Chapter 69 The Doomsday (Three)

Black Stone Ferry, cool and quiet.

The cold weather makes the Luo River frozen. The mountains along the banks of the ridges are covered with snow, exuding a bit of desolate atmosphere.

After winter, all the teahouses and taverns at the Heishi Ferry were destroyed. The ferry at the ferry was also cut through and sunk to the bottom of the water with the order from Heishi Pass. The water families who relied on the ferry to make a living were moved to Gongxian to seek a living. Gongxian issued a notice, sinking a ship, paying ten acres of Yongye Field, moving one person, obtaining twenty acres of Yongye Field and fifty acres of uncovered fields, and Gongxian was responsible for the residence.

With such generous conditions, people on the water will naturally not refuse.

So, before the first winter snow came, the Black Stone Ferry became deserted, dozens of miles in radius, and there was no trace of people.

Shan Xiongxin led his troops to the Heishi Ferry Crossing and looked out at the Heishi Pass in the distance, sneering.

Xingyang withdrew troops from Songgao County and the Sui County, indicating that Xingyang County has empty troops and has to gather troops from outside and strengthen its defense.

Li Yanqing's territory seems to be larger than before, but the burden has increased by a hundred times.

From the time he was seeking survival between Li Mi and Wang Shichong, to now struggling in all directions. Li Tang and Dou Jiande, neither of them were inferior to Li and Wang. Li Yanqing got two counties, but he provoked two major forces and should have perished. However, Li Yanqing was unwilling to increase the labor service in Xingyang and was unwilling to recruit troops easily. In this way, his originally sufficient military force seemed to be stretched.

Otherwise, how could the two towns be given up?

Shan Xiongxin finally captured such an opportunity and would definitely not let it go.

After he secretly sent troops to capture Songgao County, he found out from the officials of Songgao County that Wang Fubao retreated to Xingyang County not to strengthen the defense of Heishi Pass. Its real purpose was to supplement the defense of Xingyang Guancheng area... Shan Xiongxin also heard about the news that Xin Wenli and Zheng Weishan attacked Kaifeng. From the current perspective, although Kaifeng was captured, it also made Xingyang and Guancheng counties a blank area. If the gap in the forces of the two towns was not filled as soon as possible, there might be unnecessary trouble.

Shan Xiongxin heard that Li Yanqing has implemented a new law since September, which has made the four schools of Zheng, Pan, Cui and Lu quite dissatisfied.

Wang Fubao went out of Zhenxing and Guan, which was natural...

"General, don't attack without authorization!"

Li Junxian tried hard to stop him, almost burst into tears, "General Lu asked the general to remind you that the Li family thief was cunning and cunning, and had deep scheming.

The Mi Duke has not yet taken back Kaifeng, so we must not conflict with the thief. Once he falls into his trick, Yanshi will inevitably fall into crisis. If the general is like a war, please wait for the Mi Duke to return to Yanshi. At that time, we will concentrate our troops and Heishi Pass will not be able to capture it."

Li Junxian was not scheming, but he knew that he would obey the orders.

This guy is a slander and doesn't know how to observe his face. Little did he know that when he said this, Shan Xiongxin's face was so gloomy that it was almost dripping with water.

Thinking back to the beginning, he followed Zhai Rang to Wagang, one person below and ten thousand people above.

But as Li Mi went up the mountain, his status decreased. Even Cheng Yaojin, who came later than him, gradually climbed onto his head. At that time, Li Mi wanted Zhai Rang to borrow someone and borrow Cheng Yaojin, but did not call Shan Xiongxin. This was always a knot in Shan Xiongxin's heart. You know, Shan Xiongxin felt that he was a hundred times stronger than Cheng Yaojin... Li Mi valued Cheng Yaojin, but did not value him!

When Zhai Rang was killed by Li Mi, Shan Xiongxin surrendered.

Although he had a high position and was appointed as General Zuo Wuhou, in fact, he had no power in his hands.

On the other hand, which of Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, Wang Bodang, and Liu Heita, is not as good as him to go to the mountain at night? They all became officials with one army, which made Shan Xiongxin even more dissatisfied. Although Li Mi still firmly sat in the position of King of Wei in the battle of Black Stone Pass, his prestige has gradually shook. Later, with the departure of Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and Wei Zheng, the departure of others, was considered to be freed up. Shan Xiongxin had the opportunity to control the army alone... However, in the capture of Yanshi, there was no connection between Shan Xiongxin, so he could only stay in Yangcheng.

