Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 537 The First Battle
The pre-war demonstrations on both sides were comparable, and the South Vietnamese army looked condescending and seemed to be superior.The waves of pine waves, accompanied by the majestic roar, stood tall and spread far, overwhelming the Minyue army invisibly.

More importantly, there was another person sitting on top of the Minyue Army: Liang Xiao.

Liang Xiao sat on a steep slope extending dozens of steps out of the main body of the mountain, facing Yu Shanzhong's army south of the big river. The slopes on both sides were steep, almost straight up and down, and it was difficult to climb. He, seemingly dangerous, is actually cool and safe.

He is sitting here, his position is a little lower than Zhao Yingqi, he looks like he is the forward leader for Zhao Yingqi, but his position is forward, no matter if it is the Minyue Army at the bottom of the mountain or the South Vietnam Army at the top of the mountain, there are nearly half of them. people can see him.For the Minyue Army, he was a huge rock in his heart, so heavy that he could not be ignored.For the South Vietnamese Army, he was a ballast stone. As long as he saw him, he would have confidence in his heart, no matter how big the storm was.

Such a position, of course, was carefully chosen by him, for the invisible, unexplainable, but clearly felt psychological impact.

Hearing the roar of the South Vietnamese army behind him, Liang Xiao was very satisfied.The mental state of the South Vietnamese soldiers at this moment is stable, with fighting spirit, but not frivolous.They know that the battle that is about to begin is difficult, but they are full of belief that they must win.

This is the mental state that should be fought in a tough battle.

Next, it depends on whether the small formation he practiced can outperform the legendary power.It is said that after Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck formation is practiced, he can win every battle, but his own casualties are negligible.Although his small formation doesn't have strange weapons like the Wolf Whip, the enemies he faces are not Japanese pirates holding sharp Japanese knives, so the effect should not be far off.

The disparity in military strength between the two sides is too great. He must minimize his own casualties. If Yu Shan is beaten to death, he feels that this is an impossible task and retreats.

The deep drums sounded, and the battle officially kicked off.

At the foot of the ridge, a thousand-man team at the forefront of the Fujian-Yue Army's zigzag formation spread out and climbed up the slope cautiously.

Liang Xiao shook his legs and looked at the Minyue Army at the foot of the hill.This thousand-man team is not considered elite—the first tentative attack, it is customary to use ordinary combat troops as cannon fodder to test the opponent's reality.Only when you see the opponent's flaws and decide to win with one blow, will you use the real elite.

Shiliu Ridge is not too high, that is, two to three hundred steps, but the slope facing the river is the slowest, and the length is correspondingly the longest, with a distance of four to five hundred steps.There are more than 200 steps at the bottom to reach the ground, and the top is getting steeper and steeper, making it difficult to walk.The Fujian-Vietnamese army had to guard against sudden arrows or stone throws on the mountain, and walked more carefully, almost at every step. It took nearly a meal of effort to climb halfway up the mountain.

Seeing that they were about to enter the range, the Minyue Army stopped, checked the terrain again, and prepared to fight.

Under the cover of swordsmen and spearmen, the archers stood in two rows, with their bows and arrows drawn, ready to shoot at any time.Swordsmen and spearmen also looked like they were facing a formidable enemy, with their eyes fixed on the forest above them, for fear that arrows would suddenly shoot out from inside and stones would be thrown down.Some even glanced at Liang Xiao who was standing forward from time to time.This man is said to be the god of arrows, who can take his life hundreds of steps away. The last time the cavalry broke out, both the Prime Minister and General Jing were shot by him, so he had to be extra careful.

Liang Xiao's prestige has been passed down to the point of a myth, and his every move has attracted much attention, especially Wu Zhu, the captain of the Minyue Military Academy who is in charge of the frontal attack, dare not be careless in the slightest.The sharp archer is the sniper in the army, and the target of the sniper's attention is the opponent's general. This is common sense that everyone knows.Facing a legendary archer like Liang Xiao, any negligence could lead to death.

There was silence on the ridge, only the drums were beating unhurriedly, but the South Vietnamese soldiers who were preparing to fight could not be seen.In the woods, some figures could be vaguely seen, but it was unclear whether they were scouts observing the situation or soldiers preparing to fight.

Wu Zhu was deeply disturbed by the unreasonable reaction of the South Vietnamese Army.The invisible enemy is more terrifying, this is the inertia of thinking that everyone will have.In fact, this was one of Liang Xiao's reasons for arranging the soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army to hide in the woods, using every possible means to continuously exert psychological pressure on the opponents, so that they would use up their physical strength in tension, while he waited for work with ease.

This is not only the case on the frontal hillside, but also on several other hillsides.Four or five hundred South Vietnamese knights dismounted and pawned, and their range of defense was limited. Taking advantage of the situation, it was a helpless choice to wait for the opponent to climb to the top of the slope before counterattacking.

