Volume 4 is in the ascendant Chapter 486: Night Battle
Although it was three days late, Yan Yan could still take the main road with dignity - even though the official road was not that "big" due to the terrain, it was at least much easier to walk than the mountain road...
Yan Yan thought that most of the Chu troops coming this time were from Jingzhou. They were definitely not as good as the Jiangzhou troops in marching on mountain roads. Moreover, the food and water they carried were very limited. It was impossible for them to just dive into the woods and never come out again!
Overall, Yan Yan felt that he was not too late to act...
However, just one whole day after leaving Linjiang, when they had just arrived at the gorge of Yingou Mountain and were preparing to set up camp for a rest, they suddenly received a message from a fast horse - the Chu army was attacking Linjiang City again!
"How ridiculous! These cunning kids are only capable of such evil tricks!" Yan Yan said angrily upon hearing the news.
When Yan Yan left, he took most of the troops with him, but he still left tens of thousands of garrisons in Linjiang to guard against this move by the Chu army.
Upon learning that the Chu army was actually hiding in the mountains and had only pretended to have a path to lure him away, Yan Yan immediately ordered his troops to return!
Although they had just been marching at high intensity for the entire day and the sky was gradually getting dark, under the prestige of Yan Yan, the encouragement had taken effect and the army was still quickly mobilized, with the rear army turning into the front army...
Yingou Mountain is composed of two mountains with a relatively flat and narrow valley in the middle. Because it is sandwiched between the two mountains, it is usually dark and gloomy, hence the name.
However, because it is a full moon today, it is still bright, and with the torches brought by the army, we can march.
When they were halfway through the journey, Yan Yan suddenly felt alert instinctively, and began to move towards the front army with his personal guards - Yan Yan was originally in the front army, but after changing direction, he was located in the back.
However, before Yan Yan could return to the front line, the riots in front of him started to grow louder...
Yan Yan's scalp suddenly tingled. There was no time to rush forward. Instead, he started to notify the generals at all levels and comfort the soldiers under his command!
"The enemy's number is less than eleven of ours! Extinguish the torches and hold your ground!" Shouts rang out in the ravine.
As for the front army, Yan Yan no longer had any hope for it and just rushed over with the elite troops around him.
Yes, the Chu army had indeed been hiding in the mountains before, but apart from the fierce attack on Linjiang at the beginning, when it grew dark, they had only two regiments left outside the city to "create an atmosphere", while the main force headed towards Yan Yan's army.
Of course, Fa Zheng had not expected that he would meet Yan Yan right here in the ditch - in fact, the Chu army just wanted to fight a field battle and a night battle!
In a field battle, Yan Yan's combat skills would not be able to exert their original effect, but night battles... are definitely the Chu army's strong point.
The biggest enemy of a night attack is often not the enemy troops, but night blindness!
Insufficient meat intake can cause acquired night blindness, and vision will drop sharply in dim light...
During the Western Han Dynasty, the Han people's meat intake was not such that they suffered from night blindness on a large scale, so there was a basis for the saying "One Han can defeat Five Barbarians". However, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, especially in the middle and late periods, it was difficult for ordinary people to eat meat, and most of them suffered from night blindness!
In the subsequent history without the white map effect, because the population density was higher, this was basically the case in all dynasties until productivity increased by leaps and bounds...
This is also why, in history, small elite troops with not many people were dispatched during night raids.
In the world of Chengji, the manpower of the group with night blindness is extracted, and the "trained" Jizuo soldiers are basically night blind...
In contrast, the meat intake of the people of Chu was very abundant, and the proportions of food and fodder for Ji Zao's soldiers were also specially considered. Not only was the proportion of meat extremely high during training, but animal livers were specially added to maintain this nutrition!
The Wancheng 1st Division and the Xinye 1st Division are among the most elite troops trained in Jingzhou, and there is absolutely no such thing as "night blindness" for them.
Yan Yan hurriedly wanted to extinguish the torch because he did not want to be a target - it was pitch dark and his side could not see the enemy, but the enemy could shoot at the torches. How could they fight?
Originally, Yan Yan thought that as long as he extinguished the torches and stabilized his position, he could rely on his numerical advantage to directly resist the sneak attack of the Chu army.
Although the current position is not very good, the narrow terrain is not easy to pass orders, and it is easy to blow up the camp due to panic, but fortunately the current climate is not suitable for fire attack, so there is no need to worry about being burned to death in the ravine. In addition, from a time perspective, the Chu army will not have time to go around the mountains on both sides, so there is no ambush from a high position...
Isn't it difficult to deploy the formation when stuck in the ravine?
Then don’t expand!
Anyway, their side has more people and is better at fighting in the mountains and forests. As for the problem of vision, Yan Yan instinctively thinks that this is a weakness that both sides have and there is nothing to pay special attention to.
Yan Yan thought that the reason why the other party dared to attack him was probably because they wanted to "blow up the camp". As long as he appeased them...
In terms of resilience, Yan Yan's army was indeed unique. Although they did not immediately calm down and accept commands in an orderly manner as usual, at least the chaos gradually subsided and there was no danger of the camp exploding.
However, the following battle situation left Yan Yan dumbfounded...
Except for the front army that encountered the enemy , the army behind gradually calmed down and realized that they were not defeated, but just encountered a small number of enemy troops in front.
However, the commotion ahead was getting louder and louder!
When Yan Yan arrived, he found that the Chu army was fighting their way into the ravine, and the battle line was constantly pressing towards him. It seemed that the two sides were not on the same level at all.
It was not only because of the chaos, but from the overall perspective of the battle, the Jiangzhou army fell one after another, while the Chu army continued to advance.
In the past, when we were defending the city, because of the geographical advantages of the city walls or the camps, there was no such obvious contrast...
Upon seeing this, Yan Yan hurriedly took over the command of the surrounding troops from his deputy general. However, he found that because it was dark, the army could not be effectively commanded at all - it would have been fine if there were no enemy troops behind, but what kind of army could remain calm while being attacked and unable to see!
If we must argue, then it should be the trap camp...
However, Yan Yan was not helpless. After all, he was accompanied by the real elite - two thousand Ji-made soldiers, with complete squad leaders, almost no night blindness, and the latest equipment!
It can be said that... except for the backward equipment and incomplete training programs, it has basically reached the ordinary military standards of the Wancheng 1st Division.
At this moment, Yan Yan suddenly had a feeling that "Misfortunes often bring good fortune" - although the narrow terrain of the ravine made it difficult for the attacked party to pass on information, increasing the risk of the camp being blown up, it was precisely because of the narrow terrain that he was able to use elite troops to block the enemy's strange offensive.
after……
I saw a silver-armored general, with the appearance of a god of war, starting to mow down the elite troops of the Jiangzhou army who were advancing in the opposite direction - it was Zhao Yun who had entered the state of "Divine Power and Dragon Gallbladder"!
Not only is the strength substantially improved compared to when wearing the gold and jade armor, but... the weakening effect of the armor on the Ji-made soldiers is also ineffective against the divine power state.
If before it was the style of "Heroes" generals rushing into the enemy camp, now it is completely the style of Wushuang mowing down the enemy!
More than 2,000 elite soldiers? Not enough!
The cuts were made faster than those of the ordinary soldiers before. In the time it took Yan Yan to be distracted, half of the cuts had already been made...
Zhao Yun also chose a good time. There happened to be thousands of elite soldiers gathered together without forming a battle formation, blocking him and waiting to be cut down...
It would be difficult for the generals to encounter such a "tempting" scene!
