Horse on the World

Chapter 698 Taking the Body as Bait
Guan Xinglong frowned at Yaqueling Military Village, and made another mark on the map with a pen. As of today, three Luoyang troops are approaching, and each of the three troops from Xingzhou has more There are more than [-] troops, and its military strength is already three times or even more than that of the Hengdao Division currently stationed at Yaqueling and Xiaoaihe's defense lines, because Li Feng's cavalry battalion itself is used as a mobile force, and it also serves as a military force. It is impossible for the task of protecting the smooth flow of the back road to be put into the frontal battlefield for a while.
"Report to General Guan, General Li Feng of the Yizhou Cavalry Battalion, please see me." A Chinese army guard walked in quickly and reported to Guan Xinglong.

"Li Feng, why are you here at this time, is something wrong?" Guan Xinglong was surprised.
Just when he raised his head, Li Feng walked in with big strides, and there were several people behind him.Big hooded cloaks covered the faces of several of them.
"General Li Feng?" Guan Xinglong called out just now, and suddenly felt that the figures behind Li Feng were so familiar, he couldn't help being stunned, this is impossible?In the midst of surprise and doubt, Li Feng, the leader behind him, suddenly lifted the big brim of his hat, and said with a smile, "I'm just saying, how can I hide it from my General Guan? No, let him find out at the first glance!" "

Guan Xinglong was surprised and delighted, took a step forward, and paid respects: "Master, you, why are you here at this time?"

Pulling down the cloak, Li Qing smiled and said: "Why? You are not welcome, afraid that I will come to you and make you tied up and not easy to command?"

Guan Xinglong smiled and said: "Where will it be? My lord's coming here makes me overjoyed, Guan Xinglong. Now, I don't have to worry about it. The lord is here to plan a strategy, and Guan will charge forward. No matter how many soldiers from Qinzhou come, he will be there." No return."

"Don't think about the beautiful things!" Li Qing smiled and said, "This time I came here with only a pair of eyes, and I don't know how to do anything. You are still in charge here."

Guan Xinglong blinked his eyes, he didn't understand Li Qing's meaning.
"I only brought Li Wen and Li Wu Iron Leopard, and no one else. Don't expect me to bring you soldiers and horses!" Li Qing laughed.
Guan Xinglong was startled, "My lord, are you here alone? How can this be possible? How could the general allow it? I am here on the front line, and the enemy is several times as many as mine. This battle is extremely dangerous, and Guan has a great power." I don't even dare to let the lord stay here, so please retreat to the Xiaoai River and watch the battle!"

Guan Xinglong said extremely resolutely, there was no room for maneuver in his tone.
Li Qing smiled, although Guan Xinglong's tone was quite rude, but Li Qing knew that this was the loyalty of his confidant and beloved general to him, so he tidied up his clothes and said, "General Guan, what do you think Can't I, Li Qing, fight the enemy naked now? Don't forget, when I was on the Leaping Horse Grassland, you were still a leading soldier! Besides, if the two of us really fight, you may not be my opponent. Don't think that When I became a commander-in-chief, I put aside all my kung fu, but I still have to practice for several hours every day."

Guan Xinglong shook his head, "At this time and at another time, the son of a thousand gold can't sit down, the lord is connected to thousands of people in Dingzhou, thousands of miles of land, how can he take such an adventure. Li Feng, escort the lord back."

Li Feng sniffed and looked at Li Qing.

"Well, you Guan Xinglong, it's really true that you take a human face and put a dog's face on it, you turn your face and don't recognize anyone!" Li Qing scolded with a smile. "Forget it, I'm magnanimous, and I don't care about you. Come here and tell you about the changes in our military deployment this time."

Li Qing walked to the map and stared at Guan Xinglong's densely marked map.Guan Xinglong was surprised and said: "Commander, isn't it planned long ago, why is there a new change?"

Li Qing shook his head, "The previous military plan was aimed at Zhou Tong. The Overwatch Council reported that after Shang Haibo and his party arrived in Xingzhou, they did not return to Luoyang, but stopped in Xingzhou. Xingzhou immediately began a large-scale rectification of troops and horses." Now that Xingzhou's 20 troops have been integrated, they are ready to attack. Such a large-scale attack with open fire is not in line with Shang Haibo's usual military strategy. He must have other plans, but at the moment, I can't think of him What exactly do you want to do? So, I must come and take a look."

