As mentioned above, Gongsun Yuan's 30,000 army stayed at a place about fifty kilometers west of Xisai Mountain after passing through Xisai Mountain, originally intended to wait for Budugen and Chrysanthemum Port to fight first, and then he led his troops to pick up the cheap when it was about the same, but because the battle in Chrysanthemum Port was beyond Gongsun Yuan's expectations, so after receiving the news that Budugen's army had been completely wiped out, Gongsun Yuan knew that he would definitely not be able to please him with his troops in the past, plus Gan Ning's fleet showed up in the Liaodong Sea, Gongsun Yuan decided to retreat and return to Xiangping to defend Liaodong. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

More than fifty kilometers, converted into the Han system, it is about one hundred and twenty or thirty Han li, and if Gongsun Yuan's 30,000 troops are in full force, it will be almost the same in one day and one night. Of course, due to the cold weather and the fact that there is still spring snow on the road, the 30,000 people have a hard time.

But no matter how hard it is, he has to hurry, because Gongsun Yuan knows that Lu Ren's shipping strength is very strong, especially now that the war on the Chrysanthemum Port side is over, Lu Ren's troops on hand can be withdrawn. Once Lu Ren preemptively transferred his troops to other places by sea to cut off his retreat, then most of the 30,000 people in his hands would not be able to please him. But what you worry about will come, and now the retreat is broken, isn't it?

Without further ado, Gongsun Yuan is not a 2500 who does not understand military affairs, and he knows very well that he is intercepted here in Xisai Mountain, if he can't break through the pass as soon as possible, and wait until the situation on the Chrysanthemum Harbor side stabilizes before sending reinforcements over, then his 30,000 troops may have to be handed over to Xisai Mountain, and he hurriedly ordered the whole army to advance at full speed, and it is necessary to open up the mountain road of Xisai Mountain as soon as possible.

When Gongsun Yuan left Liaodong and went to Chrysanthemum Port, he brought three horses and horses, including 20,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry. Because there was no fighting, the 30,000 men were intact and there were no losses. It seems to be quite good, but for Gongsun Yuan, these 30,000 people originally planned to go to Chrysanthemum Port to make a fortune, but now they are used to attack a key pass that belongs to them.

No matter how uncomfortable it is, you have to fight! Otherwise, they will all die here!

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The night is getting deeper, and there is a sense of tranquility on the mountain road of Xisai Mountain, but although it is quiet, there is a little less peace in this quiet night...... The corpses were everywhere under the walled city, which made the mountain filled with a thick bloody atmosphere, and also made this night, which should have been quiet and peaceful, a little more solemn for no reason.

The walls of the walled city are brightly lit, illuminating the range of more than ten steps below the wall as bright as day. Deng Ai was standing on the wall at the moment, raising his eyes to look at the end of the mountain road. After a long time, Deng Ai slowly retracted his gaze and slowly swept over the many corpses under the wall, but a few bloodthirsty red flashes faintly flashed in his eyes, and his mouth was silently chanting the poems he had learned from Lu Ren earlier:

"Kill one person in ten steps, and don't stay for a thousand miles"......

Whether Deng Ai is a murderer or not, it is difficult to say. But there is one obvious thing, that is, Deng Ai's heart for meritorious service is extremely strong, so he needs "eternal dryness" to pave the way for him to "succeed". Now that there is such an opportunity, he naturally will not leave any hand. In today's afternoon battle, Deng Ai can be said to be the first soldier, on the city wall or with a knife or crossbow, and almost more than 100 Liaodong soldiers were killed by his own hands. And this fight, in addition to Deng Ai's heart of contribution, Deng Ai also has this feeling in his heart:

"The two armies face each other and fight bloodily, this is what a good man should do!"

Deng Ai was singing silently, but someone behind him suddenly climbed the wall and called: "General! ”

Deng Ai looked back: "You're here!" Can all baggage equipment be delivered? ”

The adjutant nodded and gave orders to Deng Ai. Before Deng Ai was mainly divided into three teams, he personally led a team of more than 3,000 people to Xisai Mountain to intercept Gongsun Yuan, the second team went to block the Liaodong reinforcements that Xiangping might drive, and the third team was responsible for sending grain, grass and ordnance to the city by the current deputy general. By the time the lieutenant climbed the city walls, the craftsmen were already busy installing light generators and searchlights for military use.

