"Take care of my son."

At midnight, Zhang Xianzhong saw off Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo took the team's selected 10,000 horses to prepare to venture into the vast mouth, and his behavior was very worthy of Zhang Xianzhong's encouragement, so Zhang Xianzhong, who was worried about the war and couldn't sleep, stared at Li Dingguo with a pair of red eyes.

Li Dingguo looked at Zhang Xianzhong at this time and hugged his fists and said: "Father-in-law, rest assured, the child will definitely break through the vast mouth, enter Lantian, and fight with our army before and after, and capture the Tongqian Pass." ”

Zhang Xianzhong nodded when he heard this: "I wish my son a victory." ”

"I wish all the soldiers a victory."

Zhang Xianzhong raised a bowl of wine in his hand and shouted to the soldiers behind Li Dingguo, followed by drinking the wine dry in one breath, and smashed the wine bowl with a snap.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo also raised the wine bowl and drank the wine dry, smashed the wine bowl and shouted, "Let's go." ”

After saying that, the army behind Li Dingguo rushed out, and this time Li Dingguo wanted to surprise the vast mouth, so although it was an army of 10,000 departures, 8,000 infantry troops were delayed, and the main force was 2,000 cavalry.

Li Dingguo's plan was for 2,000 cavalry to give full play to their advantages and rush for 100 miles to attack Mangdangkou, take Mangdangkou with lightning speed, and then follow the 8,000 infantry behind them to arrive, so that they could establish a foothold in Mangdangkou, and then follow in the Mangdangkou as a base and bring disaster to Lantian County.

To achieve the military purpose of this dispatch, it can be said that Li Dingguo's plan is still very good, if he succeeds, Lantian will also be very tricky, after all, with the strength of Li Dingguo's two thousand people, if he enters Lantian, there will be a burst of burning and looting, and Lantian wants to catch him, he must send double, or even several times the number of troops.

It's a pity that whoever let him have Lantian spies by his side, this plan was seen through by Lantian early on.

It was still dark, and when the white fish belly in the east had not yet come out, Li Dingguo's cavalry had already come to the vicinity of Mandangkou, and at this time, Li Dingguo's deputy general Wang Jiadong came back from the front with a scout and said: "Tell the commander, two miles ahead is Mandangkou." ”

Li Dingguo heard this and said, "Is there a guard ahead?" ”

Wang Jiadong said: "Yes, because there are often homeless people coming in and out of Mandangkou, there are 100 militia guards in Lantian here. ”

"Militia?"

Li Dingguo frowned slightly, and Wang Jiadong said: "It's the Xiangyong of Lantian." ”

Li Dingguo nodded and said: "One hundred Xiangyong, notify you, everyone wrap the horse's hooves in cloth, take off all the horse bells, extinguish the torches, and come to a hundred elites to lurk with me into the Mangdangkou, kill this Baixiangyong, and grab the Mangdangkou." ”

"This, Dingguo, you are the boss, I'll do this kind of risky thing."

Wang Jiadong said to Li Dingguo when he heard this, Li Dingguo heard this and said: "Your martial arts are not as good as mine, you come to command the army, I will bring the elite over, don't rob me." ”

"Ah, Dingguo, this ......"

When Li Dingguo heard this, he raised his hand and said: "Needless to say, just listen to me, come, the first team will come with me, everyone will put down their long weapons, carry single knives and shields, and follow me." ”

After saying this, Li Dingguo gathered the first team of one hundred elites, these are the elite of the elite, and there are two ways for the bravest performers in each major battle, one is to be promoted to centurion, and the second way is to choose the first team today.

The first team, also known as Li Dingguo's personal guard, is very strong, and they are all veterans who have experienced a hundred battles and will not die.

At this time, after listening to Li Dingguo's words, one by one skillfully handed over the horses to the people around him, and then picked up his shield, a single knife, this set of equipment is not the first time to use, every time the city is attacked, the first team of people have to stare at the shield, bite the single knife on the city wall to fight with the enemy, so everyone here has the merit of taking the lead, and they are brave enough.

Li Dingguo stared at a hundred people, holding a single knife and shield, gave up the horse and waved his hand: "Go." ”

After speaking, he rushed towards Mandangkou like a hundred ghosts, and at this time, Wang Jiadong led Li Dingguo's horse and waved his hand: "Everyone get off the horse and lead the horse to Mangdangkou to pick up Dingguo." ”

Li Dingguo led people straight to the mouth of the river, and saw a huge canyon mouth in the distance, the canyon mouth is surrounded by cliffs on both sides, and it is possible to climb up alone, but the large army will never go up, it is really a natural barrier.