"Shang Haibo!" Guan Xinglong gritted his teeth and said bitterly. He had fought countless battles under Shang Haibo's command for a long time. Of course, he knew that this guy who used to be second only to Li Qing in Dingzhou's military command had fought wars. His style is weird and unpredictable. In the past, when fighting side by side, Shang Haibo was of course as strong as possible, but now, Guan Xinglong can't wait for this guy to become an idiot child.
"In Qinzhou, I discussed with Guo Shanfeng for a long time, but I still can't guess what the other party wants to do?" Li Qing stroked the beard on his lips and said thoughtfully: "In this case, we can only do it with him." He hit him, I hit mine, each showed his abilities. No matter how careful he is in his fight, this time I will cripple the Qinling defense line!" Li Qing said with a smile.
"Qinling's defense line is extremely strong. Now Xingzhou has completed the whole army, and the 20 troops are in the hands of Zhou Tong. The command is good, so it's not easy to fight!" Guan Xinglong sighed, "It would be great if we launched an attack earlier!"

"So I came to your place?" Li Qing smiled, staring at Guan Xinglong with deep meaning in his eyes.
Guan Xinglong looked at Li Qing for a while and suddenly realized that he jumped up, "I don't do it, I'm playing with fire if I beat the general."

Li Qing was very satisfied with Guan Xinglong's revival, and he saw his true intention so quickly, which showed that Guan Xinglong had indeed grown up during these years of training.It is not in vain for my painstaking cultivation of him.
"It's not that the general is playing with fire, but I insist on it." Li Qing stared at the map, "You see, Yaqueling's defense line is so advanced that it is almost an isolated position. The opponent must take him down, but If you resist resolutely, maybe they will bypass your defense line, give up fighting and fight directly across the Xiaoai River, but if they accidentally find that I am here, do you think they will fight?"

"Of course I will fight, and I will mobilize heavy troops, I want to do it once and for all." Guan Xinglong hummed authentically. "This is the reason for my objection. My lord, you will attract countless enemies to come here like a magnet."

"Are you confident to hold this place?" Li Qing asked.
"If the opponent continues to mobilize heavy troops, I can't guarantee it!" Guan Xinglong said honestly, if Li Qing is not here, he is completely confident to defend, but once the opponent finds out that Li Qing is also here, the intensity of his attack, Guan Xinglong smiles wryly one time.
"If the opponent can't attack hard, they will definitely mobilize Huting soldiers and horses to go straight up the Xiaoai River, cut off my way back from the rear, cut off my food road, and surround Yaqueling on all sides. At this time, the good show will come." Li Qing smiled and said, "Huting soldiers and horses came through the Xiaoai River. They thought they could take care of Huting's defense line, but they didn't want to be here. I'm going to send them to the river to feed fish and shrimp. Once the main force of Huting soldiers and horses go, General Guo’s Ruijian battalion took Huting easily, once Huting was captured, the Qinling defense line collapsed.”

Guan Xinglong shook his head, "Master, do you want to dig the Wutou Dam to flood the enemy? I don't think it is feasible. The Wutou Dam has been built for such a long time. The enemy doesn't know. The enemy general Song Kaige is a veteran, how can he not guard against it, this will not work at all, but it will block our way of retreat."

Li Qing laughed loudly, "You don't need to worry about this, anyway, you just need to remember it, and just defend Yaque Ridge with all your might. As for flooding the enemy army, the mountain people have their own clever strategies."

Guan Xinglong looked at Li Qing, his face was full of doubts. The flood flooded the enemy army, and when the flood came, it rumbled like a landslide. How could he hide it from the enemy, but seeing the confident expression on Li Qing's face, he couldn't help it. Do not believe.
"Since this is the case, the last general will naturally be sure to defend Yaque Ridge and prevent the enemy from entering."

"Li Feng!" Li Qing said.

"Brother!" Li Feng responded.
"Your Yizhou Battalion must fight resolutely with the Huting army in the early stage. No matter how much you pay, you must make the enemy think that you will defend this passage at all costs and ensure the retreat of Yaqueling until the military order is received. , so we can retreat back.”

"As ordered!"

