Three Kingdoms

This mountain stronghold was built on a narrow spot on the east-west mountain trail of Taihang Mountain. Although the terrain is not as dangerous as Hangu Pass, Hu Pass and other passes, it is not that easy to capture.

The village wall relies on the mountain, with only two village gates in the east-west direction. In the inner mountain area of ​​the village, halls and sentry towers were built based on the mountain. Several small natural caves on the original mountain were re-expanded a little, as A place to store grain, grass and some important supplies.

Yuan Shao's soldiers attacked from east to west and were jammed on the mountain road, unable to advance or retreat. Unless Yuan Shao is willing to spend a lot of time to take a detour, he can only leave the Taihang Mountains by taking this mountain road.

Therefore, Yuan Shao was determined to win this mountain stronghold, and his attack was very fierce.

Although Fei Qian was confident in the strategy of disrupting Jizhou from the north and the south, in the absence of instant communication at all in the Han Dynasty, he could only rely on guesswork and luck in the changes in the war situation.

At the stronghold wall, soldiers from both sides fell down from time to time. The sounds of fighting and screams were mixed with the sound of war drums, and they came together in the ears in a shocking way. Even Fei Qian's thoughts were interrupted by these sounds. , it is difficult to think coherently.

As the commander of the front line, Jia Qu had to boost the morale of the soldiers on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also had to arrange the soldiers to take turns in time. After several days, his voice became hoarse, but he still insisted on the front line.

This battle was indeed a great test for both Fei Qian and Jia Qu.

The sun is blazing and the blood is steaming.

Fei Qian climbed to a huge rock high up in the mountain and put up an awning to block the light coming from the side. Only then could he roughly distinguish the main formation of Yuan's army in the distance. Under the Yuan's banner, the one who was commanding The figures of soldiers...

Presumably Yuan Shao is also observing this place from a distance?

The last time I saw Yuan Shao, I still saw him swaggering through the city in bright clothes and angry horses, while I was just a passerby A and passerby B who stayed away. But now, the two sides are on the same line, fighting each other...

It's a pity. If we have more time, we can make a single-channel telescope, and we can clearly see what Yuan Jun's main formation looks like in the distance. At least we can take a look at Yuan Shao's current expression. It must be quite exciting. It can also be used as a basis for judging the development of the North and South Fronts.

The principle of a single-pass telescope is not complicated. What is complicated is focusing. This thing is not something that can be made casually. After all, if the optical axis and focus cannot be brought together, the telescope will be a joke.

The craftsmen in Huang's workshop have consumed a lot of crystals in order to figure out how to ensure focus. Maybe it will be by the end of this year, maybe next year, but now, they can only see with the naked eye.

The shouts of killing on the mountain stronghold gradually became quieter, indicating that another wave of Yuan Jun's attacks had been repelled...

"Yuan Benchu ​​has learned well..." Fei Qian sighed and said to Jia Qu who came over to report the battle situation, "For such a long time, he has refused to send generals to attack the city, and only sent soldiers to consume..."

Jia Qu smiled and wiped the sweat from his head. The mud and sweat were streaked with mud, and the wrinkles and smelly sweat all over his body made this originally elegant young man look like a refugee. "Hahaha... Yuan Benchu ​​is not a fool. He becomes smarter when he suffers a loss..."

Of course, when it comes to appearance, Fei Qian himself is not much better. Not to mention dust and sweat stains, these are trivial matters. More importantly, Fei Qian felt that there must be a lot of lice in the hair on his body, crawling happily and sucking blood. Unfortunately, he had no time to take care of his long hair. Fa, I can only endure it...

war of the Damned!

Therefore, in terms of living conditions alone, Fei Qian really admires Yuan Shao. After all, the children of the Yuan family have been pampered since birth, but Yuan Shao can still insist on being on the front line, standing with the big-headed soldiers, enduring wind and rain , the military life bitten by sand and sand bugs is indeed not easy for Yuan Shao, who is now a general.

At least many times stronger than Yuan Shu.

