The ravines will always be filled, and the road will eventually be completed.
The mighty army followed the Qin Straight Road and finally arrived at the hilltop closest to the Wei army camp.
Although Governor Feng had already been mentally prepared, he still took a breath when he saw the arrangements made by the Wei army at Qiaoshan.
"Cao!"
"A turtle shell, what is this?"
Camps and forts, large and small, are dotted all over the hills in this area.
Whenever there is a dangerous place, there must be a Wei traitor flag.
It can be said that the only disadvantage of Qiaoshan as a barrier in Guanzhong is that it is too close to Chang'an. When enemies invade from the north, it will cause shock in Guanzhong.
The rest is almost perfect.
Feng Yongzheng held up his telescope to observe the hilltop opposite, and kept sighing in his heart that the turtle shell was indeed hard enough.
Zhao Guang came over and asked eagerly:
"Brother, when will we attack the camp?"
Governor Feng put down his telescope and glanced at Zhao Guang strangely.
What does it have to do with you when I attack the camp?
You don't know what kind of troops you have with you?
Or do you want to lead the heavy cavalry to attack the enemy's camp on the hilltop?
Governor Feng thought for a while and shouted: "Bo Yue?"
Jiang Wei, who was standing not far away, also holding a telescope to observe the enemy's situation, quickly came over:
"What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
Governor Feng gestured to the hilltop ahead and asked:
"Bo Yue thinks, how should we capture the first camp of the Wei thieves?"
In fact, the altitude of the main mountain ranges of Qiaoshan is not too high, basically between 1,500 and 2,000 meters, but the terrain is too complicated to support it.
With Xinglong Pass as the center, the Wei State built layers of defense lines at key points on the surrounding hills.
From the perspective of Governor Feng, it is really not much different from a turtle shell.
Not to mention that this time, because we had to cross the desert and were unable to bring siege equipment, most of the engineering battalion had already been sent to the prime minister's side.
They just brought some technical soldiers from the engineering battalion.
Even if the entire engineering battalion is pulled over, the siege effect of the engineering battalion will be greatly reduced by such a hilltop attack.
Judging from the layout of the Wei army in front of us, Sima Yi's layout at Qiaoshan is definitely not temporary, but has been established for a long time.
It seemed that he had already expected that he might come from this way.
As Governor Feng was thinking, he heard Jiang Wei say:
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, this mountain top runs north to south, and the east and west sides are steep and difficult to navigate. Most of the time, we can only attack from the front."
Having said this, he hesitated for a moment, "But I think Wei will also deploy heavy troops in the north."
"If there is a surprise soldier who can climb up from the east and west sides, it would be a good idea..."
Governor Feng glanced at Jiang Wei approvingly:
"Boyo was able to see the thief's weaknesses in such a short period of time. He is indeed worthy of the Prime Minister's respect."
When Jiang Wei heard this, he felt a little embarrassed and said, "Your Majesty, you have given me the reward."
As he spoke, he subconsciously squeezed the telescope in his hand.
When he was in Hanzhong before, Jiang Wei only felt that the Tiger Infantry Army was worthy of being an elite force trained by the Prime Minister himself, and the armor rate in the army was extremely high.
Even if he personally leads 5,000 people, 3,000 of them are wearing armor.
He couldn't help but marvel at how much money and food the big man had.
Later, when I arrived in Liangzhou, I went on an expedition with Governor Feng. I didn’t talk about the horses, mules, and donkeys in the army, nor the weapons and armor on the soldiers.
In the Liangzhou army alone, each battalion general had a telescope worth half a million yuan. This kind of arrogance shocked Jiang Wei.
He quietly calculated several times in his mind, and then sadly discovered that he might not be able to buy half a telescope if he put all his body together.
After some calculations, he realized that his eyesight was really too short-sighted.
In the past, if you wanted to find out the enemy's weaknesses at such a long distance, you not only needed to send out scouts, but you also often had to go to the enemy camp yourself to conduct surveys.
They even had to sacrifice some of their soldiers to test the attack.
It's not like now, just find a hilltop, take a look with a telescope, and everything around the enemy camp will be clear to you.
This is simply an artifact in front of the array.
You know what the thief is going to do from a distance, but the thief doesn't know that his plans have been mastered by his opponent. How can you fight this battle?
It's just bullying!
That is to say, in a situation like this, if you stick to a key position and force your side to forcefully attack the camp, there is only a slight possibility of turning over.
Of course, Governor Feng didn't know what Jiang Wei was thinking. He raised his telescope again and looked at the hilltop opposite:
"Boyo doesn't need to be humble. I can still tell whether he is capable or not, let alone the prime minister."
As he spoke, he carefully observed both sides of the enemy camp according to Jiang Wei's words, and finally nodded with satisfaction.
Then he put down the telescope and glanced at Zhao Guang:
Have you seen it? Do you know what a real general is?
People know at a glance how to fight, but you only ask me how to fight.
If you were half as strong as my uncle, I don't know how easy it would be for all these years.
