Xu Qian's smile froze on his face, looking at the overwhelming defeat in front of him in disbelief.
Three thousand against two hundred, and the opponent was defeated less than an hour after the war started?
impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Although Xu Qian was not a military commander, and he did not study much in the art of war, he still had some basic common sense. On the battlefield, the number of people was an absolute advantage. Three thousand against two hundred, it was impossible to lose under any circumstances.
Xu Qian stared at the disgraced supervisor who ran back, and became angry: "What's going on? Why did you withdraw? You delayed the fight, and I will never let you go!"
The supervisor knelt on the ground and almost cried.
"Sir, the enemy has set countless traps, and we suffered heavy losses before we even reached the mountainside. We tried our best to boost our morale, but the soldiers in the front row fled, causing the soldiers in the rear to follow them. The blame does not lie with my subordinates."
Xu Qian's eyes widened and he was furious: "Trap? The enemy only stayed on the mountain for a day and a night, how could they set many traps? I think you are clearly deliberately deceiving me!"
The supervisor felt so wronged that he wanted to die.
"If you tell a lie, let the adults handle it. There are indeed countless traps on the mountain. First, dozens of horizontal logs smashed into the head and face, and then tens of thousands of kilograms of boulders rolled down. The army stayed up all night, and they were trapped and exhausted. Unable to react, countless people were killed and injured by the huge rocks."
Although Xu Qian didn't want to believe it, he heard the loud noise just now, but he didn't pay attention to it at first. How much trouble can a mere two hundred enemy invaders cause? Now that he knew the truth of the matter, Xu Qian couldn't help but feel chills running down his back. Those Tianji camp guards could really set up so many traps in just one day and one night?
Moreover, it is extremely difficult to dig out tens of thousands of kilograms of boulders. How could it be possible...
Xu Qian couldn't figure it out anyway.
But morale had collapsed, and it was no longer realistic to stop the attack in a short time. Xu Qian could only grit his teeth and order the withdrawal.
Chen Ping, who was not far away, witnessed the entire incident with extremely solemn eyes.
"Less than an hour..."
"The enemy general is more terrifying than I imagined!"
Ma Ning, who was on the side, saw that Xu Qian had suffered a big loss. He couldn't help but laugh. He added: "Does this dog officer think that fighting is the same as playing with power? The enemy will not reason with him! When he returns to the Mingyun Township camp, , let’s see how this bitch can justify himself!”
The leader of Night Owl also felt that Xu Qian deserved his crime, but this was not the time to add insult to injury. After all, the dead and injured were Dadi soldiers.
The leader of Night Owl looked at Chen Ping and sighed softly when he saw that Chen Ping also had a solemn expression on his face.
"The enemy is shrinking in Qingyu Mountain. If you want to completely wipe out the enemy, you must mobilize regular troops and press them directly. The county defenders who usually do nothing on weekdays have no morale at all and are afraid of collapse at the first touch. Moreover, in this battle, the enemy's morale must be A great boost will strengthen your determination to fight to the death.”
Chen Ping shook his head and said helplessly: "All the regular troops are fighting fiercely on the front line and cannot be transferred back at all. Besides, in order to encircle and suppress 200 people, it makes no sense to transfer the army back anywhere. Our Eagle Brigade is good at field battles and least good at attacking difficult positions. If the cavalry If we change our tactics, we won’t be able to exert even 30% of our combat power, and the outcome won’t be much better.”
"As for the defenders drawn from various counties, although they are large in number, their training is poor and their morale is low. If they are even slightly damaged, the entire army will collapse. They are unable to deal with the extremely vicious Tianji Camp guards. The only solution for now is to besiege Qingqing. On Jade Mountain, we set up camp step by step, gradually encroaching and trapping the enemy troops in the mountain to death.”
The leader of Night Owl secretly sighed. If it were a field battle, it would never take an hour to destroy these two hundred remnants of the army. But the other party is hiding in Qingyu Mountain, which is troublesome. As Chen Ping said, the only way at the moment is to encircle without attacking, to camp step by step, and to gradually encroach on the enemy's activity area.
As long as the enemy troops are restricted above the mountainside, we are almost certain.
After all, there is nothing above the mountainside, so there is no room for the guerrilla warfare that the Tianji Camp guards are best at.
Chen Ping immediately left Qingyu Mountain with his generals and returned to Mingyun Township, but left the Eagle Brigade behind to besiege Qingyu Mountain to prevent the enemy troops from rushing down from the mountain to cause chaos again.
In the main camp of Mingyun Township, Xu Qian's face was ashen. After some counting, he found that he had lost more than 300 people in this attack on the mountain! As for the enemy's losses, it is not yet known. What is known is that the soldiers and supervisors who fled were quite consistent in their speech, but they did not even see the faces of the enemy.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Xu Qian slapped the table and gritted his teeth: "The enemy must also have suffered heavy losses, at least fifty people died!"
The supervisor on the side quickly reminded: "Sir, it is impossible for the enemy to kill so many people because of the terrain and traps."
Xu Qian's eyes widened: "I said fifty people died, but it means fifty people died, and it's not recorded in the record?!"
The supervisor suddenly realized that if his side lost three hundred people, but no one on the other side died, if this was known to Shangfeng, Xu Qian, the governor of the state, would be in trouble.
Chen Ping stepped in. He had already heard Xu Qian's "lying about military information", but he didn't care.
"Sir, the next step should be..."
Before Chen Ping could express his thoughts, Xu Qian had already roared: "When the reinforcements from all walks of life arrive tomorrow, I will definitely kill all the bandits in the mountains!"
Chen Ping couldn't help but frown: "Sir, now it should be..."
Xu Qian interrupted Chen Ping again, his eyes widened: "I am the governor, Chen Ping, pay attention to your identity!"
Chen Ping took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and turned around.
At this time, cheers echoed on Qingyu Mountain.
The soldiers were more excited than ever before. Faced with the encirclement and suppression of three thousand troops, not to mention the loss of soldiers and generals, there were not even any injuries, but they repelled the enemy army, leaving behind three hundred corpses. This level of achievement is enough to go down in history.
The soldiers looked at Qin Feng with extremely fervent admiration, feeling that as long as Qin Feng was there, they would be able to hold on until Daliang reinforcements arrived, even if... Daliang did not know that the soldiers were besieged in Qingyu Mountain. No problem! As long as Qin Feng is here, I will have confidence!
"Young master, you are simply amazing. Every step of the opponent's move is carefully planned by you."
"Hahaha, Xu Qian, a mere jester, actually personally commanded the army to go up the mountain for encirclement and suppression. It's so funny. Our Beixi County prince Li Zhang, the county magistrate Lin Quqi, and the eldest lady Shen Qingci, who are not from literary backgrounds? They are all outstanding people, and even if they command a war, they will not be as stupid as Xu Qian."
"It is normal for civil servants to supervise battles, but there is a huge difference between civil servants and jesters! I'm afraid Xu Qian never dreamed that the person he had to face was a young master who even Chen Si suffered many times and was always at a disadvantage, haha!"
