Chapter 630 Qi Shan Road (the nickname for the leader is not blank
Daya Mountain.
Several Mongolian and Han soldiers climbed up and looked into the distance. Looking around, there was no movement in the mountains and rivers. Only the soldiers and horses on the road below the mountains passed by like flowing water.
Of course there would be no ambush here. They knew it before they came up. They just took a few glances and then went down the mountain.
Looking into the distance, Huhu put away his telescope, came out from among the trees, went to the shade of the mountain, and pushed aside the trees.
A military cellar appeared, and rows of Song soldiers wearing straw hats emerged silently, consciously returning to the ambush point to lie down.
Houhu looked around again, then led his men to retreat into the bushes, lifted the branches, and revealed a cannon inside.
He said nothing the whole time. What he was thinking was, "I have been preparing for more than two months. If I can still be discovered by you, do I deserve to be called Nanmanzi?"
He picked up the telescope and squinted at the mountain road.
Two thousand-man vanguard cavalry passed by first.
After that, the Mongolian and Han cavalry led the Mongolian prisoners who had been stripped of their armor and marched in a hurry for more than three hours.
"Two thousand people were in custody, and almost 10,000 were captured." Louhu thought to himself.
Looking further, I saw the main force of the Mongolian and Han troops.
The setting sun has already set in the mountains in the distance, and the enemy riders passing by on the mountain road never stop.
I didn't see the baggage train. Each soldier had two or three horses carrying rations.
Huhu couldn't help but click his tongue.
"Damn it, 20, 30,000 people can't stop us."
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The moon sets and the sun rises.
It's another early morning.
A grass crawler climbed up the back of Lu Xiufu's neck and crawled between the straw hat and his hair. After a while, it came out again and mouthed at the ear.
Start sucking blood.
Lu Xiufu, lying among the grass and trees, was a little irritable.
These were the most annoying things to him in the Qinling Mountains and Forests.
Li Xia gave him a small jar of steamed wine and said he needed to wipe it on if he was bitten.
But at this time Lu Xiufu didn't dare to take it out, so he had to endure it.
He looked at Li Xia who was hiding in the woods in front of him, and suddenly thought of a small thing in his mind.
What would happen if the history of later generations recorded this war?
"In the spring of the first year of Xianding, he raised his voice and took the pickaxe from Ziwu Valley, and sent his troops to the suspected army to leave Dasanguan. The Meng marshal and his good ministers led their troops into Qishan Mountain, and Xia personally led the troops to ambush them."
This is probably the only sentence.
No one must have known or recorded those prepared plans to lure the enemy, leaving only a few words for future generations to speculate.
Lu Xiufu did not intend to write it down in detail, lest these calculations would not be useful next time.
If we can win, the world will probably only say, "Wang Liangchen is so stupid. He wants to draw Hanzhong just after the war."
People in the world often don't want to believe in the strength of others' hard work. They say "you can't do it" before they succeed, and "you're so lucky" after they succeed.
Therefore, Lu Xiufu, who is also hard-working, can understand Li Xia's pride and loneliness.
After withdrawing his mind, Lu Xiufu looked at Li Xia and saw that the figure covered with vegetation seemed to have merged with the mountain forest.
It's another night.
The Mongolian and Han troops did not camp at night. They rested on the spot for four hours and then continued their rapid march.
When the sun comes out again, it will be the third day of the encounter.
The enemy troops on the mountain road have not completely finished walking, but the end of the team can be seen with the sight tube.
If they were allowed to walk for another day, the vanguard would be almost at Yangping Pass.
Finally, Li Xia moved and spoke.
"Nearly 40,000 people."
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How far can a march of 40,000 cavalry cover?
If it doesn't spread too far, it's probably more than four hundred miles back and forth.
How long is four hundred miles?
It is equivalent to traveling from Lin'an to Huating County.
The Qishan Road stretches from Yangpingguan to Tianshui for more than a thousand miles.
