Yes, Wang Junlin brought these people here just to reduce his own losses, but at this time he still let Li Shanfei's men use their lives to attack without even using siege weapons such as grenades and explosive packs.
Because he knows very well that the core of any army, no matter how advanced its weapons and equipment, how scientific and reasonable its system is, or how powerful its tactics, is always its people.
And if there is something wrong with the core of a person, if he does not have an iron will, a strong body, and lacks faith in the Far Eastern Army, sooner or later he will lose the battle and have big problems.
This is similar to the fact that no matter how strong a city is, it will easily fall if something goes wrong with the people inside.
Therefore, in recent years, he has deliberately made his men and horses go through the most brutal fighting training on the battlefield. Li Shanfei's ten thousand people have just been formed. Although they have gone through the cruel training at the Snake Island training camp, the experience of life and death fighting on the battlefield is indispensable.
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"Let your men and horses come up in turn, and we will talk after everyone has gone up once." Wang Junlin ordered Li Shanfei, who looked more and more solemn.
Li Shanfei was confused, but he did not dare to disobey Wang Junlin's order, so he quickly agreed and quickly conveyed Wang Junlin's order.
Li Jing is one of the few smart people in the world, so he had some vague guesses about Wang Junlin's thoughts and plans, and he even guessed very closely.
In Li Jing's view, the defeat of Huangshizhai would not only deal a huge blow to the morale of the Wagang Army, but also future wars would no longer have such arduous battles. This would have a great impact on the fighting will of the newly formed Li Shanfei's troops.
The improvement must be huge.
Li Shanfei was just a big bandit leader who could be regarded differently by Wang Junlin and left his name in the history of the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties. His mind was also not simple. Although he didn't know Wang Junlin's specific plan, he also had similar thoughts.
I believe that as long as Huangshi Village is captured, the Wagang Army will not be able to pose a major life-or-death threat to his men in the future, whether in field battles or city offensive and defense.
Li Shanfei strictly abided by Wang Junlin's order, and would replace a thousand people to tackle the problem every hour. However, although he expected that the process would be extremely difficult, Li Shanfei was still frightened by this. He was originally worried about
The contempt of Wagang Jun and the guy named Cheng Yaojin on the mountain has also completely dissipated.
Li Shanfei fought for a whole morning, and half of his 10,000 people took turns to play it again before finally passing the first level.
Li Hu, the general of the Wagang Army who was stationed at the first pass, led hundreds of soldiers, carried the wounded soldiers, and withdrew into the second pass 700 steps later.
This level has more troops than the first level, with a full 5,000 Wagang Army soldiers. After Li Hu arrived, he continued to take over the responsibility of guarding the general.
"Madmen, these soldiers of the Far East Army are all madmen!" Li Hu cursed and sat cross-legged on the ground. One of the few accompanying doctors in the Wagang Army carefully cut open his clothes with a knife. After a morning of fierce fighting,
Li Hu was injured in many places, his blood coagulated, and his clothes were firmly stuck to the wounds.
Li Hu grinned and endured the excruciating pain. She groaned and couldn't help but cursed: "You bastard, please be gentler!"
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On the wall of the Yellowstone Mountain Wall at the top of the mountain, Cheng Yaojin looked at the bottom of the mountain in silence. He saw clearly the battle in the morning. The Far Eastern Army was indeed the same as the news he had received before. It was a newly formed army, but it was just such an army.
He was shocked by the army and the soldiers' riskless attacks.
Li Hu brought back only half of the 3,000 defenders at the first pass, and all of them were injured, and at least one-third of them had lost their combat effectiveness.
The most important thing is that they are on the defensive side and it is a pass that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the casualties of the Far Eastern Army are almost the same as theirs.
You must know that under normal circumstances, the casualty ratio between the two sides should be maintained at about one to ten, given that one side has such a huge geographical advantage.
However, the actual situation is that the current casualty ratio is only one to one at most. When the Far East Army conquered the first level, the casualties were only over a thousand. According to this strategy, it is extremely disadvantageous for them.
"Send someone to tell Li Hu to find a way to guard against the Far East Army's fast crossbows and the giant crossbows, otherwise our casualties will be huge and we may not be able to hold on for a few days." Cheng Yaojin's eyes were like a torch, and he could see the problem at a glance.
The key is to give the order solemnly.
"Fortunately, this second checkpoint is much longer than the first checkpoint. If the Far Eastern Army wants to attack the checkpoint, the price it pays will definitely be greater than the first checkpoint!" Although the Far Eastern Army's combat power,
The fearlessness of death and the sharpness of the weapons and equipment were beyond Cheng Yaojin's expectations, but after this offensive and defensive battle, he still had some confidence.
After all, the battlefield is always on their base no matter what, and the Far Eastern Army's troops are limited. Even if they are more consumed, the other side cannot consume them. Besides, Xu Shiji has already arrived in Fengyang City in person, and Huangshi Village is really about to be overthrown.