Guan Xinglong anxiously began to arrange for the next battle that was destined to be extremely cruel. Guan Xinglong was never afraid of fierce battles. Back then, he led the Hengdao Battalion of thousands of people into the prairie alone and penetrated into the rear of the barbarian army. He was not as uneasy as today , the lord is here, if there is a slight mistake, he will immediately become the eternal sinner of Dingzhou.Even a hundred deaths cannot atone for his sin.Li Qing's plan is crazy, using himself as a bait, if the enemy is not fooled, it will suffer a big loss, and the enemy on the other side is none other than Shang Haibo who has a full understanding of Li Qing, which makes Guan Xinglong even more disturbed.
Li Qing was very sure, if Shang Haibo had completely controlled the Luoyang military and government, he would not take such a risk, but now it was different, Shang Haibo had just entered Luoyang, and he had not yet established prestige in the Luoyang military and government, Qinzhou Zhou Tong would definitely Will not be able to resist the temptation to destroy himself in Yaqueling, Shang Haibo is obviously unable to control Zhou Tong now, this time, it is Zhou Tong who is scheming.
On the second day, to Guan Xinglong's great joy, Guo Shanfeng was also very worried about whether the defense line of Yaqueling could stand the test. Sun Zewu's Flying Eagle Brigade, a total of [-] people, sneaked into Yaqueling in batches, with the sole purpose of protecting Li Qing's safety.With such an extremely powerful special team, Guan Xinglong's confidence immediately rose. Even if there was a mistake, it would not be a big problem for them to protect the lord and withdraw.

On the third day, Shikan, the outpost of Yaqueling's defensive line, ushered in the attack of the first batch of arriving Qinzhou troops.
The stone ridge is less than 500 meters away from the main position, and the terrain is steep. The steep hillside at almost 1000 degrees is a natural obstacle. The Hengdao division Li Guoying has an infantry wing of [-] people defending it, based on countless boulders on the slope of the stone ridge , Master Hengdao dug trenches, built caves for hiding soldiers, cut down the original dense forest on the hillside, and pried away some boulders that could be invisible, so that the sight can be seen at a glance.Li Guo even went to Shikan in person to direct the battle.At this time, on Yayu Ridge, all officers above the level of Zhenwu Colonel Lieutenant already knew that the lord was here in person to command the battle.While being shocked, it also made them more motivated one by one.

The first batch of Qinzhou army commanders who arrived was called Zhou Zuhao, who was no different from Zhou Zuxun. Under great pressure, Zhou Zuhao held his breath and rushed day and night all the way, just to be the first to arrive here and the first to launch an attack.The entire battle line at Yaqueling is not very long, and there is no room for too many troops to deploy. Naturally, whoever arrives first will attack first. The three groups of soldiers and horses, except for the Qinzhou soldiers, the other two are soldiers and horses from the capital battalion. Zhou Zuxun surrendered Finally, with cynicism and sarcasm, most of the Qinzhou soldiers who squinted at them were generals of these armies, Zhou Zuhao wanted to let the other party see whether the Qinzhou soldiers were cowards this time.

Looking up at the stone ridge, Zhou Zuhao murmured: "Damn it, the Dingzhou army is so damned. It only occupied Yaqueling for a few days, and they made the defense line like this. It seems that they can only fill with human lives."

The slope is too steep, standing at the bottom of the slope, looking at the defense line above, it seems to be hanging above your head.
"Give me all the long-range weapons such as trebuchets and shoot!" Zhou Zuhao gave an order, and dozens of trebuchets immediately pushed hundreds of soldiers to the bottom of the slope. Fill it up.
"emission!"

With a sound of collapse, dozens of stone bombs soared into the air and flew to the top of the slope.
In the cave where the soldiers were hiding, Li Guo felt the shock of falling stone bullets, and said with a smile: "You son of a bitch, I have learned a lot about how to fight, but you can't hit us like this, so I'll let you worry about it." Let’s fight hard, brothers, let’s rest for a while.” All the soldiers around laughed loudly, the caves for Tibetan soldiers in Shikan were dug out according to the mountain topography, relying on huge boulders, and the stones weighing dozens of catties The bomb cannot be shaken at all.

"The first battalion attack!" Zhou Zuhao ordered loudly at the foot of the mountain.

