The moonlight is hazy, and the illuminated mountain and forest trails are full of shadows.
All the way from Luoyang County, Ma Chaojun traveled day and night, and spent three nights to drive more than 400 miles, and arrived at the most precipitous "Wolong Valley" directly north of Sanguan.
As long as you pass through this valley, you can leave the Dasanguan behind, and if you walk thirty or fifty miles to the east, the terrain will gradually open up.
If you go forward through the more precipitous Chencang, you will enter the Guanzhong Plain of Pingchuan and reach Chang'an unimpeded.
In history, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, secretly crossed Chengcang to occupy Guanzhong, and used this as the foundation to compete with the overlord in the world, and finally established the Han Empire.
Although the name of this valley is "Wolong", it has nothing to do with Zhuge Liang, who is still not famous at this time, only because the valley is crooked, looking down from the top of the mountain, it looks like a dragon curled up and sleeping, hence the name.
The road was rugged and bumpy, only about a foot at its narrowest point, and even the carriage could not be passed, so it was necessary to unload the grain on the cart and carry the carriage over before continuing to harness the horses and drive forward.
This team of more than 30,000 people traveled all the way, walked for most of the night, but only drove more than 30 miles, and gradually went deep into the hinterland of Wolong Valley.
The army was stationed halfway down the road to bury the pot and make food, and after hastily filling its stomach, it was ready to continue on the road.
Ma Chao has sent scouts to spy in advance and confirm that there is nothing abnormal.
However, the terrain is steep, and there are strange peaks on both sides of the road, so Qin Liangyu reminded Ma Chao that he needs to be careful and not careless.
"The mountain road is getting steeper and steeper, I will open the road myself, Liangyu, you and your brother are in the middle, and after being broken by Bozhan" Ma Chao turned over and got on the horse, pointed at the spear, and made a decision.
Qin Liangyu rejected her husband's kindness: "It's better for me to open the way in front, the white pole army I trained is the most suitable for this kind of terrain, not at this time, but when."
Seeing Qin Liangyu's resolute attitude, Ma Chao had no choice but to agree: "In this case, you and I will open the way in front, and let my brother protect Zhuo Jun and Yunluo in the middle, and Bozhan will be behind."
At that moment, all the generals marched according to the dispatch, Qin Liangyu carried a white jade phoenix spear, leading the three thousand white-pole troops to open the way in front.
Ma Chao's crotch is burning with a phoenix, and the dragon rider in his hand is on the tip, leading five thousand lancers to follow, and then to the back is another special type of fish army trained by Ma Chao, a mixed team of horses and feet, with a strength of about 8,000.
Behind the Yuyu army array, Qin Ming walked in the middle of the team with a mace to press the formation, and behind him were Ma Yunluo and Wang Yi's family, leading about 10,000 horsemen.
Ma Dai led a mixed march of 5,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, and was in charge of the rear of the palace.
The crescent moon quietly moved westward, and the Ma Jiajun walked through the Wolong Valley, everything was so calm, only a few hungry wolf howls occasionally came from the mountains In the dry grass on both sides of the mountain, in the pile of rocks, nearly 50,000 Western Han soldiers were densely ambushed, all of them bent their bows and arrows, prepared rolling stones and wood, and stood by to attack.
Zhu Yuanzhang led his troops to Wolong Valley two days in advance, personally went up the mountain to sit in the town, and led his men and horses to arrange a net.
Just after the ugly hour, the forward team led by Ma Chao and Qin Liangyu appeared at the feet of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Looking down, it seems that an arrow can shoot Ma Chao off the horse.
"Zhu Gong, look, the person in the red horse and white robe is Jin Ma Chao" A sharp-eyed lieutenant pointed to Ma Chao and reminded Zhu Yuanzhang loudly.
"Okay, please give the lord the order to release the arrows, and watch us shoot Ma Chao into a hedgehog" Seeing that Ma Chao was at his feet, it seemed that his head was within reach, and the generals couldn't hold back their excitement and asked for battle.
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head calmly: "Don't worry, none of the Ma Jiajun will leave tonight, whether it is Ma Chao or Qin Liangyu, they will obediently send their heads in order to avoid startling the grass and snakes, and they will be escaped by the rear of the Ma Jiajun, so they will temporarily let the horses go over, anyway, there are Wenzhong's ambushes waiting in front."
After half of the Ma Jiajun has passed, I will listen to my orders, fire arrows in unison, and smash down the rolling stones and woods, and cut off the Ma Jiajun's waist, so that they will be embarrassed, and our army will break through each other."
Hearing that he was going to hand over Ma Chao's head to others, Zhu Yuanzhang's generals were depressed, and they could only wait patiently.
After another half an hour, Ma Chao's Yuyu army formation had all passed under Zhu Yuanzhang's feet, and there were 10,000 horses led by Qin Ming and 7,000 palaces led by Ma Dai.
Where Zhu Yuanzhang is standing, he is in the center of this team, and as long as he gives an order, he can cut off Ma Jiajun.
"Drumming and Arrows" Just when the generals under his command were waiting for the impetuousness, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was dressed in military uniform, waved his sword and ordered loudly.
The "dong dong dong" war drums sounded in unison, deafening.
"Woo woo" horn whimpered, cutting through the sky.
For a time, crossbow arrows flew on both sides of the mountain, like a raging storm.
Rolling stones and trees fell from the sky, like a landslide and the earth cracked.
In the face of the sudden attack, the Chinese army under the command of Qin Ming suddenly turned on their backs, countless arrows fell from their horses in the Xiliang army, and many war horses were shot and lay on the ground, making a terrible neigh.
