。 Chapter 317 Bai Mo slipped away

In the dead of night, everything is silent. The latest chapter of the Templar

Bai Mo was about to take a nap wrapped in a big cloud, and suddenly a few small stones fell from the cliff behind him, and when Bai Mo looked up in a hurry, he saw that the cliff was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything.

Some of the soldiers were also alarmed, and said, "What kind of mountain beast is Xu?" ”

Bai Mo shook his head imperceptibly, and a haze suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Cliff, how did you forget the cliff? Mountain beasts can walk on the cliff, why can't the Chu army?

If the Chu army sent a surprise army to intercept the rear road of the Han army, and then took advantage of the main force of the Chu army to launch a fierce attack from the front, and this strange army suddenly attacked from the rear, would the Han army be able to resist it? Although the 3,000 troops he brought from Xianyang were elite soldiers, they were quite inferior to the Chu army, and if they were really attacked by the Chu army, I am afraid they would really not be able to support it.

The more Bai Mo thought about it, the more frightened he became, according to the report of the defeated soldiers who fled back from the Jiameng Pass, the Chu army sent a strange soldier to climb the cliff, took advantage of the darkness to touch the pass, and then took advantage of the Han army's unpreparedness to open the gate, and the main force of the Chu army was able to enter the pass.

No, the Han army must retreat immediately!

Otherwise, once the Chu army intercepted the back road, his more than 2,000 elite soldiers would be finished!

At that moment, Bai Mo got up and ordered his soldiers to summon several captains and Sima all in the army to him, and ordered one of the Sima to lead his troops to set up more straw men and set up suspicious soldiers, while the rest of the departments and songs took advantage of the night to quietly retreat, and strictly ordered them to take the title and set it immediately, and it was strictly forbidden to make any noise during the retreat.

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After a while, hundreds of torches in the Han army camp were extinguished one after another, only the nearest outpost position from the Chu army, but more than a dozen torches were added, and the Han army sentries who kept vigil at night also increased a lot. (《》)

In order to avoid being discovered by the Han army sentry, the light and dark sentry posts of the Chu army were also forced to retreat dozens of steps away.

Since Xiang Zhuang crossed over, the Chu army has established two sets of light and dark guard systems, and whenever the army camps, in addition to the open sentry, there are also dark sentry posts.

Just after the ugly hour, the torches on the outposts of the Han army were also burned out.

After the torch was extinguished, the Han army sentry did not make a new torch, and the entire outpost position was completely plunged into darkness, but with the cold moonlight, the light and dark sentry posts of the Chu army could still vaguely see the situation on the Han army's outpost position, and nearly 100 Han army sentries still stood on the mountain road like a wooden stake, never slacking off.

At this time, Pang Yu and the two thousand Heavenly Wolf Ruishi were sleeping soundly, in order to recuperate enough physical strength to cope with the next fierce battle.

The night watchman did not realize that the Han army on the opposite side was quietly retreating.

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Three o'clock is the darkest time before dawn.

Pang Yu, who was sleeping soundly, was gently woken up by his own soldiers.

Pang Yu immediately turned over and sat up, there were already pro-soldiers dumping sheepskin water bladders, Pang Yu took a handful of water and rubbed his face, and then looked up at the night sky, the crooked lower quarter moon had already disappeared behind the cliff.

Looking around, the Sky Wolf Warriors who had been sleeping soundly for most of the night had already woken up one after another, and they were nervously making preparations.

Before the war, there was a lot of preparation to be done, such as checking the straps of the armor, counting the arrows in the quiver, such as tying up the dry food bags and rucksacks, etc., the Sky Wolf Guards were veterans who crawled out of the pile of the dead, and they knew that the better they prepared before the battle, the less likely they were to have problems on the battlefield.

War has always been cruel, on the battlefield, either you die or the enemy dies, in the desperate battle, any little situation, such as armor falling off, such as the loosening of leggings, such as the fall of a rucksack, can lead to your death, so, before the big war, no matter how well prepared it is, it is never too much. (《》)…,

After moving his muscles and bones, Pang Yu asked, "Is there any change in the Han army?" ”

"Nope." The soldier shook his head and said, "Since nightfall, the Han army has been very quiet. ”

While he was talking, one of the soldiers suddenly pointed to the cliff and shouted: "General, look, firelight!" ”

Pang Yu raised his head when he heard the sound, and saw that a torch had been lit on the cliff on the right, which was the agreed signal, and when the torch was lit on the cliff, it meant that the one hundred and ten dead soldiers sent to intercept the back road of the Han army had successfully descended to the bottom of the opposite cliff, that is to say, they had intercepted the back road of the Han army, and Pang Yu could do it here.

At that moment, Pang Yu stretched out his hand and picked up the heavy horizontal knife, and shouted in a deep voice: "Order, the whole army is assembled!" ”

Pang Yu's military order was quickly conveyed, and the ready Sky Wolf Rui began to assemble silently in the dark, the Sky Wolf Guard was worthy of being a well-trained and experienced elite, although it was in the dark, and there were no generals at all levels to reprimand the whole team, but they still completed the assembly in a very short time.

After half a cup of tea, more than two thousand Heavenly Wolf Guards had already assembled.

