Chapter 112 There will be no pie in the sky

"Do you know why you want to beat Wang Shichong?" Chen Ying looked at the soldiers of the Beiwei Army in front of him sharply and shouted.

More than 1,000 soldiers of the Beiwei Army were silent, and needles could be heard on the school field.

The muscles on Captain Zhaowu's face twitched. Xunxiang was originally Liu Wuzhou's general, and he and Wei Chigong surrendered to Li Xiuning, and became Li Jiancheng's subordinate in the East Palace. Because the left and right Si Yu rate of the East Palace is a place that pays attention to his background, Yu Chi Gong is still from a family of eunuchs, coupled with Yu Chi Gong's high skills, he can also eat well in the right Si Yu rate. But looking for a look is not good, in terms of his background, he is a poor family, in terms of kung fu, he is only slightly stronger than ordinary soldiers, to put it bluntly, his kung fu is only comparable to Chen Ying's original personal guard commander Ryazan .

In this way, the position of seeking the appearance is embarrassing. Although he is of the same rank as Wei Chigong, but when it comes to power, there is a world of difference, and he is very excluded in Zuo Siyu, except for more than a dozen old subordinates who also sell him face, everyone else regards looking for appearance as an ornament.

In the selection of the soldiers of the Beiwei Army this time, Xunxiang was recommended to the Beiwei Army by Zuo Si Yu. However, there is a way that Sai Weng lost his horse and knew whether it was a blessing, and on the contrary, he became the third-ranked Zhaowu lieutenant of the Beiwei Army because of a mistake, although he only governed a regiment of more than 300 people, but the rank was a six-grade military attaché.

Chen Ying continued: "In this cold air, we could all guard the hot kang head of our wives and children at home, but in October, Wang Shichong took advantage of the withdrawal of our Datang troops from Hedong to attack our Datang Liyang and slaughter my Datang people. ”

The soldiers also felt that it was a very shameless thing to be knocked on by others. In fact, at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, almost all the wars of the Tang Dynasty were passive defense, defense and counterattack. The battle of the shallow water plateau in the first year of Wude was provoked by Xue Ju, the battle of Lingzhou at the end of the eleventh year was also provoked by Liang Shidu, the battle of Hedong in the second year of Wude was also provoked by Liu Wuzhou, and the battle of Luoyang, which was about to launch a full-scale attack this year, was actually provoked by Wang Shichong.

"Come and don't be rude!" Chen Ying laughed and said: "We should thank Wang Shichong, if he didn't take the initiative to provoke this war, we would have no reason to go south to the Central Plains, the Central Plains is a good place, as long as the Central Plains is taken, all of us present, one is counted as one, at least we can share dozens of acres of fertile land, marry a daughter-in-law, and hold a big fat boy without delay at the end of next year." Take Hangu Pass and enter the Central Plains! ”

"Take Hangu Pass and enter the Central Plains!" All the soldiers roared.

Chen Yingdao: "Yes, take Hangu Pass and enter the Central Plains, but this Hangu Pass is not so easy to take!" ”

Chen Ying then introduced the topography of Hangu Pass to the soldiers. The danger of Hangu Pass lies in the fact that it is a crack on the thick mulberry plateau. The north side of this dense mulberry plain is close to the Yellow River, the cliff is absolutely standing, the south side is connected to the Qinling Mountains, the pine and cypress on the plateau are dense, the mulberry forest is thick, and it is impassable at all. Only in the middle of the plateau is there a crack, no more than a few meters wide, through which you can walk through the plateau. This crack is called Hanya Road.

The so-called "plateau" is a unique landform on the Loess Plateau, which is a kind of platform-like highland formed by the erosion of the water flow, the top of this terrain is very flat, and the area is very large, but the surrounding area is often formed by the river erosion and the appearance of the steep cliffs.

However, fortunately, with the overdevelopment of the Western Han Dynasty, the thick mulberry plateau has existed in name only, which makes Hangu Pass become a chicken rib, the original dense mulberry plateau is densely packed with mulberry trees, and it is impossible to pass at all, but with the Western Han Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty in Guanzhong's large-scale development, at this time, the mulberry trees on the dense mulberry plateau, not one in ten, has become a bare mound, so that Chen Ying can also directly attack from the broken plateau on both sides of Hangu Road, and it can be realized.

