"General, the Xuzhou Army has begun to enter the valley."
Wei Dong looked up and saw that the Xuzhou Army's forward battalion in front of the valley had been properly arranged and a basic defensive formation had been established.
Seeing that there was no abnormality outside the valley, Xuzhou Army Forward Battalion Lieutenant Gao Yi immediately sent a signal to the rear that it was safe to pass: "The search on both sides of the valley has been completed, there is nothing abnormal, and the basic defense at the foot of the mountain has been completed. So far, no discovery has been made. There is no trace of the enemy, the road in the canyon is clear, the horses are moving quietly, and there are no frightened birds at the top. It is confirmed that it is safe and can pass."
The war horse that the soldiers ride is not only the best companion of the soldiers, but also an effective animal that can be used as an early warning. Animals' six senses are naturally more sensitive than most humans, and they will always be alert to large numbers of enemies hiding nearby before humans do.
The frightened birds exploding in the forest are a manifestation of an ambush in the forest. However, this performance is not as perfect as people imagine. In fact, if raptors and beasts appear in the forest, animals will also explode in the forest. However, combined with other methods of detecting the enemy, it can still be considered an effective method of detecting the enemy. Cruel wars are always full of spears and shields. Soldiers have ways and means to observe the enemy, and they also have various methods to avoid detection.
Sometimes the means you rely on will be cracked by the enemy in a short time. People always learn from each other and make progress while cracking and being cracked. And what they are comparing is who is one step earlier and one step faster than the other.
For example, although frightened birds exploding in the forest can be used as a basis to determine whether there is an ambush, one can also enter in advance to expel the flock of birds to avoid attracting the enemy's attention by alerting a large number of birds. Therefore, there are always ways to deal with everything in the world. It can be solved, and there are no hard-and-fast tactics. Therefore, in Yunfeng Canyon, Wei Dong's troops, who had been here for many days, had already driven away the birds here.
"Speed ??up the march!" Wei Gang immediately ordered after receiving the response from the forward battalion. He didn't pay much attention to Yunfeng Canyon. After all, this is the internal area of ??Huaiyin Mansion. Although there is Quyang City more than a hundred miles south of here. However, since the Qi army captured Quyang City, the Qi army has not taken offensive actions against the surrounding counties.
Of course, this is not to say that the Qi army looked down upon the cities around Quyang City, but that the Qi army had just captured Quyang City and had not even taken Huaiyin City in a sneak attack when they learned that they had been betrayed by the Yanzhou Army and counterattacked by other princes. . Therefore, the area around Quyang City is still under the jurisdiction of the Xuzhou Army. Not only that, Wei Gang can also get news from these areas.
So far, he has not found that the three counties south of Yunfeng Canyon are occupied by enemy troops. There is no organized enemy army, and he has eight thousand soldiers in his hands. How can he be afraid of accidents? His current behavior is just what a veteran should do.
Regarding Wei Gang's cautious behavior, Wei Dong did not despise the other party's timidity, but lamented the other party's caution. Those who are good at fighting do not have great achievements. The ability of the general can be seen in the smallest details.
Eight thousand troops are not too many, but not too many. But it does seem a bit much to pass through this narrow canyon. As the forward safety signal was sent, the remaining 7,000 troops finally moved into action. The so-called tens of thousands of people are boundless. Although it is less than ten thousand people now, the seven thousand army marched in a straight line, arranged in a long snake, and also pulled out Li Xu's team. Seven thousand sergeants were hurriedly walking into the valley. The officers in the rear kept shouting loudly, urging the soldiers to pass quickly.
But neither the soldiers nor the officers thought that there would be enemy troops here. They may not believe that the enemy would appear in their own area. In addition, the sentries have been eliminated, so all the sergeants did not pay too much attention to their surroundings.
"It's a dangerous place. If it weren't for the fact that this is the fastest way from Huaipu City to Quyang City from the south, and it's not the only one, I'm afraid this place would put another important city in danger." Wei Gang couldn't help but sigh.
As a soldier, Wei Gang was very concerned about this dangerous place. For soldiers, this dangerous place is of great significance. However, the extent of Yunfeng Mountain is not wide, and it can be bypassed dozens of miles away from the north to the south. Therefore, there are no soldiers posted to defend here.
