The last day of October in the third year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty.
Today's moonlight appears brighter than in the past.
Unfortunately, for most people with night blindness in the world, the thin moonlight still cannot meet their requirements for clear vision.
It was late at night, and the cold wind was blowing in the mountains. To keep out the cold, most of the Jiaozhou soldiers on Ax Mountain had fallen asleep.
The snoring of tens of thousands of people was particularly loud on the steep Ax Mountain in the silent night.
It has been more than a month since tens of thousands of Jiaozhou soldiers moved their camp to Fu Mountain.
Since this month, the Han army has been "torturing" without any movement in the camp. Coupled with its confidence in the terrain of Ax Mountain, tens of thousands of Jiaozhou soldiers slept peacefully and sweetly.
Not to mention the tens of thousands of Jiaozhou soldiers who fell asleep in their tents, but some of the Jiaozhou soldiers who were ordered to patrol the mountain roads had already forgotten Shi Hui's instructions due to their mental paralysis.
Either three or two, or one or two teams, these Jiaozhou soldiers, who were responsible for guarding the camp, had already huddled together and hid under the dark trees to fall asleep due to the coldness and sleepiness.
As the night continues to get darker, the main roads that were supposed to be guarded by soldiers have long been in vain.
And when the Wanjiaozhou soldiers on Ax Mountain were all immersed in sleep, they would not have thought that tonight, an elite Han army would be heading towards Ax Mountain at an extremely fast speed under the cover of darkness.
The Han army camp was not far from Ax Mountain. After marching for half an hour with three thousand Liangzhou soldiers, Deng Ai finally arrived at the foot of Ax Mountain.
After arriving at the foot of the mountain, Deng Ai couldn't help but look up at the bright moon hanging high in the sky.
God bless the man.
This emotion suddenly appeared in Deng Ai's heart.
The thin moonlight may not allow the Jiaozhou soldiers to see, but for the three thousand Liangzhou soldiers behind him, the moonlight, supplemented by the lighting of some torches, is enough to prevent their nighttime operations from being greatly affected.
After sighing with emotion, Deng Ai turned his attention to the mountain in front of him, the steep peak like a knife.
As Zhuge Liang said, if we adopt the usual forceful attack method, no matter how numerous and elite the Han army is, it may be difficult to attack this mountain.
But fortunately, under the steep mountain peaks, there was a mountain road for the Han army to win.
Under the leadership of local guides, Deng Ai quickly led three thousand Liangzhou troops to find the mountain road.
But when he saw the secret mountain road, Deng Ai frowned.
Under the mutual illumination of the firelight and moonlight, Deng Ai could clearly see the mountain road in front of him.
But when Deng Ai saw it clearly, he discovered that the road in front of him was more like a small crack on a giant ax than a mountain road.
The road is narrow, but the most important thing is that the mountain road is not continuous, there are faults in many places.
There is no road, how to climb this?
Not only Deng Ai frowned, but the deputy general Fu Qian who was following him also showed deep sadness on his face after seeing the mountain road that seemed impossible to climb.
"Captain."
A soft call came from Fu Qian's mouth.
Although Fu Qian only called the word "camp captain", it is not difficult to know from Fu Qian's tone that he had the intention to retreat.
Normal generals will have this idea.
But it is obvious that Deng Ai's thinking is different from ordinary people.
Deng Ai turned his head and glared at Fu Qian, and then when he turned back to look at the mountain road, his eyes were full of determination.
Before coming, Zhuge Liang had told him that this mountain road was hidden and extremely difficult to climb.
Because of this, Shi Hui neglected to take precautions here.
If the mountain road is easy to climb, and Shi Hui is not stupid, how can he not send a large army to garrison it?
But precisely because the mountain road here is steep and difficult to navigate, the enemy is unprepared here, so if the Liangzhou army climbs up, they can penetrate directly into the heart of the enemy.
In war, risks are often directly proportional to benefits.
Once Deng Ai takes over this task, he will have no reason to back down.
Fortunately, Deng Ai had made preparations early.
Following Deng Ai's wave, hundreds of warriors holding iron swords instantly appeared among the array of three thousand Liangzhou troops behind him.
The foundation of the Liangzhou Army originated from the Jingchu warriors Mi Yang recruited outside Xiangyang City.
The land of Jingchu is densely covered with mountains and forests, so in addition to being good at bows and crossbows, Jingchu warriors are also good at climbing rocks.
And these hundreds of strong men holding iron swords were carefully selected by Deng Ai from thousands of Liangzhou troops, and they were the best among the ones who were good at climbing mountains and rocks.
