"Didn't the pottery thief retire from the army, how could he appear in Shangdang County?" Feng Ji was the first to shout. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"The pottery thief has obviously gone to tackle the key problems, how can he kill the Huguan, isn't it that Guo Yuan misreported?" Lu Bu was also skeptical.

Everyone was shocked and puzzled, Yuan Shang woke up from the shock, and looked at Sima Yi anxiously.

Sima Yi's face was gloomy like haze, a trace of sudden realization flashed on his young face, his eyebrows condensed into a Sichuan character, and he said in a deep voice: "The pottery thief is really much more treacherous, now it seems that he has retired from the army, and he is just a false shot in the middle of the battle, and the real purpose is to return to Hanoi and raid my party!" ”

Everyone woke up suddenly, and there was an uproar, and Yuan Shang was even more so frightened that he gritted his teeth, ashamed that he had fallen for the trick of the potter.

"Duke of Jin, once the pottery thief captures Huguan, he can bypass my southern Jinnan defense line and take the southeast side of Jinyang, which should not be underestimated." Tian Feng reminded in a solemn tone.

Yuan Shang was angry and panicked, slapped the case suddenly, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Tao thief, do you think you have succeeded in your treacherous scheme, you can dream of it, my father will never let you take the pot pass!" ”

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Kettle off.

The flags are like a tide, the sound of killing is shocking, along the front line of the city is a forest of cloud ladders, and tens of thousands of Wei troops are launching a fierce attack on Huguan City.

Huguan is a place, there is Baigu Mountain in the north, there is Shuanglong Mountain in the south, the two mountains are sandwiched, the middle is empty, the mountain shape is like a pot, and it is named Huguan.

The potter was stationed in the middle of the army, and his eagle eyes were shooting at the enemy city, and he was commanding his army to storm Huguan.

It's just that the cross-section of this pot pass is narrow, and the north and south are only dozens of steps wide, and although the guard Guo Yuan has only 3,000 soldiers and horses, it is enough to densely arrange the entire city wall.

Although the number of soldiers and horses of the pottery merchants is dozens of times that of the enemy, the number of troops that can be put into battle at one time is only thousands of people and horses, and the advantage in the number of soldiers and horses cannot be reflected, and this siege war does not have an absolute advantage.

The siege continued, from afternoon to dusk, the corpses in front of Huguan were piled up like a mountain, and the Wei army suffered more than 1,000 casualties, but no one was able to attack the city.

Today's siege is only tentative, and the potters have seen the danger of Huguan, so they no longer damage the soldiers in vain, and ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

Night, King's Tent.

"The terrain of that Huguan is too narrow, our soldiers are crowded under the city, and half of the dead soldiers were injured by the arrows at the head of the city, so it is not the best strategy to attack it like this." Peng Yue, who was in charge of the attack, sighed.

The potter and the others nodded slightly, and they could see it without Peng Yue speaking.

At this time, Xiang Yu said: "King Wei, why don't you postpone the siege of the city, wait for the heavenly thunder cannon to come over, and then blast through the pot pass in one fell swoop." ”

"This pot is taken from the mountain and the stone is thorough, and the city wall will be extremely strong, even if I am afraid of the thunder cannon will not help." Peng Yue shook his head and said.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what should I do?" Fan Hao was impatient, and shouted: "We spent a long time trying to take the pot pass by surprise, if it drags on any longer, and wait for Yuan Shang's miscellaneous reinforcements to arrive, won't we be even more unable to take the pot pass." ”

After a while of discussion, everyone looked at the potter.

The potter, who had been groaning for a long time, slowly stood up, walked to the map, scanned a few points, and pointed to the point: "Where is Xiang Yutian Dan?" ”

"The end will be." The two of them are busy out of the ranks.

The potter pointed to the north of the map and ordered: "This king orders you two to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses each, bypass Huguan, sweep the cities to the north, and block the Jin army that comes to help." ”

"No."

"The number of soldiers is the advantage of our army, if we can take the rest of the cities of Shangdang, we can block Yuan Shang's reinforcements, and encircle Huguan into a lonely city, and then attack it in time, it is not a bad policy." Zhang Liang nodded.

The potter smiled, and then flicked the warrant: "Our true intentions have been exposed, and there is no need for Yingbu's soldiers and horses to act anymore, quickly send an order to him, and lead the army of Pusaka to the north, give me another attack on the border, and drag Yuan Shang." ”

This time Yan attacked Shangdang County, Tao Shang led nearly 80,000 main forces, Yingbu was on the Puban line, there were still more than 15,000 troops, bluffing and fake attack, Tao Shang ordered him to attack the boundary all the way, that is, to firmly drag Yuan Shang, so that he could not draw troops to rescue Huguan.

