Chapter 475: Mountain Cliff Ambush
After listening to Li Ziyu's words, Ouyang Luo fell silent, sat silently on the side thinking about her thoughts, and didn't speak again.
Li Ziyu glanced at her little aunt, Li Nian shook her head at her, and motioned for her to stop talking. Li Ziyu had no choice but to stop talking, grabbed her little aunt Li Nian and whispered to her about her visit to Zheng's house. After Xiao Ou heard it next to him, he shy and hid out. After that, Li Ziyu said that she had bought a new house in Yidu, and told her younger siblings about giving her grandfather's house to two families, which made them happy.
Everyone talked and laughed, and until dawn, everyone did not go back to their respective rooms, but slept on the big kang in the east and west houses.
Besides, Li Xiguang, after his daughter and his party left, he and Zhang Tianhu led 10,000 horses quietly into the woods, and marched towards the cliff north of Baishan City.
In July, it was the height of summer, and even if there were branches to cover them, each of them quickly soaked their clothes. Fortunately, they passed by several streams along the way, so that they could drink some spring water to quench their thirst, and to a certain extent, they relieved some of the discomfort caused by the heat.
This time, in addition to their respective weapons, each of them brought enough bows and arrows, twenty grenades, antidote pills, snake repellent pills, mosquito repellent, various trauma medicines, cloth towels, and in addition to the iron kettle, they also brought a lot of dry food. It can be said that Lin Zhanjie made full preparations for this ambush battle.
Of these 10,000 people, there are more than 1,000 people such as Li Zhengsheng, Ah Ming, Ah Guang, Ah Zhuang, Ah Shan, etc., who brought him by Li Xiguang, and there are 50 Ren family secret guards who were supplemented by Ren Xiaohang. The rest of the people were all elite soldiers under Zhang Tianhu.
After a rapid march of four hours, the group quietly approached the cliff north of the city at midnight, hiding in the grass and listening to the movements around them. The sparse moonlight trickled down through the cracks in the branches, and the sound of small animals running away could be heard in the distance. Other than that, there was silence all around.
Li Xi photovoltaics was behind a big tree, his eyes were blazing and he was looking around, and his sharp Danfeng eyes looked at the front vigilantly, not letting go of any movement around him. He raised his right hand and pressed it down, signaling everyone not to move yet. He waved his hand and motioned to Ah Ming and Ah Guang on both sides to check the movement on the cliff, and Ah Ming and Ah Guang took the order. After a while. The two quickly returned and told Li Xiguang that they were on the cliff. There was no movement, including the bottom of the cliff. Li Xiguang discussed with Zhang Tianhu at this time, and quickly stepped forward to occupy the entire cliff.
After Li Xiguang saw that everyone was in place, he sent his younger brothers Li Zhengsheng and Ah Zhuang and asked them to lead 2,000 people to the north at the bottom of the cliff. Keep a close eye on the road to Liao. If you find the Liao army's cart transporting grain and grass. Hit it off by surprise immediately, and don't give the other party a chance to breathe.
Li Zhengsheng and A Zhuang led 2,000 soldiers to quickly descend the cliff, and went straight to the grassland to the only way to Baishan City, and ambushed in the grass on both sides, vigilantly monitoring the direction of Liao.
In addition, Li Xiguang chose a towering hundred-year-old tree in the south and north directions, and sent two people to hide in the tree to monitor the movements on the north and south sides, and there was a slight abnormality. Immediately raise the alarm.
Who knows, the two of them have just climbed the tree. The soldier in charge of monitoring the north reported in a low voice: "Captain Li, about three or four miles from here, there is a carriage from the north, which seems to be the grain and grass cart of the Liao army. ”
Before Li Xiguang could speak, Zhang Tianhu volunteered and said: "Captain Li, it's too close to the city gate, you should fight quickly, and the last general will ask Ying to lead people to support Li Zhengxing's brothers." ”
Li Xiguang knew that in terms of experience on the battlefield, his younger brother was still far behind, and it would be great if Zhang Tianhu could go. In fact, from the beginning, Li Xiguang wanted Zhang Tianhu to take people to the north of the cliff and be responsible for cutting off the transportation line of the Liao army. However, Zhang Tianhu is also a dignified deputy general, and it is not good for him to call rashly. Now that he automatically went to help, Li Xiguang couldn't help but be in awe of him. So, he said solemnly: "Deputy General Zhang, you take another 2,000 people to support quickly, try not to delay time, if you really can't do it, you can use grenades to greet him, he is too busy to take care of himself in the city, and he will choke on the south city gate." Take down all the grain and grass carts, and hide them in the woods for the time being after taking them, and then dispose of them after Baishan City is conquered. ”
"Yes!" Zhang Tianhu waved his hand, and two thousand people immediately jumped up on the cliff, followed him, and went straight to the north of the cliff.
