Chenggu, as the eastern gateway of Nanzheng, guards the throat of Fu Luo Road to the south of Nanzheng. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

A few days ago, the Yan army went south from Fu Luo Road, and constantly launched a strong attack on Chenggu County, and the shouting and killing outside the city never stopped.

Originally, the defenders couldn't help but be frightened in the face of the imposing Yan army, but who knew that within a few days, the Yan army's baggage battalion transported a lot of bed crossbow parts from the rear, so that the front-line attacking troops had more siege weapons.

Since yesterday, every half an hour, the ballistas, bed crossbows and other large instruments of the Yan army outside the city will bombard the city, and each time it will cause the defenders in the city to jump.

The heavy ballistae equipped by the Yan army are unimaginably powerful, and the stones thrown are not only large in size, but also have an amazing impact.

Weighing dozens of pounds of stones, they smashed into the main city wall, almost smashing the brick layer outside the rammed earth wall.

The only thing that reassured the defenders was that the impact of the ballistae on the city walls was certainly there, but there was no sign that they could break the walls in a short period of time.

The more unfortunate is the urn city, the rammed earth wall of the urn city is relatively thin, and it has been bombarded by ballistas in the past few days, and there are already some signs of shaking and collapse. As for the lucky stones that directly hit the sheep and horse wall, they all directly smashed the battlements of the city and frightened the defenders hiding in the sheep and horse wall.

The guards also tentatively sent elites at night to try to destroy these heavy weapons, but who knew that the Yan army was well guarded, and the sneak attack plan fell short.

Although the long-range attack of the Yan army could not break through Chenggu for a while, it greatly damaged the morale of the defenders and caused panic among the defenders, which was even more powerful than sending a large army to attack directly.

The defenders also saw that their morale was gradually declining, but they had no choice but to defend the city.

Sometimes the defender even wished that the Yan army would quickly send a large army to launch a full-scale attack, so that he could still rely on the city to kill and injure the Yan army, unlike now, he could only be beaten passively.

It's a pity that the Yan army didn't give the defenders this chance at all, and the bombardment of the city wall by heavy bed crossbows and ballistas has been going on for several days, but the defenders have not seen the Yan army have a trace of attacking the city.

It's not that the Yan army doesn't attack, but this way is to feint to attract the attention of the enemy and cover the Yan army's sneak attack on Ankang from the meridian road.

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Regarding the Yan army's delay in taking Chenggu, Beigong Chun, the commander of the right army, looked very lightly, and he didn't think that he would be able to break through the dangerous city as soon as he came up. At present, the reason why the crossbowmen were also ordered to carry out long-range strikes against Chenggu was not to capture the city, but to destroy the walls of Chenggu and attract the attention of the enemy.

At present, Beigong Chun's main concern is naturally the plan to seize Ankang, a few days ago, the scout sent a message, saying that the Yan army on the other side was launching an attack on Ankang, and there was no news on the small elite in charge of the sneak attack on the other road.

If everything goes well, in a few days, the small elite led by Xue Tao will make a detour to the rear of Ankang's flank, and join forces with the frontal attacking Yan army to capture Ankang.

As long as Ankang is broken, the Yan army will completely break the stalemate in front of them.

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In the case that the Left Route Army failed to make a breakthrough, in the face of Yinping Road and Jialing Road, the two main roads into Shu, the Qinzhou Middle Route Army was also unable to move an inch.

Yinping Ancient Road, originally not a road with real traffic significance, it is hundreds of miles deserted, the terrain is primitive and precipitous, the woodcutters in the mountains and fields also smell the color change, and there are few pedestrians.

In ancient books, it means "unorthodox" and is called "evil path".

At the end of the Three Kingdoms, the outstanding general Deng Ai launched a successful surprise attack, making it famous overnight.

When the Wei army on the eastern route commanded by Zhong Hui was the main force, it was blocked by the Shu army in the dangerous place of Sword Pavilion and could not advance. After capturing Yuzhong, Deng Ai, the commander of the Wei army's western route, suggested to Zhong Hui: "If you sneak through from Yinping and go straight to Fucheng, the defenders of the Sword Pavilion will definitely return to rescue Fucheng, and the army can take advantage of the situation to advance; If the Sword Pavilion does not retreat, Fucheng is empty, and it will definitely be captured. ”

Zhong Hui accepted this suggestion and ordered Deng Ai to carry out the plan of a sneak attack.

Yinping and the Sword Pavilion are separated by more than 100 miles, it is a Qiang residential area, the mountains are steep, it is difficult to walk, and the Shu army has no fortification.

Deng Ai set out from the middle of the river, passed through the Yinping Trail, crossed the Sky Ridge Danger, bypassed the Sword Pavilion, and went straight to Fucheng.

