bestfiction Chapter 204: Analysis of Operations
Chapter 204: Analysis of Operations
Jiang Yue then analyzed:
"If the enemy army lures our army into the city and attacks us from both inside and outside, it will be very dangerous and our fighting power will be weakened. How about I take people to investigate the enemy situation outside Pingchuan tomorrow? If there is any situation, on the day of attacking the city, we will divide our troops into three groups: one group will attack the city, one group will besiege the city, and one group will stop the enemy outside the city."
"That's exactly what I want!" Xia Yuanchen had just explored Pingchuan and had already thought of Jiang Yue's suggestion, and the two of them hit it off immediately.
They discussed all the way back to the barracks.
In the middle of the night, Jiang Yue had just returned to her tent and lay down when she heard two weak dog barks outside the tent.
Then, Xia Yuanchen's almost frantic voice came out.
"Who asked you to send it here?!"
Poor Ah Huang, he barked twice, but the barks were weak, and it was obvious that he was very hungry.
"Yes..." The soldier in front of him was so frightened by Xia Yuanchen's words that he fell to his knees, "General, it found it on its own."
Xia Yuanchen had a headache and said lightly,
"Feed some food and send it back."
The soldier looked at Ah Huang and felt that he had never seen such a troublesome dog. If it was his own dog, he would have thrown it away long ago, but this was the major general's dog, and he had to go through so much trouble to send it back. Isn't this pure torture?
"This general said to send it back, did you hear me?" Xia Yuanchen spoke in a heavier tone.
What's the point of bringing a stupid dog to war? How can we have a good life?
"Yes!"
...In the middle of the night, Jiang Yue was woken up twice by the cold.
Finally, dawn arrived. The sky was gray and gloomy.
The army did not set out today.
Jiang Yue received the order and was not idle. He began to lead his Xuanwu team to carefully scout the enemy situation near Pingchuan County.
It is not an easy task to detect the enemy situation outside the city.
You need to hide to avoid being discovered by the enemy who wants to destroy them, so you must be careful not to be discovered.
Jiang Yue's investigation was very covert.
After two days of exploration, I found nothing.
Until they came to a grove of trees and discovered an enemy camp behind two mountains.
The enemy camp is not small. It seems that there are... 10,000 soldiers hiding here?
Ten thousand, that's a person who can compete with them.
No wonder the enemy chose to set up an ambush inside the city instead of abandoning it.
This discovery forced Jiang Yue to take it seriously. On the day she returned, she began to discuss the matter with Xia Yuanchen.
After hearing this, Xia Yuanchen
The mentality that was originally determined to win has wilted like an eggplant hit by frost.
Fortunately, they explored in advance, otherwise, they would be unprepared.
At mid-afternoon, Xia Yuanchen immediately summoned the generals to discuss matters again in the military tent.
"Time is running out, and we must not let our guard down. Tomorrow we will attack the city. Jiang Yue, you will lead 6,000 soldiers and block the attack from outside when necessary."
After saying this, he promptly assigned six captains to Jiang Yue.
He originally had 20,000 soldiers.
Now, after deducting the casualties and the defenders left in Xiangyang and Yongquan, there are only 15,000 soldiers left.
Therefore, a maximum of 6,000 can be allocated to Jiang Yue.
After he finished speaking, four generals including Sun Shao and Yao Sheng all looked at Jiang Yue with puzzled eyes.
A captain of a thousand men usually leads no more than a thousand soldiers. The last time she attacked Xiangyang, she was asked to lead five thousand soldiers. Now, she is asked to lead six thousand soldiers into battle.
This time it's a tough battle, unlike the last strategy of luring the enemy, there is no fighting at all.
Regardless of whether the six captains were convinced or not, generals like Sun Shao and Yao Sheng did not trust Jiang Yue at first.
You know, an ordinary captain doesn't even have the right to enter the tent to discuss matters.
Jiang Yue clasped his fists and accepted the order: "I will do my best!"
Since the major general is willing to trust her, she will naturally live up to the major general's expectations.
When Xia Yuanchen nodded, he said to Sun Shao: "You lead two thousand soldiers to surround Pingchuan."
Then, he looked at the other three generals.
"Yao Sheng, Zheng Yi and Zheng Er, follow me and attack Pingchuan tomorrow morning!"
The four generals looked at each other, all wanting to appoint Jiang Yue to the task, but no one dared to say a word, and they all clasped their fists and accepted the order.
At the same time, in Pingchuan City, the enemy general of Pingchuan who was left aside by Xia Yuanchen was feeling very nervous.
Now that they can't get out, could it be that the Donglin Army is planning to starve them to death in Pingchuan City?
It’s not that he doesn’t want to go out of the city to investigate the situation, but if he goes out, wouldn’t the things they are hiding in the city be exposed?
After careful consideration, he would not leave the city.
Then he would continue to fight until the reinforcements arrived. Even if he lost the 5,000 defenders he had gathered from all over the place, he could not leave the city.
...As for Jiang Yue, after the army was divided into two parts, she immediately summoned the 6,000 soldiers assigned to her by the major general.
The troops gathered, Jiang Yue stood at the main seat and gave the command:
"Formation, fish scale formation!"
The fish scale formation has both powerful attack power and good defensive capabilities.
When the enemy attacks, it can form a sharp offensive and break through the enemy's defense line. When defending, it can form a solid barrier to resist the enemy's attack.
Of course, this requires a high degree of coordination among the soldiers. By arranging them closely to form a staggered formation, the soldiers can support and cover each other to form a strong overall combat effectiveness.
Therefore, Jiang Yue chose this formation.
"Yes!" Wu Fei, Xue Wen, He Chong and others replied in a strong and forceful voice.
however,
"Deploy the formation?" The six captains looked at each other. Jiang Yue seemed to be taking chicken feathers as an order.
"We didn't rehearse in advance."
As captains of a thousand men, they were still somewhat reluctant to be commanded by their peers.
The war was imminent, and Jiang Yue only wanted to successfully stop the enemy:
"No rehearsal. Aren't we rehearsing now?"
The six captains were still unwilling. They were not afraid of Jiang Yue, but they were afraid of the major general behind Jiang Yue.
As a last resort, I started to give orders.
The soldiers often fought together, and although they were given the order temporarily this time, they were able to arrange themselves relatively quickly.
Soon, they became shaped like fish scales, arranged obliquely, with the front end slightly convex, and interlaced with each other.
After everything was arranged, Jiang Yue looked at his own Xuanwu team.
"You are in the middle of the formation and serve as the main force."
"Why not us?" The six centurions disagreed. Usually, they were directly under the command of the major general.
Hearing this, Xue Wen whispered, "Because we are on the same team and we train together all the time, we must be much more united than you."
Wu Fei, Song Jie and others agreed and echoed this. Even He Chong and others who later joined the Xuanwu Army agreed. The main force is an honorable title.
After hearing this, the thousands of soldiers did not take it seriously. They thought to themselves, this is their army, can Jiang Yue command it?
Complaints are complaints, but because of Jiang Yue's words,
"You guys join with the Xuanwu team!"
Shut their mouths.
Jiang Yue said to the Xuanwu Army:
"During the war, you are required to unite as one, cooperate completely, and kill the enemy generals!"
"Captain, don't worry, the commander will be ours tomorrow." Xue Wen said with confidence.
He Chong, Chu Mo and others have secretly started a competition to see who can harvest more heads.