Xu Zhiqiong arranged the magic circle under Shuangxiong Pass. He was not Tao Huayuan, and he did not have Tao Huayuan's exquisite skills. In addition, with the rocks flying, Xu Zhiqiong could not stand still. It took him nearly a meal to set up a magic circle.
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Yu Shan could see clearly from the top of the city. He saw Xu Zhiqiong and the prince. He wanted to rescue these two people.
It is impossible to open the city gate. The only feasible way is to throw a rope. However, climbing the rope is too dangerous. If you encounter a stone halfway up, you will have nowhere to hide.
Fortunately, Xu Zhiqiong finally completed the formation and took the prince to the south of Shuangxiong Pass.
The two of them sat on the ground and panted for a while, then Xu Zhiqiong asked: "Your Highness, why are you here?"
"You are asking, if there is a war, can I not come?"
The prince led an army of 20,000 and was about to reach Luzhou. Onmyoji sent news that the battle at Shuangxiong Pass had begun.
The prince immediately handed over the army to Ji Qi and Chen Beixuan, and followed the Onmyoji to Shuangxiong Pass.
The battle at Shuangxiong Pass was a matter of life and death, and the prince had to be there in person. Unexpectedly, the Onmyoji who sent him here had never been on the battlefield. When he was approaching Shuangxiong Pass, he was frightened by the murderous aura, his hands and feet were confused, and he could not control his landing for a while.
the orientation.
It didn't matter that he couldn't control it. He used a move to sacrifice his life in exchange. He wanted to send himself to the north of Shuangxiong Pass to ensure that the prince could fall to the south of Shuangxiong Pass. This was somewhat similar to the principle of backlash.
He knew that the journey was in danger, so when he was leaving, he said to the prince: "Your Highness, please convey to me, Master, that this disciple has been loyal to the Onmyoji and to Daxuan."
The Onmyoji said a tragic farewell, but the actual situation was this. At the critical moment of life and death, the Onmyoji panicked again. After landing, he reached a safe area south of Shuangxiong Pass, while the prince was sent to the north of Shuangxiong Pass, in the middle of the battlefield.
Fortunately, the prince was lucky and met Xu Zhiqiong, who also failed to control the landing.
The prince wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Why don't you bring my wife with you? Your formation is too slow."
"Yes, the formation is slow!" Even Xu Zhiqiong felt it was slow, "But why didn't the enemy rush over? Since he saw His Highness, shouldn't he rush over?"
The prince said: "Maybe you didn't recognize it was me!"
Xu Zhiqiong looked at the prince, who was wearing a python robe.
With such eye-catching clothing, how could you not recognize it?
If Tu Nu had charged with force just now, there was a high probability that he would be able to capture the prince alive.
Once the prince is captured alive, the morale of Shuangxiong Pass will be severely damaged, and the entire battle situation may be overturned.
But why don't they charge?
Anyway, what are they worried about if they want to attack the city?
The fierce battle in front of the pass continued, with both sides shooting at each other with catapults. Chu Xin stood silent at the top of the city, and the battle was basically handed over to Yu Shan's command.
The number of Tunu's catapults was several times that of Daxuan's. During the shooting, Daxuan obviously suffered a disadvantage.
Yu Shan was also calm, and while fighting back with a catapult, he also set up his crossbow.
The bed crossbow is a unique weapon of Daxuan. The crossbow arrows are thicker than spears and can hit the enemy camp directly. The only weakness is that the stringing time is too long.
Yu Shan's timing was good, and he could always take action when the enemy was loading stones. The soldiers used Wangshan to take full aim (Wangshan, the crossbow's aiming device), and used the bed crossbow to destroy more than a dozen enemy trebuchets.
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Bai Zihe couldn't help but admire him, and peeked at Chu Xin from time to time, hoping to win a few words of praise from his brother.
But Chu Xin never spoke, and his mind seemed not to be on the battlefield.
Fighting from afternoon to dusk, Tunu's offensive ceased and the troops retreated.
Since the enemy has retreated, the battle is considered won.
Is this the much-anticipated battle between the two bears just over?
The people in the city cheered and the prince announced that a banquet would be held to celebrate the victory.
At the celebration banquet, Chu Xin drank a few drinks with the prince. Chu Xin was very pleased to learn that the prince had raised a total of 50,000 troops and that the army had arrived in Luzhou.
Qiao Shungang said: "According to what General Chaoqiu said before, with an army of 50,000, Tunu can be severely damaged and will not dare to invade Daxuan within ten years!"
Meng Shizhen said with a smile: "If this battle is as easy to fight as today, we can simply attack Tunu's lair and destroy his bird kingdom!"
Chu Xin laughed and drank without saying much.
Bai Zihe kept looking at his brother, waiting for him to ask for credit from Yu Shan, but Chu Xin was still absent-minded.
Yu Shan drank two glasses of wine and remained silent. Bai Zihe looked distressed and comforted in a low voice: "Don't worry, brother will never forget your contribution, and neither will His Highness."
Yu Shan smiled and said: "You underestimate me, why should I care about this little credit? I just think this battle was strange. Tu Nu's flying rocks hit him so hard, why didn't he charge even once?"
Bai Zihe said: "You can't gain any advantage by flying rocks. If you charge again, won't you lose your life in vain?"
"I didn't take advantage, but I didn't suffer much loss. The enemy's catapults were several times more than ours. At one time, the city was suffocated. If they really wanted to fight a decisive battle, there were many people charging to attack the city.
