vrcanaries Chapter 734 Arrival at Jiange
Chapter 734 Arrival at Jiange
Jiang Wei shook his head.
"I'm not worried about my side, I'm just worried about Li Shuai."
"Oh? The Marshal thinks General Li can't stop the Yan army?"
The general asked with a smile.
Jiang Wei originally wanted to say that Li Yu was impulsive, irritable, and ambitious, but he changed his mind and didn't say it, because the people behind him were all from Sichuan, and no one was on the same page with him.
So he said modestly,
"General Li is facing 350,000 Yan troops, as well as famous generals like Guan Shouchang and Bai Wuan. The pressure is too great.
Only General Li can stop the Yan army. If it were me, I would definitely not be able to stop them."
"Jiang Shuai is too modest. You are also a famous coach."
The general smiled.
Jiang Wei also laughed.
Now there is no need to worry that the general will secretly complain.
"General Wei, although we have the advantage of terrain, we cannot be careless and must do our best to stop the enemy's advance.
In this way, transfer a battalion of troops from your unit to the north, set up ambushes on various hilltops, and use battering rams, rolling logs and other objects to smash down when the Yan army passes by, so as to delay the Yan army's marching speed as much as possible.
The Yan army marches slowly, so they arrive late. They have limited food and fodder, so they might withdraw within a few days of arriving here, which would relieve some of the pressure on us."
"Yes, what the Marshal said is true. I will arrange it right away."
General Wei clasped his hands, then immediately mobilized a battalion of troops and assigned them the task.
……
Two days later, the Wushuang Army led by Su Wuan also appeared dozens of miles north of Jiange.
The mountain roads were difficult to travel on, and there were many places where there were plank roads. They walked with difficulty on the road. The Shenji Battalion was dragging artillery pieces, with one piece placed at a long distance apart, for fear that the plank roads would collapse because the artillery pieces were too heavy.
The only thing to be thankful for now is that the Sichuan Army did not destroy the plank road. Otherwise, we would have to walk through the valley to get to this section of the road, and we would have to cut down trees to pave the road. You can imagine how difficult it would be.
Wu Changge complained as he walked,
"Why is this road so difficult to travel? Did the 400,000 Sichuan troops originally come here to support the Qin State from the north?
How did they get here?"
Su Wuan was much more optimistic and said with a smile,
"The road to Shu is difficult, harder than climbing to heaven. Those 400,000 Sichuan troops should have taken the road from Bazhong to Hanzhong, which is slightly easier to travel.
The path we are taking is the most difficult one.”
"So I say, why don't we gather our forces and attack Nanjiang and Bazhong with all our might?
Although the enemy will gather there, as long as we can eliminate them, we can march straight into the plains and capture Chengdu directly.
If a country with only a central army of more than 200,000 were on the plains, it would be easy for us, Great Yan, to destroy them.
Even if we kill them directly, they will have to surrender.
This Sichuan State is just relying on its geographical advantage."
"Alright, alright, stop complaining. Someone has to do the job. What if we're the first to attack?
We are on the center line, which should be the road closest to Chengdu.
Maybe we can even reach Chengdu before the Eastern and Western Armies."
"You're daydreaming. It's going to be difficult for you to fight in the Jiange area alone."
"Haha."
Bai Wuan smiled, then opened the map, looked at it, and said,
"There is a gently sloping mountain road to the north of Jiange. This mountain is quite suitable for garrisoning. I plan to station the army here, and then when we fight, we will go down the mountain slope and then attack from the top."
"Why not just camp at the foot of the hill?"
Hearing this, Su Wuan said to Wu Changge earnestly,
"You see, this is why I can be the head coach and you can only be the deputy head coach.
There are lush vegetation in the mountains and forests, the enemy is in a dominant position, and our army is stationed in the valley. In this case, can't the enemy burn us to ashes with just one fire?
By then, there will be mountains on all sides. Where can we escape to?
I would rather we were stationed farther away than have our army annihilated."
"That's what you said."
At this moment, a shout was heard from afar.
"Marshal, there's news from the hot air balloon in the sky! There's another enemy ambush on the mountain ahead!"
"Got it! Let Lao Qu lead his men up the mountain to wipe them out!"
"As ordered!"
Wu Changge laughed and said,
"Is this the third wave? These Sichuanese really seem to enjoy doing this, constantly sending people to obstruct us. How many have we killed?"
Don’t they know we have hot air balloons and telescopes? We can see everything they are doing from the sky.”
Su Wuan chuckled and said,
"Is it possible that the people behind don't even know that the people in front have been wiped out?
Every time we discover them, we send the vanguard battalion up the mountain to wipe them out, leaving no one alive. How would the people behind us know our situation? They can't fly."
"Hahaha, yes, thank goodness for the prince's invention. Otherwise, with these hundreds of miles of mountain roads and those ambushes who are familiar with the terrain, we would have suffered heavy losses if we had walked all the way.
Vision and intelligence are the lifeblood of an army. No matter where we go, we are always in the dark, while the enemy is in the light."
"Alright, alright, let's keep going. We'll probably reach that mountain tomorrow. Setting up camp will be a hassle. We have to be prepared for a tough battle and remember to distribute our food and supplies appropriately."
"understood."
The Yan army in the front camped first. After receiving the intelligence and orders, they immediately climbed up the mountain with swords, ropes and grappling hooks.
The vanguard battalion, like the scouts, are elite, highly combat-capable, and agile.
As for the Sichuan Army...most of them are old and weak.
After all, Li Yu took all the elite troops away.
Soon, everyone rushed to the mountain.
The Sichuan troops were still hiding on the edge of the mountain, looking to the north, waiting for the Yan army to come and push down wood and stones.
When they heard the footsteps and came to their senses, the Yan army had already reached a position not far behind them.
The Sichuan troops were horrified and immediately rose up to resist, but how could they be a match for the larger and more powerful elite Yan army?
In just a few minutes, the Yan army killed more than a hundred people, and then waved the flag towards the sky, indicating that they could pass.
With the coordinated operations of land and air, the Yan army finally arrived at the mountain north of Jiange on the second day.
This mountain has no name. After all, there are so many mountains in the Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan regions that it is impossible to name every mountain.
When they reached the top of the mountain, Su Wuan ordered the army to cut down trees, set up camp, and not to rush into an attack.
He came to the side of the mountain and, together with Wu Changge, held a telescope and looked at Jiange, four or five miles away.
"How can we get through this mountain road? There's no way to fight here!"