The happy life of the devil and the devil

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... The record and the record are unreliable, what's the most annoying!Made me rewrite it!

"The villain has grown up in this area since he was a child. He can clearly see where there are ravines and where there are rivers! Since the enemy army camped in the Wulong River, if they want to go east, they must cross the Suzi River from Zagul City. !"

When Black Water General Li Zhongcheng brought his subordinates into the hall, he saw a group of people chaotically surrounded by the center of the big tent. There were black-clothed cavalry in light armor covered with dust, and black water guards in messy clothes. Translate without stopping:

"The shape of the mountain in front is like this... No, this mountain is crescent-shaped... There is a bend here... The river passes by obliquely and is not straight..."

In front of Ling Yucheng was a three-foot-square wooden plate. A black-clothed guard that Li Zhongcheng had never noticed was standing beside the wooden plate, listening to the people around him constantly pinching the soil on the plate. The extremely nimble fingers fluttered down, and the specific and micro-mountains were constantly modifying their shape and direction.

"How far is the place where they camped from Zagul City? How many people are there?"

"When the villain saw their camp, he rode back. It was about [-] miles to Zagul City, and [-] miles from Zagul City to our place. As for the number of enemy troops, judging from the lights of the camp, it was about [-] miles. There are [-] people, and the exact number cannot be judged by villains."

Ling Yucheng stared at the sand table all the time, silent, and didn't seem to hear the noise of you and me next to him.After waiting for a group of native guides and scout cavalry to look at the sand table in turn, and there was nothing to modify, he raised his head and glanced around, and raised his voice: "Order!"

"Yes!"

With the sound of chaotic footsteps, the black-clothed scout cavalry turned around and left the tent without hesitation, while the blackwater guards who were called into the big tent to consult the terrain stopped for a while before being pulled out.A moment later, on the left side of Ling Yucheng, a row of Xuanjiawei officers who rushed over stood up straight like nails. Li Zhongcheng stood first on the right hand. Looking at the standing posture of the generals next to him, he really wanted to dig a hole and go down to the ground. .

"Pass my order, the whole army will be disarmed, lightly armed, and set off within a quarter of an hour with three days of dry food. The whole army will arrive at Zagul City before dawn!"

"Yes!"

A row of black-clothed officers rushed out to deliver orders, and the camp of Xuanjiawei who had just fallen asleep immediately boiled.With clangs, pieces of armor were piled up and pushed to the side of the road without hesitation. Soldiers rubbed their eyes and yawned as they tore down the tents, rolled them up and pushed them aside, checked their weapons and rations, and tightened their stomachs on the saddles. Belt, neat movements are methodical.Li Zhongcheng looked left and right, not knowing whether he should obey or follow the order.Just after a pause, Ling Yucheng's eyes flicked over like lightning, Li Zhongcheng's hair stood up on his back, and he quickly shouted: "Disarmor, dress lightly!"

What made him lose face was that none of his own generals followed him to deliver the order, and they all stared at him with the eyes of "my lord, you have taken the wrong medicine".

"The whole army is disarmed and lightly armed, ready to go!" The second order came, and the two guards behind Ling Yucheng took a step forward, with their right hands already on the handle of the knife.Seeing that it was a situation of toasting and refusing to eat fine wine, the white sweat on Li Zhongcheng's back broke out. He turned his head and stared fiercely at Manggu Nalin, the captain of the personal guard standing under him, but saw that the face was full of cheeks. The big man with a beard seemed to be afraid of something, he lowered his head and ran away.

"What are you looking at!" Li Zhongcheng felt blessed in an instant, and rushed forward to kick him: "My lord has an order, so hurry up and pass it on!"

The camp of the Black Water Guard also exploded into chaos.The soldiers who were kicked and beaten by the officers who were dug up were cursing while packing up their things: "What, I walked for a day during the day, and I have to walk another [-] miles at night!"

"If you don't wear armor, what kind of battle are you fighting?"

"Come on, it's just the helmet you have left, it doesn't matter if you wear it or not!"

Finally, the two armies finished their formation, Xuanjiawei led the way, and the black torrent marched silently and firmly on the mountain road, resting once every ten miles, and stopping to eat after thirty miles, except for the occasional cavalry running back and forth. Report something, and the whole queue doesn't hear anything.Followed by the stumbling and muttering Black Water Guards, even if the order was given to silence the whole army, the officers would need to kick and beat them from time to time.

"My lord, I'm afraid the soldiers can't hold on anymore." When Li Zhongcheng got up again after eating the dry food, Li Zhongcheng finally had to ride his horse to the front of the team and ask Ling Yucheng for instructions in a low voice.The steps of Xuanjiawei soldiers are still steady and tenacious, but his black water guards have long been panting and complaining, "The soldiers under the general's command can't be compared with the master's elite soldiers, I'm afraid they won't make it to Zagul before dawn city--"

"We must enter the city before dawn." Like every soldier, Ling Yucheng held the reins in one hand and walked on the rugged mountain road. "Your Majesty, you might as well weigh it yourself. If you can't make it, you can stop here."

... After running down for so many days, he stopped here thirty miles away, so why did he come here?Li Zhongcheng burst into tears silently, "But my lord, the soldiers are too tired, if they enter the city, they won't be able to fight..."

"I didn't expect them to fight at all." Under the dim starlight, Ling Yucheng's fair and beautiful side face was as cold as pig iron, "Going to the top of the city will always shoot arrows and move stones! Divide two hundred soldiers out, and it will not be difficult to guard for a day or two—”

Well, people didn't expect you to come.Li Zhongcheng swallowed a mouthful of blood, and silently returned to the center of the team: For the position of the prince, for the sake of gaining some military merits, he fought!

Starting at Haishi, after nearly a night of marching, the front team finally crossed the Suzi River at dawn.At the foot of Zagul Mountain, Ling Yucheng saddled his horse, looked at the flat plain ahead of him under the twilight sky, and carefully scrutinized the road up the mountain. For the first time since he dispatched troops, he showed a high-spirited smile:

"Your Majesty, please bring your troops and horses into the city to garrison, stick to the top of the city, and listen to my orders to open the city and hunt down!" Looking around at the subordinates around him: "Follow me up the mountain, ready to ambush the enemy!"

After saying a word, Li Zhongcheng clearly saw the two guards around him swaying, and almost sat down on the ground on the spot, with a relaxed look of relief on their faces.In the blink of an eye, Li Zhongcheng suddenly made up his mind, took a step forward, clenched his right fist to his heart, and bowed deeply to Ling Yucheng:

"Ask for the grace of your lord, let the last general follow your lord and go up the mountain to ambush together!"

"--you sure?"

The man on horseback turned around with a smile that was not a smile, "Going up the mountain is no better than defending a fortified city. Our army is small and there are no camps. The enemy army has tens of thousands of people... Don't worry, even if you stay in the city, your military achievements will be indispensable. one serving."

"Ask for the grace of your lord!"

"Okay—you take a thousand soldiers and horses to follow me up the mountain, and the rest will enter the city immediately. Be sure to stick to the city and obey my orders!"

A gust of cold wind blew, Li Zhongcheng shivered, and wrapped the silver fox fur cloak around his body tighter.

More than [-] soldiers, boundless.Looking down from the mountain pass, flags fluttered under the city of Zagul, and there were dense crowds of people. The city looked like a small trembling mound, which could fall apart in the next charge at any time.There are two thousand remnant soldiers in the city with hundreds of original defenders, and a thousand remnant soldiers outside the city plus the high-moralized but only one thousand Xuanjiawei. To defeat this seemingly endless enemy army?Li Zhongcheng shook his head, no matter what, he had no way out after being defeated once.

Zagul Mountain is like a dragon, with its head steeply facing the Suzi River, its body extending westward slowly, and its tail slightly sweeping northward, shaped like a crescent.The top of the mountain is about four miles long from east to west and less than one mile wide from north to south. The south side of the mountain is relatively straight, and the north side bends nine small ditches, three of which run through the south of the mountain.

At the northwest end of Longtou, on the slender ridge of Tianqiao Ridge, there is Zagul City built of rammed earth and granite.The south cliff of the city is adjacent to the Suzi River, and the north is the throat of the road.At the beginning of the day, the vanguard of the Haixi savages had already arrived at the city. Just as they were about to cross the river, they were shot by a cannon from the city.Afterwards, the Haixi savages who found that the nail had to be pulled out to cross the river began to rush towards the city head after wave...

"Last night, the enemy's sentry was captured, and through interrogation, we learned that the Haixi savages under the city of Zagul belonged to nine tribes, with a total of about [-]." After a wave of offensive, Ling Yucheng looked around, and the clear voice lashed down like a whip.Hearing the news of "a total of [-]", Li Zhongcheng was saddened to find that more than one of his subordinates was flinching, as if they were about to slip before hitting.Looking at the opposite side, the generals of Xuanjiawei straightened their backs instinctively, and their eyes became sharper.

"Are you afraid?" Li Zhongcheng stared fiercely between his brows, shivering, and immediately bowed: "The last general dare not!"

"There is nothing to be afraid of! In this battle, our army must win three things, and the enemy army must lose three things: First, although the enemy army is large, it has been exhausted after two days of attacking the city; Zhengsheng. Second, the enemy army is divided into nine divisions, with different affiliations, and military orders are not allowed; our army's orders are unified, and orders are prohibited." At this point, he glanced coldly at Li Zhongcheng, who quickly lowered his head and expressed his loyalty with his eyes. "Thirdly, the enemy army is a mob. Before a battle, we must wait and see each other and push each other. If we want to fight, the leader must lead the troops forward. Our army is all sharp weapons. As long as we kill a few of his leaders, they will definitely be scattered. Run away. The place where we camped is dangerous, and we have prepared enough rolling logs just half a day ago, and sent people to lead them over to fight! Although our soldiers are small, if we fight together, we will surely win!"

"Now, I need a partial army to go to the city of Zagul to lure the Haixi savages to attack. With only a hundred soldiers and horses, who dares to go?"

"The end will be willing to go!"

"My lord, I'll go!"

"I go!"

Provoking a [-]-strong army with one hundred soldiers is such an almost impossible task... Li Zhongcheng was dumbfounded to see that the five generals of the Xuanjia Guards were blushing and almost raised their fists in front of the general.

"Shut up! Old rules, - our army arrived on the mountain early in the morning, why did you ask you to go out now?"

"After running all night, our army has to rest before we can fight!"

"continue!"

"We need time to prepare the log!"

"Go on!"

"Three sieges failed, the enemy is exhausted!"

"anything else?"

After a moment of silence, the deputy captain Ding Bai took a step forward: "Now that we have just finished lunch, the enemy army is at its most sleepy and exhausted. If it is any later, it will be dark before the battle is over, which is not good for our army!"

"Okay! It's you, a hundred soldiers and horses, who lured the Haixi savages to me!"

"Thank you sir!"

Checking the knives and guns, bringing enough arrows and some strange equipment—Li Zhongcheng recognized that some of them were used to start fires—a hundred silent cavalrymen in black disappeared at the bend of the mountain road.Then, one order after another was issued like a stream of water, and a thousand remnants of the Black Water Guard were led by five hundred soldiers of the Xuanjia Guard with shining swords and guns, and ambushed in several most dangerous places.

"Take care of your soldiers." Before leaving, Ling Yucheng ordered General Heishuiwei in the deepest voice, "Don't expect them to fight the enemy head-on - listen to the order to shoot arrows and roll logs! Wait until the enemy is exhausted and retreats." , then rush out and chase after the defeated soldiers!"

This exhortation is not without foresight.When seeing a large group of black savages roaring and rushing up, and the relatively thin black cavalrymen who were almost non-existent galloped and fled below, more than one defeated Blackwater guard who had been gathered from the ravine dropped their bows and arrows, and even Someone let out an uncontrollable scream, and crawled into the dense forest behind him.

With a click, Li Zhongcheng almost gritted his teeth.He was condescending and could see clearly: Those Haixi savages on horseback screaming strangely, half of their bodies were covered with armor stripped from the Blackwater Guards. Captured from him a few days ago!

When Xuanjiawei, who didn't need to press his knife to patrol, made any move, Li Zhongcheng jumped up, pulled off his waist knife, and beat his own soldiers with the scabbard on his head and face: "Bastard! It's really embarrassing for us Bohai guys! How dare you!" Move around, I'll kill you!"

After kicking and beating twice, before the soldiers who fled the battle were driven back to their original positions, there was a burst of warm applause on the top of the mountain!It turned out that Ding Bai was at the end of the Xuanjia guards who lured the enemy, suddenly he whistled, and the five cavalry turned around at the same time, leveling the guns in their hands.Amidst the sharp whistling that could hardly be heard from the top of the mountain, blood sprayed from the Haixi savage who was chasing after him, and a dozen or so people had already knocked off their horses!

With just such a block, the Xuanjia guard cavalry had all run up the hillside.A blare sounded from the top of the mountain, and the eyes of the Xuanjia guards who were standing in the formation lit up almost at the same time, and they ordered loudly: "Release the rolling log!"

Riding a war horse that had been snatched for two days, and wearing armor that fits or not, the Haixi savages who chased up with strange noises suffered a big loss.In addition to the original road, the [-] troops who arrived earlier cut down as many trees as possible on both sides of the mountain road, leaving only three-foot-high tree stumps on the spot. Naturally, it is the log.Xuanjiawei's riding skills are superb, he rode his horse and ran around the tree stump, as if walking on flat ground, without any obstacles, but the Haixi cavalry who were chasing behind tripped over the tree stump one after another——

The scene on the mountain road was even more tragic.Dozens of tree trunks that were felled in advance and sawn into half to seven or eight feet long rolled down, and the Haixi cavalry who had rushed halfway could not avoid it. Three or forty people were brought down in the first wave.Seeing that the situation was not good, a leader dressed in extravagance drew his sword and shouted, and rushed forward first. Just halfway, three sharp arrows shot down from the top of the mountain, and the leader whose name Li Zhongcheng didn't even know was knocked down on the spot!

Seeing the leader fell to the ground, the Haixi cavalry screamed for a while, turned their horses around and fled.Until then, the infantry who had retreated from the city of Zagul reached the foot of the mountain, and were rushed by the cavalry who had escaped from the hillside, causing chaos on the spot.Ling Yucheng has been watching the battle situation below from his horseback, and saw several leaders who looked like leaders hacking and killing the panicked soldiers, but they couldn't stop their defeat at all, his eyes lit up, and he raised his voice, "Send an order, the whole army assault! "A horse galloped down first, with bows and arrows on the horse's back, and with the sound of swishing strings, several Haixi leaders who were trying to restrain the team fell to the ground one after another.

There were three blows from the top of the mountain, followed by a torrent of black iron and blood pouring down. By the time Li Zhongcheng led the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to cover up and kill them, the defeat of the Haixi savages was unstoppable.

In this battle, Ling Yucheng led the army to chase for more than [-] li, and drove the Haixi savages to the Wulong River where they camped the night before.When Ling Yucheng was stationed on the bank of the horse, there were several small boats floating here and there on the river, the bloody water on the dilapidated side of the boat, and the severed fingers rolling on the bottom of the boat.The defeated soldiers who could not cross the river knelt together in black, their foreheads deeply pressed into the mud on the river bank, and their rags were drenched in mud and trembling with dripping water.

Wulong River has since been renamed "Red River" by the downstream residents.