Chapter 293

The lights in front of Shanhaiguan defense line are flickering in the dark. This fortress is like a dormant beast, pondering something.

The war during the day was too fierce. In the night, under the reflection of torches, all the soldiers of the Yantian army came and went, all the corpses were moved down, and all the stones and wooden beams of demolishing houses were moved up. All these were used to repair the gaps in the city wall. All the people trot all the way when carrying, for fear of wasting time. They struggle back from the line of life and death. They understand the value of time more and more, because no one knows whether the dog army will retreat temporarily to warm up for the next larger attack. At this time, stones and bunkers are all life-saving things!

Shanhaiguan city wall, which used to be strong and magnificent, is now full of holes. There are traces of fireworks burning everywhere. On the city tower, countless corpses are lying on each other and piled up into hills, some of them are soldiers of the heavenly army of Chaoyan, the king of Beidou, and some of them are soldiers of dog army. Every one of these soldiers died in bloody battle, and they didn't leave their own weapons until they died. The soldiers of Beidou king Chaoyan's heavenly army usually have the bodies of several dog soldiers lying around them. Often their swords are trapped in the enemy's body and can't be pulled out any more, and most of the dog soldiers' weapons have been cut off, But unyielding and brave, they still hold the broken blade and fight with the soldiers of Chaoyan Tianjun, the king of Beidou, until the broken blade penetrates the heart of the enemy through the gap of the armor. They are the most elite fighters of their respective nationalities, but they are fighting for each other's national interests here and now. There is no right or wrong, no injustice or evil, only blood for the interests of their respective nationalities.

Because of the backward armament, the equipment of the dog army is only the most basic ladder. As a result, the dog army has to pay a lot of casualties to take down the tower. After taking down the tower, the dog army has no way to defend it in the face of Beidou king Chaoyan's counterattack. It can only abandon the city after arson. As a result, the two sides show a stalemate on the front, The soldiers of their respective forces rush towards Shanhaiguan like waves, then fall on the beach exhausted, turning into lifeless bodies, quietly waiting for decay.

Some veterans who participated in the Shanhaiguan war later recalled: "my boots are stepping on the tower of Shanhaiguan, just like stepping on the swamp. Every inch of the land here is full of blood, and even the bricks and stones are soaked."

According to the official statistics of the Beidou Dynasty, the loss of troops of the Beidou king Chaoyan heavenly army in this war reached 120000, which was the largest loss in the battle of the Beidou Dynasty against the dog army. However, the loss of the dog army is not detailed in the historical data. Some data show that the loss of the dog army in this war is equal to that of the Beidou king Chaoyan heavenly army. In general, the ratio of loss was three to one or even higher in the battle between the dog army and the Yantian army, which was so out of place that it was shamed by the whole Yantian army and even the Beidou Dynasty. Some scholars believe that fan Suiyang's passive defensive tactics contributed to the fighting power of the dog soldiers. This passive recuperation finally caused great losses in the Shanhaiguan war; Another part of the scholars insisted that the main cause of the huge loss was Hou dantai RUOYE of Beisu. Although he took the line of partial advance, he dealt a great blow to the dog army, but the deployment of troops in the defense line was not reasonable, which led to the failure of rescue and uneven orders in emergency.

Whether the responsibility is in Tiebi Marquis fan Suiyang or Beisu Marquis dantai RUOYE, this war will always be the most tragic and vivid lesson in the archives of Yantian army in the future.

When the night turns into dawn, Yan Tianjun soldiers in a defense area of Shanhaiguan receive a tired Imperial Army team. This is Gu fan's headquarters. With Meng Ming, the commander of Yan Tianjun, in the army, they soon get the most considerate reception. When the soldiers of Yantian army in this defense area heard that Gu fan's team had raided the Canrong camp from the rear and burned the enemy's baggage, they returned safely. After they exclaimed with one voice, the eyes of all the people looking at the black armored soldiers became different. It was a kind of worship mixed with awe. Then they rushed to tell each other, Tell this news to more and more Yantian soldiers.

