Chapter 104: The Enemy on the Belly and Back
Qi Yan had just returned from Qixia Pass, Qin Yan had not slept all night, and was deploying military orders, everything seemed to be in order, but he also knew the difficulty of his position.
"Now I can't see Qin Yan's plan to use troops, since entering Qixia Pass, more than two months, Nanzhao has not been in a frontal battle, this time I am afraid that it is well prepared, and there is a strong force of Western Tang Dynasty, and the spirit is unstoppable." He was a little worried.
Weiyang looked at the direction of the closed for a while, and suddenly asked, "Big brother, how are the preparations for the rolling stone crossbow arrows in this city?" ”
"What was already there, and there was no need to prepare, and now it's all stopped." Qi Yan replied.
Weiyang looked at him, "Big brother, can you take me to see it again?" I'm a little curious. ”
"Okay, you come with me!" Qi Yan was in front and led everyone towards the south city gate.
Weiyang followed behind him, walked all the way to the south city gate, and when he arrived near the city gate, he saw many people coming and going in a mess, which was quite unorthodox.
She drew two arrows from a cluster of arrows, one of which was new, and the arrow was new, and the shaft was slightly thin but still strong; When I looked at the other one, I couldn't help frowning.
The afterimage took the arrow from Weiyang's hand, and his face was difficult to look at at it.
"Big brother, what is the approximate ratio of old and new arrows?" Weiyang asked.
Before Qi Yan could reply, there was a loud greeting in front of him.
"Hello little prince!" "Hello city lord!"
When a few people looked up, a few people over there were almost approaching.
Weiyang resisted the urge to roll his eyes and looked coldly at the three people a few steps away.
A young man in brocade clothes, with a golden crown and new clothes, with a little smile on his face, a little proud, who is it not Chu Jin?
Weiyang secretly scolded in his heart: I don't know whether to live or die.
The other was a tall and strong young man, born with five big and three thick, with a bearded face, not like a southerner, but like a northerner. This person is the city lord of Wuling City and the brother of Wei Wanwan, Wei Daying.
There was also a young man in a green shirt, with a disapproving expression.
Weiyang saw him once.
Qi Yan and the three of them met the ceremony, so they wanted to introduce them to Weiyang.
Who knew that Weiyang didn't look at the three of them, and his eyes still fell on the arrow.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard Weiyang say, "Do you want to use such arrows to break the strong soldiers of the Western Tang Dynasty?" If this kind of waste weapon can also be called an arrow, my Dongchu fate should have been exhausted a long time ago. ”
Before Yang Yang's words fell, Chu Jin and Wei Daying's faces were a little worried.
The blue-robed man beside Wei Daying thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "It turned out to be Gongzi Weiyang, who should I be talking about here." It's understandable that you can't look down on this thing, after all, the beggars are rich and have a lot of wealth in the world! ”
Shen Luochen's eyes were a little cold when he looked at it, and he withdrew his gaze with just one glance and stood quietly with his hands down.
Wei Daying was a rough man, and when he heard the man in the green shirt call him so, he also remembered the identity of the white-robed young man in front of him, so he arched his hand and said, "Why did the little boy say this?" ”
Weiyang ignored it, and pulled another arrow into the cluster of arrows, this time there were only two new ones, and there were seven or eight of the old ones before. She muttered, "Even if you scare people, you have to do it enough, what's going on?" ”
Qi Yan knew that she was not a person who spoke falsely, and took a few steps forward to take the arrow in her hand, and her face became gloomy at a glance. Before he could show the arrows to everyone, he saw Weiyang raise his hand, and the remaining arrows hid in unison to the location of Wei Daying and the others. The arrow travels slowly but does not fall, with the sound of breaking through the air.
Chu Jin's three-legged cat's kung fu was also able to catch the arrow in his hand, turned it over and turned it over, except that the arrow was a little embroidered, he didn't see anything wrong, so he wanted to reprimand Weiyang.
Wei Daying is a person who practices martial arts, and as soon as Weiyang arrow is shot, he knows that this person is good at martial arts; With the arrow in hand, he couldn't calm down anymore with just one glance, "Go to the armory!" The voice was already angry.
The arrow, the tip of the arrow has been rusted, the shaft of the arrow is mildewed, don't say that it hurts people, whether you can shoot it or not, you have to say both.
Weiyang flicked his sleeves and walked to the side of the crossbow frame that cast the rolling stones, which was made of an entire section of tree trunk and was several people tall. She tried the elasticity of the bracket, and the sneer on the corner of her mouth couldn't help but indulge.
Qi Yan was rough in the formation of the mechanism, and his whole person stood on the bracket that Weiyang had tried just now, and his face turned cold after stepping on a few feet, no matter how good his temper was on weekdays, he was also a little angry at this time.
"Big brother, I'm going to run for my life!" After Weiyang finished speaking lightly, he went to the city along the road by the city gate without saying a word.
