CHAPTER XLV
When the Gunpowder Army began to retreat, the enemy halfway up the mountain did not make any moves, and they were very cautious, but when a scout came to report that the Gunpowder Army was preparing to make a 20-mile detour and pass directly through this fortification, the enemy's main general could not sit still.
After the scouts repeatedly confirmed that the Gunpowder Army had indeed withdrawn, the enemy general began to mobilize his troops, preparing to move to the other side to continue to block the Powder Army, at this time all the enemy troops were greatly demoralized, and the previous thoughts that the Gunpowder Army could not be defeated were swept away.
In this atmosphere, the leaders Zhang Ren and Leng Bao also felt very angry, so they immediately lost their previous cautious attitude, and they began to go down the mountain after the entire army, and when all the troops gathered at the bottom of the mountain, the scout suddenly came to report, saying that the Luoyang Gunpowder Army was in a hurry, and it was already within five miles.
When Zhang Ren wanted to pull the troops back halfway up the mountain, the explosives bags that had been placed before were ignited, the retreat was blocked, and the front road was directly confronted by the gunpowder army.
After the shelling, Zhao Yun first led a cavalry regiment of 2,000 people, which swept around the battle formation like a whirlwind, so that those enemy troops who still wanted to resist no longer had the fighting spirit, and the battle came to an end.
After passing this barrier, they will face Hanzhong City directly, and everyone knows very well that Hanzhong City will not be able to hold out for too long in the face of the gunpowder army.
When Zhao Yun returned to his phalanx, he was carrying a human head in his hand, Yuan Yun was full of curiosity after seeing it, and before he could ask a question, he had already heard Pang Tong preach loudly: "General Zhao beheaded the local general Zhang Ren, and he should be credited with the first credit!" ”
When this shout came out, all the soldiers present began to shout loudly, and the morale of the Gunpowder Army was even more monstrous for a while.
Zhao Yun didn't seem to be much excited about killing the enemy general, threw his head to one of the entourages on the horse's side, jumped off the horse, and then arched his hand at Yuan Yun, and said, "Lord, we should chase these routs all the way to the city of Hanzhong, so that it will be difficult for them to organize any effective resistance." ”
Yuan Yun nodded and said, "Just what I want, just act according to Zilong's opinion, and the gunpowder army will not stop, and will start immediately." ”
Pang Tong also echoed: "I don't want Zilong to be so brave and so smart, so to drive these routs away, and wait for these routs to enter Hanzhong City, it will inevitably greatly reduce the morale of the other party, and we are bombarding him with artillery for a day, so that they will escape by themselves." ”
Yuan Yun touched his chin at this time, and then replied indifferently: "Don't let go of any of the enemy troops in Hanzhong City, if you don't give a serious warning this time, Liu Zhang's goods will probably always be thinking about this." ”
Pang Tong hesitated for a moment, and finally smiled heartily and said: "There are only two gates in Hanzhong City, although I only need 10,000 horses, but what I can do at the beginning is better to attack the city with my lord in the front, and Zilong will make a detour to the rear to prevent the enemy from escaping." ”
Zhao Yun laughed, hugged his fists and said, "I will not disgrace my life." ”
Yuan Yun added at this time: "The musket team is all transferred to Zilong, so there should be no problem." ”
Zhao Yun was even happier when he heard this, with such a powerful musket team here, the enemy army really couldn't escape alone, and after laughing for a while, he immediately asked for battle and went straight over as the vanguard.
After Zhao Yun left, Yuan Yun and Pang Tong sat back in the truck, although they were mostly walking on mountain roads at the moment, but this big car still had some basic shock absorption, so the two were not very lucky, and the two could even play against each other on the chessboard painted on the canvas.
"How long does Shi Yuan think we will take this attack on Hanzhong City?" When Yuan Yun asked, a chess piece had already landed at the key point.
Pang Tong saw that the battle on the chessboard was already a win, so he could only smile bitterly, and then replied: "There are mostly high mountains on both sides of Hanzhong City, which is originally a natural danger to the traditional army, but the gunpowder army is different, we only need to place the artillery positions on the mountains on both sides, and then condescending artillery bombardment, and in the end basically do not need to use infantry, but I don't know if the lord is willing to accept this method?" ”
Yuan Yun knew what Pang Tong meant, so he waved his hand and said with a smile: "War is like this, it will always hurt the innocent, if I am in the benevolence of a woman, I am afraid that I will be said to be old and stubborn, or ignorant of current affairs, so this time the shelling of Hanzhong City, Shi Yuan just let go of his hands and feet to do it." ”
Pang Tong smiled at this time, and then stretched out three fingers and said: "Three days, three days is enough to take Hanzhong City, and it is guaranteed that none of Liu Zhang's reinforcements can run away." ”
Yuan Yun now feels that Pang Tong is indeed a good chat partner, because what he thinks in his heart, the other party can basically guess seven, seven, eight, eight, eight, and so it is really easy to talk like this, and his real purpose of Yuan Yun is those Liu Zhang's reinforcements, if all these tens of thousands of people are left behind this time, I believe that Liu Zhang in Shu will begin to reconsider the alliance with Liu Bei.
"It's incomparably going to beat Liu Zhang to the point where he doesn't dare to sleep, so I think that after conquering Hanzhong City, we will continue to go south, and then destroy all the passes leading to Chengdu, and at this time Liu Zhang should also send a surrender document." As Yuan Yun spoke, he had already put his hands on the back of his head, and then leaned against the soft collapse, looking very leisurely.