At Deng Ai's order, the hundreds of armed warriors who obeyed the orders did not hesitate for a moment. Under the light of the torches of their colleagues behind them, they immediately strode forward towards the steep mountain road in front of them.
The mountain road is narrow and cannot accommodate too many strong men at once.
But this is not a problem for hundreds of strong men with guns who are good at climbing rocks.
I saw these hundreds of warriors with guns immediately changing their formations, forming a long and slender formation in a row, and continuing to advance towards the mountain road ahead.
As they continued to advance, hundreds of warriors soon encountered the place that had just caused Deng Ai to frown.
A natural fault blocked the way of these hundreds of armed warriors.
However, facing this natural barrier, these hundreds of warriors with swords did not hesitate. The warriors in front waved their swords and began to dig into the mountain to clear the way.
As the iron gun in his hand continued to be waved, rocks were constantly being smashed open and falling to the feet of the warrior in front.
Or if a rock falls, nothing can be seen, but when a certain number of rocks are chopped off, a long ladder turned from stone will soon appear out of thin air in front of hundreds of warriors.
This is the method Deng Ai developed to open up roads based on the characteristics of Liangzhou Army's adeptness in mountain warfare - cutting mountains into ladders!
Historically, he used a similar method to forcibly carve out a 700-mile mountain road leading to Chengdu for his army!
When the stone ladder appeared under their feet, the hundreds of warriors at the front did not delay. Perhaps the stone ladder made in a hurry was not strong, but they did not fear or panic.
As the first strong man stepped on the stone ladder with heavy steps to climb up, the strong men behind him followed one after another, like carps rushing to jump over the dragon gate, one after another stepping on the stone ladder and climbing up.
With the help of the moonlight, Fu Qian stared blankly at the scene happening in his eyes.
This was the first time he knew that he could march like this!
But before Fu Qian had been in a daze for a long time, Deng Ai saw that the road ahead had been opened, and immediately commanded the remaining Liangzhou Army to follow the hundreds of pioneers in an orderly manner.
Because they had to cut the mountain into a ladder, and because it was not easy to climb the steep mountain road at night, the three thousand Liangzhou troops did not advance very fast.
It's just that although the speed is not fast, the progress of the three thousand Liangzhou Army has never stopped!
These three thousand Liangzhou troops don't even know what Deng Ai's purpose is for bringing them here tonight, but they are a strong army trained by Mi Yang using strict military methods, so they only need to know how to keep up with the resolute figure in front of them. Can.
The mountain roads are complex, and not all places can cut mountains into ladders.
There will always be some places where it is impossible to use stones as stairs.
Deng Ai also made advance preparations for those places.
When he came tonight, he not only asked the soldiers to hold iron swords, but also asked them to bring a lot of wooden prongs.
In those places where the stones could not be completely covered, Deng Ai ordered his soldiers to insert wooden prongs into the stone or the ground to form a simple trestle.
After the simple trestle was formed, the soldiers in front quickly stepped on the trestle and continued to climb toward the mountain.
Of course, both the stone stairs and the trestle were made temporarily and simply. Even though there were many Liangzhou soldiers below who were fixed with their bodies to prevent the stone stairs and the trestle from loosening, some Liangzhou soldiers still fell accidentally when the light was not very good. Injuried.
Under the not-so-bright light, as more and more people were injured, the blood on the stone stairs and trestle also shone brightly under the moonlight.
But even after seeing the blood spilled by those comrades, most of the Liangzhou Army remained indifferent and continued to climb up in the difficult environment.
Finally, with unremitting climbing, the hundreds of warriors at the front successfully climbed the mountainside.
When the hundreds of strong men successfully reached the mountainside, except for some of the strong men who spread out to investigate the surrounding situation, the remaining strong men all tore off the cloth belts they were carrying, and then hung the cloth belts on the cliff. .
With the help of hundreds of cloth belts, the Liangzhou Army, which had not yet reached the mountainside, was gradually pulled up to the mountainside by the strong men.
After this part of the Liangzhou Army reached the mountainside, they took over the work of the hundreds of warriors and used cloth belts to transport more of their comrades up the mountainside.
This went on and on, and soon after, more than two thousand Liangzhou troops successfully reached the mountainside.
When Deng Ai saw that all the Liangzhou troops at the bottom of the mountain had come up, a smile appeared on his lips.
Even though his left hand was feeling severe pain right now.
Deng Ai was moved to the Central Plains by Cao Cao when he was young. Climbing rocks was not his strong point, but he was a general and had to lead by example, so he inevitably suffered some injuries during the climb.
