Chapter 39: Ascending the Mountain
Yang Nandi was suspicious in his heart, and wandered around the house with his hands behind his back for a long time, and finally ordered his generals to carefully guard all mountain roads to avoid being raided by Pei's army-
"Zhen followed the mountain and scolded, or to confuse me, so that I neglected other places...... Thou shalt be strict, especially in the gentle places behind the hills, and thou shalt be more cautious. ”
There is the West Han River in the northwest of Qiuchi Mountain, go down to the south around the mountain, there is Luoyu Water in the southeast, the west is in harmony with the West Han River, it is surrounded on three sides, there is no water in the north of the mountain, but it is naturally steep, and the cliff stands like a wall. The location where Pei Jun camped was by the water of the Western Han Dynasty, in the direction of north-west, and Zhen Sui was also sitting on the ground and calling for battle there, so Yang Nandi suspected that the other party was deliberately using Zhen Sui to attract his attention, and actually wanted to launch a surprise attack on the side.
As for the further south, including the position of the garrison of Tangchangqiang, the safety factor is slightly greater—if there is a major movement between the two armies, it is condescending and can be seen at a glance—but it must not be neglected, so as not to be taken advantage of.
Just as he gave the order to go down, he suddenly heard a commotion from the outside world, and someone came to report that there was a fire on the mountain. The first envoy of Yang Nandi was still unimpressed, and said: "Who caused the firewood to catch fire?" It can be extinguished quickly, and it will not spread ......"
In the mountains, the most convenient natural material is wood, so most of the houses are built with wood in various places in the mountain gaps, forming a wide range of large settlements, then cutting wood every day to make fire, cooking on stoves, and occasionally walking water is also common.
Who would have thought that another soldier would immediately report in a hurry, saying that it was not the cooking fire, but that the officers and soldiers had already attacked the mountain and were setting fire to the house everywhere! When Yang Nandi heard the report, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Where did the officers and soldiers come from?!" "I didn't have enough armor, so I hurriedly went out to see the ......
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Yang Nandi was not bad, he scolded in front of the mountain for more than ten consecutive days, even if he was really a fool, he would have been annoyed for a long time, and Zhen Sui naturally did not have this kind of patience. In fact, he only scolded for one day, and when he saw that there was no movement on the mountain, the next day he ordered a subordinate with a similar figure to wear his own clothes and armor, and continued to call for a gourd in the same way - anyway, he couldn't see his appearance clearly from a distance, and besides, was there anyone in Qiu Chidi who was really familiar with General Zhen's appearance? I've only seen a few glances at the walls of the river pond before.
So what did Zhen Sui do? He went to make maps.
Zhen Sui changed into casual clothes during the day, took a few subordinates, used the trees under the mountain to hide his figure, carefully approached the mountain wall, and repeatedly watched and surveyed; At night, the previously captured Di people were interrogated, and the location of the mountain settlements and fortresses was inquired about the mountain terrain, mountain paths, and mountain settlements and fortresses. He came back with not only the elite under his command, but also a pottery craftsman......
In view of the low cartographing skills of these years, Pei Gai was not satisfied with all the maps hidden by the government—he had also recalled the maps drawn by his grandfather Pei Xiu, who he had seen when he was a child, although they had their own secret techniques, and in the eyes of his later generations, they were also crude and unusable. It's just that Pei Wenyue didn't learn map mapping in his previous life, and he didn't know how to improve it for better - the ancients would have known what kind of techniques such as standing wood as poles and three-point and one-line were ordinary for the ancients.
However, he soon discovered that some folk craftsmen, accustomed to clay sculptures, could be trained to knead the terrain of the body. Those craftsmen don't know where they got their talent, and how they learn and cultivate, kneading and shaping, often vividly, even if they are far away from mountains and near water, after they have seen a few times, although they don't give a specific size, they can also imitate six or seven percent concretely and slightly. It seems that this craft does not rely on rigorous technique, but purely on the artist's intuition......
There has long been a precedent for piling up soil to make mountains, shaping it into terrain, and using it for military purposes. And Zhen Sui knows how to fight in the mountains, and knows that understanding the terrain is the key to victory, so he specially asked Pei Wei for one of them and brought it to the mountain. On the first day of his personal scolding, the craftsman pinched out the general outline of Qiu Chi Mountain by visual only, and then through Zhen Sui's investigation and interrogation, he revised and refined it at any time, and in just nine days, he completed a three-dimensional map that was barely visible.
Then Zhen casually called Wang Ze and Xiong Yi to come to discuss, and said: "This mountain is steep, the front cliff is difficult to climb, surrounded by the Western Han River, etc., there is almost no place to stand after wading, Yang Nandi has set up forts in many places, and blocked the mountain pass with bows and arrows, if it is attacked, the loss will be great......" The two generals nodded again and again, and said in their hearts You finally understand this——" It is precisely for this reason that it is difficult to attack the mountain. Wang Ze asked: "Jun Zuo has been surveying for a few days, is there a strategy for mountaineering?" ”
Zhen Sui said: "There are thousands of soldiers on the mountain, less than thirty percent of our army, and the equipment and military quality are far inferior...... What the Metropolitan Governor said, if you look at the text......"
