"My son, take care of yourself all the way."

At the second watch of midnight, Zhang Xianzhong saw off Li Dingguo. Li Dingguo took the 10,000 selected troops of his team and prepared to take the risk to attack Mangdangkou. His behavior was very worthy of Zhang Xianzhong's encouragement. Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong, who couldn't sleep because he was worried about the war before dawn, stared at

He came to see Li Dingguo off with a pair of red eyes.

At this time, Li Dingguo looked at Zhang Xianzhong and cupped his fists and said: "Don't worry, foster father, the boy will definitely break through Mangdangkou, enter Lantian, attack from front to back with our army, and capture Tongqian Pass."

Zhang Xianzhong nodded after hearing this and said: "I wish my son a great victory."

"I wish all the officers and soldiers a great victory."

Zhang Xianzhong raised the bowl of wine in his hand and shouted to the soldiers behind Li Dingguo, then drank the wine in one breath and smashed the bowl with a bang.

Upon seeing this, Li Dingguo also raised the wine bowl, drank the wine, smashed the wine bowl and shouted: "Let's go."

After speaking, the army behind Li Dingguo rushed out. This time Li Dingguo wanted to attack Mangdangkou by surprise. Therefore, although he set off with an army of 10,000, 8,000 infantry were delayed, and the main force was 2,000 cavalry.

Li Dingguo's plan was for two thousand cavalry to take full advantage of their own advantages and attack Mangdangkou for hundreds of miles, and capture Mangdangkou with lightning speed, followed closely by the eight thousand infantrymen behind them, allowing them to establish a foothold at Mangdangkou and follow them closely.

Then, with Mangdangkou as the base, they brought disaster to Lantian County.

To achieve the military purpose of sending troops this time, it can be said that Li Dingguo's plan is still very good. If he succeeds, Lantian will be very difficult. After all, with the strength of Li Dingguo's two thousand people, if they enter Lantian and there is a burst of burning, killing and looting, Lantian will be in trouble.

If you want to catch him, you must deploy double or even several times the number of troops.

It's a pity that Lan Tian discovered this plan early on because he had Lan Tian's spies around him.

It was still dark and Dongfang Yubai had not yet come out. Li Dingguo's cavalry had already arrived near Mangdangkou. At this time, Li Dingguo's deputy general Wang Jiadong came back from the front with his scouts and said: "Report to the commander, Mangdangkou is two miles ahead.

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After hearing this, Li Dingguo said: "Are there any guards in front?"

Wang Jiadong said: "Yes, because there are often refugees coming in and out of Mangdangkou, there are one hundred militiamen from Lantian guarding it."

"militia?"

Li Dingguo frowned slightly, and Wang Jiadong said: "He is the Xiangyong from Lantian."

Li Dingguo nodded and said: "One hundred Xiangyong, let us know. Everyone should wrap the horses' hooves in cloth, take off all the horse bells, extinguish the torches, and come with one hundred elites to follow me into Mangdangkou, kill these one hundred Xiangyong, and rob

Xia Mang Dangkou."

"Here, Dingguo, you are the coach. It's up to me to do this kind of risky thing."

After hearing this, Wang Jiadong said to Li Dingguo. After hearing this, Li Dingguo said: "Your martial arts skills are not as good as mine. You come to command the army. I will lead the elite over. Don't rob me."

"Ah, Dingguo, this..."

After hearing this, Li Dingguo raised his hand and said: "No need to say more, just listen to me. Come, the first team comes with me. Everyone put down their long weapons, carry single swords and shields, and follow me."

After saying this, Li Dingguo gathered the first team of one hundred elites. These are the elites among the elites. The bravest in every battle have two paths. One is to be promoted to centurion, and the second path is to choose today.

First team.

The first team is also called Li Dingguo's personal bodyguard. They are very powerful, and they are all veterans who have gone through hundreds of battles without dying.

At this time, after listening to Li Dingguo's words, he skillfully handed over the horses to the people around him, then picked up his shields and single-handedly slashed. This is not the first time that this set of equipment has been used. Every time when attacking a city, the first team

People have to keep an eye on their shields and climb up to the city wall to fight the enemy with a single sword in their teeth. Therefore, everyone here has the merit of getting there first and is brave enough.

Li Dingguo stared at a hundred people, holding a single sword and a shield. He gave up his horse and waved his hand: "Let's go."

After saying that, he ran towards Mangdangkou like a hundred ghosts. At this time, Wang Jiadong took Li Dingguo's horse and waved: "Everyone dismounts and leads the horses to Mangdangkou to pick up Dingguo."

Li Dingguo led the people straight to Mangdangkou, and saw a huge canyon mouth in the distance. There were cliffs on both sides of the canyon mouth. It was possible for a single person to climb up, but it was absolutely impossible for a large group of troops to climb up.

, what a natural barrier.

Fighting a war is not about fighting an individual. It does not mean that you can climb cliffs with light kung fu, because the physical fitness of many soldiers is the physical fitness of ordinary people. It is impossible to climb such a steep cliff, and the luggage cannot be carried at all.

Horses can't even get through, but in a battle you have to go through alone. That's not called an attack, it's called an assassination. You can be an assassin, but you can't be an army, and you can't cause much damage.

Therefore, faced with such terrain, it was a desperate situation for the generals and soldiers of this era. If they wanted to attack, they could only enter through the valley entrance. This is why Sichuan is so difficult to attack.

If a team of special forces were sent to attack Shu Road in modern times, then Shu Road would really not be difficult. The cliffs are steep, the special forces have hooks and locks, and they are very skilled. It is not difficult to climb with bare hands.

