What's more, there is still a person sitting above the head of the Minyue Army: Liang Xiao.Liang Xiao sat on a steep slope that extended dozens of steps out of the main body of the mountain range, facing the Yushan army south of the river, the slopes on both sides were steep, almost straight up and down, it was difficult to climb, the Minyue army could only look at him, but could not touch him, it seemed dangerous, but it was actually windy and safe.He is sitting here, his position is lower than Zhao Yingqi, and he looks like he is the main general of the forward for Zhao Yingqi, but his position is forward, whether it is the Minyue Army under the ridge or the South Vietnamese Army on the ridge, nearly half of the people can see him.For the Minyue Army, he is a boulder pressed on his heart, heavy and impossible to ignore.For the South Vietnamese Army, he is a ballast stone, as long as you see him, you will have a bottom in your heart, and you will not be afraid of any big wind and waves.Such a position, of course, was carefully chosen by him, for the kind of psychological impact that cannot be seen and spoken, but can be truly felt.Hearing the roar of the South Vietnamese army behind him, Liang Xiao was very satisfied.At this moment, the psychological state of the South Vietnamese soldiers is steady, with fighting spirit, but not reckless.They knew that the battle that was about to begin was hard, but they were full of conviction that they would win.This is the psychological state that should be used to fight a tough battle.Next, it depends on whether the small array he practiced can use one as ten and exert the legendary power.It is said that after Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck formation was trained, he could win a big victory every time he played, but his own casualties were negligible.Although his small array did not have a strange-shaped weapon like the wolf, the enemy he faced was not a wolf with a sharp sword, and the effect should not be far away.The disparity between the two sides' strength is too great, and he must minimize his own casualties, so that Yu Shan will hit his head and break the bloodstream, feeling that this is an impossible task, and retreating in spite of the difficulties.The muffled drums of war sounded, and the battle officially began.Under the ridge.A thousand-strong team at the front of the zigzag formation of the Minyue army lined up on all sides spread out and cautiously climbed up the slope.Liang Xiao shook Erlang's legs and looked at the Minyue army under the hillside in front of him.This thousand-man squad is not the first tentative attack of the elite, and the convention is to use ordinary troops who are fighting as cannon fodder.Test the reality of the other party.Only when you see the flaws of the other party and decide to win or lose with one blow, will you use the real elite.The Pomegranate Ridge is not too high, that is, two or three hundred steps, but the slope facing the front of the river is the gentleest.The length is correspondingly the longest, with a distance of four or five hundred steps.The bottom two hundred or so steps are close to flat ground, and the top is getting steeper and steeper, making it difficult to even walk.The Minyue army also had to guard against the sudden release of arrows or throwing stones on the ridge, and walked more carefully, almost step by step, and it took nearly a meal to climb halfway up the mountain.Seeing that it was about to enter the firing range, the Minyue army stopped and checked the terrain again.Prepare for engagement.Under the cover of sword and shield men and spearmen, the archers stood in two rows, with their bows and arrows drawn, ready to shoot at any time.The sword and shield bearers and spearmen were also facing the enemy, and their eyes were fixed on the woods above their heads, for fear that arrows would suddenly shoot from inside and throw stones.Some people even glanced at Liang Xiao from time to time.This is said to be the god of arrows, who can take his life hundreds of paces away, and the last time the cavalry broke through, both the prime minister and General Jing were shot and wounded by him.It is impossible not to be extra careful.Liang Xiao's prestige has been spread to the point of almost mythology, and his every move has attracted much attention, especially Wu Zhu, the captain of the Minyue Military Academy who was in charge of the frontal attack, did not dare to be careless.The archer is the sniper in the army, and the sniper's focus is on the opponent's general.This is common knowledge that everyone knows.In the face of a legendary archer like Liang Xiao, any negligence could lead to the danger of his life.There was silence on the ridge, only the drums of war sounded unhurriedly, but there was no South Vietnamese soldiers preparing to meet them.In the woods, some figures could be faintly seen, but they could not be distinguished as scouts observing the situation.Or a soldier ready to fight.The reaction of the South Vietnamese army was unreasonable, which deeply disturbed Wu Zhu.The invisible enemy is even more terrifying, and this is the inertia of thinking that all people have.In fact, this is one of the purposes of Liang Xiao's arrangement for the South Vietnamese soldiers to hide in the woods, using every possible possibility to continue to exert psychological pressure on the opponent, so that they can consume their physical strength needlessly in the tension, and he will wait for his work.This is true not only on the frontal slopes, but also on several other slopes.Four or five hundred South Vietnamese knights dismounted and marched, and the range they guarded was limited, so it was also a helpless choice to wait