The trees in Cuihuan Mountain are mainly pine trees, which are green and lush all year round. Coupled with the ring-shaped mountains, Cuihuan Mountain got its name from this.
Tang Yin commanded the Zhen Army and secretly moved the main force of the Zhen Army into Cuihuan Mountain under the pretext of withdrawing troops. On the other side, the Feng Army also launched a fierce attack on Zhaoyang City.
Just like the plan formulated by Tang Yin, the Feng Army launched a three-day and night strong attack on Zhaoyang. Not only did it make no progress, but it suffered huge losses and its combat power was reduced sharply. At this moment, the reinforcements headed by Buying arrived.
Arrived again.
As a result, the Feng army was attacked from both sides and could no longer fight.
In desperation, the Feng Army had no choice but to withdraw. However, the Feng Army wanted to withdraw at this time, but the Sichuan Army refused to give up. Not only did Buying's troops pursue the Feng Army, but also the defenders in Zhaoyang City.
He rushed out of the city and pursued the Feng army who was planning to retreat.
The battle situation in Zhaoyang has taken a turn for the worse. The Feng Army, which was originally the main attacker, has now fallen into a situation of being passively beaten. The 400,000-strong army is in danger. Zhaoyang battle reports continue to spread into Cuihuan Mountain like a revolving lantern. Zhen, who has been lurking here for several days, has taken a turn for the worse.
The soldiers were all extremely excited. Zhaoyang's defenders had indeed fallen into King Feng's trick of luring the snake out of its cave. Now that Zhaoyang City was empty, it was a good time for our side to launch a massive attack.
After receiving the news that the Zhaoyang defenders had left the city to pursue the Feng Army, all the Zhen generals couldn't wait to see Tang Yin. After people entered the camp, their faces were full of joy and they talked excitedly: "Wind King"
Your Highness’s clever plan, the Sichuan people were indeed fooled!”
"Now that the Sichuan army has chased them out of the city, Zhaoyang City's defense is ineffective. Your Highness, King Feng, it's time for our army to take the initiative to attack!"
Tang Yin looked at everyone, smiled calmly, and said, "Generals, what are you so anxious about? Wait a moment."
"Your Highness, King Feng, this opportunity must not be missed. If we lose it, it will never come back. How long do we have to wait?" "Yes, Your Highness, since the Sichuan people have fallen into the trap, our army must attack immediately. Otherwise, the night will be long and we will have many dreams, and things will change later!"
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Tang Yin said with a smile: "Now the Sichuan army has just chased them out of the city. We must at least let them chase them farther away before we can take action. Generals, please be patient!"
After thinking about it carefully, I felt that what Tang Yin said made sense, so people had no choice but to continue to wait patiently. One day passed, and Tang Yin did not move. Two days passed, and Tang Yin still did not move. By the third day, Zhen generals could no longer wait any longer.
Cuihuan Mountain is not a good place. It is a large basin, surrounded by mountains, isolated from the world. There is no wind or rain. In addition, it is midsummer now, and Cuihuan Mountain is extremely hot and sultry, like a big furnace. It is terrible.
What's more, the water source is still scarce. It's considered good for the soldiers to drink two meals of water a day. No one wants to stay here anymore.
On this day, the Zhen generals could not help but ask Tang Yin to join the battle again, but Tang Yin's attitude was firm and refused. The Zhen generals tried their best to persuade Tang Yin, and finally had no choice but to leave one after another.
After nightfall, all the generals gathered together as usual, full of grumbles and complaints. General Youzhen said dissatisfiedly: "This is not a place for people to live at all. It's stuffy and hot. My brothers have already
Many have suffered from heatstroke."
"That's right, it's the same here. I fell ill in at least two of the ten formations. Before fighting the Sichuan people, my combat strength was reduced by 20%." "No, I don't know when these hard days will end.
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The environment in Zhendi is harsh, and the people of Zhen are able to endure hardships, but now even they can't endure it, which shows the hardship of Cuihuan Mountain.
Another Zhen general stood up abruptly and said in a deep voice: "How long does King Feng want us to wait? The Sichuan people have been chasing the Feng army for more than three days. Even if they use crawlers, they can still climb hundreds of miles away.
Isn’t now the time to attack Zhaoyang?”
"Well, the Feng King is good at strategizing. Since the Feng King thinks it's inappropriate now, there must be something that makes the Feng King feel uneasy!" Meng Xiong said with a frown.
Among the Zhen generals, the two fierce generals Lei Meng and Meng Xiong were the most convinced of Tang Yin. Since Tang Yin took command of the Zhen army, they had always looked up to Tang Yin and obeyed his orders.
"In my opinion, the Wind King is too cautious. Now is obviously a good opportunity. If you insist on delaying it, if the opportunity is really delayed, it will be too late to regret it!"
This statement was recognized by many Zhen people. People nodded and responded: "Yes! But if the Wind King doesn't give the order to attack, what can we do?"
One Zhen rolled his eyes and said, "I have a plan, but I don't know if it's feasible or not."
The Zhen general who spoke was named Hu Wenjiao, and he was a veteran general in the Zhen army. It was not because he was older, but because he had followed Li Shu for a long time. He was one of the first Zhen people to follow Li Shu in the army.
