Chapter 189: Meteors, Arrows, Fire, and Sea of Fire
A post horse pass that has been in Qingzhou for 15 years has been broken twice in five years, and this time the post horse pass was completely destroyed. There was not a single intact building in the city, and there were 500 corpses of soldiers everywhere, and some people were dying and had their graves built with rubble.
The smell of fire oil was everywhere under the rocks, and the cavalry general of the Chu army led a hundred cavalry to take the lead in stepping on the ruined city wall to enter the post horse pass. There is no resistance in the image, and there is no Liang army everywhere, only the stumps and broken bones of more than 100 people in the city. The screams of the Liang army in pain were sporadically heard in the silent post horse pass, and the cavalry general You jumped in the post horse pass to kill the living soldiers with a knife, leaving no room for life.
In Qingzhou, outside the Yima Pass, Shao Jiu witnessed the rocks razing a military town to the ground. None of the 500 soldiers defending the city has appeared so far, and the sound of rocks smashing has stopped in their ears. Holding the longbow tightly, he said, "Let's go." ”
Each of the five hundred cavalrymen held a longbow, and each of them had more than twenty arrows in his quiver. The land of less than three miles was almost there, and there were no kamikaze soldiers who escaped from the city. The soldiers around him looked at the range of bows and arrows and said, "General." ”
Shao Jiu stared at a neat and only a few gaps in the inner wall of the Stagecoach Pass, a military town built in the valley, and now it looked lonely in the mountains. The protruding part did not show any light, and the crown said, "Wait." ”
The five hundred archers under the command of Shao Jiu of the thirteenth battalion clenched their longbows and were ready to shoot arrows at any time, and they could not wait for the soldiers who appeared from the city. Shao Jiu never heard a large group of people appear in the city, and saw that the sky was gradually brightening and said, "Don't wait, shoot arrows." ”
Five hundred archers stirrups across the arrows splashed everywhere, Shao Jiu bent his bow and a rocket flew out of the full moon, and the archers of the thirteen battalions fired in unison, and hundreds of rockets flew out.
The vanguard cavalry general in the Stagecoach Pass observed the losses of the Liang army, which was different from the imagery, and it was not unexpected. If it is so obvious that it can't be discovered, then how stupid is Commander Liang. Walking step by step among the rocks, suddenly a soldier said, "General, what does this smell like?" ”
The general of the Chu army sniffed, his face changed greatly, and he said loudly: "It's fire oil, get on the horse quickly." ”
The nearby Chu army immediately got on the horse, and there were many Chu troops who didn't hear it, and they were about to get on their horses in a shout, when suddenly a rocket appeared in the sky, which was not so prominent in the early sky, and then hundreds of rockets appeared The Chu army generals shouted loudly, galloping towards the stagecoach regardless of it.
The Chu army, who had not yet reacted, watched one rocket after another fall to the ground, and countless rockets burst into sparks in the rocks. At first sight, I didn't think there was anything terrible, but the fire oil all over the post horse pass was smashed and pressed into it, and a little spark suddenly burst into flames.
The generals of the Chu army rode horses and galloped all the way, and it was difficult to ride horses in the rocks. Under the crisis, the abandoned horse ran towards the outside of the stagecoach pass, only to see the rockets flying above the sky continuously, one rocket after another like messengers from hell. The formation of a faint light in the sky seems to complement the rocket.
The sudden explosion made the generals of the Chu army give up any resistance, and the flames exploded continuously. The boulders thrown into the city are no longer the magic weapon of victory, but become the devil who kills people in the explosion.
There is mostly dry wood under the boulders of Yimaguan, and the stones are burned with the help of fire oil, and the explosion of gunpowder makes Yimaguan a prison on earth. The right-wing commander of the Chu army, who was waiting for the results, clenched his fists tightly, never expecting that Liang Jun would leave such a big gift.