The Xiliang army that was smashed by the rolling stones was innumerable, and in a moment, the middle section of Wolong Valley was covered with bloody rain and corpses.
"Oops, the enemy is in ambush" Suddenly, the ambushes on both sides of the valley were raised, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and Ma Chao was shocked, and hurriedly turned his horse's head, wanting to return to the Chinese army.
However, even above his head, there were ambushes, bows and crossbows thundered, and arrows rained down.
Fortunately, this valley is relatively wide, with a width of about 100 zhang, and the Xiliang army still has room to dodge the rain of arrows.
And because the valley is wide and unreachable, Ma Chaojun's casualties are much smaller than Qin Ming in the middle lane.
"Sons, follow me up the mountain, occupy the high ground, and support the rear army" Faced with the sudden appearance of a large number of ambushes, Qin Liangyu's heart was like a knife, and he only hated that he was not able to do it, but in the end he fell for Zhu Yuanzhang's trick and got into the encirclement.
While deeply blaming himself, he turned over and dismounted, leading the headquarters of the white pole army to charge up the hillside.
"Kill, take the hillside" Seeing that the main general was desperate, this elite soldier, who had been trained by Qin Liangyu for three years, bravely climbed upward, and launched a desperate hand-to-hand battle with the Western Han army on the top of the mountain, and for a time the flesh and blood flew everywhere.
The white pole soldiers trained by Qin Liangyu were all carefully selected by her, and all of them were warriors with strong bodies and good at climbing.
In addition to the sharp and sharp blade, the head of the gun also has a special hook that can be used to pull the enemy, grab weapons, and hook rocks to climb mountains.
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There is also an iron ring at the end of the barrel, which is not only used to attack the enemy, but also to climb up the protruding parts of the mountain, such as dead wood, broken branches, protruding stones and other objects.
"The whole army shoots back, covering the white pole army to attack the mountain" Ma Chao gave an order, personally bent his bow and arrows, fired tree branches, and shot down several Han soldiers.
After Ma Chao's order, more than 10,000 Xiliang soldiers shot back at the Western Han army on the mountain under the cover of shields.
Although the lethality is average, it at least suppressed the crossbowmen of the Han army, and even more so that those who threw rolling stones and wood did not dare to show their heads.
The White Pole Army moved quickly, braving the rain of arrows to launch a fierce attack on the Han army on the mountain, and was covered by the companions at their feet, and was more calm.
After a scuffle, it was soon attacked from the foot of the valley to the middle of the mountain.
With a "whoosh", a loss hit Qin Liangyu's left arm, but she was fearless, struggled to pull out the feather arrow, hastily bandaged it, and charged with a gun again: "Sons, rush to the mountain with me, the life and death of the Ma Jiajun are all tied to our hands."
Under the encouragement of Qin Liangyu, the three thousand white-pole troops fought to the death, and after taking six or seven hundred lives, they finally took control of this valley, killed the Western Han soldiers who were in ambush and retreated westward, so that the cavalry under their feet was temporarily relieved of danger.
"Ma Tie, Ma Xiu, the two of you and Liangyu will hold this valley, and I will lead the lancers back to Qin Ming and Ma Dai."
I could hear the screams behind me, the battle over there was extremely fierce, Ma Chao was anxious and angry, and he was ready to brave the rain of arrows to return to the rear.
It's just that under the command of Zhu Yuanzhang, the middle section of the road was completely blocked by the rolling rocks and woods.
Ma Chao couldn't pass at all, so he could only turn back and rest with Ma Tie and Ma to find another countermeasure.
Arrows rained overhead, and millstone-like stones fell from the sky.
Ma Yunluo raised his horse and held his gun, struggling to block, but fortunately, there were henchmen who had followed Ma Teng for many years who sacrificed their lives to save him, so he reluctantly rushed out of the dense rain of arrows and looked for Ma Dai backwards.
Due to the limited length of the valley, Ma Dai's rear army had not yet been ambushed at the moment, and the most serious casualties were the Chinese army under the command of Qin Ming.
Ma Yunluo did not let Xu Mei by force, he could break through, Wang Yi did not have such a great ability, in the face of a rain of arrows, he was in a hurry to get under the carriage, so as to avoid the doom of ten thousand arrows piercing his heart.
Her parents and sisters, as well as the servants who accompanied her, had nowhere to hide, and most of them died under the arrows.
"Miss Zhuo Jun, get on the horse, I'll take you to break through" In the face of the dense rain of arrows, Qin Ming didn't care about his soldiers, and rode alone to break through and go to Ma Dai; After walking for a while, he remembered that Wang Yi was still trapped in the center, and immediately braved the rain of arrows to kill him.
Although he struggled to wield his mace to block, he was still hit by an arrow in his leg and shoulder, but it was no big deal, and he searched around in the chaos and finally found Wang Yi hiding under the carriage.
Seeing Qin Ming's outstretched hand, Wang Yi didn't think much about it, grabbed Qin Ming's hand and jumped on the war horse vigorously, was held in Qin Ming's arms, brandished a mace to dial the carving feather, and struggled to break through backwards.
After a short time, he rushed out of the road for two or three miles, and the rain of arrows above his head gradually thinned out.
Xu Da stood on the side of the valley to supervise the battle with a bow and crossbow in his hand, and found that Qin Ming was in and out, and there was a woman in his arms, and he couldn't help but snort coldly: "It's really stupid to put your life on the line for a woman."
At that moment, he bent his bow and arrows, pulled the bowstring like a full moon, aimed at Qin Ming's head, and with a whoosh, he broke out of the air t1706231537: