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Chapter 281 Guiyang (continued 1)

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    The spear formation of the Chu army soldiers was more rigorous than that of the Western army.  The cotton armor of Chu soldiers can block the bows and arrows of the Western army.  The archers of the Chu soldiers were specially selected marksmen. Their arrows were standardized in the arsenal and could break armor at close range.  The sword and shield soldiers of the Chu army were short men among the Chu army. They squatted lower than the soldiers of the Western army and held their shields more steadily. The steel swords were specially designed to cut the legs, causing the tall Western soldiers to suffer a lot.  .  Gao Wengui and Lu Mingchen attacked several times in a row without making any progress. Instead, they suffered hundreds of casualties. Under normal circumstances, they would have suspended the attack and slowly looked for flaws in the Chu army.  These five thousand Chu troops are guarding alone on a hillside. As long as there is enough time, there are many ways to deal with them. You don't even need to fight. Just stay at the bottom of the hillside to trap them. You don't have to wait for three to five days to run out of water and food. You only need to wait until dark.  After all, the Chu army has to eat and sleep, and sooner or later there will be flaws.  But the situation is different now. Liu Wenxiu has given a fatal order to destroy the 75th Division before going to Tuyunguan. An army of 50,000 people is waiting for Gao Wengui and Lu Mingchen. The pressure is great.  Gao Wengui and Lu Mingchen had no choice but to grit their teeth and launch attacks again and again, hoping to exhaust the 75th Division's physical strength and morale and wear them down bit by bit.  The hard work paid off. After another futile attack, the Chu army suddenly retreated towards the hillside. Although they only retreated two or three hundred steps before stopping to reorganize their formation, in any case, they finally made some progress, right?  "My sons, the thieves have become timid. Let's pursue the victory and defeat them!" Gao Wengui and Lu Mingchen tried their best to boost morale and commanded the troops to attack again.  After a drum, the attacking troops were defeated, leaving behind numerous corpses in front of the Chu army's formation, as well as many seriously wounded people who could not be evacuated. A group of Chu army's sword and shield soldiers walked out of the formation, holding up a shield in one hand to protect themselves.  With one hand, he slashed with a knife and killed all the wounded in the Western Army.  Due to the restriction of the terrain, Gao Wengui and Lu Mingchen, who were standing at the foot of the hillside, did not notice at first that the place where the Chu army was currently arraying was a platform on the hillside. On this platform, the layers of the Chu army formed a solid defense line.  Only a narrow foothold was left for the Western Army, which was just covered by the Chu Army's archers.  After the Western Army landed on the platform, they could only stand up to two rows of soldiers. The formation was inevitably out of sync, and it collapsed as soon as the Chu army rushed it. It could not stand at all. The stragglers fought against the large army fighting in formation, and the results can be imagined.  And know.  "Damn it, this turtle formation is actually not difficult to break. As long as there is a red cannon and two shots are fired at a crowded place, the thieves will definitely be defeated." Gao Wengui and Lu Mingchen bit the bullet and attacked again, paying a lot of effort.  At the cost of nearly a hundred casualties, only one or twenty Chu soldiers were killed or wounded. This exchange ratio was so ugly that Gao Wengui and Lu Mingchen were so angry that they cursed.  Liu Wenxiu's army traveled a long way back from Huguang, and had to pass through the mountainous areas of western Hunan, so they did not bring heavy artillery. After returning to Guizhou, they took advantage of the landlords and found several bronze cannons from the state capital below.  The red cannon is actually just a small cannon weighing more than a thousand kilograms. It is of little use in attacking Tuyun Pass. There is no effort to bring the cannon up the mountain. If the camp at the foot of the mountain is asked to send the cannon up now, it will be a distant water that cannot quench the thirst of the nearer.  When the two of them were at a loss what to do, Liu Wenxiu sent someone to send an order, asking them to think of more ways and not to attack blindly.  "His Royal Highness the King of Shu is so considerate of us, I am ashamed!" Gao Wengui and Lu Mingchen both breathed a sigh of relief. Although they are both strong generals who specialize in chewing hard bones, the five thousand Chu troops in front of them are no longer hard bones, but collapsed.  Da Ya's iron walnut, if we continue to fight like this, the morale of the troops will get lower and lower, and there will be no hope of victory. We must change our tactics.  Liu Wenxiu asked them to think of a way. The solution they saw was to outflank and form a pincer attack, so that the Chu army would be attacked from both sides and fight the Western army from two directions. The Western army could also use its strength advantage. Gao Wengui and Lu Mingchen discussed it and decided  Lu Mingchen led 3,500 soldiers down the mountain and back to a relatively gentle hillside on the right side of the Chu army, and attacked their flank from there.  Although the distance between the Western Army and the Chu Army was not far, and they could hear each other shouting loudly, it was not easy to get around to the other side of the mountain. After Lu Mingchen briefly asked Liu Wenxiu for instructions in flag language, Lu Dai  They set off with 3,500 armored soldiers. Along with them, there were 3,500 auxiliary soldiers carrying armor and weapons, and 100 sword and ax soldiers opening the way. The vegetation on the surface of this area was too lush.  , the sword and ax soldiers can cut through the thorns and clear a path, which can save a lot of energy for the combat soldiers and auxiliary soldiers.  ¡­ ¡°Lu Mingchen is outflanking the right wing of the 75th Division. I don¡¯t know if the 75th Division can withstand it.¡± In a valley farther to the west, a Chu army staff officer saidThe officer put down the telescope and said worriedly to Zhou Guodong: "It seems that Liu Wenxiu is determined to eat the 75th Division." According to the arrangements of Tan Xiao, Zhou Guodong and Liu Tichun, the 75th Division was just an ambush on the surface.  , it is best not to be discovered by the Western Army. If discovered by the Western Army, they must stay in place like a nail to attract and contain the main force of the Western Army. Zhou Guodong led another 10,000 horses to hide in the periphery, including more than 8,000 armored soldiers.  More than a thousand archers were hiding in a very hidden valley.  Before the war started, Tan Xiao, Zhou Guodong and Liu Tichun went to this area to check the terrain, and immediately spotted this excellent hiding place for troops. Although this valley was on the periphery, it was connected to the battlefield in front by a mountain ridge, which was not far away.  It was too far, and the valley was in a visual blind spot. Only by going down to the bottom of the ravine could the Western Army scouts discover that there was a cave here that could hide tens of thousands of troops.  Like the statistics provided by the staff office, Liu Wenxiu was a very cautious general. Sure enough, he discovered the 75th Division and launched a fierce attack, with the intention of eating it in one bite. The 75th Division initially occupied a good location and could  He could withstand it, but after Lu Mingchen divided his troops to outflank him, the situation became very dangerous.  "If we attack now, we will definitely catch Lu Mingchen off guard. If he runs slower, these thousands of men and horses will be stewed in a spoonful." Another officer was eager to give it a try.  "It's easy to eliminate Lu Mingchen. The problem is that we will be exposed in this way, and the gains outweigh the losses." "The key is to see whether the 75th Division can withstand it. What should we do? We can't contact them now." Several staff officers whispered  They were discussing on the ground that because of the distance, the Western Army's scouts had not yet searched here. They could only look and observe from a distance and could not find the Chu army in this valley. The most advantageous option was to continue to lurk, but Seventy-Five  If the division cannot withstand it, Zhou Guodong must reinforce it.  The problem is that in order to conceal his position, Zhou Guodong cannot contact the 75th Division now. Whether he sends messengers to send messages back and forth or uses flags and fireworks, it will attract the attention of the Western Army. As long as he sends a scout team to search carefully, all  All secrets will be exposed.  "Gao Wengui and Lu Mingchen alone can't take down the 75th Division, so let's not move." Zhou Guodong ordered to continue hiding and wait for the opportunity to let the 75th Division solve the current difficulties on its own.  The 10,000 horses in Zhou Guodong's hands are the trump card for the Chu army to defeat the enemy. The mountain road is difficult to travel and there are few waterways. It is almost impossible for the Chu army to invest so many troops again. Until the critical moment that determines the outcome, the trump card cannot be easily used.  Fight them out, otherwise they will alert the enemy and make Liu Wenxiu wary. He will either shrink his troops and become a hard-to-gnaw hedgehog, or he will directly withdraw his troops and go down the mountain, causing the entire battle plan to fail.  Everyone understands this truth, but watching Lu Mingchen approach the right wing of the 75th Division step by step, everyone is still very nervous.  After an arduous trek, seven thousand Western Army soldiers (including 3,500 auxiliary soldiers) finally arrived at the foot of the hillside and reorganized on a relatively flat place. The soldiers took a short rest and the auxiliary soldiers helped them.  He was wearing armor and was about to attack.  "Why haven't the friendly forces arrived yet? You're so anxious!" "They may have just received the news and are on their way." "The 75th Division is actually quite hidden. Liu Wenxiu was able to find them. No one expected that  Ah." "Don't worry, it should be here soon" Several staff officers were still talking in low voices. Zhou Guodong kept staring at the 75th Division on the battlefield in the distance. Although his face was expressionless and calm, he was familiar with him.  The soldier could still see some nervousness from his body movements If the Seventy-fifth Division could not withstand it, the entire combat plan would fail.  The majestic war drum suddenly sounded, and Gao Wengui and Lu Mingchen launched attacks from two directions at the same time.  The Seventy-fifth Division was also well prepared and divided half of its 2,500 soldiers to face Lu Mingchen. As soon as Lu Mingchen launched his attack, this force attacked first and rushed down from the mountain. They no longer forced an array formation.  It was just roughly divided into three groups, and they hit the joint of the Western Army's array like three fists, like three tigers descending from the mountain!  "Are you doing this again? Oops, are you still so vicious?" Lu Mingchen was a little surprised. The opponent's strength was twice that of the Western Army, and it was an unfavorable posture for fighting on two fronts. He actually dared to take the initiative to attack!  This scene is somewhat similar to the confrontation between the two armies when the war just started, but it is actually very different. The Chu army's current charge is as fierce as a tiger descending from the mountain. It is clear that it is sparing no effort to defeat Lu Mingchen and the 3,500 soldiers in one fell swoop.  "Well done!" Lu Mingchen spent half his life in the army and was also a strong general, but now he was regarded as an easy persimmon by the Chu army. He was immediately angered and commanded his troops to fight head-on.  I have three thousandThere are 100 soldiers, 40% more than you. How can we still be afraid of you?  Since you are seeking death yourself, let¡¯s decide the winner!
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