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Chapter Seventy-Seven: Invincible

Just when the situation on the battlefield in Jingzhou suddenly changed, and the Taiping army seemed to be dead, but the Jedi counterattacked, the northern Hangu Pass rose again. Pen fun Pavilion www.biquge.info// update fast //

Zhang Liao was unable to draw out his troops to set up an ambush in Kunshan in order to guard against Luoyang's open jaw, and Ma Chao's soldiers and horses passed through Kunshan unharmed, and the soldiers knocked on Hangu Pass.

To the west of Guancheng, Zhang Liao stood on the tower of the city, looking down on the 100,000 troops approaching Guancheng in the west.

Zhangjaw of Luoyang in the east has already brought 80,000 troops to Hangu Pass with Sima Yi, leaving only Gao Ran to lead 20,000 troops to defend it, and Hangu Pass is in an instant on both sides of the east and west.

The high-spirited and heroic Jinma Chao rode in front of the horse formation, pulling the reins and looking up at Zhang Liao on the city tower with a smile, attacking and defending, as if the momentum of confrontation.

"Brother Wenyuan, it's been a long time since you were fine."

Ma Chao shouted loudly, without half a point of arrogance.

Zhang Liao leaned on the stone wall, also showed a light smile, and replied: "Meng Qi, you still have the same demeanor." ”

With that, the two laughed out loud.

This laughter made Yang Qiuma, who was following behind Ma Chao, confused when playing Zhang Hengsan.

What's going on with these guys?

It's not like you're going to put the other person to death if you don't stop dying.

Ma Chao put away his smile and asked in a deep voice, "How is Luoyang?" ”

Zhang Liao blurted out: "As expected. ”

Hearing this, Ma Chao lowered his head and pondered for a while, nodded slightly, and then smiled at Zhang Liaolang: "Since this is the case, then Brother Wen Yuan doesn't have to be my prisoner." ”

Zhang Liao smiled and was silent.

Seeing this, Ma Chao turned around and gave Pang De a look, and Pang De understood, turned around and ordered 50,000 iron horsemen to leave in the opposite direction with him.

Yang Qiu, Ma Play, Zhang Hengsan will be assigned by Ma Chao to train the new army, and the senior military positions in the cavalry are suspended, and now Pang De has taken away 50,000 iron cavalry and walked back, and the three of them are a little at a loss.

What's going on?

The conversation between Ma Chao and Zhang Liao made them scratch their heads, but now that Pang De is leaving with all the cavalry, Ma Chao has 50,000 soldiers left, can he shake Zhang Liao, who has 70,000 soldiers?

That's 50,000 recruits, they haven't fought before, and maybe there are recruits who haven't even seen blood!

Yang Qiu wanted to step forward and ask Ma Chao, but was glared at by Ma Chao's fierce gaze, and a thousand words were swallowed back into his stomach.

After Pang De led all the cavalry away, Ma Chao looked up at Guancheng and shouted, "Brother Wenyuan, let's go to war." ”

Thirty miles east of the Kanto, Cao Wei camped here, and Sima Yi and Zhang Jaw waited quietly in the tent for the battle situation at Hangu Pass.

Due to the terrain around Hangu Pass, it is not easy to understand the battle situation in the west of Guancheng for the first time, and scouts can only observe and explore from a distance when they go to find out information, and it is impossible to appear on the side of the battlefield to investigate carefully.

Zhang Jaw and Sima Yi both looked calm and relaxed, but their thoughts were not the same.

Zhang Jaw and Zhang Liao have been fighting like old enemies for more than ten years, from Yuan Shao's command to Cao Cao's account, Zhang Jaw did not bargain, but it did not reach the point of complete defeat, and this time, the military order given to him by the King of Wei was waiting for the opportunity to attack Hangu Pass, which was to take advantage of the opportunity of Zhang Liao and Ma Chao's war.

Is this an opportunity?

Zhang Jaw is not clear, because he doesn't know Ma Chao, let alone speculate about the truth of the situation in Guanzhong, before he just wanted to defend Luoyang, which is considered invincible, but it is obviously risky to attack rashly, if he wins, Cao Wei can get Guanzhong, and if he loses, the consequences are unimaginable.

Sima Yi was still hesitating about whether to march into Hangu Pass, which would depend on the situation of the decisive battle, Hangu Pass was located in the valley, as long as Cao Wei's soldiers and horses moved forward for ten miles, the shouting and killing noise from the valley in the distance could reach their ears.

But Sima Yi had to get further information before he could make a decision.

Zhang Liao has 70,000 soldiers and horses, and the horses have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the two tigers should end up with one dead and one injured, and this process will definitely fall apart.

If the news of the battle is just a small fight, the road ahead is dangerous.

What level of competition should be, what kind of magnificent process should there be.

As it got late and the sun sank to the west, the scouts sent out returned to the camp and informed Sima Yi and Zhang Jaw of all the information they had heard.

The sound of killing in Hangu Pass shook the sky, the hustle and bustle was endless, and occasionally there would be a huge earthquake.

The soldiers on the east side of the castle looked nervous, and they would turn their heads to look at them from time to time.

An hour ago, thick smoke rose in the sky over Hangu Pass, and fires loomed everywhere in the pass, and the sound of fierce fighting in the city became higher and higher.

After analyzing these pieces of information together, Sima Yi turned his head to look at Zhang Jaw and said in a deep voice: "The west of Hangu Pass has been broken by Ma Chao. ”

Zhang Jaw was thoughtful, and only after a while did he ask rhetorically: "How can Zhang Wenyuan be so vulnerable?" ”

In his mind, even if Ma Chao was strong and strong, how could he break through the city gate in one day?

That's Zhang Liao who refused to be pinched by Lu Bu!

Sima Yi was silent, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "There are three reasons, one is that since the fall of Chang'an, Hangu Pass has not had enough grain and grass, and it has become a lone army, and it is inevitable that the army's morale will be shaken and its combat effectiveness will decline. Second, Zhang Liao had to guard against the Kwantung region, so he would not be able to mobilize more than 50,000 troops in a battle with Ma Chao. Third, Kansai is geographically different from Kanto, Ma Chao came from the west, and it was not as difficult to shake as attacking from the east. ”

These three reasons are not far-fetched in Zhang Jaw's ears, each reason will be a factor that leads to the disadvantage of the war, and he cannot refute it, so he can only choose to be silent.

There has been a fire in Hangu Pass, obviously Ma Chao has attacked the pass, the fire in this pass may not have the potential to burn the city, because this is a strategic place, not a civilian residence, it will not be as dense as Luoyang, Dong Zhuo can burn the whole city with a fire, unless Zhang Liao seeks his own way to die in the pass and buries the fire oil and coke in the city and waits to be buried in the fire.

The fire is to create chaos, so that Ma Chao's soldiers and horses can kill all the enemy troops, and after the battle, it is easy to extinguish the fire.

Now, when the defense of Hangu Pass was the weakest, Sima Yi immediately made a decision and ordered: "The whole army will open and attack Hangu Pass in one fell swoop." ”

Cao Pi gave Sima Yi the right to command the army, and Zhang Jaw could only listen to his orders.

Cao had 80,000 soldiers, led by Sima Yi and Zhang Jaw, and rushed to Hangu Pass in the evening.

At the end of summer, the residual heat had not disappeared, and when Sima Yi and Zhang Jaw led the army to the east of Hangu Pass, they could already feel the heat wave of fires everywhere in the pass.

When the defenders of the city saw the attack of the army from the east, they immediately sounded the alarm bell, shouted on all sides, and at the same time nervously prepared themselves, and the Taiping army at the head of the city stretched out their bows and arrows, and did not hesitate to shoot arrows as long as the enemy army stepped into the firing range.

Seeing this, Sima Yi sighed: "Zhang Wenyuan knows the importance of the matter, knows the stakes, is a rare general, Guo Jia entrusted him with a heavy task not because of personal feelings, but I hope to capture this person alive and persuade him to serve His Majesty." ”

Obviously, there was a fierce battle in the pass, but the guards at the east gate did not relax in the slightest, Sima Yi expected that Zhang Liao also knew that it was better to lose Hangu Pass to Cao Wei, it was better to lose it to Ma Chao, one light and one heavy, one advantage and one disadvantage, and the clues could be seen from the defense arrangement.

