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Chapter 513 The Gate of Hell

It is not far from Linzhou to Lanzhou, and it took two days to walk, mainly because of Zong Chuke's carelessness.

He is a person who can enjoy it, which is not necessarily a shortcoming. There are many people in history who can enjoy it, such as Kou Zhun and Guan Zhong, but it does not hinder their reputation.But these days I don't have the mind to enjoy it anymore.Every day I lay down on the map to ponder, and then discuss with my subordinates.

But the result was a bit unexpected, and he didn't encounter any trouble along the way, and came to Lanzhou smoothly.Of course, this was a superficial action. Another [-] cavalry army was led by Qin Bin, with simple dry food. With the cooperation of the army, they quickly crossed the Yellow River, all the way to the northeast, and took Sanlipo.

After capturing Sanlipo, a large army was sent out to increase its garrison. Together with the army on the southeast bank of the Yellow River, they cut off the eight prefectures and formed a whole with Guo Yuanzhen's army.

And there is one of the biggest advantages, that is, it can be attacked and defended. The offense is dangerous, but the defense should be safe.

So far, everything has gone smoothly, so smooth that even Zong Chuke became suspicious.

After receiving the battle report from Sanlipo, there was no resistance, but they were harassed by the Scarlet Battalion from time to time on the road, and hundreds of people were sacrificed.But after arriving at Sanlipo, they set up a big camp, taking advantage of the terrain, and there were no blood camp soldiers to harass them.He has already sent someone to inform Guo Yuanzhen.

But Qin Bin asked Zong Chuke to send troops immediately. Although there were a lot of people, but they stayed in the hinterland of the eight states, he always felt a little fuzzy in his heart.

Zong Chuke took the battle report and called Liu Jingren over.

Liu Jingren looked at the map, and said after a long time: "The territory of the eight states is currently under strict investigation. I don't know the specific situation, but you can see it, the chief."

As he spoke, he pointed to Shanzhou and Hezhou on the map.

"Although Wanghua has achieved a great victory in this battle, we must send out heavy troops, and then send troops to garrison in other places. In addition, our troops are close to Lanzhou, so the blood battalion is obviously insufficient now. Otherwise, they would not take such shameless tactics. tactics."

The shameless tactics he was referring to were guerrilla warfare.

Wherever Zong Chuke's army went, no blood battalion soldier dared to break it.But this is not 200 people, it is an army of 20 people. How much food does it eat every day, so logistical supplies are very important.Zong Chuke was also not unaware that the frontal Lanzhou army blocked his own army, but Huizhou was able to mobilize some soldiers, so he sent [-] soldiers to escort the food and grass.

But this journey has not been so smooth.

There are no regular soldiers to plunder food and grass, but this trip is very troublesome.For example, the bridge over the small river was touched by soldiers of the Blood Battalion and blown up with explosives.Or a ditch was dug from the river to let the water from the small river spread to the road, and someone could be sent to plug the gap.But the Blood Camp did not allow the logistics army to succeed easily. Not only did the river spread to the road, but they also used horses to run back and forth, trampling the mud on the road into melted slurry. In this way, even if the gap was blocked, the water would flow Walking, the road is also muddy, and it is difficult for chariots and horses to walk.So I had to ask the people to come to the wheat straw shop.

Or when you encounter a canyon, you lie on the top of the mountain and ignite the explosives and throw them down.There were not many casualties, but there was panic.They sent people to pursue them, but there were fewer people chasing them, and they never came back.There were too many people chasing them, but they didn't see anything, but they saw that the ears of wheat in the distant fields were slightly yellowish, and the awns were also pleasingly covered with a golden coat. hard work.

After all, it is the army of the imperial court, and they don't burn and kill and loot everything like the Tubo people. Therefore, when Zong Chuke's army came, the peasants did what they should do, and they were still farming.

He pulled them over to ask, and answered honestly, which family's children were drawn into the blood camp, and what benefits did Wang Hua give them.If you ask for something useful, you will be at a loss.

Zong Chuke had no choice but to release them.

Or when camping for a rest at night, a group of people ran over on horseback, whoosh, whoosh, and shot rockets at the place where the grain was piled up in the camp. They actually shot them a few times and burned some grain.Then send troops to hunt them down, and flee one by one into the mountains or other complicated terrains. In the middle of the night, the terrain is unfamiliar, and no one dares to pursue them deeply.

The harm is not very great, but it can lead to an increase in the cost of transportation and seriously slow down the speed of the march.

