The rise of the prince

Chapter 872 An Incomparably Difficult Encirclement and Annihilation War
At night in Liuta Town, the mountain wind whistled and hummed. There had never been so many gatherings in such a place.

The surrounding houses have been demolished and burned, in order not to leave any bunkers for Jing Jun, and to expose the empty valley.

Wei Mingling stood on a protruding boulder on the eastern hillside, looking at the quiet town up and down, the meandering river flowing to the southeast, the loess land has little life, even at night, those earth, rocks, mountains and rivers also exude desolation breath.

This is the Northwest, and most of the people living here are tough and sturdy.

The land is barren, sandwiched between north and south, east and west, it is difficult to survive without being tough.

"The commander-in-chief is really ingenious. Jing Jun thought they had won, and was advancing westward without knowing that the time of death was approaching. Now Jing Guo is doomed!" The lieutenant general and his subordinates complimented by their side.

Wei Mingling opened his mouth to scold, but in the end he didn't scold and nodded instead.

He didn't want to hurt morale, but he knew very well in his heart that Xia Guo lost from the very beginning.

The king and many ministers, princes and princes didn't know where the news came from, but they decided that the main force of Jingguo was in the south, and transferred all the elite troops to the south line. From the beginning, they lost half.

In fact, after he found out that the main force of Jing Guo and Li Xingzhou came from Hedong, he knew that Xia Guo was in big trouble.

The main army is in the south, and it is difficult to go north quickly. Even if he annihilates the forwards of the Jing army, it will only temporarily prevent them from advancing westward and crossing the desert Gobi to attack the capital of Xia. However, they can go north to attack the northern states, or go south to pinch the main force corps.

In fact, the overall situation has long been doomed, but not everyone understands it, and he doesn't want to say it to affect the morale of the army.

While waiting, until the early morning of the sixth day of May, the Jingguo vanguard began to enter Liuta Town from the south. First, hundreds of vanguard cavalry explored the road. Equipped with saber and short musket.

There is no heavy armor, no fully armored war horse, and there seems to be no comparison with Xia Guo's iron kite.

But Wei Mingling did not dare to underestimate them. The black-clothed cavalry of Jingguo were famous. The Liao people were not opponents, nor were the Jin people. They dare not underestimate them even more.

The army is hiding behind the mountain in the east, and now it is only watching Jing Jun from a distance.

Wei Mingling was nervous, but he didn't dare to act rashly. If Jing Jun found out that something was wrong and withdrew from the river valley, then everything would be in vain.

Fortunately, Jing Jun didn't notice anything unusual. In the morning, when the sun rose, a large number of Jing Jun's follow-up troops began to enter the valley.

Due to terrain constraints, their formation was indeed stretched long and narrow.

Wei Ming made the Duke overjoyed, but he still didn't take any action. He had to wait until noon when Jing Jun buried the pot for cooking, and Jing Jun was most relaxed at that time.

But soon things changed. Jing Jun was not stupid. After entering the river valley, he began to send out scouts in all directions. Some of them went north to check the road ahead, and some of them came to the surrounding highlands!

If this continues, they will soon be exposed.

Wei Mingling knew that he couldn't wait any longer, so he immediately gave orders, and the various ministries began to attack.

Everyone had prepared for a long time and was full of confidence. Following the command of the military flag, they immediately started to move. The most powerful iron kite in the Xia Kingdom was at the forefront, and it was also the trump card in Wei Mingling's hands.

The horses and people are connected by iron cables. The people and horses are covered with iron armor, and the heavy cavalry wearing iron masks instantly turn over the hills and pour down like a flood.

The ground trembled, the rocks rolled down, and the soldiers on the top of the mountain shouted in unison, echoing in the valley, piercing the ground, and the morale reached its peak in an instant, as if it had an unstoppable momentum.

For a moment, not only the soldiers, but even Wei Mingling felt that his army was invincible.

But in an instant, there were dense explosions in the valley, and the Jing army below was not afraid. They formed a formation he had never seen before, and began to swallow fire, and then the condescending cavalry fell to the hillside one after another.

The speed was as fast as hitting an invisible wall!He quickly fell down on the hillside, turning his back on his back.

The thick iron armor is like a piece of paper, it has no effect!
The shouting from the top of the mountain gradually stopped. In the end, only a few heavy cavalry rushed to the bottom of the valley alive, causing limited damage to the Jing army.

Most of the corpses were lying on the hillside, and some ran desperately up the mountain. The battle lasted only about [-] minutes, and the elites that Wei Minglinggong relied on most were already dead.

A chill ran up his spine, but he was a quick-response person, and quickly ordered the rear troops to attack. If the soldiers were immersed in fear, the consequences would be even more disastrous!
In an instant, the troops from the south also began to cross the river, blocking the passage to the south of the valley. The troops on the top of the mountain began to use rolling stones, bows and crossbows to attack downwards by virtue of the favorable location.

