People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 498 Strategies for Weary Soldiers, New Tricks

With a "bang", a fireball drew a bright flame under the night sky, and finally landed on the mountainside.

The halfway up the mountain was immediately illuminated transparently.

At this moment, there was a burst of shouting and killing from the foot of the mountain.

I don't know how many people there were in the darkness, rushing to the hillside directly from the foot of the mountain, yelling.

With the help of the illuminated fireballs around them, these people rushed to a distance of more than ten meters at once, but the Tianyin priests on the top of the mountain did not move at all until they rushed almost halfway up the mountainside, and the huge stones He and Lei Mu smashed down one after another.

It was at this very moment that the soldiers halfway up the mountain immediately retreated in an uproar, but this time, the rolling stones and lumberjacks on the top of the mountain did not stop.

It wasn't until the soldiers on the mountain completely retreated to the foot of the mountain that they stopped completely.

At this time, the fireball on the mountain suddenly extinguished in an instant.

The whole mountain was suddenly dark.

"Uncle Wang, why don't they completely illuminate the mountain path?" Li Ji stood aside, looking at Li Xuan with some puzzlement.

If the Tianyin Sect illuminates the mountain path from beginning to end, then no matter how the government and army attack the mountain, there will be no results.

"This shows that some of them want to attack." Li Xuan raised his head, looked towards the top of Heilongling, and said softly, "There are also capable people on the top. The enemy can't see me, and I can't see the enemy. Many calculations can be carried out."

Pei Xuan, who was standing on the side, immediately cupped her hands and said, "In this way, we won't dare to attack the mountain with all our strength, and we need to prevent them from attacking the mountain at night."

"Could it be that you are overthinking it? They simply don't have so many things to burn." A calm voice sounded from the side.

Qiu Shenji, who was wearing bright light armor, came out from one side.

"I met Qiu Changshi." Everyone present immediately bowed their hands and saluted.

Although Qiu Shenji is now the governor of Shezhou, he was a general of the Jinwu Guard Zhonglang before, a real fourth-rank official.

Although he has been relegated to the position of governor of Shezhou for some reason, the holy family is still there. As long as he returns to the capital of God, he will immediately become a proper high-ranking official of the central government.

It is not impossible to be directly promoted to the governor of a certain state.

"General Zhonglang's words are reasonable." Li Xuan cupped his hands towards Qiu Shenji and said, "But if Xiao Wang wants to come, if he really wants to stick to it, then he should not give me any chance. It shows that the other party is also planning something."

The Tianyin Sect withdrew from Shezhou. Although Shezhou informed the central government and other states that they had defeated the Tianyin Sect under Beiye County, this was not the case at all.

Many people now know that Tianyin Sect actually retreated from Beiye on its own initiative.

After taking Beiye, the Tianyin Sect searched for all the remaining supplies and weapons in Beiye, and then calmly withdrew from Beiye.

Maybe it was because they were unable to attack Shexian County anymore, maybe they saw that behind Shexian County, more reinforcements were coming, or maybe it was the fall of Muzhou that made them feel that the road ahead was in danger, or maybe it was because they got Wenzhou. The news of the serious injury.

Due to various reasons, Tianyin Sect withdrew from Shezhou.

However, although they withdrew from Shezhou, they still had the power to fight.

What's more, if the current official army is completely defeated by Tianyin Sect, then they will have a chance to re-invade Muzhou and Shezhou.

At that time, the whole situation will be completely overturned immediately.

Qiu Shenji took a deep look at Li Xuan, finally nodded silently, and said: "What Lang 27 said makes sense, there is indeed such a possibility."

"It's nothing more than a slight delusion." Li Xuan immediately changed his tone, cupped his hands and said, "With General Zhonglang and Duan Duan in command, the Tianyin bandits can't easily win..."

Li Xuan hadn't finished speaking when the sound of footsteps came from ahead.

Suddenly, he saw twelve soldiers, all dressed in black, retreating from the foot of the mountain.

These soldiers all held a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, with solemn faces.

One of them was staggering with his left leg, and the other had a drooping left arm, obviously injured.

Seeing these people, Qiu Shenji's face was suddenly surprised: "There are only 12 people, and there were only 12 people who attacked the mountain just now?"

You know, there were only 50 people in the sound on the hillside just now, but now there are only 12 people.

"It's all about bluffing." Li Xuan glanced at Qiu Shenji, then stepped forward, and said solemnly to the crowd: "Everyone has worked hard, injured brothers, take a good rest after you go back, good wine and meat are ready, in addition ..."

Li Xuan turned around and waved his hand towards the side, a huge fireball had been thrown onto the mountainside, and then it started to burn fiercely.

"Everyone, look, on the current mountain path, the strongest and brightest fire is the place where the fireball burns. However, the darkest place on the entire mountain path is at the end of the fire. I ask you to remember that place firmly. , I will rely on that place if I want to break through Heilongling." Li Xuan's voice was resonant, but it also made people confused.

"Here!" Although many soldiers present didn't know why, they still promised.

Qiu Shenji, Li Ji, Pei Xuan and the others on the side all had doubts on their faces, but they all quietly did not ask questions.

Li Xuan waved his hand lightly, and the twelve soldiers retreated immediately.

At this moment, another twelve soldiers came up from behind, with the same sword in one hand and shield in the other.

Li Xuan turned to look at Pei Xuan who was on the side, and said in a deep voice, "After half an hour, continue to attack the mountain."

"Here!" Pei Xuan immediately agreed.

Li Xuan nodded, turned to look at Qiu Shenji, cupped his hands and said, "General Zhonglang, I have something to deal with, so I won't accompany you."

