When the news reached the army, Liang Tingfen was stunned. The Hexi Army actually had such a powerful weapon?
This is not to be blamed on Liang Tingfen. The fact that the Hexi Army possessed Iron Fire Thunder was listed as top secret by Zhu Si. He was afraid of shaking the morale of the army, so he kept the matter tightly covered. Only the intelligence agencies and a handful of high-level confidants knew about it. Even
Deputy military advisors like Wang Yu don't even know.
Liang Tingfen looked at the tall and solid Guancheng, but he did not have any siege weapons. He felt regretful in his heart, and immediately asked Wang Yu to be found, and cursed: "You old bastard, idiot, fool, I have deceived you.
I actually listened to you, we can't take back Fuguan, what should we do? If Luoguan is lost, how can we tell the master? You are simply an old bastard who is stupider than a pig!"
Wang Yu was scolded until blood spurted from his head. He suppressed his anger and explained: "General, don't worry, the enemy troops don't carry food, grass and baggage. They won't be able to hold on for long. In five days at the latest, they will retreat north and everyone will reach the starting point again.
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"Well, I'll wait for you for another five days. If you can't recapture the pass after five days, I'll cut off your dog's head to sacrifice to the flag!"
Liang Tingfen waved her hand and said, "Stand camp on the spot!"
He ignored Wang Yu and turned his horse's head directly away.
Wang Yu looked back at the high Guancheng, and he was really worried. His strategy was obviously seen through by the enemy, but why did they still lead their troops into the Polo Road? Did he neglect something?
It was getting daylight, and Zhu Si's camp appeared outside Fuguan City. The army did not carry many tents, only a few hundred. Dozens of people needed to squeeze into one big tent, but there was no way. They had to intercept Hexi here.
The army's logistical supplies were ready to retreat when the Hexi army's supplies ran out.
At the same time that Zhu Si's army was fighting back to Luguan, Yao Jin led an army of 15,000 to Luoguan.
The natural conditions of Luoguan were even more unfavorable to the siege party. The army had to walk slowly down the deep stream, walking along the river in front of the eyes, and passing through a canyon. A Guan City appeared in the canyon, with steep mountains on both sides.
There is a crescent-shaped arch below Guancheng, about one foot wide. The arch is only one foot high above the water. The river flows under the arch, but people cannot pass. Under the water is an iron fence as thick as an arm, which stretches to the bottom.
, on top of the river bed.
The reason why Luoguan is more difficult to attack is that the canyon is very narrow. It can only accommodate more than a hundred people to attack the city at a time. A few hundred soldiers can defend the city. It is typically easy to defend but difficult to attack. But even if the city is captured, there is still another person on the other side.
Wanduo Zhu Si's army was waiting, and they also blocked the canyon with rain of arrows.
At the first watch of the night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, thick dark clouds covered the moon, and the valley was dark. This was a good opportunity to attack Guancheng. The defenders also realized this, and the commander-in-chief Zhang Bingquan ordered to strengthen the defense at night.
It was filled with torches, which illuminated the area one foot away from the city wall like daylight. Even if the enemy arrived at the city wall, they would be discovered immediately.
The number of garrison troops at the top of the city increased to 300, which was 100 more than during the day. They were not allowed to sleep and were watching every move outside the city vigilantly.
At this time, a soldier suddenly found a foreign object floating on the river. It was so dark that he could not see clearly. The soldier immediately turned around and shouted: "General, there is something moving on the river!"
Zhang Bingquan was patrolling the top of the city. When he heard the shouting, he immediately walked forward quickly and asked, "What's going on?"
"General, look at that!" the soldier pointed toward the river.
Zhang Bingquan looked carefully and saw a raft-like object floating towards this side from the river, about ten feet away from the city wall.
"Set me an arrow!"
Intense arrows were shot at the raft, and most of them were nailed to the raft. There was also a faint sound of "dang! dang!", like an echo hitting the metal.
Everyone looked at each other, could it be an iron can on top?
Their guess was indeed correct. There was indeed a huge iron can and a large iron fire mine on the raft. The iron fire mine was placed in an open wooden box. The wooden box was placed on a raft. Two watermen
The ghost was hiding under the raft and drifting along the current.
As we got closer and closer to the city wall, the arrows on it became more fierce. At this time, a soldier shouted: "General, there is no one on the raft!"
"Pour oil on it and burn it!" came a deep voice from above.
There was a fire seal in the wooden box. When the two water ghosts who originally wanted to show their faces heard these words, they were shocked. They dropped the wooden box and swam back as hard as they could, as far as they could.
