Chapter 481: Shield
But Han Tiancheng not only agreed, but whoever dared to propose the withdrawal of the army would be directly pushed out by him and beheaded. The officers had no choice but to beg General Pingtian and ask him to give the order. As everyone knows, Yu Gui, who is their Pingtian general, is actually one of the four protectors of the Ming Sect, and he is also the yellow-haired old servant of Wei Wuji. And Wei Wujian is Han Tiancheng, and Han Tiancheng is Wei Wuji!
Yu Gui ignored them at first, but seeing that his subordinates were complaining, he was worried that the morale of the army had been shaken, so he had to go to Baiyatai in person to persuade Han Tiancheng to withdraw his troops. Han Tiancheng attacked the city for a few days, but he hit his head and bled out, and he was already on fire in his belly, and he didn't have a good face when he saw Yu Gui. disappointed those officers who were counting on Yu Gui to come and be able to restrain Wang Xian.
Yu Gui waved his hand, signaling the generals to go away, and when there was no one else, he said to Han Tiancheng with a smile: "The young master doesn't know, there is news from Taiyuan City just now, Zhu Zhanji will not launch an attack before the spring of next year." In that case, we don't have to rush to capture this level......
What answered him was Wei Wuji's murderous gaze. Suppressing his anger, Wei Wujian said to Yu Gui: "I have said many times, the value of Guangling County lies in the fact that it can control Pingxing Pass, Bauhinia Pass, Yanmen Pass and Reverse Horse Pass!" These four levels are connected to each other and form a strong line of defense, controlling the traffic between the east and the west. As soon as the Pingxing Pass was lost, this line of defense was wiped out, and we moved to Hebei and went straight to Beijing, but it was also blocked! ”
With Wei Wuji's cleverness, how can he not know that there is only a dead end in Guangling County? What's more, with his dignified respect as the young master of the sect, how can he just want to be the king of the mountain? Guangling County is just a pedal for him to pry the world, and he wants to rush into Hebei and take Beijing from here!
Wei Wuji, a guy who was born destined to rebel, thinks most about how to rebel in his life. He carefully considered the situation in the world and found that the most promising path for rebellion was to copy Zhu Di's route back then, control Youyan according to Beijing, lean on Guanwai, and rely on Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to block the counterattack of the Ming army. However, the Ming army was heavily armed in Beijing, and it was almost impossible to directly attack it, but Wei Wujian planned to make a false shot first, bypassing Beijing and taking Shanhaiguan directly, as long as he captured Shanhaiguan, the land outside the pass was in his hands, and there was Shanhaiguan to block, and the Ming army could only sigh with joy. At that time, he recuperated outside the pass, and contacted the Mongols to attack the Ming Dynasty from the front line of Xuanda, and when the main force of the Ming army was completely attracted to the past, he led the army into the pass, and directly took Beijing, seizing the foundation of this king!
This plan has been brewing in Wei Wuji's heart for many years, and this incident of the Shanxi White Lotus Sect is the first step for him to dominate the world! In any case, the progress has been relatively smooth...... Liu Zijin started from Guangling County, occupied the four passes, and received the funding of the King of Jin, hoarded millions of stone of military food, and got 50,000 soldiers, all of whom were strong and persistent, and accumulated enough capital for him. Wei Wujian transferred the tiger away from the mountain, the dove occupied the magpie's nest, and took the family business saved by Liu Zijin as his own, and when he finished digesting it, he was about to leave the Bauhinia Pass and attack Beijing City! Who knew that because of the loopholes in the plan, Pingxingguan was actually occupied by Liu Zijin's remnants!
As mentioned earlier, between Shanxi and Hebei, there is only one passage sandwiched between Hengshan Mountain and Wutai Mountain, and Yanmen Pass, Pingxing Pass, and Bauhinia Pass are just on this passage. Especially Pingxing Pass and Bauhinia Pass, once lost, his dream of going east will be blocked! Not to mention the ambitions that follow!
Therefore, Wei Wujian has to recapture Pingxing Pass no matter what......
"The young master's ambitions, can the old slave not know? It's just that the army is old and useless, and the losses are heavy, and it will be in vain to hold on, and if the army loses control, the trouble will be great. Yu Gui persuaded stubbornly.
"You don't want to be noisy, make a big move, and then decline, and then exhaust the reason, don't you understand?" Wei Wujian was not an ordinary stubbornness, he glanced at Yu Gui coldly and said: "The rebels on the pass have reached the verge of collapse, and now that General Pingtian has led reinforcements to come, the morale of our army has been greatly boosted, and the next attack will definitely be able to do it in one go!" ”
"This ......" Yu Gui still wanted to persuade again, but saw that the young master's gaze had become extremely cold, and it was useless to keep saying it, but it would cause trouble, so he had to sigh and say: "This siege is personally commanded by my subordinates, and I have a secret weapon." ”
"Then I wish the general success." Wei Wujian said with a slight gaze......
Although I heard that the city was going to be attacked again, the soldiers were mourning all over the field, but the appeal of General Pingtian was obviously much stronger than that of Han Tiancheng, who was a half-way monk, and half an hour later, the largest siege team was assembled in front of Pingxing Pass.