Wu Zhu and the others were not roundworms in Liang Xiao's stomach. They didn't expect so much. Seeing that the South Vietnamese army hadn't appeared for a long time, they could only beat drums and ask Yu Shan at the foot of the mountain for instructions.The battle drums of the Minyue Army came and went, all asking for orders to attack.

Yu Shan of the Chinese Army hesitated for a while, then issued an order to attack.

Under the urging of the military order, the soldiers of the Fujian and Yue soldiers shouted in unison, and a hundred swordsmen and spearmen repulsed the same number of archers and rushed forward to the point of fifty or sixty steps outside the forest. shooting.

Hundreds of feathered arrows jumped up and shot into the forest.

There was no sound in the woods, and there was no reaction at all, as if there was no one in it at all.

The Minyue army fired a burst of arrows, but seeing no response, more archers rushed forward, and set up a covering formation at a distance of more than ten steps.Immediately afterwards, two hundred sword shieldmen and spearmen rushed through the gap between the archers and rushed towards the woods.

Although it was only fifty or sixty steps, it was uphill after all, and it was necessary to guard against possible attacks at any time. The Fujian and Yue soldiers walked very hard, panting and sweating profusely.When they rushed to the edge of the woods, no one gave orders, they all stopped at the same time, panting heavily while observing the situation in the forest.

At this moment, there was a rapid drum sound in the depths of the forest, and dozens of sharp arrows flew out.Several Fujian and Yue soldiers were shot by arrows, screaming everywhere, and the formation was in chaos.When they raised their shields and looked around with wide-eyed eyes, the woods became quiet again. The sound of the drums disappeared, and the feathered arrows disappeared. There was a weird atmosphere.

The soldiers of the Fujian and Yue soldiers were still in shock, and asked Wu Zhu behind him for instructions. After Wu Zhu considered for a moment, he sent another 200 people up, a total of 400 people, to line up at the edge of the woods, and then cautiously walked into the woods step by step.

Seeing two or three hundred Fujian and Yue soldiers disappearing into the shade of the trees, Liang Xiao couldn't help but hold his breath. The foreplay was over, and the next step was real hand-to-hand combat.Whether the small formation can play the role he expects, whether the South Vietnamese soldiers can withstand the attack of the Fujian and Yue troops, and win more with less depends on the performance of the next battle.

The outcome of the first battle affected the morale of both sides, especially the morale of the South Vietnamese soldiers.

Liang Xiao's fingers were beating lightly, as if playing a silent battle song.

Responding to his fingers, all of a sudden, the sound of war drums in the woods rang loudly, and the Nanyue soldiers roared in unison, and rushed out from their hiding place. A group of ten people rushed towards Minyue, who had just entered the woods and hadn't seen the surrounding situation clearly. military.Watching the Minyue army climb up step by step, they had already prepared for the battle. At this moment, when they heard the sound of the battle drums, they immediately descended like a tiger and rushed to the Minyue army.

The sun was shining outside the forest, but it was much darker in the forest. The tired and hot Fujian and Yue soldiers walked from the bright place to the dark place.In addition, after climbing the hillside for half an hour back and forth, I encountered a lot of strange things, exhausted a lot of physical strength, and the string in my heart was even more tense. I was suddenly attacked, and I couldn't help feeling a little flustered. Shouting, rushing to fight.

One recharges his batteries and waits for work with leisure; the other is exhausted physically and mentally, and mentally tense.As soon as the fighting began, the situation favored the South Vietnamese Army.

What made the soldiers of the Minyue Army even more depressing was that the formation of the South Vietnamese Army was quite different from what they had estimated.The soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army did not line up in several horizontal formations like them, but formed small formations and fought on their own.Before contact, the opponent's arrow hit first, then the spear pierced, and then the sword slashed.Combining long and short, both near and far, the offensive is fierce.

The Minyue Army has never encountered such an opponent who is as flexible as a bandit but more ferocious than a bandit.They easily broke into the formation of the Minyue Army, slashed and killed dozens of people in a blink of an eye.Although the Minyue army fought back vigorously, they lacked cooperation with each other and could only fight in groups of three or four. Facing the small formation of the South Vietnamese army, they were helpless and fell to the ground one after another, screaming everywhere.

Seeing this scene, the confidence of the South Vietnamese soldiers increased greatly, and they killed more happily.The soldiers roared and cheered each other up. While killing the enemy, Shi Chang paid attention to the whole situation.He is in the formation, surrounded by companions to protect him, he can calmly observe the situation of the opponent and his own side, and make timely adjustments.When their opponents couldn't pose enough threats to them, their morale was like a rainbow, and they showed the results of their usual training to the fullest, killing all sides.

