Chapter Seventy-Seven: Trapped in Yangping
Hundreds of people joined forces to slowly advance the cupola cannon several meters high again, at this time it was less than 100 meters away from Yangping, and the formation was completed, and the soldiers looked solemn, waiting for Cao Zhen, the head of the army in front, to give an order.
In fact, Cao Zhen is now a little uncomfortable in his heart, in his opinion, the plan to cut down Shu is indeed a clever plan, which can be exchanged for the destruction of Shu at the least price, which is undesirable for Cao Zhen, and he will never forget, the first emperor had to abandon his brother Xiahou Yuan, defeated Hanzhong, and stopped the scene of Sichuan and Shu.
Although the first emperor had a good face, heavy morale, and was unwilling to show what he thought, but as a close minister of the first emperor and one of the leaders of the Tiger Ben army, Cao Zhen understood the helplessness and hatred of the first emperor at that time! Liu Bei, who used to be ravaged by himself and was bound to be defeated, actually had the ability to fight with himself on a frontal battlefield, and he defeated himself by his own strength, and he became the target of counterattack, and he couldn't stand it anymore.
Cao Zhen, like other people of the Cao clan, is full of awe and worship for Cao Cao for no reason, since serving as the governor of the three armies of Yongliang, his greatest wish is to be able to destroy the Shu State with his own hands, a snow in the past defeated and humiliated, the five-way army to cut down Shu, just to seek stability, after all, Cao Zhen also knows that it is difficult to take the country of Tianfu that occupies the geographical advantage by relying on his own strength, and there is a ninth-level great talisman master in this rich land that everyone in the Central Plains has to take seriously!
Therefore, Cao Zhen still acquiesced to Sima Yi's five-way plan to cut down Shu to His Majesty, although it was inconsistent with Sima Yi's decree, but in the face of the interests of Wei, he attached more importance to the great cause of Wei.
The disagreement with Sima Yi is mainly due to the reason of the New Deal, Sima Yi vigorously pushes the New Deal, but in fact, the New Deal damages the interests of the Cao clan, and if it goes on like this, one day this Great Wei is afraid that it will no longer be his Cao Clan's Great Wei! He even thought that after pacifying the Shu Kingdom, he would return to Luoyang and start to clean up Sima Yi, but who would have thought that the five-way army totaled more than 500,000 people, and it had not yet invaded Shu!
The soldiers and horses are complete, and the 150,000 army takes turns to attack, but for a long time they can't take Yangping Pass, which is only 10,000 or 20,000 people.
In order not to affect morale and allow the soldiers to continue to hold the determination to destroy Shu, Cao Zhen did not tell the soldiers that Eastern Wu did not send troops at all, and Hanzhong at this time did not fight at all, Meng Da was still inking on the road, Kebineng had already been defeated, and Meng Huo was even repelled by Wei Yan! Cao Zhen didn't say anything, he wanted to use this momentum of victory to quickly take Yangping, and then change the situation in other theaters and change the stalemate.
But I thought that it was difficult to move an inch on my side, more than 20 days have passed, and the morale of the soldiers is not as high as before, is it really impossible to get a CD in this life? Is it really impossible to destroy the Shu Kingdom?
No! In his lifetime, he Cao Zhen must completely conquer Shu to tell the first emperor in the sky, otherwise he will not have the face to serve the first emperor again after a hundred years.
Drawing his sword and pointing at Yangping, Cao Zhen shouted: "Target Yangping Pass, attack!" ”
"Whew! Call! ”
The cupola quickly bounced, and the howling wind, carrying the rolling black stones, crossed the Yangping Pass and fell into the city, setting off a sea of fire.
The houses in Yangping City are only for living, how can they compare to the thick walls of Yangping Pass, but where the black stone cannonball landed, with the stirring of the mysterious qi inside, it exploded violently, and the houses collapsed instantly, and the thick fire wrapped the dust in the sky, raging this piece of heaven and earth.
The bombardment has not stopped for a long time, Yangping has been in the sea of fire, when the sunset returns, today's sunset always feels a little red, I don't know if it is caused by the fire of this war.
"Into town!"
The last round of attacks stopped, and Cao Zhen waved his hand resolutely.
When the bombardment stopped, it was not only the Wei army that moved, but also the Shu army that had been aggrieved for a long time in the city had already climbed the city wall with anger, preparing for a new battle.
