The task that Ang Lee assigned to Zhao Wufu was relatively simple. As long as he didn't make any big mistakes, there wouldn't be any accidents. As for Ang Lee's own task, although it seemed very difficult, it was actually very simple. Three hundred against four thousand. The difference in numbers was huge, but how could the fighting strength of a motley crew be compared to Ang Lee's elite troops? Moreover, Ang Lee had a secret weapon that could achieve great results with minimal casualties. Even Ang Lee was thinking of using zero casualties to deal with the motley crew of bandits.
Zhao Wufu had some doubts about Ang Lee's madness. However, since Ang Lee had the right to command, he could only obey. He wanted to see with his own eyes how capable Ang Lee was to be able to defeat four thousand bandits with only a few hundred people.
After everything was ready, Ang Lee's three hundred soldiers set off. Because the mountain roads were difficult to travel, all the soldiers were leading their horses. This could also reduce the burden on the horses and allow the horses to carry more supplies. This greatly reduced the pressure on the logistics. There was no need to prepare a specialized logistics team.
On the bad mountain roads, the speed of leading a horse was not much different from that of riding a horse. Especially when hundreds of people were gathered together, the speed of riding a horse could not increase at all. Moreover, it was possible to fall off the horse due to the uneven road. It was safer to lead a horse. Therefore, in the mountainous area, cavalry was very rare. Basically, all of them were infantrymen. A small number of horses were also used to carry supplies. There was not much space for riding a horse to fight in this area. This was the world of infantrymen.
"Assistant Minister Li, although the bandits are a motley crew, there are still four thousand of them. We only have three hundred. Isn't it a bit too risky?"
After knowing Ang Lee's plan, Chen Long's heart was somewhat heavy. Although he was very confident in his elite troops, the number of enemy troops was too great. He was worried that he would lose too many men. After all, he only had three hundred soldiers under his command. Moreover, he had already lost more than twenty men. Nearly ten of them were seriously injured and stayed in Guichang City. In this way, together with Ang Lee's thirty guards, he had a total of three hundred soldiers.
Since ancient times, there had always been losses on both sides of a war. There had never been a situation where only one side suffered losses and the other side did not suffer any losses. Zero casualties was almost impossible. Moreover, the side that won was often the side that had more men. After all, it was rare for one side to win a battle with fewer men.
Chen Long was not worried that he would lose to the bandits. He was worried that he would lose too many men. If he lost half of his men, then he would not have many soldiers left. This would be a great blow to the morale of the soldiers.
Ang Lee naturally understood what Chen Long was worried about. After all, the enemy troops were more than ten times their number. It was normal for him to be worried. However, Ang Lee still did not intend to tell Chen Long about his secret weapon. This was Ang Lee's secret. Ang Lee did not want to tell anyone.
"What, there are times when you are afraid."
Ang Lee said with a smile.
Chen Long sighed and said, "After all, the enemy has four thousand men. How can I not be nervous? Last time when we were ambushed, we lost more than twenty men. This time, there are more than four thousand bandits. I'm afraid our losses will be even greater! "
Ang Lee said with a smile, "Chen Long, don't worry. This time, our losses will only be lower than last time. It is even possible that there will be no casualties. Do you believe me?"
Chen Long looked at Ang Lee in surprise and said with some disbelief, "Almost no casualties? How is that possible? Although the bandits are a motley crew, there are still many of them."
Ang Lee said with a smile, "Don't worry! With me here, the soldiers won't have many casualties. Do you think I will push the soldiers into a fire pit? "
Since Ang Lee did not want to be too specific, Chen Long did not ask further. He chose to believe Ang Lee unconditionally. At this time, he had no other choice but to believe Ang Lee.
A team of three hundred men was not a large number. Naturally, their speed was relatively fast. They could travel at least sixty miles in a day, but the bandits could only travel less than twenty miles. Their speed was ridiculously slow.
In just two days, Ang Lee's team approached the bandits in front of them. The bandits also noticed them.
"What, there are only three hundred of them? Did you not see clearly?"
The bandit leader, Zhao Yong, couldn't believe it. After all, he had gathered more than four thousand men, while the other side only had three hundred men. Wasn't this suicidal? He couldn't understand the other side's suicidal behavior.
