Horse on the World

Chapter 885 Blocking ([-])

"Qian Duo decided to go to Yanzigou to stop Liao Bin from fleeing. I hope that our army will rush forward and wipe out Liao Bin's troops! Due to the urgent situation of the army, when the letter was sent, the army had already sent troops to support it. I hope that the general will send his troops forward immediately after reading the letter." Come." Xu Kexing's secret letter was very short, and his handwriting was very illegible, apparently he wrote this letter to himself hastily after getting the information, and then led the army on the road.

Chen Zeyue twitched his eyebrows a few times, turned the wheelchair, and turned around. Behind him was a huge map.Staring at the map for a while, Chen Zeyue shouted: "Come on, beat the drums and gather the generals!"

Long Xiaotian asked with concern: "What's the matter? Are there repeated battles?"

Chen Zeyue handed the letter in his hand to Long Xiaotian, "Look at it, this is a lot of money, and the people who have eaten Xiong Neng's leopards have the guts. There are less than [-] people, but they actually tried to stop Liao Bin from retreating more than [-] people."

Glancing at Xu Kexing's letter, Long Xiaotian stood up, walked to the map, carefully glanced at the terrain where Yanzigou was located, and showed joy on his face, "Qian Duo's move is not bad, Yanzigou is very suitable for blocking. He stood up to Liao Bin there, and your troops follow from behind, then Liao Bin's [-] troops will be unable to escape!"

After saying this, there was a happy expression on his face, "Then the captive soldiers I brought back to Quanzhou this time will not be these thousands, maybe even tens of thousands, wonderful, wonderful!"

Chen Zeyue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, Long Xiaotian was half-baked at the military, he only saw Yanzigou as a good place to attack, but he didn't see the specific terrain.

"My lord Zhizhou, you only saw one of them, not the other!" Chen Zeyue sighed, "Yanzipao can indeed fight, but given the terrain of Yanzigou, it is impossible to do it without five thousand soldiers." When the defense is complete, if there are 3000 soldiers, supplemented by some heavy weapons, it can indeed block the opponent's impact, but now there are only less than [-] people in Qianduo, and the heavy weapons are also extremely scarce. I want to block Liao Bin's impact there , is extremely difficult, and it can even be said that the probability of success is less than [-]%!"

Long Xiaotian's expression changed drastically, and he took a closer look at the map, "That's not a good idea, since that's the case, I'd better withdraw more money, such a risk is unnecessary!"

"It's too late!" Chen Zeyue said indifferently: "Looking at Xu Kexing's letter, Qian Duo must have set off a long time ago. When one comes, he will cut it first and then play it."

"Qian Duo is too courageous!" Long Xiaotian glanced at Chen Zeyue and said, "But if he can withstand the opponent's attack, it will be a great achievement!"

Chen Zeyue smiled, "Master Long, I know you still admire Qian Duo very much, so there is no need to beat around the bush and say good things for him, Qian Duo will make his own decisions, if he can come back alive to see me, the Military Law will not be merciful , but this guy Qian Duo seems to be a bastard, but he has a bit of vision, and from this point of view, I won't kill him either!"

Long Xiaotian smiled embarrassedly. In Zunhua, he had fought side by side with Qian Duo for so long, and he still had a bit of love for this guy. It was a little embarrassing to hear Chen Zeyue expose his thoughts. While thinking about it, another thought came up.

There is a lot of money, a lot of money, General Chen, I planted a foreshadowing for you here, but whether you can come back alive to see him depends on your luck. Listening to the meaning of Chen Zeyue's words, you don't have much hope !

While thinking about it, Chen Zeyue's generals walked into the room one by one, obeying orders.

Two hours later, the Dingzhou garrison around Qingyang County suddenly moved. Tens of thousands of cavalry were the first to set off. Their iron hooves stepped on the ground, making a rumbling sound, and the entire Qingyang County seemed to tremble. .

Chen Zeyue's intention in launching this campaign was to capture the Tianzishan defense line, but he didn't care whether he could eliminate Liao Bin's main force. After taking the Tianzishan defense line as his own, the Dingzhou army took the initiative on the battlefield. Power can be used to attack and defend, and forced Zhang Aimin of Minzhou to invest a lot of troops and materials in Donglin, because if Donglin was lost again, half of Minzhou's country would be gone. Chen Zeyue wanted to force Zhang Aimin to fight with himself in Donglin. decisive battle.But such a move by Qian Duo forced Chen Zeyue to change his original tactics.

It would be a good thing if Liao Bin's main force could be wiped out in Yanzigou, but Chen Zeyue didn't like such a risky and aggressive tactic. Compared with the Minzhou Army, the Dingzhou Army had an overwhelming advantage. Chen Zeyue prefers to overwhelm the opponent from the front. Although the scene may be a bit lacklustre, it is the safest way to play with the least casualties. Destroyed, if there is more money and all the troops are wiped out, the establishment under his command will be reduced by one. The military regulations of the Dingzhou Army stipulate that if an army is completely destroyed and loses its flag, then the formation of this army will be cancelled, even if It was the battle of the Tuojiang River. Many battalions, wings, and sentries of the troops under Chen Zeyue's jurisdiction were all dead, but every military flag was properly preserved and kept until after the war. Dozens of broken army flags were planted on the ground.

