Guancheng is built on a high ground in a canyon. To the north is the tall Shaoxi Mountain, and to the south is a dangerous cliff. There is only one gate on the east and west sides.
The west gate is engraved with the four characters "Three Qin Fortress" with iron and silver hooks, which is impressive.
Zan Wanshou stood on the southwest garrison, raised his telescope and looked south for a while, then asked his deputy Yang Lizhou to lead his troops to guard Guancheng. At the same time, he ordered to summon 800 elite troops to go out to support Baiyang Pass.
He strode down the city gate. On the inner door of the city gate were the four characters "Qin Chu Throat".
When we walked to the military field in Guancheng, we could only hear the orderly and non-stop footsteps, and 800 people had already lined up quickly.
"Set off!"
They were fighting every day, and they had already made preparations. Zan Wanshou did not need to say any more words and directly led these soldiers into battle.
Eight hundred people may seem small, but the terrain here is dangerous, allowing them to defeat 8,000 people without panic.
After exiting the east gate, it winds along the mountainside. The cliffs are high and the valley is deep, making it narrow and difficult to navigate.
Ahead are four ridges, which are high and steep. There is only one road up the mountain and there is no room for two people to ride together.
This dangerous road was within the range of the artillery and stone offensive at Wuguan Pass, so the Song army was able to pass with peace of mind.
Coming down from Sidaoling is Sidaogou. Follow the ditch to Zhanfanling. The road continues eastward to Shangnan, where the main force of the Mongolian army is located.
Going south from Zhanfangling and walking along the Wuguan River for more than ten miles, you will reach Baiyang Pass.
Zan Wanshou's strategy is very simple: occupy Zhanfangling, block the Mongolian army's follow-up support troops and horses, and attack together with Liu Jinsuo in front and back to annihilate the Mongolian army in the Wuguan Valley...
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"coming."
And just above the steep mountains of Sidaoling, Zhao already saw the flag with the character "昝" entering Sidaogou.
He muttered something, tied the rope to the boulder on the mountain, and began to climb down...
Since the Mongolian army withdrew from Sichuan and Shu, many people seem to have forgotten how these warriors conquered the world?
Brave.
Shi Shu dared to swing from the cliff of Kuzhu Pass; Wang Dechen and Dong Wenwei dared to climb the terrifying head of Diaoyu City. The Mongols were even more brave.
At that time, Zhudu followed Kublai Khan in his conquest of Dali, passed through Tubo, passed through the barren land full of miasma, climbed over the snowy mountains in the rugged area, walked through the swamps everywhere, and crossed the fast-flowing Dadu River and Jinsha. River.
Today, in order to capture Wuguan, he dares to fight as hard as he did back then.
Taking advantage of the terrain, Zan Wanshou dared to lead only 800 men to block his and Dong Wenwei's 20,000 men. Zan Wanshou also dared to lead only 100 men to climb over Sidaoling and then climb down to Sidaogou to block Zan Wanshou's. retreat.
The sharp stone scratched Sodu's fierce cheek. He pulled the rope and jumped down the steep mountain again and again...
In the distant Zhanfang Ridge, Zan Wanshou has occupied the high point, guarding the valley that only a single person can pass.
The Mongolian army crowded into the river valley to attack Baiyang Pass. They endured the wood and rocks constantly being thrown down from Baiyang Pass. The arrows missed and the back was cut off by Zan Wanshou and blocked in the river valley.
The subsequent Mongolian army wanted to support from the direction of Shangnan, but they could not deploy their troops. They had to pass through the dangerous road one by one and were killed by the Song army at the foot of Zhanfang Ridge.
In this kind of terrain, the Mongolian army often had more than ten people killed, but it was difficult to kill a Song army. Therefore, it is said that one man can guard the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it.
Therefore, the Song army only had more than 3,000 people, and it withstood the fierce attack of more than 10,000 troops in the capital.
But today, Dong Wenwei kept directing his troops to attack.
Time passed little by little in this kind of killing.
The Song army at Baiyang Pass kept pulling the artillery cart, throwing wood and rocks, and pouring gold juice...
The Song troops on Zhanfang Ridge kept firing arrows, throwing thunder cannons, and waving their spears, killing each Mongolian army.
This action was repeated continuously, and finally the arrows were exhausted, but the Mongolian troops continued to come forward.
Zan Wanshou already felt that something was wrong. Today was different from other times. It was already afternoon, but the Mongolian army showed no sign of retreating.
He knew that the soldiers' sword-wielding hands were very sore, but they could still hold on until evening. However, the Mongolian soldiers could not make progress before nightfall, and their morale would inevitably be exhausted.
But the strange thing is that the morale of the Mongolian army is still very high today.
The soldiers of Song Dynasty were exhausted.
Their arrows and thunderbolts were exhausted, and their physical strength was exhausted. It was almost time to retreat back to Wuguan...
Suddenly, a killing cry came from behind.
"Kill!"
A Mongolian army appeared in the four ditches like falling from the sky, blocking Zan Wanshou's way back.
"Wuguan has been captured!"
"You have been blocked..."
The Mongolian soldiers shouted loudly in Chinese and came to kill with swords.
The Song army was caught off guard.
They had no idea how many people there were on the other side, or whether Wuguan was really lost.