for the opponent to climb to the top of the slope and then counterattack.Wu Zhu and the others were not roundworms in Liang Xiao's stomach, they couldn't think of so much, seeing that the South Vietnamese army was delayed in appearing, they could only beat the drum and ask Yu Shan at the bottom of the mountain for instructions.The war drums of the Minyue army rang out one after another, all asking for orders on whether to attack.Yu Shan of the Chinese army hesitated for a moment and gave the order to attack.Under the urging of the military order, the Minyue sergeants shouted in unison, and a hundred sword, shield, and spearmen repelled the same number of archers and archers, rushed to the point of fifty or sixty paces outside the forest, stopped, and began to shoot.One hundred and ten feathered arrows leaped into the woods.The woods were silent, unresponsive, as if there was no one inside.The Minyue army shot a burst of arrows, and seeing that there was no response, more archers rushed up, separated by more than ten steps, and set up a covering formation.Immediately afterwards, two hundred sword-and-shield men and spearmen rushed through the gap between the incoming archers and rushed towards the woods.Although it was only fifty or sixty steps, after all, it was uphill, and it was necessary to guard against possible attacks at any time.When they rushed to the edge of the woods, no one gave an order, so they all stopped, and gasped for breath while observing the situation in the woods.At this moment, there was a sudden rapid drum sound in the depths of the woods, and dozens of sharp arrows flew out.Several Minyue sergeants were hit by arrows, screams erupted, and the formation was suddenly chaotic.When they raised their shields and looked around with wide eyes, the woods were quiet again, and the drumming was gone, and the feathered arrows were gone, except for the wails of their fellow arrows, which added to the strange atmosphere.The Minyue sergeant was frightened and asked Wu Zhu behind him for instructions, Wu Zhu thought for a moment, and sent another 200 people, a total of 400 people, to line up at the edge of the woods.Only then did I walk cautiously into the woods step by step.Watching the two or three hundred Minyue soldiers disappear into the shade of the trees, Liang Xiao couldn't help but hold his breath, the foreplay was over.Then came the hand-to-hand combat.Whether the small array can play the role he expects, and whether the South Vietnamese soldiers can withstand the attack of the Minyue army and win more with less, depends on the performance of the next battle.The victory or defeat of the first battle affected the morale of both sides.Especially the morale of the South Vietnamese soldiers.Liang Xiao's fingers were beating gently, as if he was playing a silent war song.Ying and his fingers, suddenly, the war drums in the woods were loud, and the South Vietnamese soldiers roared in unison, rushing out from their hiding places, and ten people rushed towards the Minyue army who had just entered the woods and had not yet seen the surrounding situation clearly.Watching the Minyue army climb up step by step, they had long been ready for battle.At this moment, when he heard the sound of the war drums of the attack, he immediately descended the mountain like a fierce tiger and killed the Minyue army.The sun was shining outside the forest, but the forest was much darker, and the tired and hot Minyue soldiers walked from the light to the dark, on the one hand, they were pleased with the coolness of the forest, but on the other hand, they were a little uncomfortable with the environment.In addition, I climbed the hillside for half an hour, encountered a lot of strange things, consumed a lot of physical strength, and the string in my heart was even tighter.When he was attacked suddenly, he couldn't help but be a little flustered, shouting for a while, and hurriedly responding to the battle.A charge to recharge.Wait for the enemy to wear themselves out; One is physically and mentally exhausted and mentally stressed.As soon as the battle began, the situation was favorable to the South Vietnamese army.What made the Minyue soldiers even more depressed was that the formation of the South Vietnamese army was very different from their estimates.Instead of forming several horizontal formations like them, the South Vietnamese soldiers formed small formations and fought separately.Not yet touched.The opponent's arrow is shot first, then the spear is pierced, and then the sword is slashed.The combination of long and short, both far and near, and the offensive is fierce.The Minyue army had never encountered such an opponent who was as nimble as a bandit, but more ferocious than a bandit.They easily broke into the formation of the Minyue army, slashed and killed, and cut down dozens of people in the blink of an eye.Although the Minyue army fought back, they lacked cooperation with each other, and could only fight in groups of three or five, and in the face of the small formation of the South Vietnamese army, they were helpless, and they fell to the ground one after another, screaming everywhere.Seeing this scene, the confidence of the South Vietnamese soldiers increased greatly, and they killed even faster.The soldiers roared and cheered each other on, and the commander kept an eye on the whole situation while killing the enemy.He is in the middle of the formation, surrounded by companions, so he can calmly observe the situation of the opponent and the other side, and make adjustments in time.When their opponents could not pose enough threat to them, they were full of morale and showed the results of their usual training to the fullest.Although the South