Of course, Qian Duo didn't know that his actions made Chen Zeyue's department in Qingyang and Xu Kexing's department in Niukou panic. The tens of thousands of troops rushed to the battlefield before their buttocks were warmed up. At this time, he, Leading [-] soldiers over mountains and ridges, after a day and a night, they finally arrived at Yanzigou.

After a soldier who hadn't rested day and night arrived at his destination, he was exhausted and paralyzed on the ground. There were exhausted soldiers snoring everywhere. Some were sleeping in the grass, and some were leaning on the big trees. , Some even stuck their spears on the ground, leaned on the spears with both hands, and fell asleep like this.

Qian Duo's legs were as heavy as a thousand catties at this time, and it was difficult to move every step. But the soldier could sleep, but he couldn't sleep. Standing on the V-shaped top of the Yanzigou, staring at it, soon, this land is destined to be destroyed. A valley where rivers of blood will flow.

"Two hours, let the soldiers rest for two hours, and then immediately wake up all of them, we need to set up a defensive line!" Qian Duo was bare-armed, revealing his tendons. Take it off and throw it away.

"Let the soldiers rest for a while, everyone is exhausted, and they even eat while walking along the way." Le Buping panted.

Qian Duo shook his head, "Two hours, no more, tell the brothers, the earlier we build our defense line and prepare better, the greater our chances of surviving will be. It's better to die, or to covet this time." Comfortable, I think the brothers will have a choice, tell them that we are facing [-] Minzhou soldiers who will jump over the wall in a hurry."

"Okay!" Le Buping nodded.

"Buping, do you see these two protruding mountain ridges?" Looking in the direction Qian Duo pointed at, the terrain of Yanzigou can be seen at a glance. The point they are at is the intersection of these two mountain ridges. Below, there is a huge gap between the two mountain ridges, and this gap is the place where Minzhou soldiers must pass.

"Block this opening, and then deploy defenses on the two mountain beams. The terrain on the left beam is much gentler than that on the right beam. It can be imagined that the left beam will be the opponent's key attack direction. I have [-] soldiers for you. You Can you keep Zuoliang?" Qian Duo asked.

Le Buping nodded, "Unless I die, I will never let the position fall!"

Qian Duo nodded, "The right beam is precipitous, the county is steep, and it is difficult for a large group of people to climb and attack. I asked Meng Xiang to lead 500 people to guard the gap, and I led a thousand soldiers to guard the gap myself."

Le Buping's face was heavy, "Old Qian, we really have too few troops. Liao Bin is eager to escape and won't attack step by step. He must be moving on several fronts. At this time, he will definitely not take pity on the lives of the soldiers in his hands. You stand by him!" The gap will definitely suffer the strongest impact, I only need 1000 people there, and you can take the remaining 500 people."

Qian Duo shook his head, "You can give me the greatest support if you defend Zuoliang. If Zuoliang loses, we will be finished. I will definitely not be able to defend here."

Le Buping was silent for a moment, "Well, all the heavy weapons will be allocated to you. We can also equip two trebuchets and ten crossbows for you."

"Give it all to me, where are you?" Qian Duo asked.

Le Buping pointed to the big trees all over the mountain, "Don't worry, I have a solution!"

The two discussed the details in a low voice, and without knowing it, two hours had passed. The officers were running among the sleeping soldiers, yelling loudly to wake up the sleeping soldiers. Orders were immediately conveyed to every soldier's ears, and Yanzigou immediately It boiled up.

Big trees were felled one after another, and huge boulders were lifted up by the soldiers with concerted efforts, and rolled down the mountain beam. After a loud rumbling noise, they stood upright in the gap under the beam.

Several hours later, the entire gap was covered with these boulders, and the felled giant trees were nailed down along these boulders. The first fence was erected, and then the second fence was erected. The middle was immediately filled with gravel and soil.This gap, about tens of meters long, formed a simple city wall on the ground.On the city wall, ten eight-ox crossbows were placed every few meters, with a bundle of crossbow arrows as thick as a child's arm resting beside it, and tens of meters behind the city wall, two trebuchets had been assembled. Dozens of soldiers are working hard to make easy-to-throw stone bombs.

In front of the city wall, a frame of impromptu nailed horses was erected, extending for about a stone's throw.

On the left beam, Le Buping's position is also gradually being completed. Big trees are cut down to make a log, and boulders are lifted to knock them into stones of different sizes. The trees and weeds on the hillside have been cut completely, and the bottom of the valley can be clearly seen at a glance.

Le Buping didn't have a long-range throwing weapon, but he was ingenious. He selected dozens of large trees that met the requirements from the large forest behind the position, cut off the branches and thinned the trunk, and then used ropes to tie each tree. The big tree turned back, weaved a bag on the top, put stones in it, and threw the stones as soon as the rope was loosened. Although the point of the blow was fixed, the enemy must have been overwhelmed at that time. There is no need to aim or anything, although it is not as lethal as the trebuchet, but it is better than nothing, and it uses local materials, and you can choose a few more immediately if it is damaged.

(End of this chapter)