Chapter 121: Climbing the Mountain
And Wang Zhi in the west is not much worse, and the hillside is a little flatter. But apparently the defenders were also more prepared. Wang Zhi also suffered hundreds of casualties, everyone returned to the camp, everyone almost couldn't recognize who it was at first sight, all black like Africans, it turned out that the mountain had just been burned yesterday, and there was black grass and charcoal ash everywhere. In order not to be shot by the defenders' crossbowmen, everyone crawled forward, dodging the stones and rolling on the ground, covering themselves in black charcoal ash.
Zhang Jie saw the soldiers like this and said: Let's go wash first, the injured brothers should go back to the wounded barracks to smelt their wounds, and bury the dead brothers first.
Zhang Jie also felt troublesome, and said in frustration: Why don't you attack at night, the defenders can't see the situation clearly at night, even if they know that someone is attacking, but they can't see the bow and crossbow clearly, they won't be able to attack in the chaos.
Zhang Jie said: Then try it at night.
In the afternoon, Zhao Yun really caught a scout, and originally wanted to arrest the two, but these two people fled separately, and Zhao Yun could not arrest him even if he experienced harm. The scout's horse was also very fast, and several of Zhao Yun's subordinates did not catch up, and ran away.
Zhang Jie asked people to bring scouts in, and Zhang Jie asked people to loosen their ties first.
Then he said, "What's your name?" What position does he hold under Gongsun Zhan? The scouts were afraid of death, but they were reluctant to betray. I want to talk but I'm afraid of making the mistake.
Zhang Jie saw him like this, and said: You don't have to worry that I won't kill you, you should know that last time in Youbeiping, Gongsun Zhan's 5,000 cavalry was besieged and then surrendered, didn't I let it go? As long as you cooperate well, I can let you go home, or you can choose to go to Jizhou, how about I give you a hundred gold?
The scout couldn't believe it, and said, "Do you count?" Wouldn't it be Kuang me? Zhang Jie laughed and said: I, Zhang Jie, have never spoken and don't count, don't you believe it?
Scout said: Are you Zhang Jie Zhang Shimin? Zhang Jie said: If it is fake, do you think anyone in the Jizhou army dares to pretend to be me?
The scout said: I believe you, you ask, villains never lie. Zhang Jiedao: What's your name? Where do you live?
The villain's surname is Wang The second in the family, everyone calls me Wang Er, and my home is in the countryside of Yuyang.
Zhang Jie said: Yuyang is now my territory, you can go home and be a rich man in the future.
Zhang Jiedao: What did Gongsun Chan send you for?
The lord sent me, oh no, it was Gongsun Chan who sent me to inquire about the situation. If you encounter the defenders, let them defend to the death, Zhang Jie said: Did Gongsun Chan send troops to the rescue?
Wang Erdao: Not at the moment, I don't know if it will be in the future.
Zhang Jie said: You go down to rest first, and I will look for you if there is something.
Zhang Jie asked Wang Er to go down, and sent someone to watch him. Zhang Jie said to Jia Xu: It seems that Gongsun Zhan doesn't plan to save Gongsun Yue, he is using this Gongsun Yue to consume us.
Jia Xu said: Gongsun Chan is not a fool, he knows that even if he comes to the rescue, he will be caught in the net. On the contrary, it saved us a lot of distance. So he won't come to the rescue, but we can use this to set up a plan, Zhang Jie said: What's the plan?
Jia Xu smiled and said: Seeing that this Wang Er is a little clever, he can let him go to the camp on Gongsun Yue Mountain, and say that Gongsun Zhan intends to let us catch him. The purpose is that Gongsun Chan brought a message to him, and there was no rescue. Let him lead some of his own people to break through.
Zhang Jie said: Let's let Wang Er say that Gongsun Chan has sent troops to rescue, and then let's let people pretend that Gongsun Chan's army is attacking, and let Gongsun Yue go down the mountain to attack our army on both sides?
Jia Xu said: This is not appropriate, if Gongsun Chan told him that there were no reinforcements before Gongsun Yue came, then he would not only not be fooled but would be more determined to stick to it. And Wang Er will also let Gongsun Yue kill him, but let him break through, because he can't bear to die in terms of brotherhood, Gongsun Yue will believe it. But to be realistic, you still have to keep attacking. To make Gongsun more convinced, if he doesn't break through, he will die here. As soon as he broke through, he would lose his strong fortification. Our cavalry can solve it all with a single charge.
Zhang Jie said: Okay, just do it, attack first tonight and see if the result is, if it is not good, let Wang Er go up the mountain in three days.
At night, Wei Yan and Wang Zhi led the troops and quietly approached the defenders by using the moonlight, but Gongsun Yue was also a little prepared, and he asked people to bury a few small traps on the way to attack.
A soldier of the Jizhou Army fell and fell. The noise was a bit loud, and the defenders began to shout for a sneak attack when they found out, and began to throw stones again, although they were littered, but at night the attackers did not know where the stones were rolling, and they were hit a lot.
In the end, Wei Yan had no choice but to order a retreat. Back in the camp, Wei Yan said: Lord, the last general attacked the last one, the enemy did something on the road, and a soldier accidentally touched the road, so that the defenders found out, and the sneak attack failed, but demolished dozens of brothers.
Zhang Jie said: Okay, I don't blame you for this, you go down to rest first, and talk about it tomorrow.
The next day, Zhang Jie didn't let people attack the mountain, this broken place, it's really not easy to attack! Gotta figure figure it out.
In the camp, Zhang Jie said: At present, it seems that this Gongsun Yue is here, and there is really nothing we can do about it. What do you have to do? Ju Yidao: Why don't we find a few masters to climb up from the east cliff, put down the rope and pull people up.
Frustrated: How many can you pull? Even if you go up to a few hundred people, you may not be able to take it. Jia Xu said: It would be good if some people could be sent up to burn Gongsun Yue's grain and grass, there are not many people, it is best to make up like Gongsun Jun, and then find grain and grass, go up at night, and then set fire to it again in Yin Shi (three to five o'clock in the middle of the night), Yin Shi generally sleeps very dead.
Zhang Jie thought about it and had no other way, so he tried it, and said: According to General Ju's words, is there a master of cliff climbing in your army?
Ju Yidao: There should be a few, so go find it now.
Zhang Jie said: Don't worry, let the brothers prepare to retreat first, and remember to make up as the enemy. Safety first. Promise!
On the second night, Ju Yi selected five good cliff climbers and used the moonlight to climb up the eastern cliff.
First of all, the rope on the back of a master is very thin, although the cliff is not straight, but it is also difficult to climb, it is impossible to carry a thick and long rope to go up, a bundle of thick rope is hundreds of pounds, it is impossible to climb up.
When the first master finally reached the edge of the mountain after nearly two hours, he took a few breaths in between. Once you reach the top of the mountain, drop the tiny rope. The people below tied the thick rope to the thin rope and let the people above pull it up, and when the thick rope was pulled to the top of the mountain, the soldier who went up the mountain was very smart, he did not tie it directly to the top of the mountain, so it was easy to spot.
That's how it saved their lives. Instead, he found a crooked-necked tree near the top of the mountain. Although most of the trees on the mountain are burned, the trees on the cliffs cannot be burned. Tie the rope to the root of the tree, and when you look down from the top of the mountain, you can't see that there is a rope tied under the root. This leaves a lot of time for the retreat.
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