After approaching Qiguan, Zhao Hongrun carefully looked at the terrain around Qiguan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, from the whole situation in this area, the southwest is higher, the northeast is lower, but Qiguan is a little special, it is built on a small hill, the winding Qishui bypasses it in the north, flows through the east, and then joins the Wei River in the south.

Therefore, after approaching Qi Pass, the terrain on the side of Su Wangjun is low.

The terrain is at a disadvantage, which means that the range of the Wei army's crossbowmen will inevitably be greatly reduced, and it is not as far as the South Korean army's crossbowmen.

Of course, for the Wei army, which was protected by Wugang's car, these were only minor problems.

The only thing Zhao Hongrun wondered about was that the Han army put on a posture of defending Qi Pass and did not take the initiative to fight, which was quite abnormal in his opinion.

Because as far as he knew, in addition to the army originally stationed in Qi Pass, there should also be the army of Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, and the army of Han General Tyrant, if the cavalry under these two Han generals were combined, it would never be less than 20,000.

So, where are the 20,000 cavalry?

In Ki Guan? Guarding the pass with cavalry?

Of course, this is just a joke, after all, no matter how Zhao Hongrun is, he will not think that Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, and Storm Kite will use cavalry to guard Qishui.

Some people may think that it is very likely that the Marquis of Dangyin, General Han and Storm Kite, will send their cavalry to reinforce Huaxian.

To be honest, this thing does make sense, the terrain of Huaxian County is indeed more suitable for the Korean cavalry to exert its strength than that of Qiguan, but he doesn't believe that Han Yang and Storm Kite will send out all the cavalry under their command, at least one cavalry will be left.

After all, cavalry has always been the easiest type of troops to turn the tables and win on the battlefield, even on a battlefield with 200,000 troops, 5,000 cavalry can turn the tide of victory and defeat.

After a few glances at the surrounding terrain, Zhao Hongyun could roughly guess the tactics that the South Korean army was likely to adopt - frontal confrontation and a roundabout sneak attack.

The reason why Zhao Hongrun guessed like this is that the topography of this area is somewhat special - the Qiguan area, which is surrounded by Qishui and Weihe on three sides, resembles a small island in the middle of the river, and on this small island, there is only a hill like a crescent moon. And Qiguan is built on the moon bend to the east.

Judging from this terrain, when the Su Wang army attacked Qi Pass head-on, it was very likely that the Han army would sneak attack the Wei army's flank from the other side of the hill.

Even Zhao Hongrun guessed that it was likely to be a sneak attack by cavalry.

Of course, this is just his speculation, and there is no indication that the South Korean army will actually sneak up as he says, but then again, it is always right to think carefully before the war.

"Yang Bai, Ding Heng."

Zhao Hongrun called in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Yang Bai, the leader of the black crows under Zhao Hongrun, and Ding Heng, the deputy leader, came to the former, clasped their fists, and waited for dispatch.

I saw Zhao Hongrun raise his hand and point to the unknown crescent-shaped hill - let's call it 'Qi Mountain', and said to Yang Bai and Ding Heng: "You don't need to wait for assistance in attacking Qi Guan, you wait to sneak into this mountain forest and stare at the wind and grass in the forest, this king suspects that the Han army may be able to sneak attack our army in a roundabout way." ”

"Yes!" Yang Bai and Ding Heng hugged their fists to receive their lives.

At this time, the Shangshui soldiers of the front team were pushing the Wugang cart and were still advancing towards Qishui.

Because Zhao Hongrun always cared about that Qi Mountain, the soldiers of the Shangshui Army almost advanced next to Qishui.

Even on the march, the sword and shield soldiers in the army were nervous, ready to support the weak crossbowmen at any time.

But to Zhao Hongrun's surprise, until the Shang Shui Army advanced the team to more than a mile in front of Qishui Pass, they were not ambushed by the Han army, which inevitably made Zhao Hongrun mutter: The Han army is not ambushed in Qishan?

"Could it be that Storm Kite and Dangyin Hou Han Yang are really so confident in Qi Guan?"

Zhao Hongrun frowned, feeling a little incomprehensible.

In fact, in his opinion, the precipitousness of Qiguan is actually the same thing, it is nothing more than that there is a Weihe River that is difficult to cross by ordinary means, and in addition, if the flat land between Weihe and Qiguan about four or five miles long becomes a battlefield, it can accommodate not many soldiers on both sides, which means that the defenders of Qiguan will basically not be attacked by large-scale enemy forces - this is essentially the same as the situation of Pigaoguan.

In addition, Zhao Hongrun couldn't think of anything else that could make Qiguan a dangerous pass.

At least for his army, the terrain in this area did not pose much of a threat.

"His Royal Highness King Su."

Wu Ji and Zhai Huang, the generals of the Shang Water Army, came to Zhao Hongrun's side and asked the latter for instructions.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun stared at Qi Guan in the distance for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Today's battle may be two battlefields before and after. As he spoke, he told Wu Ji and Zhai Huang his judgment again, and then concluded at the end: "Zhai Huang, you command the attack on Qiguan on the frontal battlefield, Wu Ji, you pay attention to the rear of our army, and be wary of the Korean army bypassing the rear of our army from that mountain and launching a sneak attack." ”

"Obey."

Wu Ji and Zhai Huang invariably clenched their fists to receive their lives.

For these two generals, this is the best task arrangement: with Zhai Huang's ability, there is no problem in commanding the attack on Qiguan; As for Wu Ji, as long as he is not placed in the position of commanding general, then this general, who has been demoted by Zhao Hongrun and temporarily assumed the affairs of the general, is relatively much more reliable.

