Qiming 1158

Chapter 572 Wuyanpu Li Hei Can't Help

Walking down this long deserted path, Zhou Zhixue felt that although this path is not easy to walk, as long as there are no obstacles, a small group of elite troops can still pass in batches.

Of course, because it is difficult to find supplies, if you want to take this road, not only the route is a problem, but the supply is also a problem.

If you really want to take this road to attack, it is estimated that there is only one chance, to send an elite force to carry dry food, and use the fastest speed to detour to the rear of Tongguan to launch an attack.

To attack Tongguan before the food and water are exhausted, you must win. There is only one chance. You cannot fail. Once you fail, it is all over.

Zhou Zhixue secretly came to a conclusion.

After a lot of effort, a group of people climbed to the top of the southern plateau.

The top is unexpectedly flat, but the old site of Tongguan is also ruined, and there is hardly any useful existence. You can only see a little outline, and you can imagine the old Tongguan standing here more than 300 years ago. majestic.

But this is not their destination, they still need to continue to the west, looking for Jingou and Twelve Linked City.

Along the way, they stopped and walked, cautiously, exploring and investigating from front, back, left and right to ensure that there was no Jin army or even people on the road.

In fact, the same is true. The entire southern plateau is not only devoid of troops, but also devoid of people.

Just a desolate and dilapidated look.

Zhou Zhixue continued to lead people westward. When they reached a certain position, they found the ruins of an old city that had been abandoned for a long time. After exploring, they found that there was no trace of people moving there, at least not recently.

After arriving here, Zhou Zhixue and others also found a river ditch running north-south. After thinking about it, he did not continue to go west, but turned north and ordered the reconnaissance team to move north to search for the enemy.

It didn't take long for the reconnaissance team to report that they found the ruins of the old defense facilities, but they found no signs of being defended or inhabited.

Zhou Zhixue was overjoyed and ordered the reconnaissance team to continue to the north, so they discovered the ruins of several defense facilities, all of which had been abandoned for a long time and had no human presence.

Not only are there no traces of human beings, but there are many wild animals haunting it, even some small animals. Many snakes are indeed quite scary, crawling around, and I don’t know if they are poisonous or not.

But fortunately, they didn't hit a beast like a big bug, otherwise they might have to break a few people here to end this exploration.

When he arrived at the ninth site, Zhou Zhixue ordered the scout troops to continue to move forward, and the guards he led should not continue to move forward.

The more you go, the more dangerous it is. A small number of professional scouts are still advancing, and they are waiting for news.

"If I expected it right, this place is probably the so-called Forbidden Valley and Twelve Liancheng. It looks like there is no human being, there are weeds, rocks blocking the way, and there are many wild animals, which is enough to prove that this place is deserted. long time."

Chen Liao was stunned for a while, then his expression became a little excited.

"Secretary, in this way, it won't be before..."

"Well, if there is no mistake, after crossing the Twelve Links City, the front should be Guanzhong. We can directly insert into the rear of Tongguan from here, and wipe out all the golden thieves of Tongguan in one fell swoop!"

Zhou Zhixue heaved a sigh of relief, feeling that this trek was very rewarding, and that the road they spent three days exploring was not in vain.

Along the way, they didn’t dare to light fire. They ate dried meat and big pancakes. They drank their own water. They sat on the ground when they were resting. Watching the night, knives and guns would not leave the body all night, for fear of being touched by some beast and bitten.

Give a bite to the beast, even if it is scrapped in this life, no one wants to.

But fortunately, maybe they are numerous and carry weapons, so no wild beasts dare to touch them, but they found a few snakes touching the edge of their fence at some point, and they are quite close, for some soldiers who are afraid of snakes Terrified.

Zhou Zhixue and the guards waited for a while. In the evening, the scouts came back and reported that they had crossed several old defense sites ahead and walked out of the canyon road. .

Man, it really is!
Zhou Zhixue clenched his fists and ordered the scouts to complete the reconnaissance of the route of the road, and then closed the team and returned.

On the way back, they didn't have to stop and go cautiously. They rushed forward with all their strength, and quickly returned to the Restoration Army camp and told Zhou Zhi the news.

Zhou Zhi was overjoyed. He never expected that Zhou Zhixue would find a route to bypass Tongguan.

Still, he was worried.

"That said, although the road is deserted, isn't there anyone on the golden thief's side who knows about it? In general, the garrison should be able to inquire about the road and find the platoon. They won't set up an ambush, right?"

"This is really hard to say. This road was forbidden in Tang Dynasty. It would be more convenient for residents and business travelers to go directly to Xintongguan. No one would go to the old Tongguan road, right? Gradually, this road will become abandoned. , and it is not known, and the reason why we can know it is really a bit of luck."

Zhou Zhixue said this, and Zhou Zhi felt that it was true.

So he nodded and began to discuss the raid plan with Zhou Zhixue.

Dispatch the most capable generals, lead the most capable troops, carry food and water by yourself, and intersperse behind Tongguan with the fastest speed, launch a surprise attack, and attack with the main force fighting head-on, and strive to take down Tongguan in one breath!

When the Restoration Army was about to start this breakthrough mission, the Jin Army seemed as stable as Mount Tai.

Tongguan guard general Wuyanpu Lihei is entertaining the main generals in his army to celebrate their victory in the first stage of defense.

Wuyanpu Lihei believes that in the previous ten days of combat, the Jin Army did not let the Restoration Army take a step beyond the thunderous pool. This is a great victory, which proves that the Restoration Army is not strong enough, and it is still unable to successfully break through Tongguan after making a comeback. There is nothing to do with the strong gate.

Therefore, he wanted to use the time when the Restoration Army suspends its attack to entertain the generals who are standing on the front line and let them have a good meal.

"Of course, don't drink wine anymore, greedy cups make mistakes. After we completely defeat the bandit army, we can drink freely. Now we will use tea instead of wine. Everyone, eat well! Drink well!"

Wuyanpu Lihei shouted loudly.

"Here!"

The generals took orders in unison, and then began to eat and drink.

Watching the scene of the generals eating and drinking, Wuyanpu Lihei nodded with satisfaction, then thought about it, but was worried.

Before guarding Tongguan, Tudan Hexi made it clear to him that he would not have too many reinforcements for this battle. Although Tudan Hexi still had more than 2 troops, they could not all be devoted to Tongguan. There are still many places where there is a shortage of troops.

This ungrateful evil dog of Xixia has gathered tens of thousands of troops on the border to perform martial arts, eyeing tigers, regardless of whether they will actually send troops or not, the Jin Army must also use a certain amount of troops to defend them.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, Wu Lin, an old rival, was eyeing the tiger.

This area accounted for half of the troops, and only the other half of the troops could be allocated to the Tongguan and Daqingguan directions.

In this way, the strength of the regular army is drained, and the regular army cannot squeeze out a little mobile force to use.

However, local forces still need to be maintained, and if something goes wrong, someone will be responsible for suppressing it, so Tu Dan Hexi ordered all the Jurchen warriors who had moved to the Guanzhong area to be conscripted into the army and let them join the army.

In order to further strengthen its strength, nearly 5 Han Chinese signed troops were conscripted to maintain local law and order. When necessary, they could be recruited to serve as cannon fodder to kill them, which is always useful.

But everyone knows that in the absence of an elite regular army, relying on the Han people to sign the army is equivalent to death. It is okay to sign the army to fight with the wind, and to snatch money. Purely dreaming.

The regular army's strength is so short, once this part of his army is exhausted, Tongguan is really dangerous, and Guanzhong is also really dangerous.

Unfortunately, before the Restoration Army launched the general offensive, the army in his hand was already full of members.

In the past, the Restoration Army sent troops to harass the maintenance team he arranged in the Jindouguan area. The Jindouguan line failed to play a role in hysteresis and collapsed quickly.

The Restoration Army once again approached the city of Tongguan.

Wuyanpu Lihei also has a very intuitive understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Restoration Army.

In particular, the firearms held by the Restoration Army were very terrifying. Not only did they sound like thunder, but they could also kill and injure many people after the explosion. If they were not accurate, he would suspect that his defending troops would give all of these thunderbolts. blow up.

This can't be done...

Wu Yanpu Lihei thought about it with anxiety, but he didn't even have the idea to change the situation a little bit.

Perseverance can delay time. If he takes the initiative to attack, he will only die faster. This point, his predecessors Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan have already made proofs for him.

It can only be said that Tudan Hexi did not have Tang Minghuang's act of sponsoring the enemy, and did not ask him to take the initiative to attack.

He felt that Tudan Hexi's plan was to stay here and wait for the Restoration Army to run out of food and then retreat, so as to survive.

However, the troops of the Restoration Army are everywhere, and the troops of the Jin Army are almost exhausted. If this fight continues, even if it is exhausted, the Restoration Army will be able to fight better than the Jin Army.

The entrance of a few cups of tea did not quench the melancholy in my heart, but instead promoted the growth of melancholy.

The Restoration Army did not stop fighting for long, but just one day later, the Restoration Army resumed the attack.

This attack was very ferocious.

The Restoration Army relied on a huge wooden veil to protect the soldiers, used rockets and thunderbolts to suppress the attack of the Jin Army at the head of the city, and let the soldiers follow the cart to fill the pits, which was very efficient.

Sometimes the Restoration Army would even be dispatched at night to fill the pits, so within a few days, all the pits outside Guancheng were filled.

After filling the pit, the Restoration Army touched a huge rushing chariot. Five rushing chariots drove side by side. The position of the bowman on the roof was even higher than that of Guancheng, and he could overlook the defending soldiers on the city wall.

These bowmen shot arrows at them from a high position, making them unable to lift their heads. At this time, more soldiers were hiding on the third and fourth floors under the Linchong chariot.

Once the golden soldiers on the city wall can't use the push rod to limit the position of the impending car and let the impending car approach the city wall, then the wooden ladder that comes with the car will be quickly unfastened, and the fully armed knife will be placed on the city wall. The shield hand will quickly rush to the city wall, ignoring life and death, and fight against the golden army at the head of the city.

The battle was very brutal.

(End of this chapter)