The cloud wing Imperial Army led by Gu fan raided the dog army camp and burned the enemy's baggage. All the dog soldiers have retreated!

In Gu fan's opinion, the two things that were not related to each other were dragged by the soldiers of Yan Tianjun, and the whole Shanhaiguan area was filled with wind and rain. In this way, the forbidden army of Yunyi became the Savior of the whole Yantian army, while Gu fan became the hero of the whole Shanhaiguan area and even the whole Yantian army after the last night attack on the main force of Canrong.

For this kind of rumor, situ mengming is happy to see its success, and even encourages his subordinates to spread it. After all, Gu fan's reputation will rise with the tide. On the other hand, this battle is almost fatal to Yan Tianjun and even Beidou Dynasty troops along Shanhaiguan. They need good news to improve their morale, Even if it's just a mixed matter, they are willing to spread the good side as long as there is a good side. It's like a thirsty man who gets a bowl of muddy water mixed with soil, and he will drink it without hesitation. It's the combination of these conditions that once again pushes Gu fan to the top of the storm.

In fact, when Gu fan raided the Hourong camp and burned the enemy's baggage, he also paid half of the loss of ten thousand cloud wing forbidden forces. It is estimated that there are many losses of cloud wing forbidden forces raiding the camp in other places. Taken together, the loss of one hundred thousand cloud wing forbidden forces will not be a small number.

But this kind of moment, who is willing to understand these, Yan Tianjun soldiers need only a reason to improve their morale, just a reason to tell them that you are still the strongest team in Northern Xinjiang. Because in the long process of fighting with the dog soldiers in Northern Xinjiang, the soldiers of Yantian army always held a scornful and contemptuous attitude towards the dog soldiers. They didn't even build stone houses. How could the barbarians with smelly leather armor and iron weapons be compared with the soldiers of the regular main battle corps of Beidou Dynasty who were armed to the teeth? And the fact is the catalyst of their arrogance. In every battle, the loss of the dog army and the Beidou king Chaoyan army is at least three to one. But this time, the soldiers of the Beidou Dynasty suffered a big loss in the hands of the dog Army soldiers. They realized that the original fighting will can be so terrible that they have to pull a back to die, Yan Tianjun soldiers in full armor also suffered a lot. In addition, Langya Wei, which rarely appeared before, appeared on a large scale this time. The mysterious assassination left a shadow of death on the battlefield, making Langya Wei almost become a synonym for death in Yan Tianjun soldiers.

This makes the Yantian Army soldiers' attitude towards the dog soldiers change from the original contempt to the present fear and fear. In some battles, the two sides fight fiercely. There are a lot of conflicts between the Yantian Army soldiers and the dog army's elite troops and the wolf tooth guards, which makes them even become a kind of fear attitude towards the dog army. This kind of psychological gap changes sharply, No matter how strong the team is, its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

In this case, Gu fan came into being and became a hero.

The first thing Gu fan did when he arrived at the defense area was to give his soldiers a holiday, lead them to have a good meal, take a bath, and then sleep comfortably. No matter ordinary cloud wing soldiers or martial arts masters such as Gu fan, situ mengming and Xie Yuxiang, they all choose to use sleep to supplement their lost physical strength, relieve their stiff nerves due to high tension and the psychological pressure caused by struggling on the line of death.

This sleep lasted from the early morning of the first day to the dusk of the second day. However, the people of gourong did not return. The next day, Shanhaiguan was as calm as a pool of autumn water.

At dusk, a guard knocked on Gufan's door“ Commander Gu, are you up? "

Gu fan sat up, put on a nightgown and said in a voice, "come in. What's the matter?"

The guard came in, saluted Gu fan and said, "commander Gu, Marquis Tiebi has come to inspect the defense area. I heard that you are here. He would like to see you very much. He is waiting for you in the urn tower. "

"Oh? Here comes the Marquis of iron wall As soon as Gu fan heard that fan Suiyang, the Marquis of Tiebi, was coming, he immediately became energetic and said to the guard, "OK, you tell him that I'll be there soon."