"Drive!"
There was a rush of shouts, and a large number of cavalry poured into the city, but not long after entering the city, they heard several bursts of neighing of men and horses, which seemed to be extremely miserable.
Under the light of the fire, today's evening is as bright as day, the Wei army and the Shu army in the city are easy to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, after discovering each other, they suddenly fought together in an instant, and the shouts of killing were everywhere, resounding inside and outside Yangping.
Cao Zhen, who was standing not far away, heard the prestige and saw the scene on the city, and immediately said angrily: "Increase troops on the city and exterminate the Shu army!" ”
Yangping long-term battle, the Wei army casualties are not small, because the terrain is not a pioneering zone, so the Wei army siege is mostly infantry attack, unwilling to use cavalry to attack the city, after all, the cavalry is good at field warfare, but not suitable for attacking fortified positions, and the cavalry is precious, people are precious, horses are also precious, the cost of a cavalry is enough to be worth several or even a dozen infantry.
And it is precisely like this, most of the losses of the Wei army are infantry, and the cavalry is intact, but the defenders on the city are mostly infantry, and the combat strength is less than the previous thirty percent, how can they be able to defeat the Shu soldiers including Liu Bei's Praetorian Guard.
Not long after Cao Zhen gave the order in anger, he saw the herald galloping his horse, and said anxiously: "Report!" Report to the Metropolitan Governor, there are a large number of traps in Yangping City, our army's vanguard troops were careless for a while, and they were deeply trapped in it, and then they were harassed by some Shu troops and suffered heavy losses! ”
"Surge! Ordered Guo Huai to lead the troops to support, and he must take Yangping for the governor of Pontus! ”
"No!"
Hearing this, Sun Li, who was standing on the side, looked sad, and immediately gritted his teeth and said: "At this time, the fire in Yangping City is raging, and chaos is everywhere, and my army is afraid that it will not be good to attack rashly!" ”
"The Pontus Governor has been attacking for more than 20 days and has failed to attack a single step in Yangping City, and now that the city gate is wide open, the Pontus Governor will never take a step back!"
Stretched out his hand and sucked, took a longbow, Cao Zhen held three arrows, and struggled to pull the string, for a time the bow was like a full moon, and the right hand suddenly let go, accompanied by a burst of breaking wind, three sharp arrows shot straight at the head of Yangping City, and suddenly overturned several Shu troops who were seizing the city.
"Great Wei will win!"
After drinking, holding a long knife in one hand, supporting the saddle with one hand, the figure swirled, stepped on the horse's head, and Cao Zhen swept towards the Yangping City Tower. When he got close to the city tower, with a wave of the long knife, the vast Xuan Qi turned into a sharp knife qi, cutting off all the Shu troops who came to stop him.
"Cao Zhen's thief is rampant! Somebody is here to fight you! ”
The same shout attracted Cao Zhen's gaze, before anyone arrived, the gun arrived first, and a silver gun wrapped in the sound of breaking the wind, like a broken bamboo piercing the void, as if penetrating all barriers.
With a twist of his hands, the long knife stood in front of him.
"Phew!"
With a soft sound, Cao Zhen's footsteps retreated slightly, and Fang barely blocked such a blow, and at this moment, a figure came, his hand slid from the bottom of the gun, and when he reached a third of the way, he suddenly clenched it, and then exerted his strength again.
I saw Cao Zhen, who had stopped his figure, retreated again, and when he retreated to the city wall, Cao Zhen stepped on the wall, turned sideways, and immediately took the knife to cut off the comer.
The person who came to attack with the gun was Zhao Yun, only to see Zhao Yun's big hand slightly loose, the spear then slid out, holding the end of the gun, Zhao Yun swept the thousands of troops and threw it out, forcing Cao Zhen in the air to give up the attack, the tip of the knife held the ground, and turned over again to dodge.
Landed, without resting, Cao Zhen attacked again, in a moment, the two had exchanged more than a dozen moves, and both of them had a very tacit understanding that they did not summon the Mysterious Beast, because in the eyes of the other party, the side that summoned the Mysterious Beast first lost a game.
The two kicked the soles of their feet at the same time, and attacked each other again, "Bang! The gun and knife collided, and the shaft and the barrel of the gun trembled, and both of them were shocked for a while, but they quickly held it again, and the knives and guns were against each other, and a competition for power immediately began.