In other words, it would take more than a day for the Longxi cavalry to pass a military order from the front of the formation to the end of the formation, and that would still require changing horses and running wildly.
Even after deducting 10,000 prisoners, Wang Liangchen actually mobilized 30,000 troops.
This surprised Li Xia.
He did not expect that Wang Liangchen's 60,000 troops would still have such strength after the decisive battle with Hunduhai.
I have a feeling... When Kublai Khan ascends the throne with the Han system, he will definitely attract the strongest hatred from the Mongols. Like the dignity lost by the Han people, they will be passed down along with the history books and songs.
But for most people in this world, these emotions are not as important as life.
Therefore, when Wang Liangchen raised his butcher knife, the soldiers and horses under Hunduhai did the same.
At this point, Mongolians are no more tough than other people.
The grievances that the northerners can endure can also be tolerated by the Mongols.
"Do you really think the Mongolian cavalry is invincible?"
Then why keep talking about the dignity of the Han family?!
Upon thinking of this, Li Xia stood up and raised the flag.
The whistle blows.
The trumpet sounds...
At this time, the last thousand-man troops of the Mongolian and Han troops were able to walk into the preset ambush point.
"boom!"
The copper barrel made a muffled sound, and a cannon was spit out and landed on the mountainside on the opposite side.
This is a preset location. The mountainside on the opposite side has been excavated. Where the cannonball landed, there is a huge rock above.
When the ignition rope burned out, there was a loud noise, as if the sky was falling and the earth was falling.
It seemed like half the mountain was falling directly down.
The shadow fell, and then...
"Bang!!"
The sky was filled with dust, and the frightened horses neighed.
"boom!"
Another cannonball was spit out, and the landslides continued.
At the same time, the leaves on the cannon carts were removed one after another, and the thunderbolts were ignited, thrown out, and fell into the chaotic military formation in the mountain road...
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The rugged mountain road winds eastward for two hundred miles.
Wang Liangchen is thinking about Lizhou...
The reason why all the troops from Longxi were brought out was that the strategic purpose was not only to relieve the siege of Jingzhao Mansion, not only Hanzhong, but more importantly, to regain Lizhou and recapture Jianmen Pass in one fell swoop.
Why?
As far as the country is concerned, pushing the military line back to Jianmen Pass will prevent the Song army from getting involved in the struggle for the throne.
As far as the family is concerned, all the children of the Wang family are outstanding. There are too many people who have been awarded the title of commander-in-chief, marshal of the capital, marshal of the capital, and marshal of Oru. It is not suitable to just gather in Longxi. The territory must be expanded as soon as possible.
This is a rare opportunity right now.
Before the First World War in Longxi, he deliberately refused to go to war on the grounds that he had not received the imperial edict. Lian Xixian then gave him the tiger talisman he was wearing, saying that he had a secret edict, and ordered him to be the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, with full authority to command Shaanxi's military equipment.
Before the expedition, he did not report his plan to Lian Xixian.
Because "Jingzhao Mansion was surrounded and no news could be delivered." Regardless of whether it was true or not, this was what he said afterwards.
In the critical situation, we had no choice but to decisively send troops to attack Hanzhong and first relieve the siege of Jingzhao. Then we can drive further to Lizhou to restore the power of the Wang family to what it was before the death of the second brother in the battle.
He, Wang Liangchen, really doesn't have much selfishness.
If there is, it is only the determination to avenge Wang Dechen, the second brother, and the enthusiasm to take back the business that the second brother has been running for many years.
Therefore, 10,000 prisoners were used to attack the passes and cities along the way.
Thirty thousand soldiers were used to block Chencang Road and Ziwu Road in the north, and the Song Army's reinforcements were blocked in Micang Road and Lizhi Road in the south. After Hanzhong City was captured, they were divided into various prefectures and counties in Hanzhong; and later Lizhou.
, Jianmen Pass...
Coming out in full force represents Wang Liangchen's ambition, ambition and courage.
