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50,000 Qin troops, stationed outside the city, the banner covered the sky, and the momentum was huge.

In front of Hangu Pass, tens of thousands of Qin troops were shouting and fighting, looking at the empty stone bullets shot at Hangu Pass, roaring excitedly.

Nearly 500 trebuchets have been towering in front of the pass, and are carrying out an endless onslaught on Hangu Pass.

These 500 trebuchets are not ordinary trebuchets, but Liu Ye gave them to Cao Cao, and the improved trebuchets, called the Thunderbolt, are comparable to the Wei army's heavenly thunder cannons in terms of power and range.

Looking at the dusty Hangu Pass, Cao Cao squinted and sneered, and said: "Pottery merchant, your heavenly thunder cannon crisscrosses the Central Plains and breaks through how many cities, and today this king will also let you taste the taste of my thunderbolt." ”

"Report-" The scout rushed to the scene and arched his hand: "King Yu, the partial division of General Xiahou Miaocai has gone east along the Yellow River and landed in Pingyin City, and the enemy general Zhou Yafu was forced to divide 5,000 troops to block, and the number of defenders at Hangu Pass has been sharply reduced. ”

"Okay, it's worthy of being a genius in my family." Cao Cao was overjoyed, raised his whip and pointed at Guancheng, "Bombard for half a day, and then the whole army will attack together, within three days, we must break through Hangu Pass for this king and take Luoyang." ”

Cao Cao was high-spirited, and tens of thousands of Qin troops were also high-spirited, and their fighting spirit was even stronger.

"I heard that Yuan Shang and 50,000 Hun soldiers and horses have almost chased the pottery merchants out of Hanoi County, if my Great Qin captures Luoyang again, then the pottery thief and the two rivers will be in an emergency, and it will be a matter of time before they collapse on all sides." Liu Ye smiled faintly.

Cao Cao smiled and praised: "If it weren't for Ziyang to offer this thunderbolt, this king would not be able to successfully capture Hangu Pass. ”

"Ye is just doing his best, don't dare to take credit." Liu Ye was busy and said humbly.

Cao Cao laughed, becoming more and more energetic.

"Although the Xiongnu iron cavalry is strong, but Yuan Shang and Yu Fuluo's ability to use troops is far from the opponent of the pottery thief, I think we should not be too optimistic." Guo Jia remained a little calm.

As soon as the words fell, another scout galloped over, arching his hand and exclaiming: "King of Qin, the potter used the fire ox to destroy the 50,000 iron horsemen of the Huns in Xiuwu, Yuan Shang was defeated and fled from Jiguan, and Yu Fuluo has been killed by him. ”

A thunderbolt crashed down on the heads of the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State.

The spirit on Cao Cao's face was shattered in an instant, and Liu Ye and other ministers were all stunned.

Even if it was Guo Jia, surprise immediately appeared on his pale face.

Just when Cao Cao's ministers were not frightened, another horse scout rushed to the scene and shouted: "King Yu, Yuan Shang abandoned the Kei Pass, and the pottery merchant army took the Kei Pass without blood, and went all the way west into the east of the river, and captured the Puban City by surprise. ”

"What!" Cao Cao's body shook violently, he couldn't sit still anymore, and grabbed the information to look at it urgently.

Guanzhong and Bingzhou, bounded by the Yellow River, Guanzhong in the west, and Bingzhou in the east.

This section of the Yellow River flows from north to south, the water potential is turbulent, the mountains on both sides of the bank are undulating, the birds are difficult to cross, only the Pubancheng line to which Hedong County belongs, the water potential is slow, the terrain is relatively flat, and it can barely be crossed.

The east of the Yellow River is Pubancheng, which belongs to Hedong County, and the west of the Yellow River is Pubanjin Ferry, which belongs to Fengyi County in Guanzhong.

A county in Hedong originally belonged to the territory of the Southern Xiongnu, Cao Cao had been married for many years, and the Huns were used as the Hedong barrier, so Cao Cao's troops were mostly stationed in the first line of Tongguan Hangu Pass, and the first line of Puban was not his key defensive area.

Cao Cao never expected that the pottery merchant would be able to destroy the main force of the Xiongnu with a fire ox array, scare Yuan Shang away, and capture the empty Hedong County all the way, and take Puban City by surprise, directly threatening his Guanzhong lair, how could he not be shocked.

"The 50,000 iron horsemen of the Huns were destroyed like this, I heard that the fire ox array has been lost for a long time, how did the pottery thief be?" Cao Cao looked at the information in his hand with a look of disbelief.

