Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 250 The Weakness of Yongzhou

Xu Zhiqiong set up the magic circle under the Shuangxiong Pass. He is not Tao Huayuan, and he is not as exquisite as Tao Huayuan. Coupled with the flying rocks, Xu Zhiqiong couldn't stand still, and it took nearly a meal to set up a magic circle. time.

Yu Shan could see clearly from the top of the city, he saw Xu Zhiqiong and the prince, he wanted to rescue these two people.

It is impossible to open the city gate. The only feasible way is to throw the rope, but the danger of climbing the rope is too great. If you encounter a rock halfway through the climb, there is nowhere to hide.

Fortunately, Xu Zhiqiong finally completed the magic circle, and took the prince through to the south of Shuangxiong Pass.

The two sat on the ground panting for a while, Xu Zhiqiong asked: "Your Highness, why are you here?"

"You're asking this, it's a war, can I not come?"

The prince led an army of [-] and was about to go to Luzhou. Onmyoji sent news that the battle at Shuangxiong Pass had begun.

The prince immediately handed over the army to Ji Qi and Chen Beixuan, and followed the Onmyoji to Shuangxiong Pass.

The battle at Shuangxiongguan was a matter of life and death. The prince had to be there in person, but unexpectedly, the onmyoji who sent him here had never been on a battlefield. orientation.

It doesn't matter if he can't control it, he used a move to exchange his life, he wanted to send himself to the north of Shuangxiong pass, to ensure that the prince can fall to the south of Shuangxiong pass, this is somewhat similar to the principle of recoil.

He knew that this trip would be a disaster, and before leaving, he said to the prince: "Your Highness, please convey to Master for me that this disciple is loyal to Yin Yang Division and Da Xuan."

The Onmyoji said a tragic farewell, but the actual situation was like this. At the critical moment, the Onmyoji panicked again. After landing, he arrived at a safe area south of Shuangxiong Pass, and the prince was sent to the north of Shuangxiong Pass, in the middle of the battlefield.

Fortunately, the crown prince was fateful, so he met Xu Zhiqiong who also failed to control the landing.

The prince wiped off the sweat from his forehead and said, "Why don't you bring the lady with you? Your formation is too slow."

"Yeah, the magic circle is slow!" Even Xu Zhiqiong himself felt slow, "But why didn't the enemy charge up? Since we saw His Highness the Crown Prince, shouldn't they charge over?"

The prince said: "Maybe you didn't recognize me!"

Xu Zhiqiong looked at the prince, the python robe the prince was wearing.

How could such eye-catching clothing not be recognized?

If Tu Nu had charged forward, there was a high probability that he would be able to capture the prince alive.

Once the prince is captured alive, the morale of Shuangxiongguan will be severely damaged, and the entire battle situation may be overturned.

But why didn't they charge?

Anyway, if they want to attack the city, what are they worrying about?
The fierce battle in front of the pass was still going on, the two sides fired at each other with catapults, Chu Xin stood silent at the top of the wall, and the battle was basically handed over to Yu Shan's command.

The number of Tunu catapults was several times that of Daxuan. During the shooting period, Daxuan was obviously at a disadvantage.

Yu Shan was also calm, he used the catapult to fight back and set up the bed crossbow at the same time.

The bed crossbow is a unique weapon of Daxuan. The crossbow, which is thicker than a spear, can directly hit the enemy camp. The only weakness is that it takes too long to twist the string.

Yu Shan's timing is good, and he can always shoot when the enemy is loading stones. The soldiers used Wangshan to fully aim (Wangshan, the aiming equipment of the crossbow), and successively destroyed more than a dozen of the enemy's trebuchets with bed crossbows. .

Bai Zihe couldn't help admiring, peeking at Chu Xin from time to time, also wanting to win a few words of appreciation from his elder brother.

But Chu Xin remained silent, as if his mind was not on the battlefield.

Fighting from noon to dusk, Tu Nu's offensive ceased and he withdrew.

Now that the enemy has retreated, the battle is considered a victory.

Is this the end of the much-anticipated battle of the Shuangxiong Pass?
The head of the city cheered, and the prince announced a banquet to celebrate the victory.

At the celebration banquet, Chu Xin drank a few glasses with the prince, and was very pleased to learn that the prince had raised a total of [-] troops and the army had arrived in Luzhou.

Qiao Shungang said: "According to what General Cheqi said earlier, with an army of [-], he can severely injure Tunu and prevent him from invading Daxuan within ten years!"

Meng Shizhen laughed and said, "If this battle is as easy as it is today, we might as well go to Tunu's lair and destroy his bird kingdom!"

Chu Xin laughed and drank, but didn't speak much.

Bai Zihe kept looking at his brother, waiting for him to ask Yu Shan for credit, but Chu Xin was still absent-minded.

Yu Shan drank two glasses of wine and remained silent, while Bai Zihe looked distressed and comforted in a low voice: "Don't worry, brother will never forget your contribution, and neither will Your Highness."

Yu Shan smiled and said, "You underestimated me, so what's the point of taking credit for this? I just thought it was a strange battle. Tunu's flying stones hit so fiercely, why didn't they charge even once?"

Bai Zihe said: "Flying stones can't take advantage of it, if you charge again, wouldn't it be a waste of your life?"

"I didn't take advantage of it, but I didn't suffer much. The enemy's catapults were several times more than our army's. At one time, the city was breathless. If there was a decisive battle, there were many people who charged to attack the city. Great opportunity."

Yu Shan knew the art of war very well, after what he said, Bai Zihe also felt strange: "Since you don't want to fight a decisive battle, why do you have to make such a big show?"

People who know military affairs are puzzled by today's battle, and the prince also felt that Tu Nu's behavior was very strange, but he was worried that he would discourage the soldiers, so he didn't say it directly.

During the banquet, Xu Zhiqiong walked behind the prince and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, I will go to the enemy camp."

"How crazy! That is the camp of a hundred thousand troops."

"I'll take an onmyoji with me."

"Your wife doesn't seem to be closing the door."

"Han Chen's magic circle is also quite exquisite."

Xu Zhiqiong approached Han Chen, and Han Chen immediately agreed, Tong Qingqiu said: "I have paper figurines, and I'm better at investigating things than you."

The three followed the rope and came quietly outside the pass. Han Chen set up a magic circle and sent the three to the enemy camp.

Xu Zhiqiong was quick and killed three patrolling soldiers. The three changed into Tunu military uniforms and sneaked into the enemy camp.

Today's defeat, it seems that Tunu is a little depressed, the enemy camp is a little deserted, the three of them are pretending to patrol, and when they walked in the enemy camp for a long time, they only saw a few sporadic sergeants.

Xu Zhiqiong counted the stove pit all the way, the more he counted, the more he felt puzzled.

After walking half of the enemy camp, Xu Zhiqiong only saw a hundred or so stove pits.

One stove pit can provide food for twenty or thirty people, and counting up to thirty people, a hundred or so stove pits can feed three thousand people.

How many stove pits can there be in the remaining half of the camp?

Even if there are [-] more, it can support up to [-] people.

Three thousand plus six thousand, this is less than ten thousand.

What did the rest of the enemy army eat?
After losing the battle, don't you even eat food?
While thinking about it, a Tunu officer came over on a horse, and spoke Tunu language to Xu Zhiqiong.

The three of them didn't understand Tunu language, so Han Chen raised his eyebrows, took out three silver needles, and shot them into Tunu's throat.

Officer Tunu fell to the ground without a sound. He didn't move, but the horse was frightened and neighed loudly.

Hearing the sound, several Tunu soldiers were walking towards this side. Xu Zhiqiong didn't have time to clean up the corpses, so he led them into a military tent in a hurry.

This is a big tent, and it is reasonable to say that it can sleep forty or fifty people. Unexpectedly, there is only one person in the tent, snoring like thunder, and sleeping soundly.

There was a commotion outside the camp, and the Tunu found the officer's body.

The three left in a hurry, trying to change to a crowded tent, trying to get away.

When they entered the next military tent, there was no one there.

Change another military tent, and there are two people in it.

Another one, no one in the tent!
After walking through more than a dozen military tents in a row, they met less than twenty Tunu soldiers in total.

Where are all the soldiers?

Han Chen set up a magic circle, and led Xu Zhiqiong and Tong Qingqiu to quickly walk between the tents. When they reached the end of the enemy camp, the three of them saw a group of carriages.

There were three or four hundred carriages, and Tunu soldiers marched into the carriages.

Where are they going?
Tong Qingqiu pulled out a one-inch-tall paper figurine from his bosom, and the paper figurine moved with the wind, floated under the car, and stuck firmly to the bottom of the car.

Tong Qingqiu nodded to Han Chen, and Han Chen quickly set up the magic circle, and brought the two of them back to the vicinity of Shuangxiong Pass.

After entering Shuangxiong Pass and meeting the crown prince and Chu Xin, Xu Zhiqiong said directly: "Your Highness, General Chariots, there is an empty camp outside the pass, and there are no more than [-] soldiers and horses in the camp!"

Chu Xin was shocked: "Where did the enemy go?"

Tong Qingqiu twirled his beard and calculated silently.

After a while, Tong Qingqiu raised his head and said, "They have gone west."

"Yangjiaoguan!" Chu Xin's eyes were bloodshot.

He underestimated the enemy, he didn't expect that Tu Nu could really catch his weakness.

For several days in a row, Tunu continued to transport horses and horses, seemingly transporting food, grass and military equipment, but actually transporting troops to Yangjiaoguan!
Yu Shan found something was wrong early on, but unfortunately he couldn't find out the reason!

Tu Nu is aggressive outside the Shuangxiong Pass, and seems to be going to a decisive battle here.

In fact, this is all a cover-up, including today's battle is just a feint.

Chu Xin focused all his attention on the Shuangxiong Pass, but in fact, outside the Shuangxiong Pass, there were not many Tunu troops left, and even seeing the prince, he did not dare to charge.

Their goal is Yangjiaoguan!
Yangjiaoguan is the weakness of Yongzhou!
The prince thought for a while and was a little puzzled: "Yangjiao Pass is also a dangerous pass, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Besides, the road before the pass is rugged. Among the three dangerous passes, it is the most unsuitable pass for a large-scale attack. How did Tu Nu go there?"

Chu Xin said in a low voice: "There is an injury at Yangjiao Pass, there is a fatal injury on the city wall!"

Han Chen said in amazement: "The city wall is damaged, why not repair it sooner?"

Chu Dao said, "If it is repaired, Tu Nu will know about it!"

Xu Zhiqiong gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that Tu Nu already knew about it."

(End of this chapter)