Yue Ting's death was unexpected for everyone, but it also ignited their hearts. Under the interweaving of anger and heartache, Chu Jinglan immediately decided to speed up the capture of Bailing Pass.
The Lushan Mountains stretch endlessly, guarding the sixteen cities of Gyeonggi with horns, including the royal capital in the center. Bailing Pass is located at the foot of the Lushan Mountain and is the only way to enter the royal capital. Guan Wanfu did not open, even if the Yi people and Xidi Qi were close to the pass, it would be difficult for them to attack.
This unique geographical advantage once made Chu Guo invincible, but now it has become the biggest obstacle in front of Chu Jinglan, so he and Ye Huaili chose to meet at this time, after all, in Chu Sanghuai. With all the troops concentrated at Bailing Pass, only the joint efforts of both sides can break down this strong fortress.
Chu Zhenghe has been studying tactics during the time when the army is recuperating, but he has never been able to find a way to defeat the enemy. Tonight just happened to be full of people, so he simply put the burden on them.
"Isn't that saying that Chu Sanghuai took all the money for fun? This Bailing Pass is actually well-built! Wang Jun's equipment is also quite complete. A rabbit passing by the pass flew out a steel arrow. I am There's nothing left, you guys just look at it, it's definitely not going to work hard anyway."
"The combined army of Wang Jun and Xiao Cavalry still has 300,000 horses, which is on par with us, so naturally we can't be hard." Ye Huaili picked up the hollow copper rod and pointed to the surrounding mountains, asking them questions, "I I haven’t been in Gyeonggi for many years, and I’m not very familiar with the landforms here, so is there no way to pass through these lofty mountains?”
Chu Zhenghe shook his head with the expression that you are too young.
"There are stacks of mountains above the sun, and there are surging waves below, how do you get through?"
"It's not impossible." Chu Jinglan pointed to the only part of the long pass that was next to the river, and said to the two of them with certainty, "As long as we can pass from here, we will definitely be able to break through the defense line."
Chu Zhenghe opened his eyes wide and whispered, "Are you crazy? This waterway is notorious for going and returning. I'm afraid the boat will be sunk by the reef below before it's halfway through!"
Coincidentally, Ye Huaili also thought the same thing. Although he was not familiar with it, he always heard people say that there are countless reefs hidden in this section of the Yinjiang River, and even old fishermen who have worked for decades would not dare to go out to fish in the rainy season. , Just because the reef will not be exposed to the water at this time, it is more difficult to guard against, and because of this, the defense of this section of Bailing Pass is relatively loose, if it can be successfully landed, it can indeed become a breakthrough.
Facing the doubts of the two, Chu Jinglan seemed to be well prepared, and said slowly, "Meng Xuan brought a set of artillery, which can be installed on the warship to break the reef, but there are not many ships in our hands that meet the conditions. There are only ten or so."
"Ten ships?" Chu Zhenghe thought to himself, and suddenly frowned, "You can only carry 8,000 people over there. If you want to sneak attack at night, you won't have enough time to transport back and forth..."
"There are only five thousand people." Chu Jinglan made a direct conclusion.
Ye Huaili pursed the corners of her lips tightly, and thought about it carefully before saying: "If the eight thousand elite soldiers fight alone, it will be enough, but the support in the pass is fast, I am afraid that someone will soon make up for the loss here, and in the end, the loss of soldiers will be lost. Not to mention, it will also arouse the other party’s vigilance.”
"So I can't let them notice." Chu Jinglan took the scarlet flag and placed it in the center of Bailing Pass, and put the pocket token with the word "Shen Ce" on it, "I will be here. Pretend to lead troops to rush through the pass, and lead out the large army of Wang Jun, the 8,000 people can make a breakthrough, then open the door from behind them, and then attack from inside and outside, then Bailing Pass will be broken!"
After pondering for a long time, Chu Zhenghe's eyes suddenly lit up, "Why didn't I think of this method? It's wonderful! Then I'll arrange the manpower, and I'll set off when it's night tomorrow!"