"The king of Nanchang will go." Qiu Shenji gave Li Xuan a serious look, and Li Xuan immediately backed away.

The surrounding crowd also dispersed immediately, leaving only the twelve sergeants still waiting.

At this time, Huaijin walked up to Qiu Shenji's side, and said in a low voice, "Brother Qiu, why do you think that the strategy of the king of Nanchang to exhaust the army is different from what we have used?"

The strategy of exhausting soldiers is not a very clever strategy, but it is a conspiracy.

There are quite a few people who see through it, like now, no matter whether it is on the mountain or up or down, many people have seen through Li Xuan's schemes and plots, and have adopted corresponding countermeasures, but a lot of energy is still involved in this above.

"The King of Nanchang will definitely launch an attack on the mountain tomorrow night." Qiu Shenji said very firmly.

Huai Jin, who was standing on the side, was not surprised at all. He nodded in agreement and said, "Naturally, it's just that he certainly wouldn't just attack the mountain so simply and recklessly. There must be something else strange about it."

The king of Nanchang was deceitful, and such an impression had already spread to the ears of every soldier in the entire camp along with the rumors that had arisen quietly.

Qiu Shenji sighed softly, turned around to look at the fireball that was about to burn out on the hillside, and his face became serious: "Besides the firelight, it is the darkest place... Nanchang King probably wants to use the darkness beyond the firelight to get on top of it." The Heavenly Yin Sect’s unexpected place, suddenly attacking the mountain, and then taking the top of the mountain in one fell swoop, then there will be a steady stream of soldiers attacking up the mountain.”

"This is indeed a little strange, but it should be more than that." Huai Jin thought about it, looked at Qiu Shenji, and said in a low voice: "Brother Qiu, why don't I try it out, if I can succeed, you guys can stand up more Credit."

Qiu Shenji looked at Huai Jin with a face full of surprise: "Brother Huai, when will you get rid of your greed for merit? If you are not careful, your brother will be defeated in the future, and the plan of King Nanchang will be ruined. Your skin."

"That's not the case." Although Huai Jin said so, he was sure in his heart that it would be so.

Once Duan Baoxuan was really angered, it would be light to cramp and peel, and he might even behead him on the spot.

After all, as the anti-insurgency coach, Duan Baoxuan has this right.

Even if it's time to investigate his mishandling, but beheading is beheading.

After thinking about it, a plan immediately popped up in Huaijin's mind: "Brother Qiu, as long as I don't wait to do this, find someone else, let him charge ahead, and I will follow closely behind... ...If it fails, Duan Duan will investigate and just throw him out, or let him die on the battlefield early..."

In a few words, a sinister plan has taken shape.

"You, don't waste your time on this crooked way." Qiu Shenji gave Huai a blank look, then turned around and walked away.

Seeing Qiu Shenji's action, Huai Jin immediately knew that he agreed with his opinion.

As soon as he turned around, Huai Jin also went to work.

Li Xuan, who was in the distance, suddenly looked at the backs of the two with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

……

At dawn, the sun behind us is directly above the peak.

Below the thousand-foot peak, Li Xuan looked up at the peak above her head.

No one saw it. In front of his eyes, two raised water sheets overlapped.

The last fireball beside him was thrown high, and finally landed directly on the mountainside with a "pop".

Immediately, there was a burst of laughter from the top of the peak. At this moment, even the rolling stones and the trees were gone.

Lowering her head slightly, Li Xuan read softly, "230 meters."

It is three hundred feet lower than a thousand feet.

Li Xuan lowered her head slightly, looked sideways at the catapult, thought for a while, and nodded.

The booms of the catapults had to be lengthened.

However, it is not possible to lengthen all of them at once, and it has to be lengthened slowly and in batches.

At this moment, a sound of steady footsteps sounded beside Li Xuan. Li Xuan withdrew her thoughts, turned her head to look, and suddenly saw Duan Baoxuan, the governor, leading a group of personal soldiers, walking not far away.

"Captain!" Li Xuan quickly saluted.

All the craftsmen around followed suit and saluted: "I have seen the governor."

"Go and get busy." Duan Baoxuan dismissed the crowd casually, then looked at Li Xuan, and asked curiously: "I heard that you led people to practice all night!"

"Yes." Li Xuan nodded earnestly, then glanced at the catapult, and said, "I still lack some preparations for the time being, but by tonight, the preparations should be almost done."

"En!" Duan Baoxuan responded casually, then walked past Li Xuan, looked at the twelve catapults neatly placed on one side, and said in a low voice: "Let your people take these catapults Take them all down, the governor wants to use this place."

"Here!" Li Xuan immediately clapped her hands in praise.

Anyway, he ran out of this space today.

Watching Li Xuan lead the craftsmen under him to bring this batch of catapults down, followed by another batch of catapults being brought up.

Duan Baoxuan, as the governor of Yuezhou, and the left leader of the inspection school, General Wei, has more craftsmen under him than Li Xuan can imagine.

Watching the craftsmen put the catapults in place one by one, Duan Baoxuan turned to look at Yao Zhi: "It seems that the rumors in the court that the king of Nanchang is proficient in the art of ordnance manufacturing are true. There are so many people in the entire camp, and the catapults are placed one by one. The one who chose the best location turned out to be the King of Nanchang."

Yao Zhi stepped forward slightly, and said in a low voice: "From the point of view of my subordinates, the King of Nanchang is not proficient in the way of battle and attack at all. What he is best at is the art of heaven and craftsmanship. In addition, he also has a little bit of insight into people's hearts. ability."

"Yeah!" Duan Baoxuan nodded subconsciously, then reacted, turned to look at Yao Zhi, his face full of amusement.

(End of this chapter)