Chapter 97 Ambush
The main battlefield outside Tongguan City.
Corpses littered the fields.
The blood mixed with the white snow and turned into frozen muddy water.
The earth is a bit more dark red.
The broken limbs and arms were buried by the wind and snow, but they emerged when the army passed by.
There were several corpses hanging upside down on the dead trees without leaves, their internal organs flowing down and frozen into ice.
Because they were far away and it was winter, the army in Tongguan had not had time to collect the corpses of their own people.
Geng Lie doesn't seem to be someone who can understand soldiers. He can't even keep up with the Northern Wei Dynasty.
The corpses that were hung, strung, and speared were for demonstration.
Wen Yue looked solemn. He was still twenty miles away from Jiangyun Valley. He was thinking very little. He was thinking more about how to use 10,000 troops to break through the Wei army's blockade and remove his father-in-law from Jiangyun Valley. Fish it out from Yungu.
There are only ten miles left to Jiangyun Valley.
The road becomes narrower and the steeper rock walls begin to increase.
"Wen Chong, you lead three thousand men and ambush here. If you hear a battle, follow the signal and act." Wen Yue looked at the bodyguard beside him.
"Don't worry, sir."
The tall Wen Chong clasped his fists in a firm voice.
Wen Chong was left behind to provide support and marched another five miles.
Basically, we have almost touched Jiangyun Valley.
Wen Yue left more troops and horses.
"Wen Guang, you lead four thousand soldiers and horses to ambush here."
"All the flags in the army will be given to you. When the time comes, it will be up to the former military order flags."
Wen Guang took Wen Yue's arm, looked at Wen Yue and said, "Master, it's better for me to go."
Wen Yue shook his head.
On this trip, only if he goes forward can he defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
There is no other way.
"Sanhu, listen to this man."
Wen Yue grabbed Sanhu and pointed at Wen Guang with a firm expression.
"No!"
Sanhu shook his head and must follow Wen Yue.
"Sanhu, be obedient, be obedient. My brother-in-law will buy you candied haws when he gets back."
Sanhu hesitated slightly after hearing this, and then said: "Brother-in-law, candied haws."
"Yes, when you get back, my brother-in-law will treat you to some candied haws, that's enough."
"Wen Guang, I will leave the three tigers to you."
"Don't worry, young master, even if I die, I will protect my young master." Wen Guang handed over his hand and solemnly agreed.
Wen Yue laughed, the three tigers didn't need anyone to protect them.
When the three tigers are refining their internal organs, they can fight against the innate master with their natural divine power. Now that he has the ghost hand, if he exerts his full strength, he should be able to catch up with the early Qi practitioners.
Wen Yue only brought 500 light cavalry and 2,500 infantry.
One thousand cavalry was left for Wen Guang, and another 1,500 cavalry was left for Wen Chong. With the highly mobile cavalry behind them, they would basically not be blocked by the Wei army.
Wen Yue led three thousand soldiers and horses to Jiangyun Valley.
There is an excellent ambush site in front of Falling Cloud Valley.
If the Northern Wei army blocked them in front of the valley, they would eventually have to enter the valley as a last resort. Either they would fight their way out of Jiangyun Valley, or they would be trapped and die inside.
Jiangyun Valley is shaped like clouds, twisted and very irregular.
Some places are wide and some are narrow, suitable for a few soldiers to fight guerrillas, but not suitable for large army operations.
Of course, it is also one of the terrains that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Both thoroughfares are relatively narrow and can only allow a few horses to travel in parallel.
But no matter how easy it is to defend and difficult to attack, if the enemy does not attack, Liang Jun in Jiangyun Valley will be trapped and die.
Food and grass are gone, and there is a lack of water.
If it hadn't been snowing and I could still make snow water and drink it, I might have been unable to hold on long ago.
Right in front of us is the final bottom.
The main road is guarded by Wei soldiers.
Seeing the sound of the banner with the word Wen, those Wei soldiers were not afraid and even looked over.
"kill!"
Wen Yue took the lead, and five hundred light cavalry followed him in the charge.
Two thousand five hundred infantrymen rushed to fill the gap.
"Kill."
The shouts of killing were loud, and a large army suddenly appeared and directly blocked the position behind Wen Yue's three thousand soldiers and horses.
"Sir, there is an ambush."
The guard beside him yelled.
Wen Yue had long expected to turn around and ambush him, and was not surprised at all.
I turned around and glanced at the flag, which read 'Yuwen'.
