After observing the topography of the Sword Pavilion, Guan Yu convened a military meeting, which was presided over by the staff servant Xun You.

Although Guan Yu disdains Xun You's character, Xun Yu is holding a temperance and can restrain him, and he doesn't dare to be rude to Xun You.

Xun You observed the terrain along the way, and through the explanations of Fa Zheng and Deng Zhi, he learned about the danger and key of the Sword Pavilion, and realized that this was a battle that was not easy to open up the situation.

Therefore, at the military meeting, Xun You asked the generals to guard against arrogance and rashness, and absolutely not to forcibly attack the Sword Pavilion Pass because of impatience.

"The danger of the Sword Pavilion Pass, you have all seen it, as far as the current point of view, this is not a battle that can be quickly resolved, for the defense of the Sword Pavilion Pass, as well as the strength of the defense, I don't know very well, in order to avoid too high casualties in the army, a tentative attack is necessary."

Xun Yu suggested.

Guan Yu did not object, nodded in agreement, and the generals also nodded in agreement.

At present, the heavy weapon trebuchet of the army has not yet arrived, and even if the delivery does, it is estimated that the suppression of the trebuchet will be very problematic in the situation of the Sword Pavilion Guancheng.

What's more, the offensive side is too narrow, much narrower than most cities, and there are no multiple sides to climb.

Therefore, the Wei generals agreed that they should first conduct a small-scale tentative attack to feel the strength of the Shu army's defense, and then discuss other battle strategies.

So on February 13, Guan Yu's general Yang Qiu led a thousand elites to launch a tentative attack on Sword Pavilion Pass.

Wu Yi personally came to Guancheng, personally commanded, and used the Guancheng defense system to attack the Wei army head-on.

For a time, the Shu army fired thousands of arrows, arrows rained down, the Wei army was completely suppressed, not an inch can not advance, if it is not for the solid shield, the armor is excellent, the Wei army will inevitably suffer huge losses.

After Yang Qiu advanced to a certain area, he was unable to continue to advance, so he could only retreat, Guan Yu was not satisfied, and wanted to test again, so Cao Xiu asked for battle.

Although Cao Xiu, a relative general, is young, he has always been known for his courage and bravery, and he was personally taken by Guo Peng to guide the use of soldiers, and he has made great contributions in Liangzhou and has a lot of prestige in the army.

Guan Yu had great hopes for Cao Xiu, hoping that Cao Xiu could open up the situation, but Cao Xiu led a thousand men and horses to advance, and the results achieved were not much better than Yang Qiu.

From the beginning to the end of this battle, Cao Xiu was suppressed by the rain of arrows and couldn't raise his head.

The rain of arrows was too dense, the defense of the Shu army was very active, and the Wei army could not advance with a big shield, and finally was forced to be helpless, and Cao Xiu could only lead his troops to retreat.

In the two attacks, thirteen Wei troops were killed and thirty-one were wounded, and the casualties were not large, but the results of this tentative attack made Xun You, Guan Yu and other high-level Wei troops look dignified.

"I didn't expect the defense of the Shu people to be so tight, we couldn't move forward at all, there were too many arrows, the defense was too active, if our army didn't form a formation and push the big shield, it would be difficult to move an inch, and the arrows were too dense, the more people in our army, the more likely it was to suffer a large number of casualties.

And what is even more infuriating is that our army has suffered huge casualties, but it is impossible to touch the Shu people at all, it is difficult to fight back, the Shu people have no casualties, but the casualties of our army are very huge, and the strong attack is really not a suitable tactic, I suggest that we find another way to attack again. ”

Cao Xiu looked gloomy and told all his feelings.

Guan Yu's face was solemn, Xun Yu didn't speak, Deng Zhi and Fa looked at each other, and Pang Xi didn't dare to come out.

Zhang He, who was standing on the side, put forward his own opinion.

"The Shu people naturally know the importance of this battle for them, and this road is the only way to Chengdu from Hanzhong, and the Sword Pavilion is the throat of this road, they must use heavy troops to defend, I think that such a defensive strength is normal, instead of attacking, it is better to wait for the trebuchet to arrive, and then find a way."

Cao Xiu nodded, supporting Zhang He's opinion.

