The people's hearts are actually towards Wang Junlin, what should we do?" Li Mi sighed and shook his head. He suddenly realized that although his various plans were going well in Wagang Village, he could manipulate Zhai Rang with applause, and let Xu Maogong,
Cheng Yaojin, Xie Yingdeng and other outstanding senior leaders of Wagang Village obeyed his orders, but none of the external plans for the Far East Army were successful.
He even had the illusion that every move he made seemed to be under Wang Junlin's gaze, and even his next move seemed to be predicted in advance by Wang Junlin.
Li Mi had long known that Wang Junlin must be his biggest rival in the world, and he also knew how powerful Wang Junlin was, but at this moment Wang Junlin already gave him an unfathomable feeling.
"If the men and horses in the outer camp could strictly follow their orders, when the Far Eastern Army came to the Central Plains, each of the generals in the outer camp with tens of thousands of troops would be willing to hold back a little, making the Far Eastern Army tired of fighting, constantly attrition, violent
How could the Xiong camp defeat the 70,000 troops from Kaifeng's foreign camp so smoothly?" Li Mi was filled with resentment in his heart.
"There is no need for Mi Gong to be angry. It's just that some people are grateful to the Poison King. The various cottages in the outer camp will never be seduced by the Far East Army. After Yao Jin goes to Xiaohe Town, he will definitely be able to lead the outer camp to complete Mi Gong's plan." Xu Maogong saw.
Li Mi's expression changed and he showed a look of decadence. He was clearly afraid of the Poison King. He frowned and couldn't help but speak.
When Li Mi heard this, he was shocked and felt ashamed in his heart. His resolve was not as firm as that of Xu Maogong. Before he officially started a war with Wang Junlin, he was punished by the 40,000 troops he sent at will, and he felt fearful.
"What Mr. Mao said is absolutely true. Since the Poison King has played tricks on us, we can also play tricks on him." When it comes to conspiracy and tricks, Li Mi believes that he will not lose to anyone, otherwise he would not be able to take control so quickly.
Wagang Village.
After a pause, Li Mi said: "Ying Deng, please arrange for our people in Luoyang to prepare a generous gift and give it to Wang Shichong. Then I will write another letter and you will have someone give it to Wang Shichong."
"I obey!" Xie Yingden nodded in agreement, and then frowned slightly, "Mi Gong wanted to make the eldest grandson of Luoyang Emperor and Wang Shichong suspicious of Wang Junlin and take action. But as far as I know, the Sui Dynasty royal family was suspicious of Wang Junlin.
The intention has been known for a long time, even if Wang Shichong read the letter from Mi Gong, he would not dare to do anything!"
Li Mi said confidently: "You don't have to worry about this. Wang Shichong has the handle in my hand. After he reads my letter, he will know what to do."
Xie Yingden was stunned for a moment, but soon understood that Li Mi must have said this because he was fully confident, so he said nothing more.
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Having the initiative to choose the battlefield gives you a strategic advantage.
Now, Li Xuanba and Li Jing, leading the Storm Bear Battalion, already have the initiative to choose the battlefield.
After more than 70,000 troops from the Wagang Outer Camp in Kaifeng were easily defeated by the Baoxiong Camp and suffered heavy casualties, although there are still 70,000 to 80,000 troops in Wagang Village in Kaifeng, there are four counties that need to be defended.
Facing the powerful Far Eastern Army, apart from holding on to key cities and towns, there was no way to prevent the Far Eastern Army from entering and continuing deep into the Wagang Army's hinterland.
But Li Jing did not choose to continue fighting towards the hinterland of the Wagang Army, but instead focused on Xiaohe Town and Xiaohe Village.
"Xiaohe Village is located on the mountain road next to Xiaohe Town.
, has an extremely important strategic position. Before we go deep into the hinterland of the Wagangzhai Army, this place must be in our hands. Only in this way, no matter how we fight the decisive battle with the Wagangzhai army in the end, our retreat will be difficult to block, and we will be considered invincible.
