There were no trees on the gentle slopes on both sides, and it was covered with white snow slowly extending to the top of the mountain. There was nowhere to hide people. Zuo Rong, who was running away with his troops like a bereaved dog, suddenly heard someone on the hillside laughing and saying: "
Haha... Yangzhou Captain Cao Zhi has been waiting here for a long time!"
In the misty snowflakes, war drums thundered "dong dong dong" and countless flags were raised. At the same time, there was a sound of clappers on the slopes on both sides. In an instant, countless figures appeared out of thin air on the white slopes, and arrows flew in all directions.
, the sky is full of eagle feathers, even more dense and dense than the flying snow.
"There's an ambush! There's an ambush! Run away, run away!" There was a loud voice of shock, but it was too late. All the Danyang soldiers in front fell down in an instant. This was just the beginning.
It was only then that the soldiers on the hillside were running back and forth firing arrows, and some hiding places had been destroyed. Only then did Zuo Rong notice. It turned out that a wall about half a man high had been built on the hillside on both sides, and the wall sloped upward.
The top is covered with a layer of white snow, and when viewed from below, due to the angle, it looks like a flat slope extending to the top of the mountain.
Due to the difficult living conditions of the ancients, some people even did not have houses and lived a life of no fixed abode due to wars or natural disasters. But this did not hinder the inventions and creations of the great ancients who were eager to change when they were poor. They invented the invention a long time ago
They came up with some simple ways to build walls. In the winter when the cold wind was raging, they mixed weeds and dead branches with cold water and froze them around the tent to form a windbreak wall to keep out the cold.
Cao Zhi and others arrived here two days ago, dug holes to boil water at night, and used local materials to build these two gables, which only took half a night.
Zuo Rong was furious when he heard that it was Cao Zhi. Zuo Rong, who was about to turn around and find another way, stopped and thought in his heart: "How capable is this Huangkou boy? I Qi Neng will be defeated in his hands. I will choose another way."
This breakout couldn't be better." Zuo Rong stabilized his position a little and immediately shouted: "Order the front team to stick to the front, while Sima leads people to attack the enemy troops on both sides, and a gap must be opened."
Cao Zhi's purpose was just to prevent the enemy troops from breaking through the valley, so he just ordered his soldiers to guard the key points and not attack. Each of these soldiers carried at least four arrow pots on their backs, and Zuo Rong's Danyang army had now abandoned their horses.
The sword and shield men who fought hand to hand were mainly unable to fight with these brave and skilled soldiers. They were one to ten and the soldiers of the Liyang West Camp who were holding a dangerous position were facing each other. They fell to the ground one after another with arrows.
As a captain, Zuo Rong ordered the entire army to immediately occupy the hillside at all costs. Sima angrily ordered to stop attacking the mountain and gathered the remaining troops to forcibly attack one side of the hillside. With a livid face, he ordered: "Generals of each team, listen up
, focus on attacking the northern hillside, you are only allowed to advance, not retreat, you must fight to open a bloody path!"
Then he turned sideways and shouted at the captain of the personal soldiers: "You lead the troops to supervise the battle. If one person retreats, one person will be killed. If the entire team retreats, the captain will be beheaded. If the captain dies in the line of duty and the entire team retreats, all of them will be killed without mercy!"
The order was like a mountain, and several generals also knew that this was a time when life and death hung on the line. They immediately ordered their troops to brave the rain of arrows and forcefully attack the hillside. Arrows were raining in front of them. The hillsides on both sides were still suppressed by the firepower of their own archers.
The cold arrows kept coming, and many soldiers had just rushed out a short distance before they were shot through their leather armor by sharp arrows, staining the ground with blood.
The archers who rushed within the effective shooting range fired rapidly, but the opponent was covered by a simple wall and could not do much damage for a while. The sword and shield men behind had no time to keep up with the charge. Sergeant Liyang who was guarding the hillside fired arrows at random.
After the incident, the uphill main road was re-blocked.
Woo~~!" The bowstrings were noisy, and the sharp arrows left the strings with a numbing groan. More than a hundred cold stars shot straight ahead. At this time, it was impossible to see the specific performance of any soldier. I could only see the soldiers charging like a dike.
The entire Danyang Army came to a standstill, and the front fell down again.
The soldiers of the Western Camp on the hillsides on both sides were very encouraged. Cao Zhi, who was standing behind the simple wind wall, looked more and more solemn. He saw that there were fewer and fewer arrows in the arrow pots of the soldiers on the left and right, and the signal outside the valley was delayed.
