Chapter 73 The Eve of the War
After Qian Xiaoxing arranged the guard company, he came to the regiment headquarters of Panlong Pass to see Lu Shengzhong checking the map here. Qian Xiaoxing said that he had taken the bandits as his guard company. Lu Shengzhong agreed very much. This time, Qian Xiaoxing was frightened by the Hu army and asked, "Is there enough people? If it is not enough, I will give you three hundred people!"
Qian Xiaoxing shook his head and smiled, "My guards have unique skills, and each one can stand up to several. Don't worry, it's enough."
After hearing this, Lu Shengzhong felt much more at ease and said, "Seventh brother, our first victory is so exciting. The morale of the troops is very high now."
Qian Xiaoxing sat down and replied, "Well, it's still a bit of luck to succeed this time. If Hu Jun gave up spending the night in Heilong Road, all the plans would be lost."
"Haha, Hu Baojin, the general of Hu army, is indeed not a good resource for leading troops. One day he will take his head." Lu Shengzhong said confidently.
Qian Xiaoxing laughed and said, "Brother Zhong, this is wrong. We should keep such a useless general. If we kill him and change him to another powerful person, aren't we making things difficult for ourselves?"
"Haha, what I said in my seventh brother."
After they said that, they both laughed happily, but saw two women running in quickly. It was Si Yingying and Yi Hongyue. Si Yingying came to Qian Xiaoxing and asked earnestly: "Brother Xing, I heard that you have been beaten thirty times, let me see."
Yi Hongyue also came up anxiously and asked, "Yes, it's a serious blow to it, is it painful?"
When Qian Xiaoxing saw that the two women were concerned about him, he said, "Thanks to more than ten brothers who tried their best to resist, I can see you again. It is not an exaggeration to eat thirty whips for them."
"Really, it's so dangerous!" Si Yingying sighed.
Yi Hongyue felt scared when she heard this. If Qian Xiaoxing really couldn't come back, she felt that the sky was about to collapse. She said gratefully: "That's really thankful to those more than ten soldiers."
"Now I have applied Yunbaiyao, nothing is wrong." Qian Xiaoxing persuaded them to see their sad expressions.
Si Yingying thought for a while and said, "Captain Lu, don't let Brother Xing do such a dangerous thing in the future. Our Si State depends entirely on him."
Lu Shengzhong nodded and replied, "Yeah, I won't know how to do it in the future!"
"Okay, you go back to Guandu, the war is about to start here, you are not suitable to stay here." Qian Xiaoxing persuaded the two women to leave, thinking about the upcoming battle to guard Panlong Pass, and his heart began to feel nervous again.
Longzhan City has been stationed by the Hu army, and Hu Guo's subsequent 40,000 troops arrived here with their baggage. Suddenly, Hu soldiers were walking through the streets, and the people kept their doors away to prevent accidents from happening.
The government office in Longzhan City, the spacious conference hall has been occupied by the Hu army, and Hu Baojin, Chen Xuanzheng and his subordinates held a military meeting.
Chen Xuan said: "General Hu, attacking Panlong Pass, Sima Taifu said it was at least eight times the strength of the troops. If we included the reserve force of the superior country, there were estimated to be tens of thousands of people. We are less than eighty thousand people now. Do we still have to attack?"
When Hu Baojin heard this, his face suddenly shrank and said, "I came here all the way and went back without fighting. It's not ridiculous. Besides, the eight times the troops are also normal. Our soldiers are all elite. I don't think they can attack it if they don't need to be four times. This Panlong Pass must be attacked."
Other generals also said, "Yes, how can we not fight after coming so far? Although our army suffered more than 20,000 troops by their plot, there are still more than 50,000 elite troops, so I am not afraid!"
Another said: "Yes, this time we brought siege cars and rushing cars, and we could easily break the barrier."
"We want to avenge the more than 20,000 dead soldiers!" Other generals agreed.
Although Chen Xuan was worried, he really couldn't swallow his breath. If he really withdrew his troops in shame, he would never see anyone in his life. So he said, "Okay, for the more than 20,000 dead soldiers, we must conquer Panlong Pass and avenge them."
The Hu army prepared for a day in Longzhan City, and the remaining 55,000 troops opened to Panlong Pass again. This time, Chen Xuan was even more cautious. Not to mention the wayfinding soldiers yesterday, he sent another hundred people out today, but he was afraid that there would be another possibility.
Hu Jun came to Heilong Road again. The lush forests in the past were already pitch black and charred trees. Looking at the burnt trees, Chen Xuan couldn't bear to look at that painful night. Only when the pathfinders came back and reported that everything was normal, Chen Xuan felt a little relieved.
Hu Baojin sat in the carriage and watched around. The woman in the carriage disappeared. It seemed that Hu Baojin had also become serious and had a preliminary judgment on Si Jun, which was to be cunning.
