Chapter 679 Confrontation
The barbarians suddenly changed their tactics
They set up camp in front of the rocky pass, arranged horses to resist horses, cut down wood fences, and equipped with many huge wooden shields.
In this way, the cavalry basically lost its effect, the bow and crossbow were not very useful, and those wooden shells were also very useful.
Look at the posture, this is going to be stationed for a long time, and confront the exterminator army.
"Governor, something is wrong?"
Adjutant General Liu Kai observed for a long time, questioning the behavior of the barbarians with some uncertainty.
"It's not just wrong, it's completely abnormal, there must be a conspiracy here that we can't know about. β
Liu Guozhong showed a slight melancholy.
Barbarians don't know what camping is, they are still primitive ways of attacking, rushing forward in a swarm, this fearless way of life and death, if you meet a weakly equipped opponent, you will definitely be able to break the defense with an impact, although the barbarians will definitely suffer huge losses, but when they have seen barbarians spare their lives, dead people are commonplace for them, and even when they are hungry, they will kill the people around them and eat them.
If they weren't so ferocious, the Central Plains might be able to let them come.
But let it go, it's a disaster.
Unless they are domesticated and eat grain instead.
However, it is difficult, generally speaking, the living habits of an ethnic group cannot be changed in a short period of time.
Barbarians make a living by hunting, of course, those who can eat good prey meat are all high-level tribesmen, and those who hunt and work are extravagant, eat some scraps of meat, and eat three points full, only pick and eat wild fruits and vegetables to supplement.
"Who's behind them?"
Liu Kai couldn't guess, he could only think that it was the Japanese people, but the Japanese people might be able to provide them with guidance such as camp tents, such a regular way of setting up a village, I am afraid that the Japanese people will not teach them.
With the treachery of the Japanese people, how can they teach the barbarians the method of defense?
They also remembered that when the time came, they would annex the barbarian tribes for their own use.
"If you can't think of it, don't think about it, arrange defense, and don't attack until you find out the enemy's situation. β
Thinking so much, how tired he was, Liu Guozhong rubbed his temples and ordered.
The barbarians put on a defensive posture and confronted Liu Guozhong, although they did not attack, but if they continued like this, it was even more exhausting.
You need to be on guard at all times and dare not relax.
Lan Fang was blocked on the road by heavy snow, but fortunately met Han Yu.
Han Yu recommended Miao Kui and his wife, but he didn't want to get a secret matter that might be the biggest loophole in the Ranshi Pass.
The snow stopped and the wind rose.
The wind swept loose snow into the sky.
Three days later, the wind stopped.
"Miao Lao, when can we leave?"
In the past few days, Lan Fang has been anxious, but he is helpless.
"General, now that the wind has stopped, after a night of freezing, the snow will become hard tomorrow morning, and it will be most advantageous to go at that time. β
Miao Kui suggested.
"Won't it snow or wind tomorrow?"
Lan Fang is afraid that if there is a heavy snowfall, or a strong wind that can blow the thin people away, it will be troublesome.
"The general rest assured, although the climate change in the past two years is very large, but with my experience observation, it is conservatively estimated that there will be no heavy snow within half a month, and there may be scattered light snow, but it is not a big problem, as for the windy weather, I promise that the wind will be calm within three days tomorrow, and I dare not guarantee it in the next three days, but according to experience, it should be three days of wind and calm, three days of blowing, and three days of pulling the flag. β
Miao Kui introduced it in detail.
This made Lan Fang and the others calm down.
The three days of strong winds had tormented the sergeants, and most of the tents had been overturned, and some had even been blown away.
The next day was calm.
The army set up camp and, under the leadership of Miao Kui and his wife, spent a day and a half at the foot of the hill they said.
This march also lost the encounter with Han Yu and Miao Kui, otherwise Lan Fang estimated that even if he ran into the stone pass for five days, he would not be able to reach it, and if he didn't get into the trench by mistake, he would definitely lose a lot.
"General, there are so many people who can't go up. β
30,000 people are pressed in the dark, and if it is summer, this hill can be occupied.
"How many people can hold in that cave?"
"I'm afraid it's crowded for a hundred people, but there is an open space on the west side of the cave that can accommodate more than a thousand people. β
Lan Fang had a plan and ordered to be stationed on the spot, he asked himself to follow a hundred guards, Liang Mao stayed behind, and called Han Yu to take Miao Kui to climb the cliff.
Such a small cliff is difficult to resist the Huwei Army, the Huwei Army's combat strength is slightly weaker, but the equipment is not bad.
Using a crossbow to fire an iron hook gun with a rope, the hook gun was nailed deep into the cliff wall, and the four barbed hooks were stuck in the rock.
The captain of the guard stepped forward and pulled the rope vigorously, but did not loosen it, and beckoned a thin and withered man, who carried the rope on his back like a monkey, and quickly climbed up.
Because this cliff is still some distance away from the cave that Miao Kui said, that is to say, the top of this cliff is not the highest point of this small peak, and there is a buffer area on the cliff.
So the hook gun was still some distance from the top of the cliff, but it was not difficult for the guard, he grabbed the handle of the gun, turned over and jumped on it, and took a rope, which had a flying claw on its head, and saw that there was a tree on it, and with a shake of his hand, the flying claw was wrapped around the trunk with the rope, and he pulled the rope, and felt that it was very strong, and then it was much simpler.
If it is a person with a high level of cultivation, this cliff will not be able to stop them, but a person with such a cultivation will not appear in the army, and even if he is not allowed to put down his body to do such an errand.
Put down a rope, and the person below will go up with the rope on his back, and repeat it, and then a dozen ropes will be tied in a moment.
Lan Fang and Han Yu took Miao Kui to climb the cliff, and a hundred guards followed.
The buffer slope on the cliff is not large, and it is not spacious, and the hundred and ten people are a little crowded when they come up, and when they look to the west, there is indeed a big depression there.
"General, stand on the westernmost edge and see the corner of the Stone Pass. β
Miao Kui said to Lan Fang.
"Okay, Miao Lao, you and Han Senjun Lan Kai will go to find the entrance of the cave first, and I'll go over there and take a look. β
After giving the order, Lan Fang took a few guards and walked towards the depression, this depression is not so easy to walk, almost a person deep in snow, fortunately, Lan Fang and a few people have cultivated well, this snow also has a hard cover, be careful not to fall.
When I came to the west, it was also very steep, looking down, it was all bare weathered stones, and from time to time there were gravel rolling down, and Lan Fang understood the reason why Miao Kui didn't choose to come up here.
Looking to the northwest, the visual distance is only three or four miles, and you can see the corner of the rocky pass.
"Doesn't it seem like there was a fight?"
It seems that the Ranshi Pass is very calm, and there is no sound of fighting.
In this way, Lan Fang does not need to be in a hurry.
When he returned, Miao Kui had already found the entrance to the cave that had been hidden by rocksγγγγγ