Soldiers come to the world

Sanbakou is a mountain depression with a length of more than ten miles, and it is also the only road leading to Guangxin by land. On both sides of the mountain depression are two steep mountains. On the mountain is a vast virgin forest. After many years of walking by merchants and farmers, a flat official road was finally created in this mountain depression.

The col is wide in the south and narrow in the north, and the narrowest pass is only less than 300 feet. The Jiaozhou Army took local materials here and built a wooden village with [-] troops stationed there.

The original intention of Jiaozhou to build a wooden village here was not for defense. If the Han army marched southward, 300 people would not be able to resist it. The fundamental purpose of Jiaozhou's garrison here was to provide food in this area.

This place is under the jurisdiction of Fengyang County in the Han Dynasty, and the essence of Fengyang County lies in these three basins covering an area of ​​10,000+ mu. This is also an important grain-producing area in Linhe County.

The Jiaozhou army did not dare to go north to seize Fengyang County and seize the land of the Han State. They had to use one method to seek benefits. After building a wooden village at Sanbakou, the local farmers were under threat and had to hand over grain taxes to the Jiaozhou army. Jiaozhou seized the interests of Han in a disguised form.

This situation has been going on for three years. Just after the autumn harvest a few months ago, the Jiaozhou army here received a grain tax of tens of thousands of shi, and the grain was stored in the warehouse in Muzhai, and some of it had already been transported to Guangzhou. In Xin County, there are about [-] shi of grain in the wooden village.

The leader of the Jiaozhou Army guarding Sanbakou is a tooth general named Yang Jin, from Cangwu County. He is neither smart nor stupid. , is exactly the class that Liu Bei needs to win over, and Yang Jin also benefited from it. In just three years, he was promoted from an ordinary village head to a general.

Yang Jin had already received a warning sent by Guan Yu, saying that the Han army might go south by land, which made him extremely nervous. Once the Han army goes south by land, it must pass through Sanbakou, but he only has 300 people. Can hold this wooden village.

For several days in a row, Yang Jin couldn't eat or sleep well, and he was extremely anxious. Every day, he hoped that the Han army would not go by land, but would go south by water from Lishui River. Five days had passed since Guan Yu's warning. There was still no movement at the entrance, and there was no sign of the Han army going south, which made Yang Jin think that perhaps it was because the road was blocked by heavy snow that the Han army could not go south.

Thinking of the once-in-a-decade snowfall, Yang Jin let go of his heart a little. Even so, he was still very vigilant and ordered soldiers to patrol and monitor the walls of the village day and night, not daring to be careless.

The time is gradually approaching the fourth watch, which is a low ebb period for the patrolling soldiers at night. After being vigilant in the middle of the night, the patrolling soldiers finally become sleepy, and their vigilance will gradually disappear. At this time, it is precisely the best time to launch a night battle .

Therefore, experienced generals will replace the patrolling soldiers at the third watch, and let the soldiers in good spirits continue to take over the patrolling. Yang Jin obviously has no such experience. He set the time for the soldiers to change guards at dawn, which means patrolling at night Soldiers have to watch all night.

However, although the vigilance of the patrolling soldiers has been relaxed, they are not completely lost. The soldiers are still patrolling back and forth on the wall, but they have become insensitive to some small noises outside.

For example, there is a slight sound of branches breaking from time to time in the woods dozens of steps away. The dead branches on the ground have been trampled and broken. It may be the presence of ferocious beasts, but it may also be dangerous approaching. In any case, the patrol soldiers should pay close attention to it. .

During the second watch, they might have paid attention to them vigilantly, but now, the soldiers were all exhausted, yawning desperately, only thinking about the early morning, and no longer caring about the strange noises outside.

"Is there a bobcat outside?" A soldier finally became a little suspicious when he heard the sound of branches snapping.

"Who knows, maybe it's a lynx! They came out looking for food when they were hungry, but maybe the snow was too heavy and broke the branches, anyway, it can't be some Han army."

"That's right. In such a cold day, the snow won't melt for ten days. The Han army will go south? It's a joke. I think General Yang is a little bit surprised."

While everyone was talking, someone hissed, "Stop talking, he's here!"

Not far away, someone walked up the wall of the village, and all the soldiers dared not speak anymore, only to see the general Yang Jin walking over quickly, "Is there anything wrong?" Yang Jin asked loudly.

"General Qi, there is nothing abnormal."

"You have to be more vigilant, you are not allowed to be lazy and sleep, anyone who dares to be lazy will be executed immediately!"

Yang Jin was reprimanding the patrolling soldiers loudly. Just dozens of steps away, dozens of black shadows were hiding in the woods. Because some soldiers accidentally stepped on a few branches, the Han soldiers behind did not dare to move forward. Only thirty or so soldiers approached Muzhai.

Behind a big tree, Liu Zheng stared at the officer who was lecturing on the wall of the stronghold. There was a trace of doubt in his eyes. He was not sure if this person was the enemy's chief general. If he was the enemy's chief general, they could shoot him with random arrows If this person is not the chief general, they will startle the snake if they act prematurely.

But at this moment, an accident happened. There was a roar of a wild beast above Liu Zheng's head. Liu Zheng looked up suddenly, and a leopard hiding in a tree jumped over his head and threw down a person on the far side. Soldier.

This is a hungry leopard. It was looking for food in the snow, and it had already spotted the man in black who was quietly approaching the wall of the village.

Normally, the leopard would not dare to attack so many humans, but at this time, it was hungry and cold, and threw a Han soldier down from behind desperately.

The sudden change also alarmed the defenders on the wall. Dozens of people leaned on the wall to look out. They saw a leopard pounce on a man in black, and around a dozen men in black were hacking around. Cut the leopard.

Guard Yang Jin suddenly came to his senses and shouted: "It's the enemy army, ring the alarm!"

'when!when!when! The alarm bell on the wall of the village rang, and the defenders yelled loudly. At this time, the leopard that attacked the Han army had been chopped up by the soldiers, leaving behind its prey and the soldiers fled into the dense forest. The fist hit the tree trunk, and the snow on the tree rustled down.

This was the first nighttime sneak attack of the Eagle Strike Army in so many years was discovered, which really made Liu Zheng furious, and he immediately ordered: "Send an order to attack Muzhai!"

At this moment, a general next to him persuaded: "I'm afraid General Ren has not deployed to the position yet, so it's not appropriate to attack the city now!"

Liu Zheng suddenly came to his senses, and immediately ordered: "Retreat!"

The Han soldiers at Taniguchi retreated one after another, and they left Taniguchi in a short while. At this time, all three hundred defenders climbed up the wall and shot arrows into the woods on both sides. It took a long time before they gradually calmed down.

The Eagle Strike Army's usual practice is to attack from front to back, frontal attack, and surprise soldiers to support, and this time was no exception. Lieutenant General Ren Ping led [-] soldiers to detour from the left mountain to the back of the wooden village, preparing to attack the enemy village from behind.

For the Han army, it was easy to capture this wooden village. It only needs to use fire to attack and burn down the walls of the village, but the consequence of the fire attack is that the food stored in the wooden village will also be burned. General Ping led thousands of soldiers south to support, Liu Zheng must consider leaving food for the reinforcements behind.

It was precisely because of this consideration that Liu Zheng and Ren Ping discussed and decided that Ren Ping would be the surprise soldier to first occupy the granary behind the enemy village, while Liu Zhengcai would attack from the front.

Time passed by and the sky was gradually getting brighter. Liu was sitting on a big rock, patiently waiting for news from Ren Ping.

"General!"

A soldier came flying from afar. Liu Zheng recognized him as a follower of Ren Ping. He quickly jumped off the boulder and went up to him, "How is the situation?"

"General Qi, we have arrived at the predetermined location, and General Ren said that we can launch an attack."

Liu Zheng was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Prepare to attack!"

The soldiers of the [-] Eagle Strikers began to quickly form a team. They were arranged in thirty rows of ten, and each of them had a saber and a heavy shield in their hands. The saber can chop the enemy's spear.

Thirty soldiers embraced improvised rams made of century-old giant trees. They lined up at the end of the line. Liu Zheng swung his saber and pointed at Taniguchi two hundred paces away. The long horn whimpered and spread into the valley.

The alarm bells on the wooden village rang loudly again. After tossing around midnight, the soldiers of the Jiaozhou Army who were just about to rest were awakened one after another, and rushed to the wall of the village, watching Taniguchi nervously. Holding a silver gun, he calmed down at this moment. He felt that the enemy army was not many, it seemed that there were only a few hundred people. Maybe they were just patrolling soldiers of the Han army. With these hundreds of soldiers, it was impossible to break through the wall.

"General, here we come!"

A soldier pointed at Taniguchi and shouted, and Yang Jin saw it too. There were dozens of Han soldiers in a row at Taniguchi a hundred steps away, about ten rows, and the number was only three to four hundred. Yang Jin was As a local, he didn't know the details of the Han army, let alone the most elite eagle strike army of the Han army.

"Crossbow ready!"

He shouted, and the three hundred guards raised their crossbows together and aimed at the Han army in the distance. All the Jiaozhou troops were on the wall of the stronghold. They never thought that there would be troops coming from behind. It's reinforcements, how could it be the Han army?Even the main general Yang Jin didn't have this intention.

At this moment, the Han army was getting closer and closer, and within eighty paces, Yang Jin shouted, "Shoot!"

Three hundred military crossbows were fired at the same time, and the dense arrows shot at the Han soldiers at Taniguchi. There was a sound of piercing through the air. But he didn't stop, and continued to slowly move closer to the wall.

"Use a log!"

Yang Jin saw that the first round of arrows had no effect at all, not even a single wounded Han soldier appeared, so his eyes were on fire, and he roared loudly again. The slope from the village wall to the mouth of the valley was [-] degrees, and the arrows had no lethality. Under such circumstances, the Jiaozhou Army finally unleashed their powerful defensive weapons.

Sections of rolling logs fell towards the entrance of the valley. The logs rolled and smashed into the densely packed Han soldiers. The soldiers of the Han army were caught off guard. More than a dozen soldiers were knocked down and fell to the ground. The soldiers behind dodged to both sides. The entrance of the valley suddenly became empty stand up.

Seeing that the rolling log was effective, Yang Jin shouted excitedly, "Give up the bow and arrow, use the rolling log!"

At this time, the Han army assembled again, but they were not in a hurry to charge. They still took their time and approached the enemy's stronghold extremely slowly. Hundreds of defenders raised the rolling logs again.