If it weren't for the vanguard investigation, there would have been more than a hundred, perhaps tens of thousands, or even more, dead in the post horse pass. Now a city is no longer an important place for soldiers, and the smell of fire oil fills the air, and the sound of explosions is incessant, and it is impossible to tell whether it is gunpowder or a boulder that has been roasted open.
Stones splashed and the commander of the Chu army shouted: "The whole army retreats." ”
Before the 50,000 troops retreated ten miles away from the post horse pass, the sky was burned into a large fire, and a military town was confused by black smoke, and a red sea was formed under it. You can also feel the burning sensation three miles away in the blazing temperature, and there is also the image of competing with the rising sun.
Looking at the fire in the city, Shao Jiu looked at the kamikaze camp soldiers who rushed out of the surrounding trees. More than 30 people supported each other with bitter faces, not knowing whether it was tears of joy or sadness. The 50,000 Chu troops did not pass through the Stagecoach Pass, and no one knows whether there are still living robes in the Stagecoach Pass. It is already a great luck to be able to get out of the city alive, and from the moment you stay, no one will be able to leave the post horse pass alive, just like the thirteenth battalion and a thousand cavalry blocking battle a few days ago, which was even more tragic at this time.
The raging fire cut off the Chu army's way into the pass, and also burned all the 500 kamikaze battalion soldiers. The bones of the dead soldiers were not even intact, the war had no gains, and those who survived were just rebuilding their homes under the rubble. A fire burned hope and destroyed thousands of lives.
Shao Jiu looked at the surviving kamikaze camp soldiers and said, "Brothers, have worked hard. ”
Ordered the soldiers of the 13th Battalion to send the surviving soldiers of the Kamikaze Battalion to their horses, took off the wine sacs and bowed to the fire and said: "Brothers, we will not let you sacrifice in vain, and then let the living be completed, and we will never let a single soldier of the Chu army step into the territory of Daliang." ”
With tears in his eyes, he threw out the sac and shouted in a deep voice, "Get on the horse." ”
It is not easy to re-establish the camp 20 miles away, and more than 15,000 people can survive. If Liu Zhixing hadn't foreseen the Chu army's plan in advance, I'm afraid that not only the more than 3,000 soldiers defending the city would have died, but it is very likely that none of the 18,000 people would have died in the Stagecoach Pass Chaos Stone.
Liu Zhixing and Lin Zhong stood on the vast land five miles away from the camp, with verdant meadows and lush crops. From now on, the thirteen battalions, the kamikaze battalion, and the post horse guards will have no way to retreat. There is no room for people to be greedy for life and afraid of death on this land, and only thirty miles behind him is a county town with 100,000 people, and there are countless people around the county town.
Lin Zhong, who had experienced a massacre, felt something, and now they couldn't take a step back. If you take a step forward, you will die, and if you take a step back, you will die even more. The Chu army will not pity the people of Daliang, especially the people at the border passes, and the butcher knife will not show mercy.
Liu Zhixing looked at the raging fire and said: "This fire has completely destroyed the post horse pass, I'm afraid there won't be a day or two before the fire will not be extinguished." ”
Lin Zhong, who was staring at the stagecoach Guan who had died in battle, couldn't help but pity those soldiers who died in battle, because the Chu army would not stop next, and would directly bypass the stagecoach pass and attack from another direction. There will be no offensive and defensive battles on the frontal battlefield, only mutual attacks and decisive battles. With 15,000 soldiers to fight out 50,000 elite Chu troops, there is no complete certainty about whether the two main generals can be achieved.
