Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1428 Heaven Crashes and Mountains Shake

  This cottage was built on the narrow part of the mountain road in the east-west direction of the Taihang Mountain Trail. Although it is not as dangerous as Hangu Pass, Huguan Pass and other passes, it is not so easy to capture.

The wall of the village rests on the mountain, and there are only two gates in the east-west direction. In the inner mountain area of ​​the village, halls and sentry towers are built relying on the mountain. A place to store grain and some important supplies.

  Yuan Shao's soldiers attacked from east to west, congested on the mountain road, unable to advance or retreat. Unless Yuan Shao is willing to spend a lot of time on the detour, he can only leave the Taihang Mountains by taking this mountain road.

   Therefore, Yuan Shao was also determined to win this cottage, and the attack was very fierce.

   Although Feiqian is confident in the strategy of disrupting Jizhou from the north and the south, but in the absence of instant communication in the Han Dynasty, the changes in the battle situation can only be guessed 70% and gambled 30%.

At the wall of the cottage, soldiers from both sides fell down from time to time, the sound of fighting and screams, mixed with the sound of war drums, gathered together in the ear, even Fei Qian's thoughts were knocked intermittently by these sounds , it is difficult to think coherently.

   As the commander of the front line, Jia Qu had to boost the morale of the soldiers on the one hand, and on the other hand, he had to deploy the soldiers to take turns in time. After several days, his voice became hoarse, but he still insisted on the front line.

  This battle was indeed a great test for both Fei Qian and Jia Qu.

  The sun was blazing, and the blood was steaming.

Fei Qian climbed to a huge rock high in the mountain, and set up an awning to cover the light from the side, so that he could roughly distinguish the main formation of Yuan Jun in the distance. Under Yuan's banner, the one who was commanding The figure of a soldier...

   Presumably Yuan Shao is also observing here from a distance?

  The last time I saw Yuan Shao, I still saw him in fresh clothes and angry horses, ostentatiously passing through the market, while I was a passer-by who evaded for a long time, but now, the two sides are on the same line, fighting each other...

It's a pity, if we have more time, we can make the single-pass telescope, and we can see what Yuan Jun's formation looks like in the distance, at least we can see Yuan Shao's expression now, it must be quite exciting, It can also be used as a basis for judging the development of the North and South Fronts.

  The principle of a single-pass telescope is not complicated, the complicated thing is focusing. This thing can't be made casually. After all, if the optical axis and focus cannot be brought together, the telescope is a joke.

  The craftsmen in Huang's workshop have already consumed a lot of crystals in order to figure out how to ensure the focus. Maybe by the end of this year, maybe next year will be almost the same, but now, it can only be seen with the naked eye.

  The shouts of killing on the cottage gradually subsided, indicating that another wave of Yuan Jun's attack was repelled...

   "Yuan Benchu ​​has learned well..." Fei Qian sighed, and said to Jia Qu who came to report the battle situation, "For such a long time, he refused to send generals to attack the city, but sent soldiers to consume..."

  Jia Qu smiled, and wiped the sweat from his head, the mud and sweat in streaks, coupled with the wrinkled and smelly sweat, made this elegant teenager look like a refugee. "Hahaha...Yuan Benchu ​​is not a fool. If he suffers a loss, he will be smart..."

  Of course, when it comes to appearance, Fei Qian himself is not much better. Let’s not talk about dust and sweat stains, these are trivial matters, and more importantly, Fei Qian feels that there must be a lot of lice in the hair on his body, which are happily crawling and sucking blood, but unfortunately he has no time to take care of his long hair. Fa, I can only endure...

war of the Damned!

Therefore, from the aspect of living conditions alone, Fei Qian really admires Yuan Shao. After all, the children of the Yuan family are pampered from birth, but Yuan Shao can still insist on visiting the front line in person, standing with the big soldiers, and enduring the wind and rain. For Yuan Shao, who is now a great general, the life in the army that is bitten by mud and sand insects is really not easy.

   At least I don’t know how many times stronger than Yuan Shu.

