According to Meng Da, the grain transportation team of the imperial court will only arrive here tomorrow, and it is already the hinterland of the imperial court, there are still more than 30 miles away from the Tiger Prison Pass, and most of them are mountain roads, and the scouts generally do not run to the mountains to explore such a long distance, this area has always been the scope of Meng Da's supervision.
Xuzhou lacks good generals, since the time of Tao Qian, it has been very lacking, otherwise it will not be beaten by Cao Cao without the power to fight back, it is rare to meet a good general, for Meng Da, Chen Deng is good to say, along the way, and Meng Da talked about the world, talking about the ancient and modern art of war and the advantages and disadvantages of the new policy of the imperial court, so not close.
The more he talked, the more he appreciated Meng Da, Chen Deng also appreciated it more, not only was he quite strategic, but he also had his own opinions on the general trend of the world, although he was limited by his vision, in Chen Deng's view, Meng Da's overall situation and foresight were still a little lacking, but as far as Chen Deng knew about the generals, Meng Da was already a rare civil and military master.
Chen Deng also introduced Xiang Yang to Meng Da from time to time, as the number one general in Xuzhou, Chen Deng naturally would not snub Xiang Yang because of Meng Da, and talked about the world all the way, but he would not be bored.
The group walked to a valley, Chen Deng frowned and looked at the terrain here, and said in a deep voice: "Where is this place, it is quite dangerous" "This valley is close to the Yellow River, out of this valley, ten miles to the east, is the Tiger Prison Pass, there is a plain outside the valley, the terrain is flat, can be used for repair" Meng Da smiled and explained: "But this is already the place where the Tiger Prison Pass scouts explore, and the last general thinks that he should be stationed in this valley tonight." ” "Is this place too dangerous, and since we may encounter a Tiger Prison Scout, I can't afford to take any chances."
Chen Deng shook his head and said, "Just in case, I'll camp in the mountains tonight."
This march, in addition to the Mi Fang Department who stayed in the Tiger Pass, Chen Deng's troops are basically all here, once lost, the Xuzhou army will face the danger of annihilation, not only its own safety is worrying, Xuzhou lost these soldiers and horses, I am afraid that it will soon be annexed by Cao Cao or Jiangdong.
Don't look at the alliance of princes now, but if there is a chance, Chen Deng has no doubt that Cao Cao will take advantage of the weakness of the two counties of Xiapi and Guangling to enter Xiapi, so although he has Meng Da to help him now, Chen Deng is still very cautious.
"In this case, the last general suggests retreating five miles, this place is wide, and there is a river that can lead to water, which can be used as a station."
Meng Da bowed.
Passing by that place before, Chen Deng thought about it for a while, and that place was quite suitable for camping, so he ordered the army to change to the front army and withdraw to camp.
"This person is undoubtedly Chen Deng."
On a hill two miles away, Guo Jia put away the clairvoyant mirror, turned his head to look at Huang Zhong and said, "The general brought the five hundred god crossbow battalions over, be sure to shoot this person."
"That Meng Da" Huang Zhong frowned, Huang Zhong was always angry about Meng Da's betrayal.
"Meng Da Xiao Mustard, life and death don't need to care, if the general wants to kill him, kill it, but Chen Deng, this person, must be killed, and then followed by eight thousand marksmen to kill, the general and remember, don't push too hard, when Xuzhou leaves some vitality, as long as this person dies, the Xuzhou army will retreat, Cao Jun is afraid that he will not stay for a long time, in addition, Jiangdong Sun Ce This person, quite ambitious, only need a letter, he can ask him to return to Jiangdong."
Guo Jia smiled and said, "I also hope that General Hansheng will focus on the overall situation." ” "The last general will take the order" Huang Zhong bowed down and agreed, and took the order.
The 500 Divine Crossbow Battalion is a gathering of people who are good at shooting in the army, and the crossbow tools used are also new crossbows made by the Ministry of Industry according to the pulley principle provided by Liu Xie, which is powerful and has undergone special training, walking in the mountains, as if walking on the ground.
The soldiers of the Five Hundred Divine Crossbow Battalion, under the leadership of Huang Zhong, quietly approached the Xuzhou Army, and with the help of the clairhandly mirror, Huang Zhong was able to easily find Chen Deng's whereabouts.
Retreated Halfway through, Huang Zhong suddenly found that the Xuzhou army was slowly retreating, I don't know why, but he didn't care, no matter what the enemy's conspiracy was, his purpose was to shoot Chen Deng, and he couldn't care about the rest.
After proofreading his whereabouts again, Huang Zhong took the crossbow battalion to the first step to the road where Chen Deng retreated, and from a long distance, he had already seen Chen Deng's figure through the clairvoyant mirror, which was less than two hundred steps away from the road, and it was very easy to be discovered by the enemy, Huang Zhong lowered his body as low as possible, recruited ten team leaders, and said in a deep voice: "Remember, the one who is dressed as a Confucian and wears soft armor is Chen Deng, after he enters the firing range later, listen to my orders, and shoot at the same time, be sure to shoot this person." ” "Wow" ten team leaders squatted on the ground and whispered a low promise.
Huang Zhong waved his hand, and the ten teams quickly left, each passing the order to his subordinates, and a soldier of the Mingshen Crossbow Battalion quickly crawled forward in the bushes, looking for the best shooting position.
Huang Zhong found a big tree to hide his figure, in order to avoid the reflection of the armor, before leaving, he had already removed the armor, only wearing a soft armor, seeing that everyone had chosen their own directions and concealed in all directions, Huang Zhong took out the clairvoyant mirror again and silently watched the actions of the Xuzhou army.
Chen Deng was still discussing the art of war with Meng Da and Xiang Yang at the moment, and he didn't know that the crisis was coming, and while he was walking, Xiang Yang suddenly frowned and looked left and right.
"What's the matter" Chen Deng looked at Xiang Yang suspiciously.
"Here" Xiang Yang swept towards Huang Zhong's hiding place, and was about to say something, when he suddenly saw Huang Zhong's figure appear on the hillside, holding a carved bow, and let out a loud shout from his mouth "Not good" subconsciously, Xiang Yang grabbed Chen Deng and wanted to pull him behind him.
"Puff puff" almost at the same time, Chen Deng's body trembled a few times in a row, Xiang Yang looked over, his eyes were splitting for a moment, and he saw Chen Deng's body, at this moment, even people and horses were shot by hundreds of arrows, staring at a pair of eyes incredibly looking in the direction of the hillside, his lips moved a few times, but he couldn't make the slightest sound, his head tilted, and he completely lost his breath.
"Lord" Xiang Yang screamed sadly, but saw Meng Da suddenly rise and threw him to the ground.
"Looking for death" Xiang Yang was furious, and was about to break Meng Da away, but he heard another series of muffled sounds, and he and Meng Da's mounts screamed at the same time, and were shot by countless arrows.
Xiang Yang only felt that his scalp was numb for a while, if one or two arrows hit, it would not be a big fuss, but at this moment, hundreds of arrows hit at the same time, what kind of army is this hidden in the mountains and forests.
"Ambush" Meng Da looked at Chen Deng's dead body, sighed fiercely, pulled Xiang Yang and ran: "Hurry up" Xiang Yang also reacted when he heard this, and hurriedly grabbed Chen Deng's body and ran into the crowd.
"Keep shooting" Huang Zhong saw that Meng Da actually dodged his own arrow, snorted coldly, and bent his bow again, and at the same time he also saw the horror of this crossbow battalion, only to see a crossbow battalion soldier quickly pull out a crossbow arrow from the quiver on his waist, and stuck it on the crossbow groove, and then pulled, the bowstring turned out to be two, one did not move at all, but one was quickly pulled back, the pulleys on both sides rotated, and the two wings of the crossbow were pulled to the limit in an instant, from drawing the arrow to loading the arrow cluster, no more than one breath.
You must know that the most sophisticated rhubarb crossbow in the Han Dynasty, although it is extremely powerful, but it is extremely troublesome to load the crossbow arrows, and it takes at least tea to shoot twice, and these god crossbow battalion soldiers, between the bright hair crossbow arrows, can be completed in one breath, the movements are smooth, and the accuracy is also amazing.
After shooting Chen Deng, three consecutive rounds of crossbow arrows shot dozens of soldiers around Chen Deng who had not yet reacted.
"Kill" In the valley, a sound arrow rose into the air, followed by eight thousand marksmen from the valley on both sides of the figure, these marksmen are recruited by Huang Zhong in Shu, Shu people are good at shooting, and these can be selected by Huang Zhong marksman, is one of the best, for a while, the arrow rain is dense, a large number of Xuzhou soldiers have no time to fight back, they have fallen in pieces.
It's a pity that Meng Da is extremely slippery, with Xiang Yang, with the help of the body of the surrounding Xuzhou army to help him block the arrows, but that Xiang Yang is quite powerful, with a spear in his hand, twice the arrows he shot away, if it weren't for this person, then Meng Da would have died twice.
"Damn" Seeing that the two of them were dragging a corpse, and it was difficult to see it after turning a corner, Huang Zhong spat fiercely, and smashed a small tree with an unwilling punch, before taking the crossbow battalion to continue to shoot the Xuzhou army that had become a mess.
Eight thousand marksmen, all from Shuzhong, not only superb archery, but also the best at mountain combat, if not Guo Jia did not give a kill order, just constantly drive these people to the revolving gate, I am afraid that this less than fifteen miles away, with these eight thousand marksmen, it is enough to shoot this Xuzhou elite clean.
"Sir, fortunately, I am not dishonored, that Chen Deng was hit by hundreds of arrows, and there is no luck, but it is a pity that the Mengda rebel thief is gone" Huang Zhong returned to Guo Jia's side with the soldiers of the Divine Crossbow Battalion who had already shot two bags of arrows, and he was still a little angry about not being able to shoot Meng Da together.
"The general doesn't need to worry, temporary gains and losses are not enough to talk about success or failure, this person is naturally a good thing if he dies, if he doesn't die, it's not a bad thing, and there may be some use value in the future."
Guo Jia waved his hand and smiled indifferently, maybe Meng Da is indeed a good general, but when he looks at it from the height of Liu Xie, Guo Jia, and Jia Xu, he is just a relatively active chess piece on the chessboard, it is best to die, if he is not dead, he will continue to use it, Meng Da seems to be cunning, but his character has been understood by Guo Jia, and his behavior pattern is also well known by Guo Jia, and he can use it at any time in the future as long as he needs it, even more easily than Huang Zhong, a loyal minister.
"Now that Chen Deng is dead, the Xuzhou army has suffered heavy losses, and it will not continue to defend the revolving gate."
Guo Jia thought for a while and said, "After a while, I will order Wei Xu to lead the troops to subdue the revolving gate pass, and the general will follow me back to Luoyang to report to Your Majesty." ” "Whoa" t1706231537: