The pre-war demonstrations between the two sides were comparable, and the South Vietnamese army was condescending, and seemed to be better. The pine waves, combined with the majestic roar, stood high and spread far, and invisibly suppressed the Fujian Vietnamese army.

More importantly, there was a man sitting above the head of the Minyue Army: Liang Xiao.

Liang Xiao sat on a steep slope that stretched out dozens of steps from the main body of the mountain, facing Yu Shanzhong's army south of the river. The hillsides on both sides were steep, almost straight up and down, and it was difficult to climb. The Fujian Yue army could only look at him, but could not touch him. It seemed dangerous, but was actually cool and safe.

He sat here, and his position was lower than that of Zhao Yingqi. He seemed to be the vanguard general for Zhao Yingqi, but his position was forward. Nearly half of the people could see him, whether it was the Minyue Army at the foot of the ridge or the Nanyue Army at the ridge. For the Minyue Army, he was a huge rock in his heart, heavy and could not be ignored. For the Nanyue Army, he was a ballast stone. As long as he saw him, he would have a bottom in his heart, and he would not be afraid of any big storm.

Of course, he carefully selected such a position for the psychological impact that is invisible, indescribable, but can truly feel.

Liang Xiao was very satisfied when he heard the roar of the South Vietnamese army behind him. The mental state of the South Vietnamese soldiers was stable, fighting spirit, but not frivolous. They knew that the battle that was about to begin was difficult, but they were full of the belief of winning.

This is the psychological state that should be achieved when fighting a tough battle.

Next, it depends on whether the small formation he practiced can exert its legendary power with one to ten. It is said that after Qi Jiguang's Mandarin Duck Formation was trained, he could win every time he went to battle, but his own casualties could be ignored. Although his small formation did not have strange weapons like wolf sils, the enemy he faced was not Japanese pirates holding sharp Japanese swords, and the effect should be not far from each other.

The difference in military strength between the two sides is too great. He must minimize his casualties and make Yu Shan feel bloody when he encounters a headache. He thinks this is an impossible task and retreats with difficulty.

The low sound of war drums sounded, and the battle officially began.

At the bottom of the ridge, a team of thousands of people dispersed at the front of the Fujian-Yue military-style formation lined up on all sides, climbing up the slope carefully.

Liang Xiao shook his legs and looked at the Minyue Army under the hillside in front. This thousand-man team is not the first tentative attack by elites. The routine is to use ordinary troops like combat as cannon fodder to test the opponent's virtuality and reality. Only when you see the opponent's flaws and decide to decide the winner with one blow, you will use the real elite.

Pomegranate Ridge is not too high, only two or three hundred steps, but the hillside facing the front of the river is the slowest. It is also the longest, four or five hundred steps away. The bottom two hundred steps are close to the plain, and the above are getting steeper and steeper, making it difficult to walk. The Fujian and Yue Army also had to guard against the sudden shooting arrows or throwing stones on the ridge, and walked more carefully, almost step by step. It took nearly a meal to climb to the hillside.

Seeing that it was about to enter the range, the Fujian Yue army stopped and checked the terrain again. They were ready to fight.

Under the cover of the sword and shield hands and spearmen, the archers stood in two rows, placing their bows and placing arrows, ready to shoot at any time. The sword and shield hands and spearmen were also as if they were facing a great enemy, staring at the woods above their heads, for fear that arrows would suddenly be shot and throwing stones. Some people even glanced at Liang Xiao, who was suddenly in front of them from time to time. This is said to be an arrow god, who can get his life hundreds of steps away. The last time the cavalry broke out, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom and General Jing were shot by him. He had to be more careful.

Liang Xiao's reputation has been spread to a near myth, and his every move has attracted much attention, especially Wu Zhu, the captain of the Minyue Army who is responsible for the frontal attack, dare not be careless at all. The archer is the sniper in the army, and the target of the sniper's focus is the other party's general. This is common sense that everyone knows. Faced with a legendary archer like Liang Xiao, any negligence may lead to life.

The ridge was quiet, with only the sound of war drums sounding slowly, but there was no sight of the Nanyue soldiers who were preparing to fight. In the woods, some figures could be seen vaguely, but they could not tell whether it was a scout who was observing the situation or a soldiers who were preparing to fight.

The reaction of the South Vietnamese army was unreasonable, which made Wu Zhu feel deeply uneasy. The invisible enemy was even more terrifying, which was a thinking inertia that everyone would have. In fact, this was one of Liang Xiao's purpose of arranging the South Vietnamese soldiers to hide in the woods, using all possibilities to continuously put psychological pressure on his opponents, allowing them to consume their physical strength in tension without any effort, and they are waiting for their own efforts.