In a defeated place, you can advance, attack, retreat or defend." Li Jing explained to Li Xuanba.
"Yes! I understand." Li Xuanba didn't know if he understood, but the impatience on his face was undisguised.
Li Jing was used to it and continued to talk about his own: "This Xiaohe Town is the most important ancient road from Kaifeng to Wagangzhai. Because of the constant traffic of pedestrians, it was established as a town. This ancient town has a history of hundreds of years. It was once a
The county seat of Kaifeng area."
Li Xuanba's impatience grew. Li Jing smiled bitterly and said directly without elaborating: "In short, this road is the shortest and most convenient passage from Kaifeng to Wagang. After passing this passage,
Even if we enter the Wagangzhai base camp, surrounded by mountains, if we are surrounded, especially if we are blocked in several important roads, we will not be able to come and go as freely as we do now, so we must control Xiaohe Town and Xiaohezhai.
In hand."
Li Xuanba said angrily: "You talk too much, tell me how many people should be led to capture this Xiaohe village."
Li Jing saw that Li Xuanba had stood up and walked outside. Knowing that the latter's character was about to leave immediately, he quickly said: "According to the Military Intelligence Bureau, although Xiaohe Village next to Xiaohe Town is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is because it is halfway up the mountain.
, the number is not large, only 5,000, and the general can capture it with only 3,000."
"However, there are still 30,000 enemy troops in Xiaohe Town. I will lead others to quickly insert themselves into the southeast side of Xiaohe Village to prevent reinforcements from Xiaohe Town from constantly being transferred to support the defense of Xiaohe Village. What I mean is to confuse the thieves in Xiaohe Village.
, deliberately gave up the direct attack on Xiaohe Village, took a detour from Guiwu Ridge on the west side, climbed over several mountains non-stop, and directly attacked Xiaohe Village. This way, although the general will have a harder time, the casualties will be very few."
Li Xuanba nodded and said: "I understand, I will fight as you say."
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Li Xuanba led 3,000 elite soldiers of the Baoxiong Battalion. They did not ride horses, carried bows and swords, and traveled lightly over mountains and ridges at very fast speeds.
Although they were noticed by the enemy lookouts on Guiwu Ridge when they approached Xiaohe Village, the enemy's smoke was only ignited when Li Xuanba attacked Guiwu Ridge.
The black smoke column is not blown away by the wind, soaring straight into the night sky.
When Li Xuanba led his troops to the foot of Guiwu Ridge Mountain, a garrison team of about a thousand people hurriedly climbed up to the top of the mountain to intercept him.
Obviously, the defenders of Xiaohezhai mainly guarded against the Far Eastern Army coming from the ancient road in the direction of Kaifeng. They set up a large number of obstacles there and deployed the defenders. They did not expect that the Far Eastern Army would suddenly take a detour and come from Guiwu Ridge.
The mountainous terrain of Guiwu Ridge is easy. Although it can hinder the passage of large groups of soldiers and horses, it cannot stop the lightly armored soldiers from crossing over.
Seeing that the defenders at Lingtou had arrived in a hurry, Li Xuanba didn't take it seriously and didn't bother to order the formation. He immediately led the men and horses who had traveled most of the Tianshan Road to attack Lingtou from both sides. At this time, he wanted to gain speed.
, seize time and cannot allow the defenders to gain a foothold at the head of the ridge, otherwise even if they reorganize their formation, the difficulty of attacking will be doubled.
They traveled lightly, carrying a bow and carrying a sword, and had mostly light armor. They had no large shields, large crossbows, and no equipment like flying chariots that could block the rain of arrows.
Two hundred men from the two groups of the Storm Bear Battalion were divided into two hundred skilled archers. They advanced from both wings and stood at a relatively high place to accurately shoot the Lingtou defenders. The other soldiers either used light shields to protect their fronts or temporarily wore two shields.
The soldiers in first layer of armor directly raised their hands to protect their faces and rushed upward.