When it falls, something will definitely be done.
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At the foot of Huangshi Village, as the battle to attack the second pass began, Li Shanfei's face became increasingly ugly.
It's not that the men under his command are not brave, they are not trying their best and risking their lives, but the terrain of Huangshi Zhaifeng is too damn dangerous.
The first pass actually cost more than a thousand people. One-tenth of his troops have been lost, but this is just the beginning.
Looking up at the second level high above, it is steeper and more dangerous than the first level. It is conceivable that the next battle will be more intense.
Looking back at the nearly half of the soldiers in the camp who had not been on the battlefield, each of them had changed from a high-spirited fighting spirit at the beginning to an expression of determination to die. Li Shanfei gritted his teeth and was very anxious. After this battle, his subordinates
I don’t know how many familiar faces I will never see again. You must know that half of his ten thousand people are his old brothers who have been with him for many years when he conquered the mountain and became king.
Fortunately, the Far East Army's unique medical and health team has never stopped treating injured soldiers. Many injuries that are fatal these days can be treated by doctors and female health workers of the medical and health team who have specially trained and studied on Snake Island.
, the injuries have stabilized, and it seems that he will be able to survive after recovering for a while.
But even so, many people still died like this. People from the Far East Army's engineer baggage team, which was just established last year, were busy carrying down the fallen soldiers one by one and placing them in rows next to them.
Li Shanfei occupied the mountains and became the king. After Wang Junlin occupied the entire Hebei counties, nearly ten thousand people still followed him in the mountains for more than half a year. One of the main reasons was that he was very loyal to his subordinates and was very emotional.
people.
So walking among the rows of familiar faces, Li Shanfei's nose suddenly felt a little sore. Many of them were old brothers who had followed him for many years!
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"This battle cannot be fought like this!" Wang Junlin was sitting in the king's tent, giving instructions on some documents sent from Fanyang County. He looked at Li Shanfei who had just come in and was hesitant to speak, and said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, if you give me another afternoon, I will definitely be able to win the second level!" Li Shanfei originally wanted to ask Wang Junlin if he could use grenades or explosive packs, but when Wang Junlin said this, he
Immediately, the original purpose was forgotten, and I was still a little anxious.
If we just give up or replace the troops from the Baoxiong Camp led by Li Xuanba and come immediately, although the military merits achieved by the sacrifice of his men in the morning will not be wasted, it will be very limited.
Wang Junlin stood up, walked to Li Shanfei, patted his shoulder, and said solemnly: "Li Shanfei, haven't you seen that the enemy's defense focus is on the second level. If the second level is defeated,
As for the level, the main stronghold of Huangshi Village is easier to fight, and it is also more conducive for us to develop an attack formation. It can be imagined that there must be heavy troops stationed in the second level. According to the play method in the morning, even if you defeat the second level
, at least two to three thousand more of your ten thousand people will die. Including the losses in the morning, more than half of your ten thousand people will be left by then. Let’s not talk about this kind of thing that is not worth the gain. Is it necessary to do your task?
The main reason is the development and growth of the base area behind enemy lines. Although you can continue to develop the young people here in the later stage, it is difficult to send them to Snake Island for training, so your people cannot be lost too much here. Today, you are asked to fight first because of this.
I know this is a hard battle, and by now, you should have understood what I mean."
"Your Majesty, I want to try again...at least for those who have not been on the battlefield yet. Whether they can come back alive depends on their luck, but as long as they survive, they have been tempered.
The real Far Eastern Army." After Li Shanfei hesitated, he finally gritted his teeth and said.
Wang Junlin looked at Li Shanfei with admiration, nodded slightly, and said: "Since you can think of this and still want to fight again, then go ahead and fight! But we can't continue fighting like this. Go back and mobilize everyone under your command to think of ways
, how to suppress the opponent's terrain advantage to the greatest extent! Let's have a truce this afternoon! After we go back, we will discuss it with my subordinates. Anyway, we are not short of this day or two."
Seeing Li Shanfei leave the tent, Li Xuanba immediately jumped up and said loudly: "Uncle, why don't we, the Storm Bear Camp, have to pass this second level!"
Wang Junlin shook his head and said: "Although the combat power of your soldiers from the Storm Bear Battalion is much more powerful than that of Li Shanfei's men and horses, if you go up to this kind of terrain, your losses will not be much less than theirs."
As he spoke, Wang Junlin walked out of the tent, looked up at Huangshi Village, and said lightly: "Let's see tomorrow! Cheng Yaojin is indeed extraordinary. He decisively gave up the defense on the No. 1 hillside and concentrated his troops to fight with us at the No. 2 pass.
To fight attrition, it is obvious that they are relying on this dangerous terrain to consume as much of our troops as possible!"