Good opportunity."
Yu Shan knew the art of war well, and after what he said, Bai Zihe also felt strange: "If you don't want a decisive battle, why do you need to make such a loud statement?"
People who know military knowledge are puzzled by today's battle. The prince also felt that Tu Nu was behaving very strangely, but he was worried that it would dampen the morale of the soldiers, so he did not speak directly.
During the dinner, Xu Zhiqiong walked up behind the prince and whispered: "Your Highness, I will go to the enemy camp."
"How crazy! That's the camp of a hundred thousand troops."
"I'll take an Onmyoji with me."
"Your wife doesn't seem to be closing the door anymore."
"Han Chen's magic formation is also quite exquisite."
Xu Zhiqiong found Han Chen, and Han Chen immediately agreed. Tong Qingqiu said: "I have paper figures, and I am better at investigating things than you."
The three of them followed the rope and quietly arrived outside the pass. Han Chen set up a magic circle and sent the three of them to the vicinity of the enemy camp.
Xu Zhiqiong was quick and killed three soldiers patrolling the sentry. The three of them changed into Tunu military uniforms and quietly sneaked into the enemy camp.
After today's defeat, Tu Nu seemed a little depressed. The enemy camp was a little deserted. The three of them were pretending to patrol the enemy camp. After walking for a long time in the enemy camp, they only saw a few sergeants here and there.
Xu Zhiqiong counted the stove pits all the way, and the more he counted, the more puzzling he became.
After walking through less than half of the enemy camp, Xu Zhiqiong only saw about a hundred stove pits.
One stove pit can feed twenty or thirty people, and if we count thirty people, a hundred or so stove pits can feed three thousand people.
How many stove pits can be left in the remaining half of the camp?
Even if there are still 200 people, they can still support up to 6,000 people.
Three thousand plus six thousand, that's less than ten thousand.
What do the rest of the enemy troops eat?
If you lose the battle, don't you even have food to eat?
While he was thinking, a Tunu officer came over on a war horse and spoke the Tunu language to Xu Zhiqiong.
None of the three people understood the Tunu language. Han Chen raised his eyebrows, took out three silver needles, and shot them into the Tunu people's throats.
Officer Tunu fell to the ground quietly. He made no movement, but the war horse was frightened and neighed loudly.
Several Tunu soldiers heard the sound and came over. Xu Zhiqiong had no time to collect the bodies, so he was so anxious that he led the two of them into a military tent.
This is a large tent that can sleep forty or fifty people. Unexpectedly, there is only one person in the tent, snoring like thunder, sleeping soundly.
There was a commotion outside the military tent, and the Tunu people discovered the officer's body.
The three people left quickly, trying to change to a tent with more people and try to get through.
When we entered the next military tent, there was no one inside.
Another military tent, there are two people inside.
Move to another tent and there will be no one in the tent!
After walking through more than a dozen military tents in a row, we encountered less than twenty Tunu soldiers in total.
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Han Chen set up a magic circle and led Xu Zhiqiong and Tong Qingqiu to quickly walk between the camps. When they arrived at the end of the enemy camp, the three of them saw a group of carriages.
There were three to four hundred carriages, and the Tunu soldiers marched into the carriages in formation.
Where are they going?
Tong Qingqiu took out a paper figure over an inch high from her arms. The paper figure moved with the wind, floated under the car, and stuck firmly to the bottom of the car.
Tong Qingqiu nodded at Han Chen, and Han Chen quickly set up the magic circle and led the two of them back to the vicinity of Shuangxiong Pass.
After entering Shuangxiong Pass and meeting the prince and Chu Xin, Xu Zhiqiong said directly: "Your Highness, General Chariot and Cavalry, there is an empty camp outside the pass, with no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the camp!"
Chu Xin was shocked: "Where are the enemy troops going?"
Tong Qingqiu twirled his beard and calculated silently.
After a while, Tong Qingqiu raised her head and said, "They went west."
"Yangjiaoguan!" Chu Xin's eyes were bloodshot.
He underestimated the enemy. He didn't expect that Tu Nu could really catch his weak point.
For several days, Tunu's carriages and horses kept coming, seemingly transporting grain, grass and ordnance, but in fact they were transporting troops to Yangjiao Pass!
Yu Shan realized something was wrong a long time ago, but it was a pity that he could not find out the reason!
Tunu was in a fierce manner outside Shuangxiong Pass, and seemed to be going to a decisive battle here.
In fact, this is all a cover-up, including today's battle, which is just a feint.
Chu Xin focused all his attention on Shuangxiong Pass, but in fact, outside Shuangxiong Pass, Tunu had very few troops left. Even after seeing the prince, he did not dare to charge.
Their target is Yangjiaoguan!
Yangjiaoguan is the weak spot of Yongzhou!
The prince thought for a moment and was puzzled: "Yangjiao Pass is also a dangerous pass. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Moreover, the road in front of the pass is rugged. It is the least suitable pass for a large-scale attack among the three dangerous passes. How did Tu Nu go there?"
Chu Xin whispered: "There are injuries at Yangjiaoguan and fatal injuries on the city wall!"
Han Chen said in astonishment: "The city wall is damaged, why didn't it be repaired earlier?"
Chu Xin said: "If it is repaired, Tu Nu will know about it!"
Xu Zhiqiong gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that Tu Nu has known about it for a long time."