Chapter 775: Liang Hongcai retreated to the valley
After dawn, Liang Hong ordered the number of people to be counted, and he was attacked twice, with about 10,000 casualties.
The damage caused was not serious, but almost all of the soldiers were in a state of malaise, which made Liang Hongcai worried.
Without waiting for noon, he asked the soldiers to eat early.
After eating, he immediately ordered the whole army to rest, since Liu Tingfeng was going to attack at night, they would sleep the same during the day.
The distance between the two armies is only 500 meters, but Liang Hongcai's army is in the light, and Liu Tingfeng's army is in the dark, and in this regard, Liu Tingfeng has the advantage.
Liang Hongcai couldn't see the situation in the mountains clearly, but Liu Tingfeng could see the general situation of Liang Hongcai's military camp.
When it was almost noon, seeing that Liang Hongcai's side was becoming quiet, Liu Tingfeng guessed that he might arrange for the army to rest during the day.
How can they rest in peace?
When Liu Tingfeng waited for them to start sleeping, that is, at noon, he arranged a sneak attack again, and this time, he ordered a million people to attack suddenly.
Liang Hongcai was also on guard, out of seven million people, he also left two million people on alert, but because they didn't have a good rest for two days and two nights, those soldiers who were on guard were also drowsy one by one, and they couldn't keep up their spirits.
At a distance of 500 meters, with a surprise attack, Liang Hongcai's two million troops were quickly scattered, chaotic, and there was no formation at all, and Liu Tingfeng's one million army was all mentally recuperated and rushed in a neat formation.
A frenzied rush of slaughter, like purgatory on earth, almost became a one-sided slaughter situation.
Of course, Liu Tingfeng also clearly ordered that they would not be allowed to go deep into the enemy camp, but to slaughter on the side close to Wanlong Mountain, and if they rushed into the center, they would definitely fall into the enemy's encirclement.
If a million people are surrounded by seven million people in the middle, then there is no return.
Liang Hongcai's military camp is like a square square, with a total of four sides, and the side close to Wanlong Mountain was suddenly hit by a million troops, and it was already in chaos, but the rear was not greatly affected, he and the military advisor Lu Zhicai immediately commanded the soldiers in the rear, and began to approach in an orderly manner in the direction of Wanlong Mountain, wanting to leave Liu Tingfeng's one million army behind.
Then, Liu Tingfeng didn't give them any chance, and two quarters of an hour later, when the situation was still in a state of chaos, Liu Tingfeng's army retreated decisively and retreated into Wanlong Mountain.
Because it was planned in advance, the retreat was also very orderly, the rear army turned into the mountain, and the front army retreated while fighting, until it was close to Wanlong Mountain, and then entered the mountain in an orderly manner.
When Liang Hongcai's rear army chased them out and approached Wanlong Mountain within nearly a hundred meters, they were greeted by a rain of arrows, causing great casualties.
Liang Hongcai immediately ordered the whole army to retreat and did not force its way into the mountains.
Seeing that Wanlong Mountain quickly returned to quiet, Lu Zhicai said helplessly:
"Liu Tingfeng also arranged a sneak attack during the day, he just wants us to never have peace!"
Liang Hongda's eyes kept staring at the mountain gate of Wanlong Mountain, and then said in a cold tone:
"Clean up the battlefield first and count the casualties on both sides."
An hour later, someone reported:
"The enemy suffered 50,000 casualties, and our army suffered 1,030,000 casualties."
Liang Hongcai frowned, his eyes were cold, and he didn't speak, but Lu Zhicai said in great surprise:
"How much? Are you sure you're not wrong? ”
Such a casualty comparison greatly exceeded his expectations, Liu Tingfeng's army, but nearly half of the recruits, how could it have such combat effectiveness?
The little general who reported buried his head and said in an affirmative tone:
"We've checked it three times, and it's really that number."
Lu Zhicai muttered:
"It seems that we can't stop his sneak attack if we don't besiege him!"
"This Liu Tingfeng is really a person who doesn't play cards according to common sense, obviously he doesn't have an advantage, it stands to reason that he is already at a disadvantage, it's too late to hide, and he even takes the initiative to sneak attack!"
As an experienced military advisor, Lu Zhicai suddenly felt that he had nothing to do.
Liang Hongcai withdrew his eyes from the mountain gate, and then said in a calm tone:
"Actually, when I came here, whether we attacked or not, we were already in a passive position."
After pondering for a long time, Liang Hong continued to analyze:
"He has set up a checkpoint at the mountain gate, and if we want to attack it, we will have to pay a heavy price, but if we are weak and do not attack, it will be an extremely advantageous barrier for them, as long as they retreat into the mountain, we will have nothing to do."
"However, they are in the dark and we are in the light, we dare not enter the mountain, and when we launch an attack, the initiative is in their hands."