Fighting a war is not about fighting an individual, it doesn't mean that you can do light work, you can just climb the cliffs, because the physical fitness of many soldiers is the physical fitness of the common people, and you can't go up such a steep cliff at all, and you can't get over the baggage at all.

Horses can't pass by, and you go through the battle alone, that's not called attacking, that's called assassination, you can be an assassin, but you can't be an army, and you can't do much damage.

Therefore, in the face of such terrain, it was a desperate situation for the generals and soldiers of this era, and if they wanted to attack, they could only enter through the valley, which is why Sichuan was so difficult to attack.

If this is to send a team of special forces to attack Shu Dao in modern times, then Shu Dao is really not very difficult, the cliff is steep, the special forces have hooks and locks, and they are skilled, and it is not difficult to climb with bare hands.

Grain and grass can't be transported, so you don't need to carry a pack of compressed biscuits with you to ensure that you don't starve to death within a few days, and you can still maintain combat effectiveness, so it's difficult to say that Shu Dao is difficult, and it's hard to help special forces, not to mention unconventional combat methods such as airdrops.

Of course, this is only a small-scale battle, and it will be a little difficult to fight on a large scale, and of course, for modern troops, it is only that the combat environment is relatively complicated.

But for the people of this era, it is a gap that cannot be crossed.

"General, there is a blank mouth ahead, you see there is a sentry post in Lantian there."

Sure enough, Li Dingguo and the others saw the straw thatched hut with lights still on at the mouth of the canyon, Li Dingguo looked at the straw hut, and from the window paper of the straw hut, a person could be seen standing there, and the light shadow shone on the slender figure of that person.

"General, you wait here, I'll take someone to take a look and scratch your tongue."

At this time, a strong man said to Li Dingguo, and Li Dingguo heard this and said, "Be careful." ”

Hearing this, the strong man nodded and said, "Don't worry, general, the second and third will come with me." ”

Saying that, the strong man took two equally strong men and touched the thatched house, and when he arrived at the door of the straw house, the strong man waved his hand, and the two people were on both sides of the door of the straw house, holding knives and shields, ready to attack.

When the strong man of the eldest brother put the shield in the front, and then inserted it with a knife along the crack of the door, this was about to pick the door bolt, but the knife went in and picked it up, but it didn't pick anything, and the door was not locked.

The cold sweat on the eldest brother's forehead came down, and then he looked at the two strong men, and then saw the eldest brother nodded, the eldest brother took the shield, the two strong men reached out and pushed the door, followed by the eldest brother put the shield on his head, and rushed in without saying a word, like a crazy bison.

Waiting for the strong man to rush in, the two strong men behind him were also ready to follow in, ready to cover the eldest brother, but when he entered, he saw the eldest brother looking at the scarecrow in front of him with a confused expression.

"Scarecrow?"

The strong men looked confused, and then they saw that there was an oil lamp next to the scarecrow, and the light of the oil lamp shone the shadow of the scarecrow on the window, and it was the person they saw.

The three strong men all looked confused, and one said: "What's the situation, why is there no one?" ”

"yes, what are you doing with a scarecrow here in the middle of the night, scaring birds?"

The two strong men looked at the boss puzzled, and suddenly a strong man said: "Ah, boss, we won't fall into an ambush, right?" ”

Hearing this, Lao Dao said: "No, if there is an ambush, shouldn't a bunch of people rush out at this time and chop us into pulp?" ”

The two strong men agreed when they heard this, and then the boss looked at the oil lamp that had burned a lot, and then looked at the scarecrow: "Do you say that it is possible that these townsmen from Lantian went home to sleep because they were in trouble here, and set up a scarecrow to scare people." ”

Hearing this, the two strong men blinked and said, "Then this oil lamp will be empty for a night, what a waste of money." ”

"Hey, aren't you angry with this little family, this is Lantian territory, what kind of place is Lantian, it is a fairyland on earth, rich and oily, I heard people say, Lantian people can eat mixed noodles and steamed buns now."

"Mixed noodles and steamed buns, my God, life is so good?"

"What is this, let me tell you what life Li Chaosheng of Lantian County is doing, do you know?"

"What day?"

"Let me tell you, I heard that there are two oil pots at the door of Lantian County, and they are boiling every day."

"What are you doing, bombing people?"

"What, you should be Li Chaosheng is the Eight Kings, the two oil pots are waiting to serve Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng wants to eat fritters and eat fritters, want to eat fried cakes and eat fried cakes, that kid day, like a fairy."

"Go, you two are not finished, you should be like you in Lantian County, you fry cakes and pancakes every day, you can have a fart."