Li Xiguang didn't expect that once he used the grenade, it would alarm the Liao army in Baishan City. However, he calculated the time of the siege of the southern city gate, which was about the same time as cutting off the convoy of transports, and boldly gave the order. Besides, opportunities on the battlefield are fleeting, and only by being flexible can we be invincible.
The vast grassland, spread out with a green carpet that spreads out the sky, blooms with infinite charm in the faint morning light. In the depths of the grassland, a convoy of grain and grass is slowly approaching. The convoy consisted of about 100 wagons, loaded with grain and cloth. Escorting the convoy were a thousand cavalrymen, armed with steppe scimitars, tightly guarding the carriage in front of and on the left and right.
This time, the person in charge of escorting the grain and grass was a general under the Zuo Duwei of the Liao State, named Tuoba Jin, whose family was also well-known in the Liao State, and was the die-hard faction of the second prince Yelu Hongxian. This person is burly, strong in martial arts, and infinitely powerful, and has few opponents in the Liao State. As a result, he has a self-righteous temperament with no one in his eyes. In his opinion, the Daye Dynasty is a group of wine bags and rice bags, and he really looks down on Yelu Hong, the eldest prince who is stationed in Baishan City and only knows how to defend and do not know how to open up, and thinks that he is too timid.
If the emperor had appointed him as the generalissimo, he would have led the Liao army to capture four or five cities a long time ago, where could he be so passive as the great prince? knew that the turtle was cowering in Baishan City, waiting for the second prince to deliver grain and grass to him. Now that he has arrived in the territory of the Daye Dynasty, he has the means to rob the grain and grass. Daye Dynasty has a vast territory, a vast land, gold, silver, jewelry, grain, cloth, inexhaustible, I heard that even the beauty is more smooth and delicate than the women of the country. Tuoba Jin felt itchy and panicked when he thought about it, and he couldn't wait to immediately attack the bustling town and hug left and right.
This time, he was in charge of escorting grain and grass, and when he left, the second prince specially told him to be careful, saying that it was possible that the Daye Dynasty might send troops to recover Baishan City recently, and he could not be careless. He doesn't say it with his mouth, but he doesn't think so in his heart. The castle of White Hill is built on a hill and is surrounded by cliffs on both sides. No matter how capable the army of the Daye Dynasty is, it is impossible for them to ambush on the north side of the cliff, and even if they do come, he is not afraid, and he is thinking about what their generals are capable of. The grassland is their territory, and they have no way to return.
Just when he was full of confidence, he heard the soldiers in front of him shout: "There is an ambush!" Immediately afterward, countless arrows were fired at the soldiers on their horses with a strong wind. Because they were caught off guard, many soldiers fell off their horses one after another, and the scene was chaotic for a while.
Tuoba Jin shouted, and Pegasus rushed straight to the place where the front team was attacked, and shouted in his mouth: "Don't mess up, the first and second teams will protect the convoy, and the third and fourth teams will rush with me!" As he spoke, a pair of scimitars in his hands danced impermeable, and the horse rushed in the direction of the dense arrows.
Zhang Tianhu and Li Zhengzheng each led 2,000 people to surround the transport convoy in the middle, but because the Liao army was cavalry, they could not help but suffer losses under the horse. Therefore, they can only be summoned with arrows, and then look for an opportunity to destroy them after they fall off their horses.
The 4,000 men led by Zhang Tianhu and Li Zhengxing were all good in the army and had a lot of experience in fighting the enemy. Therefore, all the Liao troops who fell off their horses were quickly harvested without exception. They divided the people into two groups, one group specialized in firing bows and arrows, and the other group was responsible for destroying the Liao army under the horse, and they cooperated quite tacitly.
The archers hid in the grass and kept firing bows and arrows, and the Liao army on the horse became a live target, and the Liao army lost half of its men and horses in a short time, which made Tuoba Jin anxious, and he directly led his troops to rush over regardless of the danger, blocking the archers' shooting. (To be continued.) )