Chapter 703: Open the Iron Box
The reason why Yao Xiang handed over the command of the army to Yao Chang was because Yao Chang's battlefield command ability was not inferior to himself, and even better than himself, and secondly, because Yao Xiang was very concerned about whether the jade seal of the country was really in the big iron box, and he wanted to personally command the locksmith in the army, open the big iron box, and personally check what was in the iron box.
Yao Chang led an army of 30,000 Qiang tribes, occupied a favorable terrain on the mountainside outside the camp, and waited for the arrival of Zhang Yu and Wei Tong's armies, while Yao Xiang immediately moved forward to the camp and called all the excellent locksmiths in the camp.
"General, all the best locksmiths in the army are here." A junior school reported with his fists clenched.
Yao Xiang looked up at the dozen or so locksmiths in front of him, pointed to the big iron box on the baggage cart, and said, "Ben will order you to open the box in the shortest possible time, and also, don't damage the contents of the box, do you understand?" ”
"Yes, General." More than a dozen locksmiths responded with fists, and then began to study how to open the big iron box.
Yao Xiang personally stood less than ten steps away from the big iron box, watching the every move of more than ten locksmiths, and longed for these locksmiths to open the big iron box earlier.
However, the lock position of this big iron box is concave, that is to say, the big iron lock on the big iron box is not completely exposed, but only a little bit exposed, and it is difficult to smash the iron cable with brute force.
To this end, more than a dozen locksmiths deliberated. I felt that the only way to open the big iron lock was to start from the most vulnerable keyhole position and use a fine wire and other tools to open the big iron lock.
However, with this method, the locksmiths could not be sure when the large iron box could be opened, so they could only do their best to try to open the large iron box as soon as possible.
Outside the Yao Xiang camp, Zhang Yu, Zhou Cheng, Wei Tong, and Le Hong were four generals. He led more than 30,000 soldiers and horses. Kill it in a big way.
Seeing that the enemy army was gradually approaching, Yao Chang was not afraid at all, he looked at the generals beside him, and said, "Generals." The enemy army has just experienced a fierce battle. Already a tired teacher. However, our army has been recuperating for many days, and in this battle, our army will win. The enemy will be defeated. ”
"Our army will win, and the enemy will be defeated." The generals yelled in unison.
Yao Chang nodded, and ordered loudly: "As soon as the enemy army arrives, the generals will obey the orders of the general, and they must deal a fatal blow to the enemy army and let them know the strength of our army." ”
"Yes, General." The ministers will lead in unison.
Soon, the army led by Zhang Yu, Zhou Cheng, Wei Tong, and Le Hong arrived not far from Yao Xiang's camp and confronted the army led by Yao Chang.
Zhang Yu glanced at the three of them, took the lead in riding forward, looked at Yao Chang, and shouted: "Yao Chang, why did you snatch our army's baggage, and those who know each other should hand it over quickly." ”
When Yao Chang heard this, he sneered a few times and shouted: "What the general stopped was the tribute that the Great Wei Guojin presented to the Great Jin Dynasty, Zhang Yu, since you have already taken refuge in the Great Jin Dynasty, why do you want to intercept the tribute of the Great Jin Court, what are your intentions?" After speaking, he glanced at the subordinate next to him.
The general immediately began to secretly mobilize troops and horses, preparing to launch a surprise attack on Zhang Yu and others' soldiers and horses, so as to defeat Zhang Yu and others in one fell swoop and seize the dominance of the battlefield.
When Zhang Yu heard this, he was suddenly a little speechless, he led a large army, and his intention to seize the jade seal of the country was a great rebellion, and naturally there was no way to refute it.
"Yao Chang, don't toast or eat, and hand over all the things quickly." Wei Tong shouted.
"Hahaha! General Wei, what's the matter, didn't you fight with General Zhang just now? Why did you turn the war into jade silk so quickly, it became too fast! Yao Chang looked at Wei Tong and laughed loudly.
"You ......" was hit in the soft underbelly, and Wei Tong was suddenly so angry that his teeth itched.
Zhou Cheng looked sideways at Zhang Yu and Wei Tong, and said softly: "Don't be angry, two generals, our army can enter Yao Xiang's camp and snatch out the jade seal of the country, why bother talking with Yao Chang, this kid." ”
"Yes! Why bother to meet this barbarian child. Le Hong also persuaded.
When Zhang Yu and Wei Tong heard this, they both nodded, ready to speak by force, so that Yao Chang could see their strength.
"Command the armies and prepare for the attack." Zhang Yu first gave the order to prepare for the attack.
At this moment, some of the soldiers and horses under Yao Chang's command had already arrived at their respective positions and formed an encirclement of the enemy army.
Seeing that all the soldiers and horses under his command were in place, Yao Chang stretched out his hand and waved his hand, and ordered loudly: "The whole army will attack and defeat the enemy." ”
"Woo woo woo ......" Under Yao Chang's order, a huge horn sounded in the rear of the Chinese army's large array.
......Inspired by the sound of a huge trumpet, Yao Chang's soldiers and horses first launched a fierce attack on the enemy from the front.
Seeing that Yao Chang ordered his soldiers and horses to fight forward, Zhang Yu and the others were naturally not to be outdone, and immediately ordered their respective soldiers and horses to attack forward and fight with Yao Chang's soldiers and horses.
Although Yao Chang only had 20,000 soldiers and horses in the front, and his troops were not as strong as those of Zhang Yu and others, he did not fall behind at all, and successfully blocked the impact of nearly twice the enemy's army.
"General, the enemy army is really a tired division, as long as our army's flanks are killed, the enemy army will definitely not be able to resist." One of the generals looked at the environment of the battlefield and said softly.
Yao Chang nodded and ordered: "Order, let the ambushes on the left and right flanks come out and defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop." ”
"Yes, General." The subordinate general answered, turned around and conveyed the order.
"Woo woo woo ......" The horn of attack was once again heard from the rear of the Chinese army's large array.
The 10,000 ambush soldiers who were lying in ambush on both sides of the "...... Kill" suddenly killed from the left and right flanks and rushed towards the enemy.
The army under the command of Zhang Yu and Zhou Cheng, and the men and horses led by Wei Tong and Le Hong, after all, experienced a tragic battle, therefore, the strength of the decay was great, and in the face of 20,000 Yao Xiang Legion soldiers and horses, it was already a little powerless.
"General Zhang, the enemy army is strong, and our army can't resist it, so let's retreat quickly!" Zhou Cheng looked at Zhang Yu and reminded softly.
Zhang Yu sighed and said softly: "I really underestimated Yao Chang, retreat, retreat." After speaking, he led his soldiers and horses and began to retreat.
Wei Tong and Le Hong were fighting, and when they saw Zhang Yu and Zhou Cheng leading the army to retreat, they also followed the army and retreated.
"The whole army pursues and annihilates the enemy." Seeing that the enemy army was about to collapse at the first touch, Yao Chang gave the order to pursue and kill the enemy.
"Kill ......" Yao Chang's soldiers and horses roared to kill the fleeing enemy army.
Zhang Yu and the other four retreated for more than ten miles in a row, and it was not until they entered the valley that they got rid of the pursuit of Yao Chang's soldiers and horses.
After this battle, the soldiers and horses under the command of Zhang Yu and the other four suffered great losses, and at this time, even if the main force of the four people was gathered, it was impossible to defeat the soldiers and horses under the command of Yao Xiang.
In the valley, Zhang Yu, Zhou Cheng, Wei Tong, and Le Hong stood side by side, staring in the direction of Yao Xiang's camp, their eyes full of unwillingness and helplessness.
"I really didn't expect that Yao Xiang's soldiers and horses were so strong, and the four of us would be defeated when they joined forces." Zhang Yu said unconvinced.
"General Zhang, in fact, it is not that Yao Xiang's soldiers and horses are powerful, but because they have been prepared for a long time, and our army is in a hurry, so they will be defeated." Zhou Cheng said pertinently.
When Wei Tong heard this, he continued: "General Zhou is right, our army not only rushed into battle, but also ......" Halfway through, Wei Tong couldn't go on.
What Wei Tong wanted to say, Zhang Yu and the other three naturally understood, after all, they had been fighting each other for a long time in the valley, and they had paid a lot of price for this, which was also the reason why their strength had decreased sharply.
However, although they were defeated by Yao Chang, Zhang Yu and the four did not give up, you must know that they are not only these horses under their command, in Xuchang and Dingtao, they still have 30,000 soldiers and horses that can be transferred at any time.
After some discussion, the four of them decided to transfer all the soldiers and horses under their command, and vowed to gather all the strength of the four to defeat Yao Xiang and recapture the jade seal of the country.
In Yao Xiang's camp, more than a dozen locksmiths finally opened the big iron box after nearly an hour of hard work, and when the iron lock was opened, Yao Xiang's heart rose to his throat.
"General, the iron lock has been opened." A locksmith removed the open iron lock and whispered.
Yao Xiang took a deep breath and hurriedly ordered, "Open, open the box quickly." ”
When several locksmiths heard the order, they immediately lifted the big iron box, while Yao Xiang kept looking at the slowly opening big iron box.
Soon, the lid of the big iron box was opened, Yao Xiang took a step forward and looked up, and found that inside the big iron box, there was actually a more exquisite gold-plated copper box.
This copper box is not very large, but like the large iron box, the position of the lock is concave, and it still takes a lot of time to unlock.
Yao Xiang stretched out his hand to hold this gorgeous gold-plated copper box in his hand, feeling that it was still very weighty, and shook it slightly, feeling that there was a block-like object inside, very similar to the legendary heirloom jade seal.
At this time, Yao Xiang's heart was extremely excited, he did not suspect that there was fraud in the big iron box, but believed that what he was holding was the heirloom jade seal in his hand.
Gently turning the gold-plated copper box upside down, Yao Xiang actually found that at the bottom of the gold-plated copper box, there were actually engraved four big characters of the jade seal of the country, which made it more certain that the block-shaped object in it was the jade seal of the country.
In fact, this gold-plated copper box is the box that holds the jade seal of the country, and it is a genuine product, but what it contains at this time is as long as the envoys of Hua'an and Wei know it.
"Fifth brother, our army has won a big victory, our army has won a big victory." At this moment, Yao Chang led the army back to the camp on horseback and loudly reported the good news. (To be continued......)