   Fei looked into the distance, sighed slightly, and felt a little helpless. The 30 crossbowmen who stayed on purpose were completely useless.

Knowing that the strong crossbow men here in Feiqian are very powerful, Yuan Shao sent out at the front of the battle line, the biggest officer is the level of the commander, and the rest of the higher-ranking generals are all behind to supervise the battle, let alone someone like Yuan Shao A heavyweight like Yan Liang caused Fei Qian to hold back the card in his hand for a long time but had no chance to play it, which made him somewhat depressed.

Yuan Shao personally supervised the battle and led the army, which indeed made Yuan Bing burst out with up to 200% of his strength, which not only put great pressure on Feiqian's cottage front, but also protected Yuan Shao from the mountains and hills in the distance. Quite in place, the inner three floors and the outer three floors are all Yuan Shao's trusted guards, and some trees within a few hundred meters have all been felled. The scouts sent out, trying to hide, and when Yuan Shao got close to carry out some kind of beheading operation, the chance of success was almost zero.

   Oh, it's hard to handle...

Fei Qian squinted his eyes, waved to Jia Qu, let him sit on the edge of the rock like himself, looked at Yuan Jun's formation resting in the distance, and said softly: "Yuan Benchu ​​is so unsympathetic to soldiers, he keeps urging and attacking the soldiers day and night. ...somewhat abnormal..."

  Jia Qu thought for a moment when he heard the words, and then he said quite excitedly: "My lord's intention is...the two generals Taishi and Zhao succeeded?"

   Feiqian nodded, and said: "Someone is just guessing like this... But... it is also possible that both the North and the South lost, so Yuan Benchu ​​can safely and boldly attack here..."

   "What?" Jia Qu was taken aback.

Fei Qian chuckled twice, and said: "But it's not very likely. If both the north and south lines fail, according to Yuan Benchu's temperament, he should make a big announcement at this time, and he will definitely send soldiers to shout... But, he can't say no." It must be..."

   This is true.

  Although Fei Qian was 60 to 70% sure, what if?

   This is something no one dares to guarantee.

If the flanks really won, then in the face of Yuan Shao's fierce attack, retreating to Huguan would be a good choice. Basically, Fei Qian and Jia Qu can safely return to Huguan, trading space for time. Yuan Shao's battle line was prolonged, even if he lost the cottage here, it would not be a big problem. After all, Yuan Jun, whose two wings were collapsed, would not be able to hold on for long.

  If the guess is wrong, and the situation on Yuan Jun's two wings is not so bad, or in a state of stalemate, then Fei Qian's easy retreat here is tantamount to giving up this important stronghold in vain, fueling Yuan Jun's arrogance.

If the situation is worse, if Fei Qian insists on not retreating, and the two wings are at a disadvantage, and then retreat towards Huguan when his soldiers are exhausted, I am afraid that not only will it be difficult to continue, but even Huguan may not be safe. …

  Tai Shici, Zhao Yun.

   Zhao Yun, Tai Shici.

  Can these two powerful generals in history really tear apart the flesh and blood of Yuan Jun's wings, causing Yuan Shao unbearable pain?

  Yuan Jun in the distance was in a mess, but it was obvious that he was not going to give up just like this, but wanted to make another wave before the sky was completely dark...

The mountain road is actually not the biggest difficulty. The biggest problem is that when Yuan Jun formally organized to climb the wall of the mountain village, he was often thrown from the mountain village with rolling wood and rocks, and his arms were broken and his legs were broken. people die. Naturally, it is impossible to lose mountains and rocks in the cottage. Although it consumes a lot, it has a lot of storage at the beginning, so once the ladder on Yuan Jun's frame is broken, Yuan Jun can only scream and flee in embarrassment. Now, no one is the spiderman of the Han Dynasty. It would take a long time to climb the wall of the cottage empty-handed, and then sort out the defeated soldiers and reorganize the array. The soldiers like Fei Qian naturally got some precious rest time.

   Even so, consumption is still inevitable.

