The trees in Cuihuan Mountain are mainly pine trees, which are green and lush all year round. Coupled with the ring-shaped mountains, Cuihuan Mountain got its name from this.
Tang Yin commanded the Zhen Army and secretly transferred the main force of the Zhen Army into Cuihuan Mountain under the pretext of withdrawing troops. On the other side, the Feng Army also launched a fierce attack on Zhaoyang City.
Just like the plan formulated by Tang Yin, the Feng Army launched a three-day and night strong attack on Zhaoyang. Not only did it make no progress, but it suffered huge losses and its combat power was reduced sharply. At this moment, the reinforcements headed by Buying Arrived again.
As a result, the Feng army was attacked from both sides and could no longer fight.
In desperation, Feng Jun had no choice but to withdraw his troops. It's just that at this time, the Feng army wanted to withdraw, but the Sichuan army refused to give up. Not only did Buying's troops pursue the Feng army, but the defenders in Zhaoyang City also pursued them out of the city, chasing and beating the Feng army who planned to retreat.
The battle situation in Zhaoyang has taken a turn for the worse. The Feng army, which was originally the main attacker, is now in a passive position and is being beaten. The 400,000-strong army is in danger. Reports of Zhaoyang's battle continued to spread into Cuihuan Mountain like a revolving lantern. The Zhenjun soldiers who had been lurking here for several days were all very excited. As expected, Zhaoyang's defenders fell into King Feng's trick of luring the snake out of its cave. Now Zhaoyang City The emptiness is a good time for our side to launch a massive attack.
After receiving the news that the Zhaoyang defenders had left the city to pursue Feng Jun, all the Zhen generals couldn't wait to see Tang Yin one after another. After people entered the camp, their faces were full of joy, and they said excitedly: "His Royal Highness Feng Wang has a wonderful plan, and the Sichuan people have indeed been fooled!"
"Now that the Sichuan army has chased them out of the city, Zhaoyang City's defense is ineffective. Your Highness, King Feng, it's time for our army to take the initiative to attack!"
Tang Yin looked at everyone, smiled calmly, and said, "Generals, why are you so anxious? Wait a moment."
"Your Highness, King Feng, this opportunity must not be missed. If it is lost, it will never come back. How long do we have to wait?" "Yes, Your Highness, since the Sichuan people have fallen into the trap, our army must attack immediately. Otherwise, the night will be long and there will be many dreams, and things will change later!" "
Tang Yin said with a smile: "Now the Sichuan army has just chased them out of the city. We must at least let them chase them farther away before we can take action. Generals, please be patient!"
Thinking about it carefully, I felt that what Tang Yin said made sense, so people had no choice but to be patient and continue to wait. One day passed and Tang Yin stood still. Two days passed and Tang Yin still stood still. On the third day, the generals could no longer wait.
Cuihuan Mountain is not a good place. It is a large basin, surrounded by mountains, isolated from the world, with no wind or rain. In addition, it is midsummer, and the Cuihuan Mountain is extremely hot and sultry, like a big furnace, which is terrible. What's more, the water source is still scarce. It's considered good for the soldiers to drink two meals of water a day. No one wants to stay here anymore.
On this day, the Zhen generals could not help but ask Tang Yin to fight again, but Tang Yin was resolute and refused. The Zhen generals tried their best to persuade Tang Yin, and finally had no choice but to leave one after another.
After nightfall, all the generals gathered together habitually, full of complaints and complaints. General Youzhen said dissatisfied: "This is not a place for people to live at all. It is stuffy and hot. Many of my brothers have suffered from heatstroke."
"That's right, it's the same here. I fell ill in at least two of the ten formations. Those who haven't fought with the Sichuan people have lost 20% of their combat strength." "No, I don't know when these hard days will end. "
The environment in Zhendi is harsh, and the people of Zhen are able to endure hardships. Now even they can't bear it, which shows the hardship of Cuihuan Mountain.
Another Zhen general stood up suddenly and said in a deep voice: "How long does King Feng want us to wait? The Sichuan people have been chasing the Feng army for more than three days. Even if they use crawlers, they can still climb hundreds of miles away. Isn¡¯t now the time to attack Zhaoyang?¡±
"Well, King Feng is good at strategizing. Since King Feng thinks it's inappropriate now, there must be something that makes King Feng feel uneasy!" Meng Xiong said with a frown.
Among the Zhen generals, the two fierce generals Lei Meng and Meng Xiong are the most convinced of Tang Yin. Since Tang Yin took command of the Zhen army, they have always looked up to Tang Yin and obeyed his orders.
"In my opinion, the Wind King is too cautious. Now is obviously a good opportunity. If you insist on delaying it, if you really delay the opportunity, it will be too late to regret it!"
This statement was recognized by many Zhen people. People nodded and responded: "Yes! But if the Wind King doesn't give the order to attack, what can we do?"
"I have a plan, I don't know if it's feasible or not," one Zhen rolled his eyes and said.
The Zhen general who spoke was named Hu Wenjiao, and he was a veteran general in the Zhen army. It was not because he was older, but because he had been following Li Shu for a long time. He was one of the first Zhen people to follow Li Shu in the army. The prestige is also quite high.
