Chapter 227 The First Ambush
Zhu Zhe was bare-chested, showing off his muscular body and, of course, scars all over his body. He held a shovel in both hands and rose and fell quickly, with large chunks of soil flying. He got up and fell into the bamboo basket above. The soldiers waiting next to him lifted the bamboo basket and walked away.
He alone can hold up to seven or eight strong soldiers.
Zhu Zhe, who has just turned twenty-one this year, has a peak cultivation level of the sixth level of Xuanyuan. Although he is young, he is a solid veteran. He joined Gu Xiaoman’s herringbone army at the age of fifteen. Battalion, when he was twenty years old, he became one of the captains of the three brigades.
After the Anxi Protectorate was established, Gu Xiaoman became a captain, leading a Zhechong Mansion of 1,200 people.
And this time, he will fight the first battle to welcome Zhebie.
To put it bluntly, this battle was an ambush.
Zhu Zhe was very excited.
He is a man born for fighting. Once he is free, he really feels like all the bones in his body are itching.
But the Anxi Protectorate held him back for more than half a year.
Participating in the battle to destroy Yan Sheng was Zhu Zhe's only recent battle.
Since then, he has been placed on rotation.
Not only him, but the entire Zhechong Mansion under his command has been arranged to take turns.
This break lasted for more than half a year.
He really wanted to tell the Protectorate that he didn't need to rest.
But the soldiers under his command need to rest. They have land to cultivate, money to earn, and families to support.
Otherwise, where would the money come from to buy the clothes for contact?
After all, the gains from war are external wealth. Although it is said that horses will not be fat without night grass and people will not be rich without external wealth, but if you want to lay a solid foundation, you must naturally cultivate your own fields well and do business well. .
Now that the autumn harvest has passed, the crops in the fields have been received in the warehouse, and the soldiers are idle, so naturally they want to make money from outside.
Especially in the past six months, the soldiers who participated in the war followed Xiao Changche and fought everywhere, making a lot of money, and they were all extremely rich.
Don't think that there is nothing to gain from destroying those cottages and castles in the Black Territory. On the contrary, these places are really rich. If you build a cottage, you can loot as much as you want. Those guys in the Black Territory have been there for many years. In terms of wealth, they are really not rich. Difference.
However, there should not be many seizures in this battle.
Because the main force of the enemy was the barbarians in the north and west conquered by the Yuan people.
Those people are so poor that it is difficult to exchange them for valuable things.
Zhu Zhe was surprised by Zhiqiuyuan's ability.
He knew that Zhiqiuyuan was very powerful, but it was so powerful that he knew exactly where the enemy would launch an attack, how many people there were, and who the leading generals were. This was a bit unbelievable.
It was precisely because he knew all this that Zhu Zhe dug a trap and arranged an ambush here.
He has a total of 1,200 people in Zhechong Mansion.
And his opponents were only three hundred people, all composed of Xihu.
Zhebie's tactics are very simple, but it should be said that they are very effective.
That is to send many such small groups of cavalry, using Longgou Fort as a base, and set off towards the interior of the Anxi Protectorate. As for the destination, it doesn't matter.
Zhebie just asked them to go where there are many people and where there is wealth.
The mission is just one, burn them all, kill them all, and rob them all.
Of course this is in line with the nature of the Xihu people, and they all screamed with excitement.
Of course, these people will not achieve anything, and Zhebie also knows that the final result will definitely be eliminated by Li Dachui and Xiao Changche.
But in the process of chasing down these small Hu cavalry, the forces of the Anxi Protectorate will be severely dispersed.
At this time, a large group of people from Zhebie suddenly attacked and went straight to the key points of the Anxi Protectorate, such as Tai'an City and Aquarius City. Xiao Changche and Li Dachui could only rush It is easy to disperse the troops before gathering troops to fight, but it is difficult to re-concentrate the troops. It is even more difficult to concentrate them and use them effectively while maintaining corresponding combat effectiveness.
Zhebie did not underestimate Xiao Changche and Li Dachui at all.
On the contrary, he attaches great importance to it.
How can a force that makes Linghu Ye helpless be simple?
All ideas are beautiful, but reality can often crush dreams to pieces.
Zhebie never expected that not a single one of his troops had even stepped out of Longgou Fort. His detailed troop dispatch plan had all been clearly grasped by his opponents.
The trap, which is more than ten feet deep, about one hundred meters long, and two feet wide, has been dug properly. The most amazing thing is that there are roads in this long trap. Three or four paths have been specially designed. The signs are marked, but if you don’t pay attention, you can’t tell them apart at all.
Of course there is nothing good in the trap! Sharpened bamboo sticks as thick as an arm were densely inserted into the bottom of the pit, and then they spread wattle branches and mats on top of the pit, sprinkled with loose soil, carefully obtained some turf, and placed small shrubs on top.
After doing all this, it was completely dark.