When you look at Shu from a long distance, you are looking at the whole of Shu.
A big victory, Wang Liangchen has the qualifications...
"boom!"
The horse was suddenly frightened when he dismounted, raised his front hooves, and neighed endlessly.
Wang Liangchen reined in his frightened horse and looked up. The top of the mountain directly in front of him exploded with a bang. The boulders were shaking and crashing down.
"Eh??!"
"Bang!"
In the dust, before I could shout out, there was chaos again...
"Enemy attack!"
"Shaking thunder!"
"Bang!"
"..."
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When Li Xia made the plan, the maximum consideration was for 70,000 people to enter Qishan Road, and corresponding arrangements were made.
But in fact, his mental estimate was that there would be about 25,000 people.
He laid an ambush at Daya Mountain, which was the end of the marching road to Yangping Pass that could accommodate 70,000 people.
When the ambush began, Li Xia's "tail" was the first to launch an offensive to block the enemy's retreat.
To the east, ambushes were deployed along the entire Qishan Road, and a trail on the south side of the mountain was dug to allow for rapid movement... This was one of the reasons why he needed to deploy on the Qishan Road for more than two months.
As for the four cannons, they were placed more than 350 miles apart.
If there are 20,000 or 30,000 people coming, the two cannons in the middle can directly kill the general. If there are 40,000 to 60,000 people, the two cannons in the middle can also cut off the enemy formation and divide the entire enemy formation into five or six sections.
Enemy command is cut off.
After that, he bombarded the enemy's position with artillery, stone cannons, thunderbolts, arrows, etc. from a high position, causing the enemy to collapse and surrender before they ran out of supplies.
Li Xia's supplies are well prepared...
If the enemy wants to turn defeat into victory in this terrain, it is almost impossible in terms of grand strategy and can only go through various small battlefields.
Eight thousand elite soldiers of the Song Army were guarding more than 400 miles of mountain roads. There must be areas that could not be covered by artillery fire, wood, rocks, and arrows. If the generals inside could quickly organize a counterattack, attack up the mountain, and eliminate the ambush on the mountain bit by bit.
, until most of the troops calm down, there is still a chance for a comeback.
Li Xia believes that the enemy has this opportunity, but it is not big.
There are bound to be troubles on local battlefields, and this is the difficulty of this battle.
Li Xia has been analyzing these all the time. The more fierce the battle, the calmer he becomes.
As for how much this battle means to him, he won't think about it at this time.
All expectations and enthusiasm had been thrown away by him, and he didn't even listen to the explosions and shouts.
It was like, the only sound was my own breathing.
Just like on the field, he never listens to the cheers and abuse. He feels his breathing, judges whether his rhythm is wrong, and then proceeds to the next step in an orderly manner.
This is an ambush, so don't worry about the opponent's reaction yet, as the opponent won't be able to react.
First implement everything arranged...
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And on the entire battlefield, Li Xia was the only one who remained so calm.
Along the mountain road that stretches for more than 400 miles, 40,000 cavalrymen have been trapped in extreme panic and chaos.
Eight thousand ambush troops were divided into forty ambush points, with about two hundred men at each ambush point.
Every three or four ambush points are commanded by a commander or commander.
The reason why Li Xia brought a large number of generals was because the terrain was long and narrow, and he needed to ensure that each ambush point could be commanded independently.
In this aspect, he also has many advantages over Wang Liangchen.
More than two months of arrangements were made to completely annihilate the enemy's main force...
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"Fuck! Fire oil! Thunder!"
Wang Yixin directed the cannons to seal the road, then raised his hand and pointed at Wang Liangchen's large banner on the mountain road.
"Fuck you...Zuan Ling Zan Wanshou, Qu Wen, did you see that?! General! Give me the kerosene and cannon! Hurry!"
No matter how loud he yelled, it was useless.
What really conveyed the order were the two signal flags, which were moving rapidly.
The trumpet sounded urgently.
