Now the Feng army has advanced to Sandaogou in Shuangtang County. If it continues southward, it will inevitably have a battle with the Sichuan army near the county seat.
Qingyu's opinion is very simple, that is to fight steadily. Although there are many Sichuan troops gathered in Linqi, most of them are defeated troops. Their morale is not high and their defense is not sufficient. If our side launches a strong attack, they will be able to break through within three days.
Linqi's city defense.
After listening to his opinion, Tang Yin shook his head repeatedly and said: "Three days? After three days, even if we can capture Linqi, when we advance to Xuangu Pass, the Sichuan army has already taken precautions. How can our army still attack?"
Do you have to come down?"
Qingyu frowned and asked, "What does the king mean..."
"The old trick is repeated, giving up the attack on Linqi and taking a detour to Xuangu Pass. As the saying goes, to win by surprise, if you want to attack, just catch the Sichuan army by surprise." Tang Yin said with confidence.
"This..." Qingyu pondered for a moment, shook his head repeatedly, and said: "No, absolutely not, Your Majesty, this is too risky."
Tang Yin looked up and smiled and said: "When we attacked Ankou, we just went around the city, from Yisu County to Shuangtang County in one go. Now we are facing Linqi, why can't we go around the city?"
Qingyu said seriously: "Your Majesty, this is different. When we attack Ankou, we can go around the city because we have our reinforcements at the rear. Even if the front is blocked, we have no worries. But now, we have no backup.
Without a response, if we continue to circle the city, if we fail to capture Xuangu Pass, our army will fall into a tight siege by the Sichuan people."
Tang Yin was amused and asked: "How many soldiers do we have now?"
Not understanding why he asked, Qingyu said cautiously: "Excluding the soldiers who were assigned to station in the towns along the way, there are currently less than 80,000 soldiers available."
"How many Sichuan troops are there in Ankou City?"
"It was reported that there were hundreds of thousands of people."
"The attackers have less than 80,000 people, but the defenders have more than 100,000 people. There are also two family armies that can assist in defense. According to normal people's thinking, our army will definitely be blocked by Linqi. If our army can bypass the city,
, If we take Xuangu Pass directly, we will definitely kill the defenders of Xuangu Pass by surprise. I think they never dreamed that our army would suddenly attack Xuangu Pass. So, avoid Linqi and go directly to Xuangu Pass. See
It may seem like a risk, but in reality it is the safest tactic." Tang Yin explained his thoughts to Qingyu in detail.
After listening to Tang Yin's analysis, Qingyu still shook his head. Tang Yin's tactics seemed to make some sense at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, it involves too much risk, and we currently have no understanding of the situation at Xuangu Pass.
, if we really follow Tang Yin's tactics, avoid Linqi, and go straight to Xuangu Pass, what if Xuangu Pass has already been prepared? By then, we will be unable to attack by force, and we will not be able to retreat, and we will be double-teamed by the Sichuan army.
There is a danger of the whole army being annihilated.
Qingyu said: "Your Majesty, I still believe that it is too risky to bypass Linqi and go straight to Xuangu Pass. We should attack steadily and steadily."
Tang Yin said slowly: "Soldiers are deceitful! What matters is winning by surprise and fighting steadily. Those are tactics only used by incompetent generals. In short, I have made up my mind, and you don't need to persuade me anymore. If you really don't want to,
Don’t worry, I’ll go ahead with 20,000 elites, what do you think?”
Alas! Qingyu sighed secretly, how could he trust Tang Yin to lead only 20,000 soldiers to attack Xuangu Pass? He bit the bullet and said with a wry smile: "Everything is as per your Majesty's orders."
"That's right!" Tang Yin laughed.
According to Tang Yin's wishes, the Feiyu Army gave up the attack on Linqi, changed its direction from Sandaogou, and headed straight for Xuangu Pass. The terrain of Shuangtang County is not as flat as Leize and Yisu counties, and the territory is dangerous.
It is not easy for the army to march through the mountains and ravines.
Now the Feiyu Army was walking on a small road, and the road was even more rugged and difficult. In order to speed up the march, Tang Yin issued an order that the entire army abandon large baggage, only carry simple luggage and rations, and go into battle lightly.
Along the way, the Feiyu Army passed through many dangerous places. What surprised Qingyu was that there were no ambush troops from the Sichuan Kingdom in many places suitable for setting up ambushes. It seemed that the Sichuan Kingdom wanted to avoid Linqi and go straight to Xuangu Pass.
The tactics are really unprepared.
However, Qingyu still did not dare to take it lightly. During the march, he kept sending military spies to the front to investigate, making sure that nothing was missed.
Tang Yinke was far less nervous than him. In Tang Yin's opinion, it was impossible for the Sichuan army to set up an ambush on this road, and they would never have thought that their side would bypass Linqi.
The journey went smoothly. Five days later, the Feiyu Army marched to the Xuangu Pass area without any danger.
Xuangu Pass is located in the south of Shuangtang County. The terrain is a typical ditch sandwiched between two mountains, and Xuangu Pass is located in the middle of the ditch, blocking the only road tightly.
The city wall of Xuangu Pass is extremely high and solid, with a height of three feet and three feet and a thick width. The corridor on the wall is no less than three meters, which is more than enough for several horses to run side by side.
Looking carefully at the top of the city, flags are fluttering above, and armor is like a forest. Looking around, they are all soldiers and generals of Sichuan.
