Liu Zhixing's reply made the generals of Chengshan Deliberation tremble, although the rank of a general in his thirties was not as high as that of the two young generals, he was far more experienced in the army than these two young generals. I have been fighting in the army for many years, especially in the Changfeng Army, I have never seen such a battle.

It is simply whimsical to empty a mountain and fill in the post horse pass, and Liang Bo, who knows a lot about Liu Zhixing and Chu Hanlin, feels incredible. Wushan Fort is only about ten miles away from Yima Pass, and it is far from enough to transport a large number of stones in a few days to fill in the Yima Pass.

While everyone thought it was incredible, Liu Zhixing said: "Whether my guess with Hanlin is possible or not, you will know if you try it." ”

As the commander of the First Army, Lin Zhong did not dare to move, not because he did not believe Liu Zhixing's speculation, but once he agreed with Liu Zhixing's speculation, it would shake the morale of the army, and second, if Liu Zhixing's guess was wrong. The Chu army was just cultivating and gaining momentum, so he was unwilling to give up Yima Pass. The marshal Chen Geng decided to hold on for seven days, and abandoned the city after only three days, and everyone had to be dealt with by military law.

Liu Zhixing, the deputy marshal of the city, immediately shouted: "Chu Yang." ”

Chu Yang, who had been at the end of the generals, squeezed the crowd to Liu Zhixing's side, and Liu Zhixing said, "Chu Yang gives you three hundred people, do you have the confidence to destroy more than 20 trebuchets under the city, and bring enough fire oil explosives." ”

The soldiers of the thirteenth battalion, especially Chu Yang, couldn't say a word, got up and said, "Get an order." "Get up and go down the tower. Now the night is dark and the wind is high, which is the most suitable for a sneak attack, and the Chu army does not have many trebuchets to garrison, and it is not difficult to complete the task if there are no reinforcements.

Liu Zhixing stared at and led 300 people carrying gunpowder and oil to rush all the way from the city gate, and the sparks were shining in the sky three miles away, and the sound of explosions continued. The pitch-black Stagecoach Pass was bright in the firelight, and instead of burning the stone that pressed on the hearts of the soldiers of the Stagecoach Pass, the fire made Lin Zhong more convinced of Liu Zhixing's guess.

Only the pitch-black Chu Yang, who was smoked by black smoke, ascended to the top of the city, and a group of generals gave way one after another, letting this military general who had made great achievements stand in front of the two main generals. Lin Zhong asked with a straight face, "What's going on with Chu Yang, so fast." "It's only been half an hour, and Chu Jun can't help but be amazed that he has completed an impossible task.

Chu Yang, who was full of swarthy face, said: "General Hui Lin, the last general led the soldiers to arrive, and the Chu army only symbolized resistance. That army was not like the elite of the Chu army, and it had not yet started fighting and retreated, as if it didn't care at all about the more than twenty trebuchets and siege vehicles. ”

Seeing the flames in the sky, everyone in the city was not cheering. Without trebuchets, it would be easier than imagined to defend the city, and the generals around the two main generals were all frowning. Lin Zhong turned to stare at the flames, hesitating in his heart.

Liu Zhixing stared at the post horse pass guard and asked, "General Han, is there a forest near the post horse pass, or any materials that can be made?" ”

Han Sui, the post horse guard, thought about it carefully and said: "Yes, there are many decades of big trees on the surrounding mountains, and you can see trees that are hundreds of years old or even thousand-year-old. If there were experienced craftsmen, at least more than two hundred trebuchets could be built, if not more. ”

Then Liu Zhixing immediately ordered the soldiers to call the two leaders of the craftsmen who were responsible for the construction of the Kamikaze Battalion and the Thirteenth Battalion, and without waiting for Liu Zhixing to ask, Lin Zhong hurriedly walked to the craftsman and asked: "Give you 30,000 people, it will take a few days to build 200 stones from the giant wood on the mountain in two days." ”

The leader of the craftsmen of the kamikaze battalion looked at the general's anxious appearance and replied: "It will not take 30,000 people to build 200 trebuchets in two days, but 5,000 people are enough." ”

