Chapter 322 The INFORMATION are wrong

Yuan Xi's ability in charging into battle may not be as good as that of second- or third-rate generals.

But he has one specialty.

Defense.

This was something he was forced to do in Beixincheng. Although he achieved nothing in those three years, it brought him a lot of valuable experience.

At the urging of their leader, the soldiers of the Montenegrin Army scrambled to climb over the wooden wall that was as high as a person, but before they could stand firmly, they were nailed to the wall by spears.

This height was carefully calculated. It was difficult for soldiers wearing armor and carrying long weapons to climb over. The first group of people who came in were all lightly dressed and carrying short swords, and were severely restrained by the long spears of the Youzhou army.

With just this one encounter, the hundreds of Black Mountain vanguard soldiers who had climbed over the wall were wiped out.

Yuan Xi ordered the soldiers around him to use long spears to hook the fallen Black Mountain soldiers over to prevent the bodies from piling up.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yu Digen hurriedly ordered the soldiers to retreat and run around the wooden wall to look for weak points.

As soon as the Black Mountain soldiers turned around and ran, feather arrows or long spears shot out from the large and small arrow holes in the cracks in the wooden wall. The Black Mountain soldiers were caught off guard and fell to the ground screaming in pain.

When Yu Digen saw this, his blood boiled. Before he went up the mountain, he had never thought that an encounter and field battle in the mountains would turn into a battle to attack and defend the camp!

How did they come up with such a disgusting tactic?

It was the first time that he faced the ferocious tiger of the Yuan family in person. He suddenly realized that the Youzhou Army led by him was completely different from what he had expected. He had fought many battles in his life, but he had never seen anyone adopt such a turtle tactic before engaging in a battle!

Seeing that the Black Mountain Army outside was in a panic, Yuan Xi thought that this was not a problem of the quality of the soldiers, but a difference in logistics and supplies.

What later generations called trench warfare, to put it simply, was the use of cover to create an unbalanced suppression of the attacking enemy.

This kind of tactic was not uncommon in the Han Dynasty. The chariot formation used by Yuan Xi before was one of them.

But most of the time, a large amount of equipment is needed to create this situation. The reason why it is rarely used in field battles is that making equipment and cutting wood require a large number of tools and craftsmen. Without sufficient preparation, it is difficult to see the effect.

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

But Yuan Xi did it.

If you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools. As for tools, he streamlined the military and government, and kept the number of troops under his command below 10,000, in order to use the saved money on preparing a large number of tools.

From saws and axes for logging to pickaxes for digging, other princes would rather use this precious iron to forge a few more spears.

But Yuan Xi spared no expense and provided each soldier with at least two tools, so that the entire army could be mobilized to dig and cut wood, and a simple camp could be built in just one or two days.

As for craftsmen, they were placed in the daily training of soldiers.

Soldiers not only need to train in marching and fighting, but also need to learn to read and learn skills. They discuss and study in groups of ten or five every day. In this way, every soldier has basic apprenticeship knowledge and skills, and can be independent in the manufacture of war tools.

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

Some generals prefer to find honest soldiers and do not like soldiers who are too smart, fearing that they are too smart and disobedient, but Yuan Xi does not think so.

Such soldiers can only execute orders mechanically. On the battlefield where communication basically depends on shouting, if the organization is broken up, they can easily become headless flies, 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 ask them to receive a few years of formal free education, learn a certain number of words, and master certain skills like a real craftsman.

But it's actually not difficult to do one thing first.

Let them develop the habit of independent thinking.

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

Think carefully about the purpose of each command given by a 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 if a scholar who is well versed in military strategy were to answer Yuan Xi's question, he might not be able to give the correct answer, as there is no standard answer to this kind of question.

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

Things like using obstacles to kill the enemy, cooperating with teammates to contain the enemy, and attacking the enemy's weak points. These things don't even require anyone to command them. These soldiers will naturally look for opportunities to do them.

They are verifying the knowledge gained from training on the battlefield to improve their combat effectiveness!

Yu Digen also began to realize that something was wrong. The Youzhou army was extremely cunning and treacherous. They would never engage in a head-on attack if they could launch a sneak attack, and would never miss an opportunity to take advantage.

If this goes on, all of my troops will be destroyed here!

He could only hope that a cavalry group led by Huang Long in the southeast could bypass the enemy and launch a surprise attack from behind to resolve his current predicament!

But he would not have thought at this time that Huang Long's cavalry, which had crossed the Black Mountain from a small path and wanted to cut off the food supply of the Youzhou army, had already encountered Yan Rou's cavalry.

The two sides were fighting fiercely at this time. In the melee, Huang Long was already at a disadvantage and could not take care of himself. Not to mention cutting off the food supply, even escaping unscathed became a luxury!

Huang Long was riding on a horse, using a wooden shield to block the arrows shot by the enemy, feeling extremely frustrated.

How could the enemy know the route of our cavalry's exit from the mountain and ambush them in advance?

Yuan Xi saw that Yu Digen's side was in chaos, and thought that if this continued, he would probably win the battle.

