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Hundreds of cannons fired together, and more than 300 city-breaking cannons concentrated their firepower to conduct a saturation bombardment on the northern extension of Hulao Pass.
The rain of stones roared down from the sky, ruthlessly hitting the Hulao Pass.
Boom boom boom!
Amidst the loud noise that shook the earth, Guancheng dust flew into the air, and it was instantly shrouded in darkness.
The bombardment lasted for more than two hours. The Chu army's city-breaking artillery fired more than 30,000 stone bullets at Hulao Pass.
Standing outside Guancheng, overlooking the enemy city, I saw that under several rounds of bombardment, the entire Hulao Pass was in a mess.
Despite this, there was no collapse in the entire city.
It is no wonder that Hulao Pass is different from ordinary cities. It is not mainly built with earth like Luoyang. Instead, it uses local materials and is built entirely with rocks. Therefore, its overall solidity is actually higher than that of Luoyang City.
Although Yan Liang's city-breaking cannon is powerful, it is not easy to destroy Hulao Pass in one day's bombardment.
After bombarding the city for half a day, Yan Liang saw that the effect was not good, so he gave up his plan to storm Hulao Pass and ordered the army to temporarily withdraw troops and return to camp.
The camps returned to camp and returned to the king's tent. Yan Liang summoned the civil and military forces to discuss strategies to break the barrier.
At this moment, the scouts reported the latest information from Kanto.
Liu Bei in the north finally made some movement.
According to the detailed reports, Liu Bei returned from Linfen overnight after hearing that Yan Liang had attacked Hulao in the east, and had returned to Yecheng not long ago.
Returning to Yecheng, with less than a day's rest, Liu Bei personally led an army of 60,000 people southward. According to his marching route, he headed for Hanoi County at that time.
"Hanoi County and Henan County are across the river, and Pinggao City, which belongs to the county, is across the river from Hulao Pass. Liu Bei's trip south must be to cross the Yellow River from Hanoi and rescue Hulao nearby." Pang Tong quickly A judgment was made.
Yan Liang nodded slightly, deeply convinced.
The scout added: "There is also information from Puyang. It is said that Zhang Fei is leading 30,000 infantry and cavalry, heading west from Puyang along the river and approaching Hulao Pass from the east."
Zhang Fei also took action.
Yan Liang tapped the map rhythmically with his fingers and sneered: "Even Zhang Fei is here. It seems that Liu Bei is determined to defend Hulao Pass. Now it's interesting."
"There are 20,000 Cao Xiu's troops at Hulao Pass. If Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's troops are allowed to enter Hulao, the number of enemies in the pass will reach 110,000. At that time, it will be difficult for our army to attack the pass. It will be even bigger," Zhang Liao said worriedly.
Yan Liang¡¯s eyebrows narrowed slightly, and he also felt that the situation was becoming difficult.
In fact, if we purely talk about military strength, the total number of troops Yan Liang concentrated on the Sizhou front line was at least about 200,000 by land and water combined.
But Yan Liang fought on two fronts, with Tongguan, Pubanjin and Anyi in the west. Yan Liang had at least 50,000 troops left to guard against Cao Cao and Liu Bei's Bingzhou Army.
This means that Yan Liang used about 140,000 to 50,000 troops to attack Hulao eastward.
Even if Liu Bei's army arrives, its number will only be 110,000. In terms of pure number of soldiers and horses, Yan Liang still has the upper hand.
In the decisive battle in the wilderness, Yan Liang certainly did not take Liu Bei seriously, but what was troublesome was that Yan Liang had to use 150,000 troops to attack Hulao Pass, which was guarded by 110,000 people. The advantage in military strength is almost negligible.
Snapped!
Yan Liang struck the case with his fist and said in a deep voice: "The most important thing now is to stop Liu Bei's reinforcements."
Yan Liang set the tone, and the counselors used their brains to search for solutions.
After pondering for a moment, Pang Tong said: "It's not bad to prepare for this journey. Our army only needs to patrol the river with water troops and cut off the north and south river roads. Liu Bei will not be able to cross the main force south of the Yellow River. At most, he can only sneak a few partial troops across. That¡¯s all, nothing to be afraid of, as for Zhang Fei¡¯s journey"
When Pang Tong was stunned, Jia Xu had already stroked his beard and said: "It's easy for Zhang Fei to go this way. Your Majesty, please send an army from Chenliu to the west to Zhongmou to threaten Yuan Wu at any time. When this happens, Zhang Fei will not dare to help Cao Xiu from the west."
Yan Liang looked at the north side of the map and moved to the south side of the map. When he reflected Jia Xu's strategy on the map, he couldn't help but look strange.
Because Liu Bei gave up most of the area south of Qingyan and Qingzhou and only defended the fortresses along the south bank of the Yellow River, Zhang Fei's route to aid Cao Xiu was to go west along the cities on the south bank.
Yuanwu City is the only way to Hulao Pass, and Zhongmou City is very close to Yuanwu City, so it poses a great threat.
If Zhang Fei's army assists Hulao Pass and Yan Liang lets other troops attack Yuanwu, it will cut off Zhang Fei's retreat and create a situation of closing the door and beating the dog.?.
"Well, what Wen He said is absolutely true, let's do it like this." Yan Liang slammed the case and made a decision.
After the meeting that day, Yan Liang issued two royal orders in a row.
The first royal order was to order the two generals Gan Ning and Ling Tong to command the navy to cut off the river and prevent the main force of the Yan State from crossing the Yellow River south from Hanoi no matter what.
In the second royal order, Yan Liang ordered Zhang Liao and Pan Zhang to lead an army of 20,000 men, advance from Chen Liu to Zhongmou, and threaten Yuan Wu's rear.
