Chapter 43: Blood stains the Yangtze River
The second day of the first month of the year of Gengxu. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Yiling City, an important ferry port north of the Yangtze River, is located in the upper reaches of Baling City, 500 miles away from Badong City, and is the west pass of Hunan Kingdom.
One hundred and twenty miles upstream from Yiling, under the cliff outside the Goose Intestine Gorge, the 20,000 troops led by Gu Yin secretly rested in the pine and cypress, and the heads of the soldiers were covered with branches and vines, in order to avoid the outpost in front of the Liang army, and quietly waited for Min Qiu to explode the earth-shattering thunder.
There has been no snow this winter, every time the sky is overcast to the extreme, and then a little scattered rain falls, the remaining clouds are simply shrouded directly, and in the mountains, there is a vast cloud and mist, but it gives the Hunan army the best cover.
At the end of the day, there was a real thunderclap on the ground, "Boom! "The explosion sounded on the side of the mountain, and it also exploded in the hearts of the Hunan army.
Then there were several "Boom!" The ground trembled slightly, and loose stones rolled down from the nearby hills, bringing up bursts of smoke.
In the earth-shattering roar of shaking the mountains, there were faint sounds of horns and hissing, and the Hunan army quietly stood still.
This is the meaning of Guyin.
When the Liang army is suddenly attacked, we must be on full alert, and after they have begun to clear the rockfalls, and after they have relaxed their vigilance a little, we will attack from both sides of the strait.
The trembling of the earth gradually stopped, and yellow smoke rose from the other side of the mountain.
Half an hour later.
In the yellow smoke of the sky, a puff of green smoke from wheat grass burning, which was the signal given by Min Qiu.
Gu Yin raised his right arm, and the flag bearer beside him waved the yellow and white flag in the forest, and not far away, another flag danced. The soldiers in ambush in the forest were like walking trees, silently climbing up the steep mountain.
I followed behind Gu Yin, and the three lines followed me closely, and finally reached the top of the mountain.
I saw that the hill along the river had been flattened by gunpowder, and the same was true on the top of the opposite mountain, with the banner of the Hunan army hunting.
I looked up and saw countless ships like long snakes, up the river, lined up the river.
"Quick Fix!" Gu Yin shouted.
The Liang army could not be given time to organize a counterattack on the mountain.
"Woo-" The horn of attack sounded.
The mountains on both sides of the Jiajiang River suddenly shouted, and the arrows flashing with fire were overwhelming, smashing towards the Liang warship.
The road ahead was blocked, the road could not be moved, and dozens of ships were damaged by rocks, and Liang Jun was about to clean up the rocks when the rockets came to cover their faces.
The sail that was moving at full speed with the oilcloth was too late to be retracted, and when it encountered the spark, it burned like dry firewood, and in a short time, the Yangtze River turned into a sea of fire.
The blazing fire stabbed my eyes, and the smell of burnt firewood and oil fire rose up, and the smell made me sick.
"Wow!" I couldn't help but retch, and there were bursts of cold sweat on my body.
Gu Yin was stretching his bow and releasing arrows, shooting down the mountain like meteors one after another, and seeing that I was unwell, he hurriedly came over and said, "Yuliang, what's wrong?" ā
A rough-looking man of medium stature beside him also leaned over and said, "Girl, it's not time to see blood yet." ā
"It's fine." I waved my hand weakly.
I don't know why, the light of the fire and the smell made me tremble, just like in that nightmare, the pain that spread from the inside out.
There was a fire on the upper hill, which was a signal for the Liang army to organize a counteroffensive.
"It's coming so fast." Gu Yin muttered.
"Brothers, let's withdraw!" He was full of true qi and shouted with all his strength.
"Oh! Oh! Oh! Cheers rang out one after another.
On the opposite hill, Min Qiu's retreat banner was also heard, and the unscathed Hunan army quickly formed a team and retreated along the road from which it came.
The opening is a small victory.
The Liang army behind him came along the mountain, chasing after him, thinking that he had suffered this loss, held back the fire in his belly, and was really angry.
