As if a bang sounded in Dou Lian's mind, he immediately understood: that Wei general Xu Yin had already seen through this!
In other words, when Dou Lian was still thinking about attracting the Wei army here, and therefore made various moves to limit the combat effectiveness of his own army, the Wei general Xu Yin was secretly laughing while asking his Wei army to harvest him.
The lives of the Chu army.
It's ridiculous that he, Dou Lian, was previously worried that if his Mengshan barracks was exposed to a combat power that far exceeded the surface, it would scare the Wei army at the foot of the mountain. Unexpectedly, the Wei general Xu Yin actually took advantage of his consideration and quietly killed him.
He lost more than 5,000 soldiers..l novel]
What's even more terrible is that because the Wei army used rotation tactics, the sacrifice of more than 5,000 Chu soldiers did not achieve the expected effect at all, and did not consume most of the physical strength and energy of the Wei soldiers as usual.
And this can be summed up in three words: big loss!
It is undeniable that the Chu State's army has never paid attention to the number of soldiers killed in the battle, but this is only limited to temporarily recruited peasant soldiers, while regular troops like the Chu State's regular army lost more than 5,000 soldiers in one battle and did not get what they deserved.
If you gain anything, you will also be punished.
Tsk! Old dog Xu Yin... He is indeed a veteran Wei general who has been in charge of Fenxing for more than ten years, but he is so treacherous... But, has he really seen through our army's tactics?
Dou Lian, who was alone in the Zhongjun tent, couldn't sit still. He walked to the table in the tent and looked at the map on the table.
I saw that the map clearly marked the geographical locations such as Mengshan, Xiangcheng, Tanshan, and Longji Mountain. In addition, there were three small stones placed on the map.
Two of these three small stones were placed in the plain area in the center of Mengshan, Xiangcheng, and Tanshan. They undoubtedly refer to the two Wei armies, Fenxing Army and Yanling Army, who are attacking Mengshan at this moment.
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There is also a small pebble left alone on the map a palm's distance away. It probably refers to the third Wei army, the Shangshui Army, who participated in the Qi, Lu, and Wei alliances.
"..." Dou Lian glanced at the location of Longji Mountain on the map, and then glanced at the small stone representing the Shang Shui Army, his eyelids twitching slightly.
After a while, he couldn't help but muttered: "Why don't you come in?...This is the third Wei army."
What he said about coming in actually refers to a pocket environment on the map - Mengshan, Xiangcheng, and Tanshan, which just form a pocket.
He Dou Lian deliberately set the entrance and exit of Mengshan Military Camp to the east of Mengshan, just to attract the Wei army to attack Mengshan from the east.
This thing went smoothly. After all, the Wei army at the foot of the mountain was indeed attacked from two sides by Meng Shan and Xiangcheng. However, the Wei army was very powerful. Even if it was attacked from two sides, it still had no tendency to be defeated.
You can't win if you attack from two sides, but what if you attack from three sides? Or even if you attack from four sides?
According to Doulian's original plan, he led the Wei army to the plain terrain between Mengshan, Xiangcheng, and Tanshan. At that time, the friendly forces in Longji Mountain would send another army to circle behind the Wei army and completely seal the mouth of the bag.
, think about it, even if the Wei army has 50,000 people, they are just fish and turtles in a urn.
Yes, the key point in this encirclement and annihilation of the Chu army lies in the Chu army in Longji Mountain.
Although in the past few battles involving Fulisai, the Chu army in Longji Mountain has always been the side support of Fulisai, this does not mean that the Chu army in Longji Mountain cannot send troops to help Xiangcheng.
If the Wei army did not take this into consideration, then Dou Lian believed that the possibility of completely annihilating the Wei army in this battle was very high.
You must know that this Wei army is the west route army of the Qi, Lu, and Wei coalition forces. If this partial division is completely wiped out, Dou Lian believes that it can severely damage the morale of the Qi, Lu, and Wei coalition forces.
But the problem at hand is that the two Wei armies, the Fenxing Army and the Yanling Army, have indeed fallen into the trap designed by Dou Lian, but the third Wei Army, the Shang Shui Army, has been hanging on at the mouth of the bag and has never come in.
meaning.
