Behind the inner city gate of Yuyang Ancient Pass, there was a harsh sound of a wooden winch breaking, and the thick city gate opened.
The bald hair was standing with a small braid, holding a long knife still dripping blood in his right hand, and holding a head in his left hand, running out of the door hole.
When he came to General Zhendong, he was stationed with a knife and knelt down on one knee, his voice loudly:
"Fortunately, the villain has fulfilled his fate, and the head of the thief is here."
As he said that, he raised the bloody spoils above his head.
General Zhendong nodded slightly, and did not reach out to take the head. He just glanced lightly and said calmly:
"Okay, remember your achievements."
Bald Fattian stood up and showed joy and said respectfully:
"Thank you, General."
"You will be rewarded for merit, you deserve it, and you don't have to thank you."
The cities inside and outside the ancient pass fell into the hands of the Han army. General Zhendong did not immediately enter the inner city, but stood there firmly, raised his head and looked at the hill beside the city.
In fact, one hour before she led the army in the early morning, she had secretly sent a surprise soldier of 500 people. Under the guidance of her guide, she quietly walked around the back mountain behind the gate.
When the army appeared in front of the pass, the Wei army on the mountain was the first to attract attention.
After all, their vision is wider than that of the Guancheng defenders.
However, it was also at this moment that the surprise soldier began to climb along the mountain path that only herbs could know.
It is said to be a mountain path, but for ordinary people, it is steep and difficult to move around, and even ghosts have to worry about seeing them.
Guide Ji Yang climbed in front, pulling the hemp rope around his waist from time to time, and the moss on the cliff was squeezed out of dark green juice under his iron wrist guard.
Behind him, Liu Hun led five hundred dead soldiers to squirm along the rock.
After walking for half an hour, the team was blocked by a natural rift valley that was 40 meters deep.
"I heard that there were no ditches here, but later in the Yongchu period, the earth dragon turned over, and this became like this."
Ji Yang, the guide who was walking in the front, turned around and whispered to Liu Hun.
Liu Hun looked around and saw that the cliffs on both sides of the rift valley were like swords and axes. No wonder the Wei army did not set up sentry guards in the back mountain, which was a natural line of defense.
However, this natural barrier may be insurmountable for northerners, especially those in Hebei.
After all, Hebei is all plains.
But for the Han army, it is not impossible to cross.
Today's Han army was once despised as the "Shu Army".
Everyone knows that the road to Shu is difficult.
But Shu Dao is still called Tao.
And before the Shu Road was built, how did the Shu people clear the way among the steep mountains?
"Take a ladder!"
Liu Hun whispered, and the two strongmen behind him unfolded a soft ladder made of hemp rope and pine wood. When the ladder was unfolded, it could be twisted with the mountain, like a giant centipede attached to the rock wall.
The pioneer and chief pioneer pierced the iron centipede beak into the cracks of the rock, and ten soldiers slowly put the ladder on the hemp rope soaked in tung oil.
When the water at the foot of the mountain rushed towards Guancheng, Liu Hun's right five fingers finally clamped the turf on the cliff. Behind him, five hundred dead soldiers covered the rock wall like geckos.
Although the Wei army on the mountain did not have to face the flood like the Guancheng defenders, almost everyone's attention was attracted by the changes at the foot of the mountain, and they had no idea that a Han army was approaching quietly.
"There are beacon towers in the northeast!" A scout whispered to remind him.
"There are also on the east side!" another person added.
"This is a mother-child-like bell, which echoes each other."
Liu Hun raised the Qianli Mile Mile Mile Mile, observed for a while, and said slowly:
"This is a mother-child beacon, which echoes each other. The mother-beacon on the east side has a bed crossbow and a thunderbolt chariot, which obviously uses the advantages of commanding heights to support Shanxiaguan City."
"There are few people in Zifeng, so it should be a warning. The many people in Mofeng are the main force of the thief army. Crossbow snipers, and they should be on the crossbow!"
"Click..."
The crossbow sniper behind him received orders and began to assemble the crossbow used for hunting.
Although this detachable crossbow is not as powerful as the heavy crossbow that is usually used to kill, it is more convenient to carry.
When you are not in use on weekdays, you will disassemble it into several parts and quickly assemble it when needed.
It is a powerful tool used for assassination when lurking and approaching.
After the fifteen hunting crossbows were assembled, the strings were put on, and the crossbow sniper began to encircle the cracks along the rock, killing the sentries staring below one by one.
It was not until the pile of firewood piles on the Wei army's beacon tower sparked, and the main beacon guard suddenly discovered that the Han army had climbed up to the eaves of the arrow tower.
At the same time, the muffled sound of flesh and blood tearing sounded in their ears.
"The great Han heavenly soldiers are here!"
"kill!"
...
The sound of floods at the foot of the mountain covered up the fighting on the mountain.
When General Zhendong stood at the gate of the inner city and looked up at the mountain, he could no longer hear any shouts of killing.
No one saw that half of the broken Wei army flag was slowly falling from the top of the mountain, and finally fell into the Baoqiu water. The lacquered gold word "ghost" floated heavily and finally disappeared in the water.