Vietnamese army only dispatched five small formations, in the face of two or three hundred Minyue troops, they had the upper hand and firmly controlled the situation.Under their three-dimensional attack, the Minyue sergeants fell down one after another, and the rest of the people were also frightened and inexplicable, retreating step by step, and some even turned around and fled, rushing out of the woods.Hearing the shouts of killing in the woods, Wu Zhu was also very nervous, and just as he hesitated whether to send more people to rush up, he found that his subordinates had withdrawn from the woods, and they looked embarrassed, and they were suddenly shocked.While ordering his subordinates not to retreat, he rushed up with his men, rushed to the edge of the woods, rushed forward, and cut down a few deserters with his sword, so that he could barely control the situation.The forest gradually calmed down, the shouts of killing dispersed, and even the wails of the wounded soldiers disappeared one by one.Wu Zhu was 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 in the woods, and as far as the eye could see, almost all of them were Minyue soldiers, and there was not a single South Vietnamese sergeant in sight.More than 200 people, who were still alive just now, are now lying silently in a pool of blood, and their frightened expressions are even more terrifying.The atmosphere in the woods was as solemn as a mountain, pressing on the hearts of every Minyue army soldier, making their hearts beat faster and breathing harder.At this moment, the drums of war suddenly sounded, and a dense rain of arrows came from all directions.The Minyue sergeants were caught off guard and fell to the ground one after another.Wu Zhu ordered the formation of a formation as he looked around and was horrified to find that he seemed to be surrounded, and even the figure of an enemy appeared behind him.This is how many people Wu Zhu felt that his scalp was numb for a while.Yu Shan said that the South Vietnamese army only had four or five hundred people, and he had five or six hundred people here, and if the South Vietnamese army wanted to surround him, the number could never be less than his, otherwise there would be no meaning.Could it be that Zhao Yingqi and Liang Xiao sent all the people to deal with me, Wu Zhu immediately denied this conjecture.He himself knew that as an ordinary general who had no military exploits and was promoted to lieutenant based on the accumulation of qualifications, he could not get into the eyes of the prince of Nanyue and the champion of the Han Dynasty, and it was impossible for him to get such a high treatment.Either Yu Son misestimated the strength of the South Vietnamese, or something else happened.Whatever it is, it's not a good thing.Before Wu Zhu could figure out what was going on, the officers and men of the South Vietnamese Army had already launched an attack.With the test of the actual battle just now, they now firmly believe in the power of the small array.Without tension and uneasiness, their movements are smoother, their coordination is more tacit, and their attacks are more and more aggressive, like divine help.The frightened Minyue soldiers could not stop their pace at all, and they were defeated and retreated, suffering heavy casualties.The Minyue soldiers finally collapsed, and no one listened to Wu Zhu's orders anymore, and no one fought, only knew how to flee for their lives.Losing the position, no matter how many people there are, they are scattered, and they have no ability to resist in front of the officers and men of the South Vietnamese Army who are fighting in formation.The soldiers of the South Vietnamese army became more and more courageous, and several small formations cooperated with each other, attacked and advanced, firmly blocked Wu Zhu, and killed him in front of the formation.The entire Minyue army collapsed, and in addition to a few dozen people who escaped from the woods, more than 500 people were beheaded in the woods.While the frontal battlefield ended the battle, the battles in several other battlefields were also coming to an end, and the first wave of attacks of the Minyue army was completely defeated, with more than half of the losses and the worst attack of the thousand-man team was almost completely wiped out.Two of the four captains, including Wu Zhu, were killed and one was seriously wounded.Yu Shan had not yet received the exact news, but when he heard the cheers of the soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army, his heart suddenly sank.The South Vietnamese army cheered, and naturally the Minyue army was defeated.He did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered people to beat the drum and inquire about the situation on each battlefield.After a lot of hecticism, the results of the various battlefields were delivered to him.The specific statistics have not yet come out, but the rough results are enough to shock him.The attack would be difficult, and he had been mentally prepared for it, but it was completely beyond his psychological capacity to be defeated so completely and suffered such heavy casualties.Four thousand people attacked, more than half of them were lost, two captains were killed, and one was seriously injured, it seems that Jing Zhao's estimate this time is not very reliable.More than 2,000 people were lost in one attack, how could 5,000 casualties be.Did it really take tens of thousands of casualties to capture the Pomegranate Ridge Yu Shan did not dare to be careless, and immediately ordered people to count the casualties on various battlefields, and asked the soldiers who participated in the battle to understand the situation of the South Vietnamese Army: