Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Dashekou was the first pass to stop the Liang army.It is a mountain pass located between two figure-eight cliffs.

On the mountain pass, Zhu Luo's army has built a tall and strong fortress.From the foot of the mountain to the pass, there is a drop of forty battles.With this drop, even Liang Jun's largest ballista could not reach the camp.

The slope leading to the mountain pass is very steep, and infantry still need to use their hands and feet to climb up, let alone cavalry and war elephants.

On the cliffs on both sides, there is also a fortress of Zhu Luojun near the pass.When the Liang army attacked the camp on the mountain pass along the ramp, they could condescendingly throw rolling wooden rocks to snipe.

At the foot of the mountain, surrounded by dozens of personal guards.A Liang Jun general and a young man were carefully observing the scene.That general is Gao Shun, the main general of the Liang army's southern expedition. The Liang army has been stationed in Dashekou for a whole day, and has not yet found a suitable way to defeat the enemy.

Although there are not many Zhu Luo troops stationed in the camp.However, Gao Shun estimated that if this kind of pass was to be attacked forcefully, there would be at least [-] casualties on his own side.

Gao Shun couldn't afford this price.The Southern Expedition Army, with a total of more than 3000 people in the three legions, suffered [-] casualties in the first pass. How will the subsequent battles be fought?

Gao Shun narrowed his eyes and looked up the cliffs on both sides, and said to the boy beside him: "If the mountain scouts climb up the cliffs, they will first seize the Fanjun strongholds on the cliffs on both sides. Then put the light ballistas on the cliffs. , throwing it condescendingly at the mountain pass should have a miraculous effect. How do you see it?"

The young man looked around and replied: "The enemy army must be prepared for this. Our soldiers climbed up. As long as they are discovered by the opponent, they will definitely end up with no bones left."

Gao Shun pouted and said, "Kong Ming, you just served in the army, and you are still too bookish. You see, the cliffs on both sides are two miles long, and then extend to the two sides into the mountains. How could they If our scouts go up the cliff a little further away, they will definitely not be able to find them. The enemy has set up a few strongholds and forts near the pass, so they must not have many troops. As long as our soldiers go up, they will be able to Overcome in one fell swoop."

Zhuge Liang had just become an official in Liang Guo, so he was somewhat youthful.He responded to Gao Shun: "Zhu Luofan's soldiers have been on guard and prepared for this. Of course, my subordinates can't be absolutely sure, but I think it is very possible. The general can send a few scouts to try. If the subordinates are wrong, this time The monthly salary is willing to lose to the general. If..."

Gao Shun laughed and said, "It's a deal. If XX loses, XX's salary for this month will be yours."

After Gao Shun finished speaking, he went back to the camp to do preparations such as selecting soldiers, preparing equipment, and choosing the place to climb the cliff.

After night fell, two hundred carefully selected mountain scouts were ready for orders, and there were also three hundred selected infantry as follow-up.

After Gao Shun accompanied them to finish drinking, he shattered the pottery bowls one after another, and headed down the cliff.

Chapter 238 Kong Ming's Strategy

Under the night, twenty figures like spirit monkeys climbed up the cliff without a sound.

Gao Shun still listened to Zhuge Liang's advice, but let a small number of mountain scouts go up the cliff to spy first.The remaining 180 scouts and [-] elite infantry were still on standby under the cliff, standing still for the time being.

Soon, the twenty mountain scouts had climbed more than thirty battles, and there were still about ten battles away from the top of the cliff.The cliff at this height is covered with vines, which is more suitable for scouts to climb.

But at this moment, Gao Shun's ears moved, and he vaguely heard a strange bell coming from the top of the cliff.He immediately exclaimed in a low voice: "Not good, the Zhuluo people have an alarm mechanism on the cliff!" He immediately ordered the left and right to send orders to make the twenty scouts who were climbing the cliff retreat.

It turns out that the Choluo people connected the vines on the cliff with thin ropes, and a bell was hung on the other end of the silk thread.When someone is climbing on the cliff, touching the vine will naturally make the bell on the top of the cliff ring.

These bells are concentrated in several places and are monitored by several groups of Chula soldiers.Therefore, more than a hundred soldiers can guard and live on the two-mile-long cliff.

The warning drums of the Zhuluo people suddenly sounded densely on the top of the cliff.The sound of the gong for Liang Jun's retreat also sounded under the cliff.Twenty scouts hurriedly climbed down the cliff after hearing the order to withdraw their troops.But it was too late, arrows and logs had already struck from the top of the cliff.