Hearing his words, everyone¡¯s eyes lit up and people asked anxiouslySaid: "General Hu, please tell me!"
Hu Wenjiao looked around, then lowered his voice and said: "Tonight, we are avoiding the Wind King, each leading the elite men under his command, quietly coming out of the mountain, and attacking Zhaoyang at night. I believe that with the current situation in Zhaoyang, With our strength, I¡¯m afraid we won¡¯t be able to hold on for even an hour before we break through!¡±
"Leimeng and Meng Xiong trembled and said urgently: "No, this is absolutely impossible. Avoiding the Wind King and quietly going to fight. This is disobedience. If you let the Wind King know later, you will be severely punished by military law!"
"General Lei, General Meng, you two are too cowardly!" Hu Wenjiao sneered and said: "As long as we can capture Zhaoyang, even if we disobey military orders in advance, we can make up for it. Besides, He said, after all, King Feng is the king of Feng Kingdom, not the king of our Zhen Kingdom, and King Feng¡¯s military discipline still has no control over us, what do you think, everyone?¡±
"Yes! I think what General Hu said is reasonable. To be honest, I would rather be punished by military law than stay here and suffer this punishment!" Another Zhen general muttered dissatisfiedly.
The generals nodded one after another and said: "I think we should follow General Hu's method this time. Beat us first and then talk about it. If the law does not punish everyone, I don't believe that King Feng can kill us all!"
Everyone quickly reached a consensus, and then unanimously focused their attention on Raymond and Meng Xiong. Hu Wenjiao said angrily: "I tell you, generals Lei and Meng, if you two are afraid of the Feng King, you can stay here and continue to accompany the Feng King. But if you two go to inform the Feng King, you will not only be ruined." Without our friendship, we no longer deserve to be virgins!"
His words made Raymond and Meng Xiong blush. They both stood up, looked around at everyone, and said angrily: "Who do you think I am? A coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death? Since we are brothers, We should advance and retreat together through life and death, so if we are going to attack Zhaoyang this time, naturally we cannot be missing!"
Hu Wenjiao was also full of excitement. He patted Lei Meng and Meng Xiong hard on the shoulders and said, "Okay, let's settle this matter. At midnight tonight, each of us will lead our elite men out of the valley quietly. At dawn, We can reach Zhaoyang before now, so that¡¯s the best time to sneak attack on the enemy!¡±
"It's done! It's settled!" All the generals said in unison.
The Zhen generals held secret discussions and decided to go out of the mountain behind Tang Yin's back to attack Zhaoyang. There was no talking in the first half of the night, but at midnight, everyone would meet at the appointed time.
They were quite smart and did not bring out all their troops, but only selected capable men. But even so, the total number of troops they brought out was close to one hundred thousand.
Seeing that everyone was here, Hu Wenjiao gave an order and the whole army came out of the mountain. Then, he took the lead and led the five thousand Zhenjun soldiers under his command to quickly move towards the canyon coming out of the mountain.
It stands to reason that the canyon is the only way in and out of the valley. It is an important place among important places, so there must be many sentries. But what puzzles people is that there is not a single sentry here tonight. Not only is there no clear sentry, Even the secret whistle disappeared without a trace.
Hu Wenjiao felt angry. The people below were too negligent and did not even leave a sentry at night. What if the enemy got in?
After finishing the battle in Zhaoyang, I must find out who is responsible for guarding the canyon! While he was walking and thinking, suddenly, a long scream sounded in the air.
But anyone with experience in marching and fighting knows that it is the warning sound of a rattle arrow.
Yo! It turns out that our side has a sentry here, but I just didn't see it. Hu Wenjiao was surprised when suddenly, there was a thunderous roar above his head. At the same time, people could clearly feel the ground shaking under their feet.
Hu Wenjiao was stunned for a moment, and then he woke up with a start. His eyes suddenly widened and he screamed: "No, there's a rockfall"
Before he could finish speaking, he heard a loud rumble, and a huge stone more than two people tall fell hard less than ten meters in front of him. A dozen soldiers who happened to be standing under the huge stone were killed on the spot. It was smashed into pulp, and the blood splattered flew far away.
This was just the beginning, and then more and bigger boulders kept rolling down from the peaks on both sides of the canyon. For a while, the Zhenjun soldiers who walked into the canyon screamed again and again, and screams were heard everywhere. Even Hu Wenjiao's horse was frightened and spun uncontrollably, throwing Hu Wenjiao off.
"No! There is an ambush here, retreat, retreat quickly!" Hu Wenjiao got up from the ground and finally realized that his side was now under enemy attack.
It is not that easy to retreat at this time. On the peaks on the side of the canyon, the falling rocks are like snow flakes, and the Zhenjun soldiers can hardly reach it.Unable to stop it, people were knocked to the ground in groups, and soon new rocks fell on them, smashing them to pieces.
In less than a stick of incense, the canyon no less than ten meters wide was blocked by falling rocks, forming a stone wall seven or eight meters high. But even so, the huge boulders that fell from the peak were still not there. Stopped, and continuous roars came from the canyon.