Chapter 460: Gale Blows (2) Arrows Come From the Netherworld

Jishi Mountain is such an important place, it is naturally impossible for the Zhengdong Army not to send people to guard it, but considering that the current Jishi City must have a serious shortage of troops, no matter how important Jishi Mountain is, it cannot abandon the basics and station a large number of elites in Jishi City, so Tan Feng Decided to launch a sneak attack on Jishi Mountain while sending out people to surrender, catching the opponent by surprise. watermark ad test watermark ad test

This task fell to Zhang Junbao. At the second watch, Zhang Zhuo, the number one general under Zhang Junbao's command, set off with a thousand soldiers.

These thousand people are not the army that Zhang Junbao put together after capturing Liaoxi County, but a part of the former Liaoxi County Bingzhong Army. They are brave and good at fighting, and they are the first fire to attack Jishi City this time. Naturally, Zhang Junbao wanted to let this fire burn vigorously, and he also wanted to use this to prove his worth in front of Tan Feng, to prove that Tan Feng's choice was not wrong, and that he, Zhang Junbao, was worthy of entrusting important responsibilities.

There is only one passage to the top of Jishi Mountain. Although it looks spacious, it is not a straight road. Every time it advances a certain distance, it turns at an angle. Although Zhang Zhuo's character is worrying, he was able to rank behind the road back then. Huang Desheng, Above Gu Changwei and others, they naturally have real talents and learning, otherwise it would be impossible to actually take the position of commander of the strongest Chinese army in Liaoxi County.

He personally led a thousand people to attack the mountain, so he naturally attached great importance to this battle, and now Zhang Junbao's subordinates really can't come up with any decent generals. Originally, Wu Yingdong was not bad, but it's a pity that he was defeated by Jiang Jiaquan and Ye Ye last time. It's really stuck on the grassland.

Naturally, this road was not built like this unintentionally, but deliberately. The zigzag road is extremely steep on both sides, with jagged rocks, and the opponent only needs to block it from a high place. The entire road is within the scope of the attack.

In this battle, the most important thing is a sudden attack, if you can reach above the half-mountain before the opponent finds out. Then this battle is very sure. With the strength of the soldiers in my hands, I will pay a certain price. It is enough to occupy the entire Jishi Mountain. During the daytime, Zhang Zhuo could see clearly. After climbing halfway up the mountain, the zigzag road had only two bends. Then the hillside opened up, the slope slowed down, and the road became much straighter. Once here, the soldiers and horses are enough to start.

In order to confuse his opponent, Tan Feng also spent a lot of money. Once he launched an attack here, the special envoy who went to the city to negotiate would definitely die. And that person is an adult that Tan Feng brought from Jicheng, he is his confidant. If he misses here, Tan Feng will be left with nothing. He will definitely vent his anger on himself.

In order to ensure the success rate of the sneak attack, Zhang Zhuo even ordered his subordinates to take off their armor and wear only a thin layer of leather armor, just because they were worried that the armor pages would collide with each other or accidentally hit a rock to make a sound And alarmed the defenders on the mountain. These thousand people, each with a small wooden stick in their mouths, took advantage of the night and started to move towards Jishi Mountain silently.

A thousand people were divided into three groups, and each group was separated by two zigzag roads. This arrangement can reduce casualties as much as possible.

Once the front is discovered, the people outside can still have time to withdraw quickly.

Zhang Zhuo's preparation work and deployment of military force, it can be said that he did not do his best, even if any other general came, he could not find any flaws, and it is impossible to do better than him.

But the only loophole, which is also a problem that no other general can solve, is that you have done your best, but you have no way of knowing what the enemy has done. This is the case with Zhang Zhuo now.

He didn't know what arrangement was on the road and at the bottom of the road. He had observed it very carefully during the day, but he didn't see any abnormalities, except for the row of forts on the top of the mountain that almost covered the entire mountain road. There are other defenses.

This also boosted his confidence.

But this is not the case.

On this mountain road consisting of nearly ten zigzag roads, from one-third of the height, at every corner, there is a dark castle. These dark castles are all hidden under the boulders beside the road. After people enter, When the camouflage is closed, there is only a gap no more than a palm wide. Above these gaps, there is a pile of withered grass, which perfectly covers the gap. Of course, this palm-sized gap is not used for guarding , but used to shoot the nozzle of the repeating crossbow.

There are two such bunkers at each crossing, ten soldiers are hidden in each fort, but there are fifty such continuous crossbows, seven people shoot and three people install crossbows.

When the Liaoxi soldiers were cautiously lurking up the mountain road like ghosts, they didn't know that from both sides of the road, pairs of eyes were staring at them indifferently as they passed by. They didn't attack because they hadn't yet. Get the signal to attack.