By the way, Deng Ai's army corps totaled about 10,000 people, but not all of them were under Deng Ai's command, among which 2,000 of the most elite musketeers temporarily stayed with Ganning to meet the needs of some corresponding landing operations on Ganning's side, so Deng Ai's actual strength was about 8,000. At the time of this division of troops, Deng Ai's west side was 3,000 people, and the interception of Liaodong side was also 3,000 people, and the remaining 2,000 people were divided into two teams, each team of 1,000 people, to transport supplies to the east and west respectively. Now that the materials have arrived, Deng Ai's actual strength on hand is about 4,000. Of course, the personnel of the fleet do not count, and if there are follow-up materials, they will also be completed by the personnel in the fleet.

At this moment, the deputy general glanced at the wall and descended the mountain road, and said with a little regret: "It seems that I missed the first battle." ”

Deng Ai smiled and said: "Don't worry, today's first battle is just a small fight." In the next ten days, I'm afraid that we won't be able to finish our hard battles! ”

The adjutant general nodded, then raised his eyes to look at the battle flags on both sides of the mountain road, and suddenly hesitated to Deng Ai: "General, are those banners too ...... Too easy to see through? ”

Deng Ai also looked up a few times, and sneered softly: "I'm still afraid that Gongsun Yuan won't be able to see through it." But fortunately, looking at today's first battle, Gongsun Yuan is not such a stupid person. ”

"Huh!?" The vice-admiral made a fuss, and King Kong was confused.

Deng Ai knew that his lieutenant general would not be able to turn his head many times, so he bent down and picked up a few pieces of rubble and laid out a rough map of the terrain and then explained to the lieutenant general: "Although Xisai Mountain is the main road for Gongsun Yuan to return to Liaodong, if it is really impossible to get through, Gongsun Yuan can take a detour, bypass Xisai Mountain from the north, and return to Liaodong through the grass desert." ”

He easily placed a small pebble on the mountain road of Xisai Mountain: "If our army has enough troops here, Gongsun Yuan knows that he can't conquer the city pass, I'm afraid he will immediately turn around and detour, so there is no point in us getting stuck here." According to the will of the lord, it is of course possible to force Gongsun Yuan to take the northern road and go back to Liaodong, but it is better to eat Gongsun Yuan's 30,000 horses here in Xisai Mountain. It's a bit unlikely to eat them all, after all, we have so many troops on hand, but we can eat as much as we can, and it's almost enough to eat Gongsun Yuan led the remnants around the northern road, and we can't catch up. ”

Raising his eyes again and glancing at the banners between the trees, Deng Ai smiled and said: "I deliberately came up with these tricks that are easy to be seen through, just to let Gongsun Yuan know that we don't have many troops here, and then let Gongsun Yuan think that we are weak because of the lack of soldiers, and I want to trick him into a detour." ”

The adjutant general hesitated: "The general's intention is to completely contain Gongsun Yuan here?" ”

Deng Ai nodded: "If Gongsun Yuan takes a detour to the north, the grasslands and deserts in the north are empty, and our soldiers are mainly infantry benchmarks, entering the grass desert is not conducive to the pursuit of the army, and it is difficult to gather and annihilate it." But if they are stuck in the area of Xisai Mountain, Gongsun Yuan will not be able to escape. Therefore, we not only have to block Gongsun Yuan, but also take the initiative to attract Gongsun Yuan to attack. Therefore, I deliberately showed Gongsun Yuan that I would win weakly, as if I had to rely on some tricks to barely block Gongsun Yuan's army of 30,000, so that Gongsun Yuan would insist on attacking this place. ”

The deputy general seemed a little hesitant: "What if Gongsun Yuan's strong attack fails for a few days, and then he changes his route to the north?" General, after all, we can basically say that there are no follow-up reinforcements, and the soldiers and horses that can be assigned to you in the hands of the lord are basically transferred to you and General Gan Xingba, if it is increased again, the Yizhou garrison will be weak, and it is difficult to guarantee that Jiangdong will not have any ideas. ”

The adjutant general didn't ask the question of whether he could stop it. As a high-achieving student who graduated from Yizhou Military Academy, he naturally has some skills to become one of Deng Ai's lieutenants, and he also has a lot of experience in defensive warfare. At this time, after carefully looking at the surrounding terrain, I was still more confident that more than 4,000 people would defend this checkpoint for ten days and half a month.

Deng Ai still smiled at this time: "Don't worry, as long as we can induce Gongsun Yuan to live for about five days first, Gongsun Yuan will be too late to make a detour." A few days ago, the Malay newspaper reported that Gongsun Yuan sent many war horses to plunder grain and grass on the way back to the army, and many villages along the way were captured and plundered by him, not to mention the nomadic tribes a little north. ”

The deputy general suddenly said: "Gongsun Yuan doesn't have much grain and grass? ”

Deng Ai nodded. In fact, this kind of thing will happen, which is also expected by Deng Ai. As early as when Gongsun Yuan sent out his troops, the Yizhou side found out that the rations carried by Gongsun Yuan's entire army were about three months, which was also a relatively standard carrying amount for the operation at that time.

Then Gongsun Yuan's dispatch time was actually only slightly later than Budugen, that is to say, when Budugen fought for two months under the city of Chrysanthemum Port, Gongsun Yuan's 30,000 troops had been consuming the grain and grass in their hands, and by the end of the Chrysanthemum Port War, the grain and grass in Gongsun Yuan's hands had also consumed two months. Then there was a settlement time of more than ten days in Chrysanthemum Port, and the grain and grass in Gongsun Yuan's hands were consumed for about half a month, so by the time Gongsun Yuan retired from the army, the food of the army could last for about half a month at most. However, if it weren't for Deng Ai's sudden appearance and stopped in Xisai Mountain, Gongsun Yuan would have enough grain and grass for half a month to return to Liaodong.

In fact, according to Gongsun Yuan's original intention, he wanted to rush to Chrysanthemum Port at about the same time, and after knocking down Chrysanthemum Port, he was afraid that there would be no food and grass supplies? But he didn't expect that Budugen would be defeated, and Gongsun Yuan's grain and grass here would be gone. However, at this time, the grain and grass of the whole army were still enough to smoothly return to the rations on the road to Liaodong, and then they relied on the cavalry to fight the grass valley on the road to ensure that there was a little surplus.

Now that Deng Ai has come like this, Gongsun Yuan's 30,000 army will not be able to return to Liaodong smoothly, and there will definitely be problems with the supply of grain and grass. Of course, if Gongsun Yuan is smarter and starts to detour north at this time, more than 30,000 people and horses will save some food, and rob the nomadic tribes along the road, and it will be possible to return to Liaodong with seven points of hunger and three points of fullness. Although it will be uncomfortable with hunger, at least it can bring back these 30,000 Liaodong elites. Just a few more days here......

It's not just a matter of a few days' worth of food. Gongsun Yuan's detour for a few days later probably means that the Chrysanthemum Harbor side will send cavalry to chase and kill after freeing up, and about seventy percent of the current Gongsun Yuan army is infantry. Another key question is that the pursuit force sent by Chrysanthemum Port will allow Gongsun Yuan to carry out looting supplies? If you dare to come out and eat a team!

In addition, there is another one, that is, if Gongsun Yuan takes a detour, the slow marching speed of the infantry is a big problem. If there were no pursuers, the infantry would have to walk for nearly a month to return to the territory of Liaodong. Even though it's early spring, the cold climate in the north still makes it snowfall before summer. As soon as the snow fell, it was difficult for the cavalry to walk, let alone the infantry, and if there were pursuers behind them, Nani Hu would be even worse! The chasing soldiers sent by Chrysanthemum Port don't have to fight too fiercely, as long as it drags on for more than ten days, Gongsun Yuan's more than 30,000 Liaodong soldiers and horses will freeze to death even if they don't starve to death...... When the cold weather in the north is a joke, isn't it?

Of course, the cold climate will also have an impact on the pursuing soldiers sent by Chrysanthemum Port, but the soldiers and horses sent by Chrysanthemum Port do not have to worry about the problem of supply, and if necessary, as long as they rush to the seashore, a large number of ships can directly pick up the pursuing soldiers and horses.

Therefore, these were the first few days to lure the enemy into a strong attack. In addition to blocking Gongsun Yuan, it is also necessary to show weakness to Gongsun Yuan, so that Gongsun Yuan thinks that this place can be opened in one go, and as a result, Gongsun Yuan will lose the best opportunity to retreat.

The only problem now is how to lure Gongsun Yuan to attack, and Deng Ai is not too worried about this. In today's first battle, Deng Ai had already seen that Gongsun Yuan had the intention of temptation, otherwise he would not have just thrown down hundreds of corpses and retreated. On the other hand, Deng Ai did not do his best here, so that he deliberately made Gongsun Yuan realize that the flags on both sides of the mountain road were just decorations.

Deng Ai believed that Gongsun Yuan at this moment had already concluded that there were not many soldiers and horses in the Xisaishan Walled City, and it could be conquered in one fell swoop. And the next thing is to cooperate with Gongsun Yuan's thoughts, and use one "miserable victory" after another to strengthen Gongsun Yuan's idea that he can break through the Xisai Mountain Walled City in one fell swoop. It's just that if you want to play this scene well, it's not so easy.

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The sky is bright, and the mountain road of Xisai Mountain is already full of murderous sounds.

Groups of Liaodong infantry launched a fierce attack on the walled city as if they were not dying, and Deng Ai led the Yizhou soldiers to desperately defend the walled city. Of course, Deng Ai wants to act, but if he really fights, the more than 4,000 troops are not enough in the face of more than 40,000 troops, and he really can't keep his hands if he wants to. In case the walled city is breached, isn't that a stone to shoot yourself in the foot? Since you can't act, let's fight for it!

Having said that, Deng Ai still played a little trick, that is, he ordered some of the soldiers to wrap a few bandages around their bodies and apply some blood even if they were not injured. As for the blood...... Will there be no traces of blood on the battlefield? In addition, among the ordnance brought by the adjutant general, such as the disassembled light catapult and the rapid-fire repeater, Deng Ai did not use all of them, but it depended on the battle situation. All in all, it is to create the illusion that Deng Ai's side is unsustainable as much as possible. Of course, it's just an illusion, and when it's really too bad, Deng Aike will not hesitate to take out all his family resources.

In this way, a day passed all of a sudden, and under the wall of six or seven meters high, a pile of corpses nearly one meter high had already been blocked.

"Get the hell out of here!!"

At the head of the walled wall, Deng Ai let out a loud shout, and the spear in his hand stabbed into the lower abdomen of a Liaodong soldier who had just climbed the wall, and the sharp tip of the spear directly pierced the Liaodong soldier's not strong leather armor and body, and the spearhead with blood stains but shining cold light appeared on the back waist of the Liaodong soldier.

If it were someone else, he would usually withdraw his hand and pull out the spear at this time before taking the back move, but Deng Ai was not like this, but almost ferociously pushed the spear forward for a few more points, until the entire spearhead passed through the back waist of the Liaodong soldier, making the poor Liaodong soldier completely provoked by the spear. And in the short moment after that, Deng Ai felt like he had picked up the corpse of an enemy soldier on the spear in his hand, giving people the feeling of cruelty and blood.

Deng Ai is not a person who loves to kill, but on the battlefield, either you die or I live, there is no half of affection to talk about, and it is impossible to have half a hand to stay. Therefore, Deng Ai would never mind playing a cruel and bloodthirsty Shura killing god at this time. But all hot-blooded men, on the battlefield of bloody wars, hope that they can become a majestic god in the eyes of others, whether it is a god of war, or a god of killing, or even a demon, it doesn't matter, the most important thing is to be able to erect an image. And wouldn't it be the best POSE to wear the enemy on your own weapon like a rock sugar gourd?

If he could, Deng Ai really wanted to keep this POSE all the time, but the current battlefield didn't allow him to do that. As I said just now, after the spear passes through the body, most people will choose to withdraw their hands and pull out the spear and then take the back move, but Deng Ai simply let go, and the body of the Liaodong soldiers with the spear but not completely dead fell from the wall, and the body with the spear shaft also smashed a few Liaodong soldiers who were still desperately trying to attack the wall.

Deng Ai, who looked at the wall again, had already pulled out the saber on his waist and slashed at the Liaodong soldiers who had just exposed their heads on the battlement wall. Before the Liaodong soldiers had time to raise their shields, Deng Ai's blade had already slashed on his side forehead, and the red and white mixed liquid paste almost sprayed out, and the picture at this time seemed to be no longer "bloody" that could be described by the word...... (To be continued.) )