The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 227 Battle at Hangu Pass
Backer King Yang Lin received the news that Yang Yong would enter the mountain to break the formation three days later, and he couldn't help but be elated. This king has waited so hard. These days are like years, looking forward every day, thinking every night, this day has finally come!
After the backer king sent Yang Yong's writer away excitedly, he ordered: "Beat the drums and raise the account!"

The three links of the drum sounded, and all the generals arrived.Yang Lin sat in front of the commander-in-chief, looked at the generals with a happy face and said: "Everyone, we are finally looking forward to this day. Three days later, Yang Yong's men will go into the mountains to break the formation. Raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while. At this time, we must all be brave, everyone takes the lead, and this time we must wipe out the thieves in one fell swoop."

"No" all the generals saluted in unison.

Yang Lin then began to divide troops and send generals, and ordered general Wu Kui to lead 16 elite troops to guard Hangu Pass, telling him that he did not need to fight, but just stick to the pass.Then, all [-] troops were deployed in the Golden Dragon Tail Swinging Formation. In order to deal with Yang Yong's armored cavalry team, Yang Lin specially trained a rocket force in the past three months. among.

There are [-] people in this army, all of them are crossbowmen. The arrows of the hundreds of thousands of crossbow arrows they use are all coated with oil, and the arrows are coated with sulfur and other flammable substances. The friction will instantly catch fire. Even if the crossbow bolts can't hurt the horses and armored knights, the burning rockets fired at the horses are enough to shock the horses and paralyze the entire armored cavalry team.

After the distribution, the general Ding Yaozu saluted and said: "My lord, if you divide the troops like this, what if the bandits want to attack our Hangu Pass in two ways? Isn't 2 people a bit weak?"

Yang Lin twisted his beard and said: "This king has also considered it, but don't worry. I bet with them to win or lose with the big formation. When watching the formation, the long snake formation is only a medium-difficulty formation. There are only 12 horses in total. Excluding the casualties of the battle a few days ago, there are no more than 10 at most now. This force must be concentrated to break the formation, and there is no way to separate the forces to attack our Hangu Pass at the same time. But just in case, this king asked General Wu to lead [-] elite soldiers to guard the pass, the pass is dangerous, even if he attacked the city with [-] horsemen, it would not be so easy to take it down."

Then he looked at Wu Kui: "If Hangu Pass is really attacked by the rebels, you can quickly send people to copy the mountain and forest trails to deliver the letter to the king. The king's reinforcements will arrive soon after a journey of more than ten miles."

"Of order. Please rest assured, my lord, as long as there is a general at hand, Hangu Pass will be safe!" Wu Kui saluted.

The backer king nodded in satisfaction, and ordered: "Everyone, order the three armies to take a good rest today and tomorrow. Tomorrow night, all the soldiers and horses will be in place."

"No!" All the generals agreed, and after saluting, they all prepared to go.

On the day of breaking the formation, Yang Yong's 11 troops came out in full force. In order to confuse the Sui army, the 11 rebels were divided into two groups. Li Jing led Pei Renji, Du Yi, Sang Muda and other generals to lead 3 troops into the valley as forwards. .Later, Yang Yong took 8 horses as backup, and also marched towards Taniguchi in a mighty way.

These scenes have long been seen by the detailed operations of the Sui army, and they flew to report to the backer king Yang Lin and Hangu Pass guard Wu Kui.

However, Yang Yong's troops stopped at the entrance of the valley, and General Qu Tonggai left a team of [-] armored cavalry in ambush at the entrance of the valley. Then Yang Yong led the main force to return suddenly, with the [-] cavalry in front and the infantry running behind. Go forward and go straight to the south gate of Hangu Pass.

A few miles away, 7 horses arrived in the blink of an eye. According to the pre-plan, Yang Yong divided the 7 horses into three echelons. The first echelon was composed of [-] ordinary rebels, commanded by Ku Tutong; the second echelon Composed of [-] infantry teams, it is the backbone of the siege, commanded by Yang Yong himself; the third echelon is composed of [-] armored cavalry teams, and Princess Yujing is in charge of commanding them. Only when the city is opened can they be used. .

In order to seize time, the first echelon rushed to Hangu Pass without stopping for a moment. General Qu Tutong commanded the 3 horses to rush across the moat with a big knife in his hand, and launched a fierce attack on the south gate of Hangu Pass. It rushed towards Guancheng like a stormy sea.

Wu Kui, the chief guard of the pass, first received a report from the soldiers, saying that all Yang Yong's men and horses had gone into the mountain to break through the formation. After reaching the valley, he sneered and heaved a sigh of relief, went down the tower and went back to his tent to rest.

Unexpectedly, the buttocks were not yet settled, and Tan Ma ran in panting and reported: "General, something is wrong. The thief shot back his carbine and rushed towards the pass. He is very aggressive. It looks like he is going to attack Hangu Pass."

Wu Kui jumped up from his chair as soon as he heard it, and when he flew up to the top of the city with his knife in hand, he saw that the overwhelming number of rebels was overwhelming, and they rushed over the moat in the blink of an eye. When you get to the pass, set up the ladder and climb up, the shouts are earth-shattering.

The Sui army guarding the pass lowered the rolling wood and stones and bows and arrows. For a while, those who fell to the ground after being hit by the arrows, and those who were crushed to death by the rolling logs and stones were countless.But these rebels were extraordinarily brave, and they were not afraid of death. They were beaten down one after another, and soon the city was full of corpses, and blood flowed like rivers.

When Wu Kui was nervous, he learned that only the south gate was under attack, so he quickly ordered the soldiers in Guanzhong to gather at the south gate and defend the gate to the death. Yang Lin called for help.

Yang Yong watched the fierce battle from a distance with the second and third echelons. After more than half an hour, someone flew to report: "Your Majesty, something is not right. The 3 troops of Li Jing, the military advisor, have died." All were trapped in the formation and lost contact."

Even though this was the result he and Li Jing had expected, Yang Yong and the other generals immediately lost their minds when they heard this, especially Li Wan'er and Pei Xingyan, the father of the second general was trapped in the formation, and their anxiety was undeniable. It is conceivable that they all looked at Yang Yong with fiery eyes, waiting for his order.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Yang Yong saw that the first echelon was almost ready, and ordered the first echelon to withdraw. Naturally, casualties are inevitable in this kind of difficult battle, but at this time, no one cares about these. Xiaguan City, Li Jing and other talents are expected to be rescued.These things were all expected. They were communicated in the meeting two days earlier, and most of the soldiers knew about them.Therefore, the [-] infantry team in the second echelon were all suffocated.

As soon as the troops in the first echelon withdrew from the moat, Yang Yong pointed his big gun at him: "Those who take down the closed city will be rewarded heavily, and those who retreat will be killed without mercy. The second echelon, charge!" Wind, [-] infantry shouted in unison, resounding through the sky, holding shields in their left hands, holding knives in their hands, those who carried ladders and pushed siege vehicles followed up, and rushed towards Guancheng like mountains and seas...

(End of this chapter)