Chapter 365: Ambush 1
"Who are you?"
"You ...... What are you...... Who? ”
The two spoke at the same time, but one was clean and neat, the other was a little nervous, and Zhao Mang could even see that the other party's body was trembling slightly. Of course, it could also be because of the cold.
"Are you Han?" Zhao Mang heard the tone of the other party's speech and said slowly.
"Well, Han people! The Han people of Xiping Province! The dark shadow replied, with a hint of bitterness and self-deprecation in his words.
"Why are you staying on a boat?" With a little starlight, Zhao Mang could look at the other party's messy clothes, which seemed to be draped on himself casually.
"No money, the house has been raided!" The black shadow said lightly.
"We are also Han Chinese, Youzhou, Xiaoguo Army!" Zhao Mang's hand was tightly clenched on the horizontal knife and said slowly.
"What? Xiaoguo Army? The Xiaoguo army that defeated the three parts of the Liaodong Army and repelled it? The man on the fishing boat shouted, and his words were full of disbelief.
"Is it necessary to lie to you? Otherwise, what do you think so many of us are doing in this town in the middle of the night? ”
"My lord, are you here to attack the Su Mo Yan Army?" The tone of the man on the boat suddenly became eager.
"Do you know anything about this area?" Zhao Mang didn't go back directly, but asked.
The person on the fishing boat hurriedly said: "The small one is clear, there is nothing in a radius of hundreds of miles, and there is nothing I don't know." ”
"Well, let me ask you, if we occupy this town, how long will it take for the surrounding Turquoise army to find out?"
"You'll find out in three days!"
"Three days, this is not easy to do......" Zhao Mang couldn't help frowning when he heard this. In three days, the Xiaoguo army here can only reach about 10,000 people, and even the supplies are difficult to reach. This is behind enemy lines, and if one is not good, it will be encircled.
"Twenty miles away on the east side, there is a mountain range that stretches for a hundred miles, among which the Black Rock Canyon is the most profound and steep, except for hunters, few people go there in normal times, and adults can lead troops to it."
"What's your name?" Zhao Mang asked with a smile.
"Sun Liang, it's my younger brother Sun Qiang who is sleeping inside."
"Will you lead the way?"
"I am willing to serve the adults, can I join the Xiaoguo Army?" Sun Liang asked in a low voice.
"As long as you win this big victory, I will allow you to join the Xiaoguo Army!"
The 5,000-strong army disappeared silently, and did not cause anything abnormal, but fortunately, preparations were made in advance, and a lot of dry food was made, so that they would not be in the mountains and hungry. The army lives in the mountains and valleys, and it is naturally not easy to stay. In addition to arranging light and dark sentinels, at the same time, they are also in a secluded place, looking at the trees, and setting up a temporary camp.
In Andong Mansion, Yucheng Zhao Xun left four thousand guards, and at the same time mobilized four or five thousand young people. The ban on access to the city was also lifted, and Zhao Xun believed that Liaodong would never dare to attack lightly, as for Su Mo Jian, as long as he hit Liaozhou Mansion, this Yucheng would not be the place where the three parties were handed over, but only the boundary between Liaodong and Xiaoguo's army.
The army of the Five Routes gathered together again, and it was originally discussed that the army of 50,000 and 50,000 people were originally discussed, but after the cities were left behind, they were reduced by 20,000 people, and the number of soldiers and people was 10,000, but except for Yucheng, the rest were in the rear, which did not affect the overall situation, but only temporarily stabilized and deterred the place, and governed the place for the newly arrived adjutant. All counties and cities are actively training new county soldiers, most of whom are local people, and some of them are Xiaoguo soldiers and people.
Liao Tunnel City, the second largest city in Andong Province.
The commander who defended the city, Gai Yuan, who was also the general in charge of the western defense of Andong Mansion, was frowning at the moment. Since the last time he defeated the 10,000 interceptors he sent and gave himself time to prepare, for three consecutive days, the Xiaoguo army appeared outside the Liao Tunnel City.
And Tanma also reported back something that made the Yan army angry, and dozens of miles to the west, two huge Jingguan appeared there. There is also a line of words left on it that Xiaoguo Jun did.
Now, the Xiaoguo army has appeared, and as soon as it comes, it will do what it will do on three sides, leaving only the east.
The siege is missing one, and it still leaves the most beneficial direction for the indigo army in the city. But Gai Yuan, who knows something about the art of war, knows that this must be a conspiracy of the Xiaoguo Army. Under Gai Yuan's three days of preparation, there were 50,000 soldiers in the city, but among them were only young and strong, and they could only be strong, and they were completely useless. But there are more than 100,000 Xiaoguo troops outside the city. Although he also knew that among the 100,000 people, only half of them were real Xiaoguo troops, and half of them were civilian men who accompanied the army, transporting grain and grass for the army, setting up camp and other auxiliary affairs.
However, the Xiaoguo army is different from the Yan army, and most of the Yan army is cavalry in field battles, and there is generally no such thing as a people. I didn't know much about the people of Yan Kingdom, and I thought it was just ordinary young and strong people, just like those in my own city, but when I looked at it on the city wall today, I found that it was not the same thing at all. The people of this Xiaoguo army are worse than the Xiaoguo soldiers, but they are definitely not ordinary young and strong.
What made Gai Yuan even more angry was that these people were clearly wearing leather armor and leather robes of the Yan Army.
Where did Xiaoguo get so many soldiers? Needless to say, it must have been taken from the soldiers of the Evil Army. Thinking that the Xiaoguo Army had disappeared for three days, and the surrounding counties and cities for hundreds of miles had not been able to reply to him. Gai Yuan knew that the surrounding cities must have been destroyed by the surprise attack of the Xiaoguo army.
