But Han Tiancheng not only refused to agree, but anyone who dared to withdraw the troops would be pushed out and beheaded by him. The officers had no choice but to ask General Pingtian to give the order. Little did they know that Yu Gui, their General Pingtian,
In fact, he is one of the four great protectors of the Ming Cult, and he is also Wei Wuque’s yellow-haired old servant. Wei Wuque is Han Tiancheng, and Han Tiancheng is Wei Wuque.
Yu Gui ignored them at first, but when he saw his subordinates complaining and worrying, the morale of the army was shaken, so he had to go to Baiyatai in person to persuade Han Tiancheng to withdraw his troops. Han Tiancheng failed to attack the city for several days, but instead suffered a bloody head and a bloody stomach.
Xiehuo didn't look good when he saw Yu Gui. The officers who were counting on Yu Gui's arrival to restrain Wang Xian were disappointed.
Yu Gui waved his hand and signaled the generals to go away. When there was no one else, he smiled and said to Han Tiancheng: "Young master, I don't know. Just now, there was news from Taiyuan City. Zhu Zhanji will not be able to do it before the spring of next year."
Launching an attack. In this case, we don’t have to rush to capture this Pingxing Pass..."
What answered him was Wei Wuque's murderous gaze. Suppressing his anger, Wei Wuque said to Yu Gui: "I have said many times that the value of Guangling County lies in its ability to control Pingxing Pass, Zijin Pass, Yanmen Pass and Daoma Pass.
These four passes are connected to each other, forming a tight line of defense that controls traffic from east to west. Once the Pingxing Pass is lost, this line of defense will be gone. We move to Hebei and go straight to Beijing, but we are also blocked.
With Wei Wuque's intelligence, how could he not know that being trapped in Guangling County would only lead to death? What's more, with his dignity as the young master of the Mingjiao, how could he only want to be a mountain king? Guangling County is just a stepping stone for him to move the world. He wants to
From here, rush into Hebei and seize Beijing.
Wei Wuque, a guy who was destined to rebel from birth, thought most about how to rebel in his life. He carefully considered the world situation and found that the most promising path to rebellion was to copy Zhu Di's route and control Youyan from Beijing.
, relying on the outside of the pass, relying on Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to block the Ming army's counterattack. However, the Ming army stationed heavy troops in Beijing, and it was almost impossible to directly attack it. However, Wei Wuque's plan was to make a feint first and bypass Beijing.
Take Shanhaiguan directly. As long as Shanhaiguan is captured, all the land outside the pass will be in his hands. Moreover, with Shanhaiguan blocking it, the Ming army can only look back and sigh. At that time, while recuperating outside the pass, he will continue to contact the Mongolians from the front line of Xuanda University.
Attack the Ming Dynasty, wait until the main force of the Ming army is completely attracted, then lead the army into the pass, seize Beijing directly, and seize the foundation of this king's hegemony
This plan has been brewing in Wei Wuque's mind for many years. The Shanxi White Lotus Sect's uprising is his first step in fighting for world supremacy. In any case, the previous progress was relatively smooth. Liu Zijin rose up from Guangling County and occupied the four passes.
With the help of the King of Jin, he stockpiled millions of dan of military provisions and recruited 50,000 soldiers, all of whom were well-armed and sharp-edged, thus accumulating enough capital for him. Wei Wuque then sent the tiger away from the mountain, occupied the magpie's nest, and moved Liu Zi into the home he had saved.
He took the property as his own, and after the digestion was completed, he was about to leave Zijingguan and attack the city of Beijing. Unexpectedly, due to a loophole in the plan, Pingxingguan was actually occupied by Liu Zijin's remnant party.
As mentioned earlier, between Shanxi and Hebei, there is only one passage between Mount Heng and Mount Wutai, and Yanmen Pass, Pingxing Pass, and Zijingguan are right on this passage. Especially Pingxing Pass and Zijingguan, once they are lost, his dream of advancing eastward will be lost.
It will be hindered, let alone the grand ambitions behind it.
So Wei Wuque must take back Pingxing Pass no matter what...
"How can this old slave not know the young master's great ambitions? It's just that the army has failed and suffered heavy losses. It will be in vain to persist. If the army loses control, the trouble will be big." Yu Gui persuaded bravely.
"You don't want to be noisy, go all out, and then weaken again, and you will be exhausted. Don't you understand the truth?" Wei Wuque was not ordinary stubborn. He glanced at Yu Gui coldly and said: "The rebels behind closed doors are on the verge of collapse.
Now that General Pingtian has arrived with reinforcements, the morale of our army has been greatly boosted. We will definitely be able to attack in one go next time.
"This..." Yu Gui wanted to persuade him again, but saw that the young master's eyes had become extremely cold. He knew that it would be useless to talk any more and would only get him into trouble. He could only sigh and said: "This time I will attack the city personally.
Commander, I have a secret weapon."
"Then I wish you success, general." Wei Wuque said with a slightly calmer gaze.
Although I heard that the city was about to be attacked again, and the soldiers were in mourning, General Pingtian's appeal was obviously much stronger than that of Han Tiancheng, who was a monk. Half an hour later, the largest siege team was assembled in front of Pingxing Pass.
