More than ten miles due north of Stone Mountain, on the bank of a tributary of the Yangtze River, more than a thousand cavalry officers and soldiers were repairing. Ma Ke's armor was in pieces and stained with blood, but his face still had a smug sneer. Tu Yuan looked at his curled blade. Long knife: "The little governor's simple knife is so sharp that I have to get it for him sooner or later!" Jia Waixiong smiled bitterly and breathed out: "The green bird on his waist is even sharper, cutting iron like mud." Tu Yuan smiled: " Don't trick me, it's a sword given by the emperor, if you steal it you will be beheaded."
"Haha, you are planning to steal the little governor's knife!" Jia Waixiong's words made everyone burst into laughter. Next to him, Lao Jiu held a piece of grass in his mouth and curled his lips: "Brothers, you guys have eaten such a big thing." You can still laugh, I admire you little brother!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent. Tu Yuan and Jia Waixiong looked slightly embarrassed. They coughed slightly and wanted to say something, but couldn't hold back.
The battle just now was a tough one for them!
Tu Yuan and the others were unfamiliar with the terrain and underestimated the enemy, so they rushed towards the Stone Mountain bandit camp. However, they found that the rocks everywhere were very conducive to horse fighting. They wanted to withdraw but it was too late. Yuan Sanzhong dispatched infantry to trap them. Come on, Ma Ke, who is still fighting on the outside, can't wait to die. He leads his troops to rescue frantically but is bitten by Wang Yi'en. Although the frontier troops are good at fighting, they are always exhausted. There was no stamina in the glue battle, and the horse battle, which they were best at, was trapped by the terrain, and they immediately fell into danger.
Seeing that something was not going well, Marco ordered an emergency retreat. However, it was not that easy to rush out surrounded by nearly 10,000 thieves.
But it’s not that difficult!
After all, the Dongchang 3rd Battalion and Ma Ke's frontier troops are not only good at horse fighting, they are still fierce soldiers when dismounted, and they will still kill you with howling ghosts and wolves... But without the advantage of horse fighting, they will injure the enemy by 1,000 and lose 800 by themselves! By the time they broke out of the siege, they had lost five to six hundred people! The rest are even more injured!
"Winning or losing is a difficult matter for a military man. What's more, we are not considered defeated this time. In this battle, a small number of people killed more than two thousand enemies!" Marco stood up and swept away everyone with a faint sneer on his face: "The most important thing is that we are now Without retreating to the Shun'an River, we can clear the way for rear reinforcements at any time, and the rebels dare not chase them and cannot catch up! And we can sneak attack them at any time and even go to the gate of Tongling City at any time. At least tonight, the rebels can't do anything to us. ".
Hearing what he said, everyone's depression subsided and they all agreed, but no, the bandit army was also frightened by us killing them. Let alone chasing us, they are still on guard against us from making a sneak attack.
"But what if the bandit army really comes after them?" Lao Jiu always likes to spoil the fun, but Ma Ke curled his lips after hearing this: "How dare you chase me instead?" Lao Jiu groaned and stopped talking. Ke said again: "Even if he comes to chase us, let's fight with him again. If we don't want to fight, just walk back and forth along the Yangtze River. It's easier to ride a horse than to walk!" Everyone laughed again.
Ma Ke then ordered all the troops to make repairs on the spot, but not to light fires. When it gets dawn tomorrow, they will go around the Yangtze River to the northeast, so as not to be blocked by the rebels and the Shun'an River will block their way back. They can also prepare for reinforcements from the rear. preparation.
Late at night, in the bandit camp in the east of Tongling City, Bai Wang looked at the flickering candlelight with a sullen face in the commander's tent, listening to Wang Yi'en detailing the battle just now: "The officers and soldiers were all cavalry, and they suddenly came to kill me. Together with Yuan Laosan, they lured him into Stone Mountain, causing him to lose his advantage in horse fighting... They fought for nearly half an hour and the officers and soldiers suffered heavy losses and broke out in embarrassment..."
Wang Yi'en is not only bloodthirsty but also very eloquent. Sometimes he downplays his own injuries, and sometimes he expresses his bravery and wit without leaving any trace... In short, he just won a battle and defeated the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers!