On the narrow and long river valley, the Jing army's formation was scattered and could not be formed.

This made Xia Jun think that he had the chance to win, and although the rolling stones and crossbow attacks on the top of the mountain did not cause much damage due to Jing Jun's dispersion, they still did damage after all.

Their strength is several times that of the enemy, and they attack from multiple directions, which is an advantageous side.

But slowly, the new army weapons at the bottom of the valley completely suppressed the crossbowmen at the top of the mountain. They were no match for Jingguo's guns at all.

The situation went completely beyond plan.

Wei Mingling killed two rout soldiers in a row to stabilize the formation, and then put the elite infantry on two layers of thick armor and several layers of cowhide, trying to push down the mountain to compress the space of the Jing army. Still unable to withstand it, coupled with their slow movements, these people were shot dead by Jing Jun before they could go far.

Wei Mingling had heard that Jing Jun's firearms were powerful, but he didn't expect them to be so powerful that they were invincible!
What surprised him even more was that, in his perception, an army can only have strong combat effectiveness if it forms an formation, advances and retreats together, and lives and dies together. Just as an iron harrier charging may not be much different from ordinary cavalry, ten iron harriers are no different. They are powerful cavalry, but if there are thousands of iron kites, even a hundred thousand troops will not be afraid.

That's why he set up an ambush in Liuta Town, which was in a long and narrow terrain, just to prevent the Jing army from gathering together.

But the Jing army seems to be completely different from what he thought. After being dispersed, they are more effective in fighting. A dozen people form a small team to defend each other, relying on the powerful power of firearms and super long range to support each other. Ventilated blocking net.

This caused Wei Mingling to be unable to eat them even though he surrounded them!What kind of play is this?
As the casualties became more and more serious, Wei Mingling was very anxious, but slowly, Jing Jun's gunshots began to fade away, and he immediately realized that Jing Jun's supplies were limited, and it was impossible to keep fighting!

Immediately ordered the army not to take the initiative to attack, to stick to their own place, not to show their heads, but to attack at will with rolling stones, bows and crossbows, etc. condescendingly.

He wants to trap Jing Jun to death!
Afterwards, the two sides seldom confronted each other, and Jing's soldiers were few, so they didn't dare to rush to the unfamiliar mountain.

At night, Weiming Linggong organized manpower to launch night raids one after another. Although the gains were not large and the losses were quite a lot, the Jing army had no reinforcements, and the number of them was much smaller than them!

A series of harassments, not allowing them to rest, made many soldiers of the Jing army tense and exhausted.

On the second day, the attempted attacks by substitutions continued to be repulsed, but Wei Mingling could hear the gunshots from the Jing army becoming more and more sparse.

However, his army was not much better, and the morale was on the verge of collapse due to too many casualties.

But Wei Ming let everyone know that although it is difficult, victory is at hand!

On the afternoon of the second day of the siege, Jing Jun finally couldn't sit still, and launched an attack on the northern pass, trying to break through, but a stone city was built early on the north to block the pass. Xia Jun avoided the battle and stood firm. Jing Jun had no choice. The cannons cannot break through the stone-cast city.

On the second night of the siege, Wei Mingling continued to ignore the soldiers' resentment, and the soldiers continued to harass them, consuming Jing's army's ammunition.

At the same time, they sent people continuously throughout the night, and at the same time ordered people to retrieve the equipment of the iron kite who died on the hillside through the night.

He also became ruthless in his heart, even if he exchanged human life, he would have to run out of ammunition and food for the Jing army. They have a large number of people, which is their biggest advantage!
On the third day, Wei Mingling gathered up the iron harriers that had been severely damaged before, and selected warriors from the army to re-form an elite iron cavalry of 200 or [-] people.

When Jing Jun's supplies are exhausted and their firepower is insufficient, they can rush down the river valley and make a final decision!
So many sacrifices were made just to wait for this moment, the morale of the entire army was almost overwhelmed, the casualties were too heavy, Wei Mingling decided to take a gamble!
In the afternoon, Jing Jun seemed to realize that the situation was wrong, and tried his best to break through the siege to the south, but the gunshots were sparse, and the terrain was narrow and long, making it impossible to concentrate troops. The southern pass blocked by people.

The time has come!

Wei Mingling was trembling with excitement, the Jing army is too strong, even if they win it is a miserable victory, their casualties far exceed the enemy's, but they still win.

If so many people are mobilized, so much price is paid, and the Jing army's vanguard cannot be eaten after so many days of fierce fighting, then the Xilu Xia army will completely collapse!Never dare to confront Jing Jun again!
Wei Mingling gritted his teeth, this hard bone would be pitted no matter what, even if he gritted his teeth and swallowed it in his stomach, he would still scream!
(End of this chapter)