Liu Pan was also surprised to meet Yuan Jun here.
But when he saw that Yuan's army was loosely formed, Liu Pan did not hesitate at all and directly ordered the entire army to attack.
It must be said that the time and place of this encounter were extremely favorable to the Jingzhou Army.
When the two sides encountered each other, the leading troops of the Yuan Army had just reached the foot of the mountain between the two mountains, while the Jingzhou Army had the advantage of being on the hillside.
In this case, unless each of Yuan's troops can fight one against ten, there will be no chance of victory in the battle.
You can't win the battle, and you can't retreat.
The mountain road on which Yuan Jun backed up was extremely narrow, with only one person allowed to pass through at the narrowest point. Lu Dai's troops had no way of retreating back to their original route in a short time.
The situation on the Jingzhou Army's side is just the opposite. They are on a relatively gentle hillside. Not only do they have wide roads and concentrated personnel, but they can also quickly launch offensive formations on both sides of the road.
Moreover, in terms of time, this will not happen later or earlier.
A little earlier, he might have walked into the mountain stream, and Yuan Jun just appeared on the mountain.
A little later, Yuan Jun also climbed up the hillside. Maybe he would meet him on the top of the mountain, and there would not be such favorable terrain conditions.
Last but not least, Yuan Jun traveled hundreds of miles across mountains and rivers to get here from Jiangxia, and everyone was already exhausted.
Liu Pan's troops have been resting and recuperating under Chaisang City for more than half a month. From the time of withdrawal to today, they have only walked three days, and most of them were on good roads. Their physical strength is much better than that of Yuan Jun!
Liu Pan will never encounter a better situation than today!
Therefore, Liu Pan did not hesitate and immediately mobilized all his troops and launched an attack.
Facts also proved that Liu Pan’s decision was correct.
With just one encounter, Yuan Jun's hundreds of vanguard troops were scattered to pieces.
After beheading a Yuan general who looked like a military commander, these hundreds of Yuan's troops were completely defeated.
These defeated soldiers of Yuan's army had nowhere to escape and could only flee towards the mountains.
The mountain road when we came was extremely narrow. How could we accommodate hundreds of defeated soldiers?
Coupled with Liu Pan's killing spree, the mountain road immediately became crowded.
Liu Pan was also happy to make Yuan's army on the mountain become chaotic without fighting, that is, he stopped his subordinates who were eager to kill and just stayed behind Yuan's defeated army.
A lieutenant covered in blood approached Liu Pan and said, "General, why don't you go all out to attack this bird mountain and completely defeat Yuan Jun?"
"Yes, General, avenge our brothers, right now!"
One of the soldiers stabbed Yuan Bing, who was on the ground with a sprained leg, and said excitedly.
"Revenge must be taken!"
Liu Pan pointed at the mountain with a long sword dyed red: "This mountain is steep, and I don't know how many Yuan troops are still on the mountain. We might as well drive these defeated soldiers away and let them push and squeeze their robes, while we cover them from behind. Wouldn't it be easy?" ?”
"What a brilliant plan, general!"
"That being the case, it is up to the last general to go forward and suppress the formation, lest those brats in front miss the general's plan!"
The deputy general was overjoyed and immediately rushed to the front.
Liu Pan stopped him again: "If you encounter Yuan Yao or that old man named Huang, and inform me, I will kill them with my own hands!"
"promise!"
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Speaking of Yuan Yao's side, he almost fainted when he heard that Lu Dai's former army did not stop him for even a quarter of an hour. Even Lu Dai himself was uncertain about his life or death.
"Go, pass the order to the armies in front, and ask all the soldiers to work in teams and units, each to guard a dangerous place and block the attack step by step!"
"Don't crowd them all together! They will all collapse in one rush!"
"Where are the rear troops now?"
A guard reported back: "I'm afraid they are still on the mountain road behind the mountain. Do you want me to go down and urge them?"
Yuan Yao was anxious and yelled: "Why did you ask them to come here? Are they all crowded on this mountain road where you can't even stretch your arms, so that they can be squeezed off the cliff?"
"Tell them to stop coming up the mountain and move back! Just call Gan Ning to go up the mountain, and let everyone else go down the mountain!"
"When they clear the road, the guard camp will follow me back to the top of the mountain. It would be best if we can hold the top of the mountain..."
"I can't hold on..." Yuan Yao's eyes were about to burst, and he said in a voice that only he could hear: "It depends on who is more lucky. If he rolls down the mountain, he will not die."
Turning his head, Yuan Yao asked another soldier next to him: "Are you sure that there really is no other mountain trail in this mountain?"
"Major General, you have asked the villain seven or eight times now... There is really no other way on this mountain, just this one."
"I have been born and raised here, and it was only when I surrendered to the army that I walked out of the mountains for the first time. There is no road in this mountain that I have not walked... If there is another way, I will tell you already."
"Except for a secret passage in the mountain stream at the foot of the mountain, there is really no other way here."
