"The plan is done!" Gao Zhou's face became even happier as he continued to receive information. As he expected, the lame man Dongfang Jing at Dingdong Pass really thought that he was attacking from the east and attacked the west, so he dispatched the garrison in Dingdong Pass twice to support him.
In other words, with the continuous deployment of troops, the Dingdong Pass in front of them no longer has many troops. You know, it is not only the illusion of making an attack in the East, but also reducing the number of fires and patrols in the camp. It is estimated that people are convinced.
call.
Gao Zhou raised his head and let out a comfortable breath.
Behind him at Dawan Pass, another 70,000 troops were already rushing towards him. The generals will join forces and seize the lame Dingdong Pass as quickly as possible.
"Has the siege baggage arrived?"
Gao Yong, the young general of our family, heard Gao Zhou's words and hurriedly said happily, "Grandpa, don't worry, according to the master's wishes, he has been hidden in the forest. He will just wait for the army to attack the city and then he will be pushed out as quickly as possible!"
"good!"
Gao Zhou glanced at the sky, then looked in the direction of Dingdongguan coldly. On the Dingbeiguan side, although it was a feint attack, the fighting was fierce. I heard that the number of manpower on Beiguan City has increased a lot.
If we count the time, the last batch of Lame Man's troops to rush for reinforcements should have arrived at Beiguan. Even if they want to return, it will take several days of marching time.
"Pass my military order to prepare food at the third watch tonight. At the fifth watch, prepare to attack the city with me!"
"Roar!"
Around Gao Zhou, many generals from aristocratic families raised their arms and roared. Only veterans like Shen Tu Guan, one or two, were worried.
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"If my guess is not wrong, I just thought that I had transferred my troops and Gao Zhou would attack the city soon." Sitting at Dingdong Pass, Dongfang Jing said in a calm voice.
Make a sound in the east and attack the east. This tactic has been used by others before. At the beginning, Dongfang Jing fell into the trap, and he always kept this kind of loss in mind. Now that Gao Zhou is using him again, in his opinion, it's just a mere trick.
"How come Gao Zhou is so confident?" Gong Gou was beside him, a little puzzled. "Even if he only has an army of ten thousand people, he may not be able to capture it within a few days."
"Long Gong, he is different from Chang Sheng, but I guess he looks down on me, Xi Shu, in his heart. Even if he can't conquer this key battle for a while, in the follow-up, it can be regarded as completely igniting Xi Shu. A big fight with Beiyu. If nothing is wrong, this is in the interests of the old family of Beiyu."
"But there is another possibility. For example, I can defeat Gao Zhou within a short period of time. This crisis will be resolved at once. Although it is a bit hasty, Gao Zhou's plan has exposed too many flaws. Still the same sentence By the way, those who act too hastily will already fall behind before the battle begins."
Dongfang Jing's face was calm, "Gao Zhou will attack the city in two days at most. Long Gong, pass the order for me. Now the tens of thousands of troops in the city will mainly defend to the death. When Gao Zhou is tempted to attack with all his strength, I will It’s time for Western Shu to defeat Northern Chongqing!”
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Not long after, the sky turned completely dark in the area near Dingdongguan.
The densely packed Beiyu camp was like a curved arc, tightly surrounding Dingdong Pass in the center. No matter who is watching this battle, it is clear that Beiyu is powerful and will break through the city gate.
Under the night, Gao Zhou was wearing a battle armor, his face full of coldness. The night was long, enough for him to turn the entire stalemate into a heated battle.
Beiyu not only wants to conquer Western Shu, but also wants to proclaim himself emperor in the Central Plains. If Xu Mu, the king of Xishu, is allowed to succeed in the competition, the old aristocratic families like them, according to the temperament of Xishu, will definitely plunder them all.
Gao Zhou took a breath.
He said that the interests considered were not only in Beiyu, but also in the fists of the old aristocratic families.
Gao Zhou narrowed his eyes and without any hesitation, he raised the flag in his hand high and waved it down again.
At five o'clock in the morning, the originally dead night was suddenly pierced by the din of war. Under Dingdong Pass, like a long dragon winding with torches, it suddenly became extremely dense.
"The military advisor has ordered the army to attack the city——"
The muffled horn horns and the vibration of toms suddenly resounded through the eardrums.
The Beiyu phalanx, which was lined up, was already ready to go. Following Gao Zhou's military order, they raised their shields and swords, roared again and again, and began to press towards the city gate step by step.
"The slinging camp——"
woo woo woo woo.
One after another, the stones were thrown, covered in kerosene and trailing long tail smoke, from bottom to top, towards Dingdong Pass ahead.
"Cover the ladder truck!"
Huge ladder trucks followed closely behind the phalanx, and countless Beiyu soldiers raised them high with bamboo curtains to protect the slow-moving ladder trucks.
The earthen city was fortified, the well fence was set up, and a company of Beiyu soldiers began to shoot wildly at the Shu army at the gate of the city.
People kept falling down, and their bodies were smashed to pieces.
At Dingdong Pass, the twenty-four-window archery tower was divided into groups of two, and in conjunction with the defensive rifles on both sides of the city wall, they fired waves of flying arrows at the enemy troops at the gate. There were also stones thrown down from the city wall.
The first Beiyu phalanx to advance had already suffered heavy casualties before it reached the moat. If the supervisors behind them hadn't kept shouting angrily, they would probably have been defeated.
"The military advisor said that Dingdong Pass can only hold 10,000 Shu soldiers. Let's work together and capture Dingdong Pass in one night!" A general from Beiyu Pi held a sword and roared angrily.
Under the order, the second phalanx began to follow, with at least three to four thousand soldiers, holding shields and swords, continuing to escort the ladder truck and approaching the city wall of Dingdong Pass.
"Shoot the fire arrow——"
On the top of the city, like a volley of thousands of arrows, a meteor shower of fire arrows illuminated the entire world in an instant, and also reflected the faces of the Beiyu soldiers below the city in red.
Huh, huh.
As the fire arrows landed, streaks of fire quickly formed into pieces of fire. The intensity of the fire on the left side of the phalanx was the most shocking. At least a hundred people were buried in the sea of fire.
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"Military advisor, before we can reach the moat, the two phalanxes have already suffered heavy casualties." Shen Tuguan hurriedly came over and tried to persuade him, "If you follow my suggestion, it would be better to suspend the siege first and cut down the surrounding forests to avoid The firepower is a disaster. In addition, we need to build a few more earthen cities. There are too few wells and there is no way to suppress the Shu army at the head of the city."
"What are you in a hurry for?" Gao Zhou looked back with a cold gaze.
"Since it is a fortified battle, people will naturally die. And as I said, now is the best opportunity. The lame Dingdong Pass only has an army of more than ten thousand people. Even if it is a dead loss, I will use up all of him."
"Military advisor, these are our good soldiers in Beiyu."
"You also said that you are a good man, so you should die to make contributions to Beiyu."
Shen Tu Guan gritted his teeth. He almost couldn't help himself and wanted to drag this old man off his horse.
"General Shentu, don't say any more, I have a plan in mind. Don't worry, I am fully prepared to attack Dingdong Pass this time."
Gao Zhou squinted his eyes, raised his head again and looked into the distance, no longer paying attention to Shen Tu Guan.
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