On another hilltop a few miles away, Zan Wanshou hurriedly raised his sight tube and took a look. He cursed and rushed to the artillery carriage himself.
Zan Wanshou defected to Li Xia early, so last year he was able to command the Chenggu County garrison, which was equivalent to the garrison east of Hanzhong, and commanded 500 elite troops.
He has the power to mobilize troops, and the power to command troops belongs to the city garrison general Qu Wen.
Both of them are from the Shu Shuai line. They usually get along well with each other and train well, so they were transferred here this time.
After arriving at Qishan Road, Zan Wanshou and Qu Wen each divided their men half and stationed themselves on two hills.
As a county lieutenant, he seemed to be the most inexperienced one in the army, but fortunately, he had been trained on these things for more than two months.
In fact, every year for the Sichuan-Sichuan war, garrison troops from various states and counties gather together. These 8,000 elite troops have been trained far better than any elite troops in Shu.
At this time, Wu Jinshi's talent was revealed.
"Stone Fireball! Hurry!"
Zan Wanshou raised his hand and pointed, quickly turning the gun carriage and aiming it at Wang Liangchen's flag.
"Huh...huh..."
He breathed very loudly.
Wang Liangchen's encyclopedia was very close to him.
Because the enemy's line was longer than expected, Wang Liangchen had already passed the attack range of Liu Jinsuo, Bao San, Xiong Shan and others when the ambush was launched.
"Behead the general! Behead the general! Behead the general!"
Zan Wanshou only had this thought in his mind.
He wants to make great achievements.
He was sure that Li Jieshuai had seen the right person. He would live forever, okay!
Finally, the stone-fat fireballs were placed on the cannon cart one by one, and the torches were lit.
Zan Wanshou rushed into the soldiers and pulled the artillery carriage with them.
Sparks fell, and the sky was filled with the crackling sound of flames.
The fireball fired by the first batch of cannons had already crashed into the Mongolian and Han troops.
Zan Wanshou took another look with the telescope. It was difficult to find Wang Liangchen in the chaos, but the big scroll was still there.
Turning around again, I saw that on the other hill where Qu Wen had set up an ambush, there was already a thunderbolt falling in the direction of Dahu.
Zan Wanshou immediately drank loudly.
"Go on! Stone-fat fireball!"
He didn't care where Wang Liangchen had been hiding for a few moments after the cannon was fired. He wanted to light the fire first.
It was made very clear during the military meeting——
When the ambush begins, block the road first and kill the enemy general...
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"Bang!"
More than twenty stone fat fireballs fell, one of which was smashed more than ten steps in front of Wang Liangchen.
The flames exploded, igniting several Mongolian and Han soldiers, and the flames quickly jumped up.
A shrill scream sounded. The weeds and dry food on the ground quickly caught fire.
The fireball also flowed out of stone fat, and wherever it flowed, fire quickly broke out.
Wang Liangchen rode back and wanted to give an order...
"Bang!"
More than twenty fireballs crashed down, instantly burning the area into a sea of flames.
Wang Liangchen turned around and saw that it was impossible to put out the fire around the carriage with the banner stuck in it.
"Dismount and fight on foot! Attack the mountain!"
He finally issued the first military order.
"Dismount and fight on foot! Attack the mountain...ah!"
"boom!"
The flag commander was still delivering orders when a thunderbolt landed not far in front of him and suddenly exploded.
Wang Liangchen just turned over and dismounted, and suddenly felt a burning sensation on his legs. When he lowered his head, he saw that his legs were already on fire.
"marshal!"
As soon as he rolled on the spot, soldiers rushed up and attacked the flames on his body frantically.
The war horses screamed and began to run rampant.
"Attack the mountain! Attack the mountain!"
Wang Liangchen was so painful that sweat broke out on his forehead and he screamed.
There were soldiers who were fighting the fire and were already on fire. They were screaming and struggling, but no one cared about them. People around him were either running away like crazy or taking sand and soil to help Wang Liangchen put out the fire.
