The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 243 The Battle of Wutong Ridge ([-])
Wutong Ridge is a low hill outside Cenxi City.

Wutong Ridge is not actually a mountain, but an arched hill. Around the hill, there is an open plain of more than ten meters.

Undoubtedly, Wutong Ridge is the best place to garrison troops near Cenxi County. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Not long after, Kong Yuan, who was stationed in the middle army of Wutong Ridge, received the news.

"How dare Song Jun go out of the city?"

He was woken up by the guards, and when he heard the scout's news, he was immediately surprised.

This naturally exceeded his expectations.

In terms of military strength, the Song army has no reason to take the initiative to attack, and it is so grandiose.In Kong Yuan's view, this is undoubtedly very wrong.

"Could it be that the reinforcements from the Song army have already arrived at Cenxi? It can't be so fast, right?"

Confused, Kong Yuan put on his clothes and walked out of the tent, and asked the scouts outside, "How many soldiers and horses does the Song Army have?"

The scout who had just rushed back from Cenxi County replied: "Reporting to the general, it should be no more than five thousand."

Kong Yuan couldn't help frowning slightly, "If you dare to invade our camp for less than five thousand, what is the Song Army's plan?"

He had [-] elite soldiers stationed in Wutong Ridge. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that the Song army was here to die.

With less than 5000 people, how could it be possible to capture the well-occupied camp of the Yuan army?

Could it be to explore the reality of our army?

Kong Yuan was always cautious, after a few thoughts flashed in his mind, he said to the guard next to him: "Let all the generals come to discuss matters in the tent!"

Soon, many Yuan army generals rushed to Kong Yuan's tent.

Kong Yuan sat at the head and said directly: "Nearly [-] soldiers of the Song army left the city and came straight to our camp along the official road. What do you think of this?"

"Did Song Jun come to seek death?"

Immediately, a general laughed lightly, "There are less than [-] soldiers who dare to invade our camp."

After finishing speaking, the general cupped his hands and said, "General, please order me to lead the army to stop the Song army!"

However, the rest of the generals immediately spoke up, "Our army has Wutong Ridge to defend, so why bother to attack the Song army?"

He looked at Kong Yuan with burning eyes, and said: "General, it is better for our army to defend the mountain. When the Song army rushes to the mountain, the troops in the west and north battalions will take advantage of the chaos and detour to the rear of the Song army. Wouldn't it be possible to kill this unknown army?" Annihilation of all the powerful Song army?"

"What I will worry about is that this matter is not so simple..."

Kong Yuan shook his head, and said slowly: "If all of you here are the generals of the Song Army, would you attack our camp with such a meager force?"

Most of the generals shook their heads with a sneer.

A general said: "If I were the guard of the Song army, I would definitely stay in the city and never leave the city on my own initiative."

Then someone immediately interjected, "Could it be that Song Jun has other plans?"

But another general said: "The Song army only has [-] soldiers in total, can they still have the strength for other deployments?"

"All right."

Kong Yuan waved his hand, "It doesn't matter what the Song Army's plan is, time is running out, and they should be close to Wutong Ridge right now. Everyone, go back and prepare for the war first, to prevent the Song Army from attacking the camp from other places. They Attacking at night, the soldiers and horses on the official road did not make any cover, probably to attract the attention of our army. Remember, no matter which direction the Song army and troops attack the camp from, they must not easily go out of the camp to pursue them. We just need to catch them Just keep out of the camp, wait until their deployment is fully exposed, and then you can make a detour as appropriate, and strive to wipe out the Song army."

"Yes!"

Many generals in the tent agreed with a loud bang, and then left in a hurry.

But they didn't take this matter too seriously in their hearts. Even if the Song army all left the city, the other [-] soldiers and horses would not be able to easily succeed in attacking the camp in any direction, right?

It's not that they don't know that the Song army has such unpredictable weapons, but...

Kong Yuan was still sitting in the tent, pinching his forehead with his fingers, "Is it true that you are building plank roads openly and crossing Chencang secretly?"

He really wasn't sure what the five thousand Song soldiers were trying to do when they swaggered out of the city.

Because in his mind, his central army and western army were enough to stop the five thousand Song army, or even wipe them out.

If the [-] Song soldiers were the bait, then the bait would be too small to attract all the [-] soldiers under his command.

Take advantage of the chaos and go straight to the Chinese army?

Kong Yuan chuckled, his eyes flashed with confidence.

His central army was deployed in a gossip formation, defending layer by layer. If the Song army dared to charge, it would definitely end in being wiped out.

Even if the Song army broke through the camp to the west, how many people would be left?
In short, Kong Yuan felt that if he defended against Wutong Ridge and stood still, no matter how many tricks the Song Army had, it would never be effective.