Pang Yu took the helmet from his own soldier and buckled it on his head, buckled the leather buckle under his chin, and then slowly pulled out the horizontal knife in the night, the cold starlight sprinkled down, and a trace of cold cold light suddenly rose on the sharp blade, although it was dozens of steps away, he could clearly feel the cold killing intent revealed on the horizontal knife.

Pang Yu raised the horizontal knife and gently led it forward, and the more than 2,000 Heavenly Wolf Guards who were waiting for the battle were like ghosts in the night, and they all took out the ring head knife or raised their spears, and then followed behind Pang Yu, pressing forward violently.

In less than a moment, Pang Yu led the Chu army to the front of the Han army, only to see dozens of steps away, nearly 100 Han army sentries holding halberds are sentry on the road, behind the nearly 100 sentries, it is lying horizontally and vertically full of Han soldiers, obviously, the Han army's baggage has not had time to be transported, so it can only camp in the open air.

To Pang Yu's surprise, the Han army didn't raise a bonfire, could it be that they weren't cold?

Although Pang Yu was a little confused in his heart, he didn't stop for a moment, and in less than a moment, Pang Yu rushed to the front of the Han army with the Sky Wolf Warriors, but Pang Yu soon realized that the situation was wrong, they had already rushed to the front of him, and nearly a hundred Han army sentries still didn't react? And the Han army lying on the ground, even being asleep?

"Poof!" A Sky Wolf Ruishi slashed out with a knife, and in one fell swoop, he knocked a "Han Army Sentinel" to the ground.

"General, it's a straw man!" The wolf warrior immediately shouted, "All dummies, all straw men!" ”

"What, it's all straw men?!" Pang Yu's heart sank when he heard this, and he hurriedly raised his knife and shouted, "Hurry up and raise the fire!" ”

With the light of the torches, Pang Yu saw clearly that the "Han army sentinels" on the road were indeed straw men in armor, and those Han soldiers lying on the ground were also dummies wearing Han army robes.

Almost at the same time as the fire was raised here, the torches suddenly lit up on the other side of the mountain road.

Then, one hundred and ten Heavenly Wolf dead soldiers who were responsible for intercepting the back road of the Han army and spreading rumors killed them from the side of the Golden Bull Road with horizontal knives. These thousands of elites of the Han army disappeared like air, and they didn't know when they left.

Pang Yu put the knife back into its sheath and said with some regret: "It's a pity, it's a pity, General Ben set up a sumptuous wine feast, but the guests we invited slipped away." ”

A junior colonel asked, "General, to chase or not to chase?" ”

"No need to chase." Pang Yu waved his hand and said, "Look at the situation, the Han army has been gone for several hours, and it is too late to chase after it at this time, if you are not careful, you may be ambushed by them!" After saying this, Pang Yu said again, "It's better to wait for dawn to meet the king, and then let the king decide." ”…,

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It's already getting dark.

Bai Mo was wearing white deep clothes, draped in a white coat, and was standing on the high cliff on the right side of the Sword Pavilion in the wind, standing on the high cliff dozens of zhang high and looking down, the galloping road that crossed from the bottom of the Sword Pavilion was like a ribbon, and this ribbon disappeared into the vast clouds and mist when it came out of the Sword Pavilion, and it was no longer clear to see the road ahead.

Suddenly, an ant-like figure came out of the clouds and mist in the distance, and then waved the flag in his hand to report to Gao Yazhi in the language of the flag, and a moment later, a herald came to Bai Mo and reported: "Zuo Xiang, the sentinel reported that the Chu army did not catch up, but stationed in the same place. ”

"It's a pity." Bai Mo sighed with some regret.

Bai Mo also thought that he would repeat the application and ambush the Chu army in the Sword Pavilion again, but depending on the situation, the main general of the Chu army who led the army this time was much more cautious than Xiang Zhuang, the king of Chu.

After a pause, Bai Mo said again: "Order, let Captain Li's two thousand Hanzhong soldiers set up camp at the highest place in the valley and prepare to hold on!" The left and right departments are camped on the cliff! "Bai Mo knows very well that the Golden Bull Road is the last barrier to protect Hanzhong, and the Sword Pavilion is the most dangerous place on the Golden Bull Road.

The problem is that the Chu army is prepared, if nothing else, at most, the army of the Chu State will rush to the Sword Pavilion in three days, but the reinforcements from Xianyang will take at least seven days to arrive, that is to say, the less than 5,000 Han troops under Bai Mo need to hold on to the Sword Pavilion for at least four days, which is a difficult task.

Although the Golden Bull Road is difficult to walk, and the Sword Pavilion is steep, however, the Chu army is the elite in the true sense, and even the cliffs dozens of zhang high cannot stop their progress, so Bai Mo will never dare to take it lightly, in addition to letting the two thousand Hanzhong soldiers stick to the highest point of the Sword Pavilion Valley Road, they must also be stationed with heavy troops and fortifications.

The advantages of stationing on the cliffs on both sides are obvious, firstly, it can condescendingly attack the Chu army passing through the valley, and secondly, it can prevent the Chu army from intercepting the back road of the Han army from the cliff.

Of course, garrisoning troops on the cliff is also full of difficulties, and the biggest problem is logistics supply, not to mention the supply of military rations, just the drinking water for more than 2,000 soldiers every day is a big problem, but these are not insurmountable! In order to defend the Sword Pavilion, Bai Mo didn't mind letting the soldiers of the Han army under his command suffer more and sweat more.

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