Chapter 45 Witchcraft

The Khitan soldiers across the mountain pounced down like wolves and tigers, and their fierceness was like a large group of evil wolves. How could there be any sign of winning or weak?

Many people were equipped with iron helmets, masks and various types of armor. Some of them should have purchased from the Central Plains and looked no different from the equipment of the Han local soldiers. Some were hairy and left-sided lapels, but only round necklines and narrow sleeves. They rushed to the front with sharp weapons without armor.

The east and west quickly killed the sound of killing, and the sword lights and swords and shadows flew everywhere.

The enemy soldiers approaching looked fierce, and the formation was like the Jin soldiers who had a grudge against them to kill their father. The fierce winds of the Northeast Yi soldiers were only much higher than those of the Iron Cavalry on the Tubo Plateau.

At this time, the Liaodong region had not yet been developed. Both the living environment and the governance of the law were very bad. The Dongyi men believed in the prey on the weak. The fight between the dead and the death in order to fight for survival was as common as it was, and the environment created their courage.

At this time, the Han army did not have any excuses to dispatch it in a magnificent way. Of course, the Khitan and other tribes would not believe that the Han people in the civilized land were going to save them. The only result of being taken away from their sphere of influence was to be plundered and exploited even more brutally.

There are only two choices, either the land was taken away and migrated to the more bitter and colder north or the desperate.

The battle was going on very fiercely, with corpses on the ground constantly increasing.

The Jin soldiers were not vegetarians. They claimed that elite soldiers were not famous, and they reached the peak of this era in terms of equipment and training.

Moreover, there is no distinction between good and evil that both sides recognize in this war. The Han people also feel that they are carrying out just conquests, from bureaucrats and literati to the people, they all want to occupy any land that can be cultivated. For rulers, a larger territory means more long-term benefits.

Moreover, the opening of territory has always been a symbol of justice and glory in people's values.

Du Xian lived in the central army and calmly issued military orders.

The orders at this moment cannot be proved more, and they can only make temporary judgments based on experience and intuition, and their subordinates cannot care about right or wrong. The only thing they should do is execute.

Report!Gongyecheng's troops were attacked in the north and retreated to the central army in order to prevent the encirclement.A rider ran to report loudly.

Du Xiandao: Let his troops enter the battle and the Youzhou army prepare for war.

Another person came to report: Zuo Mingguang's army attacked the southern highlands unfavorably, and the enemy soldiers were blocking the attack with logs and arrows. The soldiers were unable to rush up, so the general asked for a temporary suspension of the attack.

Du Xian said angrily: If you do not capture the southern highlands, do you need the east and west armies to attack the enemy from the slope?The commander of the General of the Left Army must go up no matter what method is used, otherwise he will come to see him!

It has been nearly an hour since the ambush of the Khitan and Xi alliances raided and besieged. The two sides attacked, but the Jin army had not moved, and it seemed that it was difficult to decide the winner in a short period of time.

Du Xian was confident in the combat effectiveness of the Five Armies and had the intention to counterattack.

Unexpectedly, after a while, another commissar came to report. The general in charge of the attack on the south hillside of the rear wing was killed. Du Xian had to send the deputy general to temporarily lead the left army and let the attacking troops temporarily retreat and repair them.

The Hu soldiers rushed down from their wings and fought repeatedly, but they could not break the formation until they were fighting at night.

The Jin army rotated to fight, and the army was exhausted due to the sultry weather. Fortunately, the sun set and the enemy's offensive gradually slowed down and finally retreated to the mountain.

Because of exhaustion and attacking from the enemy, Du Xian did not order the army to counterattack, and the battlefield gradually subsided.

It was getting darker and people surrounded the barracks with vehicles. Because they could not find enough firewood, they had to eat some dry food and drink some cold water to fill their stomachs.

Some soldiers dug three feet of land and were unable to get the water. The generals suggested that the offensive should be launched early the next morning and that they could no longer be trapped in the valley.

The temperature was very high, and the bodies killed on both sides began to rot after being basked in the sun for a whole afternoon. In the evening, a strange smell could be faintly smelled in the air.

People were afraid of causing a plague, so they collected the corpse and burned it.

The corpse turned into ashes in the thick smoke of fire and will be buried forever in a foreign land. The generals lit incense and poured wine and burned some paper money to comfort the warriors' spirits in heaven.

As dawn came, Hu soldiers crowded into a group of people on the high ground at the entrance of the valley south of Du Xianguan, and were crowded with people. He ordered the four cannons to be pulled to the rear army and placed them on the uphill.

At this time, the hot weapons appeared on the battlefield for the first time. Not only did the Hu people not make any noise, but the Jin army did not expect the cannon.

Because the road on the high ground was about two miles away, the Jin soldiers tweaked several large cars so far away, and the Hu people did not feel any threat.

The officials of the artillery engineering department were busy adjusting the height of the artillery watch. The soldiers said that the gunpowder had begun to fill the medicine, and someone came up with solid artillery balls cast by lead.

It was just dawn and the enemy soldiers had not yet begun the first round of attack; the Jin army had no more movement, and they were just fiddling with a few iron cannons there.

After a while, a cavalry reported to Du Xian: The cannon is ready.

The messenger beside him saw Du Xian nodding and shook a green flag in the air a few times.

Suddenly there was a loud bang, like a bolt from the blue, and the valley seemed to be shaken.

The troops were shocked and there was a slight riot in the crowd, but everyone knew in advance that it was a cannon fire, so they were still calm.

A lead bullet roared out of the smoke and flew up the hillside, and it was densely packed with people. The shells were not too far off and hit the crowd and bounced on the hard soil.

There was only a sound of shock and a scream of fear erupted. A crowd fell into the crowd, and people around him ran around, especially the frightened war horses ran the fastest, running around the hillside.

A moment later, there were several loud noises, and the shells hit the enemy soldiers suddenly became in chaos.

Seeing this situation, Du Xian was a little surprised and immediately ordered the rear army to assemble troops to prepare to attack and seize the high ground, and ordered the cannons to continue shelling.

But the design of the four cannons was not perfect, and they were silent after one round of shelling for a long time. The gunmen were busy watering and cooling down, and they took sticks to clean up the residue in the cannon barrel.

The Hu Bing on the mountain was even more frightened and at a loss. Although the Jin soldiers were still far away at the foot of the mountain, several people suddenly fell from the sky and died. They could not even create stable crossbows, and they couldn't figure out the situation in front of them.

Someone shouted: The Han people used witchcraft in front of the formation and invited Thunder God!

The Khitan general looked down at the mountain and saw that the black smoke was heavy in front of the Jin army camp, and it was suspected that it was a practice in the black clouds.

But the war between mortals has brought ghosts and gods. How can swords, guns, sticks and sticks fight against lightning, lightning, and thunder? How can I fight this battle?

The general looked up at the sky and saw that the sky was very clear. A few sparse white clouds were floating in the blue sky. Where did the lightning come from in such a weather...

After a little while, more than a dozen Khitan wizards came from behind.

The general pointed at the thick smoke below: Hurry up and practice the magic tricks of dispelling the Han people!

The wizards hurriedly set up formations, raised a black flag at each of the four corners of the mountain, brought firewood, tung oil and lit four bonfires, and then raised wooden swords and jumped up like cramps in the middle.

At this time, the cannons at the foot of the mountain had filled the medicine again, boom... There were a few more lightning and thunder, and unfortunately a lead bullet hit the wizard's formation. The soil and stones on the mountain were hard in the continuous drought. The shells made the dust splash and jumped up on the ground. Suddenly, more than a dozen wizards died on the spot, and several splashed stones and mud were injured and lying on the ground.

Another shell smashed a pile of firewood into the air. The burning firewood fell into the crowd. Many people were lit up and rolled on the ground screaming.

The Hu soldiers were in chaos on the southern highlands, and a large number of Jin infantry had appeared on the hillside.

This time, the Jin soldiers were much calmer, and the sword and shield hands came up, rushing up in groups.

The Khitans wanted to use the same trick to resist the enemy with logs and stones, but the troops were in chaos. The army was frightened and turbulent, so they failed to organize the blockade in time.

Arrows shot several shots down the mountain, but no casualties were caused.

Soon, the Jin soldiers rushed up to fight. The Khitans saw that the wizards were dead and worried that they would be struck by lightning. The morale of the team was chaotic, and soon they could not resist the collapse of the east and west sides.

The Jin army took advantage of the situation to occupy the southern highlands and planted a large flag with the word "Jin" written on it. Everyone in the valley shouted and cheered when they saw the flag.

Three thousand Youzhou troops climbed up the mountain one after another, and then spread to the mountains on both sides of the east and west.

Both sides are competing in the mountains and forests, and there is no longer any difference in terrain and highlands.

It is not conducive to formation in the forest, and the Jin army, which has a higher organizational level, cannot play its strengths, but it has the advantage of equipment and physical strength, and it will not suffer any loss when fighting alone.

From the morning, the Khitans attacked the Jin army in the valley no longer threatened.

The Han people occupied the valley entrance in the south, so they were able to retreat calmly and their morale became more and more peaceful.

But Du Xian did not order the withdrawal of troops, but ordered his general Yang Meng to lead a cavalry to the north to open up the road ahead.

Yang Meng was very murderous. He was the one who took advantage of his life when he went to the battlefield, and he didn't care about his own casualties.

The ground in the northern part of the valley was wide and suitable for cavalry movement. When Yang Meng led his troops to approach the Khitans, he did not pay attention to any tricks and rushed forward without saying a word.

Seeing this, the generals and schoolmen rushed into the enemy formation.

The Khitans intended to use their superior forces to surround Yang Meng from both wings, but Yang Meng was not Gong Yecheng. He didn't care what would happen if he was surrounded. Let's talk about it when he was surrounded.

As a result, he rushed and fought hard. The Khitan's tactic of encircling the two wings became a breakthrough by the central government because it could not resist and was defeated in an instant.

Yang Meng led his troops to chase and cover the killing, but he killed all over the land. It was not until noon that the generals persuaded him to stop and return.

The Khitans were defeated for two battles, and Du Xian was sure that they could not launch a strong attack for the time being, so he ordered the five armies to move and advance northward.

The Mingguang Army cavalry was also ordered to protect the flanks on both sides of the east and west. Sure enough, the Khitans saw the Jin army move and launched another round of attacks, but the attack power was much weaker at this time, and the Mingguang Army cavalry alone defeated him.

When Du Xian led his army through the valley, a Khitan army surrendered and claimed that he did not want to fight against the Jin army anymore.The ambush battle was won by the Jin army at both the north and south, and the outcome of the war was decided.