Longxian, Longcheng.

Wang Yuan is now in Longcheng.

The true number of defenders in Longcheng is much more than the news that the Han army has found.

According to the investigation of the Han army, the defenders in Longcheng were only a few thousand, and at most they were more than 10,000.

In fact, the number of defenders of Longcheng was as high as 50,000.

When Geng Yi led the army to attack Longcheng, most of the defenders in the city did not participate in the defense of the city, but stayed in the military camp in the city, standing still, creating the illusion that the number of defenders in Longcheng was not large to the Han army.

After the siege of the first day, the Han army returned in vain, and Wang Yuan in Longcheng City immediately replaced the defending army, replacing the soldiers who had been fighting for a day, and replacing the army that had not yet participated in the battle and was fully formed.

By the time the city was attacked the next day, the Han army had shown signs of exhaustion, but the defenders were a vigorous force.

After the siege battle the next day, Wang Yuan made another change of the defending army.

By the third day, the state of the Han army was exhausted, and the army defending the city was still a vigorous force.

In this state, it's no wonder that the Han army can capture Longcheng! However, Wang Yuan also made mistakes, or he was too cautious.

The defenders of Jiequan and Qingshui moved closer to the side of Longxian, and had formed a situation of entrapment against Geng Yi's troops, and at this critical moment, Wang Yuan still chose to have reservations.

The 50,000 troops hidden in Longcheng did not pour out, but only dispatched 30,000 people, so that the soldiers and horses surrounding Geng Yi's troops were 60,000, not 80,000.

Although there was only a gap of 20,000 people, it gave Geng Yi's troops a rare chance to breathe, so that they could successfully merge with the Ma Wu Department and Wang Babu who rushed over to reinforce them.

Looking at the whole battle, this should be the only mistake Wang Yuan has made so far.

Hearing the report, Geng Yi led his troops to retreat in the direction of Wushan, and Wang Yuan immediately summoned his generals to discuss how to pursue the enemy.

Now, the morale of all the generals under Wang Yuan's command is high.

People stood around the map, and one of the generals said: "In this battle, our army has an advantage, and the enemy army is weak, and it is only a battle of trapped beasts, if our army cannot completely annihilate the enemy army, so that the enemy army can successfully escape back to Sanfu, after returning, I really can't explain to the king!" ”

"That's right! Geng Yi, Ma Wu, and Wang Ba, the three enemy armies, our army must annihilate them all! ”

The corners of Wang Yuan's mouth rose, he looked at his subordinates who were like a rainbow, suddenly raised his hand, pointed to the map, and said: "Here, this is the place of life and death between our army and the enemy!" ”

The eyes of all the generals fell on Wang Yuan's fingers, and they said in unison: "Broken Martial Valley!" ”

"That's right! Wushan's Broken Martial Valley! ”

Wang Yuan nodded.

The generals looked at each other, and one of the famous generals whispered: "General, our side has not set up an ambush in the Broken Wu Valley, and we can't block the enemy's retreat!" ”

Wang Yuan waved his hand and asked, "Have any of you ever been to Broken Martial Valley?" ”

Many generals bowed their hands and said, "The last general has been there!" ”

Wang Yuan asked, "What is the topography of the Broken Martial Valley?" ”

A general frowned and said: "The valley is narrow, it is a crack that splits the mountain, the valley can only accommodate two or three people walking side by side, and the carriage can't enter, and the valley is full of rocks, and it is extremely difficult to walk, this route, not to mention that the army is difficult to pass, even the hunters who are familiar with Wushan are unwilling to go." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said slowly: "Broken Martial Valley is the only way to pass through Martial Mountain!" The enemy's 30,000 people, if they want to pass through the Broken Martial Valley in full, it will take at least one to two days, and during this time, the main force of the enemy army is blocked outside the valley. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Yuan suddenly paused and looked at everyone happily.