Facts have proved that the plan proposed by Pang Tong and Jia Xu was very effective.
A few days later, intelligence came back from Guandong. After Zhang Fei's 30,000 infantry and cavalry entered Yanjin, they stationed troops in Yanjin City and stayed there, not daring to advance westward.
Obviously, Zhang Fei noticed Zhang Liao's troops in Zhongmou and was worried that if he rushed to the west to aid Hulao, his retreat would be cut off.
By that time, not only will Cao Xiu be unable to be saved, but Zhang Fei¡¯s Qing Yan Army may also join him.
As for Liu Bei's main army in Hebei, let alone it.
Liu Bei excitedly led an army of 60,000 people and rushed to Hanoi County. However, he was increasingly disappointed to find that all the ships at the ferries on the north bank had been burned by the Chu navy.
When things got even more depressing, the Gan Ning navy on the river followed Liu Bei like a shadow at all times.
Liu Bei walked along the north bank. Within a few days, several ferry crossings were changed, but the Chu army's warships always followed, giving Liu Bei no chance to cross the river.
Helpless Liu Bei could only look at the river and sigh.
After Yan Liang¡¯s deployment, Liu Bei was successfully prevented from reinforcing Hulao Pass. Now all Yan Liang needs to do is how to break through the pass.
Today, it is another whole day of attacking the city with city-breaking artillery.
Yan Liang stood on his horse and looked at the Guancheng from a distance, which was in a mess but did not collapse fatally. He couldn't help but sigh: "Back then, the eighteen princes attacked Dong, but they could not break through this pass. One man in Hulao Pass can pass ten thousand men." Mo Kai¡¯s reputation is indeed well-deserved.¡±
The city-breaking cannon cannot break through the Hulao, and Yan Liang will not let his soldiers attack with their flesh and blood and die in vain.
Yan Liang, who withdrew his troops and returned to the camp, was a little unhappy when he returned to his tent.
At this time, Pang Tong smiled and said: "Don't worry, my king, I may have a plan to break the tiger prison easily."
Pang Tong has a plan!
Yan Liang¡¯s eyes lit up and he said excitedly: ¡°What good strategy does the military advisor have?¡±
"Cao Xiu is Cao Cao's old general. The 20,000 Yan troops under him were originally Cao's troops. Most of the family members of these soldiers are from Henan County. I think we can start here to find a breakthrough." Pang Tong stroked his hand. He had a short beard and smiled secretly.
Yan Liang rolled his eyes and immediately understood what Pang Tong meant.
He was persuading Yan Liang to use the family members of the Hulao Pass defenders to wage a psychological war and destroy the defenders' will to resist.
"Damn it, why didn't this king think of this move? Well, let's just follow the military advisor's plan." Yan Liang excitedly clapped his hands.
After the king's order was passed down, the local officials of the counties in Henan quickly began to implement it and sent all the family members of the Hulao Pass defenders, old and young, to the front line of Hulao Pass.
Within a few days, nearly ten thousand people, old and young, arrived at the Chu army camp.
In addition to these young and old family members, Yan Liang also prepared another spiritual bomb for Cao Xiu and the garrison at the gate.
It was a warm day and the sun was shining brightly. Thirty thousand Chu troops were preparing to line up in front of Hulao Pass in an siege posture.
After hearing the news, Cao Xiu did not dare to take it lightly. He had already reached the critical moment and planned to command his soldiers to resist.
Cao Xiu on Guancheng soon discovered that today's Chu army seemed to be a little different from usual. They did not put scary things like city-breaking cannons in front of the battle.
"Is Thief Yan planning to attack the key point by force? Huh, if so, it's exactly what I want. I'll be able to severely dampen his arrogance."
Cao Xiu held the sword in his hand, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyebrows.
Just when Cao Xiu was planning to inflict heavy damage on the Chu army, something that surprised him suddenly happened.
The Chu army's formation suddenly split apart, and thousands of old, weak, women, and children were driven from behind to the front of Guancheng, crying and shouting.
"Son, I am here for my mother, come back quickly."
"Dad, don't you want a son?"
"Dad, how can you bear to abandon us two, how can we live?"
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Outside Guancheng, a grand tragedy of crying for father and mother began miserably.
Cao XiuI was stunned for a moment, and for a long time I couldn't figure out what Yan Liang was doing.
However, the defenders at the top of the city reacted quickly. This soldier, who originally belonged to Cao Cao, quickly realized that the crying men, women, and children at the top of the city were their relatives who had been separated.
Although they were hundreds of steps apart and the defenders could not recognize the faces at all, they were convinced that their wives, children, and parents must be among them.
The emotions of the defenders suddenly became turbulent. The fighting spirit of the soldiers who were originally determined to fight was suddenly shattered by this tragic scene. Many people actually started crying on the spot.
Seeing such a scene, Cao Xiu suddenly realized, gritted his teeth and cursed: "What a handsome thief, so insidious, he actually used this to shake my military morale, hateful -"
At the Chinese Military Office outside the city, Yan Liang, who was watching the family drama with his head raised, was sneering.
Although Yan Liang could not clearly see the situation of Yan's army in Guancheng, he could feel that the defenders on the city were changing from a group of hard-blooded soldiers to sad boys longing for family affection.
"Cao Xiu, don't worry, I also have a big gift for you." Yan Liang smiled disdainfully, raised his whip and shouted: "Come on, push that guy to the front of the battle for me."
After the order was passed, an opposite building was pushed forward into the battle.
When Cao Xiu, who was on the city wall, recognized the man standing on the opposite floor, his expression suddenly changed. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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