Pang Tong didn't expect Yuan Yun to conquer Hanzhong and was not satisfied, and planned to continue to go south, so he couldn't help but be a little worried and comforted: "Liu Bei won't sit idly by, if we are on the way to Chengdu, he will start to attack Wancheng, at that time we are trapped in the mountains, even if we want to save it, it will be difficult." ”
Yuan Yun took out a hand, then shook it, and then said with a smile: "Cao Hong guards Wancheng, I don't think he will be so bad, plus the section of the Great Wall he built, it is still possible to block Liu Bei's attack." ”
Pang Tong was still a little worried, so he continued to comfort: "I always feel that Cao Hong's businessman is too strong, not like a general who can fight well, in case he is really bad, Liu Bei will break through Wancheng, and he will face Luoyang, which is not a good thing." ”
Yuan Yun's hand was still shaking, and then Pang Tong's words said: "It's okay, there are still 30,000 gunpowder soldiers in Luoyang to guard, plus there are 50,000 reserves, if Liu Bei really takes Wancheng, at most it will be a plunder, and he will definitely not dare to stay for a long time." ”
Pang Tong was stunned, and only then did he react, the stingy ghost in front of him made a mistake again, before Cao Hong took the materials given to him by Luoyang to sell, this tone has never gone down, this time deliberately went deep into the direction of Chengdu, in fact, there is generally this kind of stingy ghost mentality.
However, thinking of Luoyang's powerful armament, Pang Tong was indeed relieved, so he nodded and said: "Then we will go deeper, this time we must let Liu Zhang know that it is powerful, if we can break the alliance between him and Liu Bei, it will definitely be of great benefit to us to unify the south in the future." ”
The army continued to move forward, as expected, the enemy was breaking all the way, and then all fled towards the rear of Hanzhong City, in this case, the bewitching and others in Hanzhong City naturally knew that something was wrong, because these people who fled back not only did not increase their combat strength, but they were discouraged, so that the original morale of the defenders began to be chaotic, and even deserters.
"Now Hanzhong City can only rely on our believers to guard, these soldiers of Liu Zhang are simply frightened, and this is not their territory, so there are many people who want to escape, it is estimated that even the cold bud does not intend to stay for a long time, he is just waiting for Liu Zhang's order to send it back." After the bewitching finished speaking, she slapped the table with a slap and made a loud sound.
Several of the followers were shocked for a moment, and then they saw one of them slowly hugging his fists, and then said: "Why don't we also withdraw from Hanzhong City, if we bring the team into the mountains, even if the gunpowder army is capable of reaching the sky, we can't find us, and when they withdraw, we will slowly figure it out, wouldn't this be ...... Wow! ”
Before the speaker could finish speaking, he was suddenly surprised to find that a sharp sword had been inserted into his chest, and the blade of the sword had no hilt, and he fell down without even having a chance to dodge.
Enchanting pulled out the sword body suddenly, and then shook the blade full of blood and snorted coldly: "If we withdraw from Hanzhong City and flee into the mountains, we will never have a chance again, once the gunpowder army captures Hanzhong this time, it will inevitably leave the soldiers of Luoyang to guard, and we will never use the locals again, then we will have no internal response, and it is a delusion to want to recapture this city again."
So this time we have to hold no matter what, although the gunpowder army is terrible, but they have fought all the way from Xinye, and after coming out for so many months, those soldiers should be tired, as long as we can stop them once, Liu Zhang of Yizhou will inevitably see hope, so he will send reinforcements with all his might. ”
Speaking of this, the enchanting glanced at the people present slightly, suddenly smiled, and continued: "After beating the lord and going to Yecheng to surrender, I'm afraid your life is not as good as a dog, right?" But as long as we can hug Hanzhong this time, those past glory will come back again, and this time you are all people who have made sweat and blood, and the lord is no longer there, which means that we are the monarch here, rich and glorious in danger, if you surrender, you can only be beheaded. ”
Under the coercion and temptation of the enchantment, the atmosphere of this meeting gradually returned to enthusiasm, and everyone began to daydream in order to regain their glory and wealth, and this time they absolutely did not want to surrender, otherwise a more violent purge would inevitably befall them.
After cheering up a kind of person, the enchanting slowly returned to the backyard of the Hanzhong City Lord's Mansion, and then saw a person walking over slowly.
When the enchanting saw this person, she just smiled lightly, and then arched her hand and said, "Why didn't Master Yang Song participate in the meeting just now?" ”
Yang Song smiled, and then looked back at a side room in the inner courtyard with some embarrassment, he had just been fortunate to have two maids, so he didn't catch up with the meeting, but this kind of thing must not be said.
After thinking about it, Yang Song clenched his fists and saluted back: "Just now I was thinking about how to prevent the gunpowder army in Luoyang, and I was thinking about it for a while. ”
Enchanting sneered and asked, "Then did Yang Song's military master come up with any clever plans?" ”
In a hurry, Yang Song replied in a hurry: "Sneak attack on their baggage camp where they are hoarding gunpowder ammunition, as long as this matter can be successful, we will not have to worry about it." ”
As soon as this sentence came out, the enchanting eyes lit up instantly, and she immediately arched her hand again: "Yang Song's military master is really a talent, and it is indeed the best way to wake up the person in the dream with one word." ”