Chapter 252: The Road to Death
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The Yellow Turban army on the official road gradually moved away, but Zhang Jiao did not see the expected appearance of the Baiyun City army. If it weren't for the occasional Pegasus in Baiyun City carrying the Inhumans over the heads of the Yellow Turban Army in the distance for a while, Zhang Jiao really thought that the other party had given up tracking the Yellow Turban Army.
"Big brother, our brigade has already walked more than ten kilometers, why hasn't the army of Baiyun City come yet?" Zhang Liang asked.
Zhang Jiao frowned and said, "If the other party has not acted, we are indeed helpless." However, we are extremely cautious in our deployment, and even if the other side can guess that something is wrong, it will be tested and will not be as inactive as it is now. And the pegasus was still hovering above us, as if it was observing. We'll wait a little longer. β
The two of them stopped talking, silently lurking in the woods.
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The nearly 200,000 vanguard troops of the Yellow Turban Army, under the leadership of General Gao Sheng, marched all the way to more than 200 kilometers south of Guangping. This is also Zhang Jiao's arrangement, after all, the vanguard army is basically for exploring the way or clearing a small group of enemy troops, and there is no need for a very strong army, with the configuration of the 30,000 fifth-order soldiers of the Yellow Turban Vanguard Army, it is already relatively high-end.
Ahead was a tall mountain range, and a river ran through it on the south side, and the mountains on this side of the river were so steep that it was as if the river had cut it off. The official road is a road carved out of the steep mountain, and the east and west sides of the mountain range are relatively gentle and can be climbed upward. This section of the official road at the foot of the mountain cliff is nearly ten kilometers long and seven or eight meters wide. The road surface is also flat.
Although the Yellow Turban Army is declining day by day, there are still many forces active everywhere, so in terms of information, it is still very well-informed. Naturally, they also knew that there were no powerful imperial troops in the vicinity at all, so Gao Sheng walked very generously and was not worried about an ambush at all.
And just as the soldiers at the front of the high ascension department walked out from under the mountain pass, suddenly a loud shout broke out from the mountain. Then I saw countless huge stones falling from above. When the Yellow Turbans looked up, they immediately screamed and took refuge in all directions.
But these boulders rolled down the mountain. There is no way to know exactly where it will fall, so these rocks are less difficult to dodge than boulders thrown by catapults. And the Yellow Turban Army is huge. During the march, the army is also lined up, how can it be easy to dodge at this moment?
Suddenly, a scream sounded at the bottom of the mountain, and countless Yellow Turban soldiers were smashed to pieces by the boulder, and even more were bruised and smashed by the boulder.
Gao Sheng walked at the forefront, startled by this sudden situation, he couldn't figure out where the ambush came from. But now is not the time to find a reason, and immediately yelled: "Disperse quickly, quickly!" Try to hide under the mountain wall. The army in front, quickly rush out with me! Go around the mountains from the side, and be sure to find out the enemy and annihilate them as much as possible! β
After a series of orders were given, there was chaos because of the formation. Unable to execute quickly.
The soldiers who followed the high promotion quickly rushed out of the mountain pass, but the soldiers behind were not so lucky, countless boulders fell like raindrops, smashing those Yellow Turban soldiers crying and calling their mothers, and a large number of Yellow Turban soldiers jumped into the vast river in order to avoid being hit by the boulders. As for how many of them can swim. It's hard to say.
And Gao Sheng with nearly a thousand soldiers was preparing to go around the mountain pass from the side, the side slope was gentle, and it was not difficult to climb up. But Gao Sheng and a few people had just climbed less than 200 meters, when a round of arrow rain fell, and they were immediately killed and injured!
Gao Sheng saw several rows of soldiers riding war horses with long horns on their heads appearing in front of him, and the leather armor they were wearing was gorgeous and abnormal, and at first glance it was not an ordinary mortal.
Knowing that it was impossible to rush through the defensive line laid by this group of archers with his own strength, Gao Sheng scolded loudly and said: "He Fang Xiao'er, who actually did this sneak attack, has the ability to fight with Grandpa Gao and me for three hundred rounds!" β
However, what greeted him was a sharp arrow shot by the middle-aged uncle in his forties who was in the lead, and the speed was so fast that Gao Sheng didn't have time to dodge at all, and was shot dead on the spot!
As soon as the main general died, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army suddenly plummeted, and the hundreds of Yellow Turban soldiers who had just survived that round of arrow rain immediately turned around and fled, for fear that their father and mother would lose two legs.
After Huang Zhong shot an arrow, Sun Miao, the commander of the Sunset Legion, immediately ordered the wildebeest archers to pursue, although the wildebeest could not bear weight, but its body was flexible, walking on this kind of mountain road was completely their forte.
Although it was only a short two hundred meters away from the official road under the mountain, it became the road of death for the hundreds of Yellow Turban Army, and none of the personnel escaped the pursuit.
In a moment, Sun Miao led the wildebeest archery to rush to the official road. Some of those who were lucky enough to escape from under the boulders that rolled down from the top of the mountain were immediately wiped out. The arrows in the seventh-order wildebeest archers were like eyes, and they shot lightly into the throats of those survivors! reaping their lives.
