Chapter 65: The First Battle of Donglai
After interrogating some prisoners in succession, Wang Mi had to believe that these bandits were indeed poor and had no money.
However, although the food seized was small, it could support consumption for several days. After having hundreds of bandit captives, Wang Mi made new claims.
After asking a few old bandits, Wang Mi learned that there were several bandits in the nearby mountains that each occupied the mountains as kings. The total number was two or three thousand. They were all farmed on weekdays and went down the mountain to rob when they had the opportunity. However, the bandits had a worrying battle. They bullied small villages and towns with weak strength, and they had to hide from those powerful powerful men.
After Wang Mi thought about it, he felt that these treacherous thieves in the mountains could make good use of them.
Then, Wang Mi told all the prisoners that he was the Flying Leopard King Mi who traveled across Qingzhou. From today on, they were Wang Mi's subordinates. As long as they were obedient, the gold, silver and wealth in the powerful manors at the foot of the mountain will belong to them from now on.
Although these bandits were nestled in Tailai Mountain, they still heard about the rebellion that was near Qingzhou. They knew that a group of Tianshidao thieves from Donglai County, led by Liu Bogen and Wang Mi, traveled across Qingzhou for several months and captured Linzi.
The leader of this village even had the idea of going to surrender, but he was worried that the imperial army would fight back in the future and did not dare to surrender.
After these thieves knew that the Killing Star in front of them was Wang Mi, they were all shocked. Seeing Wang Mi and his group of people’s downs and outspoken appearance, they all guessed that they must have suffered a defeat at the hands of the imperial army and fled to this remote Tailai Mountain.
However, the situation is stronger than that of people. Wang Mi’s hundreds of people just now have the power to crush these bandits. For these prisoners, it is no different to be bandits or traitors. It’s just a change of leader. Moreover, Wang Mi, the leader, is much stronger than the former boss who is now lying on the ground and becoming a corpse.
Under the leadership of several nimble bandits, the bandits knelt on the ground and swore viciously to express their loyalty. In the future, they would definitely follow Wang Mi to fight hard on the road of rebels.
Wang Mi selected a few bandits who were nimble and familiar with the surrounding geography and asked them to serve as guides for themselves. He had to inspect the surrounding situation first and then decide what to do next.
After two days of inspection, Wang Mi had a detailed understanding of the general situation around Tailai Mountain.
He then made a plan to first mobilize several small powerful families around him. Although these families are not very strong, every family has a high wall guard and many children in the clan, all of which are the targets that bandits dare not provoke on weekdays.
Wang Mi wanted to make a name for himself by using this battle, and then use it to gather the strength of the bandits around him for his own use.
After hearing Wang Mi's plan to attack several powerful manors around him, the newly surrendered bandits burst into cheers. For these landlords and powerful people who had a large amount of food and treasure in their homes, these bandits were already drooling.
However, before, first, there was a gap in strength, and the bandits were also afraid of these strong tribes. Second, the leader of this village was cautious and cautious, and was not willing to provoke these pissing ideas. He just wanted to be a duty bandit with peace of mind.
Now, with the "Flying Leopard" Wang Mi and hundreds of powerful soldiers under him, it seems very simple to deal with a few small rural powerful families.
Some bandits have even begun to fantasize about how to have fun in the manor after breaking these powerful manors. They want to eat meat, drink wine, and ride the white and greasy little lady on the fragrant couch.
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Donglai County, Lu Township, Dongyangli.
The terrain here is the common low hills and gentle slopes in Donglai County. Between several low hills, there are flat farmlands. The green millet in the farmland has become slightly yellow due to the drought for more than a month.
On the low hills on the west side of the large farmland, a red flag was clattering in the morning wind. Liu Yu, who was under the banner, was riding on a horse and looking into the distance. On a mound on the east side of the farmland, a neat horizontal formation was facing away from the sun, facing the west, standing quietly in place.
The battle agreed upon by Liu Yu and Ju Peng is here.
At this time, both sides had just arrived at the agreed battlefield. Although they had already lined up, both sides wanted to rest on the spot for a while and recover as much physical energy consumption as possible due to the march.
The sun was still so bright this morning.
Liu Yu turned his head and looked. The army also lined up behind him was bathing in the golden sunshine, as if it had a sacred meaning.
However, this situation is just a random thought. Liu Yu knew that he was facing the east and lined up with the dazzling sunlight, which was actually a slight disadvantage, so he was not in a hurry. Instead, he hoped to wait for the sun to rise a little longer to avoid the dazzling sunlight.
A rapid sound of horse hooves came from far and near.
Two cavalry generals holding the order flag soon came to Liu Yu.
"Report to the general that the enemy did not hide his troops in the valley behind."
Liu Yu felt a little calm when the scouts confirmed that there were no hidden troops behind the enemy formation.
The enemy formation on the opposite side was completely visible. Liu estimated that the number of the enemy was about 8,000. According to Han Ling, who was familiar with the surrounding situation, the enemy could almost be considered full of people.
Liu Yu left a very small number of troops behind to protect the families and supplies of refugees from behind. The troops arrived at the battlefield were less than 4,000.
"Okay. Go down, you must drive the enemy's horse out of both wings."
Liu Yu continued to stare at the movements of the enemy's opponent, and the enemy seemed to show no sign of attacking immediately for the time being.
Although the gap between the forces between the two sides is twice as big, due to the broken terrain, the width of the attacks on both sides is almost the same. The powerful coalition led by Ju Peng is only slightly wider than Liu Yu's army.
Based on the terrain, Liu Yu's best direction of attack is to attack his middle and left wing. There are many rivers and ditches behind his right wing, which is not conducive to marching and deploying troops, so the enemy will definitely not be able to attack around his right wing.
However, the broken terrain behind the right wing is also not conducive to Liu Yujun's maneuver, which is almost a dead end. If his middle and left wing are squeezed and retreated, the entire army will be crowded and fall into terrible chaos and failure.
Therefore, the enemy Ju Peng and others should have made plans for the choice of this battlefield, and have long wanted to use this terrain to wipe out themselves.
Ju Peng must have thought that when the whole army attacked, restrained his right wing and the middle road, and then went around his left wing and gave him a thunderous blow. Then the defeated left wing would retreat and trample on each other, surrounding him and killing him.
Thinking of this, a hint of ridicule appeared on Liu Yu's face. In order to achieve such an effect, Ju Peng must launch twice or even three times the forces on the left wing to attack.
However, Ju Peng's thoughts were too simple. If you want to win him firmly, it would be impossible without ten times the strength of your troops, and Ju Peng could not have ten times the strength of his troops.
Thinking of this, Liu Yu looked back at the rear of the left wing. In the valley behind a hill, nearly two hundred soldiers and horses were resting. They hid their banners, and it was impossible for the Ju Peng coalition on the opposite side to see them.
And these two hundred cavalrymen will be the key to Liu Yu's deathly right hook punch.
Chapter completed!