Ma Miao, the defender of Fucheng, faced the Wei army that fell from the sky and surrendered without a fight.

From then on, the Wei army quickly connected Fucheng and Mianzhu, approaching Chengdu, Liu Chan surrendered, and Shu Han died.

Since then, Yinping Road has become a natural danger that "those who use soldiers must not be ignorant", and in order not to repeat the mistakes of Shu Han, Cheng Han has a large army stationed along the line of Motianling all year round.

At the beginning of the year, Li Xiong ordered his eldest son Li Yue to lead 30,000 troops into Zitong County to prevent the Yan army from smuggling from Yinping.

Xie Ai, the commander of the Middle Route Army, once wanted to follow Deng Ai's example and take the Yinping path, but in the face of the Cheng Han defenders, Xie Ai, who had always been resourceful, was at a loss.

At this time, Gao Kai, the general of the navy, was ordered by the Privy Council to move to Yinping with a group of sailors and marines to prepare for the future advance of land and water along the Jialing Road to the east and enter Nanzheng.

"When the Marine Corps was formed, it was thought that it could only be used for the capture of islands and the battle of landing, but I didn't expect it to play a role today."

Xie Ai, who was reviewing the Marine Corps of the Naval Division, smiled and said to the commander Gao Kaidao, "Now the Chenghan army is concentrated in several dangerous passes such as Yangping Pass, Nanzheng, and Jiange, and along the way, it is not only surrounded by mountains and rivers, but also interspersed with large and small rivers. ”

Gao Kaiyan said confidently: "Du Du is right, the enemy will not think that we will use sailors to attack the city, as long as the left army makes a breakthrough and mobilizes the defenders of Yangping Pass, I will have the confidence to assist the army to take Yangping Pass in one fell swoop and open the door to Hanzhong." ”

Speaking of this, Gao Kai couldn't help but smile and said: "Don't say that the enemy can't think of it, even when I received the order from the Privy Council, I was confused, or General Liu solved my doubts for us, only to realize that my sailor will act as the backbone of this battle!" ”

"That's right! In this battle, your marines will take on the toughest tasks, so don't lose the prestige of your sailors. ”

"Hahaha, I don't dare to fall into the prestige of the sailor, otherwise General Liu will definitely not spare his humble duties. Please rest assured, although you are a sailor in Xiaxia, you don't dare to disobey the general's orders, and if you have any tasks in the future, you will do your best to complete them. ”

Looking at Gao Kai, who was full of ambition, Xie Ai's originally heavy mood was finally a little lighter, and he couldn't help sighing: "The senior commander doesn't know, at present, the main force of my middle route army is blocked by danger, and it is almost impossible to move an inch. ”

"Then I wonder what Lord Governor thinks?"

Hearing Gao Kai's question, Xie Ai was shocked and said: "I think so, divide the army into two, and you will be responsible for commanding the land and water alliance, once there is a change in Yangping Pass, immediately wave your army and take Yangping Pass." And I personally led some of the elites through the Yinping Trail to try to climb over the Sky Ridge to see if there was a chance to sneak attack Fucheng. ”

Gao Kai was stunned for a long time, and then continued: "The governor's plan is obviously to solve the defenders of Zitong and Hanzhong in one fell swoop, isn't it a bit greedy and chewy?" If the Left Route Army makes a breakthrough, there will be no problem for our army, with the assistance of the Marine Corps, to take Yangping Pass, and then capture Nanzheng. ”

"The key is how did the Governor climb over the Sky Ridge? It is impossible to bypass the Sword Pavilion without crossing the Sky Ridge, and if you don't bypass the Sword Pavilion, how can you capture Fucheng? ”

Xie Ai said solemnly when he heard this: "It depends on whether your army can exert enough pressure on the defenders of Jianmen Pass in the future, I hope that after you capture Yangping Pass, you will hand over the task of attacking Nanzheng to the Left Route Army, and you will lead the main force south to the Sword Pavilion." ”

"As long as you put huge pressure on Jianmen Pass, so that the Zitong defenders think that our army is going to attack Jianmen, you can mobilize the defenders of Motianling, and I will have the opportunity to sneak over Motianling and follow Deng Ai's example to directly attack Fucheng."

In the face of Xie Ai's insistence, although Gao Kai was not optimistic about this plan, he could only choose to support it in the end, after all, he was the main general of the army, and he was just assisting the army in action.

Moreover, Xie Ai's plan is not without the possibility of success, what if it succeeds? Just like Deng Ai's sneak attack back then, it will definitely shock the entire Cheng Han.

"By the way, Commander Gao, this time you have moved from the island to the mountains, do you feel that it is harder than before?"

"It's not hard, but it shows that the king weapons the heavy marines, and the marines usually receive training to land on islands and fight in waterside mountains."

(To be continued.) )