Chapter 68: The Battle of Liuqingshan (Part II)

"General, a large number of traces of the Wei army have been found in front!"

A scout rushed to Zhong Qingyuan from the hillside, he was originally a member of the Black Flag Army, in order to enter the mountain to pursue the Northern Wuwei, they left their horses and black armor in Lingdong, wearing only thin leather armor, and lost at least two-thirds of their combat strength, but even so, it was still difficult to hide their fierce spirit.

"See someone?"

Zhong Qingyuan asked.

The scout shook his head and said, "No, it is the traces of the encampment left by the Wei army, the fire has not burned out yet, and they will not leave for more than an hour." ”

Zhong Qingyuan frowned, raised his eyes and looked around, only to see that this place was a deep canyon, and behind him was the rushing Minjiang River.

The Min River flows from west to east along the flowing green mountains, meandering and meandering, passing more than 3,000 miles.

In terms of water volume, although it cannot be compared with the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, due to the huge difference in the topography of Liuqingshan, the water flow of the Min River is extremely fast, and the terrain on the north bank has dropped sharply, and many places are more than ten meters lower than the river level, so that the Min River has an outrageous name - the Tianshang River, plus a long and narrow canyon, which just constitutes the land of the tiger and wolf mentioned in the book of war, which is very dangerous.

"The environment here is too dangerous, and if there is an ambush ahead, the army will be in danger......"

Zhong Qingyuan's face was grim, frowning and muttering to himself.

Seeing that he seemed to have scruples, the deputy general hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "General, although this is a canyon, there are cliffs on both sides, and the Wei army cannot pose a threat to our army even if it is ambushed. ”

"This ......"

Zhong Qingyuan was already a little moved, but he still hesitated, and the deputy general hurriedly said: "General, our army did not hesitate to break through the national border to pursue, and so many brothers died along the way, do you have to be stuck because of a canyon?" ”

Hearing this, Zhong Qingyuan was shocked, and listened to the deputy continue: "Now that our army is alone, although the main force of the Southern Dynasty has been destroyed, but the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, there are still millions of troops in the Wei State, if it drags on for a long time, it will change later!" Checkmate! ”

The adjutant general's words are said in his heart, since his debut, Zhong Qingyuan has followed the king of Wuling to conquer the south and the north without a defeat, and it is inevitable that he will be arrogant and look down on the heroes of the world.

However, this time, he was first applauded by this dilapidated Northern Wuwei with absolute superiority, and became the laughing stock of the officialdom of the Southern Dynasty, and now he broke through the border without authorization despite the ban of King Wuling, causing a large number of casualties.

If he can't eliminate Beiwuwei in the end, it will be difficult for him to explain even to the prince.

"That's it, the order will go down, the rear army will hold the valley mouth, the black flag army will open the way, and the Chinese army will slowly enter the valley! Keep your eyes open and be careful, if there is an ambush, don't rush in! ”

Zhong Qingyuan gritted his teeth and finally made a decision.

The adjutant general was overjoyed, and hurriedly arched his hand at him, turned around and gave the order.

In addition to the 2,000 rear army guarding the valley mouth, the Southern Dynasty army slowly entered the valley, the canyon is about 200 meters wide, on both sides are more than 100 meters high cliffs, everything is not born.

More than 10,000 people lined up in a long snake formation, carefully guarding against a possible ambush, and the speed was very slow.

Zhong Qingyuan was a little uneasy along the way, but he couldn't figure out where these worries came from, according to his calculations, Beiwuwei definitely had no strength left to fight again, even if that master existed, it was impossible to play any tricks.

Fighting a war is not a dinner party, what is needed is strength, and any so-called conspiracy in the face of the absolute strength gap will lose its meaning, he thinks about it, and has to laugh at himself for being too stressed and tying his hands and feet.

On the cliff more than 100 meters high, a pair of eyes stared coldly at the Southern Dynasty army below, and as soon as the black flag army that opened the way passed, it quietly shrank back, unaware.

