In the fourteenth year of Daye, November 1st, there was a black wind.
After a great battle, the sky gradually became dark.
Zhang Tiangang ordered people to set up warning ropes and copper bells in the surrounding woods, and also lit piles of bonfires forming a column on the road where the enemy troops came.
Zhang Tiangang believed that the enemy troops also needed to rest, so the possibility of attacking at night was not high. However, he still strictly followed the relevant laws and regulations and sent out multiple groups of guard posts. The officers and soldiers of the three detachments will also take turns on duty tonight, every moment.
There will always be a detachment of soldiers ready to face the enemy's night attack.
On the Heifengkou Ridge at the foot of Zhang Tiangang, on the west road from the south slope to the foot of the mountain, the slope of a few dozen meters is covered with more than 800 corpses. These people are lying or lying down, and their bodies all show strange distortions.
, their eyes were wide open, and the expressions on their faces were ferocious. It was obvious that they all experienced a painful and violent struggle before death.
The stream farther away has been blocked by corpses, forming small pools. The stream soaked the corpses white, and dyed the withered grass and soil on both sides of the waterway into blood red and deep black.
The one-sided battle continued two or three more times in the afternoon, and the intensity of it could be seen from the shocking scenes in the woods opposite the second detachment of the Special Forces.
Above and below these trees, there were many corpses of Li Jiajun soldiers. From the depths of the woods to the front of the special forces battle line, the weapons and shields of Li Jiajun soldiers were scattered everywhere.
At this time, the captive captain named Huang Sifeng, under the command of several counselors, had already set up a temporary camp, and even the people who helped the medical team set up a small field hospital.
After seeing dozens of injured subordinates, Zhang Tiangang walked up to the ridge and took a look. Today's battles seemed to be printed from the same mold. The Li family's army transported nearly two thousand people through this road, risking
As the Far Eastern Army launched a long-range attack, they finally rushed out desperately, and then were repulsed... After a while, another two thousand people would come to die.
Looking at the battlefield littered with corpses in front of him, the captain of the second squadron asked curiously: "Commander, it's so easy to win these battles today. We have killed more than 2,000 enemies, right?"
Zhang Tiangang nodded, his face full of cold murderous intent, and said calmly: "We only killed more than two thousand soldiers of the Li family army, which is not enough." Zhang Tiangang smiled and pointed to the battlefield below, "These people were killed by us
After killing them, we should be able to meet the real test tomorrow, and the real elite of the Li family army and more troops should arrive."
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"Report... General, a Far Eastern Army appeared on the grain road from Longguan to Chencang. They occupied the Black Wind Pass and cut off the grain road." In Longguan City, a detective horse rushed into the city, charging all the way.
He went to the guard general Hou Junji, knelt down on one knee and said loudly.
Hou Junji was a young general in Li Yuan's group who was known as the Three Tiger Generals along with Liu Hongji and Chai Shao. He was considered a confidant of Li Shimin. In the history of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Hou Junji was only slightly worse than Li Jing and Xu Shiji.
These days, the Hou Junji generals guarding Guanlong are impregnable, which can be seen from the fact that Shangguan Hu, Zhou Hu and Jiang Mulang have never been able to attack the city.
Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that the terrain of Guanlong is too steep.
After all, even with explosives, it would be difficult to blow up the city wall that was more than ten feet high and connected to the mountain at once.
At this time, Hou Junji's expression changed and he said, "What, the Black Wind Passage was blocked by the Far Eastern Army?"
"These are probably people from the Far Eastern Army's special operations team." A staff member next to him also looked surprised and said at the right time.
Hou Junji frowned. Although Guanlong City had previously stocked up some grain, grass and ordnance, the consumption was too great these days, and the grain, grass and ordnance transported from Chencang had to pass through the Black Wind Pass.
"How many people are there in the Far Eastern Army at Heifengkou? Can you see their flag clearly?" Hou Junji was not an ordinary person. He quickly suppressed the anger in his heart and asked urgently.
The spy immediately said: "Reporting to the general, the enemy Far Eastern Army did not find any flags, and it is difficult to find out the other side of the black wind outlet. The number of people is not expected."
