Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 490
Pei Fangming brought An Jie to Yanmen Pass and told him to focus on the defense on the opposite side.

"From the attacks of the past few days, I can see that the enemy troops defending the city in Yanmen Pass are only 2 people."

"2 people are guarding Yanmen Pass. Although it is still difficult to break through, it is definitely not impossible."

An Jie has a different opinion: "Now the enemy's army is not at the old Yanmen Pass, but the newly built pass city. Its east and west mountains are steep and steep, with a road in the middle, winding and rugged, and the pass is at the top. There are almost no A foothold from which to attack."

"In this case, we obviously cannot use large equipment to open up the situation."

Since the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, everyone would not go out to fight in the field. The defenders used cities or natural dangers to resist the enemy.

Correspondingly, during this period of time, a large number of siege equipment also emerged, and even became the mainstream of warfare for a time.

Naturally, the defending side will not foolishly let the opponent's siege equipment easily drive to their feet and bombard them wildly. Coupled with the innate fortification skills that have reached the full level, this pass surrounded by mountains and rivers has become a defensive barrier. mainstream.

The representative example is the Jiange built by Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty.

Because there are mostly plains in the north, there are actually not many such passes, but the Yanmen Pass in front of you is definitely one of them.

As far as An Jie knows, this Yanmen Pass was built by Wang Huilong under the command of Cui Hao, and the layout can be called the top class in the world.Pei Fangming said that the Jinyang army was going to take down Yanmen Pass alone... An Jie felt that this was unreliable.

"Try it and you'll know!"

Pei Fangming didn't promise that he would be able to win Yanmen Pass, but he has always been extremely courageous, and he will never give up until he really fights a battle.

"not to mention……"

Pei Fangming spread his palms: "Is there any better way now? Although Tuoba Tao's main force is now in the north of Hebei. But Pingcheng is the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty after all, and there are no fewer than [-] troops inside. If they take advantage of Jin Yang Kongxu's surprise attack on Jinyang will be a disaster for the court!"

Anjie was a little speechless.

Just now when he said that he was going to lead the troops to Hebei, he was really impatient nonsense. Now that he has woken up, he also knows that Jinyang cannot divide the troops easily.

"Try it tonight, it's the best if you can beat it, and there is no loss if you can't beat it."

Pei Fangming made his final decision——

It's just a quick fight!
After all, there is nothing to lose if you lose, but if you want to win... Heh!

That night.

Taking advantage of the faint moonlight, Pei Fangming led about two thousand Song troops to sneak towards Yanmen Pass.

Because of the wild bombing of the Song Army's catapults during the day, the guards of the Northern Wei Dynasty in Yanmen Pass had long been exhausted.

The few Northern Wei soldiers on duty on the city wall were even more tired and wanted to scold their mothers.

"These southerners, if they want to fight, they should fight hard, and if they don't fight, they should retreat quickly! What's the meaning of throwing stones outside every day now!"

"That's it."

But there are also a few soldiers who have different opinions: "Come on, shut your crow's mouth quickly! Didn't you see that Pingcheng didn't care about our life or death at all? So many days have passed, and I haven't seen them sending a single soldier here! If Song Jun didn't just focus on throwing stones outside, the Yanmen Pass might have been broken a long time ago!"

This passage resonated with others.

It is one thing whether Song Jun fights or not.

But whether you support Pingcheng is another matter!

In the first few days, the wolf dung on the beacon tower was almost burned dry, and no support from Pingcheng was seen. The soldiers in Yanmen Pass were in a cool mood.

Fortunately, Song Jun's bluff attack made them realize that Liu Song didn't really want to attack Yanmen Pass, which relieved their mood and prevented them from being scared to death by themselves.

"Your Majesty is now going to Hebei to fight, and the one staying in Pingcheng is Cui Hao, a Han!"

Some senior non-commissioned officers revealed high-level news.

"Then Cui Hao is just a nonsense literati, how can he know anything about military affairs? I really don't know what His Majesty thinks!"

Cui Hao's talent was not even fully accepted by the upper echelons of the Northern Wei Dynasty, let alone these lower-level prostitutes.

Especially since Cui Hao came to power, the national policy of the Northern Wei Dynasty has always been to re-use Han people and Han people's aristocratic families.Even though Cui Hao's original intention was to attract more Han families to prepare for the re-entry of Hebei by the Northern Wei Dynasty, but in the eyes of the Xianbei people, this was obviously an expression of exclusion of dissidents.

"Then Cui Hao, sooner or later he will die!"

It just so happened that the Xianbei general who had encountered troubles in recent days also cursed Cui Hao casually, as if this would make his fatigue of the past few days disappear.

A circle of soldiers from the Northern Wei Dynasty gathered together to chat and vent their dissatisfaction, especially Cui Hao, who had become a punching bag for these soldiers.

This kind of night was repeated night after night in Yanmen Pass. Just when everyone thought that tonight would be spent like this again, an unusual light made a soldier feel vigilant.

"There is a situation!"

"Something is shining outside the pass!"

"It's armor! Damn it! It's Song Jun!"

No matter how covert Pei Fangming's march was, he couldn't resist the light that exposed his vision.

In addition, the view from Yanmen Pass was surprisingly good, and Pei Fangming was finally spotted when he was less than a mile away from Yanmen Pass.

"Cut! Bad luck!"

Seeing that the enemy troops in Yanmen pass reacted so quickly, Pei Fangming knew that the attack was probably wrong.

Unsurprisingly.

The Northern Wei defenders who were prepared did not care whether they could see it or not. In a panic, they responded with overwhelming arrow rain.

Pei Fangming rushed several waves with his soldiers, but due to the danger of the pass, he never reached the wall of Yanmen Pass, so he gave up the idea of ​​a sneak attack.

"Retreat first! Make plans tomorrow!"

A man can bend and stretch.

Seeing that the plan failed, Pei Fangming took the Song army back to Jinyang without hesitation, leaving only a group of Northern Wei soldiers who were still in shock staring at the darkness in front of them and trembling.

The attack on Yanmen Pass spread quickly to Pingcheng, Gu Bi couldn't sit still anymore!
"Previously, the Song army's attack could be explained by a feint attack, but now the Song army is using night battles to attack! Let me ask who in this world would use such a tactic in a feint attack?"

"From my point of view, the Song Army simply wanted me to relax and take down Yanmen Pass in one fell swoop, and march towards Pingcheng!"

Gu Bi secretly hated him, and was once again dissatisfied with Cui Hao's passive military methods.

"no!"

Standing up suddenly, Gu Bi walked out of the camp.

"Call my troops, the whole army gathers!"

"He Cui Hao is a rotten seed without eggs, but we are not!"

In fact, what Gu Bi really wanted to say was that if the Song army really hit Pingcheng, Cui Hao still had a chance to survive, but these Xianbei people were really just fish on the cutting board of the Song army!
"Gather quickly! Target Yanmen!"

(End of this chapter)