Chapter 1016: An ambush with over 10,000 people on both sides
"No, let me think about it first." Youye interrupted when he heard Qubing say that, and then he looked at the map and thought about it alone.
Because the battle on the hunting ground was going smoothly and many hunting teams were annihilated, the food in the cannibal village was very short, so most of the old, weak, women and children escaped and began to go out to find food by themselves. The range of activities of those old, weak, women and children was the river bend area guarded by the third battalion.
This is a cause and effect relationship. It can be said that the third battalion is now facing the same trouble as the first battalion, that is, there are too many enemies and too few troops. It is of course no problem to kill all the enemies, but it is difficult to capture them alive.
At this time, you have to make a choice, either concentrate your forces to eat one of the targets and give up the other, or you can't eat both. Youye quickly figured out Qubing's strategic purpose.
But he still asked, "What about the Second Battalion? You mean we should abandon the Second Battalion too?"
"Yes, the Second Battalion is now guarding the Salt Lake area, but the enemy has gathered heavy troops and counterattacked twice but was completely wiped out. They dare not send anyone to fight us now, and can only send some giant apes to harass us, but they are unable to effectively kill us. So, leaving the Second Battalion there is a pure waste of manpower. We can now abandon the Salt Lake first, and mobilize the troops of the Second and Third Battalions, including the militiamen who assist them, and concentrate all our forces to deal with this elite enemy in the hunting ground." Qubing pointed to the map and analyzed to Youye.
"Well, if we gather all the Shen Ce Guards, we will have 2,500 people. We can take out 1,000 militiamen from the hunting ground, 1,000 militiamen from the salt pond, and 2,000 militiamen from the river valley camp. We also need to keep 2,000 people to guard the prisoners of war there. In this way, we can take out 6,500 troops and put them all into the battle in the hunting ground. 6,500 against 4,500. There will be no problem in annihilating them all. The key is to see how many people can be captured alive."
After hearing Qu Bing's words about concentrating all the troops, You Ye immediately calculated. After calculation, he found that he actually had a military advantage, but he still had some concerns.
"That's fine, but what if we give up the position in the salt pond and the enemy comes back to occupy the salt pond? Didn't we fight in vain before?"
Qu Bing laughed when he heard this and analyzed it immediately.
"It's not a vain fight at all. Temporarily giving up is to gain greater benefits. After these two months of fighting, I also found that the previous battle deployment in Yanchi was a mistake. Since we occupied the enemy's Yanchi, we have only fought two blocking battles in total, and the total number of enemies killed was only about a thousand. But if we gave up Yanchi, we could actually get more opportunities."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Youye asked puzzled.
"Uncle You, think about it. Now that we have occupied Yanchi, the enemy comes to fight, but he finds that he can't beat us, so he doesn't come to fight. But we still keep the soldiers there, and the enemy dare not come. Isn't this a waste of manpower?
"But if we take down Yanchi and then give up, what do you think the enemy will do?" Qubing did not answer directly, but asked Youye in return.
"That's even necessary. The enemy will definitely send people to take back Yanchi again, and maybe they will send more people to defend it. "Youye said without thinking.
Pa--
Qubing clapped his hands fiercely and praised, "Yes, this is the result we want. If we can conquer the salt pond once, we can conquer it a second time and a third time, and the enemy will not give up this place, because people cannot live without salt, unless they have other ways to obtain salt.
"In this way, we can use the salt pond area to fight a tug-of-war with the enemy. We conquer it, eat up a wave of enemies, and then we give up this place again. The enemy must send people to replenish the defense, and then we can eat him again, and then we give up again, attracting the enemy to come to replenish troops, and repeating this operation. I want to see how many people they can send out."
Youye's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this. Yes, the previous tactics were really used wrong. They did not make good use of the particularity of the salt pond area at all, because this is a place that must be fought for by military strategists. The enemy cannot give up this place. Even if they know that there is a trap ahead, they have to jump.
