Chapter 32: Defeat

(Eight gold in one day, what else to say?) )

The Xichuan front army, whose formation had been scattered, had just taken a breath, and there was a "sizzling" sound of cold air. In front of them were-

Cavalry!

The commander in chief of the cavalry is-

Li Dingjin!

A formation without thickness simply could not withstand the charge of the cavalry. The moment the cavalry started, the outcome of the battle was already doomed:

The Nishikawa army was defeated.

Gao Chongwen rode his horse for more than 100 steps and stopped, and scolded with a smile:

"Li Dingjin into this rabbit cub, hit such a piece. Even Lao Tzu didn't let his muscles loosen. ”

The corpses of the Xichuan army covered the road from the battlefield to Lutou Pass, and almost all of the corpses fell facing Lutou Pass, with all the wounds on the back, apparently killed by the pursuers on the way to escape. More soldiers of the Nishikawa Army laid down their weapons and dragged away the corpses and cleared the road under the watchful eye of the victors. Every time a corpse is removed, several weapons can be seen, and there are not many people watching, but the soldiers of Nishikawa have completely lost the courage to fight. Weapons were piled up on the side of the road like a mountain, and after the Xichuan army prisoners had collected their bodies, they went to dig a pit. On the cleared road, the high-level infantry was advancing rapidly.

It was a battle, Gao Chongwen hit more with less, first mobilized the Xichuan army to move, fatigued the enemy, and at the same time bought rest time for himself, and frustrated his spirit, and finally saw the opportunity to thunder a blow, breaking the Xichuan army of 20,000 people, Xichuan general Qiu Liangfu led his own soldiers to escape, along the way by the Xichuan cavalry Gao Biao and other units of the pursuit and harassment, even the defeat was too late. Fortunately, Su Jiang saw that the situation was not good, and he went out to respond, so he was only spared. Gao Chongwen took the opportunity to send troops to attack the fortifications, fought fiercely until dark, and attacked several times, but was led by Uncle Liu Fang to the Xichuan army to fight to the death. Because it was dark, the soldiers were tired, and it was raining from the sky, they could no longer fight, so they had to withdraw their troops.

Lutou Mountain is one hundred and fifty miles away from Chengdu in the south, and the two rivers are important, as long as the Lutou Pass is laid, Chengdu will become an undefended city. Therefore, during Gao Chongwen's stay in Zizhou, Liu Pi focused on renovating the pass defense of Lutou Pass, and set up eight barriers next to Lutou Pass, with more than 10,000 soldiers, and Lutou Pass were horns for each other, echoing each other from afar.

"If you want to break the level, you must first break these eight tuns!"

Gao Chongwen stood in front of the formation and thought silently.

Last night, the enemy's army was in turmoil, and it was supposed to be the best time to break the Lutou Pass, but unfortunately it rained from the sky and missed the opportunity. After Qiu Liangfu returned to Lutou Pass, he obviously strengthened his vigilance and stabilized the situation. In one morning, the three sieges had to guard against the assault of the eight fences, and they could not do their best, and the Lutou Pass had dangerous terrain, and all of them were defeated, with more than 400 dead and wounded. Although most of them were the Dongchuan Army that did not go into battle yesterday, Gao Chongwen was still distressed. Now the Dongchuan Army is also his soldier.

"You can't fight like this!"

Looking at his own troops who had been defeated and retreated again, this time it was the old foundation of the Changwu Army, Gao Chongwen made up his mind.

"Dashuai!"

Gao Xiayu's helmet was crooked at some point, and there were blood stains on his body, obviously from yesterday's wound. Before getting closer, Gao Xia knelt down angrily and said:

"My subordinates are incompetent, please whip me twice, and then give me three hundred people, I will definitely be able to take the deer head pass!"

Gao Chongwen didn't answer, but said:

"Collect the troops!"

"Oh!"