After all, he still hasn't tasted the power of the projectile.Otherwise, maybe I wouldn't think so.

It was getting slightly brighter.

From the end of the earth, the sun peeked out from behind the mountains, tearing apart the darkness.

Bits of clear light began to fall on the ground.

Su Quandang led the soldiers to extinguish all the torches. At this time, they were less than 500 meters away from Wutong Ridge.Without binoculars at all, you can clearly see the densely packed Yuan army tents on Wutong Ridge, as well as the countless Yuan army flags that are blown by the wind.

The camp of the Yuan army spread directly from the foot of Wutong Ridge to the top of the mountain.

In front of the big camp, there are five layers of repelling horses, and there are undoubtedly trenches, traps, etc. in between.

Su Quandang raised his gun and ordered the army to stop advancing.

The bows and crossbows of this era can shoot two to 300 meters away, and the bows and arrows of the Yuan army have always been strong, and they can also shoot 200 meters away.They occupy a high place, and if they go further, they will soon enter the attack range of the Yuan army.

Su Quandang had already seen the Yuan army standing on the hill, so naturally he would not foolishly lead his soldiers up to die.

He turned his head to look at the mountains stretching to the west, and then he drove his horse forward alone, advancing more than two hundred meters, and said: "Is there any general in the Yuan army who dares to come out to fight!"

The generals of the Yuan army on the hillside were dumbfounded.

You came to Wutong Ridge with great fanfare, did you really come to call for battle?

How dare you call our camp with less than [-] soldiers, are you showing off your brain?

The hot-tempered general of the Yuan army was about to rush down the mountain to show off to Su Quan, but he was grabbed by the general next to him, "Don't leave the camp, in case there is fraud."

The general said angrily: "They are only so small, how can they be deceitful? Are they just letting this thief general fight?"

The general who grabbed him knew: "Wait a minute, don't forget what the general said, let us not act rashly."

"..."

Hearing this, the fiery general had no choice but to poke his spear on the ground angrily.

At the foot of the mountain, Su Quandang yelled a few times, seeing that there was no Yuan general coming down, he probably knew it, raised his right hand, and waved forward.

The army behind slowly pressed up, shouting loudly, and marching neatly, and soon came to the back of Su Quandang, which was only more than 300 meters away from Wutong Ridge.

How long is more than 300 meters?
Su Quan reined in his horse and returned to the army, until he stood in front of Zhao Da, "General Zhao, let the soldiers set up the guns!"

Zhao Da grinned and agreed, and ran to the army to let the Feilong soldiers start to set up grenade launchers.

At this distance, they can blast the shells to Wutong Ridge.

The Yuan army watched from the hillside, but they couldn't see the grenade behind the shield soldiers of the Song army.

They couldn't figure out what Song Jun was planning. Unfortunately, because they carried catapults, they could only stare.

In this era, except for the catapult, there is no weapon with a range of more than 300 meters.

But at this time, in the Song army, there were suddenly several loud arrows shooting straight into the sky.

These loud arrows exploded in the air, making a loud noise, which echoed in the mountains.

The Yuan army in Xiying hadn't figured out why the Song army suddenly fired arrows, and they were stunned for a moment.

It was only ten seconds after the sounding arrow exploded, suddenly many dark things fell towards Wutong Ridge on the south and east slopes of Wutong Ridge.

A deafening sound sounded one after another.

When you climb Wutong Ridge, it seems that the earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking.

Countless earth and rocks were blasted away.

The smoke billowed.

The camps of the Yuan army were overturned by the air waves, or were blown up.

The Yuan army, who was waiting in full battle outside the camp, was stunned.

They watched those black things fall into their own army formation, and then countless robes were blown to pieces.

The originally neat formation suddenly became chaotic.

This thing is so powerful, who would dare to stand still underneath it?

Kong Yuan was at the top of Wutong Ridge, and he was also dumbfounded when he saw the shells raining down on the camps on both sides of the southeast.

He had heard from the defeated troops in Ali Hague that the Song army had weapons with great power and a long range, but he never thought that the grenades would be so powerful and have such a long range.

How is this thing made?

Seeing the chaos of the camps on both sides, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Send the order to send troops to the east and south! Take those two mountains!"

Of course, it is impossible for him to watch his army get bombed.

Looking at the range of the grenade, it is obviously impossible to run up the mountain, then the Song army will only press up, and even his camp of the Chinese army will be covered by artillery fire.He had no other choice but to let the soldiers of the East and South Battalions go down the mountain.

Usually, a weapon that hits far can't hit too close, like a catapult.

(End of this chapter)