"General Zhou, you are still firing stone bullets. The mountain is steep. Many stone bullets are thrown up and then rolled down the slope. At this time, let the pawns attack on their backs. The stone bullets will accidentally injure your own people!" The first battalion The battalion general Tang Wansong said loudly.
Zhou Zuhao sneered: "If the catapults are not launched, those Dingzhou troops can deal with you in a serious manner. Will there be fewer casualties? Now is a good time for them to attack while they are avoiding the stone bomb attack. Why, don't you want the first Is one attacking?"

Tang Wansong was startled, and put his feet together, "The general obeys orders!"

The military flag was unfurled, and thousands of infantry immediately climbed up holding their shields, holding on to their swords and guns.At the foot of the mountain, the trebuchets were still firing non-stop. From time to time, stone bullets bounced back from the boulders. The meat puree.

"General, the opponent's pawns are starting to attack!" A soldier in charge of looking out ran into the cave and reported to Li Guo.

Listening to the whistling of stone bullets in the air, Li Guo was startled, "Young son, you are desperate at the very beginning, brothers and sisters, the enemy dares to desperately, who are we?"

"We are the Dingzhou Army!"

Li Guo stood up abruptly, drew out his steel knife, "Dingzhou Army!"

"Wan Victory!" All the soldiers shouted together.
"Go to the battlefield and kill the enemy!" Li Guo turned around and was the first to run out of the cave.
On the main position of Yaque Ridge, Li Qing was dressed as an ordinary soldier, standing on the side of Guan Xinglong, watching the fierce battle on the stone ridge in the distance, "This general of Qinzhou soldiers is very courageous. This is the first time I've seen it!"

Guan Xinglong nodded, "That's right, Qinzhou soldiers have also fought out these years. It's a pity that the slope of the stone ridge is too steep to place trebuchets. We can only put some small ballistas. Here, the throwing range is not enough, so we can't hit them." The enemy, otherwise, if you give support, you will be able to inflict great damage to the enemy on the stone ridge."

"How can everything be as expected!" Li Qing said with a smile: "The military power of the Dingzhou Army can deter the mainland, not only by the sharpness of the ordnance."

"My lord is right. The Dingzhou army is victorious in every battle, relying more on faith and passion." Hearing the battle in the distance, Guan Xinglong's blood seemed to be boiling.
The soldiers of the Hengdao Division who rushed to the position from the hiding place of the Cangbing Cave immediately suffered casualties. The rain of stone bullets fell from the top. Although depending on the terrain, there were very few direct hits. Rub it, and it will immediately end up with a broken tendon and bone.

Stretching out his head and looking at the Qinzhou soldiers who were climbing up, Li Guo shouted: "Let go of the thunder wood!"

The giant wood felled the day before was cut into pieces more than ten feet long. Upon hearing the order, the soldiers immediately raised the wood in a group of more than ten, raised the wood, yelled, and threw it out.

The branches had been cut off, and the polished and smooth Leimu rolled down the steep hillside. There were few people left wherever it passed. After three consecutive rounds of Leimu were put down, there were almost no Qinzhou troops attacking on the hillside. Survivors, the rest lie in some dead corners, unable to move forward.

Tang Wansong's eyes were wide open, and he lost hundreds of soldiers in just one round of attack, "On the second wing, bring wooden stakes and hammers, and nail them down on the hillside to block these raging logs."

Hundreds of people shouted and rushed forward, while climbing up, several people at the same time, desperately wielding the hammer, nailing down the wooden stakes one after another. , he was beating the wooden stakes desperately, and the wooden stakes began to extend upwards in all directions, effectively blocking the upward falling rocks and rolling logs.
"Catapult, speed up the launch and cover the attack of the first battalion!" Zhou Zuhao ordered with a sullen face.
Seeing the wooden posts getting closer and the soldiers climbing up behind the wooden posts, Li Guo breathed out, "Archer, shoot!"

Rows of archers immediately came out more and more, and a sharp arrow shot out whizzingly.

"A hand-to-hand fight is about to start, brothers, are you ready?" Li Guo lifted a spear, turned his head and asked.
"Dingzhou Army, Wan Sheng!" The soldiers shouted after the sound.
Watching the soldiers finally attack the front of the position, a smile finally appeared on Zhou Zuhao's gloomy face, "Tang Wansong, the first battalion is doing well!" He praised loudly.

(End of this chapter)