Without waiting for Lin Zhong to be shocked, the thirteen craftsmen replied: "Maybe you don't need five thousand people, if you can just throw stones into the city and don't need to move freely, then five thousand people have enough wood and only need one day to set up more trebuchets." ”

Hearing this, Lin Zhong was dumbfounded, just as Liu Zhixing said, it is not impossible to fill the small stagecoach pass with rocks. Yimaguan is just a frontier town, and it is like a countryside with a big city on the earth. A dangerous place turned out to be an easy to attack and difficult to recover, not to mention being stationed for seven days, once the Chu army transported the boulders, nearly 20,000 soldiers in the city were destroyed in one day.

Liu Zhixing looked at the raging flames and said, "Lin Zhong, now we still have a chance to defend for seven days. ”

Everyone cast excited eyes, and Chu Hanlin asked, "General, do you have a way to stop the Chu army." ”

"Nope."

Lin Zhong asked solemnly, "That's a way to destroy the newly built trebuchet." ”

The answer disappointed everyone again: "No." ”

There is no danger in giving up Yimaguan, and Qingzhou is mostly Pingchuan. Once the Yima Pass is lost to the vast plains, and the more than 20,000 people in Qingzhou will only be more passive. Now that the Chu army does not need reinforcements, only 50,000 people are enough to fill the post horse pass, and Lin Zhong is more and more embarrassed.

Chu Hanlin, who knew Liu Zhixing very well, said: "General, you want to block the attack of the Chu army head-on with 20,000 people after Yima Pass. ”

Liu Zhixing stared at the firelight outside the city, wanting to lead the troops out of the city to meet the post horse pass, not only could not retreat, but would become the grave of the army. If the battlefield is placed in Qingzhou, the use of the terrain may not be impossible to succeed in a battle.

As he spoke, he immediately ordered his subordinates to take a picture of Qingzhou, and when it was near dawn, a soldier defending the city immediately broke into the room. As Liu Zhixing said, the Chu army began to attack the city in large numbers, and the timber from the rear girder was transported to Yimaguan, and a trebuchet was erected a mile away, which was enough to throw the boulder into Taiping City. A well-made trebuchet has a range of more than three miles, and a range of one mile away, Liu Zhixing is not wrong, the Chu army did not expect twenty trebuchets to come in handy at the beginning.

After a night of deliberations, Lin Zhong finally decided to withdraw the whole army from Yima Pass, but at the same time of withdrawing from Yima Pass, he had to leave a group of men and horses to defend the city, hold on to the time for the evacuation of the army, and more importantly, not let the Chu army know that this was an empty city.

The sound of fighting at the head of the city continued, and Lin Zhong immediately ordered without hesitation: "Leave five hundred people to defend the city, and the rest of the people will all withdraw from the post horse pass." ”

Chu Hanlin looked at the Yima Pass on the picture and said, "General Lin, now is not the time to retreat. Leaving only 500 people is not a waste of effort for the Chu army, and now it can't go, first reorganize the soldiers and horses, except for the soldiers who defend the city, and leave all the gunpowder and oil in the city. Since Chu Jun gave a surprise, we are not allowed to give a big gift. ”

Looking at Chu Hanlin's evil smile, the deputy general of the Kamikaze Battalion said: "Hanlin, you mean, wait for the Chu army to enter the Yima Pass and set a big fire." ”

"Exactly, rocks can destroy the city wall, and the fire oil is not afraid, as long as the fire oil is lit, the gunpowder will not explode." Said with a wicked smile.

Chu Hanlin's words make people listen to the creepy, a fire does not know how many Chu troops will be buried in the sea of fire, and it is not easy for the Chu army to pass through the post horse pass if the sea of fire is not extinguished. Lin Zhong acted decisively and said: "Do what Hanlin said, and wait until it gets dark for us to leave the city." ”

The Chu army's offensive was fierce and far more rapid than two days earlier, and Liu Zhixing stayed at the head of the city to watch the Chu army's all-out charge without fear of death. Without trebuchets and siege vehicles, the casualties among the soldiers in the city were much reduced. The Chu army did not hesitate to shoot tens of thousands of arrows to the head of the city, Liu Zhixing ordered to defend the city at the same time to collect all the arrows shot by the Chu army, and all the carts were loaded, not wasting an arrow. For now, I am afraid that there will not be enough bows, and there are only 5,000 bows in total.

