There was a cry of mourning in the mountains and plains, and Xiao Lin could clearly hear the laments of the capital army. At this time, there was no time for ambushes on all sides, and things like being besieged on all sides. The most important thing was to strengthen the simple military stronghold at the mouth of the valley as soon as possible.
Wu Jie, Peng Jiu and Liang Ji left the military stronghold at the entrance of the valley to attack and advance after Sun Dazhi's baggage army arrived. In any case, they had to leave time for Sun Dazhi to reinforce the stronghold.
After the Liao people were caught off guard and suffered a fierce attack from the Song army, they retreated five miles away. At this time, the sky had darkened. In order to prevent the Liao people from counterattacking, Wu Jie built a simple formation in the first set of the eighteenth set.
At Juma's position, Peng Jiu and Liang Ji quickly seized the Tucheng on the hill near the first set of the Eighteenth Set. All war preparations must be completed tonight. This night is destined to be an unquiet night.
The Song army was extremely excited. The army blocked the Liao army in the valley from both ends. This was a tactic commonly used by the Song army. It used the narrow fighting interface in the valley to infinitely improve the effectiveness of gunpowder weapons. Once the mighty capital army had no left or right
The room for maneuver will collapse sooner or later under the attack of gunpowder. This is not the first time that the veterans of the 15th Route Army in West Beijing have experienced this.
Guo Hengchuan was as irritable as a lion. At his feet lay three bleeding corpses. He waved the bloody sword in his hand and roared: "Who told you that you can retreat? You must attack all night. As long as Song
In one night, their battle line will surely stabilize. If you want to survive now, follow me and attack the valley! Anyone who dares to take a step back will be killed!"
The generals in the military tent were somewhat unmoved. A bearded general asked coldly: "Lin Ya, I just want to know how the Song army got behind us? Marshal Xiao is attacking Pianguan."
In the past, I repeatedly stated that our army would be safe and sound with them at our back, but now that such a big trap has emerged, every explanation cannot be fulfilled."
Guo Hengchuan bared his big white teeth and said with an angry smile: "Everyone is dead, who are you going to find to blame?"
"Fifty thousand fine cavalry..." Before the bearded general could explain, he heard Guo Hengchuan laugh miserably: "The fifty thousand fine cavalry should have become ghosts by now! Xiao Huo'er should also be defeated and die.
Otherwise, if Wu Gudu had the courage of Xiong Zhi, he would not dare to lead the Song army to steal our retreat.
When I heard that Yun Zheng used almost equal forces to annihilate Zhang Zhi's troops in the field, I thought it was the Song army trying to flatter Yun Zheng. Now I believe it, he can really do this.
Stop fantasizing about reinforcements. Xiao Huo'er must have died in the battle. Wu Gudu has surrendered to the Song army. There is a large wilderness outside Ningwu Pass. Yelu Dagu should be the luckiest. The Song army's small number of troops cannot face a hundred thousand soldiers.
Warriors, our environment is not good, so we are the unlucky ones. As soon as Yelu Dagu heard that Xiao Huoer was defeated and we were surrounded, his first reaction was to run away overnight. No one would come to rescue us. He wanted to live.
, If you want to die, it depends on your choice. These days, you have also seen how vicious Yun Zheng is. He has never had any kindness towards us. I promise that as long as you fall into his hands, it will be difficult to survive.
extremely difficult!"
Because of the trust they have had in Guo Hengchuan for many years, all the generals present stood up to prepare for the attack. The life of the Han who was fighting was not worth much, so there was no need to think too much.
After Guo Hengchuan was the only one left in the military tent, he squatted down and touched one of the three corpses with his hands. He choked and closed the eyes of the nephew who was still staring at death. He sat down in a pool of blood and hugged him.
My head started to cry silently.
The Guo family paid a heavy price at Yanmen Pass that he could not imagine. In the past fifty years, only more than twenty Guo family members have died for the country.
How does Guo Hengchuan, a white-haired man, face this as the most promising child in his family?
It is said that family, country and world are the most important things in the world. In fact, the most important thing in the world is family. In Guo Hengchuan's opinion, the alliance that is connected by blood ties is the most unbreakable.
Anyone can sacrifice for this family, and it is worth sacrificing, but Guo Ruhai's betrayal makes him, the head of the family, almost shameless to face his ancestors, and even more shameless to face the widowed women of the Guo family, so killing this unfilial son is
An obsession in his heart.
Guo Hengchuan, who was trapped in the Eighteenth Pan, didn't actually feel that it was a big deal. As long as he was willing to lead his army over these small mountains and leave the battlefield, it was not a big deal for him to encounter such a crisis during his long combat journey.
This is the first time. After all, Yun Zheng's troops are insufficient. It is impossible for him to guard the entire Lianglang Mountain area airtight. As long as he returns to Yanyun, there will always be countless Han children for him to control and gather ten people.
It is not difficult to have an army of ten thousand. The Guo family has become the most important family in Yanyun Land.
Seeing the bodyguards carrying his nephew's body out for incineration, his cheeks twitched and he ordered: "Make food at the third watch. Each person will carry two days of food. After dawn, start breaking out backwards!"
The gunpowder bombs made loud noises in the valley. Wu Jie's ears were buzzing, and he could hardly hear other sounds. The continuous fighting greatly affected the Song army's physical strength. Looking at the Liao army that kept coming to die,
He could only mechanically lead the exhausted Song army to continuously put gunpowder bombs into the leather pocket of the ballista, and then trigger the mechanism to send the gunpowder bombs out, watching the bombs bloom brightly in the night...