If grain and grass cannot be transported, there is no need to carry a pack of compressed biscuits with you to ensure that you will not starve to death within a few days and maintain combat effectiveness. Therefore, the road to Shu is difficult, and it cannot be difficult for special forces. This does not include unconventional combat methods such as airdrops.

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Of course, this is only a small-scale battle, and a large-scale battle would take some effort. Of course, for modern troops, the combat environment is just more complex.

But for people in this era, that is a gap that cannot be crossed.

"General, the front is Mangdangkou. Look at the sentry post of Lantian there."

Sure enough, Li Dingguo and others saw the straw hut with the lights still on at the mouth of the canyon. Li Dingguo looked at the straw hut and could see a person standing there through the window paper of the straw hut, with the light shining on the man's slender figure.

"General, please wait here for a moment, I will take someone to take a look and catch the tongue."

At this time, a strong man said to Li Dingguo. After hearing this, Li Dingguo said: "Be careful."

The strong man nodded and said, "General, don't worry, the second and third sons will follow me."

As he spoke, the strong man led two equally strong men and walked towards the thatched house. When they arrived at the door of the straw house, the strong man waved his hand. The two men stood on both sides of the door of the straw house, holding up their swords and shields, ready to attack.

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When the elder brother's strong man put his shield at the front, he inserted the knife along the crack of the door. He was preparing to open the door bolt, but when the knife went in and lifted it upwards, nothing was picked up and the door was unlocked.

The eldest brother had cold sweat on his forehead. He looked at the two strong men, and then he saw the eldest brother nodded. The eldest brother took the shield. The two strong men reached out and pushed the door open, and then the elder brother put the shield on his head.

Go up and rush in without saying a word, like a crazy bison.

When the strong man rushed in, the two strong men behind him were also ready to follow him and cover his elder brother. However, when he entered, he saw his elder brother looking at the hit scarecrow in confusion.

"scarecrow?"

The strong men were confused, and then they saw an oil lamp beside the scarecrow. The flame of the oil lamp cast the scarecrow's shadow on the window, which was the person they saw.

The three strong men all looked confused, and one of them said: "What's the situation? Why is there no one?"

"Yeah, why are you inserting a scarecrow here in the middle of the night? Is it scaring the birds?"

The two strong men looked at the boss in confusion, and suddenly a strong man said: "Hey, boss, we won't be ambushed, right?"

After hearing this, Lao Dadao said: "That shouldn't be the case. If there is an ambush, shouldn't a bunch of people rush out at this time and chop us into pieces?"

The two strong men agreed when they heard this. At this time, the boss looked at the burned oil lamps, then looked at the scarecrow and said, "Do you think it's possible that the brave men from Lantian are guarding here and go home to sleep if they find it troublesome?"

Well, I set up a scarecrow just to scare people."

After hearing this, the two strong men blinked and said, "Then just keep this oil lamp empty for one night, what a waste of money."

"Hey, you little family are so angry, aren't you? This is Lantian's territory. What kind of place is Lantian? It's a paradise on earth, rich as hell. I heard people say that people in Lantian can now eat steamed buns with mixed noodles every meal.

Already."

"Zamian Momo, my God, life is so good?"

"What the heck, I'm telling you what life is like for Li Chaosheng, the respected man of Lantian County, do you know?"

"What day is it?"

"Let me tell you, I heard someone say that there are two oil pans at the entrance of Lantian County, and they are boiling every day."

"What are you doing, blowing people up?"

"What? You think Li Chaosheng is the Eighth King? Those two oil pans are just waiting to serve Li Chaosheng. Li Chaosheng wants to eat fried dough sticks, fried dough sticks, fried cakes and fried cakes. That boy is like a god.

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"Go away, you two are done. You think Lantian County Lord is just like you. He frying cakes and pancakes every day, how can he get anywhere?"

"Brother, what do you think Lantian County Lord should eat?"

"Let me tell you, he eats... Go, go, why am I telling you this? You think we are just wandering around, take a walk, go back and report the situation to the general, and let the general make a decision."

After hearing this, the two strong men nodded, and then the three of them slowly exited the straw house.

"no one?"

Li Dingguo frowned. He had imagined many possibilities, but he really hadn't thought about it. At this moment, Li Dingguo frowned, and there was a trace of fear in his eyes. How could there be no one?

"No matter what, there shouldn't be no one."

Li Dingguo thought about it, looking at the white fish belly gradually appearing in the sky in the distance. Li Dingguo gritted his teeth and said, "Let's fight. We can't afford to lose wealth in danger."

Li Dingguo hypnotized himself in the hope that, as the three people said, it was Xiang Yong who thought it was troublesome and went home to sleep, but the possibility was very low. However, Li Dingguo decided to take a gamble. Sometimes in war, he just gambled again, and he won the bet.

, the banker takes all, if you lose the bet, don’t blame God, you can only blame yourself.

Li Dingguo thought about drawing out his shield and sword and said: "Let's go and fight with me."

With that said, the group of people walked towards the entrance of the canyon. A hundred people naturally divided into two groups to cover Li Dingguo's left and right. At this time, Li Dingguo held a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, charging straight towards the canyon.

At this time, someone above the canyon whispered: "These cowards are willing to gamble, even General Ma's empty city strategy will not work."

After hearing this, one person laughed and said: "General Ma is not Zhuge Liang, and these bandits don't look like Sima Yi. They must not be easy to use. These bandits are used to taking risks, so you can't scare them."

The two people were talking here, and a voice that seemed more immature said: "Brothers, who is Sima Yi in the empty city plan you are talking about?"

After hearing this, the person who spoke before said: "You have been a soldier for a short time and have read little. If you have no time to train, go to the military camp library and read those books with illustrations and pinyin. There is a book called "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
To be continued...