Chapter 347: Night Attack
As soon as Zhang Ren led the vanguard of the 20,000 Shu army out of Jianmen Pass, Wei Yan, who was sitting on the wall of Jianmen Pass, received the news.
This is not the role played by the spies, but the distance between the two places is not too far, a distance of hundreds of miles, if you climb high and look at it, the large-scale troop movement of the other party will not be able to hide it from his Wei Yan's eyes at all.
"The commander of the Shu army on the opposite side is Wu Yi, and it is impossible to be the vanguard to attack, so at the moment, the vanguard of the Shu army can only be Zhang Ren." Watching the brigade of Shu troops open the Sword Gate Pass, Wei Yan speculated in his heart.
The commander of the Jianmen Guan Shu Army is Wu Yi, the deputy general Zhang Ren, Huang Quan, and more than a dozen generals of all sizes, all of which cannot be hidden from the eyes of spies and meticulous work. It's like if there is any movement in Hanzhong, it can't hide from the spies of other princes.
However, although there are many generals in Shu, there are only two fierce generals whose strength has reached the realm of condensation, Wu Yi and Zhang Ren.
Knowing that it was he Wei Yan who was stationed at Jiameng Pass, as long as the main general of the Shu army was not stupid, it was impossible for him to send other ordinary generals to deliver food. If so, the one who led the vanguard of the Shu army to attack, except for Wu Yi, could only be Zhang Ren.
However, Wu Yi is the chief general of the Shu army, and the war has not yet begun, how can the main general serve as the vanguard?
Although Wei Yan is a military general, he has more than just muscles in his head, and he can figure it out in minutes.
"Zhang Ren, his subordinates are also defeated, just let him taste defeat again!" Wei Yan stroked the big knife in his hand, full of fighting spirit.
According to the military order, he Wei Yan had to hold on to Jiameng Pass until July 14 before he could evacuate or retreat.
But as of today, it is only the tenth day of the seventh month.
If he wants to hold on for four or five days with 5,000 troops and under the onslaught of 200,000 Shu troops, this will need to test his ability Wei Yan. This is probably the reason why the military advisor asked Wei Yan to stand firm, but let Liao Hua's army retreat, right?
After preparing for a long time, before night fell, Wei Yan led a thousand light horsemen, took advantage of the night to kill out of Jiameng Pass, and went straight to the direction of the Shu army.
One day was not enough time for the vanguard of the Shu army to arrive at Jiameng Pass.
When a large army marches, it takes a long time to set up camp after traveling sixty or seventy miles a day, and most of them are only eighty miles.
From Jianmen Pass to Jianmen Pass, the mountain road is winding, a distance of 100 miles, and the march takes at least two days.
Of course, if you advance by light horse, the distance of a hundred miles is only two or three hours.
However, Zhang Ren's vanguard army naturally cannot all be light horses.
Yes, Zhang Ren will inevitably camp for the night in the middle of the road tonight!
In the hundred-mile mountain road from Jianmen Pass to Jiameng Pass, where is the right place to camp for the night, Wei Yan has long known in his heart. During the time he was ordered to garrison Jiameng Pass, he didn't eat dry food, and the terrain within a hundred miles near Jiameng Pass, he Wei Yan had already figured it out!
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Chaoyang Valley is located more than 70 miles northeast of Jianmen Pass, and it is less than 30 miles away from Jianmen Pass.
This valley is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the only exit to the northeast is to have the name of Chaoyang Valley. The exit of this valley is also facing the Chi Road (the Chi Road between Jianmen Pass and Jiameng Pass), the area in the valley is not small, it can accommodate more than 100,000 people, and it is very suitable for the army to camp according to the camp.
The army is camped here, and as long as they hold the valley mouth, they don't have to worry about enemy attacks.
Of course, if the peaks around the valley were occupied by enemy troops, that would be a different matter.
However, the Shu army has been fighting with Zhang Lu for so many years, and it is not once or twice that they have camped in this Chaoyang Valley, so they naturally know what to do is the safest. Don't you see, on the mountain peaks on all sides, are the arrow towers standing there?
