Chapter 174: Many divergent paths, easy to ambush
In this era, how much manpower and material resources will be spent to build such a mountain road, and even how many lives will be taken into it, Xuan Shijing dare not imagine. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Master Hou, look at this road, although the road leading to Shangzhou City is the most advanced, but in the early years, when the Central Plains was in turmoil, and most of the troops wanted to attack Shangzhou from Guanzhong, none of them dared to take this road." Shi Hu said.
"This is true, this road is narrower than the official road outside, and there are cliffs and high mountains on both sides, if you march from here, you only need a few troops to ambush on the slopes on both sides of the road, and when you attack it with rolling stones and huge trees, the people below will become turtles in the urn." Xuan Shijing said with a smile: "As long as you are a person who leads the army with a little common sense, you will not take your army on this path." ”
"Master Hou, this is not necessarily, what if it is a surprise attack?" Shi Hu said: "The situation that Hou Ye just said is only that the enemy's whereabouts are known, so he will design an ambush, if it is a surprise attack on Shangzhou within one day, is the situation the same?" ”
"Shi Hu, do you know Xiahou Yuan? If you are a leader, you can be as good at attacking people as Xiahou Yuan, then there is no absolute, of course, in this world, everything is not absolute, but if you are a general, you are not seventy or eighty percent sure, can you dare to joke with the lives of thousands of brothers under your command? Marching and fighting, although it is inevitable that there will be casualties, but, for the generals, what to do is to achieve victory at the same time, to minimize the losses of their own camp, for the generals, long and steady, occasional strange and dangerous moves, it is a common situation, but the sages in charge of history, it seems that there is no general who relies on dangerous tactics to lead troops to fight all day long, of course, there are still many good men who love dangerous tricks and strange strategies. Xuan Shijing said.
Shi Hu and Xuan Shijing discussed marching and fighting, and Xuan Shijing suddenly remembered that when he was drinking tea in the teahouse a few years ago, Shi Hu was interested in the army, and now that it is the New Year, it seems that it is time to find an opportunity to find a way for Shi Hu.
Although Xuan Shijing wanted Shi Hu to stay in the Shenhou Mansion as a commander before, but now looking at the situation, it is not suitable.
"Shi Hu, it's also the New Year now, when we come back from Jingzhou, Master Hou and I will find an opportunity to send you to the military camp in Longxi, but when you get there, Master Hou and I can't help you, everything will depend on you." Xuan Shijing said.
"Well, don't worry, Master Hou, Shi Hu will not lose the prestige of our Hou Mansion." When Shi Hu heard that Xuan Shijing said that he would send himself to the military camp in Longxi, he was so happy in his heart.
A hundred battles on the battlefield, but a dream that I have longed for since I was a child, and now, this dream is about to come true.
"This year, Brother Zhang was transferred back to Chang'an, he still has a team in Longxi, and now it has been incorporated into the Longxi Zuowuwei camp, and now I don't know who the guards of Shicheng have been replaced, although the mountains are high and the road is far away to help you, but a small captain's position, Master Hou, I still have this little thin face." Xuan Shijing said.
"It's not necessary, Master Hou, according to my Shi Hu's ability, little captain, it's not easy to capture, I haven't been to the army once, everything is unfamiliar, so ah, it's better to start with a small sergeant, down-to-earth."
"The idea is very good, the army says that it is simple and simple, and it is complicated to say that it is complicated, and the bottom are all straight men, and they are very easy to deal with, but there will be no shortage of those who go to Linglong's heart, and they must be more careful in secret, Longxi is a good place for the military, and it is also a good place for the imperial court, so there will naturally be no fewer people staring at Longxi." Xuan Shijing said: "Be careful in everything. ”
Suddenly, the guard who was leading the way in front of him quickly reined in his horse, stopped where he was, mounted on his horse, and drew out the long knife that hung on the side of the horse.
Gao Jun, the leader, shouted: "All on alert!" There is an ambush! ”
Long'er quickly turned the horse's head, rode to the side of the carriage, drew the long knife she carried with her, and guarded the carriage.
"What's going on?" Xuan Shijing looked at Long'er, and then looked ahead, but there was no movement at all.
"Master Hou, there are people in ambush on both sides of the mountain road ahead, I don't know how many people there are now, if it weren't for one of them to make a move, once we go to the front, it will be bad." Long'er said: "There was a guard in the front team who had extraordinary ears, and when he heard the movement, he told Gao Jun. ”
"That's .......," Xuan Shijing muttered in a low voice, "Let's stop here, and they will beat the drums in their hearts." ”
"That's right." Long'er thought for a moment and nodded and said.
"So, hum, wait and see, give the order, rest in place, drink some water, eat something, and be on guard." Xuan Shijing said.
"It's Master Hou." Long'er replied in a low voice, and then turned her horse forward to the front of the team, with her back to the road in front of her, facing Gao Jun's face, and shouted loudly to the team: "Master Hou has an order, rest in place, drink some water, and eat something!" As he spoke, he made eye contact with Gao Jun.
Gao Jun nodded, signaling that he understood, and then whispered to the guard next to him.
When everyone got the order, they took their knives, turned over and dismounted, sat down next to the horses, took out water bladder steamed buns and dried meat from the pockets on the horseback, and ate them seriously, occasionally talking to each other about something, as if they were chatting in an ordinary way.
Seeing this, a group of people who had been ambushed on the mountain not far in front of them were a little confused, why did they stop and start eating when they were walking well?
"Boss, what should I do? Wait a while, or rush now. A man dressed in a gray linen dress with a cloth towel wrapped around his head said to a middle-aged man in his thirties who was carefully observing the form below.
"Leopard, what do you think they are doing? Walk well, stop when you say stop. The leader said with some puzzlement.
"Just now, I heard the woman below shouting that their Hou Ye ordered the team to rest, eat and drink, rest for a while and then go on the road, it's normal to stop like this." The leopard also looked down with the middle-aged man in the lead, and said as he observed.
"You're stupid on horseback, whose team will get off their horses and rest in such a place?" After hearing the leopard's explanation, the leader looked at the leopard with an idiot look and said: "This place is not far from the exit in front, out of this mountain road, it is a flat official road, there are no cliffs on both sides, and the line of sight is open, isn't it safer to rectify in that kind of place?" (To be continued.) )