The mighty momentum of the Xiaoguo Army also dispelled the general's long-awaited battle with the Xiaoguo Army for 300 rounds a few days ago. Now the Yan army in Liao Tunnel City is waiting for the rescue of Andong City. Andong City connects the north and south, with Liaozhou Mansion in the northeast and Xiping Mansion in the southeast. Therefore, there are many defenders here, and at the same time, a lot of grain and grass are hoarded.
In the Xiaoguo army camp outside the city, Situ Liang sat in the big tent and slowly tasted tea.
"Lord Situ, aren't you worried? The total number of the three camps outside the city is only 15,000 people, so you are not afraid that the army in the city will come out? Hu Xiang sat opposite Situ Liang, looked at the silent Situ Liang, and couldn't help but say.
Situ Liang smiled: "What are you afraid of? Do the Evil Warriors dare to come out? Don't worry, we can do whatever we have to do, the courage of the Yan army has long been frightened, and they don't dare to come out lightly. By the way, send someone to the city every day to challenge! ”
"Still a challenge? What if an army comes out? ”
"Don't worry, the Evil Army doesn't dare to come out! Wait, we don't have to fight, and it's a great credit to be optimistic about the big battalion. Well, although there is nothing in the camp! ”
Seeing Situ Liang talking like this, Hu Xiang was helpless.
After Zhao Xun's army besieged the city, he built a large camp and left the camp with more than 6,000 people overnight, leaving only three empty camps. In order to create the momentum of the whole army, the camp planted red flags all over the camp, and the smoke of the home was shaped everywhere, which could exhaust the soldiers left behind half to death, and at the same time, they had to worry about the sudden killing of the Yan army.
As the generals who stayed behind, Hu Xiang was not nervous when he saw Situ Liang, and suddenly, he was much more relaxed. Seeing that Hu Xiang was much more relaxed, Situ Liang also smiled secretly, and Zhao Xun asked him to mention more subordinate generals, so that they could also stand alone. But the things on the battlefield can only be regarded as really understood if you understand them, otherwise, no matter how much you say, it will be useless.
What is Zhao Xun doing at this moment? Zhao Xun besieged Liao Tunnel City, so he thought of encircling the point to send reinforcements. For more than three days, the Yan army in Liao Tunnel City has not moved at all, doesn't that mean that they have asked for help?
Zhao Xun was wearing the extremely defensive bright silver unicorn lion armor, riding a jade unicorn, carrying a silver Jiao bow, and hanging a Ling Void Sword from his waist. It was so conspicuous in the ranks of the whole army that all the soldiers could see at a glance that their commander was in front.
Han Meng followed Zhao Xun with the personal guard battalion, and when the two of them compared, there was almost a difference between people and beasts.
60,000 mixed with the army of this people, including more than 13,000 cavalry, this cavalry followed Zhao Xun in front, and the infantry army followed.
The purpose of their trip was to send reinforcements from Andong City, although they didn't know how many, but Zhao Xun believed that there should be no more than his own people. After all, there are only more than 50,000 soldiers in the entire Andong City. Anda Chong is more of a transit point and a major city for grain storage, rather than a heavy city on the battlefield.
As long as these 50,000 people are done, there is basically no big problem in Andong Mansion. For this reason, Zhao Xun asked a personal guard battalion soldier to personally inquire about the news and eliminate the secret agents of the Yan Army.
However, obviously, the Xiao Guo Army did not expect that the Xiaoguo Army would let go of Liao Tunnel City and run directly to the opponent's flank to act.
More than 10,000 cavalry galloped all the way, and the silence and desolation along the way. Compared with the southern Central Plains, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and the north is still a cold winter scene. The same sky, the difference between north and south is too big.
Getting farther and farther away from Liao Tunnel City, Zhao Xun also slowed down, after all, he couldn't pull too much with the infantry army behind. It wasn't until the rear infantry returned that the distance was only more than ten miles, and the scouts in front also sent back the news.
"General, thirty miles ahead, reinforcements from the Andong City Army are rushing here. There were more than 30,000 men in all, 23,400 infantry troops, and about 6,700 cavalry, and their scouts were about five miles away. Wei Dong took a breath and said quickly.
"Huh? It seems that the defenders of the Infantry Army have more cavalry, perhaps related to the weather. Zhao Xun pondered. The less cavalry the opponent has, the better it will be for you.
"Very good, give the order, let General Xue Lei and General Bao Muyang set up a formation on the spot and wait for the arrival of the Yan Army. By the way, the crossbowmen are also going to make a threat this time, so that the Yan Yan army can take a good look at how sharp my Dayan's crossbow lost arrow rain is. Zhao Xun said with a laugh.
"General, what about us?" Han Meng asked urgently.
"We, of course we'll make way for them first, and let them attack the infantry that has been prepared for a long time. These elbowed armies are too arrogant, the scouts have only sent out a range of five miles, and this time we are going to win a big victory, alas, this elbow army is really too face-giving. ”
"Zhao Kang! Li Lingfeng! ”
"The subordinates are here!"
"You two lead your two cavalry and sneak to the valley on the left until you reach Guò. Fight with the infantry army, see my banner, and the army will fight from behind! ”
"Obey!"
"Wu Zhao! Xu Qi! The two of you also led your subordinates to the second capital, sneaked to the mountains and forests on the right, and waited until the army of the Yan Dynasty passed Guò, and waited for my military order! ”
"Obey!"
"General, what about us?" Han Meng watched the 12,000 cavalry split into two, heading towards the sides, disappearing into the realization, and asked dryly.
"We? We made our way up the hill to see the movements of the Warriors, ready to attack from behind. Zhao Xun pointed to a tall mountain in the distance and said.