Chapter 149: It's Time to Work
"Newspaper - there is a group of Yellow Turban troops in front, it seems that there are seven or eight thousand men and horses, and the army is carrying a big banner with Korean characters and a big banner for Tianxingdao. My lord, what should we do next? ”
"Acting according to the original plan-" The person who spoke was none other than Guo Jia, the military advisor who had parted ways with Zhou Yu, and he was still sitting comfortably on a huge long stone with a wine gourd in his hand as always, and the sun hanging in mid-air made him a little sleepy. At this time, his soldiers came to report that they had found a Yellow Turban Army coming from the north to the south, and Guo Jia, who was bored in every way, finally felt that he had something to do.
Since separating from Zhou Yu, Guo Jia only left 2,000 men and horses and some grain and grass on hand, and after he gave Zhou Yu tips, he took 2,000 men and horses to the vicinity to survey the terrain, because he expected that as long as Zhou Yu did not have any special accidents after he went, the Yellow Turban Army would definitely be defeated! So what he has to do is to set up an ambush on the road to try to destroy this fleeing Yellow Turban Army, but he doesn't know how Zhou Yu's side is fighting? According to his estimates, Zhou Yu with 4,000 men and horses, Dian Wei with 2,000 men and horses, a total of 6,000 people and horses, and the Yellow Turban Army besieging Yangzhou City has 50,000 people, plus 8,000 defenders in the city, but according to the ratio of strength, Zhou Yu's chance of winning is still not big, his biggest chance of victory is to take advantage of the night raid to disrupt the enemy's deployment to be able to win in danger, among these horses, Guo Jia is the most worried about Zhou Yu, and the most assured is Dian Wei's 2,000 men.
Most of the 2,000 men and horses led by Dian Wei are the elite of the Yangzhou army, and Dian Wei's force at least can't find a second person who can compare with him in Yangzhou, it is no exaggeration to say that it is as easy as digging for the head of the general among the ten thousand troops, but he miscalculated a little brave general, and the generals have a little violent temper. Guo Jia couldn't be accurate even if he didn't have a last resort - but whether he could calculate it or not, now that he had found a good place suitable for ambush, even if the 50,000 troops of the Yellow Turban Army came together, he could use this Grand Canyon to swallow it.
There are a lot of intricate waterways in this place in Yangzhou, but the surrounding mountains are very steep, and the official roads leading to various places are either going around the water, or passing through the valley bottom, the general army can't imagine that there is a path to climb on this cliff, this is also after the Yellow Turban Rebellion began, the nearby villagers couldn't stand the Yellow Turban Army's attack and moved their families directly to the mountain, Guo Jia saw that the length of this canyon was about four or five miles away when he passed by, There is an entrance called the eagle's beak cliff in the direction from Yangzhou to here, the eagle's beak cliff its shape is as prominent as an eagle's head, the middle part is concave, there are many weathered boulders piled up in the recess place, the canyon mouth is about 20 zhang away from the eagle's beak cliff, as long as it can be hidden in advance, the Yellow Turban Army before entering the canyon must not find that there is an ambush in this place. Guo Jia arranged for thirty sturdy soldiers to ambush here, prepare some logs and other things in advance, as long as Guo Jia sounded the letter cannon at the other end of the canyon, indicating that the Yellow Turban Army's army had reached the exit, at this time the entrance could be sealed with boulders to block their retreat.
On both sides of the canyon, Zhou Yu ambushed 300 men and horses, and asked them to tie some stones or haystacks with straw ropes soaked in fire oil, and put them all on the top of the mountain in advance. At the exit of the canyon is a rope plank bridge, Guo Jia has arranged for people to remove all the planks on the bridge, and erected a large plank at the exit, which reads "The place where the disciples and grandchildren of the anti-thief Zhang Jiao are buried". The big sign stood upright in the center, and a trap was dug behind it, and all the bamboo in it was sharpened. Less than a mile after this trap is the location of the chain bridge. This place is also a Jedi, and the river below is flowing so fast that if you are not careful, you will be washed into the water and run aground and die.
If Guo Jia arranges like this, if they can still escape, it is that their lives should not be extinguished! Too much killing is out of harmony, and the exit of the canyon is a Jedi and a place of life, which depends on how the Yellow Turban Army understands. The Yangzhou army on the canyon has received Guo Jia's order to prepare all the fireballs, deer firewood, and boulders, and as soon as the wooden sign at the exit of the canyon falls, the letter cannon will sound!
At this time, Han Xuan still looked relaxed, as long as he passed the not too long canyon in front of him, then there was a smooth road ahead, at least he finally escaped, he couldn't hide the joy in his heart, there was no news of the ambush until now, no news was good news for Han Xuan, indicating that the ambush he arranged had an unintended effect, it seems that Zhou Yu's kid was determined to suffer a secret loss this time.
Alas—how does it feel like it's all dark? Han Xuan rode a war horse and led the rest of the Yellow Turban Army to walk and find that it was suddenly dark, and as soon as he looked up, he found that their men and horses had begun to enter the canyon, at this time he saw that the canyon was relatively high and was blocked by the sun in the sky, and a feeling of uneasiness came out in his heart, he thought that he was an adverse reaction to staying up late and hurting his body in old age. He shook his head and said loudly: "Brothers, speed up and pass through the canyon, as long as we cross this chain bridge, we will be able to escape!" Ben Shuai will treat everyone well, and eat enough wine and meat—"
"Dashuai - mighty!"
"Dashuai - mighty!"
"Dashuai - mighty!"
"Dashuai - look, what's ahead? How can there be a wooden sign with words written in the middle of the road? Seven or eight thousand people all shouted excitedly, but before they knew it, they had already reached the exit of the canyon, but suddenly a wooden sign appeared in the middle of the road, and everyone was in place, for the simple reason that they were illiterate!
"The place where the anti-thief Zhang Jiao's disciples and grandchildren are buried" When he saw this sign, it was like a lightning bolt hitting Han Xuan's heart, and he was scorched for a while, and sure enough, what he was worried about still happened, and he could write this only if he was an official soldier, who was here?
"Click-" He also carried a big knife in his hand, and he didn't understand his hatred when he cut off this wooden card with a knife forward, what he wanted to get rid of was Zhou Yu's unrelenting damage to him in his heart, who knew that after the brand fell, a cannon suddenly sounded above his head, and the war horse under his seat couldn't help trembling. He hurriedly looked up at the top of the mountain, and for a while saw that both ends of the canyon were waving flags, and the word he could see and fear seeing the most was "Han"!
"The herald - just say I said, brothers should do their work - give me such a thug to be raised!" Guo Jia, such a prodigal son, actually began to explode foul language, and the herald who watched it was stunned, isn't this something that only people who can't read their words can say?
"Kill—"
Fireballs, deer firewood, and boulders were like rain for a while, and these things rolled faster and faster through the mountain, and the Yellow Turban Army in the canyon was hit a lot before they had time to dodge, and there were also those who were burned by the fireballs, and Han Xuan's men and horses were in a mess in an instant!
"Dashuai—what should we do?" A handsome asked hurriedly.
"Rush over - rush over!" Han Xuan could only think of this one thought, but his soldiers rushed ahead of him.
"Boom-" A bunch of soldiers fell into the trap at once, and Han Xuan was almost squeezed into it by the soldiers behind. Fortunately, he jumped off the horse in time, this was not what made Han Xuan desperate, and when he reached the exit of the canyon, he found that there were only a few swaying iron cables left on the chain bridge in front of him, and the planks had all been removed!
"The sky is going to kill me, Han Xuan! ——" This was the last sentence that Han Xuanneng thought of.