Chapter 37: The Iron Horse (4)
"Prime Minister! Catapults can't get into the mountain road, and we can't blow up the top of the mountain. ”
"Then attack!" Tong Wen said: "Only by defeating Yin Shenglin, it is impossible for anyone to stop me!" ”
"But...... The prime minister ......" Ding Qiao said: "They occupy the top of the mountain, I ...... Can't attack ......"
Tong Wen was furious: "Changling, you can't hold Changling, let Liu Dehao go in, Yin Shenglin, you can't beat him, I let you besiege him, you surround him and can't fight, what are you doing to eat!" ”
"No, Prime Minister, you should go and see for yourself. This mountain is called Tieji Mountain, the top of the mountain is surrounded by cliffs on three sides, and one side is extremely steep. Only Yin Shenglin guards the only way, that is, one husband is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open. He could have defended the mountains without losing a single soldier. If we rush hard, we will die in vain. Ding Qiao also learned to talk back to Tong Wen: "Prime Minister, I think the best way now is to spend it with him, how much military rations can he Yin Shenglin have?" How many days does he consume? Behind us is Changling, we will never have to worry about food, he will definitely not be able to consume us! ”
Tong Wen slapped the table and shouted, "You are the boss, I am the boss?" I'm going to give you an order today, and no matter how capable you are, you have to give it to me! I have soldiers, and if I die, one team and another team will go up again, and I have to take Yin Shenglin down for me no matter what! If you wait until Liu Dehao's people react and support him, Yin Shenglin will have to run again, and he doesn't know when he will be able to catch him again, now such a good opportunity, if you were me, would you give up easily? How many tens of thousands of people can there be on the top of his mountain? I'm afraid that we won't even have 30,000, how many do we have? Ten times more! ”
"The last general commands!"
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Wang Jixiang anxiously walked around the gate of the base camp. Yin Shenglin's arrow wound infection attacked, and General Yang's death hit him too hard, and his body was hot and the headache was unbearable for a while. The temperature at the top of the mountain is very low, Yin Shenglin's almost frozen head can only be used as the main axis of the neck, twisting a few times stiffly, the doctor said, it should be infected with severe wind chill, and they have no medicine to treat it, if they don't treat it quickly, I am afraid that it will be life-threatening.
"Doctor, what herbs do we need, can't we find them in the mountains?" Wang Jixiang asked.
"On the mountain? Then you have to look at what kind of mountain it is. Why is this Iron Chicken Mountain called Iron Chicken Mountain? Because it is like an iron rooster that does not pull out a hair, and the mountains are full of barren grass, and no herbs are produced at all. Even if there is, it is difficult to find, and even if it is found, it is not enough. ”
Wang Jixiang asked, "Then what should we do now?" If something happens to His Highness, it's all over, doctor, you have to find a way to save him no matter what! ”
"I just diagnosed the pulse, he was born with a bad physique, and later improved because of his military service, but he is not a person who can withstand this disease, if he can be treated in time within a day or two, it is the best. If it takes more than three or four days, it can be cured, but it will hurt the body, and if it is not healed for more than five days, then there is really no help. I persuaded General Wang to take His Royal Highness down the mountain overnight and rush back to Weicheng for medical treatment. ”
"Good!"
Yin Shenglin's voice was weak, and he asked, "We are surrounded and have no way to go down." And, we're gone, who's going to fight this battle? The people behind us...... Who cares? ”
Wang Jixiang was so anxious that he was about to pat his thigh: "Your Highness! If you have anything to do, who will fight this battle? Retreat, that's for a better offense. ”
"Lightweight, say? Where to retreat? How to return? ”
"This ......"
"Report! Your Highness, General, Vice President Guo is coming. ”
Wang Jixiang said, "Quick, please come in." ”
Guo Hu is Wang Jixiang's deputy, and he is also a military talent, temporarily responsible for guarding the camp.
"Report to His Royal Highness King Qi that he has just resisted an attack by Ding Qiao. The number of people was counted, and there were 26,000 left. As night approached, I immediately arranged for everyone to camp on the top of the mountain. ”
"A small hilltop can accommodate so many people...... Counting it, we don't have many people left. Brother Guo, you can arrange it yourself, I can't help you now. Yin Shenglin said.
Wang Jixiang waved his hand and asked Guo Hu to leave. Guo Hu wanted to speak and stopped.
"What's wrong?" Wang Jixiang asked.
"Your Highness, General, there is a plan below you to solve the current dilemma. But this may not work. ”
Yin Shenglin said: "Please speak." ”
"Set fire to the mountain."
"You're looking for death!" Wang Jixiang shouted: "You still set fire to the mountain, haven't you thought that we ourselves are on the mountain and burn ourselves?" ”
"That's right, it's to burn ourselves."
"Are you crazy?"
Yin Shenglin touched Wang Jixiang: "Let him finish." ”
Guo Hu said: "Considering that the top of the mountain is unbearable cold, and there are many rocks, soil and trees, I think I can split some trees, clear a boundary between the fire, and then light the bottom, so that the fire will burn the mountain, but not the top of the mountain." Not only can we warm ourselves at night, but we can also take the opportunity to burn off most of the troops surrounding us, so that we will also have a chance to break through. ”
"You've already let them do it, right?" Wang Jixiang asked.
"I can't hide anything from you. Actually, I was thinking about what to do if Dingqiao set fire to us, although there was not much grass and trees on the top of the mountain, so it couldn't be burned, but now it was winter, and the fire disaster was under control, so just in case, I sent someone to clean it up. Then it occurred to me that wouldn't it be better if we had isolated ourselves and burned them with fire? ”
"Okay, now we can only do this, we can delay for a while, the specific time of arson is up to you, preferably after dark, not only to panic the enemy army, but also to warm our own soldiers, killing two birds with one stone." Yin Shenglin said: "But we must do it well and clean, and we can't burn ourselves, understand?" ”
"The last general understands, and this will be done."
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General Wu Lao, Liu Dehao, Wu Nian, and Tong Ansu got the news, so they took the cavalry and rode fast horses overnight. The two sides almost reached a draw, and the stalemate was deadlocked.
"Zhangzun, what now?"
"I just sent someone to see their layout, and Shenglin should be surrounded on the top of the mountain. Let's tear open a hole first and try to ......," Liu Dehao said when he suddenly stopped.
The subordinates looked at Liu Dehao, who was glazed-eyed: "What's the matter?" ”
Wu Nian and the others also looked into the distance, at this time, the fire was burning on Tieji Mountain, under the reflection of the night, the fire between Yin Shenglin's camp was dotted, Liu Dehao was dumbfounded, grew his mouth, and thought: What kind of operation is this...... (Don't ask me how that sentence came from, I was typing, and I wanted to type, "What does this mean?") What is Yin Shenglin doing? When I typed "what the hell is this", my puppy black bean wanted me to play with her,Come and smash my keyboard,Smash it on SCXZ,The input method automatically popped out of a "sao operation"...... Well, taking this opportunity, everyone finally figured out the origin of the "Black Country" and the "Dou Country". )