The prestige is also quite high.
Hearing his words, everyone's eyes lit up, and people asked anxiously: "General Hu, please tell me!"
Hu Wenjiao looked around, then lowered his voice and said: "Tonight, we are avoiding the Wind King, each leading the elite men under his command, quietly coming out of the mountain, and attacking Zhaoyang at night. I believe that with the current situation in Zhaoyang,
With our strength, I’m afraid we won’t be able to hold on for even an hour before we break through!”
Lei Meng and Meng Xiong trembled and said urgently: "No, this is absolutely impossible. Avoiding the Wind King and quietly going to fight. This is disobedience. If you let the Wind King know later, you will be severely punished by military law!"
"General Lei, General Meng, you two are too cowardly!" Hu Wenjiao sneered and said: "As long as we can capture Zhaoyang, even if we disobey military orders in advance, we can still make up for it. Besides,
He said, after all, the Feng King is the king of the Feng Kingdom, not the king of our Zhen Kingdom, and the military discipline of the Feng King still has no control over us. Everyone, what do you think?"
"Well! I think what General Hu said is reasonable. To say the least, I would rather be punished by military law than stay here and suffer this punishment!" Another general muttered dissatisfiedly.
The Zhen generals nodded one after another and said: "I think we should follow General Hu's method this time. Beat us first and then talk about it. If the law does not punish everyone, I don't believe that King Feng can kill us all!"
Everyone quickly reached a consensus, and then they unanimously focused their attention on Lei Meng and Meng Xiong. Hu Wenjiao said in a weird voice: "I tell you, generals Lei and Meng, if you two are afraid of the Wind King,
You can stay here and continue to accompany the Wind King, but if you two go to inform the Wind King, not only will your friendship be ruined, but you will no longer be worthy of being a virgin!"
His words made Raymond and Meng Xiong blush. They both stood up, looked around at everyone, and said angrily: "Who do you think I am? A coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death? Since we are brothers,
We should advance and retreat together through life and death. If we are going to attack Zhaoyang this time, naturally we cannot be without the two of us!"
Everyone smiled happily when they heard this, and they all stood up and said, "This is just like what my brothers said!"
Hu Wenjiao was also full of excitement. He patted Lei Meng and Meng Xiong hard on the shoulders and said, "Okay, let's settle this matter. At midnight tonight, each of us will lead our elite men out of the valley quietly. At dawn,
We can reach Zhaoyang before now, so that is the best time to sneak attack on the enemy!"
"It's done! It's settled!" All the generals said in unison.
The Zhen generals secretly discussed and decided to go out of the mountain to attack Zhaoyang without Tang Yin's back. There was no talk in the first half of the night, and when midnight, all the Zhen generals met at the agreed time.
They were quite smart and did not bring out all their troops, but only selected capable men. But even so, the total number of troops they brought out was close to 100,000.
Seeing that everyone was here, Hu Wenjiao gave an order and the whole army came out of the mountain. Then, he took the lead and led the five thousand Zhenjun soldiers under his command to quickly move towards the canyon coming out of the mountain.
It stands to reason that the canyon is the only way in and out of the valley. It is an important place among important places, so there must be many sentries. But what puzzles people is that there is not a single sentry here tonight. Not only is there no clear sentry,
Even the secret whistle disappeared without a trace.
Hu Wenjiao felt angry. The people below were too negligent and did not even leave a sentry at night. What if the enemy got in?
After beating Zhaoyang, he must find out who is responsible for guarding the canyon! While he was walking and thinking about it, suddenly, a long scream sounded in the air.
Anyone with experience in marching and fighting knows that it is the warning sound of a rattle arrow.
Hey! It turns out that we have a sentry here, but I just didn't see it. Hu Wenjiao was surprised. Suddenly, there was a thunderous roar above his head. At the same time, people also clearly felt that
The ground beneath my feet trembled.
Hu Wenjiao was stunned for a moment, and then he woke up with a start. His eyes suddenly widened and he screamed: "No, there's a rockfall..."
Before he could finish his words, he heard a loud bang, and a huge stone more than two people tall fell hard less than ten meters in front of him. A dozen soldiers who happened to be standing under the huge stone were killed on the spot.
It was smashed into pulp, and the blood splattered flew far away.
This was just the beginning, and then more and bigger boulders kept rolling down from the peaks on both sides of the canyon. For a while, the Zhenjun soldiers who walked into the canyon screamed again and again, and screams could be heard everywhere.
Even Hu Wenjiao's horse was frightened and spun uncontrollably, throwing Hu Wenjiao off.
"No! There is an ambush here. Retreat, retreat quickly!" Hu Wenjiao got up from the ground and finally realized that his side was under enemy attack.
It was not that easy to evacuate at this time. On the peaks on the side of the canyon, the falling rocks were like snowflakes. The Zhenjun soldiers were unable to resist them. People were knocked to the ground in groups, and soon there were new falling rocks.
On top of them, they were smashed until their bones were left.
In less than a stick of incense, the canyon no less than ten meters wide was blocked by falling rocks, forming a stone wall seven or eight meters high. But even so, the huge boulders that fell from the peak were still not there.
Stopped, and continuous roars continued to come from the canyon.