In the evening, Pound led more than 7,000 troops to retreat to the Laoyaguan area. There were a few Wei troops stationed here. Seeing Pound leading the army, they fled upon hearing the news. Pound and others then occupied Laoyaguan.
Laoyaguan is actually a fort with a limited capacity for soldiers. If it is in the summer, when the Daxia River flows rapidly, it is indeed a dangerous pass. The stormy waves are crashing on the shore next to it. The fort is built in the way, which is really easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
, It’s a pity that it is winter now, and the Daxia River is three feet frozen. The ice surface is frozen, and thousands of horses can gallop.
Once entering Laoyaguan, two thousand people could barely accommodate it, but there were still more than five thousand people who could not enter Laoyaguan, so Pang De divided a group of people to camp on the mountain diagonally opposite Laoyaguan, which was at the horns of Laoyaguan.
Taking advantage of the situation, he personally led some people to dig out the ice.
However, the ice layer was very thick, and it was too laborious to dig it in bit by bit. So Jiang Ji came up with an idea, first cut a hole, and then poured boiling water into it to melt it.
Ice layer, you can see the water flowing under the ice layer.
"Captain Jiang, is this too slow? Is there anything faster?" Pang De asked after seeing it.
Jiang Ji thought for a while and said: "General, I have a method. I wonder if the general dares to use it?"
"What are you afraid of? Say it!" Pang De said.
Jiang Ji said: "The Daxia River flows through here and then changes its course to the south. We are now on the east bank of the Daxia River. If Chelixiang pursues from Panhan tomorrow, he will have to cross the river first. We can use explosives and hide them in the ice.
underneath the layer, and then use a long guide
The wires connect the explosives hidden under the ice together. When the iron chariot soldiers cross the river, we will light the fuses. By then, we will definitely explode the ice and all the iron chariot soldiers will fall into the Daxia River.
.As long as the iron chariot soldiers are defeated, the Qiang people have nothing to fear."
After hearing this, Pang De visually checked the width of the Daxia River and immediately said: "This is a good plan. The remaining explosives can be buried separately and bombed in multiple places. It is bound to make all the iron chariot soldiers and Qiang people fall into the Daxia River!"
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The plan was decided, and everyone immediately started to make arrangements. They first cut open the ice, then buried the explosives in it, and then made a fuse. They began to connect the explosives together, and then covered the fuse with some bark.
Use snow as a cover.
After all the preparations were done, Pang De and others went back to have a good rest.
The next day, before dawn, the sound of whimpering horns sounded from outside Laoya Pass. The Chinese army had been prepared for a long time and was on the alert. As soon as they heard the sound of the horns, they immediately stood up and the soldiers quickly boarded the pass.
, looking outside, I saw a dark side of people on the other side of the Daxia River, and the white snow turned into black. In this darkest time before dawn, looking from a distance, I couldn’t see the end at a glance. I don’t know how many soldiers and horses came.
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Pang De boarded the tower and saw a large number of soldiers and horses deployed on the other side of the river. He said: "I didn't expect the Qiang people to come so fast..."
On the west bank of the Daxia River, Che Lixiang was gathering troops. When he saw the lonely small town of Laoyaguan from a distance, he sneered. He secretly thought in his heart: "If it were normal, maybe I would praise you for being smart, but
It is winter now, and the Daxia River is three feet frozen. The army can pass directly on the ice. You are hiding in Laoyaguan. Even if the city wall is strong, you cannot withstand my continuous attacks day and night. Let me see how long you can hide...
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"Commander, the enemy has occupied Laoyaguan. The terrain there is dangerous. Even if we cross the river, there is no guarantee that we will be able to capture the city."
"Asshole! As long as you cross the Daxia River, it's easy to attack the city. The Chinese army was frightened by our chariot soldiers, otherwise they wouldn't have retreated yesterday. Stop saying these sarcastic words and urge the chariot soldiers behind to speed up their advance, and then
Take a short rest and attack again after dawn." Cherixiang said.
"Why don't you attack now? The commander-in-chief just said that troops are valuable and quick..." Qu Shuai asked with a cold face.
"Now our soldiers are exhausted and have to march thirty miles away. We don't care, but the chariot soldiers are different. We need to let them rest. There is still half an hour before dawn. Let's take a good rest for half an hour before we launch another attack.
With a general attack, we can conquer Laoyaguan in one fell swoop. If we attack now, the enemy will not be able to see the majesty of our iron chariot soldiers. If we can
Scared away? Besides, who knows if the enemy troops have laid any traps or something like that. How can they tell the difference in the dark at this time?" Although Cherixiang studied Sun Tzu's Art of War, his head is like a wooden fish head, and he cannot tell the difference at all.
Unlike his brother Cheriji, he was able to become the commander-in-chief only because of Cheriji's connections. In addition, he was particularly good at talking on paper.
Qu Shuai was so embarrassed by Che Lixiang's words that he turned around and walked away. As he left, he muttered: "What's the air about you? It's not surprising that you can become a commander without relying on the relationship with the Qiang King..."
Che Lixiang heard Qu Shuai mutter something in his mouth, but he didn't hear what he said, so he immediately asked: "What are you talking about? Why don't you hurry up and urge the iron chariot soldiers to arrive?"
