Chapter 59: Be cautious
The troops sent into the pass first searched for more than an hour, and finally under the certainty, the army began to gradually enter the city, and the Hu cavalry led by Zhao Yun did not stay, and continued to go to the front as the vanguard, by the way, it was also good to clear the ambush left by the enemy.
After Yuan Yun and Zhuge Liang also entered the pass, they instantly felt that the facilities here were very good, and it was close to evening at the moment, so they wanted to camp in this pass, which was better than sleeping in the wild.
It's just that this idea just started, Yuan Yun felt that it was very inappropriate, and there was always a feeling of uneasiness in his heart, and at this time Zhuge Liang also frowned, and even Pang Tong came over.
The three of them met, and Pang Tong said: "I think there is weirdness everywhere in this pass, and it is even more inappropriate for the internal facilities to be so complete, if anyone withdraws, how can they destroy this place, so as not to cheapen the enemy, but the other party has no such idea at all, and even the well is intact, after observing a circle, I always have a feeling of panic now." ”
Zhuge Liang also nodded and said: "Liang also thinks it's inappropriate, after all, this pass is too easy to come by, and Liang can't guess why the other party will withdraw so quickly." ”
Yuan Yun really couldn't guess the enemy's thoughts, so he simply chose to give up, now that the army has withdrawn from the camp, many things need to be dealt with, and there is not much effort to consider the enemy's premeditation, after all, the pass has been captured, even if the enemy wants to kill it again, it is just a futile death.
After a slight glance at the back, at this moment, the soldiers of the Gunpowder Army had basically entered the pass, and then there was the baggage battalion in the rear, when he saw this, Yuan Yuncai was suddenly startled, and immediately shouted at an official: "Stop the baggage battalion from entering the city, and all of them will be withdrawn to the original camp." ”
Zhuge Liang also reacted when he heard Yuan Yun's order, and immediately ordered the herald: "The soldiers are searching again inch by inch, and the old soil must be dug out of the ground to stop." ”
As soon as Zhuge Liang's words fell, he suddenly found that dozens of enemy soldiers had rushed out of several houses, and as soon as these people appeared, they immediately frightened everyone, because while they rushed out, they also ignited the clothes on their bodies, and in an instant, more than a dozen big men turned into more than a dozen fire balls, and rushed towards the baggage camp desperately.
The crossbowmen were the first to react, but their bolts did not stop all the enemies, but some of the burning men rushed into the baggage squad in the rear, and then there was a loud bang, and a wagon carrying gasoline exploded.
The officers and men in the baggage battalion had received such emergency training on weekdays, so the personnel in the rear immediately began to drive other flammable and explosive carriages in all directions, and a long snake-like procession spread like radiation at the city gate of the pass in an instant, and the speed seemed to be very fast.
However, even with this treatment, there are still a large number of gunpowder trucks and gasoline trucks that have been ignited, because the number of people rushing out of the ground has not decreased, but there are more and more people, and once they appear, they are in a desperate posture, and they have to rush to a transport truck.
Then the transports continued to explode in the field, causing smoke to billowing outside the city gates, and the pungent smell made many people cough.
The heavy armored infantry in the city has been organized by Zhuge Liang, and they quickly set up a strong defensive line, even if those fire people continue to rush out, they can't cross the human wall of these heavy armored infantry, and can only be stabbed to death by spears in waves on the road.
The battle came and went quickly, and in less than a few incense sticks, this surprise suicide attack was over, but looking at the black smoke constantly rising from outside the city wall, Yuan Yun already understood that this time the baggage battalion could be described as a heavy loss.
After dealing with every corner of the pass, Zhuge Liang still decided to camp in this pass, because of the large losses of the baggage camp, it was very difficult to camp even if he wanted to camp in the field at this moment, because even the camp tent was burned down for a large part.
When the statistics fell in front of Yuan Yun's eyes, he just bared his teeth and gasped, most of the transport trucks loaded with gasoline were destroyed, but fortunately, the gunpowder transport trucks were walking behind, so there was no unimaginable catastrophe.
Looking at the black smoke that was still rising, as well as the charred corpses that had been gathered, Yuan Yun frowned, he finally felt Liu Bei's horror now, how to brainwash a person to make this person launch a suicide raid so crazy?
"The loss of gasoline is not to be counted, but our artillery has also been destroyed a lot, and after the rest was burned by the flames, the craftsmen said that it may affect the subsequent use, and it needs to be maintained before it can be used again, and there will definitely be deviations in accuracy." After Pang Tong finished speaking, he sighed deeply.
Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "This time can be described as a lesson for us, and the enemy seems to have found a way to deal with us, that is, to raid our rear baggage, Liang is now a little worried, in the future, our supply lines will be harassed by the enemy." ”
When Yuan Yun heard this, he immediately became nervous again, and said hurriedly: "Have you sent someone to the rear to remind the supply team that is coming?" ”
Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Liang has already let General Zhao Yun come back, and sent a group of cavalry to escort it, but this is not a long-term solution after all, and we need to invest a lot of troops in supplies in the future." ”
Yuan Yun let go of his worries a little, and only after listening to Zhuge Liang said did he affirm: "It is true that you need to pay more attention to this aspect, once you enter the boundary of Yizhou, the natural enemy there will be more familiar, and the raids will be more frequent, it is no problem to send a supply escort, but I must choose a suitable person to supervise it to reassure me." ”
As soon as Yuan Yun's words fell, he saw Xu Yi coming over, and when he arrived in front of him, he immediately patted his chest and said: "I, Xu Yi, are responsible for the supply of the rear, as long as I give me 3,000 men and horses, I will definitely keep the brigade from losing." ”
Looking at the indignation on Xu Yi's face, Yuan Yun frowned again, because when he was attacked just now, almost all of Xu Yi's shopkeepers were in the baggage camp, and they were advancing with the gasoline team, causing many people to be burned alive.
