Chapter 46: The Day Is Dawning

It was still dark. But it's also getting brighter.

Ma Bao walked in the mountains with a group of people.

In the middle of the mountains, there are no roads in many places.

This is not the case in the Da Hyeon Mountains, but in many mountainous areas, except for the sheep intestine trails stepped out by some hunters, there is no road at all, and you can only walk out of a road by yourself. And the place where Ma Bao is going is the farthest.

It is the westernmost peak of Da Hyeon.

It can even be said that it is between Da Xian and the Qing army camp.

Ma Bao faced not only the cavalry between Da Xian and the Qing army, but also the farthest distance.

The head of Da Hyeon Mountain may not be the highest peak in Da Hyeon, but it is the highest peak within a radius of several miles. On the top of Da Shou Peak, look around. Most of the strip will be received under the eye. So in order not to be discovered, all the ministries had to take a detour.

And the place where Mabao goes around is the farthest.

At this moment, Ma Bao was very worried.

Because it's almost dawn.

Ma Bao looked at the soldiers behind him, sweating profusely, and his steps were a little staggering. On a night march, the weight was carried on dozens of catties, not to mention the dry food on the body. The weapon on his body, just talking about the big rocket weighing about 20 pounds, was very heavy.

Moreover, the rocket is slender and long, about two meters, and it is also very inconvenient to carry it on the march.

Ma Bao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said in a low voice: "It's just ahead, it's coming soon, and the brothers can breathe a sigh of relief." ”

They did not dare to speak loudly. Rather, one bites the ear of the other and passes the words on.

Everyone's spirits lifted.

But this is only the time for Ma Bao's Wangmei to quench his thirst. I don't know how long I left in one breath before Ma Bao ordered to rest.

Ma Bao ordered everyone to rest, eat dry food and drink water. He was alone in his bite of a piece of dry food and looked down the mountain.

He was on a hillside.

Ma Bao's task is slightly different from others, Zhang Xuan gave him the right to act cheaply, for no other reason, Ma Bao's place is the most dangerous. Where others lay in ambush. If it doesn't work out, there is still a way out, as long as you retreat to the Da Xian Mountain, in the barren mountains and wilderness, it is not a very good way to find hundreds of soldiers. Not to mention that Zhang Xuan gave them all guides, and these guides were all hunters in the mountains. Extremely familiar with the terrain. Not afraid of being caught at all.

Ma Bao found that something was wrong.

Because before dawn, you can't get to the predetermined location at all. And this predetermined location is very dangerous, just before the Qing army and Da Shoufeng, although there is a large area of barren grass, but it is still too outrageous to hide four or five hundred people.

Ma Bao pondered for a while, turned his gaze to the continuous camps of the Qing army, and said secretly: "Where not to go, just intercept the Qing army reinforcements here." ”

At this moment, the whining horn sounded.

The Qing army began to move.

The operation of the army is generally to cook on the fifth watch, and when the sky is bright, all of them have been eaten. It was time to send troops.

And at this moment, Duoduo also had a serious face and said: "Looking at the situation of the thieves yesterday, the troops are exhausted and their morale is low. I guess the thief can't hold on anymore, and after today, it's hard to say whether the thief will dare to come out or not. Therefore, the thieves must go all out in today's battle. ”

Zhang Xuan released some water yesterday, and in Duoduo's opinion, it was the time when the fire was ready and it was time to start the pot. When Li Zicheng and Duoduo Tongguan fought, it was only three days after they held each other, Li Zicheng began to avoid the battle, and now it is a small hill in Da Xian Mountain, and the army has been fighting for more than ten days, although because the open space around Da Xian Mountain is relatively small. I can't show my troops, but if I want to fight this battle, the morale of Xiangyang City can't support it, and it should be.

"Turai, Wu Bai-----" Duoduo called out the names of a series of Eight Banner generals.

But after a while, a group of generals will be bowed down below.

"The minions are here." These generals said one after another.

Duoduo said: "In this battle, it is still the king of Pingxi who goes out first, restrains the thieves, and ranks left and right, listen to my orders, go out from the flanks, and defeat the thieves in one fell swoop, remember to bite me, what I want is not only to defeat the thieves, but to attack the city in one fell swoop." ”

"Yes." The generals agreed together.

Duoduo was then assigned to who, where, and how to attack, and when everything was arranged, an order was given and the army left the camp.

