Night fell, and the entire valley was shrouded in darkness. Zhang Yu's army camped on the mountain road, and Zhang Yu's Chinese army's tent was set up on a slightly wider platform. After all, the space here was limited and could not accommodate an army of 10,000 people. The other soldiers had no choice but to spend the night crowded on the narrow mountain road. They leaned on one side of the rock wall to rest one by one.
In order to prevent enemy sneak attacks, the camp was arranged in a very orderly manner at the beginning and end. The soldiers dug three trenches on the mountain road and used the excavated soil to build a simple earthen wall. In front of the earthen wall, seven or eight layers of deer antlers were set up. Iron caltrops were scattered between the antlers, and many pits were dug.
Once you fall in, you will be impaled to death by the sharp wooden stakes inside.
Because there were cliffs and dense forests of thorns on both sides, Zhang Jing and the others were not worried that the enemy would rush down from their heads. The soldiers sat around the fire in groups, chewing hard dry food in their mouths. However, in this comfort, there seems to be some unusual atmosphere.
Zhang Hu stood on a high place and looked up, and saw the fires on the mountain road that stretched for several miles, which looked particularly bright in the dark night. The soldiers were already exhausted after a long day's walking, and their alertness was lower than usual.
"General, our army is well-defended. Even if the enemy dares to come, they will not be able to break through our defense. General, it is better to rest early." The deputy general saw his worries and said in relief.
"Report!" Just as Zhang Yu was about to speak, a scout ran over on horseback. He dismounted and bowed: "Report to the general. The enemy troops who attacked the grain depot were intercepted by our army in the middle of the road. They were defeated and retreated. More than three hundred people were beheaded!" The two commanders are leading the army to pursue southward."
Zhang Xiu's face lit up when he heard this, he punched his palm and said loudly: "Okay! Do you know who is leading the enemy's army?"
"It's Niu Chuang who was besieged by our army earlier!"
"It's him, a remnant of soldiers, who dares to sneak attack on my food camp." Zhang? smiled contemptuously.
After hearing this battle report, Zhang Jing's originally worried heart was relieved. Niu Chuang was defeated, so how could the unknown Song Xin dare to attack him?
"Go back and tell the two commanders that after annihilating the enemy, they can detour to the exit of the Jackdaw Ridge Mountain Road as soon as possible, attack the enemy camp from the side, and join our army."
The scout made a promise and rode back.
Zhang? After having a full meal, he was about to lie down and rest when suddenly a sound exploded in his ears.
"kill!"
He was shocked, rushed out of the tent where he was sleeping, and saw countless torches suddenly lighting up in the direction of Jackdaw Ridge. Then I saw a general running over panting heavily.
"General, the enemy is coming from the mountain road!"
Zhang Wei frowned tightly and shouted in a deep voice: "Why are you panicking! Did you see how many people there are!?"
"They are all densely packed with torches, and I can't even count them."
"Pass my general's order and stay behind the earthen wall. The enemy will not be too quick in the dark at night. If they come, shoot back random arrows!"
"No!" the deputy general agreed and ran to organize the troops. After a while, hundreds of crossbowmen formed a formation on the earth wall dug on the mountain road, with their crossbows cocked, and behind them was a row of spearmen. Once the enemy crossed the earth wall, they would be poked by countless spears. die.
But after waiting for a long time, there were only fires and silhouettes in front of them, but the shouts of killing disappeared.
Zhang? After waiting for a long time, he seemed to understand something, so he turned around and ordered a scout: "Go and investigate!"
The scouts rushed out and rushed to where the fire was. After a while, they turned their horses around and shouted loudly: "General, there are no enemies ahead, just torches and straw men."
As he spoke, he threw a crudely woven straw man onto the ground.
"A plan to suspect soldiers?"
The deputy general next to him asked worriedly: "Sir, the enemy knows our army's movements. It's better for us to find another way."
Zhang? shook his head contemptuously, "This is just a trick to deceive soldiers. If they were really capable of attacking, they wouldn't send any suspicious soldiers."
He looked at the gradually extinguishing fire in the distance, smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, the soldiers will continue to rest, leaving five hundred people to guard the mountain roads on both sides."
"promise!"
The mountain road was peaceful again, and the soldiers were even more tired after the previous hardships. The sound of snoring echoed throughout the valley, stirring back and forth.
"Bang!" A thunderous sound came from the direction they came from, and then there was a burst of fire.
Zhang Yu was awakened by this sound and almost rolled to the ground. He picked up the Huanshou Dao beside him and walked out. He saw a torch lighting up in the direction they came from, and the sound of golden drums beating in unison.
The soldiers were frightened and panicked, scurrying around like a swarm of headless flies in the darkness. Some people couldn't see the road clearly because it was too dark, so they fell into the valley and were shattered to pieces.
"General! The enemy is coming from behind!"
Zhang Hu listened to his men's report and said coldly: "This must be another enemy suspect. Don't panic."
Sure enough, in less than a quarter of an hour, the drums and torches disappeared without a trace.