Although the South Vietnamese army only dispatched five small formations, facing two or three hundred Fujian and Vietnamese troops, they had the upper hand and firmly controlled the situation.Under their three-dimensional attack, the Minyue soldiers fell down one by one, and the rest were terrified and retreated step by step, and some even turned around and fled, rushing out of the woods.

Hearing the shouts of killing in the woods, Wu Zhu was also very nervous. Just as he was hesitating whether to send more people to rush up, he found that his subordinates had withdrawn from the woods, and their expressions were disconcerted, and they were shocked.While ordering his subordinates not to retreat, he rushed forward with his men, rushed to the edge of the woods, rushed forward, chopped down several deserters with his sword, and managed to control the situation.

The forest gradually calmed down, the shouts of killing dispersed, and even the wailing of the wounded soldiers disappeared one by one.

Wu Zhu was even more disturbed.Under the protection of his personal guards, he led five hundred soldiers into the woods step by step.

There are many corpses hiding in the woods. Looking around, they are almost all Fujian and Vietnam soldiers, and there is not a single South Vietnam soldier in sight.More than 200 people who were alive and kicking just now are now silently lying in a pool of blood, and the terrified expressions on their frozen faces are even more frightening.

The atmosphere in the woods was as solemn as a mountain, pressing on the hearts of every soldier of the Fujian and Vietnam Army, making their hearts beat faster and their breathing difficult.

At this moment, the sound of war drums suddenly sounded, and a dense rain of arrows shot from all sides.The Fujian and Yue soldiers were caught off guard and fell to the ground with arrows.Wu Zhu looked around while ordering the formation, and was horrified to find that he seemed to be surrounded, and even the figure of the enemy appeared behind him.

How many people are there?Wu Zhu felt his scalp go numb.Yu Shan said that the South Vietnamese Army only had 500 people, and he had 600 people here. If the South Vietnamese Army wants to surround him, the number cannot be smaller than him, otherwise it will be meaningless.Did Zhao Yingqi and Liang Xiao send everyone to deal with me?

Wu Zhu immediately denied this conjecture.He himself knew that as an ordinary general who had no military exploits and was promoted to lieutenant only by his experience, he would not be able to get into the eyes of the Nanyue prince and the champion of the Han Dynasty, and it was impossible for him to receive such high treatment.

Either Yu Shan's estimate of the strength of South Vietnam's troops was wrong, or something else happened.No matter what happens, it's not a good thing.

Before Wu Zhu could figure out what was going on, the soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army had already launched an attack.With the actual combat test just now, they now firmly believe in the power of the small formation.Without tension and anxiety, their movements became smoother, their cooperation became more tacit, and their attacks became more fierce, as if they were aided by a god.

The panic-stricken Minyue soldiers couldn't stop them at all, and they were beaten back steadily, with heavy casualties.

The soldiers of the Minyue Army finally collapsed. No one listened to Wu Zhu's orders anymore, and no one fought, they only knew to run for their lives.Losing the formation, no matter how many people there are, they will be in a state of disunity, and they have no ability to resist in front of the soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army who are fighting in formation.

The soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army fought more and more bravely, several small formations cooperated with each other, attacked and advanced, firmly blocked Wu Zhu, and beheaded him in front of the formation.

The Fujian-Vietnam Army collapsed across the board. In addition to dozens of people who escaped from the woods, more than 500 people were killed in the woods.

At the same time as the battle on the frontal battlefield ended, the battles on several other battlefields were also coming to an end. The first attack of the Minyue Army failed completely, with more than half of the losses.Two of the four captains, including Wu Zhu, were killed and one was seriously injured.

Yu Shan hadn't received any definite news yet, but when he heard the cheers from the soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army, his heart suddenly sank.

The South Vietnamese army cheered, and naturally the Fujian and Vietnamese troops were defeated.He didn't dare to neglect, and immediately ordered people to beat the drums and asked about the situation of each battlefield.

After some busy work, the results of various battlefields were sent to him.The specific statistics have not yet come out, but the rough results are enough to shock him.The attack would be difficult, and he had been mentally prepared for it, but such a complete defeat and such heavy casualties completely exceeded his mental capacity.

4000 people launched an attack, and more than half of them were lost. Two school captains were killed and one was seriously injured?
It seems that Jing Zhao's estimate this time is not very reliable.More than 2000 people were lost in one attack, how could 5000 casualties be possible.Could it be that tens of thousands of casualties were necessary to capture Pomegranate Ridge?
Yu Shan didn't dare to be careless, and immediately ordered people to go to the battlefields to count the casualties, and asked the soldiers who participated in the battle to learn about the situation of the South Vietnamese Army.
-
(End of this chapter)