After Wang Ken's 10,000 troops rushed to Jianmen Pass and successfully joined forces with Liao Shanhe, the time was ripe for a full-scale attack on Jianmen Pass.

After all, the total strength of the forward battalion is only 3,000 people. Even if two peaks have been taken, the main force of the frontal attack is only 2,000 people, which is really too little.

Attacking the 20,000 people guarding the Shu army with 2,000 people only has the nature of harassment, and it is impossible to play a real role.

With the arrival of Wang Ken, the Han army also had the strength to storm and capture the pass after mastering the advantages of the two mountains.

The pre-war meeting was immediately held, and the number of participants was not large, mainly Liao Shanhe, Zhong Yuanjun, Wang Ken, the commander and envoy of the sixth chamber, and the senators of the military staff.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the two mountains have fallen into the hands of our army, the next step is to take the Sword Gate Pass as soon as possible, I don't know what you think?"

At the last meeting, Senator Yang Gang, who showed his face, put forward a lot of good ideas. After Liao Shanhe tasted the sweetness, he paid more attention to the opinions of the senators than before.

"The chief manager, I think that we can't throw too many cocktails like we did in the last attack on Yangping Pass. Otherwise, even if the enemy is scared away, our army will be blocked by the majestic flames, and will not be able to pursue smoothly. Wang Ken learned the lesson of burning Yangping Pass last time, and put forward suggestions for improvement, "Our army on the top of the mountain can throw a small amount of cocktail, plus stones and wood and other sundries, as long as the enemy army is forced not to dare to show their heads easily on the city, and cover the advance of our main siege army to the gate, it is the guarantee of victory." ”

"Yes, throwing too many cocktails not only blocks the way of our troops, but also easily creates opportunities for the enemy to burn the plank road."

Yang Gang, who climbed down from the mountain to participate in the military discussion, followed closely behind Wang Ken and put forward a reasonable opinion.

The calming made Zhong Yuanjun pull up his beard and look at Yang Gang calmly, and recognized him very much in his heart.

The emperor sent Yang Gang to the sixth chamber as a senator, not because he was promoted after gilding, but because he wanted to give full play to Yang Gang's military command skills and provide necessary assistance for the army's southern expedition.

In fact, in the battle to capture the two mountains, Yang Gang not only put forward reasonable suggestions, but also charged forward regardless of his body, without the arrogance of the protégé of the Son of Heaven, which is really rare.

Previously, Zhong Yuanjun, who was in charge of political work, had inquired clearly that Yang Gang had a younger brother under him, who had not yet been married.

Coincidentally, Zhong Yuanjun's youngest sister-in-law also happens to be at the age of kissing.

If this marriage can be successful, it will be equivalent to an indirect marriage between the Zhong and Yang families, and the benefits will naturally be many.

The main reason for this thought is that Zhong Yuanjun is very optimistic about Yang Gang's future. After all, among the hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Han army, there are very few officers who can truly be in the heart of the emperor.

According to the rules of the Han army, commanding operations fell within the purview of Liao Shanhe, the commander of the capital, and Zhong Yuanjun did not speak lightly as usual, so as not to affect the authority of Liao Shanhe.

If it involves the promotion and demotion of officers, salaries and salaries, or difficulties in life, Zhong Yuanjun will be the leader.

To put it bluntly, it is the separation of military and political affairs and military orders, and it is impossible for Liao Shanhe and Zhong Yuanjun to hold all the power of the entire sixth compartment alone.

Everyone present spoke enthusiastically, expressing their opinions, and their rhetoric became more and more intense.

Liao Shanhe smiled slightly, even if it is an officer who has gone through the martial arts hall, don't look at the education level is much higher than before, the anger is still not small.

Li Zhongyi once said that if an army wants to win every battle, it must pool its wisdom, sum up its shortcomings, and carry forward its strong points.

At the military conference, the army, which no one dares to tell the truth, will sooner or later make a big mistake!

The so-called good at the top will be very bad at the bottom.

Under Li Zhongyi's example, the entire Han military system has formed a good atmosphere of seeking truth from facts.

At the operational meeting, regardless of the level of the position, we only talked about the actual needs of the operation, and we were both truth-seeking and pragmatic!

"In addition, when attacking head-on, in order to prevent the enemy from throwing rolling wood and stones, or even pouring fire oil on us, we must prepare a large number of soil bags in advance, so as not to rush and cause unnecessary losses at that time."

Yang Gang's addition made everyone present nod their heads in approval.

The mountain road is indeed unusually rugged, and after field investigation, only one and a half horse-drawn carriages can be allowed to pass. Moreover, the Shu army on the wall is easy to spot the attacking troops.

To put it mildly, on this kind of road, the enemy will casually throw a big rock down, and the more troops and horses you put on it, the greater the losses.

Therefore, using the soil bag as a cover and advancing layer by layer, even if the speed is a little slower, can protect the attacking officers and soldiers to the greatest extent.

