sweeping the world

Chapter 469 The quality is not enough, the terrain will make up for it

Shu Road is difficult, and it is difficult to ascend to the sky.

Yizhou is a landform with many mountains and ridges, and it is difficult to have a foothold everywhere in the mountains.The mountains have created many valleys, and even the locals don't know which valley road can pass smoothly and which valley road will be blocked.

The mountain is a rocky mountain. Many of the stones on the mountain are exposed on the soil. Some stones even look very large and have strange shapes. Can't fall.

The road from Guanzhong to Hanzhong is actually relatively easy. The plan of the Han army led by Huan Wen is to take the old road opened in the Qin Dynasty.

The Lianyun plank road was established during the period when Qin Huiwen Wang Ying, Zhao, and Si conquered Shu. At that time, the prime minister of Qin State Zhang Yi and the general of the Qin army Sima Cuo led the Qin army to go south from the Lianyun plank road, first entering Hanzhong and then attacking Shu.

Baoxie Road existed in the early days. It was expanded and repaired during the period of King Huiwen of Qin. The host was Zhang Yi, the Prime Minister of Qin at that time. A more famous thing happened later, that is, Fan Sui entered Qin through Baoxie Road. In the future, once Fan Sui had the right to be willful, he also specially processed the praise ramp.

Whether it was Lianyun Plank Road or Baoxie Road, they were actually burned during the Chu-Han conflict. The background story can be found in "Liu Bang's Burnt Plank Road". The plank road was not rebuilt until Liu Bang came out of Sichuan. You can also find it in "Liu Bang's Burnt Plank Road". Relevant information can be found in the story "Building Plank Roads in the Ming Dynasty and Using the Plank Road in the Dark".

After Liu Bang successfully left Sichuan, in order to connect Shu, Badi, Hanzhong and Guanzhong, he did not neglect the maintenance of several plank roads. The plank roads were still in use until the Western Jin Dynasty, such as Li Shi Cheng Han, Yang Shi Qiu When the Chila people founded their country, they also borrowed several plank roads to migrate people from Guanzhong.

The two Han armies set off in the drizzle. All the troops were wearing raincoats and bamboo hats. The figures of the soldiers stretched from one end of the mountain to the other end of an unknown number of mountains. Along the way, they encountered breaks in the plank road. We had to stop to repair, the march was not very fast.

Many parts of the plank road rely on cliffs, and there are many rivers and streams during the period. If you are not careful, you will either fall off the cliff or fall into the flowing water. Because the relationship is too narrow, it is naturally impossible to drive the carriage, and the luggage is carried by people. Livestock camels.

The marching speed of the two Han armies was not fast. After walking for more than 20 days, the vanguards of the two sides met at the intersection of the plank road. They were facing the defenders of Li's Chenghan who had already made a defensive posture.

Li's first stronghold in Chenghan is at the intersection of Lianyun Plank Road and Baoxie Road.The plank road here is actually no longer a cliff or near a river or stream. It enters the valley directly from a high place, with green and dense jungle on both sides. The valley looks narrow and the mountain slope looks very high. It is indeed a A good point to stick to.

There were about [-] Han troops who had just arrived. What they saw at a glance was a stone-built Guancheng. The banner of Li's Chenghan was flying above it, and there were densely packed soldiers standing, and the trembling horns were heard in their ears.

The width of the valley is limited, and it is difficult for more than a hundred people to stand side by side. This means that the road only allows no more than a hundred people to charge up the road at a time.

Not only does it appear narrow, but the ground also looks uneven. Many large and small stones and fine gravels are piled up on the road. It is not that difficult to form a tight formation.

The Han army who had just come down from the plank road looked very tired. They stopped far away. They should eat dry food and drink water. The sound of swallowing and drinking water was very frequent. They must have armor and shields , The clash of weapons.

The defenders standing above Guancheng seemed to be very busy. A large number of soldiers moved back and forth wood and stones. Standing beside the female wall were three columns of archers.

Behind the city gate, there were too many shouts and responses, which made it sound chaotic. The soldiers gathered in a pile and were whispering. There were too many sounds and it turned into a "buzzing" collection.

"It's finally here." Yang Xu is the Lieutenant of Chenghan, the city of Guancheng. He has been notified that the Han army will come, and the moment he receives the news, he has been preparing for battle all the time.He stood in Guancheng, pressing the hilt of his waist with one hand, and the female wall made of stone with the other. He looked at the Han army in the distance, and said to his lieutenant general: "Be careful not to let a Han soldier climb up." Go to the top of the city!"