Yuan Yao glanced at the front of the mountain and saw that apart from the corpses of Sergeant Yuan's soldiers, the only ones alive in the mountain stream were the Jingzhou Army wearing crimson armor.
Saying it means not saying it!
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War is against humanity.
For example, at this time, hundreds of Yuan's defeated soldiers were killed and abandoned their armor. Driven and killed by Jingzhou soldiers, they could only run towards the only hope of survival, which was the mountains.
They just walked down this mountain road half an hour ago. But no one thought they would come back again.
They themselves didn't expect it, nor did their colleagues who were still marching on this road.
The area near the foot of the mountain was fine. Even if someone squeezed me off the mountain road, I could still continue to climb the mountains and forests on both sides.
If you're lucky, you'll be covered in thorns and hide in the mountains.
Unlucky enough, he was shot directly by the Jingzhou Army archers below.
Further up, the mountain road becomes winding and narrow.
The Yuan army, which was pushing forward and backward, was defeated, and other Yuan soldiers on the road panicked.
Because of the lack of general command, the first reaction of Yuan's troops on the mountain road was to turn around and run up the mountain.
if not? Even if he wanted to kill the enemy now, all he could see were his brothers Paoze, and no Jingzhou soldiers could be seen at all.
No enemy troops can be seen, and staying where they are will prevent the brothers down the mountain from escaping.
It seems that I can only run to the mountains to save my life like them!
There are very few rational junior officers in Yuan's army who can organize their soldiers to block the mountain road. But this kind of obstruction is nothing more than a drop in the bucket.
The Yuan soldiers who were fleeing for their lives did not believe that their robe would really use a knife or a gun on them.
With the deadly threat behind them, these people forced their way through the border, and even the blockers were included in the deserters.
When Yuan Yao's side finally organized an echelon of resistance according to "what" and "team", Yuan Jun's defeat had spread to the mountainside.
Under the clamor of the Jingzhou soldiers who were clenching behind them, the defeated soldiers of Yuan's army who were at the back were afraid that they would be hacked to death if they were slow.
Under this psychological suggestion, they kept pushing and squeezing the people in the middle, and the people in the middle squeezed to the front.
There are always narrow turns on mountain roads, and there are always places that are difficult to pass.
This crowding directly turned into a congestion, and then there was a stampede accident, and even the tragedy of squeezing a living person off the cliff.
In turn, these tragic scenes continue to erode everyone's fragile psychology. The phenomenon of congestion, stampeding, pushing and missteps will only become more serious.
When a landslide occurs, the speed of falling rocks will only become faster and faster, becoming more and more lethal.
When a person has a psychological breakdown, everyone's sanity will only become less and less, and the things they do will become more and more outrageous.
In the most congested areas, people have been deliberately trampled and thrown away.
Yuan Yao also remembered the "echelon defense" tactics of later generations when things came to a head.
It's a pity that Lu Dai couldn't understand what he meant and failed to stop Liu Panjun at the foot of the mountain.
On this narrow and cramped mountain, "echelon defense" also turned into "echelon blocking."
Although Yuan Jun's camp commanders and team leaders followed Yuan Yao's order, they each reduced their troops and guarded the mountain road in sections.
But after all, I can only express my feelings and not understand the essence.
Moreover, their opponents were not Jingzhou soldiers, but their own Paoze.
"Major General, there are too many defeated troops. Just pressing 'Team' and 'Shi' can't stop so many people."
"It's better to let the last general stop a group of hundreds of people. First block the crowd with a crowd, and then force the defeated troops to turn back and attack the enemy!"
The person who spoke was Yuan Yao's personal soldier captain, Yuan Er.
Yuan Yao felt powerless at this time and could only nod.
"Don't use the knife unless absolutely necessary!"
Yuan Yao warned again.
The so-called "forcing the defeated troops to turn back" can only be forced by violent means.
Only by using more terrifying and bloody methods and using the threat of death at hand can we force and stimulate the frightened soldiers to turn back.
Yuan Yao felt very painful inside at this time.
Unexpectedly, one day I would also face the problem of "dealing with" the defeated troops.
And this day will come so quickly and suddenly!
Yuan Er paused and gritted his teeth and said: "If you are outside, you will not accept your orders; what you do is none of your business!"
"The last general will bear all the responsibility for what happened today, and the major general has nothing to do with it!"
After that, Yuan Er borrowed Yuan Yao's general order and went down the mountain road.
Unlike Yuan Baoben, who had been Yuan Yao's personal guard for many years, Yuan Er was the commander of a hundred cavalry sent by Yuan Shu to protect Yuan Yao when Yuan Yao came out of Shouchun.
After Yuan Bao was hit by an arrow while protecting Yuan Yao, he died of serious injuries. Yuan Yao promoted Yuan Er as his own military camp commander.
Like Yuan Bao, Yuan Er is also a general of the Yuan family. He is loyal and conscientious, and will not hesitate to block Yuan Yao's gun at critical moments.