The same is true for Peng Jiu. His arms can no longer swing the long sword, and he even has no strength to throw out the gunpowder bombs. The most dangerous part of the eighteen sets is not the first set, but the sixth and ninth sets.
, it is called the flying bird difficulty, but in this so-called first set, except for the steeper position of the tiger's mouth, the rest are just gentle slopes.
You can't hear the chirping of cicadas on a summer night, and the night breeze can't bring any coolness to the Song army. The blazing hillside is the guarantee that they can drag the war to this moment. Every time a stick of incense needs to be given,
Fire oil bombs were thrown on this gentle slope, desperately compressing the front of the Liao people's attack.
Liang Ji is always lucky, and he can win the relatively steep right hillside by guessing. Now that everyone is rich and wealthy, he knows how to cherish his life. If it were before, this guy would definitely be the first to guard the relatively difficult left hillside.
I don’t know how long I persisted, but in short, the red sun rose, and the Liao people finally retreated like a tide. Peng Jiu dropped his body heavily on the hot ground, found a kettle, and drank all the kettle.
Shui, he stood up and looked around at the battlefield.
The battlefield in front of us can no longer be described as miserable. Generally, there are more corpses and more broken limbs on the battlefield. However, the battlefield in front of us is covered with a thick layer of rotten corpses.
In this valley that has been plowed countless times by gunpowder bombs, the most common things that can be seen are human internal organs...
The horn horns of the Liao people sounded like they were crying, and the gongs and drums of the Song army sounded like noise at this time, without any sense of beauty.
"General, it's time to withdraw." The deputy general with a dark face dragged Peng Jiu up and walked back without saying anything.
"How many brothers died?"
"It's okay, less than six hundred..."
"Damn it, 30% of our brothers are gone just like that..."
"When we return to Liangshan, Babaili Shuibo, we will be able to replenish our manpower immediately. Now there are many people who want to join our 15th Route in West Beijing to serve as soldiers and feed themselves..."
"Damn it, isn't it my brother who died? You bitch, you must have broken your brain. What I want on the battlefield are brothers, not death squads and cannon fodder."
"Say less and save some energy to go back to eat. I'm very tired from supporting you, so don't criticize me at this time."
Hearing the deputy general mention eating, Peng Jiu suddenly felt as if his intestines were all mixed together. He reached into his arms and found two tea eggs. These were given by his wife when he set off from Xiong'er Mountain.
Taking it out at this time literally saved my life.
He and the lieutenant hurriedly peeled off the broken egg shells, and when they turned around, they saw a soldier with a runny nose looking greedily at the eggs in his hands.
Peng Jiu cursed secretly, stuffed the egg into Xiao Bing's mouth, kicked him on the butt and cursed: "You've been eating all day long, run back quickly!"
The deputy general's mouth was filled with eggs. He stretched his neck and swallowed it. He rubbed his neck with his hands and said with a smile: "This is a good way to eat eggs. I will get some when I get back. By the way, where did you get the eggs? Could it be you?"
Did you buy it from the common people on the road?"
Peng Jiu sighed and said: "How can I have such a leisurely life? My wife bought some things for me to keep the commander healthy. When I saw that I was about to go on an expedition, I gave him two of them. Don't talk about these gossips and go back to the wilderness to rest as soon as possible. Our
We don't have enough troops, so one person has to serve as the boss of ten people. After resting, he has to replace Chu Dazhi and the others. It's hard to guard the gate."
Seeing that the Song army had withdrawn, Guo Hengchuan's face became more sad. The general beside him asked: "Lin Ya, the Song army has withdrawn. As long as we can break through the valley entrance, we can fight and retreat back to Xijing."
,Why do you hesitate to move forward?"
"Have all the military rations sent by Wugudu been inspected?" Guo Hengchuan asked him as he looked around.
"I inspected a batch and found no problems. The rest were distributed to the soldiers. Wheat can be used as food as long as it is roasted, so we roasted them all. We are going to cross the mountain. Can't we bring the baggage? We have to carry our own.
of food.”
Guo Hengchuan shook his head and said: "I ordered the soldiers to only eat the previously stored grains and not to touch a grain of the newly delivered grains. No matter how safe the food sent by Wugudu is, don't eat it if you can. Yunzheng's battle is unstoppable.
No matter how extreme it is, he is capable of poisoning."
"He Lin's troops, Zhang Wei's troops, and Tan Yanshou's troops have all left in accordance with Lin Ya's military orders. They are now traveling over the mountains and cannot be contacted."
Guo Hengchuan smiled bitterly and said: "There are too few people attacking Yanmen Pass with two hundred thousand people, and there are too many people hiding in Shibapan. Since they already have the intention to leave, let them go. Yun Zheng cannot just want to trap them."
Stay with us. We know that this mountain cannot trap us. Yun Zheng must also know that our army left Shibapan and lost all their baggage. Heavy weapons such as the Eight Ox Crossbows and Trebuchets were also left here. One order has arrived
In the plains, Yunzheng's cavalry will definitely bite us and not let go. The road back to Xijing will be paved with the bones of soldiers.
The only thing we can count on is Yelu Dagu's troops. As long as we can unite together, we can return to Xijing safely!" (To be continued)