Chapter 706: A veteran's confusion
Just when Qin Feng was making his first inspection of his land, the place where he had fought, the Luoying Mountain Range, the flames of war were ignited again. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 It has been five years since the last battle of the Luoying Mountains, and the soldiers who had died in the battle had long since turned to white bones, and the blood-moistened land, flowers, trees, and soil grew extraordinarily luxuriantly, but now, they were trampled under their feet by the surging tide of soldiers, and merged with the soil.
The first battle of the Luoying Mountains was launched at Jingjing Pass.
In the era of Zuo Lixing, Jingjing Pass was just a small pass, as a large rear of the army stationed in front, providing food, replenishment of ordnance, and of course, as a recuperation place for wounded and sick soldiers, and after the Qin army led the Luoying Mountains in a full-scale battle, Jingjing Pass was used as an important stronghold, and was expanded on a large scale, becoming the first pass in the Luoying Mountains. There were 10,000 Qin border troops stationed.
Yang Zhi, the general guarding the pass, is an important general of the Deng family.
Located in the dangerous terrain of the Jingjing Pass, there are 10,000 troops guarded, even if An Ruhai personally commanded the attack, the first battle, did not take much advantage, many times on the city wall, but was beaten down again and again.
On the first day, the two sides were basically evenly divided, the attrition rate was about the same, one side was well-armed, the equipment was far superior to the Qin army, and the long-range attack weapons were sharp and abnormal, while the other side was not afraid of death, and there was a dangerous city to rely on, and for a while, no one could help anyone.
The night shrouded this land, Jingjingguan was like a monster lying in the mountains, there was no light above the city, not to mention the lanterns, even the torches were not seen, the Qin army didn't care, they had been stationed on this juncture for several years, they were very familiar with the bricks and tiles here, whether there was light or not, they could move freely, hang lanterns, light torches, but they were helping each other.
From time to time, crossbow arrows whistled, some swept through the city, some were heavily nailed to the city wall, and some were shot at the city gate tower, and every shot would make the Qin army lying on the ground on the city let out bursts of laughter.
They are all veterans, and they are indifferent to this harassment of the Chu army at all, and they are still sleeping soundly, and those who laugh are all officers and soldiers on duty to guard against the sneak attack of the Chu army.
From time to time, the Qin army would climb up the city gate like a monkey, and the crossbow arrows that were deeply nailed to it would take them down with great difficulty, and these crossbow arrows shot from hundreds of steps away were all made of iron, which was a good thing for the Qin army. Above the city, dozens of such crossbow arrows have been placed, and they are neatly arranged one by one.
"Grandma's, sentry chief, you really don't see us in anything!" A veteran lay between the battlements, showing a head, looking at several large crossbows hundreds of steps away, the Chu army seemed to have no scruples, holding the battle with open fire, standing at the head of the city, they could see clearly. "Do you want to go out and knock them out?"
The sentry commander is a veteran in his early fifties, leaning his back against the city wall at the moment, his two thighs are straight, and he beats his thighs lightly from time to time, listening to the words of this veteran, he snorted: "You are a dead man, these more than ten years of soldiers have been in vain, such an open fire is teasing us, just looking forward to us going down, I dare to say, behind those crossbows, I don't know how many bows and arrows are waiting for us!" If you dare to go out, the one who comes back is a hedgehog. ”
The veteran laughed: "Isn't this a pleasure?" Sentry, it's annoying to let them shoot us all the time, or let's shoot back. ”
"Our crossbow arrows are very precious, above this distance, are you sure that you can kill the opponent's crossbow with one crossbow?" The sentry chief snorted, "It's better to wait for tomorrow when they attack on a large scale, let's go out with a crossbow arrow, and it is more cost-effective to string a string of Chu troops." ”
The veteran sighed, slid down and sat down against the sentry chief, holding a crossbow arrow of the Chu army in his hand: "Good guy, all iron, it's really piercing, it's a pity that our crossbow machine can't be used." can only wait for it to melt into knives and guns later. Sentry Commander, those guys on the other side are really well equipped, and ordinary soldiers are also wearing armor, look at us, even the Sentry Commander, you also got a heart guard, this is still a few years ago! ”
The old sentry rolled his eyes, ignoring the veteran's chatter.
"Sentry Chief, you said that in the past, we followed General Deng, and it was reasonable to be poor, but now it's not under the leadership of General Bian? Why are you still so poor? The last time I saw the Thunder Army, that equipment was really drooling. ”
The old sentry was so upset that he simply lay down and covered his face with his helmet. The helmet is Chu type, it was a trophy from a few years ago. Although I close my eyes, where can I sleep? Although he is only a grassroots officer, he has been in the army for decades, and there are countless people who know him from top to bottom, and he has produced many high-ranking officers in the border army, such as Yang Zhi, the current general of Jingjingguan, who was his deputy at the beginning. So he knows a little bit more than anyone else.
The top general has changed, it does not mean that their situation is better, in fact, it should be said that it is worse, when General Deng led the troops, the poor were poor, and the bitterness was bitter, but it was a heart from top to bottom, and now General Bian has changed, the generals are not in harmony, and the old sentry commander who has been a soldier all his life has a trace of ominous signs.
Jingjing Pass is the most important checkpoint of the Qin army in the Luoying Mountains, the Chu army An Ruhai personally commanded the attack, if the Jingjing Pass is lost, then the next battle of the Luoying Mountains will fall into chaos again, and if you concentrate on fighting with the Chu army here, isn't it the most beneficial to Daqin?
But this is not the case now, and the order given by General Bian is to resist in cascades and defend layer by layer. Even if the battle is to the last man, he is not allowed to retreat, and the reason given for this strategy is that the rear is not ready for a decisive battle with the Chu army, there is a shortage of food, grass, and ordnance, and it takes time to prepare, and the front line needs desperate resistance in exchange for time for the army to assemble and prepare.
If General Deng gave such an order, the old sentry chief would not have doubts, but would only resolutely carry it out, because General Deng said so, then it must be true, but now, he can't believe it. Because he knows very well that the generals who are now deployed in front are all the descendants of the good generals.
He had a chance to leave, a few years ago, King Kaiping took 5,000 elite veterans from the border army to supplement the Thunder Army, Yang Zhi wanted the old boss who led him to leave, but he refused. He didn't know what his life would become if he left the border army, he had lived in the border army all his life, and he was used to life here.
General Bian wants them to fight to the death, to put it bluntly, he wants them to exchange their lives for the lives of the Chu army. Hidden under his helmet, he smiled wryly.
"Old Sentry, Old Sentry!" A low voice came.
He sat up stiffly, and he could hear the voice being one of General Yang Zhi's personal guards.
"Little Si'er, what's the matter?" Holding his helmet, he asked, "Are we going to fight back overnight?" ”
Yang Zhi's personal guard, who he called Xiaosi, half-knelt in front of him and grinned: "What kind of counterattack?" General Yang is ready to evacuate the Jingjing Pass, and the general has asked me to inform you that you will go first as the striker. ”
"Retreat?" The old sentry's eyes widened, "Retreat before the battle, is General Yang dizzy?" ”
Xiao Si'er smiled awkwardly, in the entire army, probably only this old sentry commander dared to blurt out disrespect to General Yang like this. "Old sentry chief, I don't know, I'm just here to give an order, General Yang asked you to set up a position in Wushan to meet the troops that followed."
"Now?"
"Right now!" Xiao Si nodded.
The old sentry chief was silent for a moment, he probably understood in his heart that General Bian wanted to let them shed their last drop of blood here, but General Yang was unwilling to do so, and was ready to retreat without authorization, but in this way, it was difficult to predict what the consequences would be. Faced with such a scene, the old sentry commander, who has been a soldier all his life, doesn't know how to choose, he has been staying here, and the hundreds of soldiers under his command will definitely fall on the Jingjing Pass in the end, but if they leave, the biggest advantage of the Qin army in the Luoying Mountains will be gone, and next, how long can they live?
The battle above will not end because they evacuate the well pass, I am afraid it will only intensify.
He sighed, bent down, kicked his soldiers one by one, and walked silently towards the city. The future was unpredictable, and his previous sense of foreboding was even stronger.
In the inner city, Yang Zhi, the general of Jingjing Pass, was looking at the map of the Luoying Mountains, and the small black dots represented the military villages set up by the Qin army in this area, and he drew a circle on some of them, and turned his head to look at the deputy general beside him: "Disperse three thousand people to these villages." ”
"General Yang, this is a blatant violation of General Bian's order, and he will be held responsible." The lieutenant general said worriedly.
"Accountability?" Yang Zhi sneered: "Bian Wushuang, this is naked and wants to kill me, is it possible that I will tie my hands and accept my fate?" It doesn't matter if I die, but why should these soldiers die in vain? Deplete? Joke, consuming the Chu army, isn't it my Daqin's son-in-law. ”
"But he's a general now, our immediate boss."
"Don't forget, there is still King Kaiping above him now." Yang Zhi smiled: "King Kaiping will support us." And I have resisted desperately, I even kissed An Ruhai's own hand and suffered a lot of injuries, which everyone has witnessed. The defenders of Jingjing Pass were lost by more than half, and there was no way to retreat. ”
The adjutant general smiled bitterly: "Disperse the soldiers into these stockades, isn't this a cover-up and stealing the bell?" ”
"Everyone needs a fig leaf, Bian Wenzhong doesn't dare to tear it, it's really going to be forced, this side of the army, can he be the master?" Yang Zhi sneered. "Just the 10,000 Thunder Army?"
"If this continues, what will I do in the future?"
"Our purpose is to force Bian Wushuang to stay here, Li Dashuai has been wise all his life, and at the end, he made such a faint move, since he handed Daqin into the hands of King Kaiping, he should let go happily, but he still made such a fuss, if he wasn't Li Dashuai, I would have scolded his ancestors for eighteen generations." Yang Zhi hated the authentic language. "Execute the order!"