Volume XX, Chapter XXIII
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid the death of the six of us is not far off, I just thought about it carefully, and found that we have been led by the nose by the enemy, and the enemy has such capable people, and our defeat is a foregone conclusion. Zhao Yuekuo said dejectedly, he told all the experience just now to these confidants of his, the five people immediately panicked when they heard it, they didn't expect to be taken away by Zhao Yuekuo to escape, they came to bury him, and they knew that it was better to surrender.
"Don't panic, I think it should be possible to exchange my death for the lives of the five of you, if you can get out alive, you can escape with your lives. Zhao Yuekuo knew that if he fell into the hands of Jiang Dingshan, he would inevitably die.
Sure enough, after receiving Jiang Dingshan's report, the king of the border country was immediately furious, but he didn't expect Zhao Yuechun to lose six cities including the saucer-shaped pass overnight, and he had already surrendered to the enemy, and now he was captured by Jiang Dingshan, and the enemy army was already under the city of the critical pass, and the situation was urgent.
The king of the border country immediately sent troops to support the critical pass, and for Zhao Yuekuo and others, he had already ordered Jiang Dingshan to deal with it himself. After Jiang Dingshan received the king's edict, of course he was very happy, he immediately interrogated Zhao Yuekuo, and convicted him of collaborating with the enemy and treason. Even wanted to cooperate with the outside and seize a series of crimes such as the critical pass, Zhao Yuekuo knew that Jiang Dingshan came with personal grudges, he already had the heart of death, but he just hoped that Jiang Dingshan could forgive his five subordinates, but he didn't expect Jiang Dingshan to correct Zhao Yuekuo's five subordinates on the spot in front of him, and then he corrected Zhao Yuekuo on the spot, and hung the bodies of the six people on the gate of the critical pass to show warning.
Because the king of the border country personally decreed. Full aid to the Critical Pass, which now has a surge in troops. It has reached more than 80,000 people, and Yingxue's strength is about the same as that of the critical pass. The saucer-shaped pass has consumed the strength of a horse or an army, and the four cities along the way have also sent nearly 20,000 people to garrison, and now Yingxue's strength is only 70,000, if the city is forcibly attacked, it will definitely be a heavy loss, Yingxue is thinking about how to take the critical pass.
The guards suddenly came to report that Zhao Yuekuo's body was hanging above the city gate of the critical pass, and when Yingxue heard it, she hurriedly went to check. Sure enough, Zhao Yuekuo's corpse hung high above the gate of the critical pass, and Ying Xue saw that Zhao Yuekuo's generals showed grief and indignation on their faces, so she immediately sacrificed to Zhao Yuekuo's corpse, and then said to the generals: "I'll go and take down the critical pass together, snatch back General Zhao's body, and let him be buried in peace!"
Of course, everyone agreed in unison, especially those who surrendered, and they were even more angry. Ying Xue discussed with Zeng Zhaoli, Zheng Ti and Liu Linfeng, and then took Xie Hao, Yang Yuhai and more than 10,000 people under his command and those soldiers out of the city gate, preparing to attack the critical pass.
Yingxue led more than 10,000 people straight to the city gate, but they were 10,000 people. How could he snatch back Zhao Yuekuo's body, he couldn't even break the defensive barrier of the Critical Pass, although Yingxue's Water and Fire Double Dragon and Xie Hao's Golden Light Shield made the enemy feel afraid. There are no high-level magicians like Ying Xue in Jiang Dingshan's army. But with the strength of the two of them, they are simply unable to compete with tens of thousands of troops. In desperation, Yingxue had no choice but to lead his troops to retreat.
Jiang Dingshan on the wall tower saw that Yingxue only had such skills, so he thought that Yingxue was able to obtain the saucer-shaped pass was a pure fluke, if it wasn't for Zhao Yuekuo who could only defend, if he could take the initiative to attack, the ending would definitely be another situation, thinking of Yu Jing, he couldn't help but look at Zhao Yuekuo who was hanging above the city gate contemptuously and said: "Just watch, let this general fight a beautiful battle of annihilation for you to take a good look!"