But Bai Wang didn't think so. Why did the officers and soldiers take the initiative to attack when they knew they didn't have any advantage and were exhausted? Are you stupid? And no matter how awesome Wang Yi'en said he was, he could not retain more than a thousand officers and soldiers with nearly 10,000 troops. They could come when they wanted and leave when they wanted... This gap in combat power was not just a tiny bit, and it was just after the opponent's attack. Under the premise of being exhausted after a battle.
How come the gap in combat power is so big? Bai Wang actually had a hint of panic in his heart. In the past, he was very successful in beating Zuo Liangyu, and being invincible gave him the feeling of being an officer and a soldier. When he was shocked to hear that Li Zicheng was defeated in the north, he didn't quite understand at the time, how could the little eunuch be able to How powerful, how awesome are the soldiers and horses under his command? Now that they have just come into contact with each other, they are already as strong as a rock and their nose is bruised and their face is swollen. After that...
If they were all such good warriors, I feared that... Bai Wang didn't dare to think about it, shook his head vigorously, and asked Wang Yi'en: "Where did the officers and soldiers retreat to?"
Wang Yi'en shook his head and wondered: "It was already dark when the officers and soldiers retreated, but their spies found small groups of people on the west and east sides. They didn't light a fire and smeared around, unable to determine where the main force was." He paused for a moment and said, "But there are only a thousand riders and they are extremely tired, so there is no need to worry about it."
"Don't be careless." Bai Wang frowned and walked to the door of the tent and looked up at the dark night sky: "It escaped into the dark night. The suspicion formation does not want to be chased by you, but it can launch a surprise attack on us at any time?"
"So what the commander is saying is..." Wang Yi'en stood up and followed Bai Wang outside: "Gather all the troops to pull a net to capture him, drive him across the Shun'an River, and then establish a defense line..."
"No!" Bai Wang interrupted: "Let's attack the city!"
What? Wang Yien was stunned for a moment!
"If the predictions are correct, the reason why the more than a thousand officers and soldiers took the initiative to attack despite being exhausted must be to seize the Shun'an River defense line for rear reinforcements. They were worried that we would occupy the river bank and set up a defense line to block them, while Wu Sangui captured the lone army. The isolated city is at our mercy... This also confirms that its reinforcements have not yet arrived, so..." Bai Wang sneered: "Let's do the opposite, ignore the river bank defense line, and attack the city immediately!"
"Why does the commander want to do the opposite? As long as we block the Shun'an River, it will not be easy for the officers and soldiers to come over. Then there will be plenty of time..." Wang Yi'en was interrupted by Bai Wang before he could finish his words: "First of all, the distance to the Shun'an River is There are thirty miles here. The battle line is too long and consumes a lot of troops. If we don't care about that side, we won't be able to send troops to attack the city. If we attack the city, we won't be able to stop the enemy with all our strength. We will focus on the head but not the tail. Secondly, if we block the Shun'an River at this time, That army of officers and soldiers hiding somewhere will definitely come out to harass us. They are all powerful cavalry. They come and go like the wind. They will cause us to suffer great losses and will not let us get what we want. If we are so exhausted until tomorrow, maybe the army of officers and soldiers will come too. , but we may not have blocked the riverbank defense line, and we didn’t have time to attack the city, so we didn’t accomplish anything!”
Wang Yi'en suddenly realized that the officers and soldiers were hiding in the dark to build a defense line on the Shun'an River to prevent their own side. At this time, it was very likely that they would ambush nearby and attack at any time. However, if their own side sent a group of soldiers and horses to pretend to go north to block the river bank, they would be contained. , here we attack the city with all our strength, and the small Tongling City has tens of thousands of people swarming forward, and the city can be broken within an hour at most!
"Do it! Just do it! Do it now!" Wang Yi'en became excited and kept flattering Bai Wang: "Yuan Sanzhong is shameless and claims to be a miraculous master. He is not even worthy of being promoted by the commander. The commander's move is thirty-six miles away. It’s... a surprise, isn’t it!”
Bai Wang laughed loudly: "That's right. It's right to attack in the east and in the west, and to secretly attack Chencang!"
Just do it. The two discussed briefly and started the war immediately. They ordered Yuan Sanzhong to lead two thousand troops to the Shun'an River in the northeast to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers. They attacked with all their strength here. Wang Yi'en was responsible for the side attack at the south gate, and Bai Wang personally took charge of the east city to attack!
