Chapter 178: Strategies for Danyang (Twenty-four)

Likeng is a village on the official road leading from Hengjiangjin to Moling City. It is located between two small hills. Therefore, the people living there are all surnames Li, so they are named Likeng.

At this moment, a grain transport team was winding up on the official road, wearing a black-bottomed and red-font-shaped flag in front of the team, with a flying character "Zhou" written on it, which was obviously the army of Zhou Yu, the prefect of Lujiang.

This grain transport team had about 500 soldiers, led by Chen Wu, the deputy general of the camp. After receiving the food and supplies transported by Jinfan Army from Hengjiangjin, Chen Wu did not dare to delay any delay and walked along the way.

"The main thing in the war is logistics." Zhou Yu knew the importance of logistics support and wanted to set up a special baggage battalion as a force responsible for the transportation of food and supplies. However, because the army was at the critical moment of attacking Danyang and was not ready, he handed over this seemingly simple but actually important task to Chen Wu.

There was already a feeling of heat at noon in spring. The sun was hanging high in the sky, emitting stronger and stronger heat. Fortunately, some trees were planted on both sides of the official road, and the green leaves of the trees grew out. With the protection of the shade, it provided a hint of coolness to the marching soldiers.

When approaching Likeng, Chen Wu saw that there were hills on both sides of the place, with dense trees, which was very suitable for the enemy's ambush, so he was alert and sent orders to all soldiers to unsheath their swords and put them on the strings, and prepare for battle at any time.

With twelve minutes of caution, Chen Wu's army slowed down the marching speed. Chen Wu sent thirty people as the outpost troops to explore the way first. As soon as they entered Likeng, a horn sounded "Woooooo~~" and then a rain of arrows shot out from the dense forests on both sides of the road. Most of the thirty outpost troops were shot into arrows, and the remaining more than ten people fled back.

"Not good~~The enemy is really ambushing!!" Chen Wu's heart skipped a beat and quickly ordered the entire army to stop advancing, surrounding the large trucks carrying grain into a rectangle, and all the soldiers hid in the defensive formation composed of this large truck.

As soon as the square formation of Chen Wu's army was laid, a heavy sound of horse hooves came from afar. A soldier shouted loudly: "It's a cavalry~~ it's a cavalry~~" Chen Wu's face changed drastically. He turned around and glared at the soldier fiercely, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Everyone wait, take the bow and take the arrow, wait for my order!"

When the "rumbling" sound of horse hooves became louder and louder, Taishici's light cavalry troops appeared in the sight of Chen Wu and others. Due to the narrow official road, the cavalry troops could not be deployed, so they could only line up in four horses.

Taishi Ci was stationed in Hushu area and was ready to raid Zhou Yu's troops at any time as a surprise weapon. However, until Zhou Yu's army successively attacked Danglikou, Hengjiangjin, and Niuzhu Fortresses, he had to wait patiently before he received the order from Liu Yao.

Until Zhou Yu's army attacked the city of Moling, Liu Yao sent a fast horse to inform Taishi Ci, asking him to lead his light cavalry to raid Zhou Yu's food route. Likeng was the first ambush site chosen by Taishi Ci.

Seeing Chen Wu's troops gathering quickly and laying the grain truck as a defensive object on the periphery of the formation, Taishi Ci couldn't help but be surprised. It seemed that Zhou Yu was really well-known. His subordinates were not surprised when they were in chaos. They knew how to use the terrain to defend, and how to deal with cavalry. This opponent should never be underestimated!

Seeing that the enemy's cavalry had entered the range of the "Piaoxue Bow", Chen Wu shouted loudly: "Prepare~~Shot arrows!!"

"Swoosh swish swish" a thick rain of arrows flew into the air, stopped a little in the air, and then shot down again, falling into the cavalry team.

"Puff~~" "Puff~" "Ah~~" The sound of arrows shooting into the body and the screams of the cavalry kept coming. Since the Zhou army's "Puffing Snow Bow" range was more than half that of the ordinary bow, Taishici's cavalry was unprepared and were all caught in the arrows and fell off the horse.

Once the cavalry team charges, the cavalry in front will not be able to control the speed after the cavalry in front is caught. After the horse's hooves step over, the injured cavalry in front will be stepped into a pool of meat paste. For a moment, Taishici's cavalry in front is in panic.

"Swoosh swish swish swish" Another rain of arrows fell, and dozens of living lives were swept away.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, the enemy was obviously prepared for a long time, so he immediately ordered the entire army to stop charging, retreat to the enemy's range first, and then proceed to attack after rectification.

This surprise attack turned into a strong attack, and Taishici was extremely depressed. Seeing that the defensive strategy of his army was effective, Chen Wu's troops were all very happy. The morale of the outpost troops was just now rising because of the attack on the outpost troops. He was not panicked and calmed down a lot.

Later, Taishi Ci divided the three thousand troops into four units, surrounded Chen Wu's troops from afar, and sent dozens of cavalry to harass him from time to time, and ran away with a bow and arrow. Unfortunately, their bow and arrow range was shorter than the "Floating Snow Bow", so they often failed to attack, and they became the target of Chen Wu's troops.

In this way, the situation of Taishi Ci's army siege and Chen Wu's army defending. At first glance, there was no danger in Chen Wu's army, but Chen Wu knew in his heart that the enemy was all cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and they could retreat at any time and wait for them at the next ambush site. And if they did not retreat, they could only stay here. Once there was a negligence, the enemy would use a fatal blow.

As night came, the soldiers of both armies were drowsy, and the temporary battlefield of Likeng was silent for a moment.

In the afternoon, Taishici came up with a way to deal with Chen Wu. At this moment, the third update was past, and it was the time when people wanted to sleep the most. Taishici sent a thousand people to abandon the horses, holding a round shield in his left hand and a bow in his right hand, and quietly approached the large carriage formation of Chen Wu's troops.

"Enemy attack~~" When the soldiers who were waiting for the night to find Taishi Ci's soldiers, it was too late. The thousand cavalry all shot out the arrows in their hands, and at the front of the arrows, they were tied with lit oil cloths. Suddenly, meteors appeared in the night sky of Likeng. They passed by in the air and then fell into the chariot array, igniting the food and grass piled on the chariot.

At the beginning, scattered Mars were scattered on some food bags, and then the food flames on one or two large trucks began to burn. Chen Wu directed his subordinates to shoot arrows and counterattack, while rushing to try to put out the just-ignited flames.

Half of Taishici's sneak attackers continued to fire rockets, while the other half raised a round shield to protect themselves and their comrades around them to avoid being injured by Chen Wujun's arrows. The round shield was very small and could not protect the two people, so the soldiers fell down one after another.

The fallen soldiers did not die in vain. The rockets they fired before they died eventually ignited most of the food and supplies. The raging fire reflected the faces of Chen Wu and his soldiers, making them look shady and sunny, and more were furious.

Chen Wu made a quick decision and ordered all his troops to immediately disperse and break through the siege. Taking advantage of the opportunity that the enemy had not yet encircled, he used the vast night and winding terrain to get rid of the enemy's siege, and then went to the camp under Moling City to assemble.
Chapter completed!