"Commander Zhuo, is this really a secret plan?"
"It was not the general's fault that they camped on the high ground. But the crippled military advisor played funeral music, which blocked the general's eyes and ears. As a result, the Yuguan army was able to bypass the mountains and forests at night."
"I've fallen into the trap!" Zhuo Yuanzi's face turned red and he was hoarse for a moment.
As if to confirm Zhuo Yuanzi's words, the whole flat peak suddenly remembered the thundering shouts of killing. Nearly 20,000 Shu soldiers gathered together and surrounded them.
The three thousand soldiers who were riding back to support fell off their horses one after another under the airtight flying arrows. After leaving behind hundreds of corpses, they fled back to the camp in a panic.
"No chaos, no chaos!" Zhang Yuan dragged his long saber and roared angrily.
"Assemble, assemble quickly, follow me and kill down the mountain!"
"General Zhang, the Shu people set up a horse-rejection formation and blocked the way down the mountain! The front army suffered heavy casualties!"
Zhang Yuan gritted his teeth and led thousands of troops out of the camp without believing in evil, hoping to fight for a round while maintaining his morale.
"Lian Nu Camp!" Under Pingfeng, Ma Yi raised his sword and roared.
Dense crossbow bolts came from a distance, and the military formation in front was instantly shot to pieces.
"Being condescending, I will have an advantage!" Zhang Yuan roared, leading others to continue rushing forward. Unexpectedly, a crossbow arrow shot out, directly turning half of his shoulders red.
"General!" More than a hundred personal guards guarded Zhang Yuan and retreated into the camp.
After returning to the camp, Zhang Yuan's face was still furious.
"General Zhang, please immediately send someone to notify the lord and come to the rescue as soon as possible. We have no luggage and no longer have the advantage of being in a high position." Zhuo Yuanzi advised in a deep voice from the side.
"The army is surrounded and not a single fly can fly out." Zhang Yuan said angrily.
The road in front of Yuguan is nearly a hundred miles away from the direction of Yuanma Beach. If he had known this, he should have kept a battalion of troops behind to provide support.
But now, it's too late to say anything.
"General Zhang, don't be anxious. Even if the Shu people are trapped in the mountains, we will have enough food and grass. If not, we can kill horses to satisfy our hunger. But we must be careful now, because the Shu people will attack the mountains."
"He dares!" Zhang Yuan said angrily, "When I see that lame military advisor, I will chop him with a knife!"
"There are less than 20,000 Shu troops under siege. We still have a chance. But the longer the siege lasts, the harder it will be to get the news. I'm worried that my lord will be tricked." Zhuo Yuanzi frowned, his expression He also gradually became fierce, as if he had made up his mind, "The spring trees have grown on the mountain. The general can have the trees cut down and rolled down."
"After three days, cover the army and attack down the mountain."
"Without further ado, I'm worried that the crippled strategist will have a back-up plan."
Zhang Yuan glanced at his injured shoulder and looked hesitant. Finally, he nodded coldly.
…
"Logging?" Sitting on the wooden wheel cart, Dongfang Jing looked calm.
"The staff officer Liang Ren is accompanying the army is quite capable."
"But he forgot that whatever he could think of, I would naturally think of. Perhaps he didn't know that I was not surrounding the mountain. What I was waiting for was for Liangren to come down from the mountain."
"The battlefield is changing rapidly. After this round, the 20,000 soldiers of the Liang people on the mountain are no longer experienced soldiers. In panic, they have become a defeated army that only knows how to run for their lives. Avoid the front and kill the weak."
"Han Jiu, send someone to inform General Chen, and tell him to clear the way down the mountain. Wait for the Liang people to rush down, and then form a formation to kill them. In addition, let the civilians who set up the fortifications quickly retreat into the mountains and forests."
Raising his head, Dongfang Jing's wet face felt cold.
"My lord cannot wait, and neither can I."
"Today, I, Dongfang Jing, will angrily kill the third one!"
…
The early morning rain began to raise waves of wet mist on the entire flat peak.
It wasn't until almost all the trees on the mountain were cut down that Zhang Yuan made people stop.
Zhuo Yuanzi put on his rare robe and armor, held a long sword, and followed Zhang Yuan, his expression full of worry.
"General Zhang must remember that after the army has passed through the encirclement and suppression, don't look back. Run to Yuanma Beach to join the Lord."
"Commander Zhuo, I have issued a military order! What's more, two of my brothers died at the hands of that cripple, and he still humiliated me!"
"If Liangqi can rush down the mountain, why should these Shu people be afraid!"