"Big brother, then what do you say Lantian County Zun eats?"

"If you want me to say, he eats...... Go, go, I'll tell you what to do here, you should hang out here, let's go, hurry back and report the situation to the general, let the general decide. ”

Hearing this, the two strong men nodded, and followed by the three people and slowly exited the straw house.

"No one?"

Li Dingguo frowned, he had thought of many possibilities, but he really didn't think about this no one, at this moment Li Dingguo frowned, and a trace of jealousy appeared in his eyes, how could there be no one?

"No one should be there anyway."

Li Dingguo thought about it, his eyes saw that the sky in the distance had gradually appeared white, Li Dingguo gritted his teeth and said: "Fight, wealth and wealth are in danger, we can't afford to drag it." ”

Li Dingguo hypnotized himself and hoped that it was really as these three people said, it was Xiang Yong who was troublesome and went home to sleep, but this possibility was very low, but Li Dingguo decided to gamble, sometimes fighting is to gamble again, winning the bet, the dealer takes it all, and the bet is lost, so don't complain about it, you can only blame yourself for it.

Li Dingguo thought about pulling out his shield and a single knife and said, "Let's go, rush with Lao Tzu." ”

Saying that, the group walked towards the mouth of the canyon, and a hundred people naturally divided into two groups to cover Li Dingguo's left and right, Li Dingguo was at this time with a single knife in his hand, holding a shield in one hand, and rushed straight towards the canyon.

At this time, someone above the canyon whispered: "This group of stunned people dare to gamble, and General Ma's empty city plan will not work." ”

Hearing this, one person smiled and said: "General Ma is not Zhuge Liang, this group of rogues doesn't look like Sima Yi, it must be difficult to make it, this group of rogues are used to taking risks, and they can't scare them." ”

As the two of them spoke, a more immature voice said, "Two brothers, who is Sima Yi who you are talking about?" ”

After hearing this, the person who spoke in front of him said: "You have been a soldier for a short time, you don't read much, and when you have nothing to train, go to the barracks reading hall to read those books with illustrations and pinyin, and there is a book called "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" with this story. ”

"Oh, thank you, two brothers for their advice."

"It's okay, stop talking, they're closer, shhh

Saying that, everyone lurked, and at this time Li Dingguo came to the mouth of the canyon, looked around, and was silent, and his heart was already worried, but it was the nature of the rogue to take risks, and he didn't even rush to take risks, so he was still a rogue .

Of course, until now Li Dingguo doesn't think that it is the regular army of Lantian guarding here, at most it is the township of Lantian who is ambushed, if it is the Lantian township brave, with these veterans of a hundred battles, if they do not care about the cost, they may not be able to open this mouth.

Li Dingguo dared to take the risk because he felt that he still had the possibility of victory.

Li Dingguo looked left and right with his eyes like lightning and said, "Big guys, be careful, maybe there will be a fierce battle in a while." ”

Hearing this, everyone said: "Don't worry, general, this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened." ”

Hearing this, Li Dingguo said: "Okay, if you win the mouth today, you will all be the first to take the lead." ”

After speaking, Li Dingguo said: "Shield array, enter." ”

The shield array is Li Dingguo's housekeeping skill, and it is also a common formation for siege, that is, a group of people hold a shield, blocking the top of their heads, impermeable, and can block the arrows shot from the sky, because the shields they use are mixed with iron sheets, so their shields can also block musket bullets.

What this kind of canyon is most afraid of is to ambush archers in the upper flip, and the shield array can just restrain this, which is also the reason why Li Dingguo dares to venture into the canyon and impact the vast mouth, because he is confident that the shield array can defend against air strikes.

And at such a narrow canyon mouth, if the other party wants to fight with them, they can only fight one-on-one, and Li Dingguo is still very confident in his combat effectiveness.

After many years of fighting in the south and the north, Li Dingguo has almost never tasted defeat, why say almost, because he met that man not long ago.

"Into the canyon."

Li Dingguo shouted again, followed him first in, and the next moment the rest of the people immediately followed, the shield was raised, and there was a slope very skillfully, this slope was to prevent the enemy from throwing rolling stones, Li Dingguo was the first, he was a sharp knife, which could pierce all those who stood in the way.

"Hurry."

Li Dingguo urged, but at this moment, in the narrowest part of the canyon, where only one person could pass through, he saw a tower-like person standing there, Li Dingguo saw that the person's eyes shrank suddenly, how could it be him.

At this time, the man raised his stick at Li Dingguo and said, "Li Dingguo, a certain family has been waiting for you here for a long time. ”

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