A whistle shot down from the top of the mountain and made a sharp cry.
General Zhendong heard the sound he wanted to hear, and then led his army into the inner city.
Next is to count the materials that can be used in the city, recruit surrendered troops, and drive them to the outer city to clear the mud, corpses and various debris.
Although it is already July, the heat has not subsided, and if it is not cleaned up in time, especially those corpses, it is very easy to have plague.
However, these trivial matters are handled by the staff and generals, and she does not need to be personally involved.
Stepping onto the inner city tower, General Zhendong looked quietly at the mountains to the east, with a deep expression, as if he was thinking about something.
"General, do you want me to take people to knock down the mountain?"
In this battle, only Liu Hun and Tufatian stood out, and General Zhao felt itchy all over.
"No need."
General Zhendong rejected Zhao Guang's request:
"Now the overall situation is settled. If the bandits on the mountain know the current affairs and take the initiative to surrender, it will be fine; if it does not surrender, it will be fine."
"I have sent Yang Qianwan to lead 300 people to guard the roads at the foot of the mountain, and Ji Hui is also the guide. The thieves on the mountain cannot come down, nor can they send messengers to Yuyang."
In addition to Dongshan, she also blocked all the important roads from Guancheng to Yuyang, and sent scouts and raids to search for the vicinity of Guancheng, and strictly prohibited anyone from approaching or leaving.
There is only one purpose, to strictly seal the current situation of the city.
The time does not take too long, just two days are enough.
"But General," Zhao Guang reminded, "Has I forgotten something?"
When General Zhendong heard this, he didn't seem to have thought that Zhao Guang could still think of something he didn't think about. He turned his head a little unexpectedly: "What's the matter?"
"Wolf smoke!" Zhao Guang said hurriedly, "General, there are beacon towers on the mountain. They can light wolf smoke to warn Yuyang."
It seemed as if it was to confirm Zhao Guang's words, but as soon as he finished his words, three extremely thick and black wolf smoke began to rise at the top of Dongshan Mountain at the same time.
The thick black smoke column cuts out hideous cracks on the sky - this is a wolf smoke made of horse manure mixed with fine willow branches, which is darker than the ordinary beacon smoke.
This is the highest level of warning, which means that the checkpoint is in great danger.
The Wei army on the East Mountain naturally did not have the magical artifact like Qianli Mirror, but the Han army covered the mountains and fields in front of Guancheng, and then flooded the city, so they could not ignore it.
However, Guancheng was lost too quickly, and the defenders on the mountain did not wait until the messenger sent by Guancheng Lord conveyed the military order, so there was no movement in the previous episode.
Now that I saw the Han army entering the city, the Great Wei flag on the opposite mountain disappeared, so I guess I hurriedly lit the wolf smoke.
When Zhao Guang saw the wolf smoke rising, he was stunned for a moment, wishing he could slap himself.
He secretly looked at General Zhendong and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that General Zhendong had no intention of sucking him.
General Zhendong looked at Langyan, his eyes shining with strange light, his face relaxed instead and ordered:
"I'll go to rest in the pass today and set off again tomorrow dawn to Yuyang County."
Yuyang County is the county seat of Yuyang County.
It is also an important military center in the northeast of Youzhou. Since the Yan State in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it has always been responsible for the task of preventing the Hu people outside the Frontier.
Until the Tang Dynasty, its military status was still of great importance.
That's why there is a famous saying "Yuyang turtle is in agitation, and the song of the colorful clothes and feathers in the colorful clothes is shocked."
After winning the pass, I only got the key to enter Youzhou.
Only by taking down Yuyang can you open the door to Youzhou.
However, how to capture this important military city has become an urgent issue for General Zhendong to consider.
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At the same time, in Yuyang City.
"Mr., the big thing is not good, Guancheng will warn you!"
The wolf smoke rushed straight into the sky like three twisted giant pythons, and the distance between Guankou and Yuyang County was about a hundred miles, causing a chain reaction.
Every thirty miles, a beacon tower is set up.
Each beacon ignited the same wolf smoke as the passport at the fastest speed.
In less than half an hour, Zhao Kai, the prefect of Yuyang, who was a hundred miles away, learned that there was a major enemy situation in the Guancheng City, and even the enemy situation in which the Guankou was in an extremely dangerous environment.
"What's going on? How is that possible!"
Zhao Kai almost rolled and crawled, rushed to the city and looked northeast.
Rolling wolf smoke rose into the sky, although silent, but it pressed on everyone in Yuyang like a heavy hammer.
"How is it possible...how is it possible..."
Zhao Kai stared at Langyan tightly, his fingernails had already penetrated into the gap in the female wall, and he murmured and repeated the words nervously.
There has been no wolf smoke at the Yuyang Pass for many years - even if the Han army invaded this time, the western passes were full of wolf smoke, but Yuyang has been peaceful.
There is nothing else. The Han army is in the west and Yuyang is in the east, separated by Daijun and Shanggu.
Over the years, the king's envoy Huairou Hu people have been quite effective, and Yuyang has become a major place for Youzhou to trade with the Hu people outside the border.