It seems that the Tuoba family's two battlefield defeats directly led to the coach of the Tongguan war being replaced by someone from the Yuwen family.
There was nothing we could do about it. Tuoba Bao was beheaded by Wen Yue, and Tuoba Hong was submerged in the water. We don't know if he died or if he had escaped back. He would probably have to shed his skin even if he didn't die.
If Wen Yue's prediction was correct, the visitor should be Yu Wenxing, a famous general of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
"Into the valley."
Wen Yue didn't want to tangle with him anymore, so he directly led his army to Jiangyun Valley.
The Wei army pressed forward step by step, as if they were trying to block Wen Yue into Jiangyun Valley.
Outside Jiangyun Valley, inside the Wei army's central tent.
A tall middle-aged man in full armor was playing with the sand table in Falling Cloud Valley.
This time he only brought 30,000 troops.
The terrain was too rugged and difficult to use, but it was enough because according to his intelligence, Wen Yue only led five thousand troops.
Thirty thousand against five thousand, the numbers are completely superior.
"General, is it possible that you trapped Song Hao for twenty days just because of this man?"
"With a small army of three thousand soldiers and horses, a large army of cavalry can be swept away at once, so why bother to engage in guerrilla warfare with them?" The deputy general suddenly felt doubts in his mind when he saw that his commander was not in a hurry at all and even dispatched his troops slowly.
He really didn't understand that spending so much manpower and material resources was not as good as using Luohe as a fulcrum to cross Tongguan and cut off Liang Jun's food route.
Trapping thousands or even tens of thousands of people is not as good as trapping the big city of Tongguan.
Now it seems that General Tuoba's strategy is also right.
It's just that he didn't wait for that opportunity. Instead, Wen Yue found the opportunity and used the Luo River sky flood to directly flood Tuoba Hong, who was stationed in Feihong Stream.
Yu Wenxing turned around, pursed his lips, and looked at the huge sand table in front of him: "This matter is not something I can control."
With that said, Yu Wenxing pointed upward.
The deputy general's eyes widened immediately, but he became even more suspicious.
The commander pointed upward, could it be that His Majesty wanted to do this?
But that's not right. His Majesty has already had a purpose, which is to conquer the great city of Tongguan.
If it hadn't been for General Tuoba's advice and permission, he wouldn't have led an army of 150,000 people alone.
It is said that there is an army of 150,000, but in fact there are only more than 40,000 and less than 50,000 regular soldiers capable of fighting. The rest are grain and grass baggage, auxiliary soldiers, farmers who drag equipment, etc.
Tuoba Hong himself didn't want to fight head-on. He wanted to cross the river and cut off the grain road.
Seeing that the deputy general didn't understand, Yu Wenxing explained.
"Hey, this matter is arranged by the immortal master from above."
He said and looked outside the handsome tent.
There were only falling snowflakes outside the tent, and the ground was white as far as the eye could see.
But he seemed to have seen the scene of Falling Cloud Valley.
"kill."
Wen Yue alone led 300 cavalry to charge forward, and there were fewer and fewer cavalry around him.
The number of Wei troops blocking him was also decreasing rapidly.
Until we crossed the long and narrow road and finally saw an open place.
There is no Wei army here at all, only four people standing there.
As soon as he entered this place, Wen Yue's expression suddenly changed.
All four of them possess spiritual auras, and they are all more brilliant than him.
Banner Tushanjun looked solemn. This battle was more dangerous than Li Qingfeng's battle. There were four people in front of him.
One is practicing Qi at the seventh level, and the two are practicing at the sixth level.
One is practicing Qi at the fifth level.
"Senior brother, is this the person?" The young man holding the sword spit out the weeds in his mouth and looked at Wen Yue who rushed in on horseback.
Another one took out a bloody compass, and the compass pointer was pointing at Wen Yue.
"The compass instructions are correct. It was him who killed Junior Brother Zhu."
"But this person doesn't seem to have any cultivation. Could it be that his cultivation is higher than mine?"
"I think it should be the breath-containing method."
The words of the three people seemed to have never put Wen Yue in their eyes. Only the leader, a seventh-level Qi practitioner, looked directly at Wen Yue: "Don't be careless. This person's cultivation level must be at least at the later stage." .”
Wen Yue turned over and dismounted.
He knew that if he left today, he might not be able to leave.
It was impossible to say that even his own body had to be left here.
Wen Yue narrowed his eyes and shouted: "Who are you?"