Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 229: Gorge Mountain Blocking Battle

Gorge Mountain.

It is located three hundred miles outside the southwest pass of Jingguo, with huge mountains and winding roads. Five hundred miles back through the gorge, you can see Tongzhou of Qianguo.

And these [-] miles are all open plains. It can be said that the gorge mountain is a natural barrier for Qian Country.

Therefore, the Qianguo army attaches great importance to the movements around Xiashan, and Tongzhou is also a war-prepared state among the five states of Qianguo.

On weekdays, there are [-] troops stationed there.

Commander-in-chief Zhang Zhengtong, the herdsman of Tongzhou, could only raise about 30 troops and horses in the entire Qian Kingdom gathered in the five states.

Compared with Zhou and Qi, this number of troops and horses is really too few.

But fighting a war does not rely solely on large numbers of people.

Ye Hongxue led Jingguo's [-] elites to attack quickly and arrived at Xiashan first.

In addition to the 3000 elites, there are [-] people.

These 3000 people are different from the well-equipped [-] troops. They all wear cloth armor and carry double iron swords on their waists. Their belts are special, with fifteen vacancies sewn in, and each vacancy has a A small, hard poison dart.

In addition, they placed two short knives on the outside of their legs, and carried a thirty-pound saber behind their backs.

The saber can be disassembled, and there are three iron rods in the knife holder that are combined and are up to one meter long.

If you are surrounded by cavalry, you can form a long sword and horse-cutting phalanx to defend against the enemy.

If you are fighting in close combat, there is no need to assemble it.

It can be said that these three thousand are covered with weapons.

The troops armed to the teeth are the famous trappers of Jingguo.

Jingguo's soldiers quickly had the reputation of being able to stop ten with one. In hand-to-hand combat with the same number of people, no army among the four countries could be their opponent.

Because they are all composed of Jingguo warriors.

Ordinary martial arts warriors, unless they are third-grade or fourth-grade masters like Ye Hongxue and Xiao Linglong, who can be called the hegemons of one party in the martial arts world, can they possibly be able to single-handedly advance from seven to seven among thousands of armies. out.

Otherwise, ordinary warriors would never survive when encountering an army.

Because soldiers are different from warriors. They train every day and learn how to kill people and kill people faster.

In terms of individual combat power, the martial artist is definitely more powerful, but it changes when there are more people.

The military formation encirclement, riding and riding, combined with various military tactics, once used, can chop the martial artist into pulp in an instant.

The trappers are a group of warriors who have been trained in this way. This alone is enough to show the strength of the trappers.

There was once a cavalry general from the Zhou State who saw the performance of Jing State's trapped soldiers after the battlefield and said.

"The warriors of Jing State can not only fight against ten infantrymen, but they can also block the cavalry of Zhou State with one man!"

You must know that the combat effectiveness of cavalry is not comparable to that of infantry, not to mention that the person who said this was a general of Zhou who was recognized as unparalleled in cavalry combat.

The minimum requirement to be able to join the trapping warriors is a sixth-grade warrior, and the captain of a thousand must be a middle-level fifth-grade warrior.

As for the commander-in-chief of Jingguo's [-] soldiers, it was none other than Ye Hongxue.

Among the countless masters in the Jing Kingdom, except for Emperor Jing Wu Rulong, she is the invincible person in the world!

The 3000 people were basically Ye Hongxue's subordinates when he was a general.

When they arrived at Xia Shan, Ye Hongxue didn't even need to give orders, they just collected rolling stones and thunderwood to prepare to block the Zhou Qi coalition forces.

"Sun Fang and Dai Yan, you two each lead your troops to retreat to the rear."

"Zhang Chen and Li Mi will guard the mountain roads on both sides. If the enemy comes, let them go and ambush them in the middle section."

"The last general takes orders."

The four generals who were called quickly took their people to prepare.

Looking at the mountain road ahead, it can roughly accommodate a carriage.

Ye Hongxue was worried.As a general, she knew that her 5 to 3000 men alone could not stop Zhou Qi's army.

Especially since her skills have not yet recovered, she can only try her best to buy more time for Qian Guo.

after one day.

Zhou Qi's army finally arrived at the outskirts of Xia Mountain.

The first to arrive were Li Jingyuan, the pioneer general of the Zhou Kingdom, and Guan Chang, the pioneer general of the Qi Kingdom.

Looking at the lush mountain forest ahead, Li Jingyuan clasped his hands together and looked at Guan Chang next to him: "General Guan, there is Xia Mountain ahead. Qian Guo may have received the news and made arrangements, so you and I must be careful."

"What General Li said is, come, explore and clear the way ahead."

Guan Chang ordered a dozen Qi scouts and a small group of about a hundred Qi troops to take the lead.

About half an hour later, the scout reported back.

"Tell the two generals that there is nothing abnormal on the mountain road ahead."

"Go on."

Guan Chang said calmly, then looked at Li Jingyuan: "General Li, I will lead the way with my Qi army, and your army will be behind?"

Li Jingyuan did not refuse. Of his [-] vanguard troops and [-] cavalry, they were indeed not suitable to clear the way ahead.

The army set off and walked along the mountain road. Guan Chang's eyes looked at the mountains and forests on the left and right from time to time.

Suddenly a whistle sounded, and Guan Chang suddenly realized something was wrong and immediately shouted: "Sword and shield soldiers defend the enemy!"

The next moment, countless people appeared from the forest. People on the hillside pushed rocks weighing dozens or even hundreds of kilograms and smashed them down.

Seeing this, the sword and shield soldiers who opened the way for the Qi army raised their wooden shields to form a barrier.

But this can only be in vain, because the impact of rolling rocks and crossbars rushing down the hillside, especially the wooden shields in their hands, can't be blocked.

The shield was shattered and people died in an instant!

At the same time, a sharp arrow shot through the sky towards Guan Chang with lightning speed!

Guan Chang felt a chill in his heart, and felt like his back was being stared at by a hungry tiger.

As a vanguard general, he naturally had a few brushes, and he blocked the incoming sharp arrow with a spear in his hand.

But he was shocked and his hands went numb.

"What a terrifying strong bow!"

The one who can draw such a strong bow must be the empress Xiao Linglong setting an ambush in front!
On the top of the mountain in the distance, Ye Hongxue held an iron bow, drew three arrows with his backhand and stepped on the mountain rocks. He opened the bow with a big arrow and looked heroic.

The long wind stirs up the green hair, and at the moment when the phoenix rises, three arrows shoot out at the same time!Chasing souls and taking lives!

"This is!"

Just when Guan Changcai escaped from death, he saw three more arrows coming through the air. He was immediately frightened and tried his best to knock off one of the arrows with his spear.

The same powerful impact made his hands numb and he was about to let go of the spear. How could he block the remaining two arrows?
At the critical moment, a big knife split an arrow for him, but the third arrow hit Guan Chang's breastplate solidly.

A mouthful of blood spurted out from Guan Chang's mouth, and he fell off his horse.

When Li Jingyuan saw this, he immediately shouted: "The whole army retreats!"

After saying that, he bent down and picked up the injured Guan Chang with one arm and ran back as fast as possible.

Because the Zhou cavalry was at the rear, they retreated very quickly.

Qi's army lost hundreds of people before they saw anyone.

mountain top.

Ye Hongxue looked at the iron bow in his hand with a cold face and sighed softly. If the arrowhead was made of steel refined by Zhao Kang, it might be possible.

(End of this chapter)