Zhuo Yuanzi was silent for a while, but in the end he didn't say anything, only sighed.
"Since I am a staff officer of an army, I am willing to follow General Zhang. However, after General Zhang comes down from the mountain, it is not appropriate to fight immediately. He must first withdraw from the encirclement and suppression area and reorganize his morale. Today is different from the past. The Shu people should have arrangements at the foot of the mountain——"
"Commander Zhuo, I know, don't talk anymore!" Zhang Yuan interrupted coldly, glanced left and right, and after realizing that everything was ready, he quickly passed on the order.
Not long after, the rolling logs rumbled down the steep terrain.
The first batch of Shu army formations were so frightened that they fled back when they saw the rolling logs descending rapidly.
Zhang Yuan sneered, "Push for another round!"
…
"Cavalry mounted, spears and shields behind, follow me and charge down the mountain!"
The horses were neighing and the people were angry. Under the cover of rolling logs, nearly 20,000 Liang troops held up their shields and rushed down the mountain.
Seeing that he was halfway through the rush, Zhang Yuan discovered that the Shu troops who had fled suddenly gathered again and blocked the passage to the lower peak.
"Kill him!" Zhang Yuan swung his long saber and cut off the head of a Shu soldier.
"Let me show you the methods of my Zhang family's famous general!"
…
"Han Jiu, lead people to divide the battlefield."
"Ah, little military advisor, what does this mean?"
"Lead people to find an opportunity, no matter the cost, to block the road down to the peak again."
"But the little military advisor only killed half of them."
"now it's right."
Dongfang Jing's expression was neither sad nor happy, "A thousand people can block it, and the remaining more than ten thousand people will surround and suppress the soldiers brought by Zhang Yuan."
"Divide and kill."
…
"Follow me and charge forward!" Han Jiu, with his hair on his chest and his face full of flesh, looked like a ghost in the mountains.
Even though there were only a thousand people, they had no intention of retreating from the Liang people's army rushing down the mountain.
"I, Han Jiu, returned to Chengdu and asked for a title from my lord, General Po Liang!"
One by one, the Shu soldiers pushed the horse-rejecting wall and roared towards the mountain pass.
Long knives and arrows kill you and me.
Most of the two to three hundred Shu soldiers were killed by long-range shots. Most of the Liang people who rushed down died from the slashes of swords and shields.
An older Shuzhou general, with one sword, blocked the gap where the Liang army collided.
"As towering as a mountain, like my son!"
General Lao Pi coughed up blood and shouted angrily. He was shot by seven iron spears, but his body remained standing.
Behind him, the Shu soldiers who finally rushed over followed his will, roared, raised their swords and shields, and blocked the gap.
…
"No, the Shu people have cut off our army!" Zhuo Yuanzi shouted anxiously on his horse. He couldn't figure out what kind of person that crippled strategist was, who could always control the entire battle situation.
"General Zhang, fight your way out, my Liangren's dominance——"
A feather arrow shot out and pierced Zhuo Yuanzi's chest. He coughed up blood, stared for a few seconds, and fell off his horse with a wail.
"My lord, the great cause has not yet been accomplished——"
Zhang Yuan took a few breaths in shock, looked around and found that in the surrounding terrain, the thousands of people who rushed down the mountain with him were already defeated.
The casualties were countless.
On the other side of the peak, there were more than 10,000 people, but they were blocked by less than 2,000 soldiers.
"General, leave quickly!" The remaining dozens of mounted guards rushed over to protect him.
"Some... issued a military order, both brothers died, and Commander Zhuo was killed... If I had known this, I should have led the army down the mountain to kill the cripple!"
Zhang Yuan's eyes were red, and he only found the position of the crippled strategist. Then he roared, dragged his long saber, and galloped on his horse.
Behind him, dozens of personal guards rushed to kill him, all following him on horseback.
"Lance formation!" A Shuzhou general came out with a calm look on his face and ordered coldly.
Hundreds of Shu soldiers formed a formation of spears that resisted horses, blocking Dongfang Jing's body.
Dongfang Jing raised his head silently and uttered only one sentence.
"Respectfully send General Zhang off to his death."
"Respectfully send General Zhang off to his death!"
At both ends of the spear formation, countless Shu soldiers raised their bows and crossbows, roaring in unison.
The gun array retreated slowly.
Arrows were flying all over the sky——
Zhang Yuan raised his head and shouted unwillingly. Together with dozens of personal guards, they planted arrows all over the place and fell off their horses to death.
Dongfang raised his face in admiration and looked at the rainy sky. There was no joy on his face, only a kind of hope for a prosperous age.