Chu Jin didn't know why, and when he heard him say that he was going to run for his life, he despised him fiercely in his heart; Then he returned to his previous proud appearance, Qin Yan asked him to guard the city, and he will not fail in his mission.
Wei Daying and the green-robed man took a few steps towards Qi Yan, and the green-robed man took the first step and stood to the position where Qi Yan had just stood, and stepped on it a few times like Qi Yan, but he didn't find anything wrong, and his face didn't look very good.
"Young Master Qi, what's going on?" Wei Daying asked.
Qi Yan said lightly, "Don't ask, you will know after reading it!" Then he ordered several small soldiers to work together to carry a large stone and put it on top of the machine, so that the machine bracket wrenched the machine bracket and beat the big stone out of the city.
Three or four machine brackets worked together to open the machine bracket, and the big stone flew out.
Everyone's eyes looked in the direction where the big stone flew, and they were dumbfounded.
I saw that the boulder was still flying vigorously at first, but it fell halfway down and smashed on the inner edge of the city wall, smashing the heavy city wall out of a pit.
Several people's faces were not good-looking, and they ordered to open the hair bracket stone, and ten pieces were issued in a row, and none of them could be beaten out of the city.
Qi Yan looked up to the sky and sighed, Weiyang knew the drawbacks at a glance, and he was so different from him. But he was not jealous, but rejoiced that he was his sworn brother.
A few foolishly turned back to the city lord's mansion to discuss the strategy of dealing with the enemy, all with their own hearts.
"The arrow branch was rebuilt, and I asked Gangneung for help, how much can I have; All the brackets will be re-checked, and they will be completed by dawn tomorrow. Little prince, how about you go to Jiangling? Qi Yan asked politely.
Chu Jin was a little reluctant, and Qin Yan only said that he would stick to Wuling.
"Can you let someone else go?"
"Little prince, I'm afraid that others won't be able to achieve their goals, with your identity, you can get twice the result with half the effort, and only you can do it!" Qi Yan complimented him neither humbly nor arrogantly.
Although Chu Jin was unwilling, he also knew that the military situation was urgent and could not be delayed, so he had to agree, and immediately set off for the north of the city with more than a dozen guards.
"City Lord Wei, prepare the oil first, and make every effort to check the oil engine to ensure that it is safe, and it may be used tonight." Qi Yan had Qin Yan's arrow in his hand, but Wei Daying didn't have anything, this was what he should do; But the blue-robed man beside him didn't think so, why should he be sent by a white ding?
This person is Wei Daying's friend, Yang Junguang.
Since Wei Daying summoned the heroes of the rivers and lakes to contribute to the East Chu River, he heard the sound and came to accompany Wei Daying in and out, claiming to be a military advisor.
Qi Yan is a man of great talent, and he doesn't care about his selfishness, as long as he also contributes to defending the city, anyone who has a way can offer advice; It's just that many things are not something that these people can complete together, and Weiyang can see through the pros and cons at a glance, so it is necessary for him to go to Qingjing Winery to consult Weiyang in person.
After Weiyang and Shen Luochen returned to Qingqing Winery, they crooked on the chair behind the bookcase and pondered, occasionally writing something on the paper in front of the case, and occasionally knocking a few foreheads, which made Shen Luochen frown.
It wasn't until Qi Yan came to visit in the afternoon that Weiyang said lightly, "It's long overdue, please come in!" ”
Qi Yan entered Weiyang's hall, and saw Weiyang walking out of the back of the desk with a stack of papers in his hand and putting it on the table in front of him, "Big brother, take a look at these things, if you don't understand them, ask me now." ”
Qi Yan picked up the papers and looked at them one by one, his mouth opened so much that he couldn't close it.
Weiyang took the teacup handed over by the afterimage, twisted his neck a few times, and although he drank her tea, he didn't pay attention to Qi Yan, who was still in shock.
After a cursory look, Qi Yan sorted it out and looked through it from the front one by one, looking at it very carefully, and occasionally asked Weiyang a few words. He didn't care about drinking the tea brought by the afterimage, and he didn't come back from the shock until he watched it again, took the teacup and poured a few sips to calm down a little, and then said: "Weiyang, Brother Wen Taowu is not as good as you!" ”
Weiyang said with a smile, "Big brother, I won't keep you, you should have something big to do, please go!" When you are free, you will prepare a good wine and get drunk with you! ”
Qi Yan nodded, got up and bowed deeply, "I thank you for all the people of Wuling City!" ”
Weiyang shook his head with a light smile.
Qi Yan was no longer polite, turned around and walked downstairs with his robe in one hand.
In the next three days, the Western Tang Kingdom did not come to attack the city again. The dense forest in the west of the city is extremely quiet, and the 300,000 troops do not see the noise.
For several days in a row, the two soldiers of Zhao Chu fought at sunrise and closed at sunset, with countless casualties.
In the middle of the night on the fourth day, the afterimage came to report.
