Yesterday they received a report from spies that a convoy carrying a large amount of grain and grass was about to cross the Fen River to Taiyuan City, so they ambushed on the road to prepare for an attack, to get some oil and water, but they waited from the sun to the top of the moon without seeing a single cart or horse.

Immediately after dawn, the scouts were sent to pursue, who believed that it was impossible for such a large team to fly over their heads, it must be the Song army that temporarily changed lanes. After asking, they really played them, and they didn't plan to go from this side at all, and they didn't even cross the river and changed to Qingyuan Road, so they hurriedly chased after them, and they really caught them. In a fit of rage, he immediately launched an attack, but three tentative attacks in a row were easily repelled by the other party!

"Sun Tzu said: chaotic, round and undefeatable!" Wanyan Xiyin looked carefully at the formation surrounded by grain trucks in front of him, and sighed and said.

"The prison army thinks too highly of the Song army, how can such a broken thing be shocked to attack, we have two thousand iron horsemen, we can kick it over in an instant!" Wanyan suddenly turned to speed up and didn't know why the Dao Supervisor Army valued such a thing so much, and said loudly.

"Hmph, you are also a hundred battles, you may be able to tell the origin of this formation, what are the strengths and weaknesses, and how to break the formation?" Wanyan Xiyin sneered and said, he is an intellectual among the Jurchens, a wise man among the younger generation, and he can see at a glance that this array is one of the 'ten formations', but he has only seen this formation from the military book. When Sun Bin founded the Checheng Round Formation, he failed to try it, and now the chariot has long been eliminated by the cavalry, and the formation has long been lost and abandoned, and I don't want the Hezhong Army to know how to use it.

"I don't know!" Wan Yan said with a smile, but he still didn't think so. I don't think it's a big deal.

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"Two thousand iron horsemen can kick over this formation, it's easy to say. I'm afraid that your 2,000 men and horses will die, and you will still be confused! Wan Yan Xiyin said sharply. If you can tell the mystery of this formation, it will also be a great blessing for my Dajin Kingdom! Although this array is hastily formed, it seems to be simple, but it is properly arranged, the vehicles are placed in a staggered manner, faintly exuding a murderous aura, and it is enough to shock the mind if a transport team can form such a rigorous circle formation in the wilderness. As a general, you are a state cadre. Such a reckless kick will go up, how can it be undefeated! ”

"The prison army is a lesson!" Wanyan suddenly bowed his head and was taught, "Since we sent our troops, although there have been small setbacks in Yingzhou, we have lost the Song army after crossing the border, but since the army in this river has participated in the war, it has been passive everywhere, which is incomprehensible!" ”

Wanyan Xiyin was also speechless, and now not only did he not understand the sudden speed, but the Jin army was confused. In only one battle with the Hedong Army, they had no choice but to withdraw from Taiyuan and retreat to Shiling Pass, and all the prefectures and counties they occupied were abandoned. I wanted to force him to retreat by cutting off his food route, but he didn't expect to get little from setting up ambushes several times, and he finally caught a target two days ago. But it also allowed them to burn all the materials and break through safely, and now the dignified golden iron cavalry can't even deal with a baggage team transporting grain and grass, I really don't know if I should cry. Or should I laugh?

"King Yan of the Great Song Dynasty is extraordinary! This son is deeply obscene in the art of war and is good at military training. It is only limited to identity and power that is buried in this northwest frontier, if it is reused by Emperor Song. How can I let the golden horse step on the Yellow River and force the city? If this son is not removed, he will become my big golden nemesis in the future! Wanyan Xiyin sighed for a long time.

Wan Yan nodded suddenly, but the Hezhong Army was different from other Song troops, in the face of their surprise attack, the Song army was generally scattered and fled, or it was to raise its hands to surrender, but a transport team of only 1,000 people in the Hezhong Army could complete the battle preparations in an instant, and the calm counterattack without panic for their own surprise attack showed that it was well-trained and not weak in combat, and it was not unjust to say that he was defeated by Prince Yan. But he was also secretly glad that Zhao Ji, a bastard, passed the throne to his equally weak eldest son, if King Yan took power, it would be good if he didn't trouble Dajin!

"Prison Army, it's not a way for us to wait like this, can't we help them now?" Just sighing here, the Song Jun on the other side will not sympathize with them, and he quickly asked.

"There must be a shield and a spear, any formation has its weaknesses, although the defense of this array is strong, but it is complacent and unable to attack, it can only be passively beaten, today's car formation is made of grain carts, the most afraid of fire attack, we continue to walk around the formation with rangers, shoot him with rockets, once it causes a fire, we will be able to make a contribution to the situation to cover up and kill!" Wanyan Xiyin said, in fact, he also knew that Lu Dao to deal with the car formation is to besiege but not attack, and when its food, grass and drinking water are exhausted, it will not attack itself, but this method is not applicable to them, the car is full of food, and they are starving to death, they can't starve to death, so they can only retreat to the next best thing and break the formation with fire.

"Good!" Wanyan Xiyin breathed a sigh of relief, he immediately arranged for the generals, let them be a group of five, form a full team, gallop around the formation, and then throw rockets into the Song army's formation, trying to force the Song army out of the formation, and they also knew that the faster their speed, the enemy's shooting accuracy would decrease, and the lower the chance of being shot, so the horse ran fast, and the arrows also swished into the formation.

Wanyan Xiyin thought it was good, but he forgot that the loyal soldiers were equipped with muskets, and the range was far greater than that of bows and arrows, which was not very easy to use, and was forced to retreat by the dense rain of bullets. Although there were also people of high art and courage who risked their lives to shoot rockets into the formation, they had already prepared to see the fire start, and immediately someone came forward with water bags to extinguish the fire, which did not work at all, but only scared the merchants hiding in the formation enough.