Fei Qian looked into the distance, sighed slightly, and felt a little helpless. The thirty crossbowmen who had been deliberately left behind had no use at all.

Because he knew that the Qiannu Yin people here in Feiqian were very powerful, the largest officer Yuan Shao sent to the front of the battle line was the commander-level officer. The rest of the higher-level generals were all behind to supervise the battle, not to mention people like Yuan Shao. Yan Liang was such a heavyweight, so Fei Qian had been holding this card in his hand for a long time but had no chance to play it, which made him somewhat depressed.

Yuan Shao personally supervised the battle and led the army, which indeed allowed Yuan soldiers to explode to 200% of their strength, which not only put great pressure on Fei Qian's copycat line, but also protected Yuan Shao up and down the mountain in the distance. It's quite in place. The inner and outer three floors are all Yuan Shao's trusted guards. All the trees within a few hundred meters have been cut down. There is no place to hide people. In other words, even Fei Qian has secretly sent scouts. The sentry tried to hide and wait for Yuan Shao to get close to carry out some kind of beheading operation. The chance of success was almost zero.

Oops, it’s not easy to handle...

Fei Qian squinted his eyes and waved to Jia Qu, asking him to sit on the edge of the rock like him. He looked at Yuan Jun's military formation who was also resting in the distance, and said softly: "Yuan Benchu ​​is so disrespectful to the soldiers and urges the attack day and night." ...Somewhat abnormal..."

Hearing this, Jia Qu pondered for a moment and said excitedly: "My lord, what you want is... did the two generals, Taishi and Zhao, succeed?"

Fei Qian nodded and said: "I am just guessing...but...it is also possible that both the north and the south have failed, so Yuan Benchu ​​can safely and boldly attack here..."

"What?" Jia Qu was startled.

Fei Qian chuckled twice and said: "But it's unlikely. If both the northern and southern fronts fail, according to Yuan Benchu's temperament, he should make a big announcement at this time, and he will definitely send soldiers to shout in front of the formation... But, that's right. It’s probably just…”

This is true.

Although Fei Qian is 60-70% sure, what if it happens?

This is something that no one dares to guarantee.

If the flank really wins, then facing such a fierce attack from Yuan Shao, retreating to Huguan is a good choice. Fei Qian and Jia Qu can basically guarantee that they will return to Huguan safely, exchanging space for time. Yuan Shao's front is stretched, and even if he loses the stronghold here, it won't be a big problem. After all, Yuan Jun's army with its two wings collapsed will definitely not be able to hold on for long.

If the guess is wrong and the situation on the two wings of Yuan's army is not that bad, or is still in a stalemate, then Fei Qian's easy retreat here will be equivalent to giving up this important stronghold in vain and fueling Yuan's army's arrogance.

If the situation becomes worse, if Fei Qian insists on not retreating, and his two wings are disadvantaged, and waits until his soldiers are very exhausted before retreating towards Huguan, it may not only be difficult to continue, but even Huguan may not be safe. …

Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci.

Can these two fierce generals in history really tear apart the flesh and blood of Yuan Jun's wings and cause Yuan Shao unbearable pain?

Yuan Jun was in a commotion in the distance, but it was obvious that he was not ready to give up just like that, but wanted to make another wave before the sky was completely dark...

The mountain trails are not actually the biggest difficulty. The biggest problem is that when Yuan Jun officially organizes to climb the wall of the mountain village, he is often thrown from the mountain village by rolling logs and rocks. His arms and legs are broken, and the ladder is destroyed. People die. Naturally, it is impossible for a cottage to be without rocks. Although it consumes a lot of money, it still has a lot of storage capacity at the beginning. Therefore, once the ladder or something on Yuan Jun's erection is broken, Yuan Jun can only shout and run away in confusion. Now, no one is a Han Dynasty Spider-Man. There is no way to climb the wall of the mountain village with bare hands, and then sort out the defeated soldiers and reorganize the array. It will take a long time. Fei Qian and other soldiers will naturally get some precious rest time.

Even so, consumption is still inevitable.

Either due to lack of strength, abnormal accuracy in the face of battle, or other reasons, the ladder was always put up on the wall of the village several times. At this time, it turned into a cold-blooded millstone, Fei. Subya can mostly just watch from behind...

Yuan Bing jumped onto the wall of the village, and the nearby Zhengxi soldiers attacked with swords and spears. Under Yuan Shao's iron-blooded supervision, Yuan Bing also developed a fierce aura, often with the intention of dragging someone behind. The psychological charge came up, so although the equipment was poor, and even the combat training was not enough, he couldn't avoid the spear that was pierced in the chest, so he used the method of defeating both parties, either slashing or jumping. In short, if he was caught by Yuan Jun During the free time, the soldiers who conquered the West also had to pay a life to go out.

In addition, the archers of the Yuan Army under the mountain stronghold never stopped throwing upwards to harass. If they shot too many arrows, some stray arrows would win the prize. Therefore, the casualties of Fei Qian's soldiers also gradually increased...

The companions beside him were killed by arrows and knives, with blood flowing out, screaming and gasping for breath, which caused great sensory stimulation to the soldiers. If it weren't for the fact that most of Fei Qian's men had experienced battles, In addition, there were some doctors accompanying the army running up and down, bandaging and treating people, and stabilizing the morale of the army. It was probably because the morale of some soldiers had dropped and been shaken a long time ago.

The same is true for Yuan Shao, but because Yuan Shao's formation has to maintain a high-voltage line, it can still persist, and if this line collapses...

The sky gradually darkened, and General Yuan Jun, who had been attacking for a whole day, retreated and began to rest. Night battles are still too demanding for Yuan Shao's army. After all, most of Yuan Shao's soldiers are Jizhou people who are accustomed to working at sunrise and resting at sunset. The ability to see at night is not a necessity for them at all. Taste……

"We have to withdraw too..." Fei Qian looked at the soldiers on the wall of his cottage and showed extremely serious fatigue. When the battle was over, many soldiers lay down directly on the bloody ground and found After meeting Jia Qu, he made a decision.

"Lord! What...why is this?" Jia Qu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Didn't Fei Qian just say that he didn't know if there was a problem with Yuan Shao's rear and that he needed to take another look? Why did he suddenly decide to withdraw?

"It's right to hold on...but..." Fei Qian smiled, pointed to the flag of Yuan Shao's formation in the distance, and said: "Yuan Benchu ​​is just holding this breath, why don't we let this breath relax. ? It’s actually cost-effective to give up a mountain stronghold to determine Yuan Jun’s true and false status..."

"And..." Fei Qian looked back at the caves carved out of the inner cliff of the mountain stronghold and said, "We still have those things... we should prepare them and give General Yuan a generous gift..."

Overly complicated military deployment was basically impossible to achieve in the Han Dynasty. Even though Fei Qian implemented a literacy project in the army for a long time, the learning ability of adults is really worrying. After learning this, forget that, and then It is also common to learn something and forget this. Therefore, there is still a long way to go in terms of comprehensive literacy in the future.

Fei Qian is like this here, so when Yuan Jun's performance after conquering the mountain stronghold, it is even less likely to make very complicated cover-up behaviors. Then based on Yuan Jun's movements, we can further judge Yuan Shao's current situation, so Fei Qian I want to pretend to be cowardly, withdraw my troops, and prepare to leave a small trap for Yuan Shao...

"First remove most of the earthen bags from the cottage gate and replace them with wood..." Fei Qian said thoughtfully, "First withdraw a quarter of the soldiers, and then withdraw another quarter at noon tomorrow... Finally, set fire to the cottage Door……"

In order to prevent the gate of the cottage from being directly knocked open by a car, the gate of the cottage was originally blocked with earth and rocks. Now it was replaced with wood. Finally, fire was used to temporarily block Yuan Jun's pursuit and provide more resources for Fei Qian's men. retreat time.

The important thing is that burning the cottage door alleviates some suspicions and worries. After all, fire cannot be burned twice.

After listening to Fei Qian's arrangements, Jia Qu thought for a while, nodded, and added: "If this is the case, we must arrange for the wounded soldiers to be evacuated first tonight...and then burn the village gate tomorrow at dusk. In this way, later After Yuan Jun entered the mountain stronghold, it was already dark, so he would probably not rush to pursue him all night long... he would probably stay in the stronghold..."

That night, the first batch of wounded soldiers began to evacuate from the west gate of the village in baggage trucks. Fei Qian originally wanted to stay, but after Jia Qu's repeated requests, even at the request of force, he had no choice but to follow. This group of wounded people evacuated the stronghold first and headed for Huguan.

However, Fei Qian left the Wei capital and some of his heavily armored soldiers as a last resort.

The next day, before the sky was completely bright, Yuan Jun launched another attack. Because he had withdrawn some of his soldiers, and some ordinary soldiers had already been informed that they were preparing to retreat, there was no chance of fighting unconsciously. As a result, the danger gradually became more and more dangerous on the mountain wall. Yuan Jun climbed onto the wall several times. If Wei Du, with his heavy armored soldiers, was not the mainstay, resisting Yuan Jun's offensive, he would not have been able to survive. You don’t even have to wait until nightfall for the cottage to change hands...

When dusk was about to fall, Jia Qu, while arranging his troops to retreat, set a fire at the gate of the village. The fire soared into the sky and illuminated half of the rock.

"Report!" A Yuan soldier rushed to Yuan Shao and reported loudly with joy, "It's broken! It's broken! The cottage...the cottage has been breached!"

Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly dispatched soldiers. However, the fire at the stronghold wall was very strong and covered a large area. So many soldiers could not get in for a while. They had to put out the flames and escape from the stronghold wall. Climb the stairs and enter.

After a long time, the fire was finally under control, and the soldiers who entered the stronghold early also continued to report back to Yuan Shao about various situations in the stronghold.

Yuan Shao originally wanted to go into the mountain stronghold to take a good look at the hard-won loot. However, after days of attacks, his physical and mental exhaustion had reached the extreme. He was motivated but unable to do anything, so he sat down to take a breath and sent Yan Liang to the mountain stronghold first. Among...

Yan Liang accepted the order, said hello, and entered the village with his guards.

Yuan Shao looked up at the sky. The sky had dimmed, and only a thin line of dark red light remained on the top of the mountain to the west. Yuan Shao felt that he had never felt as tired as he did today. It seemed that every piece of flesh and every bone on his body was crying out for pain and fatigue...

When I left Luoyang that year, because I was worried that Dong Zhuo would send troops to pursue him, I rushed to Jizhou at night. I changed horses and ran all the way without resting. It seemed that I didn't feel as tired as I do today.

Are you getting old?

Yuan Shao took a long breath, and then slowly spit it out...

But Yuan Shao's vague sigh was only half-sent when he was choked back by a loud noise from the village!

"boom!"

The huge roar resounded throughout the entire mountain road. Even Yuan Shao, who was far away from the village, was unsteady and almost fell to the ground. The surrounding soldiers, mules and horses screamed in panic, "The sky is falling." !The sky is falling apart!”

At the cottage, a huge fireworks went up. The black smoke was mixed with red smoothness. Many figures were obviously frightened, stumbling around and running around, and some even bumped into each other...

"What happened?!" Yuan Shao endured the buzzing in his ears, grabbed a guard who was also pale with fright, and shouted, "Quickly go check, what happened!"

The guard hurried away, and after a while, he rolled back and ran back with a look of panic. When he went down the mountain road, he didn't know whether he stepped on a stone or some stump, and fell to the ground with a sound. He hurriedly ran to Yuan Shao again, swallowed his saliva and reported with difficulty: "Big...big, great general...General Yan...General Yan, he..."

"Bastard!" Yuan Shaopi grabbed the guard, shook him and shouted, "Say! What's wrong with General Yan?"

"Fang...just now the sky collapsed...Yan, General Yan was hit by lightning..." The guard's face was filled with horror, "He died..."

"What?!"

Yuan Shao's eyes widened, and his vision went dark. He shook a few times, then fell to the sky...