More than a thousand defenders were in a hurry, and they were panting when they rushed to the top of the mountain. They had already heard about the performance of the Far Eastern Army's Bao Xiong Camp these days, and were afraid of the reputation of the Far Eastern Army for many years. They saw Li Xuanba leading the Far Eastern Army like this.
They were charging like wolves and tigers, and most of the people's feet were weak and their hearts were beating. Although they took advantage of their superiority, they fired arrows in a hurry and sparsely, unable to form a threatening volley.
When the archers from the Storm Bear Battalion fired hard and accurate arrows from two hundred paces away, the position of the defenders at Lingtou was immediately thrown into chaos.
Even if they were to attack with their backs, it would only take them twenty breaths to cross a stone's throw. The violent bear camp rushed forward, holding real steel knives in their hands. There were also armored soldiers in the defenders, but they could not cooperate with each other to fight. No matter how thick they were,
Even when Nie Xiaoyu specially prepared a 14-5 kilogram steel knife for the 40,000 Turkic wolf riders in the Bao Xiong Camp, the armor was split open with one split, and ordinary spears and spears were also broken with one split...
The defenders at Lingtou were defeated, and Li Xuanba, who had led his men to the top of Lingtou, was not busy in pursuit. He just let the archers occupy a favorable position to shoot them, focusing on stabilizing their positions and covering the large troops climbing up behind them.
In this battle, only four of them were injured and were treated on the spot.
As early as two years ago, the Far East Army had given every soldier a hemostatic agent in a small porcelain bottle. When a knife wound was made, the powder was sprinkled on the wound to stop bleeding and prevent the wound from festering. There was also a bandage.
Gauze is used to wrap it up and you can continue fighting.
Those who were seriously injured, as long as they were not fatally injured, would be treated and bandaged by the army doctor, and then five people would be left to cover and garrison on the spot. Together they would be responsible for covering the retreat of the advancing soldiers and ensuring that the top of the mountain would not be taken away by the enemy's stragglers.
; Only two of them received deep arrow wounds on their waists and abdomens. They had to remove the arrow shafts and carry them down the mountain to retrieve the arrowheads.
Li Xuanba stood at the top of the mountain and looked over. Xiaohe Town was at the northeast foot of Guiwu Ridge, and Xiaohe Village was halfway up the mountain. He could also see the corner of the northwest entrance to Xiaohe Town from the direction of Kaifeng. At this time, originally
Thousands of defenders who set up barriers and dug trenches in the valley on the northwest side, blocking the passage into Xiaohezhai, hurriedly withdrew northward and returned for reinforcements in the direction of Xiaohe Town and Xiaohezhai.
Xiaohe Town is worthy of being a big town that has existed since the Han Dynasty. Standing at the top of the mountain and looking over it, you can see black tiles and white walls lined up in rows. It is much larger than an ordinary small county town. The outside of the town is surrounded by a circle that is tall and thick, made of stone and bricks.
's retaining wall.
According to the intelligence provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau, the guards sent by Wagang Village to guard Xiaohe Town and Xiaohe Village are veterans who have been with Wagang Village since its inception. The men under his command have good combat effectiveness, but their abilities are average.
However, the loyalty of the local forces in Xiaohe Town to Wagang Village should be very limited. As long as the channel to support Xiaohe Town from the hinterland of Wagang is blocked in time, and the Far East Army attacks Xiaohe Village and then occupies Xiaohe Town, the resistance of the local forces in the town will
The will is not too strong.
Counting the time, except when the wolf smoke takes off, unless there happens to be reinforcements from Wagang Village on the way to Xiaohe Town, we can still make it in time to block the entrance to Xiaohe Town from the direction of Wagang Village before the reinforcements arrive.
In addition to leaving a hundred soldiers and wounded soldiers to guard the ridge head, Li Xuanba did not waste any time. He immediately led the rest of his troops down the narrow and winding ridge road, bypassed Xiaohe Town, and began to attack Xiaohe Village halfway up the mountain to the north of Xiaohe Town.