"Have you not cleared the road behind yet?"
Seeing Yuan Er disappear at the corner of the mountain road, Yuan Yao was greatly irritated and roared.
"Hurry, hurry!"
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Here, the front line of the confrontation between the Yuan Army's defeated troops and the normal Yuan Army.
Yuan Er stood on a stone holding the "Supervisory Army" military talisman given by Yuan Yao himself.
"The Supervisory Army Sima's token is here, who dares to cause chaos!"
Yuan Er gathered his breath and shouted three times before the noise in the crowd subsided slightly.
Yuan Yao paid great attention to discipline when he governed the army.
Discipline is the prerequisite for the existence of an army's combat effectiveness. Without discipline, no matter how many people there are, they are just a mob.
Therefore, since the formation of the army, Yuan Yao has established supervisory troops at all levels of the army.
From the hundred-man camp to the military headquarters of each school, there are supervisory troops at each level. There is Du Bo to supervise the army in the village, there is a marshal to supervise the army in Qu, and there is a Sima to supervise the army in the ministry. Furthermore, Yuan Yao plans to set up a military captain or Zhonglang general to supervise the armies.
Ancient armies also had supervisors, and often these supervisors also had certain military decision-making powers. However, Yuan Yao reformed this and did not allow supervisors at all levels to participate in any military decisions in peacetime, so as not to hinder military chiefs at all levels.
In the military, supervisors at all levels only have the power to supervise military discipline and enforce military law. Only in special circumstances, when the military chief seriously violates military discipline, such as rebelling or disobeying military orders, can the military chief be killed and take over the command.
Of course, there is a long way to go before we can fully implement this system of military supervision.
For example, in today's encounter, the Supervisory Army, which was supposed to supervise the team, did not play its due role. A catastrophe is imminent. What is the use of the swordsmen and axemen under the supervisory army?
But the work of supervising the army under the leadership of Yuan Yao was not without any results. At least in the eyes of ordinary soldiers, the ruthless supervisor is the living king of hell. Not only can he decide the life or death of ordinary soldiers at any time, but the military chief of the offending soldier can also behead him at his will.
Long before crossing the river, one of Zheng Bao's soldiers regretted leaving Lujiang and encouraged other soldiers to follow him as deserters. At that time, the supervisory army sent by Yuan Yao to Zheng Bao killed him first and then reported it, directly killing the leader.
Together with the eleven soldiers who pleaded for mercy for the team leader, they were all beheaded with great severity and speed.
In this way, a deserter incident was quickly suppressed. Afterwards, the superior commander of the team reported to Zheng Bao, saying that the supervisors killed innocent people indiscriminately without trial.
Zheng Bao didn't say anything. He didn't even listen to the team leader's report and sent him directly to the supervisory army.
Just because Yuan Yao established a rule in the army, which is the principle of "don't ask too many questions about anything".
When leading troops to fight, the supervisory troops cannot participate in decision-making. As for the improvement of military discipline, military chiefs cannot hinder the exercise of power by supervisors.
As a result, the powers and responsibilities of the Supervisory Army began to become clearer.
Until crossing the river, Yuan Yao's army grew larger and larger, and supervisory armies at all levels were set up. More and more illegal and disciplinary problems were handled by the supervisory army, and the authority of the supervisory army in the army was gradually established.
Military chiefs at all levels also gradually changed from their initial resistance.
Because Zheng Bao, Lu Dai and the others gradually discovered that the difference between the supervisor and themselves was actually the difference between father and mother.
One is inside, the other is outside. One is a good person and the other is a bad person.
Although the supervisory army has taken away some power, it will not threaten his position as commander-in-chief. On the contrary, what the supervisors did were all unpleasant things. Today they would slap that person with a few slaps, but tomorrow they would put a mark on that person's face. And in most cases, I am still troubleshooting problems for myself.
As a result, the relationship between the soldiers and themselves became closer.
Therefore, when Yuan Er took out a token to supervise Sima, all Yuan's soldiers immediately felt angry and suddenly it was on their heads.
Everyone felt a little scared.
What is this Bird Supervisor Army going to do?
"If you are defeated as an army, what will happen to you!"
"According to military discipline, if the commander cannot restrain the soldiers, the supervisor will take over the command!"
"If the soldiers do not obey the orders, they will be regarded as rebels! Rebels will be treated without mercy!"
Yuan Er directly brought out the military law of Yuan Jun's army, which was to memorize one small thing every three days and one big thing every five days.
"Now, I will command you defeated troops. All of you, please listen. Turn around immediately, pick up your weapons, rush down the mountain for me, and kill the enemy to redeem your merits!"
"Anyone who refuses to follow will be regarded as a rebel and will be killed on the spot!"
"Kill!" A Yuan Jun commander who was blocking the retreat quickly shouted after him.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Nearly a hundred normal Yuan troops, who were blocking the mountain road with their flesh and blood bodies, also let out a deafening roar of murder.
