Chapter 339 Stuffy Head

Lengshui Pass, close to Lujiang City, laying Lengshui Pass is equivalent to opening up the road into Lujiang City. Moreover, the location of Lengshui Pass is very special, and taking Lengshui Pass can not only threaten Lujiang City, but also cut off the road to the south of Gushan to the north.

Now that Shucheng has been taken by the border army, Huoshan Dynasty is not in danger, it can be said that the peasant army stationed in Gushan is only left with Lengshuiguan, so Gao Yingxiang and others attach great importance to Lengshuiguan. After learning of the defeat of Shucheng, Gao Yingxiang urgently sent a letter to Li Zicheng, and at the same time ordered Wang Yan to withdraw from the Tongling battlefield and lead his troops to garrison Lengshuiguan.

Zhou Dingshan did not rush to attack Lengshui Pass, but led people to continue to explore nearby, carefully observing the terrain of Lengshui Pass. It has to be said that Lengshuiguan has a typical southern landform, with steep stone walls on both sides, the whole Lengshuiguan is like a semicircle, the periphery is very wide, and the more you go inside, the narrower it is, and Lengshuiguan is built in the highest and narrowest place. There are many similarities between Lengshui Pass and Hangu Pass, but the difference is that the mountain road in front of Lengshui Pass is much smoother.

The officers and soldiers were not in a hurry to attack Lengshui Pass, but Wang Yan was a little worried. It was really after the Xuanfu border army entered Luzhou Mansion, the offensive was too sharp, and it connected Shucheng and other places. On the other side, Zhou Dingshan, the number one fierce general under the command of the living king of Yama, Wang Yan is really afraid that he will not be able to guard the cold water pass if he is not careful. In the past two days, Wang Yan would come to the city almost every two hours to take a look, "The officers and soldiers outside haven't moved?" ”

"Rest assured, the officers and soldiers have no signs of attacking, but another soldier and horse have come from the north, and the number of officers and soldiers on the opposite side has exceeded 10,000. Also, they got that Vulcan cannon too! ”

"Cannon?" Wang Yan couldn't help but shudder, he was too impressed by that kind of new artillery, this kind of artillery was so powerful that it exploded so much that his feces and urine were about to come out, because the power was too great, the peasant army also gave it a nickname called "Vulcan Cannon". This place should not be suitable for firing artillery, the mountain road is rugged, how can they send artillery? This thing is very heavy, and it is unrealistic to rely on people to lift it up. Wang Yan felt that everything was scared, so he had to cheer himself up and said: "Brothers, don't be afraid, the cannon is like a ghost, it can't be transported, and it will be tossed by them." ”

With apprehension, Wang Yan returned to the command office with a black face. Just now it was purely to appease morale and cheer himself up, in fact, Wang Yan was very scared in his heart, in case the Xuanfu gang really sent the Vulcan cannon up the mountain, then how could they guard the cold water pass? Of course, you can keep it, but the price must be very high. He had just been sitting in the room for a short time when a guard burst in, wheezing. Wang Yan was thinking about his thoughts, and was startled by the sudden knock on the door, and said angrily: "Do you still understand the rules?" Bastard stuff. ”

The guards shuddered, and hurriedly said, "Leader Wang, the small one is not intentional, it is..... Something is going on outside....." The guard swallowed, his eyes full of fear, as if he had just seen a ghost.

Wang Yanna was angry, stood up and stomped his feet, and scolded coldly: "Bastard, what's going on?" Lao Tzu just came back for a long time, so he gave Lao Tzu the whole thing, is who is engaged in infighting again? ”

Wang Yan instinctively thought that some of the leaders under his command were making trouble because of something, he hated this kind of thing, and he was helpless. Wang Yan's military discipline is the worst, and the leaders have their own ghosts, and the leaders often make trouble because of some trivial interests, and Wang Yan has long been a little annoyed. But this time, Wang Yan obviously thought wrong.

The guards shook their hands, shook their heads with sad faces, "Leader Wang, it's not about it, it's the officers and soldiers..... When the brothers were just staring, they saw that the officers and soldiers had put a Vulcan cannon up the mountain, and now they were loading the cannon? ”

"What's that?" Wang Yan's eyes suddenly widened, as if he was about to pop out. After only a moment's effort, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, "Impossible, how did they get such a heavy thing and fly up?" ”

"Leader Wang, the villain has seen this with his own eyes, and many brothers have seen it, if you don't believe it, you can go out and take a look!" The guards were also very helpless, this thing was really bizarre, but it just happened. Wang Yan still couldn't believe it, or rather, he didn't want to do this, spat out a turbid breath, and followed the guards out of the house angrily. When he came to the city, he took a clairvoyant mirror from his deputy.

