Chapter 938 As Tang Yin expected, walking south, there were really not many Shenchi disciples along the way. 78 free e-book download had nothing to say all the way, he and Xia Yao traveled through the deep mountains and mountains for two days and two nights, and finally arrived at the southern border of Shenchi.
However, at this time, the situation here is chaotic, and the Sichuan army that invaded Shenchi is fighting with the Shenchi people led by Dongfang Yehuai.
In fact, because of Gao Ge's death, Dongfang Yehuai was already disheartened, and he had no intention of working hard for Guanghan anymore, nor did he want to fight against the Sichuan army, but the Sichuan army didn't think so, since it decided to attack on a large scale, it must not be soft, and hundreds of thousands of troops advanced in batches and steps.
At the beginning, Dongfang Yehuai was only harassing and trying to contain the speed of the Sichuan army's advance, but gradually, the Sichuan army also felt that the counterattack of Shenchi was not strong, and it seemed to be showing weakness.
Xiao Xuan gathered all the generals under his command to make a calculation, and guessed that Shenchi must have spent his main energy on resisting the wind army, so he mainly focused on containing himself.
Thinking about this, Xiao Xuan gave the order to go down, and the whole army advanced at full speed, no matter what, he had to rush to Shenchi City in front of the wind army.
At this time, Xiao Xuan was also selfish.
Whether it is the Wind Army or the Sichuan Army, whoever can take the lead in attacking Shenchi City will have the opportunity to firmly control Shenchi in his own hands.
If the two countries of Fengchuan fight each other in the future, then whoever controls the divine pond will occupy the absolute initiative.
It was precisely because of this consideration that after he learned that the Feng army was attacking Shenchi, he also hurriedly mobilized the Sichuan army to invade the territory of Shenchi.
The main force of the Sichuan army, which was personally commanded by Xiao Xuan, was not restrained by Dongfang Yehuai at all, and drove straight into Shenchi City, the core of Shenchi.
Dongfang Yehuai is frustrated with Guang Hanting, but it doesn't mean that he can tolerate Shenchi City to be trampled on by the armies of other countries, in Dongfang Yehuai's heart, Guang Han listens to Guanghan Ting, and Shenchi is Shenchi, the two can't be confused, let alone let Shenchi be ruined because of Guanghan listening.
In addition, the elders and his disciples who had rushed with him also began to complain.
If you just blindly retreat and contain, you can't stop the pace of the Sichuan army's advance, and if you continue, it won't take a few days for the Sichuan army to come to the city, and at that time, Shenchi will be in danger.
For these reasons, Dongfang Yehuai could only change his tactics, abandon the tactics of harassment and containment, and decided to block the Sichuan army head-on.
Of course, the manpower on Dongfang Yehuai's side was completely disproportionate to the strength of the Sichuan army.
The Sichuan army dispatched three legions, with more than 300,000 people up and down, and Dongfang Yehuai's side was only 3,000 people, and the gap between the numbers of the two sides reached a hundredfold.
If he confronted head-on, Dongfang Yehuai had no chance of winning, but the danger of the terrain of Shenchi helped him.
From the south to Shenchi City, you must pass through the Hukou Stream, which is a narrow and deep valley, on both sides are towering dangerous mountains, in the middle of the rugged mountain road, the ground is full of boulders, people and animals are difficult to walk, if the Sichuan army wants to pass through this place, even the baggage in the army has to be disassembled, transported in batches.
What's more, the whole Hukou Stream is in the shape of a figure 8, wide on both sides, narrow in the middle, and at the narrowest point in the center, three people walking side by side all seem crowded.
If there are people guarding the top of the hill on both sides here, and the people below want to pass through, it will be too difficult.
Such a dangerous place, Dongfang Yehuai took a fancy to it, and the Sichuan army also noticed it.
When the main force of the Sichuan army was still far away from the Hukou Stream, it sent a vanguard of 20,000 people to reach the Hukou Stream first, and the soldiers climbed to the top of the mountain on both sides of the Hukou Stream to camp to prevent the Shenchi people from occupying this place and obstructing their own advance.
It can be said that the Sichuan army has taken precautions, but as a result, they still underestimated the strength of Dongfang Yehuai.
The garrison of 20,000 men lost their armor early the next morning and returned to the main position of the Sichuan army.
Xiao Xuan called the general who led the army to ask, only to know that last night, the Sichuan army stationed on the top of the mountain was suddenly attacked by the Shenchi people, due to insufficient preparation, and the enemy's Lingwu was too strong, the Sichuan army could not resist, was beaten dizzy, and finally died, fled, and surrendered.
Fortunately, Shenchi did not act rashly and released all the Sichuan soldiers who surrendered, otherwise, so many people would not have escaped back.
After Xiao Xuan heard this, his face turned white, the elite army of 20,000 people was defeated by the Shenchi people of only a few thousand people, and it was still in the case of occupying a favorable location.
He severely punished the generals who led the army, and then ordered the lieutenant general Zhang Song and the partial general Hu Ning to command 50,000 troops, and take Hukou Jian no matter what, so as to clear the obstacles for the northward advance of his own army.
The two generals, Zhang Song and Hu Ning, received the order and ordered troops to fight.
As a result, the two of them went fast and came back quickly, full of confidence when they went, and disgraced when they came back.
Don't look at the top of the Hukou Stream, there are only about 3,000 Shenchi people, but the 50,000 troops led by the two of them can't attack it at all, and they fought fiercely for a whole day, and the Sichuan army soldiers didn't even attack half of the mountainside, but they suffered heavy losses.
