Chapter 876 Duel

With the end of the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, Chai's desire to find another way to easily break through the Fenglingdu defense line was once again frustrated, due to a major battle, coupled with Chai's desire to regain control of the Tiger Pass, so the next few days were quite peaceful. It's just that everyone in the world knows that this kind of calm is only temporary, and the longer the calm, the hotter the accumulated flames. At the beginning of July, the sun is blazing on the earth, the loess is covered with loess, and the undulating Guanzhong has once again entered the hottest season, although there is no scene of the yellow sand in Guanzhong today, but due to the overdevelopment of Guanzhong during the Tang Dynasty, this land has already become old, fortunately, the opening of the Grand Canal in Guanzhong has alleviated this situation to a great extent. In this hot season, the soldiers had to wait for Chai's attack along the Yellow River. Although the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain was not perfect, it finally broke off one of the Chai clan's soldiers and horses, but unfortunately let Song Jiang run away. In fact, on the second day of the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, Zhao Yougong came to Fenglingdu, standing at Fengling Ferry, overlooking the east, I couldn't help but think of the scene of the first crossing of Fenglingdu, the years are vast, time is in a hurry, Fenglingdu is still the original state, but people's hearts have been mottled. In the ancient Guanzhong, the Yellow River, which has been continuous for thousands of years, is turbulent and rushes into the sky. The Yellow River is old, and compared with the Yangtze River, it has a more ancient civilization and a longer bloodline. If the Yangtze River is an economic corridor, then the Yellow River is a clan river. Most of the families in the Chinese civilization originated from the Yellow River, from the ancient Fuxi clan, the Yuwen clan and the Dugu clan of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and later the family fell, but the clan has never been interrupted in the Chinese civilization, a genealogy, recorded how many lives and deaths, winter, summer, spring and autumn.

I've always wanted the whole world. When I embraced the Central Plains and looked at the Yellow River, I found that what I needed was not the world, but the peace of mind. finally understood what the teacher said, and he was full of red dust, fame and fortune. Coming and going, what is left in the end, what is the use of not having a restful heart? It's a pity that it's too late, once you do some things, you can't stop, and there are too many people standing behind you who don't think about yourself. Also think about those people. The Chai clan almost disappeared in the land of the Great Song Dynasty, but when they stood up again, it was so amazing. I have never forgotten Chai Keyan, a woman I have known since childhood, and there are many constant ties. The county lord of the year became the queen mother of Luoyang City, but his own son became his biggest opponent. His own woman led the army with her own son. Hehe, is he Zhao Yougong a winner? In fact. From the very beginning, no matter how it ended, he Zhao Yougong had already lost, because whoever fell, would not be happy.

July 14, after a long period of preparation. Chai's army finally had action, Chai Yonghao began to lead his troops to storm the fortress of Wind Thunder Town, although Wind Thunder Town was built into a strong fortress, but Wind Thunder Town has a congenital defect, that is, the foundation is too poor. Fenglei Town is just a small town, there was no wall outside the town at all, although the **** was built urgently, but the city wall was only three zhang high. And the worst thing is that Wind Thunder Town is too small to deploy soldiers and horses at all, and there are not even half of the soldiers and horses that can pounce. The Chai clan didn't have so many scruples, relying on a large number of soldiers and generals, and attacked the periphery of Fenglei Town in turn. By the afternoon of July 15, a gap had been opened in the east of Fenglei Town, and as the Chai soldiers and horses swarmed in, the gap became larger and larger.

The battle in Fenglei Town was extremely tragic, and when the gap was opened, I don't know how many Chai soldiers and horses rushed in, Xiao Yue sat in Fenglei Town, and the burden on his body could be said to be bigger than the sky. At this time, the command post was in a panicked scene, everyone was taking fast steps, looking frowning, news was constantly coming, and Xiao Yue kept responding. Fenglei Town is too important for the entire Fenglingdu defensive battle, this is the only stronghold in front of Fenglingdu, even if you want to lose it, you must hold on for seven days and then lose it, otherwise, the defense around Fenglingdu will not be ready at all, "Xiao Yunwu, lead your people to withdraw from the north and go to the east to plug the gap, no matter what method you use and how much it costs, you must drive out the rebels and re-plug the gap before today's unitary time." ”

