Chastity Layman

  Chapter 609 Destroy this eclipse

   Dawn.

  Cheng Yaojin stood on the Yema Terrace without any sleepiness, overlooking the north.

  The reinforcements had arrived, and a big victory was won, but in the next few days, there was no movement. Except for the daily ranger chasing sentry battles between the two sides, neither side has the intention of a head-on decisive battle.

Lao Cheng also tried to break out and go down the mountain. He tried various methods during the day, at night, and in the middle of the night, but the Tianzhu King was guarding the bottom of the mountain like an iron bucket. There was a ditch on the left and a ditch on the right. The digging, the fence on the left and the fence on the right.

   Then there are horses, traps, pickets, and countless archers behind them.

   It is impossible to break through the encirclement with only his seven thousand troops.

As for Qin Lang who came to aid Qin Lang from ten miles to the north, the deployment was somewhat incomprehensible to Lao Cheng. There is no intention of decisive battle and attack.

  Old Cheng was a little confused. Judging from his appearance, he seemed to be waiting.

  What are you waiting for?

There are tens of thousands of horses on the opposite side, more than 10,000 were lost in the last battle, but Lao Liu also lost thousands, and there are still about 30,000. This is already a new force. Judging from Wan Zhishi's performance, they should be able to fight.

   Could there be reinforcements?

  Where are the available reinforcements?

   You can't wait for reinforcements from Li Daozong in Liangzhou, Hexi, right? Or wait for reinforcements from Qin Qiong in Songzhou, Jiannan?

  But how could they know the situation here, let alone come all the way here.

   Or is it that the casualties in that battle were too great, and Qin Sanlang was already injured, and now he is powerless?

  The distance is only ten miles, but they are blocked by the Tuyuhun army.

  Days passed, and Lao Cheng became more and more worried every day. The lone army was in such a desperate situation. The longer they stayed, the harder it would be for them to escape.

   "Fire!"

   "Commander, the fire in the southwest!"

  The soldiers standing behind suddenly yelled loudly, and Lao Cheng turned his head sharply. Sure enough, looking from a high distance, the southwest was not far away, and the flames were blazing.

"This is?"

   "It seems that the cavalry came from the Hot Spring Valley. They rushed into Fuyun's East Datan."

   "A cavalryman set fire to the pontoon bridge."

   "They seized the north bank of the floating bridge."

   "There are cavalrymen who are climbing the mountain and are coming to Mustang Beach."

  The personal captain shouted excitedly.

  Old Cheng squinted his eyes, and he saw that there was indeed a troop of soldiers rushing towards him. If you only look at the fire, there are at least 20,000 horses. However, in the dark night, the number of people cannot be accurately judged only by the light of the fire. When a general who knows the art of war attacks at night, he will usually bluff and use more torches to prevent the enemy from accurately judging the number.

  It’s a very important step.

   Coming from the southwest, along the hot spring valley, where did this cavalry come from? It seemed that this army was very elite, and they attacked quickly, capturing the important pontoon bridge almost instantly, and even their forward rushed directly to the wild horse platform unstoppably.

   There is also a larger number of soldiers and horses heading straight for Fuyun's camp in Dongdatan.

  He can see clearly from this height.

  Where did this soldier come from? It can't be Qin Lang's northern army, they are already in the north.

  Southwest, could it be that Shubao sent troops? Sending troops from Songzhou, borrowing Dangxiang, and coming from the southwest?

  It must be like this, at this time the nearest ones are Shubao's troops.

  Old Cheng slapped his thigh fiercely, "Hurry up and pass on my order, Shubao led the army to kill, and the brothers followed me down the mountain to meet him."

   "Also, light up the beacon immediately, remind Qin Sanlang and Lao Liu in the north, and let them send troops to respond as soon as possible. His grandma, it's finally time for us to fight back."

  Old Cheng said as he ran towards the tent.

  The horn sounded, and the 7,000 horsemen on the Mustang Stage had already woken up.

   "Follow me, kill!"

  With the help of his own soldiers, Lao Cheng, who quickly put on his armor, jumped on his horse, and rushed down the stage in the first place.

   At this time, let alone the trenches and fences below, even a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire cannot stop him.

"rush!"

   Soldiers in armor and holding swords followed closely behind.

  On the Mustang Terrace, the flames ignited, and the flames soared into the sky.

  Datang Beacon Towers have a relatively common set of signals for burning smoke during the day and holding fire at night. Different fireworks represent different information, and sometimes even more accurate information can be transmitted by using different colors of fireworks.

  Yematai is facing Tangyingli, facing the Yellow River.

  Watching the sentry upstairs sprinted down and rushed to the Chinese army to report.

   "Report, fire on Yematai to convey the military situation, 20,000 troops have arrived from the southwest, and General Cheng has already led the army to attack. I hope our battalion will cooperate!"

  Chai Shao stood up in his clothes, and he was refreshed when he heard the news.

   "This is the arrival of Wei Guogong, two days earlier than the agreed time, so he came very quickly."

   "Send an order to General Murong, General Yifu, General Xifeng, General Liu, General Liang, and tell them that the wild geese are returning to the south and follow the plan."

  A cavalry messenger galloped in the camp, and the general's order was quickly passed on.

  The horns of battalion after battalion sounded, and the generals who received the order understood the military order. The return of the wild geese to the south represented that Qin Lang led his army to kill in a detour, and acted according to the plan, naturally attacking according to the previously agreed plan.

  All the battalions were forced out, and they went out empty. After many days of repairs, it seemed that the big camp that was going to be built into permanent fortifications was also abandoned.

  Everyone in the army who can move will go.

A group of Qingqi galloped all the way north with Chai Shao's military order, and arrived at the foot of the northern mountain. In this battlefield of a few days ago, in the woods on the mountain, a team of 20,000 people had gathered at some time, but they kept quietly hidden here. This team is the auxiliary rear of the three armies of the North Route Army.

  They were carrying food and supplies, and they were moving slowly. Chai Shao specially asked them to hide here as a surprise army.

  Now, since the wild geese have returned to the south, there is no need for this surprise soldier to hide anymore, and the whole army will go together.

The 20,000 auxiliary troops composed of Tuyuhun surrendered troops and Dang Xiang's vassals received the order at this time, and they all rode out on horseback. They are all young and strong such as Xianbei Murong and Xianbei Yifu in Tuyuhun, as well as Tuoba Qiang.

  Chai Shao and Liu Lan formed two armies of 30,000 soldiers, and they took the lead in attacking the Tianzhu King's army under Yematai. There were 60,000 horses here, and Cheng Yaojin was besieged with 7,000 people on Yematai Mountain.

King Tianzhu didn't send all his soldiers to the beach before. I don't know why he was worried, but the 60,000 people were actually not afraid of the more than 30,000 Tang troops on the beach, and sent more Tuyuhun troops to the beach. two beaches.

   It's just that he probably didn't expect Tang Jun to appear, let alone come from behind the southwest.

  Xi Jun bought a thousand Qingqi, and galloped up the winding mountain road. They didn't take too long for the fifteen or six-mile mountain road.

  When they rushed all the way to the Yematan platform on the mountain, they found that tens of thousands of Tang troops had blocked the way down the mountain for tens of thousands of Tuyuhun troops, and the besieged Tang troops on the platform were also rushing down like tigers descending the mountain.

   To the north, there are thousands of horses galloping with fire.

  Xi Junmai was taken aback, why are there so many Tang Jun on the beach.

  A Qingqi came rushing.

  But Liu Rengui, the vanguard of Liu Lancheng, the right army general of the South Route Army, came to greet him, "Which general is here to help?"

  Xi Junmaice stepped forward immediately, "I am the governor of Minzhou, and Xi Junmai, the general manager of the Youyu Marquis of the Central Army of the North Route Army in the Western Expedition, what part do you belong to?"

   At this time, the sky is not yet bright, and it is difficult to distinguish for a while.