In a short while, three Liang Jun scouts were unable to dodge, and were thrown off the cliff by a rolling log, and two scouts were injured by arrows.By the time these scouts were all withdrawn from the cliff, more than half of them had been killed or injured, and only six of them had escaped unscathed.

On the top of the cliff, dozens of Zhu Luo soldiers emerged, brandishing their weapons in a majestic manner, and screaming.It seems to be demonstrating to Liang Jun at the bottom of the cliff.Gao Shun stomped helplessly, then turned and left.

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In the military tent, the young Zhuge Liang was lighting up the lamp to read at night.As soon as Gao Shun raised the curtain, he broke in.

"Kong Ming, what you said is indeed true. The army really set up traps on the cliff. This month's salary can be regarded as lost to you." After Gao Shun finished speaking, he put a purse in front of Zhuge Liang.

The latter was not polite either, he laughed and put the money bag into his bag, and said to Gao Shun: "Thank you, General, for the money. Another day when we conquer the south and return to Chengdu triumphantly, I will save the money to treat you to a drink."

Gao Shun frowned and said, "Don't talk about the great victory now. How we get to Dashekou right now is a threshold."

Zhuge Liang said leisurely: "General Gao, don't worry, Kong Ming has his own plan."

Gao Shun asked with an expression of surprise and doubt: "Oh? Kong Ming has a good plan to defeat the enemy. Tell me about it."

Zhuge Liang Shi Ran said: "As you know, General Gao, a new breed of falcons has come to the falconry farm in Yibin City. These falcons have a special ability. Before our army set off from Yibin, someone reported to the king, I asked to bring some falcons like this to the expedition. But the falcons were not fully trained at that time, and the king said that they would wait another month to send them to us. Some people estimated that they should be sent by now."

Gao Shun nodded: "Oh. I don't know much about the falcon training ground. But the leader of our legion scout team seems to have mentioned this to me, and I need to apply to the king for more deployment. This new falcon The scientific name seems to be Griffon vulture. It is said that this thing can carry objects in the air after being trained in the eagle house. But this kind of eagle is not big, and it is impossible to lift an adult. You don’t want to use them to transport soldiers to the top of the cliff go up?"

Zhuge Liang was delighted to hear Gao Shun's words, and replied: "Of course not, there is no big eagle in this world that can lift a grown man up and fly. They have other functions. But a certain strategy to destroy the enemy cannot be just Relying on them, one more thing is needed. I have to trouble the general to concentrate the craftsmen in the army to build it."

"What?"

"General, please take a look." Zhuge Liang replied, spreading out a whole set of drawings that had been drawn long ago.Gao Shun inspected it carefully, and found that the lines on the drawing were smooth and slender, and the graphics were regular, straight and round, and it was definitely not made by ordinary methods with a brush.

"What is this? Our craftsmen may not be able to understand your things."

"This is a kind of lamp, a lamp that can fly into the air. With an on-site guide, these craftsmen should know how to make it."

"Light? Fly into the air? It can be used to transmit military orders, but what use is it for us to defeat the enemy?"

"As long as the lamp is made super-sized, it can carry people into the air."

When Zhuge Liang said this, Gao Shun fully understood his intention, and he immediately replied: "Kong Ming's plan is very clever. I am going to summon the artisans in the army right now."

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Early the next morning, Feng Yu was inspecting the Yibin Falcon Training Center more than [-] miles away.He mainly came to check on the training progress of the vulture.

This vulture was the biggest eagle he had ever seen.After the two wings are spread out, they are six feet long.While he was watching the performance of the vultures, the task panel of the system appeared in his line of sight again.

【Mission: Conquer the Great Shekou; Task Content: The Southern Expeditionary Army is stationed under the Great Shekou pass.Conquer the Dashekou pass as soon as possible.Mission Reward: Hot Air Balloon Factory Facility Building Card x1]

Seeing this task, Feng Yu suddenly remembered that Zhuge Liang had asked him.He immediately ordered someone to send the newly trained batch of vultures to the southern army on the front line.In addition, a group of falconers were also dispatched to accompany them.Because neither the Gaoshun Army nor the Dianwei Army had been trained to control the vultures.

At this time, in the Qianliang Army Barracks in Dashekou, many craftsmen are working in full swing.They broke bamboo into strips and tied huge bamboo cages.Then put layers of tissue paper on the outer surface of the bamboo cage.

A few days later, when the vultures were transported to the Liangjun camp, these huge Kongming lanterns were also made.Liang Jun began to test these Kongming lanterns one by one.

