Chang Yuantu scolded. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info thought that he could wait for the arrival of the Yan Zhuang army and pick up some benefits after him. But now that the other party has actually started to cross the river, it means that he must stop it. This is something I have to do but I am extremely unwilling to do.

Chang Yuantu immediately sent someone to take a closer look along the reeds on the riverbank, and after once again confirming that the other party was crossing the river, he finally had no choice but to give the order to immediately start preparing for the attack.

Soon, the rebels reorganized their formation, and the nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses dispatched were divided into three teams, keeping a distance of hundreds of paces and quietly touching towards the dilapidated entrance of Wagang Village. They did not dare to light a torch for fear of startling the snakes. Because during the daytime reconnaissance, they found that there were a small number of Tang troops stationed at the Zhaimen, and they did not want to alarm them.

However, the terrain here is very complicated, with puddles, wetlands, and small dirt slopes, and it is very difficult to walk without seeing your fingers. From time to time, the 3,000 soldiers of the front squad fell in the dark and rough terrain, or stepped into a ditch, or strayed into a reed-swamped puddle, or stepped into the mud and fell into half a thigh. It was easy for the three thousand soldiers in the front team to touch the range of more than 100 steps of the walled gate, and walked on a hard and spacious avenue leading to the walled gate, but suddenly there was a roar of feather arrows in the air, and countless bows and arrows fell from the dark sky, and the three thousand soldiers were suddenly shot by ghosts and wolves.

Obviously, it is not surprising that the other side has already noticed their actions. In front of his own military camp, there must be a sentry agent from the other side to spy on the news. In that case, there is no need to hide it. The rebels immediately began to return fire with bows and arrows, and more than 2,000 strong archers from the rear rushed forward and returned the color with a dense array of bows and arrows. After a pair of shots, the opponent was obviously not an opponent, and soon the arrows shot became sparse, and there was no threat at all.

The rebel soldiers simply lit torches and rushed to the entrance of the cottage in one go, but saw the corpses of dozens of Tang soldiers lying on the ground, full of feather arrows. The rest of the Tang defenders were nowhere to be found, and all of them were driven away.

Chang Yuantu rushed up from the rear, laughed when he saw this, and pointed to a brightly lit place a few miles away and ordered: "Give me a direct attack on their camp, these guys seem to be stupid, what's the use of hiding in such a place?" Rush forward for me at once. ”

An adjutant general cautiously stepped forward and whispered: "Chang Taishou, the road ahead is not easy to walk, the terrain in this cottage is more complicated than outside, it is better to be careful." ”

Chang Yuantu reprimanded: "It is precisely because of the complex terrain that there is no need to be afraid of them. If the Taishou on the flat ground is still afraid of their cavalry, I am afraid that they will not even be able to ride horses here, and the cavalry will not be able to ride horses, so they are not as good as the infantry, so what is there to fear? Rush me. ”

The adjutant general had no choice but to agree. Chang Yuantu was not blindly reckless, but ordered 3,000 soldiers and horses to take the lead, holding torches to explore the way ahead. Soon the flat ground behind the gate disappeared and was replaced by more hills and reeds. Feasible roads can only be meandered along these high or low terrains. Three thousand soldiers could not walk on one road, and had to be scattered on a dozen paths to the east. A long dragon of a dozen torches snaked between the reeds and the woods.

Within a mile of the land, a northernmost party was attacked, having just reached the bottom of a small mountain bag. A dense rain of arrows shot from the small forest on the mountain, and in just a moment, dozens of soldiers fell from the arrows.

The rebel soldiers reacted and immediately returned fire, rushing up into the woods in the mountain bag under the pressure of their bows and arrows, only to find that there was not a single ghost to be seen, except for the miscellaneous footprints and a few empty quivers that had fallen.

As the attack began, the rebels walking the trail began to suffer from a series of arrows fired from the darkness. In the dark woods, among the rattling reeds, dense feathered arrows began to be fired. The rebel soldiers on the path between these mountains and valleys were defenseless, and they could only return fire with their bows and arrows in the face of these sudden attacks in the darkness, but they did not know the position of the other party, and such a return seemed weak. On the other hand, the opponent was in the dark and in the favorable terrain, and the lethality of the dark arrows was amazing, and in just a few tea moments, hundreds of rebel soldiers were shot.

The rebels panicked and tried to rush forward, but more and more hidden arrows began to shoot out from the reeds in front of them, and it was obvious that there were archers hiding in all the reeds along the way, and the more they rushed forward, the more intense and fierce the bow and arrow shots became.

"Lost the torch and extinguished the torch." Someone shouted loudly in a hurry.

The rebel soldiers came to their senses and hurriedly threw their torches in the puddles. The torches were extinguished in exchange for a brief silence, and the other party apparently stopped firing because they had lost their target. The rebel soldiers crawled forward with the black cat on their waists, hoping to rush to a flat ground in front of them.

