Chapter 400: The Battle of Baiden
Huang Zhong and Yan Rou led the army all the way forward, and on the way, Huang Zhong smiled and said to Yan Rou: "Zihe, with your view, we are going to attack Baideng, and the senior cadres have seen it in the city, do you want to come to help?" ”
Yan Rou smiled and said, "Brother Hansheng, Gao Gan suffered a big loss from you before, and this time I am afraid that I will not come out easily." "What Yan Rou said was exactly what Huang Zhong ambushed Gao Gan the previous time. This is really the way of the other to give back to the other, I want to come to Gao Gan is still depressed, right?
Huang Zhong listened to it, and said happily: "Gao Gan is good at scheming, but he failed to ambush, and he was ambushed, and his sharpness has been lost." Having said that, Huang Zhong still left a back hand, leaving a scout and a group of people behind, if there is any change in Pingcheng. He immediately notified the two generals Zhang and Zhao to attack Gao Gan together.
There was originally a lot of vegetation on Baishan Mountain, but since the arrival of the state army, the trees have been cut down cleanly. The giant wood was transported into Pingcheng to defend the city, and the others were burned by the Bingzhou army. This place is destined to become a battlefield, rather than letting Huang Zhong burn it, it is better to burn it yourself. Therefore, most of the places in the current Baishan Mountain are bare, revealing a mixture of charred black and brown and yellow.
At the mountainside of Baishan, there is a small city, built by the mountain, and was built when Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, led troops to conquer the Xiongnu. Later, Gaozu was besieged here for seven days and seven nights, after the soldiers retreated, Pingcheng ordered to set up a military village here, relying on each other with Pingcheng, for hundreds of years, repeatedly rising and falling, has continued to this day. After the state army came here, it was repaired inside and outside, and then the army was stationed here, blocking Huang Zhong's army by risk.
On this day, the high place on the mountain saw Huang Zhongjun coming at the foot of the mountain, so he blew the horn to warn the defenders in the village. The guard general is called Gao Wei, who is the younger brother of the Gao Gan clan, this person is more than eight feet tall, good at using an iron spear, and is a strong general in the state army. Gao Wei was in the mountains, and every day he had nothing to do, so he sent his relatives to hunt, and brought prey and then served wine. At this time, Gao Wei was ordering someone to sort out a muntjac, and after hearing the alarm, he called someone to ask, but it turned out to be Huang Zhong who came again.
Gao Wei heard this, and laughed and said: "Huang Zhong, if you can't fight for a long time, you won't retreat, so you can save some grain and grass for him in Qingzhou, how mediocre." When he had finished speaking, he stood up, and when he was dressed up, he ran to the head of the city.
Seeing that the soldier who was cooking the muntjac corpse also stood up, he couldn't help kicking it over, and scolded with a smile: "What are you doing here?" It's a good raw food, and I'll come back to eat it later! ”
Because Baideng City had no foreign enemies for hundreds of years, it built a relatively easy road down the mountain to facilitate the transportation of supplies. As a result, who would have thought that now, the foreign enemy is nowhere to be seen, but the civil war has started in his own family. After the state army came here, they wanted to destroy this road, but unfortunately before they could do it, Huang Zhong and Yan Rou came with their ranks again. So the plan had to be put on hold.
However, condescendingly, the state army still has a steady advantage, not to mention anything else, rolling logs, rocks, everything in this mountain, almost inexhaustible. As soon as Huang Zhong and Yan Rou set up their formation, the giant trees on the mountain had already pushed up to the top of the city. Gao Weiyi's tiger eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he said to the soldiers around him: "When the enemy army comes up, immediately put down the rolling log!" The sergeants agreed.
The one who took the lead was still the Qingzhou Army. Because of the formation of the Qingzhou Army, it is very suitable for dodging wooden stones. In Qingzhou Academy, there is a lecture hall, which is not an ornament, and Liu Bei's attention to it is only under the Gewu department. Among them, there are veterans, small soldiers, soldiers who love military affairs, and "experts" who specialize in verbal warfare. Many useful and useless theories have been put into practice in the Qingzhou Army. When the princes were still rushing forward when they were fighting, the Qingzhou army had already relied on the middle and low-level commanders to build several sets of formations. For example, the formation of attacking upwards at this time is the handiwork of the martial arts.
A team of five people, the three in front of them held a giant pointed shield with an angular surface, burying their heads in the front and slowly advancing forward, while the two in the back were guarding the left and right with knives. This giant shield is made of iron on the outside, filled with several layers of leather in the middle, and the inside is a kind of steel wood from Liaodong. Because there are protruding edges and corners on the outside, even if the stone and the giant tree collide with the shield, it will be bounced away at the first time, and the force will be reduced. The purpose of these people holding the giant shield was to induce the state army to release the rolling wood and stones. After this wave of offensives is over, the army that follows them can take advantage of the situation.
Gao Wei saw that Huang Zhong had put out this turtle shell again, and couldn't help but sneer: "It's just that the donkey skills are poor." ”
Seeing the giant shield advancing slowly, the group of soldiers behind him shrank their heads and shrunk their heads, and Gao Wei shouted: "Release!" When the state army heard this, they cut the ropes one after another, so the round huge trees and stones rumbled down the mountain road. At the same time, the stone machine in the village was also exerting its strength, and the stones were loaded into the basket, and then the sergeants shouted, and the stones rained down and poured into the enemy troops in the mountain road.
The rolling logs and rocks were fine, after all, some of them were rolling and rolled off the mountain path, and the others were blocked by the giant shield, causing very little damage. But the stone rain whistling from the sky is unguardable. Fortunately, the Qingzhou army type is scattered and scattered. However, many soldiers were hit by stones, screaming and wailing and falling on the mountain road. At this time, a team of men and horses quickly snatched out of the formation and sent the wounded to the camp under the mountain to stop the bleeding and rescue. Experienced veterans are extremely valuable, and being able to save one is one.
Carried the rolling log and the rock, and carried the stone machine. Next, it was the rocket attack of the state army. With the sound of a drum, arrows like locusts were thrown from the sky. Gao Wei ordered people to continue to release arrows, but on the other hand, he made people pour boiling water into the road. On the one hand, they hope to cause damage to the Qingzhou army, and on the other hand, they hope to soak the mountain road and make it muddy and difficult to walk. Increased the difficulty of the Qingzhou Army's attack. If it weren't for the fact that Bai Dengcheng was located at a high place and there were no conditions, Gao Wei would have been eager to conjure up a river to flood the Qingzhou army.
In order to defend Baideng City, Gao Wei used all means. It's a pity that no matter how many means there are, it still can't stop the Qingzhou Army from moving forward. After a lot of soldiers fell, the Qingzhou army finally advanced the formation to a place only a stone's throw away from Baideng City. Then the Qingzhou soldiers stood their giant shields on the ground, and the archers who followed behind them also began to exert their might. Shooting upwards at close range, I was finally able to shoot arrows into Baideng City. The Qingzhou Army took the lead, and the Youzhou Army naturally couldn't watch it. They couldn't wait for a long time.
Yan Rou selected a jumping warrior, personally led the battalion, drew his sword and shouted: "Soldiers, the brothers in Qingzhou have already attacked first, how can the men of Youzhou be willing to stay behind?" Come with me today and dial this mountain city! ”
"Dial this mountain city!" All the soldiers cheered in unison, and the sound shook the valley!
Yan Rou led the crowd to rush up, and a bloody battle began.