After all, it is not something that ordinary generals can do to kill Xin Zhan, the general of the South Korean army, on a single horse.

After receiving Zhao Hongrun's instructions, Wu Ji and Zhai Huang returned to the army respectively.

It didn't take long for the Shang Shui Army to blow the horn on behalf of the attack.

I saw that with the sound of a low and powerful horn, about 300 Wugang cars took the lead and slowly pressed towards Qiguan.

At the rear of the Wugang chariot team was the Wei army's well-mounted chariot team and crossbow troops.

"Bang bang bang-"

With a few roars, the catapults of the Shang Shui Army first launched an offensive, under the command of 2,000 generals Gu Tao, more than 100 catapults bombarded Qi Pass - this attack on Qi Pass, the catapult troops did not carry many stone bullets, therefore, 2,000 people pinned their hopes on Gu Tao to concentrate firepower, hoping to collapse the gate of Qi Pass or a certain section of the wall.

In short, as long as there is a breakthrough that allows the infantry to enter the pass, this is the only role of the catapult troops.

I have to say that due to many actual battles, 2,000 people have some experience in commanding catapults, no, the bombs thrown by the catapults under his command are generally relatively accurate, almost all of them fall in the area of Qiguan, and even more than a dozen of them are smashed head-on on the wall, and they are smashed into a series of cracks on the originally relatively flat wall of Qiguan.

At this time, the Wugang car unit had entered the range of the crossbowmen of the Korean army in Qiguan, and Zhao Hongrun was quite surprised to see that thousands of fire arrows shot out from Qiguan and landed on the body and baffle of the Wugang car.

Especially on the baffles of those Wugang cars, there are many Wugang cars on the baffles, which are nailed with blazing fire arrows at the moment.

"Fire Bolt?"

Seeing this scene, Zhao Hongrun's face showed a slight look that seemed to be smiling.

To be honest, he was not worried about the Wugang car being burned at all, because the baffle of the Wugang car was a finger thick, even if the Han army used a fire arrow, it was not so easy to ignite a piece of wood with a thickness of one finger.

Not to mention, there is also a special design on the baffle of the Wugang car to restrain the fire arrows - a piece of wood that can be operated behind the baffle and make a piece of horizontal wood move up and down on the outside of the baffle.

No, those Wugang cars that were hit by many fire arrows, the Wei soldiers in the car pulled the wrench and pulled a piece of horizontal wood on the outside of the baffle up and down, and suddenly, the fire that was originally nailed to the outside of the baffle was hit down by the horizontal wood and fell into a rectangular groove directly below.

In that groove, there was about an inch or so of clear water, and after those fire arrows fell into the water, they made a few snorting sounds, and they were immediately extinguished.

Of course, there were also a few Wugang cars that were not very lucky, and they were directly hit by the fire arrows, but the Wei soldiers on the car did not panic at all, because the horizontal wood was a fist thickness from the side, and it could burn in an instant with just a few fire arrows.

Taking a step back, even if it does burn, it doesn't matter, when the fire gets bigger, just give up this Wugang chariot - it's just a chariot made of wood, and it's not a big deal.

At least Zhao Hongrun didn't feel distressed.

I have to say that Wei Jun's calmness in the face of the fire arrow made Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, who was upstairs in Qiguan Pass, feel frustrated.

He thought that he could use fire arrows to stop those damn Wei army broken cars, but he didn't expect that the Wei soldiers on the opposite side didn't take those chariots too seriously, but instead consumed a lot of fire oil on the side of the Han army in Qiguan.

"Boom-"

A stone bullet smashed into the wall, killing two unlucky Han soldiers, and also made Han Yang's eyelids jump sharply when he heard the movement.

I have to say that after so many years of fighting, Han Yang, Marquis of Dangyin, has never felt so aggrieved.

Thinking that his South Korean army has always taken the initiative to attack, how could he have been so embarrassed and passive?

Just when Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, was distressed, the violent kite said in a deep voice beside him: "Lord Marquis of Dangyin, please let me lead the infantry into battle." …… The fire bolts are not enough to burn the chariots of the Wei army, and the only way to use the method that you and I discussed yesterday is to use it. ”

"......" Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, looked at the storm kite and hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily.

A moment later, the Qi Pass Gate opened, and under Zhao Hongrun's suspicious gaze, Han General Storm Kite led a team of Korean infantry out of the pass.

The South Korean infantry is very interesting, they only hold a cowhide shield in their left hand when they set foot on this battlefield, and in their right hand, they do not even hold a weapon, but a rope about the length of an arm's arm.

At the other end of this rope is a clay pot tied to it.

I saw these South Korean infantry holding shields and rushing in front of the slow-moving Wugang car, not too close to the Wugang car, throwing the rope in their hands, and throwing those clay pots towards the Wugang car.

"Bang Bang Bang

There was a sound of crockpots shattering, and the crockpots smashed into the baffles of the Wugang cars, splashing the liquid inside.

There was no need to guess what that liquid was, because there were several Wugang cars in it, and because of the relationship between those viscous liquids, they suddenly burst into flames.

Needless to say, it's kerosene.

『……』

Seeing this scene, Zhao Hongrun frowned, and his expression became solemn.

At the same time, the storm kite also examined the formation of the Wei army on the battlefield.

"Sure enough, Wei Gongzirun was on guard against our army's ambush on (Qi) Mountain, so he deployed most of the sword and shield soldiers on the northwest side, and relaxed the garrison on the other side. …… Maybe this is an opportunity?'

Storm Kite squinted her eyes and said to herself.