Chapter 491: Crossbow Killing and Fire Attack
After listening to Hua'an's explanation, all the generals felt inexplicable, after all, the 20,000 main troops that marched into Yizhou were here, where were there reinforcements to reinforce Zhuge Xiong.
Without waiting for the generals to ask, Hua An said loudly: "Generals, it is imminent to attack Chengdu at the moment, our army battalion lacks siege equipment, the general has already let the baggage battalion start to build, but the baggage battalion is limited, the generals should take turns to allocate troops to help the baggage battalion build siege equipment, as long as our army has enough siege equipment, we can launch an attack on Chengdu, all the generals go back and prepare!" ”
"Yes, General." The generals received the order and turned around to leave the Chinese army's tent.
Subsequently, the main army of Hua'an pulled out the camp and camped ten miles outside the north gate of Chengdu, and the baggage battalion hurriedly built siege equipment, and the main army helped the baggage battalion cut down trees and transport timber in batches to increase the speed of building siege equipment.
In order to prevent the rebels from attacking from the city, Hua'an sent a large number of scouts to reconnoiter around Chengdu, and on the other hand, set up multiple traps around the camp, with at least 3,000 soldiers in charge of guarding, enough to deal with the sudden attack of the rebels.
Li Liang led 5,000 men and horses alone, stationed more than ten miles outside the east gate of Chengdu, relying on the nearby mountains, it was enough to defend himself, and it was more than enough to deal with the rebels who were not strong in battle.
The army of Hua'an was camped outside Chengdu and built siege equipment, which can be described as an urgent preparation, and the rebels in the city were also busy strengthening the city defenses, and there was a tendency to wait for reinforcements, and both sides were working hard to prepare for war. A battle to attack and defend the city is imminent.
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In the direction of Yanggue Valley, after five or six consecutive days of marching, the main army of the rebel Deng Ding and Kui Wensuo has arrived at the mouth of Yanggugu Valley.
Looking at the winding Sheep Intestine Valley, Deng Ding and ashamed were greatly relieved, as long as the Sheep Intestine Valley, the army was less than fifty miles away from Chengdu, and the rapid march could be reached in one day.
Deng Ding looked at Kui Wen and said loudly: "General Kui, we finally rushed back, and I don't know what the situation is in the direction of Chengdu." Do you want to send someone over and investigate? ”
Kui Wen nodded. He said softly: "Knowing yourself and knowing that you are victorious in all battles, it is better to send soldiers to inquire about the situation first, the army has been gone for a day, and it will be stationed here for one night." Early tomorrow morning. Then pass through the guò valley mouth and head towards Chengdu. ”
"Good. Just listen to General Kui, a few of you will immediately go to the direction of Chengdu to find out the situation, and you must return to the camp by tomorrow morning. Just go. Deng Ding looked at the soldiers beside him and ordered loudly.
"Yes, General." The pro-soldiers received the order and rode their horses in the direction of Chengdu.
Deng Ding waved his hand, asked his army to stop, and camped on the spot, ready to rest for the night, and then decided how to march into Chengdu early the next morning, according to the situation of the personal soldiers.
Just when Deng Ding sent his own troops to Chengdu and set up a large camp at Gukou, the two Wudang Fei soldiers who were ambushed in Gukou all saw it.
One of them continued to stay behind to keep an eye on the rebel camp, while the other immediately returned quickly along the dense forest halfway up the mountain to inform Zhuge Xiong of this important news.
At the ambush position of the main force of the Wudang Fei Army, Zhuge Xiong was closely observing every move in the valley, and soon, he saw several horsemen and horses rushing into the valley, Zhuge Xiong understood that this was a scout sent by Deng Ding and Kui Wen, the main generals of the rebels, so he decided to let him go, so as not to startle the snake and let the rebels be prepared.
"The battalion master, the battalion master, the main force of the rebels has set up camp at the mouth of the valley." The soldiers who returned from the dense forest told Zhuge Xiong the news of the rebels' arrival at the mouth of the valley.
"Do you see clearly, how many men and horses are there in the rebels, and are they really camped at Taniguchi?" Zhuge Xiong confirmed.
"I can see clearly, the rebels are indeed camped at the mouth of the valley, and there are 20,000 or 30,000 men and horses." The soldier affirmed.
Hearing this, Zhuge Xiong nodded, and said softly: "After waiting for so many days, they finally came and camped at the mouth of the valley, it seems that they plan to pass through the valley early the next morning!" ”
"Yes! Battalion master, the rebels are likely to have this kind of plan, and the scouts who have just passed through the Guò Valley must have gone to the direction of Chengdu to inquire about intelligence. A soldier said.
"Battalion master, the rebels have set up a large camp at the mouth of the valley, not far from here, it is better for us to raid at night and kill the rebels by surprise." A small school building yì road.
Zhuge Xiong thought for a while, and said softly: "Let the soldiers hide well, you must not expose the target, you will follow me to the vicinity of the rebel camp and see the situation." As he spoke, he led a few of his subordinates in the direction of the rebel camp.
Soon, Zhuge Xiong and several of his subordinates arrived near the mouth of the valley and joined up with a soldier hiding there.
"What's going on with the rebels?" Zhuge Xiong looked at the soldiers hiding here and asked softly.
"Camp master, the rebels have been busy setting up camp, and at the moment, there is no movement." The soldier replied.
