Turbulent Times Chapter 1479: Cheng Yaojin

"The hearts of the people are actually on the side of Wang Junlin, what should I do?" Li Mi sighed and shook his head. He suddenly found that although his various plans were going well in Wagang Village, he played with Zhai Rang between applause, Xu Maogong, Cheng Yaojin, Xie Yingdeng and other senior leaders of Wagang Village with outstanding abilities can be made to obey their orders, but none of the outside plans for the Far East Army have succeeded.

He even had an illusion that his every move seemed to be under Wang Junlin's gaze, and even his next move seemed to be predicted by Wang Junlin in advance.

Li Mi had known for a long time that Wang Junlin must be his greatest opponent in the world, and also knew how powerful Wang Junlin was, but at this moment Wang Junlin had given him an unfathomable feeling.

"If the troops of the foreign battalion can strictly follow their own orders, when the Far Eastern Army comes to the Central Plains, all the generals of the foreign battalion with tens of thousands of troops will be willing to hold back a little bit behind them, so that the Far Eastern Army will be exhausted from fighting and will continue to fight. Consumption, how could the Violent Bear Camp defeat the 70,000 foreign camp troops in Kaifeng so smoothly?" Li Mi secretly hated.

"Don't be mad at Mi Gong, it's just that some people are grateful to the Poison King. The villages in the outer camp will never be bewitched by the Far Eastern Army. After Yaojin goes to Xiaohe Town, he will be able to lead the outer camp to complete Mi Gong's plan. Seeing Li Mi's expression changed, Xu Maogong showed a decadent look on his face, clearly showing fear of the Poison King, he frowned and couldn't help but speak.

Li Mi was shocked when he heard the words, and felt ashamed in his heart, his resolve was not as firm as Xu Maogong's, and before he formally started a war with Wang Junlin, he felt afraid of being punished by the 40,000 horses he sent at will.

"What Mao Gong said is very true. Since the Poison King played tricks on us, then we can also play tricks on him." In terms of conspiracy and tricks, Li Mi thought that he would not lose to anyone, otherwise he would not be able to do so. Quickly take control of Wagang Village.

After a pause, Li Mi said: "Yingdeng, you arrange for our people in Luoyang to prepare a generous gift and give it to Wang Shichong. Then I will write another letter and you have someone give it to Wang Shichong." /

"I obey!" Xie Yingdeng nodded in agreement, and then frowned slightly, "Mi Gong wants the Luoyang Emperor's eldest grandson and Wang Shichong to act on suspicion of Wang Junlin, but as far as I know, the royal family of the Sui Dynasty did not take action against Wang Junlin. Junlin's suspicion has long been there, even if Wang Shichong read Mi Gong's letter, he wouldn't dare to do anything!"

Li Mi said confidently: "You don't have to worry about this, Wang Shichong has something in my hands. After he reads my letter, he will know what to do."

Xie Yingdeng was taken aback for a moment, but soon realized that Li Mi's words must be because he had full confidence in his heart, so he didn't say anything more.

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With the initiative to choose the battlefield, you can gain a strategic advantage at the same time.

Right now Li Xuanba and Li Jing lead the Violent Bear Battalion and already have the initiative to choose the battlefield.

After the more than 70,000 troops of the Wagang Outer Battalion in Kaifeng were easily defeated by the Stormy Bear Camp and suffered heavy casualties, Wagang Village still has 70,000 to 80,000 troops in the Kaifeng area, but there are four counties that need to be defended , in the face of the Far Eastern Army rushing forward with a strong momentum, except for sticking to the key fortresses, there is no way to prevent the Far Eastern Army from entering and continuing to penetrate the hinterland of the Wagang Army.

But Li Jing did not choose to continue to attack the hinterland of the Wagang Army, but focused on Xiaohe Town and Xiaohe Village.

"Xiaohe Village is located on the mountain road next to Xiaohe Town

, has an extremely important strategic position. Before we go deep into the hinterland of the Wagang Army, this place must be in our hands. Stand in an invincible position, advance, attack, retreat, and defend. "Li Jing explained to Li Xuanba.

"En! I see." Li Xuanba didn't know if he understood, but he didn't hide the impatience on his face.

Li Jing is used to it, so he continued to talk about himself: "This Xiaohe Town is the most important ancient road from Kaifeng to Wagang Village. Because of the constant traffic of pedestrians, it was established as a town. This ancient town has a history of hundreds of years. , it was once the seat of the county seat of Kaifeng.”

Li Xuanba's impatience grew stronger and stronger. Li Jing gave a wry smile, stopped going into details, and said directly: "In short, this road is the shortest and most convenient passage from Kaifeng to Wagang. Even if you enter the base camp of Wagangzhai, surrounded by mountains, if you are surrounded, especially if several main roads are blocked, you will not be able to come and go as freely as now, so Xiaohe Town and Xiaohezhai us It must be controlled in the hands."

Li Xuanba said in a low voice: "You talk too much nonsense, tell me how many people should lead to capture this small river village."

Seeing that Li Xuanba had stood up and walked outside, Li Jing knew that the latter's character was about to set off immediately, so he hurriedly said: "According to the news from the Military Intelligence Office, although Xiaohe Village next to Xiaohe Town is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but because of the On the mountainside, there are not many people, only 5,000 people, and the general can attack with only 3,000 people."

"However, there are still 30,000 enemy troops in Xiaohe Town. I will lead other people to quickly insert to the southeast side of Xiaohe Village to prevent reinforcements from Xiaohe Town from being continuously transferred to support Xiaohe Village's defense. I mean to confuse Xiaohe The thieves in the village deliberately gave up the road to directly attack Xiaohe Village, took a detour from Guiwu Ridge on the west side, climbed several mountains non-stop, and directly attacked Xiaohe Village, this way, although the general will work hard, the casualties will be few."

