Compared with how to attack the mountain and suppress the bandits, Chen Ping was more concerned about the identity of the enemy general.
One thing, Chen Ping was certain, the enemy generals must be from Beixi County, and according to the information Ye Xiao had obtained, there were only four generals in Beixi County. There is no need to say more about Qin Feng. Secondly, Zhao Yulong, the son of Daliang Dragon and Tiger Army, was excellent in both literature, Tao and military strategy, but at this time he was leading the black cavalry to attack Chen Si's army, and it was impossible for him to come to Beidi territory.
Thirdly, Li Xiaolan, before the development of the Northern Territory, the Qin Cheng family was nominally in charge, but in reality it was Li Xiaolan who was contributing. However, Li Xiaolan was unable to cope with helping General Chariot and Cavalry defend the grain-producing areas.
This last person is naturally the eldest son Li Zhang, the son of Prince Ming.
Could it be Li Zhang? Although this person is not as good as General Chen Si, the gap is not big. At most, he is only half as good. If Li Zhang is really in charge, it will be difficult to handle. Chen Ping is very clear about his abilities. Compared with Chen Si, there is simply a difference between stars and bright moon. Therefore, Chen Ping has no confidence in winning against Li Zhang.
The more this is the case, the more careful you must be. If there is a fire in the backyard, it will definitely affect the frontline war.
At this time, the search and suppression army had already rushed to Qingyu Mountain.
The soldiers hiding in the dense forest saw the right opportunity and cut the ropes in front of them one after another. The horizontal beams hanging from the branches slid down and were thrown directly towards the enemy.
Facing the sudden crossbar, the soldiers in the front row had no time to react. Anyone who was hit by the crossbar died suddenly on the spot.
"There's a trap! Be careful!"
"Don't run! What are you afraid of? The enemy only has 200 people, and we have 3,000!"
Under the scolding of the supervisors, the search and suppression soldiers were barely able to stabilize their position and continued to advance upward despite the impact of the horizontal logs.
The soldiers under Qin Feng were not reluctant to fight. They cut off the pre-set ropes, triggered the crossbar trap, and turned around to leave without any sloppiness.
After a day and night of preparation, there were thirty crossbar traps at the foot of the mountain alone. They either collided or swept across the crossbars. Just passing through the crossbar trap area, the search and suppression soldiers lost more than a hundred people.
Once you realize that the opponent has a trap, you should stop attacking or take steps to eliminate the trap to reduce losses. However, the supervisors sent by Xu Qian kept urging the search and suppression soldiers to continue rushing upward, ignoring the traps in the mountains.
"Stand your damn position, whoever dares to run away, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"There are only 200 enemy invaders, but after a day and night of preparation, these crossbar traps are the limit. We all rush up with confidence. There can be no more traps behind us."
The Supervisory Army was right, there really weren't many traps that could be prepared in one day and one night.
But just because troublesome traps can't be solved doesn't mean simple traps can't be solved either.
The soldiers who reached one-third of the mountainside picked up simple stone hammers and pounded on the pre-drilled 'explosion wedge holes' in the rock wall. All the rock walls with explosive wedge holes were carefully selected by Qin Feng. They were all protruding and located on the south-facing slopes.
As the soldiers continued to smash wooden sticks into the holes of the explosive wedge, huge rocks weighing tens of thousands of kilograms broke off one after another. Because even the shape of the stone and the location of the holes are specially selected. After the stone broke, it formed an irregular semicircle and rolled down the slope of the hillside relying on its own weight.
Hearing the roar coming from above, the search and suppression soldiers were completely panicked.
"what sound?"
"Is it another trap?"
"No! It's a falling rock. Everyone, please get out of the way."
The soldiers in the front row reacted quickly and ducked to both sides, but the soldiers in the back were in a miserable situation. They didn't know the truth. In addition, it was already dawn, but the light was blocked by the mountains and forests. The mountains were already dark, and the soldiers stayed up all night. We are already exhausted, and our response speed has slowed down.
As the boulder rolled down, a trail of blood spread to the foot of the mountain.
There were ten huge rocks in total, but hundreds of people were killed. The overall loss to the army may not be great, but the impact on morale was disastrous.
Even if the supervisory army kills the chicken on the spot to scare the monkeys, it will be difficult to urge the army to continue to advance. Who knows what terrifying traps there are up there.
At this moment, Jin Yiwei reported the news from the front to Qin Feng.
Qin Feng nodded: "The opponent's morale has almost collapsed. Let Ning Hu go forward. Remember not to fight in close combat. Tell Ning Hu that if he loses a soldier, I will kick his ass!"
It was clear that a battle was about to begin, but Jin Yiwei was all smiles and didn't feel any nervousness at all.
Ning Hu, who was lying in ambush two-thirds of the way up the mountain, grinned widely after receiving the news from Jin Yiwei: "Hahaha, kick my ass? I'm dreaming!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ning Hu directly led a hundred Tianji Battalion guards, rushed out from the ambush point, and fired fiercely at the search and suppression soldiers below. At this time, there was no emphasis on accuracy. Just shoot with a rough aim, maintaining a dense rain of arrows, and trying to impact the enemy's psychology as much as possible.
The guards of the Tianji camp have all undergone specialized training in archery, and any one of them is a top-notch infantry archer.
Facing the rain of arrows pouring down, the search and suppression soldiers could no longer hold their nerve, and turned around and ran down the mountain, regardless of the supervisor's obstruction.
"Run quickly, the enemy is coming."
"Have a hammer, didn't you say there are only 200 enemy troops? Why are the arrows raining so densely? There are clearly five or six hundred people! The military situation is wrong, everyone, run quickly, don't lose your lives in vain."
"I didn't even see the enemy's face, and I lost so many people. Let the Eagle Brigade come up."
Fleeing is like a plague. Once one person starts to flee, he will bring two people with him, then ten people, and finally collapse completely. The front row ran down the mountain, but the back row saw this and didn't even bother going up the mountain, so they turned around and walked back. When the supervisors saw that the situation was over, they no longer persisted and followed the crowd down the mountain.
Xu Qian, who was sitting at the rear, was full of pride and had already begun to plan his future career.
After all, the difference in numbers between the two sides was so huge that victory was already a certainty.
Just when Xu Qian was feeling proud, he saw the search and suppression soldiers pouring down from the mountain like birds and beasts, crying for their fathers and mothers as they fled.
"When we attacked the mountain of Nima, we didn't even see the enemy, but suffered heavy casualties!"
"The enemy set many traps in the mountains and forced an attack on the mountains. It is almost the same as committing suicide. I am not a soldier because I am tired of life."
"Crunt against the guards of the Tianji Battalion? This kind of hard work should be done by the Eagle Brigade. Let us defenders do it. I don't know what the general is thinking."
"It's my first time to fight and encounter such a strong enemy. I might as well go back and continue to defend the city. At least I won't have to die without leaving any body parts. Those who were hit by horizontal logs and boulders were all turned into meat."