Gao Shun saw Zhuge Liang cast a small Kongming lantern.He is still skeptical about this giant Kongming lantern that claims to be able to carry people.But the facts quickly dispelled his doubts.

I saw that after lighting the large oil lamp under the "lampshade" for a period of time, hot air replaced the normal temperature air inside the lampshade, and the entire Kongming lantern gained huge air buoyancy and began to rise slowly.

The three people sitting in the hanging basket nervously grabbed the edge of the hanging basket.Kongming lanterns have no power system. In order to ensure that they are not blown away by the wind, each giant Kongming lantern is fixed by four cables.Soldiers on the ground turn the winch to pull the Kongming Lantern back to the ground.

The fuel of Kongming lanterns is still ordinary lamp oil, not naphtha.This is mainly for safety, the burning of naphtha is too violent.Zhuge Liang still didn't dare to use it.

When the [-] giant Kongming lanterns passed the test one by one, Zhuge Liang said to Gao Shun: "Everything is ready, and tomorrow we will be able to break through the Zhu Luojun pass in Dashekou."

Chapter 239

It was another early morning, when the sun had just risen from the mountain ridge, a Zhu Luo soldier came out of the military tent on the top of the cliff, whistled and came to the edge of the cliff, unbuttoned his pants and urinated towards the bottom of the cliff.

Suddenly, he saw dozens of huge white objects floating in the air.He thought it was a manifestation of the gods, and trembled with excitement.He didn't even realize that the urine splashed on the back of his feet.

When the huge white object rose higher than the top of the cliff, he found a hanging basket under the nearest white object, and there were three figures in the hanging basket, clearly dressed as Liang Jun.

Zhu Luobing was so frightened that he didn't even have time to put on his trousers, so he shouted loudly: "The enemy!... Liang Jun is attacking..." Before he could finish his words, a heavy arrow came with a sharp piercing sound. , popped into his chest.Zhu Luobing swayed twice, then fell down the cliff.

The heavy arrows naturally came from the longbowmen in the hanging baskets, and there were two longbowmen in each hanging basket, and there was also a falconer.

The Zhu Luo soldiers patrolling on the top of the cliff and guarding the bell have also discovered this abnormal situation.The snare drum of the alarm suddenly sounded.In the fortress of the camp on the top of the cliff, you can see Zhuluo soldiers rushing out one after another.

Instinctively and habitually, they rushed towards the edge of the cliff, but unexpectedly, heavy arrows shot through the air, and they were pierced through their bodies by heavy arrows one after another, and fell to the ground.Only then did they discover the behemoth floating in the air.

Under the command of the leader, the crossbowmen of the Zhu Luo Army quickly assembled and threw their arrows at these giants. However, these giants looked close, but in fact they were seventy or eighty battles away from the cliff top camps on both sides, which was far beyond ordinary The range of the crossbow.So their shots are useless.

On the contrary, the opponent's heavy arrows shot one after another, almost hitting every shot, and each heavy arrow could penetrate the body of a Zhuluo crossbowman.After such a short time, the more than two hundred Zhuluo crossbowmen were routed away and hid in the camp.

The archers of Liang Jun in the hanging basket started random hunting again. On the top of the cliff, all Zhu Luo soldiers exposed to the open air became the targets of sniping.At this point, Zhu Luo soldiers on the top of the cliffs on both sides dared to stay outside, and hid in the bunkers of the civil structure of the camp.

At this time, a few light arrows shot from the longbow flew towards several camps.These light arrows had a strip of red cloth tied to their tails.After a while, only a few eagle cries were heard in the air, and dozens of vultures with a wingspan of six feet rushed towards these camps.

If you observe carefully, you can find that these big eagles are still holding something in their claws.It was a clay pot full of naphtha.When these big eagles flew over the fortress on the top of the cliff, they saw the guidance of the red cloth strips and dropped the clay pots they were holding on their claws.

When the clay pot fell from the sky, it was naturally shattered, and the naphtha inside was splashed everywhere.After throwing the clay pots in their claws, these big eagles glide towards the bottom of the cliff, and after a while, they return holding the pots again.

The leader of Zhu Luo's army at the top of the cliff immediately woke up. They risked the danger of heavy arrows, leaned out of the bunker, touched the naphtha with their hands, and smelled the smell. They had roughly guessed what the other party was going to do.

"Quick, come out and shoot those eagles with bows and crossbows. Send some people to fetch water. The enemy is going to set fire to the village." They all shouted loudly.