What should I do about this?
This question troubled Doulian all afternoon, but in the end, he still did not send anyone to deliver the news to Longji Mountain.
Since no news has been sent to Longji Mountain, it means that the original plan will not be cancelled.
If nothing else goes wrong, after discovering that the Shang Shui Army has not stepped into the Chu army's trap, the defenders of Longji Mountain will definitely change their tactics and adopt a sneak attack to annihilate the third Wei army. Then, according to the original plan, they will attack from all sides at this moment.
The Fenxing Army and Yanling Army were already in the trap.
But for some reason, Dou Lian looked at the pebble representing the Shang Shui Army and felt slightly flustered, as if he had made an extremely wrong decision at this moment.
Will the Shang Shui Army take precautions?
Doulian pondered for a moment, but couldn't help but think on the bright side: the Shang Shui Army only had 20,000 people, and there was no complete military camp protection. The Chu army in Longji Mountain attacked the Shang Shui Army at night, and it was not that they failed to defeat the opponent.
possible.
Dou Lian had no doubt that the friendly forces in Longji Mountain would be victorious in their night attack on the merchant navy. After all, the rolling hills of Longji Mountain were home to tens of thousands of Chu troops, making it the place with the largest number of troops stationed in this area except Fuli Fortress.
There are 20,000 Shang Shui troops, so I can send out 50,000, right?
Even if the Shang navy army cannot be completely annihilated, it can at least be driven away. Then, according to the original plan, the Fenxing army and Yanling army in the pocket will be captured first.
This is also an exciting victory!
"Huh..." Doulian let out a long breath to calm his somewhat uneasy heart.
At the same time, just as Doulian had planned, an army had already taken advantage of the darkness on the other side of Longji Mountain and silently walked through the mountains and forests.
Longji Mountain is only twenty miles away from Xiangcheng and Fuli Fortress. It is also about the same distance from the location of Shang Shui Army, which is about twenty miles away.
In the stations of the past, more than twenty miles was not considered a very long distance, only two hours at most.
Of course, if the Chu army in Longji Mountain moved through the mountains and forests so carefully, it might take more time.
Unfortunately, even though the Chu army in Longji Mountain was very careful, they still did not notice several figures above the trees near them, in the shadow of the tree trunks, looking at them with dull eyes.
Shangshui Green Crow!
As expected, His Highness took notice...
Duan Pei, the leader of the Green Crows, was hiding in the shadow of the tree trunk, looking at the Chu soldiers passing by with an expressionless face, and secretly sneered.
It took a full stick of incense for this extremely large Chu army to pass through the forest under the eyes of the Green Crows.
At this time, the Green Crows who were monitoring the Chu troops nearby quickly gathered together to listen to Duan Pei's mission arrangements.
"Ah Qi, Ah Jiu, and Fifteen, the three of you will lead a team to contact Xiang Li, Zhang Ming, and Ran Teng to assist them. - I'll leave this to you." Duan Pei said in a low voice.
Duan Qi, Duan Jiu, and Duan Fifteen, these three people were once Duan Lou's good players, and they were Duan Pei's very trusted brothers.
The three of them nodded and then left with their own people.
At the same time, the Chu army in Longji Mountain was still cautiously sneaking towards the location of the Shang navy.
It has to be said that Nanmen Yang, one of the guards of Longji Mountain, took this night attack very seriously, so he was extremely vigilant when he quietly sneaked towards the simple military camp of the Shang Shui Army, for fear of running into the patrolling guards of the Wei Army.
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But the strange thing was that until they arrived near the simple military camp where the Shang Shui Army was located, he did not see any patrol posts of the Wei Army.
This made Nan Menyang secretly think: There won't be any traps, right?
However, when he thought about the number of troops he brought this time, his uneasiness was immediately suppressed.
Ten teams of soldiers arrived one after another, each with 5,000 men, totaling 50,000 soldiers!
When the opponent does not have complete military camp protection, it is more than enough to attack the merchant navy with only 20,000 soldiers with 50,000 soldiers.
