Chapter 208: The Cliff
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Cold water pass, night battle.
In the first battle after the army entered Shu, it encountered the Qing soldiers who went south, which was arranged by Wu Sangui as a general here, and the enemies were very red when they met.
Last time, the Liaodong Army abandoned the Green Battalion Qing soldiers, and basically killed and wounded less than 100 people, and fled. The entire battle of Jingxiang was tragic and abnormal, and it turned out to be this army that was considered the most elite and retreated.
Now that they meet again, the two sides are bloody as soon as they meet, and no one is willing to take half a step back.
The skylight of the fire reflected the sky as if it were day, and the deafening shouts of killing continued throughout the night.
Sun Shouting, the guard of the Qing soldiers of Lengshui Pass, stood on Lengshui Pass and looked down. He also had to admit that the opponent in front of him was stronger than a month ago.
The soldiers trampled on the corpses of their comrades, vowing to break the pass, and the severed heads and limbs were unbearable to see, and the thick smell of blood and gunpowder smoke filled the entire Lengshui Pass. Dead bodies piled up, stumps and broken arms, torsos without heads, scorched corpses, guts and entrails, scattered everywhere.
This is the battlefield, there is no silver gun and white horse in the dream of the girl in the boudoir, and there is no heroic spirit in the dream of the teenager, there is just between people and people, returning to the beast nature to slash and kill each other.
There was a faint wail, drowned in the earth-shattering shouts of killing, faint and almost inaudible. Sun Shouting's cheeks twitched inadvertently, such a tragic battle reminded him of a long time ago, when he followed Wu Sangui to guard the Shanhai Pass and fought to the death with the Manchurians.
Sandwich the road between the hills on both sides, don't want to step into Chongqing Mansion without breaking this pass. Hou Xuanyan stubbornly commanded his subordinates to continue the onslaught, Xia Wanchun was covered in sweat, walked over and said: "Commander, it's not a way to fight like this, before we arrive in Chongqing Mansion, we will mix too many people, how can we fight in the future?" ”
Hou Xuanyan also understands this truth, but the terrain of Bashu is too dangerous, and many places do not need to be repaired. He looked at Xia Wanchun and asked, "What do you have in mind?" ”
Xia Wanchun wiped his sweat and said, "Touch it from both sides, and hit it back and forth." ”
Hou Xuanyan frowned, and said in a deep voice: "There are lofty mountains on both sides, not to mention steep, and there are bushes, how can you take a detour?" ”
Xia Wanchun stomped his feet and said, "There is no other way, let the earth soldiers give it a try." ”
Hou Xuanyan's eyes lit up and asked, "Can they?" ”
The offensive at the pass was slightly reduced, and the Qing soldiers on the cold water pass were also relieved, and their pressure was also great. The Ming army under the pass rushed up as if it was not fate, and the defenders of Lengshui Pass were less than 10,000 people, and if they continued to fight like this, even if the opposite side suffered heavy losses, they were bound to be wiped out.
Sun Shouting took advantage of this opportunity to patrol the Lengshui Pass, and the soldiers leaned against the wall and squatted on the ground, showing their exhaustion. Sun Shouting walked by one by one, and suddenly remembered the look and tone of Wu Sangui when he sent himself to guard the pass, maybe King Pingxi didn't plan to let his people go back alive. Thinking of this, Sun Shouting looked at his subordinates, and felt a little warmer.
"Everyone cheer up, the Ming army will definitely attack again, the prince treats us like a mountain, and now is the time for us to repay the kindness for the prince to guard the cold water pass."
The Qing soldiers' eyes were a little indifferent, looking at Sun Shouting's figure, which was a little flickering in the light of the fire in the night.
After closing down, Hou Xuanyan looked at a group of dark and thin men, their eyes flashing with a strange light. Whenever there is a war, these people will be extremely excited, as if they were born for the sake of knives and blood. At the beginning, the Japanese invaded the border, Shandong and Zhejiang were defeated repeatedly, and it was the first battle in which the native soldiers of Xiangxi shook the world. The evaluation given to them by the Ming History Chronicle has been the first in war since the beginning of the war. The fierce and brave folk customs are as brave and fierce as the totem tiger they worship. "Brave by nature, he was a Han striker at the beginning, and he was in battle." These warriors are different from the Manchus, although they are also barbarians, but as early as when Liu Bang fought the world, they often served as the vanguard of the Han army.
What's even more rare is that although these native soldiers are Tujia, they have been very patriotic since ancient times. Whenever there is a national disaster, you will be able to see these people generously dying and sacrificing their lives for the country.
The native soldiers of Xiangxi advocate tigers, and the wolf soldiers of Guangxi worship wolves, the same bravery, the same good fighting, and they are all natural warriors. In the Ming Dynasty, their record was nine wins in ten battles.
Hou Xuanyan came to the front of the earth soldiers, the young man led by him was not tall, and his face looked very simple, just from his face, it was difficult to see that this was a brave and ruthless person. But since you can bring your people to war, it's not easy to think about it. Behind him, a group of soldiers without military uniforms looked like village soldiers among the Han Chinese.
Each of them held a long wooden spear in his hand, the head of which glistened coldly in the night, and looked so sharp that it was often polished. He had a small bow pinned to his waist and a hook and sickle in his left hand, which was specially used to cut the heads of enemies and the legs of cavalrymen.
They seem to be standing loosely, but in fact, they strictly follow the ancient tower formation. Later, the local soldiers went out of Hunan to fight against the Japanese, and Qi Jiguang saw this formation, so he invented the Mandarin Duck Formation that was Megatron.
Hou Xuanyan didn't have time to do more greetings, and asked, "What's your name, and which toast are you from?" ”
The man smiled shyly and said, "Back to the governor, we are from Baojing Prefecture, and my name is Peng Zhuze." ”
Xia Wanchun explained on the side: "Commander, since the Taizu period, the Peng family sent people to pay tribute, and Baojing Tusi has always been the Peng family. This is the son of Tusi Peng Xiangqian. ”
Hou Xuanyan didn't expect that this man who looked like a farmer turned out to be the son of Tusi. You must know that Tusi is the existence of the local emperor of the soil, and it is not too much to say that all the local people are their house slaves.
"How about it, after crossing here and crossing the cold water gate, can you do it?" Hou Xuanyan's hope on his face couldn't be concealed at all, if he couldn't, he would have to fill the level with his life, he was distressed.
Peng Zhuze grinned, revealing his white teeth: "Don't worry, Governor, I saw it when I came, this place is better." ”
Hou Xuanyan was overjoyed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, if you succeed this time, what reward you want when you hit Chongqing, just ask." ”
Peng Zhuze turned around and left, taking his two thousand men with him, pinning the weapon to his waist and biting it in his mouth. Under the steep cliff, two thousand people began to climb along the cliff one by one under Hou Xuanyan's eager gaze. The night was still dark, and soon they disappeared into the dark mountain forest.
Hou Xuanyan stood below, listening to the sound of falling rubble, and his nervous heart rose to his throat.
Xia Wanchun reminded on the side: "Commander, attack in front, create momentum to help them sneak attack." ”