As soon as they finished speaking, more than a dozen light rockets were thrown by the longbowman, and fell on the naphtha-sprinkled place like flying fire meteors.Several camps burst into raging flames one after another.Some Zhuluo soldiers turned into burning men in the blink of an eye, and fled from the camp crying.The sound of howling and pain filled the cliff top.

Zhu Luo's crossbowmen gathered together and shot at the big eagles who were still throwing naphtha.Soon they realized that this behavior was meaningless, and they were immediately shot by heavy arrows from the longbowmen in the hanging baskets, and they fled in all directions.

In the camp, some soldiers carried water to fight the fire.But how can water save this oily fire?Moreover, it is difficult to get water on the cliff, and there is not much water available.After a while, several camps burned into a sea of ​​flames.

The longbowmen fired heavy arrows at the survivors who escaped the flames, like shooting live targets in the shooting range.At the same time, hundreds of mountain scouts and elite infantry climbed up to the tops of the cliffs on both sides, brandishing their weapons, and charged at the remaining Zhu Luo soldiers.Kill them all in a short while.

The Zhu Luo army in the pass camp did not know the details of the battle on the top of the cliff, but they could hear the sound of fighting and wailing, see the billowing smoke from the top of the cliff, and smell the burnt smell of wood and flesh.

The guard already knew something was wrong, and he was even more shocked when he looked at the huge white suspended objects in front of the canyon.

He immediately sent soldiers along the temporary ladder to the top of the cliff to check the situation.The soft ladder formed by these ropes is the only passage connecting the pass camp and the cliff top camp.

As soon as these Zhuluo soldiers approached the top of the cliff along the soft ladder, a few knives stabbed at them quickly, pierced into their heads with a few pops, and the corpses rolled down the steep hillside.Liang Jun has captured the cliff tops on both sides and blocked the ladder passages.

The Zhu Luo army guard knew in his heart that once he lost the camps at the commanding heights of the cliff tops on both sides, it was tantamount to losing two arms.It is only a matter of time before the Dashekou pass is breached.He was extremely anxious, but he couldn't think of a way to deal with it.

At this time, a large number of Liang Jun's infantry and longbowmen climbed to the top of the cliffs on both sides.Heavy equipment such as crossbows were also hoisted to the top of the cliff by giant Kongming lanterns.Just waiting for Gao Shun's order to launch a general attack on the big shekou pass.

Gao Shun first asked several Zhuluo prisoners of war to shout at the foot of the pass to persuade them to surrender.But after shouting for a long time, Zhu Luojun at the pass did not respond.

At noon, Gao Shun gave an order, and Liang Jun launched a general attack on the Dashekou Pass.

Ballistas on the top of the cliffs on both sides projected stone bombs and naphtha incendiary bombs towards the pass.Immediately, in the Zhuluo camp at the pass, the wood was broken, the bricks were broken, and the debris and stone chips were flying around.Then the fire blazed up.

Under the command of the eagle trainer, the vultures still dropped naphtha tanks on the opposing camp, but this time they were condescending, much more relaxed than in the morning.

Zhu Luobing ran out from the bunker of the fortress crying, and the heavy archer immediately shot away the random arrows.The weak armor on Zhu Luobing's body couldn't resist these strong arrows at all, and the heavy arrows pierced through his body one by one, crying for his father and mother.

This attack lasted only half an hour, and Zhu Luo's soldiers began to collapse, and groups and groups escaped from the camp through the back door, and scattered to the south.

In front, hundreds of Liang Jun mountain scouts gathered, and they were climbing up the steep hillside quickly.Almost effortlessly gained a foothold in the pass,

They dropped hundreds of ropes, and hundreds of spear and shield soldiers quickly climbed up along the ropes.Then the two groups of people joined together and poured into the Zhu Luo camp that was completely out of control, slashing and killing...

Chapter 240 A Thousand Mountains Like a Forest

Gao Shun and Zhuge Liang entered the Zhu Luo camp surrounded by lingering smoke.They looked down to the south of Dashekou Pass, which was a plateau with typical karst features.

"Don't hesitate, we have been delayed in Dashekou for more than ten days, now let's hurry up to Buwei." Gao Shun said.

Zhuge Liang shook his head, pointed to the plateau area in the south and said, "Although this area is not a high mountain, it is a complex terrain with lonely mountains and bees interspersed with plains and plains. And Liang also knows that these mountains and stone forests There are many natural caves, which are very convenient for ambushes. Therefore, the general should not rush into the army."

"Then what does Kong Ming think?" The Battle of Dashekou made Gao Shun look at Kong Ming differently, so he would listen to the young man's words about joining the army.

"After Meng Huo's troops come up, it will not be too late to join forces with him."