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"Gentlemen, I know that you all want to go back to celebrate the New Year." Yu Gui rode his horse to review the team, reined the horse on a snow hill, and shouted loudly: "But Pingxing Pass is our south gate. Now that the gate is lost, once it is
Having been captured by the army, we will no longer be able to defend the enemy as easily as before. If we want to repel them, we must pay ten times and a hundred times the price. There is also the danger of being attacked by Guangling. You tell us, even if we go back, we can spend the New Year with peace of mind.
What?"
Regardless of whether they were convinced or not, under the gaze of General Pingtian, all the officers and soldiers shook their heads.
"So, we must capture Pingxing Pass before we can go back to celebrate the New Year with peace of mind." Yu Gui said as he drew out his sword and pointed at the towering mountains behind him: "The enemy troops at the pass have been exhausted and cannot afford to charge us again.
General Tsumoto and his brothers went into battle together, we must work together and stand on the city head."
Although the motto of encouragement is not very clever, it at least inspired the morale of the soldiers. They carried their weapons and newly built ladders on their backs and rushed towards Guanxia with shouts.
In the era of cold weapons, the most cruel thing was the siege. After several days of fierce fighting, the north-facing slopes of Pingxing Ridge had turned dark red... That was the blood of soldiers from both sides, cooling and freezing on the snow.
The corpses lying strewn across the ridge were frozen in the snow, and no one had the strength to dig them out. The soldiers stepped on the corpses of their comrades and enemies, set up tall ladders, and climbed up the steep mountain again.
In siege battles in this era, unless the defenders were unprepared and were successfully attacked by surprise, as long as the defenders were determined enough and the walls were high enough, it would be difficult to break through. Although the Pingxing Pass Guancheng was better than nothing, it was built on high mountains and with the help of mountains and rivers
It is more dangerous than any other city and is easier to defend and harder to attack. However, after the opponent's ladder was set up this time, the defenders of the city did not move for a long time. They just looked at the ladder with tearful eyes - only Yu Gui was seen standing up.
After raising the ladder, they did not rush to send soldiers to climb up and attack the city. Instead, they drove a group of old people, women and children to climb up... Those were the parents, wives and children of the people in the city.
"Dad..." A shrill cry sounded from the top of the city, and then the shouts became one: "Mother", "Mother", "Son"
When Yu Gui came this time, he actually brought the family members of the defenders and drove them up the ladder to cover his men's attack on the city.
Yu Gui's move was extremely clumsy, but it was quite effective. Seeing the relatives who stayed in Guangling being driven up the ladder, the defenders on the city were dumbfounded. The rolling stones in their hands and the boiling water in the ladles
How could they throw it down? On the contrary, some people dropped the stones in their hands and threw down the ropes to pull their relatives... There was almost no resistance from the defenders on the city, and they watched the family members climb up to the top of the city.
The defenders only wanted to overturn the ladder at this time, but the enemy death squads mixed with the family members tried their best to hold the ladder. There were not many of them, but they were all highly skilled in martial arts and fearless of death. They formed a formation of three talents.
Guarding the ladder behind them fiercely. Although the defenders on the city counterattacked wildly, it was already too late. More and more enemy troops climbed up the ladder from the ladder to the top of the city and fought with the defenders. Although the two sides still seemed inseparable, they
The danger of Pingxing Pass is no longer exclusive to the defenders. Both sides are already at the same height.
At this time, regardless of military strength or morale, the attacking side had an absolute advantage. Yu Gui at the bottom of the city looked at it and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the mission has been fulfilled."
Wei Wuque smiled coldly, but he hated Yu Gui in his heart... I have been attacking for so many days, and so many people have died, but there is still no progress. You are lucky, you succeeded in one go, you can't compare to me.
But we’ll talk about the future later. The top priority is to quickly recover Pingxing Pass. After calming down, Wei Wuque said in a cold voice: “Quickly destroy the enemy troops, capture Pingxing Pass, and then go back to celebrate the New Year.”
"You've all heard it, try harder," Yu Gui shouted: "We will win the Pingxing Pass and go home to celebrate the New Year."
These simple words made the subordinates on the top of the city cheer up, and the offensive became fiercer. The soldiers were slashing and crushing wildly, and they saw the defenders squeezing off the top of the city - once the defenders were down
Once they reach the top of the city, they will face the situation of being attacked from a high position. With the disparity in strength between the two sides, and the current gap in physical strength and morale between the two sides, victory or defeat will be determined.
Just when the siege army occupied most of the city and thought they were sure of victory, suddenly an iron-feathered arrow shot through the air. The arrow was so powerful that the sergeants were attacked again and again, like skewers of candied haws on a stick.
Pierced three
Then there was another arrow, and three more soldiers were skewered. Immediately there was a third arrow, and I don't know if it was a coincidence, but it penetrated three more soldiers.
Obviously, there was a powerful marksman among the defenders.
However, it is said that a sharpshooter cannot change the situation, so those three shocking arrows only took away the lives of nine sergeants and could not affect the overall situation at all.
However, what is incredible is that as soon as these three arrows were fired, the situation on the field was reversed - the defenders, who were originally in danger, burst out with louder cheers, launched a desperate attack, and soon regained the city head.
The siege troops suddenly became distraught and easily gave up on the city head that they had finally occupied, and seemed to flee.
Because those are not ordinary bows and arrows, they are Liu Zijin’s iron feather arrows
Everyone was shouting in their hearts that Liu Zijin was back