And according to what Qubing said, fighting a tug-of-war with the enemy can not only use troops more flexibly, but also gain more opportunities as he said.
What's the point of holding on to that place now? They know they can't beat the Han tribe, so they don't come now. The Han tribe can't do anything with them either, because now is not the time to attack the enemy's base camp.
"Well, yes, you make sense. This is indeed better, and it also meets the strategic purpose you mentioned. We need to create more opportunities for war outside the enemy's forces. After eating up the enemies in the hunting ground area this time, even if the enemy no longer sends hunting teams to the hunting ground, we can use the importance of the salt pond to repeatedly attract the enemy to send young and strong people into this bottomless pit." Youye finally agreed. "
Yes, the word is used well, it's a bottomless pit. Let's use this bottomless pit to see how many people the cannibals have to fill it. When they really can't send anyone, we will carry out the second phase of the battle." Qubing also nodded and said.
"Well, then, should we start mobilizing troops now? Do you think we should report to the leader?" Youye nodded and asked.
"We must report, but not now. We should start mobilizing troops now, and we also need to mobilize a lot of supplies and food, otherwise it will be too late. As for the leader, it's okay to report two days later. When the time comes, we will explain the plan clearly and the leader will understand." Qubing suggested.
"Okay, then mobilize troops and give orders."
Qubing nodded, and then signed several orders, and then asked the messenger to send a letter to the second and third battalions on horseback, asking them to bring enough food and supplies, and take the militia with them, and march to the first battalion immediately.
After the order was issued, Qubing also gave orders to the first battalion, asking them to closely monitor the thousands of elite enemies in the valley south of the hunting ground, and report the enemy's movements at any time. When the troops are assembled, they can immediately launch an attack.
However, when the soldiers of the first battalion sent the reconnaissance results, another difficulty was placed in front of Qubing.
The terrain in the canyon is very unfavorable to encircle and annihilate the enemy. Even if there are 2,000 more troops than the enemy, it may not be enough.
The valley was narrow, very suitable for ambushing the enemy, but the places where ambushes could be set were occupied by the enemy, who were waiting to ambush the beasts there.
The Han tribe wanted to encircle and annihilate them, so there was only one way, which was to send half of the troops to climb over the mountains to the other side of the mountain, and then cooperate with the outside to encircle the enemy in the valley from both ends.
But this was obviously unrealistic. If they divided their superior forces into two parts, both would have to face all the enemies alone. In this way, the Han tribe would be inferior in strength in the local area, which was equivalent to cutting off their own limbs and losing their own advantages.
In addition, the mountains were blocked by heavy snow at this time. It was impossible to get thousands of people to cross the mountains. It was too dangerous and might even result in unnecessary casualties.
Third, the uncertainty of the beasts moving south. No one knows when they will move south. If we attack the enemy from both ends of the canyon, if the beasts suddenly move south and cross the canyon during the battle, then the Han tribe will have to face four or five thousand cannibal warriors in front and bear the crazy impact of the beasts moving south in the back. Not to mention that you have a rifle, even if you have a machine gun, you will be killed by the beasts.
Therefore, the valley is not the best battlefield.
Qubing was worried about this matter, and this time it was Youye who came up with an idea first.
"I have a suggestion, see if it works."
Qubing looked at him immediately after hearing this, "Uncle You, you said that the fight may start in a few days. If there is a way, hurry up, otherwise it will be too late to arrange it."
"Well, that's what I think. Think about it, our goal is just to prevent those thousands of cannibals from going back, right?" Youye analyzed and said.
"Yeah." Qubing nodded immediately.
"That's much easier. Our target is the enemy, not the herd of animals, so why do we have to ambush them in the valley? We are not going to hunt the herd of animals. We can just ambush them on their way back.
"Don't forget, these enemies are out hunting, and they have to bring the prey back after hunting, so we simply don't delay their hunting, let them hunt with peace of mind, and when they return with the prey, we will ambush them halfway. At that time, it will be up to us to choose the battlefield, and we will have more room for choice and arrangement.