Tang Yin, who rode his horse and rushed to the front of the army, watched for a moment, nodded repeatedly, and praised: "What a dangerous place!"
As he spoke, he said to Qingyu beside him: "As long as our army can capture Xuangu Pass, the three counties of Leize, Yisu and Shuangtang in Sichuan will belong to our Feng Kingdom."
Qingyu smiled bitterly, that's true, but the prerequisite is that he can beat him.
Judging from the current situation, the defenders in Xuangu Pass are not defenseless. Our own army has already reached the pass, but the defenders on the city are not panicking at all. There seems to be a lot of people observing the defenders.
He whispered: "The Sichuan army in Xuangu Pass seems to have taken precautions. Your Majesty, should our army attack or withdraw from the original route?"
Tang Yin was amused and said: "Since our army has already reached Xuangu Pass, why should we retreat without fighting? Send the order, and the entire army will form an array and attack the city immediately!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!" At this point, even if he had to bite the bullet, he would have to do it. Qingyu stepped in to take the order, and then passed on the commander's order, and the front army formed an array in front of the pass, preparing to attack.
For a time, the sound of horns and drums in the Feng Army camp came one after another, the sound of footsteps, and the friction of armors merged into one. In just a while, when I looked at the Feng Army camp again, it had turned into several square blocks in front of Xuangu Pass.
In the battle formation, Qingyu set up exactly the fish scale formation.
Soon, a Wind General came out of the front camp of the Feng Army. He reined in his horse and stopped when he was still a hundred steps away from Xuangu Pass. He then raised the spear in his hand and pointed it at the top of the opposite city.
The Sichuan army shouted: "Listen, I am Wei Chong, the partial general of the Feiyu Army of the Feng Kingdom. If there are still people in the city who do not want to die, it is still too late to open the city gate and come out to surrender. If not, wait until our army breaks the city.
, leave no chickens or dogs behind!”
This wind general came and circled in front of Xuangu Pass with his majestic horse, pointing at the defenders on the top of the city and yelling at them. After a short time, the gate of Xuangu Pass opened and a group of Sichuan troops rushed out from inside.
The Sichuan army that rushed out can only be described as a team. Looking at it, it was sparse. There were only about a hundred or so people at best. The leader was a Sichuan general. This man had a bay red horse and held a Yanyue knife. He came out of Xuangu.
After the pass, he shouted and urged his horse to come straight to Wei Chong.
When he saw the opponent, he came out with so many soldiers and horses. Wei Chong sat on the horse and shook his body with laughter. If he was afraid of death, there was no need to fight. Why should he come out to embarrass himself and be conspicuous! Looking at the Sichuan general on the opposite side approaching him, he straightened up
Yaoban asked: "The general's name..."
Before he could finish his words, he suddenly felt something was wrong. Nachuan Jiang had no intention of reining in his horse, but was running straight towards him.
Oops! Wei Chong was secretly frightened, but at this moment, Na Sichuan Junye was approaching him, raising the spiritual sword in his hand high and slashing at his head.
Wei Chong was so frightened that he hurriedly parried with his spear. He heard a click in his ear, and Nachuan General's heavy sword struck the spear hard. Wei Chong felt as if a huge force was sweeping towards him. He could not sit still on his horse.
Hold on, the whole person is like a cannonball shot out of the barrel, flying backwards from the horse.
Plop! Wei Chong flew several meters away before falling to the ground. Before he could stand up, the Sichuan general had already galloped up, raised his knife and cut off Wei Chong's head with a crisp sound.
The Sichuan general didn't even look at the corpse on the ground. He raised his eyes to look at Feng Jun on the opposite side and shouted: "I am Mengsha from Sichuan. Who dares to come out and fight with me?"
With his shouts, the soldiers on both sides on the battlefield finally recovered from the shock. The eyes of the Sichuan soldiers on the top of Xuangu Pass were all shining, and the soldiers beating the drums waved their drum hammers desperately, as if to
It was as if the drum head was being knocked out. Looking at the Fengjun outside the city, people all took a breath. Who is this unknown Bangsar? Why is he so powerful? General Wei didn't even walk past him.
It was unbelievable to be beheaded from his horse.
Seeing his favorite general being killed, Qingyu's face became gloomy. He glanced left and right and asked: "Which general is willing to go out to fight this Bangsha?"
As soon as he finished speaking, another general among the crowd rode out, raised his hand to Qingyu and said: "General, I am willing to fight to the death with this thief and avenge General Wei!"
Like Wei Chong, the Feng general who requested the battle was a partial general of the Feiyu Army. His name was Wang Qiong. He was born in Moren. Among the generals of the Feiyu Army, he was the one who was closer to Qingyu.
Seeing that it was Wang Qiong who asked for a fight, Qingyu pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay, but General Wang must be more careful and don't be as careless as General Wei!"
"General, don't worry, I swear to take this thief's head!" As he spoke, Wang Qiong urged his horse to go straight to the front of the two armies.
After Wang Qiong and Meng Sha met, no one on either side had any unnecessary nonsense. They each raised their own soldiers and fought in one place.
Wang Qiong was stronger than Wei Chong just now. He was not knocked down in one round, but he only lasted for three rounds before he was slashed in the back of the head by Mengsha's saber. He didn't even say a word and was slashed on the spot.
Half of the head was lost, and the horse dragged the headless body away.
At this time, the morale of the Sichuan Army was even stronger. On the Feng Army side, the faces of the people changed drastically, and they all looked at each other. The camp of tens of thousands of soldiers was completely silent at this time.