Late Tang

Black Stone Fort, a castle built entirely of huge black stones, is firmly stuck in the most dangerous Feigu Gorge in the Eight Xings of the Taihang Mountains. It is also known as the Sishili Heifeng Cave. .

This is the junction point of the three major mountain ranges of Taihang Mountain, Hengshan Mountain and Yanshan Mountain.

Here one man guards the gate, ten thousand men are not allowed to open, a ray of sky above the head!

After the Qin army changed Youzhou to Yanjing as its center, there were two passes to the west of Yanjing City that were very important to the Qin army.The military capital is closed behind, and the Bauhinia is closed in front.One must pass through Jiming Mountain when going to Jundu Pass, and one must pass Heishi Ridge when going to Zijing Pass.

The Feihu Xing of the sixth Xing of Taihang and the Boyin Xing of the seventh Xing are actually connected together, one in Hedong and the other in Hebei, and they are connected to each other.Holding Heishi Ridge is equivalent to defending Feihu Xing. Similarly, taking Heishi Ridge is equivalent to opening up the road to Bauhinia Pass.

The book of war says: squatting on a flying fox, choking its throat and slamming its back, advancing on You and Yan, is the most victorious place.

It was noon, and the sun was shining brightly outside. As we marched in Feihu Gorge, we could barely see the sun.

Riding on the horse, Li Wei looked at this famous passage canyon from time to time, only to see two steep cliffs, with a slight connection, and it is said that it is more than a hundred miles long.

Walking in it, one feels desolate and gloomy at once, most of the area can't see the sun, and the cliffs on both sides are like chopping with knives and axes.

Even if I have seen too many precipitous Li Wei in such a terrain, I can't help but be thrilled to see it.Walking through it, the canyon is sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, sometimes high and sometimes low. Sometimes towering and steep walls stand in the way, and there is a sense of nowhere to go;The sky is like a crooked ribbon, the flowery clouds on it look very small, the sun is shining outside, but the wind is blowing here, and there are three or two sounds of beasts coming, which makes the timid creep up!

Heishi Ridge is in the middle of this canyon, seventy miles away from Guangbian City, and seventy miles away from Flying Fox City.

This mountain is more than 2000 meters above sea level, there are no trees, and the snow in the shade does not melt all the year round.On this mountain, a fortress has been built since the Han Dynasty, and it has been guarded by heavy troops in all dynasties.Right now, the Shatuo people control this black stone castle, with [-] soldiers and horses stationed there.The castle is next to a deep ravine, and there is a drawbridge at the mouth of the ravine. Once the drawbridge is pulled, even if one has the ability to fly, it is difficult to get close to the castle.

On the top of the mountain far away from Blackstone Castle, Li Wei put down the binoculars, frowning.

Things are more trouble than expected!

Not only are there [-] soldiers stationed in Black Rock Fort, but the defenders are very careful, and even pull up the suspension bridge in broad daylight. What's more, this castle has only three gates, east, west, and south, but There is no north gate.This made Li Wei and the others who came from the north very passive. If they wanted to storm Blackstone Castle, they had to go around the north side of the tall and strong castle and walk to the west gate.This distance, especially the narrow terrain under the pass, and the deep stream, will make them encounter extremely violent attacks, and maybe they will pay a heavy price before they get close to the west gate.What's more, even if you rush to the west gate, if the suspension bridge is pulled up, the deep ravine is hard to cross.

Time is running out and the task is arduous!

The King of Qin only gave him two days to capture Blackstone Fort, Bauhinia Pass, and Feihu County.

But now, the first target in front of them, Black Rock City, left him at a loss.

There are only two days, and time waits for no one. Wang Jingchong is leading reinforcements to come.

"Master, let's go to the front compartment!" The owner of the front compartment asked for a fight.

"What are your plans?" Levi asked.

"Use that unconscionable artillery to bombard the North City, and then let the engineers dig tunnels under the North City and blast the North City Wall. Birdy, don't they open the door in the North City, and open the door on the other side, but they are guarded by heavy troops? Then let's take a surprise, Just hit Beicheng."

Li Wei's eyes lit up for a moment, but he shook his head again, "The north wall of Blackstone Castle is six feet high, and almost all of them are built with huge stone blocks. The artillery cover is close to the city wall, but it is too difficult and almost impossible to dig out the foundation of the wall to blast in such a terrain. There are three thousand soldiers on the city, and they will not watch them dig a corner.

"Why don't we go to the left wing!"

The left wing has the strongest sneak attack battalion in the whole army, and the sneak combat is the best.However, the stone castle he was facing now had nowhere to attack, and it was difficult to break through the deep stream alone.

Li Wei only has one day to take Blackstone Fort, which means he only has one chance to make a move.Once it fails, the defenders will inevitably increase their vigilance, and if they want to break through the city in a short time, there will be no hope.

One chance, and one must hit!

"There is only one chance, and our attack must be foolproof!" Li Wei said in a low voice. This is the first time that the Yingyang Army has formally fought alone after the establishment of the Yingyang Army, and it is responsible for such an important task.It is related to the success or failure of the entire Hedong campaign, and Li Wei dare not be careless.Although this task is too difficult, since he accepted the task at the beginning, no matter what, he must complete it.

Black Rock Fort is like a hedgehog with spikes all over its body, leaving Ying Yangjun nowhere to attack.