The estimate is between two thousand and four thousand."
Hou Junji sighed and said: "Yes, they are probably the special forces of the Far Eastern Army. These days, there are shadows of the special forces of the Far Eastern Army on the battlefields in the east and north. It makes no sense that we don't have them in the west. I have always suspected that they have turned over.
Over the mountains and ridges, they sneaked into our pass. I have sent many people into the mountains these days but could not find them. Unexpectedly, they crossed over the mountains and ridges and came behind us, blocking the Black Wind Pass. I know that place. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The strength of the troops
No matter how many we have, it is useless. The number of troops that can be invested at a time will not exceed 2,000, so this will cause trouble."
The staff said: "The grain, grass and ordnance in Guanlong City can last for a month at most."
Hou Junji looked better and said: "One month should be enough. They can have up to four thousand people. Even if they are used up in one month, they will be killed."
The staff also smiled and said: "The military records ordered by Duke Tang have made it clear that one beheading of the Far Eastern Army's special forces and the Military Intelligence Office is equivalent to five beheadings of ordinary soldiers. If the general can hold Longguan at the same time, he will
All the members of that special force team were killed, even if thousands of troops were lost, the military exploit was still worth it."
Hou Junji nodded. There was no longer a heavy look on his face. Instead, there was some joy. He focused on what the spy said about the food route being cut off. He thought about it and said: "Come here, give me an order."
, let Zhang Yishan lead 10,000 troops to Heifengkou to deal with the special forces, and try to kill all the men of that special forces."
The staff thought for a moment and said: "I heard that the Far East Army's special forces are very good at sneaking. I guess Zhang Yishan will have no problem taking back Heifengkou, but it may be difficult to kill all the special forces. The battle is over.
To a certain extent, the opponent is bound to hide in the mountains and forests, waiting for opportunities to rob and burn our food routes. Therefore, I suggest that we can station 5,000 troops at Heifengkou and send some more people to escort the food and grass."
Hou Junji thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Yes, let's prepare like this first."
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Chencang Ancient Road, in front of Ganlong Pass.
Shangguan Hu Zhuma looked up at the dangerous pass leading from Tianshui County to the depths of Guanzhong, and sighed with a depressed look: "Wu Si and Naluo Shixin in the north have occupied two counties and destroyed 70,000 to 80,000 Li family horses.
But we have only occupied two small counties for a month, and we are blocked by this damn Longguan..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by an even more resentful voice from Zhou Hu next to him, "Who says it's not the case! In this damn Longguan, we also used the explosives sent by the prince. These days, our three parties have suffered nearly 10,000 casualties.
, it didn’t explode, and it never even reached the top of the city!”
Jiang Mulang frowned tightly, just sighed and said nothing. He suddenly remembered that Wang Junlin said when he assigned them tasks that as long as they could capture Longguan in this war, it would be considered a great victory and reach the highest level. strategic goals.
The Longguan in front of us is actually a very steep canyon between two high mountains. A small river passes through this valley, flowing from the Jihe River in Tianshui County to the southeast and converging with the Weihe River in Guanzhong.
This canyon is about a hundred paces long and only six or seven feet wide. It would be too crowded even if four riders were riding in parallel.
And in such a place, a strong city was built on the mountain to avoid the natural danger. Li Yuan also sent a full 60,000 horses, and famous generals such as Hou Junji stationed troops and food to guard it for a long time. To be honest, even Wang Junlin If you personally lead an army to attack this place, it will be extremely difficult to break through.
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Zhang Tiangang led 3,000 troops, plus more than 2,000 civilians and more than 100 prisoners to occupy the Black Wind Pass on the official road from Longguan to Chencang County for two days.
In the past two days, Zhang Yishan, sent by Hou Junji, had organized troops to attack Heifengkou seven times.
This time, the Li family's army was hit by the special forces' trebuchets and gunpowder packets from a longer distance.
However, through several recent attacks, the Li family's army seems to have figured out the effective range of the special forces' trebuchet.
There are four hills to pass within a straight line distance of more than one mile in the direction of their attack, so the Li family's troops will be behind the special forces.