"Heywhy didn't Murong Cheng return to Yuzhou and instead go south to the south of Xuzhou? Doesn't he want the land of Yuzhou? Besides, when he took action, Yuzhou was still in his hands, and the army's food and grass were also in Yuzhou. In addition, there are tens of thousands of local garrison troops in Yuzhou. With such an advantage, why did Murong Cheng just watch the Yanzhou army annex Yuzhou?" Wei Gang, who was in the central army, couldn't help but think secretly.
"Why did the Qi army want to abandon Quyang City? With the back road cut off, how confident was Murong Cheng to leave immediately? Could it be that HuaiyinThe city was taken by the Qi army? Forget it, these are not things I should consider"
Wei Gang suppressed the random thoughts in his heart and took a casual look. As he watched the army slowly sinking into the narrow and rugged valley, his eyes couldn't help but narrowed again. For some reason, at this moment, a hint of ominous feeling arose in his heart. To be honest, even he himself couldn't tell where this feeling came from. Perhaps it was a soldier's instinct for danger. In short, at this moment, an extremely dangerous feeling was like a sheet covering the sky. The big net hung tightly over his head, making it difficult to escape.
Seeing that most of the army had entered the Windward Canyon, Wei Gang suddenly asked a lieutenant beside him: "Why is our army marching here with such momentum, but no birds appear on both sides of the canyon?"
The deputy general was slightly startled and said quickly: "Maybe the brothers from the forward battalion passed by and scared the birds away. What, did the general find any problems?"
Wei Gang shook his head and couldn't help but said: "I don't know what's going on. I always feel that we are walking into a huge trap, but I can't tell what is wrong."
The lieutenant general smiled and said: "General, don't worry. This place is under our jurisdiction in Xuzhou. If there were any abnormalities, someone should have informed us long ago. But so far, we have not received any reports of any abnormalities."
"If you don't want to go, let's ask in front if any birds have flown before?" The abnormal feeling in Wei Gang's heart always lingered in his heart.
After a while, the Guards cavalry sent back the results of the previous inquiry. Wei Gang's expression suddenly changed, and he shouted loudly: "No, there must be an ambush in the canyon! Send the order quickly, and the rear team will turn to the front team and exit the canyon immediately!" "
Wei Gang finally understood that something was wrong. Thousands of troops passed by, and there was a place where birds and wild birds roamed. But now, there was no big movement, which was very abnormal. Wei Gang regretted a little. If he had known earlier, he shouldn't have taken a shortcut and passed here in order to save so much time.
"Boom! Boom! Boom"
"It's a pity that Wei Gang's military order was still a step late. Besides, Wei Dong would not let them go. Just as Wei Gang was shouting, suddenly, a shocking loud noise erupted from both sides of the Yunfeng Canyon and several places in the middle. Boulders were blown away and fell into the valley with a rumble. Not only were they completely It blocked the entry and exit routes of the army, and directly divided them into several sections.
"Thunder?" Upon hearing the loud noise and seeing the situation in front of him, Wei Gang suddenly felt a little confused. He couldn't think of anything else besides Zhao Jun's sky-shattering thunder that could make such a huge noise that could make the solid cliffs on both sides collapse. However, this sky-shaking thunder belongs to Zhao Jun, so why does it appear here? Could it be that Zhao Jun is lurking here?
On both sides of Yunfeng Canyon, on the top of the mountain close to the valley road, countless figures appeared at this time, and banners of the Qi army stood on the peak, fluttering in the wind. Wei Dong and others stood at the highest point, looking down with stern eyes. Beside them were countless soldiers wearing uniforms and armor, and beside the soldiers were many boulders the size of millstones.
"Ask the first battalion to deal with the enemy troops at the entrance of the valley, and be sure to annihilate them all. The remaining four battalions will deal with the Xuzhou Army ambushed in the valley. As for the second capital, let them immediately begin to take over the counties in the southern part of Yunfeng Canyon. Remember, let the Qi army capture it first, and then let our Yanzhou army counterattack. The final result was that our Yanzhou army counterattacked vigorously, and at a high cost, we defeated the Qi army and regained these places." Wei Dongchen. said the voice.