He had already learned that the Black Mountain Army had another cavalry unit coming out of the mountain from the southern path. In response, he sent Yan Rou to intercept them in advance.

The most important part of war is intelligence.

Knowing yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger. This has been the military wisdom for thousands of years.

For Yuan Xi, who had already started planning, the Montenegrin Army was not infiltrated like a sieve, but many of the Montenegrin generals had his spies under their command.

Most of these people were remnants of the Taiping Dao who believed in prophecies. After Yuan Xi promised them some illusory things, intelligence about the Black Mountain Army was leaked out like snowflakes.

Therefore, Yuan Xi had already known the information about Yu Digen and Huang Long in advance, so he just sat there and waited for them to come and lured them into the trap.

After half an hour, Yu Digen's soldiers gradually began to lose their strength and fell one after another in the hail of bullets and arrows. The remaining people could only panic and look for trees to cover their bodies, and their morale became even lower.

Yuan Xi saw that the time was almost right, so he ordered Tian Yu to open the camp, let the soldiers line up and march out of the camp, and equip themselves to deal a final blow to Yu Digen.

Suddenly, a sharp whistle was heard in the distance.

Yuan Xi had a bad feeling, so he climbed onto the wooden platform, took out a telescope and looked towards the mountains in the distance.

When he could see clearly the hills in the distance, his face became serious.

The woods were crowded with people, and everywhere was the reflection of the tips of weapons. At a glance, there were probably nearly 10,000 people on the few hills!

Montenegrin Army reinforcements!

This happened too fast!

As the command flag was unfurled on the middle hill, the Black Mountain Army soldiers on several hills shouted in unison and surrounded the hill where Yuan Xi was!

When Yuan Xi saw this, he thought he was being tricked.

Since we have planted spies on the other side, they can naturally provide false information. After all, Montenegro is the other side's home ground.

Judging from the situation, some people in the Montenegrin Army have concentrated their superior forces and are ready to defeat me in a blink of an eye.

Yuan Xi's face became solemn. The Black Mountain Army had been able to fight Yuan Shao for so many years, so they must be no ordinary troops. Now the situation had changed.

Seeing the soldiers from the opposite side rushing down the mountain like a torrent and surrounding Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi realized that it would be difficult if he was surrounded!

Yu Digen had already taken the opportunity to retreat down the mountain with less than half of his remaining troops. He cursed loudly and called on the Black Mountain leaders to attack the mountain together to avenge Yuan Xi's arrow!

Tian Yu stepped back and said, "Sir, do you want to..."

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

"Let them attack a few times first to test their quality."

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

After hearing this, Yuan Xi nodded and said, "Thank you, Brother Tian. Be careful in everything. If anything goes wrong, retreat back to the camp."

Tian Yu nodded and led his soldiers to form a battle line in front of the camp.

Several leaders gathered at the foot of the mountain, including Lei Gong, Da Hong and others, and the leader was Yang Feng!

She led a large army behind and only let Yu Digen explore the way. Once the enemy was lured out, she would be ready to attack with the entire army and annihilate the enemy completely!

Lei Gong laughed loudly and said, "You took all the credit, and now you're at a disadvantage!"

Yu Digen was covered in dirt and said angrily, "Damn, this opponent is really hard to deal with."

"I'm going to take revenge myself later!"

This time, within half an hour, six or seven hundred of his subordinates were killed. These were all his personal soldiers, which made him extremely distressed.

Da Hong laughed and said, "How many soldiers do you have left? You should take a break."

"I heard that the ferocious tiger is also in the camp this time. Let me and Thunder God break into the camp and bring its head to Chief Yang!"

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

Yang Feng put his hands on the awning, squinted his eyes and looked at the Youzhou army that was forming a battle array on the mountain, and said, "Something is not right."

"They are almost 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!"

"Setting up a camp on the mountain is a taboo in military strategy. Even if we surround them but don't attack, they will die of thirst sooner or later!"

Da Hong quickly patted his chest and said to Yang Feng: "No need to surround them, I will lead an army to the mountain and kill them all!"

Everyone has long known that Dahong has been wanting to show off in front of Yang Feng over the years, and they think that Chief Yang may have his eyes on Lord Zhang Yan. Don't you know that?

They were happy to watch the show, and Lei Gong said with a smile: "Well, I'll give this credit to you."

"But if you lose, I'll go up and pick peaches."

After he said this, Da Hong felt even more that he was being watched, and he roared, "What kind of fierce tiger, come to our territory, no matter if it's a dragon or a tiger, you have to lie down in a coiled state!"

"Look! I'm going to capture the ferocious tiger alive, rip its tendons off and skin it!"

Yang Feng narrowed her eyes. She also wanted to see the details of this legendary ferocious tiger. She also didn't understand why the other party would set up a camp on the mountain?

You know, there is a lack of water in the mountains, which is a serious taboo in military strategy. What are the other party's considerations?

She said to Dahong, "If you want to go up, go up, no need to tell me."

After hearing this, Da Hong pounded his chest a few times and said with a smile, "Watch me!"

Yuan Xi saw the Black Mountain Army soldiers starting to climb the mountain and thought it would be a good idea to train them as an appetizer.