The second general's heart said, do you still need to say? Wang Ze stretched out his hand and pointed: "If the dangerous mountain is stopped, it will be enough, but the Yang family has been based on this mountain for a long time, and they have set up fortresses in key places, and they can be ten of them." If the mountain is stormed, unless there are 350,000 troops, one after another, and fill in with their lives, there is a possibility of breaking the mountain......"
Zhen Sui said right, that's right - "On the road up the mountain, there are no less than ten around, but they are all guarded by soldiers, even if the bloody battle is won, our army will suffer heavy losses, this is not the right way to fight." Then he smiled: "Qing and the others should understand my plan, right?" ”
The two generals looked at each other, and said in their hearts your plan? What did you say? How do we know? Xiong Yizhi arched his hand: "The last general is dull, and I ask Jun Zuo to speak clearly." ”
Zhen Sui pouted: "You are indeed very stupid. I said it very clearly, if you go up the mountain from the old road, it is difficult to overcome ninety, and only by stepping out of the road from the nowhere can you take Yang by surprise and break through this mountain! ”
Then he pointed out carefully, saying that I found a steep cliff in front of it, and the defense was the most sparse - after all, Qiuchi Mountain was very wide, but the number of soldiers on the mountain was limited, and it was impossible to fortify everywhere, but could only choose important nodes to guard - I planned to select fifty elites, just like climbing the city wall, to hook up with ropes, and the first foothold was here...... Then here's the second stop......
The second general was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly dissuaded him. Xiong Yizhi said: "The cliff in front is indeed like a city wall, but how can there be such a high city in the world?" Even if you go to the first place where you stumble, the height is more than twice that of the ordinary city wall, and if you stumble, it will be difficult to ...... the bones."
Wang Ze also said: "This plan is very dangerous, even if you can climb smoothly, but there are one or two people blocking the road, then thousands of horses and thousands of troops will not be able to spread, and there will be no more than 50 people!" "It's like attacking a city, in fact, if you can suppress the archers in the city, whether you use ropes or ladders, it is not difficult to climb up, but the difficulty is that the first climber may be attacked by multiple enemy troops, making it difficult for them to gain a foothold on the city wall, and they will not be able to follow up and help. Then you climbed up like this, didn't you give away people's heads in vain?
Zhen Sui smiled: "You are not used to climbing mountains, in my eyes, although this mountain is steep, it is not much different from the path. And I led fifty men up the mountain, but it was only to disrupt the enemy's situation, and you took the opportunity to lead your troops up the road, echoing in both directions, and there was a chance to break the enemy......"
When Wang Ze and Xiong Yizhi heard this, they were shocked, so they spat and tried their best to dissuade them repeatedly. Zhen Sui ignored it at all, and finally even said that I wasn't discussing with you, I was giving you orders!
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Zhen Sui was born in Wulingman, but his hometown did not belong to Wuling County in the Jin Dynasty, but to Tianmen County in the north, and the ethnic groups were distributed between Chongxian and Xiaozhong, that is, the north of Zhangjiajie City in later generations. Once the barbarians were in turmoil, they habitually ran into the mountains, and once guarded Yunmeng Mountain, which was Tianmen Mountain in later generations. The steepness of Yunmeng Mountain, in Zhen Sui's opinion, is not inferior to the Qiuchi Mountain in front of him, and it is even taller, reaching into the sky.
- In fact, in terms of altitude, Qiuchi is far higher than Yunmeng, but its surroundings are also high, but there are many deep valleys under Yunmeng, and the height difference from the bottom of the mountain to the peak is indeed Yunmeng's superior.
When Zhen Sui was a teenager, he basically grew up in Yunmeng Mountain, because his clan had been fighting against the government for seven or eight years in the past ten years, and he avoided the mountains at every turn and used the imperial army to suppress it. Therefore, Zhen Sui has a lot of experience in how to defend a cottage, and if he thinks about it backwards, it is easy to plan countermeasures on how to attack.
Of course, he also knew that this was a risky move, but one was used to using it at home, and the other was that he had just come a few days ago and let go of the big words, if he couldn't make progress for a long time, he would be laughed at by the king and the second general Xiong. Therefore, he did not listen to anyone's advice and insisted on going.
Besides, in Zhen Sui's opinion, if this mountain is not in danger, unless it is piled up with human lives, it will definitely not be able to attack. The Metropolitan Governor also wants to pacify Qinzhou as soon as possible, so that he can go east to fight Pingyang, if he maintains a heavy army in Wudu County for a long time and besieges a dangerous mountain that is difficult to overcome, the overall plan will definitely be disrupted.