‘Wow!’ A bucket of kerosene was poured on the city, and then more than a dozen rockets were shot at the raft. The flames burst into flames, and the entire iron can also burned.
All the soldiers were staring at the raft below. The fire was ignited. Before they could cheer, they saw a burst of red light, followed by an earth-shattering explosion. Water rose into the sky, rocks pierced the air, and countless soldiers screamed.
Falling down.
Thick smoke filled the city, and a large gap two feet high was opened in the city wall above the river. A huge crack penetrated the top of the wall. Only a terrifying cracking sound was heard. The city wall lost its support and collapsed suddenly.
Two hundred steps away, the five thousand soldiers of the Hexi Army lying on the ground saw the city wall collapse. They cheered, got on their horses and galloped towards the city wall. Thousands of cavalry rushed towards the city wall like sharp swords. The soldiers in the city were still in a huge explosion.
Before they could recover from the panic, five thousand cavalrymen had already rushed over through the gap. The cavalrymen fired volleys of arrows at the panicking enemy soldiers.
The three thousand soldiers woke up from a dream, turned around and ran wildly into the canyon, but the five thousand cavalry followed them unhurriedly, firing arrows behind them, driving thousands of enemy troops towards the formation at the mouth of the canyon.
Ten thousand troops were stationed at the mouth of the canyon. They were alerted by the explosion and stood up to fight. As soon as they set up a large formation, they saw countless defeated troops fleeing back.
The soldiers who escaped shouted that they were all brothers. The soldiers in the military formation hesitated and did not shoot arrows. Unexpectedly, countless cavalry suddenly shot out from the defeated army and rushed into the enemy's formation in an instant.
The five thousand Hexi cavalry used the fleeing enemy troops as cover and rushed into the enemy's formation in an instant, catching the enemy off guard. At this time, Yao Jin led 10,000 cavalry and came, and the two armies
Fighting together in the wilderness outside the mouth of the canyon...
The combat effectiveness of the infantry was far inferior to that of the cavalry. In addition, the general was killed and the enemy army lost command. The disadvantage in the melee was obvious. Only half an hour after the battle began, Zhu Si's army finally could not resist and the entire army was defeated.
The soldiers abandoned their armor and scrambled to flee, running for their lives in the wilderness.
The Hexi Army only pursued for a few miles before stopping the pursuit and began to gather prisoners of war and clean the battlefield. Guo Song had clear orders. Capturing Luoguan was the end of the battle within the pass. Although they could enter Fangzhou and Tongzhou, they could not
Guo Song has no plan yet. As long as they control Luoguan, they can rush into Guanzhong at any time, putting tremendous pressure on Zhu Si.
As daylight gradually dawned, nearly six thousand prisoners of war began to transform into laborers, cleaning up the battlefield, clearing the bombed pass, and preparing to rebuild a new pass.
The Hexi Army seized a large amount of grain baggage and tens of thousands of mules and donkeys in the enemy camp. Yao Jin immediately ordered the soldiers to drive the mules and donkeys loaded with grain to Luguan.
The confrontation in Fuguan entered the third day. In the morning, Guo Song received an urgent message from Yao Jin. Yao Jin had captured Luoguan and opened the door to Guanzhong.
Guo Song has been waiting for this news for three days, and the final moment has arrived.
Guo Song immediately ordered: "Pass my order and shoot gunpowder arrows!"
Hundreds of soldiers fired arrows into the sky at the same time. The rockets exploded in the air in a series, which could be clearly heard ten miles away. The Hexi Army scouts ten miles away heard the explosion of gunpowder arrows and immediately urged their horses to run into the distance.
At this time, the 30,000 cavalry led by Liang Wu were waiting for orders fifty miles away. Once the scout notification arrived, the army would attack the enemy.
A series of explosions when the door was closed also attracted Liang Tingfen. He walked out of the big tent and stared at the key in confusion. He couldn't figure out what was going on?
At this time, Wang Yu rushed over with a serious look on his face and said: "General, this is a signal to take action. The enemy is likely to break through, so we must prepare for battle immediately!"
Liang Tingfen suddenly woke up and immediately shouted: "Pass my order, the army must assemble in formation!"
Groups of soldiers rushed out of the camp and quickly assembled in the wilderness, quickly forming a formation of two thousand people.
Guo Song could see clearly from the top of the city and sneered: "It seems that they are not stupid enough and know that the danger is coming."
Time passed little by little, and the soldiers in the wilderness below the city waited for two full hours. When they were exhausted from waiting, a low trumpet sound suddenly sounded from the north.
"Woo——"
Liang Wu's 30,000 cavalry finally arrived at Fuguan.