Late at night the next day.
Yishan is as quiet as usual, with only the faint chirping of insects and the rustling of leaves floating in the breeze.
Suddenly——
At a mountain pass on the west side, some figures can be vaguely seen walking quickly through the moonlight.
There are no villages in Yishan, and even in the daytime, few pedestrians pass by.
"Everyone speed up."
"Pay attention to what's going on around you."
At the front of the team, a person spoke,
Reminding the team behind you.
The speaker is Meng Hua, the deputy general of the Han Navy.
Meng Hua was a little nervous, although he had sent out multiple sentinels to explore the area in the past few days.
But when he led three thousand elites into the Yishan Mountains, he was still a little worried. After all, this was the territory of Soochow.
"Quick!"
"We need to cross this mountain before dawn." Meng Hua stood on the roadside, commanding the advancing soldiers.
Yishan is not a small mountain. It is composed of five or six high mountains.
To go through Yishan and around to Xiaoting, you need to go through these high mountains. Today, fortunately, the governor deliberately led his army to attack the Wu army downstream, giving the Wu army a posture that the Han army was about to attack the river. At night, he led three soldiers
Thousands of elites enter this Yishan Mountain.
The high mountain in front of them is located on the west side of Yishan Mountain. It is also the highest mountain. As long as they cross this high mountain, they can go deep into the depths of Yishan Mountain.
The soldiers did not respond, but instinctively quickened their pace. They took advantage of the night to walk through the forest.
Two hours later.
"General!"
A primary school student came closer and whispered: "There seems to be no road ahead."
Hearing these words, Meng Hua frowned, but said in a deep voice: "We have come all the way, how can we find a way?"
Yishan has high mountains and dense forests, and few pedestrians pass by on weekdays.
Even pedestrians traveling from north to south,
They were either going from east to west from Yiling City, or from west to east. As for Yishan Mountain, it is basically not a route that pedestrians would consider.
It is normal to have no way out.
"General!" The colonel said: "There is a cliff ahead, and the soldiers can't pass at all... General, why don't we wait until dawn before we can try to pass?"
The junior colonel is a member of the front group. Just now, they were blocked by a cliff when they reached the front. If they want to continue moving forward, they have to climb over this cliff.
It's just that in the middle of the night, here is a dense forest, surrounded by darkness. Only when you get close can you see some of the surrounding environment, and the visibility is less than two steps away.
I heard what the primary school said,
Meng Hua was also stunned.
But he did not let the soldiers stop, but rushed forward quickly. He wanted to see the path ahead.
When they were about a mile away, Meng Hua stopped.
"Let the soldiers rest where they are!"
Meng Hua whispered to his men that he had seen the path ahead. This was indeed a cliff, and they were under this cliff.
After receiving the order, the nervous mood of the soldiers calmed down a little. They walked through the forest for more than two hours, and there was no light everywhere. They were not worried about whether there would be an ambush by the Wu army around them, but they were worried about whether there would be jackals in the forest.
Tiger and leopard.
Rest!
This was a decision Meng Hua made out of desperation. Although he wanted to cross the Yishan Mountain quickly, before he rushed to Xiaoting, he hoped that none of the three thousand elite Han troops who came with him would be safe.
Less.
Also, after walking for more than two hours, although they have not reached the depths of the mountain yet, even in the daytime, the forests here are deep and dense, so even if they are marching during the day, their privacy can still be guaranteed.
Soon, three thousand people gradually gathered around. In addition to arranging some sentries, the rest of the soldiers rested back to back on the spot. Meng Hua came to the branches of a nearby big tree. At this height, he could hear
Even the slightest movement could not escape his ears.
Calculating the time, from the time we set off at night to now, there is only more than an hour until dawn. In this short period of more than an hour, Meng Hua was very nervous.
Just——
When the woods gradually became clearer, Meng Hua, who was nervous, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Because for more than an hour, no accidents occurred.
There were no attacks, not even a hare passed by.
As the sky gradually grew brighter, the surrounding environment became clearer and clearer. Meng Hua jumped down from the branch of a tree and saw that there was indeed a cliff in front of him, but it was not high. It was only about six or seven feet high, and it was not
No way out.
"Let's go!"
While giving the order, Meng Hua volunteered to go ahead and climbed up using some vine branches on the cliff.
After the first dozen soldiers climbed up the cliff, they threw ropes down the cliff so that the rest of their companions could climb the cliff more easily.
After climbing over this cliff, the road ahead is relatively easy to walk. The soldiers can rely on the nearby trees and vegetation to pass the huge slope that winds upward.
Starting from dawn in the morning and continuing until noon, the largest mountain was finally conquered by three thousand Han troops. In front of them was a winding ravine. In the next two days, they would walk through this ravine.
, until finally reaching the west of Yiting.
"Be careful!"