Of course, Zhen Sui really didn't have to be so loyal to Pei that he had to obey the decree of the Metropolitan Governor, and if the Metropolitan Governor didn't mention it, he had to find ways to solve his problems, even if he died, at the point of not hesitating. It's just this kind of dangerous mountain, it is estimated that it is impossible for anyone else in Pei Junzhong to win except himself, and it is inevitable to see the joy of hunting. And if you can win, you will have a lot of opportunities to go into battle in the future; And if you let go of your big words, but you can't beat it in the end, will you have no chance to make your own decisions and show your hands and feet in the future?
What about the risk? Go for it! The greater the risk, the sweeter the victory, isn't it?
So he carefully selected fifty brave soldiers from his subordinates who were also from the mountains, and Zhen led them to quietly approach the mountain wall, and then climbed with a rope. Climbing the mountain was not difficult for him, and after many days of investigation, it was true that the defense of this road was quite sparse - mainly because Yang Nandi couldn't imagine that anyone would come up from this place where there was no road - so it took him more than half a day to touch the mountainside part without danger.
In fact, it can't be said that there is no danger, and occasionally three soldiers fell down the mountain and fell into meatloaf due to various reasons such as poor ropes. Fortunately, Zhen Sui had already made everyone talk about bamboo-just like a war horse during a surprise attack-so even if you fell to your death, you wouldn't be able to scream, so as not to alarm the pawns on the mountain.
When he came up the mountain, Zhen Sui couldn't help but be a little afraid, and said in his heart that I originally planned to climb at night, so that it would be more effective for a surprise attack, but Wang Ze pulled his clothes and refused to let him live or die, so he changed it to climbing during the day...... If it's really the middle of the night, it's dark and invisible, and it is estimated that there will be more than three people who will fall, and thirty people is too little!
Originally, he planned to climb up again, but near this foothold, he suddenly found an unexpected wooden house, and his back was full of cold sweat. The main purpose of interrogating the captives in advance is to determine the defensive bases, but there are not only Di pawns on the mountain, but there are also many people who are old, weak, women and children - after all, Qiu Chi Mountain is a base camp for Qiu Chi Di, not a fortress for purely military purposes - if they find a suitable place to build a house, it is impossible for the captives to know all of them and confess one by one.
Zhen Sui hurriedly left the rope, pulled out the long knife, and jumped into the wooden house with a short body. There were no pawns in the house, only an old man lying on a straw mat, and when he heard the sound outside the door, he asked casually. Zhen Sui didn't know if there were any other people nearby, so without saying a word, he jumped up and pressed the old man's mouth, and cut his throat directly.
Since there are already Di people living here, it can be seen that there must be a road to the core of the cottage. Zhen Sui understood this, so he stopped climbing the steep cliff, came out of the house, gathered his people, and immediately found the way up the mountain. Before leaving, he deliberately took a fire from the stove and set the wooden house on fire.
Kill all the way, burn the house when you see it, kill people when you see it, and don't show mercy. Gradually, there were more and more people living in the surrounding wooden houses and people, and there were less than fifty people under his command, which was really difficult to slaughter. Zhen Sui instructed his subordinates not to fight with the pawns, but he used the people as shields, and even grabbed the children as hostages to force the pawns to retreat.
Even if Yang Nandi has not been able to organize his troops and launch an effective encirclement and counteroffensive, the number of soldiers who have taken the initiative to gather after hearing the sound of the voice, or the strong Di people, is also quite considerable, and it is not something that Zhen can carry with these dozens of people. But he used civilians as shields and rushed towards the secret places of the house and people, but it made it difficult for the pawns to throw rat traps, hold hands and tie their feet.
In this way, the chaos on the mountain gradually expanded......
Under the mountain, Pei Jun saw the fire on the mountain, and knew that Zhen Sui had succeeded—at least he really went up the mountain—and hurriedly launched a rapid offensive against many mountain roads as planned. Wang Ze also ordered the soldiers to shout, saying: "There is internal strife on the mountain, Yang Nandi is dead, do you dare to resist the official army again?!" "Deliberately disturbing the minds of the guards.
Almost at the same time, the Tangchangqiang at the western foot of Qiu Chi also launched an attack, trying to make it difficult for Yang to take care of the enemy.
Zhen Sui gradually approached the core of the cottage, and saw that there were more and more soldiers surrounding him, and most of the civilians ran away, and it was not easy to find people to be shields. More than 40 of them rushed from place to place, refusing to stop at one place, so that the soldiers could be surrounded smoothly, and seeing that the opponent was invincible, they simply went down the mountain road and killed them in the opposite direction.
The wooden forts built along the road are all controlled roads, in order to prevent the mountain from going down, he didn't expect that there would be enemies from behind, but he was successfully smashed by Zhen Sui in many places, and then he relied on a wooden fort with good terrain to hold on to help.
Only, will the reinforcements be able to arrive in time? Even he didn't know the bottom of his own heart......
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