Chapter 242: The Battle of the Outside (10)
He Lian didn't expect that Guo Bin really dared to lay an ambush in Shenglong Valley. According to common sense, since there were troops to disturb the enemy yesterday night, there should be no more ambushes in Fulong Valley today. Because the two places are extremely close to each other, it will not take a day for the army to gallop away, so if there is really an ambush in the Thang Long Valley, the sneak attack in the middle of last night will be a surprise to the snakes. Because according to convention, once the army is attacked, then whether it is marching or fighting, it can only be more cautious. Trembling along the way is the norm, not to mention encountering terrain like the Thang Long Valley, which has a great impact on the strength of the two sides. It is necessary to turn it back inch by inch, and carefully inspect it before daring to enter.
The Han army that went to harass last night was more like a harassment force that had to be sent by the three cities outside the Saiwai due to lack of preparation, both in terms of their numbers and tactics, their purpose was to delay the march of the Xianbei army, in order to buy time for the three cities outside the Saiwai to actively prepare for war.
If it weren't for the small size of the troops led by Guo Er in the middle of last night, and the fact that its attack was heavy and rainy, He Lian would have been more and more convinced that the three cities outside the Cypriot Fortress had not taken precautions, and if it were not for his blind confidence in his own strength, and if it were not for the serious underestimation of the military strength of the three cities outside the Cypriot Fortress, He Lian would not have suffered such a big loss as he did today.
Coupled with this series of "coincidences" since embarking on the road to the south, Helian finally stepped into the trap carefully designed for him by Guo Bin step by step. In fact, it is a coincidence, but why not Guo Bin, Xi Zhicai and others grasp the general trend, analyze the current situation, compare the strength of the two sides, and grasp the local mentality?
Looking at the thistles sprinkled in the sky and the crackling firecrackers, coupled with the smoke in the valley now, Helian's heart once flashed negative emotions such as despair, helplessness, and confusion, but in an instant, he was occupied by the glory of being a descendant of Tanshi Huai Dan. He is the son of Tanshi Huai, he is the great Shan Yu of Xianbei, he must rush out!
Because it was spring, the grassland began to get a lot warmer, and the snow and ice melted, making the roads muddy, and avoiding the misfortune of the fire igniting the weeds and dead branches on the ground. However, it was not the fire that really killed people, but the smoke. Now that the fire was not enough to burn for a meal, the Thang Long Valley was already full of smoke, and in the middle of the canyon, Xianbei soldiers had already fainted from the smoke. The dead branches and leaves wet by the melting winter snow emitted billowing smoke, although it was difficult to start a violent open flame.
Guo Bin had received training in fire prevention and response in his previous life, and he naturally knew that only a very small proportion of those who died due to fires were directly burned to death by the fire, and most of them were choked to death by thick smoke. In previous lives, many people who were choked to death in the fire were due to carbon monoxide poisoning, which was actually a lack of oxygen, but this way of death often took more than ten minutes. With the development of society, a certain toxic gas emitted by the combustion of new decoration materials can quickly kill the inhaler within one minute, and this toxic gas is insoluble in water.
Therefore, the so-called "ancestral" method of covering the mouth and nose with a wet towel in a fire may have had a certain effect a few years ago, but it is no longer possible. Carbon monoxide and toxic gases from the combustion of decoration materials are extremely insoluble in water, so covering the mouth and nose with a wet towel is limited to preventing dust from being inhaled into the respiratory tract, and it can also prevent the respiratory tract from being burned by inhaling hot air for a short time. Many people miss the best reaction time in a fire by looking for wet towels, which can lead to an unforeseen disaster. In addition, if you spend too much time in the fire, the moisture in the wet towel in your hand will vaporize into water vapor, which will become even hotter, which can cause severe burns to the respiratory tract.
Of course, in the current situation, there is a wind blowing in the valley, and the fire is not too big, and the fire of the Xianbei cavalry on both sides of the head and tail is relatively small. Moreover, at this time, the ignition is the dead branches of plants and trees, so it will not produce too much toxic gas, and its lethality will naturally decrease a lot.
However, after a long time, He Lian also felt dizzy and breathed heavily. He reluctantly gathered nearly five hundred soldiers under his command and prepared to rush out from the valley mouth. But when they crossed the fiery ball of hay that was about to burn out, Helian was shocked.
It turned out that at some point, more than 1,000 heavily armed Han troops had appeared at the mouth of the valley. The thousand Han soldiers were all dressed in leather armor, armed with spears, and even more strangely, their faces were covered with wet face towels. The leader was a tall man with a red face and long beard, riding a good horse of the prairie, murderous and majestic.
Without saying anything, He Lian shook his head, which was dizzy from the smoke in the valley, raised the spear made of stainless steel in his hand, and instigated the black horse under his crotch to sprint forward. If you want to talk about this war horse under Lian Lian's crotch, it is really not small. It is said that Da Dan Yu Tanshi Huai obtained it from a place further west than Xianbei in the west, and it is not inferior to the heavenly horses of Dawan. When Tanshi Huaishan first got this war horse, it was just ten months old, but its height was already similar to that of an ordinary Xianbei war horse.