Seeing that the goal had been achieved, and that it was difficult to shake the critical pass for a while with such a small number of troops, Ying Xue immediately ordered and retreated. Jiang Dingshan on the city tower, seeing that the enemy only had such a force, and it was so ordinary, his vigilance was greatly reduced, his face was proud, and the heart of the enemy was born, and now seeing that Yingxue and others wanted to retreat, Jiang Dingshan was willing to give up, so he immediately ordered people to withdraw the defensive barrier and prepare to go out of the city to pursue.
Ying Xue saw that Jiang Dingshan led troops to chase, so he ordered Xie Hao and Yang Yuhai to retreat, although Xie Hao and Yang Yuhai felt strange, this battle has not been fought at all, if the fight starts, their own side may not necessarily lose, why Ying Xue ordered to retreat to the city to defend? Although the two were puzzled, but the military order was like a mountain, not to mention that they had always believed in Ying Xue very much, and after listening to the order, they took the soldiers of the headquarters to retreat to Jiechuan City.
Seeing this situation, Jiang Dingshan laughed loudly outside the city, he didn't expect Wang Zhuo's army to be so vulnerable, and there were only about 20,000 people, he already had an absolute advantage, in his estimation, the defenders of Jiechuan Pass were not too much, I believe that the battle of Saucer Pass, Wang Zhuo's army also suffered heavy casualties, although he won the victory, but like Zhao Yuekuo, Wang Zhuo must not have many people left, he picked up a cheap one for nothing, now Wang Zhuo's army can not be compared with his new force at all, where can he still use his own hands to fight such a battle, in his heart, the defeat of Yingxue and others is a foregone conclusion, he is convinced that he will not take long, you can hit Wang Zhuo's lair - the three northern provinces, thinking of this, how can he not laugh out loud?
Seeing that Jiang Dingshan's soldiers outside the city were like rainbows and their military might was greatly inspired, Xie Hao and Yang Yuhai were very unhappy, and after returning to the city, the two pulled Yingxue aside, and said dissatisfiedly: "Look at Jiang Dingshan's pride, I'm really angry, you just order me to go out and meet him for a while!"
Ying Xue smiled and explained to the two of them: "You two don't need to worry, I have already sent someone to investigate him in detail, Jiang Dingshan is a businessman, he is mercenary, greedy for life and afraid of death, eager for quick success, mediocre and incompetent, where will he lead troops to fight? This kind of person is not comparable to us at all, the reason why I show weakness to him is that I want to exchange victory for the smallest price, if we attack now, although we can win, but the price may be too great, we will not suffer too much." All I have to do now is to make Jiang Dingshan get carried away, thinking that we are incompetent, so that he can attack us without any scruples, and I think he has already boasted about Haikou, and may have reported his achievements to his king. He had asked for more pay, and he must have made a promise to the king of the frontier country. Prepare to wipe us all out in a matter of days. We just need to wait patiently for the opportunity now, and then. If we start it again, we will take him by surprise and annihilate him in one fell swoop, and you will be patient for the time being, and I promise that it will not be a few days before we can get out of this mouth!"
"It turns out that you already have a countermeasure, why didn't you say it earlier, look at Jiang Dingshan's arrogant appearance. It made me angry for a long time, what a waste of our feelings!" Yang Yuhai said with some dissatisfaction.
"I deliberately didn't open the defensive barrier, just to make Jiang Dingshan think that the current situation of Jiechuan City, which we have newly occupied, is very bad, in this case, he will think that there is an opportunity, I think, tonight will definitely take advantage of the situation to sneak attack us, you two should be especially careful tonight." Remember to try to destroy his living force and withstand his onslaught. In this case, he could not justify himself, because of the pressure of the king of the frontier country. He's going to take a risk, so we'll have a chance, and then we'll be able to take him and the Critical Pass in one fell swoop!" said Eagle Snow confidently.
"Good. Don't worry, it's up to us brothers tonight! Yang Yuhai said with a wink. With the bottom in his heart, Yang Yuhai certainly felt very sure.
"You guy!" Eagle Snow kicked in. was dodged by Yang Yuhai in a flash.