"General, what about the local officials? And those wealthy gentry, how should we deal with them?" the second captain asked in a deep voice.
The Yanzhou Army wants to occupy these places and must sincerely surrender to them. Then, the original officials above the local level are problems that need to be dealt with. In addition, the wealthy gentry are also obstacles to the implementation of the New Deal. If it were in other regions, in normal times, the captain would naturally not ask like this. But this is the Huaiyin Mansion, which is still under the rule of Xuzhou, and the Yanzhou Army needs to capture it as quickly as possible.
Wei Dong said softly: "Local officials will all be executed. The Qi army invaded all counties and killed without mercy. As for the wealthy gentry, if they have committed heinous crimes and have a very bad reputation in the local area, their property will be confiscated. Take action, they are everywhere. We should respond internally and there are no strong troops stationed in the counties, so there shouldn¡¯t be any big problem.¡±
"Take your orders!"
Wei Dong led 10,000 men, 5,000 of whom were in ambush against Wei Gang's troops. The remaining 5,000 were waiting south of Yunfeng Mountain. While annihilating Wei Gang's Xuzhou Army, he launched an attack on the counties south of Yunfeng Mountain. Attack. The reason why there was no direct action against the counties south of Yunfeng Mountain was to prevent Wei Gang's troops from noticing.
In Yunfeng Canyon, the two sides exchanged viewsThe battle officially begins.
"Brothers, kill me!" The sky-shaking thunder detonated, completely trapping more than 7,000 soldiers under Wei Gang's command in the valley. Of course, now that the Thunderous Thunder appears, these more than 7,000 people will not be able to leave alive. Therefore, the few captains did not say any useless nonsense, nor did they constantly express their righteousness, hoping to persuade the other party to surrender. After all, they are now the "Qi Army".
"Throw rocks!" With a loud shout, a captain suddenly threw the boulder in his hand down the valley, creating a huge momentum in the sky. Under his leadership, countless huge stones were pushed by the soldiers and rolled down together. Running and jumping all the way, bringing out a huge black screen that can cover the sky and the sun.
The boulders came down with thunderous force, landing heavily on both ends of the valley mouth and in the middle, completely dividing the Xuzhou Army, preventing them from seeing each other in the end, and cutting off the possibility of their unified cooperation and unified command of operations.
At the same time, hundreds of bundles of thatch branches were continuously thrown down from the top of the mountain, while the soldiers of the "Qi Army" on both sides released a large number of rockets, and tongues of fire spurted out. In an instant, the thatch branches in the valley were covered with fire. ignite.
Although it is early spring, dead branches and dead grass are still easy to find. Coupled with the faint water vapor, black smoke rose up in an instant, filling the entire valley with flames and thick smoke.
The roads are cut off by rocks and the valleys are burned by fire. This is the simplest, most direct and most damaging way to fight an ambush war in a terrain like a canyon. In addition, the "Qi Army" sergeants on both sides fired a steady stream of arrows, and suddenly there were coughs, screams, and curses in the valley.
"Suddenly, these more than 7,000 elite Xuzhou Army veterans seemed to have turned into dough, and in the blink of an eye they became round and flattened by their opponents.
A bloody and massacre-style battle was staged at this moment. Huge boulders fell like meteors, flames set off a sky-burning frenzy, rolling logs fell and arrows rained down. The soldiers were wailing, but the enemy was roaring in excitement
Seven thousand Xuzhou troops have entered the valley. At this moment, the blow they suffered can be said to be devastating. They were in a narrow section of road, defenseless and lacking the ability to fight back. They could only let their opponents slaughter them wantonly, letting out tragic roars and whines.
"Damn it! Where did these Qi troops come from? Why did no one report back in the southern counties? Why did the counties say that nothing unusual happened?" Watching his brothers continue to fall to the ground, he continued Wei Gang screamed piercingly.
"General, what should we do?"
Wei Gang did not answer. The situation in front of him made Wei Gang's heart bleed. Immediately, he remembered the sky-shaking thunder that sounded above the valleys on both sides. It was this thunder that made the cliffs on both sides fall down in an instant, completely blocking the entrance and exit, making them like turtles in a jar.
