Chapter 268

Among these mountains, there is only one gorge that leads directly to the north and south. The south end of the gorge leads to Heyan County, while the north end is at the junction of Yangping county and Wangji on the South Bank of Huangyan river. Therefore, as long as we follow the ancient fighting method and light the tail of the ox outside Pingshan pass, the fire ox with burning pain will go straight along the canyon road to the Daqian camp, which is the best place to use the fire ox's tactics. As long as the plan is carried out at night, even the famous generals can not resist it.

What worries Xu Shouyi is that what they are facing is not ordinary famous generals, but Gu Qingcheng, who has wolves on his side. This wolf pack has made great achievements in more than a year.

Whether it was the battle of Danshui last year, the battle of hexingyuan, the attack of sanshanying village outside Ningan County in Nanli a few months ago, or the attack of Xihe more than a month ago, it was all the work of this wolf pack. If we add the credit of pushing back Qiu Xu's army at Hekou, we can say that the battle of this wolf pack is no better than that of forcing down Da Qian Huxiao, Da Qian Huxiao, Da Qian Huxiao of leiying army in Nanli The two armies of the strong wind are no lower than the Fengxiang army, which has already won the nine counties of Tianxing. As long as there is this wolf pack in one day, Xu Shouyi has worries about the fire ox's plan.

Xie Daoheng said with a bitter smile, "teacher, last year, the mad lion army was destroyed in xiaoqingshan, which has greatly damaged the vitality of Tianxing. The battle of Wangdu after Wang Hong's death has made this situation worse. Now, except for the 300 sharp soldiers trained by the teacher, only the 500 clan soldiers I asked from my father can be worthy of a battle, Most of the rest are new recruits. With such an army, we can't even defend the city like our brother. No matter whether this plan can be achieved or not, we will try our best. "

Xu Shouyi sighed after hearing the speech. He had been in Pingshan pass for nearly ten years. Naturally, he knew that Xie Daoheng was right. Now Pingshan pass is not only unable to compete with the Fengxiang army of Daqian in terms of military combat power, but even this pass city does not allow them to defend the city.

Since Tianxing destroyed Xihe zhurong and annexed Xihe County, Pingshan pass has been used as a post station connecting Zhongxing city and Xihe County for hundreds of years, which is almost in a semi abandoned state. After he came here, he wrote to Wangdu several times to repair the pass city, but he failed because of the obstruction of the big prince and the three princes. There are not many households in Guanzhong of Pingshan. Without the human and financial support of the capital, it is an unrealistic problem to rely on the people of Guanzhong and his 300 troops to repair the city.

Even he couldn't repair Guancheng with his army bit by bit, because the reason why these poor soldiers chose to join the army was to exempt their families from food taxes and avoid Tianxing's much heavier corvee. If they were forced to repair Guancheng, there might be desertion or even mutiny among these soldiers.

Although after Xie Daoheng led the troops to Pingshan pass, Xu Shouyi led the people to repair the pass city, he knew that the wall, which looked old and not much damaged, was just an embroidered pillow. If Gu Qingcheng led the army to attack, he might throw some huge stones onto the wall with a catapult. Now he looks at the wall in good condition, There will be a danger of collapse. If they don't use this fire ox trap, they will have to withdraw their troops and leave, because the Pingshan pass really does not have the conditions to stick to it.

Xu Shouyi thought for a while, with a firm look on his face, and said, "you wait here. I'm going to prepare for the night attack this evening. I just hope that the ancient kings of Tianxing can help us break Gu Qingcheng's camp, force her to withdraw, and let Tianxing get through this disaster." With these words, without waiting for Xie Daoheng to speak, Xu Shouyi turned around and left the three room Chengshou mansion.

Xie Daoheng looked at the back of the enlightenment master and the map of Pingshan gorge on the table. He could not help clenching his fist. Xie Daoheng knows that he seems to have more than 20000 troops in his hands and a fortress to rely on, but in fact he has only one strike. If he can't break down the main barracks and force Gu Qingcheng to retreat when Gu Qingcheng's new foothold is not stable, he will have to give up Pingshan pass and lead his troops back to the north and guard the northern pass of Pingshan gorge, I asked for help from Wangdu and wuchenggong.

In the twinkling of an eye, it is already night. The last quarter of the moon at the end of late autumn is like a piece of silver willow leaves hanging on the sky. The scattered and desolate moonlight not only does not make the autumn night brighter, but also makes the silent night darker.

At this time, Daqian camp, which is located in the middle of Pingshan gorge, has fallen into silence. Those Fengxiang yunqi and zhaining Qingqi who have been driving for more than ten days have fallen into deep sleep. Except for the footstep of patrol soldiers and the crackle of torches inserted in the camp, there is no sound in the whole camp.

At this time, Gu Qingcheng's tent, which is located in the middle of the camp, is brightly lit. Gu Qingcheng sits at the top of the tent. Beside her, the huge body of the white wolf king is lying on the felt carpet made of animal skins and dozing. At the bottom of her tent, there are Zhuge Ya and Gu qianxiao, who are in charge of vigil tonight.

