Chapter 437: Shu Dao
'This is Chaotian Gorge?' It's so dangerous. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info', on the plank road, Xiaohu sighed. After trekking for several days, Xiaohu and their team finally arrived in Hanzhong, and after two days of repair, they took the Golden Bull Road to Jinguan. Before arriving at the Sword Pavilion, you will first go to a famous place, Chaotian Gorge.
Chaotianxia, formerly known as Mantianzhai, Li Bai chanted the famous Shu Road difficult, difficult to go to the blue sky, it is said here. Even if the terrain in front of you is dangerous, it is not as dangerous as here.
It will be renamed Chaotianxia because of the Anshi Rebellion in that year, Xuanzong went out to Shuzhong, and the hundred officials of Shu were here to take over, so it was renamed Chaotianxia.
There is another name here, Mingyue Gorge, it is said that there is a huge stone in the river, and it will release a soft brilliance at night, just like the bright moon falling into the river, and the stone is called Mingyue Stone, so the gorge gets its name.
This is the only place to enter Shu, and it has been an important place for Shu to communicate with the Central Plains for thousands of years, so the history of development is very early. The ancestors used their wisdom to dig a plank road on the cliff between the shores, so that they could travel back and forth here.
Xiaohu and they looked for the plank road and looked at the terrain here with awe. Jialing River Cheba Mountain passes, forming a very deep canyon, the plank road is on the cliff, when the Qin State had a large army to cut down Shu, it is to take this road.
Fortunately, there are other roads, if it is the land of Bashu, just rely on this plank road, as long as I burn the plank road, don't think about it here. As he walked, Gao Yu sighed that his words were deeply approved by Xiaohu and Li Chengyi. is worthy of being a professional soldier, seeing this plank road, just thinking about how to attack and defend, even the little awe just now, I left it behind.
After Chaotian Gorge, the terrain is slightly gentle and easy to walk, and then go forward, it is the famous Sword Pavilion. The terrain of the Sword Pavilion is quite gentle in front, but when it reaches the Sword Pavilion, it suddenly becomes steep, and after the highest point, it is a gentle terrain to the south.
To the north is a cliff with a small narrow passage for two people in between. The place where you climb to the high point is the Sword Gate Pass. This terrain, as long as the city gate is closed, the bottom cannot be attacked.
'What would you do if I called you?' Looking at this dangerous level, Xiaohu asked Li Chengyi and Gao Biao, and the answers given by the two were the same as those of Jin and Shu, attracting the enemy from the front and bypassing the path from the side.
'Frontal attack? No kidding. Li Chengyi shook his head, "It is said that this sword gate has not been broken head-on since it was built. ''Agree, this hurdle is almost impossible to break through head-on. Gao Biao rarely agrees with Li Chengyi, and Xiaohu also agrees with this idea, seeing that this sword gate is in danger, attacking from the front, it is simply filling with human lives.
However, the three of them chatted so engrossively that they didn't notice at all that the little soldiers on the side glared at them with their eyes, and in front of us, the defenders of the Sword Gate Pass, talking about how to break through the barrier, didn't take us seriously. If you don't know, this army has an order to clear the customs, and the soldiers want to report these people as spies.
After passing the Jianmen Pass, I walked for several days, and finally arrived at the Xichuan Jiedu Envoy's office, Jinguancheng. A magistrate came forward to receive them.
'There should have been an escort of supplies from Chang'an before? What about things? 'It's all piled up for you and then put it in the barracks.' ''Is there a rule to keep away from fire and waterproof?'' ''Don't worry, we've got everything arranged.'' The young magistrate replied.
For his answer, Xiaohu believed half of it. After finally seeing the batch of supplies, the last half was also put down. These supplies are the key to conquering Victoria. As long as this is okay, everything else is fine. Grain and grass or something, the Xichuan Festival envoy will supply it.
Under Jinguan City, the team rested for many days, and after the soldiers had recovered their strength and eliminated the fatigue of the long journey, Xiaohu and the others continued to drive to Victoria.
Victoria is actually not far from Jinguan, and the straight-line distance is only 100 miles. It's just that when they left Jinguan and went to Victoria, the terrain began to steepen, and they could best describe their current situation.
More than 100 miles away, Xiaohu and they walked for three days. On the one hand, the terrain is steep, on the other hand, it is necessary to take care of the baggage, and on the third side, it is necessary to take care of the physical strength of the soldiers, so the distance traveled in a day is not long.
However, since they had entered the enemy-occupied area, Xiaohu did not neglect their guard because of the short distance. According to the regulations, the sentinel released a range of several tens of miles to detect the enemy's situation. However, the expected harassment or attack by the enemy forces did not appear, and they walked away safely for three days.
At noon on the third day, the Left Army of Shence arrived outside Victoria, as expected. The sergeants began to set up camp. The campsite is not too far from Victoria, but it is just the right distance. Too close, if the other party opened the city gate and directly attacked the camp, they didn't even have time to react. Or, when the soldiers left the camp gate, they were attacked by the enemy before they were arrayed.
It's not good to be too close, it's not good to be too far, so if you get to the range of attack, the soldiers will have to walk a long way, and you will lose your physical strength.
