Unlike the generals of the Mongols and Yuan Halalu Guards who were still hesitating about the direction of breaking through, Ni Liang's goal was very clear, which was to wipe out the trapped enemy troops in Jiagouji. At this time, the sky was getting brighter. The first and second brigades responsible for the seal had controlled the north and south exits at this moment, and the third brigade also entered the forward position on the mountainside and completed the plan to encircle the enemy.

The battle has begun, and there is no need to hide whereabouts. The temple is small and dark. Ni Liang simply moved the command post to the high platform in front of the temple. However, the guards still built a simple hidden part with branches, which can cover the dazzling sunlight and play a certain role in covering up. However, he thought it was a waste of time. It was still several miles away from the center of the town. The enemy's most powerful stone throwing machine could not hit here, and the bow and crossbow were even more out of reach.

Ni Liang picked up the telescope and looked at the northern mountain pass. There were hills on both sides across the road, one with its head facing south and its tail facing north, like a turtle foraging; the other with its head facing north and its tail facing south, like a resting turtle. The villagers named it "Guishantou" after its shape. The two mountains are about four miles apart, with post roads in the middle, and there are fields, wastelands, soil platforms, and low hills on both sides, and the terrain is very complex.

At that time, the brigade's vanguard army had occupied the Guishantou at the entrance of the valley, destroyed the enemy's wooden fences, filled some trenches, and opened up the path to the town. It also used high platforms and low hills to arrange small artillery positions to establish fire support points. Traffic trenches were dug between the points and built simple fortifications, forming a winding line of defense. After the main force arrived, it arranged a formation after the defense line node, blocking all ways out.

"Jiang is still old, Tian Zhong can attack and defend in this way, and he can stand invincible first!" Ni Liang said in his heart after seeing it.

Because of fear of being discovered by the enemy, the brigade had been waiting for several miles away before the attack, and only sent a few elite troops as vanguards to quickly seize the commanding heights after the battle began, controlling the intersection, and winning time for the main force to enter the battlefield. Now the formation has become, the defense line seems loose, but the various fire support points can support each other, and the armies deployed in the rear can also quickly enter the battle. This is also the best choice for the enemy's next move when the troops are at a disadvantage. It is unwise to blindly break into the melee with the enemy when they are at a disadvantage.

Ni Liang's eyes turned to the south entrance, where there were blocking mountains blocking the view, but you could also see that the Second Brigade battle flag was inserted at the peaks on both sides of the pass. After a fierce battle, the vanguard army had already broken into the pass and established a semi-circular defense line. Under the cover of artillery fire, they counterattacked the enemy troops trying to expel them, and continuously expanded the defense circle to win time for the arrival of the subsequent troops. The subsequent troops did not rush to launch further attacks, but they frantically dug trenches, built fortifications, consolidated the defense line, and formed two circular fortifications fifty steps apart in a short time.

"Li Ting is also good. He knows the priorities and does not want to attack rashly like the rough ones before!" Ni Liang was very pleased to see this.

Ni Liang knew very well that the little emperor had always regarded the Mongolian cavalry as the enemy since the revival, and had been constantly studying tactics of restraining cavalry. In addition to constantly developing new firearms and strengthening firepower to suppress the enemy cavalry, he also summarized an effective strategy for the enemy in field battles in actual combat, which is to build fortifications when conditions permit, and use them as a basis to organize defense. Even if fortifications cannot be built in haste, terrain such as rivers, valleys, ditches, woods, highlands, and simple horse-rejected bars, horse-rejected nails and trenches to weaken the impact of the cavalry and limit the range of action of the cavalry.

The "Battle of the Mausoleum" that entered Jiangnan at the beginning of the year, the little emperor used all available terrain, built fortifications before the war, arranged artillery positions, and formed a complete defense system. He played a great role in the battle, annihilated two Wanhu Mansions of the Mongol Yuan garrison with weak defeat and strong, and severely damaged one Wanhu Mansion, laying the foundation for seizing Jiangdong.

That battle was completed with the front guards as the main force, so all the guards could skillfully use this tactic and continuously summarize and improve it in the subsequent battles. During this Northern Expedition, they flexibly used this tactic to win the anti-sneak attack in Yangzhou and played a huge role in the battle to encircle and annihilate the Yuxi Timur tribe in Jiangdong.

The First Brigade, Second Brigade and Third Brigade were all expanded from the earliest Royal Guard Battalion, and were the main forces of the Imperial Guard. During this Northern Expedition, they also undertook major operations, with a lot of troops reduced. Although they had been supplemented, they did not reach the full state. This time, they faced the enemy Halalu Guard, whose troops were the same and cavalry as the main force. After using the terrain to encircle the enemy in the mountain basin, they also adopted the tactics of relying on fortifications to fight.

"The Dushou, the enemy gathered heavy troops to attack the north entrance. General Tian asked whether to launch an attack!" At this time, the army reported.

