CHAPTER 263 Section-by-verse resistance
Bao slope road, is from Guanzhong reverse slope water valley road to go, only need to turn over a not very steep slope in the middle, you can reach the source of Baoshui, and then go down the Baoshui River Valley, the whole section is relatively flat, no need to climb over the mountains and mountains, the army and business travelers along this road, is not very difficult. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
As an important passage connecting Guanzhong and Hanzhong, the Baochuan Road has been repaired many times, and it is actually an avenue that can pass through a large number of troops and baggage convoys. Speaking of hardship, it is only because some of these sections of the river are steep on both sides and impassable, so they can only be navigated by erecting plank roads along the cliff wall.
Due to the needs of trade and marching, even these plank roads were built quite wide and smooth, and the baggage convoy could still be unimpeded.
Later, Zhang Lu was entrusted by Liu Zhang, and after occupying Hanzhong, in order to divide one side, he burned these plank roads to pieces, and thus cut off the connection between Guanzhong and Hanzhong.
After Liu Bei obtained Hanzhong, in order to enter Guanzhong in the future and seek the world, he asked Wei Yan to start repairing the plank road.
And Cao Wei, although there is no intention of plotting Hanzhong for the time being, but finally achieving domination of the world is still their pursuit, and for the needs of trade between the two places, the northern section has also been repaired a lot, and this road has been reopened.
Now, Cao Zhen heard that the Shu army was going to march from the Baochuan Road, although because the news spread too early, they thought that this road was just a suspicious soldier of the enemy, and the Shu army must still have a move such as "secretly crossing Chencang", but because this road can achieve rapid marching, he still attaches great importance to it.
Even if he had already led the army into the Baochuan Road, he still thought that maybe the one he encountered along the way would be the main force of the Shu army.
However, the news from the sentinels along the road that the enemy had been walking for more than half a month, and he had not yet completed half of the journey, so he firmly believed that this was just a suspicious soldier of the enemy.
Compared with other roads where enemy troops are advancing, this road with much better access conditions, and the enemy army is still grinding here, it is definitely just a show.
Well, since you don't need such a good road, then I, Cao Zhen, have to make full use of it.
He also divided the army into several batches, and first selected the light army to march quickly, and it only took three days to complete half of the slope.
It is estimated that the Shu army is not far ahead, last night, he let the sergeants rest for a night, and this morning, he marched quickly to catch the Shu army by surprise.
Cao Zhen didn't even send an outpost, and directly let Fei Yao lead the army in front and led the infantry to advance quickly.
Fei Yao led the army forward at a fast pace, and when he turned a corner, there was a large section of straight plank road in front of him, and he had been staring at the front, and found that a Shu cavalry in front of him was rushing forward, and immediately concluded that it was the enemy's forward sentry, and immediately shouted: "Catch him, don't let him run, the enemy is in front!" ”
The Wei army cavalry immediately swarmed up and quickly chased after them.
The Shu army sentry scout walked cautiously just now, and heard the sound of horses stepping on the planks of the plank road in front of him, which was neat and powerful, and the sound of the rushing water in the river could not be concealed, and he was shocked in his heart, this is definitely a large group of knights coming this way, and the two sides are about to collide.
According to common sense, the enemy will also send sentinels, usually on the road to meet the two sides, and then go back to report the news, and then let the rear team search carefully, but I didn't expect this group of enemies to drive directly into the way, not even a sentinel.
He quickly turned his horse's head and ran back, but here there was a turn in front of him, and a long straight road behind him, where could he avoid the sight of the enemy.
All you have to do is keep pumping the mount to make it run faster.
Fei Yao led the cavalry in hot pursuit, and the distance between the two sides was never widened.
When the sentry ran to his team, the Wei cavalry led by Fei Yao was already close in front of him.
Although Deng Zhi had told him many times, the forward of the Shu army had been moving forward slowly these days, and all the sergeants had unconsciously slackened a little, and Juran was a little panicked for a while when they encountered the enemy rushing over so quickly.
Fortunately, this is a plank road, although the enemy can charge several horses at the same time, but after all, it cannot form an overwhelming, all over the mountains, and the generals who lead the army hurriedly organize their personal troops to ride bows and arrows to block.
Fei Yao led the cavalry to approach quickly, quickly rushed into the ranks of the Shu army, and slashed hard.
The panicked Shu army couldn't resist it, so it had to quickly retreat backwards.
Fortunately, Deng Zhi set up a ladder defense in advance, and the Shu army did not collapse to the end, and as the Wei army approached, the second team of men and horses under his personal supervision had quickly organized a defensive formation on both sides of the road.
The retreating forward sergeants quickly passed through the outside of the plank road, while the sergeants led by Deng Zhi were already lined up in a neat formation, with crossbows in their hands, and the rain of arrows shot at the enemy cavalry, knocking down several cavalry and horses rushing to the ground, temporarily blocking the enemy's rapid onslaught.
The Wei army was also prepared, and the horsemen immediately dismounted, changed into a big sword and a strong shield, held a shield to block the incoming arrows, and brandished a big sword to rush towards the Shu army.
The two sides launched a fierce battle on the plank road.
When the swords intersect, it should be a ring; Arrows fly sideways, dazzling.
A sergeant raised his big knife and slashed at the opponent with great force, and the enemy hurriedly shrank his head and shot over, and the knife was too strong and slashed at the guardrail of the plank road.
Just as he tried to pull out the knife, two sharp arrows flew in the air and instantly knocked him to the ground.
The enemy who had dodged the broadsword straightened up, and as soon as he raised the machete in his hand, a spear stabbed straight into his chest, and he quickly flashed to the side, and crashed into the plank road guardrail.
The guardrail had been slashed several times, and it was already crumbling, and when he hit it so hard, it immediately broke apart.
The man couldn't take it anymore, "Ah! With a scream, he fell into the rocky river under the bridge, where the water was turbulent, and he was swept away at once, and was killed by the sharp stones in the river, and after a while, he was carried by the current and continued to drift forward.
In the entire valley, the shouts and screams of the soldiers on both sides, as well as the rumbling sound of the water in the river beneath their feet, resounded.
The two sides fought to the death, Deng Zhi saw that his own sergeants were killed and wounded, and the enemy was still coming, and some of them couldn't bear it, so they had to let everyone retreat while fighting, and retreated back again to avoid.
Cao Jun was in hot pursuit.
Deng Zhi couldn't manage so much, so he sent the sergeant to quickly run to the front, and asked the sergeant behind to pry the plank on a section of the plank road first, and then push the plank down the river first after his family passed.
Cao Jun chased here, seeing that the road was broken, and he had been killed for so long, he felt really tired after resting in one breath, and his own family was also damaged a lot, and the corpses blocked the road, so he temporarily stopped the pursuit, cleaned up the dead bodies, and repaired the plank road. (To be continued.) )