"A strong attack will definitely not work, the casualties will be too great, the losses will be too much, we can't afford it, but if we wait for the trebuchet to come, the range of the trebuchet is far beyond the bow and crossbow, and it can be attacked far away from the Shu people's defense line, and it will definitely bring some results at that time."

Guan Yu pondered for a moment, frowned, and said: "Having said that, even though the trebuchet is useful, but the Sword Pavilion Guancheng is tall, wide and deep, and it is also made of stone accumulation, and it also makes use of the surrounding mountains, although the trebuchet can deter the Shu people, but it can't destroy the Guan City and open up the road, in this way, it still doesn't make much sense." ”

Xun You pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe you can try it with the Heaven-Shaking Thunder." ”

Guan Yu looked up at Xun You.

"The earth-shattering thunder sounded like thunder, but after all, the damage was limited."

"Even though the damage is limited, after all, the sound is like thunder."

Xun You said with a smile: "Our army just retreats and rests, and asks people to release it during the day, at night, and in the early morning, so that the defenders of the city cannot rest day and night, which will inevitably greatly damage energy, and in recent years, His Majesty has strictly ordered the Gunpowder Department of the Ministry of Industry to improve the gunpowder and earth-shaking thunder, which has increased the lethality of the earth-shaking thunder."

Although I haven't seen it directly, it is said that when General Le pacified the rebellion in the four counties of Jingnan, he used a new type of earth-shaking thunder to attack the mountains and forests, which greatly killed and injured the Nanban in the four counties of Jingnan.

In addition, the fierce fire oil tank is also a good choice, without touching the flammable, it can burn itself, we use a trebuchet to put the fire oil tank into the city, burning, maybe a large number of things can be burned by the Shu people defending the city, but also reduce their defense. ”

The generals and staff officers nodded their heads again and again, believing that Xun You's opinion was correct.

In the case of not being able to storm the Sword Pavilion Pass, such an approach may not be a way out.

"Then the only problem at the moment is food, and the grain road should not be a big problem......

Guan Yu stroked his long beard and beautiful hair.

"It's not a big problem, the grain and straw accumulated in Hanzhong are enough for our army to use for two years, from Hanzhong to Jiange, there are waterways to transport grain, tens of thousands of people and auxiliaries to ensure the transportation of grain, and General Gao Ran in Wudu to suppress the barbarians, and the grain transportation capacity is enough to use."

Zhang He stepped forward to report.

"Two years...... If this city can't be taken for two years, it is estimated that Chengdu would have been broken by Le Wenqian, he attacked from Padang County, and it was much easier to take the mountain road than if we took the mountain road, this Le Wenqian is not a simple person. ”

Guan Yu's words were a little unhappy.

His qualifications are deeper than those of Lejin, Yu Ban, Zhang Liao and others, and among the five tiger generals ranked by the Wei people, only Cao Ren and Zhao Yun have deeper qualifications than him.

He is actually not as open as Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong.

Xiahou Yuan has a brave personality, but he doesn't care much about officials and the like, Cao Hong cares about these very much, but he cares more about money and enjoyment than officials.

Usually there is nothing to say under Cao Ren, Cao Ren is recognized as the first in the army in terms of seniority and military merits, and he is still a relative general, he grew up with Guo Peng since he was a child, this relationship, no matter how arrogant Guan Yu is, he does not dare to challenge.

But if he compares it to Le Jin alone, he is not happy.

He asked himself if he was no worse than Lejin.

When it comes to using soldiers, he is very confident, and when it comes to qualifications, he and Zhang Fei are lower than the relatives of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, and Liu Bei has been following Guo Peng since his death, which is deeper than Lejin who only joined Guo Peng when he served as the assassin of Qingzhou.

As a result, Lejin came to the top and held a higher position than him.

He was not convinced by the fact that Lejin's position was above him, he felt that he would not lose to Lejin, and he wanted to surpass Lejin.

Now that he has the opportunity to compare with Lejin, how can he be willing to let it go in vain?

However, Guo Peng's will to him is very clear, he is an auxiliary army along the way, and Lejin is the main army, he is to attract as many Shu troops as possible to defend here and share the offensive pressure for Lejin.

But whenever there is a chance, Guan Yu is not willing to let it go.