Chapter 379

Besides, it's really not good. You can also go east. This will directly enter the Liaohe plain, where there is a vast farmland. Wei ran as long as he is cruel, he doesn't worry about food and clothing at all. He can also destroy it wantonly and find a lot of unhappiness for yeluabao.

So he waited for work with ease, held two mountain roads with 3000 troops, and then rushed to help with 2000 troops as a reserve mobile force at any time.

Yeluabaoji saw the formation arranged by Wei Ran. After exploring the geographical environment, he found that there was only one way to fight a decisive battle in the mountains. Unless he is willing to return to Yingzhou, he can enter the Liaoxi corridor from the Daling River, that is, the White Wolf water to the south.

However, after looking at the hot-air balloon overhead, the movement of our side must be observed by the other side. If a partial army is sent to bypass, it is easy to be known by the other party in advance, so as to withdraw.

Yelv abaoji would never suffer such a big loss. After thinking about it, he had to force the other party from the front to create pressure, not give the Fenglin army the chance to retreat easily, and then wait until the partial army is arrogant, Linghe goes to the corridor in western Liaoning, detours behind the Fenglin Army, and attacks back and forth!

Several hot-air balloons overhead had appeared in Li Chengye's army, which frightened Khitan's army. However, because of this, Qidan soldiers and horses are basically used to the existence of hot-air balloons and are not afraid.

Of course, Wei Ran found the transfer of Qidan soldiers and horses. At this time, he had two choices.

First, withdraw immediately! With his skill in Mountain Warfare, he can defeat the enemy in the mountain path first, and then retreat calmly on horseback to ensure that the other party can leave at any time before dismantling the stronghold in the middle of the mountain path.

Second, continue to entangle, wait to be surrounded by the other party, and then finally be besieged and defeated.

Wei Ran has dealt a heavy blow to the economy of Qidan people in western Liaoning. They can only return to Liaohe plain or Eastern Liaoning. However, if the troops are not lost, they still have the capital to invade. Therefore, it is necessary to find an opportunity to give them effective forces and kill them a lot.

Although Yelv Baoji's division of troops is cruel, it also reveals flaws. Since you divide troops, I'll accept it!

In the daytime, after the Khitan troops divided, the main force immediately attacked the military stronghold arranged between the two mountain roads. With such urgent actions, Wei Ran naturally saw that the other party wanted to put pressure on his own side and make it difficult for his own side to retreat calmly.

But under the observation of hot-air balloon, the actual situation and trend of Khitan's attack were clearly seen by Wei Ran. The mountain roads are tortuous and narrow, and it is not easy to arrange large siege equipment.

The strong attack of the Khitan army, although fierce, did not achieve the desired results under Wei Ran's targeted defense. Instead, Wei Ran's Fenglin army, who was good at Mountain Warfare, took advantage of their rotation interval, fought a counterattack and almost killed all the way to the camp in front of Qidan.

Yelu Abao was shocked by his fierce combat effectiveness. He secretly lamented that there were indeed a large number of talents in the Tang Dynasty. This young general who has become famous in recent years really deserves his name, has clear command and scheduling, and is mobile in combat. In this mountain battle, even if his troops and horses are several times higher than each other, he is not sure of victory.

After nightfall, yelyabao took advantage of the number of people to rotate the troops who attacked the city in the daytime, suffered heavy casualties and demoralized. He launched another attack at night and exerted pressure to prevent Wei ran from easily withdrawing his troops. At the same time, he was also tired of Fenglin army.

However, since Wei Ran saw through Yelv's idea of protecting the machine during the day, he naturally made targeted arrangements long ago.

When the troops who fought back in the daytime pursued the chaos, in fact, they divided thousands of troops at the two mountain roads and hid into the forest land in the mountains.

At that time, the flaw in the rotation of Khitan troops was caught by the attacking Fenglin army. They were killed crying for their father and mother. They retreated all the way and were in great confusion. So that Yelu abaoji was dispatching troops to deal with the tension at that time. He didn't notice that Wei Ran had hidden two thousand troops in the mountains and forests.

After nightfall, they stopped two waves of Khitan troops from attacking the city, which were not strong, and they drew back hastily. After all, it's a mountain forest at night. Even if you light a fire, it's not conducive to continuing the battle.

Therefore, yelyabaoji withdrew temporarily, but set the forward camp in front of him, still kept the pressure, and made a move that would continue to attack the city at any time at night.

Wei Ran only ordered the stronghold to be on duty in shifts, and the rest of the soldiers and horses rested with the horses in armor and were ready to go out at any time. Then he and Li Jianxing went into the mountains and led two thousand troops hidden in the daytime. They planned to surprise the main force of Khitan. This is the so-called coming without going.

He and Li Jianxing each led a thousand troops and horses, ready to attack the enemy camp at night.

Fenglin army has strict night combat training on weekdays, because soldiers have been distributed land and other fixed assets, which can support this high-intensity training in military morale.

Therefore, the night attack operation is not difficult at all. It directly bypasses Khitan's pioneer camp. The soldiers of the pioneer camp were tired because they had just finished attacking the city. They were all taking time to rest. The people on duty on shift only stared at the military stronghold of the Fenglin army opposite, and did not notice the trees outside the mountain road.

The Fenglin army who attacked at night successfully inserted into the central military camp. After entering, they threw fire oil everywhere and burned them wantonly. At the same time, an ambush was arranged between the middle military camp and the pioneer camp.

The leader of the pioneer camp was surprised to find that the camp behind him was attacked. He almost thought that the Fenglin army flew over their heads.

In fact, according to the hot-air balloon, Wei Ran already knew which roads in the mountains were suitable for soldiers to walk, so he chose the route in advance from the mountains to the rear.

Without long-term training, this marching ability is not an elite force. It can't be done at all, because soldiers will get lost or even collapse due to various factors such as morale, will and fear. However, the Fenglin army's treatment was excellent, the soldiers were well trained and disciplined, so it showed its tactical execution ability beyond this era.

Although the nomadic army has no shortage of meat and no night blindness, it has never been trained in night warfare. The execution and organization ability of night combat is much worse than that of day.

The camp in the middle of Khitan never expected that the enemy would bypass the pioneer camp and attack themselves directly without any preparation. Give Fenglin army a sneak attack and immediately the whole battalion collapses.

The pioneer camp couldn't care so much. They were ready at all times and immediately sent troops to rescue the rear. However, halfway through the line, rockets were fired on both sides of the mountain path at the same time. In the middle of the mountain path, there was autumn high and withered grass. At one time, the whole army was in chaos and suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing this, a general asked, "general, why don't you take the opportunity to set fire to the mountain, which will surely cause great damage to them!"

Wei Ran observed, shook his head and said, "there is a river in the middle of the mountain road. They can use it to put out the fire. In addition, the terrain in the mountains is complex and the wind is uncertain. Once a fire is ignited, it may not only burn the enemy. Don't do anything that kills yourself! "

The river in the mountains is the Xiaoling river of later generations. There is no specific name in this era.

Wei Ran only took advantage of the chaos and led the troops to fight. After he hit the pioneer camp hard, he led the troops to retreat and disappear in the mountains. The Khitan pioneer camp dared not even take the bodies of the dead soldiers. The people behind shrank tightly in the camp and looked out in horror.

When Wei Ran returned to the camp, he immediately summoned the whole army to rest with the horses. Take the main force to set ambush in the White Wolf water basin, which is a great surprise to Qidan's partial army.