Chapter 976: Obstructed
The ravines will always be filled and the road will be completed.
The mighty army followed the Qin Straight Road and finally arrived at the hilltop closest to the Wei army camp.
Although Governor Feng had already been mentally prepared, he still took a breath of cold air when he saw the arrangements made by the Wei army at Qiaoshan.
“Cao!”
“A turtle shell, what is this?”
Yingzhaiwubao, large and small, are dotted all over the hills in this area.
Wherever there is a dangerous place, there must be a flag of Wei thieves.
It can be said that the only disadvantage of Qiaoshan as a barrier in Guanzhong is that it is too close to Chang'an. When enemies invade from the north, it will cause shock in Guanzhong.
The rest is almost perfect.
Feng Yongzheng held up a telescope to observe the mountaintop opposite, and kept sighing in his heart that the turtle shell was indeed hard enough.
Zhao Guang came over and asked eagerly:
“Brother, when will we attack the camp?”
Governor Feng put down his telescope and glanced at Zhao Guang strangely.
When I attack the camp, what does it have to do with you?
You don’t know what kind of troops you have?
Or do you want to take the heavy cavalry to charge at the enemy's camp on the hilltop?
Governor Feng thought for a while and called out: "Bo Yue?"
Standing not far away, Jiang Wei, who was also observing the enemy's situation with a telescope, quickly came over:
“What are your orders, Your Majesty?”
Governor Feng gestured to the hills ahead and asked:
“Bo Yue thinks, how should we capture the first camp of the Wei thieves?”
In fact, the altitude of the main mountain ranges of Qiaoshan is not too high, basically between 1,500 and 2,000 meters, but the terrain is too complicated to support it.
With Xinglong Pass as the center, Wei State built layers of defense lines at various key points on the surrounding hills.
From the perspective of Governor Feng, it is really not much different from a turtle shell.
Not to mention that this time, because they had to cross the desert and were unable to bring siege equipment, most of the engineering battalion had been sent to the prime minister's side.
Just brought some technical soldiers from the engineering battalion.
Even if the entire engineering battalion is pulled over, the siege effect of the engineering battalion will be greatly reduced by this kind of hilltop attack.
Judging from the layout of the Wei army in front of us, Sima Yi's layout at Qiaoshan is definitely not temporary, but has been established for a long time.
It seems that he had already expected that he might come from this way.
As Governor Feng was thinking, he heard Jiang Wei say:
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, this mountain top runs north to south, and the east and west sides are steep and difficult to navigate. Most of the time, we can only attack from the front."
At this point, he hesitated, "But I think Wei will also deploy heavy troops in the north."
“If there is a surprise soldier who can climb up from the east and west sides, it would be a good idea...”
Governor Feng glanced at Jiang Wei approvingly:
“Boyo was able to see the weakness of the thief in such a short period of time, and he was indeed worthy of being favored by the prime minister.”
Hearing this, Jiang Wei felt a little embarrassed and said, "The prince has given me the reward."
As he spoke, he subconsciously squeezed the telescope in his hand.
When he was in Hanzhong, Jiang Wei only felt that the Tiger Infantry Army was indeed an elite force trained by the Prime Minister himself, and the armor rate in the army was extremely high.
Even if he personally leads 5,000 people, 3,000 of them are wearing armor.
He couldn't help but marvel at the wealth of money and food that the big man had.
Later I arrived in Liangzhou and went on an expedition with Governor Feng. I didn’t talk about the horses, mules and donkeys in the army, nor the weapons and armor on the soldiers.
In the Liangzhou army alone, each battalion general had a telescope worth half a million yuan. This kind of arrogance shocked Jiang Wei.
He thought about it several times in his mind, and sadly realized that with all his body, he might not be able to afford half a telescope.
After some calculations, he realized that his eyesight was really too short-sighted.
In the past, if you wanted to find out the enemy's weaknesses at such a long distance, you not only needed to send out scouts, but you also often had to go to the enemy camp to conduct surveys yourself.
Even some soldiers must be sacrificed to test the attack.
Unlike now, if you just find a hilltop and take a look with a telescope, everything around the enemy camp will be clear to you.
This is simply an artifact in front of the formation.
You can know what the thief is going to do from a distance, but the thief doesn't know that his own arrangements have been mastered by his opponent. How to fight this battle?
It’s simply bullying!
That is to say, in the current situation, if you stick to the key points and force your own side to forcefully attack the camp, there is a slight possibility of turning over.
Of course, Governor Feng didn’t know what Jiang Wei was thinking. He raised his telescope again and looked at the mountaintop opposite:
"Bo Yue doesn't need to be humble. I can still tell whether he is capable or not, let alone the prime minister."
As he spoke, he carefully observed both sides of the enemy camp according to Jiang Wei's statement, and finally nodded with satisfaction.
Then he put down the telescope and glanced at Zhao Guang:
did you see it? Do you know what a true general is?
Everyone knows how to fight at a glance, but you only ask me how to fight.
