In the Baoshui River Valley, in the valley north of the Zhou army camp, eighty trebuchets have been built, and the soldiers are holding hammers and iron drills to mine stones, which are all granite, very hard, and it is very troublesome to break them into small pieces and then polish them into stone bullets. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The craftsmen were not idle, and it was not enough to have trebuchets and carts in the face of the fortified city, but also to need ladders. The ladder is not an ordinary large wooden ladder, it is a frame base composed of six large wooden wheels, and then a triangular hut can hide fifty soldiers, and behind it is an inclined ladder, about one zhang high, five feet wide, and one zhang five long.

Then the other section of the ladder is folded, the two sections of the ladder are folded with pulleys, which can be supported by the back, and the rope is pulled in front to make the upper section of the wooden ladder overturned, and the big iron hook at the top can firmly hook the city head, which can prevent it from being pushed down, or the heavy objects such as rolling wood and stones.

Speaking of the ladder was invented by Mozi during the Warring States Period, it is a very ancient siege weapon, but because it is too cumbersome, it is very inconvenient for the army to carry, it takes time to build temporarily, and there are also high requirements for wood, more than half a month, the craftsman battalion has built more than 20 ladders.

"Almost, with these heavy equipment, it is not difficult to break through Baocheng, it is necessary to quickly drive Han Baozheng back to Nanzheng, and you can't wait for Li Tingqi to react, so this battle is not easy to fight." Zhang Yue pointed to the more than twenty ladders lined up in the valley, frowned and said to him.

"Wang Jing is too mistaken, if he just crossed Qingniling after marching for half a day, then it won't be like this. Fortunately, Pet Fucheng has not arrived yet, otherwise we would have fallen into a three-sided siege. "There is no good way to break the deadlock, and Xiang Xun is also very distressed.

As the two were talking, Fu Zhaoxin, the head of the guards, rushed into the valley on horseback, stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to give a military salute, holding a small bamboo tube and reporting: "Two generals!" Yang Xuanli sent back information from Chenggu County. ”

"Oh? Take a look! Zhang Yue stretched out his hand to take the bamboo tube and unscrew the seal, took out a roll of thin silk from the inside, shook it open, and handed it to Xiang Xun after reading it.

"It's not easy to fight with 2,000 troops guarding, and there is a moat, so it's not stable to be willing to go near and far!" Xiang Xun smiled bitterly.

"Let's go back to the camp and gather everyone to discuss!" Zhang Yue quickly thought about it in his heart, and did not agree with what Xiang Xun said.

The three drums outside the tent of the Chinese army sounded, and the commanders at the army level arrived one after another, and sat down on both sides of the big tent.

The information turned around in the hands of the officers, and then returned to Zhang Yue's desk, Zhang Yue picked up the information and handed it to Feng Qianhou, who sorted out and archived it, and it was useful after the war.

"If you want to avoid Han Baozheng's sight and capture Chenggu County, you can send about 3,000 troops, take the mountain road indicated by the scouts, and it will take three days to walk seventy miles, and as soon as the battle in Chenggu County starts, Han Baozheng will definitely cut off the retreat of this partial division, and at the same time support Chenggu County, then the main force on our side can attack Baocheng at the same time." Li Chuyun opened his mouth to analyze.

"Not bad! The question is whether Chenggu County can take it in one day? In order to protect the retreat of the division, it is necessary to send another one to two thousand soldiers, which can be ambushed on the slope of the hill north of Liulin Town, which is the only way to reach Tongguan Mountain. Luo Yanhuan then spoke.

"As long as our main force does not move, Han Baozheng will not go to the rescue in person, but if the main force moves, I am afraid that Li Tingqi will come from Xixian County over Niutou Mountain to cut off the back road of the main force, so should we divide troops to garrison Niutou Mountain?" Xiang Xun is cautious and always thinks about the way back.

Murong Yanzhao immediately objected, and said loudly: "Our troops are already insufficient, what back road are we guarding?" In my opinion, 3,000 troops can be sent to fight Chenggu County, and the main force will go five miles south to divide two villages, and the main attack will be on Baocheng. If Li Tingjun comes, the decisive battle will be! ”

"Fighting Baocheng is by no means a one-day thing, and beating Chenggu is two days at most, and I agree with General Li's policy!" Shi Guangjun also spoke, causing Murong Yanzhao to roll his eyes.

