Chapter 555: Ill-intentioned
"They're still moving?" When Guan Ping came to the Tiger Prison Pass, the time had entered April, and the scouts on both sides would clash every day, and there were also war dead, but not many, they were all trying to cut off, Guan Ping had been trying his best to consolidate the defense around Luoyang during this time, after all, if it was about troops, the Han was definitely at a disadvantage.
Liu Yi left Zhou Huai in Luoyang in order to be able to defend the Luoyang area in time.
"Not bad." Zhou Cang came to Guan Ping's side and nodded: "But that Xu Huang doesn't seem to have any intention of sending troops." ”
Now that Guan Yu has been promoted to general, he is also worried that Guan Ping will not be able to stabilize the situation alone, so he left Zhou Cang to assist Guan Ping, and has stayed by Guan Yu's side for so many years.
Guan Ping silently came to the head of the city, and looked around, the terrain in front of the Tiger Prison Pass was in full view, and it was more than seventy miles away from Xingyang, so he naturally couldn't see it, but he also noticed that Xu Huang might not really want to fight, or that the goal of the Wei army was not in Heluo, but even so, Guan Ping couldn't take it lightly, in Liu Yi's words, even if there was a 1 in 1,000 chance, he had to make 300% preparations.
This is also the reason why Guan Ping rarely makes mistakes in battles, he knows that he does not have the talent of his father, no matter what kind of troops, in the hands of Guan Yu, he can exert his combat power, including sailors who have never been in contact, Guan Yu can still lead the battle, and not lose to those generals with many years of experience in water warfare.
Talent is not enough, be careful to make it, on the battlefield, if you don't lose, you win, of course, for this sentence, Guan Ping has not understood it too thoroughly.
"Is there any news lately?" Thinking of this, Guan Ping suddenly became a little curious, Liu Yi was the governor of Xiliang this time, and he was also dealing with the Huns, I don't know what kind of action Liu Yi would take to deal with such an opponent?
"I heard Yuanjian say that Sikong built more than 30 large camps and hundreds of high platforms along the river to the north of Lian County, and at the same time began to build a large number of farms and pastures in the west of Lian County, only one within a radius of more than ten miles, organizing people to cultivate or graze by hand, and the others are not too clear, I heard that there are other actions." Zhou Cang thought for a while and said, "I heard that there is something in Lian County recently, but I don't know if it's true." ”
"Where the space is, it will naturally not be too bad." Guan Ping couldn't help laughing and said, he has been running around for a while, and he doesn't know much about the news from the imperial court, but this is indeed like Liu Yi's style, and it is unlikely that he will attack the Hetao, but it is not easy for the Huns to cross the river: "If there is a chance, I want to go and see." ”
Zhou Cang nodded, he was also curious about what the northwest land would be like for Liu Yi.
Just as they were about to leave, an arrow suddenly rose into the air on the top of the mountain in the distance, and Guan Ping and Zhou Cang's eyes froze, which was a signal that the enemy was coming.
"Alert!" Guan Ping waved his hand, signaling the soldiers to get ready, and at the same time took off the bamboo telescope given to him by Liu Yi from his waist and looked into the distance.
In the distance, along the direction of the river, a group of men and horses are slowly walking towards this side, from the telescope, the number of the other party is not much, judging by Guan Ping's experience, there are only about three or five thousand people, this point of people and horses, not to mention attacking the Tiger Prison Pass, it is impossible to touch the city wall.
On one side of the Yellow River flowing through the north side, on the other side is a cliff, so that the enemy can attack, there is only such a large area.
Liu Yi originally in order to improve the defense of the Tiger Prison Pass, carved a corridor on the mountain wall, a hundred steps, like a right angle, if there is an enemy to attack, not only will be attacked by bows and arrows from the city wall, but also from the side of the corridor, even the shield may not be able to cover, although the Tiger Prison Pass has not been rebuilt, but in terms of defense, it is Liu Yi more assured.
Not to mention three or five thousand people, even if the thirty or fifty thousand army wants to eat the Tiger Prison Pass garrisoned by three thousand soldiers and horses, it will have to break a few teeth, Xu Huang has already sent someone to investigate the defense of the Tiger Prison Pass before, how could he come with three or five thousand people? What's the difference between this and looking for death?
Thirty crossbows quickly filled the crossbow box, a strong bowman with a strong bow was also quickly put into place, and three hundred crossbowmen stepped into the corridor with a repeater machine, waiting for the enemy to enter the firing range, and then immediately fired ten thousand arrows, so that the Wei army had no return.
The advantages of the Han army's bow and crossbow, Xu Huang had been taught more than once before, so he didn't get too close, there were still two hundred steps away from the city, and there were two hundred steps away from the corridor. ”
Zhou Cang looked at Guan Ping, Guan Ping didn't answer, just looked carefully at the array of the Wei army, the other party obviously knew a lot about the bow and crossbow of the Han army, and avoided a possible attack at the beginning.
Guan Ping looked in the direction of the river, if Xu Huang had any tricks, he could only attack from the river, but did the Cao army have a water army?
