Chapter 369: Entering the Camp
When Ye Guan approached the range of Zhu'an City, far away, in the afterglow of the sun that was about to set, he saw the smoke rising in the distance. That must be the situation on the battlefield of Zhu'an City.
Ye Guan frowned, his steps quickened, and he passed the road as fast as he could, heading straight to the temporary military camp in front of Zhu'an City.
Seeing the barracks from a distance, I found that the barracks were all on alert at the moment, even if this direction was not the area where the enemy was attacking, but all the sergeants were still eyeing each of the sergeants in charge of the defense of the camp gate were fully armed, and there were four crossbowmen on the watchtowers on both sides, which was the vigilance of the combat state.
Before Ye Guan flew to the barracks, he slowed down and walked towards the barracks step by step. It's not that he can't get into the barracks without anyone noticing, it's just that doing so doesn't do the war any good.
The sergeant standing on the guard tower soon found Ye Guan pacing alone, and immediately issued an alarm, all the sergeants in charge of guarding in front of the camp gate immediately entered a state of combat readiness, the knife was unsheathed and the bow was wound, and the sergeant captain in charge of the guard stood behind the rejection of the horse, holding a long knife in his hand, and looked at Ye Guan fixedly, and when Ye Guan walked a few steps, he saw clearly that this was a half-hundred old man in a robe, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he didn't think about this person at all, Ye Guan, and immediately said in a loud voice: "Someone stops, move forward, shoot with an arrow crossbow!"
When Ye Guan heard this, he immediately stopped, looked up at the group of sergeants in front of him, nodded slightly in his heart, looking at the appearance of these sergeants, they were well-trained and full of morale, it seemed that the war ahead did not suffer any losses, Ding Jiang also had some means to defend the city, with a smile on his face, he looked at the garrison captain in front of him, and said, "I am Ye Guan." ”
The captain of the garrison was visibly stunned when he heard this, then blinked and looked into the distance as best he could. As the sun set, the light was a little dim, and it was a little far away, and it was impossible to see it really, and it could only be seen that the person in front of him was an old man, and he couldn't see his face clearly.
"The token is here. Ye Guan said, and then took out his City Lord Token in his arms, and threw it far forward, and the token crossed far in the air and fell straight into the arms of this officer. The garrison officer picked up the token and looked at it, his face immediately changed, he was stunned at first, then he was overjoyed, and then immediately ordered the sergeants on the left and right: "Hurry up and open the rejection horse, and General Ye is back." He put the long knife back into its sheath, held the token in both hands, and ran towards Ye Guan.
The surrounding sergeants didn't react for a moment, but when they saw their commander running forward with the token in both hands, he knelt down on one knee in front of the old man, and immediately understood what was happening. The barracks were immediately opened, and all the sergeants were removed from their fighting posture and became respectful and upright on one side.
"The subordinates had no eyes and failed to recognize the Commander-in-Chief, and asked the Commander-in-Chief to atone for their sins. The captain of the garrison knelt down on one knee in front of Ye Guan with the token in both hands, and said in a loud voice.
Ye Guan chuckled, took back the token, stretched out his hand to help the officer up, and said, "It's okay, you did a good job, if you see a suspicious person in wartime, you need to ensure a distance of one stone's throw away." With that, he gently patted the officer's shoulder, stopped talking, took the token back into his arms, and strode in the direction of the barracks.
All the sergeants in charge of the garrison stood respectfully aside, Ye Guan walked by, they didn't squint, but their hearts were excited and excited. Ye Guan's status in the East Wangfu sergeant is incomparable, when he was in the army, Ye Guan was the general with the highest voice, and also the highest achievement, after he retired, there was Liu Yuan and the rest of his life, Ye Guan's reputation in the army was spread with wisdom and resourcefulness. Of course, this is somewhat exaggerated, but Ye Guan is like a god of war in the hearts of many Dongwangfu soldiers, especially recruits.
Ye Guan strode into the barracks, now is not the time to comfort the sergeant, he just came back, to understand the situation of the war as soon as possible. The footsteps were fast, Ye Guan walked to the front of the barracks tent with a familiar car, and all the way over, all the sergeants were stunned when they saw Ye Guan, and then stood solemnly, and their hearts were very excited.
There were two sergeants on duty in front of the big tent, and when they saw Ye Guan coming, they were obviously stunned at first, and then they were overjoyed, and they immediately wanted to give a salute, but they were stopped by Ye Guan's eyes, Ye Guan didn't let anyone report it, and walked straight into the big tent.
At this moment, in the big tent, Kou Long was sitting behind the handsome case, his brows were furrowed, looking at a drawing on the handsome case, he didn't know what he was thinking, and he was not the slightest alert to Ye Guan's arrival. Ye Guan didn't say anything, his body was already light, he walked behind Kou Long in a few steps, and looked at the picture through the candle on the case.
At a glance, this map is a detailed access map near Zhu'an City, I don't know where Kou Long got it, and now it has been painted in many places, Kou Long is looking at this map, frowning.
Ye Guan didn't make a sound, and looked at it in detail, Zhu'an City appeared in the middle of the drawing, and several origins were marked near the city wall, which should be the garrison, and outside the city wall, more ink marks should be where the enemy gathered.
Through the drawings, a simple battlefield division appeared in Ye Guan's mind, judging from the drawings, the current war is not going well, the number of enemy troops is far more than his own, look at the marking, there are definitely more than 50,000 troops. The annotation of the map, there are several places that are more important to mark, and there should be ordinary areas where contention takes place.
The enemy's main direction of attack was another gate of Zhu'an Castle, because Zhu'an Castle was built between two high mountains, there was no passage to the left and right, and there was no way to detour, so the enemy could only attack head-on. Zhu'an City can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, coupled with the strong city walls, it must have been additionally reinforced by Shen Tuyan before. If it weren't for the mysterious person of Tianqing City who suddenly appeared to harvest the life of Zhu'an City, Ye Guan would definitely have to spend a lot of time leading the team to take Zhu'an City.
Now that the enemy army is attacking, it will definitely encounter such a problem.
Ye Guan remained silent, thinking quietly, looking at the drawings in front of him, and analyzing the possible movements of the enemy army.
Shen Tuyan's troops were definitely more familiar with the bad situation near Zhu'an City than the troops of Dongwangfu, and they were also more familiar with the situation in Zhu'an City. Dongwangfu has only occupied Zhu'an City for a few days, and even if he has experience, it is impossible to do everything in such a short period of time. In the face of an enemy army several times larger than oneself, it is no longer appropriate to resist the opponent's attack.
Looking at the situation in front of him, Ye Guan first thought of defending the mountains on the left and right, and later found that the mountains on the left and right were still some distance away from Zhu'an City, even if they occupied the commanding heights of the mountain range, they could not form an effective attack on Zhu'an City, at least it was not feasible in front. Immediately, Ye Guan thought of the back mountain where he had entered Zhu'an City before, where the forests were lush and suitable for raiding, and when he realized that he had also jumped straight onto the head of Zhu'an City through a few adjacent trees.
But after thinking about it, I felt that this matter was unlikely, I jumped on the city in the first place, because I was blessed by the wind and fighting spirit, there was no danger, if it was an ordinary sergeant, I am afraid that there would be no way to climb the towering tree, let alone jump on the city head such a dangerous action.
However, even so, Ding Jiang and Ko Long still defended this aspect, and on the map, in the city walls and cities behind, garrison sergeants were also arranged to prevent the enemy from raiding from the mountains behind.
When Zhu'an City was originally designed, he must have thought of this, and Shen Tuyan was able to build the city wall very close to the giant trees in the mountains behind, that is, he was not afraid of people entering the city from this place. Where is the distance from the city wall more than ten zhang high, plus the height of the mountain range and the height of the trees, it is impossible for ordinary people to climb up, even if it is a monk, go up to the top of the tree to attack the city wall, it is not so easy, just set a trap or arrange an ambush near the city wall close to the mountain range, and come to kill a few.
As for defending against top-down attacks, there is no need to consider this, the woods near Zhu'an Castle are hundreds of years old, and the trees are thick and lush, and it will take a lot of time to cut down these trees, and if you want to transport long-range weapons close to the mountains, and then let the sergeants climb the trunks of the trees to sneak up the city walls, this is simply half the effort.
Ye Guan entered Zhu'an City at that time in a corner of Zhu'an City, which is inconspicuous compared to the entire Zhu'an City wall, and will not arrange too many defenders here, just arrange lookouts from a distance, if you see someone appear to call the police in time, there will be no possibility of being broken through here.
The only way to break through here is with fire.
If Shen Tuyan is really mad, he will take back Zhu'an City and burn the mountain, then Ye Guan really doesn't have a good response plan, the surrounding trees are endless, and the entire Zongqiu Mountain is connected by trees, if Shen Tuyan is fireproof, the fire is likely to be uncontrollable, and finally all the trees in the entire Zongqiu Mountain Range will be ignited. This is a method of burning jade, and until the last moment, I believe that Shen Tuyan will not use such a method.
However, Ye Guan thought for a moment and said softly: "You first send a brigade to cut down all the trees in the mountain range behind you to prevent the enemy from attacking." ”
Suddenly, the words immediately startled Kou Long, and the sound came from behind him, he didn't think about it, grabbed the long knife on the table, and slashed backwards, this is an instinctive action in the battlefield for many years, this action is not considered by the brain at all, it is completely subconscious.
A strong wind struck, Ye Guan just raised his hand slightly, and immediately dragged Kou Long's arm, so that the long knife could not be cut down. As soon as his arm was restrained, Kou Long looked at the person who came, and when he saw Ye Guan, he was shocked, and hurriedly withdrew the long knife, took two steps back, and looked at Ye Guan again, a little disbelieving, and muttered in his mouth: "Ye ...... Commander Ye?"
"What?" Ye Guan stood in place, looking at Kou Long with a calm face, unhappy and carefree.
"The last general, see Commander Ye!" After confirming that the person who came was Ye Guan, Kou Long was overjoyed, and immediately knelt on one knee and saluted Ye Guan.
"Don't be so polite, in wartime. Ye Guan no longer looked at Kou Long, turned his gaze to the map again, and said while looking: "You will tell me in detail about the current situation." ”