However, Tanshi Huaishan died soon after getting it, and the successor Helian naturally became the new owner of this BMW. After several years of careful feeding, he is just four years old and has gradually matured. Not only is he tall and handsome, his strength is amazing, and his speed is far beyond his peers. Of course, this is just an estimate, where would Karen be so careless of horsepower in order to test his physical limits?
For this BMW horse, and Lian Shan Yu is naturally very fond, this kind of unattainable magic horse, compared to the luxury cars that can be bought with money in later generations. When Helian was learning Han culture, he admired Xiang Yu in the "Historical Records" very much, so he also named this divine horse Wuqi Horse.
Strictly speaking, this time he went south to herd the horse, and it was still the first time that He Lian Danyu rode it to the battlefield. The so-called lion fights rabbits, especially do their best, in this extremely important battle after the succession, and it is also the most important battle in his life, and even naturally have to go all out. Bringing out the Wuhu BMW is also a performance of all-out efforts.
The one who intercepts and connects at the mouth of the valley is naturally Guan Yu. Because Xi Zhicai was in charge of the three cities outside the Saiwai, Guo Bin did not have the opportunity to go into battle in person, and he had to command in the center of the observation post. Otherwise, judging from the current situation, if he leaves the Chinese army and rushes to the front by himself, it will be refreshing, but there is one less person in the Chinese army's tent. Su Shuang's prestige is almost there, but he doesn't understand military affairs, although Guo Jia understands military affairs, and his identity is Guo Bin's biological brother, but his age and prestige are not enough to convince the public.
Because Guan Yu acted steadily and loyally, Guo Bin put him here to intercept the Xianbei front army that had fled. According to Guo Bin and Xi Zhicai's speculation, there is a more than half chance that Dadan Yu and Lian will be in the front army, and Guan Yu, who is very careful and cautious, will definitely not let He Lian escape.
In contrast, Zhang Fei is too high, or it may be because he is still young, although he is extremely intelligent and very spiritual in martial arts, he always acts too out-of-the-box. To put it nicely, it is to lift weights lightly, and if you put it bluntly, it is flying and jumping out and not mature enough. Therefore, Guo Bin placed it at the entrance of the Shenglong Valley, that is, the north entrance, to resist the nearly 1,000 Xianbei iron horsemen who had not entered the valley.
But said Guan Yu, he had already led the army to wait here for a long time, and until now, he saw more than 500 extremely well-equipped Xianbei soldiers riding out of the valley. He was about to ask for the other man's name, but the man did not answer, and rushed over with the spear in his hand.
Guan Yu saw that the war horse that the man was riding was tall and abnormal, and his height was nearly a head taller than that of an ordinary Xianbei war horse. I saw that the BMW was completely black, and there was not a single stray hair; The muscles on his body are strong and powerful, and they gallop like a cloud, and the speed is extremely fast, and I can't help but marvel in my heart. However, amazement to amazement, his subordinates are not slow.
Between the two horses, only the sound of tinkling iron can be heard, but the two sides have fought more than a dozen times. As soon as they first met, both sides couldn't help but be secretly frightened. He Lian's natural divine power, and he has been practicing martial arts since childhood, and Dadan Yu Tanshihuai personally sent his subordinates to teach him the martial arts of battlefield fighting. Therefore, since he was a child, he has never lost against Lian. This is not because of his high status and special status that everyone let him, who was contemptuous of him at the beginning, and wanted to let Helian's house slave have already been killed by his own hands.
Although Sha Hanlin has a good reputation among the Xianbei Tribe, he is mostly brute force, and Yu Yi is not so proficient in the art of ingenuity. In fact, it is easy to understand that if you want to learn smart martial arts, you have to hire a very powerful martial artist with a high salary, otherwise you must have a Lao Tzu with countless famous generals like Tan Shihuai.
Although Sha Hanlin's divine power is also amazing, there is a lack of flexibility between his moves, and his luck is also very clumsy. Therefore, although it looks extremely powerful in front of ordinary people, when facing a real master, it is rough and bulky, and it is not an opponent at all. That's why Shahanlin used a thick and bulky mace with little variation, while Helian used a heavy spear made of steel with a well-balanced, powerful, and changeable weight.
As soon as the so-called connoisseur makes a move, he will know if there is one. As soon as the two fought, they secretly sighed that the other party seemed to be on par with him in terms of strength and skill. However, Helian really had the upper hand on the war horse, because the black horse under his crotch was extremely fast, and the shoulder height was far higher than Guan Yu's mount, so when the two fought, Guan Yu suffered a lot of losses.
(Many readers who have been holding the old view of escaping with a wet towel over their mouth and nose need to update their knowledge of fire response.) Qianyang was also newly learned when he received fire knowledge training a few days ago, so he took this opportunity to popularize science to everyone. Of course, the toxic gases produced by the combustion of decoration materials are not unsolvable, and the solution given by firefighters is fire escape masks. Although Qianyang does not do the business of fire appliances, it still reminds everyone to have fire extinguishers and fire escape masks at home. Of course, I hope that you will never need this knowledge. )