Yang Bai is still very dedicated, as soon as the sky is bright, he has already gotten up to inspect the city defense, seeing the camp set up by the Jing army not far away, Yang Bai secretly sneered, these Jing troops have arrived at Yangping Pass three days early, but they have not launched an attack for a long time, it seems that they are also afraid of the danger of Yangping Pass.

These guys are quite knowledgeable about current affairs! Yang Bai is a little proud, the steepness of Yangping Pass is really not covered, one man is the pass, ten thousand people are not open, this is considered that the Jing army has 100,000 male soldiers, what can I do?

"General Qi Yang, the enemy soldiers attacked Jigong Mountain last night and have already seized the top of the mountain." A patrol soldier reported to Yang Bai anxiously, looking panicked.

Yang Bai frowned slightly, but soon relaxed, there was only a team of fifty Hanzhong soldiers stationed on Jigong Mountain, Yang Bai originally sent this team of men and horses to be stationed on Jigong Mountain, but it was only for a lookout, if the Jing army really had the heart to sneak attack Jigong Mountain, this team of fifty people would definitely not be able to stop it. Although the Jigong Mountain is dangerous, it is south of Yangping Pass, even if the Jing army takes Jigong Mountain, it seems that there is no meaning, there is a cliff between Jigong Mountain and Yangping Pass, and it is separated by a stone's throw from there, and it is completely unreliable to attack Yangping Pass from there, so Yang Bai was unprepared, glared at the soldier, and said: "What a panic, isn't it just to lose Jigong Mountain, what's the fuss?" ”

Before his words fell, he saw a black thing suddenly flying in the direction of Jigong Mountain, flying over the top of Yang Bai's head, and just when Yang Bai was stunned, the thing suddenly exploded four or five zhang away, boom, flesh and blood flew sideways, even if Yang Bai stood far away, his eardrums were buzzing with the shock wave of the explosion, and blood splashed his face. Yang Bai sat on the ground with his butt and said in shock: "What the hell is this?" ”

Yang Bai didn't know. The soldiers under him were even more dazed, no one knew what was flying from Jigong Mountain, the power was so terrifying, it fell in the crowd, and directly killed and injured a large area, if it was really thrown down hundreds of thousands. Didn't you blow up Yang Guanping?

The Hanzhongbing's fears soon became a reality, and the black thing rained down, and the sound of explosions was incessant, and there were arrows flying in between, not ordinary arrows, but the kind of arrows tied to gunpowder, which immediately ignited as soon as they hit the grass or the roof.

Yang Bai was shocked. These black explosive balls are terrifying, but those rockets that fly into the pass are even more weird, there is a distance of one stone's throw between Jigong Mountain and Yangping Pass, even if the archer with good arm strength can only shoot feather arrows into the city wall of Yangping Pass, it is almost impossible to shoot into the city or even cover most of Yangping City, but the facts in front of him make Yang Bai have to believe. These arrows were shot from Jigong Mountain, how did the Jing army estimate them. Yang Bai was puzzled.

The person responsible for the sneak attack on Jigong Mountain was the striker Xu Rong, and after Xu Rong was ordered, he figured out that there were only fifty or sixty Hanzhong soldiers stationed on Jigong Mountain, so he took advantage of the midnight to score three minutes. Xu Rong picked five hundred soldiers who were good at climbing, and quietly climbed Jigong Mountain, and there was no suspense in the battle, and Xu Rong easily controlled Jigong Mountain.

From the bird's-eye view of Yangpingguan from Jigong Mountain, every house, every house and every grass and tree in the city can be seen clearly. However, if you want to attack Yangping Pass directly from Jigong Mountain. But it seems impossible, a cliff as high as dozens of zhang itself is an insurmountable natural danger, even if you can climb to the bottom of the cliff, there is still some distance from the city wall of Yangping Pass, if the archers shoot, at most they can just reach the city wall.

However, the Jing army had other arrangements, the trees on Jigong Mountain were lush and green, and Xu Rong brought not only 500 soldiers, but also hundreds of craftsmen to take local materials on the top of Jigong Mountain, and quickly built dozens of simple trebuchets. Compared to the catapults officially equipped by the Jing Army, these trebuchets were much simpler and much smaller, but their purpose was not to throw large rocks but to drop pottery bombs the size of bowls, so they were small and irrelevant.

The ballista is the Jing army spent a lot of effort to get to the top of Jigong Mountain, these ballista are not the traditional bulky bed crossbows, but Zhuge Liang just developed the repeater crossbows, the volume and weight is only half of the previous one, but the power is incomparably amazing, can shoot ten arrows, counterweight arrows, the range can reach three hundred and fifty steps, completely comparable to the old bed crossbow, equipped with light arrows, the range can reach more than five hundred steps. The rockets used this time are all light arrows with gunpowder facilities, which can completely cover most of Yangpingguan.

After the first shells fell, the trebuchets and the crossbow carts barely stopped, pouring pottery shells and rockets into Yangping Pass, but in a few moments, Yangping Pass was already a sea of fire.

Yang Bai ordered his soldiers to fight the fire, but how could the Hanzhong soldiers in chaos listen to his command, most of the buildings in the city are wooden structures, and the west wind is blowing at the moment, the wind helps the fire to borrow the power of the wind, and the blink of an eye has burned half of the red, even if some soldiers struggle to save, but the bombs and rockets that fall like raindrops do not give the Hanzhong soldiers any respite.

The soldiers who had no time to escape in the sea of fire were surrounded by flames, and their bodies were on fire in many places, rolling on the ground in pain, wailing and screaming, which was unsightly.

At this time, the Jing army had launched a full-scale siege of the city, and the Hanzhong soldiers were already in a mess, how to resist, the Jing army almost did not take much effort to attack the city.

Yang Bai saw that the general trend had gone, and he didn't dare to fight anymore, so he attracted a few henchmen and went to the east gate. At this time, the west wind was tight, and the fire had spread to the area around the east gate, and the whole city was already in flames, thick smoke was billowing out, and there was no human figure within ten zhang. Yang Bai fled to the east gate, only to find that he was already surrounded by flames, but the shouts of killing behind him were endless, and Yang Bai had no way to retreat, so he had to grit his teeth and rush towards the east gate.

As soon as he arrived at the door, a fire beam fell, just smashed on the back crotch of Yang Bai's war horse, the war horse screamed, knelt on the ground, and at the same time lifted Yang Bai off the horse, and fell heavily on the ground, