Chapter 470

Spring in the jungle is like this. The weather changes faster than people's faces, and there is usually no omen.

The downpour didn't last long. It was very heavy at the beginning, and gradually the rain became smaller. When people were still stunned, the clouds cracked, and a ray of sunshine shone down from the gap of the clouds. It looked like a passage through the sky. When more and more sunlight fell from the gap between the clouds, people could not control their attention, as if they had come to heaven from the world in an instant.

The heavy rain for a time made the mountain incline down continuously. Looking deeper at Guancheng, the low-lying places were full of puddles in a short time, and even fast canals flowed towards the lower section.

Guancheng originally had a strong smell of blood. After a heavy rain, it washed the blood, and the air became fresh again. That is, those bodies who died in the war and didn't have time to clean up were drenched by the rain, their skin looked wrinkled and white, and the eyes of some dead people who didn't close their eyes looked very turbid.

Liu Rui holds a steaming bamboo tube in his hand. It's some ginger water. Removing the dampness and cold can also avoid catching a cold. He's asking, "have the casualties been counted?"

Zhang Lian, a military Marquis, also had a steaming bamboo tube in his hand. He rubbed it and replied, "our army killed 26 people, seriously injured 57 people and slightly injured 341 people. 407 people were killed and 119 people were captured."

In terms of materials, it is not easy to calculate the loss of Li's Chenghan side. The number of crossbows and arrows fired by the Han army alone reached 7000, and more than 4000 crossbows and arrows can be recycled.

"The number of weapons in the army is actually more than that of Zhao Jun." Zhang Lian said that after conquering the key city, he found a large number of weapons reserves, including bows and arrows, and a small number of knives, guns, spears and shields. He couldn't help showing a contemptuous expression and said, "in terms of combat quality, Cheng Jun is no better than Zhao Jun."

The Han army fought the most with Shijie Zhao Jun. In their impression, although the weapons of Shijie Zhao Jun are simple and crude, Shijie Zhao Jun will not lack the courage to work hard. On the contrary, Li Chenghan's troops have greater advantages than Shijie Zhao Jun, but they look very cowardly.

When attacking Guancheng, the Han army killed some fiercely. Most soldiers still wielded weapons when they surrendered in the face of the enemy soldiers. As a result, the number of killed was more than that of captured. Otherwise, there should be more captured in a great victory under normal circumstances.

Almost in the evening, the plank road behind lit up a bright dragon composed of torches, which was the follow-up of the Han army.

As a striker, Liu Rui's department should have made a tentative exploratory attack on the mountain strongholds on both sides of the valley. A sudden heavy rain interrupted the rhythm. It would be more than worth the loss to launch an attack after the sky darkened.

The Scouts of the Han army were supposed to explore the road, and their actions were still affected by the heavy rain. Until night fell, a few scouts were sent back to report the situation, and the remaining scouts planned to explore all night.

The second batch of Han troops arrived in 10000. After their arrival, they were not idle. The Tower Shield soldiers in the army were busy building a shield wall. They built objects like shelves in a circular and gradual way. They used the defense performance of the tower shield to directly extend all the time, and created a channel built with the tower shield.

During the establishment of the protective passage, the two strongholds garrisoned by Li Chenghan on the hillside did not choose to be blind. They found that the actions of the Han Army had been shooting arrows all the time. It seemed that they found that the arrows could not pose any actual threat. Some stones were pushed down from the hillside, and the roaring sound often ended with a louder muffled sound. It was that the stones hit the wall composed of tower shields, Some areas are defended, while many are directly filled with stones into a big hole or collapsed in pieces.

"At least they are not stupid in the use of terrain." According to the clothes and badges of Huang brigade, he was a good general. After he came, he took over the command. It was his idea to build a channel with tower shield. Because it was too dark, he could not see the surrounding situation clearly. Instead, there was a bright light on the side of the stronghold: "the enemy had two thousand?"

"Yes, there were two thousand enemy troops stationed here." Liu Rui frowned. After the arrival of subsequent friendly forces, they should have continued to be the vanguard. As soon as the TA Dun channel had a scale, it was messed up by the rolling stones of the enemy. Only hundreds of people passed through the enemy's attack area, and more people stayed. He said, "more than 400 people were killed and more than 100 captured. Considering that some enemy soldiers will flee, the enemy should still have about 1230."

Huang LV nodded, but his eyebrows were also frowned.

If it were on the flat ground, according to the quality of Li's Chenghan army, one thousand and three enemy troops could be solved by one charge. However, the remaining enemy troops were on the absolutely favorable stronghold, or could both sides threaten the stronghold passing through the road, which could be regarded as taking the advantage of being easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"We intend to infiltrate in batches." Liu Rui knows what military orders are like mountains. They are vanguards and are used to fight hard. Let alone whether they can pass quietly, they are trying to break a passage with human life. After all, military orders are military orders. He was not so sure: "the quality of the army is not good, it should not be found."

Huang LV directly said: "...."

There are risky behaviors in any military action, which is absolutely not 100% sure. Liu Rui can do whatever he says. In the second half of the night, the troops began to infiltrate secretly in batches, and they really passed the dangerous area silently.

Liu Rui can't understand why the enemy on the stronghold doesn't know to leave torches for lighting from time to time. However, since his subordinates have achieved their goals, the problem should be left to the Huang brigade who has the task of tackling tough problems.

After the sky brightened again, Yang Xu didn't know that a group of Han troops continued to go south quietly through their own defense area. He looked down at the lower part. The flags of the Han army were flying above Guancheng. He found that the number of the Han Army filled the tent with accommodation.

The two mountain strongholds on the hillside are not large. The range of the Valley Road below can be controlled by using the bow and arrow range. The inclination of the mountain is too high. Basically, any building can be balanced only by using wooden piles. The buildings in the mountain stronghold are all wooden structures, and some roads need to be built into a plank road to stand.

With the light, Huang LV was finally able to see what was going on in the two and a half hillside strongholds. At a glance, he could find the obvious characteristics of Nanman stronghold. He just looked around and focused on observing larger stones and objects that looked like mahogany.

The Valley Road surrounded by the mountain looks like a mess. The rickety Tower Shield and ubiquitous arrows are the bodies of some Han soldiers killed by stones rolling down the mountain during operation.

The passage established by the Han Army has existed for a short time, especially in the position directly below the two strongholds. It looks the most miserable. It can't get up until the rolling stones of the enemy are consumed. What the Yellow brigade should think about is to continue to build the passage or focus on attacking the two strongholds.

There are many mountains in Hanzhong, but there will never be more than Shu. Li's Chenghan will make full use of the terrain. The invasion of the Han army is bound to be a hard enough battle.

Considering that the terrain will create countless times of difficulty for the invasion, Huan Wen said in great detail at the beginning that the invasion of Li's Chenghan was a heart attack war. It should be a fire at the beginning of the invasion. Psychologically, let Li's Chenghan's army find the gap with the Han army. Can Li's Chenghan's army have the hope of persistence.

Liu Rui sent scouts before, and Huang brigade also sent scouts overnight. After dawn, the scouts sent by Liu Rui returned and brought back a lot of information. What's more useful is that there is a small path that can detour back to the enemy's stronghold, but the road still can't accommodate them to walk side by side.

"Mountain war..." Huang LV was not doing anything. He didn't even have a superfluous expression. He directly ordered: "attack!"

After the Han Army had just finished eating, the ordered troops broke away from the brigade with the sound of horns. Most of the costumes are some arms with a small round shield in the left hand and a war knife in the right hand. They are only wearing war robes and no armor. Most of them are not tall. The other part is the crossbow men, who are at the end.

The reason why it's a bugle is that you can't carry war drums along the plank road.

The number of Han troops dispatched was 2000. Each one thousand troops went straight to the mountain stronghold on both sides. Their actions made the sound of sheep horns and wooden drums on the mountain stronghold loud.

The attacking Han Army approached the fortified shooting range of the stronghold garrison. First, the sparse arrows attacked. The Han soldiers blocked it with a small round shield or with a war knife, and the casualties were not serious.

It should be a complete reaction above the stronghold. The arrows gradually became dense, and the casualties of the attacking Han army began to increase. At this time, the Han Army just rushed to the foot of the mountain.