Suddenly, three colorful fireworks shot up in a wave of reeds. Immediately after that, colorful fireworks were set off in several reeds and bushes. Suddenly, a large area was illuminated with colorful fireworks. Under the light of the fireworks, a ferocious rain of arrows came like a storm, and a brief moment of light plunged hundreds of rebel soldiers into darkness forever.

Fireworks are fired one after another, illuminating large areas as if they were daylight. Feathered arrows snorted and continued to shoot at the rebel soldiers from all shadowy corners. The rebel soldiers, like lice on bald heads, had nowhere to live, and they screamed in panic and began to flee.

Finally, the panicked rebel soldiers escaped from the dead land of reeds and bushes, and they fled back to the flat land at the entrance of the cottage. However, more than half of the 3,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, and in less than half an hour, the short advance of hundreds of paces caused more than 1,000 soldiers to be killed and wounded. Chang Yuantu saw all this in his eyes and was stunned.

"Chang...... Chang Taishou, such an attack is impossible. They've already laid an ambush, and we're sending them to death. The leading lieutenant who was covered in mud and water escaped back by luck, and he fought up and down.

Chang Yuantu knew that what he said was true, but he was unwilling to watch the other party cross the river. It was only then that Chang Yuantu understood why his opponent chose to settle in this dilapidated riverside wetland. This is clearly their chosen place to defend against their enemies. These reeds and bushes, depressions, and dirt slopes were all fortifications that they could use, and they were a thousand times better than the white horse crossing there. And more importantly, they seem to have found a way to cross the river on the whitewater section, so they have nothing to fear. A strong sense of frustration permeated his heart, Chang Yuantu was anxious in his heart, and his mind was blank.

"Chang Taishou, we don't have to attack at night, they just rely on them to shoot arrows at us unscrupulously in the dark. The lowly suggests that they should not be left alone at this moment, and that they will attack tomorrow after dawn. Anyway, tens of thousands of them crossed the river, and they couldn't cross it in one night. Slow to say that it is a night, and it will not be enough for a few days and nights. Another lieutenant general stepped forward and spoke.

Chang Yuantu was in high spirits, what the deputy general said was that he was too anxious, and it was clear that the other party would need to cross the river for a few days, so why should he be in a hurry to attack tonight? You should think about it carefully, like a good countermeasure. It is unwise to be in a hurry tonight and bury the lives of more than a thousand soldiers in vain.

"You're right, we don't have to be in such a hurry, it's not too late to attack after dawn tomorrow. The order was sent down, the troops were withdrawn and returned to the camp, and the generals above the rank of lieutenant went to our camp tent, and we discussed countermeasures overnight. Chang Yuantu ordered in a deep voice.

On the dirt slope under the Juyi Hall, Wang Yuan, Yan Zhenqing and others looked at the dense torches in the direction of the Zhaimen and withdrew to the west, and couldn't help but look at each other and laugh.

"Xiangguo's means are endless, these guys are afraid that they never dreamed that they would be ambushed along the way, and they suffered a big loss. The old man is convinced, and this place chosen by Xiang Guo is really a good place to resist the enemy. Yan Zhenqing said with a smile.

Wang Yuan smiled: "It's a good terrain, but it also depends on the season." If you drag on for a month or so, this will not be an ambush at all, but a place to be buried. ”

"Oh? What does this mean? Another month, is that because it's cold? Yan Zhenqing said.

Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "How cold can it be here?" Not because of the hot and cold weather, but because in another month, the reeds, trees, and weeds here will dry up. A fire can burn cleanly. Hiding in the reeds and tall grass to ambush is tantamount to self-defeating. The reeds now have the meaning of yellowing, and when the flowers have bloomed, they will be ignited. ”

Yan Zhenqing suddenly realized, and said dumbfounded: "I see, it is indeed the case." When the reeds catch fire, there is no grass left in the sky, and hiding in the reeds to ambush is indeed looking for death. What Xiang Guo said is extremely true. This is the war, and the change of seasons must be calculated clearly. The lower officials are ashamed of themselves, I am afraid that the vast majority of the generals of my Datang Dynasty will not be able to calculate to such a point. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "Yan Taishou doesn't need to praise me so much, in fact, it's all luck." If it is in the autumn season, I will not have a good way to defend against the enemy. It can only be said that I arrived here just before this, and everything is providential. ”

Yan Zhenqing shook his head and said: "The lower officials don't believe it, even if it is postponed for a month, the reeds are yellow, and you must have a strategy to defend against the enemy, I believe this." ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said: "What you say is so unreasonable, you can't praise me so baselessly, this is not your style of Yan Taishou." ”

Yan Zhenqing said with a smile: "I never praised others before, but now I want to brag about Xiangguo." You said that it was okay for me to slip around and shoot horses, and I also admit it. ”

Wang Yuan laughed, waved his hand and said, "That's it, let's not talk about this, let's go and see how the results are?" Also, in half an hour, the first ferries will be on their way back. But ask if everything is going well. ”

Yan Zhenqing bowed down and stretched out his sleeves and said, "What I said is, Xiangguo first, please!" ”