Chapter 129: Mountain Warfare
Luo Hai climbed through this dense forest, and finally saw a sparsely wooded ridge, this ridge is an excellent terrain of the mountain road under the ambush mountain, one side is a mountain cliff, from the mountain road up the mountain, it is not easy to go around the mountain beam, you have to climb this mountain cliff first. And that piece of mountain, pushing down rolling stones and sassal trees from the mountain, can directly threaten the army marching between the mountain roads, so that the army under the mountain does not have too many dead spots to dodge the attack on the mountain.
The half-mile-long mountain road will be exposed to the direct attack of the thieves' rolling stones and sassal trees. If the Celestial Wolf Army marched here, there should be hundreds to thousands of sergeants within a radius of half a mile, and if they were attacked like this, I am afraid that there would be few sergeants who could leave this mountain road alive.
Luo Hai and the others also saw that on the mountain beam, there were indeed a lot of stones, and they could even see piles of sassal trees hidden there. In this way, it can be determined that this should be an ambush point where the thieves are preparing to ambush their own Celestial Wolf Army.
However, because there was no problem that the Sky Wolf Army came to attack, no thieves were found on the mountain beam, and it was estimated that they were all hiding in their hiding place, and they would not come out of their hiding place until the Sky Wolf Army attacked.
There may be a small number of sentries left, but they are difficult to spot.
Luo Hai was not in a hurry to destroy the ambush point of the thieves, but focused on finding the hiding place of the thieves.
Now that the army of the Heavenly Wolf Army has not yet come, it will not be good for these rolling stones and sassal trees to be left on the mountain beams, if they can find out the hiding place of the thieves and solve them, they will be able to remove the threat on the mountain.
Five thousand people quietly approached the cliff, and after climbing the cliff, they bypassed this ambush point, regardless of whether there were thieves or not's sentries on the mountain beam. These sentinels will solve it for him when they see it, and if they alarm those thieves who are in ambush, they can simply go to the jungle to chase and kill.
After crossing this mountain beam, Luo Hai and the others finally found the thief in a hidden mountain col.
There are really not many thieves, four or five hundred. Most of them were resting, and a few of them were gathered together, presumably gambling or something, and from time to time they let out bursts of scolding or frustrated complaints.
Four or five hundred thieves, I didn't say anything, Luo Hai didn't discuss with Wu Jiang at all, and directly led five thousand people to pounce, with a big knife in hand, and cut people when they saw them, I have to say that the melee of the underworld is much more powerful than that of the Sky Wolf Army. If there is no cooperation, it is indiscriminately chopping.
The thieves simply hid in a place, and there were no fortifications to block the enemy's attack at all, so they could directly enter the camp. In addition, the thieves didn't think that someone would attack them at this time, so they only sensed the danger when Luo Hai led people to kill them.
"Kill!" Luo Hai roared, wielding his sword, and piercing left and right in the crowd.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
Only then did the thieves discover the enemy who had rushed into their crowd, but unfortunately it was too late. The five thousand men and horses quickly gathered around with great momentum, and in a moment they cut them into the mud. The surrender was not in a hurry, or rather, the underworld was not the Sky Wolf Army, and it would not accept surrender.
At the ambush point just now, some thieves were left behind, and they were also solved, and the rolling stones and sandalwood that were prepared also fell into the hands of the underworld. And destroyed the mechanism of the thieves, these things, it is impossible to roll down the mountain anymore.
The thieves' counterattack injured some people in the underworld. When chasing the thieves, there were also several people who slipped and rolled down the mountain, but their lives were worry-free, but they only suffered some flesh and skin injuries, and after a period of recuperation, they were able to live again.
About 5,000 men attacked 500 thieves, and there were no casualties.
Luo Hai immediately called Wu Jiang and asked him to send people to inform Marshal Guan Yu of the situation respectively, make a report to Marshal Guan Yu about their plan, and tell Marshal Guan Yu that he could now let the army advance. Of course, he also reported to Marshal Guan Yu on his own operation of destroying the thieves on the mountain, so that the underworld on the other side of the mountain also accelerated the search and solved the thieves on the Dongpo Mountain. On the other side of the mountain, you can also attack the Sky Wolf Army that has obtained the mountain path down the mountain. This is also a reminder to Guan Yu to pay attention to the situation on the other side of the mountain.
After resting, they continued to search from the mountain, because there were also ambush points on the mountains within the checkpoint, and these ambush points had been exposed when the army attacked, and Luo Hai had to search to determine whether there were still thieves on the mountain.
At the same time, he also asked Wu Jiang to send people to keep an eye on the situation of the thieves in the checkpoint under the mountain. If the thieves are not aware of the danger and dare to stay in the checkpoint, then don't alarm them, wait to deal with the people above, and intersperse them together to cut off the thief's retreat. If the thieves realize that something is wrong and want to withdraw to the second line of defense, then simply go and occupy the first line of defense and wait for Marshal Guan Yu's army to arrive. They continued to attack and advance from the mountains.