Li Xuanba nodded and said, "I see, I will fight as you said."

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Li Xuanba led three thousand elite soldiers of the Violent Bear Battalion, without riding horses, carrying bows and knives, and traveling lightly, crossing mountains and ridges, traveling very fast.

Although they were noticed by the enemy watch post on Guiwu Ridge when they were close to Xiaohe Village, the enemy's beacon was only ignited when Li Xuanba killed them on Guiwu Ridge.

The black plume of smoke lingers in the wind, heading straight into the sky.

When Li Xuanba led his troops to the foot of Guiwuling Mountain, there was already a garrison team of about 1,000 people hastily climbing up to the top of the mountain to intercept it.

Obviously, the defenders of Xiaohezhai mainly defended against the Far Eastern Army coming from the ancient road in the direction of Kaifeng. They set up a large number of obstacles there and deployed the defenders.

Guiwuling mountain is easy to move, although it can hinder the passage of large groups of soldiers and horses, it can't stop lightly armed soldiers from crossing at all.

Seeing that Lingtou had already arrived in a hurry, Li Xuanba didn't pay attention to it at all, and didn't bother to order the formation to be straightened. He immediately led the troops who had driven the Tianshan Road for a long time to attack Lingtou directly from both sides. At this time, it is necessary to compete for speed and time, and not allow the defenders to gain a firm foothold at the top of the ridge, otherwise even if the formation is rectified, the difficulty of attacking will be doubled.

Walk lightly, carry a bow and carry a knife, armor is more light armor, no big shield, big crossbow, and no flying contradictory car, which can block the rain of arrows.

The two teams of the Violent Bear Battalion separated two hundred archers who were good at archery. They advanced from the two wings, stood at a relatively high place, and accurately shot the defenders at the top of the mountain. The other soldiers either used light shields to protect the front, or let them The soldiers wearing double armor temporarily raised their hands to protect the front door, and rushed upwards.

More than a thousand defenders were in a hurry, and they were panting when they rushed to the top of the ridge. The Far Eastern Army rushed forward like wolves and tigers, and most of them were weak-hearted. Although they relied on the advantage of being commanding, they shot arrows hastily and sparsely, unable to form a threatening volley.

When the archers of the Violent Bear Battalion fired ruthless and accurate arrows from two hundred paces away, the defenders at Lingtou were thrown into chaos.

Even if it is an arrow attack, it takes only twenty breaths. The Storm Bear Battalion charged forward, holding real steel knives in their hands. There are also armored soldiers in the defenders, but they cannot cooperate with each other. No matter how thick the armor was, Nie Xiaoyu specially prepared 14 to 5 catties of steel knives for the 40,000 Turkic wolf riders in the Violent Bear Camp, and it would be cut instantly, and ordinary spears would also be cut instantly...

The garrison at Lingtou was defeated, and Li Xuanba, who led his men to the top of the Lingtou, was not busy chasing them, but let the archers occupy a favorable position to shoot and kill them, focusing on stabilizing the ground and covering the climbing of the troops behind. come up.

In this battle, only four of them were injured, and they were treated on the spot.

As early as two years ago, the Far Eastern Army gave each soldier a hemostatic medicine, which was packed in a small porcelain bottle. Generally, the powder was sprinkled on the wound with a knife to stop bleeding and prevent the wound from festering. There is a bundle of gauze for wrapping, and you can continue to fight.

Those who were seriously injured, as long as they were not fatally wounded, were treated and bandaged by the army doctor, and then five people were left to cover and garrison on the spot. The pawns took it away; only two of them suffered deep arrow wounds in the waist and abdomen, and the shafts of the arrows were removed, and they had to be carried down the mountain to get the arrows.

Li Xuanba stood at the top of the ridge and looked over. Xiaohe Town was at the foot of the northeast mountain of Guiwu Ridge, and Xiaohezhai was halfway up the mountain. You could also see the corner of the northwest entrance to Xiaohe Town from the direction of Kaifeng. At this time, thousands of defenders who had set up barriers and dug trenches on the valley road on the northwest side to block the passage into Xiaohezhai hurriedly withdrew northward, and came back to Xiaohe Town and Xiaohezhai for reinforcements.

Xiaohe Town is indeed a big town that has existed since the Han Dynasty. Standing on the top of the ridge and looking over it, there are rows of black tiles and white walls, which is not smaller than ordinary small towns. A brick wall.

According to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Office, the guards sent by Wagangzhai to guard Xiaohe Town and Xiaohezhai are veterans who have followed Wagangzhai since its inception.

However, the local forces in Xiaohe Town should have very limited loyalty to Wagang Village. As long as the passage from the hinterland of Wagang to support Xiaohe Town is blocked in time, after the Far Eastern Army attacks Xiaohe Village, they will occupy Xiaohe Town and the localities in the town Forces will not be too strong to resist.

Calculating the time, except when the wolf smoke rises into the sky, unless Wagangzhai happens to have reinforcements on the way to Xiaohe Town, but before the reinforcements arrive, they can block the entrance from Wagangzhai to Xiaohe Town.

In addition to leaving a hundred soldiers and wounded soldiers to guard the top of the ridge, Li Xuanba did not delay, and immediately led the rest of the lightly armed soldiers down the narrow and winding ridge road, bypassed Xiaohe Town, and began to storm the northern half of the mountain. Xiaohe Village.