In history, Kong Rong said that Yan Liangwen and Chou were brave and champion the three armies, and Xun Yu also said that Yan Liangwen Chou was the courage of the horseman, such an evaluation can draw two conclusions, Yan Liangwen Chou is indeed brave, but he is brave and unscrupulous.

Yan Liang Wenchou is Yuan Shao's famous Hebei general, and Wen Chou's status in Yuan Shao's group is higher than that of Zhang Jaw, but this time he attacked Hangu Pass, Wen Chou was sent by Yuan Shao to obey Zhang Jaw's command.

San's actions of opening his jaw and not attacking the city made Wen Chou displeased, and he only sulked in his own account, so there was no follow-up, he did not go to Zhang Jaw to mess around, nor did he go to attack the city alone.

Chun Yuqiong has already folded Yuan Shao's 40,000 soldiers and horses, Wen Chou has no plan, and he will not anger Yuan Shao at this time, as long as he suffers another defeat, I am afraid that his status and impression in Yuan Shao's heart will plummet.

At this time, it is better to let Zhang Jaw be on the cusp, Wen Chou also has his own wishful thinking, Hangu Guan has been defeated, he also has credit, Hangu Guan can't be defeated, Zhang Jaw is the boss, and the responsibility is on Zhang Jaw.

However, on the fourth day, Wen Chou, who couldn't hold back himself, came to Zhang Jaw here, he didn't plan to make trouble unreasonably or ask the teacher to ask for guilt, but to probe Zhang Jaw's tone.

How to fight the war and when to fight, Wen Chou must always have a bottom in his heart.

Wen Chou is actually not ugly, and the name is ugly does not mean that it is related to appearance, just as some people call it beautiful and beautiful, and it may not really be the national color and fragrance.

Zhang Jaw was giving orders, Wen Chou arrived with his personal guards, looking at the busy scene in the camp, it didn't look like the whole army was going to attack the city, Wen Chou wondered, walked up to Zhang Jaw and asked straight to the point: "Jun Yi, is this going to lead the army to attack the city?" ”

In fact, most of the generals are simple-minded people, brave does not mean that they like to be domineering, Yan Liangwen Chou and Zhang Jaw are both famous generals in Hebei and colleagues, and the relationship between them is closer, unlike Chun Yuqiong from the imperial city with a bit of superiority.

"General Wen, don't be impatient, after two days, we will attack the city, and within ten days, we will take Hangu Pass."

Zhang Jaw smiled, as long as Wen Chou didn't dictate to his march, he still respected Wen Chou, and Wen Chou's bravery on the battlefield, Zhang Jaw also admired three points.

As soon as he said this, Wen Chou was even more curious, Chun Yuqiong had fought more than a dozen times before, and he didn't even touch the fur of Hangu Pass.

But no matter how to ask the ugly paper, Zhang Jaw smiled and said nothing, and in desperation, the ugly man had no choice but to return to the camp.

Bear with it a little longer, and after two days, let's see what kind of strategy Zhang Jaw has to break through Hangu Pass.

Zhang Liao, who was deployed in Hangu Pass, was as stable as Mount Tai, at this time he was standing at the head of the city, with Jia Xu beside him, and they looked at the movement of Yuan Jun in the distance, Zhang Liao frowned, puzzled, so he asked Jia Xu for advice.

"Military advisor, Zhang Jaw was activated by Yuan Shao again, and he came to Hangu Pass with reinforcements but did not attack the city, but now he is building mounds, why is this? If you plan to shoot the defenders of Hangu Pass with a bow and arrow from a high place, you can use a well, and this distance seems to be a little farther. ”

The well is more than 10 meters tall and can be moved, making it a weapon used by the besieging side to attack the defenders, as well as covering the first troops.

If it weren't for the fact that the terrain east of Hangu Pass was not conducive to transporting such siege equipment, otherwise the Yuan army would definitely use such war equipment.