"What the general means is that our army can take this opportunity to launch an all-out onslaught on the Han army, and the enemy army blocked outside the Broken Wu Valley is like being blocked on a dead road, there is no way to go to the sky, there is no way to go down, and our army can wipe it out!"

Wang Yuanle said hehehe: "Geng Yi has expected that our side will set up a blockage on the main road, and if he withdraws from the main road, he will be blocked by our army, so he decided to take the small road instead."

It's just that Geng Yi, a milky kid who hasn't dried up, is still too young, and he doesn't know how dangerous the route of Broken Martial Valley is! ”

All the generals present showed excitement on their faces, and said one after another: "Kill Geng Yi, Ma Wu, and Wang Ba first, and then kill Fu Jun and Zang Gong, and capture Liu Xiu alive. ”

Wang Yuan looked up and smiled, he slapped his hands on the table, and said in a loud voice: "In this battle, our army must not let go of the enemy again, and we must wipe out all the enemy troops outside the Broken Martial Valley!" ”

"Whoa!"

All the generals stepped in to give the salute.

Wang Yuan gathered all the soldiers and horses of his side, a total of 80,000 people, and pursued the ass of the Han army.

The 30,000 Han troops led by Geng Yi, Ma Wu, and Wang Ba traveled all the way east, and within a few days, they entered the territory of Wushan.

Wushan Mountain is high and steep, it is impossible to climb at all, if you want to pass Wushan, there is only one path, which is the Broken Wu Valley.

The Broken Martial Valley is like a giant, and an axe splits the Wushan in half, splitting a large canyon in the center of the Wushan Mountain.

This canyon is too steep, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, but the widest place below is just over a meter wide, and this kind of terrain cannot be ambushed on the top of the valley.

Let's not talk about whether the ambush soldiers can climb to the top of the mountain, whether there is a foothold on the top of the mountain, even if they go up and find a foothold, the stones cannot be thrown, because the valley gets narrower and narrower the higher it goes, and the stones thrown have to be stuck on it.

The bottom of the valley is full of large and small stones, angular and angular, like a stone knife, walking on it, making it difficult to find a foothold, if you are not careful, the sole of the shoe will be pierced, and the soles of the feet will be cut.

The path that Geng Yi chose, Broken Martial Valley was the only way to go, and they had no choice, so they could only go here.

Witnessing the situation in the valley with their own eyes, Ma Wu, Wang Ba and other Han soldiers all grinned secretly, how could they have 30,000 soldiers in such a narrow valley! Ma Wu said to Geng Yi: "Bo Zhao, such a narrow canyon, our army's carriage can't pass at all!" ”

Geng Yi narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said, "Unload the carriage, put all the baggage on the horse's back, and take as much as you can." ”

After speaking, seeing that everyone was standing stupidly in place, looking at himself blankly, he slapped his face and said in a loud voice: "We don't have much time, hurry up, disassemble the carriage!" ”

Ma Wu, Wang Ba and the others sighed and could only act according to Geng Yi's orders.

Soon, the first Han troops began to enter the canyon.

People walked slowly through the canyon with their heads down, one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Geng Yi, who was standing outside the valley, raised his eyes to look at the sky, frowned, and shouted at the valley: "Hurry up! At this speed, we won't be able to pass the Broken Martial Valley for three or five days! ”

The soldiers of the Han army walking in the valley grinned secretly, they also wanted to be fast, but they couldn't be fast at all, the bottom of the valley was full of large and small stones, and if they didn't put their minds down, they would still be light if they cut the soles of their feet, and if they got stuck in the cracks of the stones, they couldn't pull them out.

The Han army led by Geng Yi arrived at the Duanwu Valley at noon, and when it was nearly evening, there were less than 2,000 soldiers who passed through the Duanwu Valley.

Seeing that the sky was gradually getting darker, and his own speed was still slow, Geng Yi's heart felt a chill, this is not a good phenomenon, his main force is now completely blocked outside the Broken Martial Valley.