Half of the bows came to the thirteenth battalion, watching cartloads of arrows being transported out of the post horse pass. Shao Jiu didn't understand Liu Zhixing's actions, what was the use of the arrows that these soldiers exchanged for their lives. Before he could ask, the general's palace reported that the whole army, except for the soldiers who remained in the city, the rest of the people all gathered to rectify and withdraw from the post horse pass.

The whole day of defending the city suffered heavy casualties, and watching the night fall, Lin Zhong said: "Last time, the brothers of the thirteenth battalion guarded for a time, and the brothers of the kamikaze battalion are not bad breeds. Fu Jiang gives you 500 people, can you insist that the Dao army withdraw safely from Yima Pass. ”

Fu Jiang, who was nearly forty years old, selected 500 dead soldiers who were willing to die in the kamikaze camp when he agreed. The Yimaguan garrison and the thirteenth battalion wanted to join, but they were denied by Lin Zhong. Fu Jiang and the five hundred kamikaze battalion soldiers who were in order to complete were guarding the city, and Fu Jiang knelt down on one knee and said, "The last general will be ordered to kill." ”

The roar of five hundred people seemed insignificant in the explosion of the siege, and Fu Jiang gave an order: "Go to the city." ”

Seeing more than 10,000 people pulling all their baggage out of Yima Pass, Lin Zhong gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go, I hope Fu Jiang can escape smoothly." ”

In the face of the uninterrupted attack of the Chu army, Fu Jiang looked at the fire oil rolling stones left on the city and said, "Brothers, don't be stingy, greet good things!" Don't let Chu Jun feel that Da Liang only accepts gifts, and is reluctant to return gifts. ”

Bundles of arrows fell down the city, and five hundred men held on. The attack of the Chu army has never been able to capture the city, just as Fu Jiang watched the soldiers fall one by one. Seeing that the Chu army suddenly retreated, Fu Jiang felt that General Liu's guess was true, if he hadn't thought that Yima Pass would become the grave of 18,000 soldiers.

Looking back at the empty stagecoach pass, he burst into laughter: "Hello brothers." ”

Pick up the longbow and shoot three arrows at once, very willing. They shoot without aiming and drawing their bows, and the soldiers in the city who have bows draw their bows and shoot arrows one by one. No one cares if they can shoot the Chu army to death under the city, after all, the main general Lin Zhong in the city has not left a big gift for the Chu army.

No matter whether the soldiers left behind under the rocks can do it or not, there will naturally be people who will do it. Fu Jiang drew his bow and shot the last arrow, and the soldiers in the city looked up at the dark sky. Fu Jiang knew that the Chu army had begun, and a boulder fell to the ground with a bang, and the gravel in the big pit continued.

Fu Jiang immediately ordered: "Withdraw." ”

Before the sound fell, countless boulders fell into the sky, and in the dark sky, it was like stars falling into the Stagecoach Pass City one by one. There were ruins and broken walls everywhere, and Fu Jiang kept directing the soldiers who were still alive to flee outside the city. One by one, they died in the rubble, and they were about to reach the gate of the city, and a huge stone sealed the gate. There is only a gap left, and only by climbing the boulder can you have a chance to escape from the city, and the blood is flowing under the boulder, and I don't know how many soldiers have been smashed into flesh by the boulder.

Listening to the incessant shouts of the soldiers who were lucky enough to escape from the city, Fu Jiang commanded the dozens of surviving people to climb up and shout out of the city to let the soldiers flee out of the city. "Let's go, let's go, don't look back." Before the words fell, a boulder fell into the sky, and there was no sound.

The commander of the right wing of the Chu army looked at the silent Yima Pass, and the entire city was razed to the ground. Not a single surviving Liang army was seen at the head of the city, and an order was immediately issued to stop throwing stones. said: "Come and go into the city to take a look." ”