"I saw clearly. There are only three hundred men."
The bandit in charge of scouting said.
Zhao Yong said, "Only three hundred men. Could they be the enemy's vanguard? There must be a large force behind them!"
The scouting bandit said, "Leader, I saw it from the top of the mountain. There are no reinforcements twenty miles behind us."
"Hahahaha! Without reinforcements, they dare to challenge me with only three hundred men. They are simply courting death. "
Zhao Yong was very excited. He was afraid of fighting a tough battle, but he was very happy to fight a battle where they bullied the enemy with numbers. In his opinion, as long as they fought, they would be able to destroy these hundreds of men.
The bandits immediately took action. They placed their most elite men in front, ready to destroy Ang Lee's three hundred men in one fell swoop. This black mass of several thousand men looked very scary. However, Ang Lee was not nervous. It was just a motley crew. The more there were, the easier it would be to deal with them.
"Assistant Minister Li, the bandits are already here. They've mobilized their entire army, forming a dark mass. They're less than two li away."
A soldier reported.
Ang Lee looked at the canyon on both sides of the road and said, "The main force is to organize the defense here. Wait for my orders. The rest of you, follow me to the top of the mountain to watch the battle."
After giving the order to organize the defense, Ang Lee led a dozen guards to the side of the mountain and chose a more advantageous position with a wide view.
There were several large rocks in this open area. Ang Lee hid in the rocks so that the people outside could not see him. The rocks closer to the outside were shorter. This allowed Ang Lee to see the incoming bandits more clearly and snipe them.
"The rest of you, stand guard outside. Don't disturb me."
Li An gave the order to the dozen or so guards. He stayed alone in the middle of a few large rocks and immediately began to assemble his sniper rifle. Then, he loaded the magazine and prepared to attack the bandits who were about to attack.
The bandits were very arrogant because of their numbers. From afar, they looked murderous. This made Chen Long and the others who were in charge of the defense feel very pressured. However, since Ang Lee told them to stay put, they had to stay put. They had no choice. This was their mission and something they had to complete.
Eight hundred meters, five hundred meters, three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred meters. When the bandits entered the range of one hundred meters, Li An pulled the trigger decisively, killing a strong bandit running at the front. The bandit fell to the ground with a loud thud before he could even understand what had happened.
Then, more and more bandits inexplicably fell to the ground. In the blink of an eye, more than 20 bandits at the front had fallen. This naturally seriously affected the bandits' formation. At the same time, it also greatly reduced the pressure on Chen Long and the others.
At the beginning, when the bandits charged over, Chen Long and the others were very nervous. When they were 300 meters away, they already felt a lot of pressure. When they were 200 meters away, the archers at the back had already drawn their bows and arrows. When they were 100 meters away, they were ready to shoot. However, they found that the bandits kept falling to the ground one after another. Their formation was also scattered a lot. Their morale was immediately boosted. At this moment, they no longer had time to think about why these bandits suddenly fell. What they needed to do was to seize the opportunity to attack the enemy with a rain of arrows and cause more casualties to the enemy.
"Fire …"
The 200 archers at the back released more than 200 arrows at the same time and immediately caused a lot of casualties to the bandits.
At this moment, more and more arrows whizzed through the air, causing them even greater losses. This further lowered the morale of the bandits. Their previous morale was completely gone because their formation had been disrupted by Li An at the critical moment. In the end, the bandits had not been able to fire their arrows in time. Of course, even if they had fired in time, it would have been useless. The bows and arrows used by the bandits were too weak, and their effective range was far inferior to the bows and arrows of the Tang elite troops. They needed to be close enough to effectively kill the enemy, but the bows and arrows of the Tang Empire could kill the enemy from a longer distance, and the range of Li An's sniper rifle was even further.
The bows and arrows of the Tang dynasty shot blindly, but Ang Lee's sniper rifle was aimed at a person. The ones who were shot were the most important targets, such as the small leaders. This was very important to reduce the bandits' morale.
Although the bandits were a group of mobs and their clothes did not have any status symbols, as long as one observed carefully, one could still see their status, especially the bandits riding horses in the back. At first glance, one could tell that they were leaders of high status. Killing these leaders first would have an excellent effect on the bandits' morale.