Zhuge Xiong nodded, looked in the direction of the rebel camp, and began to analyze the deployment characteristics of the rebel camp, and searched the Chinese army tent of the rebel commander.
"Hateful, the position of the rebels' main tent is extremely backward, with the strength of the rebels, if we raid, it is impossible to kill the main tent, let alone Deng Ding and Kui Wen, if we can't kill the two quickly, our army will definitely be wiped out, it seems that the plan to sneak attack the rebel camp will not work." Zhuge Xiong looked at the rebel camp and analyzed seriously.
"Yes! The camp masters, Deng Ding and Kui Wen, were really cunning, and actually placed the Chinese army's tent at the back of the camp, and it seems that we had to set up an ambush in the valley according to the original plan, and kill the rebel generals with crossbows. One of the team members whispered.
"You two continue to monitor the rebel camp's every move, and the rest will go back with me." Zhuge Xiong said and led a group of subordinates to the position of the main force in ambush.
The second day is the day of the crossbow killing of the rebel general, and the soldiers of the Wudang Flying Army are inevitably nervous, after all, once the crossbow kills the rebel general, they will be counterattacked by dozens of times the strength of the rebels, and the consequences are really severe.
Although the power of the Zhuge Lian crossbow salvo is indeed amazing, it can cause great damage to the enemy in a short time, but the gap in strength is too large, a thousand Wudang Fei Army only has 10,000 crossbow arrows in a round, even if each crossbow shoots a rebel soldier, it is only 10,000 rebels, and the strength of the rebel army is 20,000 or 30,000, and there are many shield soldiers who restrain crossbow arrows.
"Battalion master, the rebel army is too large, once our army crossbows to kill the rebel lord will fail, the consequences are unimaginable, we have to make a few more plans!" A brigade commander looked at Zhuge Xiong and said worriedly.
In fact, on the issue of the failure of the crossbow to kill the rebels, Zhuge Xiong has thought about it many times, and every time he conceives that his subordinates will be wiped out, Zhuge Xiong is often scared into a cold sweat.
But Zhuge Xiong believes that as long as he plans carefully and deploys properly, with the amazing explosive power of Zhuge Repeater's crossbow, he can kill the rebel generals Deng Ding and Kui Wen in one fell swoop, and once the rebel master is shot, the rebels will disperse like birds and beasts, and naturally they will not pose a threat to their own men and horses.
Zhuge Xiong is gambling, and he is gambling with the lives of himself and a thousand soldiers under his command, winning a qiē is very happy, Wudang Feijun will be more famous, losing is the end of the whole army, and dying in battle is not humiliating the prestige of Wudang Feijun.
Zhuge Xiong looked at such a subordinate and said softly: "If you have any ideas, you might as well say it directly." ”
The brigade commander clasped his fists and said: "Battalion master, for the sake of safety, our army should prepare for the deployment of fire attack, so that when the crossbow killing of the rebel commander fails, a large number of fireballs will be thrown into the valley, so as to cause chaos among the rebels, and even burn many rebel soldiers." ”
Zhuge Xiong was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "What a good idea!" Even if our army succeeds in killing the rebel commander with a crossbow, you can also launch a fire attack, so as to kill and injure more rebel soldiers, so that the rebels will be more completely dispersed, and the matter of preparing the fire attack will be left to you, remember, it must be carried out in secret, and the rebels must not be alarmed. ”
"Don't worry, the camp owner, this matter will be handed over to his subordinates." The brigade commander clenched his fists and turned to leave.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and looking at the dark Taniguchi, Zhuge Xiong once again began to imagine the ambush operation on the second day, in order to be aware of it.
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In the rebel camp at the mouth of the valley, the main force of the rebels has entered the tent to rest, but there are still more than 1,000 people and horses on guard in the camp, so as to prevent accidents, which confirms Zhuge Xiong's judgment that it will be completely impossible to raid the rebel camp and kill the rebel commander.
The soldiers sent by Deng Ding to Chengdu arrived at the city of Chengdu at nightfall, and met the rebel scouts in the city, thus learning all the military information within a radius of 20 miles from Chengdu.
Deng Ding's own soldiers did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly rode back to the rebel camp at Gukou to inform Deng Ding and Kui Wen of the situation near Chengdu.
In the early morning of the second day, as soon as the sky was bright, several personal soldiers who were responsible for investigating the situation near Chengdu returned to the camp at Gukou and informed the main general Deng Ding of all the situations near Chengdu as soon as possible.
In Deng Ding's Chinese army tent, Deng Ding, whose eyes were still a little worried, listened to the report of his own soldiers and immediately came to the spirit, because, according to the deployment of the Jin army, the direction of the north gate is its main force, and the 5,000 men and horses in the direction of the east gate are partial divisions.
The reason why Deng Ding came to the spirit was that he regarded the five thousand men and horses under Li Liang's command as a piece of fat on his mouth, after all, as long as the main force under his command passed through the Guò Sheep Intestine Valley, it only took half a day's work to reach the location where Li Liang's army was stationed, so as to launch a fatal blow.
Deng Ding believed that with five times the superior force, he could inflict heavy damage or annihilate the 5,000 partial divisions of the Jin army, thus greatly damaging the morale of the Jin army, and then he could cooperate with the forces inside and outside the city to completely defeat and drive away the Hua'an army, so as to defend the newly established new empire. (To be continued......)