Chapter 396: Dragon Song Explores the Way
The earth-shattering drums, like the shouts of mountains and tsunamis, echoed in the canyon and soared into the clouds.
Cold bag and thunder copper, hurriedly climbed on a high stone village built on the edge of the Yangtze River, and looked down the river. For a while, both of them felt a chill in their hearts, and the dense warships that were like the Yangtze River made the hearts of the two generals feel extremely heavy, and an invisible pressure arose.
Is this the rhythm that is going to force them?
"Report! The two generals, the land route also discovered the Xinhan army, the number of which is unknown! ”
"Attacking us by land and water?" Leng Bao forced himself to calm down and shouted: "I know, give our people a banner, whether they are killed by water or land, they will act according to the plan we have set earlier, and our sergeants don't have to be afraid, we are guarding the dangerous area, even if the Xinhan army is strong, it is absolutely impossible to attack it." ”
"Yes!"
"General Leng, if the New Han Army really kills at any cost now, I don't know how sure you are to hold this pass?" Lei Tong looked at the fleet of the New Han Army that was slowly driving in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and asked.
"It's hard to say......" Leng Bao said with a slightly ugly face: "Although our army has arrangements on both sides of the Yangtze River and can blockade the Yangtze River, there are too many warships of the Xinhan Army, if they really attack us at any cost, I am afraid that some warships will inevitably break through our blockade and break into our pass." ”
The Yizhou army's method of locking the river was to arrange military horses on the cliffs on both sides of the river, and use throwing stones and bows and arrows to strike at the warships sailing from the river below. If it is true that it can cause a lot of damage to the attacking New Han army, but if people are determined to capture this pass. I guess it's still okay.
But these tens of thousands of New Han troops must have to lose more than half.
"I'm afraid the Xinhan Dynasty is really going to attack our Yizhou. The new Han army in front of us has tens of thousands of horses. It is estimated that it is only their vanguard army. General Lei Tong, I'm afraid I will report the situation here to Chengdu immediately. We have lost many passes in front of us, and if we lose this place again, I am afraid that the military horses of the New Han Army will be killed directly to Ba County. I didn't expect that the Xinhan army could dispatch such an army and horses to attack at once. It seems that he can only ask Chengdu to send more soldiers and horses to block the New Han army. ”
"Well, I'll ask General Yan for reinforcements first, and let people send the situation here to Chengdu as soon as possible." Lei Tong knew that the situation was critical, and hurried to write a letter for help.
Zhang Fei at this moment. With a spear in one hand, he rushed forward along the difficult mountain road, followed by hundreds of men and horses, who walked quickly on the mountain road like long snakes.
There are still more than two miles to rush to the Guanzhai in front.
Suddenly, a sound of breaking the sky came from the beginning.
A burst of chaotic arrows blocked Zhang Fei's way.
Thundered......
There was a loud bang, almost dragging out the drums and shouts of the warships in the river.
"Annoying!"
Zhang Fei danced the Zhangba snake spear like the wind. Blocked the arrow shot down from his head, but with the big stone that rolled down, Zhang Fei didn't dare to block. Looking up and quickly glancing at the trajectory of the boulders rolling down, he jumped high and low, avoiding the crushing boulders one by one.
"Brother in the back, be careful!" Zhang Fei beckoned to the soldiers behind.
"Ahh......hh
Later soldiers. But he didn't have the same skills as Zhang Fei, and he could block the bow and arrow on his head. But he couldn't avoid the big stones or sassalwood that rolled down his head, and many soldiers of the New Han Army. They were all smashed into flesh by the big stone sassholes on their heads.
Although Zhang Fei had already expected such a situation, he couldn't help but be furious when he saw his sergeant being killed by the Yizhou army at this moment.
"Yanren Zhang Yide is here! Who will be the Lord of the Rats, and who will dare to fight with a certain one? Zhang Fei rushed forward like flying, shouting loudly.