As expected, Jiang Dingshan saw that he was already in sight of victory, so he immediately asked the king of the border country to tell him, saying that he had completely controlled the situation, and now he had slaughtered nearly 10,000 Wang Zhuo's rebels, and now his morale was greatly boosted, and in less than three days, he could recapture the saucer pass, and even he had asked the king to let him lead his troops to kill Wang Zhuo's lair, of course, he also asked the king of the border country for a large amount of military salaries.
The commander is like this, and the officers under Jiang Dingshan can also be seen, and Jiang Dingshan happily returned to the camp. Seeing that his side was in control, the generals around Jiang Dingshan asked for battle, asking to sneak attack Yingxue and their Jiechuan City tonight, Jiang Dingshan saw this situation, of course, he agreed very much, in his eyes, Yingxue They are like fish on the chopping board, whatever he Jiang Dingshan cuts, Go to chop, he thought that there were only about 10,000 people in Jiechuan City, in fact, where did he know that Yingxue had hidden all his troops, today's siege is just an illusion, how can war be transferred by people's subjective consciousness, I don't know it, I don't know the other, this battle is difficult!
At night, Jiang Dingshan dispatched nearly 40,000 people to attack the city, Jiechuan City should be very easy to attack, the city is small, and there is no defensive barrier, and there are not many defenders in the city, isn't such a city very easy to capture, Jiang Dingshan's generals are full of confidence, and they have already calculated in their hearts, as long as they can take Jiechuan Pass, then they will definitely be promoted this time.
Yang Yuhai and the others have already held back their anger today, they have already been waiting for the battle, but these guys are late again, and these guys swaggered towards Jiechuan City without knowing whether they are alive or dead, where is this like a sneak attack, obviously they are here to change their guards! With such an attitude, how can Yang Yuhai and Xie Hao and the others not get angry, they are simply transparent, they are really underestimated Yang Yuhai and the others, Yang Yuhai and the others have already held back their strength, ready to give them these uninteresting guys a hard blow.
When Jiang Dingshan's troops started to move under Jiechuan City, a sudden rain of arrows came to them, and I don't know how many people fell in the dark, but since they had been exposed, they simply attacked and could not turn back now, if they retreated, Jiang Dingshan would definitely not be able to pay the difference, and it was not clear what the consequences were, but one thing must be known, that is absolutely no good fruit to eat. But there are not many defenders in Jiechuan City, now there are 40,000 people on his side, and there are only 20,000 people at most in Jiechuan City, twice as many as the enemy, what are you afraid of, what is it to kill a few soldiers, as long as you can take Jiechuan City, it will be a victory.
The situation is miscalculated, and the intelligence is not accurate, they are already doomed to lose, Yingxue has deployed nearly 80,000 people in the city, and it is Yingxue who is really twice as much as the enemy, and it is easy to hit the enemy, the enemy's magician, as soon as he rises up, is directly hit by the magician who has been waiting in the air, and there is no room to fight back, so he was shot down inexplicably. Because it was night, it was difficult to see in the dark, and although there were magic bullets and torches to illuminate, the visibility was also very limited.
Poor Jiang Dingshan's troops don't know the current situation yet. is still blindly forcibly attacking the city, and he doesn't know that his side has suffered heavy losses. As for the time when someone reported heavy losses, they were punished on the spot. Because this is the topic that I don't like to hear the most now, it shakes the morale of the army, and now it is a dilemma, and the only way is to take Jiechuan City, otherwise it will not be possible to deal with Jiang Dingshan at all.
Yang Yuhai and others waited for work at ease, and they were twice as large as the enemy, Yang Yuhai used the tactics of taking turns to go into battle, and divided the troops into four batches, so the number of people who appeared in the city was always kept at about 20,000. The enemy's generals also did not know the situation. In this way, Yang Yuhai and the others are more than enough to deal with the attack of Jiang Dingshan's troops, it is very easy, come and kill one by one, come and kill a pair, anyway, this is what Yingxue confesses, try to eliminate the enemy's living force, Yang Yuhai and others just need to complete the task. How many people will die where. In the face of batch after batch of enemy soldiers besieging the city, Yang Yuhai and they were not soft at all, of course, on the battlefield, two absolute opposites. It's not you who die or I live, and it's not when you're soft, just let go and fight. Until all the enemies are gone.
