, "Bullshit Chu State! Chu State is already gone!"
"General, calm down, calm down." Zhao Bu quickly stepped forward to persuade, indicating that Wang Li would be better off focusing on the battle.
Wang Li took a deep breath and suppressed his anger, but still cursed, "These lingering Chu people... they are everywhere!"
"Where did they appear out of nowhere?"
"This... needs to be investigated." Zhaobu replied cautiously.
Wang Li ignored these words and waved his hand and ordered, "Order the Wild Wolf Legion to quickly reinforce us!"
"General, the Xiaoshu Bridge has been destroyed. If the Wild Wolf Legion reinforces it, they will need to take a detour." Zhao Bu reminded more cautiously.
"Then let them go around!" Wang Li ordered angrily, somewhat losing his mind.
It can be seen that the sudden death of the Furious Leopard and the defeat of the Furious Leopard Army made Wang Li somewhat vulnerable.
But breaking the defense is breaking the defense, and war cannot tolerate his nonsense.
