The Shuhan Empire of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 16 The Battle of Qiuyanling
Battle of Autumn Goose Ridge

Qiuyan Ridge; the clear air makes the land boundless and expands him infinitely. The flowers and plants that have come to Qiuyan Ridge in spring are already green and lush, and the flowers are gradually bowing their heads, blue fields and white clouds.Zhuge Qiao stood here looking at the spring scenery, and soon there will be a big battle here. I don't know if the tall green grass and brightly blooming flowers here can still stand upright.

"Brother Liu, we have to go somewhere now." Zhuge Qiao came to Liu Feng's camp, and he still covered his face at this time.

"Is it Xincheng?" Liu Feng stared at Zhuge Qiao and replied
"Exactly where, the news of Shendan's death may be hidden for a while, but there is nothing impenetrable in the world. Sooner or later, Shenyi will know about it, and he will definitely turn against him at that time. Now, he is using you in the new city. The old department, we immediately lead our troops to capture it, and then rush to ambush, maybe there is still time.”

"Why don't we go back to the army and defend Shangyong?" Liu Feng also knew the riskiness of this strategy.

"The purpose of our ambush here is to catch the enemy by surprise and sharpen his spirit; then defend for a period of time according to the terrain of Qiuyanling, and then retreat to Shangyong City, which can deal a blow to the enemy's morale. After that, General Wei Yan of Hanzhong should also arrive. At that time, Xu Huang will definitely retreat; but before that, we have to take back the new city."

"Then we will rush to the new city immediately and starry night."

"Brother Liu, go to Shangyong now; younger brother will not accompany you. Xu Huang is a famous general in the world. I don't think he will give us too much time. If you and I have to leave one person in ambush at Qiuyanling, in case Xu Huang makes a surprise attack "

"If Xu Huang came to attack while I was away, how would you be able to defend this place? I'm really worried about keeping you here."

"So it depends on the speed of Brother Liu's siege, and the battle of Qiuyanling was not a garrison, but an ambush; as long as Xu Huang's army is in chaos, it is not certain who will eat who will eat."

"It's so, how many soldiers do you need to stay here?"

"We have 5000 of your original troops here, and [-] mediocre soldiers; [-] of your original troops are enough to lead your original troops. It depends on whether your subordinates in the new city are still loyal to you. If the new city is difficult to capture, you will Return to Shangyong, otherwise the base camp will be lost and everything will be over."

"What will you do if I return to Shangyong?"

"If you don't come back within seven days, I will lead the army back to Shangyong"

"You shouldn't be too tenacious in Qiuyan Ridge. If you really can't defend, you can just retreat. No one will blame you. If you lose your life here, I can't afford it."

"Brother Liu, don't worry, I have a sense of proportion. I don't know the outcome of the battle. Take care..." Zhuge Qiao said to Liu Feng in a deep tone

From the top of the mountain, Zhuge Qiao watched the five thousand soldiers led by Liu Feng move forward quickly. This place is only two days away from the new city, and seven days is enough to go back and forth. Whether they can come back depends on God's will.

"Qin Shan, hurry up and look for the people from the Spike, why haven't they come back?" It turns out that the man in black at the head of Xiangyang City is Zhuge Qiao's "Spike". In the dark night, I don't know where I am still.

"Tun Chief, they're back!" Qin Shan brought a group of people dressed in black and appeared in front of Zhuge Qiao. Now this group of people is not as high-spirited as they were in the training ground, on the contrary, they are now bowing their heads No words were spoken, but the tenacity of the eyes could be seen from their eyes.

"Chen Qi, count the number of people." Seeing their current desperation, Zhuge Qiao felt very heartbroken. After all, this is the elite in his hands, and he trained it himself.

"There is no need to count. Now we have 36 people left, seven of whom were slightly injured, and none of them escaped after being seriously injured. 24 were killed in battle. There were not such a large number of casualties in the first place, mainly because Xu Huang's cavalry targeted several of our squads , that led to this result." Chen Qi replied very sadly.

"Chen Qi, Liu Yu, and Fu Qian, can the three of you still fight?"

"Yes" the three of them said in unison, and the 'Spike' staff at the back got excited when they heard that they were going to give him a task.

