There had been no movement before, but Li Chengzhi suddenly sent troops to attack. Cui Yanbo was really shocked.
There is only a mountain between the two armies. Qingshui County and Yueshi County are only forty or fifty miles away from Longguan and Xiaoguan. Even on foot, it only takes half a day to get there. Cui Yanbo was truly caught off guard.
It's not that we are short of soldiers and food.
Yuan Yi cleverly used his ingenious plan to attract nobles and nobles, and the imperial court suddenly became full of vitality, just like a flashback.
The imperial court divided the 200,000 people recruited in the early stage into two parts, with half sent to the six towns and the other half handed over to Cui Yanbo for training.
In addition, the Yang family and the Guanzhong gentry helped greatly. Now the army in Longdong has exceeded 200,000, and the food and grass are piled up like mountains.
Even the oil sand produced in Jinming was shipped in large quantities to prepare for emergencies.
Cui Yanbo took precautions and built and built the two passes again and again. He also dug many caves for hiding soldiers in the valley.
The reason why I say I was caught off guard is because I didn't expect that Li Chengzhi would fight whenever he said he wanted to and attack when he said he wanted to.
Military morale and morale are things that don't just come and go. What's more, the main force under his command are the defeated soldiers of Shanshan Town last year, and there is a shadow in his heart.
The powerful enemy is coming with ferocious force. If we can hold on and not retreat, or even win a small victory, the morale of the army will naturally be high. But we are afraid of losing the first battle, and our morale will plummet to the bottom. There is no guarantee that Shanshan will not be like last year.
The tragedy of the town...
The so-called heroes think alike, and that’s really what Li Chengzhi had in mind.
While you are sick, I will kill you.
This is mainly because the foundation of Xihai is weak and the follow-up is weak. The most fearful thing is that it will fall into a war of control, otherwise it will definitely end up being consumed by life and death.
Li Chengzhi had to use all his strength...
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Human creativity is infinite.
Since even the Great Wall can be built, how much more of the Longshan Road?
In the past six months, Cui Yanbo not only renovated Longguan, which had been abandoned for many years, but also built several dam walls in the valley road behind Longguan.
Although it is made of rammed earth, the victory lies in its thickness, so that after the city gate is breached, it can delay the enemy for a moment or two.
In addition, Cui Yanbo also repaired all the more than 300 road docks (beacons and Tibetan soldiers) built since the Later Han Dynasty from Fufeng (today's Baoji) to Tianshui.
Just in the section near Qingshui, there are more than 50,000 soldiers. They are like rats, hiding everywhere. If the city is breached and the enemy troops enter the valley, they will attack halfway.
The valley is so wide, and the mountains on both sides are so high. The condescending position should be able to force the enemy to retreat.
But the premise is that Li Chengzhi doesn't play dirty tricks.
But now, Huangfu Rang only fired a round of phosphorus bombs, igniting two or three isolated ridges. Cui Yanbo was frightened and had to withdraw all the ambush troops in Daowu.
After that, it's just sword versus sword, gun versus gun, each depending on his or her ability.
Li Chengzhi gave Huangfu Rang a very clear explanation: No matter what Cui Yanbo's schemes are, I just need to work step by step and follow the instructions step by step.
But when encountering obstacles, they set up artillery and fired a few thousand cannons first. Even if they couldn't level the city, they could at least make the officers and soldiers frightened and lose their morale.
If there are still people who are stubbornly resisting, then don't blame me for being ruthless.
This time, Li Chengzhi had already distributed all the incendiary bombs in his inventory to all armies. He also reminded all the generals: Now is the time of life and death. Either you die or I live. Don't be merciful to women.
As for whether it is really against the harmony of nature, we have to wait until we survive to know. If we lose, everything will be over.
Huangfu naturally obeyed his advice, so Cui Guang failed to persuade him to surrender, and the sound of artillery fire at Long Pass never stopped.
The Longguan Road is not wide, otherwise it would not have the reputation of "one man is in charge of the pass, and no one can reach it".
The widest one is under Longguan. The mouth of the valley is about a hundred feet wide, but the flat area at the bottom of the valley is only twenty or thirty feet wide at most, which is enough for ten squat cannons to suppress barbarians.
Even with only ten squats, the officers and soldiers could not resist it with only swords, guns, arrows and halberds.
After the front army set up the artillery array and fired two rounds, the sky and the earth became dark, both on the city and in the valley, with the sound of flying rocks and the falling of rocks.
Most of the stone bullets, which were as big as a man's head, hit the wall on the top of the mountain. They were more than a mile away. Not to mention the city crossbow, even the newly made counterweighted stone cannon couldn't throw it that far.
Although the defenders were at a commanding height, they could only look at the stone cannons and kerosene tanks at their feet and were helpless.
