Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 323 The information is wrong
Yuan Xi's ability to charge in battle may not be as good as that of second- and third-rate generals.

But he has a specialty.

defense.

This was forced out in Beixincheng. Although he saw nothing in those three years, it brought him a lot of valuable experience.

Under the urging of the leader, the soldiers of the Montenegrin Army scrambled over the wooden wall one person high one by one. Before they could stand still, they were nailed to the wall with spears.

This height was carefully calculated. It was difficult for soldiers wearing armor and long soldiers to climb in. The first batch of soldiers who came in were all lightly dressed and carrying short knives.

With just this one meeting, the hundreds of Montenegro vanguard soldiers who climbed into the wall were wiped out.

Yuan Xi commanded the soldiers beside him, and hooked the fallen Black Mountain soldiers with long daggers to prevent the bodies from piling up.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yu Digen hurriedly ordered the soldiers to retreat and let them run around the wooden wall, looking for weak spots.

The Montenegrin soldiers just turned around and ran, and from the large and small arrow holes in the gaps in the wooden wall, they either shot feathered arrows or stabbed long spears. The Montenegrin soldiers were caught off guard and screamed and fell down one after another. land.

Seeing Yu Digen, his blood surged up. Before he went up the mountain, he didn't expect that the field battle between the mountains would turn into an offensive and defensive battle in the camp!
How did you come up with such a disgusting strategy?

It was the first time for him to face the fierce tigers of the Yuan family in person, and then he suddenly realized that the Youzhou army he led was completely different from what he had expected. He had fought many battles in his life, but he had never seen one. This kind of tortoise warfare was adopted before the war!
Yuan Xi saw that the Black Mountain Army outside was extremely flustered, and thought to himself that this was not a problem with the quality of the soldiers, but a difference in logistics.

The so-called trench warfare in later generations, to put it bluntly, is to use bunkers to cover up and form an unbalanced suppression of the attacking enemy.

And the Han Dynasty did not have this kind of warfare. The chariot formation that Yuan Xi had used before was one of them.

But most of the time, to form this kind of situation, a lot of equipment is needed. The reason why it is rarely used in field battles is because making equipment and cutting wood requires a lot of tools and craftsmen. Without sufficient preparation, it is difficult to see the effect.

The crude camp that Yuan Xi is now using, which is almost a fence, actually consumes a lot of manpower and material resources. Normally, it is impossible to build so many fences in a few days.

But Yuan Xi did it.

If a worker wants to be good at his work, he must first sharpen his tools. In terms of tools, he has streamlined his troops and simplified his administration, controlling the number of troops under his command to less than [-], in order to use the saved money and food expenses for preparing a large number of tools.

From saws and axes for logging to iron picks for digging, these precious irons were used by other princes to make a few more spears.

But Yuan Xi gave each soldier at least two tools regardless of the cost, so that the whole army could be mobilized to dig and log, and then they could build a simple camp in just a day or two.

As for the craftsman, it was placed on the daily training of soldiers.

Soldiers not only need to train for marching and fighting, but also learn to read and learn skills. They discuss and learn in Shiwu every day. In this way, every soldier has basic apprenticeship knowledge and skills, and can do the manufacturing of war tools. to stand alone.

This is the purpose of Yuan Xi's military training, not only to strengthen the body and exercise martial arts, but also to enlighten the mind.

Some generals like to find loyal and honest soldiers, and don't like soldiers who are too active, fearing that their minds will be disobedient, but Yuan Xi doesn't think so.

Such soldiers can only execute orders mechanically. On a battlefield where communication basically relies on roaring, if the organization is broken up, it is easy to become headless chickens, causing the situation to collapse.

Yuan Xi felt that since people are born with a brain, it would be a pity not to make good use of it.

It is obviously unrealistic to say that it is necessary for him to receive a few years of formal education, learn as many characters as possible, and master as many skills as a real craftsman.

But it's not that hard to do it first.

Let it develop the habit of independent thinking.

When Yuan Xi was training soldiers, he made a request to the soldiers.

Think carefully about the purpose of each order of the general during military training.

If you don't understand, go back and discuss with each other until you can come up with an answer that convinces others.

In fact, even a scholar who is proficient in the art of war may not be able to answer Yuan Xi's question correctly. There is no standard answer to this kind of question.

But Yuan Xi's purpose is to let soldiers develop the habit of thinking, and now it seems that the effect has been seen on the battlefield.

Such as killing the enemy by using obstacle terrain, cooperating with teammates to contain them, and attacking according to the enemy's weakness, these things don't even need to be commanded by humans, these soldiers will naturally look for opportunities to do it.

They are verifying the knowledge gained from military training on the battlefield, so as to improve their combat power!

Yu Digen also began to realize that something was wrong, the Youzhou army was extremely cunning and treacherous, those who could sneak attack would never face it head-on, and those who could take advantage would never let go of the opportunity.

If things continue like this, all my pioneers will be buried here!

He can only hope that a cavalry led by Huanglong in the southeast can go around and attack the enemy in front of him, and solve his current predicament!
But he didn't expect at this time that Huanglong's cavalry, who came out of the Black Mountain from the trail and wanted to cut off the Youzhou army's food road, had already encountered Yan Rou's cavalry.

The two sides were fighting inextricably at this moment, fighting together, Huanglong was already at a disadvantage and couldn't take care of himself, not to mention cutting off the food road, even retreating completely became an extravagant hope!
Huang Long was riding on the horse, using a wooden shield to cover the arrows shot by the opponent, feeling extremely aggrieved.