Not only on the front hillside, but also on the other hillsides. Four or five hundred South Vietnamese knights dismounted the horse and the range they guarded was limited. Taking advantage of the situation, it was a helpless choice to wait for the opponent to climb up the top of the hill before counterattacking.

Wu Zhu and others were not the worms in Liang Xiao's stomach. They could not have imagined that they had seen the South Vietnamese army not appear for a long time, so they could only beat the drums and ask Yu Shan at the foot of the mountain for instructions. The sound of the war drums of the Minyue army came one after another, asking for orders to attack.

Yu Shan of the central army hesitated for a while and issued an order to attack.

Under the urging of military orders, the soldiers of the Fujian Yue army shouted in unison, and one hundred swords, shields, spearmen repelled the same number of archers and rushed forward, rushed to the point of fifty or sixty steps outside the forest, stopped, and began to shoot.

Hundreds of feathered arrows flew up and shot into the woods.

The woods were silent and there was no reaction at all, as if there was no one inside.

The Fujian Yue army shot an arrow, but when they saw no response, more archers rushed up, and set up a protective formation apart more than ten steps. Immediately afterwards, two hundred sword shields and spearmen passed through the gap between the archers and rushed towards the woods.

Although it was only fifty or sixty steps, it was uphill after all, and we had to be on guard against attacks that might occur at any time. The soldiers of the Minyue Army had a hard time walking, and they were panting and sweating profusely. When they rushed to the edge of the woods, no one gave the order and stopped at the same time, observing the situation in the forest, while gasping for breath.

At this moment, a sudden rush of drums deep in the woods, and dozens of sharp arrows flew out. Several Minyue soldiers hit arrows, screaming and the formation was suddenly in chaos. When they raised their shields and widened their eyes and looked around, the forest calmed down again. The drums disappeared, and the feather arrows disappeared. Only the wailing sound of companions who were caught in the arrow lingered in their ears, adding a strange atmosphere.

The soldiers of the Minyue Army were still in shock and asked Wu Zhu behind him for advice. After thinking for a moment, Wu Zhu sent another 200 people up, a total of 400 people, and arranged a formation on the edge of the woods. Then he carefully walked into the woods step by step.

Seeing two or three hundred Minyue soldiers disappearing into the shade of the trees, Liang Xiao couldn't help but hold his breath. The foreplay was over. The next step was a real fight with real swords and guns. Whether the small formation can play the role he expected, whether the Nanyue soldiers can withstand the attack of the Minyue army, and defeat the more with less depends on the subsequent battle performance.

The victory or defeat of the first battle affected the morale of both sides, especially the morale of the soldiers of South Vietnam.

Liang Xiao's fingers were jumping gently, as if playing a silent war song.

In response to his fingers, suddenly, the sound of war drums in the woods rose loudly, and the soldiers of South Vietnam roared in unison and rushed out from their hiding place. In a round of ten people, they rushed towards the Minyue Army, which had just entered the woods and had not seen clearly. Seeing the Minyue Army climbing up step by step, they had already prepared for the battle. At this moment, when they heard the sound of war drums attacking, they immediately went down the mountain like a tiger and rushed towards the Minyue Army.

The sun was shining outside the forest, but it was much darker in the forest. The tired and hot Minyue soldiers walked from the light to the dark. On the one hand, they were happy with the coolness in the forest, but on the other hand, they were a little uncomfortable with the environment. In addition, they had climbed the hillside for half an hour and encountered many strange things, and they consumed a lot of physical strength. The string in their hearts was even tighter. When they suddenly encountered an attack, they couldn't help but feel a little panic, and they screamed for a moment and responded in a hurry.

One is to replenish his energy and wait for his work; the other is to be physically and mentally exhausted and mentally nervous. At the beginning of the battle, the situation is beneficial to the South Vietnamese army.

What made the soldiers of the Minyue Army even more depressed was that the formation of the South Vietnam Army was very different from what they estimated. The soldiers of the South Vietnam Army did not line up in several horizontal formations like them, but formed small formations and fought each other. They had not yet contacted each other. The opponent's arrows first shot, then stabbed the spear, and then cut the sword. The length and shortness are combined, both far and near, and the offensive is fierce.

The Minyue Army had never encountered such an opponent who was as flexible as a bandit but was more fierce than the bandits. They easily broke into the Minyue Army's formation, slashed and killed, and in a blink of an eye, they cut down dozens of people. Although the Minyue Army fought back, they lacked cooperation with each other and could only fight in groups. Facing the small formation of the South Vietnam Army, they were helpless and fell to the ground, screaming everywhere.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the South Vietnamese army increased their confidence and were more eager to kill. The soldiers roared and cheered each other. While killing the enemy, they were paying attention to the entire situation. He was in the formation and was protected by his companions around him. He could calmly observe the situation of the other party and his side and make timely adjustments. When the opponent could not pose enough threat to them, their morale was like a rainbow, showing the results of their usual training to the fullest, killing all sides.