At first, there were some generals who had the courage to visit the city, thinking that no matter how bad their luck was, it would be impossible for a stone bullet to hit their face accurately.
Looking at the stone bullets, they were either embedded in the city wall, or they knocked off the bricks, and they said it was nothing more than that.
It’s not that it’s not powerful. Many ants can bite an elephant to death, let alone a rammed earth city wall only covered with a layer of stone bricks?
If you smash one piece at a time, you can make a big hole if you smash it several times.
The general just lamented that the rumors were untrue: the rumored Xihai cannon could destroy half a mountain with one shot.
And like this, the Guancheng is five or six feet thick, which is enough for the enemy to bombard for at least a month.
But after ten rounds of firing, Huangfu asked his soldiers to switch to explosive bombs and incendiary bombs, the enemy general could no longer rejoice.
The explosive bombs fell in half of the city and exploded into a large area. The incendiary bombs were even worse. No matter whether it was soil, iron or water, once it exploded, it would continue to burn.
Fortunately, after being reminded by Liu Fang, Cui Yanbo was still fully prepared even though he was dubious.
Longguan is located on the top of a mountain, and there is a shady slope behind it. No matter how powerful the artillery in the West Sea is, it is impossible to turn around. Therefore, it is only slightly damaged at first. When the general orders, all the soldiers will be fired into Wengcheng and behind Yincheng.
The general was complacent at first, wondering what he could do to me. But when Cui Yanbo led his followers to withdraw from the front mountain and detoured from the trail to Longguan, he was so angry that he almost spurted blood.
The damage was not big, but the problem was that there was no one in Guancheng and there was no defense. Countless soldiers from the West China Sea had already climbed up the mountain.
Thinking that the enemy was trying to seize the city, Cui Yanbo was shocked but not afraid.
In order to avoid accidental damage, the artillery must be stopped when the enemy is climbing the city, and then it can be fired.
But I waited left and right, but no enemy troops were seen climbing up the city. Just as I was feeling startled and doubtful, I suddenly felt a sway under my feet, and then it was like a mountain collapsing and an embankment collapsing. How spectacular was the momentum?
Cui Yanbo stuck his head out of the urn city and took a risk-taking look. At that time, the corners of his eyes cracked.
The side wall that was still intact just now was actually blown down by a section nearly ten feet thick?
If this happens five or six more times, will the wall collapse completely?
After the smoke and dust cleared, Cui Yanbo could vaguely discern that there were about a hundred enemy soldiers in the mountain pass not far away. They were sneaking towards the wall with something like bags in their arms.
He shouted urgently: "Get the oil sand quickly...set it on fire..."
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It was like this at Longguan, and it was the same under Xiaoguan. It was also filled with cannon fire, and the sky was dark and the earth was dark. Only Chencang, at the southern end of Longshan Mountain, under the Qinling Mountains, was eerily quiet.
Even Cui Yanbo couldn't imagine that it could be flowed down the Wei River. How could General Chencang Pass imagine it?
In order to raise the height of the pass and repair the Wu Road, Cui Yanbo transferred heavy troops to the Long and Xiao passes early. Only 5,000 troops were stationed in the pass on the north bank of the Weishui River to guard several narrow roads that could not be used by vehicles or horses.
And because there were not enough manpower, it was natural to recruit civilians. Cui Yanbo simply recruited all the mountain residents near Longshan and Qinling Mountains.
After repeated visits, there were actually very few people on the huge south bank of the Weishui River. The "beach landing operation plan" that Li Chengzhi spent a lot of time formulating became a piece of waste paper...
It's not even "three days ahead of schedule" as Cui Guang said, but more than three years ahead of schedule.
Five years ago, Li Chengzhi led his army to pacify Yuanhuai. During the Yu Zhong Rebellion, Fang sent troops from Luoyang, and he had the idea of crossing the Weihe River. He wanted to imitate Zhang He's plan of surprise attack on Jieting in the Three Kingdoms.
Because Nanliang was defeated too quickly, Li Chengzhi did not have a chance to ask Luo Jing for help, so he did it after that.
But since he had already rebelled and sent his old troops to manage Hexi, and sooner or later he would have to fight for the Central Plains, how could Li Chengzhi not pay attention to the military route from Hexi to the Pass?
Long Pass and Xiao Pass were naturally explored by him and he was no longer familiar with them. He even inspected the Yellow River in case of necessity.
Don't be surprised, during the reign of Emperor Taiwu, the Yuan and Wei Dynasties had dredged the west route of the Yellow River and transported grain from Jingzhou, Gaoping, Bogulu, and Xiazhou to towns such as Woye and Wuchuan via the Yellow River.
It was also at that time that Li Chengzhi had plans to build ships and form a navy.
However, at that time, there were few soldiers and people in the West Sea, and there was no foundation for building a naval army, so we had to put it on hold for the time being.