Now it's no secret that the clairvoyant mirror is a thing, since the capture of a clairvoyant mirror on the Xuanfu side, the leaders know how big the gap between the two sides is. Later, although they couldn't make the clairglasses themselves, the leaders attached great importance to the captured clairglasses, and they all took them as treasures. Recently, the Xuanfu side seems to have discovered this problem, once the situation is unfavorable, first destroy the clairvoyant mirror and other important objects, making it more and more difficult to seize the clairvoyant, so that the existing clairvoyant mirror in hand is even more important.

Through the clairvoyant mirror, Wang Yan clearly saw a cannon in a fairly flat place in front of him, and the muzzle of the cannon swayed and turned around, like a man-eating beast. His heart trembled, Wang Yan really wanted to look up to the sky and roar, why did the officers and soldiers really get the artillery? This doesn't make sense. This thing has also been touched, it is very heavy, and it can be dragged by horses on two wheels in normal places, but the mountain road is rugged, how to get it?

Besides, I have long heard that Xuanfu is not enough, and since the battle of Maojindu, the cannonballs in the hands of the Living Yama King have been almost empty, and they have not been replenished in the future. An artillery without shells is a toothless tiger, so Wang Yan had to comfort himself: "Brothers, don't worry, eighty percent of the officers and soldiers are scared, they have long run out of shells, I think they are empty shells." ”

Wang Yan felt that what he said made sense, but what happened next was a bit unexpected. Not long after putting down the clairvoyant mirror, he heard a bang, leaning against the stone wall not far from the city wall and letting out a painful groan, and pieces of rubble fell off, leaving a black-gray trace.

Looking at the smoke there, Wang Yan was completely dumbfounded, holding a clairvoyant mirror and opening his mouth, as if someone had immobilized him. Several leaders next to him also had the same expression, and one of them was even more pale, his hands trembled, and he couldn't speak, "This ..... This..... Leader Wang, the cannon is not fake, it is real..... Really...... This cannon, my mother, if it hits the city, a few cannons will come down...... Aren't we...... Bad luck and little ......"

"yes, this thing is horrible...... We can't spread out in the city," the other leader was even more unbearable, and was already leaning against the city wall to catch his breath.

It was the new artillery that had caused so much fear to the leaders of the peasant army that they still couldn't forget the craters and the broken corpses. The best way to deal with this kind of artillery is to spread out the formation and minimize losses. Death, now everyone gathers at the head of the cold water pass, and there is no way to disperse, so they can only rely on the cold water pass to defend it. Can a mere cold water pass block the artillery fire of officers and soldiers? The leaders are very unconfident in this, and when the Lengshui Pass was built, it is estimated that they did not consider this aspect at all, right?

Wang Yan didn't speak for a long time, and after a while, his face turned his head uncertainly, and walked towards Guanxia, "It seems that it is necessary to tell King Chuang about the situation here, Lengshui Guan..... Not optimistic! ”

In fact, what Wang Yan really wants to say is whether he can not keep the cold water off? Hurry up and let the soldiers and horses of the lonely mountain withdraw, if you really wait for the cold water pass to be blasted open, the soldiers and horses of the lonely mountain will really become a lonely army, and when the time comes, tens of thousands of elite soldiers of Xuanfu will surround it, and it will not be how to eat as you want. But Wang Yan didn't dare to say it openly, if he really said it, would he still have a face? Can't you just tell everyone that Wang is scared to death and wants to run?

Strange to say, the officers and men hid the artillery after trying it, and they did not rush to attack. Wang Yan has a headache, someone puts the knife holder on his neck, and he always lifts it up and puts it down without cutting it, do you think it can be better? Killing people is not enough, what is the matter?

Just when Wang Yan was worried, Zhou Dingshan, who was under the cold water off, also frowned, and there was no joy at all. Li Jiucheng looked at the cold water pass in the distance, and muttered in his heart, "General Zhou, is Mr. Wang's method reliable?" ”

"Zhou doesn't know, but Mr. Wang has his own reasons for arranging this, you might as well wait, maybe there will be a result soon" Zhou Dingshan didn't dare to say too much, although he was very confident in Tiemo and Wang Zuohang, but this time the matter was too evil. If you put a fake cannon, you want to take the cold water pass, no matter how you think about it, it feels a bit fantastical.

In fact, the shot just now was completely frightening. Although the new artillery is lighter and more flexible, it is still a bit unrealistic to transport it along the mountain road. The cannon that was sent up the mountain just now was actually an iron shell, with nothing but appearance, and its weight was at most one-tenth of the real cannon. As for the gun, it looked bluffing, but in fact, the explosives were secretly buried in advance, and after igniting the powder twist, the time was calculated, and the cannon was pretended to be fired without leaving.

