Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 181 Ambush
"Observe!" Huicong walked up to the crowd, put his hands together and sang the "Infinite Life Sutra": "All Bodhisattvas, after hearing my name, after the end of life, they will always rest in the Brahma practice until they become Buddhas. The other country..." All the people on both sides, regardless of whether they were from the Tang Dynasty or Baekje, knelt down on the ground, and sincerely prayed that if they were injured by swords and arrows later, they would be blessed by the Bodhisattva and be reborn in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss in the Western Paradise without suffering from the cycle of reincarnation.After Huicong recited the "Infinite Life Sutra" three times and stopped, Wang Wenzuo stood up and said in a deep voice: "We are blessed by the Bodhisattva today, and we will surely defeat the Japanese pirates, and we will win!"

"Wan Sheng!"

The back of the ridge.

There was a faint bird song in the distance, it was a high-pitched and sharp trill, like a cold hand across Yuan Fei's neck.Another bird chirped in response, and then a third, and a fourth.He recognized that it was the song of the Shrike. Although this fierce bird is small in size, its sharp and powerful beak and claws can easily tear the body of the prey. Inserted in the thorn bushes, it seems to be showing off its force and intimidating the opponent.The people of Baekje regard the shrike as a harbinger of war, and believe that where there are shrikes, there will be dead bodies everywhere.

Here they come!Yuan Fei thought to himself.

"Brother, look, it's the signal from joining the army!" Yuan Fei's youngest brother pointed to a flash of light in the distance.

"Well, you reply with a bronze mirror and tell the army that we know!" Yuan Fei stood up: "Old fifth, fourth, and you, you, you! Come with me!" He selected six or seven of the youngest , the most capable young man, and then climbed towards the ridge with as light a movement as possible.

In order to avoid being discovered by Japanese flank guards, Yuan Fei chose to walk through the dense thatch. The sharp edges of the grass blades quickly cut small holes in his face, and sweat and dust seeped in, but he was like a puppet. As if unconscious, he bit the wood in his mouth tightly.There was silence everywhere, and he could hear the voices of the enemy, although they were far away, they were rapidly approaching: the sound of footsteps, clashes of spears, swords and armor, soldiers muttering to themselves, laughing and cursing one after another.

After a while, Yuan Fei climbed the ridge, the voice became louder, he heard more laughter, someone giving orders, a horse snorting.Some man is cursing.Finally he saw the Japanese general... Although it was only for a moment, even though he only looked at the bottom of the valley through the cracks in the forest, he knew very well that it must be that person.Even at such a distance, the burly figure of Monoburen Xiong was still clearly discernible, his bronze armor was dyed gold by the sun, he was not wearing a helmet, and his thick braids fell to his shoulders, like a part of his black cloak. .

Due to the narrow and long valley road, the Japanese army was divided into two parts: the front army and the rear army, with bullock carts in the middle, and the width of the valley road can only allow two bullock carts to run side by side.Yuan Fei hesitated for a while and finally decided to wait a little longer, and wait until the Japanese rear team also entered the valley road before cutting the rope and releasing the falling rock.

Time was like a snail, and finally the last group of Japanese soldiers entered the valley road. Yuan Fei drew out his dagger and shouted to his subordinates: "Quick, go and cut the rope!"

The rock-fall mechanism arranged by the Tang army at the entrance of the valley road may be the oldest defensive facility for human beings. Almost every ancient nation used this weapon in its infancy - erecting wooden rafts on steep hillsides or rock walls, Fix the wooden raft, and then pile a certain number of stones and large logs on the wooden raft. When the enemy passes through the hillside or under the cliff, cut the rope, and use the huge kinetic energy carried by the giant wood and boulders when they roll down from a high place to kill the enemy. , or use a wooden wedge embedded in the gap between the stones to fix the big stone, and then use a crowbar or other tools to make the stone roll down when the enemy passes below, killing the enemy.

(Although this kind of device looks rough, its power is extremely terrifying. The Incas are the masters among them. With their horses and metal armor weapons, the Spaniards frequently achieved brilliant results of hundreds of thousands in wars with the Incas. , but the Spaniards paid a very heavy price when they besieged Cuzco, the capital of the Inca kings in the Andes. According to their records, the most threatening weapons of the Indians to themselves were various rockfall mechanisms.)
In order to ensure that the mechanism will not be crushed by the weight of falling rocks, the ropes used by Tang Jun to fix the wooden rafts are all hemp ropes soaked in oil, and they are also mixed with other fibers such as hair to ensure safety.

But no matter how much care they put into making these ropes back then, Yuan Fei and the others put so much effort into cutting the ropes now.Yuan Fei tried his best, and when his fingers lost feeling, he cut the fourth most important rope that held the raft together. At this moment, he heard some teeth-stinging creaking sound, so he whistled quickly and jumped away with all his strength. .Almost in the next second, the wooden raft broke under the terrifying weight of the stones, and the stones and logs slid down the steep cliff. After two breaths, a terrifying memory came.

"Quick, next one, don't waste time!" Yuan Fei restrained his urge to cheer and shouted loudly. In order to ensure that the retreat of the Japanese was cut off, Wang Wenzuo set up more than fifty rockfall traps on the top of the cliff at the entrance of the valley road. Yuan Fei had to Before the Japanese reacted, it was the key to the success of the whole plan to activate as many agencies as possible.

valley road.

Mobu Lianxiong turned around, and the sound from behind was like thunder, echoing on the cliffs on both sides of the valley road. He looked at the sky, but there was no trace of thunderstorm, and he couldn't help frowning.

"what is the problem?"

Doubt and panic are spreading among the soldiers like a plague. Monobe Renxiong can feel the commotion hidden in the crowd, and he is about to say something to comfort him.
All of a sudden, there was a second loud bang behind him, and then a third, and now no one thought it was thunder.He turned his horse's head and shouted: "Come on, follow me to the rear army to see what happened!"

"Very good, don't move the ropes of the last five organs, wait for my order to cut them!" Yuan Fei shouted out of breath. There was a wound on his face, which was the flying splash when he was rolled by a boulder just now. There are traces left by stones, but no one died, and no arms and legs were lost. This is very lucky, after all, this is war.

In the valley road, Lian Xiong looked at the entrance he just passed, his face was livid, and there were scattered rocks and rolling logs on the ground. Obviously, this was not a natural mountain slide, but a trap carefully set by the enemy. Monobe Conservation said: "Those Baekje people always get together and whisper to each other. If you walk over, they will disperse, as if there is some secret hiding from us!"

(End of this chapter)