Zhang Liao set up layers of defenses in the east of Hangu Pass, trapping horse pits, rejecting horse walls, etc., all in order to widen the distance between the siege army and Hangu Pass, so as to facilitate the shooting of the defenders and hinder the speed of the enemy's advance.

Now, Zhang Jaw piled up a small hill in the distance, which made Zhang Liao puzzled, if it was to achieve the effect of the well, the hill did not have the ability to move, even if there were archers with amazing arm strength in the Yuan army's camp, they couldn't rely on a few people to shoot all the defenders, right?

Jia Xu didn't understand Zhang Jaw's intention at first glance, but his expression was always flat, pondering for a while, thinking for a while, Jia Xu suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky.

Zhang Liao also raised his head along Jia Xu's gaze, looked at it, and didn't see the mystery, the blue sky and white clouds, the vastness, is there an answer to this sky?

Sighing lightly, Jia Xu said lightly: "The general once said that Zhang Jaw is more threatening than Chun Yuqiong, but now that I look down, the general still looks down on him." If you want to hold Hangu Pass, I'm afraid you will have to pay a lot of casualties, heh, fortunately, the lord has a plan, otherwise this battle will really be unpredictable. ”

The second monk Zhang Liaozhang was confused, but he heard the meaning of Jia Xu's words, and asked: "Could it be that Zhang Jaw has a clever plan to break the city?" Don't the military advisors have a strategy to deal with the enemy? ”

The corners of Jia Xu's mouth raised, one hand on Zhang Liao's shoulder, and smiled slightly, slightly unfathomable.

"General, whoever you fight, don't fight with the sky. I'll give Zhang Jaw a victory. ”

Zhang Liao's face was shocked.

Sky?

Heaven is an awe-inspiring being, and the Son of Heaven is, in a sense, to rule over the living beings in the sky on behalf of heaven.

After Jia Xu left, Zhang Liao also looked at the sky, and after a long time, he showed a look of sudden realization, and then looked at Yuan Jun who was busy in the distance, Zhang Liao said softly with admiration: "Brother Jun, go with the sky, a certain pretended to admire and separate you and Chun Yuqiong, but I didn't expect it to be a slight enemy, Brother Jun, you are serving under Yuan Benchu's account, it is really a pearl secret investment!" ”

Two days later, the breeze was gentle and the morning light was shining.

Zhang Jaw and Wen Chou led the army to knock on Hangu Pass, southeast of Hangu Pass, there are several towering mounds, which were piled up by Zhang Jaw and his soldiers.

Looking at the mound that was taller than the other, Wen Chou didn't know why, and he couldn't figure out what tricks Zhang Jaw was playing, so he asked questions.

"Junyi, what kind of attack is this siege?"

Wen Chou is a brave general, the two armies outside the city are fighting, he can take the lead and be fearless, but he can't climb the city wall in a tough battle, right?

Zhang Jaw smiled slightly, and waved his hand to let the soldiers act.

The soldiers who had been arranged by Zhang Jaw climbed up the hills, and it didn't take long for black smoke to rise from several hills, drifting away with the wind, and heading straight to Hangu Pass!

At this time, the spring and summer are changing, and the wind direction is the southeast wind!

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms depicts the Battle of Chibi, the Sun-Liu coalition army is ready for everything and only owes the east wind, at that time, it was the autumn and winter season, and the wind direction was the northwest wind, and now, Zhang Jaw is using the southeast wind that has just changed from the northwest wind to the southeast wind in this season.

Black smoke billowed and filled the sky, drifting from the top of Yuan Jun's head to Hangu Pass, and it didn't take long for Hangu Pass to fall into a scene of black smoke lingering.

Wen Chou was dumbfounded, and asked in shock: "Jun Yi, this, how did you think of this?" What a clever idea. ”

Zhang Jaw was not surprised, but immediately ordered the siege of the city.

The three armies obeyed the order, and the army formation approached Hangu Pass in a layered manner, and the sword and shield soldiers held their shields high to protect the head of the army and advanced step by step.

There was a coughing sound on the upper floor of Hangu Guancheng, and although Zhang Liao had arranged for the soldiers to cover their mouths and noses with water-soaked cloths, there were still many people who could not resist the choking black smoke.

The black smoke was so thick that the defenders at the head of the city could not see the movement of the enemy troops in front of them clearly, and the archers could only release their arrows by feeling.

Where there are many enemy troops, where the enemy forces are attacking fiercely, they do not know at all.

Watching the army in front wade through the trap pit, remove the horse rejection gun, and begin to violently hit the horse rejection wall with the ram, the jaw was full of confidence.

In the blink of an eye, he did what Chun Yuqiong hadn't done for more than a month, and really hit the city of Hangu Pass!

Several boulders suddenly fell out of the curtain covered by black smoke, and even if Yuan Jun, who had a shield on his head, was hit by it, he would definitely die.

When Wen Chou saw it, he gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Zhang Liao'er, there is actually a catapult!" ”

It is not strange to open the jaw, it is a normal and gratifying thing to meet opponents on the battlefield.

If the opponent is always a shrimp soldier and crab general, then you will never get a sense of accomplishment on the battlefield.

Zhang Liao had a catapult, throwing boulders from inside the city to attack the besieging enemy forces outside the city, Zhang Jaw really didn't expect it, but he wouldn't be surprised.

The terrain to the east of Hangu Pass has led to the inability to transport large war equipment, which is a disadvantage to the besieging party, and the current technical capabilities, the manpower required to build large war equipment are unimaginably huge, a small mechanism, a small part is wrong or wrong, will lead to the loss of previous efforts.

The appearance of the catapult will indeed bring casualties to the Yuan army, but these casualties are acceptable, and after the Yuan army cleared the obstacles in front of Hangu Pass, the real battle has just begun.

And the hills he piled up, the black smoke was above the head of Yuan Jun, which happened to disturb the defenders of Hangu Pass, Yuan Jun was a tailwind, and the defenders of Hangu Pass were headwinds, who was good and who was disadvantageous, it was clear at a glance.

Rolling oil, falling rocks, and arrows rained down, the defenders of Hangu Pass frantically resisted the Yuan army that attacked the city.

The besiegers were ramming the two gates, and there was a steady stream of soldiers running to the front line carrying ladders in the rear.

The layering of the army led by the open jaw is vividly reflected.

The vanguard is the sword and shield soldier pushing the rushing cart, and there are archers behind to cover the defenders of the city, and the ladder is constantly sent up, and in the end, Zhang Jaw and Wen Chou are in charge, ready to break through the pass and drive straight in.

Hangu Pass is a majestic pass, and even if the defenders are now disturbed by black smoke, they still set up stubborn resistance.

The two gates of the city are by no means easy to break through.

The crossbow machine erected on the city tower has strong penetrating power, and in the face of the enemy army close at hand, even the shield is directly pierced.

The head of the city was invaded by black smoke, the defenders could not stop the enemy army from pouring up, Zhang Liao had 30,000 defenders, he had already arranged it properly, each deputy general and general performed their duties, and successively led the soldiers to take over, and the defenders who were so smoky that they could have enough time to recuperate.

There were many corpses under the city, and the defenders who were shot by bows and arrows at the head of the city fell and fell, and the siege army that climbed the ladder to do the first climb went forward one after another.

The battle continues in blood...... At this time, Yuan's army officially started the battle to capture Hangu Pass.

At this time, more than 26,000 of Zhang Liao's 30,000 defenders remained.

For three consecutive days, Zhang Jaw was using black smoke tactics to harass the defenders of Hangu Pass, and the siege was becoming more and more effective.

At dusk on the fourth day, the banner of Yuan's army was erected at the head of the city east of Hangu Pass...... Zhang Liao led the remaining 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command to evacuate Hangu Pass.

(To be continued)