Zhao Guang was unhappy: Brother doesn’t love me anymore...
Governor Feng ignored him and just shouted: "Xinhou."
Li Qiu came over quickly: "Junhou."
"To the west." Governor Feng pointed to the hilltop opposite and said, "I will hand over the Dark Night Camp to you, and you can pick out the good climbers from the Wudang Camp and lie down on the west side."
"Just wait for my signal and then start trying to go up from the west."
The foundation of Wudang Camp was first brought out by Wang Ping. From the beginning to the present, the soldiers of the camp have always been Yi people who competed from Yuexun County.
There is no other way. If you want to jump up the hierarchy, military merit is the best way.
Feng Langjun's staff is where the treatment is the best, so the competition has always been fierce.
Wang Ping's son Wang Xun, one of the main things he has done in Yuexun over the years is to provide qualified soldiers to Feng Jishi's Wudang Battalion.
The Wudang Battalion can be regarded as half a mountain combat force.
But this time there was only half of the Wudang camp, and half of the camp was left with Guan Ji.
As for the Dark Night Battalion, let alone it. It can be regarded as a special forces unit of this era and has always been personally controlled by Feng Jishi.
Governor Feng's eyes fell on Jiang Wei:
"Boyo, how about you take charge of this attack?"
Jiang Wei really didn't expect that Junhou would entrust this task to him. He was surprised and then delighted:
"Your Majesty, I will be afraid..."
"What are you afraid of? It's just a camp. Isn't it possible that Boyue can't take it down? I'll just let people cooperate with you."
Governor Feng interrupted him directly:
"Eshun!"
"exist!"
"Tomorrow you will take the remaining Wudang Camp and Modao Camp under the command of General Jiang."
"promise!"
The Modao Battalion has developed to this day and has become much more mature than it was at the beginning. It is a battalion that mainly uses Modao and uses a variety of weapons.
Thanks to Figure Maniac, the Qin Straight Road on the ridge is more than ten meters at its narrowest point. Coupled with the slopes on both sides of the straight road, it is barely possible to deploy troops.
"The bald man stands tall."
"The end is here!"
"You follow the cavalry army with righteousness, and you are optimistic about Puhe and those people. I don't believe them."
Although in this kind of mountainous terrain, the Xianbei Hu people cannot make any big waves, they still need to be careful when they should be careful.
"promise!"
Zhao Guang saw that everyone had arrangements, except for himself, and he was even more depressed at the moment.
He thought about it for a while, but finally couldn't help but get close to him and act like a licker:
"Brother, what should I do?"
Governor Feng looked at him and said softly:
"You come with me to watch the scenery on the mountain, and admire the heroic appearance of the generals."
this……
Zhao Guang started to get entangled again:
My brother doesn't let me go into battle, but he lets me stay with him. Does this mean he loves me or doesn't love me?
With an order, the entire army, under the guidance of the technical soldiers of the engineering battalion, began to cut wood and make equipment.
Unlike the serious soil erosion in later generations, the Qiaoshan Mountains now have lush forests, so there is no need to worry about the lack of wood.
The large pillars were covered with cowhide, and then placed on the siege vehicle, trying to make it as slope-like as possible. The soldiers hid behind the pillars, and slowly pushed the cart towards the mountain along the Qin Straight Road to attack.
At the same time, on both sides of Qinzhidao, because the siege vehicles could not move, the soldiers could only climb up without cover.
The Wei army camp on the mountain had already prepared a large number of rolling stones and wood.
When the Han army reached the halfway point of the hillside, they heard a bang and many rocks and wood rolling down.
When stones or wood hit the pillars, because the pillars were slanted, the stones and wood rolled away along the pillars, and most of the soldiers behind the carriage were not hurt.
But some of them rolled to the side and hit the soldiers behind the cars next to them.
There was only a "click" sound, and the unlucky soldier screamed miserably and fell to the ground clutching his twisted legs.
But he forgot that he was halfway up the hillside, and when he lost his balance, he rolled down the mountain.
What's even more unlucky is that the soldiers who are not covered by siege vehicles on both sides will be covered in blood and missing arms and legs if they are even scratched by the whizzing rocks and trees.
If he was really hit, his whole person would be turned into a bloody mess.
Governor Feng listened to the screams on the opposite hillside with no expression on his face.
He held the telescope tightly in his hand, but did not lift it to look across.
If you look carefully, you can see that the muscles on his face are twitching slightly from time to time.
Obviously, it is very distressing and helpless to watch the soldiers you have carefully trained take human lives to fill the Wei army camp in front of you.
Jiang Wei's golden sound sounded at the bottom of the mountain, and the soldiers who had attacked halfway up the mountain retreated one after another.
Obviously, this wave is just a test.
But the effect of testing is very bad.
The camp on Wei Jun's mountain not only had rolling stones and wood, but also dug a trench on the road in front of the camp, and there were deer antlers behind the trench.