All the generals said goodbye and looked at their heads one after another, but Zhang Yue was muttering something to Feng Qianhou, and after a while, it seemed to have been agreed, and then he turned his head, and the talisman Zhaoxin took out the map and hung it on the wooden frame, stepped forward and took a wooden pole and pointed to the location of Chenggu County, and said loudly: "Everyone! Wang Baogong can't come, so it's up to us. And what are our combat missions? ”

"Xingyuan Mansion! Source State! Zhang Congzhao hadn't found a chance to speak before, so he joked.

"Not bad! Li Tingqi is stationed in Xixian County, and wants to take care of both Xingzhou and Xingyuanfu, so we don't have to pay attention to him, the main opponents are Han Baozheng and Pet Fucheng. And as long as we take Chenggu County, we will block the road for Pet Fucheng to enter Xingyuan Mansion in the east, then, the partial division that seized Chenggu County is not only to block Pet Fucheng, but also to take Yuanzhou Xingdao County, or Zhenfu County before he reacts. There are 3,500 people in the east bank of the Golden Water with Bing Shaohui, the defense envoy of Jinzhou, and it is believed that Pet Fucheng is still confronting him. ”

Zhang Yue drew a circle between Yuanzhou and Xingyuan Mansion with a wooden pole in his hand, and moved to Baocheng, and then said: "Then 3,000 people are not enough, at least 5,000, you can try to contact Bing Shaohui to attack Pet Fucheng." In this way, the main force still has 11,000 forbidden troops left, but in three days it will go south to attack Baocheng, and we must go all out! Break the deadlock and get ahead of the game! ”

"Since Zhang Du has decided so, then the five thousand people of my Zhen'an army are just right, so as not to weaken the combat effectiveness of your division by splitting it." Xiang Xun took the initiative to speak.

"Good! In order not to be discovered by the Shu army sentinels, the Zhen'an Army Department set off tonight, it is now the middle of the month, and there is a moon at night, so it is scheduled for June 23, and the division and the main force will start fighting at the same time. Zhang Yue immediately made a decision.

As soon as the military order was given, the whole army began to get busy, and the Zhen'an army had to prepare dry rations for ten days, as well as spare spears, bowstrings, arrows and other fragile and expendable weapons. There are a small number of war horses, and they have to bring horse materials, and as for heavy equipment, they naturally can't be brought over the mountains and mountains.

In the evening, Zhang Yue sent a large number of soldiers to search within three or four miles of the camp, drove away the Shu army sentinels, and patrolled on the spot. At the beginning of the night, led by the scouts of the Chinese army, Liu Xinfa, the general of the Zhen'an army, led a thousand soldiers to quietly set off under the cover of night, and after half an hour, Xiang Xun led four thousand soldiers to leave and drilled north into the mountains, forests and valleys.

The mountain path is rugged and tortuous, some mountain cliffs even need to be climbed, while walking for two days plus one and a half nights, finally arrive at the woodland on the west bank of the Qingshui River, cross the river and then pass through a valley is Tongguan Mountain, thirty miles away from Chenggu County, the road down the mountain is hilly and flat, and the army can come to the city in half a day.

When they arrived here, the former military outpost met Liu Sanlang, the scout leader of Yang Xuanli's liaison on the west bank of the Qingshui River, and summoned Xiang Xun to interrogate. After a while, the person arrived, a young man in his twenties, carrying a knife and gun on his back, and a package in his hand, presumably an armored helmet. In non-war times, they generally do not wear armor, otherwise they can heat people to death in this summer.

"Report to the Governor! The army can go to the mountains to wait tomorrow, and the scout commander Song Lingguang personally entered the city of Chenggu County, and on the evening of the 18th, news came out again, and he was trying to persuade the Chenggu County Order to surrender, and he might receive our army into the city at that time! ”

"What is the name of the Chenggu County Order? Who's the people? Is it reliable? Is there any news coming out in the past two days? Xiang Xun was shocked, couldn't help but be ecstatic, and asked repeatedly.

It would be a blessing if the siege could be avoided. After capturing the city in this way, you can immediately send troops to attack Yuanzhou, and you can catch Fucheng off guard, this Chenggu County Order is really a key person, too important.

"If you return to the capital eunuch, the name of the Chenggu County Commander is Liang Qingyi, and he is from Xingzhou, and there has been no news in the past few days, I don't know if Commander Song has an accident, and Du Ximi can't enter the city again." Liu Saburo replied truthfully.

"That's it! It's twenty-one today! A little hope was instantly uncertain, Xiang Xun muttered, and his heart rose again. (To be continued.) )