At the same time, Dong Wenwei's army trumpet sounded loudly, and the Mongolian soldiers were greatly inspired. They rushed through the narrow road and fought on Fangling.
The reason why the Song army was able to occupy Zhanfangling was not only relying on Wuguan behind them, but also relying on thunder cannons.
But at this time, the way back was cut off, the thunderbolt cannons were exhausted, and the soldiers were completely in chaos.
For a moment, all the soldiers had only one thought in their minds.
"It's over..."
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"General, look!"
In the distance, when Baiyang closed the door, Liu Jinsuo heard the soldiers on the watchtower shout in surprise, and he quickly climbed to the top of the building and grabbed the watch tube.
When he saw it, he was stunned.
It was seen that Zan Wanshou's front line had been completely lost. The Mongolian army was like a thin stream of ink flowing into a clear spring, gradually dyeing the spring water black.
There are fewer and fewer Song troops on Zhanfang Ridge.
Although they were far apart, Liu Jinsuo could see the blood red and feel the brutality of the eight hundred soldiers being killed one by one.
And the young man who had high hopes was already surrounded...
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"puff!"
Zan Wanshou chopped down a Mongolian soldier with one blow and blood splashed on his face.
He didn't even look. He turned around and looked into the four ditches, only to see one Mongolian soldier after another.
"Damn, she's only a few dozen people older."
Only then did he realize that there were not many Mongolian soldiers coming from behind, but it was already too late. There were not many soldiers left behind him.
Zan Wanshou planned to cut down dozens of Mongolian soldiers and fight all the way back to Wuguan.
The knife in his hand was clenched tightly, and he strode forward, and each of the Mongolian soldiers came forward with their swords in hand.
Zan Wanshou slashed with one knife and cut one man's neck in half before the blood spattered away. He had already slashed with the second knife and another person screamed and fell to the ground.
In order to climb the mountain, these Mongolian soldiers only wore light armor, and some even wore no armor at all. Facing his fast and powerful blade, they were often cut down with every blow.
"One, two..."
Zan Wanshou counted silently in his heart. As long as he counted to eighty or ninety, he could kill all these Mongolian soldiers.
He doesn't want to die yet, and he hasn't made any achievements yet.
I still remember that when I followed those officials to take up their posts in Hanzhong and went to Dashanguan together, he was the only one who could kill the enemy on the battlefield at the age of nineteen.
He was still childish at that time, but over the past three years, he has grown into a general who can take charge of his own role.
He's not yet a rising star, and so far he hasn't made any outstanding achievements that can show his potential.
He is still young and still wants to become a handsome man.
"Seven, eight..."
Zan Wanshou has been killed into a bloody man.
His eyes became hollow and he looked forward, but what he saw was the scene of him commanding an army to attack Yanjing many years later.
He never said it, but he knew in his heart that Li Xia wanted to bring peace to the world. He wanted to be the general who led his troops to the north to conquer Yanjing for the new dynasty.
By that time, he happened to be the backbone general in the army. After driving the barbarians to Mobei, it was time for him to banish the wolf to Xu and restrain Shi Yanran.
Zan Wanshou has always believed that he can succeed.
He is young and has potential. This time he was ordered to guard Wuguan alone, which was the most dangerous test.
Look at who is guarding the other routes? Zhang Jue, Li Zengbo, Liu Yuanzhen... Only he can guard all the routes when he is just starting out.
As long as you resist, you will become famous in one battle and show your sharpness.
The great cause has seen the light of day, how can it die?
"puff."
"eleven."
"puff."
"twelve……"
Zan Wanshou was stabbed twice more, staggered two steps and was chopped down to the ground. At the same time, he swung his knife into the leg of a Mongolian soldier, pulled hard, and pulled the Mongolian soldier's body onto his back to use as a human shield.
.
The machetes of the surrounding Mongolian soldiers struck the Mongolian soldier.
Zan Wanshou turned over and pounced, knocking down another Mongolian soldier, and slashed twice with the knife in his hand.
"Thirteen, fourteen...poof..."
He spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body was nailed to the ground with a spear, unable to move no matter how hard he moved.
"ah!"
Zan Wanshou roared angrily and slashed with a single sword in his hand.
"Fifteen, fifteen, fifteen!"
But he could no longer struggle out and could not cut down the Mongolian army.
Those Mongolian soldiers learned the lesson and picked up the spears dropped by the Song army and stabbed him to prevent him from getting up.
"puff."
"Fifteen! Fifteen..."
"puff."
The Mongolian soldiers stabbed him down with their spears. Feeling that the scarred General Song still had great strength before he died, they couldn't help but cursed.
"Ehxiute..."
"died?"
"died."
"Exiute."
Instigator strode to Zan Wanshou's body and remained silent for a long time.
In previous years when we attacked Xiangyang, we only felt that the Lu family army, which the Song people praised as the number one, was just like that. Today, I really felt the bravery of the Song people.
In the past, he didn't understand why Kuo Duan wanted to bury Cao Youwen in such a grand way, but he understood it today.
Then he opened his mouth and gave an order.
"Bury him richly."
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That night, the Mongolian army invaded Wuguan. The Song army was defeated by more than a thousand men, and its deputy commander Yang Lizhou died in the battle.
Twenty thousand Mongolian troops marched straight in. Two days later, the soldiers surrounded Shangzhou City...