Seriously influenced by Li Zhongyi, the current Han army generally respects the operational idea of winning battles and losing small amounts, and there is no room for reckless action.

In the final analysis, since Li Zhongyi adopted the policy of raising the army, the cost of sacrificing a soldier is huge!

Li Zhongyi once calculated a big account in public, if more than 10,000 soldiers were killed in a certain battle, the finances of the imperial court would fall into a great embarrassment. If more than 20,000 soldiers were killed, the finances of the imperial court would be bankrupt in an instant.

Of course, at that time, the imperial court had not yet taken Jiangnan and Shudi, and the level of financial revenue was relatively limited.

Even if the current financial affordability has more than doubled, the upper limit of the number of casualties cannot exceed 30,000.

It is precisely because the cost of war damage is too high that in the Han army, generals, large and small, whether voluntarily or forced, must learn to calculate the loss account.

After summing up, the battle with the largest proportion of battle losses, in addition to the ambush, is to be pursued!

Therefore, the officers and men of the Han army have developed the combat habit of preferring not to win rather than be defeated because of underestimating the enemy. After all, every elite warrior is a valuable asset, not a worthless expendable.

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the status of the military and the Han has deteriorated, and the national soldiers have completely become the humanoid consumables of the feudal towns vying for power and profit.

In order to prevent the soldiers from escaping, the warlords from all walks of life even tattooed words on their faces in a frenzy, completely trampling their self-esteem under their feet, and losing face!

It is precisely because of Li Zhongyi's birth that the social status and image of the soldiers have been completely reversed, and the self-confidence of the soldiers has been raised.

Since the establishment of the Hechi Army, Li Zhongyi has formulated a preferential treatment policy of high income and high treatment, and one person is a soldier and the whole family is honored. Even if a certain soldier unfortunately dies in battle, he has no worries at all, and his own court comes forward to take good care of his family and children.

The king regards everyone as siblings, how can everyone not work hard to serve?

After two hours of quarrelling, the final battle plan took shape, and the task of the main attack was handed over to Wang Ken, while Liao Shanhe, the main general, was in the center and commanded.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor is watching us from behind, I have one request, I hope you will strictly follow the battle plan and strive to demonstrate the military might of our army in a hundred battles!"

"Whoa!"

About an hour later, Li Zhongyi got a detailed battle plan, he read it several times, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth: the layout is reasonable, and the military heart is available!

In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Liao Shanhe put the time of the general attack on the Sword Gate after the dawn.

The start time of the battle is based on the time when the military horn is sounded. The soldiers who occupied the two mountains were the first to attack, and they only needed to throw stones and cocktails into the Jianmen Pass.

What made Li Zhongyi particularly happy was that his subordinates had a strong ability to summarize and formulated the tactics of chasing and fighting fiercely, so as not to leave time for the defeated soldiers of the Shu army to set fire to the plank road.

This time, the plank road was burned, and at least the army went south for a month and a half, and the lesson was actually quite profound.

"Zhonghe, let's follow suit, shall we? Anyway, being idle is also idle. Li Zhongyi looked at Yang Wushuang with a smile.

Yang Wushuang wanted to dissuade him, but after seeing the firmness in the emperor's eyes clearly, he swallowed his words back and nodded: "Anyway, the plank road is protracted, so it's better to go to the front and see the excitement." ”

It is naturally impossible to carry heavy equipment such as artillery on the road over the mountains and mountains, so Li Zhongyi, surrounded by the guards, set off in a mighty manner and went straight to the Jianmen Pass.

In the early morning, in the camp of the Han army, the soldiers had already eaten their war meals and were standing solemnly in front of their respective camp tents, waiting for the military orders issued from above. Reading.com

Fighting in the mountains, no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, they can't fully unfold like the plains. Today's soldiers of the Han army are actually a long snake formation that is taboo for soldiers.

The head of the snake in the long snake formation was at the foot of the mountain at the Jianmen Pass, but the snake tail was placed on the mountainside several miles away. No way, although the battle formation is ugly, it is the best deployment at the moment.

Liao Shanhe walked to the front of the formation, drew a knife in his hand, and shouted: "Sons, our opposite is the first Xiongguan in the world, and the pseudo-Shu Mengchang once said wildly, saying that our army will definitely not be able to pass this pass. You say, "We can't get by?" ”

"Step through the Sword Gate Pass and enter Chengdu Mansion!"

"Step through the Sword Gate Pass and enter Chengdu Mansion!"

"Step through the Sword Gate Pass and enter Chengdu Mansion!"

Because the battle array was too long, the soldiers in front had just finished shouting, and the soldiers in the back had just shouted together, and the voices came and went, showing the military might of the Han Dynasty!

"Blow the trumpet, attack!" Liao Shanhe waved the war knife in his hand and pointed straight at the Sword Gate.

The loud trumpet of "Didi Da Da ......" suddenly sounded, and the sound waves spread throughout the valley, heralding the beginning of the general attack.