Xu Rui and Liu Yi stood behind the cliff waiting for news of the scouts, there were only twenty or thirty people around them, and the main force of the Northern Martial Arts was hiding in the depths of the canyon.

"Is your plan really okay?"

Liu Yi asked uneasily, when Xu Rui just told him about this strategy, Liu Yi only regarded it as a fantasy, like a fairy legend he had heard in his childhood.

If it were another person, he would have been blasted out of the handsome account a long time ago, but if these words came out of Xu Rui's mouth, he couldn't help but let him face up to the three points, but even so, it was still a little unbelievable.

Of course, Xu Rui knew what he was worried about, this battle was a Jedi counterattack, and the lives of the army were tied to the front line, as the interim commander, Liu Yineng had already taken a big risk by agreeing to his strategy.

"Don't worry, this battle is the only one that is most certain!"

Xu Rui smiled confidently.

Seeing that he said it easily, Liu Yi breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, but he still didn't dare to take it lightly, and waited for the news of the scout with all his attention.

Finally, the scout ran back from the edge of the cliff and reported urgently: "General Qiyu, the forward of the Southern Dynasty has passed the Jiufeng whistle!" ”

Liu Yiyan was shocked when he heard this, and subconsciously looked at Xu Rui.

Xu Rui's eyes froze, and he sneered: "Okay, after all, the tiger still has a nap, deceived all the way, Zhong Qingyuan finally fell into the scheme, and now even the gods can't save them!" Command, ignition! ”

Zhong Qingyuan walked in the canyon, his face was a little gloomy, no matter how he comforted himself, the sense of crisis in his heart had not weakened in the slightest.

As a last resort, he could only reorganize the battle situation in front of him, trying to find out what he had missed, but after thinking about it, he still found nothing, and he couldn't help but be a little irritable.

Suddenly, his gaze fell on the top of the cliff and he was slightly stunned.

It was still snowing last night, why wasn't there snow on the top of the cliff?

An abrupt thought popped up from his mind, and Zhong Qingyuan's face suddenly changed greatly.

"Beware, there is an ambush!"

He shouted, but before the words came out, two thunderclaps suddenly sounded on the cliff, like two thunderbolts exploding in his ears from above the nine heavens, Zhong Qingyuan suddenly raised his head, his pupils shrank, and his face turned pale in an instant.

I saw two fire dragons jumping high from the top of the cliff, the hard rock suddenly crumbled like sand, the hundred-meter-high cliff wall collapsed like a wailing beast, and countless boulders erupted with smoke and flames, as if the sky was falling apart and the end was coming.

On the bank of the Min River more than ten miles away, Zhang Zuofeng led seven or eight people to look into the direction of the canyon.

"Zhang Wazi, Xu Zuoling asked us to wait for the signal, but he didn't mention what the signal was, just said that the time is almost now, but where is the signal?"

A veteran frowned and paced back and forth, and couldn't help but ask Zhang Zuofeng.

Zhang Zuofeng was just about to speak, when two loud noises suddenly sounded in his ears, and then the earth trembled violently, like an earthquake.

Everyone's faces changed and they were surprised, and they didn't know who suddenly pointed to the canyon and said, "Look, the mountain has collapsed!" ”

Several people hurriedly looked in the direction he pointed, only to see that the two sides of the cliff had indeed collapsed, breaking the narrow canyon lazily.

In the face of this sudden and terrifying scene, everyone present was stunned and shocked.

Zhang Zuofeng opened his mouth and muttered, "Is this the signal that Brother Xu gave us?" Signal, yes, signal! ”

Thinking of the signal, Zhang Zuofeng came back to his senses, he was so clever in the end, just looking at the collapse of the cliff, he immediately understood Xu Rui's whole strategy, no wonder Xu Rui said that this is a bold thing, not to mention being bold, it is simply crazy!

He yelled, "That thing can blow up a cliff, you all run away!" ”

As soon as he said this, everyone came back to their senses, remembering that the cloth bag they had just stuffed into the river embankment had the power of the legendary immortals, and they were suddenly frightened.

"What are you waiting for, run, I'm on fire!"

Seeing that several people were all in place, Zhang Zuofeng was anxious and shouted again.

When everyone came back to their senses, how dare they continue to stay by the side of death, and immediately run away, as far as they could.

Waiting for everyone to run more than 100 meters, Zhang Zuofeng was afraid that Xu Rui's plan would be ruined and didn't dare to wait any longer, took a deep breath, lit the gunpowder under his feet with a torch, and then quickly turned his head and ran away.

In the canyon, Zhong Qingyuan was experiencing the most unforgettable scene in his life, the solid mountain wall collapsed in front of him, like the legendary heaven and earth cracking, and the collapsed cliff instantly buried the Black Flag Army responsible for opening the way.

The Black Flag Army has never suffered major casualties since its establishment, but I didn't expect that thousands of people would be buried in the mountains in an instant this time!

Zhong Qingyuan's eyes were torn, but there was nothing he could do, unless he could become an immortal on the spot and move mountains and seas, otherwise in the face of such a huge destructive force, he would be no different from an ant.

The sudden apocalyptic scene frightened the soldiers, and no one knew if they would suddenly smash the cliff with a lightning bolt and bury themselves in hell.

They were like a frightened herd of bison, whose ferocity suddenly turned into unstoppable terror, and all discipline and will to fight were left behind, and they fled like a tide.

The army was in a big mess, the canyon was already very narrow, the soldiers were huddled together in a hurry, and those who ran slower were immediately pushed by the people behind them, trampled under their feet, and after a few seconds they were trampled into meat sauce.

Zhong Qingyuan was wrapped in the crowd and moved out of the valley, not to mention controlling the panicked soldiers at this moment, if it weren't for a few loyal guards desperately protecting him, maybe he would have been trampled to death on the spot by the frightened crowd.

"Impossible, this is impossible, how could Beiwuwei collapse the mountain wall, could it be that the master is actually a land immortal?"

Zhong Qingyuan was also shocked, not because of the doomsday scene in front of him, but because he was worried that the Northern Dynasty would pose a fatal threat to the Southern Dynasty if it mastered such a terrifying power.

His mind was in disarray, and the power that could collapse the mountains was beyond his comprehension, and he felt a deep sense of fear.

At this moment, there was a sudden muffled sound in the distance, which was exactly the same as the two roars on the mountain wall, only much smaller.

Zhong Qingyuan came to his senses, he knew that the sound he heard was small by no means that the explosion was really small, but it was just too far away.

He hurriedly looked towards the source of the sound, he could not see the exact location of the explosion due to the mountain wall, but this direction made him tremble like chaff.

"Minjiang...... It's Minjiang...... Sure enough, it was the treacherous plan of the Northern Dynasty, this is the real killer move, they want us all to have no return! ”

Zhong Qingyuan stopped in despair, and was immediately pushed by the crowd behind him.

"General!"

The guards hurriedly protected him in their arms and pulled him to a corner close to the mountain wall to avoid the surging crowd.

"General, let's go, maybe the mountain wall here will also collapse!"

The guards yelled in Zhong Qingyuan's ear.

Zhong Qingyuan's expression was miserable, and he smiled bitterly.

"It's useless, it's useless......"

His words were drowned out in a cry of terror, and the earth trembled again, and the nails-sized stones on the ground jumped like fleas.

The soldiers were still scrambling to flee to the mouth of the valley, but the roar of "rumbling" had instantly overshadowed the exclamations of 10,000 people, and in just a few breaths, the tide of more than ten meters high was like a thousand horses galloping from the mouth of the valley.

The soldier who saw the tide first was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly stopped, and was immediately pushed down by the crowd that followed.

The people who came after were frightened by the tide again, but they did not have time to stop, because in the blink of an eye, the tide had already surged in front of them, and they were slapped on the head, taking their lives.

"General!"

The soldiers were shocked and looked at Zhong Qingyuan in horror.

Zhong Qingyuan had already expected this result, and there was only a bitter smile of despair in the shock.