Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 241 This dish is still warm!

After Qu Yi reorganized his troops, he ordered more than a thousand cavalrymen holding flags to march in the front, the infantry to hold powerful crossbows, and the auxiliary soldiers to use pack horses to transport arrows, and then they quickly headed for the hilly area.

Before leaving, Feng Ji sent military officers to Jiang Qi's camp to ask him to guard the two camps and not to attack without authorization to prevent a surprise attack by the Qingzhou army.

Then he jumped on his horse and galloped away with the army.

In order to achieve speed, Qu Yi decided not to rest for long on the road, and ordered the soldiers to rush directly to the hills several miles away and then take a short rest.

Fortunately, he was leading the elite troops of Yuan's army, who often organized and practiced marching in pairs, and were already familiar with short-distance marches.

The so-called follow-up army is usually more than a hundred miles away from the main force. It prepares three days of dry food, enters a war state and marches quickly, arrives at the meeting point at the specified time, can respond quickly to battlefield changes, and support the front army at any time to ensure that the combat efficiency, mobility and combat effectiveness of the entire army are top-notch.

Arriving on the battlefield as the last army to arrive can often have the decisive effect.

In other words, if this elite unit of Yuan's army was destroyed in Du County, it would be like breaking an arm, a strong right arm, for the 40,000 Yuan troops stationed in Ganling, and their pincer attack on Pingyuan County would be completely wiped out.

These more than 10,000 Yuan troops were like an extremely sharp cutting knife. When cutting meat, they could chop the opponent into two pieces with just a flick of the knife. If the shiny piece of meat suddenly turned into stone at the moment of being chopped, then the result - is self-evident.

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Anyone who is good at using troops would climb to a high place and look around to get an idea of ​​the enemy's situation. Qu Yi was no exception. Without climbing to a high place and observing the enemy from afar, who would dare to send his troops directly into battle, except for the Black Mountain Yellow Turban bandits and the White Horse Gongsun Zan?

Qu Yi ordered his soldiers to pile up earth to build a high ground, then he climbed up to look at the "Han" army. He saw that they had stopped cutting wood and the soldiers seemed to be sitting on the ground to rest. The entire camp backed by the hill was almost two-thirds completed. He couldn't help but marvel at the speed at which the Qingzhou army set up camp.

If I had hesitated any longer with Feng Ji, I would have probably made a wasted trip. Fortunately, there was still time to attack the unformed camp and break into it.

Seeing that the enemy had arranged their baggage carts in a semicircle in front of the camp, he was afraid that they wanted to use the carts to block the enemy. Unfortunately, they were not Hu people without armor. It was undoubtedly wishful thinking to think that they could stop more than 10,000 elite troops by simply forming a formation with baggage carts.

The chariot formation could be easily broken through by simply having the soldiers chop wood and ram the carts. However, some of the baggage carts seemed quite strange. The fully loaded supplies had not been unloaded yet, and sacks were wrapped on them, and they were pushed out to block the enemy.

Qu Yi stared at it for a long time, then thought of something and couldn't help laughing.

Han Muding believed that the camp was about to be built and the traces had been discovered by scouts. In order to buy time, he resorted to this desperate measure and pushed out all the baggage carts to hinder the enemy, which must have included the vehicles that had not yet unloaded their equipment.

He is truly a mediocre general who treats military affairs as a child's play. Such a person does not deserve to be overestimated.

Qu Yi and Feng Ji looked at each other and laughed. Both of them were confident people. They had originally looked down on Han Mu, and now they saw with their own eyes that his ability to set up formations was even more mediocre.

It was a credit that came right to him. People all said that Liu Xuande was good at recognizing talent among obscure people, but they didn't expect that he would miss the mark sometimes.

As for seeing that there were many tall soldiers wearing armor and carrying large shields in the opposing army, lined up to patrol the camp, Qu Yi was not surprised.

