Chapter Twenty-Three: The Night Crossing of the Waist Boat

When Du Zhan led his troops to approach the border of Wei Xian, Su Ling was entangled with Chen Ming in Youlong Valley. www.biquge.info Su Ling was worried that Du Zhan's forces would be used by Chen Ming, and the situation in the southwest would no longer be controllable, so he said that the only way to do this was to take advantage of Du Zhan's unstable foothold to deal a heavy blow.

Du Zhan's troops came from afar, and the two cities of Wangze and Zhenshi in front of him, although they were under the control of the Xian army, Su Ling was fighting against Chen Ming in Youlong Valley, three hundred miles away, at this time, the defense of Wangze City was empty, and Du Zhan decided to lead the troops to attack.

The defenders of Wangze City were only 2,000, and Du Zhan led his troops to attack the city, and in three days, he captured Wangze City. Du Zhan thought about it, Wangze City is small, the city wall is not high, and Wangze and Zhenshi are two cities dependent on each other, if you want to gain a firm foothold in Wangze, you must take Zhenshi to respond, otherwise if Su Ling draws out troops and then leads troops to capture the city, even if the city is successfully defended, there will be heavy casualties.

Du Zhan ordered Zhang De and others to lead 10,000 troops to garrison Wangze, and he led his troops to attack Zhenshi. When the march passed through the gravel ridge, there was a sudden sound of killing on both sides, and about 5,000 Xian troops rushed up.

"Zhenshi City is probably empty, retreat!" Du Zhan smiled secretly. It turned out that Chen Xiu had already led a team of men and horses from Hurong Road to Zhenshi City, but the defenders of Zhenshi City went out of the city to ambush here. Du Zhan ordered to retreat, the army retreated, and the Xianjun dared to pursue. Further back, I saw a team of people running in the direction of Wangze City, and it was Zhang De who escorted Du Dongling!

The team was bloodied and embarrassed, and it looked like it had gone through a vicious battle.

Zhang De said sadly, "General, there are ambushes in Wangze City, and I waited desperately to kill them, and when I got to the outside of the city, I was ambushed again, and most of my troops were lost." ”

Du Zhan placed Du Dongling in Wangze, how could he have expected such a result? There are only two cities in a radius of 200 miles, Wangze and Zhenshi, how did they come to such ambushes? Just thinking about it, another spy came to report, "General, there are 30,000 soldiers from Wangze!" ”

Du Zhan couldn't help but be shocked, could it be said that Su Ling had given up the key road of Youlong Valley? Su Ling and Chen Ming had been facing each other for a long time, how could he dare to draw 30,000 troops to come over at this time.

"Go to Zhenshi!" Du Zhan Le Ma ordered.

The army followed Du Zhan all the way out, and only when they arrived at Gravel Ridge did they see Chen Xiu leading the crowd to this side. It turned out that Chen Xiu also encountered an ambush by Xianbing and returned defeated, and he wanted to go back to Wangze and Du Zhan to join him, but he didn't expect that they were all in the same situation.

Chen Xiu and Du Zhan looked at each other, and it was difficult to say a word. At this time, the Xianjun army was coming, and the momentum was compelling, and it was bound to wipe out Du Zhan's army.

There must be a shortage of besiegers, of course Su Ling understands this truth, but this time the 'gap' he left for Du Zhan is also a dead end.

To the east of the gravel ridge, there is only a line of heaven to go, and the only way out is to be ambushed by Su Ling. And after the first line of the field is the gourd ridge, the gourd ridge has no road left and right, and there is a water in front of it, which is a natural pocket. In this way, unless Du Zhan dies in battle, if he barely passes, Su Ling will lead thousands of troops to tie his pockets, and no matter how many people he Du Zhan has, he can only surrender on the spot.

Su Ling drove them east to drive them into his pocket, he was afraid of Du Zhan's troops, and he would attack first and cut the grass and eradicate the roots. There are a thousand crossbowmen, and a large army marches here like rain of arrows. Even if Du Zhan forcibly passes, it will not be enough to pose any threat to the Xian soldiers in the future.