It just rained yesterday, and your feet will be covered with soil when stepping on the ground. If you enter the soft area, you will directly sink into your ankles. After falling, you will be covered with mud. The clean Han soldiers will soon become dirty. No one will pay attention to those on the battlefield.

After getting close enough, the bow and crossbow men of the Han army began to shoot. The crossbow and arrow fired by the powerful crossbow can still shoot to the stronghold from bottom to top. Even the strong bow in the bow men's hands can't reach it. It needs to understand what gravity is and what effect it has.

In the arrows flying from you to me, there are people falling all the time, and the scream has become a voice that every battlefield will never lack.

The Han soldiers who start climbing suffer a lot. They can't use a small round shield to block the arrow when climbing. The Han soldiers who roll down after the arrow will also hit the paoze behind, causing a series of gourd rolling effects.

Yang Xu looked down at the Han army. It was an absolutely bloody picture. Looking at the Han Army, it was not only miserable but also embarrassed, but the Han army was still advancing.

There was no way. The mountain was originally very oblique. The defenders of Li Chenghan also cut down the trees that would block the shooting distance in advance. After the rain, the ground was still very soft. The Han army fell down in two steps without any shelter. It was sure to become the target of the fortress defenders. The difference was whether the defenders were accurate enough to shoot arrows.

The Han Army felt that unfortunately, the land was soft after the rain, making it more difficult to climb. Fortunately, it was also a heavy rain, just because the bowstring of the stronghold garrison was wet and softened, some bows could not be used, and some reluctantly used bow strength was really not good. The Han army who was shot looked very miserable. It didn't hit the key directly, but was injured rather than shot to death.

The attack continued after sunrise. At first, the stronghold garrison only used arrows, followed by logs and rolling stones. Almost at noon, the Han army was close to the stronghold with huge casualties.

I don't know whether it's hot or nervous, which makes Yang Xu's forehead full of sweat. His hands tremble a little. Within the sight of his eyes, the Han Army that has reached the stronghold is closer, and the Han Army that is far away is taking a breather to pick up the wounded soldiers.

"Cheng Wei, the arrows are exhausted!"

"Cheng Wei, Han soldiers are everywhere."

"Cheng Wei, some strongholds have been lost!"

"Captain Cheng,..."

Yang Xu was more or less a qualified general and could speculate how many casualties the Han army should have. What he didn't understand was how the Han Army still maintained strong morale with more than 20% casualties. Shouldn't it collapse and retreat?

Soon Yang Xu received a new report that some Han troops came from another road. Although they had long been prepared, the two sides fought down. The Han troops were too brave. The node defenders collapsed again and again. They couldn't last long.

When the casualties of ordinary troops reach 10%, they will lose their fighting spirit. 30% of the casualties of elite troops should also stop the attack. In fact, the last person is forced. Whether the army is elite or not depends not on how capable it is, but on how strong it can bear casualties.

In the afternoon, the garrison of the mountain stronghold on the right stopped resistance first, and Yang Xu personally supervised the mountain stronghold on the left.

Under the repeated attacks of the Han Army, the periphery was cleared away with heavy casualties, approaching the highest point where Yang Xu led the remnant to continue to resist.

"How many casualties?" The Yellow brigade's face was so gloomy that it could drip water: "when can we destroy the enemy who is still resisting?"

The first group was 2000 Han troops, and then 1000 more. The reason why there is no increase is not only the attack, but also the terrain. There is really not enough space for too many troops.

Huang LV didn't wait long. It was only half an hour from asking questions to Yang Xu being escorted to front.

"Hmm..." Huang LV saw Yang Xu, looked at it carefully for a while, and commented: "he is a man with backbone."

Yang Xu was not tied up. He didn't see any abuse. He wanted to speak, but Huang LV had made a decision.

"A strong will to resist into an army is worth... Uh... Worth, uh, respect is respect." In fact, the Yellow brigade was very angry. They paid the price of more than 500 war deaths. It was clear that it would not be much more difficult to kill an army on the flat ground than to kill chickens. It was all because the damn terrain was too fucking. He even saw Yang Xu's reserved expression. He was stunned and continued to say with respect: "so in order to express respect, give them the destination that warriors should have."

Yang Xu: "..." at the moment of death, I realized that being respected cost a lot. The Han Army had never persuaded to surrender from beginning to end.