Chapter 35, Sneak Attack on Tongguan
This voice is also familiar, Li Dang heard it immediately, hurriedly opened the door gently, and pulled someone in: "Brother Zhang, why are you?" ”
Saying that, let this person into the inner room, the old fairy didn't dare to light the lamp, and looked at the moonlight reflected in it, and there was a Ming army standing in front of him, and he was immediately startled. Li Kang hurriedly explained: "This is Brother Zhang Xianzhong Zhang, who escaped from prison with me, don't be afraid." ”
It turned out that Zhang Xianzhong was also very strategic, he knew that he was wearing a prison uniform and would never escape far, so he took advantage of the chaos to pick up his clothes from the dead Ming army and put them on, the city was in chaos, he mixed into the crowd of the Ming army, and no one paid attention to him at night. When it was dawn, he did not dare to go to the barracks, so he hid in the morgue in the county, and for several days, no one found him.
On this day, he pretended to be the Ming army to come out to find food, and unexpectedly found Qianniang, although he only saw Qianniang in prison, but he remembered very clearly, so he secretly followed, found Qianniang's residence, he knew that Li Dang left with her, at that time Li Dang's injury was very serious, he couldn't walk at all, it was difficult to get out of the city, he must still be hiding in Qianniang's house, and Qianniang came out to buy all the things that nourished the body, and he didn't have to think about it to know who bought it, so in the middle of the night, he found it.
They did not light the lamps, but sat in the house and took counsel. At the moment, although Li Dang can walk, the injuries on his body cannot be hidden. Besides, there are also shadow graphics, but it is not a foolproof strategy to always hide in the old god's house, Bai Qi has also sent people to visit Li Kang in the past few days, and the Qin army has not come up with any good way.
Li Dang was already anxious, and he couldn't wait to step out of the city.
They discussed for half the night, but they didn't have any good ideas, so they had to continue to hide in the old fairy's house. The next day, Bai Qi sent someone to tell Li Dang not to worry, and to recuperate in the old fairy's house first, and in a few days, he would have a way to take Li Dang out of the city.
Hearing this, Li Dang and Zhang Xianzhong relaxed a little, and the two of them went to the old immortal's house, not going out of the door day and night, waiting for news from the Qin army.
Li Dare was in a hurry in the city, but in fact, the King of Qin outside the city was also in a hurry. His eagerness was not the situation of Li Kang, but the situation of the entire Qin army. According to the latest news from the spies, the Ming army transferred a strong army, the number was not much, only more than 1,000 people, but the battle was victorious, killing no less than 10,000 peasant troops, and even the leader killed more than 10 people. At present, the team of elite soldiers has expanded to more than 3,000 people, and it is even more overwhelming.
According to the source, this elite soldier each had two horses, excellent riding skills, and held an unknown weapon in his hand, like an iron rod, which could actually burst into smoke and fire, and as long as the fireworks were fired, the oncoming enemy would definitely fall off his horse.
This team is invincible, and even characters like Wang Jiayin died in his hands.
The King of Qin learned of this news and discussed countermeasures overnight. Everyone unanimously agreed that if the Qin army waited any longer, in case all the thieves in Shaanxi were wiped out, the Qin army would become a lone army and would have to face the main force of the Ming army alone, which was extremely disadvantageous, after all, they only had 10,000 horses.
Therefore, the flag-pulling incident is imminent. They want to make the situation in Shaanxi even more chaotic so that they can fish in troubled waters.
After the discussion, the king of Qin personally decided, and two days later, at night, he attacked Tongguan, occupied Tongguan, and then attacked Huayin, and then played the banner of Great Qin in a dignified manner.
The news immediately spread throughout the camps of the Qin army, everyone was very excited, more than a year of forbearance and savings, everyone has been suffocated, now that the king has decided to start an incident, then they will soon shock the world.
Two days later, outside Yuehuazhuang, the 10,000 horses of the Qin army lined up in five phalanxes and stood neatly in the night wind. In their hands, there are many swords and guns, and bows and crossbows are cold.
Tonight, the sky is beautiful, there are no stars and no moon, which is very suitable for a surprise attack.
The King of Qin stood on a high slope and glanced at his 10,000 warriors, who knew that these warriors had been extremely loyal to him since they were buried in the loess with him more than a thousand years ago, and that was a psychology that bordered on worship. In the hearts of these people, King Qin is a god, commanding them to wipe out the Six Kingdoms and sweep away the world, as long as he is there, these people will never lose faith.
The solemn and firm voice of King Qin sounded in the night wind: "Warriors, warriors of Great Qin. We are all human beings in two lifetimes. God has given me a second life, not for us to be enslaved by others, in this land, we Qin people will always be the masters. Soon, you will be the Qin people, and you will announce to the world that we are back! ”
Qin Jun shouted in unison: "It's back, it's back......"
