Chapter 1,404 Blocking

The city wall of Lezhi City can be said to be a city wall, but it is better to say that it is an earthen fence. The height of the city wall is less than two feet.

The advantage is that it faces roads on three sides and water on one side, so there is no need to worry about running out of water.

After a while, Li Chunyuan came to the big tent with two other New Army soldiers: "Commander, two chiefs, this is Huang Hu, a third-term student of the military crash course, and this is Gao Le, a first-year student of the Royal Military Academy.

This is the first batch of students. We will build a staff team to assist the four leaders in commanding this battle."

Lu Zun and Jie Yaomi looked at each other. Judging from the temperament of these Song soldiers, they were between the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty. They were dressed in simple and capable military uniforms, high boots, wide-leg trousers, armed belts, and epaulette collars.

, swords and military caps, doorways everywhere, and spirit everywhere.

Huang Hu and Gao Le stood at attention, their boots made a snapping sound when they collided, and then they beat their chests and saluted: "Thank you for your trust, commander!"

The two people's movements are uniform, even the angle of separation of their steps, the angle of left arm movement, and the position of their fists are exactly the same.

Jie Yaomi is an old chief. When he saw this posture, he felt calmer for some reason: "These kids have a lot of skills. Do it as you wish."

Lu Zun's power is smaller than that of Jie Yaomi. The boss said so. He also nodded: "Gui Zhang is my famous general of Qingtang. How should we deal with it? Do you have any rules?"

Li Chunyuan nodded: "We brought the city defense map and explained it to the four commanders?"

Jia Xu nodded: "Come on."

Several people cleared the table and laid out a temporary military map. Lu Zun understood immediately at a glance: "This picture is amazing. Did you draw it?"

Li Chunyuan nodded: "The scouts who have been coming and going in the past few days have almost measured it. What do you think, four commanders? Has it been confirmed so far? Our unit is facing the three-pronged army of Guizhang."

"In the northwest is the army of Guizhang and Xiuzheng, with a size of 30,000; in the southeast is Guizhang's general Narwin? Are these 15,000 cutting off my retreat? To the southwest is Lulingzhan, this part has been lurking in Lezhi

The mountains to the southwest.”

"Guizhang is thirty miles away from us? Narwen is twenty-five miles away, and Lulingzhan is fifteen miles away."

"Gui Zhang's intention? Is he to use Lu Ling to harass me? I will have no basis to advance or retreat, and I will be trapped in Lezhi City. Then he leads an army to encircle me in three directions, obviously intending to take away my supplies."

"But our scouts are not vegetarians. Now that the three groups have just assembled, I discovered that we are waiting for work and have a superior force. We can eat Luling and occupy one group first."

"After eating Lu Lingzhan, Guizhang and Narwen were separated into two parts by Lezhi City? The strategic initiative fell into my hands."

"As long as the two armies are not allowed to join together, Narwin's arm will become a turtle in the urn when our reinforcements arrive. And if Guizhang's rescue attempt is delayed for a few days, it will also be wiped out by the Taiwei's returning army."

"So the best way now is to launch an attack with the entire army and annihilate Lu Lingzhan? Then rely on Lezhi City to isolate the road so that Guizhang and Narwin can't care about each other."

"Then we will switch to strong defense and wait for reinforcements to deal with them."

Jie Yaomi looked at Li Chunyuan in surprise: "We are ten thousand against fifty thousand, and we still want to attack?"

Gao Le said: "It's not that we still want it, it's that we have no choice but to do it. Rather than sit back and wait for death, it's better to take a risk."

Huang Hu said: "We have horses, enough weapons, and accurate intelligence. We will be there in a blink of an eye, fifteen miles away."

"Use cavalry against foot, use more to attack less, and cooperate with a small number of firearms. We can definitely eat these 5,000 people and then quickly return to defense."

Li Chunyuan said: "Another advantage is that this move may divert Guizhang's strategic vision from attacking the city to connecting with Narwin, avoiding it from being surrounded by us, and completely disrupting Guizhang's strategic deployment."

The troops all belonged to Jie Yao Mi and Lu Zun. Jie Yao Mi now only regretted not bringing the remaining troops who were left behind in Zhuo La City. He also regretted that Li Xian had not cleared the way for his daring advance and the ambush of fifty thousand people was not discovered.

But it's too late to say anything now. With the brutality of the blind expedition, if he is captured, his life will be cut into pieces.

He gritted his teeth and said, "According to Li Langjun's order, now we are struggling to survive, and we have to do it even if we don't do it!"

Li Chunyuan handed over his hand: "Without further delay, I will ask the two chiefs to issue an account order."

Jia Xu said: "Tell the sergeants, this battle is a first-class ten-pass! If you bravely strive to be the first, your Majesty will assign you to the third squad!"

Peng Sun was anxious: "Wait...wait...the army will attack, Nalezhi City..."

But Jia Xu covered his mouth: "Chun Yuan will go alone, and the music will be conducted by myself and Peng!"

