Chapter 329 Xuande deployed troops to Chang'an, and Meng De retreated to Hanzhong

In the above book, it is mentioned that Zhang Xiong, the son of Zhang He, explained his plan to everyone in detail.

Everyone applauded!

Zhang Bao immediately issued an order to make Zhang Hu and Zhang Xiong go to the high slope with 2,000 elite soldiers equipped with Qin crossbows, and sent the generals Deng Zhi and Gao Huan to lead 1,000 elite soldiers and 3,000 Tuntian soldiers respectively to ambush on both sides of the main road between Tongguan and Nagaopo.

So he sent out all 10,000 soldiers.

It was getting dusk, the sun was already red, and it looked like it was about to set.

He didn't let the men cook early, but ordered everyone to eat some dry food with water.

The sun soon slipped down and the sky suddenly became dark.

At this time, the guys had just finished cooking!

He instructed someone to send it to Zhang Hu' and Zhang Xiong's subordinates first, and explained to the person who delivered the meal: "You go and tell the two generals that you will start immediately after the meal." ”

The man who delivered the meal nodded vigorously.

After drinking and eating, Zhang Hu asked Zhang Xiong: "Ziba, the soldiers have finished eating, is it time to do it?!" ”

"It's time! Tell everyone, all the crossbow arrows are shot at the city tower of Tongguan! "Zhang Xiong has already seen it during the day, and only the entire Tongguan City has an obvious wooden roof on the city gate tower, which is enough to make the rocket land!

"Good!" Zhang Hu agreed, and asked the Sima of each department to take the soldiers in place to prepare.

Tens of thousands of crossbow arrows were all ready, placed on the side of the huge Qin crossbow.

Next to each Qin crossbow, there were more than a dozen soldiers standing with their hands down, quietly waiting for Zhang Hu's order.

Behind the Qin crossbow, four strong men stood naked and naked, showing their muscles, holding nearly two feet of drumsticks in their hands, standing in front of the war drums like grinding plates, quietly looking into the distance.

After inspecting it, Zhang Hu instructed: "Everyone, listen well, after the three-way drum, ten thousand arrows will be fired together, and the target will be Tongguan City Tower!" Did you hear me clearly? ”

"Hear me clearly!" More than 2,000 people responded in unison.

"Beat the drums!"

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

In Tongguan City, Cao Ren was thinking about how to break the enemy in the room, when he suddenly heard soldiers running in from outside to report: "Governor Qiqi, Major General Fang Cai was patrolling the city with us, and suddenly heard a shout from the southeast. The major general immediately sent his subordinates to pay homage to the governor! ”

"What?" Cao Ren was shocked when he heard this, hurriedly put on his cloak, carried his sword, and followed the soldier to the city.

As soon as he ascended the tower, he saw a rain of fire roaring towards him in the distance.

In the face of the sudden fire rain, he was really worthy of being a doctor for a long time, always on guard, gritted his teeth, curled up into a ball, and passed from the steps to the bottom of the city, and escaped the damage of this round of rockets.

It's just that the soldier who reported the news was not as lucky as him, he was shot through the heart by a huge rocket, and he died without even screaming, and burned along with it......

Cao Tai, who was not far away, took advantage of the firelight to see his father, who was drowned by a rocket in a blink of an eye, and shouted in pain: "Father......"

That heart-rending sound makes people feel sad to listen to......

Cao Ren, who escaped the catastrophe, heard his son's shout, quickly got up from the ground, looked at the burning tower, and shouted: "Tai'er, for the sake of my father, don't worry!" ”

After speaking, he tightened the clothes that were already soaked on his back, turned a corner and came to the city from the northern passage, saw the panicked Cao Tai and others, and ordered: "Send someone to put out the fire quickly!" ”

"No!" Cao Tai agreed, and turned around and left with someone.

Not long after Cao Tai left, there was a flickering fire in the southeast again.

Cao Ren shouted: "Not good! The enemy must have placed crossbows in the southeast. With such a non-stop rocket attack, what kind of city can withstand it? ”

Sure enough, this round of rockets all shot at the city gate tower without exception!

The flames on the towers that were already burning jumped with more vigorous cheers and devoured the rockets that had just fallen, as if to speak of lust and greed......

The rockets in the back seem to be free of money, and the interval between the front and back is getting shorter and shorter......

In the city, Cao Ren looked at the shining point of light in the southeast from afar.

Why are they attacking?

According to the letter obtained by Tanma during the day, Zhang Bao's department has exceeded 10,000 people this time, which is enough to attack the city! Why did you only see rockets attacking the sky at this time, but not soldiers attacking the city?

It seems that there must be some fraud in this!

"Father, this fire is too big, not to mention that the enemy seems to have recognized this position, and the rocket shot down like no money, it really can't be extinguished!" Cao Tai had already led the soldiers to save the fire for a while, but he couldn't suppress the fire!

"Huh?" was interrupted by his son, Cao Ren turned around and saw Cao Tai, Cao Kai, Cao Fan, Xiahou Heng, Xiahou Cheng, Xiahou Wei, and Xiahou Rong all here.

Xiahou said that when he saw Cao Ren's sad face, he said, "Uncle, the rocket is coming from the southeast. According to the range of the rocket, it should be about a hundred yards! But look at the fire as if it were a hundred and fifty yards away! The enemy's target is our castle! Once the fire continues, the gates below will also be burned down, and there will be no barrier to this level! The little nephew begged his uncle to allocate 5,000 soldiers and horses to go there to destroy this sneak attack! ”

"Why don't you want to do it! However, if the enemy only attacks but does not attack, how can the sneak attack force have no soldiers and horses to protect it? Cao Ren's words broke the mystery.

Xiahou said that he was unwilling to give up, and said: "If the enemy army has ambush soldiers, my uncle can ask my eldest brother and fourth brother to lead 5,000 troops and horses each, and go there by ladder!" Our three brothers will support each other and will surely wipe out the enemy army! ”

Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, Cao Ren turned his heart and said, "Okay! Shuquan, you and Tai'er will lead 5,000 elite soldiers as the first team, Boquan and Kai'er lead 5,000 elite soldiers as the second team, and Ji Quan and Fan Er lead 5,000 elite soldiers as the third team! Whether you can hold this level or not depends on you waiting! ”

"No!"

……

When Xiahou Heng and Cao Kai left Tongguan, Zhang Bao, who had already been waiting outside the barracks with his soldiers, also got the news.

"What? Cao Ren actually sent two teams of soldiers and horses! Sure enough, it was a veteran who had been on the battlefield for a long time, and he actually saw through our ambush and arranged a counter-ambush killing move! Immediately send someone to inform Deng Zhi, don't expose it in advance, and prepare to intercept the one behind! ”

"No!" Tanma agreed, quickly got on his horse, and galloped away.

With the departure of the Tanma, Ma Liang said to Zhang Bao: "I'm afraid that Cao Ren will send a third army of soldiers and horses, why don't the major generals send troops at this time?" ”

Along the way, Ma Liang's advice has benefited him a lot, Zhang Bao nodded, and ordered: "Send troops!" ”

Just after marching less than fifty yards, there was originally a sentry in front of the horse: "General Qiyu, the third team of soldiers and horses has been sent to Tongguan City, and they have already killed General Zhang's Qin crossbow position!" ”

"So fast! All of you speed up! Zhang Bao had to admire Ma Liang again.

Although that position was only one hundred and fifty yards away from the tower of Tongguan, the road leading to Tongguan was not a mile! This is because there is a large pond between them, which can be called a small lake.

The winding road is calculated and the journey is three miles away.

Xiahou said that he and Cao Tai were the first to exchange fire with Gao Huan's shield army and fought together. Despite the attack, their soldiers suffered nearly a thousand casualties. But because of their preparation in advance, they did not collapse, and soon organized a counterattack and set up a positional battle with Gao Huan.

Originally, Deng Zhi planned to flank this team of soldiers and horses with Gao Huan. Knowing that there was a second team of soldiers and horses behind him, he pacified his soldiers and quietly moved his position forward a hundred yards.

Just after the arrangements were made, Xiahou Heng and Cao Kai arrived with soldiers and were completely ambushed by Deng Zhi. Xiahou Heng was wounded in the left arm, and more than 2,000 soldiers were killed or wounded.

Fortunately, Xiahou Wei and Cao Fan were killed by the soldiers and horses behind, otherwise they would really be disabled by Deng Zhi!

On the Qin crossbow position in front, Zhang Xiong and Zhang Hu had already learned that Tongguan had sent someone to kill them.

Zhang Xiong said to Zhang Hu: "There are only more than 3,000 crossbow arrows left, and there is no need for these Moduo soldiers!" Leave you with 500 people, and the rest of them will go to support Gao Huan them! ”

"Good!" Zhang Hu agreed.

Zhang Xiong led 1,500 soldiers and killed them on the battlefield with weapons.

However, Xiahou Heng and Xiahou Wei and others didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, and they were cut off again!

Who?

Zhang Bao and Ma Liang!

Because of the delay on the road for a while, they rushed behind Xiahou Wei and Cao Fan.

Seven armies of soldiers and horses mixed together, and there was a complete melee!

In the dark, even with that glimmer of moonlight! The soldiers can no longer see clearly whether the other side is friend or foe! Some have already begun to slash indiscriminately, and some have pointed qiangdi towards their comrades!

And Cao Ren, who was cleared, only cared about leading people to extinguish the fire, and thought that the three teams of soldiers and horses he sent could defeat the other party!

When the last wave of rockets came down, the fire on the tower of the city gate had completely burned through the wood on the tower. The purlin that supported the roof suddenly broke from the middle with a "snap", and the whole roof fell!

As the roof fell, Cao Ren's heart ached, and he hurriedly asked the soldiers to speed up the fire extinguishing!

The fire is too big!

By the time the fire was completely suppressed, the sky gradually turned gray, and the morning star crossed the sky.

The city gate was fortunately preserved, although part of it was burned, but fortunately, it was extinguished in time to ensure the normal use of the city gate. But the city gate tower is completely gone.

At this time, Cao Ren remembered the fifteen thousand soldiers and horses he had sent out, as well as his three sons and Xiahou Yuan's three sons.

Why haven't they come back yet?

Don't......?

"Someone, have the three sons come back?" Cao Ren suddenly shouted.

"Back to the Governor, not yet!"

"Spy fast!"

……

The sky was gradually shaking, and he saw the battlefield not far away from the city.

It's a hell of an Aura.

The two sides of the fight could no longer distinguish between friend and foe, and each of them stopped fighting.

Seeing that it was getting dark, the generals on both sides began to gather their soldiers. Unfortunately, less than half of the survivors have survived, and most of them are disabled to varying degrees.