"Tell General Tian to strictly guard the defense line and rely on fortifications to kill and attack the enemy, and no order is allowed to attack!" Ni Liang looked at the north entrance. Sure enough, thousands of people from Mongolian-language enemy were gathering, divided into several teams, preparing to attack the defense line of the first brigade. He denied Tian Zhong's request to take advantage of the enemy's assembly to take the lead in launching an attack.

You should know that after annihilation of the Halalu Guard, the main force of the guards must immediately enter the battle between the Mongolian Yuan Qincha Guards and the five Han guards who came out of Yingtian Prefecture. They have more troops and stronger combat power than the Halalu Guards. Before this, they were unable to obtain replenishment of troops and reinforcements from friendly forces. Therefore, in this battle, on the basis of ensuring the annihilation of the current enemy, they must minimize casualties on the basis of minimizing the necessary combat power.

"DuShip, is the enemy attacking Beishankou, is it intended to open the road back to Xuzhou?" asked Sima Xiaoting, the DuShipman of the Imperial Guard.

"It's not possible to judge now, what do Sima think?" Ni Liang asked when he put down his telescope.

"I thought it should be in the south entrance!" Xiao Ting said, "At present, the four main forces of the enemy are gathered in the town, and the enemy troops attacking the north entrance are all thousands of families composed of Semu people and Han soldiers, and they are all infantry soldiers. They are obviously insufficient in attack power, so it is probably a feint attack."

"If Sima judges, then the second brigade will be under great pressure. However, the narrow southern entrance is not conducive to leveraging the advantages of the cavalry. Doesn't Tiemaichi understand?" Ni Liang frowned and said with some concern, obviously agreeing with Xiao Ting's view, but he was still a little confused.

"Li Mao's rocket launcher accurately hit the inn and carried out two rounds of cover shooting. According to the observation center ahead, no one ran out after the shelling, and they were all carried out. However, the scouts could not approach the close reconnaissance and could not find out the specific situation. However, Tie Maichi was probably in danger of being in danger, and even if he did not die, he would be seriously injured." Xiao Ting reported with a smile.

"Oh, this guy Li Mao really got rid of him!" Ni Liang said with a smile on his face.

"When reporting, he regretted not bringing more rockets, and was unable to bring the enemy generals who gathered in the inn after the shelling to the inn for a pot!" Xiao Ting also said with a smile.

"In this way, Tiemaichi is really in danger. If it weren't for a major incident, the enemy generals would not have gathered together without leaving the defense." Ni Liang thought for a moment, "Then it would not be surprising that the enemy was arranged in this way. They were ambushed here, and it is not difficult to make the judgment that we intend to be in Xuzhou. If Tiemaichi was still alive and would definitely have lost Xuzhou, the entire Huaibei defense system would collapse, and he would make the decision to return to Xuzhou; if he died or was seriously injured and could not be in charge, his generals would definitely think about how to protect the interests of his tribe members. And they knew that their two sides came to support Fuli, and there would be tens of thousands of enemy troops there, which was obviously much safer than returning to Xuzhou to guard the lonely city!"

"Well, then the Second Brigade should be asked to adjust its strategy, let them arrange defenses along the foot of the mountain, and defend based on the artillery positions arranged on the mountain!" Xiao Tingyan said.

"I thought it was OK, but I couldn't exit the mountain pass. Instead, I had to hold on to it firmly, otherwise it would increase great difficulties when launching a counterattack!" Ni Liang thought for a while.

"Okay, I'll tell the two departments to adjust and deploy it immediately!" Xiao Ting nodded.

"Du Shuai, what are we doing? Just watch the fun in the mountains?" At this time, Sun Jin, the commander of the Third Brigade, came in and asked.

"Oh, are you all in place?" Ni Liang turned his face and looked at him and asked.

"Yes, all regiments have entered the designated positions and completed their combat preparations!" Sun Jin replied.

"Turn into defense on the spot and wait for the order!" Ni Liang said in a deep voice.

"We are handsome, we ran for sixty miles and were exhausted. We were all exhausted and heard the sound on the mountain!" Sun Jin was anxious when he heard this and asked loudly. He had been with His Majesty since he was a young man. He had a good personal relationship with Ni Liang, and he didn't care much about it in a hurry.

"Sun Dutong, why would you let you be idle? It is of great use to keep your troops on the mountain, but it's not time!" Xiao Ting patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

"When the enemy found that he was suddenly trapped in the valley, he was panicking. He should take advantage of the chaos and launch an attack immediately, fight quickly, and then immediately turn to Yingtian Mansion, instead of leaving them a chance to breathe!" Sun Jin was indeed dissatisfied.

"Don't you know what it means to fight a trapped beast, and what it means to prioritise? They found that being trapped and eager to break through is the time when they are fierce. Instead of attacking, they will only increase casualties. You must know that the most precious thing we are at present is our troops. We must annihilate the enemy troops who came out of Yingtian Prefecture without reinforcements. Now we can only take the defensive first, rely on fortifications to combat and destroy their strength, and then launch a fatal blow when their morale is low and people are in panic. Your troops are the hammer that smashes the last glimmer of hope in the enemy!" Ni Liang said in a muffled manner.
Chapter completed!