Yang Gang had been waiting impatiently, and when he heard the sound of the attacking army's trumpet, he immediately waved his big hand and ordered loudly: "Throw five small stones first, then a can of cocktails, and finally a big stone." ”

This approach is very chicken thief!

The purpose of throwing small stones was not to smash the Shu army to death, but to disturb the morale of the Shu army and make it panic.

Thrown down with a can of cocktail, this is a threat of death, whoever gets the burning devil's liquid, if not burned to death, will be burned out.

As for throwing big stones, it was really to smash the soldiers of the Shu army to death on the ground, the more bloody the scene, the more frightening it was.

With Yang Gang's order, the ten soldiers standing in the first row raised the stones or cocktail cans in their hands and viciously smashed them into the sword gate gate under the mountain.

"Boom ......"

"Boom ......"

"Click......"

A can of cocktail thrown down from the mountain by "Bang ......" happened to smash into the dense crowd of the Shu army, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen burning people rolled on the ground in pain, wailing hoarsely.

"Oh, my mother......"

"It hurts......"

"Help Me ......"

Jianmen Pass is a mountain city, in order to defend against the attack of the Northern Army, there are many rolling wood and stones and burning smoke oil pots.

However, there happened to be no straw bales to put out the fire, so this was a problem!

Someone's relative was hit by a trick and burned into a burning man, so he hurriedly brought a bucket of water and threw it on his head to extinguish the fire.

Unexpectedly, it's okay not to splash water, but after splashing water, the fire is getting hotter and stronger, and it turns his relatives into barbecue.

"Oh, the water can't be extinguished, isn't it a ghost fire?" There is a kid who lacks heart, and whatever he thinks in his heart, he shouts out.

Just when the people were panicking, another round of attacks with cocktails between stones fell from the sky.

This time, everyone had a heart and a long eye, hiding against the wall, but it didn't hurt anyone.

However, just as everyone had been happy for a short while, everyone was on the side of the wall, and they were attacked with extraordinary brutality, and more than a dozen people were burned into flames by cocktails.

At this moment, the Shu troops guarding the pass can see clearly, whether they hide left or right, they can't escape the attack on the mountains on both sides.

"Don't mess around, listen to Lao Tzu's orders, and hold the shield on your head."

The Shu army officers in the pass were not all wine bags and rice bags, and some people saw that it was not good, so they stepped forward decisively and gave an order sharply.

Everyone looked at it intently, and the officer who stood up was their immediate boss, Shao Nong, the commander of the Jianzhou Army.

Shao Nong is not an ordinary person, he has always controlled Kuanren, and even if his subordinates commit crimes, they will not kill people easily. Therefore, he still has a lot of prestige in the army.

Under the oppression of Shao Nong's accumulation, the defender soldiers, who were already in chaos, instantly found the backbone, and everyone raised their shields one after another.

At this time, I saw Yang Gang's cunning. Large and small stones, mixed with cocktails, smashed down together, let alone raising a shield, even if it was a big bell, it was not a problem.

"Boom ......"

"Boom ......"

"Smack......

Under the random smashing, people kept falling to the ground and could not afford to be seriously injured. Moreover, the shield could not hide the burning cocktail liquid at all.

As a result, the morale of the Shu troops guarding the pass was suddenly consumed.

Some people really can't stand this kind of torture that can only be beaten and burned, but they can't fight back at all, so they throw down the steel knife in their hands, turn around and run.

The power of example is endless, and since some people have started to do so, those who have been overwhelmed by fear have followed suit.

Fear is a contagious disease that spreads from one to ten, from ten to hundreds, and from one hundred to thousands.

As a result, the defenders in the world's No. 1 Xiongguan had already turned around and fled before they even saw the face of the enemy.

"Senator, the Shu army opened the back door and escaped!"

Yang Gang learned the lesson of being burned last time, and this time, he sent someone early to keep an eye on the movements of the Shu army.

Now, the game of throwing stones, but only ten rounds, the Shu army was defeated, alas, victory, it came a little too easy!

When the vanguard of the main army was still moving slowly halfway up the mountain, Liao Shanhe suddenly heard the sound of the victory charge, and the loud horn resounded through the clouds!

"Damn, this is a win? Lao Tzu's offensive formation has not yet been launched! Liao Shanhe felt a little unbelievable, however, the sound of the victory charge was true.

"Sons, rush with Lao Tzu!" Liao Shanhe took advantage of Zhong Yuanjun's unpreparedness and rushed out first.

"Kill, ......" The soldiers of the Han army poured up from the middle of the mountain like a tide.

Li Zhongyi had just climbed two peaks when he received good news from the front: the sword gate was closed!

Liao Shanhe took the main force, along the direction of the defeat and retreat of the Shu army, regardless of the pursuit and killing, biting the tail of the Shu army, and never giving the enemy a chance to breathe.

After Li Zhongyi heard about it, he couldn't help laughing and said: "It is advisable to chase Yu Yong after the poor, Liao Shanhe did a good job this time, very good, very good!" ”