In the future, he will only arrange a thousand soldiers on both sides of the canyon, and they will all be mainly archers. There are no more soldiers and horses for Cao Zhi to dispatch, so Chen Wen can only lead his western battalion soldiers and horses to him.
This Jilong Mountain ambush the enemy.
After getting the information, Cao Zhi proposed the Jilong Mountain ambush plan to Chen Wen. The last time Cao Zhi went to Danyang, he went to Jilong Mountain, and he told Xu Chu how to prepare an ambush in such a valley.
There's a lot to be done. I didn't expect it to come true this time, but Cao Zhi doesn't have enough troops. The entire Jilong Mountain valley is long and narrow, and he doesn't know whether Zhou Xin's Danyang army will take the main road or the small road. This requires a large number of troops to help defend and part of the troops to guard the main road.
, part of the ambush in Jilong Mountain, no matter which road Zhou Xin takes, as long as he is blocked first and the other side outflanks him, the chance of winning is definitely more than 80%, so Cao Zhi proposed to dispatch some Dongying soldiers to participate in the operation based on his battle plan.
As soon as the plan was proposed, Chen Wen was still pondering. Deng Ai on the side couldn't help it and objected strongly. His intention was very clear. Cao Zhi already has a battalion of soldiers and horses, and he wants to plan another battalion of soldiers and horses. Liyang City
There are only six thousand soldiers and horses in total, and they are all given to you. Without waiting for the encyclopedia of life and death to be given to you, you can do whatever you want.
Deng Ai's idea was extremely correct for a person who was good at playing political intrigues, and unexpectedly, he also received the support of Chen Wen this time.
After all, Chen Wen is the governor of a state and has to take everything into consideration. This is Chen Wen's answer to Cao Zhi. Of course, Chen Wen is no longer a twenty-year-old passionate young man. Behind this excuse that he has to take everything into consideration, there is still
He had hidden political factors. Deng Ai suddenly shifted the focus of the entire issue to the appalling issue of stealing the throne. Chen Wen immediately followed suit. He has experienced a lot of ups and downs to reach this position, so he naturally cannot afford to make any mistakes.
, the most important thing to consider is not losing the main position. Although he appreciates Cao Zhi, he is also very optimistic about Cao Zhi's battle plan. It is just a bad idea to stick to Liyang, otherwise the intelligence will lose its role, but it does not mean that he dares to make a desperate move.
, and then deploy Zaozhuan's 3,000 Dongying troops, the entire Liyang would be empty. Once Cao Zhi's ambush failed, what would Chen Wen do to defend Liyang, so he would not use the other battalion of troops at the bottom of the box unless it was absolutely necessary.
Of course, as Deng Ai hinted at stealing the throne, it would be very difficult for Cao Zhi to really have this intention, but Chen Wen would not be so stupid as not to be wary.
This illustrates Cao Zhi's current predicament. Cao Zhi, who led the soldiers of the Western Battalion to Jilong Mountain, could only detach 2,000 men and horses. Xu Chu led them to guard the road and laid only four stone mines on the road.
Because the raw materials Mi Heng brought back were limited, it took time to build the stone shells, and the war happened in a hurry, so only four stone mines were completed. If Zhou Xin had walked from the main road, Xu Chu would have been able to do it by suddenness and two thousand men alone.
Unable to stop Zhou Xin from rushing out, Cao Zhi gave all the stone thunder to Xu Chu and lurked on the main road.
Cao Zhi himself led a thousand soldiers rashly, marched day and night, rushed to Jilong Mountain and guarded the canyon. This small number of troops could not extend the battle line very long, so Cao Zhi could only concentrate his troops on the last section of the Jilong Mountain Canyon.
.And make full use of these thousand men and horses. When the enemy army reaches the bottom of the valley, all the soldiers gather on the cliff, pushing stones and rolling logs. When the enemy attacks the hillside, Cao Zhi can only shrink his troops.
Guard the hillsides on both sides.
Those three explosions were a temporary decision by Cao Zhi. There were no stone mines, but there was still some gunpowder. Cao Zhi ordered people to dig holes on the cliff on the spot and fill all the remaining gunpowder into the holes in the cliff.
, sent people to guard the top of the cliff day and night, and would light the fuse as soon as the enemy approached, but unfortunately for some unknown reason, only three explosions occurred, and one did not explode. Moreover, the timing of the explosions was not mastered, and everything was done too hastily.
If you do it later, more Danyang troops can enter the canyon with explosives. The purpose of this battle is to consume as many enemies as possible in the canyon. This is something Cao Zhi regrets.