Gao Shun nodded approvingly and said, "That's a good idea. Meng Huo's southern barbarian army is much more familiar with the terrain here than we are, so it would be perfect to join forces with them."

The current task of Meng Huo's Nanman Army is to ensure the safety of logistics, transportation and food roads.Most of the troops of the Dianwei Army are still stationed in Gufu County.

Now that Dashekou has been conquered, the food road north of Dashekou no longer needs a large number of troops to protect it.The defense of Gufu was also taken over by the rest of the troops transferred from Yibin.Meng Huo's army and the main force of Dianwei's army were rushing towards Dashekou.

A few days later, after the three major armies met in Dashekou, with the first part of the Menghuo army as the vanguard, the first part of the Menghuo army and the first part of the Gaoshun army were the front army, the main force of the Gaoshun army was the central army, and the Dianwei army was in the rear, and continued to the southwest direction.

In addition to leaving more than a thousand people guarding Dashekou, nearly ten thousand troops crossed Dashekou like a giant dragon, swimming in the wilderness where isolated peaks and stone mountains stand like forests.

When the cavalry and elephant soldiers passed through the Great Shekou, the soldiers had to jump off the horses and elephants, lead the horses and elephants, and climb up the pass carefully along the steep road.

Even so, from time to time, horses and elephants stumbled and rolled down the mountain.Nearly [-] people passed through Dashekou, and it took a whole day.

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In the marching Liang army, the soldiers looked left and right at the strange scenery around them.Most of the soldiers of the Gaoshun Legion came from the Daba Mountains in the Qinling Mountains. They were naturally curious about such a special scenery, and talked about it in a hurry.

A soldier named Wang Er from the Daba Mountains said: "The mountains here are really strange. They are all isolated mountains rising from the plain. Ours is also full of mountains, but they are all linked together. mountains."

"It's not uncommon. In our Hanzhong Plain, there are also such isolated mountains, but there are not so many. The isolated mountains and stone pillars here are all gathered into a forest."

The speaker was a soldier from Hanzhong.The Hanzhong Plain also has some karst features, but it is not as typical as this place.

"Hey, if there is a big mountain like Wang Er's house, and there is no plank road, then we have to go to Buwei City, and the battle has not yet been fought. I am afraid that we will be exhausted. I have never heard that the road to Shu is difficult. It is difficult... ah! "

Before the speaker could finish speaking, he let out a scream.Everyone turned their heads to look at him, and found that a heavy arrow had pierced his chest.The faces of his two comrades on the left and right were stained with splashes of blood.

This man was a spear-throwing shield soldier, and the ring piece of iron armor on his chest was torn apart, and blood was gurgling out.The shaft of the "heavy arrow" was one inch thick and four feet long, it was more like a crossbow than an arrow.

Of course, the crossbow that flew from the air was not just this one, but more than twenty rounds.It's just that this one killed Liang Jun soldiers.

"Enemy attack! There are enemies setting up an ambush nearby!" The soldiers of the Liang Army who noticed the abnormality all exclaimed.Just as they were exclaiming, another group of arrows shot from a dense forest twenty battles away, but these arrows were all ordinary arrows.

The arrows hit the ring armor of Liang Jun soldiers, making a clanging sound, and then some bullets fell to the ground, and some got stuck in the armor.But those southern barbarian soldiers, except for some elite soldiers in rattan armor, most of them had thin armor.Many people fell to the ground with arrow casualties.

The spear and shield soldiers immediately built a shield wall facing the dense forest on the periphery.Although it can't block the arrows thrown from the dense forest, it can at least block the enemy's sight.

The soldiers holding shields in the rear, whether they were soldiers of the Liang Army or barbarians, raised their shields above their heads one after another to block the arrows that were thrown densely.

With a bang, a crossbow spear pierced a barbarian's rattan shield from top to bottom, and directly inserted into the southern barbarian's Tianling cap.It turned out to be another wave of crossbow guns.This time, in addition to causing the death of the barbarian, he also directly hit a war elephant.

At this time, Meng Huo, the former army leader, had already rode his horse.After looking around the environment, he immediately made a decision: "War elephants attack, first open a road out of the dense forest at the foot of the mountain. The enemy's huge crossbow is located on the isolated peak behind the forest. Send the war elephants and cavalry around to the rest of the mountain. Go on three sides and block the enemy's retreat!"

The longbowmen of the Liang army and the crossbowmen among the barbarians have already fired their bows into the forest to fight back.Then, dozens of war elephants rushed towards the dense forest in a row.