Xiaoqi

Up to now, they had been in the dark red moat for three hours, salvaging thousands of corpses, tens of thousands of arrows and incomplete weapons.The most difficult thing to salvage is the countless rocks blocking the river and the extremely heavy rolling logs, among which there are hundreds of war horses that drowned to death.

It is precisely because there are many weapons scattered in the river that the sergeants must be extra careful after entering the water to avoid being stabbed by underwater weapons or tripping over stones.Therefore, their speed of clearing the river is extremely slow, and it takes a whole night to clear the river every time, and tonight is no exception.

Not only were they like this, the rebel soldiers under Zhao Wei's account also tossed all night the night before yesterday, and they were still not cleaned up after dawn.It's just that those guys don't have the slightest sense of responsibility, they will steal and play tricks every time they clean up the river, they don't work hard, and they are still perfunctory after a night of tossing.After daybreak, even if the river was still blocked, they would not stay longer, climbed to the bank and slipped away.

In this way, their unfinished work will be left in the river, and then it will fall on the defenders, causing them to work in the river all night every day, not daring to relax for a moment, half dead from exhaustion.

After a brutal fight yesterday, there were at least two thousand corpses piled up in the river.And there are tens of thousands of rocks and rolling logs rolled into the river.In addition, the soldiers who cleared the river should not only clean up all the obstacles blocking the water flow, but also bury the corpses of the rebel soldiers who were abandoned under the city wall.

Most importantly.According to the agreement discussed by the generals of the two armies, the number of sergeants to clean up the river and bury the corpses cannot exceed 2000.This is a rigid rule, and it is also the result of repeated debates between the two leaders. No one can change it without authorization, let alone violate the rule, otherwise the previous agreement will be invalidated immediately.

For this reason, the defenders in the city cannot afford to be injured.We can only strictly follow the regulations, and dare not go too far, for fear that Zhao Wei will go back on his word.

unconsciously.The time has come to the seven quarters of Yin time, approaching the fifth watch, and half an hour later, the sky will dawn.

This is the last half hour before dawn.It is also foggy in the morning.A period of time surrounded by the banks of the moat.

At this time of day, the visibility inside and outside the city is extremely low; even with a torch, you can only see objects within ten feet, and you can't see anything further away.

In addition, the half hour before dawn is the time when people sleep the most and are most relaxed.

Just at this moment, the city gate that was originally closed opened again, and the opening speed was very slow.The movement was very light, and there was hardly any sound.

immediately.I saw groups of soldiers leaving the city on foot, there was no sound as they walked, their steps were very light, but their speed was not slow.Not long after, tens of thousands of soldiers left the city one after another, quickly passed the suspension bridge without torches, and after reaching the north bank of the moat river, these soldiers were all hidden in the thick fog and disappeared without a trace.At this moment, the gate of the city was closed again, and the torches were still stuck on the bank of the moat, but the more than [-] cavalry who had just dredged the river in the river disappeared, and their mounts disappeared with them. and sidearms.

Suddenly, "swish" arrows pierced through the air, breaking the silent dawn in an instant, followed by the "da da" rumble of horseshoes.

In an instant, arrows wrapped in tarpaulin roared into the sky, and the dots of light gathered in the sky to form a piece, and after traveling a hundred meters across the sky, they suddenly fell down, rushing towards the dense sky like a flaming beast. A rebel camp shrouded in fog.At the same time, with the sudden sound of horse treading, tens of thousands of infantry soldiers walked out of the dense fog around the originally silent rebel camp, and quickly approached the rebel camp.

Obviously, this was an attempt by Zhang Ren's defenders to rob the camp.

Tens of thousands of troops quietly left the city before the fifth watch, and then used the dense fog with extremely low visibility to hide their whereabouts and quietly approached the rebel camp.When the army formed a siege around the rebel camp, they fired arrows and tried to burn the rebel camp. Before the Yuanmen guards could react, Zhang Ren's army came out of the thick fog and launched an attack suddenly.

"Shhhhhh!"

Accompanied by a shrill scream, more than a hundred soldiers stationed in the trenches of the Yuanmen were shot dead one after another by sudden hidden arrows, and their screams when they were dying awakened the soldiers guarding the camp at the Yuanmen, thus exposing the army of robbers. whereabouts.

"The enemy robbed the camp! Clang clang clang"

Amidst the screams of the Yuanmen defenders, the bronze bell hanging on the Yuanmen tower was rang.The dull and long bell sound quickly spread, straight into the sky, and spread throughout the entire camp.Immediately, countless soldiers who were awakened by the sound rushed out of the camp in panic, and when they looked up, they saw clusters of rockets roaring towards them, and hundreds of tents that were close together were ignited by the rockets.