How could the opponent know the way out of the mountain for his cavalry, and lay in ambush in advance?
Seeing that the situation on Digen's side was already in chaos, Yuan Xi thought to himself that if this continues, the battle will be completely won.

He had already learned that there was another cavalry from the Black Mountain Army coming out of the mountain from the south path. As a response, he sent Yan Rou to intercept it in advance.

The most important part of war is intelligence.

Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles, which has been the wisdom of military strategists for thousands of years.

For Yuan Xi, who had already begun to deploy, the Black Mountain Army had been infiltrated into a sieve, but many of the Black Mountain generals had his eyeliner.

Most of these people were the remnants of the Taiping Dao who believed in the prophecy. After Yuan Xi promised them some illusory things, the information of the Black Mountain Army spread out like a snowflake.

Therefore, the information about Yu Digen and that Huanglong had been known to Yuan Xi in advance, so he waited and lured them into a trap.

After half an hour passed, Yu Digen's soldiers gradually began to run out of support, and fell down one after another in the hail of guns and arrows. The rest of the people could only panic and look for trees to cover their bodies, and their morale was getting lower and lower.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Yuan Xi ordered Tian Yu to open the camp, let the soldiers line up to go out, and equip Yu Digen for the final blow.

Suddenly there was a sharp whistle in the distance.

Yuan Xi had a bad premonition, he boarded the wooden platform, took out the binoculars and looked at the distant mountain.

When he saw clearly the mountains in the distance, his face became serious.

The forest was crowded with people, densely packed with reflections from the tip of weapons, looking around, there might be nearly [-] people on several hills!
Montenegro reinforcements!
This came too fast!
Seeing that the flag was unfurled on the hilltop in the middle, the soldiers of the Black Mountain Army on several hills shouted in unison, and surrounded the hilltop where Yuan Xi was located all over the mountains and plains!

Seeing Yuan Xi, he thought to himself that this is a trick.

Since I planted eyeliner on the opponent, the opponent can naturally give false information, after all, Montenegro is the opponent's home field.

Looking at this posture, someone from the Black Mountain Army has concentrated superior forces and is about to eat him with one sentence.

Yuan Xi's face turned serious. The Black Mountain Army had been able to fight Yuan Shao for so many years, so they must not be ordinary people. Now the situation has changed.

Seeing the soldiers on the opposite side rushing down the mountain like a torrent, encircling Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi knew that it would be difficult if his side was surrounded!

Yu Digen had taken the opportunity to retreat down the mountain with less than half of the remnants of his troops. He cursed loudly and called the leaders of Black Mountain to attack the mountain together to avenge Yuan Xi's arrow!
Tian Yu stepped back and said, "My lord, do you want to...?"

After hearing this, Yuan Xi said, "Wait a minute."

"Let them fight a few waves first, and try their quality."

After hearing this, Tian Yu said, "I'll go."

Yuan Xi listened, nodded and said: "Brother Laotian, be careful in everything, if something goes wrong, return to the camp."

Tian Yu nodded, and brought his own soldiers to line up in front of the camp.

Several leaders at the foot of the mountain gathered together, including Lei Gong, Da Hong and others, and the leader was Yang Feng!
She led the army to follow behind, and only let Yu Digen explore the way. Once the enemy is drawn out, she is ready to attack with the whole army and wipe out the opponent!

Lei Gong's voice was loud, he laughed loudly and said: "I let you take the credit, you will suffer!"

Yu Digen looked ashamed and said resentfully: "Damn, the other side is really difficult to deal with."

"Later, I will take revenge with my own hands!"

Within half an hour this time, six or seven hundred of his subordinates were killed, all of them were his direct soldiers, which made him feel extremely distressed.

Da Hong laughed and said, "How many soldiers do you have left, let's rest."

"This time I heard that the ferocious tiger is also in the camp. See me and Lei Gong break through the camp, and bring up the head to leader Yang!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Yang Feng, the leader.

Yang Feng put up the awning with his hands, squinted at the Youzhou army who was forming an array on the mountain, and said, "That's not right."

"They are about to be surrounded by us, how dare they come out to fight?"

"It seems that their formation is also very strange."

After hearing this, Lei Gong said, "They are just bluffing!"

"Building a stronghold on the mountain is already a big taboo for military strategists. Even if we surround them without attacking, they will die of thirst sooner or later!"

Da Hong hurriedly patted Yang Feng's chest and said, "Don't surround them, I will lead an army and go up the mountain to kill them all!"

Everyone has long known that Da Hong has been trying to show off in front of Yang Feng all these years, and he thought that Chief Yang may be looking at Master Zhang Yan, don't you know?

They were happy to watch the show, Lei Gong said with a smile: "Well, I'll let you do this song."

"But if you lose, I will go up to pick peaches."

When he said this, Da Hong felt that he had been watched all over, and shouted: "What a fierce tiger, come to our territory, no matter if it is a dragon or a tiger, you have to lie cross-legged!"

"Watch me capture the fierce tiger alive and skin it!"

Yang Feng squinted her eyes, she also wanted to see the details of this legendary fierce tiger, but she didn't understand why the other party set up a stronghold on the mountain?
You know, the lack of water sources on the mountain is a big taboo for military strategists. What is the opponent's consideration?

She said to Da Hong: "You can go up if you want, you don't need to tell me."

Da Hong heard this, hammered his chest a few times, and said with a smile: "Look at me!"

Yuan Xi watched the soldiers of the Black Mountain Army begin to climb the mountain, so he thought it was good to practice soldiers, so it was an appetizer.

(End of this chapter)