The order was handed down, Xiang Yu and Tian Dan each led 5,000 elite soldiers, crossed the mountains and mountains, bypassed Huguan, and went to capture the northern cities.

The Shangdang soldiers and horses were all gathered in Huguan, the rest of the counties were empty, Yuan Shang's reinforcements did not arrive in time, and the Wei army passed through the places where the Wei army, Lu County, Xiangyuan, Tonglu and other counties, almost bloodless, all fell by the Wei army.

Two days later, Xiang Yu led 5,000 elite soldiers to kill Niexian, the northernmost part of the Shangdang, and met Yan Liang, who was ordered by Yuan Shang to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce him.

Yan Liang's strength is not as good as Xiang Yu's, his ability to command troops is not as good as Xiang Yu's, and the number of soldiers and horses is not as good as Xiang Yu's, so the outcome of this encounter can be imagined.

After a fierce battle for half an hour, the Jin army suffered nearly 1,000 casualties, and Yan Liang was defeated by Xiang Yu and fled.

Xiang Yu did not go to chase Yan Liang's defeated army, according to the Taoshang's prior order, after capturing Niexian, he stopped the army and blocked the route from Jinyang to aid Huguan.

At this moment, Yuan Shang had led more than 10,000 main forces to rush back to Jinyang, waiting for the news of Yan Liang's reinforcements to Huguan.

It's a pity that he waited uneasily for a few days, but Yuan Shang waited for Yan Liang, who was defeated, and the bad news of the fall of Niexian.

"Nirvana City has been lost, and the pottery thief has used his troops so quickly!" Yuan Shang gasped.

"As soon as Nixian County is lost, the road to Huguan will be blocked, and it will be even more difficult for us to save Huguan again." Tian Feng said with a frown.

Yuan Shang's ministers were all panicked for a while, and the word solemnity was written on everyone's faces.

Yuan Shang clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said: "Now, it seems that this duke can only use all the troops at hand to recapture Nirvana, and no matter what, he must save the pot." ”

As soon as the words fell, a scout rode over and exclaimed: "Duke of Jin, Yingbu, who is located in Puban City, suddenly led his army north, and then attacked our realm and rested on it. ”

The Wei army reoffended the boundary!

This astonishing news made all the ministers present change color in shock, and Yuan Shang was even more shocked.

"Yingbu's soldiers and horses along the way, it is clear that the pottery thief wants to hold us back, so that we can't divide our troops to save Huguan." Tian Feng said in a deep voice.

Yuan Shang hated it, he only hated that he had too few soldiers and horses, and he was killed by the pottery merchant so that he couldn't care about each other, and he didn't know which way to save.

To save the world or to save the pot, Yuan Shang can only choose all the way.

Save Jiexiu, Huguan line, the Wei army can go north unhindered, from the southeast to the Jinyang side, the Jiexiu defense line that Yuan Shang painstakingly managed, into nothing.

If you go to save Huguan, and the soldiers of Jiexiu are only more than 1,000, if they are broken, the army of potters can go all the way to Jinyang from the south avenue, and he can't stop it at all with the troops at hand.

The danger of the two roads is a matter of survival, and Yuan Shang does not have enough troops at hand, so he really can't decide which one to save.

"Let's go and save Huguan first, after all, the enemy of Huguan is the main force of the Wei army, and the Yingbu Department of Jiexiu is only more than 10,000 people." Tian Feng persuaded.

Yuan Shangsi thought about it, and after thinking about it, he was about to order to lead the army to save Huguan, so he looked at Sima Yi again, wanting to hear his opinion.

Yuan Shang thought that Sima Yi would also support saving Huguan, after all, in addition to the reasons Tian Feng said, the Sima family, as well as his fiancée Zhang's family, were still in Huguan, and out of concern for the safety of his family, Sima Yi should also advocate to save Huguan.

"Duke Jin, Yi thinks that we should go to save the world." Sima Yi gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.

Yuan Shang's expression changed, obviously quite surprised by Sima Yi's reminder.

Sima Yi pointed to the south and said: "The direction of Jiexiu Pass, since ancient times, is the main road to capture Jinyang, the road is relatively flat, once the pottery merchants capture Jiexiu, the grain and grass soldiers can enter Taiyuan County unimpeded, and take Jinyang directly, so we must guard Jinyang, and the first thing is to guard the boundary and rest the pass." ”

"All the way to Shangdang County." Sima Yi pointed to the southeast again, "Although it can also lead to Jinyang, the road is more rugged, which is not conducive to the transfer of grain and grass. ”

Speaking of this, Sima Yi's young face added a bit of arrogance, "Huguancheng is full of grain for April, and the Guancheng is built of mountains and stones, even the Wei army's heavenly thunder artillery is absolutely difficult to break, Yi thinks that with Guo Yuan's ability, with 3,000 soldiers and horses, it is enough to hold it." ”

Sima Yi's words made Yuan Shang's anxious mood gradually ease a lot, and he couldn't stop nodding his head and regained his composure.