In an instant, the huge rebel camp completely boiled.

"Break through the enemy camp, capture and kill Zhao Wei! Kill!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Seeing the fire in the camp of the rebels, the robbing army who had been waiting for a long time no longer had any scruples, and rushed to the gate of the enemy camp.Immediately, the war horse neighed, the arrows shot through the air, the rumbling drums resounded through the sky, and the clamorous shouts of killing shook all directions, shaking the heavens and the earth.

At this point, Zhao Wei's rebel army and Liu Zhang's army, who had been facing each other for more than half a month, finally ushered in a long-lost decisive battle.

By this time, Zhao Wei's rebellion had lasted for more than two months, and the situation in Yizhou had changed drastically.During the continuous fierce fighting, both sides concentrated all their energies on each other, but they didn't know that a giant sky-swallowing beast was quietly approaching them.Maybe when they decide the winner, this ferocious monster will suddenly appear in front of them

The peaks are connected with the jade base, the ground is connected with Jincheng, the sword pavilion is surrounded by Jiameng, and the Jialing is surrounded by Baishui.

This is the true portrayal of Jiameng Pass and Jianmen Pass on the Jinniu Plank Road on the Shu Road.

Historically, Zhuge Liang expanded this plank road, erected Feiliang Pavilion Road at Jianmen Pass, and set up a gate to guard it. "Heaving stones overhead to form the Feiliang Pavilion Road for traveling", so it is called Jiange Road.Therefore, the Jinniu Dao (also known as the Stone Niu Dao), which is more than a thousand miles away, is what later generations call the Jiange Dao in a broad sense.

The [-]-strong army led by Generals Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong, who marched south to Yizhou, set out from Jiameng Pass at the northern end of Jiameng County, raided Jiameng County with lightning speed, and then attacked from the east. Enter through the west gate and exit through the west gate, and quickly enter Jiange Road. (Jiameng County, that is, Zhaohua Town, Guangyuan, Sichuan, has since been called "Zhaohua City".)

This is the first step to determine whether the West Route Army can enter the Shu Road. Zhaohua City is the throat of the Jinniu Road. It is the only way for Hanzhong and Chengdu to go east and west, and there is no detour.

Fortunately, the West Route Army took the first step to capture Jiameng Pass on the east side of Zhaohua City. For three years, they have been planning to capture Zhaohua City, thus knocking on the east gate to the Shu Road.The civil strife in Yizhou caused panic among the people, so it left an opportunity for the covetous Xiliang army, causing more than a thousand soldiers from the Qin Gong Battalion under Huang Zhong's tent to sneak into the city, and then joined forces with the Southern Expedition Army to seize the city in one fell swoop. .

Therefore, Huang Zhong made the first contribution of the West Route Army, so it is not in vain that he led the troops to garrison Jiameng Pass for three years.

After successfully passing through Zhaohua City, Zhao Yun, the leader of the West Route Army, decided that Ma Chao would be the vanguard general, and he would lead the Longxiang Battalion under his command to clear the way first, and build bridges when they encountered water in the mountains. After the camp, he walked in the middle of the whole army, and Zhao Yun's Wushuang cavalry was the rear army, holding the rear of the whole army.In order to facilitate the command of the whole army, Zhao Yun himself went with the Qin Gong battalion, which was considered to be in the middle army, so as not to be caught off guard in case of unexpected battles, and to be unable to look after each other.

Although Jinniu Road is the main plank road leading to Chengdu, there are cliffs and cliffs along the way, which are rugged and difficult, so that the marching speed is extremely slow, but it is extremely beneficial for the Yizhou army to set up an ambush here.

In view of this, Zhao Yuncai decided that Ma Chao would lead the Longxiang Battalion to open the way first, and with the help of the Longxiang Battalion's swift marching speed, they would take the lead in seizing a canyon plank road where an ambush might be set up everywhere, so as to ensure the success of the follow-up army. pass.

Leaving Zhaohua in the west, crossing Niutou Mountain, and entering the territory of Jianmen Pass.

Jianmen Pass is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is the throat of Sichuan-Shanxi traffic. The military strategists of all dynasties described its danger as "one man guards the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it".The Yizhou army narrowly disposes of the pass in the plank road, with two cliffs facing each other, which is shaped like a gate; and because it is located at the southern end of the Jiange, stretching from east to west, with 72 peaks rolling and undulating, shaped like a sharp sword, straight into the sky, so it is called Jianmen close.

The precipitousness of Jianmen Pass is not only because the pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack, it is impossible for anyone to open the pass, and there is almost no way to go on the plank road [-] miles before the pass, and passers-by have to climb on the cliffs.This is the most steep and difficult section of the plank road at Jianmen Pass, and it is also the place where ambushes are most likely to be encountered.

