Chapter 170: Ambush
Seeing the blue towed bullet rising, Zheng Jiaolin, who was in charge of the Chinese army, immediately commanded the Chinese army to advance. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Qingfeng Mausoleum is a long and narrow passage that stretches for nearly ten miles before and after, and on either side of the road are steep mountains, the mountains are sparse bushes, and the craggy stones gleaming in the setting sun.
"Quickly pass through the Qingfeng Mausoleum, camp at Pingdu Ferry after dark", Zheng Jiaolin ordered.
The 10,000-strong Zheng Jiaolin Chinese army moved quickly, and the front team had already walked out of the Qingfeng Tomb Valley. And then the team has just entered the valley.
"If you set up an ambush here, it will definitely hit our army hard", Zheng Jiaolin walked at the front of the team, saw the front team out of the valley, and said happily.
Suddenly, "pop pop ......", a burst of firecrackers came from the mountain peak behind the Chinese army.
On the mountains on both sides of the Qingfeng Mausoleum Valley, huge boulders rolled down the mountain. The screams of the ten-mile Qingfeng Tomb and the neighing of the war horses resounded for a while.
After the first wave of rolling stones, not many soldiers died in Zheng's army, but the chariot was blocked by stones and could not move forward. Zheng Jun's commander-in-chief, deputy Wei, and Xiao Qiwei were directing the soldiers to push away the stones and push the chariot forward.
Dozens of vehicles were thrown on the side of the road because of a broken central axle. The panicked Zheng Duolu walked forward. One-third of the troops had already walked out of the valley.
Walking in the middle of the army, Zheng Jun's new commander was Hongtianqiang, looking at the colorful flags on the mountain, knowing that the second wave of rolling stones was in place, and commanding the troops to move forward quickly.
Another wave of rolling rocks was pushed off the cliff, and another scream continued in the Ten Mile Canyon.
After the second wave of boulders fell, the valley was completely blocked, and the chariot could no longer move forward, so Zheng Jun had to abandon the chariot and advance on foot.
In the midst of a shout, Zheng Junzhongjun walked out of the valley. Two-thirds of the chariots and one-fifth of the soldiers were left in the valley. This is one of the three locks of Twilight Feather and Silvertown, which is the first line of defense - Stonehenge. At the cost of zero casualties, 2,000 enemies were annihilated.
At this time, the vanguard officer of the Zheng army, Sipin Zhen, made Hua Tianlai, and commanded 2000 forwards to have crossed the second line of defense and approached the third line of defense, and on both sides of the road were endless green gauze tents.
"It has been more than ten miles away from the Chinese army", the herald Pegasus reported.
"Rest for the time being, wait for the rear army", Hua Tianlai ordered.
Close to the green gauze tent, the chariot and the soldiers stopped.
In the green gauze tent, the commander of the Mu army was Yan Lai, the eldest disciple of Mu Jishi, who had been promoted to the thousand general manager of the Liupin Department. This Yan Lai originally wanted to wait until all the Zheng troops entered the ambush circle before issuing orders. Who knew that only more than half of the Zheng army's forward team entered the ambush line and rested by the forest.
This Yan Lai was extremely entangled, he didn't know whether to order a surprise attack, hesitated for a while, and saw some Zheng Jun sitting on the side of the road, even if half of the enemy was destroyed, it was also a credit, that Yan Lai made up his mind, and two crisp firecrackers sounded in the green gauze tent.
A rain of arrows came like flying locusts, and the Zheng Jun's forwards, who were resting, were suddenly chaotic. Some soldiers hurriedly hid behind the chariots, while others took up shields to cover them.
After a brief panic, Hua Tianlai commanded the troops, the rear team changed to the front team, and retreated backwards, and more than a dozen chariots had to be abandoned on the side of the road because the horses they were driving were shot.
After half an hour of panicked retreat, he finally withdrew from the green gauze tent, but lost nearly 500 soldiers and more than a dozen chariots. This is the third line of defense set up by Twilight Feather and Ginjin - the Arrow Array.
And the Zheng army, which walked out of the Qingfeng Tomb Valley, was entering the second line of defense set up by the Mu army.