Either due to lack of strength, or the lack of accuracy before the battle, or some other reason, there are always several times when the ladder is put on the wall of the cottage, and at this time it becomes pure and becomes a cold weapon. Most of the submerged can only watch helplessly from behind...

Yuan Bing leaped up the wall of the village, and the soldiers from the western conquest all attacked with swords and guns. Under Yuan Shao's iron and blood supervision, Yuan Bing also inspired a ferocious aura, often with the intention of dragging his back. Psychological charge came up, so although the equipment is poor, and even the fighting training is not very good, if you can't avoid the long spear pierced in the chest, you will use the method of two defeats, or hack, or pounce, in short, if you are caught by Yuan Jun In the gap, the soldiers who conquered the west also had to pay for their lives.

  In addition, Yuan Jun’s archers under the stronghold never stopped throwing upwards to harass them. If they shoot too many arrows, some arrows will win the prize. Therefore, the casualties of Fei Qian’s soldiers are gradually increasing...

The comrades beside him were killed by arrows and knives, bleeding and screaming, which caused great sensory stimulation to the soldiers. If it weren't for most of Fei Qian's men who had experienced battles, Moreover, there were some doctors who accompanied the army running up and down, bandaging and treating them, and calming down the morale of the army. It may have been that the morale of some soldiers had dropped and shaken a long time ago.

  The same is true for Yuan Shao, but because Yuan Shao's supervisory formation has to maintain a high-voltage line, so he can still persist, and if this line collapses...

  The sky gradually dimmed, and Yuan Jun, who had been attacking for a whole day, retreated and began to rest. Night battles are too demanding for Yuan Shao's army. After all, most of Yuan Shao's soldiers are Jizhou people who are used to sunrise and sunset. Night vision is not a must for them at all. Taste…

"We're going to retreat too..." Fei Qian looked at the soldiers on the wall of his cottage, and they also showed extremely serious fatigue. When the battle ended, many soldiers spread out directly on the **** ground, and found Jia Qu has made a decision.

   "My lord! What...why is this?" Jia Qu couldn't help being stunned. Didn't Cai Feiqian just say that he didn't know if there was something wrong with Yuan Shao's rear, and he needed to look again. Why did he suddenly decide to withdraw?

"It's true to stick to it...but..." Fei Qian smiled, pointed to Yuan Shao's banner in the distance, and said: "Yuan Benchu ​​is just holding this breath, why don't we let it go? It is actually a good deal to set up a copycat to determine Yuan Jun's reality..."

   "And..." Fei Qian looked back at the caves opened on the inner cliff of the mountain village, and said, "We still have those things... we should prepare them, and give General Yuan a generous gift..."

Too complicated military deployment was basically impossible in the Han Dynasty. Even though Fei Qian had been carrying out the literacy project in the army for a long time, the learning ability of adults is indeed worrying. After learning this, forgetting that, and then It is also common to learn that and forget this, so there is still a long way to go in terms of comprehensive literacy in the future.

This is the case here at Feiqian, so when Yuan Jun's performance after conquering the cottage, it is even more impossible to make a very complicated cover-up behavior, then according to Yuan Jun's movements, it is possible to further judge Yuan Shao's current situation, so Fei I want to pretend to be cowardly, retreating into the pit, and preparing to leave a small trap for Yuan Shao by the way...

"Remove most of the soil bag at the gate of the cottage first, and replace it with wood..." Fei Qian muttered, "Remove a quarter of the soldiers first, and another quarter at noon tomorrow... Finally, set fire to the gate of the cottage... "

In order to prevent the gate of the Shanzhai village from being directly knocked open by a car, the gate of the Shanzhai village was originally blocked with earth and rocks, but now it is replaced with wood, and finally the fire is used to temporarily block Yuan Jun's pursuit and provide more for Fei Qian's men. retreat time.

  The most important thing is that burning the door of the cottage will relieve some doubts and worries to some extent. After all, the fire cannot be burned twice.