"Young master, Xitang and Nanzhao jointly sent troops to encircle Qixia Pass."
Weiyang stood at the window and looked in the direction of the city gate, he had already seen the flames rising into the sky, and Xitang didn't know how many soldiers were dispatched to attack Qin Yan.
"It's raining tonight, it's coming!" The voice murmured.
The afterimage also looked out, although there were no stars and moons, it was not much gloomy, how did the young master know that there was rain?
Weiyang turned around, "Shen Luochen, are you interested in going to the Western Tang Camp to have a look?" ”
Shen Luochen put down the medical book in his hand and gathered the cloak on Weiyang's body, "Don't go, it's cold!" ”
Weiyang didn't force it, and the two stood at the window and looked south together.
Sure enough, after the second watch, the rain came as scheduled.
Two figures came out of Wuling City, both wearing ordinary thick blue clothes, and walked all the way to the dense forest in the west of the city.
From the Western Tang camp to Qixia Pass, there are cavalry coming and going from time to time along the way.
The two avoided here, detoured from the edge of a cliff, went deep into the side of the Xitang military camp, and sneaked in.
There were soldiers who kept vigil in the Xitang camp and kept coming and going, and all the camp tents were resting, except for a lone lamp in the commander's tent.
The two escaped the patrolling soldiers and quietly approached the tent, and there were four men armed at the door of the tent. After going around to the side and listening carefully, he realized that there was no one, so he cut the tent cloth from the bottom and invaded, Shen Luochen guarded at the entrance, and Weiyang quickly took a look at the big tent.
It is not much different from Qin Yan's big tent, and the one in front of it is quite large, with bookcases and utensils. but the paper on the desk was empty, and there were no letters; The place where they came in was the back tent, a bed that seemed to have never been slept on, and it was extremely flat; A heavy cloak was placed on the hanger on the side, with a black silk face and a red brocade lining, which was extremely valuable.
Wei Yang looked at the cloak fixedly, and only felt familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it.
The two of them came out, hastily covered the opening, and stepped on some dirt before they dodged away, returning to Wuling City by the same way without missing a trace.
The next day, Nanzhao and Western Tang joined forces for the first time, and Qin Yan was finally attacked by the enemy.
Qin Yan braved the rain to rectify the Chu camp and faced Nanzhao with 100,000 troops under the city. This time, the leader of Nanzhao was a young and beautiful girl, with looming arms and calves under a crimson veil, an oversized hat on her head, sitting on a cart full of flowers, her face covered with red veil, a cluster of flames painted on her forehead, and a strange light shining through the torches in the night.
Qi Yao invited himself to fight in the front, and Qin Yan was approved.
Qin Yan ordered Qi Jingxun as the main general and commanded the 100,000 soldiers and horses under the pass.
Seeing the flames rising into the sky, he got closer and closer in the rain. Xiang Tianqi's eyes were red, and he invited himself to kill the first battle, and Qin Yan thought about it for a while. He also ordered 10,000 cavalry to him, and he was only allowed to win and not to lose, so that today's exploits would be used to offset the mistakes of the past.
The commander of the infantry battalion received the order to order his troops, and the bow and arrow battalion was handed over to Ye Heng, and the strong bows and crossbows were all personally tested by Qin Yan.
The generals arranged to go out, Lu Shaoqian led the military intelligence to pass the news between the two armies, and Qin Yan personally supervised the formation to Xiang Tianqi in the back.
When the killing outside the gate rose, the Western Tang soldiers arrived, and the person riding on the white horse in the army was a teenager. Qin Yanzhi was Tang Feng, one of the four generals of the Western Tang Dynasty, who was famous at the age of fifteen with 100,000 troops and defeated 300,000 enemy troops and captured the enemy's main general.
This man is only seventeen years old this year, but he has already experienced a hundred battles.
Qin Yan secretly wondered, the Western Tang Dynasty went to attack Fengxiang Pass, why did this person come to Qixia Pass, could it be that this place was the main target of the Western Tang Dynasty? If the Western Tang Dynasty insists on sharing the soup with Nanzhao, then how should it be calculated?
Thinking of this, he saw that as soon as the Western Tang Army rode out, it was still a young man standing proudly on the tall horse, and Qin Yan's face sank. This person is also one of the four generals of the Western Tang Dynasty, Ren Fu. Born with a wide shoulder, the strength can carry the tripod, once it is invincible in the enemy's army, hundreds of thousands of troops will not be left behind.
Xiang Tianqi had already greeted him, and the two of them slapped their horses and marched forward, and Yu immediately exchanged hands.
Qin Yan knew in his heart that he was a few catties and a few taels, maybe he was a few points behind in his strategy, but a brave word did not lose to anyone. It's just that what Xiang Tianqi lacks is the experience of facing the enemy, and this battle is worth fighting for a lot regardless of whether he wins or loses it.
After passing the two people fighting in the field, and then looking at the Western Tang Army, the legendary female general of the Western Tang Dynasty did not appear.