Of course, on the side of the Yizhou army, naturally no one will respond to the battle. However, it somewhat made the Yizhou soldiers guarding the pass on the mountain pause. The so-called shadow of the famous tree of people, Zhang Fei's murderous name, they are already familiar with it, and when they hear Zhang Fei's name, they will panic. However, now that Zhang Fei is in the middle of the mountain road, no matter how strong he is, he can't help them, which also makes them sure that they will continue to fire arrows at the Xinhan army under the mountain, and continue to push those prepared rolling stones and sassalwoods down the mountain.
"Gan Ning is a certain Xingba, and you wait for the dog thief, do you only know how to shrink your head and put a dark arrow on it? Hmph, don't let me attack it, or you will be told to live but not to die! ”
"Haha, agree, when a certain Huang Zhong enters Yizhou, Liu Zhang will be humiliated and killed!"
"Third brother, what nonsense, hurry up, break through their village, I, Guan Yu, want to see if it is so difficult to enter Sichuan, and see if their Yizhou army can stop us!"
The officers and soldiers of the New Han Army who followed Zhang Fei all signed up, and almost all of them reported the names of famous generals in the New Han Dynasty Army.
When the Yizhou army originally heard Zhang Fei's name, they were all panicked, and after hearing the names of Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Guan Yu and other generals, their minds were really a little confused. The generals of the New Han Army that they are familiar with are all here? Is this still worth it? Who is the enemy? Does this show that the New Han Dynasty was determined to attack Yizhou?
Although it was impossible for the Yizhou army to stop the attack when they heard the registration of the general of the New Han Army, they would be defeated and flee, but it really hit their morale greatly. At least, now, even ordinary Yizhou sergeants, they seem to believe that the New Han Army is afraid that they will not give up if they are afraid of not destroying this time.
This kind of psychology is a lifetime, even if they are still in an absolutely dominant position, but they unconsciously have a cowardice. I believe that the New Han Army really wants to fight them, otherwise, it would be impossible to send so many generals at once.
Fortunately, they are on the mountain, in the pass, if they face Zhang Fei and these people head-on, I am afraid they will be defeated all of a sudden.
The shouts of Zhang Fei and the others reached the ears of the cold bag on the walled fort at the pass, making his face change again.
Originally, he was not very satisfied with the sudden dispatch of Lei Tong to assist him, and he also had his own pride and conceit in his heart, although he had heard the names of the heroes of the world. He didn't think it was a big deal, and he thought to himself. He will not be weaker than those generals.
In the Yizhou army, there are actually many generals with the same mentality as Leng Bao. They have always been cowering in the corner of Yizhou. can only watch the heroes of the world fight with envy. All along, they have the mentality of a bystander. Often, as a bystander, many times, when I hear how powerful so-and-so is, I often dismiss it in my heart, thinking that it is nothing more than that, and if they also participate in the battle, how they will become famous in the world.
But now it's their turn to face the heroes of the world. They couldn't help but feel a little weak in their hearts. Now that I have heard the names of so many generals of the New Han Dynasty at once, where does Leng Bao dare to fight? He had considered that if he ran into Zhang Fei alone, he might dare to fight and compete with Zhang Fei, but he was really scared when he met so many world-famous generals at once.
He hurriedly issued an order that his men must block the enemy generals attacking by land. They must not be allowed to kill before they get close to their forts.
However, as he wished, Zhang Fei and the others never passed through the mountain road where the locusts rained, and they failed to break through to the fortress to fight. on this. Zhang Fei was so angry that he yelled, but this couldn't be done, people kept pushing down the rolling stone and wood on the cliff. His people are difficult to pass guò, who walk those mountain paths. Whoever is going to be smashed to pieces. This situation is also the main problem for Zhang Fei to launch an attack on this pass.
On the other hand. The Xinhan Army on the river shouted for most of the day, but it did not enter the section of the Yangtze River that the Yizhou Army could attack.
The Yizhou army was on the cliffs on both sides of the Yangtze River, and the New Han army could not attack them on the boats in the river, and entered the section of the river that their bows and arrows could attack.
