Chapter 895: Breaking the Pass (I)
From yesterday afternoon to noon today, there has been no fighting in front of Youxian Pass.
Although there were also Ke Yongsheng's lobbying for entering the customs, as well as the incident of arrows shooting silk books at night, compared with the previous days, when there were always strong attacks and battles from morning to night, this whole day of suspension was a rare calm for the defenders of Guanshang.
But this is not a good thing for Li Chengdong, and it always makes him feel faintly uneasy, as if the enemy outside is planning some bigger conspiracy. So he didn't dare to relax in the slightest, and from time to time he patrolled back and forth on the wall, thinking that everything was perfect.
At the same time, his heart was also full of hesitation, not knowing what to do with it after the food in Guan was really cut off.
Just thinking about it, suddenly a subordinate next to him shouted with surprise: "That's ......" This made Li Chengdong hurriedly calm down, and then looked out carefully, and then made his face show doubts.
Seeing that the camp of the Vietnamese army seven or eight miles away in front of them suddenly opened, a group of more than 100 horsemen came straight to the front of the pass, and they did not stop until they were about to enter the range of the bows and crossbows of the defenders on the pass, and then led by two men with obvious higher status, walked along the east and west of the wall, pointing from time to time, as if they were still discussing something.
As a general with many years of combat experience, Li Chengdong naturally saw at a glance what they were doing at this time. is actually observing the overall situation of the defense and wall of Youxian Pass, and it should be choosing which side is the weakest place in the gate.
This kind of behavior is also reasonable, after all, in the case of a strong attack that fails for many days, and it is impossible to say that it surrenders itself, the enemy army that attacks the fortified will naturally have to use more clever means to break through.
It's just that Li Chengdong is not worried about this.
As the throat gateway to the south of Lianzhou, Youxian Pass was built by the Liu family after spending more than ten years and a lot of manpower and material resources. It was originally an important bargaining chip for them to protect themselves and compete with the imperial court, but how could they be easily found flawed?
And what really made him change his expression at this time was that he was condescending, and he had already recognized the identities of the two leading men.
The one on the left is actually Chen Qingyun, the chief general of the Vietnamese army.
He had seen this man constantly commanding the army to attack the city from a distance in Guanshang before, and he was also deeply impressed by his appearance and posture.
But when he compares to the man on the right, it's really nothing. If Li Chengdong is not mistaken, this person is actually the Emperor of Dayue, Sun Ning!
With Li Chengdong's identity, it is impossible to see the emperor according to common sense.
But he is a special case, just many years ago, when Guo Yan led the Liangzhou army to exterminate the Lianzhou Liu clan, he was one of the generals in Lianzhou.
When he was brought back to Liangzhou, Sun Ning, the emperor, was among them, so that he and the emperor had a relationship.
Although it is only one side, it is the Son of Heaven after all, Li Chengdong is naturally impressed by him, even after all these years, he still deeply remembers his appearance.
At this time, this man who was more than a hundred steps away, sitting on a horse, and pointing to a certain position on the wall from time to time, who else could there be if it wasn't Emperor Sun Ning?
The emperor and the chief generals of the three armies were so big that they dared to come to the pass with only more than 100 servants. Do they really think that these guards only dare to defend Youxian Pass, and they don't even have the courage to take risks?
Li Chengdong was eager to try for a while, staring at the people below, and his hands were already clenched on the saber at his waist.
If you take these two people down, let alone let the enemy retreat, let them surrender directly with you, I'm afraid it's not impossible!
But...... Could this be a trap?
While his heart was moving, the last shred of reason was still reminding him, would there be such a good thing in the world? How important are the emperor and the main general, how can they go out of the camp at will, and only bring such a few guards to the pass?
Lee Seung-dong wanted to convince himself not to take risks. But then, another voice sounded in my head: "Our situation can't be worse, even if we don't take risks, we can't hold on for ten days and a half months, so it's better to take this opportunity and take risks to win!"
Maybe they just recognized that I didn't dare to go out, so they dared to hold it up like this! What's more, the situation ahead is now under my observation, and there are indeed only a hundred riders below, as long as I send a thousand men and horses, how can I defeat them!
"Even if you can't achieve your goal and capture them alive, as long as you defeat the emperor and the main general, the morale of the enemy and us will inevitably be reversed!"
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the truth, and he immediately made up his mind.
The opportunity was fleeting, Li Chengdong did not dare to delay any longer, and immediately walked down the wall quickly, and ordered urgently: "Wu Da, immediately order a thousand elite soldiers, follow me out of the pass, defeat the enemy army in front, and capture the first two." ”
The subordinate general who was named by him was stunned: "General, is it too risky to switch at this time?" ”
"This is a military order, just do it!" Li Chengdong didn't have time to explain to him at all, so he directly pressed down with his identity.
Wu Da didn't dare to question it anymore, so he quickly mobilized manpower, quickly organized a team of nearly 1,000 people, and then quietly came to the gate according to the meaning of his general, and then arranged the formation team neatly.
Li Chengdong was even more in his grip with a steel spear, his armor was complete, and his whole person was in high spirits, and he shouted in a low voice: "This battle is related to whether our army can win a battle, and it is in this battle that we can make meritorious contributions." Today, we are allowed to advance but not retreat, and we are not allowed to win but not lose! Kill! ”
"Kill!" The subordinates were also infected by his tone, and whispered in echo the shouts.
And with this roar coming out, the Youxian Pass, which had been tightly closed for more than half a month, and there were all kinds of knife carts and boulders behind it, finally opened with a bang.
Li Chengdong took the lead, rode his horse and carried a gun, and rushed out like a tiger, killing the front side seemed to be a little caught off guard, and the more than 100 horsemen who were stunned there.
The other soldiers did not dare to lag behind, and the three hundred cavalry followed, followed by seven hundred foot soldiers, carrying all kinds of weapons, also shouting loudly, red-eyed, directly divided into two roads, left and right outflanked the enemy cavalry a hundred paces away.
In the past half a month, the defenders on Youxian Pass have repeatedly been passively defended, in fact, they have long been holding their stomachs, at this time, they naturally want to export their evil anger, and naturally they are all fighting bravely, only in the blink of an eye, the team has grabbed dozens of steps, and the crossbowmen have directly released random arrows towards the enemy.
The cavalry team over there still had no intention of turning around and running away, but after a little hesitation, they also shouted and killed several times the enemy army. m.
This choice made Li Chengdong, who rushed the fastest, very happy, and he was also worried that the enemy would turn around and flee at this time, and with his main force responding, he might not be able to take advantage of anything.
But now, although the Vietnamese army camp has waved flags and people and horses are gathering quickly, it is obvious that they are a few miles away, and they have long been beyond the reach of the whip, and they can't save the more than 100 people in front of them!
Some people died, but not completely......