So Qin Bin said that he was harassed on the road, and Zong Chuke "understood".

Zong Chuke nodded, and he continued to ask: "General Liu, what's the relationship between this?"

"Yes, it's still logistics. If the soldiers of the Blood Battalion have enough troops, the harassment of our logistics will be larger, and our losses will be more serious. But this situation is temporary. The soldiers of the Blood Battalion penetrated into the Dafei River in a short time. It was too late to return. Even if we returned, we needed to rest. The other wing did not dare to send troops to Lanzhou because of Xinuoluo's containment. But once the soldiers in the direction of Shanzhou regained their strength, they had to go north. At that time, Lanzhou's troops became relatively abundant. Therefore, we must immediately and quickly transport the food and grass to the camp, and at the same time quickly divide our troops to support Sanlipo."

There is no problem for the soldiers to support Sanlipo. The key is food. Otherwise, when tens of thousands of troops arrive at Sanlipo, they will have water to drink, but they will also have to eat.Now the first batch of food has not yet reached the camp, where can the food be produced.

"Well, how about we send another [-] troops to escort the food, what do you think?"

"Director Zong, this method is fine. Anyway, we are attacking in detail now, just for show."

After two days of attacking the city, Lanzhou is not the county seat of Shanxian County. According to the terrain, it is tall and dangerous.When Wang Hua took Lanzhou, it was by surprise. The whole Lanzhou was not fortified. Otherwise, Wang Hua would not know how long it would take to take Lanzhou, let alone how much loss it would have.

After two days, there was nothing but the loss of hundreds of soldiers.

Zong Chu was so polite that he scolded his mother before the battle, but actually returned to the big tent as if nothing happened.

The two reached an agreement, and sent [-] troops to escort the food again.

Here Zong Chuke fired the first shot to attack Bazhou, but there was only thunder and rain.

However, the battle was officially launched in the northwest direction.

There are very few people in Yanzhou that can be mobilized, because Mo Chuai came in person, and Kong Heizi dared not move even 1 people.This is silently trying to steal a trick. If he is as reckless as Ke Zan Rezong Chuke, Kong Heizi's ten thousand men will be very difficult.

Xue Song's 5000 soldiers guarding Huizhou also did not dare to move. Guo Yuanzhen was not jealous, let alone Zong Chuke.Even after receiving Guo Yuanzhen's letter, Wang Hua was still worried, and only dispatched [-] troops.But these soldiers were also drawn to the upcoming Lanzhou battle.

Or it could be Ukeli's army, but Lingzhou is Wang Hua's stronghold, so people must be sent to defend it.Therefore, only Wukeli's 5000 soldiers and Zhang Shougui's Yuheng army were drawn.These [-] people are all regular troops from the blood battalion, but the opponent has [-] troops, and most of them are Shuofang troops who have passed through the battlefield.

So this battle is still very difficult.

Not without ambushes, from Hezhou to Yanzhou, unlike Shanxian County, Ke Zanre was sure that he had to take the ancient Tang-Tibet road because of his safety.If you are not sure, you cannot use the terrain arrangement several months in advance, so you have to adapt to the situation.

Because Yinzhou was handed over to Mochuo, Chang Yuankai divided his troops into two groups. He led the brave general Lun Gongren along the way, and personally led an army of 2 troops along the south side of Liuhuzhou, passing the edge of the small desert of Nanhetao, and rushing towards Wuzhou. Original (Dingbian Wuyuan, Yanzhou Station).Along the way, Cao Cen, another general under his command, crossed the Yellow River with [-] horses, and went straight to Xingning County along the edge of Nanhetao.

This is also a reasonable arrangement. Many areas in Wuyuan County are Gobi deserts and are sparsely populated.It is not worth dispatching a large army. Relatively speaking, Wuyuan County has many basins and small plains, and the county seat is also taller than Xingning County.

After hearing the news, Wang Hua discussed with Zhu Dian and made an arrangement, using 5000 people to use the terrain in Wuyuan County to set up fortifications to block Chang Yuankai's [-] troops to death.In this way, [-] superior troops were drawn out to deal with Cao Cen's [-] troops.In fact, it is still a disadvantaged force, but for the blood battalion's force, it is already an advantage.

And after seeking Zhang Shougui's approval, Wang Hua issued an unprecedented order to hand over the 5000 people to Feng Changqing.