Nodding again, Yuan Yuncai looked at Xu Yi and said, "The matter of protecting the baggage supplies is entrusted to you, and you need to be careful, I will try to give you as many experienced scouts as possible, and be sure to let these people play a big role." ”
When Xu Yi heard this, he immediately clenched his fists and said, "Huh! ”
After speaking, he left without looking back, and soon heard the sound of countless horses' hooves in the night, obviously Xu Yi did not wait for the dawn to set off at all, and had already galloped towards the rear with three thousand horses.
Watching Xu Yi leave, Yuan Yun still had palpitations, after all, if Liu Yiyi didn't think the smell of gasoline was too big just now, and finally chose to stay in the baggage team transporting grain, if he followed the gasoline transport truck like those shopkeepers of Xu Yi's family, I am afraid that he Yuan Yun would have to be ready to collect the body.
Zhuge Liang saw Yuan Yun's depressed face, so he could only comfort: "This emergency is mostly because we are not prepared, and the enemy was not familiar with us in the past, but now they are smart and know that fighting the gunpowder army head-on is just a dead end, so they began to fight the idea of our logistics baggage, which really grabbed our lifeblood." ”
Pang Tong also took a step forward, and then hugged his fists and suggested: "The lord in the back must let me and General Zhao Yun come to open the way for the army, and I will definitely clear all threats on the road along the way." ”
Yuan Yun snorted, and then sent an order, Pang Tong and Zhao Yun went first, and then ordered Wei Yan to take the heavily armored infantry wings on both sides, and the rear army was handed over to Huang Zhong's rifle battalion to be in charge, so that his heart was a little relaxed, as long as he was careful in the back, he guarded it strictly, and he didn't believe that the enemy could take advantage of the loophole.
In the early morning of the second day, the army pulled out the camp again, but this pass was not spared, was ordered by Yuan Yun to blow up directly into the sky, this march is indeed as Yuan Yun thought, the whole team has increased vigilance, during the march, will always occasionally hear the rifle battalion release guns, naturally Zhuge Liang's order, as long as it is found around the army, you can shoot immediately.
After advancing like this for two days, they were again attacked several times by the enemy's cavalry, but they did not cause excessive losses, but these enemy cavalry shots hit several ambushes of Pang Tong, and the result was heavy losses.
At noon on the third day, the gunpowder army finally appeared in the east of Yong'an County, and the army was camped ten miles away.
After the last sneak attack, this military advisor was unprecedentedly cautious, and immediately after setting up camp, he ordered the camp to start building a high wall, and opened several trenches, and in addition to the steel wire fence on the outermost part of the camp, a layer of wooden stakes was also laid out, so that even if the other party had an army of 100,000, the gunpowder army could block it all on the periphery.
At night, many fires would immediately be lit around the Powder Army camp, and hot air balloons would hang high overhead, and they would not be able to escape their observation for ten miles.
After these preparations were all arranged, Zhuge Liang began to work on the siege of the city, and Yuan Yun also felt for the first time the cautiousness of the ancient military advisor in front of him, and the other party's careful arrangements were almost impossible to insert even a needle.
"Early tomorrow morning, General Wei Yan will take the lead in breaking forward, and General Zhao Yun will hold the two wings, and when General Wei Yan's heavy infantry will establish a defensive line one mile outside the Yong'an city wall, the artillery battalion will begin to attack day and night." After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he had already drawn a route on the map.
Yuan Yun glanced at the map, and then said with a smile: "Kong Ming is really too careful, why don't you place our camp directly outside the city of Yong'an, so that we can bombard the opponent's city wall directly inside the camp." ”
Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "Although this arrangement is an old-fashioned approach, it is better to be safe and secure, even if the team we sent out has some losses, there is still a strong battalion that can be used as a stronghold for retreat, so the enemy army does not dare to go out of the city to pursue, so the only thing that needs to work is to need the sergeants to go out of the camp for a few miles." ”
Yuan Yun nodded when he heard this, Zhuge Liang's arrangement was naturally correct, he was notoriously cautious in history, since the Gunpowder Army didn't need to play any sneak attacks or anything like that now, then it was best to be steady, and this was also the most suitable for Zhuge Liang's arrangement.
Listening to Zhuge Liang begin to introduce the city defense of Yong'an County, Yuan Yun's honest smile instantly appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly after thinking about it, the other party must be completely prepared for this big battle, and it will definitely not be like the last time Xinye, the two sides only made a slight contact, and the other party began to retreat.
Because of this, this attack on Yong'an County is likely to really make the famous general Zhang Fei fall, and now he can only sigh.