Yu Di has led his troops to advance to the northern county, and the vanguard army has arrived at the outskirts of Matu City, can a forbidden magician come at this time?

Ding Kui wanted to discuss with Ruan Xingzhu and teach her how to hide her strength, but Li Fei lost her temper and dragged people away.

"That's fine, I'll talk to Xingzhu in private. He was helpless.

After thinking about it alone in the room for a while, he seemed to have a decision, "Zeng Jian, forget it, I'll go by myself." With that, he walked out of the room.

There are three towns to the east of the city of Matu, which are in the shape of ">" on the map, which is suitable for defense from a military point of view.

Before the main force of his army arrived, scouts came to explore the way, but they did not avoid the patrol posts of the Shaodian army.

Yu Di personally came to the vanguard army and asked about the information that the scouts had discovered.

"There are a large number of sentry towers between the three towns, and a large group of scouts has also been beaten back, how many soldiers and horses are guarding this Matu City?" he did not hear the most critical information.

"Probe again! Go to the five brigades, try to attack the city of Matu, and withdraw in case of strong resistance, and the 25th Division will then respond. I'm going to camp in town at least tonight. ”

Now there are a few hours left before dark, and he didn't expect the 30,000 horses of the forward army to break the city today, anyway, Dai Gu's order is to fight slowly, as long as he can take Matu City, he doesn't care about playing one day earlier.

Calculating the time, the North 1st and North 2nd Army Corps had not yet arrived at Tongze City and Kwai Castle, and the two flanks of the North 3rd Army Corps were not safe.

It's a pity that he didn't know that the Shaodian army, which had driven away the scouts strongly, was quietly moving, leaving only one squadron in each of the three towns to sentry.

Five thousand men and horses are not scouts for a city, there are more than ordinary city defense troops, and it can be said that it is the main offensive force.

"Brother Li, the enemy is here again. A young man in a red uniform ran back to the town to report.

The "Brother Li" in his mouth is quite tall, slightly fat, and the clothes on his body belong to the platoon commander in the Red Army of the Protectorate, which is equivalent to a squadron leader.

Responsible for guarding Matu City is the mixed 1st Division, that is, the reinforced division of the Red Army to protect the country, and the 3rd Regiment of the Strong Crossbow is on guard on the periphery, and the official title of "Brother Li" is the 1315 platoon leader, and the numerical number means 1st Division, 3rd Regiment, 1st Battalion, 5th Platoon.

"How many people? Is there a flag?" Brother Li had sharp eyes, and at first glance he was a master who was good at using bows and crossbows.

"Many, dense, few, it seems to be from the Northern Third Army. "Young people are not experienced enough to judge the number of enemies.

"The Northern Third Army? Hmph, an old enemy. Brother Li's eyes lit up and patted his right chest, where there was a scar under his clothes, which was an arrow sore.

He was once an archer Li Hao of the 201st Division, that is, the son of Ding Kui's comrade-in-arms Li Qin in Tianmen Town, and it was Ding Kui who personally went to the recruit camp to select him to go to the 201st Division.

When the Northern Third Army invaded Nanqiu County, Li Hao was accidentally wounded by an arrow and almost hung up, but fortunately he was rescued. Later, the 201st Division was to be transferred, but he did not have time to recover, so he stayed in Nanqiu County.

Because his hometown fell into the control of the rebels, his father Li Qin fled to Zongwangzhou with his family, but he didn't know that Zongwangzhou was not safe, the Li family moved all the way to the southeast, and learned that Li Hao was stationed in Nannuozhou, and the Li family simply moved to Nanqiu County.

Li Hao reunited with his family in Nanqiu County, and Xue Chong came to recruit him, so he retired and joined the Red Army.

He was already a late-stage hearr of the wind and archers, and he was not very interested in the crossbow, but it did not prevent him from quickly mastering this new type of weapon, and with his experience in the army, he naturally became the platoon commander of the crossbow battalion.

"Go and tell everyone to assemble in the woods behind the town, and bring some more oil and hay, and I'll take a look at the front. Li Hao decided that he was an investigator.

Despite his slight fatness, he was very agile and ran as fast as he could to the highest point in the town, where there was a lookout point.

"Wow, thousands of people, the 24th Division of the North, the elite troops of our country, were all wiped out by our Lord Ding. "He is a veteran, and when he sees a large number of troops, he counts the flags first, and does not need to count the heads one by one.

In about ten minutes, the 1315th platoon all assembled in the woods behind the town, including Li Hao, who had discovered the enemy's situation.

"Platoon commander, we are ready and ready to fight. "These crossbowmen are fearless, and they don't care how many enemy troops come.

If you think about it, you will know that after the 1st Division entered its own country, it had a smooth journey and met the enemy, and it had not yet encountered a serious enemy army, and it only took five successful forces to expel the enemy scouts before, and they did not take their own army seriously.

Li Hao said solemnly: "No, the enemy army has four or five thousand men, and we must evacuate." "Even if they killed one of them with one arrow, each of them would have to shoot fifty arrows, which would be equal to all the crossbow arrows they carried.

Crossbowmen who are sentry outside can only carry fifty arrows, and any more will affect their mobility, and professional armies have professional standards.

Earlier, the young crossbowman said: "Then we can't leave without an arrow, and our subordinates have not captured it today." "He is a novice and has no combat exploits, which means that he has no hands and has not seen blood.

