Chapter 779: The Battle of Ghost Cliff (Part I)

Single-handedly slaughtered the formation, slashed several enemy generals in a row, and the Mengyuan cavalry was frightened and fled in all directions -- Zhao Zichuan only relied on the power of one tiger cavalry to scare back the enemy's iron cavalry of thousands of people......

Soon, the narrow mouth of the valley was empty for a while, and there was no trace of the enemy. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhao Zichuan also immediately ordered, ordering Li Xian and Li Gong to lead the troops to seize the opportunity to occupy the main road of the mountain pass......

The Zhao family army lined up neatly to the valley, and Li Xian saw that the enemy army would ride in a pool of corpses and blood, and couldn't help admiring: "General Zhao is really powerful, riding alone, invincible, killing ten generals in a row, killing the enemy army and fleeing——"

However, Zhao Zichuan did not have a smile on his face, his expression was serious, and he stared coldly at the front of the canyon - through the plains and wilderness, the terrain in the canyon was very rugged and complex, and the rock walls were intertwined and craggy......

"However, General Zhao is too risky today......" Li Gong replied again, "I don't doubt General Zhao's strength, it's just that I will ride one person into the enemy formation, and it is good to be able to take the life of the enemy general, but in case there are three long and two short...... Think about it, after all, we are risking our lives to come and delay the division of Wuliang to more than 10,000 people with a thousand cavalry, if General Zhao is at risk in the first battle, then wouldn't it be a mistake in the plan later...... Just now, General Li Xian and I wanted to step forward to help, but we were stopped by General Zhao, you are a little too blind and risky......" It seems that Li Gong is worried about the "rescue rejection" just now, and he can't help but ask.

"It's because of the risk of this battle that I stopped you-" Who knows, Zhao Zichuan's expression was calm, and he said righteously, "I fought into the enemy formation alone and took the head of the enemy general, not to show off and be handsome...... First of all, when Uliang Todo learned of the movement of our army, he only sent a thousand troops to call for battle, so it can be seen that he did not know that I was coming, and our purpose was to attract and delay the enemy, so we must let Uliang Todo know that the general who came was me, so I did. After attracting his attention, he will wave his army at all costs in order to kill my old enemy; second, Wuliang Tuoduo has a division of 20,000, and our army only has 1,000 cavalry, and if you want to effectively deal with it, you must use your energy on the blade, and it is not cost-effective to deal with these small characters, and it is not cost-effective to lose some troops and horses...... Therefore, I rode alone to kill the generals, not only to deter them from fear, but also to scare the enemy to retreat, and our army did not spend a single soldier to seize the mountain pass, which is a double win!"

Zhao Zichuan's words were decisive, pointing out the conciseness of the marching army, which shows that in order to deal with Wuliang Tuoduo, in this battle, he not only had the determination to die, but also made sufficient preparations and acted in all aspects.

When Li Xian and Li Gong heard this, they no longer had doubts, and not only secretly admired Zhao Zichuan's resolute determination.

Zhao Zichuan looked around the canyon and said categorically: "The first team of the enemy army has fled, and Wuliang Tuoduo has learned that it is me, and he will definitely wave the main force to come...... Time is short, General Li Xian, you immediately order the troops to form a phalanx here, take advantage of the terrain to use the Xuanxiang formation, and set up an ambush trap as quickly as possible, so as to wait for the enemy-"

"Yes—" Li Xian ordered decisively.

"General Li Gong—" Zhao Zichuan continued.

"The last general—" Li Gong also responded.

"You immediately dispatch your subordinates, take advantage of the enemy's troops, first reconnoiter the terrain of this branch, and you must draw a map of the mountain road of the 'Ghost Gate Cliff' branch in the fastest possible time-" Zhao Zichuan also gave an order to Li Gong.

"The last general obeys the order-" After Li Gong received the order, he ordered his soldiers to disperse......

The iron hooves were clanging, the war horses were neighing, and General Zhao's whole army immediately split up. Zhao Zichuan's eyes looked at the loess and dust under the ghost cliff resolutely, and his heart couldn't help but fluctuate, and his heart gradually became uneasy in his heart......