Feng Changqing lived up to his expectations, went outside Yanzhou City, and inspected the terrain. Many sinister terrains were not selected, but the extremely flat and vast Muke Ridge was chosen.And after passing Muke Ridge, it is not far from Yanzhou City.Some people objected to Feng Changqing's approach. At this time, Wang Hua had already left Lingzhou, and it was Zhu Dian who received Feng Changqing's report.After seeing Feng Chang's report, Zhu Dian issued an order: Anyone who does not obey Feng Changqing's command will be executed.

With this right, no soldier from the Blood Battalion dared to speak up.However, in order to appease the soldiers, Zhu Tong also brought a sentence: "You bastards, you know how to fart, obediently obey and make meritorious deeds."

Zhu Ting is a literati, and no one has ever heard him utter foul words, but the soldiers all liked the foul words, and they all laughed.Maybe this is a clever calculation, but I don't understand it.

Then Feng Changqing calmly organized soldiers to build fortifications, and even encouraged the common people to participate.People are not allowed to participate in the construction of fortifications, and the news may be leaked.But the common people can transport building materials for the blood camp, such as bricks and cement.

The cement was not bought this time, because there are various fortifications and city walls and houses in the buildings of Bazhou, so Wang Hua transferred a group of technicians from Luzon Island to burn cement in the south of Lingzhou, but only for civilian use Or military use, not for commercial use.This is to maintain the original agreement with the Eighteen.

But this time, you can see the power of the people that Wang Hua said. Hearing the call of the blood camp, many people actively participated, otherwise the speed of construction would be far behind.

After the fortifications were repaired, many smart soldiers came to their senses and gave Feng Changqing a thumbs up one by one.

But this is only the first fortification, and the second fortification is in front of the city wall of Yanzhou.

The blood battalion does not have the ability to defend against the enemy thousands of miles away, but it is still possible to defend against the enemy thousands of miles away.

Before the second fortification was completed, Chang Yuankai led the army to the foot of Muke Ridge. He didn't see the fence, nor did he see the Guancheng, only about a hundred strange buildings.Under the sunlight, each building shone with a blue-gray icy luster, and there were some small windows on it.

Chang Yuankai has also fought for many years, and has never encountered such a situation.In the battle of Shan County, we only know that Wang Hua used fire to attack and burn the county seat of Shan County, leading to the defeat of the Tubo people. Not many people know the specific situation, including Chang Yuankai.

So he ordered 3000 people to rush up to try it out.

Three thousand soldiers rushed up cautiously, without any movement.But this is strange. Some people came to the bunker to see that the holes below were blocked by thick iron plates, and they couldn't be poked open with weapons.Some soldiers continued to grope forward, and some soldiers were very curious. They leaned on the hole on the top and looked in. It was dark inside. After a while, they could barely see clearly. The inside seemed to be divided into two layers. Attic, above a floor.But no one can see it.

Then look for the door. Unlike the bunkers in Shanxian County, Feng Changqing here has added his own thinking elements. Anyway, there are many tunnels below, and he uses the tunnels to communicate, but the iron gates are left behind in the inconspicuous bunkers. or supplementary supplies.

The three thousand soldiers were a little dumbfounded, and someone went back and reported to Chang Yuankai.

Chang Yuankai thought for a while, but he also didn't understand what mystery Wang Hua was up to.So another three thousand soldiers were sent to rush up, but they were told to be careful.The main thing is that there is no door, which is really confusing.

They touched up one by one, and saw that a few soldiers in front were impatient and passed through the bunkers, but there was still no movement.Chang Yuankai pressed the pressing gesture, and dispatched another [-] vanguard troops to keep up.After crossing the Muke Ridge, Yanzhou City is ahead.

And he has another task, which is to protect the horse farm outside Lingzhou City.So dare not delay.

These [-] soldiers also touched the front of the bunker group, and hundreds of soldiers in front of them crossed the bunker group, but there was still no movement.Although Chang Yuankai felt strange, seeing that everyone was safe and sound, he ordered that the army prepare to move.

But at this moment, a soldier finally saw the iron gate, and he immediately notified his comrades.Everyone was puzzled by this bunker, and some soldiers raised their weapons and smashed it.But the weapon couldn't be broken, so he sent someone back to find the big hammer.

But at this time, a horn sounded from the bunker cluster.As the sound ceased, the iron plate under the bunker was pulled away, and soldiers even went up to the second floor.Bows and arrows shot out like rain stars.

With so many bunkers combined, almost no place is a dead end for bows and arrows.

Seeing this situation, Chang Yuankai immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops.

