The most arrogant in history

Chapter 189 Tribute to Ma Su.

Sima Yu was a self-appointed governor of Jiaozhou. In reality, he was just a bandit who ruled the mountains and controlled three counties in the northern part of Jiaozhou. He claimed to have an army of 50,000, but it was probably just a mob of 20,000 or 30,000 people.

Huangfu Lin, Wu Xuan and Xue Ju were stationed in Shiquanzhai and Jigongling areas, with a total of five to six thousand troops.

Because their side was on defense and the enemy was on offense, and they had the advantage of geographical location and food supplies, Ye Kun felt that they should not be unable to defeat Sima Yu!

But faced with the call for help, Ye Kun had no choice but to lead the army himself.

The next day, Ye Kun and Qin Erwu each led two thousand elite soldiers and divided their troops into two groups to go to Shiquanzhai for rescue.

Yao Caidie led a female special operations company and followed Ye Kun into the battle.

Ye Kun’s intention was to let the female soldiers experience the intensity of war and build up their courage!

Yao Caidie was quite happy and asked, "Brother Dalang, is Jiaozhou very big? Should we take Jiaozhou in one fell swoop?"

"Jiaozhou is larger than ten of our Dongba counties, and extends all the way to the sea in the south."

Ye Kun nodded: "However, I don't plan to take Jiaozhou now, as long as I defeat Sima Yu."

The management cost of conquering Jiaozhou now is too high, and Ye Kun feels it is not cost-effective.

"Why don't you take Jiaozhou? Brother Dalang, I can bring my female soldiers to serve as your vanguard!"

"You better listen to my instructions and don't act rashly. If you disobey the general's orders, you will be punished by military law."

Ye Kun was startled and hurriedly interrupted Yao Caidie's thoughts.

Let you young female soldiers be the vanguard and expect you to kill the enemy with your exciting punches?

Although Sima Yu is incompetent, he does have some elite soldiers under his command. It's not that he can't defeat you female soldiers.

Yao Caidie stuck out her tongue and said, "I haven't seen the sea yet. After we conquer Jiaozhou, we can go see the sea."

"Don't worry, I will let you see the sea." Ye Kun smiled.

That night, we set up camp in Fuling County to rest.

The female soldiers camped separately, on the east side of Ye Kun’s central military tent.

Ye Kun took Yao Caidie to inspect each tent and gave everyone a lecture:

"All of our comrades in the army are brothers and sisters. This time we are going to fight Sima Yu with our female soldiers. I have made it clear that anyone who harasses or teases the female soldiers will be punished by military law and beheaded on the spot!"

Then, Ye Kun handed his sword to Yao Caidie: "Take my sword and patrol the women's camp. If anyone peeks or harasses the women, kill them without mercy, no need to ask for permission!"

Everyone was horrified.

The first batch of students of the Tanbing Hall have grown up and are now serving as military staff officers, responsible for ideological construction and military law and discipline in the army. Therefore, the quality of the soldiers in Ye Kun's army is still very high.

In the evening of the next day, Ye Kun led his troops to Shiquanzhai.

The weather was hot and the female soldiers suffered a lot, but they had no complaints and none of them said they were tired.

Xue Ju was stationed in the middle of the defense line and came to report military intelligence.

Ye Kun looked at the map and asked, "How many troops does the enemy have, how they are distributed, their weapons and equipment, their tactics, etc. Please tell me in detail."

Xue Ju nodded: "The total enemy force is about 20,000, distributed in three lines without priority. General Wu Xuan leads the troops stationed on the eastern line, using cavalry to fight Sima Yu's cavalry; the central line where I am stationed is all mountainous, and the enemy mainly attacks with heavy armor and shield soldiers. The enemy's force is three times that of mine, and the heavy armor soldiers have iron armor, rhino armor, and shields to protect them from our bows and crossbows, so..."

Ye Kun listened patiently and asked for details.

That night, Ye Kun did not take any action and did not give any instructions, only ordered to hold on.

The next morning, Wu Xuan and Huangfu Lin arrived separately, and Qin Erwu's cavalry also arrived, and everyone held a combat meeting together.