Thinking of this, Nanmen Yang no longer had any scruples, and suddenly launched an attack outside the Wei camp, leading his army to take the lead in attacking the Wei army.
"kill--!"
Tens of thousands of Chu soldiers from Longji Mountain roared and rushed into the Wei camp.
However, the entire Wei camp was empty. The camp fence and military tents were complete, but what was incredible was that there was not a single Wei soldier in the camp.
"No."
A Chu soldier used his weapon to raise the tent of a military tent. After finding that no one was inside, he shouted with great disappointment.
And randomly, similar sounds come and go.
"No!"
"No!"
"Not here either!"
"No enemy troops found."
"Where are the people?" Chu Jiang Nanmenyang looked around confusedly. The slightly cool autumn wind made him feel slightly hairy.
The 20,000 merchant navy... disappeared out of thin air? It couldn't be... it couldn't be that there was something unclean at work, right?
As a typical Chu person influenced by legends of gods and ghosts, Nanmenyang's first reaction was actually this.
But this is not surprising. After all, Bach and Chu are the most legendary places with many gods, ghosts and monsters. It is even said that before Chu King Xiong Xu sent out troops, he would ask witches to ask gods to do magic and "please" gods and ghosts to bless the Chu army.
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This is already a culture.
And just when Nanmen Yang felt vaguely that this place was "dirty", the guards around him seemed to have seen something. They pointed in one direction in horror and shouted: "General, Longji Mountain..."
Longji Mountain?
Nanmenyang turned his head and looked in the direction of Longji Mountain. Then, after being stunned for a moment, he couldn't help but open his mouth in shock.
Because for some unknown reason, a raging fire broke out in Longji Mountain at this moment, and the flames shot into the sky.
At the same time, on the tower of Qi Guo Pi Fortress, King Lu Xi of Qi also quickly climbed up the tower after receiving the news from the general and stared at the inexplicable fire in the direction of Longji Mountain.
"Why did that little guy Ji Run go around to Longji Mountain?" King Lu Xi of Qi muttered in surprise.
No wonder he was so surprised. After all, Longji Mountain was the place where the Chu army had the largest number of troops stationed except Fuli Fortress. In his opinion, the Wei army should have no chance of setting fire to Longji Mountain.
At this time, beside King Lu Xi of Qi, stood the left prime minister of Qi, Ji Zhao, the sixth brother of Zhao Hongrun. After thinking for a while, he said in a low voice: "It must be Chu from Longji Mountain."
The army wanted to unite with Xiangcheng and attack Hongrun. Not wanting Hongrun to see through, they took advantage of the opportunity and set fire to Longji Mountain..."
"What a terrible little devil." King Lu Xi of Qi laughed loudly.
At this time, Ji Zhao turned his head and glanced at the flag beside him, and reminded: "Your Majesty, the wind is from the west tonight."
"Hey!"
King Lu Xi of Qi obviously understood Ji Zhao's hint and grinned: "Come on, go out and attack Fu Li's fortress immediately! ... Even if you can't win, it's good to put pressure on the Chu army!"
"yes!"
All the Qi generals clasped their fists and obeyed the order, then went down from the tower.
At the same time, at Fuli Fortress in Chu State, the garrison general Xiang Mo also came after hearing the news, and stared at the fire in the direction of Longji Mountain with a sinking face.
"What idiots!...What on earth are those two guys Nanmen Yang and Zi Cheji doing?"
At this time, the deputy general next to him asked: "General, do you want to send someone to support Longji Mountain?"
Xiang Mo heard this and said coldly: "There are nearly a hundred thousand troops in Guanglongji Mountain. The Wei army does not dare to act too rashly. In contrast... At the moment, Longji Mountain is temporarily unable to respond to our Fu Lisai. I want to come to the King of Qi on the opposite side."
, he probably has other thoughts."
After that, he waved his hand and ordered: "Sound the alarm, the entire army is on alert, and prepare to meet the night attack of the Qilu coalition forces!"
"Night attack? Uh...yes!"
Tonight, I'm afraid hundreds of thousands of people won't be able to sleep.