  Hearing that it was Xi Junmai who came, Liu Rengui immediately took off his helmet, "I am Liu Rengui, the captain of Guoyi under the command of General Liu of the Right Army of the Southern Route Army, see General Xi."

  After confirming their identities, the two briefed each other on the military situation.

   "I'll take General Xi to meet Chai Gong and Liu Gong." Knowing that Qin Lang was still at the foot of the mountain, and forced to ambush more than 100,000 people with 5,000 people, Liu Rengui hurriedly led him to meet Chai Shao, Liu Lancheng and others in person to explain.

  The soldiers and horses ran around the Tuyuhun camp for a while, and saw Qin Lang's handsome flag from afar.

  Xi Junmai saw Chai Shao who was in command here, and Zhang Chao who was still wearing a gold armor and pretending to be Qin Lang.

   "Duke Wei attacked the Fuyun camp in Dongdatan with five thousand cavalry? Isn't he afraid of being surrounded?"

   "Duke Wei asked General Gao Zhensheng to lead two thousand people to seize the pontoon bridge. Right now, he is going to guard the pontoon bridge to isolate the three groups of troops from Tuyuhun East Beach, West Beach and Yema Beach." Xi Junmai replied.

Chai Shao thought for a while, "But there are nearly 200,000 people on the east and west beaches, and I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on to 7,000 people." He beckoned to Liu Rengui, "You lead 3,000 people to accompany the general and kill you down the mountain. Bring the 20,000 auxiliary soldiers who just arrived to you as well."

"Huo Guogong, announce the method of warfare, first annihilate the Tuyuhun army on Yema Beach, and break the siege of General Cheng, and then descend the mountain like a tiger and dive down the other two enemy troops. You must not divide your troops down the mountain, otherwise there will be no place at that time." If there is no way to defeat them, we must first concentrate the superior forces, eat up one unit, and then defeat each one!" Xi Jun bought.

   "Qin Lang's plan is too risky. Once he can't hold on, there is a danger of the entire army being wiped out."

"Wei Gong had expected Huo Gong to say this, so he told me earlier so that Huo Guogong didn't have to worry about him. He also said that Fu Yun had already become a frightened bird at this time, and the camp was in chaos. After he attacked, Fu Yun couldn't do anything to him. On the contrary, Duke Wei said that he has 5,000 cavalry, which is enough to completely confuse the hundreds of thousands of people in the Fuyun camp, preventing them from reinforcing Yematan."

"If Huo Gong is really worried about going down the mountain, he can send two or three thousand archers down the mountain to help General Gao Zhensheng guard the intersection and the floating bridge. If he really can't hold it, he should burn the floating bridge first and retreat to the mountain. King Tianzhu must not be allowed to cross the Henan Province and enter the East Datan Fuyun camp, or go north to Yema beach."

  Chai Shao couldn't help but marvel, Qin Lang made a good plan. With this arrangement, although King Tianzhu still had 40,000 troops in Xidatan, the key passages were controlled, and they could only be isolated in Xidatan.

   "Okay, General Xi, you lead your headquarters down the mountain to reinforce General Gao, and I will let Liu Ren go down the mountain with 3,000 archers for reinforcements."

   "I ran up the mountain with great difficulty, and I still haven't fired an arrow. Please, Huo Guogong, arrange someone else. Besides, archers are needed at the bottom of the mountain. We are good cavalry, so it is more useful at the bottom of the mountain."

Chai Shao had no choice but to name another captain, and asked him to take three thousand Longyou cavalry infantry archers and drive down the mountain with Liu Rengui for reinforcements. Xidatan, don't let them come over for reinforcements.

"Have you heard about Duke Wei's arrangement? He restrained Fu Yun for us and blocked King Tianzhu, which created the greatest convenience for us. We now have more than 50,000 horses, and we can deal with 60,000 Tuyuhun troops. If you have anything to say, before dawn, I want you to smash down all the trenches and fences of the enemy camp in front of you."

   "Destroy this eclipse!"

  (end of this chapter)