"Qingcheng, you've been on the road for more than ten days in succession. You must be very tired. You should rest early. We can handle the affairs of the camp. You can rest assured." Zhuge Ya looks at Gu Qingcheng with concern. At this moment, this famous woman is full of fatigue and haggard. Her pale face makes Zhuge ya feel sad.

"That's right. Five younger sisters, you'd better go to bed earlier. If you are tired and sick, we can't explain to your majesty, uncle, and the court." Gu qianxiao also said that he originally wanted to talk about Lu que, but Gu Qingcheng had not married to Wei government at this time, so he temporarily changed the word "waige". Since landing in Nanhai County, he has been with Gu Qingcheng. Naturally, he knows how much pressure and hard work they have put on this beautiful girl. Tonight, he just wants to protect his sister so that she can have a good sleep and relieve her fatigue.

"I can't sleep." Gu Qingcheng's eyes flashed a touch of emotion, but he shook his head firmly and said in a slow voice, "Pingshan garrison general Xie Daoheng, who has been known as a genius since he was a child, can be said to be young and energetic. Such a person is absolutely impossible to sit in Pingshan pass and wait for us to tackle key problems. If he wants to use his tactics, he has to take advantage of the night to launch a sneak attack, and tonight is the best chance. I can't rest assured if he doesn't take charge himself. "

"But I've been stationed here for some time. Pingshan pass has never sent troops to sneak attack except sending some sentry scouts. At this time, he knew that you were leading the army here. Why did he think of the night attack instead? " Zhuge Ya asked, puzzled. During this period of time, she and Xie Daoheng have formed a tacit understanding. She will not lead the army to attack Pingshan pass, and Xie Daoheng will not go out to attack her. He does not understand why after Gu Qingcheng leads the army here, Xie Daoheng will take the initiative to break this tacit understanding instead of shrinking.

"Aunt Zhuge, I'm not entirely sure Xie Daoheng will attack at night, but it's better to be prepared than not. As long as he stays through tonight, even if he wants to attack at night again, he won't have a chance." Gu Qingcheng looked at the night outside the tent and said.

In fact, Gu Qingcheng knows that Xie Daoheng didn't have a conflict with Zhuge Ya before, on the one hand, because he wanted to strengthen Pingshan pass, and he didn't care about Zhuge Ya's barracks in terms of time and energy. On the other hand, Xie Daoheng knew in his heart that Zhuge Ya's army of ten thousand soldiers, which was composed mostly of soldiers from Xihe County, could not threaten Pingshan pass at all. Instead of fighting, it was better not to hinder each other. In this way, he had time to train the newly recruited soldiers in the army while repairing the customs.

However, she couldn't be honest with Zhuge ya, who was not like Zhuge Ya of Zhuge's family. She hurt her aunt, who had been very kind to her since she was a child and took care of her in the school.

"Qing Cheng, will Xie Daoheng really choose to attack tonight?" Gu qianxiao also asked, he knew Gu Qingcheng had not seen Xie Daoheng, did not understand what he said.

"We are tired from afar. He should be very clear that if he does not seize this opportunity, he will not have another opportunity in the future. If he is really a strategic genius, as rumored, he will send troops to attack tonight. It's absolutely not something a genius, especially a young genius who leads for the first time, can do. " Gu Qingcheng said with certainty.

The reason why Gu Qingcheng said that was because Lu que, whom she was very familiar with, was also a genius of military strategy. If Lu que stands in Xie Daoheng's position, he will never stick to the city safely. He will try every means to break the current unfavorable situation. To reverse the unfavorable situation is nothing more than to use stratagem, surprise and power. Among these three methods, night attack is undoubtedly the simplest, but it may reap the most rewards.

"You have a point." Gu qianxiao nodded.

"Brother, I asked you to prepare three thousand cloud riders, but they were ready." Gu Qingcheng looked at the map for a while, looked up and asked Gu qianxiao.

"Don't worry, I've prepared it before night. I specially selected three thousand Yun Qi brothers who are still full of physical strength in the camp. According to your instructions, they have already scattered into the mountains on both sides of the camp. As long as the arrow rings in the camp, they can fight for us and kill the enemy." Gu qianxiao said very definitely.

"That's good. Let's wait here tonight to see if the Xie genius dares to come." When Gu qianxiao said that, Gu Qingcheng nodded. She was a little more stable. She told Gu qianxiao that she was prepared to ambush and fight back in the evening. As long as Xie Daoheng dared to send troops, he could not escape the pursuit of the three thousand yunqi.

"I'm a little worried when you say that. I'll go around the camp first." Zhuge Ya knew that Gu Qingcheng's character would not be aimless. When she thought about the garrison after the expansion, she was also a little worried. She said something to Gu Qingcheng and turned around.

"I'll go back to yunqi first. If Xie Daoheng really dares to come, he won't be able to leave tonight." See Zhuge Ya leave, Gu qianxiao also some worry, ambush in the forest outside the camp Fengxiang cloud ride, also turned to leave the tent.

Watching the two people leave one after another, Gu Qingcheng stares at the sparkle on the candle for a while and murmurs, "Xie Daoheng, don't let me down."