"Come back." Chu Jinglan stopped him lightly, and turned to look at Ye Huaili, "There is still a mountain road to go when we get to the shore. Guan Zhongjun's mobility is relatively strong, and you must be on this trip."
Ye Huaili was slightly taken aback.
Could it be that Chu Jinglan in front of him was the one who fanned his sister in the palace to coax her to sleep? The whole situation can be clearly divided in the snap of a finger, and the decision to kill is like a god. Just a few words reveal a microcosm of the battle in the past, enough for him to explore the horses in the gap.
He couldn't help but ask himself, if he really stood on the opposite side at the beginning, would he be able to stop him from marching towards the capital by guarding the Bailing Pass surrounded by thousands of cliffs and mountains
Just when he was stunned, Chu Jinglan coughed again, and he didn't even stop after drinking a few sips of warm water. Junrong's face was faintly pale, and the darkness of those star eyes became more and more visible. At first glance, it looked like a bottomless abyss. , empty, full of loneliness and desolation.
He had only seen this look on the day Yang'er died.
Chu Zhenghe didn't notice why he didn't speak, and just stared at Chu Jinglan, his brows twisted into knots.
"I've been taking this medicine for more than a month, why is my cough still not getting better?"
Chu Jinglan didn't say a word, and turned his hand to return the tea cup to the case. In the depths of the candle shadow, there was a little scarlet on the edge of his sleeve. He quietly turned his hand away, turned to look at Ye Huaili, and murmured two words: "how?"
Ye Huaili said very simply: "Okay."
Without emphasizing the importance of these 8,000 people, and without repeatedly finalizing the details, he asked him to go, and he went forward bravely.
After realizing it, Chu Zhenghe asked: "Then how to lure them out of the customs? There are good deep ditch barriers that are not guarded, but instead they run out to fight us hard. How much water does this general guard have in his mind?"
"Use me to lead."
The next night at Hai Shi, the Northern Army launched a surprise attack.
But after half an hour, the gate of Bailingguan opened, and Wang Jun rushed into the formation with the sound of a loud horn and began to fight. The chaotic iron hoofs splashed countless muddy water, and everyone was in a state of embarrassment, and it was almost impossible to tell which soldier was under the gloomy sky.
Chu Zhenghe stood on the cliff with his hands behind his back to watch the battle, and his jaw almost dropped when he saw this.
He really underestimated the degree of Chu Sanghuai's madness. In order to kill Chu Jinglan, he even offered the condition of adding an official and a nobility. It is no wonder that these soldiers rushed over as if they saw Tang Seng's flesh. That Xie Si and Wang Yu were also scumbags, and they couldn't hold back when they were randomly agitated by Chu Jinglan. The funny thing was that the two of them wanted to claim merit but were afraid of death. They are still standing on the city wall and commanding from a distance. Why, they The North Army has a bullying face
Chu Zhenghe smiled coldly, and immediately ordered the soldiers beside him: "Send a signal to let them shoot arrows, it's time to cover the prince's retreat."
A bunch of red buds suddenly jumped into the sky, resembling an iris. The archers in ambush on the opposite plank road immediately pulled their strings like a full moon and shot down a rain of arrows. The Wang Jun camp suddenly screamed, and in the chaos, Chu Jinglan quietly left The battlefield returned to the cliff.
Due to concealment, there was no ignition here. Chu Zhenghe saw mottled shadows all over the silver armor, and his eyes froze.
"injured?"
"No." Chu Jinglan wiped the armor and said lightly, "It's all the blood of others."
"That's good." Chu Zhenghe picked up his sword and turned to walk down the slope. He smiled and threw a sentence as he walked, "I will meet the two shrunken tortoises on the opposite side."
When he arrived in the formation, Wang Jun didn't seem to notice that Chu Jinglan was gone. Wu buried his head in the fight. Chu Zhenghe shouted and raised his shield. A huge shield wall, Wang Jun could not attack, and was stabbed by the spikes on the shield and screamed, and the two people on the wall immediately couldn't sit still.
