Cao Shuang agreed without hesitation, at the moment of crisis, it was the need for a hot-blooded warrior like Cao Liang to come forward and save the army from fire and water.

In addition to Cao Liang's headquarters, Cao Shuang also specially allocated 10,000 horses to Cao Liang, after all, Jinwei is a dangerous pass, and it is difficult for cavalry to be useful.

After this battle, the Wei army suffered a lot of losses in soldiers and horses, and there were really not too many men and horses that could be transferred to Cao Liang, and the remaining soldiers and horses had to reorganize the defense line to prevent the Shu army from attacking again.

Cao Liang didn't care, the Shu army didn't have many troops in gold, just relying on the danger to guard, the terrain there was narrow, even if Cao Liang had more men and horses, he couldn't use it, 10,000 people were enough.

Cao Liang received the order arrow and immediately set off with his troops.

In fact, the road from Akasaka to Gold is not far, only a few dozen miles away, but the road is difficult and difficult to walk.

Cao Liang basically walked east along the Han River, the flow of the Han River in Hanzhong was still very gentle, but after arriving at Akasaka, all the way to the mountains and valleys, the river became narrow, and the water flow became turbulent, and the waves were terrifying, making people dizzy just by looking at it.

On both sides of the Han River, there are extremely steep cliffs, the slope is extremely large, the road to the gold, is to dig on the cliff by the river, on one side is the rapid flow of the river, on the other side is a steep and straight cliff, a slight slip under the foot, you may fall into the deep stream, swept away by the rapids.

Yanghu and Du Yu accompanied Cao Liang to fight this time, and Cao Liang specially asked Xiahou Xuan for people, after all, these 10,000 horses need generals to command, and Cao Liang doesn't want to transfer an unfamiliar general to cooperate with him.

In this kind of critical battle, the cooperation between the leaders is extremely important, and if a tacit understanding cannot be formed, this battle is really difficult to fight.

And Yang Hu and Du Yu are the most trusted people by Cao Liang, although they are still very young and lack some actual combat experience, but their military talent is enough to make up for this lack.

Although the road was difficult and difficult, but the time was urgent, Cao Liang could not allow Cao Liang to delay, Cao Liang ordered the army to speed up, double the road, set out from Akasaka in the morning, and arrived at the foot of the Golden City in the evening.

The first time I saw the Golden City, it was indeed quite shocking, the whole pass, as if embedded in the cliff wall of the river, the south wall of the city, built on the cliff, the waves rolled up by the Han River rapids, slapped heavily on the wall.

And the north wall of the city - oh, there is no north wall at all, and the 100-foot cliff that is nearly 90 degrees vertical acts as the north wall of the golden wall.

It is estimated that there is no higher wall in this world, let alone climbing, even if you look up, your neck is sore, and I am afraid you can't see the top.

There are only two city gates in the golden enclosure, one east and one west, the width of the north and south of the city is only a few dozen zhang, and there are two or three miles in the east and west, and in the middle of the city, there is also an inner city, with a radius of fifty zhang, shaped like a fortress.

This dual structure of the inner and outer city maximizes the city's defense capability, and there is a large amount of grain, grass and ordnance in the inner city, even if the outer city is lost, the defenders can retreat to the inner city, and they can hold on for a long time.

The geographical location of Jinjinwei and Yangpingguan is very similar, both are facing mountains and water, Cao Liang successfully won Yangpingguan, relying on a sneak attack, surprise, unpreparedness, but this success is not replicable, at least it is impossible to use in Jinwei.

Since the Xingshi area has long fallen into the hands of the Wei army, the Golden Siege is behind enemy lines, so naturally there can be no negligence, and the guard of the Golden Siege, Liu Yin, a veteran who is over sixty years old and has rich experience, will never give Cao Liang any chance to sneak attack.

Since the Wei army arrived at Xingshi, the Golden Siege has completely entered a state of combat readiness, twelve hours a day, the city gate is closed, the defenders guard the city in shifts day and night, regardless of whether the enemy is coming, Liu Yin has asked the Shu army defending the city to maintain a high state of alert, and can not take it lightly for a moment, relax their vigilance.

The defenders of the Golden Siege are only 2,000 people, and Liu Yin naturally has no ideas for anything else with such a small army, and it is his duty to guard the Golden Siege, even if the battlefield in Hanzhong is turned upside down, it has nothing to do with him.

When Cao Liang arrived at the Golden Siege, it was already getting late, and seeing that the city gate was closed and the defenders on the city were well armed, Cao Liang gave up the plan to attack the city overnight, and ordered the army to camp in a mountain four or five miles away from the Golden Siege, planning to attack after dawn.

In order to prevent a sneak attack by the Shu army in the middle of the night, Cao Liang also specially assigned Deng Ai to lead a team of men and horses to patrol at night, although Cao Liang also thought that the possibility of a sneak attack by the Shu army was very low, but he was not afraid of 10,000, he was afraid of what happened, even if the possibility was very small, Cao Liang had to be foolproof.

After all, the Shu army did not attack, Liu Yin must also be self-aware, he did not dare to gamble with his limited strength, and it was the best choice to defend the city.

Presumably, Liu Yin will not be able to sleep peacefully this night, mobilizing troops and horses, organizing defenses, and dealing with the fierce battle that will start tomorrow, which is enough for him to be busy all night.

The fourth watch made rice, the fifth watch set off, and when the sky was just dawning, the Wei army had already sounded the rumbling war drums and launched an attack on Jinjinwei.

In order to successfully win the gold, Cao Shuang deliberately equipped Cao Liang with some of the remaining catapults and bed crossbows of the Wei army.

Due to the difficulty of the Shu Road, the number of heavy equipment such as catapult lathes and crossbows equipped by the Wei army in this attack on Hanzhong is relatively small, and in the previous battles, the loss rate is also very high, and now there are only more than 20 catapults and more than 50 ballistas that can be equipped with Cao Liang.

However, compared to the road in front of the Golden Fence, these heavy equipment are already too much, and the narrow road cannot be used at all.

Cao Liang tried throwing a few stone bullets, and found that the city wall surrounded by gold was completely made of stone blocks, which was extremely strong, and those stone bullets smashed on the city wall, at most, a few stone chips collapsed, and even the fur of the city wall could not be injured.

The effect of the bed crossbow was also unsatisfactory, and the solid stone wall made it impossible for those crossbow arrows to penetrate at all, but only burst out a string of sparks, and the crossbow arrows fell to the ground.

There is a world of difference between the stone city wall and the rammed earth city wall, and the degree of solidity is more than ten times worse, but because the stone city wall is too expensive, the general city simply cannot afford it, and the gold is close to the mountain, and the local materials can be used, so it can be built into a stone city wall.

Cao Liang saw that the attack effect of the catapult and the bed crossbow was average, but because of the heavy machinery, a lot of time was wasted, so he ordered the abandonment of the catapult and the bed crossbow and launched an ant-attached siege against the golden wall.