Under the army of Wuliang Tuoduo, the position of Mengyuan was ......

"A bunch of waste!" "In front of the army, the close and trusted generals of Wuliang Todo learned that the Tuoba Wu army was killed by stumbling and losing the lives of several generals one after another, the army's heart was greatly disturbed, and he couldn't help but be angry, and the soldiers who came back from defeat scolded and reprimanded, "Even a general of the enemy army can't be subdued, and he has killed several generals in a row, what's the use of asking you guys?"

"But the general...... "The soldier trembled, "the enemy cavalry is too ...... It's so powerful that all our generals are ...... by him alone Kill ......" The soldier was terrified, not knowing whether he was afraid that he and others would be reprimanded by the leader for their incompetence, or whether he was afraid of Zhao Zichuan's bravery.

"Get out!-" The trusted general kicked the soldiers to the ground, and his heart was furious, although this small battle was not damaged, but ten generals died in vain, and the morale was greatly damaged.

Ura Todo looked very "leisurely" on the side, playing with the short knife in his hand, and pretending to be indifferent and asked, "Oh, the enemy general is so powerful...... Who is it, a single rider kills ten generals of our army, wields and gallops thousands of horsemen of our army, as if entering a no-man's land......"

"Not very clear," the soldier recalled...... "but his weapon was very conspicuous...... The villain remembered that it was a pair of twin swords, and the killing array was glowing with yellow-green sword light......"

Hearing this, the knife in Wuliang Todo's hand stopped slightly, and his eyes gradually lowered......

The soldier seemed to remember something, and continued: "Oh yes, what kind of slogan did that cavalry shout when he seemed to be in battle...... It seems that he claims to be a 'flying horse Zhao Zichuan'......"

Ura Todo seemed to understand something, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face under the hideous bottom......

When the cronies and generals heard this, their eyes changed slightly: "Zhao Zichuan? Could it be the one who is famous in the north and south of the Yellow River...... "Zhao Zichuan fought all the way, and his name of brave flying cavalry has long been widely spread throughout the Central Plains, and it is reasonable for his cronies and generals to be shocked when they hear it.

"But isn't it?...... but him" Ura Todo smiled coldly, and then changed his tone, "Found it, finally let me find it...... After so many twists and turns, I finally got you out - very good, Zhao Zichuan, I wanted to kill you in my dreams; you are finally here, I will definitely take your blood blade with my own hands, win the 'Qiankun Two Swords', and fulfill the hundred-year-old wish of my ancestors...... I killed your eldest brother and wife, you hate me very much, don't you? Don't worry, I'll send you to them right away and reunite you in Yellow Springs......"

When Wuliang Tuoduo learned of Zhao Zichuan's whereabouts, his hands trembled happily, which was very different from the look of indifference just now.

However, the trusted generals didn't think so, and he was bent on rescuing Bianliang, and when he learned that the enemy blocking the road would be Zhao Zichuan, he immediately went to Wuliang Tuoduo, and asked for his life with a serious expression: "Zhao Zichuan is brave and powerful, and this time I came to take advantage of his momentum to delay with our army and buy time for them to attack Bianliang...... My lord, we must not be pinned down by the enemy, we should wave the main force of the army to break through the narrow pass as soon as possible, and rush to Bianliang to rescue, but we can't entangle with Zhao Zichuan more...... "It seems that the generals who are close to the cronies still focus on the overall situation, not only saw the intentions of Zhao Zichuan's army, but also persuaded Wuliang Tuoduo to immediately send troops to Bianliang.

Who knows, Wuliang Todo, who has always acted calmly, couldn't restrain the "desire" in his heart this time, his eyes widened, and he said spontaneously: "Hmph, Zhao Zichuan is finally here, from the first battle of Xiangyang to the present, after so many twists and turns, I finally have the opportunity to kill him with my own hands...... Hmph, what's the use of that broken place, it's not as valuable as Zhao Zichuan's head...... I want to kill Zhao Zichuan, personally slash him with his own hands, and then serve the 'two generals of Qiankun' that I have taken from him on the ancestral mourning hall, do you know how long I have been waiting for this day......" In order to kill Zhao Zichuan with his own hands, Wuliang Tuoduo even went crazy with some emotions.