But Chu Zhenghe still had to show his face to mock them: "The two armies are facing each other, and the coach is hiding against the wall. Do you two expect our army to laugh to death and lose without a fight?"
Xie Si's face turned ashen and ordered: "Get on the catapult!"
The boulder slammed down and made a loud bang, and the entire shield wall sank. Some soldiers were knocked down, revealing a few conspicuous blanks, and someone behind them immediately carried away the wounded soldiers and filled their positions. Wang Jun found that they were safe, and then launched a more violent attack, but in vain.
"Change formation!"
With this advantage, Chu Zhenghe unexpectedly formed a goose-wing formation, and saw the shield swoosh down, and the cavalry galloped out from the middle, like a flying goose fluttering its wings and flying over the clouds, carrying sharp-edged feathers. Quickly swept forward. Wang Jun was caught off guard, and his throat was cut off by sharp weapons drawn from the air, and blood flowed instantly.
The two people on the city wall finally realized that something was wrong. Chu Jinglan had long since disappeared. They were afraid that they had fallen for the trick, so they hurriedly asked the army to withdraw to the pass, but the soldiers were already in fear, and they only knew how to hack and kill them indiscriminately. Hearing the order, the two of them rode out of the gate in a rage when they saw this situation, and went to the battle to direct the army to retreat.
Chu Jinglan's eyes turned to the distant pass, which was like a pool of stagnant water, without any movement.
"Bring the bow." He told the soldiers while telling Tang Qingfeng, "Let Duke Rong force them down the mountain."
Tang Qingfeng immediately asked the messengers to wave the flag, and Chu Zhenghe, who was at the bottom, closed the goose-wing formation after receiving the order, and let the infantry on the flank raise their shields to the top. Xie Si and Wang Yu in the middle.
It was too late and then too fast, I saw a white feather suddenly cut through the sky, and with an unstoppable force, it inserted into the king's army precisely, Xie Si fell from the horse, fell on the back in the arms of everyone, and vomited blood.
Chu Jinglan watched this scene without any disturbance, and drew a silver arrow from the quiver, and shot it again at the center of the crowd of soldiers, penetrating the armor and body in a matter of seconds. , and threw Wang Yu a few meters away, and lost consciousness on the spot.
Not dead clean.
Although Wang Yu had been seriously injured, Chu Jinglan still could not eliminate Chu Jinglan's killing intent towards the Wang family, because it was mentioned in the Ye family's letter that the queen had used punishment against Ye Huaiyang.
Chu Jinglan threw down the bow and arrow expressionlessly, turned and was about to swept into the battlefield. Suddenly, smoke billowed from the pass, and the fire was blazing into the sky.
"Someone attacked! Hurry up!"
The lieutenant shouted loudly. Wang Jun, who was in a panic, finally began to evacuate to the rear. He would retreat to the vicinity of the pass. The iron gate behind him slowly opened. It was not his own people who greeted them, but thousands of blood-soaked soldiers. The soldiers from Guanzhong who came, almost flashed their eyes with the long sword in their hands.
surrounded.
Wang Jun reacted very quickly and wanted to open the gap from the smaller Guanzhong Army, but Chu Zhenghe moved faster, allowing the infantry to outflank from the flank, and huge shields of thorns blocked the way, the front line was continuously compressed, Wang Juncheng The bird in the cage is about to be wiped out.
Victory is decided.
Chu Zhenghe wiped the blood on his face, flew to the city wall, raised his sword and raised his arms and shouted, "All soldiers obey orders and break through Bailing Pass in one go!"
"Yes!"
With the deafening cry, Chu Jinglan silently looked in the direction of the capital. The moonlight streamed into his eyes and his cuffs, entangled in the hem of his clothes, and streaked silver lines one after another in the air.
The natural danger has passed, and tomorrow it will be able to advance into the heavy ground of Gyeonggi, and the capital will soon be reduced to an isolated city.
"Yang'er, my husband is back."
The surroundings were silent, no one answered, and the words like a sigh quickly dissipated in the air, and drifted into the distance with the night wind.
The author has something to say: Yangbao will return tomorrow, and the babies will come out to spread flowers~