He Chong was still squatting on the highest fortress, his falcon-like eyes were fixed on the mountain road below. Before the enemy attacked Jishi City, they would attack Jishi Mountain first. This was the consensus between Jiang Jiaquan and Ye Zhen, so , when the army attacking Jishi City approached here, the string in He Chong's mind collapsed.

The enemy was smarter than he imagined, and they were divided into three parts, which made him a little regretful, because he originally wanted to use the layout on the Jishi Mountain to wipe out all the enemies in one fell swoop in the future, but now, he can only do his best It's time to annihilate the first two.

The enemy at the front has already reached the middle of Jishi Mountain, so there is no more hesitation. Once the enemy passes through the last two barriers, their forces can spread out. At that time, their own advantage will not be so obvious. Looking back Glancing behind him, he sighed. It would be great if all the five hundred people under his command were veterans, but now, he can't take the risk. Killing the enemy with a crossbow is completely different from killing the enemy with a knife and gun. They are two concepts. The former will not put much psychological burden on the murderer, but the latter, when the blood splashes all over your face, the weaker will collapse by itself.

With a whimper, he slid down the top of the fort, reached out and picked up a pine oil torch, lit it, and then he reappeared on the top of the fort, without shouting or mocking, he just threw the pine oil torch in his hand high, Then, the flaming torch turned somersaults, bringing out a bright band of light in the air, and fell towards the mountain.

Accompanied by the fire that fell from the sky, there was the sound of the rapid firing of crossbow arrows.

The first two units under Zhang Zhuo's command, 300 people in the first unit and 400 people in the second unit, were completely exposed to the shooting range of these bunkers at this time.

Row after row, one by one, they fell to the ground like harvested wheat.

"Lie down, lie down!" Zhang Zhuo, who was in the second position, knew that the sneak attack had failed when the torch fell from the sky. He was lying on the ground, and people in front of him and behind him were shot to the ground by crossbow arrows. , With the help of the cover of the dead soldiers, he narrowly avoided the first round of crossbow arrows.

On the zigzag road, there was no one standing. The dead people naturally lay down, and the living ones also lay down on the ground, not daring to raise their heads, because they couldn't tell where the crossbow arrows came from.

Zhang Zhuo lay on the ground with his eyes wide open, desperately trying to see where the enemy's ambushes were, but to his disappointment, he saw nothing but jagged rocks.

After a round of firing, everyone fell to the ground, but the deadly crossbow also stopped.

Zhang Zhuo's heart sank. Looking at the opponent's response, it was obvious that these were some experienced veterans, silently ambush, silently attacking, and silently waiting.

Retreating, Zhang Zhuo naturally had this idea in his heart, but thinking of Zhang Junbao's warning before leaving, and thinking of Tan Feng's cold eyes, he was not reconciled, and he had to try again no matter what.

"Attack!" he roared.

Above his head, the soldiers from the first part got up from the ground with roars, brandished the steel knives in their hands, and rushed up the mountain road like the wind. shape, the attack of the bow and crossbow will no longer cause such a large amount of damage.

They had just stood up, but what greeted them was a storm of crossbow arrows. The rain of crossbow arrows densely covered the entire mountain road, tightly blocking the way up the mountain.

Hearing the screams of the soldiers above his head, Zhang Zhuo was furious. Because of the terrain here, he still couldn't see clearly the massacre just above his head.

"Go!" He jumped up, holding a soldier's body in front of him, he rushed forward with all his strength, the sound of crossbow arrows piercing into the flesh was heard immediately, and the sound of pooping continued, this time, Zhang Zhuo finally saw clearly, but the reality stunned him.

Those deadly bolts came from the ground.

At the end of the mountain path, torches were suddenly lit, and rows of soldiers appeared. They were holding crossbows with a longer range in their hands, and attacked the third attacker at the bottom.

In Jishi City, in the General's Mansion, Tan Feng's special envoy was spitting wildly in front of Jiang Jiaquan, and Jiang Jiaquan sat still, listening to the special envoy's spitting, while waving his hand non-stop to review the documents. From time to time, he raised his head and nodded encouragingly to the special envoy, indicating that he was still listening. This made the clerk who was sorting out the documents reviewed by Jiang Jiaquan couldn't help laughing, and almost laughed a few times.

"Chang Shi, Chang Shi!" Huang Zhan jumped into the door, "They have started to attack Jishi Mountain, and there is a fight on Jishi Mountain."

The envoy's voice stopped abruptly, and his face suddenly turned pale.

Of course he understood that when he was trying his best to surrender, the attack started, so what was waiting for him!

Jiang Jiaquan stood up, rubbed his hands, and said with a smile: "My lord, it seems that in the eyes of Commander Tan, you are just a bait to confuse us. Let's go, let's go and watch this lively show together. "