Everything on the road was restored to its original state. Zhu Zhe stayed at the end and checked it carefully again before walking up the gentle slope on one side with confidence.
In fact, many arrangements were made on the gentle slope and many trenches were dug. However, after the trenches were camouflaged, there was no clue at all when viewed from below.
Zhu Zhe's soldiers were hiding in these trenches. In addition to people, there were also various crossbows and arrows. Further back, there were Zhu Zhe, the only 150 cavalrymen in Zhechong Mansion.
As a horse bandit, Zhu Zhe has always attached great importance to the use of cavalry.
Under the bright moonlight, Zhu Zhe lay on the top of the slope, listening to the thunderous snoring of his brothers in the ditch and on the top of the slope, and couldn't help but have a happy smile on his face.
Being able to sleep so soundly before the war showed that everyone was really relaxed.
Think about it, the soldiers of the Anxi Protectorate have always led the new with the old. Only after going through small battles and accumulating enough experience can they be defeated. Deployed to participate in such a big battle.
So, in this war, the Anxi Protectorate participated in the war, and there were no new soldiers.
“We have to work harder!” Zhu Zhe chewed grass roots and thought to himself.
If you don’t work hard every day, you risk being overtaken by others!
I heard that there was a man named Ding Ergou on Commander Xia's side. He had only been practicing martial arts for five years. At the age of only eighteen, he reached the fifth level of Qi Control and is now a regiment leader.
When I was eighteen years old, I was also at the fifth level of Qi Control. However, I started practicing martial arts at the age of eight. It took ten years to reach the fifth level of Qi Control.
At least this Ding Ergou is more talented than himself in terms of martial arts training.
But experience in fighting is not necessary.
Just like his immediate boss, General Gu Xiaoman, who was at the top of the eighth level in martial arts, but he was often spitted on by his deputy, General Xiao Dongwei, when he was commanding battles.
Martial arts is the accumulation of strength.
War is the accumulation of experience.
Lighting a stick of incense and holding it between his fingers, Zhu Zhe spread out his limbs and fell asleep comfortably.
On the fourth watch day, when the incense burnt to the end, Zhu Zhe suddenly opened his eyes. Although he only slept for about one watch, he was still full of energy and walked along the trench. , kicking his soldiers awake one by one.
The soldiers who woke up silently began to eat dry food, drink water, and then began to carefully check the combat equipment.
The sky is about to break, which means the war is about to begin.
When the first ray of sunlight pierced the fog and fell on the earth, the sound of rapid horse hooves rang in everyone's ears.
Then, three or four cavalrymen were running towards the direction of the sun. Behind them were a large number of cavalrymen.
In front are the scouts from the Anxi Protectorate.
What was chasing after him was the barbarian cavalry that Zhu Zhe was waiting for this time.
More than a thousand people, holding their breath, watched quietly as the enemy below quickly approached.
The scouts obviously knew the roads in the trap here. Three or four of them separated and flew past three or four paths. From the perspective of the pursuers behind them, the front was naturally safe. of.
They shouted and shouted loudly. The people at the front drew their bows and arrows and shot at the scouts of the Anxi Protectorate who were running ahead.
The arrow is extremely accurate and powerful.
But before these archers could see their results, the war horses under their crotches had already stumbled and fell into a trap.
The bamboo sticks in the trap were naturally not enough to kill these leather-armored barbarians. The other cavalry swarming behind them at extremely fast speeds were their fatal threat.
The first few rows of cavalry fell into the trap one after another until the trap was completely filled.
The barbarians behind tried hard to rein in their horses and stop themselves, and the scene suddenly became a mess.
Then they heard the sound of whistling arrows.
Countless crossbow arrows poured down from one side of the hillside, and a large number of Hu Qi in the field immediately fell.
The remaining Hu riders reacted very quickly. They immediately pulled their horses, turned around and fled to the other side. They were instantly away from the range of the crossbow arrows, then stopped their horses and turned around.
Traps, crossbows, and two consecutive rounds of attacks, more than half of the more than three hundred barbarian cavalry have been killed, and at least two hundred cavalry have lost their combat effectiveness.
The remaining more than a hundred riders were beyond Zhu Zhe's expectation.
They actually did not escape.
Instead, after a brief reorganization, they mounted their horses and raised their swords, and charged towards the Qin army on the hillside.
It's just that this time their formation was very scattered.
More than a hundred people were divided into seven or eight waves, with dozens of meters between each ride.
“So damn fierce!” Zhu Zhe sighed.
Not only are they fierce, but they also have rich combat experience. It seems that they have been attacked by Yuan people's crossbows in northern Xinjiang, so they have also learned how to deal with them.
If you use a strong crossbow at this time, the effect will be very touching.
Unless they are shot by martial arts masters, ordinary bows and arrows will have no effect on these tall and powerful barbarians.
"Archer, shoot the horse!" Zhu Zhe shouted loudly. "Lancers, sword and shield soldiers, prepare to fight!"
(End of this chapter)