On the gate of Laoyaguan, Pang De saw the Qiang soldiers gathering continuously, but they did not attack and did not know what was going on. He looked up at the sky, estimated the time of dawn, and said to the soldiers behind him: "In a while
Prepare to go out of the city to fight. You go and notify Jiang Ji and ask them to prepare on the mountain. When they see the signal I send, they will immediately come out from behind."
"promise!"
The two armies faced each other across the river, and the sky was gradually getting brighter. Che Lixiang and others had all assembled and rested on the river bank for a long time, and then they began to get ready to move.
At Chen time, the Qiang's chariot soldiers gradually came to rest. Che Lixiang couldn't wait to get on his horse, drew out the golden sword from his waist, and began to direct the chariot soldiers to arrange on the front line.
There, just waiting for Che Lixiang's order.
Pound did not dare to show weakness, so he led a thousand men to form an array on the river bank, and then divided the thousand people into ten teams, with each hundred people forming a column, and placed them at ten different locations on the river bank. After the arrangement was completed,
Then one team was changed into two teams. One of the people quickly got out and squatted down, and began to take out the fire sticks from his arms, ready to light a fire at any time.
On the other side of the hillside, Jiang Jiong and other five thousand people were waiting in full formation. Seeing the two armies facing each other, he gathered all the other four captains together and discussed: "Thanks to the general's trust, let me temporarily serve as the captain."
one position,
I am responsible for commanding this surprise attack. I, Jiang Jiong, am what I am today thanks to the respect of you brothers. Therefore, I still need to rely on you for today's battle. After the surprise attack is successful, the credit will go to you all, and I, Jiang Jiong, will not want any of it."
"Chief Lieutenant Jiang, when you say this, don't you chill the hearts of all the brothers? Everyone can see clearly along the way from Wuhan to Laoyaguan. Lieutenant Jiang, your contribution is not small, and you can be said to be both wise and brave. This time
The surprise attack was also what you suggested to the general. Regardless of victory or defeat, all five of us captains will share equally!" said one of the captains.
"Yes, this is only fair. We in the Northwest Army only have brothers and no interests!" the other three captains said together.
Jiang Ji said: "Well, your words are enough. As soon as the ice explodes, we will quickly launch a surprise attack and go around behind the Qiang people. We will kill the Qiang people ruthlessly and wipe away any bad luck."
"promise!"
Che Lixiang has completely assembled a large army and arranged the chariot soldiers in a charge formation. The first row is 300 vehicles, the second row is 500 vehicles, and the third row is all the chariot soldiers and Qiang cavalry.
They are still scattered on both wings.
"Blow the charge horn!" Seeing that Cheri Xiang was ready, Pound arranged for a thousand people to stand on the ice. He didn't care. Anyway, he didn't find anything unusual, so he just rushed over all at once. It would be frightening.
Scaring people to death.
The whimpering horn was blown, and the melodious horn sound spread in all directions, extremely fast.
After the Qiang people heard the horn sound, they immediately became energetic and knew that it was the charge. So, the three hundred chariot soldiers arranged in the first row rushed forward quickly, with ten people standing on each chariot.
, each chariot was pulled by six mules and began to gallop across the ice of the Daxia River.
Not long after the first row of chariot soldiers rushed out, the second row and the third row were also advancing in full swing, and 20,000 soldiers were pulled on the chariot, showing off their might and mighty towards Pound and others.
The people galloped away. Che Lixiang showed no sign of weakness. He waved his golden sword forward, and the cavalry scattered on both wings also rushed forward quickly, guarding both sides of the iron chariot soldiers.
Thirty thousand Qiang soldiers all rushed over. The momentum of the galloping horses shocked Pang De and others when they saw it.
"General, we are all here, do you want to light the fuse?" The soldiers were shocked by this majestic gesture for the first time. It has to be said that the Qiang people's iron chariot soldiers did leave a deep impression on the Chinese army yesterday.
The impression was that they didn't dare to let the iron chariot soldiers get close. This kind of thing can attack and defend, and it was really difficult to deal with. And they couldn't confront them head-on, but they didn't dare to get close. The blades were stuck in the chariot.
, which means it may scratch a certain part of your body.
"Wait! Wait until the enemy completely enters the ice." Pang De said after visually measuring the Qiang people's speed and distance.
After a while, the Qiang people were getting closer and closer, and some archers on the chariots began to pull their big bows, preparing to shoot arrows. At this moment, when Pang De saw the 30,000 Qiang army completely on the ice
, then ordered: "Light the fuse and retreat backwards!"
At this time, the ten men squatting behind immediately began to light the fuse. Nine of them started to retreat immediately after lighting it. Only one soldier was too nervous and accidentally extinguished the fuse and was unable to light the fuse.
He took out the flint again and desperately started to light the fuse. While watching the iron chariot soldiers rushing over, he started to light the fire. As a result, an arrow flew over and hit his head directly. He immediately fell to the ground and died.
Pang De hurriedly retreated to the shore, immediately turned around, held a repeating crossbow and started shooting at the Qiang people who were rushing over. At this moment, the most perfect side appeared, and the entire ice surface exploded with flowers, and there was a muffled sound.
A series of explosions exploded on the ice, and the entire ice was shaken by the explosion.