Instead, I asked Li Daoyuan to conduct a thorough inspection of the Jingshui and Weishui rivers.
At that time, Li Daoyuan was serving as Sima under him, so Li Chengzhi naturally would not let go of the opportunity to recruit professionals. It happened that Li Chengzhi was at the height of his power and his prestige was unparalleled at the time when he had won consecutive battles. Li Chengzhi naturally lived up to his expectations.
Trust.
He bluntly said that the eastern end of the Wei River, that is, the section from Chencang to Tongguan, is safe for sailing.
However, transporting troops by ship from Chencang to Qinzhou, especially the section passing through Longshan, was by no means an easy task.
It's not that it's impossible, but it's just not feasible.
Because the Wei River is of different depths, and the shallow water is less than half a foot deep, large ships cannot travel at all. And larger ships will run aground. Therefore, only using more small boats will not be worth the loss whether it is marching or transporting food. It is better to take the land route.
Second, at the intersection of Longshan Mountain and Qinling Mountains, that is, near Chencang, the water flow is very fast and the water is extremely deep, seven or eight feet deep. No matter how long it is, there are no such long oars, so it cannot be collected.
If you stay in a situation, you will not be able to turn, and you can only let the boat drift with the current.
However, since large ships cannot travel, the boats are used as light boats, and naturally they go faster and faster. However, both sides of the bank are covered with strange rocks and cliffs, without any shoals. Therefore, if you are not careful, the boat will be destroyed and people will die.
At that time, Li Chengzhi was just dispensable, which cannot be said to be disappointing.
Later, it was a coincidence that he tried to frame Chang Yizhi and Pei Sui and interrogated the Nanliang soldiers.
Later, when he was bored, he asked about his uncle, and Li Chengzhi found out that he was not only a famous mathematician, but also an inventor.
Not to mention the rest, just the thousand-mile ship improved from the Mengchong small ship made Li Chengzhi ecstatic.
In fact, it is a wooden ship without hull or oar. Paddle wheels are used to control both direction and speed.
To put it bluntly, if the Weishui River is turbulent, wouldn’t the boatman still step on the wheel backwards?
It was also at that time that Li Chengzhi took notice. After defeating Chang Yizhi, he selected some craftsmen who were good at shipbuilding and generals who were good at water warfare from the surrendered army, and asked Li Song to take them to the West Sea.
It was supposed to be a shot if there were jujubes but no jujubes. Unexpectedly, last year, it was actually used?
Li Liang occupied Hexi, Huangfu let him occupy Bogulu, and Li Chengzhi confronted Yuan Yao at the western foot of Langshan Mountain. At that time, Li Chengzhi thought about sending a surprise army to board a ship from Longxi, go north via the Yellow River, and raid the three western towns of Xiazhou and Woye
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He did what he said, and Li Chengzhi then appointed Da Xi as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, responsible for building ships and practicing naval maneuvers.
Doesn't it sound strange? Da Xi was born in Xianbei. Where did he learn the art of water warfare?
Don’t forget that although Xi Kangsheng started from Liuzhen, he led the army in Lianghuai during the Southern Qi Dynasty. At that time, Emperor Xiaowen had not yet taken charge of the capital, and Xi Kangsheng was only a camp commander, with only a thousand soldiers and horses under his command.
After that, he fought against the Southern Qi and defeated the Southern Liang. He was said to be invincible and invincible. His reputation gradually became more and more famous, and then he rose to prominence.
After that, although he also led the army in six towns in the north and repeatedly defeated Rouran, for most of the time, Xi Kangsheng led the army in Lianghuai and Shandong. It can be said that 80% of his name as a general comes from
He came from the Southern Dynasties. It was not until after Zhongli's defeat that Xi Kangsheng moved to be the governor of Huazhou and the governor of Guanzhong Road.
When Da Xi started his career, he followed Xi Kangsheng and was no stranger to water battles.
In this way, there will be no shortage of generals, soldiers, and shipbuilders.
If there hadn't been a shortage of gunpowder, Da Xi might have sailed a fleet and competed with Xi Kangsheng in Beizhen.
Although the trip did not take place, many ships were built, and the navy was put on the agenda.
Although there were not many soldiers, only one guard, and most of them were soldiers who surrendered from Nanliang. But Li Chengzhi was famous for loving his soldiers like his own son, and he also knew how to buy horse bones for a thousand gold, so these soldiers who surrendered from Nanliang were treated very well.
, the monthly salary is exactly twice that of an infantry soldier.
Who can let people board the ship without getting dizzy or get into the water without choking?
Coupled with the fact that Da Xi Yu has a good way and shows both kindness and power, although it has been less than a year, he has made great progress.
So when he decided to counterattack this time, Li Chengzhi decided to pull out Liu Yiliu to see if he could be used...