"And when they return, they must be carrying a lot of prey, and they caught dead, and there are no live animals to help carry them. At that time, they will definitely move slowly, and they are reluctant to give up the meat, which will be more conducive to our action.
"Even if they capture a lot of prey and cannot transport all of it back at once, then they will definitely send some to transport the meat back, and the rest will stay where they are to guard. In this way, the enemy will divide their forces, and our advantage will be even greater. "You Ye explained his plan in detail.
"Yes, this is a good idea, this is good, in this way, we will have more time to prepare, we can ambush them at any place on their way back, Uncle You, your idea is amazing!" Qu Bing praised immediately after hearing it.
"Hehe, same for me, you are not bad either, I am tactically flexible, but in terms of strategic vision, you are better, you see farther, you understand the overall situation. "Youye was proud to hear the compliment, but he was also humble on the surface.
The two of them praised each other for a while, and after they finalized the plan, Qubing sent out another battalion for reconnaissance. One was to monitor the enemy's movements, and the other was to scout the enemy's return route to see which places were suitable for ambush and choose the places in advance.
Three days passed like this, and it snowed heavily again. This was the first heavy snow in the fourth month of winter in the north, but including the previous ones, the hunting ground area had accumulated six heavy snowfalls this year.
The snow fell for two consecutive days, and the howling cold wind made the cannibal hunting army ambushing in the valley suffer.
Fortunately, snowing also had an advantage for them. A large amount of snow buried the entire hunting ground area, and most of the moss and hay were covered by a thick layer. Covered with snow, and with the cold wind blowing, the snow froze very hard. The beasts that stayed here could not dig through the snow on the surface. After they could not find food, they finally began to move south on a large scale.
The cannibal hunting army finally waited for their prey. The only passage to the south, the deep canyon, was about to usher in a feast.
At the same time, after Qubing's troop transfer order was issued, the second and third battalions also led their militias to the hunting grounds in a hurry.
The second battalion in the Yanchi area was the first to come. In addition to the more than 700 people of the Shen Ce Wei Second Battalion, they also brought 1,000 militiamen recruited from the Yanchi camp.
The third battalion arrived late because of the long journey, but they also brought enough food and ammunition, as well as 2,000 militiamen from the river valley camp.
In addition to the people of the first battalion , , and the one thousand militiamen in the hunting camp, now the troops gathered around Qubing have exceeded six thousand five hundred people, which is definitely a force that cannot be underestimated.
After the troops were assembled, they took a temporary rest, and then waited for news from the front, and also let the soldiers who had forced to march here rest for two days.
On the third day after the snow stopped, the herd of beasts heading south finally arrived at the canyon where the cannibals had ambushed.
The herd of beasts rumbled as they ran, stirring up countless flying snow and ice particles. From a distance, it seemed as if the entire canyon was covered by white fog, and inside the white fog, there were endless thunders.
Crack—
rumble—
on the cliffs on both sides of the canyon, huge rocks, ice, and snow were all thrown down at once, immediately blocking the narrowest passage in the canyon. The herd of beasts was suddenly frightened and became... They became even more crazy.
Some wanted to turn around and run back when they saw the blockage ahead, but the ones behind them rushed forward regardless. The narrow passage was suddenly in chaos. Some alpacas and big-horned deer were caught in it, but they relied on their slender limbs and flexible bodies to rush forward desperately. However, they finally rushed out of the chaotic herd of animals, and in front of them was a barricade made of wooden spears.
Those wooden spears were inserted diagonally into the ground, and were frozen and extremely solid by the cold weather, as if they had grown on the ground. Countless big-horned deer and alpacas who were bravely moving forward were stabbed to death by the wooden spikes of the barricades before they could react. After some of them finally broke through the many obstacles, a series of tripwires and many huge rope nets suddenly rose from the snow in front, trapping a large number of animals again.
(End of this chapter)
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