Fortunately, for thousands of years, there has been an endless stream of pedestrians and business travelers in the past. Over time, an extremely narrow plank road was dug on the cliff.Although this plank road is only a few feet wide, if you are not careful, you will slip and fall into the cliff, so that passers-by dare not ride horses on the plank road, and most of them lead their horses to climb on foot; Finally there is a way to go.

When the West Route Army led by Zhao Yun arrived at the Jianmen Plank Road, they had to stop to rest.

Immediately, Zhao Yun adjusted the marching formation again, and changed the Qin Gong Battalion under Huang Zhong's tent to open the way first, and was responsible for attacking Jianmen Pass; only after taking Jianmen Pass, the army could continue to move forward.

Otherwise, if the army rashly enters the Jianmen plank road, once it encounters an ambush, it will immediately fall into a desperate situation.Therefore, Zhao Yun was entrusted with the lives of [-] soldiers, and he was determined not to take any risks. He could only send Huang Zhong to lead his troops to explore the way first and wait for an opportunity to raid Jianmen Pass.

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Chapter 146

The place where the West Route Army stationed troops is an open slope, with streams on both sides and mountains on the other side, facing the Jianmen plank road far away, more than [-] miles away from the pass.

Nearly [-] troops were stationed here, and the tents stretched for several miles, filling up the originally open hillsides and streams, completely blocking the plank road between Zhaohua and Jianmen Pass.

Fortunately, since the civil strife broke out in Yizhou, there have been no pedestrians on this plank road all day long, let alone business travelers passing by, so it doesn't matter whether the plank road is smooth or not, and no one cares about it.

In addition, after Zhao Yun's army camped here, the towering cliffs on both sides of the valley became a natural barrier, and then blocked the exits at the north and south ends of the plank road, thus forming an indestructible heaven-sent camp.

However, such naturally formed camps have advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that as long as the north and south exits need to be guarded, even if the enemy has thousands of troops, they can't do anything to them. They can only look back and lament in vain.

The disadvantage is that, being in the mountains, although Zhao Yun's army can block the invading enemies, they can also trap themselves in them.In this way, although the enemy cannot attack in, they cannot rush out by themselves.It can be said that it is self-binding and painting the ground as a prison, with both advantages and disadvantages. Whether it is a blessing or a curse is not yet known.

When choosing this place to set up camp, Zhao Yun sent out all [-] scouts and [-] soldiers under his tent to climb up the mountain peak to the west, and stationed on the mountain peak, lest the Yizhou army come along the mountain ridge and wait for an opportunity to ambush army.Seeing that Zhao Yun was so careful and acted extremely meticulously.Ma Chao admired him very much, so without Zhao Yun asking, he also sent out the scouts and personal guards from the Longxiang Battalion under his tent.Stationed on the east hill.

In this way, there are more than [-] soldiers on the hills on both sides guarding day and night, which is enough to ensure that the army will not be ambushed by the Yizhou army, and they can set up camp here with peace of mind, so that they can take a rest.

It is worth mentioning that the situation of the West Army led by Zhao Yun and Ma Chao and Huang Zhong as lieutenants is completely different from that of the East Army led by Zhou Yu and Li Xian.

Although the two groups of soldiers and horses did not make any noise before they set off.There was neither a swearing-in ceremony nor a declaration of war on the Yizhou Army in an open and aboveboard manner, but they all adopted the method of advancing quickly and hiding their whereabouts.but.Only the East Route Army led by Zhou Yu and Li Xian was able to achieve a surprise attack. This is because the East Route Army took the shortcut of rice warehouse.However, after the West Route Army led by Zhao, Ma, and Huang successfully captured Zhaohua City, their whereabouts were completely exposed, which made the surprise attack plan aborted, and then turned from a sneak attack to a frontal attack.Raise the flag.Swing the army uprightly to march on the Shu Road, and attack the Shu Road for thousands of miles in an upright manner.

The reason is actually very simple.Because Jinniu Road is the main plank road from Hanzhong to Chengdu, which is the only way for pedestrians and business travelers from the north and the south.Therefore, Zhao, Ma, and Huang led an army of nearly [-] to advance to the Shu Road. If they wanted to hide their whereabouts, it would be easier said than done, and it would be impossible.

Therefore, when the Xiliang army led by Zhao Yun set off, they didn't think about hiding their whereabouts, but they didn't make any noise.Run all the way forward, attacking the city and pulling out the stronghold.Regardless of whether the Yizhou Army found their whereabouts.They will not stop, as long as they can make a surprise attack, if they can't make a surprise attack, they will attack with force.