As Lu Ruzong, Li Yude, Shi Derui and others gradually gained Li Mi's trust, Shan Xiongxin felt a hint of crisis.

He needs enough merit to stabilize his position; at the same time, the pain of losing his son is unforgettable, making it difficult for Shan Xiongxin to let go...

Li Yanqing is in Gong County, and Shan Xiongxin may not dare to act rashly.

Now Li Yanqing is no longer in Gong County, and even Du Ruhui has been transferred to Hanoi. Hei Shiguan has changed a guy named Yao Yi as the main general. It is said that during the Battle of Jiashizihe last year, this man led his troops to attack. But before that, Shan Xiongxin had never heard of this man's name.

Yao Yi?

If it weren't for Li Yanqing back then, how could Yao Yi behaved in danger!

Shan Xiongxin really looks down on Yao Yi.

Li Junxian's persuasion not only did not touch Shan Xiongxin, but instead made him angry.

What is Li Junxian? A brave but unscrupulous guy. If Li Mi hadn’t valued you, how could you point fingers in front of me?

"General Li, the army will spend a thousand gold every day.

Now we are on the string and have to shoot... Li Yanqing is not in Xingyang, and it is a good opportunity for us to seize the Heishi Pass and step on Xingyang. If we stop at this time, wouldn’t all the previous efforts be wasted? Besides, I can provide more support to Duke Lu for breaking through the Heishi Pass. Just relying on the Miling Road, it will be half the result with twice the result. Duke Lu wants to stick to Yanshi, probably not an easy task.

I will take down Xingyang County and I can solve my worries for Duke Lu.”

That's what it means, it sounds very reasonable.

But Li Junxian doesn't think so. He is a solid person and doesn't have so many twists and turns. How can he understand Shan Xiongxin's thoughts?

He only knew that Lu Ruzong did not approve of Shan Xiongxin's attack on Heishi Pass, and that must be his reason.

So he ignored Shan Xiongxin's gloomy face and grabbed the reins of his horse again, "General, you must never let him do it... Then Li Yanqing is cruel and cunning, and there are even more resourceful people under his command. If this is a trap, wouldn't you fall into the trap after you pass like this? The General has forgotten the lessons of Bai Shidu!"

It would be fine if he didn't mention Bai Shidu, but this was just a matter of pointing to Shan Xiongxin's weakness.

Shan Xiongxin was furious and raised his hand and whipped it down. Li Junxian's helmet was knocked off immediately, leaving a bloody edge on his forehead.

"Damn the thief slave, how dare you speak nonsense and disrupt our army's morale?

If it weren't for your being under the command of Lu Gong, I would have decided to take the dog's head on your neck today... Come on, pull this little slave down and tie it up!

When a certain family gets the Black Stone Pass, he will be taken to see Duke Lu to ask for guilt."

Several military academies rushed forward, took Li Junxian, tied the ropes and pulled them aside.

While struggling, Li Junxian shouted loudly: "General, you must not attack Heishi Pass, so as not to be caught in the tricks of Li thief."

"Closed his mouth for me."

A military academy pulled off a piece of rag and stuffed it into Li Junxian's mouth.

Li Junxian screamed, but he could no longer speak. The military academy dragged him and pulled him to the side. Only then did Shan Xiongxin feel satisfied.

This time, he used the official soldiers as bait to threaten Jiushan to attract the attention of Black Stone Pass.

Then he opened the Mangling trail and led 5,000 elite soldiers to bypass Jiushan, preparing to sneak attack Heishi Pass from his flank. I believe that the attention of Heishi Pass has been attracted to Jiushan. There is no one at the Black Stone Ferry and the Luoshui River is frozen. After it gets dark, he will lead people to attack Heishi Pass and naturally take it down in one fell swoop. If Heishi Pass is lost, Xingyang County will be in chaos. At that time, he will take Gong County and capture Luokou Cang... Ha, occupy Xingyang County. Even if Li Mi is dissatisfied with him, he must act according to his look.

You should know that the former general of the Wagang Army was quite dissatisfied with Li Mi...

Wait a little longer, in a few more hours, Li Wudi's myth will be shattered. I, Shan Xiong, believe that I, may not say that I will replace it and let the people of the world know.

When Shan Xiongxin thought of this, he couldn't help but smile, hehe, and laughed!

From Kaihuang to the end of Daye, the Sui Dynasty attached great importance to the improvement of military ordnance.

Especially in the confrontation with the Turks, at the beginning, they were mainly chariot formations rather than cavalry formations, so they paid more attention to military equipment. Generally speaking, the Central Plains soldiers and horses confronted the Turks, either defending the city or in field battles, using chariots and steps together, but also focusing on defense. It was not until Yang Su boldly used the cavalry formations to confront the Turks and won a complete victory that changed the situation.