The soldiers under Zhang Hu breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be another suspect.
"Damn it, don't let me sleep!" Many soldiers muttered and cursed. Then he grabbed a piece of sheepskin and wrapped it around him and continued to sleep.
Zhang? was silent for a while, still looking a little nervous. He knew that the key to this battle was time. The enemy must be short of troops, so he would use this tactic to prevent his men from resting. As a result, the march speed will be slower.
"Zhang Liao must have been unable to separate his troops at the critical moment of attacking Tianzhu Peak. Otherwise, he would not have used this method."
"Let the soldiers stay vigilant and not slack off at all. The enemy is insidious. The first two times were false, but the next time may be real." Zhang? said slowly, with firmness and determination in his tone.
He knew that the soldiers at this time were in a state between fatigue and exhaustion, and coupled with the darkness of night, they could easily make mistakes. Therefore, he must always be vigilant and remind the soldiers to stay calm.
"General, we need to strengthen night patrols." Another deputy general also noticed the tension in the situation and stepped forward and said.
Zhang? nodded and continued:
"Let the soldiers on night patrol be replaced every half an hour to prevent soldiers from becoming overtired."
Everyone nodded and agreed. Then, they immediately implemented the plan, requiring all soldiers to be more vigilant and not to relax at all.
Time passed by minute by second, Zhang? From time to time, he stood on a high place and observed the situation in the valley. If there was any change, he would react immediately. However, after half an hour, there were no more drums or torches.
The soldiers did not relax their vigilance. They divided into groups to patrol and took turns guarding the camp. The night passed quietly, until late at night, there was a sudden noise.
Just when he was about to go back to his tent to rest, flakes of snow fell from the sky.
Zhang? looked up at the sky and saw thick dark clouds and no stars and moon. He knew that a heavy snowfall was coming. But thinking that he would be able to walk out of the mountain tomorrow, he gave up the idea of letting the soldiers get up.
At the same time, Song Xin raised his hand, and a snowflake fell on his palm, melting quickly.
"The snow came earlier this year." Song Xin said lightly. He looked at Luo Yao beside him and said, "Thank you, Miss Luo, for helping me run around. Have you brought the things?"
Luo Yao nodded and took out a storage ring from her arms, "It said there is something you want in it." She looked at the storage ring curiously and asked, "What is here? Peng Mu is still mysterious. , and it doesn’t say what it’s used for.”
songs There is one more lead.
If you look closely, you can see that there are a few words written on the fuse, "Six breaths." This should mean that it will explode after igniting the fuse for six breaths.
songs , then the gain outweighs the loss.
Ever since she experienced the feeling of divine punishment in the cell and the Wei family, Song Xin no longer wanted to experience that heavy feeling of suffocation again.
He smiled faintly and thanked secretly in his heart, "Lao Peng, I'm interested."
Luo Yao saw the black ball in his hand and asked curiously, "Are you going to use this to kill the enemy?"
Song Xin nodded, raised his hand to say hello, and Xuanjia guards appeared one after another from the dense forest behind him.
Song Yu, wearing black black armor, walked up, cupped his hands to Song Xin and said, "Sir, Song Yu is at your service."
Song Xin threw the storage ring over and said: "You take the four hundred soldiers from the trapped camp and follow the plan, and leave the remaining one hundred Xuanjia guards to me."
Song Yu raised the corners of his mouth, clasped his fists and said, "No!" After saying that, he took four hundred soldiers from the trapped camp and divided them into two teams, each of which dispersed towards the front and rear of the enemy...
Late at night...
Two nervous soldiers were sitting next to a bonfire. One of the younger soldiers looked at the sky and tightened the sheepskin on his body, "Brother, I'm afraid it's really going to snow heavily."
The older soldier said: "The clouds are heavy, I'm afraid it's going to snow. If we can't go out tomorrow, we'll all freeze to death here."
"Oh, brother, I miss my grandma."
"You've only been out for a few days and already you miss me? I've been serving as a soldier for three or four years and I haven't been able to go back even once."
"Today we will fight this and tomorrow we will fight that. When will it be the first time?" Xiao Bing sighed, reached for the wooden stick beside him and stirred up the firewood to make the fire burn brighter.
At this time, he felt as if something had been hit on his back, and then he smelled a strange smell.
The soldier looked behind him out of curiosity and saw a dark, round thing. It was the one that hit me in the back just now.
On this round thing, a lead was smoldering with flames.
"Brother, what is this?" Xiaobing had never seen this thing before. He asked curiously. The veteran beside him frowned. Although he didn't recognize this thing, a sense of danger surged up instantly.
Just as the two of them watched blankly as the burning fuse was about to burn out, many more of these black balls rolled down on the hillside not far away.
The soldier watched as the fuse burned out, a thick smoke emerged from the black ball, and the pungent smell of gunpowder rushed into his nasal cavity...
On the dark mountain road in the middle of the night, a blinding light suddenly exploded, swallowing up the two soldiers in an instant...