Anyone who wants to break through Chaoyang Valley from the peak, these arrow towers used as warnings are a hurdle that cannot be bypassed!
At this time, the half moon rises in the east, and the lights in Chaoyang Valley are bright, and even near the arrow tower on the mountain peak, there are also many torches illuminated.
Under the moonlight, a group of black shadows were quietly approaching Chaoyang Valley.
"Stop!" Suddenly, one of the people leading the team at the front shouted in a low voice.
If there were acquaintances present, they could hear that this was Wei Yan's voice.
Guessing that it was Zhang Ren who led the vanguard of the Shu army to attack, Wei Yan naturally didn't want to let go of the opportunity to teach Zhang Ren another lesson. What's more, a surprise attack on the vanguard of the Shu army tonight can frustrate the sharp spirit of the Shu army, and then it will be much easier for him Wei Yan to defend Jiameng Pass.
Attacking the vanguard of the Shu army at night, Wei Yan did not bring many soldiers and horses, and a thousand archers were enough.
Don't look at the fact that he brought out of Jiameng Pass is a thousand cavalry, and the knight is just a thousand archers on war horses.
This night attack on Zhang Ren, the vanguard of the Shu army, Wei Yan did not want to defeat him. After all, with a thousand troops against the tens of thousands of pioneers of the Shu army, even if all these elites left by him Wei Yan could be ten with one, it would be impossible to defeat the vanguard of the Shu army.
What he pursued was to kill and further dampen the morale of the vanguard of the Shu army!
Therefore, it is the best choice to attack at night with archers.
After looking at Chaoyang Valley for a while, Wei Yan ordered again: "Next, we all get off the horse and walk." ”
"Leave a group here to guard the horses, and the others will follow the general to the foot of the mountain."
Even if the war horse chewed, even if Ma Teng was wrapped in cloth, at least if they were close to Chaoyang Valley, they might be exposed.
Thousands of knights decisively turned over and dismounted, tied their horses to nearby trees, and then took longbows and pots of feather arrows from their horses, and quickly formed their marching procession, ready to follow Wei Yan to move together.
Looking at his silent and fast-moving subordinates, Wei Yan felt greatly relieved.
These thousand archers are considered the elite of the elite, and it is necessary to understand the general's combat intentions, as well as to order and prohibit them, even if they attack at night now, they can be silent, and even the uniform dismounting action just now did not make much movement.
"Let's go!" After checking along the queue for a while, Wei Yan took the lead and touched a mountain peak near Chaoyang Valley.
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The bright moon is slanting in the west, and midnight is approaching.
Outside Chaoyang Valley, at the foot of the mountain, Wei Yan with nearly a thousand crossbowmen lurked here for a long time, they have been here for more than an hour, in order to ensure the suddenness of the night attack, and in order to cause more casualties to the vanguard of the Shu army, Wei Yan decided to wait until midnight to launch a surprise attack.
Of course, it is also imperative to take down the mountain in front of you.
There are three arrow towers on the mountain peak, which is left by the Shu army when conquering Zhang Lu over the years, these arrow towers are used to go out of the guard, there are sentinels on the arrow tower, under the arrow tower, there are torches illuminated within a radius of 100 steps.
Anyone who wants to pass through this cordon silently, unless the sentinels on the turret are dead!
Now, Wei Yan wanted to make the Shu army sentries in these three arrow towers become dead.
Moreover, it must also die quietly.
Seeing that the half-moon was hanging on the mountain beam in the west, Wei Yan suddenly jumped out and lurked towards the arrow towers on the mountain peak, but at the foot of the mountain, a thousand archers were waiting quietly.
Three arrow towers, which can accommodate about twenty sentinels, want to sneak attack with archers, it is impossible.
No matter how awesome a marksman is, it is impossible to guarantee that twenty targets will be killed at the same time! Moreover, even if it was guaranteed that these twenty targets would be killed at the same time, the sound of them falling to the ground would attract the attention of the other arrow towers on the nearby peaks.
Sentinel, if there is any trouble, you need to send a warning signal!
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