The last three kingdoms

Chapter 745

In the spring night outside the Great Wall, there is still a tinge of cold air, the sky is full of stars, and the crescent moon is shining with a cold light, above the earth, everything is completely silent.

On such a quiet night, an army appeared on the trail leading to Niushou Village, and hurried forward.

The Shu army did not adopt the stealthy method. People carried wood, horses picked bells, and approached Niushou Village quietly. Instead, they lit torches. He wandered along the mountain road.

Under the dark night, even the light of a single torch is enough to reveal the action plan of the Shu army. A huge dragon formed by hundreds of torches can be clearly seen more than ten miles away.

In this regard, Wang Qi, the deputy governor of the right army regiment who led the army, was also quite helpless. He lit torches when he acted at night, which was tantamount to giving the enemy a tip-off. It is very clear, but the terrain around Gushe Mountain is full of gullies, many places are narrow paths that can only accommodate one person and one rider, and there are ravines tens of feet deep beside them. fell into the ravine.

Such a mountain road is not necessarily easy to walk even during the day. At night, if you don’t light a torch to illuminate it, one foot deep and one foot shallow, I’m afraid I haven’t reached Niushouzhai. fell into a ravine.

For the sake of safety, Wang Qi ordered the torches to be lit. Anyway, it is no secret that the Shu army has arrived at Gushe Mountain. It is only a matter of time before they attack Wuzhai. Even if they advance quietly, they may not be able to hide it from the Di people. In this case, Wang Qi simply ordered to light as many torches as possible, so that the surrounding area was illuminated like daylight, so as to facilitate the march of the Shu army.

Now the purpose of the Shu army is to ensure the safety of the march as much as possible, avoiding the loss of personnel due to the difficulty of the road, and at the same time, after the lighting conditions are improved, it also provides a guarantee for the speed of the Shu army. Otherwise, marching in the dark night, I'm afraid it will be dawn when we attack Niushou Village.

"Qi report to Wang Dudu, Niu Shou Village is ahead." The scout soldiers who explored the road reported to Wang Qi.

Wang Qi reined in his horse and looked forward. Due to the darkness, he couldn't see the whole picture of Niu Shou Mountain. He could only see a rough outline. The mountain of Niu Shou Mountain couldn't be said to be so high or steep. Well, not only Niushou Village, but the entire Gushe Mountain Range is nothing compared to the majestic Qinling Mountains.One advantage of this kind of earth mountain is that it is convenient for artificial repair. Dijun excavated artificially in many relatively steep places, creating many man-made cliffs. Many places are as straight as a knife, showing a cliff of nearly ninety degrees. , Such a cliff cannot be climbed at all.

Niu Shou Village built in this way is located on the mountainside, easy to defend but difficult to attack.Now that Wang Qi was at the bottom of the mountain, he couldn't see very clearly. After all, the light of the torch was obviously dazzling, but the thing could not illuminate the distance.

"Pass down the order and prepare to attack the mountain!" Regardless of whether you can see clearly or not, you have already reached the foot of Niu Shou Mountain. You only need to attack up the mountain and deal with the defenders, and then you can take Niu Shou Mountain.

According to the previous information, there should be about 1000 troops on Niu Shou Mountain. Although the number of troops brought by Wang Qi is three times higher than that of the Di Army guarding the mountain, the difference in strength between attacking and defending is not the same. It can't show much advantage, and the Di people are familiar with the terrain, the situation is not favorable to the Shu army, so Wang Qi is not complacent, but carefully sends [-] horses to make a tentative survey of Niushou Village. attack.

The Shu army came here with great fanfare like this, and the Di soldiers had already reported it to the guard Li Rulong.

Li Rulong already knew the news that the Shu army arrived at Wuzhai, but in his opinion, the Shu army should launch an attack after dawn tomorrow, but what he didn't expect was that the Shu army would choose to launch an offensive in the middle of the night. Li Rulong admired the Shu army. The general's courage, the road between the five villages is steep, even Li Rulong, who is familiar with geography, may not dare to take this risk. The Shu army would launch an attack at night. Li Rulong not only admires the courage of the general of the Shu army, but also is more fortunate. In this way, your chances of winning will be greatly increased.

Li Rulong personally rushed to the front of the stronghold, looking down the mountain from here, the lights are brightly lit, and the formation of the Shu army can be seen at a glance. Li Rulong laughed loudly and said: "I thought the general of Shu was so good, but I didn't expect it to be so stupid. Seniors, fighting at night, with large torches, the enemy is dark and we are clear, is this battle still necessary? The order continues, each army is not allowed to light fire, and each guards its own position. Once the Shu army enters within range, listen to my order and then attack. "

The generals and soldiers of the Di army took orders. Originally, it was the middle of the night, when they were sleeping, but the enemy came to attack, which naturally disturbed the dreams of the Di soldiers. Li Rulong issued an order for the first-level combat readiness. All assembled urgently and entered their respective combat positions.

Every wave of the Shu army's attack also seemed to be much more cautious. In addition to the slow advance, the men and horses responsible for the first attack mission were completely on guard, with shields in hand and arrows on the string, looking nervously at the dark mountain top, Walk forward step by step.

Having fought a battle that cannot be repeated, the Shu army has never experienced such a battle. It is impossible to see the existence of the enemy on the opposite side. Except darkness is darkness, and nothing can be seen, but everyone knows very well that in the darkness There are countless crises and murderous intentions hidden, maybe a cold arrow will strike in the next moment and take their lives.

No matter how many tangible enemies there are, the fear they bring is always limited, but the current situation is different. The enemies are hidden in the dark, and it is impossible to know their number and distribution. This kind of unknown fear is infinitely magnified After that, the originally strong heart of the Shu army became fragile, and every step was uneasy.

A sneer appeared on the corner of Li Rulong's mouth. His gaze was watching the advancing pace of the Shu army, calculating when they would enter the range of the Di army's archers. Since the Shu army took every step very cautiously, The shield formation is also very stable, step by step, advancing layer by layer, it can be called a turtle's speed, and it has not entered the area Li Rulong expected for a long time.

However, Li Rulong was very patient. He kept holding his waving hand, waiting for the Shu army to enter the land of an arrow.Finally, Li Rulong's right hand slipped down, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Shoot the arrow!"

(End of this chapter)