After Luo Hai searched out several thieves to set up ambush points, he found that there were only a few hundred thieves on the mountain, and only a small number of left-behind thieves were left behind at other ambush points, which were quietly solved by Luo Hai and his people.
The following levels have also been observed.
There are about 3,000 thieves, because the fortress is so big, there are too many people to deploy, so another 1,000 thieves stay in the second barrier behind to meet the thieves in front.
"Those thieves have found me, they may be fleeing, let's kill them." Sweat oozed from Wu Jiang's forehead. But he still calmly watched the chaotic situation down the mountain. Seeing a lot of thieves, they came down from the wall and prepared to escape.
"Good. Brothers, the opportunity to make a contribution has come, kill! ”
Luo Hai also noticed this situation and immediately broke off. The people of the underworld began to pounce down the hill.
The mountain is a bit steep, but it does not prevent the sergeants from attacking downward.
From the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, there is only a distance of two or three hundred steps, and some people from the underworld, they sit on the ground with their buttocks, slide down the mountain, and they are not afraid of being beaten by some branches or something.
"Kill!"
Seeing the underworld that seemed to be a divine soldier descending from the sky, they couldn't help but scream in extreme horror and ran away.
At this time, there are 3,000 people against 5,000 people, and there are also a large number of wolf troops in the front camp preparing to explode the village gate, how can there be any thief soldiers who dare to pick up the weapons in their hands to fight against the underworld! It's really weird to have talent.
"Chase!" Luo Hai waved his hand and led a few thousand people to pursue the thieves who fled to the back, while shouting: "Old Wu, you stay, open the checkpoint, greet Marshal Guan, and I will take three thousand people to chase and kill with me." ”
"Okay, Master Luo be careful!"
"Don't worry, on the other side of the mountain, our brothers should not have been killed, we have to attack and kill the mountain quickly to destroy the rolling stones and sassalwoods on the mountain, lest these deserters escape and shadow us." Luo Hai responded.
"Yes, Brother Luo, you are careful enough. That way, we're all in the safe hands. "Wu Jiang really admires Luo Hai a little now, this time, they can win the battle in a row, it all depends on Luo Hai's brain, it is estimated that they will be able to raise the helm when they go back.
The thieves on the wall had already escaped, and they happened to be blocked by Wu Jiang's people, and most of them surrendered on their knees under the attack.
Luo Hai's pursuit was also very smooth, although the hundred thieves escaped, but most of the 1,000 thieves in the pass died, and the rest were either injured or surrendered.
This time there was no indiscriminate killing, after all, the Sky Wolf Army was outside, if it was spread out, others would think that the Sky Wolf Army killed the prisoner, this Luo Hai is not stupid.
As soon as Guan Yu arrived, he first called the helmsman where Luo Hai was and praised the helmsman. However, when the people who wanted to order Luo Hai and the others to ask how they had won the first pass, they were told that they had actually moved forward overnight.
These guys are really meritorious.
Guan Yu ordered that the army should rest in the first level, and at dawn tomorrow, they would directly advance again. Guan Yu now has confidence in those guys, believing that they will definitely be able to clear all obstacles in their way.
Guan Yu, who was in a good mood, slept well, if it went well, in about two days, his army could officially enter the Shangdang area.
As for Luo Hai and Wu Jiang, these guys. They considered that they had attacked the first checkpoint a few days ago, and the thieves guarding the pass should send someone to report to Zhang Yang. In all likelihood, reinforcements have already been sent. Therefore, they all felt that under the current situation, they should compete with the thieves for time, and seize all the barriers on the march route as soon as possible before the reinforcements of the thieves arrived.
Just as Luo Hai expected, some of them were carrying torches openly. All the way forward, even a few passes, where they passed, although there were thieves. But all of them fled when they heard the news, and those who didn't have time to escape simply surrendered.
The reason why they can advance so fast is mainly because there are not a few thieves at all in those passes, and the most one, only a hundred thieves are left behind, and when they see so many people in the New Han Army, they abandon the pass and flee from afar.
Luo Hai and Wu Jiang advanced until they found a pass where tens of thousands of people were staying overnight, and then stopped and moved forward.
It turned out that these people were forced by the thieves of Shangdang Zhang Yang to repair the fortress for them. As soon as the underworld arrived, the thieves fled, and these people had nowhere to go in this dark pass, so they all stayed here and waited for the night to make plans.
Through these people, Luo Hai learned that the checkpoints repaired by the thieves ended here, although there were still many dangerous passes on the way forward, but the thieves didn't have time to build the checkpoints.
This news made Luo Hai breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that there was no need to rush forward anymore. Because, without the prepared thief soldiers, there is no way to stop the advance of the Heavenly Wolf Army.