Li Chunyuan nodded: "We have sent people to both front and rear groups to block their advance. I will stay in the city with the two commanders. Regardless of victory or defeat, they will definitely come back in time."

But a moment later, the city gate of Lezhi City opened. Surrounded by Huang Hu and others, Jie Yaomi and Lu Zun led the cavalry towards the northeast. The entire city became empty, except for countless yaks and baggage.

There are more than a thousand civilians.

…

Northwest of Lezhi City, Laoya Gorge, Qingyi Jie Guizhang's scouts are approaching Lezhi City.

"Pa!" "Pa!" "Pa!" After several crisp sounds, the three scouts fell on the snow. The remaining few turned around and ran back, but were overtaken by several more bullets. There was no more sound in the valley.

Zhao Zhe pulled the bolt to eject the cartridge case and put it in his bag. He saw an arm stretched out above a lying crossbar opposite, giving a thumbs up.

Ma Xing beside him said: "Captain, there are more and more scouts."

Zhao Zhe raised his telescope and looked at the snowy valley ahead: "Gui Zhang is really cunning and sneaky like a ghost. He is testing our numbers... Notify the other side to withdraw!"

Ma Xing Leng said: "No more sniping?"

Zhao Zhe said: "Go to the No. 2 Xiakou position and snipe them outside the minefield!"

Shortly after Zhao Zhe, Ma Xing and his companions withdrew, a forward team of 3,000 people came over.

This time the team spread all over the mountains and plains, not only occupying the main road, but also combing the hillsides on both sides.

A leader came to the Tibetan soldier pit where Zhao Zhe and the others had stayed, spat, and said to his subordinates: "Repay the commander and the prince, the Song army is indeed deceitful, we will attack now!"

Soon, three thousand people marched to the entrance of Laoya Gorge.

It was quiet all the way. When hundreds of people came out of the gorge, the leader just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw a sudden burst of snow and dust on the road ahead. Countless snow chunks and gravel scattered from the smoke with a huge explosion.

, sweeping down a dozen soldiers around him to the ground.

The team was immediately in chaos. The sergeants were running around the river like headless flies, shouting and running wildly. In the blink of an eye, several more landmines were detonated.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

The team of 3,000 people ran towards the canyon as if they had seen a demon, moving away from the cursed area. They rushed into the canyon entrance and were stopped by the military law team. They looked towards the place where the explosion had just occurred in shock.

There were five or six large pits in the snow ahead. Twenty or thirty people fell beside the pits. The ground was covered with bloodstains and stumps.

Many sergeants have not yet breathed their last, and are still howling and rolling around.

A sergeant rolled and screamed, and suddenly there was another loud noise.

This time, all the Tibetan people could see it clearly. A huge explosion sounded. Air waves and slush surged up from under the soldier, throwing him straight off the ground. He was then torn into pieces and covered in blood mist in the air.

"Ah——" Such a terrifying scene made these Tibetan people frightened to death. The legend of Yixi Weisherefa has been circulated in the Qing and Tang Dynasties, but the Tibetan people in Hengshan have seen it. Most of the Tibetan people above Zongge City have

Never seen it before.

The leader drew out the Great Song Dynasty Cavalry Sword newly obtained two years ago: "Charge over! Charge over for me! There won't be too many Song people like this! Military Law Team! Military Law Team——"

Under the sharp light of the sword, the old and weak Tibetan people were forced by their own military troops and pressed towards the main road again.

The smarter ones started to spread out, avoiding the main road, and moved forward along the grassy slopes and river beaches along the roadside.

But the viciousness of the Song people exceeded their imagination, and there was no way to understand the horrific explosion.

Not only on the main road, but also on the grassy slopes on both sides and on the river beach.

Sometimes, even if you are walking forward in the footsteps of those in front of you, explosions will still happen. Although they are not very dense, each explosion will bring a huge blow to the morale of the army.

The landmines of the Song Dynasty were not cheap either. Their function was defined by the Ordnance Supervisor as to hinder the advance of the enemy's army. In order to exert maximum power and psychological shock, the developers of the Ordnance Supervisor frantically added a delay device to the landmines.

However, the Tibetan people were not fools. They quickly cut down the trees and made tree trunks. They asked the death squads to drag them along the road with ropes. They waited for a stick of incense to make sure there was no explosion before moving forward.

This method worked quite well, and there were several explosions in the middle, but no one was hurt in the end.

However, the marching speed slowed down, and it took the three thousand people an entire hour to walk less than three miles.

"Pa!" There was a sudden crisp sound in the valley, everyone was shocked, but nothing happened.

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they heard the military law team behind them start to stir up chaos.

"The commander is dead -" I don't know who shouted, and the morale that had been slightly boosted suddenly disappeared, and the Tibetan people fled in a panic towards the way they came.

"Pa!" "Pa!" The crisp sounds on both sides of the mountain road became more frequent, and from time to time there would be a running Tibetan man. A wisp of blood suddenly appeared on his head and body, and he fell to the ground.

The sun gradually moved behind the mountains, and the road three miles outside Laoya Valley became quiet again except for the dozens of corpses left by the Tibetan people.
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