"ah!"
The ignited soldier fell to the ground and rolled around, looking like a madman, trying to ask for help from his comrades.
Someone picked up a spear, stabbed him with a spear, knocked him to the ground, and continued to raise sand and soil to save Wang Liangchen.
"Commander! Let's go!"
Finally, Wang Liangchen struggled to his feet, frowning in pain, and rushed straight towards the mountain.
"Bring my handsome flag! Attack the mountain!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
The Song army threw fireballs from one hilltop and sky-shaking thunder from another hilltop. They became more and more dense, and they all attacked Dahu.
The horses pulling the cart were so frightened that they lost control and their reins were cut off.
Finally, the big banner slowly fell down and fell into the fire.
The fire engulfed the flag, as if it had grown bigger.
The entire mountain road was full of fire.
Wang Liangchen turned around and looked around, only to see a blaze of flames, which made his eyes turn red.
"Seventh brother! Seventh brother!"
He was still running wildly, looking for his deputy commander Wang Qingchen in the chaos.
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On the top of another mountain further away, Wang Yixin had just used cannon to destroy the mountain and block the mountain road.
He raised his telescope, looked in the direction of the enemy general, and raised his hand to point.
The cannon was slowly pushed, turned in a different direction, and aimed at the area where the Mongolian and Han armies were most concentrated.
"fire!"
Wang Yixin spoke, his voice already a little hoarse.
He is not a good conductor, he is too excited.
Fortunately, although shouting louder will not have a greater effect, a hoarse voice is equally useful.
"fire!"
"boom!"
There was another muffled sound, and the shells sprayed...
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"Go down with the order! Tell my seventh brother! Attack the mountain! Attack the mountain!"
Wang Liangchen rushed towards the top of the mountain with a big knife.
He no longer had the banner, and the herald could not be found.
What's more, with such a long road cut off, it was impossible for him to command the entire army. He could only count on the generals to spontaneously lead their troops to the top of the mountain and clear out the ambush bit by bit.
In other words, with or without him as the general, the difference is not that big.
However, he has 30,000 troops and 10,000 prisoners. Even if only a small number of people react, they can slowly turn the situation around.
Of course, it may not be Wang Liangchen.
On the contrary, it was Wang Liangchen who received the most ferocious attack.
"Attack the mountain! Call me, get off your horse and attack the mountain! Only by attacking the mountain can you survive..."
"boom!"
Wang Liangchen turned around and looked.
Just over a hundred paces to the east, dozens of people were being blown away.
Firelight flashed.
Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and body parts were scattered on the ground.
Hot wind blows in, carrying a fishy, sulfurous smell.
There was blood raining on his face.
The soldiers behind him screamed and ran away.
Fireballs, sky-shaking thunder, and artillery fire seemed to never stop.
"..."
The flames swept behind Wang Liangchen again, and he suddenly had a very ridiculous idea.
People who go to the battlefield to kill the enemy always have the illusion that there are strong and weak generals. After defeating Hunduhai, Wang Liangchen is stronger than Hunduhai... or in other words, less likely to die.
no.
Everyone on the battlefield will die equally, and many times, they will not die at the hands of stronger people at all.
The Prince of Hell has no patience to make a list of famous generals and tick the books of life and death in order.
Life is hard, life is thin, both are fragile.
On the battlefield, death is...sudden.
Wang Liangchen dismissed his thoughts and rushed towards the mountain forest.
His cloak was on fire, and he was running with long strides, as if trying to escape the pursuit of the flames.
Then, the flames engulfed it.
"boom!"
Another cannonball hit the official road, and pieces of flesh rained down.
Destroys the liver and gallbladder.
The victory or defeat of a war often depends on one side thinking it is going to lose.
No one came to put out the fire for Wang Liangchen anymore.
What a battle that shocked the North, what it was like to recapture Hanzhong, and how the troops pointed at Lizhou...only the screams of pain were left.
"ah!"
"ah……"
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