When an army goes to war, it will not only lead auxiliary soldiers, it must have soldiers who can fight. Two thousand combat soldiers among five thousand people is already a lot. Usually, a general will lead at most a thousand people, and the rest are all miscellaneous people.

From this we can see that Liu Xuande already attached great importance to this mediocre general, and he could use his head to intimidate Qingzhou.

Feng Ji nodded slightly to Qu Yi, who understood and immediately drew his sword. He gave the order to beat drums and march forward, letting the cavalry surround and attract attention in order to disrupt the enemy's morale.

The infantry approached with shields and crossbowmen shooting rapidly, while the auxiliary soldiers used felled trees to hit the chariot formation, and then broke through the wall to charge in. After the military order was passed down layer by layer, Qu Yi looked up at the sky, smiled and said to Feng Ji: "Tonight, this hill must be reduced to ashes, and their army must be annihilated."

"Dong dong dong..."

Flags were waving, war drums suddenly beat, Yuan's army drew their arrows and drew their swords. In a flash, the cavalry had already ridden their horses and circled the camp with bows and arrows drawn in order to disrupt the enemy's deployment.

As long as the soldiers are in disarray, they can be defeated in one battle.

This was their usual method of attacking Gongsun Zan, and it was extremely effective.

When the Qingzhou army heard the sudden sound of horse hooves, Liu Bei, who had hidden his scouts, chuckled and said, "I have come all the way here, prepared a feast, and finally got the guests I was waiting for."

"Calculate the time. If the cook has prepared dinner, this dish should still be warm."

"Qu Yi is very good at using crossbows, so I will not go up to the heights to command the troops. Lord Han can deploy the troops according to the previously planned strategy. The cavalry does not need to worry about them, just shoot them back with bows and crossbows. The first troops will go to the camp and put up large shields for protection, while the other troops will gather their strength and chase after the enemy when they are exhausted.

By the way, don't be in a hurry to fire the crossbows. Wait until the enemy's infantry is close to 500 steps before firing. If you see the enemy's central army flag moving forward, you need to be more patient.

Both the bed crossbow and the strong crossbow must be used together. It is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten fingers. It is better to ignore the enemy troops in other directions and let the first ones to climb the camp and set up guns and shields to meet the enemy. It is necessary to shoot thousands of arrows in an instant, kill and seriously injure one side of the enemy, and make the rest of them frightened and terrified.

The crossbow will first shoot through the enemy's shield, and after two or three breaths, the Yuan army will be frightened and the strong crossbow will quickly shoot in the chaos. Even if the string is broken and the crossbow is destroyed, there is no need to worry. "

Liu Bei stood up and solemnly instructed Han Mu.

"Yes!" Han Mu answered loudly, bowed heavily and left.

Then the sound of drums was heard in the camp. With each drumbeat, the soldiers skillfully arranged their weapons, preparing for the fierce battle that was to follow.

At the second drum beat, the military officers and soldiers, armed with their weapons, quickly lined up in battle array.

Three drum beats and with the waving of the command flag, the squad leader was in charge of the entire squad, the team leader was in charge of the entire team, and the village chief was in charge of the entire village. They marched quickly and lined up to the designated locations to wait for the enemy based on the drum sounds.

The sonic-shooting battalion had already been equipped with armor and weapons, so they had the fastest reaction speed.

Liu Bei listened to the dense footsteps and drums outside in the tent, silently calculating the time for the soldiers to line up. He smiled happily to Xun You, Guo Jia and others, "Yes, the Sound Shooting Camp and the Vanguard Camp have not neglected their training in the plains even when I conquered Xuzhou. They are even faster than before. It's worth my hard work to train them into an army."

"The army is getting stronger and stronger. Military officers and officers can control the army with ease. There are also military law officers to enforce military discipline. I am watching the two camps like watching children become successful. I am so happy that I can't express it in words."

The old father’s hard work finally paid off, and the “child” could now automatically seek out and defeat the enemy.

Liu Bei couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh.

Only when the war approaches can we find out whether we have been lazy and slacking off in peacetime.

(End of this chapter)