As Meng Hua moved forward, he reminded the soldiers around him: "Although the road is easier to walk now, it is very likely that we will encounter an ambush by Wu Jun."
"No!"
The soldiers responded softly.
Although the sentinel sent by Meng Hua had investigated Yishan before and found that there were no troops stationed in Yishan, he was still more willing to be careful when the army was approaching.
Menghua dared to make this choice. In addition to exploring the surrounding terrain, the more important point was that the Han army had military rations that did not need to be cooked - compressed biscuits.
This was developed by Liu Chan, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, before the Battle of Guanzhong. Later, this compressed biscuit became an absolutely secret material of the Han army. The production was all handled by the army. During daily training in the field, the compressed biscuit can come in handy.<
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Just like in the past, not to mention thousands of troops, even a small army of dozens or hundreds of people needed to replenish energy when marching outside. Especially when marching in this primitive forest, even if it was done very secretly, many times the smoke would
It can reveal the traces of the march.
This time, 3,000 people entered the depths of Yishan Mountain. Each of them carried five days' worth of compressed biscuits, enough for them to explore Yishan Mountain.
With compressed biscuits, there is no need to light a fire to cook during the march, and the confidentiality of the march is maximized. In addition, the place is surrounded by towering trees, deep and dense, and three thousand people are thrown into it. It is very
Hard to find.
March 14th, the 13th year of the founding of the Han Dynasty (AD 252).
Afternoon——
After traveling through Yishan for two days, the three thousand Han troops suffered only a dozen casualties and did not encounter any dangerous obstacles along the way.
Based on the time and distance calculation, in half a day, they will be able to leave Yishan and enter the territory of Xiaoting.
Meng Hua was overjoyed.
If this battle succeeds, he will make a great contribution.
In the past two days, not to mention the Wu army, they did not encounter even the jackals, tigers and leopards they were worried about along the way. As for some deer, hares and other animals, they encountered quite a few, but they did not pose a threat to the Han army.
Threat.
"Speed up!"
"Get out of Yishan before dark!"
Meng Hua reminded the soldiers that if they could get to Xiaoting today, they could go up the river early tomorrow morning, and then attack front and back with the governor to defeat Lu Zhi's Wu army in one fell swoop.
On the other side, Li Fengzheng was leading more than 20 warships to fight with the Dongwu navy led by Lu Zheng. In the past two days, the Han army would send more than 20 warships to fight every day, because the river here was too narrow, even if the two
More than ten warships were unable to pass in parallel.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The two armies were about 500 steps away, and then they exchanged fierce fire. The Wu army had already used three-bow crossbows to fire muskets to attack the Han army's warships, while the Han army responded with overwhelming rockets.<
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After two days of fierce fighting, the Han army lost three more warships and more than 2,000 soldiers were killed.
Wu Jun's losses were not small. Three warships were sunk, and nearly 3,000 officers and soldiers were killed. In short, the casualties of both sides were basically the same.
In the evening.
After half a day of fierce fighting, Li Feng glanced at the Wu army warship in front and said coldly: "Ming Jin withdraws his troops and we will fight again tomorrow!"
As soon as Li Feng finished speaking, there was a knocking sound on the handsome boat.
Dang, dang, dang.
The warships still fighting fiercely in front heard the sound. Although they wanted to attack again, they had no choice but to call a truce.
More than twenty warships returned to the stronghold. In the Chinese military tent, Li Feng looked heavy. He stared closely at the location of Yishan on the map and secretly cursed: "I hope Meng Ziyuan can pass Yishan safely. Tomorrow our army will
Will be able to defeat Wu Jun...'
According to the agreement with Meng Hua, three days later, that is, tomorrow, Meng Hua will lead 3,000 elite Han troops to attack Lu Ju's rear team from the direction of Xiaoting. Then Li Feng will lead the main force to launch a fierce attack. With such a flanking attack, Lu Ju will surely
Broken.
But as the time got closer and closer, Li Feng became frowning and restless.
Meng Ziyuan, we must pass through Yishan safely.
Meng Ziyuan, you must pass through Yishan safely.
Just as Li Feng was praying secretly, a junior high school student quickly entered the account and reported: "Inform the Governor, General Guan Suo has captured Linhe County, General Ma Dai has reached Jian'an County, and the Prime Minister has captured Lipu."
The county, Shi'an County, is leading the army towards Lingling."
"!!!"
"So fast?"
It has only been three days since the launch of the attack on Wu, but the three armies in the south have advanced so quickly.
Originally, Li Feng thought that compared to the three armies in the south, his route should be the fastest to advance. After all, going down the river, even if the Soochow Navy intercepted them along the way, the Han Navy had three more bows after five years of hard training.
With the blessing of bed crossbows, I believe they will be able to reach the walls of Wuchang soon.
But this war has just begun, and the three armies in the south are really overwhelming.
Is Soochow's army so vulnerable?
Li Feng was a little surprised!
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