Chapter 3: The Young General
The area of Daidi is mountainous, and it is connected with each other, layer upon layer, from the east of Xiawu Mountain to Yandi, all of which are mainly mountainous. And Wei County is surrounded by mountains, forming a unique basin. It is because in the middle of the lofty mountains and mountains, there is such a treasure land of feng shui, so that the army stationed here for a long time has good logistical support.
The most important thing is that the north leads to the plug, the rest are blocked by mountains, and the flying fox valley in the south is known as the throat of the Central Plains. It is not unreasonable for Zhao Yongjunchen to take out Wei County separately and operate it as a fortress.
There is a mountain ridge in the northwest of Wei County, called Miaoerliang, which is a steep place, and has no other important significance. However, under the beam of the temple, there is a sheep intestine path, which is not more than 100 feet wide, and its narrowest point is only a horse. Originally, Li Yan and the others didn't know about this place, but they were just hunting and got lost in the mountains, but fortunately they met a local woodcutter, and Lai Yi guided them out of the canyon. Li Yan realized that this might be a strange military road, which was to use Zhao Gu, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, to garrison the fortress with heavy troops to prevent the enemy from sneaking up on Wei County from now on.
And at this moment, at the mouth of the trail, Li Yan's general and the herdsman who were grazing had just arrived, but they were stopped by the soldiers guarding here.
"Quick, notify the county to come to the rescue, Lou annoys a cavalry team of 100 people, and it will pass through here!" He was out of breath, and he had been running all the way just now, which really made him suffer a lot of bumps, and it was a little difficult to speak.
The soldiers looked at each other, thinking to themselves what the hell was going on, if they couldn't figure it out, they would be guilty of killing their heads if they had falsely passed on military orders.
The five generals greeted themselves, and they were anxious, and they roared and said: "What are you doing stupidly, I am the general's general, and here is the general's token, are you still afraid that I will fake the order?" ”
Everyone shook their heads and nodded again, at this time, they didn't see the general himself, but no one dared to agree.
This shows Li Yan's problems in arrangement. He attaches great importance to military discipline in his daily training, because these soldiers have a natural reverence for military discipline. This time, he was in a hurry to patrol and didn't bring a tiger talisman, so he handed over the token to the general, hoping to use it as a tiger talisman. However, these soldiers had long been afraid of his training methods, and if they hadn't seen the Tiger Talisman at this time, they would definitely not report it to him.
After coming and going, the family will be in a hurry, Li Yan entrusted him with such an important matter, if they brought the other party in, he had not yet asked for reinforcements, Li Yan would definitely be very disappointed. It was to speak harshly to the defenders, and the two sides quarreled.
"What's going on?" Just when the two sides were arguing, a young man in a deep robe appeared in front of everyone, with a sword hanging from his waist, a leather belt on his head, starry eyebrows, high spirits, and a tall posture, like the pine of Heng Mountain, like a rainbow, and he was born in Xuyang. A heroic young man.
"Three generals!" Seeing the young man, the family general immediately smiled, and he did not expect to meet Li Yan's third brother Li Zhuo here.
Li Shan had three sons, the eldest son, Li Yan, who was now a general of Wei County, and was responsible for training cavalry; The second son, Li Xian, followed his father and originally served in Wei County, but later Li Yan was transferred to Wei County, and Li Xian went to Lin County with his father. At the time of parting, Li Shan left his youngest son Li Zhuo, who had just been weak, by Li Yan's side.
Li Zhuo is gifted and intelligent, likes equestrian sticks, reads books on weekdays, and also likes military books and war strategies, and he doesn't read other books. This is very similar to Li Yan, because Li Yan likes this little brother very much. On weekdays, I often talk to him about the art of managing soldiers.
On this day, Li Yan led the troops out on patrol, Li Zhuo was very bored in Wei County, so he went to the temple to hunt and relax, and rested here at noon, but he didn't expect to meet Li Yan's family to come to report the news.