The generals of Jiang Dingshan's troops finally felt that the situation was a little bad, and the battle was strange. Isn't it strange how it is strange that so many people have been sent and still the city has not been captured? It seemed that the losses on his side were really heavy, and he hurriedly passed down the order to let the troops suspend the siege, and the preliminary estimate was that two-thirds of the people had been lost.
Seeing that they had lost so many people in a short period of time, Jiang Dingshan's troops no longer dared to attack the city easily, if they continued to attack it, it would definitely be annihilated, such a small Jiechuan City was so difficult to overcome, it was really unexpected. There was no choice but to retreat to the critical pass first to report the battle situation to Jiang Dingshan and wait for disposal.
"Bastard, waste!" Jiang Dingshan scolded loudly after listening to the battle report, such a small Jiechuan City, 40,000 people went to attack the city, and most of it was lost, it was too embarrassing for him, he had already boasted about Haikou in front of the king, and now it was difficult to justify himself, how could he not be annoyed.
The rest of the generals were also secretly glad, fortunately they didn't volunteer to sneak attack, otherwise, they would be miserable now, in fact, they had already asked Jiang Dingshan to fight, but Jiang Dingshan did not send them, but sent his henchmen, who knew that now that it was messed up, of course everyone was gloating.
Jiang Dingshan had a cold face, and looked at everyone without saying a word, but it was his people who lost the battle, and he was not very angry, if he was punished now, he would definitely give someone a handle. Everyone didn't dare to make a sound, the atmosphere became a little solemn for a while, Jiang Dingshan glanced at the generals with a sharp eye, and ordered everyone: "Since the siege of the city is not possible, we are ready to fight the rebels head-on tomorrow, everyone must cooperate with each other, work together to annihilate the rebels in one fell swoop, as long as the rebels can be annihilated, I, Jiang someone, promise, will never treat you badly, and I will definitely protect you in front of His Majesty the King." โ
"Yes, General!" everyone tacitly replied loudly, this Jiang Dingshan's usual personality is not unknown to everyone, if there is really such a good thing, he Jiang Dingshan will definitely be alone, is it possible that it will also be their turn?
And Yang Yuhai they are in trouble, there are no major casualties on their side, of course they are happy, but when the sky is faint, they find that under the wall, there are countless people who do not know how many, in the face of these more than 20,000 corpses, it is a headache for them, witnessing the corpses under the city wall, the blood is flowing like a river, the grass and land on the ground are stained dark red by the blood that has been coagulated, although these people in front of them are enemies, but they are lives, so many lives fall here, especially during the siege, almost all of them step on the corpses of their companions, so these corpses are falling on the side of the city wall layer by layerใ Yang Yuhai and Xie Hao couldn't help but sigh with emotion, life is sometimes too lowly and too fragile, especially at this moment, the value of life is to fight and die. Yang Yuhai and Xie Hao discussed, and due to the urgency of time, they decided to bury all the corpses nearby, otherwise, once the stink starts, not only will the stench fill the city, which will be disgusting, but also easy to get sick. This is not a small project, but there is no way to do it, Yang Yuhai and Xie Hao had to lead their brothers to start digging a pit to prepare to bury the corpses.
Yang Yuhai and Xie Hao were quite fast, more than an hour later, when Ying Xue went to inspect the wall city, everything had been settled, however, the blood stains on the ground could not be erased, Ying Xue was surprised at first How could there be no casualties in such a fierce battle last night, but when he saw the blood stains on the side of the wall city, he knew that the extent of last night's battle was so-so, but he still pretended not to know and asked Yang Yuhai: "Brother Hai, why were there no casualties yesterday?"
Yang Yuhai didn't answer Yingxue's words, but said something that surprised Yingxue: "I didn't expect that people's final destination would be a cup of loess!"
"Oh, I can't see that Brother Hai can still say such philosophical words, it's really refreshing!"
"Born on the earth, grown up on the earth, eaten on the earth, and finally returned to the earth, this can be regarded as a return to nature. I don't know why Yang Yuhai seems to have a lot of emotion today.
"Hey, Brother Hai, what are you talking about? Good brother, how many enemies did you kill last night? Ying Xue no longer paid attention to Yang Yuhai, but turned to Xie Hao and asked. (To be continued.) )