Looking at the direction of Yima Pass, Liu Zhixing said: "Yima Pass is destroyed and you want to go to Yima Pass again, no one can pass through Yima Pass for a day or two, do you guess whether the Chu army will go from Xiaowu Mountain or Yuyakou." ”
Lin Zhong stared at the raging fire and thought for a while and said, "It should be a fish tooth mouth, Xiao Wushan Miyou is a hard bone over there." There are only a few hundred people stationed at Yuyakou, although some of them are good because the terrain is mediocre, and a small stream is dispensable. ”
Liu Zhixing stared fiercely at the burning Yima Pass and said: "The Chu army will not go to Xiaowu Mountain, nor will it go to Yuyakou, and Yima Pass is the only way to go." The nearest detour to Fenyang through Yimaguan is near, and even if you can't make it to the decisive battle, you can smoothly enter the territory of Qingzhou, which will undoubtedly add pressure to the handsome's side. There is no day to go to Xiaowu Mountain, and it is not a day or two to break through to have rice to garrison, and it takes three days to detour to Yuyakou with 50,000 troops, but it is far away from Fenyang. Approaching the border of Huizhou, where Eastern Wu was fighting with Li Shuai, Southern Chu would not choose. ”
Lin Zhong, who was invisibly played by Liu Zhixing, was not unhappy at all, and was even more unbearable for the next battle. I don't know how many days this fire can stop the Chu army, but it won't exceed three days at most. This fire is bound to be extinguished this evening, and it will not be blazing for more than a day at most. It's only early summer, and it's cool in the mountains at night, plus there's a river outside the Stagecoach Pass.
said: "Fortunately, if I die in battle, remember to tell my father and mother Lin Zhong that they did not embarrass them, and that Li Xiuwen." Zhixing must have told her that marrying Moncinjo's bastard was really not a good destination. A waste who doesn't dare to go to the battlefield, where can he compare to General Lin who killed three times and returned three times in the Chu army. ”
For this reason, Liu Zhixing scolded: "If you have the ability, you can say it yourself, I don't want to be hated." With a smile on his face, who knows the pain in his heart. I haven't been home for more than a year, and although the emperor has a will, I can go home once a year, but I haven't gone back once since I met the military reform at the end of the year.
His wife Yang Luo wrote: "Although the eldest brother participated in the palace change and was promoted, he left a secret disease, and now he can only hold some idle positions. The father and mother of the family are very good, and a few months ago, Sister Xia Er gave birth to a very cute daughter, who looks similar to Xia Er. Husband, when are you going home, I haven't had a big belly yet, my father, brother and sister-in-law are very anxious, and even Xiaoxiao is anxious to hug the second brother's little nephew. ”
Whenever I think of this, Liu Zhixing will always be happier in his heart, but there has been no news of Yulian at home. A few years ago, Feiying sent a message saying that Yulian was very good in Ziyun Temple, but he said that it was very good and didn't say much else, when Liu Zhixing was happy, the woman in his heart can only be kept in his heart forever.
Lin Zhong did not refute Liu Zhixing's words, but said: "Zhixing has never spoken so seriously, if you survive, remember to go to Huping." ”
Turning the horse's head and waving his hand, he said, "You kid will go by yourself, and if I don't go, I won't go." ”
Taihe Palace, Taiping City, after a month of quarrels, the new emperor tried his best to rectify the government with Prime Minister Wang An Fangce. As many as 20 officials were promoted after several days of dismissal, and one by one the elders of the DPRK and China were too old to resign on the grounds that they could not handle government affairs.
There are two voices in the court, and there is no room for those who are greedy for life and afraid of death. In the year of the great chaos of integrity, it is necessary for the beams to work together to resist the foreign enemy, and the outside must first be at ease. Sharp means will avoid the war and behead several people, and the righteous harmony is still there, and there are always a lot less.
Liu Ce, the secretary of the Ministry of War, reformulated the military administration of the Great Liang, and the emperor Xiao Yin waved his pen in the court. From now on, the main beam is no longer in Yishou, and it is time to counterattack. A series of military decrees were issued, and the descendants of the Marquis of Taiping City put on armor and entered the army, recruiting offices were set up in various places, and a large number of young people entered the barracks. It is no longer the persecution of the imperial court twenty years ago, but everyone is willing to fight. The tragic battle in Nanjing, the beacon fire in Dongjing, where is not the people of Daliang fighting bravely in the war.