In Gu Qingcheng's heart, she hopes Xie Daoheng to attack at night, because only in this way can she have the chance to defeat him, and then seize the opportunity to win the pass. Otherwise, as ye Zhiqiu said during the day, she would first win the two mountain barracks on the side of the pass, and then take a commanding position to smash the wall of Pingshan pass with a catapult, which is really a long time.

Now it's the end of October, and it's going to be November. This war has lasted for half a year. If we have to delay in Pingshan pass, Lu Que's idea of ending the Tianxing war before the new year's festival on the first day of January will not be completed. Once the six legions continue to be involved in this war, accidents are likely to happen, That will break out at any time the fate of the animal tide and sinister Three Kingdoms in Northern Xinjiang, will become a big threat.

Staring at the lanterns for a while, Gu Qingcheng said to the white wolf king who seemed to be asleep on one side, "Bai Xia, there's news from the wolves."

"Not yet." The white wolf king looked up at Gu Qingcheng and said, "it's just late at night. If the other party wants to sneak attack, it will be in the middle of the night."

"You're right." Gu Qingcheng nodded and looked at the white wolf king in surprise. After several wars, it became more and more proficient in the understanding of war.

"But." The white wolf king's ears moved slightly. He raised his nose and sniffed in the air. He said, "I can feel the murderous atmosphere gathering in the north. I think Pingshan pass is ready to send troops."

"Come on, let's go out and have a look." Gu Qingcheng's eyes lit up, picked up the sword that had been following her, got up and walked out of the tent.

As the white wolf king said, the Pingshan gate had been opened at this time, and about 2000 cavalry came out of the gate, followed by 5000 soldiers. In front of the line, hundreds of soldiers from rural families are driving the cattle, and the tail of each farm cow in the cattle is wrapped in cloth soaked with fire oil. It's about thirty miles from Pingshan pass to the camp where Gu Qingcheng is. Only when they get close to the camp can they ignite the tail of the cattle. Otherwise, if they don't wait for the cattle to rush to the camp, they will be hurt to death.

"Daoheng, you are the chief General of the army. I'll take care of the night attack. You should be in Guancheng." Pulling the horse slowly, Xu Shouyi said to Xie Daoheng with a worried face.

"Success or failure depends on it. I'm not sure if I don't come." Xie Daoheng shook his head and said. He had already made a plan in his heart. If Gu Qingcheng could not be hurt by the fire ox trap tonight, he would give up Pingshan pass and retreat to the north exit of Pingshan gorge.

I don't know when, the curved crescent moon has been covered by clouds, and the sky and the earth are even darker. The sky star in October and November is just like this. Maybe it will have a continuous drizzle sometime. The rain is not strong, but it will continue to rain for several days. Looking at the current sky, there will be another light rain after midnight tonight or early morning tomorrow.

About two hours later, at the turn of the noon, Xie Daoheng and Xu Shouyi had led the army to the camp of Gu Qingcheng. From here, we could see the camp with thousands of torches.

"Little general, there is nothing unusual in Gu Qingcheng's camp. Except for some soldiers guarding the night, they should have fallen asleep." A man in black came to Xie Daoheng and said that he was a member of the Xie family. Because he was clever, he took the position of Scouting.

"Okay, light up." Seeing the comer, Xie Daoheng's eyes flashed a trace of light and began to shout.

The torches were ignited by flint, and then a pair of soldiers with torches came to the back of the cattle, which had been roughly arranged in a square array. Then they wrapped the tarpaulin around the tail of the cattle. They only heard the sound of cattle eating pain between heaven and earth, and then nearly a thousand cattle rushed to the camp in the distance like mountains and seas. The shock caused by the rush of the cattle, On both sides of the earthquake, the floating soil in the cliff fell down.

"Brothers, Daqian invaded our territory and captured our cities. Now we are still fighting against Pingshan pass. As the people of Tianxing, we should protect our country. Let's go and rush in with the cattle. Let these Daqian people see that our Tianxing Erlang is not weak." Looking at the momentum caused by the cattle, and hearing a cry from the camp in the distance, Xie Daoheng cried out.

"To die for the general." Obviously, Tianxing soldiers were also inspired by the scene in front of them. They all pulled out their weapons one after another and responded loudly.

"With Ben going in, kill." Xie Daoheng pulled out his sword and pointed forward. Then he knocked his spurs lightly and rushed out first.

"Kill." Seeing that Xie Daoheng, as the chief general, took the lead in the sprint, Tianxing soldiers could not help but arouse their blood courage. Then Xie Daoheng rushed to the brightly lit barracks in the distance. The momentum of thousands of people echoed in the valley was no less than tens of thousands of troops.

Xu Shouyi frowned slightly when he looked at the accelerating army. His intuition on the battlefield for many years made him feel a little wrong. Except for their voice, the whole battlefield was too quiet. Gu Qingcheng's barracks didn't even have a horn to think of it. Although there were people running to the barracks, there was no chaos, Obviously, I was prepared. But now the arrow is on the way. Xie Daoheng's mount has rushed out for some distance, and he can only follow the army to rush towards the camp.

"Whine ~" a huge wolf howl sounded in the canyon, aroused countless echoes in the mountains.