This can make Xiao Xuan extremely angry, if the first wave of his 20,000 troops was taken by surprise and attacked by others, and it is understandable that he was defeated and retreated, but the second wave of 50,000 troops could not attack the tiger's mouth, it would be too much to say.
Xiao Xuan ordered that the whole army set off and rushed straight to the Hukou Stream, no matter how strong the enemy who occupied the Hukou Stream, he had to pass through it today.
When the main force of the Sichuan army arrived at Hukou Stream, Xiao Xuan personally came to the front of the army and looked forward.
I haven't seen the Hukou Stream, it is just an ordinary mountain stream for Xiao Xuan, and now that he has seen it with his own eyes, Xiao Xuan can't help but gasp, and secretly said: What a dangerous place The high mountains on both sides of the mountain stream are afraid to be more than ten zhang high, and the mountains are steep, even on the most gentle side of the slope, it seems that they are almost straight up and down.
At this time, he finally understood why Zhang Song and Hu Ning, the two generals, couldn't defeat the 50,000 soldiers and horses.
General Yang Zhao came to Xiao Xuan's side and said in a low voice: "King, this place is very steep, if you can't annihilate the enemy on the top of the mountain on both sides, it will be difficult for our army to pass, but if you want to attack strongly, I'm afraid it will not be easy."
"No matter how difficult it is, we have to fight" Xiao Xuan said in a deep voice: "If our army wants to break through Shenchi City, it must pass through the Hukou Stream, and there is no other way; If our army wants to reach Shenchi City before the wind army, we must fight quickly, and there is no other way."
Yang Zhao's face was straight, he nodded, and said, "The last general knows."
The king, the last general is willing to personally lead the soldiers of our army to take the lead" Xiao Xuan turned his head to look at Yang Zhao, pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Yang Zhao, you must not be careless, although there are not many people in Shenchi, but all of them are strong and powerful, when attacking, if you see that the situation is not right, withdraw immediately, and you must not be greedy for war or love war."
"The last general understands, the king can rest assured" Yang Zhao intervened to receive the order.
Yang Zhao is one of Xiao Xuan's confidants and favorite generals, and he is also a famous general with outstanding military achievements in Sichuan.
He personally led a Sichuan army of 80,000 men to launch a fierce attack on the mountain peaks on the left side of the Hukou Stream.
Don't look at Yang Zhao as a civilian, but he is also a battle-hardened veteran, experienced and good at arranging troops.
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He first selected the sturdy and nimble soldiers in the army, and let them carry ropes to take the lead, so that they did not need to rush to the top of the mountain in one go, but only advanced in sections, and at each place, the ropes must be fixed for the climbing of his own soldiers behind.
According to Yang Zhao's arrangement, the Sichuan army launched an attack on the left peak of Hukou Stream.
More than 1,000 Sichuan soldiers went into battle lightly, without carrying weapons, and one by one carried large bundles of hemp ropes, and took the lead in climbing the mountain.
They only climbed about five meters before they stopped, then took off the hemp rope from their bodies, fixed one end to the rock, threw the other end down the mountain, and then continued to climb up the mountain.
Seeing that the rope was thrown down, the soldiers of the Sichuan army swarmed up, holding the rope in their hands, and launched an attack on the mountain peak.
At first, they were quite smooth, but when the group of sturdy Sichuan soldiers were about to approach the halfway point of the mountain, there was a sudden shouting sound from the top of the mountain, and then hundreds of spiritual arrows flew down.
In just an instant, dozens of Sichuan soldiers were shot by the spirit arrow, and they all rolled down the hillside with screams.
Some of the Sichuan soldiers who reacted quickly took refuge on the spot and hid behind the rocks.
They thought that with the mountain rock as a block, they could prevent the spirit arrow shot from their heads, but they were wrong.
Some of the spirit arrows that followed did not go straight at all, they were drawn in an arc in the air and flew down, bypassing the mountain stones, and directly nailed to the Sichuan soldiers behind the mountain stones, some of the spirit arrows were walking in a straight line, but the strength was too great, nailed to the stones, making a crisp clicking sound, and the slightly smaller mountain stones were directly penetrated by the spirit arrows, and even with them, they would also shoot the Sichuan soldiers hiding behind.
Seeing that the opponent's arrow array was too terrifying and domineering, people lost the courage to continue climbing, and they threw away the ropes on their bodies and ran back with their heads in their hands.
Many of them had barely taken a few steps before they were knocked to the ground by the arrows that tracked them.
These Sichuan soldiers were shot one by one and did not stop the advance of the Sichuan army behind, and as far as the eye could see, the Sichuan army that was densely pressed all over the mountains and fields was constantly climbing up along the rope.
Soon, the arrows on the mountain stopped, and before the attacking Sichuan soldiers had time to catch their breath, they heard a roar from the top of the mountain, and at the same time, even the mountain peak was trembling slightly.
People subconsciously looked up, and then, their faces changed greatly.
I saw countless boulders tumbling down on the top of the mountain, some of which were even more than one person high, rolling down with the momentum of Wanjun, and where they passed, they were pressed so that the gravel burst out, and the soil chips flew sideways, and the sound was terrifying.
The Sichuan soldiers were on the hillside, and they didn't even have room to dodge, and when the boulder rolled to the front, many people watched the boulder run over their bodies, facing the boulder weighing a hundred catties or a thousand catties, even a cultivator with a spiritual armor couldn't resist it. gtvidt: