The calm was shattered in the early morning after another four days.

"Enemy troops, find enemy troops!" In the smoke and dust along the way, several scouts galloped wildly, shouting hoarsely, for fear that the Lord would not hear their warnings.

"Sure enough, there are soldiers blocking the way? Look at my stinky mouth, why is it a good spirit that is not bad! Tai Shi Ci's eyes widened, and Zhao Yun's hand on the rotten silver spear also had green tendons.

"This sucks!" Fang Yue and Qin Feng were also so anxious that they shouted, and while shouting, they peeked at Wang Yu's face.

"What should I do?" Zhuge Liang also lost his usual composure and set his slightly flustered gaze on Wang Yu.

Only Ma Yunluo didn't know why, so he quietly bit his ear with Lu Qiling: "Sister Ling, what's wrong with everyone?" Didn't you already anticipate the possibility of encountering an enemy, why did you suddenly panic so much? ”

Lu Qiling's expression was extremely solemn, and the tone of her answer was not as relaxed as before: "It's nothing to meet the enemy, but it's troublesome to meet the enemy here......"

Bai Cheng is also known as Mengmen, when the origin is not examined, there are records of the historical books can only be seen, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, here is already the throat of the connection between Jin and Henan.

Broadly speaking, Bai Cheng starts from Bai Lu Peak in Hanoi Gong County and ends in Chang Binh of Shangdang. But in fact, the accurate concept of this mountain is the ancient road that crosses the Taihang Mountains and is known as the seventy-two turns!

The trail itself is a miracle. The cliff stands upright, if there are ten thousand people, Li Taibai sighed that Shu is difficult: the flight of the yellow crane is not yet passable, and the ape wants to spend the sorrow and climb, which can also be used here.

"The soldier often says that one person is the road, and ten thousand people are not open, which is what he is talking about. In the Youzhou War that year, General Wen Ze relied on the steepness of the Flying Fox Road to force the Xianbei people to death in the horseshoe beam. Although the Flying Fox Road is dangerous, it is much worse than Bai Cheng. ”

"That's right." Ma Yunluo suddenly realized, after a long insight, sighed, and said with annoyance: "If I knew this, we wouldn't go here, didn't you say that there is still Taihang Road to go?" ”

"It's even worse there!" Lu Qiling shook her head, with a thick helplessness in her tone: "Taihang Road is not as steep as Baicheng, but there is a majestic pass. It is the patio pass that is famous all over the world, and the danger is too high! In addition to Tianjing Pass, there are many large and small passes along the way, and if Cao Thief prepares in advance, we can only tackle the key problems all the way. ”

Ma Yunluo looked at the valley in the distance, and then imagined the Xiongguan standing by the mountains and valleys, his body suddenly shivered, stuck out his little tongue, and said with a bitter face: "Compared to it, it seems that it is really better here, but it is still difficult to walk, if only it could be detoured." ”

The conversation between the two girls did not have any impact, and there was no need for Wang Yu to say, and the generals also knew that the matter had come to this point, and there could only be no advance or retreat. Orders were issued one after another to readjust the formation, and the scattered marching columns were changed to a battle formation. Light cavalry was placed on the left and right flanks to prevent other enemies lurking outside the valley.

When the army advanced to the vicinity of Taniguchi, the opinions of several core generals were almost exchanged.

Cao Ying sent troops to occupy the valley in advance, and it was obvious that the idea of blocking the reinforcement route of the main cavalry was broken.

Twists and turns aside, the valley is generally a narrow terrain of two cliffs sandwiched between a river, and the only thing that can be passed by the army is a sandy beach less than five zhang wide on one side of the river. At present, the enemy army is blocking the road with heavy troops at the bottom of the valley, and their own side has no choice but to forcibly attack and seize the valley.

"Kong Ming led people to camp on the spot, the civilian staff stayed behind, and the rest of the soldiers came with me, lined up at a distance of 500 steps from the enemy, and fought first!" Wang Yu had no intention of giving superfluous orders, and there was not much to do when they met on a narrow road.

Under his orders, the cavalry formation was automatically divided into two parts, the front and the rear. Zhuge Liang, the remnant of the army, commanded some of the people to stay in place, cut down trees, and build a camp. Before testing the enemy's reality, we must prepare for the worst that cannot be overcome in the short term, so that the soldiers have a place to rest from the wind.

The remaining 7,000 or so soldiers marched in formation, slowly approaching this valley of death.

The enemy troops occupying the valley were obviously in a hurry, and the hastily set up the deer and the horses had not yet been completed. The crooked wooden fence was basked by the summer sun, and the rich smell of pine oil spread to miles away with the wind.

When the camp appeared in Wang Yu's field of vision, Cao Jun, who was hiding behind the fence, also noticed the approach of the Qingzhou army, and immediately sounded the horn of warning and made preparations for battle.

"There was no cordon outside the valley, but the camp was half up. It can be seen that this enemy army came in a hurry on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was not ready to encounter our army......"

While observing the enemy, Wang Yu made a corresponding analysis, and quickly made a decision: "Ziyi, you take two men and horses to take the lead, first test the combat effectiveness of the enemy army, don't rush to make meritorious service!" ”

If he encountered the enemy on the flatter terrain, he didn't need to think about it at all, he just rode over, and in the blink of an eye, he could trample this half-built humble camp to pieces.