After a long time, the fire was not lit, and there were many casualties. This trick didn't work, Wanyan Xiyin pretended to retreat again, and wanted to wait for the Song army to retreat and move forward before returning to the army to sneak attack, but the Song army was very cunning, and sent scouts to follow, then this trick couldn't be played, and they could only start again, and they were tired of playing the story of 'wolf coming' several times, and the car formation was still intact.

Annoyed and angry, Wan Yan suddenly turned his head and launched an attack despite Wan Yan Xiyin's obstruction, but still under the fire of bows and muskets, except for more dead people, he couldn't shake the car formation, and he felt like a dog biting a hedgehog and having nowhere to put his mouth. The two sides stopped fighting until dawn, at this time the Jin army scouts came to report, there were Song army brigades rushing to this side, as if they were coming to relieve the siege, they are now deep in the hinterland, and it will be difficult to get out when the Song army arrives at them, Wanyan Xiyin can only retreat abruptly, but he feels desolate in his heart, can Dajin's iron cavalry really stop here...

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Chitang Pass, Shiling Pass, the head of the official hat mountain shoulders!

Chitang Pass is named after the reason why Liu Chitang had lived in seclusion here in the Tang Dynasty, enter the Xiangyanmen Road, the ancient Fenhe River overflow, the Guancheng spans the deep ditch and the big gully, such as the Yanqi between the Liang Mountain, when the mouth of the Sichuan Valley, the area of Jinshanling in the northwest, the number is dangerous. Chitang Valley is a valley between two mountains, but it is only a small ravine for more than ten miles, and there is a road in the valley that only allows cars to pass.

Chitang Guandong to go 30 miles for the stone ridge pass, the ridge crosses the southeast, the road is longitudinal north and south, the east is close to the Zhoushan Mountain, the west is even the Guanmao Mountain, the mountain is majestic and precipitous, it has been the main road of Taiyuan leading to Xinyun Daishuo, the gate of the cave is narrow and dark, the approach road slope is steep and the bend is sharp, the pass is narrow, it is the land for the soldiers of the past dynasties to fight for the land, and the military status is very important.

There are two passes connected with Guanmao Mountain, so that the two passes are horns, the military status is very important, regardless of the south attacking the north, the north attacking the south, the victory can advance quickly, the defeat can correspond to each other, it can be called the important pass of both offense and defense, the two passes are built for the edition, there are many repairs in the past dynasties, and they are easy to defend and difficult to attack the place. But it was these two dangers that made Tong Guan easily 'dedicated' to the Jurchens, and also caused a big problem for Zhao Tan...

Zhao Ta led the troops to the Chitang Pass, and led a group of people to go around the mountains for several days, and there was a sense of helplessness in the face of danger, the valley was narrow and tortuous, not to mention that the cavalry and infantry were difficult to deploy. The city was condescending, and the siege could only be attacked, and the artillery elevation angle was limited and could not provide fire support, and the Jin army occupied the commanding heights on both sides of the valley, and the road under the gate had to pay a heavy price.

"If you want to go down to Chitang Pass, you must first take Hutou Mountain!" After Zhao Ta looked at the terrain, he gathered to discuss the battle plan, and he pointed to the map and said.

"Well, Hutou Mountain is the eastern wall of Chitang Pass, after capturing, you can use artillery and machine guns to suppress the Jin army on the opposite mountain, cover the troops to climb the mountain, and after capturing the West Mountain, you can control the Chitang Valley and open the way to use troops!" Zhao Yan nodded, this is now the only feasible way to reduce casualties.

"Deputy Marshal, after we capture Hutou Mountain, I'm afraid it will be difficult for artillery to be transported up the mountain!" Cao Yi, the leader of the artillery brigade, frowned and thought about it and said.

"Is it difficult to transport artillery up the mountain after it is disassembled?" Zhao Yan twisted his face and asked.

"There is a 'sheep temple' on Hutou Mountain, the legend is that the mountain is high and the road is dangerous, the bricks and tiles of the temple are all named after the sheep are transported, even if the artillery is decomposed after decomposition, it will sink more than ten times more than the bricks and tiles, how to transport it!" Cao Yi said with a sad face, and everyone fell silent when they heard it, this is indeed a difficult problem, the distance between the east and west mountains has exceeded the range of the Lianzhu gun, and it is difficult to provide fire support.

"Taizu failed to attack Jinyang that year, so he moved his troops to Shiling, wanting to cut off the reinforcements of the Northern Han Dynasty and isolate Jinyang City. However, the Shiling Pass was difficult to break, so he divided his troops to conquer the Chitang Pass first, and then broke the Shiling Pass. A boardwalk has been built to transport troops, and if we can find and repair it, the artillery should be able to be delivered! Zhao said.

"As long as there is a road, I will carry the cannon to Hutou Mountain!" Cao Yi patted his chest and said.

"Just have your words, we'll wait for your artillery support!" Chang Chao patted Cao Yi on the shoulder and said, this operation is mainly based on mountain operations, and it is their wolf brigade as the main force.

"Chang Chao, don't be happy too early, everything has to wait for you to take down Hutou Mountain, otherwise it's all in vain." Cao Yi said with a smile.

"Yes, how can you capture Hutou Mountain?" Chang Chao muttered in amazement, he had followed the prince to see the terrain for a few days, and it was not easy to attack the high road of Hutou Mountain... (To be continued......)