After passing through the Black Dragon Road, it was not until two miles in front of Panlong Pass that Hu Jun set up camp. The place he chose this time was a flat grassland, and the absence of trees made Chen Xuan feel much more relieved.
The Hu Jun camp was built with stumps, and a circle was built. Tall watchtowers were also built in every corner. Chen Xuan carefully arranged everything to avoid going on a business trip.
Under the sunset at dusk, on the hill far in front of Panlong Pass, a group of people were watching Panlong Pass above. The breeze blew, and a flag swayed constantly. The black and red characters on the flag were written with a big "Hu".
Hu Baojin and Chen Xuan rode a tall horse in front of the team, looking at Panlong Pass in the distance, and standing there like a giant, feeling a burst of pressure.
When Chen Xuan saw the cement wall retaining array in front of him, he shook his head and said, "General Hu, it seems that Si Jun has been prepared. Look at the big white stones in front of him, it should be to prevent us from using siege cars and rushing cars."
Hu Baojin looked at it and laughed, "Just just have a few stones, let's move the soldiers away."
Chen Xuan nodded and said, "General Hu said that, although some people may be lost when moving, you can use siege cars and rushing cars after moving. It will be much smoother to break Panlong Pass. However, it is quite a novel idea to use big stones to block siege cars."
After hearing this, Hu Baojin burst into laughter: "Haha, it's still new? I think people who have such ideas are just three-year-olds. If such people lead troops to fight against us, I would really welcome them."
Chen Xuan laughed after hearing this. It was really naive to think that Si Jun used this method to block the attack. But when he asked the soldiers to move these stones when he attacked the city, a large area of the soldiers died and they didn't move them, he was stunned. Of course, this is a later story, so I won't mention it for now.
The weather in mid-May has gradually become hotter. Before the dawn in the sky has subsided, the breeze blows on my face, making people very fresh. Qian Xiaoxing and Lu Shengzhong came to Panlong Pass because they knew that Hu Jun was going to start attacking Panlong Pass today.
There is also a small tower on the three-story arrow tower. Qian Xiaoxing and Lu Shengzhong are standing here to command the troops to resist. There are many cylinders in front of them, with lids on them. This is the telephone invented by Qian Xiaoxing. Each cylinder passes through a long pipeline to the strongholds of each pass, such as the catapult carriage array on the tops of the peaks on both sides, the arrow tower underneath and the logistics troops in the middle of Panlong Pass, etc., which can all issue instructions through the telephone.
Seeing that there was a vague movement in the distance, Qian Xiaoxing took out the monocular lens and looked at it. He saw that Hu Jun was lined up in an orderly manner in the distance and slowly walked over. Behind them, he was dragging a tall siege car. Qian Xiaoxing counted and found that there were as many as six. Qian Xiaoxing said, "Brother Zhong, they are here."
Lu Shengzhong also picked up the telescope and looked at it and said, "Yes, it seems that it will be tens of thousands of dollars at the first time."
"The more, the better." Although Qian Xiaoxing was nervous, he was also very excited. The one-month deployment arrangement was about to test his combat effectiveness today. Qian Xiaoxing was confident that he could definitely let Hu Jun have a drink.
Lu Shengzhong opened the covers of all the telephones and shouted loudly at the multiple cylinders in front of him: "Be careful, be prepared for battle! Be careful, be prepared for battle!"
The Hu army slowly approached. The loess-colored uniforms of its soldiers were almost the same as those of the ground. It seemed that there were only countless black heads moving constantly, and flags were waving in the team. Hu Baojin sat in the tall chariot, looking at the team calmly.
The Hu army stopped five hundred meters in front of Panlong Pass. Chen Xuan immediately ordered: "Stop moving forward, the shield guards and guns team will remove the stone in front of Panlong Pass."
Two pairs of people walked out of the army, about two thousand people, and after they dispersed, they advanced towards Panlong Pass. Qian Xiaoxing was puzzled when he saw it and asked, "Brother Zhong, what are these Hu soldiers here for?"
Lu Shengzhong also shook his head and wondered, saying, "It's not common sense to send such a few people to come forward to seize the pass."
Qian Xiaoxing suddenly became nervous when he heard this. There must be problems that were not in line with common sense. Just as he was thinking, he suddenly saw some Hu Jun grabbing the cement retaining wall array with his hands and trying hard to move it. He immediately understood and smiled and said, "Brother Zhong, it turns out that they want to move these cement retaining walls."
Lu Shengzhong laughed. Although the cement retaining wall was only one meter high above, it was more than two meters deep below, and it was poured with large base blocks. It was a dream to move it. He immediately ordered one of the telephones and said, "As soon as the arrow tower obeys the orders, shoot the Hu army below!"
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Chapter completed!