There are two thousand defenders of Li's Chenghan in Wuming Guancheng. The reason why it is Unnamed Guancheng is that there is not only this one, but there are more than ten Guanchengs piled up with stones behind them, but they are located in different places.

A desolate horn sound suddenly sounded, and the sound was so loud that it could echo back and forth in the valley.

The Han army made its own move. Countless Han soldiers dispersed into the forest. After a while, they could see trees falling down.

The plank road is narrow and difficult to pass. Naturally, it is impossible to carry siege equipment, even things like ladders, so they can only build it when they come to the ground.

I don't know how long after that, there was another sound of horns, and the finished climbing ladder was brought to the front by the Han soldiers. Before the Han soldiers from the Guancheng side could see how many there were, some Han soldiers holding large shields When they started to line up, they growled something, and the heavy footsteps began to sound neatly.

"The tower shield soldiers lead the way, and the crossbow soldiers follow closely." Liu Rui was born in the Qin army of the Ran family. Before being incorporated, he was a partial general. Presided over the forward combat.The corners of his mouth curled up into a cruel smile, and he said, "When attacking the city, the crossbows should be scattered first, and the morale of the defenders will be destroyed first."

The heavy footsteps have been approaching Guancheng, and they are not advancing in a neat line up side by side, because they are affected by the stones on the road.They came to a stop about 180 steps away from Guancheng. There was a loud banging sound behind them, and then there was the sound of the bow strings constantly banging. The crossbow arrows were launched out of the powerful crossbow, and fell through the mid-air leap.

On the Guancheng, because the Han army did not approach the bow and arrow shooting range, Li Chenghan's defenders were in a state of drawing bows but not firing arrows. They waited with breath, but it was not the Han army who came. Swarming up to attack the city, densely packed crossbow arrows fell down with a sharp whistling, and the screams of each other's ups and downs could be heard endlessly in an instant.

The road to Shu is difficult, difficult to enter and difficult to exit. Li's Chenghan has a natural defensive advantage. Most of the troops have been nested in Shu all year round and have no experience in fighting foreign enemies. Not enough, it is inevitable to use traditional thinking when arranging the defense, ignoring the powerful crossbow of the Han army.

One wave after another, each time about a thousand crossbows are fired at the same time when the trigger is pulled, one thousand bolts are covered at a time, and soon the Guancheng side can be used as a force point for the crossbows The place was densely inserted, and the under and inside of the city pass were covered with crossbow arrows. It was inevitable that the bodies of the defenders who were shot to death were all over the ground. The defenders who were not dead were either hiding or running around.

"Why do you look so inferior to Zhao Jun?" Liu Rui was not being arrogant. He looked at the Li family's Chenghan soldiers who were running around and being shot down with disdain, and said, "Zhao Jun at least knows about dense arrows." Running around under the formation will kill you."

The soldiers of Li's Chenghan actually knew that running around would kill them.What a person thinks when in panic is one thing, but how the body reacts is another. That is the main reason why people can't move even though they want to move when they are frightened.They just can't control themselves and want to run and jump, and they have to scream in terror. If they don't do this, it will be worse than death.

The arrow array of the Han army lasted for about two quarters of an hour. There were no figures standing above the pass city and they did not stop shooting arrows. It was the tower shield soldiers who continued to advance, and the crossbowmen fired while advancing and gave way to both sides. The space allows Pao Ze, who is carrying the ladder, to move forward.

The newly built climbing ladders are still very wet. They were tied out with ropes, and some branches and leaves were not even cleaned.

One city-climbing ladder after another was lifted up with the cooperation of several people and slammed heavily on the city wall. Then they watched the flexible and light Han soldiers begin to climb. Even the strong crossbow soldiers who were already climbing behind did not stop firing crossbows. However, the firing range is across Guancheng and back, much like a kind of progressive artillery coverage, mainly to interfere with and block the enemy forces in the rear.

Xiaodouzi should be the first one to successfully ascend the city. He bit the back of the saber with his teeth and then clasped the stone wall with both hands and jumped up the parapet. When he stood still, he saw that he was huddled up and hiding behind the parapet. An enemy soldier, when jumping off the female wall, had already picked up the saber that was biting his mouth with his hand in mid-air, and slashed at it without even thinking about it after landing.

