The Cham soldiers rushed for several rounds and found that the heavily armed soldiers were like an iron wall. No matter how brave they were, it was useless.
The sword struck the opponent's heavy armor, but the trapped soldiers didn't pay attention at all. They cut open the vine armor with a backhand slash. The Cham soldiers' flesh and blood were turned outwards, and they fell down row after row.
The scene was like playing a game, when a group of junior soldiers surrounded a few super soldiers, and the result was doomed from the beginning.
After a while, Ushei and his entourage moved the chariot to the wall to make way for the narrow passage in the middle, and then the horses neighed and galloped.
After hearing the news, the soldiers at the entrance of the corridor opened their doors and saw men with golden helmets and golden armor wearing blue chariots, and carrying Suzaku Xuanyue Halberds passing by like a strong wind.
The halberd swung forward, directly mowing down the enemy troops.
The Cham soldiers were frightened back by Lan Yuan's powerful momentum. Many of them were directly knocked to the ground by inertia and never got up again.
The powerful impact of the cavalry directly broke through the morale of the Hengshan Pass defenders. Lan Yuan and Shamoko immediately split into two groups. Shamoko led the nearly a hundred infantry hidden in the carriage to attack the tower, while Lan Yuan led the cavalry inside the pass. Galloping freely is as easy as an adult bullying a child.
By the time Gao Shun's main force arrived at Hengshan Pass, the front-line troops had already ended the battle. Half of the defenders had been killed and half had surrendered. The Southern Expedition's army easily gained its first stronghold.
There were too few defenders at Hengshan Pass, and the soldiers in each battalion were not able to fight to the fullest, especially the new recruits in the trapped army. Gao Shun encouraged everyone to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, because there were still several important towns in Rinan waiting to be attacked.
While Gao Shun ordered people to clean the battlefield, he arranged for each battalion to bury pots to make food, and called the generals to deploy to capture Bijing tomorrow.
"According to the information we just obtained, except for the 8,000 garrison in Linyi, the garrisons in other places are scattered. There are 1,000 garrison in Hengshan Pass, 3,000 garrison in Bijing, 3,000 garrison in Zhuwu, 3,000 garrison in Xijuan, and 2,000 garrison in Lurong. Qian, the attack on one city after another is too slow, I want to hear your opinions." Gao Shun took out the map and asked everyone.
"Except for Linyi, the capital, all the other cities have so few defenders. I think we can divide the army into four teams, each team captures a city, and finally attack at the capital?" Shamoko put forward his own idea.
"Boyang, what do you think?" Gao Shun often tested Lan Yuan along the way, intending to train him to become a commander-in-chief.
Lan Yuan frowned and said: "Zhanren's defenders are very scattered. To resolve the battle quickly, dividing the troops is indeed the best way. If we attack step by step, the defeated troops will retreat to the city behind and make the snowball bigger, which will prolong the battle." The whole time of the fight.”
"Hey, the Major General also agrees with me. The trapped army and the Wuxi Barbarians each have exactly five thousand. How about we divide into two groups and take two cities each?" Shamoko asked with a smile.
Lan Yuan waved his hand and interrupted: "General Sha, please be patient. It is imperative to divide the troops now, but it is not appropriate to divide the troops into four groups. The main reason is that the logistics supply cannot keep up. Once something goes wrong, it will easily affect the overall situation, so I suggest Just divide the troops into two groups."
"Only two routes? But that's okay. The trapped army and Wuxi Barbarians are each separated from one another. Who is more difficult to defeat, Bijing or Zhu Wu? I will claim the difficult city." Shamoko bared his white teeth.
Chu Qing added: "The nearest Bijing is close to the sea and has a port, so the city is larger than Zhuwu and the population is twice as large as Zhuwu. It will be relatively difficult to defeat Bijing."
"Then I'll choose Bijing." Shamoko raised his hand.
"It depends on the general's arrangements." Lan Yuan looked at Gao Shun and indicated.