He has repeatedly confirmed that it is impossible for the Cao army to cross the river to attack, Zhou Huai set up 400 fixed catapults there, if the Cao army dares to cross the water and attack, these catapults alone may make the Cao army lose more than half.
What exactly does Xu Huang want to do?
"Dare to ask General Guan Ping?" The Wei general shouted, but no one answered, but the cold arrows on the head of the city were aimed at him, and he was a little panicked, and he had the courage to shout again.
"I'm Guan Ping, what's the matter?" Guan Ping, who didn't find any flaws, asked aloud while thinking in his heart that if the Wei army was determined to recapture the land of Heluo, he would take that way.
"My general Xu Huang is an old friend of General Yun Chang, and he also has a friendship with his fellow villagers, and he wants to ask the general to go out of the city, and General Wanwang agrees." The rider shouted.
See me?
Guan Ping frowned, he and Xu Huang didn't seem to have met, what did Xu Huang do when he saw him?
"What?" Guan Ping said vigilantly, this thing is a bit abnormal, Xu Huang, who is so good, suddenly came to reminisce about the past, what is the intention? And how did he know that he was in the Tiger Prison?
Isn't this Xu Huang trying to capture himself alive?
Guan Ping remembered that Liu Yi was asked out by Lu Meng in the fishing village in the past, and was almost captured by Lu Meng, but did Xu Huang have the confidence to capture himself?
"Don't worry, general, my general is just to catch up on the past!" The general said loudly.
"Tell him I'm not available." Guan Ping shook his head, if it was his father here, maybe he would agree, after all, among the generals in Cao Ying, one has a good relationship with Guan Yu, one is Zhang Liao, who has become an ancient man, and the other is Xu Huang, maybe Guan Yu will really not be able to wipe his face and agree, but Guan Ping will not, one is that he really can't think of anything to talk about with Xu Huang, and the other, he is also worried about what tricks Xu Huang will play.
Lu Meng was also a great character back then, what was the result? It's not that he can't be forcibly captured, but he was dragged back to the city by Liu Yi, Guan Ping didn't want to take the safety of the entire Heluo land because of an inexplicable invitation.
Seeing that Guan Ping refused, the cavalry general could only turn his horse's head and return to the army.
"General, that Guan Ping refuses to leave the city." The rider came to Xu Huang's side and bowed.
"It's a pity." Xu Huang's face was filled with a touch of regret, and he took out a small hand crossbow from his arms, this crossbow is a sharp weapon recently developed by the craftsmen of the Wei Dynasty, within fifteen steps, the power is acceptable, at least it can penetrate the armor of the Han army, and the trench is opened on the arrow edge, which is a killing weapon researched by Cao Cao when he was still alive, and it is also smeared with poison, as long as the arrow is hit, he will definitely die.
Originally, he wanted to lure Guan Ping out in this way, and then shoot him with an arrow, as soon as Guan Ping died, Heluo would be chaotic, and his own team would be able to turn fiction into reality, and directly take advantage of the situation to attack Luoyang and recapture the land of Heluo.
However, Guan Ping was different from Guan Yu and did not agree, which made Xu Huang, who had made a lot of mental preparations, a little disappointed, if Guan Yu was here, he would definitely not hesitate to come out to meet him, right?
It's just that if you face Guan Yu, you may not be able to do it.
"General, what should I do?" The rider asked.
"Withdraw first!" Xu Huang looked at the corridor in the distance, the three hundred crossbowmen were eyeing each other, and now the Tiger Prison Pass is probably more difficult than before, Xu Huang has fought all his life, and he has never seen such a defense system, if it is a frontal attack, I am afraid it will be difficult to break through.
His eyes finally stayed in the direction of the city for a moment, Xu Huang decisively led his troops to withdraw, today to see if he can trick Guan Ping out and wait for the opportunity to shoot him, and on the other hand, he also wants to come to the city in person to feel how good the defense system after the reconstruction of this tiger prison pass is.
Now it seems, but just exposing the outside so that they can see these things, has made Xu Huang feel more tricky, he had sent someone to pretend to be a fisherman to go around the river, but before he was halfway, he suddenly couldn't move, and was later captured by the defenders of the Tiger Prison.
I don't know why, but that section of the river is certainly not as simple as it seems!
Although this is a feint, but according to the Wei Dynasty's detailed return on the Han side, there is no obvious troop movement from Guanzhong to Luoyang, so what is the significance of his troops here?
Seeing that the time for Sima Yi to attack was approaching, and his side was not able to contain more Han soldiers and horses as expected, Xu Huang wanted to try to see if he could break through this tiger prison, if he could break through the tiger prison, the situation would be different.
But at the moment, Guan Ping is not in a good position, and Xu Huang can only retreat first and find another way, or, find a way to detour to Hedong and attack Mengjin directly from Hedong?
On the enemy floor, Guan Ping watched the Wei army slowly retreat, at this distance, it is really difficult to chase without cavalry, Zhou Cang on the side looked at Guan Ping suspiciously: "Then why did Xu Huang come from?" ”
Guan Ping narrowed his eyes and looked at Wei Jun's gaze with a little coldness: "If I go out of the city, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back." ”