After Bingzhou was captured by the Han State, the Han army often harassed the northwest of Youzhou, and the Hu people were also led by Chongli and went to Pingcheng one after another.
Because of the two passages leading to the outer border of the Guguan Tuo Road and Pinggang Road in Yuyang, it became the best place for the Great Wei to obtain horses.
Especially the ancient Guantuo Road, it has been the best way to go from northeast Youzhou since ancient times.
Now there is a major danger in Gu Pass. Could it be that the Hu people saw that Youzhou was in trouble and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to go south and rob?
It’s not that there is no possibility, after all, the Hu people are unrighteous...
Just as Zhao Kai was in a state of confusion, the rapid footsteps of "thump" came from behind him, and the county commander Qin Rui almost ran all the way:
"The Lord of the Mansion? The other side of the city..."
Zhao Kai took a deep breath and tried to make himself calm:
"I already know. Don't panic. I have sent a quick horse to Jixian to report to the King of Envoy, and I believe the King of Envoy will send reinforcements soon."
Zhao Kai turned around, looked at Qin Rui with bright eyes, and strengthened his tone:
"But before that, Guancheng's gains and losses still need to rely on you, Duwei Qin."
"But the Lord of the House," Qin Rui frowned, "In the past few months, most of the soldiers and civilians in the county have been transferred, and now there are only three thousand soldiers in Yuyang County."
"That's why I said I need to rely on you, Duwei Qin!" Zhao Kai looked serious, "As shown by Langyan, the enemy is powerful, but Yuyang Pass is also a dangerous pass, and thousands of people can stop it.
Hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers.”
"You only need to bring these three thousand men to support first. At most, the reinforcements sent by the King Envoy will definitely arrive."
Qin Rui wanted to nod and agreed. After all, the county magistrate was in charge of public security, defense and leadership of troops, and leading troops to lead troops to the army.
But he always felt something was wrong in his heart and couldn't help but remind:
"Mr. The Lord of the House, the wolf smoke is extremely critical. Now that the cavalry at the gate has not arrived, we still don't know what happened. If all the soldiers in the city go, there will be no soldiers guarding the city, if..."
"Nothing happens!" Zhao Kai changed his color without waiting for Qin Rui to finish speaking and said sternly:
"The Yuyang Pass is a powerful pass, and thousands of people can stop tens of thousands of troops. Now the wolf smoke is coming, so it is just right to go to the support party as soon as possible."
"You are now pushing three obstacles and four obstacles. What you said, do you think the city of Guan has been broken? It's ridiculous! You are afraid of the enemy at the forefront!"
No one can break through the barrier in the two days when the wolf smoke rises!
No one!
What the checkpoint needs most now is support.
Qin Rui was spitting out of saliva by Zhao Kai, but he didn't dare to say more.
There is no way, this kind of wolf smoke cannot be used at the critical moment of life and death.
If I have to wait for the rider from the Guancheng to come, I will have to wait for at least another day.
Under such military information, a day is enough for a lot of things to happen.
Of course, in his subconscious, he also thought that it was ridiculous to lose the thief after seeing the thief smoke rising.
If this is the case, the gate cannot become the key to Youzhou.
With this idea, he hurriedly got off the city tower.
After a while, the sound of drums vibrated the entire Yuyang City.
In the afternoon, Yuyang City was like a crushed ant hole, and the county soldiers rushed to the city gate in a mess.
A new soldier even had a tattoo of the word "prison" on his face. This was a prisoner who was a criminal, but was conquered into the army's death camp.
Yuyang was originally in the rear of this battle in Hebei, and there were not many defenders.
In addition, in recent years, the entire Youzhou has been relaxed in its military preparations, and the soldiers in various camps are generally insufficient to be organized.
In the war, it is not strange that it is forced to recruit people to make up for the empty salary in order to make up for the number of people.
There are 100 miles from the gates of Yuyang County. According to normal marching, it can be as fast as two and a half days, and it can be as slow as three days.
The first day was fine, but it was already noon when I set off, so I only walked for half a day.
However, the military situation was urgent, and Qin Rui did not care about the fatigue of the soldiers. Before dawn the next day, he began to urge the soldiers to set off.
By noon, Qin Rui, who was riding a horse, was sweating heavily. When he lifted his water bag for the seventh time, he realized that it was already empty.
Not to mention the three thousand tired soldiers, one step deep and one step shallow on the rocky beach.
Walking under the scorching sun for half a day, I have no rest. I have been thirsty and tired, and many people are already dizzy.
He clearly marched along the Baoqiu Water, but he didn't even let him drink a sip of water, and everyone couldn't help but feel resentful.
Qin Rui's saddle was also hot from the scorching sun. He moved his butt left and right, and finally he couldn't sit still:
"Come on, send orders and find a place to rest by the water ahead."
When the soldiers heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and some even cheered.
Maybe I knew I could rest in front of me, someone started to walk quickly, but who expected that I accidentally tripped up something and fell to the ground.
The spear in his hand almost stabbed Shi Chang's back. Shi Chang turned around and was about to draw a knife, but Qin Rui whipped it on his wrist guard: "The whole team! Those who missed the military plane were killed!"