However, after this trouble, although it was only a false alarm for the Yizhou army guarding the pass, the purpose of the New Han Army had been achieved, at least, so that the cold bag and Lei Tong guarding the pass believed in the determination of the New Han Army to attack their Yizhou, and thought that the New Han Army had dispatched so many military horses and so many generals at once, and they would definitely not stop there, and they had already sent fast horses back to Chengdu to report the situation here to Liu Zhang.
As for Long Ge, he didn't come back until the afternoon of the next day.
brought back good news to Zhang Fei.
It turns out that on the other side of the mountain, there is indeed a river, and along the river, you can directly kill the pass of the Yangtze River Gorge and break through their pass from the inside.
However, the New Han army had to enter the mountain from the south and make a big circle, and it was estimated that it would take dozens of miles to go around the upper reaches of the river behind the mountain. In addition, there is another problem, that is, the river is very urgent, and most of the sides are canyons, strange rocks and phosphorus.
In such a situation, the army could not have been allowed to pass in the first place. However, Long Ge blessed his soul, and he occasionally saw a rotten log floating down the river in the rushing river, so he tried to jump into the river as well. I didn't want to, but I found that although the river was rapid, it was not too deep, but it was difficult to gain a foothold in the river, and it would be washed away by the river. However, if you follow the river all the way, fix a rope on the bank, and climb the rope downstream, then you can follow the river to reach the pass.
He found this path, left a few people along the river to continue exploring, and then hurriedly returned to report the situation to Zhang Fei.
Hehe, if Liu Yiruo was here, he would definitely know the situation. Because of Liu Yi's previous life, he came to these places once, and this is the place where the famous Jiuwan River flows in later generations.
Along the stream, you can indeed reach the mouth of the Yangtze River Gorge.
However, let Long Ge hit the right one, so that he found the stream, and on a whim, he thought of going down the stream.
Zhang Fei was overjoyed when he heard Long Ge's report, he knew that the method that Long Ge had found now should be a good way to minimize the casualties of his own army and capture that pass.
At that moment, Zhang Fei ordered thousands of elite sergeants to be selected, lightly armed, and set off along the path he had explored.
Naturally, it is said to be a road, but it is not actually a road, but a place that can barely be passed through in those primeval mountains and forests.
Zhang Fei personally led the army there, and naturally Long Ge and the soldiers of those special sergeants in the mountains and forests were indispensable to lead the way.
However, the distance and time of the detour far exceeded the estimate, it was not dozens of miles, but hundreds of miles of detour to the upper reaches of the stream.
Needless to say, the hardships involved in this march are thousands of men and horses. Because of this part of the road, three soldiers were killed directly. At least a thousand soldiers were wounded.
This situation is the most important. It is these soldiers, all of whom are soldiers who have been reorganized from the Jingzhou Army, although they have received training, but they are not the kind of high-intensity training, and compared with the real main force of the New Han Army, they are much worse in all aspects. At the very least, their physique was far inferior to that of the regular troops of the New Han Army, and they had not experienced the kind of high-intensity field marching training. So. It is normal for a high-intensity march to fall and kill individual soldiers.
About a hundred miles of rows, let them walk for a day.
After resting all night in the upper reaches of the stream, after the sergeant had recovered his body, he went down the river again at noon and touched the pass of the Yangtze River Gorge.
Why don't you march until almost noon? Because of the heavy fog in the mountains, the sun rose in mid-air. The fog in the mountains had not yet cleared, and in order to be able to see the situation in the stream clearly, we had to wait until the fog cleared before we could march again.
The soldiers grabbed the ropes and went down the rapids. It's not a trivial thing either. When Liu Yi was in later life, he was swimming down the kayak and playing drifting. Right now. Zhang Fei, Long Ge and others had to float in the turbulent river. Downstream. That, stumbling and bumping are naturally indispensable. Many soldiers were bruised and swollen from the blows.
A few soldiers failed to grasp the rope and were swept away by the rapids, but fortunately, they were washed into some deep pools and rescued, so as not to lose their lives, but they were almost there, and they would definitely not be able to participate in the next operations and battles.