Xiao Yunwu received the order and hurried away, more than 4,000 soldiers and horses withdrew from Beicheng, and rushed to the east at full speed, when Xiao Yunwu arrived, the rebels had already poured into the streets of Dongcheng along the gap, and even the central street had rebels. Fortunately, Xiao Yunwu reacted quickly enough, he let people spread out from both sides, slowly squeezing the space of the rebels, and gradually drove all the rebels to the gap. The rebels also knew how difficult it was to open the gap, so they swore to defend the gap, and the two sides fought repeatedly on the street in front of the gap in the east, countless soldiers sacrificed their precious lives on this street, blood flowed along the bluestone road, under the scorching sun, the red made people's hearts ache. In order to keep this gap, the rebels really did whatever it takes, Xiao Yunwu didn't get any benefits, and more than 4,000 people in the department lost half of them after two hours, this is probably the most tragic street battle Xiao Yunwu has fought in his life. Just when the two sides were deadlocked, Yao Gu led his troops to arrive, and his command pushed a few iron pulleys and ran them over along the street, but all the rebels who were blocking the road were swept by the iron pulley, and the rebels didn't think about how to deal with this annoying iron pulley, and were driven out step by step. After dropping nearly 5,000 corpses, the rebels had no choice but to withdraw from the gap, but the **** soldiers were not comfortable, at the end of the day, not to mention the heavy casualties, the city defense was also destroyed, if it weren't for the appearance of the iron pulley later, I'm afraid there would have been more rebels pouring into the city. Moreover, after the war, the corpses in the city have also become a big problem, and now that the summer is hot, if the corpses are not disposed of as soon as possible, it is easy to produce epidemics. Xiao Yue, who had been tired all day, lay in the chair resting, half-squinting his eyes, but he couldn't sleep.

At the Fenglingdu command post, Zhao Yougong frowned, looking very worried, this is only the first day, Fenglei Town has been rushed through a gap, if it continues like this, how long can Fenglei Town defend? Tuoba Qingyun, Pang He and others were all there, in order to help Zhao Yougong relieve the pressure, Dongfang Jin also followed him from Chang'an to Fenglingdu. Since the news of the one-day battle in Wind Thunder Town, everyone has reached a consensus that they must find a way, otherwise Wind Thunder Town will not last long.

"Ladies and gentlemen, although Wind Thunder Town has been urgently built, the foundation is still too thin. If you continue to defend so passively, I'm afraid that Wind and Thunder Town won't be able to last for three days" Dongfang Jin obviously had a new idea, and after sitting down, he talked eloquently, with excitement in his eyes, "A certain family has an idea, this method is still taught by Song Jiang." The rebels could run to the Yellow River defense line from Zhongtiao Mountain. Why can't we go south along the Nakajo Mountains and sneak up on the rebels? ”

The method Dongfang Jin said was a good idea, but Fang Qiliang still expressed his concern, "Mr. Dongfang, this plan is not bad, but where should we attack?" Shangzhou is a little far away from Zhongtiao Mountain, and Hangu Pass and Tongguan are easy to defend and difficult to attack, so I am afraid that if I get out of Zhongtiao Mountain, I will not be able to cause trouble to the rebels. ”

"Hmm. This is true, but since we want to go out of Zhongtiao Mountain, we must make corresponding cooperation. Why don't we take the initiative to increase our troops in Fenglei Town, and make it look like we want to bite the rebels in Fenglei Town, as long as we increase our troops in Fenglei Town, the rebels will naturally not sit idly by, otherwise Guangping Wu Liang and Lu Dingfang's soldiers and horses will not be able to stop us. Judging by the current situation. The most likely thing for the Chai clan is to transfer troops from Tongguan, as long as the soldiers and horses in Tongguan are mobilized. If we rush to Fenglei Town, Dayun Village is the only way to go, and we can set up an ambush in Dayun Village and wait for the rebels to send us to our door. As long as this battle is fought beautifully, it will definitely be able to relieve the pressure on the side of Wind and Thunder Town. ”

Dongfang Jin is Dongfang Jin, and the soldiers and horses are mobilized. Military conspiracy, in the blink of an eye in my mind, this strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain and ambushing halfway seems simple. But there's actually too much to do. To be able to make this kind of plan in a short period of time, it is necessary to have an accurate judgment of the situation, and at the same time, it is necessary to be familiar with the situation near Zhongtiao Mountain.

Zhao Yougong has never been the kind of person who only knows how to be beaten passively and does not know how to take the initiative, speaking of which, he prefers to take the initiative in his own hands, and after a little discussion, everyone agreed to Dongfang Jin's proposal. Before the dawn of July 16, Pang He personally led 20,000 soldiers and horses from Fengling Ferry to help Fenglei Town on the flank, and stationed between Fenglei Town and Fengling Ferry, so that Wu Liang and Lu Dingfang did not dare to use troops against Fenglei Town with great fanfare. At this time, if you pounce on Fenglei Town without any scruples, you will find a chance for Pang He to bite hard.

Such a large-scale transfer of troops and horses in Fenglingdu can't be hidden from anyone, and the Chai family can't figure out why Pang He did this, but for the sake of insurance, the Chai family must respond accordingly, and at this time, the pressure on Wu Liang's side will become very great, and it is urgent to increase the number of troops in Shangzhou. However, where to transfer troops, it is a bit difficult, there is no palace around him, and some big ideas are only available to Chai Keyan, Chai Keyan also needs people like Dongfang Jin and Zhu Wu, but there are too few such talents in the world, it is not that I haven't thought about poaching Dongfang Jin or Zhu Wu, but the possibility is very small. Dongfang Jin and Zhao Yougong are wearing a pair of pants, and they are inseparable, what about Zhu Wu? Zhao Yougong has the grace of knowing Zhu Wu, and it is unlikely that he will be sentenced. The only opportunity is to set the **** rising star Fang Qiliang, but if you want to win Fang Qiliang, how can it be so simple?

Where should troops be deployed? After thinking about it, Chai Keyan still set his sights on Tongguan, Hangu Pass should form enough pressure on Fenglingdu, and at the same time guard the intersection from Yuzhou to Fenglingdu, which cannot be adjusted, and the soldiers and horses on Shangluo's side must guard the Shangluo Road crossing at any time, and they can't be adjusted, and only the soldiers and horses of Tongguan can be mobilized at this time. After thinking about it, a piece of paper was sent to Tongguan, and Chai Jin roughly read the order, and frowned a little. Let him go to the aid of Fenglei Town, isn't he helping Wu Liang work? Chai Jin, like Song Jiang, looked down on Wu Liang, and always felt that this Wu Liang was too cold, there was no one in his eyes, how could he be willing to help him?

However, an order is an order, no matter how unwilling Chai Jin is, he can't disobey the military order, so he delayed for an hour, and the order to increase the troops in Fenglei Town was issued to all departments. Chai Jin decided to send more than 15,000 people from Tongguan to help Fenglei Town, which was also the limit of what he could do. However, Chai Jin's soldiers and horses have not yet been mobilized, and there has been movement in the vast Zhongtiao Mountain, Tuoba Qingyun personally came to Zhongtiao Mountain, and took Lin Chong and Yang Zhi with him, a total of more than 20,000 people set off from Luojiapan and stopped when they arrived at Chifengkou. In the dead of night, the army marched from Chifengkou and quietly lurked in the hilly area west of Dayun Village. This piece of hills and mountains is densely forested, and although the area is not large, it is still no problem to hide four or five thousand people. It was impossible for all 20,000 troops to hide in the mountains and forests, Tuoba Qingyun asked Yang Zhi to lead 4,000 soldiers and horses to ambush in the mountains and forests, and he and Lin Chong led the main army to ambush in a farther place. As long as Yang Zhi's side can successfully block the path of the rebels, she and Lin Chong can lead their troops to annihilate these rebels.

Ding**** acted quickly, and completed the mobilization of troops and horses in one day and one night, from Luojiapan to Dayun Village, without the slightest delay. However, Tongguan is unable to know the situation of Zhongtiao Mountain, since Song Jiang's defeat of Zhongtiao Mountain, the Chai clan has not been able to intervene in Zhongtiao Mountain, and some spies have been filmed to enter Zhongtiao Mountain, and all of them have been taken without exception. What's more, if the **** marches late at night, even if there are occasional spies hiding in Zhongtiao Mountain, it is unlikely to be discovered.

There is no shortage of fierce generals under Chai Jin's command, who were kind and charitable in the past, and raised countless customers, and now these people have become the sharp blades in Chai Jin's hands. One of them is named Chen Donghang, who was originally from Hangzhou, and made a Fang Tian painting halberd, which is infinitely powerful and quite strategic. After two years in the army, he was favored by Chai Jin, and he was promoted to the position of commander with meritorious service. In order to rush to the aid of Fenglei Town and ensure that there were no accidents, Chai Jin sent Chen Donghang, the first fierce general under his command, out. This Chen Donghang is quite powerful, but there is one biggest problem, that is, he thinks very highly of himself, and there is no one in his eyes, as if no one in the world can do anything to him. It was almost noon, and the rebels, led by Chen Donghang, crossed Dayun Village and came to the hills and forests. In the military, there is a saying that you can't enter the forest, and you can't cross the water, which does not mean that you can't enter the mountains and forests, but that you can't go into the mountains and forests, but that you must explore the unfamiliar mountains, forests, and waters and landforms before you march. But Chen Donghang's arrogant mistake was committed again, and he felt that it was not necessary.

It can be said that Chen Donghang's arrogance caused more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command to have no room to turn around, and when the army marched into the forest, it was attacked by Yang Zhi. If it was possible to withdraw and return in time at this time, Chen Donghang did not retreat at all, and clamored to fight with Yang Zhi, and now the rebels were completely dumpled. (To be continued.) )