"Liu Tingfeng has five million troops, he can freely arrange to take turns to rest, and every time he goes out, it is an army that has already cultivated his spirit, but we may be attacked at any time, and all the soldiers will not get a good rest."
"If we continue like this, we will be eaten away by them again and again."
Lu Zhicai also pondered, and said softly to himself:
"How do you crack this game?"
Both of them have a talent in their names, and they are indeed people with great talents, but in the face of such a situation, they all have a feeling of being powerful and having nowhere to go.
A strong attack will fall into the traps and ambushes of the opponent and will not be dominant; besiege but not attack, people will take the initiative to attack, and they are all sneak attacks, not fighting you head-on; If you retreat, it will be even more ugly, and the five million army that led eight million troops to encircle and suppress the other party will actually return in vain.
The key is that before the battle started, he had already lost two million troops, and the loss of the people was less than 200,000, that is to say, Liu Tingfeng's casualties were only one-tenth of his own.
If he continued to suffer casualties according to this ratio, when his entire army was annihilated, Liu Tingfeng would lose a million people at most, and in that case, he would have four million troops left to leave unharmed.
What a shame it is!
Liang Hongcai said indifferently:
"Boldly attacking the mountain, it must be the most irrational approach, entering the mountain, we only have the share of being slaughtered, guarding the mountain gate to besiege but not attacking, but to provide them with convenient conditions for sneak attack, five hundred meters away, they can attack our military camp in just a moment, our army does not even have time to react."
"In my opinion, since there is little point in staying here, then let's go to the forest a little behind, and also find a valley to set up camp, as long as it is properly arranged, we can be like them, and we can also be easy to defend and difficult to attack, and we will not give them a chance to sneak attack."
Lu Zhicai said unwillingly:
"Just leave? I really want to burn them all in there, so that they can stay here forever! ”
Liang Hongcai still kept his senses and said:
"Such a large forest, there must be countless animals of all kinds in it, and if it is burned, we will become sinners of history."
After the two discussed for a while, they finally decided to move the entire army to a valley fifteen miles away according to Liang Hongcai's proposal.
Stationed in the valley, they only need to guard the mountain gate, and they can rest the army in peace.
When Liang Hongcai's army had just started and had walked less than a mile, Liu Tingfeng ordered to send an army of two million to pursue him from behind.
In an instant, he fought with Liang Hongcai's rear army.
Liang Hongcai immediately ordered the whole army to turn around and decided to compete with Liu Tingfeng's army.
However, after about a quarter of an hour of fighting, Liu Tingfeng is army retreated into the mountains again, and did not love to fight.
When Liang Hongcai's army formed a formation, Liu Tingfeng's army had already safely entered Wanlong Mountain.
In this short period of an hour, Liu Tingfeng defeated Liang Hongcai's seventy or eighty thousand people at the cost of 10,000 people.
Lu Zhicai looked in the direction of Wanlong Mountain and said:
"They are really haunted, and I don't know what kind of tricks Liu Tingfeng will have to destroy our peace when we are stationed in the valley."
Liang Hongcai said slowly:
"After opening up the distance, we have arranged spies along the way, and we can check every move of the Liu Tingfeng army at any time, and when their people come out of the mountain, we will be able to get the news in time, as long as we are ready, why not be afraid of any of his tricks?"
As the sun set, Liang Hongcai's army had gradually moved away, and Liu Tingfeng and Bing Lan stood on the mountain peak to the north, looking into the distance, quietly watching them evacuate to another valley.
Bing Lan said with a little regret:
"It's a pity that none of the traps we prepared could be used, and they retreated like this!"
Liu Tingfeng was not surprised and said:
"All the preparations are just to be prepared, in fact, if you think about it from another position, you can understand that if you and I lead the army here, we will definitely not dare to attack in such a situation."
"Although these traps are useless, they are very necessary for us, you think about it, if their lord is not an experienced and calm man, and really attack, then how should we deal with it?"
"So, for us, it's an indispensable barrier, and it's indispensable."
Bing Lan looked at the valley in the distance, which had gradually drowned in the night, and said helplessly:
"Now that they are stationed in the valley, how are we going to attack them?"
Liu Tingfeng continued to inspect the valley with a calm face, and instead of answering Bing Lan's question immediately, he asked instead:
"Today, you accompanied Wang Meng for a day, has there been any progress in the relationship?"
Bing Lan replied expectantly:
"He really knows the topography of Wanlong Mountain well, and while walking around, he introduced me to the terrain and state of the entire Wanlong Mountain, which gave me a further understanding of Wanlong Mountain."
"When he left, I made a request, that is, I hope that he can come tomorrow with the military and negotiate the matter of cooperation with you again, the general, and he promised to go back and try it to see if he can persuade the military advisor to come."
"In my opinion, there is an eighty percent chance that their military advisors will come to negotiate with the general."
Hearing this news, Liu Tingfeng's face showed a look of relief.
Perhaps, they can become an excellent breakthrough for Liu Tingfeng to break the current deadlock.