After thinking about it, Geng Yi summoned all the generals under his command and said in a deep voice: "The speed of our army through the Broken Martial Valley is too slow, and the enemy army may chase and kill at any time, so it is not a way to go on like this!" ”

Wang Ba shook his head and said: "This is already the fastest speed of the soldiers, even at this speed, there are still many soldiers whose feet are cut and cut!" ”

Ma Wu looked at Geng Yi and couldn't help complaining: "At the beginning, we were all against taking the path, but Bozhao, you didn't listen, you have to go your own way, what should I do now?" ”

Geng Yi squinted at Ma Wu, was silent for a while, and he said word by word: "Pave the road with the planks of the carriage and our army's food bags!" ”

"What...... What the? ”

The crowd present looked at Geng Yi in disbelief, are you crazy?

"There's no other way!"

Geng Yi said categorically: "Inform the officers and men of our army that each person will only bring three days' rations, and the rest of the food will be used to pave the road!" ”

"That'...... And what about three days later? ”

Grain and grass is not a joke, no matter how miserable the soldiers fight, no matter how ineffective, as long as the grain and grass are still there, the heart of the army is there, and the officers and men of the whole army will not disperse.

If the food and grass are gone, then even if you win a series of battles, the morale of the army will collapse, and the whole army will be scattered.

Now Geng Yi wants to use his own food to pave the road, isn't this crazy, what is it?

Geng Yi said: "In three days, our army will be able to arrive at Longguan and join His Majesty!" ”

"Your Majesty's camp was attacked, Your Majesty only escaped with 3,000 soldiers, and there must not be much food, after meeting with Your Majesty, the soldiers of our army will be able to eat?"

Ma Wu asked loudly.

Geng Yi shouted loudly: "If Your Majesty has no food, then the soldiers of our army will steal it!" Just grab it! ”

His sudden voice startled everyone present.

Geng Yi roared in a shocked voice: "Don't fucking mention it to me!" At present, there are 30,000 soldiers, life and death, and their lives are on the line, what are you still telling me about whether there will be food in three days?

If you don't have food, then grab it, and if you can't grab it, you go to eat grass and gnaw on the bark! Now, do as I command at once! ”

At this moment, Geng Yi's eyes were red, and when he stared at people, his eyes were about to burst into flames.

Ma Wu and Geng Yi looked at each other for a long time, stomped their feet heavily, turned their heads and shouted to their subordinates: "Distribute rations, and the remaining grain will be handed over to the general for disposal!" ”

Geng Yi's character is not only decisive, but also ruthless enough, no one could have imagined that he would dare to take out military rations to pave the road and level the bottom of the Broken Wu Valley.

As bags of grain were thrown into the Broken Martial Valley, people stepped on the grain bags and marched, and the speed of the march was indeed several times faster than before.

But at this time, the rear spies quickly reported that the vanguard of the enemy army, estimated to have 20,000 people, had already pursued and killed.

This news is tantamount to a slap in the face for the officers and men of the Han army.

The enemy's 20,000 elites caught up, and it was not that they could not fight, but in this way, the speed of their retreat was delayed, and it was estimated that the battle was not over, and the enemy's main force would arrive, and when the time came, none of their soldiers could escape.

Geng Yi clenched his fists and asked, "How many cavalry are there in our army?" ”

"There are only more than 2,000 riders!"

Wang Ba said hurriedly.

Geng Yi nodded and said, "I will lead the cavalry to resist the enemy army, and you will pass through the Broken Martial Valley as soon as possible!" ”

After speaking, Geng Yi turned around and walked away.

He had not taken a few steps before Ma Wu caught up with him and grabbed his wrist.

Geng Yi turned his head and looked at Ma Wu in puzzlement.

Ma Wu said: "You are a general, the chief general of the whole army, no one in the army can do it, but you can't do without you!" ”

"Zizhang!"

"I'll go!"

Ma Wu's eyes were firm, and he said in a tone that could not be refused.