This kind of trick is not clever, as long as Wang Yan sends knowledgeable people to investigate the place of the explosion carefully, they can find the trick in it. But it seems that Wang Yan didn't have this idea, and he was stupid by that shot at this time.

A shot to deter the rogue is not a big problem, but if you want the rogue to turn off the cold water, the possibility is very small.

As Zhou Dingshan expected, as soon as the cannon came down, Wang Yan was frightened, returned to his residence and hurriedly repaired the book and sent it to Anqing Mansion. When the letter arrived in the hands of Gao Yingxiang in Anqing Mansion, it was already the next day, looking at the content of the letter, Gao Yingxiang didn't come back to his senses for a long time, and said with a cold face after a while: "Come on, go and invite Mr. Niu to come over, just say that there is something important to discuss." ”

Niu Jinxing came quickly, and when he learned what happened in front of Lengshui Pass, Niu Jinxing's first reaction was not to believe it, "King Chuang, is the news confirmed?" As far as his subordinates knew, the cold water pipes were built along the mountains, the roads were narrow and rugged, and the bulky guys of the artillery could not be transported unless they were demolished. ”

"Mr. Niu, this matter is true, the people of the Living Hades have already tried a shot in front of the pass, and many people have seen this with their own eyes. In my opinion, Wang Yan is a big bold, and he doesn't dare to lie about this kind of thing! ”

"This ....." Niu Jinxing frowned, thought for a while, remembered something, patted his head and hesitated: "King Chuang, has there been any movement on the side of Gushan recently?" ”

"That's not true, the Living Yama King just sent troops to garrison the north of the Lonely Mountain, and did not launch an attack" Gao Yingxiang finished speaking, thought about it, and added, "There is new news coming from Chaohu Lake, according to the report of the spies, the Living Yama King photographed Geng Butcher to Chaohu Lake, recently Geng Butcher is constantly collecting boats, Chen Bing on the east shore of Chaohu Lake, the purpose is unknown. ”

As soon as he heard this, Niu Jinxing's expression moved, and he quickly climbed to the map and pondered. Although the map is very simple, the basic place names are still clear, after looking at it for a while, Niu Jinxing raised his head, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, "King Chuang, we are afraid that the estimation is wrong, look at this situation, the real purpose of the officers and soldiers is not Lengshuiguan at all, but the Laoshan Mountain in the southwest corner of Chaohu Lake." ”

Pushing the map forward, Niu Jinxing pointed to the location of Laoshan Mountain, and said worriedly: "King Chuang, you see, Laoshan is sandwiched between Gushan Mountain and Lengshui Pass, which seems to be safe and worry-free, but if the officers and soldiers set off from Chaohu, they can directly reach Laoshan by waterway." When the time comes, with Geng Butcher's army, Zhou Dingshan's gang will turn around and go north, and he will be able to go straight to Laoshan. Of course, we can counterattack Laoshan and carry out a flanking attack, but our subordinates have understood that before this Geng butcher came to work under the hands of King Hades, he was the number one general under Mao Wenlong in Liaodong, and his water fighting skills are by no means comparable to us. With Butcher Geng leading the sailors to cruise in Chaohu Lake, even if we have several times the number of troops, we may not be able to recapture Laoshan Mountain. At that time, the 20,000-strong army of Gushan could not be withdrawn even if they wanted to. ”

Gradually, Gao Yingxiang also knew the seriousness of the matter, his face turned cold, and he asked in a low voice: "From this point of view, isn't it meaningless for us to stick to the cold water pass?" ”

"If it happens, it does!" Niu Jinxing nodded with some difficulty. If the Xuanfu army Chen Bing Laoshan is not in a hurry to take Lujiang City, then what is the point of deploying heavy troops at Lengshui Pass? In this way, it is a bit of a dilemma.

If everything is right, the cold water gate will become chicken ribs, and there is no point in sticking to it. What about the soldiers who came out of Lengshui Pass and fought with officers and soldiers near Laoshan Mountain? As soon as this thought popped up, Gao Yingxiang and Niu Jinxing automatically filtered it out. Both of them are well aware of the combat effectiveness of the Xuanfu border army, and the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty in recent years are the most terrifying combat effectiveness of the Xuanfu, because most of the soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu are the descendants of the Yunfu soldiers under the command of the original living king of Yama.

These Yunfu descendants are soldiers and horses, which are perennial confrontations with the Mongolian Tatars on the grassland, especially the cavalry, crisscrossing the desert north, and there are few opponents. There is Lengshui Pass, relying on the Guancheng can still fight, pull outside, even if the terrain in this area is not conducive to cavalry combat, but it can be head-on with the Xuanfu army, there is really not much confidence. And even if you win, I'm afraid it will hurt your muscles and bones.