Du Zhan's march was as Su Ling expected, the front was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the rear was a strong pursuer. Chen Xiu ordered Ah Da Zhang to drag the pursuers behind, and led hundreds of brave men to attack the first line of the sky, and Chen Xiu was not enough to cause much harm to the soldiers. Chen Xiu's mind moved, and the rain of arrows broke in an instant, although the arrows were broken, they should not be fast, and a few stray arrows grazed, and Chen Xiu's killing intent suddenly rose. Chen Xiu led the crowd to control the first line of heaven, drew his sword and rushed to kill. When the first line of heaven is taken, the red blood on Kunwu's sword flows. Chen Xiu stood stiffly, there was still a scene of killing in front of him, and he still had the idea of killing in his heart.

"Master! What's wrong? Yuan Cong came from Chen Xiu, and when he saw Chen Xiu stunned, he asked.

Chen Xiu suddenly woke up, looked at the corpse blood all over the ground, and then looked at the Kunwu sword and battle robe, and was shocked for a while. What happened just now? Chen Xiu collected the sword and ordered Yuan Cong to lead the troops to defend the cliff, and follow Du Zhan and others through the first line of heaven.

Du Zhan marched to Hululing, and Zhang De also retreated to follow. The first line of heaven is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and at the moment of the great enemy, Su Ling did not dare to consume his troops, so he naturally did not dare to attack rashly, and camped outside the first line of heaven.

Du Zhan's march to this point, the division failed to succeed but almost wiped out the whole army, and there were reports from the left and right that there were showing troops in the north and south, and Fengshui in the east. Du Zhan Chen Xiu inspected the camp and sighed again and again when he saw that his morale was low.

Du Zhan said, "Su Ling abandoned Youlong Pass at this time, not to save these two small cities, but to exterminate our army." However, the battle situation in Youlong Valley is urgent, and he can use stratagems to delay it for a while, but he can't delay it for a lifetime. Su Ling didn't dare to stay for a long time, we held the first line of heaven, and he would definitely leave if he couldn't attack for a long time. ”

"That's why he will attack in a hurry, and I don't know if he can defend it." Chen Xiu sighed.

As he spoke, he heard a few soldiers in front of him throw away their armor and gather together to sigh.

Du Zhan was angry, "The enemy is now, you dare to disturb our army's heart!" He stepped forward and showed no mercy, drew his sword and killed one person, and then passed on the military order, "If there are any more people in the army who talk about military affairs, there will be no forgiveness for killing!" ”

The soldiers did not dare to discuss it, but this place was by no means a place to stay for a long time, and how to get rid of the visible troops and break out of the encirclement was still a problem.

At this time, the sky was dark and the moonlight was dim, Chen Xiu looked at the killing machines everywhere and couldn't think of a way out. can't start the leylines of the earth and can't change the veins, it's not that Chen Xiu doesn't dare to bear the consequences, but Chen Xiu always feels that every time he thinks about it, he will always have hatred and resentment to kill.

Chen Xiu went up the mountain alone, and when he was thinking a lot, he saw that the mountain was full of gourd vines, and suddenly came to an idea.

Su Ling was stationed outside, and although he was eager to attack, it was already dark and he was afraid of being ambushed. Genius bright, the spies came to report that Du Zhan and the others had disappeared.

How can a person suddenly disappear? Su Ling was shocked, climbed high and looked into the distance, and saw that there was no one in Hulu Ling, and immediately ordered a thousand soldiers to chase after Hulu Ling.

After entering the first line of the sky, the ground was full of gourd vines and gourd pulps, Su Ling was stunned, his heart was not good, he rode his horse to the edge of Fengshui, and saw that there were still a few gourds floating in the river. It turned out that Chen Xiu asked people to take advantage of the night to pick off the gourd full of mountains, hollow out the inside and tie the waist, and the gourd was a boat, and attacked Fengshui City. The defenders of Fengshui City had not yet noticed that Chen Xiu and others had already approached the city, and had already led the people to surrender at this time.

"Major General, I'll lead the troops to chase?" The adjutant general looked at it and understood.

"No, they can't catch up, they crossed the river and went north, and they probably had already taken Fengshui City at this time. Fengshui is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it can't be won in a day or two. But the grass and trees barracks in Youlong Valley can't hide from Chen Ming for too long, and if he doesn't go back, I'm afraid it will delay the big thing. Su Ling looked at the vast Fengshui and sighed, and returned to the camp. If they fail to get rid of Du Zhan at this time, they will definitely become a big trouble in the future. There was chaos everywhere, and Chen Ming was eyeing it again, but it was a pity that the troops were insufficient, so he had to defend Youlong Valley.

(To be continued.) )