Gao Shun stroked his beard and nodded lightly, "What Boyang saw coincided with my thoughts, so I decided to lead an army each with you. I, General Sha, and the Wuxi barbarians will capture Zhu Wu, and Boyang will lead the trapped army." How about comparing scenes?"
"Uh... that's fine... no, how can you leave the difficulty to the major general?" Shamoke originally wanted to lead the troops alone, but when he remembered the commanding abilities of Gao Shun and Lan Yuan, he immediately felt ashamed of himself, but for Gao I can't figure out Shun's arrangement.
Gao Shun asked back: "With the strength of the Zhanren garrison, haven't you experienced it in the battle? There is not much difference in the difficulty of taking the two cities. Boyang, you don't find it difficult, right?"
Lan Yuan shook his head slightly: "How could it be? It's just that the general's allocation was wrong. I can only lead four thousand trapped troops, otherwise the allocation will be unfair."
"How do you say this?" Gao Yuan frowned, and Shamoko next to him had a silly look on his face. He thought to himself that the trapped troops and the Wuxi Barbarians each had five thousand soldiers. Would the Major General be too arrogant?
Lan Yuan clasped his fists and replied: "Don't forget our warships. General Li also has two thousand sailors. The general assigned me five thousand soldiers and horses. With the sailors, there are seven thousand people..."
"Uh... I actually forgot about this, but the attack power of the navy on the shore is incomparable to the trapped troops, right? Besides, there are hundreds of sailors on Li Yi's ship, so they can't be counted at all. "Shamoko shook his head.
"Since Boyang is confident, I will meet your request. Whoever conquers the first city first, the subsequent cities will be first come, first served. This is a race. Are you willing?" Gao Shun asked meaningfully.
"Very good." Lan Yuan nodded.
"Should I also transfer the reconnaissance camp?" Gao Shun asked again.
"Very good." Lan Yuan repeated.
"Hahaha, there are a total of five hundred scouts in the army. I'll leave a hundred people for you. In addition, I'll keep Chu Qing as well. You have to understand a truth. The more chips you have in your hand, the better you can do things. The more confident I am, this sentence was taught to me by my husband." Gao Shun smiled slightly.
"I can spare it." Lan Yuan nodded, feeling enlightened.
The reconnaissance battalion is the most elite existence of the trapped army. In addition to the most powerful combat effectiveness, the scouts also have amazingly well-trained sentries. They are the ears and eyes of the trapped army on the battlefield. They are also the most trained under the guidance of Lan Tian. Strong arms.
After the scouts shined in the trapped army, Liu Bei's other main forces followed suit and regarded the training of scouts as the core of army construction. Gao Shun left these 100 people for Lantian, and their role was equivalent to that of a thousand people, so Lantian Yuan had no reason to refuse.
Gao Shun made arrangements on the spot, pulled out a thousand men from the trapped army, formed an army with the Wuxi barbarians of Samoko, and ordered the two troops to divide and conquer immediately, because the competition to conquer Linyi State began that night. .
After dinner, Lan Yuan returned to his tent to rest. Not long after he lay down, Gao Ling and Chu Qing broke in together.
"Why do you come to my place if you don't sleep at night?" Lan Yuan turned over and looked at the door and asked curiously.
"Boyang, how did you manage to sleep?" Gao Ling's face was full of anxiety.
Lan Yuan sat up in confusion and asked with confusion on his face: "Shouldn't you go to bed at this time? Are you two choosing a bed? I didn't find anything along the way..."
"Did Boyang forget about racing? Don't you make some arrangements before going to bed? Chu Sima just received news from the reconnaissance camp. His father just ordered to prepare meals at three o'clock and set off at five o'clock. They must arrive at Zhuwu before noon to prepare We will capture Zhuwu City tomorrow." After Gao Ling finished speaking, he looked at Chu Qing, as if to say that the information was accurate.