Qingfeng Tomb is steep and the road is narrow, but out of Qingfeng Tomb is a low hill, some low bushes swaying on the hill, and from time to time a mountain rabbit jumps out of the bushes and burrows into another bush.
Zheng Jiaolin, who was frightened, said to his master Zhuge Yun behind him: "The other party has already taken precautions, and has lost the suddenness of the battle, so why not withdraw to Rongcheng and hold on, just wait for the opportunity."
"General, we have lost the best time to retreat to Rongcheng, and we will meet with the left and right armies in Shancheng, as soon as we retreat today, the situation of the left and right armies is critical", Master Zhuge Yun originally did not agree with the plan to raid the mountain city, thinking that his own strength was insufficient, and he worked an expedition, but this Zheng Jiaolin insisted that the Longxi Dynasty only relied on these dozens of martial arts people to control the huge army, and it would definitely fall apart, and our 30,000 people would be the last straw that crushed the enemy army, and insisted on raiding the mountain city. Now I saw Mu Jun, a three-legged cat who could only do martial arts, but commanded the troops in an orderly manner, so I was suddenly timid.
Suddenly, the front army came to report that the forward was attacked by an arrow array, and more than 500 people were killed. Then Zheng Jiaolin once again turned his gaze to his master Zhuge Yun, "According to this posture, we didn't reach the mountain city, and the troops were reimbursed on the way", Zheng Jiaolin was worried.
"General, look," Lin Zhengge, the deputy general behind him, pointed to a blue towed bullet that cut into the sky in the distance.
"It seems that Hu Dusi's sneak attack on the camp was successful, and he will advance quickly, and he will enter the mountain city tonight", Zheng Jiaolin's eyes emitted a burst of fierce light.
The troops continued to advance.
Suddenly, another burst of firecrackers rang out, and on the hills on both sides, several Shimen earthen cannons suddenly appeared, shooting at Zheng Jun together.
Cannonballs whizzed in, and shards of gunpowder, iron sand, and stone exploded through the crowd.
"Rush up and recapture the mountain artillery", Adjutant General Lin Zhengge commanded the troops to attack on the hill.
"Bang bang bang" Another wave of cannonballs roared, and a stone bullet exploded nearby, Lin Zhengge shook and fell to the ground.
Zheng Jun rushed up the hill, but the third wave of shells whistled again, this kind of earth cannon, the power is not great, mainly explosives, mixed with iron and nitrate, stones, but in the crowd blossomed, many people were injured.
"All 16 earthen cannons were recaptured, but all the gunners of the Mu army fled", it turned out that the artillery team received an order to retreat after firing three shells, so when the Zheng army caught up with the hills, those Mu artillery soldiers relied on the familiar terrain and fled along the bushes without a trace.
"More than 300 people were killed, including Lin Zhengge, the deputy general of Zheng Jun, but more than 2,000 people were injured," Zheng Jiaolin shook his head helplessly when he heard the number reported. This is the second line of defense set up by Twilight Feather and Silvertown------- Earth Artillery Array.
When it was getting late, the Zheng army and the forward cooperated together, and at the cost of losing most of the chariots and nearly 5,000 casualties, they passed through three lines of defense and came to the Pingdu Ferry.
This Pingdu ferry is located on the Dieliu River, in the summer, the river is swollen here, the river is wide, and in the autumn, the river is very small, it is said to be a ferry, but there are no boats.
A short turn right along the ferry port is a stone arch bridge. Due to the war, the deck of this stone arch bridge has long been destroyed, but because the piers are still there, it was laid very quickly.
"Send a flare and contact Hu Dusi," Zheng Jiaolin ordered.
Flares are also known as fireworks. Three fireworks bombs fluttered into the night sky.
After a while, on the hill on the other side of the river, the same three fireworks bombs rose into the night sky, echoing the north bank.
"Camp on the spot along the coast, strengthen vigilance, get in touch with the left and right roads as soon as possible, and then decide the direction of progress", Zheng Jiaolin was worried at the moment, and completely wavered in the implementation of the plan to raid the mountain city.