But Deng Ai simply bandaged the wound on his left hand, and then he stood up and conveyed his next instructions.
At this time, Deng Ai finally said what their mission tonight was.
And when more than two thousand Liangzhou troops knew that they were shouldering a major task tonight, their faces showed excitement.
Liangzhou's army not only had strict military laws, but also generous reward measures. These generous reward measures were a serious burden on Liangzhou's national power, but Mi Yang never thought of cutting corners on this point.
Because he knew that generous rewards could greatly motivate soldiers to be warlike.
Just like the two thousand Liangzhou troops at the moment, they know that tonight's mission is dangerous, but everyone pursues profits. As long as the benefits obtained after the war can satisfy them, they don't mind putting themselves in danger.
After informing him of the mission, Deng Ai immediately divided his troops into two groups. He assigned a thousand soldiers to Fu Qian and asked him to go down the mountain from the mountainside and remove the checkpoints on the mountain road along the way.
This point is very important. If the checkpoints on the mountain road are not removed first, and if the Jiaozhou soldiers react and send heavy troops to those checkpoints, then not only Zhuge Liang's army will not be able to successfully charge up, but even his two thousand-plus Liangzhou troops may Will be in dire straits.
Later, when Fu Qian led a thousand Liangzhou troops quickly down the mountain, Deng Ai led the remaining soldiers toward the mountain in the dark.
If you want to successfully capture Ax Mountain tonight, simply removing the checkpoint will not work.
Fu Qian led a thousand Liangzhou troops and quickly moved toward the checkpoints set up by Jiaozhou soldiers on the mountain under the moonlight.
Because they were defending against danger, the Jiaozhou soldiers did not deploy many troops at the checkpoint.
After all, once an enemy attacks, relying on the checkpoints, as long as there are hundreds of Jiaozhou soldiers, they can block the Han army's attack within a certain period of time.
During this period of time, enough troops on the mountain came to help.
Shi Hui and Yu Fan are both people who know how to fight, but they overlooked one point. What should they do if the Han army appears behind the pass?
After Fu Qian led his troops to the rear of a checkpoint, he discovered that perhaps Shi Hui and Yu Fan had never thought that the Han army would suddenly appear from the mountainside, so all the defensive measures at the checkpoint were arranged in front.
What surprised Fu Qian the most was that most of the Jiaozhou soldiers guarding the checkpoint were now sleeping soundly.
After noticing this, Fu Qian immediately led thousands of soldiers behind him and continued to approach the checkpoint in front of him.
As Fu Qian got closer and closer to the checkpoint, some Jiaozhou soldiers keenly discovered the anomaly.
In the eyes of those Jiaozhou soldiers, they saw the movement of soldiers marching in the mountains and forests behind them.
But because the noise came from the rear, these Jiaozhou soldiers thought that the soldiers advancing here were their comrades coming down the mountain.
Several Jiaozhou soldiers held torches and walked towards the place where the strange movement was heard. At the same time, they heard shouts and inquiries.
"Who is coming?"
But just when those Jiaozhou soldiers were asking questions, Fu Qian happened to rush out of the mountain road with thousands of Liangzhou soldiers.
Seeing the soldiers holding sharp blades suddenly appear in the darkness, the eyes of the Jiaozhou soldiers suddenly showed huge panic.
Before those Jiaozhou soldiers could react, Fu Qian, holding a horizontal sword, rushed in front of them. When he slashed with the horizontal sword in his hand, a reply from Fu Qian also fell into the hands of those Jiaozhou soldiers. In the ears of the state soldiers:
"I am your father-in-law!"
When Deng Ai led thousands of Liangzhou troops all the way up, they also encountered some checkpoints on the way.
However, the closer the checkpoints were to the mountains, the more neglected the defenses were. Deng Ai successfully eliminated the Jiaozhou soldiers in those checkpoints.
Soon the camp on the mountain was looming in sight.
At this moment, Deng Ai did not order the soldiers behind him to continue moving forward.
He ordered the soldiers behind him to disperse.
Deng Ai knew that it would not be easy for thousands of Liangzhou troops to rush into the enemy camp.
But what if it were another way?
Deng Ai asked the thousands of Liangzhou troops who were scattered to take out the horns they carried with them.
What are the current generals most afraid of?
It's nothing more than the word "yingxiao".
Just a moment later, outside the quiet Jiaozhou Army Camp, the thundering drums of the Han army sounded!
This is the second chapter from yesterday.
There are 2 more chapters today.
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