Under the watchful eyes, the whole team swaggered to the maximum effective range of the Far Eastern Army's trebuchet attack, and then suddenly crossed the mountain top at the fastest speed and appeared on the south slope, ran madly to the north slope in front, hid behind to rest for a while, and then Then jump to the next mountain. I have to say that the effect of this method is still very obvious.
On the contrary, after two days of long-term trebuchet firing here, the Far East Army has become more and more aware of the trebuchet shooting angle, strength, and length of the match rope. In the recent two times, the Li Jiajun soldiers jumped out. The top of the mountain will be hit by trebuchets accurately and powerfully on the south slope.
The morale of the Li family's army seemed to be getting lower and lower each time. By the time of the attack at noon today, the special forces only used powder packets fired from trebuchets, coupled with light crossbows and guns fired from a high position, to complete the expulsion.
The Li family's army had to retreat after only passing three hills. They could not even rush down the last southern slope along the road for tactical deployment.
When the third team responsible for today's casualties fired explosive charges with a trebuchet, Zhang Tiangang kept observing the enemy's movements with a telescope. The Li family's army on the opposite side, who was obviously cowering for fear of excessive losses, now even had the flag in their hands. They were all exhausted.
Every bombardment by the special forces team would cause a violent commotion. Zhang Tiangang watched helplessly as several people who looked like Li Jiajun generals screamed loudly and asked his soldiers to kill those who retreated, but to no avail. In the face of the bombing of gunpowder packets, there was no trace at all. The Li Jiajun officers and soldiers were afraid from the bottom of their hearts that they were attacked by protective measures.
"Longguan guard Hou Junji has received the news. These people were sent by Hou Junji, but Hou Junji obviously underestimated our strength." Zhang Tiangang put down his telescope and sighed with emotion.
"Why do they come up with thousands of people every time?" The person who asked the question was the captured Captain Huang Sifeng. He had performed very well in the past few days, leading a hundred prisoners and more than 2,000 civilians to generals.
The camp and the fortifications on the hillside have been built, not to mention food and other supplies. They even helped the medical team treat the wounded.
To be honest, Huang Sifeng's contribution was not small. They built a lot of ravines under the command of several consultants arranged by Zhang Tiangang in places where the Li Jiajun soldiers could not see behind the hillside of Heifengkou.
You must know that these counselors were asked to dig and build gullies in accordance with the Far Eastern Army's battlefield fortification regulations.
At this time, it was the rest time for the prisoners and civilians. Many prisoners and civilians stood on the ridge and looked north. Zhang Tiangang did not let anyone stop him. Anyway, everyone in the special force now felt that this was no longer a battle, but a soldier of the Li Family Army.
The next time he came up to die.
"This is why the Far Eastern Army unit had to fight tooth and nail to occupy the hillside here the day before yesterday. The road is too narrow, and the men sent by Hou Junji can only dispatch these people at one time, and it is difficult to dodge.
No matter how many people there are, not only is it useless, but it will also make it difficult to retreat. It is also easy to be bombarded by our gunpowder packets or pierced by light crossbows." Zhang Tiangang looked at the several peaks opposite. The winding official road was a few meters above.
There were ups and downs. Although the Li family's army was able to safely avoid the gunpowder packets fired by the special forces' trebuchets when they were on the north slope, the undulating terrain also lengthened their movement distance. Every time the Li family's army moved
When you reach the south slope, you will be bombarded by their trebuchets.
The movement of the Li family's army is mainly on these visible roads, because it is impossible for them to break off the road and climb the cliff in a straight line, and it is even more difficult for them to move at high speed in the woods for long distances.
He Yongyi, captain of the second squadron, smiled and said: "It seems that just replenishing enough gunpowder bags and crossbows and guns is enough."
"Don't be careless." Zhang Tiangang shook his head and said: "The prince said that this Hou Junji must not be underestimated. Otherwise, Shangguan Hu, Zhou Hu and Jiang Mulang's 120,000 troops would not be blocked outside Longguan. Wait.
Hou Junji heard about the situation here, and after reacting, he might adopt the correct tactics. At that time..." Zhang Tiangang said and raised his telescope to look north again, grinning and said in a deep voice: "Then