Guo Jia hurriedly said: "King Qin, the matter has come to this, looking at the intention of the pottery thief, it is clear that he has changed his strategy, under the pretense of destroying the Jin, but he wants to take the opportunity to kill the middle side of my pass from Pusaka to destroy my Great Qin, without further ado, please send reinforcements back to Pubanjin to defend Pubanjin, and do not let the pottery thief cross the river." ”

Liu Ye was also busy saying: "What Feng Xiao said is very true, now that the cold winter has arrived, the Yellow River will be frozen in a few days, and the soldiers and horses of the pottery thieves can directly cross the river on ice without boats. ”

Cao Cao's body shook again and again, and he finally came to his senses, and ordered Ma Chao and Cheng Yu to ride forward with 10,000 steps, and then go to Pubanjin to deploy defenses in the starry night.

When reinforcements were sent, Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, and his scorched face gradually regained his calmness and coldness.

His gaze shot to Hangu Pass again, and a sneer rose at the corner of his mouth, "Pottery Merchant, do you think that if you take Pusaka City, you can force me to give up attacking Hangu Pass, hmph, this God-given opportunity for the five countries to jointly destroy Wei, how can this king give up easily, this time, if I Cao Cao does not recapture the Central Plains that belongs to me, I vow not to give up!" ”

……

When Cao Cao's reinforcements hurried to Pubanjin, the pottery merchants were leading the main army to attack along Fenshui in the direction of Jinyang.

The capture of Pubanjin was nothing more than 10,000 partial troops led by Yingbu, under the banner of his King of Wei, pretending to attack Guanzhong, the purpose of which was nothing more than to force Cao Cao to divide his troops and return to the defense, so as to reduce the pressure on the front line of Zhou Yafu in Hangu Pass.

The potter did not have enough rafts to let his army of 90,000 cross the river and attack Guanzhong, only to wait until the Yellow River froze and crossed the river on ice.

And by that time, Cao Cao must have built a strong fortification at Pubanjin on the other bank, and even if the army can cross the river smoothly, it may not be able to attack Guanzhong.

Moreover, in case Cao ** is in a hurry, and he leads the army to retreat, the pottery merchant will have to fight Cao Cao, a strong man, head-on.

Cao Cao is not as easy to bully as Yuan Shang.

The strategy of the potters has not changed, and they still want to destroy the Jin Kingdom first.

On the side of Yuan Shang, in order to prevent the Wei army from moving north, at the suggestion of Sima Yi, he cut down trees everywhere and destroyed earth and rocks to fill the mountain roads in southern Jin, delaying the Wei army to move north.

In order to guard against the pottery merchants' thunder cannons, Yuan Shang ordered the passes along the border to be closed and reinforced, all of which were reinforced with mountain stones to increase their solidity.

In order to resist the potters, Yuan Shang can be said to have made all his efforts to slacken, and no matter what, he had to block the potters' troops in the south of Jinyang.

……

Jiexiu Guannan, the camp of the Wei army.

The potter stood outside the camp, looking at the dangerous pass standing in the mountains from afar, and said with emotion: "The danger of Taihang is really not inferior to the Qinling Mountains. ”

In the past few days, the potters have deeply experienced the danger of merging the state.

Although his army went north was as many as 80,000, since he went north along Hedong County, his soldiers and horses could only march along the narrow roads on both sides of the Fenshui, and along the way they had to storm one Jin pass after another.

After ten days of marching, after paying thousands of casualties, his soldiers were killed in front of the Jiexiu Pass.

That is to say, in ten days, his army only advanced more than eighty miles north.

After that, there are several fortified cities, each of which is built by the mountain, and the city wall is built of mountain stones, so strong that even the thunder cannon can't break it.

If he attacks all the way, I'm afraid that in less than a year and a half, his army won't want to kill Jinyang.

The biggest headache for the potters is the grain and grass.

If it is delayed until the beginning of spring next year, as soon as the rain falls, the rugged mountain road will become muddy, and it will be even more difficult to walk.

At the same time, the transportation of grain and grass could not keep up, and the danger was not eyed, so the potters had no choice but to retreat.

The potter had to say that he could underestimate Yuan Shang, but he could not underestimate the mountainous terrain of Bingzhou.

"Report-" The scout rushed in, "King Wei, General Zhou Yafu has just sent news that Cao Cao has transferred 10,000 soldiers and horses back to Shiguanzhong, and the pressure on Hangu Pass has been reduced a lot, so he asks the king not to worry anymore."

Hearing this news, the potter's spirit perked up, and he looked at Zhang Liang, "Ovary, it seems that your plan to kill two birds with one stone has already laid down a bird." ”

"The pressure on Hanguguan has been reduced, and the play we played to Yuan Shang should almost end, and it's time to implement the second bird." A smirk swept into Zhang Liang's eyes.

