A day later, Cao Cao's army of 50,000 vanguards came to Yangping Pass, the gateway to Hanzhong. The commander of the vanguard army is Cao Cao's brother Xiahou Yuan, known as the general of the rapid line, and the deputy general is Zhang He, one of the five good generals, all of whom are experienced in a hundred battles.

Xiahou Yuan saw the banner of Yangping Pass, as if he had been prepared, so he ordered to set up camp twenty miles away from Yangping Pass, waiting for tomorrow's attack.

Recently, Cao's army has been fighting again and again, and as soon as it broke through Xiliang and had not yet repaired, it hurried to Hanzhong again. Especially Xiahou Yuan's vanguard army, which has always rushed to the front line, and now the soldiers under his command are quite complaining. Fortunately, Xiahou Yuan's prestige is very high on weekdays, so there is no complaint.

Zhang He, as the deputy general of the vanguard army, is also a general who is very good at leading troops, he knows the importance of night patrol, so even if the soldiers work hard, he still arranges 500 soldiers to take turns on duty.

The moon climbed over the treetops and ducked into the clouds, and it looked like another very quiet night. Suddenly, the gates of Yangping were opened, and Zhang Wei led a group of cavalry to sweep towards Cao's army. When they were ten miles from the camp, the dozing night guard sentries finally woke up, and they rang the gong and shouted, but the soldiers in the tent did not want to move at all, until they themselves heard the sound of horses' hooves still in their ears, and they all got up in disheveled clothes.

Seeing the soldiers' dying-alive appearance, Zhang He was angry, and he hurriedly organized a group of spearmen to resist, wanting to stop the cavalry's charge. But Zhang Wei's cavalry, like slippery loaches, immediately scattered and charged in small groups of 100 men. Although this reduced the impact of the cavalry, in the face of the unprepared and depressed Cao army, everywhere he went, it was also overwhelming. Fortunately, Zhang Wei's cavalry was not many, only more than 3,000 horsemen, so the chaos caused was more than casualties.

Just as Zhang Weichong was overjoyed, he only heard Xiahou Yuan roaring:

"Bow battalion, shoot indiscriminately!"

"Ah......" With the sound of whizzing arrows breaking through the air, whether it was Cao Jun or Zhang Wei's cavalry, some people fell to the ground with arrows. Zhang Wei saw that Xiahou Yuan's bow and arrow battalion was powerful, so he immediately ordered the whole army to retreat! So, after Zhang Wei left more than 100 cavalry corpses, he successfully withdrew from the Cao camp.

After dawn, Cao Ying was gloomy, and the wails of soldiers could be heard everywhere.

In the military tent, Xiahou Yuan was even more angry, he was known as the general of the hurry, he was the only one who robbed other people's camps, which round was robbed by an unknown person to rob his own camp. Unexpectedly, he who had experienced a hundred battles, actually suffered such a big loss in front of Yangping Pass, which was really a great shame for his career as a soldier!

"Zhang He, I put you in charge of patrolling last night, why didn't Zhang Wei get any warning before he arrived?"

Seeing Xiahou Yuan blaming himself, Zhang He also said helplessly:

"General Xiahou, at the end of last night, the general had arranged for 500 soldiers to take turns on duty, but the soldiers were all tired from running around again and again, and our camp was only more than 20 miles away from Yangping Pass, so that Zhang Wei was lucky!"

Xiahou Yuan thought about it, it was indeed his own carelessness and ignored the feelings of the soldiers.

"Well, what about the casualties last night?"

Zhang He pondered for a moment, and said with an ugly face:

"One thousand wounded, five hundred killed!"

Hearing the casualty figures reported by Zhang He, the anger that Xiahou Yuan had just subsided came out again.

"The hateful Zhang Wei, when I take Yangping Pass, I will definitely behead him to show the public to vent the hatred in my heart!"

"Pass the order, attack the city at noon today, and take a reward of thousands of gold for Zhang Wei's head!"

After noon, Cao's army sounded the horn of the siege. In fact, the role of the general vanguard army is to pave the way and build bridges, spy on the enemy, if they can find the right fighter, it may also be surprisingly successful, and it is not their vanguard army's duty to attack the city. It is only because the number of Xiahou Yuan's troops is far more than that of the regular vanguard army, and he has his own set of combat styles, so his troops have a more comprehensive role than the regular vanguard army.

The 5,000 foot soldiers held the big shield, carrying the ladder and slowly advancing towards the Chaoyang Pingguan, and as the 5,000 foot soldiers pressed up, 3,000 crossbowmen and several simple well railings appeared in the rear again. Of course, it was impossible for the defenders of Yangping Pass to watch Cao's army approach, and by the time the big shield soldiers were 300 steps away from the city wall, the city wall had already begun to be full of arrows and locusts. However, under the cover of the shield, the arrows did not cause much damage to Cao's army.

The big shield soldier soon came to the city wall, and when the first cloud ladder was arranged, a smile finally appeared on Xiahou Yuan's face. But the good times didn't last long, many of the soldiers besieging the city smelled a greasy smell, and before they could react, a wave of rockets suddenly shot out from the city wall, and the poor more than 1,000 Cao soldiers had just arrived under the city wall, and they were instantly buried in the fire!

"Damn Zhang Wei!" Seeing this situation, Xiahou Yuan hurriedly ordered Ming Jin to collect his troops, "This must be a fire oil trap set up last night." ”

Seeing that Xiahou Yuan ordered the troops to be withdrawn, Zhang He immediately stepped forward and hugged his fists:

"General, it's not easy to make fire oil, even if Zhang Wei still has fire oil, it is impossible to arrange fire oil traps under our noses again, we just need to wait for the fire under the city wall to be extinguished, and then we can attack the city again!"

"Well, the order will go down, and the city will be attacked again in an hour!"

An hour passed quickly, and the same siege process was staged again, but the Cao army who came to the city wall was no longer as passionate and excited as the first time, but was frightened, for fear that they would be plotted by the defenders again.

However, the defenders on the city wall did not seem to have much resistance, and one after another ladders were quickly successfully erected on the wall, just as the Cao soldiers overcame their fears and climbed up the ladders one after another, dozens of soldiers carrying wooden barrels suddenly appeared on the city wall. Without saying a word, the soldiers poured the liquid in the barrel downstairs, so frightened that Cao Jun on the ladder rushed to jump down.

"Pour fire oil and release rockets!"

Hearing the sound of a talisman coming from the city wall, the Cao soldiers under the city wall fled faster. Another burst of rockets fired, but this time there were no expected flames under the walls, only the ladders left on the walls, all dragged up by the defenders.

Seeing this situation, Xiahou Yuan was simply angry, because he had given the order to retreat just now, which caused more than a dozen cloud ladders to be dragged away by the defenders.

"How could this unknown Zhang Wei child be so treacherous?"

Zhang He is also very depressed now, and the two sieges failed, especially the second time, which was simply a blatant play, which was a very big blow to the momentum of the soldiers. He thought about it, but still expressed his worries:

"General, there must be a master in this city to offer advice, can you postpone the siege of the city and wait for tomorrow to join Cao Gong?"

"No, I have an army of 50,000, if a small Yangping Pass can't be taken, what face will I have to see the lord again!" Xiahou Yuan directly waved his hand and rejected Zhang He's proposal, "Pass the order to go down, cut down wood and build a cloud ladder, attack the city tonight, and vow to take Yangping Pass"

"No!"