Zhang Jaw didn't have the leisure to pay attention to Sima Yi's exclamation, and immediately ordered the siege of the city.

This time, Cao Wei was well prepared, although it was difficult to transport large engineering equipment, but the siege equipment such as the ladder rush car was well prepared.

Sword and shield soldiers, archers, and the first troops and the troops rushing to the city rushed to Hangu Pass in an orderly manner.

The outbreak of the war, the arrows are dense, dazzling, the screams and roars are intertwined, seeing that the defense of the Taiping army is far inferior to the posture when Yuan Shao led the army to attack, at that time, the Hangu Pass faced by the open jaw can be described as the eight winds are immovable and stable like Mount Tai, now, the defenders at the head of the city are in a hurry, panicked, the first troops climb the ladder like more than a dozen poisonous snakes swaying up, the gate of the city that the city car hits is constantly trembling, the amplitude is getting bigger and bigger, it is conceivable that it will not be long before Cao Bing will attack the pass.

"Ma Chao and Zhang Liao have been fighting fiercely for half a day, presumably they are already tired and tired, and our army will take advantage of the victory to attack, hehe, Jun Yi, what are your chances of winning?"

Sima Yi rode his horse forward slowly, Zhang Jaw was actually very disgusted with Sima Yi's appearance of winning the victory, maybe Sima Yi wanted to make a meritorious service and become famous, and he was eager for quick success, but Zhang Jaw just couldn't get used to his face above the war.

"It is still unknown who killed the deer."

Zhang Jaw is cautious and does not hold it up, although in terms of actual conditions, Cao Wei is definitely the dominant side.

The first troops rushed up to the city tower, and the gate of the city was also declared lost, and after an earth-shattering sound, the east gate of Hangu Pass was knocked open and was torn apart.

"Then Jun Yi and I will go and find out the answer together."

Sima Yi smiled slightly, patted his horse and galloped towards Hangu Pass, and Zhang Jaw quickly ordered the whole army to charge and enter Hangu Pass.

When Sima Yi and Zhang Jaw led the army into Hangu Pass, suddenly, the world was silent, and all the noise and shouting stopped.

At night, the scattered houses in Hangu Pass were on fire, illuminating the road, and in the hazy light of the fire, Sima Yi and Zhang Jaw were shocked.

The gate is facing the avenue, and there are raging fires on both sides, flames flying, and insolence rages.

And in the distance, dense figures loom neatly and neatly.

Sima Yi and Zhang Jaw were shocked, only to hear a deafening shout erupt from the opposite side.

"Kill!"

This killing, its momentum is overwhelming, at least tens of thousands of people chant in unison.

"Not good! Medium! ”

Sima Yi exclaimed in surprise and was about to turn the horse's head, but he suddenly saw the two of them rushing from the opposite avenue.

On the left, white horse silver spear.

On the right, the dark horse golden gun.

Two heroic generals galloped on horseback, galloping in the furious and fiery environment of the pass.

"Changshan Zhao Zilong!"

"Xiliang Jinma Chao!"

Zhang Jaw looked at the two people who were rushing on horseback, and he was dumbfounded.

"Kill!"

Behind the two tiger generals who charged ahead, Zhang Liao led an army of 120,000 to occupy all the roads and rushed to the east like a tide.

"Retreat!"

For the first time in his life, Sima Yi fell into endless fear and panic, even in the face of Cao Cao's conquest, he used tactics to shirk it, and he was not as frightened as he is now.

The soldiers beside him released arrows to resist the enemy, and in the rain of arrows, Zhao Yun's eyes were resolute, and he locked on the open jaw of the enemy general, blocked left and right, and stepped on the vanguard of the Cao army!

The shield was in front of him, Zhao Yun's speed did not decrease, and the silver spear chasing the wind stabbed with all his strength, hitting the shield in the middle, only to see Cao Bing holding the shield staggering back, knocking down a group of soldiers behind him.

There were bursts of guns, Zhao Yun made frequent killing moves, and wherever he passed, the enemy soldiers fell down one after another, either killed or wounded.

Seeing Zhao Yun attacking, Zhang Jaw hurriedly drew his weapon to fight with him, but after less than a moment of fighting, Zhao Yun quickly shot and knocked off Zhang Jaw.