I finally ran out of the mountains, and my legs and feet were already weak.
The horses were waiting for us beyond the mountains, and as soon as they got on their horses and galloped for a few miles, they suddenly pulled the reins.
"What's wrong?" I asked, turning around.
"What will Liang Jun do if he wants to dredge the soil and rocks quickly?"
"Explode, with gunpowder." I didn't hesitate.
"You name it, they must too. What would happen if the rocks suddenly burst and the clogged river rushed down? ā
"Like a torrent."
Gu Yin turned his horse's head without hesitation and instructed the soldiers around him: "You go back first, I will go and inform the villages that have just passed by, let them evacuate quickly, and then compensate with military expenses!" ā
"General Gu, it's just a small fishing village with dozens of people. can't turn back, Liang Jun is behind! An adjutant general beside him said.
"I'll go alone, and I can escape safely if I encounter it, you can quickly return to the camp and make peace with the dragon general Min!"
"Gu Yin!" I called out to him: "You are now a general, and you have tens of thousands of sons under you, if you make a difference, what will happen to the army?" ā
"But I can't ignore it, go back like this, if I meet Liang Jun, I can escape alone, but others can't." He stopped and turned to look at me, and with that, he continued to run.
"Gu Yin!" I screamed, "You idiot! ā
I scolded and turned around.
Sanxing grabbed me: "Let's go, Sister Yuliang, you have to take care of you when you go to Senior Brother, if you believe him, Senior Brother will definitely be fine." ā
My heart was in a panic, Gu Yin had already ridden towards the reckless mountain forest, and the hustle and bustle of the Liang army could be seen faintly in the forest.
"Let's go!" Three lines lashed and whipped me on the horse's buttocks.
Horses gallop forward!
In the early morning of the second day, we finally arrived at the camp west of Yiling City.
When the sun sank into the Pingjiang River, the soldiers finally shouted from afar: "Report!" General Gu is back! ā
Min Qiu and I rushed to the gate of the camp one after another, and a horse came running slowly from afar, and when we came to us, the man immediately turned over, his tall body rolled to the ground, his armor was gone, and his clothes were covered with blood!
"Gu Yin!" I pounced.
Min Qiu also rushed over and quickly helped him up: "If you can't come back, we will hate you for the rest of your life!" ā
Gu Yin's eyes were closed, and Junxiu's face was also stained with blood, as if he had just been rescued from the dungeon that day.
Sanxing picked him up and rushed inside.
I only heard a voice and muttered: "I didn't, I was injured, I was too sleepy, I didn't sleep for two nights, killed, Liang Jun, one hundred and sixty-two, villagers, have been evacuated." ā
"You idiot!" I scolded with tears in my eyes.
The march of the Liang army was two days later than expected, and it took a lot of effort to clear the mountains and rocks and dredge the route, and the Hunan army camp was stationed outside Yiling, of course, it was empty inside.
The real main force of the Hunan army marched overnight to a hundred miles upstream of Yiling, and the ships were complete.
10,000 fortifications were already at the bottom of the slow-flowing river, and the wooden piles sharpened at both ends were pierced, and several iron chains were connected between the wooden piles, waiting for the arrival of the Liang army.
Outside the Jianmu Formation, more than 400 large and small ships were berthed, led by the commander-in-chief Long Chuan, and stationed along the waterfront.
I, Gu Yin, and Min Qiu, led an army of 30,000 and ambushed the vast river plain on the north bank.
At noon on this day, the figure of the Liang warship finally slowly appeared at the end of the river.
We expected that the "squeak" sound of the Chinese ship passing through the sharp wooden array did not sound, but the faint sound of dark thunder from the other side of the earth, getting closer and closer.
"Report!" A spy rushed to Gu Yin: "The light armored cavalry of the Liang army is here, there are 50,000 people!" It's outside the Luoxia Mountain! ā
We were all amazed!
They had expected us to intercept it?
Abandon the water army in exchange for the toiling cavalry?