After listening to the general's report, Li Zhuo frowned slightly, and said carefully: "In this way, you go to Wei County, and I will be responsible for this." Rest assured, I will do my job here to pick up my brother. ”
"In this case, I will ask the major general here." With that, he mounted his horse and galloped to Wei County again.
Li Zhuo looked at his distant shadow, and a burst of excitement arose in his heart, this is the first time he has led a soldier! His nervous palms were a little sweaty, and his heartbeat kept accelerating, as if it was about to fly out of his throat.
But he knew that time was running out. Maybe in the next second, the enemy will catch up, so he must fight this battle, and maybe his brother will bring his own soldiers as soon as he is happy.
But how do you fight this battle?
The art of war is cloudy: walking in the mountains and forests, dangers, and frustration, those who are difficult to follow the way are for the land, and they say, the land is the way. If you want to fight in such a place, you have to use it in the opposite way, so that the enemy cannot move quickly, so that you can gather and annihilate it.
The path of Miao'erliang is very suitable for blocking the passage of enemy troops, but the problem is that if he has prepared before, Li Zhuo will definitely not worry, as long as he prepares the stones and rolling wood, as long as he waits for the enemy to come.
But now, the enemy is here, you just want to prepare, and the time is completely insufficient, not to mention the need to choose the right place, neither can the other party feel that it is too easy to deceive in depth, nor can you let the other party taste the shallow is not conducive to encirclement and annihilation, so although it seems simple, but when you think about it carefully, there are really some difficulties.
What to do? The sun was gradually setting westward, and time was still running unhurriedly, Li Zhuo felt that the burden on his body was too heavy, and it was not as easy as he imagined, and the excitement at the beginning was much lighter.
"Huh?" Just as Li Zhuo was thinking about it, he suddenly felt something touching him under his feet, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be a little lamb!
Li Zhuo lowered his head, Xiao Yang was obviously not very afraid of this guy, although Li Zhuo looked at him with sincerity, he still bit the grass under his feet, completely ignoring Li Zhuo's expression. It wasn't until the grass was completely trampled under Li Zhuo's feet that he raised his head and said to Li Zhuo very angrily: "Baa! ”
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." It seems that he saw that Li Zhuo's eyes were not good, and he was afraid that the young general would take him out to be a soldier, so he hurriedly took the little lamb away, because he had already seen a trace of greed in the eyes of the young general.
"Wait!" Li Zhuo hurriedly called out to the shepherd, looked at the lamb for a while, then glanced at the shepherd with a sad face, smiled slightly, and said in his ear: "General Ben, is it good to do business with you?" ”
The shepherd's eyes tightened when he heard this, and he suddenly felt a cool breeze on his back.
Li Yan looked at Miao'er Liang who was close at hand, and the exhaustion in his heart finally had a trace of respite, and he was able to escape here, and he was completely at ease. In his opinion, as long as the defenders here can be prepared to defend, he will be satisfied.
However, when several people walked into the path, they did not find any traces of defense on either side. In his opinion, if the defenders were old-fashioned people, they should at least place archers on the cliffs on both sides of the path, and if they were more clever, they could set up barricades in relatively wide places, and then surround them after their own men had passed.
But now, he has walked forty or fifty feet, but there is no trace, could it be that the family has forgotten to tell him?
"General, this is a great place to set up an ambush, but there are still no ambushes, I'm afraid there are some problems." A family general rode a horse to follow Li Yan and expressed his worries.
"Well, yes, tell the brothers, hurry up and march, don't be caught up by the other party." After Li Yan finished speaking, he slapped the horse strand fiercely. Are your own men ready to set up an ambush in the place where they are stationed?
died with this, and the annoying people behind him had already chased Li Yan and others into the mountain pass. In their opinion, it is probably the first time that the other party can enter the mountain pass, otherwise the speed will not slow down a little. It's a chase that is in a hurry. After a while, you could see the figures of Li Yan and the others, who opened their bows and shot arrows one after another, vowing to wipe out these guys on this narrow mountain road.
They don't know that it may be them who may be destroyed. Because the Grim Reaper, who is above their heads, watching them open their teeth and claws, calmly waiting to give them the most fatal blow!