If you were half as strong as Bo, I don’t know how easy it would be for all these years.
Zhao Guang was unhappy: Brother doesn’t love me anymore...
Governor Feng ignored him and just shouted: "Xinhou."
Li Qiu came over quickly: "Your Majesty."
“The west side.” Governor Feng pointed to the hilltop opposite and said, “I will hand over the Dark Night Camp to you, and you can pick out the good climbers from the Wudang Camp and lie down on the west side.”
“Just wait for my signal and start trying to go up from the west.”
The foundation of Wudang Camp was first brought out by Wang Ping. From the beginning to the present, the main component of the soldiers has always been the Yi people who competed from Yuexun County.
There is no other way. If you want to jump up the class, military merit is the best way.
As for Feng Langjun's staff, the treatment was the best, so the competition has always been fierce.
Wang Ping's son Wang Xun, one of the main things he has done in Yuexun over the years is to provide qualified soldiers to Feng Governor's Wudang Camp.
Wudang Battalion can be regarded as half a mountain combat force.
But this time there was only half of the Wudang camp, and half of the camp was left with Guan Ji.
As for the Dark Night Battalion, let alone it. It can be regarded as a special forces unit of this era and has always been personally controlled by Feng Jishi.
Feng Governor’s eyes fell on Jiang Wei:
“Bojo, how about you being in charge of this attack?”
Jiang Wei really didn’t expect that Junhou would entrust this task to him. He was surprised and then delighted:
"The king, the general will be afraid..."
"What are you afraid of? It's just a camp, can't Boyo still be able to capture it? I'll just ask someone to cooperate with you."
Feng Jishi interrupted him directly:
“Eshun!”
"exist!"
“Tomorrow you will take the remaining Wudang Camp and Modao Camp under the command of General Jiang.”
“No!”
The Modao Battalion has developed to this day and is much more mature than it was at the beginning. It is a battalion that mainly uses Modao and uses a variety of weapons.
Thanks to the figure maniac, the Qin Straight Road on the ridge is more than ten meters at its narrowest point. Coupled with the slopes on both sides of the straight road, it is barely possible to deploy troops.
“The bald man stands tall.”
“The end is here!”
"You follow the cavalry with righteousness and think highly of Puhe. I don't trust them."
Even though the Xianbei Hu people cannot make any big waves in this mountainous terrain, they still need to be careful when they should be careful.
“No!”
Zhao Guang was even more depressed when he saw that everyone had plans except for himself.
He thought about it for a while, but finally couldn’t help but get close to him and act like a licker:
Governor Feng looked at him and said softly:
“You come with me to watch the scenery on the mountain and admire the heroic appearance of the generals.”
this…
Zhao Guang started to get entangled again:
Brother doesn’t let me go into battle, but he lets me stay with him. Does this mean he loves me or doesn’t love me?
With an order, the entire army, under the guidance of the technical soldiers of the engineering battalion, began to cut wood and make equipment.
Unlike the serious soil erosion in later generations, the Qiaoshan Mountains now have lush forests, so there is no need to worry about the lack of wood.
The big pillars were covered with cowhide and placed on the siege vehicle, trying to make a **** shape. The soldiers hid behind the pillars and slowly pushed the cart towards the mountain along the straight road of Qin.
At the same time, on both sides of the Qin Straight Road, because the siege vehicles could not walk, the soldiers could only climb up without cover.
The Wei army camp on the mountain had already prepared a large number of rolling stones and wood.
When the Han army reached the halfway point of the hillside, they heard a bang and many stones and wood rolling down.
Stones or wood hit the pillars. Because the pillars are slanted, the stones and wood rolled away along the pillars, and most of the soldiers behind the carriage were not hurt.
Only some rolled to the side and hit the soldiers behind the cars next to them.
There was only a "click" sound, and the unlucky soldier screamed miserably and fell to the ground clutching his twisted legs.
He forgot that he was halfway up the hillside. When he lost his balance, he rolled down the mountain.
What is even more unlucky is that the soldiers who are not covered by siege vehicles on both sides will be covered in blood and missing arms and legs as long as they are scratched by the whizzing rocks and trees.
If he was really hit, his whole person would be turned into a **** mess.
Governor Feng listened to the screams on the opposite hillside with no expression on his face.
He held the telescope tightly in his hand, but did not lift it to look across.
If you look closely, you can see that the muscles on his face are twitching slightly from time to time.
Obviously, it is very distressing and helpless to watch the soldiers you have carefully trained take human lives to fill the Wei army camp in front of you.
Jiang Wei's golden sound sounded at the bottom of the mountain, and the soldiers who had attacked halfway up the mountain retreated one after another.
Obviously, this wave is just a test.
But the effect of temptation is very bad.
The camp on Wei Jun's mountain not only had rolling stones and wood, but also dug a trench on the road in front of the camp, and there were deer antlers behind the trench.
In the first wave of offensive, the troops had to retreat before they could even touch the trenches.