Of course, the garrison of the Han Dynasty who was shrunk into a ball by the Li family saw the Han soldiers ascending the city. His eyes widened, filled with horror, and he just watched the immature Han soldier jump up, Landing on the ground and swinging the knife, blood appeared in the eyes, and then fell into darkness forever.

Xiaodouzi is not at all pitiful to the enemy soldiers who are stunned and then killed. On the battlefield, you kill me and I kill you. Anyway, try your best to kill people whose uniforms are different from your own. Having too many thoughts is seeking death.

There were not many Cheng Han defenders of the Li family hiding behind the parapet. They were crowded and huddled together. The Han soldiers climbing up the city did not hesitate to attack with their swords after seeing them. They would not There is no pity or kindness.

Liu Rui took a few glances at the dozen or so soldiers on his side carrying giant logs crashing into the gate of the city, and then looked at the pass city. The first battle of the invasion of Li's Chenghan seemed to be far easier than he thought before?
The city gate collapsed with a loud bang, followed by a swarm of Han soldiers rushing into the city gate, and soon fierce shouts of killing appeared in the city.

On the city wall, the banners belonging to the Cheng Han Dynasty of the Li family were cut off one by one and replaced with Han army banners. The red characters on the black background wrote a "Han" character in official script, and the flags fluttered in the wind.

Yang Xu retreated to the rear immediately. He was now standing on the mountainside on the side of the valley. He was a little dumbfounded and looked incomprehensibly in the direction of Guancheng, where soldiers dressed in blue were being beaten in red at the top and black at the bottom. The soldiers of color were overwhelmed.

"That's not right..." Yang Xu could find that his voice was very dry: "Aren't you pretty good at fighting barbarians?"

Li's Chenghan is a regime of the Di people. Their geographical location determines one thing. There will be far more battles with the Nanman than in the Central Plains. It is actually very easy for Li's Chenghan to fight the Nanman head-on. What is more important is that the Nanban relied on complex mountainous terrain to fight guerrillas.

About [-]% of Li's Chenghan soldiers who guarded this pass city must have been transferred from the Southern Barbarian battlefield in the rear to the north. In Yang Xu's eyes, the troops who can conquer and fight well are so vulnerable when facing the Han army. So that the mind went blank.

I have to say that Nanman is not purely a slur, but some savage tribes who cover their bodies with grass leaves and hold either pure wooden sticks or tied sharp stones in their hands. Except for a few leaders, they have no metal weapons at all.

Li's Chenghan is more or less a member of a civilized society. It is organized, organized and has superior weapons. When fighting against the unorganized, undisciplined and barbaric Nanman, the fight is still a head-on confrontation. It seems natural to win more than lose. ?
Now Li's Chenghan's strong army is meeting another Han army with better organization, discipline, weapons, armor, etc. than them. It seems that the roles have been reversed and they have been taught how to behave. It is also natural.

Yang Xu quickly faced up to the gap between the two sides. He didn't grit his teeth and desperately wanted to defend the pass city, let alone counterattack. Instead, he kept his troops as much as possible and let the troops withdraw.

The Li family became Han soldiers in a panic. They retreated before they got the order. They were caught and killed by the Han army all the way, and the Han army had to retreat until the battle site reached the edge of the cottage.

The change of hands of Guancheng was faster than anyone imagined, but this was not the end. The Han army who captured Guancheng immediately discovered that there were cottages on the mountainsides on both sides of the valley.

It's a mountain village, built on the mountainside, and the way up is a winding and narrow trail, and the slope doesn't look easy to climb.

The Han army made a tentative test, and only a small amount of arrows were fired from the mountain stronghold.

Shanzhai has the advantage of height. With the height, you can grasp the range advantage of bows and arrows. The Shanzhai on both sides are condescending and can use bows and arrows to block the valley. Even if the Han army has a strong crossbow, they must enter the range of the defenders to fight back.

"The small road can't form a shield formation to advance..." Liu Rui was observing the terrain very hard. After observing it, he felt that the defenders here were very smart. When they saw that the pass city was not enough to defend, they gave up and saved more soldiers to retreat to the cottage.He ordered the scouts: "Check to see if there are other ways to attack the mountain stronghold."

The scouts naturally led the way.

At this time, the weather is not so beautiful. Just now it was sunny and sunny, but in a blink of an eye, it was cloudy. The first drop of rain fell, and the next moment it was pouring rain...

(End of this chapter)