From upstream to downstream, there are still tens of hundreds of miles. Zhang Fei and Long Ge led the army down the river to a place about ten miles away from the Yangtze River and stopped. Hide in the woods on the side.
It was too tiring, the soldiers were all tired, and it was almost dark, so they had to rest.
Soaking in the river water, the sergeant's clothes and armor are also soaked, and he is not energetic, especially the current weather, it is already late autumn, and it will be a little cold at night. So, I had to take a break first.
The sergeant was resting, and Zhang Fei and Long Ge personally went to spy on the enemy.
Obviously, the Yizhou army in the Guannai didn't know that there was a New Han army coming from behind them, and they were still as usual, the patrol of the sentry, and the cooking of the fire and the cooking.
The overall situation is mainly that there is a not small military camp at the foot of the mountain, and then there are several Guanlou forts built along the mountain road.
Zhang Fei and Long Geyi combined, and felt that as long as this military camp was destroyed and the several walled forts were captured, then they would have to wait to open this pass. As for those ambushes in the mountains and the Yizhou army on the other side of the Yangtze River, they can be completely ignored. and when they destroyed their great camps, they took the forts. The Yizhou army on the hill had to surrender. And the Xinhan army in Zigui County can quickly kill them to meet them.
Of course, Zhang Fei didn't think it was necessary to let the military horses of Zigui County take over him.
Because of the topography of this pass, no matter how many military horses there are, it can't be deployed. This should also be one of the reasons why the Yizhou Army did not send more military horses to guard such a dangerous pass here.
Zhang Fei and Long Ge decided to wait until dawn tomorrow, when the sky was just dawning, to suddenly attack the Yizhou army.
The terrain in these areas is too dangerous, and at least you have to be able to see the road, so a night attack is unlikely.
After a night of silence, after a night's rest, after two days of arduous marching, the soldiers all recovered their spirits and did not feel tired.
As soon as it was dawn, Zhang Fei immediately ordered the sergeant to approach the enemy barracks, which was still in a daze.
At this time, the two generals of Leng Bao and Lei Tong were still reluctant to wake up in their dreams.
After that day, two or three days had passed, but the Xinhan army seemed to have quieted down all of a sudden, stayed in Zigui County, and did not pretend to attack them anymore.
Lei Tong and Leng Bao believed that their military horses had defended this dangerous terrain, and the Xinhan army was unwilling to pay too much for casualties, so the only way to do so was to suspend the attack.
Of course, Lei Tong had mentioned to Leng Bao whether there would be any conspiracy of the New Han Army, and he felt that the New Han Army would not be able to stop like this. There will definitely be another attack on them.
It's just that he thought about it, but he really didn't think about how the New Han Army would attack them, and he couldn't think of how the New Han Army could capture their dangerous pass.
They couldn't think of it, and they had to think about it. Anyway, the situation has already been reported to Chengdu, and it won't be long before reinforcements arrive.
In the morning, in the barracks of the Yizhou Army, there were already smoke and flames, which were the sergeants who made a fire to make rice, and occasionally, they could already smell the fragrance of the food.
Many Yizhou soldiers who have developed a habit of getting up early have already gotten up, taking a walk in the barracks or looking for people they know, bragging and farting together, and waiting for the soldiers to make breakfast.
A soldier in Yizhou, his military tent, was within the fence to the west of the barracks.
He, a guy from the barracks, deliberately made a wooden stake on the sixth of their military tent into a movable one for the sake of convenience. Whoever has three hurries, let him remove the movable stake and drill out of the camp to make it easier.
This soldier, who had drunk too much water last night, was so suffocated that he trembled and drilled out of the camp from between the fences.
Then, he casually walked under a tree, and it was easy to untie his pants.
But just when he was about to be refreshed, the corner of his eyes flashed, as if there was something not far away. I can't help but look ahead.
Oh......
The soldier was directly frightened by what he saw, and the guy who was releasing the water also suddenly stopped the flow of water. (To be continued......)