"But my lord, the task assigned by Lord Timur is for us to support Bianliang, and if Zhao Zichuan's troops delay the rescue of Bianliang, it will be in the hands of the enemy-" The trusted general still discouraged.

"Shut up! Timur is something, pointing fingers at me......" Uliang Todo suddenly became inexplicably angry, "Now I am the commander-in-chief of the army, and all orders are obeyed by me, and he can't control what I want to do!"

"But my lord...... "The generals still want to stop it."

"I have made up my mind, wave the main force, fight to the death with Zhao Zichuan, and swear to take Zhao Zichuan's head!" Wuliang Tuoduo stood up, raised his knife and said angrily, "If there are any more dissent, they will be executed by military law!" After speaking, he waved his knife for a while, and there was a fierce roar, and a terrifying ditch was suddenly left on the yellow earth.

When his cronies and generals saw it, they didn't dare to say anything more - in fact, he knew in his heart that from the very beginning, Wuliang Tuoduo didn't want to save Bianliang, and what Wuliang Tuoduo thought in his heart was just to get soldiers and horses from the hands of Timur, and then find an opportunity to compete with the feud Zhao Zichuan. Now that Zhao Zichuan is finally here, of course Wuliang Todo will not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity......

"The troops listened to the order, and the whole army attacked, and marched to the narrow pass of the cliff pass-" Wuliang Tuoduo led his horse to the front and shouted the order.

"Drink-" The 20,000 Mengyuan soldiers roared in unison, resounding through the canyon.

The dark clouds covered the sun, the cold wind swept wildly, and the cavalry led by Wuliang Tuoduo marched towards the Ghost Cliff Pass......

Zhao Zichuan was sitting in the army, looking at the canyon pass with a solemn face, and preparing the knights for battle in an orderly manner......

"General Zhao, the map has been drawn......" On the side of the valley branch, Li Gong ran to Zhao Zichuan in time, handed over a drawing and said, "This is the east side of the 'Ghost Gate Cliff', that is, we are close to Bianliang here, the approximate mountain road map...... However, because it is rushed, the terrain drawing is a little rough, and it may not be completely ......."

"Just have a rough outline of the mountain road......" Zhao Zichuan didn't care, gently dusted off the map, and then seemed to find something unusual, and couldn't help but point to it and ask, "What kind of place is this?"

Li Gongding looked at the place that Zhao Zichuan was pointing to, like the narrow position of the mountain road crossing, and then replied: "Oh, this is the slope leading to the real cliff, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack...... But this is a dead end, there is a cliff directly from the hillside, there is no way to retreat, and if we are fighting a guerrilla war with the enemy, we should not need it here......"

"But this is also the most dangerous place, and it is precisely the best place for the defenders to delay......" Zhao Zichuan couldn't help muttering to himself.

"What?" Zhao Zichuan's voice was very small, Li Gong didn't hear it clearly, and not only continued to ask.

"Oh, it's nothing...... Zhao Zichuan also said it casually, didn't particularly care, and after "fooling" for a while, he put away the map and said, "In short, this map is very important, the enemy is outnumbered, and our army can only delay with guerrilla warfare......;

"General, there is an enemy situation!-" As he was speaking, an urgent report suddenly came from the direction of the front line, and Li Xian hurried from the front, and said with a nervous face, "On the front side, the enemy army is coming in the direction of our army's narrow mouth -- this number should be the main force of Uliang Todo, the enemy soldiers not only came quickly, but also the infantry and cavalry formation was so tight, it seems that our army killed the enemy general just now, which annoyed Uliang Todo to come to take revenge......"

"Wuliang Tuoduo knew that it was me and came to me specially, but this also achieved the purpose of attracting him...... Zhao Zichuan remounted his horse and shouted, "The whole army listens to the order, and the west is narrowly arranged, waiting for the enemy!"

"Yes-" The soldiers shouted in unison, and the more the war was imminent, the more united they were. Li Xian and Li Gong received the order to arrange the cavalry to line up on the left and right, and Zhao Zichuan was at the forefront of the Chinese army, waiting for the enemy general to ride forward......