According to Huangfu Lin, the enemy not only had large-scale attacks, but also guerrilla harassment, using the strategy of tiring the soldiers out.

It seems that Sima Yu is not such a fool.

After listening to the battlefield situation report, Ye Kun's battle map:

"The eastern front has an open terrain, which is suitable for cavalry combat. Sima Yu's main cavalry force must be on the eastern front. Qin Erwu, you lead a thousand cavalry to reinforce General Wu Xuan and set up an ambush, or lure the enemy deep into our territory, and then destroy the enemy's cavalry with trip wires. This time, I brought four thousand trip wires, which should be enough."

The so-called trip wire is a piece of wire more than one meter long with several barbs, like thorns.

Just find a one-foot-long tree trunk that is slightly thicker than your arm, nail one end of the wire into it, and throw it into the enemy cavalry camp to cause great damage to the horse's legs.

We had already tried this last year when we attacked Kong Dun, and the results were great, far better than the caltrops that the Da Ding Kingdom had originally used to deal with cavalry.

Caltrops are like large water chestnuts, which can be thrown on the ground to block cavalry, but they are not effective and waste materials.

Because one caltrop weighs nearly one pound, and can be used to make 40 meters of wire.

Qin Erwu grinned and said, "Brother, give me some more grenades and thunder bombs."

A man is a boy until he dies. Even if the thunder bomb cannot kill anyone, it is still fun to set it off as a firecracker!

Ye Kun nodded, pulled out a hundred grenades and twenty thunder bombs, and ordered:

"The raw materials for firearms are hard to come by, so use them sparingly. After defeating the enemy, pursue them appropriately, and never go deep into the mountains alone, especially in the old forests."

"As ordered!"

Qin Erwu and Wu Xuan left after receiving the order.

Ye Kun ordered Huangfu Lin:

"General Huangfu, hold on to the western front. I will give you one hundred new pulley crossbows and crossbowmen. Together with the original heavy arrows, you can carry out targeted strikes on the enemy and perform sniper decapitation. After I defeat the enemy on the central front, General Huangfu will lead his troops to attack and recapture all the territory of Shiquan Village. I will also give you one hundred grenades, and twenty grenade throwers."

Huangfu Lin received the order, counted the supplies and personnel and left.

Ye Kun pointed at the map and told Xue Ju:

"I will personally lead 1,500 infantrymen to occupy Xiaogu Mountain ahead. General Xue will lead the cavalry to cooperate with my actions and escort my troops and supplies up the mountain."

Xiaogushan, also known as Dushan, is a hill more than 200 meters high.

There are few trees on the mountain and there are piles of rocks.

By occupying a small isolated hill, you can swoop down on the enemy camp and use a telescope to see all the enemy's movements right under your nose.

Xue Ju was stunned, and waved his hand, saying, "Master Ye, you must not do that. There is no water source in Xiaogushan. Once we are trapped, we will be dead. Moreover, Xiaogushan is too close to the enemy camp, and it is easy to be surrounded!"

"I know. I am just using myself as bait to attract Sima Yu's main force to fight with me."

Ye Kun was confident and said, "Prepare more earthenware jars and leather bags, bring clean water up the mountain, and bring enough dry food for two days. I will wait for the enemy to tire out. After two days of holding out, the enemy will surely be exhausted. At that time, using fireworks as a signal, General Xue will lead the light cavalry and light infantry to charge out, and we can win in one battle!"

Stationing troops at Xiaogushan was the strategy that Ma Su used when he lost Jieting, and it is a big taboo in military strategy.

Ye Kun also relied on his advanced weapons, so he was skilled and bold and paid tribute to Ma Su.

Xue Ju was still worried, but he didn't dare to disobey the military order, so he nodded: "I will immediately gather all the water storage bags of the army and escort General Ye to Xiaogushan."

Ye Kun nodded and began to count the soldiers, as well as the weapons and supplies that accompanied the army.

Because the weather was hot and it was not suitable to move during the day, Ye Kun chose to set off in the early morning and head straight for Xiaogushan.