The baggage camp was camped, and he was so busy that he was responsible for digging trenches, erecting horse rejection walls, and camping villages. The soldiers marched forward to prevent the enemy from attacking them while they were encamped. If the camp is not well established, it will not be able to rest well at night, and it will have a great impact.
Xiaohu and Li Chenyi, commanding their own soldiers and horses, lined up left and right, and after the team was formed, in addition to a few officers who were responsible for supervision, several other officers began to observe Victoria City.
I saw that each of them took out their holsters, took out binoculars from them, and began to observe Victoria City.
'This terrain is really not easy to attack. While observing Victoria, Gao Yu muttered to himself, "If it is not easy to attack, it must be attacked, and this Victoria must be defeated." Xiaohu replied.
How dangerous is the terrain in Victoria? According to Li Deyu Huichang's visit to the prime minister, in the "Victoria Incident", Victoria "according to the top of the high mountains, facing the river on three sides, in the rush of Ronglu Pingchuan, it is the road of Han people." ”
Victoria, the city is on the high towering mountain, surrounded by three rivers, and only one side can be attacked. This place controlled the main road between Tibet and Shu. At that time, the land of the river was gone, this state existed alone, Tubo wanted to attack Shu, it had to take down here, after taking Victoria, Tubo changed its name to worry-free. What it means, I think it's very clear.
At that time, Wei Gao, a famous minister, passed through the river and Huang, with elite 10,000 people, and attacked in a hurry for many years. And when the clouds are surrendered at the same time, "eight towns can be reduced, and thousands of miles of old land can be collected", which has "great benefits and is the foundation for recovery".
Therefore, no matter what, Xiaohu and they must recover Victoria this time, otherwise the battle of Hehuang in the future will not be carried out at all.
A group of people took binoculars to observe Victorian City, there was no chaos in Victorian City, the day before yesterday their sentinels had contact with the Tubo Detective Horse, and did not send people to harass them, probably because they had a strong city to rely on.
These Tang soldiers have to dress so strangely. They were observing Victoria, and Victoria was also observing them, and a group of guards on the city wall looked like Tibetans, urging a few people, and also observing the Tang army coming from afar on the city wall.
'Jaypo, shall we go out and harass them?' ''No need. The middle-aged man who is called Jie Bao is not tall, but his figure is very agile at a glance, although he is full of silver hair, but he is very neat in his actions.
'Look at this scale, it's just an army, and we don't have many people, so there's no need to make more sacrifices. "Let them come, look at the number of people, it is about three thousand, when the Tang Dog sent 10,000 people, and after several years of fighting, they have not been able to defeat Wuwu, just a few thousand people are nothing." ’
Several people who were watching at the head of the city expressed their opinions and agreed with their words. Jiebao is the meaning of the leader of the Tibetan people, basically Tubo is a group of tribal alliances, and even important places such as Victoria are respected by tribal leaders.
There was nothing to do all night, the Tubo people did not attack at night, and the Tang army was so safe that they set up camp and rested. The next day, the siege was launched.
'So fast? Hearing the vigilant soldiers, they said that there was an abnormality in the camp of the Tang Army and began to bury the pot and cook food. Jie Bao took people up to the city wall to watch, "It seems that this Tang army is in a hurry." The clouds were light and light, and he didn't take these Tang troops to heart at all, but he still ordered the soldiers to start deploying after breakfast.
'So fast! It's fast, too, but these are two very different concepts. The former one is teasing the Tang army and rushing to come up to send him to death, and the latter one is fast, which means that the Tang army is very fast.
From the time the soldiers told the Tang army that there was an abnormality in the camp, it was only a quarter of an hour now, and the Tang army was actually ready. Cooking, dining, going out of the camp, and reorganizing the army. But a quarter of an hour, that's fast. Seeing that the Tang army had already marched, he had to order that some of the soldiers continue to eat, and a part of them hurried to the city to prepare for battle.
If the Tang army hit the city of Victoria, they have not yet lined up, causing the city of Victoria to break, it will really become a big joke.
The Tibetan soldiers scolded Lele for walking on the city wall, got up early in the morning, and was about to die, and he didn't even have a full meal, so he was about to go out, and no one was happy, and he was selected to scold in a low voice, some said that he was very upset, and some said that the commander deliberately rectified himself.
The morale is okay, Victoria's solid impression is not broken, and it is ingrained in his heart, anyway, it is just to eat later.
The Tubo soldiers were slow, and Jiebao was anxious in his heart, but fortunately, these Tang troops reversed the speed just now, gained time for a mile, and moved slowly to the city.
Looking closely, Jie Bao felt that this group of Tang troops was weird, and they were still red jackets, but this was not the armor of the Tang army at all. And I didn't see the familiar Mo knife hand, all spears, and shields.
This shield, held high above the head to prevent the Tibetans from shooting, shining brightly in the sun, is all made of stainless steel. Seeing this shield, Jie Bao couldn't think of shooting with a bow and arrow at all, and the Tubo people had poor arrows, so they could only scratch it.
When there were still more than 100 steps away from the city wall, the Tang army's crossbowmen began to shoot at the head of the city to cover the infantry army in front, and the two sides officially began to fight, and then it ended quickly. (To be continued.) )