"No, this thunder is Zhao Jun's secret, and the one who ambush us is Qi Jun. If this Qi Jun is not real, who could it be? Zhao Jun can't appear here to ambush us. The only possibility Then the Yanzhou Army! The Yanzhou Army is close to the Zhao Army, and only they can get the Thunder Thunder"
"Damn it! No wonder they reported to us the news that the Qi army was about to evacuate. No wonder they moved slowly forward with the intention of taking over Quyang City. It turned out to be to attract us to go south. So, what is the purpose of attracting us to go south Huai Pucheng? No, Huaipu City"
In an instant, Wei Gang understood everything. Although these are all his guesses, he knows that he should be right, "Hahaha What a Yanzhou Army. It turns out that our Xuzhou Army is also his prey. Now, Huaipu City is afraid that it has fallen to the Yanzhou Army." Hands, Quyang City is no exception We are finished"
Wei Gang stared blankly at the miserable scene in the valley in front of him, and a feeling of incomparable despair arose in his heart. Defeated, defeated, this time I was completely defeated by the opponent. I was completely defeated by the Yanzhou Army. He knew that although he had learned this little news, he could not investigate it. Because the Yanzhou Army pretending to be the Qi Army would not let them go.
Sure enough, Wei Gang angrily scolded the Yanzhou Army many times, but no one of the Qi soldiers who attacked from both sides paid attention, and just kept shooting at the enemy troops in the valley. Although many Xuzhou troops surrendered, the Qi troops on both sides also ignored them. It seemed that the other party was determined to kill all Xuzhou troops.
Wei Gang roared and directed his men to defend, but he could not withstand the opponent's strong attack. As time goes by, there are fewer and fewer Xuzhou troops in this valley. Wei Gang, the commander-in-chief of Huaipu City, this time the commander-in-chief, was eventually covered by the rain of arrows and became a member of the battlefield.
This time Wei just brought 8,000 soldiers. Except for the 1,000 forward battalion that had been deployed at the entrance of the valley earlier, the rest were ambushed in the valley by the "Qi Army".
And with the loud noise in the valley, the collapse of the valley mouth immediately caused the people outside the valley to collapse.Thousands of soldiers in the forward battalion were panicked.
"what happened?"
"It's not goodwe are ambushed" As the Qi army flags were erected on both sides of the valley, a thousand soldiers suddenly exclaimed.
At this moment, the panicked soldiers of the forward battalion suddenly felt that the ground beneath their feet began to tremble. They looked up in surprise and saw a black line rising on the southern horizon. In just a moment, the black line became thicker. Quite a few
"Cavalry? Damn it, it's Qi's cavalry!"
"We're fucked!"
Looking at the cavalry getting closer and closer, the captain of the forward battalion lost all color in his face in an instant. He knew that he and the thousand brothers under his command were afraid that the entire army would be wiped out here
"My lord, the way back is cut off. The general and the others don't know whether they are alive or dead. The enemy army is strong. Let's surrender." A sentry officer said to the captain in a trembling voice.
The captain gave a bitter smile and said: "Look at the speed of the opponent's cavalry. Do they have any intention of stopping? They want to annihilate us all. If you want to survive, kill me!"
"kill¡¡"
Under the instructions of the captain, the Xuzhou Army envoys also knew that there was no possibility of surrender, so they roared crazily, and the veins on their necks also bulged. They used this to hide their fear. After all, their trembling bodies still showed their fear.
"You want to fight us desperately? Are you worthy? The remaining army is defeated!" The cavalry captain of the Yanzhou Army looked at the performance of the Xuzhou Army's forward battalion and said coldly, but the horse under his crotch showed no intention of slowing down.
"Kill them all, leave no one behind!"
"Kill them all, leave no one behind!"
The captain shouted loudly, and in an instant, all kinds of sounds exploded at the same time, and a thousand cavalry were like a huge wave, pressing hard against the enemy. The Xuzhou Army's forward camp was like a small mound, submerged by the raging torrent, and shrank by a large circle in an instant. Immediately, extremely bright red waves suddenly bloomed between the sky and the earth, appearing and disappearing like fireworks