"You first pile hay in the middle of the woods, pour oil on them, and then go to the back of the forest to lay an ambush, and the first and second squads follow me to lead the enemy scouts into the woods. Of course Li Hao wouldn't leave like this.

The 24th Division in the north of his country has fought against the 201st Division, and he is Li Hao's old opponent, so he has to yin against them.

Their troops entered the town unexpectedly and smoothly, and the expected fierce fighting did not take place, and the commander of the cautious 24th Division sent troops to search the entire town. The original inhabitants of the town were driven away and rushed to Gangzhou, blocking the roads of their own troops along the road and slowing down their march.

The commander of the 24th Division breathed a sigh of relief, at least fulfilling the minimum requirements of Yudi, and could welcome the large army to camp in the town.

"The first brigade went west, the second brigade went north, and the third brigade went south, searching the nearby area to see if there were any enemy ambushes. He still didn't dare to be careless.

In the morning, there were obviously more than 1,000 enemy troops here, and there was still residual heat in the stove in the town, which means that someone had cooked at noon, how could it become empty?

A thousand of their troops came out of the town to the west, and a winding road skirted the woods, and then led to the city of Matu.

They are arranged in battle phalanxes in order to deal with enemies that may appear at any time.

Because of this, the sudden crossbow arrows hit a group of our own troops, and the figures in the woods were clearly ambushed by the enemy.

The normal practice was to send a group of scouts to the forest to inspect the forest, and most of them took to the main road after confirming that it was safe, but this group of their own troops decided to advance together for fear of encountering a large number of enemies, and made a serious tactical mistake.

This has to be said that the commander of the Shaodian Army was very clever, made the three towns into a well-guarded appearance, and then forcefully blocked his own army scouts, and then quietly withdrew, leaving only the small team.

One ring after another, all of them have penetrated the psychology of their own army, resulting in a strong psychological hint "I want to fight you here".

Li Hao commanded his men to shoot two waves of arrows, and then retreated into the depths of the woods.

The army panicked for a while, but quickly stabilized, there were a lot of crossbow arrows, and there were not many enemies in the woods.

"The hoplites and shieldmen stepped forward, and the archers followed, rushing into the woods. After the captain of the first team finished speaking, he took the lead and walked ahead.

"Come on, come on, shoot another wave of arrows!"

Li Hao stopped, hid behind a big tree, and replaced the strong crossbow on his back with a short bow.

There are too many obstacles in the woods, and the crossbow is not easy to play, and his subordinates do not have such good marksmanship, so they can only use the crossbow to aim at the enemy.

"Shoot!" he ordered, and shot at the leading officer with his bow outstretched, releasing his fingers and quickly moving to the back of the tree.

This is the experience of archers, you can shoot others, others can shoot you, and when attacking on the battlefield, you can't forget to defend.

Our troops were prepared to enter the woods, but this wave of arrows did not achieve much success, and they were counterattacked.

"Hmph!" the squad leader couldn't dodge.

"What's wrong?" Li Hao asked eagerly.

"It's okay, a little skin on my face. The squad leader had a half-finger-deep wound on his face.

The crossbowmen of the Red Army have fine armor, but they are not full helmets on their heads, after all, they must aim with their eyes, and the full helmets affect their vision.

"Let's go!" Li Hao ordered a retreat.

How could their own army let them go, and chased after them closely, eager to swallow their twenty or so men alive.

As the captain of the first group ran, he noticed the hay under his feet and smelled the smell of fire oil, and immediately became alert and shouted: "Stop! Don't chase it yet, everyone disperse!"

There are many recruits in the Northern Third Army, but the middle and high-level officers are veterans, and such a simple ambush can be seen at a glance that the enemy is going to attack with fire!

Rockets flew in all directions, or specially made crossbow arrows, one of which accurately hit the oil tank hanging from the tree.

Pop, the oil tank burst, and a flame ignited.

The captain of the first team could not stop it, and the line of the rocket was no longer within the range of his interception, so he could only watch the fire fall to the ground.

"Run, run out of the woods!"

Before the words fell, countless fires rushed out of the ground, and quickly spread to the place where there was hay and oil.

Li Hao put away the short bow, hung it on his waist, turned his head and said, "Let's go!" ”

There are war horses outside the woods, and the 1315th platoon runs out of the woods, and they ride horses and go, without dragging mud and water at all.

The enemy's combat effectiveness is above their imagination, as evidenced by the injuries of the squad leader, and the enemy's reaction in the woods, if you want to make some more achievements, you may not be able to go back.

Soon a war message was sent back to the large troops, "What? The enemy is gone, leaving only a small force to harass. Yudi didn't expect this to happen.

"Order the 25th Division to divide its troops to occupy the other two towns, and the other troops will follow me to the town in front of me, and build a military town there tonight. ”

He felt that the Shaodian army was deceitful, but he was unwilling to risk his own life, and decided to attack the city at his own pace.

Li Hao led the team back to Matu City, first arranged for his subordinates to go to the military camp to rest, and then rushed to the city lord's mansion to report the news. The fires in the woods were the equivalent of beacon fires, the equivalent of informing the other two towns to evacuate.

An old man received him and inquired in detail about the entire battle.

"It's still the same, the Northern Route Army has not changed much, and it didn't surprise me. Well, Zhong Wei, it's up to you next. "The status of the old man is still above the division commander.

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