King Qin pointed to the night sky, his hand was like a javelin: "There, it is Tongguan, but since dawn, that pass is not called Tongguan, but Qinguan......"
Qin Jun cheered again: "Qin Guan, Qin Guan......"
King Qin raised his hands with both hands: "Take down Qin Pass and tell the world ......"
The army then shouted: "Take the Qin Pass, tell the world, take the Qin Pass, tell the world ......"
Bai Qi waved his hand: "Departure ......"
He had already instructed Ziyi and others in advance that the 10,000 Qin army was divided into five formations, leaving one group, that is, 2,000 people, to protect the King of Qin and several villages, and the remaining four formations went with himself and Wang Jian to attack Tongguan.
Huayin is about forty miles away from Tongguan, and a rapid march will arrive. In advance, Bai Qi had already sent Li Kang and others to investigate in detail and draw a pattern, so he was confident about taking Tongguan.
Tongguan has been a dangerous pass since ancient times, but the word "dangerous" is aimed at the enemy who is attacking east of Tongguan. Historically, when the Central Plains soldiers attacked Guanzhong, they could only go through Tongguan, so as long as Tongguan was held, there would be no risk in Guanzhong. However, if you attack Tongguan from the pass, then it can be said that there is no danger to defend. Tongguan is like an iron gate of a city, it is extremely difficult to attack from the outside, but if the people in the city want to get out, it is not difficult.
At this time, the Qin army was well-equipped, morale was high, well-trained, and it had survived a hundred battles. What is especially advantageous is that the enemy guarding Tongguan never dreamed that a strong team would suddenly appear behind him. Qin Junjun hid too well first, and even Sun Chuanting hid it, not to mention the Tongguan guards forty miles away.
Before the fixed watch, the Qin army had already marched under the city of Tongguan. Five miles away, the eight thousand Qin troops stopped, rested in place, recuperated, and sorted out their weapons.
Bai Qi and Wang Jian personally went to the pass to investigate, and found that the gate was built according to the mountain, facing the east, heavily guarded, the pass was a military camp, facing the main road, divided into left and right, at this time the gate was closed, and there was a Ming army standing vigil on the Diao Dou, there was an iron pot every dozens of steps, and the pot was lit with torches, and there were just a few rows of sharpened wooden barricades in front of the barracks to prevent the horse team from impacting, and there was nothing else.
Due to the investigation of Li Kang and others in advance, the Qin army already knew that the defenders of the entire Tongguan were about less than 3,000 people, divided into the left battalion and the right battalion, and at the moment, it seemed that it was right.
However, this place is not spacious, the phalanx of the Qin army can not be fully expanded, especially the military camp of the Ming army, which is very strong and firm, and the entire outer wall is made of thigh-thick wood, lined up one after another, more than two feet deep in the ground, exposed to the outside four feet high, divided into two rows of front and back, and cannot be broken at all. The gate is made of giant wood wrapped in iron sheets, and it is not easy to rush away.
After reading it, Bai Qi and Wang Jian retreated and discussed in one place. Wang Jian said: "The camp is too strong, once it can't rush in in a short time, the Ming army will rely on the wooden wall to resist, and when the time comes, we will be suppressed and unable to counterattack." ”
Bai nodded: "General Wang is right, so we must take it by surprise and attack the gate." As long as we open the gate and rush in, our Qin army will win. ”
Wang Jian frowned: "But, how can you rush in?" In addition to the soldiers who kept vigil on Diao Dou, there must have been night patrol soldiers in the camp, and we shot the soldiers on Diao Dou, and the Ming army patrolling the camp must have found out. When the time comes, it will be a waste of all the work. ”
Bai Qi knew that Wang Jian was right, but he didn't give up, raised his eyes and looked at the surrounding terrain, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "There is, there is a way." General Wang, come and see, the mountains on both sides ......"
The two looked together, and saw that there were peaks on both sides of the barracks, and they could overlook the entire barracks when they stood in the middle of the mountain.
Wang Qian's heart moved, and he blurted out: "With ......"
The two of them looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
The two of them came to the army, and they selected two hundred marksmen, who were very accurate in their arrows, and fired arrows from fifty paces away, and fell in response.
Bai Qi ordered the 200 men to divide into two teams, with enough arrows, one team climbed the mountain peak on the left and was responsible for suppressing the military camp on the left, and the other team climbed the mountain peak on the right and was responsible for suppressing the military camp on the right. He made it clear that if he saw anyone running out of the tent, he would shoot him on the spot. Everyone was condescending, and even if the Ming army found them, there was no way to hurt them. When they had climbed to a suitable place, they raised torches.
The order was set, and the two hundred men split up and climbed to the two peaks. Each of them carried two bags of arrows, and there were seventy or eighty feathered arrows.
After a while, torches were flirting on the two peaks, and it seemed that they were in place.