Chapter 120 The reason why Shan Xiongxin must die

In the early afternoon, the heavy snow stopped, and the long-lost sunlight appeared. The sun shines on the snow so white that you can't look at it for a long time. Shan Xiongxin looked towards Yu Chigong's general flag, behind Wei Chigong, which stretched for two or three miles, the secret hemp was the figure of the Tang Army soldiers, black armor, cold and shining blades, under the light of the sun, extremely dazzling.

There were thousands of soldiers under the command of Wei Chigong blocking the road in front, and there were troops led by Chen Ying in the back to pursue, and for a time Shan Xiongxin fell into a dilemma.

Whether it's the north plateau or the south plateau of Hanya Road, it's actually a Jedi. To the south of the north plateau is the Hangu Road that is nearly 30 zhang deep, when there is no equipment, the ice and snow are as smooth as a mirror, jumping down is purely looking for death, even if you are lucky enough not to die, you will fall into cripples. On the north side of the North Plateau, there is the famous Yellow River, because the Yellow River has a very large drop between the dry season and the high water period, jumping north at this time, it is no different from suicide.

Shan Xiongxin looked at the Jedi on the left and right, and there were strong enemies in front of him, and he couldn't see the possibility of breaking through.

To say that Wei Chigong could cross Hangu Road from the south of Hangu Road to block in front of Shan Xiongxin, mainly relying on the hook and sickle invented by Chen Ying. In fact, when Chen Ying founded the Hook and Sickle Spearmen, he did not imitate Xu Ning, the golden gunner in "Water Margin", but imitated the white pole soldiers founded by Qin Liangyu, the chief soldier of the stone pillars in the late Ming Dynasty, and his husband Ma Qiancheng. In fact, the hook and sickle spear created by Chen Ying is a combination of Xu Ning's hook and sickle and Qin Liangyu's white pole soldier, the head of the hook and sickle is the same as the hook and sickle founded by Xu Ning, but the tail of the gun has a steel ring made of stainless steel. Dozens of hook and sickle guns are hooked together to form a gun ladder that can be used to climb over walls and mountains.

When Wei Chi Gong saw that Chen Ying's Hangu Dao North Plateau was under great pressure, Wang Ren also concentrated his superior forces at the same time to attack the Hangu Dao North Plateau where Chen Ying was located, in a vain attempt to flank Chen Ying with Shan Xiongxin's east and west. At this time, the hook and sickle spearmen of the two regiments of the two regiments of the second mansion led by Gao Yunquan, the right guard of the East Palace, led by the left deputy leader, and quickly formed a gun ladder.

Wei Chi Gong also made a decision, he and Gao Yunquan divided into two routes, Wei Chi Gong led the four Zhichong Mansions led by the Left Si Yu to support Chen Ying, and Gao Yunquan led the four Zhi Chong Mansions led by the Right Si Yu to attack eastward along the south plateau of Hangu Road.

Chen Ying looked at Shan Xiongxin, who was in a dilemma, and said: "Shan Xiongxin, surrender, you can't escape!" ”

Shan Xiongxin naturally understood that what Chen Ying said was true, he won three consecutive victories against Chen Ying this year, crossed Chen Ying's two Zhichong Mansions, and washed the third Zhichong Mansion to half-crippled, however, the more than 1,000 personal guards cavalry he relied on the most, fought viciously for more than an hour, both men and horses have reached the limit, even Shan Xiongxin himself feels very tired, but Chen Ying's Tang Army, regardless of the men and horses, has raised enough spirits, and the gap between the combat power of the two sides has been eliminated, not to mention the battlefield on the north plateau of Hangu Road at this time, The strength of the Tang army has already surpassed its own troops, forming a situational advantage.

Of course, Shan Xiongxin is not without the slightest chance, the key is to see if Wang Ren can break through Chen Ying's defense line on the east side.

Seeing that Shan Xiongxin didn't answer, Chen Ying smiled and said, "Shan Xiongxin, surrender, you can't escape!" ”

When Shan Xiongxin heard this, his face became even more bitter. How could he surrender, in April last year, Wang Shichong married Shan Xiongxin, and now the fetus in the womb of his wife, Princess Zheng Guochang, is seven months old. Shan Xiongxin looked at the imperial doctor in the palace, and the imperial doctor swore to Shan Xiongxin that the child must be a boy.

There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great. Shan Xiongxin believes that tiger poison does not eat children, even if he surrenders, Wang Shichong will not embarrass his unborn son and Wang Shichong's grandson.

However, it is certain that if they surrender, their mother and son will be disgraced. Although Shan Xiongxin has a good relationship with Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong, Shan Xiongxin looks down on Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin. Whether it is Qin Qiong or Luo Shixin, both of them were promoted by Zhang Xutuo, especially Luo Shixin, Zhang Xutuo is a suitable teacher and father for him, but after Li Mi led the Wagang army to defeat Zhang Xutuo, Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin both took refuge in Li Mi and became one of Li Mi's eight generals of Wei.

"If you want me Shan Xiongxin to surrender, there is no door!" Shan Xiongxin ordered: "The whole army turned around and fought with Chen Yingxiao'er!" ”

Shan Xiongxin's orders were conveyed to the generals under his command one by one.

The remnants of Shan Xiongxin are actively preparing for war, and Chen Ying will actually not be able to see it. Chen Yingchong, Wei Wenzhong, Feng Li, He Yuejing and other generals said: "Shan Xiongxin is ready to break through!" ”

The terrain here is more favorable to Chen Ying, the left and right are insurmountable natural dangers, for Shan Xiongxin who broke through, he will either fight to the east with Chen Ying to the death, or go west to have a peak duel with Wei Chigong. No matter how Shan Xiongxin chooses, the result is very unfavorable for him. Fortunately, it was this narrow northern plateau, otherwise Chen Ying would not have been able to use more than 10,000 men and horses to surround the 7,008 remnants under Shan Xiongxin's command.

If it was in a wide area, Shan Xiongxin concentrated his troops, and if he made a breakthrough, Chen Ying could leave a part of Shan Xiongxin's soldiers and horses at most, and he would not be able to wipe them all out. But now even if Shan Xiongxin wants to break the net, he can only think about it.

Chen Ying's heart suddenly moved, and a thought appeared in his head.

Chen Ying looked at He Yuejing and asked, "The ice surface of the Yellow River can already cross the horse at this time, right?" ”

He Yuejing thought for a while and said, "However, it is not easy to go down the river from the top of the hill!" ”

"It's not easy, it doesn't mean it's impossible!" Chen Ying said with a smile: "When the Wei general Deng Aiqi raided Chengdu, detoured to Yinping, crossed the Sky Ridge, encountered Baizhang Cliff, there was no way forward, and the advance and retreat were lost, Deng Ai more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, wrapped in blankets and rolled down the slope from the Baizhang Cliff slope, more than 10,000 people and horses, fell and killed more than 2,000 people, as many as five or six thousand wounded, and only 2,000 troops remained, however, Deng Ai still took Chengdu and destroyed Shu. ”

He Yuejing asked suspiciously: "What does the general mean that Shan Xiongxin will jump and break through from the ice of the Yellow River?" ”

"Man's will to survive is terrifying!" Chen Yingdao: "You go and take some people, use ropes and ladders to go down, and use the fastest time to chisel through the ice surface of the Yellow River." ”

"But it's so thick that the whole riverbed seems to be frozen...... We're too short on manpower! He Yuejing smiled bitterly: "There are too few people, and it will not be able to chisel through the ice of the Yellow River for a while and a half, there are too many people, and the general is ...... here."

The water of the Yellow River is shallow in autumn and winter, but the drop of the Yellow River in this section of Hanguguan is very large, just more than 140 li, the drop is as high as more than 100 meters, the water flow is rapid, and it is the most dangerous section of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. The water flow is so rapid that the ice of the river in the Hangu section of the Yellow River is not very thick, but this year it is particularly cold, and the ice is thicker, but it is much better than the entire riverbed in the middle and upper reaches of the river.

"Don't we still have Zheng Jun's tomahawk camp prisoners in our hands? Those two thousand men have the strength, strip them of their armor, give them an axe, and let them chisel the ice! Chen Ying smiled slightly and said: "The main five hundred people who originally took care of the prisoners, I will transfer another five hundred people to you, one thousand to see two thousand, it should be about the same." ”

The hoplites, the most powerful thing is that their armor can ignore swords, swords, stabbing arrows, and once they are stripped of their heavy armor, they will die if they are slashed, and they will be injured if they are shot.

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Shan Xiongxin sat on the back of the horse, and Tiler watched from the horse with the reins, trying to find the gap in the enemy formation, but the more he looked at it, the more cold and desperate he became.

The left and right guards of the East Palace led by Chen Ying formed a three-layer encirclement with the personal guard cavalry in front, the right guard led the Xun First Mansion, and the Yi Second Mansion and Yi Yi Mansion led by the left guard, and there was only a buffer of three or four hundred steps between each layer of encirclement. With more opportunities to fight, Shan Xiongxin is also quite familiar with some of Chen Ying's basic tactics.

Any independent class has both disadvantages and advantages. For example, taking the long soldier as an example, although the long soldier can effectively restrain the cavalry raid and is quite strong in combat, the spear (Ge spear gun) can only be passively beaten in the face of the archer.

However, the Tang East Palace's left and right guards and left and right divisions led by Chen Ying fundamentally abandoned the traditional unitary military establishment with regiments as the unit, and adopted a mixed formation method with fire as the unit. Whether it is bow and arrow shooting or cavalry assault, they will use fire as a unit, flexibly form a variety of targeted formations, at first glance it is very messy, making people think that this is a patchwork of miscellaneous soldiers, but only after the battle can we realize the strength of this formation method of long and short system, far and near complementary. Such an efficient and layered formation method is also the key to having both offense and defense and forming an independent formation.

"Chen Ying's son, it must be removed as soon as possible!" Shan Xiongxin knew that looking at the entire Zheng Guo, even Wang Shichong, no one could be Chen Ying's opponent. Whether it is Qin Qiong or Cheng Zhijie, they can compete with Chen Ying on the horse, but they can't compete with Chen Ying on the battlefield. At this time, Chen Ying only had more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and in the case of the ambush, Wang Ren, the famous general who let Zheng Guo count, was in great pain, once Chen Ying made too much meritorious service in the future, and raised 100,000 soldiers and horses to the east, I am afraid that Luoyang Zheng Guo would not be able to resist.

Therefore, Chen Ying must be removed, even if he is dead, he must pull Chen Ying on his back. The first thing Shan Xiongxin had to solve was the fear of the soldiers for the Tang Army, he wanted to take advantage of the despair in the field of death to magnify the desire to survive and the desire to go home in the hearts of this group of soldiers ten times and a hundred times, and finally overcome the fear of death!

Shan Xiongxin shouted at the soldiers around him: "Brothers, we lost this battle, we lost so much that we had nothing to say, the crime lies in Xiongxin alone, now we don't want to make any contributions, I will take you home!" ”

"Go home!" Two words, Shan Xiongxin instantly resonated with the remnants of the soldiers. At this moment, it is useless to talk about the country, the king, honor, and the title, the only thing that can twist this group of defeated soldiers into a rope is one thing, and that is the thought of returning home alive! This is the deepest obsession in the heart of every Zheng Jun soldier!

"But Chen Ying'er outside the city won't let us go home!" Shan Xiongxin's tone became sad and angry: "Since then, we can only fight to the death. ”

The soldiers of the Zheng army, who were covered in blood and demoralized, had blazing eyes, and they raised their arms and shouted: "Fight to the death, go home, fight to the death!" ”

The morale that was originally low skyrocketed in an instant.

The soldiers followed Shan Xiongxin's screams and launched an attack on Chen Ying.

At this moment, Zheng Jun's soldiers were crazy.

At this moment, they had no idea what death was. Even if it is a sword and a gun, he is still not afraid of death, one after another, and he is dead.

Looking at the remnants of the Zheng army who were swarming in, Chen Ying still said with a faint smile on his face: "Have you seen it, this is what the Art of War says, put yourself into the land of death and then survive, and fall into the place of death and then live." The husband is trapped, and then he can win or lose! ……”

At this moment, Chen Ying instead understood why Li Shimin wanted to kill Shan Xiongxin.

Shan Xiongxin's martial arts, he has already seen it, on the battlefield, this product is a god of war.

Shan Xiongxin's resourcefulness, Chen Ying also understood it at this moment.

To be able to turn things around and turn disadvantages into advantages in such a critical situation is a qualified general.

It can't be used by Li Shimin, and it can only be killed for the sake of future trouble. This is also the reason why Shan Xiongxin will die.