"Sons, General Ben knows that you all want to go back for the New Year." Yu Gui rode his horse to inspect the team, reined in the reins of his horse on a snow hill, and shouted: "Keping Pass is our southern gate, now the gate is lost, once it is taken by the officers and soldiers, we can no longer resist the enemy as easily as before, if we want to repel them, we must pay ten times the price of a hundred times, and there is a danger of being broken through Guangling!" You say, even if we go back, can we celebrate the New Year with peace of mind? ”
Regardless of whether they were convinced or not, under the gaze of General Pingtian, all the officers and soldiers shook their heads one after another.
"Therefore, we must conquer the Pingxing Pass in order to go back for the New Year with peace of mind!" Yu Gui said and drew his sword, pointed to the towering mountain behind him, and said: "The enemy army on the pass has run out of oil, and we can't afford to charge again!" This time General Ben and his brothers will go into battle together, and we will stand at the head of the city with all our might! ”
Although the agitation words are not brilliant, they can really boost the morale of the soldiers, they carry the blades on their backs, carry the newly built ladder, and rush towards the pass with shouts!
In the era of cold weapons, the most brutal was the siege battle, after several days of fierce fighting, the north-facing slope on the Pingxing Ridge had turned dark red...... It was formed by the blood of soldiers on both sides, which was cooled and frozen on the snow. The corpses under the ridge were also frozen in the snow, and no one had the strength to pick them out. The soldiers stepped on the corpses of their comrades and enemies, set up a high ladder, and climbed the steep mountain again!
In siege warfare in this era, unless the defender was defenseless and was successfully attacked, it would be difficult to break through as long as the defender was determined enough and the wall was high enough. Although the Guancheng of Pingxingguan is better than nothing, it is built in the lofty mountains, and with the help of the danger of mountains and rivers, it is easier to defend and difficult to attack than any city. However, this time, after the other party's ladder was erected, the side defending the city did not move for a long time, but just looked at the ladder with tears in his eyes - I saw that after Yu Gui's side set up the ladder, he was not in a hurry to send soldiers to climb the siege, but drove a group of old people, women and children to climb up...... Those are the parents, wives and children of the people of the city!
"Daddy......" A terrible cry sounded at the head of the city, and then the cries were continuous: "Mother! "Lady!" "Son!"
When Yu Gui came this time, he actually brought the families of the defenders and drove them up to the cloud ladder first to cover his men to attack the city!
Yu Gui's hand is incomparable, but it is quite useful, seeing the relatives who stayed in Guangling, being driven up the ladder, the defenders at the head of the city were dumbfounded, the rolling stone in his hand, the boiling water in the scoop, how can he throw it down? Instead, some people threw down the stones in their hands and threw down the ropes to pull their loved ones...... The defenders of the city were almost unresisted, and they watched as the family members climbed to the top of the city!
At this time, the defenders wanted to overturn the ladder, and the enemy death squads mixed with their families tried their best to defend the ladder. There are not many of them, but they are all strong in martial arts and not afraid of death, forming a three-talent array, guarding the cloud ladder behind them. Although the defenders of the city fought back frantically, it was already too late...... More and more enemy troops are climbing up the ladder to fight the defenders! Although the two sides still seem to be inseparable, the danger of the Pingxing Pass is no longer exclusive to the defenders, and the two sides are already standing at the same height!
At this time, regardless of the strength or morale, the besieging side had an absolute advantage, and Yu Gui under the city couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw it: "Fortunately, I have not failed in my mission." ”
Wei Wujian smiled coldly, but hated Yu Guilai in his heart...... Ben Gongzi has attacked for so many days and killed so many people, but there is still no progress. You're good, you succeeded in one fell swoop, and that compares me to that!
However, we will talk about it later, and the top priority is to quickly recover the level. Calming down, Wei Wujian said coldly: "Hurry up and destroy the enemy army, take the Pingxing Pass, and go back for the New Year." ”
"Hear it all, work harder!" Yu Gui shouted: "Take the Pingxing Pass, and go home for the New Year!" ”
This sentence was plain, but the subordinates on the city head were greatly invigorated, and the offensive was fierce for three points, and the soldiers were crazy to slash and crush, and they saw that the defenders were squeezed down the city - once the defenders went down the city, they faced the situation of being attacked condescendingly, with the disparity in strength between the two sides, with the current gap in physical strength and morale between the two sides, the victory or defeat would be doomed!
Just when the besieging army occupied most of the city, thinking that it was in hand, suddenly an iron feather arrow broke through the air, the power of the arrow was extremely strong, and the soldiers were one after another, and they were pierced through three at once like a sugar gourd!
Immediately after another arrow, three more soldiers were strung with gourds. There was a third arrow right away, and I don't know if it was a coincidence, but it pierced through three more!
Apparently, there was a powerful marksman in the garrison.
However, it is said that a marksman can't change it, and the three arrows that shocked the earth and wept ghosts and gods only took the lives of nine sergeants, and it couldn't affect the overall situation at all.
However, what is incredible is that when these three arrows came out, the situation on the field was reversed - the originally precarious defenders broke out into a burst of cheers, attacked desperately, and regained the city in a short time. And those siege troops suddenly became depressed, and easily gave up the city that was so easy to occupy, and fled as if they were going on.
Because it was not an ordinary bow and arrow, it was Liu Zijin's iron feather arrow!
Everyone was shouting in their hearts, Liu Zijin was back!