At this time, Xiang Yu, who was unaware of the situation next to him, said: "Although the pressure on Hangu Pass has been reduced, although we can attack Yuan Shang with all our might, but this thief has obviously been prepared, all the checkpoints south of Jinyang are reinforced with mountains and stones, and our heavenly thunder artillery cannot be blasted. ”

"What else can you do if you don't attack, I think you can only attack hard." Fan Hao scratched his head and shouted.

The potter and Zhang Liang glanced at each other, and a hint of knowing smirk appeared in the eyes of the two ministers at the same time.

"Since you can't open the road to Jinyang City head-on, why not change your thinking and take a detour." Zhang Liang said with a meaningful smile.

"Roundabout?" Xiang Yu and Fan Xu looked dazed, and they couldn't guess the mystery of Zhang Liang's words for a while.

The potter had already smiled and said: "If you can't attack head-on, if the king doesn't attack, you will order the whole army to pull out the camp and go south, and then let the wind go to the king, let us divert to Pusaka and attack Guanzhong with the main division." ”

Diversion Guanzhong?

Xiang Yu and other generals were shocked, and they didn't want the potters to suddenly change their strategy, so they temporarily decided to tackle the key problems.

If you don't keep the current terrain and the state is so dangerous, since there is nothing to be done, it may not be wise to change your strategy to tackle key problems.

Xiang Yu's generals did not dare to question it, and immediately went to convey the order.

The next day, the Wei army, located directly south of Jiexiu Pass, began to retreat slowly, and nearly 80,000 Wei troops retreated along the Fen one after another, and within a few days retreated to Anyi, the administrative office of Hedong.

At the same time, Zhang Yi's fine work also released rumors, saying that the pottery merchants had decided to attack Guanzhong and change the first to destroy the Jin to the first to destroy the Qin.

As soon as the Wei army withdrew, the news soon spread to the Jiexiu Pass.

Yuan Shang and his ministers, more than 10,000 Jin troops with low morale, heard the news of the Wei army's retreat, and they were all relieved and relieved.

"The pottery thief must have seen that the terrain of my state was dangerous, and he was finally forced to retreat." Yuan Shang looked at the information in his hand, and also breathed a sigh of relief, and praised Sima Yi: "Zhongda, thanks to your strategy, you can help this prince turn the crisis into safety." ”

Sima Yi had a somewhat confident smile on his mouth, as if he was proud of his strategic success, he stroked his short beard slightly, and his whole body gradually filled with a bit of pride.

Although he was a little proud, he didn't dare to underestimate the pottery merchant too much, and said: "Although the pottery thief retreated, but this thief is very treacherous, Yi is only afraid that he is just pretending to retreat and go to attack the fortification, but he wants to take advantage of our slack to give us a surprise attack, and the Duke of Jin should also strictly order the army not to slack off." ”

Yuan Shang was convinced of Sima Yi at this time, so he naturally obeyed his words, and did not dare to relax at the moment, still patrolling the city day and night, and sent scouts to closely investigate the movements of the Wei army.

A few days later, the information that came back one after another finally dispelled Yuan Shang's worries.

Intelligence claimed that a large amount of grain and grass sent to Jiexiu had been diverted to the first line of Kasaka, and that Yingbu's front troops and horses were also cutting down wood and building rafts in preparation for crossing the river.

All indications are that the potter had given up attacking his Jin state and was determined to use troops against the Qin state.

Yuan Shang could finally breathe a sigh of relief, thinking about sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and when the pottery merchants were defeated by the other princes of the four routes, it would not be too late to send troops to get a piece of the pie.

……

Outside the city of Anyi.

The 80,000 battalions were all out of the camp, and the formation was over, just waiting to be pulled.

Xiang Yu rode his horse and said: "King Wei, the army has been assembled, just wait for the King of Wei to give an order, and the soldiers will kill Puban and take Guanzhong." ”

"Who said that this king is going to take Guanzhong." The potter's young face raised a cold smirk.

Xiang Yu was stunned for a moment, wasn't the strategy set in Jiexiu the previous time because it was difficult to attack the state, so he changed his strategy, crossed the Yellow River from Pubanjin to the west, and went to attack Guanzhong, what did King Wei mean by this?

Just when Xiang Yu was at a loss, the potter had already turned over and mounted his horse, pointed to the east, and shouted heroically: "Pass on the edict of the king, the whole army will return to Hanoi County in the east, and according to the original plan, take the Huguan with me in the north!" ”