In the end, Sima Yi took a light breath and said coldly: "As long as the pottery thief can't take the pot pass, and the flank of Jinyang is as stable as a rock, we can concentrate the main force and go to Jiexiu to repel the Yingbu thief army all the way, and then wait for the spring rain, the Taihang road is muddy, and the pottery thief's grain and grass transportation is not good, and then move to the Huguan, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to break the pottery thief." ”

Sima Yi made a confident analysis, and Yuan Shang, who listened to it, nodded again and again, as if he saw new hope in the crisis.

Suddenly, Yuan Shang felt a little curious, so he asked: "Zhongda, your Sima family, and your fiancée are all in Huguan, but you are not in a hurry to save them, aren't you worried about their safety at all?" ”

Sima Yi's expression moved slightly, as if he was said to be a sore spot by Yuan Shang, but he arched his hand again, and said: "Compared with the rise and fall of the world, the safety of the family is more important, how can Yi not have a trade-off, for the great cause of the Jin Dynasty, Yi will not dare to abolish the public with private interests." ”

Yuan Shang was moved by these words, patted Sima Yi's shoulder and sighed: "Zhongda really understands the righteousness, this father has Zhongda, such as King Zhou has Jiang Taigong, why worry about the great cause." ”

Yuan Shang, who was in good spirits, immediately ordered to raise the troops of Jinyang and go to Jiexiu to deal with the Yingbu army.

On the Huguan side, Yuan Shang sent dead soldiers to cross the Wei army's defense line and go to Huguan to inform Guo Yuan, telling him to hold Huguan.

The Wei army did not achieve a complete blockade of Huguan, and Huguan stood between the mountains, and Yuan Shang's fine work could sneak into Huguan over the mountains and mountains, and send Sima Yi's edict into the city.

Guo Yuan didn't dare to disobey the order, so he had to order the whole army to stick to Huguan and fight to the death.

Yuan Shang's countermeasures, the pottery merchants in the Wei camp, soon learned from the information of the scout Xizuo, and he had to admit that this Sima Yi was really resourceful and ruthless, and he was able to disregard the safety of his own people and propose a strategy to Yuan Shang not to save Huguan

The purpose of the potter merchant was to drag down Yuan Shang's main force in Jinyang, and Sima Yi's offer was also in his arms.

The potters did not hesitate, and decided to concentrate the main force to attack Huguan, and must capture Huguan before the rain in spring and the Taihang Mountain Road became muddy.

Under the royal order, nearly 80,000 Wei troops began to launch a frantic attack on Huguan.

In a month's time, the Wei army launched more than ten attacks on Huguan, costing hundreds of thousands of arrows and nearly 5,000 casualties, but it just couldn't take the first pass of the Three Jins.

This pot pass is comparable to Tongguan and other dangerous guards in the world, Guo Yuan actually relied on this pass to achieve a husband and a husband, and ten thousand people could not open it.

The potter finally realized that he had underestimated the strength of Huguan, and he also understood why Sima Yi dared to be so bold as not to save Huguan that he was extremely confident in the sturdiness of this Xiongguan, and wanted to use this pass to nail him to Taihang Mountain and drag him until the spring rain came and the mountain road was muddy.

Huguan has been unable to be attacked for a long time, and in the direction of Jiexiu Pass, Yingbu's 10,000 soldiers and horses naturally have made no progress.

The Wei army on the east and west roads fell into a stalemate, and it seemed that the sinister nature of this Taihang Mountain blocked the pace of progress.

The coldest days have passed, the time has entered spring, the weather is getting warmer, and before you know it, it is time for the snow to melt.

The potter knows very well that as soon as the snow melts and the spring rain falls, even if he has endless grain and grass, he will not want to transport it again to meet the needs of eating and drinking.

Time waits for no one, and the potter has reached the point where he will not take Huguan within a month, otherwise, he will have to retreat and give up the plan to destroy the Jin Kingdom.

At dusk that day, there was another bombardment, hundreds of heavenly thunder cannons, more than 10,000 stone bullets were fired at Huguan in one go, the sky collapsed, and the momentum was terrifying.

The sound of the cannon was depressed, the dust and fog fell, and the potter raised his eyes to look into the distance, but saw that Huguan City was still standing tall except for a few scars.

"This pot pass is too fucking strong, could it be that this king's plan to destroy the Jin Dynasty is really going to be destroyed by a mere pot pass......" The potter frowned deeply, his eyes full of disgust.

At this time, Zhang Liang, who was condensing the city, suddenly his eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something instantly, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise a mysterious sneer.

He hurried forward and whispered to the potter.