At the same time, Zhang Xuan turned over and said, "Let's get out of the city." ”

Under Zhang Xuan's order, a large group of people went out of the city from several city gates.

The first to come out were the cavalry, and then under the escort of the cavalry, a large group of foot soldiers, like a trickle, gathered out one phalanx after another.

Zhang Xuan called Yang Shenzu over and said, "General Yang, your task is particularly important. ”

"Please rest assured, even if Yang dies, he will never let the Qing army rush to Da Xian Mountain." Yang Shenzu said.

In fact, the place where the Qing army and the Xia army confronted should be a little northerly. It is not between Da Xian Mountain and the Qing army camp.

There are two reasons for this.

One of them was to prevent artillery bombardment by the Qing army. 、

If it is too southern, it is within the range of the artillery on the Qing army's mountain. Although the accuracy of the cannon is not very good, it is still accurate when used to bombard the military formation. Even Zhang Xuan didn't dare to gather more than twenty people around him in order to prevent artillery.

The second is the geographical environment.

Da Xian Mountain is a mountain range, Da Xian Peak is not a lonely mountain, stretching for many people, although the scale of this group of mountains is not large, far less than Taihang, Qinling, which stretches for hundreds of miles. However, it is too close to the area around Da Hyeon, and the ground is not too flat.

Although the slope is not too large, it is not a suitable place for the army to fight.

Generally speaking, if the Qing army wanted to support the supplies of Da Xian Mountain, it had to stay a little north. Therefore, if the army fought in the north, the Qing army would not be able to support the supplies of Da Xian on a large scale.

As for sending people up the mountain, Zhang Xuan never worried.

Because it is always the space above the mountain, not the number of people, that limits the strength of the mountain, if the army can be hoarded on the mountain, Yang Chengzu sent tens of thousands of troops to hoard at the beginning. Where is the Qing army so easy to capture. And the materials must be taken by the main road, otherwise there will be too little transportation to go up.

And there are only two roads up the mountain in Da Xian Mountain, and there are still two straight to Xiangyang City.

The reason why there are two major roads on the mountain is not because it is a holy place outside the city of Xiangyang. So these two roads are naturally facing Xiangyang City.

Therefore, after the Xia army went out of the city, it did not need to be too far south, almost next to the city wall, and the Qing army's supplies could not pass.

But that's just usual.

And now that Zhang Xuan wants to take Da Xian Mountain in one fell swoop, he has to consider the connection between the two.

This piece of broken ground, which is not suitable for marching, has become a battleground for battle.

After all, it is not suitable for marching, and it is not suitable for large groups of men and horses, it is all relative. After all, Da Hyeon Mountain is a small hill, and the altitude is only about 500 meters. Yes, it's not too dangerous, and the relative height is lower. Such a mountain, if the Qing army wants to climb the mountain, it is not too difficult to open a road.

It's just not needed.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan sent people to block this area, and in order to act quickly, he could only send cavalry, because the reaction was fast. Among the cavalry, Zhang Xuan originally wanted to send Luo Dai over, but in the end it fell to Yang Chengzu, without him, Luo Dai's temperament was too unbelievable.

Luo Dai is certainly brave.

But it's not reliable, and it's not a day or two, I'm afraid that he will forget his heavy responsibility if he fights. It may not mean that it is good for Yang Chengzu.

Yang Chengzu has been suppressed for a long time, and although Yang Chengzu's position is high now, compared to the beginning, his status has actually decreased a lot, and it is time to compensate Yang Shenzu a little, so to speak, in the next few years, Yang Shengzu will definitely soar into the sky.

After all, he is Cao Ying's old brother.

Zhang Xuan gave Yang Shenzu this task, which was to give Yang Shenzu the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

The rumbling sound of cannons was like a muffled thunder in the sky, and the cannons on the top of Da Hyeon Mountain became dense after a night.

The city wall of Xiangyang and some houses in the south of Xiangyang have long been bombed to the ground. This is also the reason why Zhang Xuan can't sleep, under this situation of passive beating, the morale in Xiangyang City can't last long.

"Give the order to go down and attack the mountain." Zhang Xuan has checked it repeatedly, and the things he can control have been done all over again, and the rest are all things that he can't control.

As the saying goes, life and death have fate, and success or failure is in the sky.