However, the Sui army's emphasis on military ordnance has not been reduced.

In the Xingyang army, there is a kind of strong bow that is continuous, similar to a bed crossbow.

The bow is like a car with a small size, and can fire eight arrows in a row. The arrow is like a giant axe, with a range of 500 steps and is extremely powerful.

This type of bed crossbow is usually placed on the city for defense, and cooperates with the stone cannons. Li Mi did not expect that hundreds of bed crossbows were hidden in Xin Wenli's military formation. They were lined up in one line, and huge arrows were stalked... Previously, these bed crossbows were covered by soldiers and could not be seen from the outside. This is also an important role of the square formation. It is solid on the outside but empty on the inside, and the strange and the right are in harmony, and the central army is arranged in the back formation.

When the Wagang Army launched an attack, the Xingyang Army extended to the two wings in an orderly manner.

Li Mi stood on the cart and could see clearly that the Xingyang Army's formation had undergone strange changes without realizing it. From the square formation to the geese formation. At the same time, small square formations were also undergoing strange changes as they moved. From the original spearman in front, it gradually became a group of three people, two swordsmans were in front, and a spearman was hidden behind, and the square formation slowly became a cone formation.

I couldn't help but be shocked. Isn't this the most commonly used triangular array under Li Yanqing's account?

Before Li Mi's thought could change, he suddenly heard the rumbling sound of war drums coming from the other army formation.

On the chariot in the opposite formation, the military flags swayed continuously, and the cavalry in the formation ran. As the drum sounded more and more rapid, a series of dense sounds of bangbang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang, and huge fireballs flew out from the rear army, landing in the formation of the Wagang army with strange parabolas.

The outside of the fireball is burning thatch, but inside is a crock pot full of tinsel oil.

The soldiers of the Wagang Army subconsciously raised their shields and tried to stop them, but after the fireball fell to the ground, the clay pot shattered, and the turbulent oil flowed with the flow, ignited when it encountered fire. Some fireballs directly hit the shields, people and horses. The soldiers and war horses were immediately surrounded by fire, and the shrill screams echoed in the air, and the fire people stumbled and ran among the crowd, which was a chaos in the formation.

Woo-Woo-Woo-

The trombone rang, short and powerful.

The Xingyang army suddenly scattered, revealing more than a hundred bed crossbows hidden in the central army.

Xin Wenli's face was very calm and she said in a low voice: "Shoot the arrow!"

Boom boom boom boom...

The sound of bowstrings as thick as a thumb kept ringing, and rows of giant arrows broke through the air and made sharp roars, shooting towards the Wagang Army in the middle of the battlefield.

To be precise, the fireball was not to kill the enemy, but to delay the attack speed of the Wagang Army. Within a distance of 300 steps, the attack of the Wagang Army was blocked, which was the best range of the crossbow. The giant arrow with a range of 500 steps could exert its maximum power in the distance of 300 steps. A running war horse Xi Yuyu neighed with a bitter huff, and his front leg was beaten into two sections by the giant arrow, and it was usually poured into turmeric oil. Xiang wanted to stand up, but he was powerless, and he watched the fire approaching, and the war horse neighed in tears.

Eight hundred giant arrows were fired at the same time, and the scene was shocking enough.

Each giant arrow flew out with a thousand pounds of force and hit a person, which could break the person in the waist.

Blood splattered in the air, broken limbs and broken arms were flying in the air... The two sides had not yet formally contacted each other, and the lethality brought by the giant arrow made the Wagang army's soul scatter.

The fire, the blood, mixed together.

People shouted, horses neighed, intertwined...

Li Mi was stunned for a moment and shouted loudly: "Xin Wenli, child, dare to be so vicious!"

This crossbow is a weapon used to deal with heavy siege equipment such as building cars and shields, but is now used on the battlefield to deal with flesh and blood.

Li Mi knew that he could never stop at this time.

If you retreat, the distance between the giant arrow five hundred steps will be unknown how many people it will kill...

"Cai Jiande, leads the supervisory team to come forward and passes the Orphan King's order. The entire army charges and does not retreat. Those who escape at the battle will be killed on the spot."

The crossbow is powerful, but it has a fatal flaw, that is, it is the slow shooting speed.

A distance of three hundred steps is at most two or three rounds... If the Wagang Army charges fast enough, it can even prevent the crossbow from shooting out of the second round.
To be continued...