After a short rest, the second batch of soldiers continued to attack.
…
When the sun turned west, a total of four attacks were made in one day, but the best result was just to push the siege engines into the ditch.
After calling the gold for the last time, Jiang Wei came to the commander's camp, his face a little ugly.
“Your Majesty, you will finally have a heavy trust…”
He raised his hands to Governor Feng who was sitting on the commander's seat and was about to plead guilty.
Governor Feng waved his hand and asked in a steady voice:
“How many casualties were there today?”
When Jiang Wei heard this, his face was even more ashamed: "Five hundred injured, half light and half injured, two hundred and sixty-two dead..."
From the beginning of the Nanxiang Army to the current Liangzhou Army, in the past ten years or so, the ratio of casualties between the enemy and ourselves under the command of Governor Feng has never been so tragic.
Nearly 800 people were killed or injured, but they could not exchange for even one enemy casualty.
Governor Feng took a long breath:
"I was careless. I didn't expect Sima Yi to be so well prepared."
It is indeed an old turtle worthy of consuming Old Demon Zhuge to death.
“Your Majesty, tomorrow…”
Governor Feng’s eyes fell on Jiang Wei, his face was calm:
"Follow what you think, don't worry about my thoughts, don't worry about the casualties of the soldiers, I only want one result, that is, the camp opposite must be captured by me."
Secretly gritting his teeth, his eyes became heavy:
“I don’t believe that a mere camp on a hilltop can use endless amounts of rolling stones and wood!”
No one dares to say that he is not afraid of the rocks and trees rolling down the mountain.
Your own soldiers are not emotionless machines, and of course they will be frightened.
This is really damaging to morale.
Jiang Wei nodded, then hesitated.
Feng Yong noticed his expression:
“Beyot said what he said directly.”
"Your Majesty, since we already know that there are rocks and trees on the mountain, why not let the barbarians go up there and consume them first?"
Feng Yong shook his head:
"I have my own arrangements for this. Our soldiers can only take down the first camp, and then I have reason to let the Xianbei people take it up."
Jiang Wei originally wanted to say that he still had the right to follow the Hu people.
Just seeing that the ruler is useless even to the barbarians of Xianbei, he will not be able to use Yi Cong.
He buried the doubt in his heart, nodded and said:
“It’s the last time to attack the camp today. I think the bandits’ stones and wood seem to be sparse. I think it’s just as the king expected. There won’t be too many stones and wood in a mere mountain camp. I think it will be easier to attack the camp tomorrow.”
Governor Feng looked outside. On the mountain opposite, lights could be seen flickering. He said in a faint tone:
“I said, I only want the result and don’t care about the process, so just go ahead and do it.”
Feng Jishi was blocked on the north side of Qiaoshan, and the main force of Zhuge Liang's army also failed to cross the Wugong River.
Under the cover of the strong crossbows on the west bank, Meng Yan finally established a firm foothold on the east bank.
But it is not possible to expand the forward position.
Because Sima Yi had too many troops.
As long as they are beyond the cover of the strong crossbows on the west bank, the Wei army will take turns to attack the Han army.
Forced Meng Yan to shrink to the shore and hand over his wings to the east bank, while he concentrated on dealing with the Wei army on the front.
The stalemate lasted for several days. Wei Yan was impatient and went to find the prime minister to ask for a fight:
“Prime Minister, let me lead the army across the water! I will definitely be able to break through the bandits and clear the way for the army!”
Zhuge Liang glanced at Wei Yan expressionlessly.
Wei Yan felt chilled when he saw the Prime Minister's appearance, saying that he was going to be kept cold by the Prime Minister again.
Unexpectedly, the Prime Minister suddenly said:
“What if you can’t get away?”
Wei Yan almost thought that he heard wrongly. In surprise, he quickly said loudly:
“The general is willing to establish a military order!”
"Okay, I'll give you ten thousand men. If you can defeat the thieves in front of you, it will be considered a great achievement for you; if you can't defeat them, you will be dealt with according to military law!"
“The last general takes orders!”
Wei Yan took the military talisman from the prime minister's hand and turned around and left with a quick stride.
Wei thief, I am coming from Wei!
Although Meng Yan did not advance further, he guarded the crossing point. Behind him, several pontoon bridges had been laid long ago.
Soon, after notifying Meng Yan on the other side to cooperate, Wei Yan personally led 10,000 horses and began to cross the Wugong River eastward along the pontoon bridge.
The Wei Jun Tanma on both wings saw this situation from a distance and reported it to Sima Yi as quickly as possible.
Sima Yi learned about it and said happily:
“Zhuge Liang finally couldn’t stand it anymore! Let’s see how I can attack him halfway across the border!”
At the moment, ask your left and right:
“Who wants to be a pioneer?”
Niu Jin, Fei Yao, Dai Ling and others all stood up to ask for a fight:
“I will go there in the end!”
“General Niu, I leave this battle to you, don’t let me down!”
“No!”
(End of this chapter)