"The three of you are holding my military order now, and go to the reserve camp in the south to bring five hundred soldiers to see me, and the rest of you are going to rest now and wait for the big battle in the future," Zhuge Qiao said.

Watching the crowd fade away, Zhuge Qiao called the scouts again, "You must expand the scope to Xiangyang City now, and report the reconnaissance situation every two hours."

One day later, there was still no movement in Xiangyang City, and another day later, there was still no movement until late at night on the third day: "Tun chief, hurry up, there is a situation." Qin Shan came to Zhuge Qiao's resting place, and because they said an ambush, they did not To build a military tent is to find a place to sleep at will.

"What's the situation, so flustered"

"Just now the scouts came to report that Xu Huang had left the city yesterday, but they sent a large number of cavalry to cull the scouts, so there was no news. The scouts just came over the mountains and ridges without a moment's rest. It is estimated that Xu Huang Huang is probably only ten miles away from us," Qin Shan hurriedly finished.

"It's no wonder that there hasn't been any news from the frontline scouts these days. It seems that Xu Huang is not an ordinary person. Qin Shan, you immediately order the archers near the valley entrance, the ambush soldiers on the east hillside, and the thousand-blade shield soldiers outside the valley entrance. Prepare a thousand spearmen, we must eat their vanguard." After saying that, Qin Shan hurriedly left and disappeared into the night.

The sky is getting brighter and the sun seems to be about to rise.

"Report, General Lan (the pseudonym used by Zhuge Qiao in the battalion) Cao Jun's vanguard troops are about to reach the canyon where we ambush, but,,," a small soldier came to report

"but what,,,

"They have only 500 people in the vanguard, and they have three front troops, who march at a distance of two miles in turn, and the last is the big army. The total number of people must not be less than [-]."

Hearing the news, Zhuge Qiao couldn't sit still, "5 people, I only have [-] here, how can I resist?" sighed. "Assemble the generals"

After a while, all the generals of the 6000 people here came. "Everyone may know that the Cao army is coming. The first is the three fronts to explore the way, and the last is their main army, so I decided to let their fronts come in." , When their Chinese army enters Qiuyan Ridge and is attacking, the enemy will retreat if they don’t know how many people are on our side. Only then can we take advantage of the victory and pursue, and prevent the enemy from knowing our true and false status, so that we can carry out the next defensive battle.”

"General Lan, I think it's a bit inappropriate. If you let 500 people come in from the front of the three of them, then they will fight back and we will be flanked by two sides," a general reminded.
"General Xu, please rest assured, Fu Qian."

"The last general, in"

"There is no problem if you lead 500 people from the headquarters to deal with the enemy's front," Zhuge Qiao ordered.

"No problem." Fu Qian accepted the military order.

"Also, if General Lan Xu Huang charged straight up the mountain, wouldn't our military strength be exposed?" the man continued to suggest just now.

"No, Xu Huang is praised for being like Zhou Yafu, he is definitely not a reckless person, and he will not know that General Liu has already gone to take the new city, so in his expectation, there will be no fewer people here than us. Ten thousand, so he didn't dare to act rashly, we just need to wait until General Liu arrives, if we can't defend, we can withdraw our troops, but in this way, Shangyong City will fall into the enemy's attack range."

"Since this is the case, then we will have to fight Cao Jun at Qiuyan Ridge," said a general.
"Everyone return to their posts now, the first battle must be won." After finishing speaking, all the generals hurriedly retreated, and Zhuge Qiao also went to the ambush site at Taniguchi together with Chen Qi, Liu Yong, and Qin Shan.

In front of the valley entrance of Qiuyanling; "The head of the village is the front of the third team, and the following is Xu Huang's headquarters." Qin Shan said excitedly beside him
"Cheer up, it's going to be a big battle later." Zhuge Qiao was still staring intently at the front vanguard who had entered the ambush circle.

One hour, two hours, three hours, most of the enemy hadn't come yet, and the tense Xuan of the soldiers gradually began to relax. It's finally here.At the beginning, a sturdy man with a big knife took the lead. I'm sure he was definitely not Xu Huang; because the Taniguchi was still wide, they marched in five rows; .

(End of this chapter)