The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 764 Military Situation [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

However, the army had already settled down, and it would not be so easy to move out again.

In the reeds on both sides of the banks of the five rivers, light boats loaded with fully-equipped soldiers quietly opened the green tents and sneaked towards the military bases of the Shadow Tiger Legion.

Ji Bu reacted quickly and discovered the problem at the first moment, but it took time for military orders to be transmitted back and forth.

Before his order could be passed on, the naval officers and soldiers who had been waiting for a long time had already launched the attack.

As one of the three major legions of the Chu State, the Shadow Tiger Legion was naturally very powerful. It discovered the navy’s sneak attack at the first moment and launched a counterattack immediately.

However, after the first round of charge by the war horses, they discovered that due to terrain restrictions, their vanguard troops did not have the opportunity to make a detour. If the first camp could not make a detour, then the second camp would not be able to launch a charge, otherwise it would trample the first camp.

The navy only needs to block the first round of cavalry charge, and the two sides will have to engage in close hand-to-hand combat.

Signal fireworks were launched into the sky, and dazzling fireworks exploded in the sky. Deafening shouts of fighting broke out all over the Gokawa Plain.

On the Huai River, the navy ships set sail immediately and rushed to the waters of Xishankou, directly blocking the entire canyon.

According to the predetermined plan, the warships sailed from the Huai River into the five rivers and rushed to their respective battlefields, providing long-range arrow rain attacks for their comrades who had already started hand-to-hand combat.

In terms of individual soldier quality, cavalry is superior to all infantry types, second only to decisive battle types such as Wei Wuzu, Qin Ruishi, and Qi Jiji, and has the same status as archers.

But the navy is not much inferior. No matter in strength or personal quality, the navy soldiers are not inferior to the cavalry.

Cavalry are stronger than ordinary infantry because of the weapons they use, but naval soldiers need to row continuously every day, so they are even stronger than cavalry.

The most terrifying thing is that these navy soldiers are very mean. If they cannot win, they will retreat and jump into the water, making the Shadow Tiger Legion soldiers lose their target. Once the Shadow Tiger Legion soldiers jump into the river to fight with the navy soldiers, what awaits them is ruthless slaughter.

The naval soldiers would never leave the river too far. Once they found something wrong, they would immediately escape by water.

The addition of warships directly destroyed the pontoon bridges and bridges connecting the two banks, completely leaving the Shadow Tiger Legion on an isolated island on the plain.

The navy only needs to keep harassing, ambushing, and slowly nibbling away at the cavalry to kill them all on the isolated island plain.

"Water battle!" Ji Bu looked up at the sky and closed his eyes.

As generals of the Chu State, they actually lost in a naval battle. What a shame it was.

The Chu State, which was once famous for its naval battles and destroyed Wu and Yue, would one day lose in a naval battle.

Even though the war had just begun, with the warships blocking the river, he could already predict the outcome.

"Send a message to Xia Cai and request the Thunder Leopard Corps to come for support!" Ji Bu gave the order again.

If the Thunder Leopard Corps had not completely evacuated Xia Cai and come to support, then the Wuhe Plain would be the burial place of the navy. They had to hold on now until the Thunder Leopard Corps arrived.

On the Huai River, relying on the width of the Huai River, they could not do anything to the navy, but where the five rivers converged, the five rivers were not wide, so they could also attack the navy's warships.

Therefore, Ji Bu could only hope that Bambu was still in the Thunder Leopard Corps and that the Thunder Leopard Corps was still in Xia Cai.

As light cavalry, the Shadow Tiger Corps did not have those large engineering equipment and strong bows and crossbows, so even though the warships were now restricted to the Five Rivers and could be hit by strong bows and crossbows and catapults, they did not have such weapons. The Shadow Tiger Corps did not have them, but the Thunder Leopard Corps did!
As soon as the Thunder Leopard Corps arrives, the navy will either withdraw or their ships will be destroyed and people will die.

Opportunities and risks coexist.

While the navy wanted to keep all the Shadow Tiger Legion, Ji Bu also wanted to annihilate the navy here.

Now they are competing and trying to see who can last till the end!
On the flagship, Wei Ju stared at the battlefields everywhere, looked at the information sent back from various places, and was also waiting for the information sent back from the tower ship.

They didn't know the movements of the Thunder Leopard Corps, so they could only gamble!
Once the Thunder Leopard Corps arrives from Xiacai, regardless of whether the tower ships can intercept the enemy, they must withdraw from the Wuhe Basin and return to the Huai River as soon as possible.

"The meaning of total annihilation is not to kill everyone, but to break up the structure of all camps!" Yun looked at the intelligence sent back from the battlefield angrily and calmly explained the true meaning of the word total annihilation.

It is impossible to annihilate all the soldiers.

The so-called total annihilation means to break up and disable all the structures of an army, and to disband the entire army.

In fact, it is very easy to defeat a battalion to the point where its organization is incomplete. If you kill about one-tenth of the battalion, the morale of the entire battalion will be dispersed, and defeat will occur in an instant.

Once the army is disbanded, it will be soon to be disbanded.

If even one-tenth of the casualties cannot lead to the defeat of the army, then this army is no longer an ordinary army, but an elite force with a military soul destined for decisive battle.

"General Yun is going to take action?" Wei Ju looked at Yun expectantly and angrily.

A top-level general does not play a big role in a large-scale military campaign, but in a divided battlefield or a small-scale battlefield, a top-level general will determine the outcome of a local battlefield.

When this top general wins a local battlefield and expands this advantage to the entire army, it will determine the outcome of a major war.

And this is the military situation!
"I am itching to do it!" Yun took his spear from his attendant with an angry smile, waved it twice, jumped off the ship and sailed towards the shore in a small boat.

"Look at others, then look at you!" Wei Jiu complained about Sheng Qi.

In this kind of battlefield situation, Shengqi and Juque are actually the most effective.

It’s a pity that Shengqi couldn’t understand the situation on the battlefield, so he couldn’t lead the troops, let alone guide the army to fight and find the enemy’s weak points to break through.

Shengqi looked at Yun's angry figure walking away and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't speak.

He can fight and kill, but on a battlefield like this, he doesn't know who to fight with or where to attack.

Once he enters the battlefield, he may not even be able to tell the directions, let alone lead the army to conquer.

"Sword in hand, follow me!" After jumping from the light boat to the shore, Yun Danu just shouted loudly, and the surrounding soldiers subconsciously looked at him, and then recognized the armor on Yun Danu's body. It was the red flame armor that only the elite officers of Bingzhou could wear. It would be right to follow this general.

Yun waved his spear in anger and led the charge towards the cavalry camp. After knocking down a soldier of the Shadow Tiger Legion with his spear, he jumped on his horse and seized the opponent's horse, making the Shadow Tiger Legion truly understand how big the gap was between them and the Bingzhou Blood Cavalry as they were also cavalry.

(End of this chapter)