Chapter 410: Fierce Battle Yangping Pass
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Cao Liang had a deep interest in the words hanging on the city gate, in various official documents of the Wei State, this place is called Yangping Pass, this title is the name of the Han Dynasty, although the geographical location of this Yangping Pass and the Yangping Pass of the Han Dynasty is not the same, but just like the Hangu Pass, the location of the Han and Wei Guancheng is different, but the title has not changed.
But the Shu people called it Yang'an Pass or Yang'an Pass, obviously to avoid what to change the name, but who to avoid, Cao Liang is unknown, the first master is Liu Bei, the second master is Liu Chan, obviously not the two of them, Cao Liang asked a few soldiers, they are also confused, I don't know why this Yangping Pass was renamed Yang'an Pass, anyway, everyone has always called it that, and they have long been used to it.
Of course, Cao Liang didn't break the casserole to ask to the end, whether it was Yangping Pass or Yang'an Pass, it was just a name code, but it didn't mean anything.
Now Cao Liang's task is how to lead the 700 Yue cavalry battalion to hold Yangping Pass, and wait until the rest of the Wei army comes to take over.
The strength of the cavalry is not to defend the city, but now it is to catch ducks on the shelves, and it is not good if you don't go up, how can you give up the Yangping Pass that you just worked so hard to get?
Therefore, no matter how difficult this battle is, Cao Liang must defend Yangping Pass.
Shi Bao has a rude personality and is brave in battle, while Deng Ai is delicate and thoughtful, with the assistance of these two people, the combat effectiveness of the current Yuecai battalion is not ordinary, even if the defense of the city is not the strength of the Yuecai battalion, but as an all-round team, no matter what kind of battle, it must be called to come, and it can fight.
As for who the opponent is, this is undoubtedly worth looking forward to by Cao Liang.
Accustomed to seeing the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Liang naturally cherished those famous generals of Shu, but in the post-Three Kingdoms era, the stars withered, and Shu was also short of talents.
Of course, what Cao Liang is looking forward to more is the appearance of friendly troops, but now the closest Wei army to this is also the army besieging Hancheng, although after taking Yangping Pass, Cao Liang has notified Xiahou Xuan as soon as possible, asking him to send troops over immediately, but the journey of more than 100 miles is not just about it, and Cao Liang needs to wait a little longer.
Jiang Wei's movements were half a beat faster than Wei Jun's reaction, starting from Baishui Pass, only a few dozen miles away from Yang'an Pass, Jiang Wei was lightly armed, so it only took half a day's work, Jiang Wei had already arrived at Yang'an Pass.
What kind of city is Yang'an Pass, I'm afraid Jiang Wei knows better than anyone else in his heart, when Zhuge Liang sent people to build Yang'an Pass, Jiang Wei also served as a superintendent, and it can even be said that Yang'an Pass has seen every brick, tile, stone and wood.
It is quite difficult to conquer such a dangerous city, unless it is a sneak attack strategy used by the Wei army to break through the pass.
But such a successful sneak attack is almost impossible to replicate, the Wei army has already succeeded in the sneak attack, how can it be possible for the Shu army to counterattack back, so such a situation is almost zero.
Now Jiang Wei's only hope is that the reinforcements of the Wei army have not arrived at this moment, and now in Yang'an Guancheng, it is only the hundreds of cavalry who broke through the city yesterday.
Although it is said that the cavalry of the Wei State is very powerful, and Jiang Wei, who was born in Yongliang, knows this well, but the strength of the cavalry lies in field battles, and if you defend the city, it will be overkill.
Therefore, after arriving at Yang'an Pass, Jiang Wei didn't even have time to rest for a while, and directly ordered the Shu soldiers to launch a siege operation.
In this expedition to Qiang, it was basically based on mountain warfare, and Jiang Wei could only be lightly armed and simple to facilitate mountain warfare, and none of the large and heavy equipment was prepared.
Even the ladders were made overnight by Jiang Wei during the rapid march, which made people cut down the bamboo on the side of the road overnight, which was relatively simple and rough, Jiang Wei was not so meticulous, these ladders were disposable consumables, and the quality was generally acceptable.
At this moment, the ladders that had been made overnight were erected and erected on the city wall.
Jiang Wei issued an order to siege the city, and also announced a reward order, the first soldier to attack the city, a reward of 10,000 gold, a reward of 100 hectares of land, the Qiang soldiers in the Shu army naturally became the main force of the siege.
Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men, such a reward, for those Qiang people who have lived in the depths of the mountains all their lives and lived a poor life, such a temptation is irresistible, so these Qiang soldiers' eyes are red, and they are all rushing to the front, for fear that others will snatch the reward.
Cao Liang saw the Jiang Zi banner, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised, he didn't expect Jiang Wei to come in person, Jiang Wei at this moment, didn't he say that he went to the west to crusade against the Qiang rebellion, why did he appear here?
But the current situation made Cao Liang not think about those others at all, the Shu army was pouring out of the nest and launched the way of the ant attachment to attack the city, the entire cloud ladder was full of Shu soldiers, and there were also those who used flying claw ropes, threw them up, hooked them on the city wall, and climbed up the wall along the rope.
A large number of bows and crossbows prepared by the Wei army came in handy, and the arrows flew sideways, shooting towards the Shu soldiers who were besieging the city.
The Qiang soldiers were poorly equipped, using at most weapons such as knives and guns, and as for armor and shields, they were rarely equipped.
Without the protection of armor and shields, the casualties of these Qiang soldiers are naturally much greater, and any feather arrow may easily end their lives, not to mention that in this situation of ten thousand arrows, it is extremely normal for the Qiang soldiers to have more casualties.
Obviously, Jiang Wei doesn't care too much about the life and death of these Qiang soldiers, and it is not too difficult to recruit these Qiang soldiers, as long as they have food and salary.
However, in the face of huge casualties, these Qiang soldiers don't know what fear is, it seems that the life and death of others have nothing to do with them, in their eyes, there is only a huge reward, and they are eager to be the first to set foot on the city of Yang'an Pass, and they don't care about anything else.
This battle has been fierce from the beginning, knowing that the number of Wei troops defending the city is limited, Jiang Wei bet thousands of people at one time, that is, he is ready to use the tactics of the sea of people to pile up, no matter how clever your archery skills are, one arrow can only kill one, now the number of people attacking the city of the Shu army is several times that of the Wei army defenders, Jiang Wei hopes that in this way, he can quickly break through the city of Yang'an Pass.
Cao Liang transferred all the forces that could be mobilized to the city wall, and fought with all his strength to ensure that the city was not lost.