But under this indiscriminate shooting, how many soldiers can escape?9000 people went up, but less than 4000 came back.

This casualty is too unjust, so many people were killed without even seeing the shadow of an enemy.Chang Yuankai was so angry that his hands trembled.But before he came up with a solution, he had to order camp.

But at this time, the figure saw it, and a thousand people came out from behind to collect the spoils among the bunkers.A few hundred more headed west, as two or three hundred people left the west side of the bunker complex.The bow and arrow did not have time to shoot, so they escaped in time.These two 300 people were arrested.

Seeing the enemy's arrogance, Chang Yuankai was furious.Fortunately, he resisted the impulse and did not expand the casualties.

The generals were called together to discuss, there was no door, and it was obvious that there was a tunnel below, and this area was all yellow loam, the mud was not too soft, nor was it very hard.Digging tunnels is not difficult.But you know the tunnel, as long as the tunnel is dug, the soldiers in the bunker can be suffocated to death.But how to dig a tunnel?It's not close at all, let alone digging tunnels.

But with many people and many ideas, there is still a way.After a final discussion, they used shields to cover, and the soldiers smashed hard with big hammers.

Thousands of soldiers rushed up again, this time with dense shields in front, and the casualties began to decrease.When they came to the bunker, the arrow rain inside the bunker stopped at this time and changed their tricks.Because they were covering the soldiers who smashed the hammer, the shield soldiers were very close to the bunker.Then a strange weapon protruded from the hole, very similar to a hooked sickle gun, but it was not a gun, with a curved hook knife at the front end.

Hooked the exposed body organs of the shield soldier, and a blood flower was formed with one hook.The other shield soldiers were startled, and immediately put their shields on the ground, and hid their whole bodies behind the shields.

But at this time, the hook and sickle retracted, and small long bamboo pipes came out to blow out, and the chili powder and lime powder were blown out together.

They didn't need any shields, they covered their eyes one by one, and ran away with their legs.

It's easy to do without the shield, and the bow and arrow stretched out again.Thousands of people went up, dropped nearly a thousand corpses again, and escaped.

Knowing that the blood camp is not so easy to eat, otherwise it would be impossible for so many troops to deal with the blood camp.But such casualties far exceeded what Chang Yuankai could endure.

The discussion again was not without flaws. In order to maximize the power of the bunker, the other party chose this flat and vast terrain. Therefore, from the perspective of the terrain, it is not dangerous.So I cut down a nearby big tree, which was used as a bumper.Then, the trolley used to transport grain and grass transported the ram, and the soldiers supported the trolley and used the ram to hit the bunker.In this way, the length of the enemy's hook and sickle cannot keep up, and the lime powder also has no effect because of the distance.Just use shield soldiers to protect the soldiers pushing the carts.

But in this way, we had to camp and rest today.

Soldiers are cooking, or chopping wood.

The Blood Battalion soldiers in the bunker saw them chopping wood, but because of their weak strength, they did not dare to take the initiative to stop them.

As night fell, thick logs were piled up in the camp.

But at midnight, the Blood Camp came out of the bunker. Chang Yuankai's patrolling soldiers also saw it, and blew the warning horn.However, this group of people came to the camp, shot a wave of rockets into the camp, and fled back.

If you want to chase, you dare not chase, and at the same time you have to fight the fire.

Chang Yuankai was so angry that he had no choice but to order the soldiers to take turns to be on duty, just like Ke Zanre.The night passed safely.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Chang Yuankai became angry and ordered a thousand soldiers, pushing more than 100 small carts, to rush up the slope.He stood behind and thought to himself, "What will you do this time?"

I think that this method has no problems for the other party.

But when the collision log was less than ten meters away from the bunker, there was a bang, and the ground was like a magma eruption, and lumps of mud shot up into the sky. Exploding rocks with black powder does not work, but exploding mud does.Even the soldiers were rushed into the sky, rolled a few times in the sky, and fell to the ground and couldn't move anymore.

The explosion stopped, and there were not many soldiers who could come back.

And when the smoke cleared, Chang Yuankai almost vomited blood. There were big and small holes on the ground, some of which were seven or eight feet deep, and this time the small cart couldn't push it even if it wanted to.

He looked at the group of bunkers, as if he saw the gate of hell standing in front of his eyes.

PS: There was an alliance leader yesterday, and another rudder leader. There is no return for moving in the past two days. From the day after tomorrow, there will be three consecutive days and three shifts.

(End of this chapter)