In the first wave of offensives, the troops had to retreat before they could even touch the trenches.
After a short rest, the second group of soldiers continued to attack.
…
When the sun turned west, they attacked a total of four times in one day, but the best result was just to push the siege engines into the ditch.
After calling the gold for the last time, Jiang Wei came to the commander's camp with a somewhat ugly look on his face.
"Your Majesty, you will finally have a heavy trust..."
He raised his hands to Governor Feng who was sitting on the commander's seat and was about to plead guilty.
Governor Feng waved his hand and asked in a steady voice:
"How many casualties were there today?"
When Jiang Wei heard this, his face became even more ashamed: "Five hundred injured, half light and half injured, two hundred and sixty-two dead..."
From the beginning of the Nanxiang Army to the current Liangzhou Army, in the past ten years or so, the ratio of casualties between the enemy and ourselves under Governor Feng's command has never been so severe.
There were nearly 800 casualties, but they could not exchange for even one enemy casualty.
Governor Feng took a long breath:
"I was careless. I didn't expect Sima Yi to be so well prepared."
He is indeed an old turtle worthy of being able to consume Old Demon Zhuge to death.
"Junhou, tomorrow..."
Governor Feng's eyes fell on Jiang Wei, his face calm:
"Follow what you think. Don't worry about what I think. Don't worry about the casualties of the soldiers. I only want one result, and that is that the camp on the opposite side must be captured by me."
Secretly gritting his teeth, his eyes became heavy:
"I don't believe that a mere camp on a hilltop can use endless amounts of rolling stones and wood!"
No one can say that they are not afraid of the rocks and trees rolling down the mountain.
My soldiers are not emotionless machines, so of course they will be frightened.
This really hurts morale.
Jiang Wei nodded, then hesitated.
Feng Yong noticed his expression:
"Bojo just said it straight."
"Your Majesty, since we already know that there are rocks and trees on the mountain, why not let the barbarians go up there and consume them first?"
Feng Yong shook his head:
"I have my own arrangements for this. Our soldiers can only take down the first camp first, and only then will I have reason to let the Xianbei people take over."
Jiang Wei wanted to say that he still had the right to obey the barbarians.
I just saw that the princes were useless to the Xianbei barbarians, so they would not be able to use Yi Cong.
He buried the doubt in his heart, nodded and said:
"It's the last time to attack the camp today. I think the bandits' stones and wood seem to be sparse. I guess it's just as the king expected. There won't be too many stones and wood in a mere mountain camp. Tomorrow's attack on the camp will probably be easier."
Governor Feng looked outside. On the mountain opposite, lights could be seen flickering. He said in a faint tone:
"I said that I only want the result and don't care about the process. Just go ahead and do it."
Governor Feng was blocked on the north side of Qiaoshan, and the main force of Zhuge Liang's army also failed to cross the Wugong River.
Under the cover of the powerful crossbows on the west bank, Meng Yan finally established a firm foothold on the east bank.
But if we want to expand our frontier positions, we are unable to do so.
Because Sima Yi had too many troops.
As long as they are beyond the cover of the strong crossbows on the west bank, the Wei army will take turns to attack the Han army.
This forced Meng Yan to shrink to the shore and hand over his wings to the east bank, while he concentrated on dealing with the Wei army on the front.
This stalemate lasted for several days, and Wei Yan became impatient and went to find the prime minister to ask for a fight:
"Prime Minister, let me lead the army across the water! I will definitely be able to break through the bandits and clear the way for the army!"
Zhuge Liang glanced at Wei Yan expressionlessly.
When Wei Yan saw the Prime Minister's appearance, he felt cold and thought that he was going to be kept in cold storage by the Prime Minister again.
Unexpectedly, the Prime Minister suddenly spoke:
"What if you can't get away?"
Wei Yan almost thought he heard wrongly, and in surprise, he quickly said loudly:
"The last general is willing to establish a military order!"
"Okay, I'll give you 10,000 people. If you can defeat the thieves in front of you, it will be considered a great achievement for you; if you can't break it, you will be dealt with according to military law!"
"The last general takes command!"
Wei Yan took the military talisman from the prime minister's hand, turned around and left with a quick stride.
Wei thief, I, Wei Yan, are coming!
Although Meng Yan did not advance further, he guarded the crossing point. Behind him, several pontoon bridges had already been laid.
Soon, after notifying Meng Yan on the other side to pay attention to his cooperation, Wei Yan personally led 10,000 horses and began to cross the Wugong River eastward along the pontoon bridge.
The Wei army scouts on both wings saw this situation from a distance and reported it to Sima Yi as quickly as possible.
When Sima Yi learned about it, he said happily:
"Zhuge Liang finally couldn't stand it anymore! Let's see how I can attack him halfway across the border!"
Now ask around:
"Who wants to be a pioneer?"
Niu Jin, Fei Yao, Dai Ling and others all stepped forward to ask for a fight:
"I will go where I will in the end!"
"General Niu, I leave this battle to you, don't let me down!"