"The lieutenants see their mission clearly, and after an hour, set off immediately!"

As Chen Ying's order was issued, the captains of the Beiwei Military Academy found that Chen Ying's huge sand table suddenly turned into four. They had four regiments, each regiment was responsible for a beacon or sentry fort on a piece, while the main forces led by the left and right guards and the left and right Siyu were divided into two routes and followed from the top of the two hills.

At this time, the Beiwei army must not only undertake reconnaissance tasks, but also be responsible for clearing the enemy in front. Of course, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Chen Ying can avoid being ambushed by Zheng Jun.

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Shan Xiongxin stood in the forbidden ditch (now the forbidden ditch river), looking at Tongguan City in the night. At this time, Tongguan was like an ancient giant beast, crawling on the south plateau.

"thief, it's finally here!" Guo Qing cracked his mouth and gasped: "It's really damn damn, this more than 100 miles of land is more difficult to walk than a thousand miles of land." ”

"At least, it's worth it!" Shan Xiongxin said with a smile: "Tang Jun would never have imagined that we have now touched their noses." ”

Although he touched Tongguan, there was no way to take down Tongguan Shan Xiongxin. Hangu Pass and Tong are both built on the plateau, Hangu Pass is built on the Chousang Plateau, and Tongguan is built on the South Plateau, the north side of the South Plateau is close to the Yellow River, and the river water flows directly close to the plateau. On the east side, there is a deep ditch called "Yuanwang Ditch", and there is flowing water in the ditch. There is also a deep ditch on the west side, called "Forbidden Ditch", and there is also flowing water in the ditch, called Forbidden Ditch Water (now called Forbidden Ditch River). The deep ditches on the east and west sides are washed by the flowing water, and the cliffs are steep and unusual. The south side of the plateau is connected to the Qinling Mountains.

In this way, this six or seven hundred meters high south plateau, the north has the Yellow River, the south has the Qinling Mountains, the west has the forbidden ditch, Tongshui, and the east has the Yuanwang ditch, the traffic between the Yellow River and the Qinling Mountains is completely blocked, forming a moat. - So, if you want to pass through here, you have to climb to the top of the hill. But to get to the top of the hill, it's not that easy. To climb to the top of the plateau, there is only one road to pass, that is, there is a road on the side of the Yellow River, called "Huangxiangban", look at its name has a word "lane", you can imagine its situation. Here, close to the south bank of the Yellow River, is a high cliff that rises abruptly, next to it is the South Plateau Cliff, between the Plateau and the high cliff, is a road, this is the only road leading to the top of the Plateau. This road is only a few meters wide and about fifteen miles long.

However, it didn't take long for a small colonel covered in blood to run to Shan Xiongxin. As soon as he saw this little colonel, Guo Qing's face twitched, and he opened his mouth to scold: "What a fucking shame, it's lost to grandma's house!" ”

This colonel is none other than Guo Qing, the general of Zhenyuan in the Sui Dynasty, and this colonel was Guo Qing's personal soldier at that time. When Guo Qing was promoted to the governor of Guanzhou by Wang Shichong, the junior colonel also rose to the top and became a scout lieutenant.

Shan Xiongxin stepped forward and asked with concern, "What's the matter?" ”

"The Tang Army has been dispatched!"

The little schoolmaster's dark face turned purple and he knelt on the ground to salute Shan Xiongxin.

"Who is the other party, how many people have you brought over, and how much have you lost?" Shan Xiongxin was quite embarrassed when he saw that the more than ten sentinels had fled back, most of them were wounded, and they must have been attacked by the Tang army.

"Returning to the general, I will meet the enemy outside the Tongguan City ten miles away, and the other party should be an army of about 300 people, mixed ......infantry and cavalry," Xiaoqi replied.

