Star Trace Gate

The imperial court had 50,000 troops, divided into three armies.

The front army consisted of 10,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, led by deputy general Wu Pingnan. The entire army hung the Wu-character flag.

The central army consists of 5,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry, and 5,000 Shenji battalion. Among them, there were four thousand soldiers in the Shenji Battalion, all equipped with light muskets and crossbows, and the remaining one thousand were Taoist priests from the Tianjian Division who were mixed in the military formation. They know some magical powers and have weirder props. The Chinese army was commanded by Zuo Xuan, and the entire army hung the Zuo character flag.

The rear army consists of 5,000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry, and 3,000 supernatural beings mixed in among them. This army carried a thousand Dalian cannons, four hundred artillery pieces, and a thousand handguns used by the artillery for close defense. The rear army is mainly responsible for attacking Fucheng. It is commanded by General Zhang Han and the whole army hangs the Zhang character flag.

The three armies each performed their duties, and under the mobilization of flags and drums, they began to approach the canyon road of Dangshan Mountain.

……

In the cavalry array of the front army, the general's flag with the character Wu is spread out in the wind.

On the left side of the flag, former army commander Wu Pingnan looked at Dangshan Pass with very cautious eyes and frowned: "Why do I feel that the canyon road is too quiet?"

At this moment, night is approaching, and the rolling Dangshan Mountains have become increasingly dark. Wu Pingnan stood on horseback in the distance and could only vaguely see the outline of the mountain and the bottomless canyon.

Next to him, a Qianhu from the guard station said with a somewhat dissatisfied expression: "Master General, by sending our front troops into the canyon in such a hurry, I'm afraid they want to use us as a lure for wolves, tigers and leopards..."

"How dare you, a little Qianhu, talk about the Commander-in-Chief?" Wu Pingnan looked at him coldly.

Qianhu immediately shut up and did not dare to say any more.

Although Zuo Xuan was suddenly promoted to the rank of Commander-in-Chief and was still relatively inexperienced, Wu Pingnan, who was well versed in the ways of being an official, understood that the attack on Qingliang Mansion was to do important things for the emperor. Who dared not to listen? General, if you delay the Holy Spirit's "cultivation of immortality", there will definitely be no good fruits to be eaten.

Therefore, what Zuo Xuan holds is not the handsome seal, but the Shangfang sword of Emperor Jing.

Since this is the case, the lieutenant general should have the consciousness of a lieutenant general. He must obey orders and act in accordance with the attack plan.

Soon, as the sun set over the western mountains, the former army arrived at the canyon road.

The cavalry was on the rear side and deliberately left a large flat area for charging.

The infantry stood outside the canyon road, in order, with spears like a forest.

"Uu~!"

Wu Pingnan held the horse's rope, looked at the canyon road again, and then decisively ordered: "Drum beat, the infantry array enters the canyon road."

"Boom boom boom!"

The drums sounded, and the infantry array changed slightly and began to run towards the canyon road.

Wu Pingnan looked at both sides of the cliff with a solemn expression and asked softly: "Are all the two hundred Taoist priests of the Tianjian Division hidden in the infantry array?"

"Inform the general, two hundred Taoist priests have joined the array." The general returned.

"The cavalry array should not come forward." Wu Pingnan, a veteran on the battlefield, stared at the extremely dark Dangshan Mountain: "The moonlight is dim tonight, and the woods in the mountain are too quiet, and there is no howling of animals."

……

above the cliff.

Yang Nan was hiding in a very hidden group of rocks, staring into the canyon.

Deafening footsteps came, and the enemy's 10,000 infantrymen were passing through quickly and in a scattered manner.

Liu Jishan was a little confused when he saw this scene. He lay next to him and muttered: "Their marching array is so scattered, it looks like they are thinned out... I think the quality of the troops of the Daqian Dynasty is very average."

"My dear, do you have encephalitis?" Tang Feng explained to him in a civilized manner: "As someone who can't lead a soldier, I can tell that they are marching in a more dispersed manner in order to prevent people from getting into trouble in the canyon. Attacked. If they walk like dry stool...how many people will die if a stone hits them?"

"You bitch are quite smart." Liu Jishan glanced at her and said, "You can do it dry or wet."

"Hmph, obscene." Tang Feng turned his head.

Not far away, Li Yan looked at the infantry passing quickly below and asked Yang Nan softly: "I estimate that there are already five or six thousand soldiers entering the canyon road at this moment."

"Not urgent."

Yang Nan waved his hand: "Where are you going? Let's continue to wait."

Marching in ancient times, without the help of cars and modern equipment, would naturally be a very slow process. During this several-mile journey, it was necessary to keep the formation intact and carry the baggage. The 10,000 infantrymen had to walk for more than half an hour.

"Tap!"

Not far away, a figure bent down and ran towards him.

"General Yang." Wang Pei called softly as he came from the direction of the exit of the canyon with a piece of cooking cake in his mouth.

"How is it?" Yang Nan looked at him and asked.

"For some reason, the leading group of soldiers suddenly stopped advancing when they arrived at the exit of the canyon road and did not advance towards Qingliang Mansion." Wang Pei frowned and said, "I'm confused. Everyone has walked out of the canyon road. Why? Stopped again? They are standing in such a narrow place, are they not afraid of us setting up an ambush at this time? "

"The number of the front army is not large. Once we leave the canyon road and enter the Qingliang Mansion area, we can easily cut the 10,000 army into several pieces. This is equivalent to giving away lives." Yang Nan waved his hand: "Don't worry, the commander on the other side The officer is very patient, he is testing, but we still wait.”

After another quarter of an hour, all ten thousand infantrymen stopped in the canyon road. Their formation is relatively scattered, but they can be connected end to end.

Yang Nan was lying on the cliff, tapping the rocks with his fingers, and whispered: "We only have a few observation posts around here. If someone comes to explore the road later, please don't move."

"understand!"

……

Outside Canyon Road.

"Report!"

There was the sound of horse hooves, and a cavalryman returned quickly, holding a command flag in his right hand and whispering, and then he was released to Wu Pingnan: "Report to the general! The infantry array has entered the canyon road, and no ambush has been found."

Wu Pingnan thought again and again: "The cavalry array should not move until I give the order. Beat the drums and let the Taoist priests from the Tianjian Division inspect both sides of the cliff."

When the ancients fought, there were often tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of armies fighting together. In this kind of battlefield, general flags, war drums, order flags, smoke and other means are very important means of communication, and the effective movement of the troops also depends on these.

But it was already dark now, and half of the communication methods had failed, so we could only rely on the drumbeats set in advance to issue military orders.

As soon as the drums sounded, the Taoist priests from Tianjiansi, who were mixed in the infantry array on the Canyon Road, began to show their magical powers.

"Shua...!"

A Taoist priest took out the wind-riding talisman prepared in advance from his arms, held it in his hand, and chanted the spell.

"call!"

The Wind Riding Talisman began to burn and turned into flying catkins.

"Whizzing……!"

In an instant, a strong wind blew under the feet of the Taoist priests, and they rose up from the ground and scattered towards the cliff.

There was darkness in the canyon. The soldiers below looked up at the Taoist priests in the sky, as if they were seeing immortals. There are even relatively dull people who actually kneel down and worship.

Two hundred Taoist priests took off and flew quickly from both sides of the cliff, checking for any ambush around them.

"Burning Talisman."