A quarter of an hour later, Gu fan came to the urn building of the defense area in neat imperial armor. Under the guidance of the guards, he went up the stairs to the second floor. He saw a black figure with his back to Gu fan, standing on the windowsill of the urn building, overlooking the snow plain in the north.

The black figure was tall and burly, and his body was almost completely wrapped in the armor. The metal armor of that kind almost made people feel that the statue in front of him was made of iron and steel, which was an iron wall and a copper wall.

This man was fan Suiyang, the Marquis of Tiebi, who was the barrier for the Beidou Dynasty to resist the enemy in Northern Xinjiang.

Gu fan stepped forward, clasped his fist to the figure, and said, "I'll take charge of Gu fan in the lower cloud wing. See the iron wall Marquis!"

The man, who was like a metal sculpture, turned around slowly. His eyes under the helmet leaped out a little. His voice was reflected by the metal armor: "nephew Gu Fanxian, when we are alone, we don't have to be so polite..." he looked at a chair in the living room of the urn building and said, "sit down!"

Gu fan nodded and sat down on the chair. Fan Suiyang, Marquis of iron wall, walked slowly to the center of the living room and sat down on an iron chair.

Gu fan just heard the voice of fan Suiyang, the Marquis of iron wall, and obviously felt his fatigue. Even though he was refracted by the metal armor, the feeling was increasing. Obviously, fan Suiyang, the Marquis of iron wall, was under great pressure because of the defeat of Yantian army in Northern Xinjiang. These pressures came from many aspects, and even the iron man could not bear them. Fan Suiyang, the Marquis of Tiebi, came to northern Xinjiang to suppress the dog army, but he suffered such an unprecedented defeat. It can be said that even if he was not removed on the spot, it was the most embarrassing stroke in his history as a general.

Gu fan could understand fan Suiyang's mood, so he said slowly, "Marquis Tiebi, winning or losing is a matter of military affairs. It's better not to care too much."

Fan Suiyang, the Marquis of iron wall, said quietly: "nephew Gu Fanxian, I don't care. How can it be? After all, that's the life of 120000 Yantian soldiers. It's all my fault. "

"Don't blame yourself, Marquis Tiebi. As soldiers, they shouldn't be afraid of being killed in battle. It's their honor to be loyal to their country." Gu Fan said slowly“ You did your best in this war, I know

Fan Suiyang, the Marquis of iron wall, shook his head and said through his helmet, "the only thing I don't understand is why not many lower level officers died, and not many upper level officers died, but only middle-level officers..." he stopped for a moment, and seemed to be heartbroken and said: "why, the middle-level officers, Fenwu and yunqi, who were sent along the Shanhaiguan Pass, died for the country! What's going on? "

Gu fan's body was also shocked when he heard that fan Suiyang, the Marquis of Tiebi, said. Although he foresaw that the assassins of dantai RUOYE would assassinate the middle and lower ranking officers of the heavenly army of Beidou king Chaoyan on a large scale, he did not expect that it would be so serious! Yunqi and Fenwu all died for the country. The 350000 Beidou Wang Chaoyan heavenly army along Shanhaiguan means that ten Fenwu and 35 yunqi died for the country together. No one can see that the proportion of losses is abnormal. Similarly, on the battlefield, the chieftain has no decision-making power, and the command power is in the hands of officers above yunqi, However, the deputy commander and the commander level officers have tens of thousands of troops under their command, which are beyond their reach. The Fenwu and yunqi captains have become the core of commanding the battle. Similarly, without them, the whole team is almost in a situation of no leader, so it is very normal to be defeated by the well-trained and well commanded dog army with a loss of one to one.

Gu Fan said slowly: "tiebihou, I know who is playing tricks. I believe you have guessed it too!"

Tiebi Hou fan Suiyang nodded slowly and continued: "I understand. Who do you mean. But we have no way to make this bastard pay the price. Once we settle with him, one thing is... "At this point, fan Suiyang, the Marquis of iron wall, wants to say something again:" first, our strength is still far behind him. Second, we don't have enough evidence. On the contrary, we make trouble for nothing. "

Gu fan was heartbroken when he heard the words of fan Suiyang, Marquis of Tiebi. After all, the lost yunqi and Fenwu were the backbone of the Yantian army. They fell to Shanhaiguan in the first World War. Maybe they would stand in front of them and would not have a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the Yantian army. After reorganizing the disabled troops, reappointing them would restore the combat effectiveness of the Yantian army, However, the far-reaching impact is enormous. Without these native and self-trained intermediate officers, it is easy to cause the division of generations and affect the unity and stability of the Yantian army. This kind of invisible loss is what makes the Tiebi Marquis fan Suiyang feel most distressed.

Gu fan sighed and said, "Marquis Tiebi, when I raided the camp, I killed his emissary sent to the army and captured a letter he wrote to the king of the army. The letter said that he used the martial arts experts of the army to assassinate the middle and lower level officers of our army!"

"What! Is that true? " Fan Suiyang, the Marquis of Tiebi, was surprised when he heard that if Gu fan could get the secret letter of collusion between dantai RUOYE, the Marquis of Beisu, and the king of Canrong, there would be material evidence. Moreover, this material evidence was captured by Gu fan through normal channels, and there was no problem in its origin. If it was handed over to the Ministry of war, at least it would be able to depose dantai RUOYE, the Marquis of Beisu, as a civilian. Such news is very good for fan Suiyang, the Marquis of Tiebi.

Gu fan then said: "it's just a pity that on my way back, I was disguised by his assassins as people around me and cheated the secret letter away. It's estimated that it has been destroyed. In this way, there is no proof of death."

Hearing this, Tiebi Hou sighed and said, "maybe it's that bastard. He's not exhausted, but he will die if he does so. If he continues to do so, he will fall into our hands one day!"

Gu fan nodded slightly, but he heard fan Suiyang, the Marquis of iron wall, say: "nephew Gu Fanxian, I heard that you have made a great contribution by leading the army to raid the dog army camp this time, burning the enemy's baggage."

Gu fan is ashamed of his face. Because cloud wing has paid a huge loss for this.

Fan Suiyang, the Marquis of iron wall, burst out laughing through his helmet: "with 10000 cloud wings, the Imperial Army dares to cross into the dog army camp and kill more than 40000 enemies. I really feel ashamed of myself. It's true that the heroes of ancient times are young! It seems that I'm going to ask for credit for you again this time. "

After hearing the speech, Gu fan stood up from his chair, saluted fan Suiyang, the Marquis of iron wall, and said, "Marquis of iron wall, Gu fan has a heartless invitation!"

When fan Suiyang, the Marquis of iron wall, saw that Gu fan was so outsider, he could not help asking, "please tell me, nephew Gu fan."

"In this battle, our cloud wing lost too much. Gu fan didn't dare to receive a reward. He also asked the Marquis Tiebi to play the role of the headquarters of the armed forces and allocate funds to compensate the dead soldiers. As for Gu fan, it's lucky that he won't be punished." Gu Fan said that he was sincere without any affectation. This kind of emotion actually infected fan Suiyang, the Marquis of iron wall in front of him.

He lowered his head slowly, as if for a moment of meditation, and then said: "nephew Gu Fanxian, you love soldiers as your son. You have not only the talent for generals, but also the tools for being handsome. It's a great honor for Guyun to have a son like you. It's also the pride of our common people!" Then he changed his words and said, "nephew Gu Fanxian, but your merits are equal to your demerits, and your merits are greater than your demerits. In the army, you have always been rewarded for your merits and punished for your demerits. The military law is like a mountain. It's better not to break this rule..."

Seeing fan Suiyang, the Marquis of Tiebi, talking about this, Gu fan nodded slightly and said in a low voice, "in this way, I'll depend on him. But I hope you can ask the army to help the soldiers who died in the battle..."