"Nonsense, you're not fucking with me for a day or two, three hundred people can eat three hundred of you?" Guo Qing raised his horsewhip to whip the whistle to ride the colonel: "Didn't you suffer a defeat, and you praised the enemy army to alleviate your sins?" ”

The little colonel said in fear: "Don't dare to be lowly, don't dare to be lowly!" ”

"The humble duty is along the Hangu Road to Tongguan to reconnoiter the situation, when approaching the Huangxiangban in Tongguan East City, encountered an ambush on the left and right flanks, a burst of wood and rolling stones, our casualties were seventy-seven eighty-eight, and they were shot by a burst of random arrows......

Hearing this, Shan Xiongxin was taken aback.

Not far away, three miles away, there was a crackling sound on the beacon.

Shan Xiong's confidence tightened, and he hurriedly looked in the direction of Fengsui. As a result, before he had taken two hundred steps, the sound of Fengsui's fighting stopped, and Shan Xiongxin thought that the Tang army had retreated without a single blow, but in fact it was not like that at all. In the event of an attack, Zheng Jun's beacon would definitely light two bonfires at night to relay information to the back.

But now this beacon is as quiet as death.

"What's going on?" Shan Xiongxin was puzzled.

From the beginning of the battle to the full end of just two pillars of incense? That's too fast, right?

The Zheng army's beacon layout is heavy in the front and light in the back, the closer to the beacon in Tongguan, the more defenders, especially the beacon with the sound of fighting just now, there are more than 100 people, which is actually equivalent to a sentry fort.

This beacon built with rammed earth, as high as three zhang six, only one door in front, to attack the beacon, it is not easy, but the fact has been beyond Shan Xiongxin's expectations.

Because the sky was too dark and his vision was limited, Shan Xiongxin didn't notice the killing machine in the endless night at all.

"The enemy's situation is unknown, the whole army is shrinking, hiding in the forbidden ditch, no one dares to fight back without an order!"

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Although Shan Xiongxin saw the real situation clearly, in fact, Chen Ying couldn't see it clearly, but he knew what was going on. The Beiwei Army is different from the previous Tang Army troops, according to the equipment, this should be a light infantry, all without a single steel armor, all members, only wearing leather armor.

In addition, they are equipped with an epoch-making piece of equipment, the Mighty Crossbow Flying Hook. The flying hook is actually a weapon of this era, also known as Tiepeng Foot. Its shape is like an anchor, there are four sharp claw hooks, tie it with iron chains, and then continue with ropes, when the enemy ants gather at the foot of the city, they are taken by surprise and thrown into the enemy group, and it is said that they can hook two or three people at a time.

However, after Chen Ying saw this thing, he immediately found that if the flying hook head was removed, the proportion was reduced, and it was mounted on a special crossbow arrow, and a high-strength rope was tied to the tail, wouldn't it be a flying hook used by special forces in later generations to climb?

With Yu, under the guidance of Chen Ying, this kind of flying hook came into being. However, the effect of this flying hook is not too good, the maximum distance is only thirty steps, and against the general city wall or pass dangerous places, you can use the flying hook to go to the rope, which is helpful for climbing.

The soldiers of the Beiwei Army, as a unit, lurked forward, quietly approached the beacon of the Zheng army, took advantage of the night, approached the sentry fort of the beacon, and climbed up with flying hooks, and when the defenders found out that the Tang army was attacking, they had fallen into the encirclement of the Tang army.

The Beiwei army is only responsible for opening the way, as long as the opening is opened, those soldiers with the left and right guards and the left and right guards will carry the ladder and swarm up.

In addition to the time when he had just left Tongguan, several beacons and sentry forts also encountered some resistance, but as time went by, Chen Ying suddenly felt that something was wrong, the attack was too smooth, almost effortlessly, he rushed to twenty-eight beacons in a row, although he annihilated more than 500 enemies, but this made Chen Ying very uneasy in his heart.

Chen Ying is different from others, he always insists on the inherent evil of human nature, and also insists on believing that pie will not fall from the sky.

But now that Chen Ying has encountered a pie in the sky, Chen Ying suddenly became alert: "Immediately stop the attack, shrink and establish a defensive position, and ...... quickly."