Although the South Vietnamese army only dispatched five small formations and faced two or three hundred Fujian Vietnamese troops, they gained the upper hand and firmly controlled the situation. Under their three-dimensional attack, the soldiers of the Fujian Vietnamese army fell down one by one, and the remaining people were inexplicably frightened and retreated step by step. Some even turned around and fled out of the woods.

When Wu Zhu heard the shouts of killing in the woods, he was also very nervous. Just as he was hesitating whether to send more people to rush up, he found that his subordinates had withdrawn from the woods and looked embarrassed. He was shocked. While calling on his subordinates not to retreat, he rushed up with his people and rushed to the edge of the woods, snatched up, and cut down several deserters with his sword, and then barely controlled the situation.

The forest gradually calmed down, the shouts of killing dissipated, and even the wails of the wounded disappeared one by one.

Wu Zhu became even more uneasy. Under the protection of his personal guards, he walked into the woods step by step with five hundred soldiers.

There were many corpses hiding from the woods. Looking around, there were almost all of them, and there was no soldier from the Nanyue Army. More than 200 people who were still alive just now fell silently in a pool of blood. The frightened expression on their faces made people even more frightened.

The atmosphere in the woods was as solemn as a mountain, pressing on the hearts of every Fujian Yue army soldier, making their heartbeat faster and they have difficulty breathing.

At this moment, the sound of war drums suddenly sounded, and a dense rain of arrows shot from all sides. The soldiers of the Fujian Yue army were caught off guard and fell to the ground. While Wu Zhu ordered the formation to form a formation, he looked around and found in horror that he seemed to be surrounded, and even the figure of an enemy appeared behind him.

How many people are there? Wu Zhu felt his scalp tingling. Yu Shan said that there were only four or five hundred people in the South Vietnamese army, and there were five or six hundred people here. The South Vietnamese army would have to surround him, and the number would never be smaller than him, otherwise it would be meaningless. Could it be that Zhao Yingqi and Liang Xiao sent all the people to deal with me?

Wu Zhu immediately denied this conjecture. He knew that as an ordinary general who had no military achievements and was promoted to the lieutenant by his accumulation of qualifications, he could not get such high treatment as the prince of Nanyue and the champion of the Han Dynasty.

Either Yu Shan’s estimate of the troops in South Vietnam was wrong, or something else happened. No matter what happened, it was not a good thing.

Before Wu Zhu could figure out what was going on, the soldiers of the South Vietnamese army had already launched an attack. With the actual combat test just now, they now believe in the power of the small formation. Without tension and anxiety, their movements were smoother, their cooperation was more tacit, and their attacks became more fierce, as if they were divinely helping.

The terrified soldiers of the Minyue Army could not stop their pace at all, and were beaten to retreat step by step, with heavy casualties.

The soldiers of the Minyue Army finally collapsed. No one listened to Wu Zhu's orders, no one fought, and only knew how to escape. After losing the formation, no matter how many people lost their formation, they were still a mess and had no ability to resist in front of the soldiers of the South Vietnam Army who formed a formation and fought.

The soldiers of the South Vietnamese army became more and more brave as they fought. Several small formations cooperated with each other and attacked and advanced, firmly blocked Wu Zhu and killed him in front of the formation.

The Fujian-Yue Army collapsed across the board, and except for dozens of people escaping from the woods, more than 500 people were killed in the woods.

While the battle ended on the front battlefield, the battles on several other battlefields were coming to an end. The first wave of attacks of the Fujian Yue Army failed completely, with more than half of the losses. The worst attack on the Thousand-Man team was almost wiped out. Two of the four captains, including Wu Zhu, were killed and one seriously injured.

Yu Shan had not received the exact news yet, but when he heard the cheers of the South Vietnamese soldiers, his heart suddenly sank.

The South Vietnamese army cheered, and naturally the Minyue army was defeated. He did not dare to neglect, so he immediately ordered people to beat drums and ask about the situation on each battlefield.

After some busyness, the results of each battlefield were sent to him. The specific statistics have not yet been released, but the rough results are enough to shock him. The attack would be difficult, and he was mentally prepared, but he was defeated so thoroughly and suffered so much casualties, but it was completely beyond his psychological endurance.

Four thousand people launched an attack, more than half of them were damaged, two captains were killed, and one seriously injured?

It seems that Jing Zhao’s this time is probably not reliable. He lost more than 2,000 people in one attack, how can five thousand casualties be possible? Is it really necessary to pay tens of thousands of casualties to capture the Poluo Ridge?

Yu Shan did not dare to be careless and immediately ordered people to go to various battlefields to count the casualties, and asked about the battle process of the soldiers participating in the war, and learned about the situation of the South Vietnamese army. ——

(To be continued.)

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