The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 686 Darkness Chen Cang
The time has advanced to half a month ago.

Jiange is the only way to enter Shuzhou from Hanzhong. Because of the steep mountains on both sides, it looks like a road split by a sword. In addition, the road is narrow and rugged, so it naturally becomes a battleground for military strategists.

Jianmen Pass is Zhang Xianzhong's first gateway to fight against the imperial court. Zhang Xianzhong placed high hopes on this place, so he deployed tens of thousands of troops here, hoping to rely on Jiange's easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain and strong troops to frustrate Di Qing's army and give them Take a blow to the head, and then retreat.

Before the war, according to the estimates of his advisers and generals, Jianmen Pass could hold back the imperial army for at least a month.

For this estimate, most of the generals of the Onishi Kingdom agree with it, and only one person is not optimistic about it.

This person is Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son, and he can be regarded as his number one general, Li Dingguo.

Zhang Xianzhong didn't take Li Dingguo's worries seriously.He believed that the reason why Li Zicheng was defeated was because Li Zicheng was in Guanzhong, the place of the Fourth World War, and he believed that Li Zicheng was not a man with destiny, so the failure was a matter of course.

But he himself is different. He occupies Shuzhou, which is rich in resources and easy to defend and difficult to attack. He is blessed by nature.

Zhang Xianzhong's other adopted son and general Sun Kewang agreed with Zhang Xianzhong's words.

Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo can be regarded as Zhang Xianzhong's right-hand men, and they were also adopted as adopted sons by Zhang Xianzhong, so there is naturally a competitive relationship.

Li Dingguo is calm and decisive, while Sun Kewang is ambitious and more scheming.He always likes to look for opportunities to dismantle Li Dingguo's platform, so Zhang Xianzhong, who is self-willed and somewhat neurotic, gradually dislikes Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo knew that he was alone and weak, so he could only sigh and stop talking.

The Great Western Army is waiting in battle at Jianmen Pass, hoping to show their majesty by defeating the imperial army here.

It's a pity that for three days in a row, the imperial army was only stationed outside the pass, setting up their positions and maintaining vigilance, but they never fought, leaving the defenders inside the pass confused and confused, not knowing what the officials and soldiers were up to.

Di Qing knew that Jianmen Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if he attacked by force, he would definitely suffer heavy casualties. Therefore, after finding a guide, he personally followed the guide to explore the terrain near Jianmen Pass, and finally found a way to quickly break through Jianmen Pass.

Three days later, the defenders of the Jiange were a little slack, thinking that the officers and soldiers would set up camp as they did a few days ago, suddenly the flags were unfurled in the camp of the officers and soldiers, the voices of people were buzzing, and there was a roar of mountains and tsunami, and the defenders were shocked Terrified, they all made preparations for battle.

But after a while, calm was restored in the official army camp, and the defenders had a false alarm.

But in less than half an hour, there was noise and cheers in the official army camp again, and the defenders couldn't help becoming nervous again.

When there was movement again in the camp of the officers and soldiers for the third time, the defenders were a little slack, thinking that the officers and soldiers were going to play tricks again, so they were a little lazy and refused to move.

But what surprised them was that the government army sent a team of troops to the front of the pass to charge for a while, and then retreated after firing arrows indiscriminately.

In this way, the officers and soldiers have to make another movement every hour, and they have been tossing for a day and a night, making the defenders exhausted and exhausted.

In the middle of the night, the official army camp was completely quiet, and the defenders fell asleep in panic and worry.

As everyone knows, Di Qing surveyed the surrounding terrain in the past few days, and learned from the guide that there is a very secret trail. There are few people on weekdays, and only occasionally some wild beasts or medicine pickers who are good at climbing will take this road.

The end of this road is said to be an extremely narrow canyon thirty miles behind Jianmen Pass, through which one can reach Guangyuan City.

Di Qing originally planned to send elite soldiers to climb up the hills on both sides of Jianmen Pass, and then use grenades or explosives to attack Jianmen Pass from above, but he gave up this idea after surveying the terrain.

The mountains on both sides of Jianmen Pass are extremely steep and steep, even if there are some slightly soothing places, they have been leveled by the defenders long ago, so there is no possibility of climbing.

If you forcefully climb, you will definitely suffer heavy losses.

But this newly discovered remote path gave Di Qing a new idea.

He selected [-] elite soldiers who are good at walking and climbing in the mountains from the National Defense Forces, and asked them to pack lightly. In addition to the necessary dry food and water bottles, each of them carried three bases of ammunition, and lurked from the trails in the dark Go after Jianmen Pass.

This trail was originally little known, and the defenders did not deploy troops to guard it.Coupled with being tossed by the official army for a day and a night, they finally had the time to sleep at night, and they all fell asleep, not even noticing that the partial division of the official army had quietly sneaked behind them.

By the morning of the second day, the officers and soldiers still hadn't discovered a formal attack, allowing the defenders to get a good night's sleep.

The defenders had no idea what the officers and soldiers were going to do, but the initial tension had begun to relax, and many people started chatting and even dozing off.

Most of these defenders were local soldiers that Zhang Xianzhong forcibly recruited in Shuzhou, and only those officers and generals were his original direct descendants.

This fighting power and fighting will can be imagined.

"What do you think the officers and soldiers are doing tossing and tossing around? If you want to fight a war, fight it happily. What are you doing with these unscrupulous people?"

"What do you know, you melon boy? This is called the real and the false, the false and the real, the real and the false, the false and the real, this is called the art of war, understand?"

"Bullshit art of war, if I were a great general, I would definitely fight a battle with all my heart, that's what I call a hero!"

When the defenders in Guanzhong were still laying out the Longmen formation, the official army camp was burying pots and making food.

After the whole army finished eating, Di Qing looked south for a while, and said softly: "It should be almost time."

Then he ordered the whole army to storm Jianmen Pass.

In an instant, with the sound of three cannons and the sound of horn horns, pairs of official army phalanxes in gray uniforms came out of the barracks, and huge and neat gray phalanx.

The infantry was in the center, and the cavalry guarded the flanks.

When the artillery unit came out at the end, hundreds of cannons were lined up in a few neat rows. Under the command of the officer, the artillerymen began to adjust the angle of the barrel, and slowly aimed the muzzle at Jianmenguan.

"Fire!" Di Qing ordered.

Boom boom boom!

(End of this chapter)