The deer head was closed, the flag was flying, and the officers and men of the Xichuan Army, who had been fighting all morning in a highly tense state, were celebrating with weapons in their hands to repel Gao Chongwen's attack. Yesterday's defeat shocked them too much, and the success of defending the city this morning made the self-confidence of the soldiers of Xichuan somewhat restored.

Lutou Pass, it's really good!

Qiu Liangfu, Su Qiang, and Uncle Liu Fang, who had regained their confidence like the soldiers, all breathed a sigh of relief, and Qiu Liangfu spat out a mouthful of spit and said loudly:

"Reward!"

Xichuan's treasury has money, Qiu Liangfu doesn't care, although he was defeated yesterday, as long as he holds the Lutou Pass, he has a chance to turn the tables. As long as they can hold the pass, of course Uncle Liu Fang and Su Qiang will not care about these small money.

"But there are too many places for the court to use money, and we don't have so much money to consume. Lutou Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it must be taken as soon as possible, otherwise the soldiers will be killed and wounded heavily. Now Xichuan is internally unstable, and when Liu Bi stabilizes Xichuan and mobilizes heavy troops to Lutou Pass, Gao Chongwen will not be able to withstand it. ”

In the martial arts, Li Yu sat at the sand table and listened to the students in the upper house analyze the situation on the battlefield. The students dared to speak, calling Gao Chongwen a great name, and it seemed that he was a crazy scholar before. Li Yu smiled slightly. Li Yuan asked:

"Then if you are the main general, how should you fight the deer head pass?"

"This •••••• students will feint to attack Lutou Pass with a large army, and then follow the example of Deng Ai of the Three Kingdoms, make surprise troops to copy the path, avoid the real and make a mistake, and go straight to Chengdu."

"Deyang, there are still 40,000 people in the Xichuan army between Guanghan and Han, I'm afraid that your strange soldiers will be intercepted halfway."

Another student stood up, and after saluting, he pointed to the sand table and said:

"The students thought that they could only storm the Lutou Pass, and the brave would win if they met on a narrow road, as long as they broke the Lutou Pass, Xichuan could go down in one go."

"The casualties of the assault are too great, right?"

Tan Wang Li Jing asked. In fact, he didn't know why his father wanted to bring him to martial arts, but he couldn't help but ask.

The student did not panic and said:

"One of the reasons why our Tang Heavenly Army is powerful is that it is well-armed, as long as there are suitable siege equipment, it can greatly reduce the casualties of our army. This is a siege machine designed by students, please take a look. ”

As he spoke, he took out a roll of paper from his bosom and presented it, and his own waiter took it.

Li Deyu stood up and said:

"Far water does not quench the thirst of the near. Outside the Lutou Pass, the Bazhai is connected, and the students think that they want to break the Lutou Pass, and the key is here! ”

As he spoke, he pointed to a dot in the sandbox.

Li Yu and Li Yuan exchanged glances, but did not express their position. Continue to the next learner's analysis.

After the analysis was over and the students retreated, Li recited:

"Tell me about the second, seventh, and eleventh ones."

As for the third Li Deyu, naturally there is no need to talk about it.

"Dashuai, Qiu Liangfu is really willing to be a turtle, our soldiers scolded and scolded for a long time, and even pretended to be a woman to humiliate him, but he just refused to come out. We fought in the south and the north, and we have never seen such a useless one, which made Gao Xia Yu angry. ”

Li Dingjin lifted the curtain of the big tent door and complained when he came in.

"You beat people so scared yesterday that you almost lost your life, who would dare to come out?"

As soon as Li Yuanyi's voice fell, there was laughter in the big tent.

Gao Chongwen said:

"If he doesn't come out, we'll have to scold. After scolding, attack a few more times, and tell Gao Xiayu to remember, don't give me the truth. Go up and down, and make sure he thinks we're helpless. ”

As he spoke, he stood up and walked to the sand table, pointing to a point:

"This is where we go."