When Li An saw a mounted bandit, he immediately shot him in the head. Before the bandit leader could even react, he had already killed him. This greatly disrupted the bandit's command system, causing the attacking bandits to fall into chaos. It was already difficult for them to launch an effective attack.
"What's going on? Why is it so chaotic? Don't panic. Don't panic. "
Seeing the troops under his command fall into chaos, the bandit leader, Zhao Yong, appeared to be very anxious. The other party only had three hundred men, which was a huge difference compared to the troops under his command. He did not expect that the vanguard under his command would fall into chaos before the other party could even touch a hair. This was something that he could not understand.
Zhao Yong couldn't be blamed for this. He had never encountered an army as well equipped as the Dragon Martial Army. He also didn't expect Li An to have such heaven-defying weapons. These weapons were far more advanced than the fire sticks in their hands, so it was natural for them to fall into chaos.
However, after all, it was only the vanguard that was in chaos. There were more troops behind. This was Zhao Yong's confidence. He was not willing to lose. He wanted to use more troops to completely crush the small Tang Dynasty army of the other side.
More elite troops were dispatched. Even Zhao Yong himself moved forward, ready to command nearby. However, his position was out of the range of the Tang dynasty's bows and arrows. He did not want to die under the arrows of the Tang dynasty.
But was it safe to hide out of the range of the Tang dynasty's bows and arrows? Obviously, it was still not safe because Li An's sniper rifle's shooting range was far greater than a crossbow's. Moreover, it was at a high altitude and close range. The shooting range was at least three times that of a crossbow's, and the accuracy was also very high. As long as Zhao Yong entered the shooting range of Li An's sniper rifle, there was basically no chance of survival.
Zhao Yong did enter the range of Ang Lee's sniper rifle. However, Ang Lee did not know Zhao Yong, nor did he know that Zhao Yong was the leader of this group of bandits. However, Zhao Yong was riding a tall horse and pointing at the other bandits around him, acting like a boss. From this, Ang Lee could tell that Zhao Yong was the leader of the bandits. In this case, there was no need to be polite.
Ang Lee aimed at Zhao Yong without hesitation and shot at his head. Because the distance was too far, Ang Lee did not hit him. However, a bandit leader next to Zhao Yong fell off his horse, which aroused Zhao Yong's vigilance. However, before Zhao Yong could react, Ang Lee shot at Zhao Yong again. This shot hit Zhao Yong's chest, and the bullet directly penetrated his heart. Zhao Yong immediately fell off his horse.
Soon, another bandit leader fell to the ground. This series of strange situations shocked the remaining bandit leaders. They did not have time to think and quickly reined in their horses to escape, taking most of the bandits with them.
The Mountain Bandits' rear was suddenly thrown into chaos. Many Mountain Bandits were trampling over each other as they ran for their lives. This caused many accidental injuries and caused the Mountain Bandits to completely collapse. The Mountain Bandits were like fish on a chopping board. They could be dealt with however they wanted.
Ang Lee saw the opportunity and directly gave Chen Long the order to pursue. Immediately, the 300 Dragon Martial Army soldiers began to chase the bandits. They were like a hot knife cutting through butter, chasing the bandits in all directions. Many of the bandits who panicked and did not know where to go fell into the mountain stream and died.
Ang Lee packed up his sniper rifle and stood at the top of a rock. He looked at the battle below with satisfaction. He felt like he was looking down on the world.
"Assistant Minister Li, our army has achieved a great victory and killed more than five hundred bandits. Most of the remaining bandits have fled. Our army has seized a hundred carriages of provisions, more than two thousand weapons of various types, thirty sets of armor, sixty horses, and more than three hundred bandits."
Chen Long was very excited to report the results of the battle.
Ang Lee asked with concern, "Chen Long, how are our casualties?"
Chen Long happily replied, "Fifteen of our soldiers are lightly injured, but the rest of the soldiers are fine. In these 15 days, six of them used too much force and tore open their old wounds. Haha! "
Chen Long, as the captain of the Dragonmartial Corps, was naturally very happy to be able to obtain such a glorious victory. This was something that gave him a sense of accomplishment. For a soldier, there was nothing more fulfilling than winning a battle.
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