Chapter 52: Blood in the Valley on a Cold Autumn Night (Part II)
"The thieves are attacking! Quick, call the general!" As soon as Zhang Fan came to the pass, he heard a roar. When he raised his eyes, he saw that there were thick corpses piled up on the riverside outside the pass, some people actually jumped into the icy river water and tried to swim through, and some people jumped up on horseback, trying to take the opportunity to jump up the pass. All the soldiers fired crossbow arrows at the Rong army, and one by one the armor soldiers jumped into the air and were shot down by the crossbow arrows.
Zhang Fan could see at a glance that the cultivation of these Rong troops was not high, and they were not Rong army brigades at all, but cavalry like the guards he had just killed. But he didn't dare to relax, and immediately ordered the people behind him: "You go down quickly, close the front door, prevent the remnants of the Rong army from sneaking up from the front, and open the gate." When the soldiers heard this, they divided into parts.
Zhang Fan came to the pass and shouted: "Don't call the Rong thieves up!" All the soldiers became excited when they heard this, and they howled one by one to shoot deadly long crossbows at the Rong soldiers who wanted to fly over the pass, and the Rong soldiers and soldiers were sprinkled like raindrops.
However, there were many Rong soldiers and too few soldiers, and there were still some Rong soldiers rushing to the pass. Zhang Fan and the soldiers behind him could not let them go, and they all attacked and killed with swords. Zhang Fan kept wandering on the wall that was only a few zhang wide, constantly waving the black sword in his hand, left or right, front or back, helping everyone kill those soldiers who were lucky enough to jump up to the gate.
As time passed, the walls of the pass were covered with the corpses of the Rong soldiers, and the Rong troops outside the pass gradually decreased and died. A strong smell of blood permeated the mountains and fields, and blood flowed into the silently flowing Crescent River, and a long blood belt flowed from northwest to southeast along the Youyue River Valley into the distance.
After a while. The corpses of the Rong army were piled up outside the pass, and some of the Rong soldiers who were lucky enough not to die had already fled on horseback. Zhang Fan led everyone to capture the Youyue Pass and defend the Youyue Pass.
Then. A group of black-clothed soldiers who smelled of blood came to the gate. Zhang Fan glanced at everyone, and saw that most of the people who came were missing, and hurriedly asked: "Why are you only so few people, what about the others?" Daniel Zhang and Zhao Meng, who were the leaders, stepped forward and said, "General, not many people from the northern squad have returned, and it is estimated that they have been scattered by the Rong army." Some of the men and horses of the southern team went to meet the army, and they have not yet returned. We are in the middle of the battle. Dozens of people have also been killed and wounded, and they are now being treated in Guanzhong. Zhang Fan asked, "How many people are left?" Daniel Zhang said, "General, there are still nearly three hundred people in Guanzhong." If everyone returned, there should be about 400 people. Zhang Fan took a deep breath when he heard this.
Zhao Meng said: "General, don't worry, we can kill nearly 5,000 people of the Rong army with 500 people and capture the Youyue Pass." The losses are not significant. It's already a great victory. Zhang Fan nodded and sighed: "But these people are the most elite soldiers in the tens of thousands of troops. Without these brave supports, those armies would be just a bunch of mediocre troops. Everyone nodded in unison.
Zhang Fan looked at everyone and asked, "Haven't Gao Wolf and Qin Tai arrived yet?" Daniel Zhang said, "General, our people went to greet them at the beginning of the battle, and they should have arrived by now, right?" Zhang Fan sighed and said, "That's it, since the Nether Moon Pass has been taken by us." Hurry up and send someone to clean up the corpse behind the gate. The corpses of the enemy were taken from the usable materials and pits dug and hidden overnight. The corpses of our troops were found in good coffins. Burial well. In addition, if there are any survivors of the enemy, we cannot kill them, but take them prisoner and do our best to develop them into our people. After all, every pawn who has been baptized by war is a rare warrior. Daniel Zhang said, "Yes, General." Immediately everyone left, and Zhang Fan returned to the closed small bunker to meditate silently to recover the internal breath consumed by the qi.
Time passed little by little, and Zhang Fan's internal breath also recovered. At this time, the sound of horses' hooves came from behind the pass.
After a while, Gao Wolf and Qin Tai came to camp behind the pass. Zhang Fan also changed into blood-stained robes, came to the camp, ignored the soldiers who were cleaning up the battlefield, and went straight to the military tent where Gao Wolf and Qin Tai were.
At this time, the two were talking about something in the big tent, and when they saw Zhang Fan coming in, they all stepped forward and saluted: "General Zhang!" Zhang Fan glanced at the two of them, came to the side and walked down, and asked lightly: "Can the two generals clean up the Rong army near the river valley in the southeast section of Youyue Pass?" Gao Wolf looked guilty and said: "General Zhang, forgive me, as soon as we got your summons, we immediately set off from the valley mouth, but on the way, we were attacked by Dao barbarian beasts, and we were intercepted by Rong army spies. General Qin and I led our troops to chase and kill the remnants of the Rong army and the brute beasts all the way, but we didn't find them, but we fell for their plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and ran in the mountains and wilderness for most of the night in vain. Zhang Fan saw that the expressions on the faces of the two did not seem to be fake, and said with a smile: "Now Youyue Pass is owned by our army, but the corpses of the Rong army outside the pass have not been cleaned up. The Rong army has excellent armor and is a rare strategic material. Although the horse is dead, it can also be used as a ration for soldiers, and it will be troublesome for the two generals. Qin Tai and Gao Wolf smiled: "It should be." Then the two of them looked at each other, their faces showed joy, and they said, "Let's send someone to clean up." With that, the two of them went out.
After a while, the sound of horses' hooves came slowly again from the south. Zhang Fan led all the armor soldiers to greet him. It turned out that Gao Yu led the army to come.
Previously, the defense force of Youyue Pass was weak, and it was occupied by five hundred elite soldiers led by Zhang Fan. Later, although Zhang Fan blocked the attack of the remnants of the Rong army, he could not really resist the Rong army brigade to break through. Gao Yu sent a brigade to take over Youyue Pass in order to hold the results.
In the middle of the Youyue Pass, in a large hall, Zhang Fan, Gao Yu and all the soldiers sat quietly. Gao Yu said with a smile: "Our army was able to capture the Youyue Pass tonight, and General Zhang contributed a lot." Qin Tai and Gao Wolf assisted General Zhang in killing the enemy and breaking through the barrier, and made outstanding achievements. At the same time, all the soldiers cooperated closely in this breakthrough, and they also had merit. This handsome should play the Ming Sheng, showing the merits of all the people. When everyone heard this, they said, "Xie Dashuai!"
Gao Yu said again: "Youyue Pass is occupied by our army, and the victory of this battle against Rong has been decided. However, the Rong army has been operating in the North Shore Mountain for many years, and tonight the remnants of the Rong army have fled into the North Shore Mountain, so we should send troops to continue to encircle and suppress the remnants of the Rong army, and at the same time monitor the Rong army to prevent them from sending secret agents to invade our army station. Which of you would like to go?"
When everyone heard this, they were silent, and they all shook their heads when they looked at each other. Kong Li said: "Dashuai, the mountains and forests on the north bank are extinguished." Stretching for dozens of miles, there are many brute beasts and poisonous insects. We can't send a big army there. Instead, clever soldiers should be sent as spies to deploy defenses to prevent the Rong army from invading south. Gao Yu said with a smile: "Yes, although we occupy a geographical advantage, we have not eliminated the main force of the Rong army, and we will have an endless battle in the next period of time." Therefore, it was inevitable to establish a defensive line at the North Shore Mountains. Everyone nodded in unison.
Gao Yu glanced at everyone, saw Zhang Fan's expressionless face, and his heart moved. said with a smile: "General Zhang's medical skills are superb, and he is good at leading a small number of soldiers to fight. This time, you led 500 soldiers to take the Heavenly Danger - Youyue Pass. Ben Shuai will give you another 4,000 foot soldiers. Combine your 1,000 miscellaneous army and 500 elite soldiers, a total of 5,500 men, to form the Wolf's Tooth Army, and order you to establish a line of defense in the mountains on the north shore from tomorrow. Hunt down the Rong army spies. Zhang Fan said lightly: "Yes." Great!"
Gao Yu looked at Gao Wolf and Qin Tai, and said: "Gao Wolf and Qin Tai have assisted General Zhang to break the enemy, from tomorrow, you will each lead 5,000 elite soldiers to set up ambushes on both sides of the Youyue River Valley in the north of Youyue Pass to block the incoming Rong army." The two of them were overjoyed and said, "Yes, Dashuai!" Gao Yu looked at Kaohsiung, Gao Bao and Kong Li. said lightly: "Kaohsiung, Gao Bao and Kong Li, the three of you will assist Ben Shuai in defending Youyue Pass." Build fortresses. The three of them said in unison: "Yes, Dashuai!" Then Gao Yu said: "Okay, that's it, you guys go down." The Rong army may attack tomorrow, and we still have a big battle to fight. Then they departed.
Zhang Fan left Youyue Pass without hesitation, and rode back to his station in Nan'an Mountain.
At the same time, at the foot of the North Shore Mountain, in a large tent, there was a fierce argument.
The Immortal Emperor and the Prince of Light Smoke sat high in the middle hall of the big tent, and the soldiers in front of them sat quietly.
The Immortal Emperor's face was quite unsightly at this time, he stared at the people in front of him, and shouted: "Tell me! Why was Youyue Pass suddenly attacked!" Hu Buwei hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this battle has long been expected by us......" The Immortal Emperor's face became even darker, and he said leisurely: "Don't you want your heads!"
Hu Buwei said in fear: "Your Majesty is angry, our Rong army is not good at guarding the pass, and the canyon area is the grave of the cavalry." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the last general received a summons from the spies, so we withdrew the main force of the army from the Yueyue Pass, leaving only 3,000 inferior soldiers to defend the Yueyue Pass. The loss of Youyue Pass is really a plan for our army to lure the enemy. Prince Qingyan also said: "What General Hu said is right! Although we have lost 3,000 soldiers this time, we have succeeded in blinding the enemy and hiding the spies even deeper. Wait until late tomorrow night, our army will be able to drive straight in, annihilate the Qi army, capture and kill the high thieves, take the Youyue Pass, the Youyue Lake and the Crescent Moon Pass in one fell swoop, and finally attack the territory of the Qi Kingdom!"
Hearing this, the Immortal Emperor's face suddenly turned red, and he stretched out his trembling hand and pointed, "You are just playing with my soldiers! You are so cruel! You ......" and spewed out a mouthful of blood as he spoke.
"Your Majesty!" all the generals said in unison. The Immortal Emperor roared, "Go out, if I can't see Gao Yu'er's head tomorrow, you can send your own head." Everyone said in unison: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the ministers will annihilate the Qi army in one fell swoop and capture Gao Yu!" The Immortal Emperor's face was a little pale, and he said in a low voice: "Go out, I don't want to listen to nonsense." Everyone had no choice but to leave.
The big tent fell silent, leaving only the Immortal Emperor and the Prince of Light Smoke looking at each other silently. The pale color on the Immortal Emperor's face had long since disappeared, and instead showed a faint flush. He looked at the immature Prince Qingyan in front of him, and said lightly: "Okay, I will see if you can independently control the generals this time, destroy the Qi army, kill Gao Yu'er for me, and avenge the killing of the 30,000 elite horsemen for me." If you are incompetent, you shall be at ease and do what I say, and shall not go against my will. Prince Qingyan said lightly: "You can rest assured! Since the Xuanyuan people are willing to participate in the war." Tomorrow, the lonely king will use Liu San as bait to drag Zhang Fan. At night, Hu Buwei, Xuanyuan and Ma Lao, the three peak masters attacked and killed the high-level of the Qi army, and you led the main force of the army to break the Qi army, and the Crescent Plain will be another horse ranch in my Darong. The Immortal Emperor smiled and said, "Okay, if you can win this battle, I will be in you......!"
Prince Qingyan looked at his father who had a successful conspiracy on his face, and said lightly: "You were injured again just now, so let's rest first." I have to go. With that, he left. The Immortal Emperor smiled and said: "As long as you kill that kid from Gao Yu, the Qi Kingdom will be my Darong world sooner or later, haha......" Saying that, his face was slightly white, and then he beckoned to the maid, and he left the big tent with the help of the maid. (To be continued......)