Volume 10, Chapter 938
Chapter 938
As Tang Yin expected, he went south and encountered very few Shenchi brothers along the way. Read the full text. He and Xia Yao traveled through the mountains and wild ridges for two days and two nights without talking, and finally arrived at the southern border of Shenchi.
However, the situation here was in chaos at this time. The Sichuan Army that invaded Shenchi was fighting with the Shenchi people led by Dongfang Yehuai.
In fact, Dongfang Yehuai had long been disheartened by Gao Ge's death. He was not willing to work hard for Guanghan anymore and did not want to fight against the Sichuan Army, but the Sichuan Army did not think so. Since they decided to defend on a large scale, they must not be soft. Hundreds of thousands of troops advanced forward in batches.
At the beginning, Dongfang Yehuai was mainly harassing and trying his best to contain the speed of the Sichuan Army's advance, but gradually, the Sichuan Army also felt that the counterattack from Shenchi was not strong and seemed to be showing off.
Xiao Xuan approached his generals to discuss the plan, guessing that Shenchi must have used his secondary energy to resist the Feng Army, so he mainly contained himself.
After understanding this, Xiao Xuan ordered the whole army to advance at full speed, and to attack Shenchi City before Fengjun.
At this time, Xiao Xuan also had selfish motives. No matter whether it was Fengjun or Chuanjun, whoever could enter Shenchi City first would have the opportunity to firmly control Shenchi in his own hands.
If Feng and Chuan are currently at odds, whoever controls Shenchi will have a relatively positive attitude. It was precisely because of this thinking that after he learned that Fengjun was defending Shenchi, he hurriedly mobilized Chuanjun to invade Shenchi.
The main force of Chuanjun, led by Xiao Xuan himself, was not restrained by Dongfang Yehuai at all, and drove straight into the center of Shenchi-Shenchi City.
Dongfang Yehuai was disappointed with Guanghanting, but it did not mean that he could tolerate Shenchi City being ravaged by the army of other countries. In Dongfang Yehuai's heart, Guanghanting was Guanghanting, and Shenchi was Shenchi. The two could not be confused, and Shenchi could not be destroyed because of Guanghanting.
In addition, the elders and his disciples who rushed over with him also began to complain. If they just gave in and held back, they would not be able to stop the Sichuan Army's advance. If they continued like this, the Sichuan Army would be at the gates of the city in a few days, and then Shenchi would 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, while Dongfang Yehuai had only 3,000 people at most, and the difference in the number of people on both sides reached a hundred times.
If he confronted head-on, Dongfang Yehuai would have no chance of winning, but the dangerous terrain of Shenchi helped him.
To get from the southern border to Shenchi City, one must pass through Hukoujian, a narrow and quiet valley with towering mountains on both sides and a bumpy mountain road in the middle. The ground is full of boulders, making it difficult for people and animals to pass. If the Sichuan Army wants to pass through here, even the military supplies have to be disassembled and transported in batches.
Secondarily, the entire Hukoujian is in the shape of an ‘8’, wide on both sides and narrow in the middle. In the narrow part of the middle, three people walking side by side are crowded. Assuming that there are people guarding the tops of the mountains on both sides here, it would be too difficult for people below to pass through.
Such a dangerous place was favored by Dongfang Yehuai, and the Sichuan Army also noticed it.
The main force of the Sichuan Army sent a vanguard of 20,000 people to Hukoujian when it was still far away from Hukoujian. The soldiers climbed to the tops of the mountains on both sides of Hukoujian to camp to prevent the Shenchi people from occupying this place and blocking their own advancement.
It can be said that the Sichuan Army had taken precautions, but in the end, they still underestimated Dongfang Yehuai's strength. The 20,000-man garrison retreated to the Sichuan Army camp in disarray early the next morning. Xiao Xuan called the general who led the army and asked him 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 spiritual martial arts were too strong, the Sichuan Army could not resist and was beaten dizzy. Some died, some escaped, and some surrendered.
Fortunately, Shenchi did not make any rash moves and released all the surrendered Sichuan Army soldiers, otherwise, so many people would not have escaped.
After hearing this, Xiao Xuan's face turned pale with anger. The 20,000-man elite army was defeated by the Shenchi people with only a few thousand people, and they were still in a favorable geographical position.
He severely punished the general who led the army, and then ordered the Lieutenant General Zhang Song and the Lieutenant General Hu Ning to lead 50,000 troops to take Hukoujian in any case to clear the obstacles for their army's northward advance.
Zhang Song and Hu Ning received the order and ordered their troops to go to battle. As a result, they went and came back. They went with full determination, but came back with dust and dirt.
Although there were only about 3,000 Shenchi people on the top of the Hukoujian Mountain, the 50,000 troops led by the two of them could not attack it at all. After a whole day of fierce fighting, the Sichuan Army soldiers did not even attack the halfway point of the mountain, but suffered heavy casualties.
This made Xiao Xuan very angry. If the 20,000 troops of his first wave were caught by surprise and unprepared by the enemy, it would be understandable to retreat, but it would be too unreasonable for the second wave of 50,000 troops to fail to capture Hukoujian.
Xiao Xuan ordered the whole army to set off and rush straight to Hukoujian. No matter how strong the enemy occupying Hukoujian was, his side had to pass through it.
When the main force of the Sichuan Army arrived at Hukoujian, Xiao Xuan personally left the front of the army and looked forward.
Having never seen Hukou Stream, Xiao Xuan thought it was just an ordinary mountain stream. But now that he saw it with his own eyes, he couldn't help but take a breath and said to himself: What a dangerous place!
The mountains on both sides of the mountain stream are probably more than ten feet high, and the mountains are so steep that even on the steep side, it looks like they are going straight up and down. Such a dangerous terrain can be said to be a barrier for one person and ten thousand people. Don't open it.
At this time, he finally understood why Zhang Song and Hu Ning, two generals commanding 50,000 soldiers and horses, could not attack Hukou Stream.
General Yang Zhao left Xiao Xuan and whispered: "Your Majesty, this place is very dangerous. If we can't annihilate the enemies on the top of the mountains on both sides, it will be difficult for our army to pass by. However, if we want to attack by force, 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 Hukou Stream. There is no other way; if our army wants to reach Shenchi City before the Feng Army, it must We must fight quickly, there is no other way!”
Yang Zhao's face straightened, he nodded, and said, "General, I know. Your Majesty, General is willing to personally lead our soldiers to lead the battle!"
Xiao Xuan turned to look at Yang Zhao, pondered for a moment, and whispered: "Yang Zhao, you must not be careless. Although there are not many people in Shenchi, they are all very strong in martial arts. When defending, if you see that the situation is not right, Withdraw immediately. Don’t be greedy for war!”
"General, I understand, the king can rest assured!" Yang Zhao stepped in to take the order.
Yang Zhao is one of Xiao Xuan's favorite generals and a famous general with outstanding military exploits in Sichuan.
He personally led 80,000 Sichuan troops to launch a fierce attack on the peak on the left side of Hukou Stream. Even though Yang Zhao was born as a civilian, he was also a battle-hardened veteran with rich experience and good at arranging troops.
He first selected strong and agile soldiers from the army and asked them to lead the battle with ropes. They did not need to rush to the top of the mountain in one go, but only needed to march in sections. Everywhere they went, the ropes had to be fixed for the front. Our own soldiers are used for climbing.
According to Yang Zhao's arrangement, the Sichuan army launched a defense against the Zuofeng of Hukou Stream. More than a thousand Sichuan soldiers went into battle lightly without weapons. Each of them carried large bundles of hemp ropes and took the lead in climbing up the mountain.
They only climbed about five meters before they stopped climbing one after another, then took off the hemp ropes on their bodies, fixed one end on the rock, threw the other end down the mountain, and then continued to climb up the mountain.
Seeing the rope being thrown up, the Sichuan army officers and soldiers swarmed up, holding the rope by hand, and charged towards the mountain.
At the beginning, they went smoothly, but when the group of strong Sichuan soldiers were approaching the mountainside, shouts and shouts suddenly came from the top of the mountain, and then hundreds of spiritual arrows flew up.
In just an instant, dozens of Sichuan soldiers were shot by spiritual arrows, and they all screamed and tumbled down the hillside.
Some Sichuan soldiers who were more reactive took shelter on the spot and hid behind rocks. They thought that with the rocks as a barrier, they could prevent the spiritual arrows shot from their heads, but they were wrong.
Some of the spiritual arrows that followed did not go in a straight line at all. They drew arcs in the air and shot up, bypassing the rocks and directly nailing the Sichuan soldiers behind the rocks. Some of the spiritual arrows went in a straight line, but they were too powerful. , nailed to the stone, making a crisp sound, the slightly larger mountain stone was directly penetrated by the spiritual arrow, and together with it, the Sichuan soldiers hiding in front were also shot.
After just a few rounds of spiritual arrows, there were not many left among the more than a thousand Sichuan soldiers who led the battle. Seeing that the opponent's arrow formation was too frightening and overbearing, people gained the courage to continue climbing and threw away their ropes one after another. He held his head and ran back.
Many people ran a few steps before being shot to the ground by the spirit arrows that followed them.
These Sichuan soldiers were shot and killed one by one, but it did not stop the advance of the Sichuan troops in front. Looking around, the densely packed Sichuan troops over the mountains and plains were following the rope. The arrow shooting on the mountains was stopped. Before the defending Sichuan soldiers had time to take a breath, they Listen to the roaring sounds coming from the top of the mountain. At the same time, even the mountain peak is quietly shaking.
People looked down in disbelief, and then their expressions changed drastically.
I saw countless boulders tumbling up from the top of the mountain. Some boulders were even as tall as a person. They were tumbling up with the force of thousands of people. Wherever they passed, gravel was crushed and earth crumbs flew everywhere. The momentum was extremely frightening.
The Sichuan soldiers were on the hillside, with no room to hide. When the boulder rolled close to them, many people watched helplessly as the boulder rolled over them. Facing boulders weighing hundreds or thousands of kilograms, even if they were Even the spiritual cultivators wearing spiritual armor couldn't resist.
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