Shu Chen

Chapter 114 Street Pavilion
Longguan Road, Jieting.

Nearly [-] Wei troops crossed Longshan Mountain via Fanxukou and marched into Jieting in mighty force.

Ten miles away from the Han Army's Saidao garrison point, they dropped into the camp to rest and recover from the fatigue from the rapid march; more than ten teams of scouts and rangers fanned out of the camp to inquire about the movement of the Han Army.

One of them, about ten riders, went straight along the Longguan Road.

If you look down from the sky, you can still find the formation of this scout, with one person guarding the middle faintly.

I saw that he was over [-] years old, his beard and hair were dyed white by the years, dense wrinkles and gullies criss-crossed his face, but his body sitting on horseback was as stable as Mount Tai, and his eyes were piercing.

When people saw it, they couldn't help but praise him for being healthy and strong.

He is Zhang He, the only survivor of "the good general of the time, the five sons are the first" during the period of Wei Wu and Cao Cao.

But when he parked his horse on a gentle slope and looked at the camp where the Han army had fallen in the distance, there was a gleam of worry in his eyes.

The fortifications of the Han army are too perfect.

A hundred paces ahead of the camp in Saidao, there are countless rocks, caltrops, pits and other roadblocks scattered in a criss-cross pattern.In front of the camp, there are still two deep and wide trenches.

Not to mention that cavalry cannot gallop, and it is difficult for infantry to charge.

If you want to attack the Han army camp, you have to risk the crossbow arrows of the Han army to clear these roadblocks.

At least it needs to pay, more than two thousand lives, right?
Among them, it also includes the use of the corpses of these clearing soldiers to fill the gully in front of the camp.

Zhang He looked at the barracks constructed with WISCO vehicles, silently calculating in his heart.

When I looked as far as the eye could see a big banner embroidered with "Han" character was hunting in the wind, I couldn't help but feel a sudden tightening in my heart.

No matter how many soldiers are sent out, there is only one big flag in an army!
Gein's big flag is the honor that only the coach can have, and the rest of the flags are called general flags!

Zhuge Liang, the prime minister against Shu, actually led his troops to guard this way in person! ?
Or is it just pretending to be mysterious?
Zhang He frowned, narrowed his eyes, and silently counted the amount of smoke from the Han camp under the setting sun.

Calculating the number of soldiers based on the amount of smoke from cooking is a must-have common sense for generals.

Zhang Yun, who has experienced many battles, is naturally no stranger.

Therefore, he also vaguely confirmed that the leader of this place may really be Zhuge Liang, the prime minister against Shu!
After all, Nishu, which is already weak and declining, seems to have no general who can command no less than [-] soldiers and horses.

Naturally, it is not ruled out that the Han army here is a combination of two or three troops.

However, this is unlikely.

To make a decision before the battle, it is most taboo to order multiple doors.

In particular, in the Han army camp, apart from the big banner, there was only one banner embroidered with "Recovering the Central Plains" on the side, and there were no other flags.

Ugh.
If Zhuge Liang is here against Shu, I fear that our army will suffer many casualties.

Sighing quietly in his heart, Zhang He turned his horse's head and slowly returned to his own camp.

Although he has been stationed abroad for a long time and does not participate in the decision-making of Luoyang Temple, he has also heard the saying that Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Nishu, won the hearts of the people.

Moreover, there is no matter how big or small it is to go against Shu, and it depends on Zhuge Liang.

If he was here in person, how could the soldiers under his command not take the lead bravely and die soon after?

After returning to the camp, he sent a messenger to Mei County in Youfufeng to inform Cao Zhen, the general of Wei who made the decision for this battle.

It's not that he's timid.

Instead, the 8000 people he brought with him this time, and because they rushed to help in a hurry, did not carry thunderbolt chariots, rhubarb crossbows and other siege weapons that slowed down the speed, so they asked Cao Zhen to urge the supplies to come quickly.

The attacking side has no advantage.

Facing the Han army of no less than [-] guarding the fortress road, even if all the soldiers in his hands were killed in battle, he might not be able to break through the road.

However, no matter how difficult it is, he still has to attack regardless of casualties!

He led the army to almost every inch of land in the northwest, and he knew Longyou too well.

If the Longguan Road cannot be broken through, turn to the more rugged and difficult Xiaoguan Road or the Weishui River Valley, which is even more difficult to break through.

Not to mention, before leading the army, Cao Zhen once whispered: "Junyi, if you can break through the Shu army on Longguan Road within a month, let my follow-up soldiers of the Great Wei enter Longyou, even if these soldiers under your command Despite all the battle losses, our army can still celebrate the victory!"

Can make Cao Zhen, who works with the soldiers every time he goes out to battle, and often takes family wealth to distribute to the soldiers, can say words that don't care about the lives of the soldiers, which shows the significance of the battle of capturing Longguan Road.

He himself is also clear in his chest.

Liangzhou has always been in turmoil, so it is difficult to expect them to support Longyou.

However, there were not many garrison troops in Longyou, and many tribes of Wudu Di people were settled.

If the reinforcements could not enter Longyou in time and the hearts of the people were in turmoil, Guo Huai in Shanggu County would not be able to defend.

If Shangyu County is lost, the unstoppable army against Shu will pile up all its troops on the three passages, wait for work at ease, and defend against danger. Even if Luoyang mobilizes another [-] troops, it will be in vain.

The next day, dawn broke, and the morning sun was shining brightly, dyeing Longguan Road red.

In Cao Jun's camp, thunderous war drums shuddered the world and echoed continuously in the mountain road.

The flags were hunting, and Cao Jun from all the troops came out of the camp one by one with the sound of small drums.

However, the mountain road is not spacious.

Cao Jun's formation of more than 20,000 stretched for several miles.

The first four soldiers and horses all wore two layers of armor, no sharp blades on their bodies, and only carried shields, they walked forward step by step towards the Han army camp like a rainbow.

They were all recruited by Zhang He with great rewards, and they were dead soldiers who cleared the roadblocks with their lives.

If you can clear all the roadblocks in front of the Han army camp, no matter whether you are dead or alive, you will be beheaded twice, and you will be rewarded with thousands of money and ten bolts of silk.

If they return without success, they will all be regarded as deserters and beheaded!

Military orders are like mountains.

Such a general order to survive in death made the eyes of all four Wei soldiers red.

When the sound of war drums urged them forward, they put the wooden shields across their necks and chests, roared and rushed forward, pulled up the barbed wire with their bare hands, and pushed the rocks over their shoulders to fill the pit.

At the same time, in the three phalanxes behind them, under the order of the officials of various ministries, countless arrows were thrown, turned into dark clouds, covered the sky and the sun, and fell into the camp of the Han army.

There was no prologue in the war, so I couldn't wait to play the march of dying human life.

Relying on the Han army in the front row, which was sheltered by the WISCO vehicles, the yelling from the generals at all levels also continued to rise and fall.

The big scull soldiers raised their shields to defend the strong soldiers against the sudden rain of arrows, allowing them to reap the lives of Cao Jun without distraction.

The Han army came under the banner, and the prime minister stood on the high land.

Looking far away at the dark cloud of arrows, they kept rising from Cao Jun's array; and Cao Jun, who rushed to clear the roadblocks desperately, kept wailing and screaming.

As for those who fell down, they were pushed into pits or ravines by the robes.

Use the dead body to lay a solid foundation for the march against the Wei Dynasty.

Black arrow clouds, red blood, multicolored sunlight, and the paleness left by the snow on both sides of the mountains interweave and reflect each other in the narrow mountain road.The ear-piercing sound of arrows piercing through the air, the screams of people dying, the deafening war drums, and the wanton roar of the early spring wind in the northwest, dominated the world.

The prime minister stood with his hands behind his back, dressed in white as snow, with neither sadness nor joy on his face.

There is a feeling in my heart.

In the Battle of Hanzhong in the past, the first emperor Liu Bei learned that Huang Zhong killed Xia Houyuan in front of the battle. He said with emotion, "If he is the leader, what is evil with this?" He asserted that Zhang He was better at fighting than Xiahou Yuan.

Now, as soon as Zhang Hefu led his troops to the battle, he was decisive in disregarding the casualties of the soldiers, which shows that the late emperor knew people well.

Because the two sides are fighting in the street pavilion, what they are fighting for is time.

As far as the Han army is concerned, as long as it is delayed until the Guohuai tribe in Shangyu City is exhausted, and the entire army can be used to guard, then Longyou will be owned by the big Han.As far as Cao Jun is concerned, as long as Zhang He's troops run through the road from Guanzhong to Longyou, there will be an endless stream of Wei Jun, and the big man will not dare to gamble on the fate of the country and retreat on his own.

Of course also.

The prime minister also knew that the opponent's main general was Zhang He.

Not only is the general flag with the word "Zhang" fluttering opposite, but also because of today's rebellion against Wei, only one of the generals who can command tens of thousands of troops has the surname Zhang.

"Prime Minister, Xing thinks that the Wei army will be able to clear the roadblock within two days with such a fighting style."

Guan Xing, who was also standing under the big banner, called it lightly to the prime minister.

He was authorized by the prime minister to be the only general to watch the battle under the banner.

"An Guo's words, otherwise."

Hearing this, the prime minister tilted his head slightly, showing a smile, "The next day, our army will meet with the Ni Wei soldiers."

Ok?
Guan Xing raised his eyebrows slightly, lowered his head in thought.

After a while, he realized something, and cupped his hands and said, "Prime Minister means, Wu that thief will send troops day and night to clear the roadblocks?"

"Of course!"

He stroked his beard in relief, and the prime minister nodded and smiled, "That Zhang Yun has been conquering for decades, he is a good general at the time! As soon as he arrives, he will attack regardless of casualties, and he will not give up day and night. Gein delays for one more day, we The chances of victory for the army will increase by one point. An Guo must remember that when he leads the army alone in the future, he must stop when he decides to stop, and he should not let the battle situation fall into an irreversible situation because of a momentary hesitation."

"No! Xing will remember the prime minister's order."

Immediately, Guan Xing bowed and spoke respectfully.

When he got up again, he regarded himself as the opposite Zhang Yun, and thought about it carefully, the prime minister's dispatch.

Well, the prime minister asked more than ten thousand people to guard the front of the WISCO vehicles, and the rest of the soldiers are now about fifty paces behind, building new fortifications.

It's like the urn built in the city.

It is a camp similar to the shape of "concave". The front two sides are all made of WISCO carts, horses and antlers to form obstacles, which are thickened obliquely towards the middle, and large oar soldiers and spear soldiers are arranged in sequence.In the middle, there are two teams of shield soldiers lined up in front, guarding the crossbow array behind them.

The big flag and the golden drum horn order were also arranged behind the strong crossbow array.

Looking down from the sky, the entire camp looks like a falcon with its wings spread.

The advantage of this formation is that when the enemy army attacks, the road will become narrower and narrower, which can cause stampede due to congestion.After all, spears will be used to attack on both sides, and the attacking soldiers dare not stay at all.

Moreover, both the main general and the large flag of the Chinese army are placed in the enemy's field of vision, which will act as a decoy, making them rush towards the crossbow formation without thinking about themselves.

After all, when the two armies are fighting fiercely, the death of the main general or the cutting down of the Chinese army's banner is the victory of the battle.

At first, Guan Xing thought that the prime minister asked people to repair the fortifications again, but he felt that Niwei came to help soon, and there was not enough time to complete the repairs.Therefore, we had to rely on the WISCO vehicles in front of us to procrastinate, defending and building at the same time!

Now that the prime minister has mentioned something, I know that there is a deep meaning in building fortifications again!
The prime minister's plan is to win the morale of Cao's army!

After all, most of the people in the world are ordinary people.

When facing the odds of victory, you will be encouraged; when facing setbacks, you will also become depressed.

The prime minister's idea was to let Cao's army give up the front of the WISCO vehicles after several consecutive hard battles, giving them an illusion that they were about to win, and boosting their morale.

Then, when they are in high spirits, use a strong camp to puncture their expectations, and let them experience the frustration of falling from the top of the mountain to the abyss!

Husband war, courage also.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted!

This kind of instantaneous change will make people feel desperate!

Even heartbreak!
Facing the morale collapse of the soldiers, Zhang He had to retire later, or he had no choice but to retreat these soldiers and transfer other soldiers.

No matter which option you choose, for the big man, it is to win the time for Wu Yi and other troops to capture Shangyu County.

If Niwei delays for too long at this point in time, then Longyou will be owned by the big man from now on!
Moreover, when Guan Xing was thinking carefully, he thought of another detail.

The Han army doesn't need to worry about whether their own soldiers retreating from the battlefield rashly will be self-defeating and cause the entire army to collapse.

The prime minister personally supervised the battle, which soldier's morale would collapse?

The middle of the day moves, the full moon loses, and so does the heart.

The prime minister is really a god!
Guan Xing thought about it, and the admiration in his heart filled up in an instant.

In particular, the prime minister has thought carefully about the danger of this formation.

Well, this formation can be defended but not attacked.While preparing to make it difficult for the enemy to break through, he also gave up the opportunity for his own side to take advantage of the enemy's bow and crossbow to chase and kill the enemy.

However, the prime minister did not intend to pursue.

The only thing to worry about is the strong crossbow formation in the middle, which must not be broken by the enemy!

Otherwise, luring the enemy will become an opportunity for the enemy to kill the general and capture the flag!
Therefore, when the prime minister had someone dig a trench in front of Xinyingzhai, he also dug the middle part into a huge pit.

And there is a strong crossbow formation in the middle, which is very unusual.

It was a crossbow made by the big man last year, named "Yuan Rong Crossbow".

The range is only fifty paces, it is bulky and heavy, and it is inconvenient to move. It requires three soldiers to operate it. It can only be used to defend cities or camps.

However, this crossbow can fire ten arrows at a time!
Within fifty steps, not to mention soldiers in armor, even horses were shot and killed on the spot!

The reason why he is so sure is that the prime minister, who has always been cautious, even used more than a hundred war horses to experiment in Hanzhong.

Guan Xing still remembered that Zhao Guang, who was in charge of riding at that time, watched from the side, his face full of pain.

In fact, the original intention of the Han Dynasty to create the Yuanrong Crossbow was to restrain Cao Wei Duoqi.

It's just that now coincides with its meeting, and it's first used in Shouyu Jieting.

Thinking up to this point, Guan Xing couldn't wait any longer, wanting to wait for the anti-Wei army to attack the inner camp.

(End of this chapter)