After hearing Fei Qian's arrangement, Jia Qu thought for a while, nodded, and added: "If that's the case, we must arrange for the wounded soldiers to evacuate first tonight... and then burn the gate of the village at dusk tomorrow. After entering the cottage, it is also night, and most likely won't rush to chase overnight... Most of them will stay in the cottage..."

That night, the first batch of wounded soldiers began to leave the west gate of the village in a cart. Feiqian originally wanted to stay, but under Jia Qu's repeated request, even at the request of making a tough one, he had no choice but to follow. This group of wounded people withdrew from the cottage first and headed for Huguan.

  However, Fei Qian left the capital of Wei and a part of the heavily armored soldiers as a last resort.

On the second day, before the sky was completely bright, Yuan Jun launched an attack again. Because some soldiers were withdrawn, and some ordinary soldiers had already learned that they were going to retreat, so there were no more fights before they knew it. Going forward, it seemed that there were more and more dangers on the wall of the cottage. Yuan Jun climbed up the wall several times in succession. If it weren't for Wei Du's heavy armored soldiers like a mainstay, he resisted Yuan Jun's offensive with all his strength. There is no need to wait until nightfall, the cottage may change hands...

   At dusk and nightfall, Jia Qu dispatched people to retreat and set a fire at the gate of the village. The fire soared into the sky, illuminating half of the rocks.

   "Report!" A Yuan soldier rushed in front of Yuan Shao and reported loudly with joy, "It's broken! It's broken! The cottage...the cottage has been breached!"

Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly dispatched soldiers, but the fire at the wall of the stronghold was so intense that it covered a large area, so too many soldiers could not enter for a while, so he had to extinguish the flames while walking from the wall of the stronghold. Climb up the ladder and enter.

  After a long time, the fire was finally brought under control, and the soldiers who had entered the cottage in the early stage also continued to report back, reporting various situations in the cottage to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao originally wanted to go into the stronghold to take a good look at the hard-won spoils, but after several days of attacking, his body and mind were exhausted to the extreme, and he was determined but powerless, so he sat down to catch his breath and sent Yan Liang to the stronghold first. Among…

  Yan Liang took the order, greeted him, and entered the cottage with his guards.

  Yuan Shao looked up at the sky, the sky had already dimmed, only a ray of dark red light remained on the top of the mountain to the west. Yuan Shao felt that he had never felt so tired like today. It seemed that every piece of flesh and every bone in his body was crying out for soreness and tiredness...

  When I left Luoyang, because I was worried that Dong Zhuo would send troops to hunt him down, when I rushed to Jizhou in the starry night, I changed horses and ran all the way.

   Are you getting old?

  Yuan Shao took a long breath, and then let it out slowly...

  But Yuan Shao's indistinct sigh was only halfway out before he was choked back by a loud noise from the cottage!

   "Boom!"

The huge roaring sound resounded throughout the mountain road. Even Yuan Shao, who was far away from the village, was unstable and almost fell to the ground. The surrounding soldiers, mules and horses screamed in panic, "The sky is falling!" ! The sky is falling!"

  In the cottage, a gigantic burst of fireworks rose, black smoke mixed with red smoothness, many figures were obviously terrified, staggered and ran around, and some even bumped into each other...

   "What happened?!" Yuan Shao endured the ringing in his ears, grabbed a guard who was also pale with fright, and shouted, "Go and check, what happened!"

The guard left in a hurry, and after a while, he rolled and crawled, and came back with a look of horror on his face. When he went down the mountain road, he didn't know whether he stepped on a stone or some stump, and fell to the ground with a groan, He hurriedly ran to Yuan Shao again, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and reported with difficulty: "Big...big, big general...General Yan...General Yan..."

   "Bastard!" Yuan Shao grabbed the guard with his hands, shook him and shouted, "Say! What's wrong with General Yan?"

   "Fang... the sky collapsed just now... Yan, General Yan was hit by lightning..." The guard was full of horror, "Dead..."

"what?!"

  Yuan Shao's eyes widened, only to feel that his eyes went dark, he shook a few times, and fell on his back...

  (end of this chapter)