"Rumbling Rumbling Rumbling ......" was like a muffled thunder, and in front of the narrow mouth, there was a dense array of horses' hooves, which was deafening and resounded through the valley.

"Is it finally coming...... Zhao Zichuan stared ahead, and the "Qiankun Two Swords" in his hand were ready to attack, as if the next moment the enemy army was approaching, he would swing his sword and drink blood......

The sound ......of horses' hooves is getting closer and closer, and the dust is gradually spreading in the narrow passage ahead...... Finally, the figure of the war horse appeared layer by layer, and Meng Yuan's iron horse rushed out, surging like a tide, and the blades were in battle, shouting to kill the sky.

"Kill-" The crowd of hosts burst out from the narrow mouth for a while. The thunder and war horses galloped and surged, and the sword light and sword shadow were like waterfall torrents. The disparity between the two armies is extremely contrasting, and the Mengyuan iron cavalry is charging wantonly, if the 1,000 cavalry of General Zhao is forced to fight, it is simply a drop in the ocean......

The swords of the war horses in front of them were heavy, the yellow sand was full of iron horses, the eyes of the soldiers of the Zhao family were shivering, and the blades of the swords in their hands were faintly rippling - everyone knew very well in their hearts that this was a thrilling battle that the army had faced since it set out on the expedition, and it was a battle that was bound to die......

Zhao Zichuan fixed his eyes and watched Meng Yuan's iron cavalry getting closer and closer, as if he was waiting for the opportunity...... "Release!-" Suddenly, Zhao Zichuan gave an order, and immediately ordered the lieutenant generals and soldiers of the army to give the order.

The soldiers on both wings saw the situation, and they had to respond to Zhao Zichuan's military orders, and understood what they were doing, so they pulled each other's long rope-like things, which seemed to be traps arranged in advance......

General Meng Yuan didn't notice it, still holding a Miao knife, rushing towards the Zhao family's army...... Suddenly, there was a loud noise in the central aisle, and with the loess dust gathering together, under the feet of Meng Yuantie's horse, a pit about ten square meters suddenly appeared - it was obvious that this was a trap that Zhao Zichuan had laid in ambush here in advance......

For a while, a sharp scream was overwhelming, resounding through the valley - the vanguard of the Mengyuan cavalry became a shield, and all the troops went together, and even the men and horses unfortunately fell into the pit trap, and finally fell into the pit and died......

The vanguard was ambushed, and the Mengyuan cavalry temporarily stopped the charge, and stopped their horses one after another, and confronted the Zhao family army in front of the pit......

Zhao Zichuan also stared at each other, only to see the opposite army re-lined up after the "chaotic foot", and the middle road gradually separated, and one person slowly rode out of it. Zhao Zichuan's eyes were fixed, and he seemed to have guessed the identity of this person......

The burly body, covered in silver armor, armed with a mad sword, and a proud expression - no need to ask, this person is none other than the leader of the Mengyuan army, Wuliang Tuoduo......

Before the establishment of the army of Wuliang Tuoduo, like Zhao Zichuan, they looked at each other. Looking at the "Qiankun Two Swords" in Zhao Zichuan's hand, as well as the eyes overflowing with blood hatred, Wuliang Tuoduo smiled coldly, and said in an extremely hideous tone: "Zhao Zichuan, I finally saw you, this time it is not an illusion, it is not a disguise technique, it is the real descendant of the Zhao family......" Thinking of the night when Li Yuru was killed, Su Jia deceived himself by looking like Zhao Zichuan, and this time he saw Zhao Zichuan's "Qiankun Two Swords" with his own eyes, Wuliang Tuoduo no longer had suspicions.

"You are Wuliang Tuoduo...... Zhao Zichuan saw the enemy appear, the long sword in his hand was resolutely clenched, his eyes were bloody, and he gritted his teeth and said angrily, "You kill my eldest brother, kill my wife, today I must take your dog's life, blood sacrifice to my eldest brother and Yuru's spirit in the sky!"

Hearing this, the corners of his mouth twitched...... (To be continued.) )