But the terrain here is too steep for the cavalry to run. Not only that, but there is no way to deploy even troops. If it weren't for the enemy's camp extending outward from the mouth of the valley, it might be difficult to deploy even two troops and 800 men and horses.

"Whoa!" Tai Shi Ci did not hesitate to take the errand.

His surname is straightforward, and he occasionally uses his brain, just to be more refreshing and straightforward. Wang Yu asked him to take the lead, and he also fell into his arms.

He drew a man from each of the Fire and Wind cavalry, with the Iron Cavalry as the heavy infantry in front and the Light Cavalry as the crossbowmen and spearmen behind. The crowd raised their shields, bowed their bodies, and moved little by little towards the valley.

Two hundred paces apart, sporadic feathered arrows shot out from Cao's camp. At such a distance, feather arrows could not pose a deadly threat at all. Seeing this scene, Tai Shici made a corresponding judgment, thinking that this enemy army should not be an elite, and Cao Ying didn't pay too much attention to the matter of closing the road.

The officers and soldiers of the Qingzhou Army may not have the vision of the main general, but these elites who lick blood with knives are still very sensitive to the growth and decline of momentum, and they have seen through the state of the enemy's strong and middle-class cadres at once. Tai Shici gave an order, everyone straightened up, and the soldiers at the forefront took off their armor and began to loudly provocate.

"Where did the shrunken turtle come from, he didn't have the courage to stand in front of his grandfather, but he came out to block the way! Don't you know that good dogs don't get in the way? Even the dog doesn't understand, you still have a face to stand out! ”

"Don't shrink your neck, it's you!"

The light infantry behind was not idle, and seeing that it was within the firing range, the four hundred elites pulled up their strong bows and sprinkled a rain of arrows on the heads of the enemy.

On the side of the Qingzhou army, heavy armor soldiers opened the way, and there were shields to protect themselves, and Cao Jun's bows and arrows couldn't shoot at all. However, the elite of the Wind Army, who have excellent archery skills, can aim and shoot in a good time, and after a few rounds of fighting, it is the Cao Army that has a camp to rely on suffers a big loss.

The screams in the camp were incessant, and only a few wounded on the Qingzhou army retreated. These people walked back on their own, and it can be seen that the injuries are also very light.

I don't know if it was provoked by the provocation, or if there was a corresponding arrangement, Cao Jun's counterattack was very decisive. When the Qingzhou army approached within fifty paces, several groups of heavy infantry rushed out from the inside of the fence.

However, heavy armor is not the same as heavy armor, and there is also a very obvious difference between soldiers and soldiers.

The heavy armor of the Cao army on this road is just a leather armor covered with cotton armor, and some paper armor, which is heavy, but the improvement of protection is quite limited. The heavy infantry of the fire cavalry cameo was a full-body plate armor of a water, and as soon as the mask was put down, he couldn't even see his face, and he was completely a steel monster.

Not to mention soldiers, just look at the equipment.

Cao Jun's economic strength is much worse than that of Qingzhou, but the proportion of investment in armaments is much higher, as long as he can squeeze out the resources, he invests them all in the army. If it was the elite of the Cao army, it would be impossible not to even be able to take a team of all-ironclad heavy armor.

The Iron Cavalry of Fire, also known as the Iron Cavalry of the Guards, was the Praetorian Guard by Wang Yu's side. In the huge Qingzhou, only 3,000 people were selected in total, and the degree of elite can be imagined. Although they are better at cavalry combat, it is unlikely that it will be difficult to deal with a group of miscellaneous soldiers who are not even elite.

As soon as the two sides clashed, the Cao army, which launched a counteroffensive with great momentum, withdrew with much neater movements than when attacking, and more than 80 corpses were left in front of the battle by them, and when they retreated in a hurry, nearly 100 people were wounded by the feather arrows flying from behind.

How quickly will the results be divided? One or two can be deduced from Tai Shici's battle record.

This time, Tai Shici was also the first soldier as always, and his martial arts were originally known for his speed. Although it was inconvenient to hold a long soldier in each hand because of foot combat, his crescent halberd was still as fast as lightning.

However, even Tai Shi Ci only killed two and a half enemies. The third person saw the two companions in front of him fall, and turned his head and wanted to slip away, but he had already entered Tai Shici's attack range, and he couldn't slip away when he saw it. As a result, when this person saw the cold coming to his body, his feet were crooked, and he was stunned alive.

Tai Shi Ci didn't expect this festival, it was also a rare halberd to go empty, and after realizing what happened, he was also angry: "Where did a group of waste, grandma's, actually scared Lao Tzu!" Brothers, follow me and kill these cowards! ”

"Kill!" Cutting melons and chopping vegetables to repel the enemy, the eight hundred strong men were like rainbows, and they chased after them with a shout in unison.

Cao Jun resisted for a while behind the fence, and although there was an additional fortification, the result was not much different. The weak resistance couldn't stop the wolf-like Qingzhou army at all, and after only holding on to two faces, this line of defense collapsed. The defeated soldiers threw down their robes, wailed loudly, and fled into the depths of the valley.

Taniguchi changed hands in an instant, thinking about the mood when he first heard the news of the enemy, and this moment and three moments of work was like a dream. All the generals looked at each other, and even Tai Shici hesitated and stopped.

It's a good thing that the enemy is wasted, but if it's wasted to this extent, it's too exaggerated, right? It can't be a bait to lure enemies, right?