But those in the trail ignored the attacks of the wildebeest archers, and the boulders falling overhead were more terrifying than the boulders falling overhead. Therefore, these Yellow Turban soldiers still rushed desperately towards the intersection.
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Zhang Jiao and the others, who were far behind the army, finally couldn't wait for the army of Baiyun City, Zhang Jiao couldn't help but have a bad premonition in his heart, and immediately ordered the army to come out of the ambush, and then quickly chased after the army.
I have to say that the hunch of a boss-level character like Zhang Jiao, whose intelligence value has reached the demon Cheng dΓΉ, is very accurate, and after chasing dozens of kilometers, he saw several horses galloping towards him and others in front of him, looking at his outfit, there is no doubt that it is the Yellow Turban Army.
Sure enough, after the cavalry rushed in front of Zhang Jiao, they immediately dismounted and knelt down and said: "Report to General Tiangong, my Holy Monarch was ambushed in front, and the vanguard army led by General Gao suffered heavy losses under a mountain, and now General Digong has led his army to support." However, the opponent's ambush troops had a geographical advantage, and our army was unable to capture the hill for a while. β
Zhang Jiao's face changed, and he said, "How many people are there on the other side?" Is it the same imperial army we encountered earlier? β
The cavalry captain said: "My subordinates don't know, no one has been able to rush through that section of the official road and come back alive." General Tiangong will know the situation when he goes. β
"Let's go!" Zhang Jiao couldn't ask anything when he saw it, so he immediately ordered.
At that moment, nearly 100,000 troops quickly marched forward. These Yellow Turban wrestlers who were at least of the seventh order were astonishingly fast, more than twice as fast as those ordinary Yellow Turban Warriors. It didn't take long for the army to reach the east side of the hill.
At that moment, nearly 100,000 troops quickly marched forward. These Yellow Turban wrestlers who were at least of the seventh order were astonishingly fast, more than twice as fast as those ordinary Yellow Turban Warriors. It didn't take long for the army to reach the east side of the hill.
At this moment, Zhang Bao was standing at the foot of the mountain, his brows were tightly locked, and as soon as Zhang Jiao came, he asked, "Second brother, how is the situation now?" β
Zhang Bao sighed and said, "Big brother, the situation is not good now!" When the other party carried out a sneak attack, the vanguard army led by Gao Shengsu was all on the official road ahead, and the other party attacked suddenly, so most of the nearly 200,000 soldiers led by him lost most of them, and only 20,000 or 30,000 jumped into the river and escaped with their lives. And the reason why the casualties were so large was also because most of the soldiers did not understand the nature of water, and in a hurry, they jumped into the river and drowned. And now I have organized two large armies to charge, trying to climb the mountain, but before I can reach the halfway point, I am smashed back by the boulder thrown by the other party, and I have also lost about 60,000 fifth- and sixth-order soldiers. Now we don't know how many boulders there are on the mountain, and they have been smashing for two or three hours, and they have not stopped at all. β
Zhang Jiao's face changed, he didn't expect that the loss would be so big this time, and the most important thing was that he hadn't figured out the strength of the other party until now. This throwing boulder is not a bow and arrow, and some clues can be observed from the range. After the boulder is thrown, it rolls down through a high mountain to form a powerful attack power, which has little to do with the thrower itself.
After a pause, Zhang Bao said again: "Big brother, with us fifth- and sixth-order soldiers, it is difficult to rush to the top of the mountain at all. Big brother, do you think you need to send an eighth-order Yellow Turban wrestler to attack the fortifications? These stones are not difficult for them. β
Zhang Jiao looked at the mountain in front of him, the whole mountain is about a thousand meters high, although it is relatively gentle compared to the cliff in the south, but this slope, the boulder on the top of the mountain can still roll down without hindrance. At this moment, since no one attacked the mountain, no boulders were thrown from it.
On the official road ahead, there are piles of large and small stones, and there are countless stumps and broken arms buried underneath, and blood seeps out of the cracks, which is shocking to see.
Zhang Jiao pondered for a moment and said, "Wait for me to cast a spell first, blocking the other party's vision, and the other party can't figure out the situation below." It is possible to stop throwing boulders downward, and we can take advantage of the opportunity to attack the mountain; And if they keep attacking downwards without being able to judge, we can take advantage of the opportunity to consume the rocks on the mountain, and when the opponent no longer throws boulders downward, we will attack the mountain again. β
Zhang Bao smiled happily; "Big brother's method is wonderful!"
Zhang Jiao said: "I thought that my brother's mana could only be used four times in a day, and each time it lasted for up to half an hour. If we can't take the hill within this time, we can only rely on the soldiers to desperately attack upward. Ay! If the elder brother can cultivate the next volume of the Book of Heaven, he can directly take the water of the river and turn it into a thick fog, and he does not need to do this mana-consuming rain summoning technique. β
After Zhang Jiao finished speaking, he pinched the seal in his hand and used the skill of calling the wind and rain.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the sky was full of dark clouds, and a moment later the rain fell like sifting beans. (To be continued)