Chapter 74: The Battle of Niutou Mountain (Part II)

"General, although the Song people did not set up an ambush here, the city wall of Lu'an Prefecture is high and strong, and the Song army on the city wall has already prepared, as if they know that we are coming. If we want to conquer Lu'an Prefecture, I'm afraid it won't be so easy. If we can't attack for a long time, and their reinforcements arrive in time, then we will be passive when we go deep alone. An officer-like man said.

"That's right, let's move slowly all the way, just don't get too far away from the troops behind." Harry Ching said, let's ride forward.

30,000 horses and horses sailed all the way into the Eagle's Beak Canyon. The entrance to this canyon is like the sharp beak of an eagle, long and narrow. It takes a lot of time for 30,000 horses to pass. The eagle's beak is a must-pass place to enter Lu'an Prefecture, no matter how difficult it is, you have to pass through. Harry Ting patted his horse first, followed by the follow-up troops. By the time all 30,000 horses had passed, it was already noon, and it was scorching. Due to the complex terrain, everyone did not dare to delay, and trotted all the way out of Niutou Mountain. When I came to the outside of the mountain, I saw the city of Lu'an from afar. Relieved, Harry looked back and saw that the baggage had not yet entered the canyon, and ordered the sergeants to rest on the spot.

After about a moment, Harry Red re-entered the canyon with his grain and straw.

Harry saw that the baggage team had entered the canyon, and led 30,000 horses to continue forward. After walking for half an hour, he came to Wuli on the outskirts of Lu'an Prefecture, and Hariqing ordered to set up camp...... Besides, Harry Red entered the canyon with a heavy load of grain and grass, and he was extremely careful. The road was too narrow, and the baggage team could only enter in a long queue. Coming to a wider area in the middle, Harry Red stopped, and he waited for the baggage team behind him to enter.

Harry Red looked behind him and at the wings, and he saw the dense trees, clumps of weeds, and steep rock walls on both wings, and thought to himself: "If the Song army sets up an ambush here, the baggage team will be destroyed and killed." ”

"It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, everyone speed up and catch up with the vanguard." Harry Red spoke, and the sergeants relayed it to each other.

More than half of the people and horses of the baggage team entered the canyon, but Wang Zipeng still did not send a signal, so everyone had to wait patiently.

After a while, all the baggage teams entered the canyon, Wang Zipeng sent a signal, and suddenly tens of thousands of rockets were launched together, shooting at the grain and grass baggage. Wang Zipeng led people to the top of the entrance of the canyon, put down the rolling wood thunder stone prepared in advance, and sealed the entrance of the canyon tightly. The exit to the canyon in front was also sealed by the sergeants.

Harry Red's baggage team was trapped in the canyon with no way out.

After the rocket was launched, the food and grass of the golden soldiers ignited a raging fire, and Harry Red was at a loss for a moment when he saw this sudden attack.

The three armies did not move the grain and grass first, the grain and grass are the foundation of the march and war, without the grain and grass baggage, how to enter the Great Song Dynasty? Harry Red was so anxious that he ordered the sergeants to extinguish the fire on the baggage cart. While the sergeants were fighting the fire, they were hit by rockets, their bodies burned, and they rolled on the ground in pain, so you still have to take care of the heavy food and grass? It's important to save your life one by one. Wang Zipeng saw that the baggage team in the canyon was chaotic into a pot of porridge, and when he gave an order, he saw flags fluttering all over the mountains, shouts, gongs and drums, and footsteps all over the mountain. When Harry Red saw that the defeat was assured, he mounted his fast horse and left the sergeants to flee for his life. Wang Zipeng led 2,000 elite soldiers like a tiger down the mountain, with one as a hundred, like a bamboo. In less than an hour, the baggage team was packed.

Harry Qing camped five miles outside Lu'an Prefecture, not far from Niutou Mountain, and suddenly heard the sound of Niutou Mountain shouting and killing, and when he looked back, he saw the smoke billowing in the canyon, and knew that the baggage team had been ambushed.

"It's not good, the Song army has already laid an ambush, everyone quickly retreat to save the baggage team." Harry Qing said that he spurred his horse to Niutou Mountain, but he was actually most worried about the safety of his brother Harry Hong.

When the 30,000 soldiers saw that the baggage team had been ambushed, they were afraid, and they only hated their father and mother for being born and retreated, and they retreated without their lives. Lu Jiedu made it clear on the city wall, and immediately ordered 3,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 young and strong laborers in the city to open the city gate and pursue. At that end, after Wang Zipeng cleaned up the baggage team, he led the army to hold the Niutou Pass, and the two roads of men and horses attacked back and forth, and the Jin soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

When Harry Qing saw that there were Song troops all around, and the shouts shook the heavens and the earth, he knew that things were not good, and he took hundreds of soldiers to fight hard, and he opened a bloody road and left in a hurry.

Lu Jiedu and Wang Zipeng joined forces and then pursued and killed, killing the Jin soldiers who lost their armor and killed more than half of them.

"Poor Kou Mo chase, let's go back to the city and rest. Yelu Yu saw that he had lost two battles in a while, and I guessed that he would not dare to act rashly. Lu Jiedu envoy said.

Everyone escorted the seized baggage all the way back to Lu'an Prefecture happily.

l The people of Lu'an Prefecture welcomed him, and Lu Deng sat on the horse and returned the salute again and again.

At night, the city is lit up with firecrackers to celebrate the victory in the first battle.

Lu Jiedu envoy set up a banquet in the yamen to entertain Wang Zipeng.

"Brother, I think you are a genius in using soldiers, it is better to stay under the account and serve the court." Lu Jiedu envoy asked.

"My lord's kindness Zipeng has taken it, and Zipeng wants to go to other border towns to have a look. If I have the opportunity, I will definitely stay and serve under the adulthood. Wang Zipeng politely refused.