Chapter 435

Bai Ting's spirit was refreshed, and he took the telescope to look.

I saw a fleet composed of more than twenty large and small ships, sailing against the current, struggling to enter the "One Line Sky" gorge.

The ships were full of bulging sacks, Western Liang flags were inserted on the bows, and figures were moving on the decks; it was the team transporting grain and military equipment!

The fleet slowly sailed into the narrowest and most rapid current section of the gorge.

The Western Liang soldiers on the ships obviously also felt the danger of this place, and the shouting became more urgent, the oarsmen rowing with all their might, trying to pass through this death zone as quickly as possible.

"Just now!" Bai Ting stood up abruptly, and the command flag in his hand waved fiercely!

"Fire!"

Following his order, the soldiers who had been prepared long ago suddenly lifted the camouflage!

"Boom—!"

Huge rolling logs and rocks were pushed down from the cliff with combined force, smashing toward the narrow river channel!

At the same time, countless ignited fire oil jars were thrown toward the fleet with all their might!

"Enemy attack! Ambush!"

The fleet was instantly in chaos! The rolling logs and rocks smashed into the water, stirring up water columns that shot into the sky, and several small ships were directly smashed to pieces!

The fire oil jars smashed into the sails, decks, and grain sacks, instantly igniting a raging fire!

"Fire arrows! Shoot arrows!" Bai Ting shouted sternly.

The Beijiang soldiers who had already drawn their bows and arrows shot the arrows soaked in fire oil toward the fleet that had fallen into a sea of fire and chaos below!

Inside Wuguan, Helian Bobo was drinking sullen wine on the city wall; this defeat had damaged his prestige quite a bit, and more importantly, he had lost all face in front of the King.

It just so happened that Si Wushuang sent a letter again asking him to strengthen patrols, making his subordinates complain.

This ghostly weather, who wants to go out and get rained on?

He just wanted to curse, when suddenly, a soldier soaked all over and full of horror rushed onto the city wall, crawling and rolling.

"Gen... General! It's not good! Yingchou Ravine! Yingchou Ravine is under attack! The grain... the grain team is finished!"

"What?!"

The wine bowl in Helian Bobo's hand smashed to pieces with a "pop," and the wine splashed all over his body.

He grabbed the collar of the reporting soldier: "Speak clearly! Who did it? How many people?!"

"I... I don't know! On the mountain cliff... it's full of people! Fire... fire! Rocks! The ships... are all burned! The brothers... suffered heavy casualties, General!"

The soldier was incoherent, obviously scared out of his wits.

Helian Bobo only felt a burst of dizziness, and his eyes went black.

The grain road was cut off! This was simply taking his life!

He pushed the soldier away abruptly, rushed to the city parapet, and looked toward the direction of the Dan River valley, although he couldn't see anything.

"Jiang Jinshi! Beijiang! Bright Army! I will fight you to the death!"

He roared in incompetent rage, punching the city bricks fiercely.

Without grain and grass, Wuguan was a dead end! Was he, Helian Bobo, going to be trapped to death here like a dog?

In the open area at the lower reaches of the ravine mouth, Zhang Honghong had long been impatient, tapping the ground with her scabbard. Except for the occasional thick smoke and sporadic routed soldiers, there was no movement in the ravine mouth.

She was pondering whether she should send a small team in to explore, when a scout rode over quickly.

"Report! General Zhang! The Wuguan city gate is wide open! Helian Bobo personally led about five thousand elites, galloping toward our army's position! Less than ten miles away!"

"What?!"

Zhang Honghong jumped up, both surprised and happy. "This reckless man really dares to come out? Haha! Heaven has a road you don't take, Hell has no door you break in! Brothers! Prepare to meet the enemy! Let this defeated general taste our power!"

She quickly directed the troops to change formation, spearmen in front, archers in the back, cavalry on both wings, ready to wait.

She secretly praised Big Brother Bai for his foresight; this Helian Bobo really couldn't hold his temper!

Not long after, the earth began to tremble slightly, and the dull sound of horse hooves came from near to far.

Helian Bobo took the lead, waving his curved blade, leading five thousand red-eyed Western Liang soldiers, like a flood breaking a dam, launching a charge toward Zhang Honghong's position!

"Shoot arrows!" Zhang Honghong waved her hand.

The dense arrow rain instantly covered the vanguard of the Western Liang army, people and horses overturned, and screams were endless.

But Helian Bobo was fierce and brave, ignoring the casualties, roaring and continuing to charge!

"Spearmen! Hold on!" Zhang Honghong shouted loudly.

"Kill!"

The Beijiang spearmen roared in unison, raised their spears, and crashed fiercely into the Western Liang cavalry!

Just as both sides were locked in a fierce struggle, another scout reported in panic: "Report! General! A large number of Western Liang cavalry were found in the Lantian direction! Tufa Yan personally led about eight thousand cavalry, flanking our army's flank! Less than five miles away!"

"Tufa Yan?!" Zhang Honghong's heart shook.

She didn't expect Tufa Yan to dare to leave the Lantian lair and risk coming to rescue!

Eight thousand cavalry! This was not a small number!

She was currently entangled with Helian Bobo's five thousand elites; if she was crushed by Tufa Yan from the flank, the consequences would be unimaginable!

A trace of panic flashed through her heart, fortunately, Tang Lin offered a plan in time.

Zhang Honghong naturally trusted Tang Lin and immediately ordered:

"Order! Left wing cavalry, follow me to meet Tufa Yan! Right wing cavalry, cooperate with the central army, bite Helian Bobo to death! Central army infantry, hold the position, don't retreat a step!"

Zhang Honghong flipped onto her horse and shouted loudly, "Brothers! The Western Liang cubs have sent themselves to the door! Follow me to kill!"

She personally led the left wing cavalry, meeting the direction of Tufa Yan's army attack, and charged fiercely!

Tang Lin's plan was very risky, but at this moment, only by attacking instead of defending and disrupting Tufa Yan's rhythm could she win time for Bai Ting to take Wuguan!

And inside Yingchou Ravine, Bai Ting had already cleared the remaining Western Liang routed soldiers and completely controlled the gorge.

When he received the urgent military situation sent back by Zhang Honghong, his brow locked tight.

"Tufa Yan also came? Eight thousand cavalry... the pressure on her side is too great!"

He was anxious, but immediately forced himself to analyze calmly, "Helian Bobo's main force is all out, Wuguan must be empty! This is a heaven-sent opportunity!"

He made a decisive decision: "Order! Third battalion, fourth battalion, immediately follow me to march lightly and quickly, straight to Wuguan!

First battalion, second battalion, stay to clean up the battlefield, extinguish the remaining fire, and then rush to support General Zhang at the ravine mouth!