"In any case, tonight at the latest, we must take the Black Rock Fort!" Li Wei issued a death order. If they can't take the Black Stone Fort, their mission will fail completely. This is absolutely not allowed.This is the first battle of the Yingyang army, and also his first battle as the leader of the Yingyang army, Li Wei.

He pointed to the military flag in the tent. On the red flag, a golden eagle was about to fly!

The military flag of the Qin Army is a black flying eagle, and the military flag of their Eagle Yang Army was specially awarded by the King of Qin, which is a golden flying eagle. What a great honor this is.

Li Wei glanced at the five commanders under his command, as well as his deputy military commander, teaching envoy, marching commander, Du Yuhou and other generals. These officers have one characteristic, they are all young.The history of the Qin army is not long, and the army has continued to expand in the past few years. Therefore, not only the chief officers at the Xiangying level are very young, but even the generals at the military level, many of them are under [-].Many people have not even been in the army for more than five years. Although most of them have studied in the martial arts hall, at this time, their lack of experience is unavoidable, and there is no good way for a while.

There was no abnormality on Li Wei's face, but he didn't feel a little disappointed in his heart.In the past, they fought with the King of Qin, and the King of Qin always came up with a lot of tricks. He also had advisers such as Gai Yu Jingxiang and Li Zhen beside him. As long as these generals were in charge of fighting, they didn't have to think about how to fight at all.But now, he is leading an army to fight alone, facing troublesome enemies, but he has to make his own decisions, how to win this battle?

He looked at the few people in the back row, they were the staff officers of the Yingyang Army's staff office, and almost all of them were young people from the martial arts hall.Their eldest marching staff officer, Chen Zhong, was only thirty, and he was the first group of people who followed the King of Qin along with him. He had always performed outstandingly in the era of Shamen Town, and was later selected as a soldier of the King of Qin, and was later selected into the lecture hall After studying for a year, he went down to the bottom to serve as the deputy of the team. In the past few years, he has been promoted rapidly. With the background of Qin Wang's personal guard, and the qualifications he has studied in the martial arts hall, coupled with the extraordinary performance of leading the troops later, he has been promoted in just a few years. , Has won several awards from the King of Qin.The establishment of the Yingyang Army this time was even awarded as a senior officer of the Yingyang Army, served as a marching staff officer, and became a deputy military officer.

"Mr. Chen, what do you think?"

The marching staff officer is not high in the ranking of deputy positions in the Yingyang Army, and is lower than the teaching envoy, deputy army leader, marching Sima, and Duke Yuhou.However, this position is very important, because he is also in charge of many staff members of the entire staff office, is the advisor of the general, and is responsible for many combat planning matters.

It is the duty of the marching staff to draw up the battle plan.

Chen Zhong used to be Li Jing's personal guard, and also had training qualifications in the martial arts hall, so even if he ranks low in the army leader, the generals are very polite to him.

Hearing Li Wei calling him by name, Chen Zhong raised his head and said, "Master, I think this battle can be done with a trick!"

"Staff Chen has a plan?" Li Wei was overjoyed when he heard this.

"There is indeed an immature plan, but the most important thing is to rely on the efforts of the brothers in the back room." Chen Zhongdao.

"The back compartment?"

All the generals couldn't help being puzzled, the Yingyang Army's rear compartment also had two battalions.But one of these two battalions is in charge of logistics and supplies, and is responsible for engineers, hospitals, and transportation tasks.The other battalion is a brand new unit that is still being tested. So far, it is still in the groping stage.

It is impossible for Chen Zhong to entrust such an important task to the logistics battalion, so does he mean that battalion?

"Dapeng Bird Squadron or Black Bat Squadron?" Li Wei asked.

The right battalion in the rear compartment is nominally full of 500 people, but in fact this battalion has 600 people, and it has two squadrons under its jurisdiction, each with 300 people.

Only from the names of the two squadrons, it can be known that this unit, which is still being tested, is actually an air unit.

It's just that this is still an experimental force, can they really be relied on?

As night fell, on the wall of Black Rock Fort, Shi Yan, the guard of Shatuo, was wearing armor and patrolling the city with a sword in his hand.

Shi Yan, a native of Yanmen in Daizhou, is proficient in riding and shooting, and is extremely brave. He is especially good at setting up ambushes and capturing opponents alive.Li Ke returned to help Weizhou in a hurry, and specially sent Shi Yan to guard Heishi Fort, in case Li Jing, who occupied the two cities of Guangling and Guangbian, sent troops to pass through Feihuxing and enter Lingqiu behind Zhiguguan or Yizhou. county!

Shi Yan patrolled the city, patted the shoulders of the soldiers on duty from time to time, and chatted with them.Shi Yan is only in his early thirties. He is extremely brave and has an amazing memory. He can call most of the soldiers under his command by name.

The soldier on duty who was being kindly called by his name was deeply moved. He never thought that he, a new recruit in the army, would be remembered by the commanding general.

Shi Yan smiled and comforted the excited soldiers, and was about to turn around and continue to inspect, at this moment, he suddenly felt a gust of cool wind blowing, and a sudden chill came over him.

He couldn't help having an ice fight, his body became alert, and he quickly looked around!

At this time, there was a sudden scream of panic from the top of the city not far from him!

"My God!"

"what is that!"

"Longevity bless!"

"Damn it!"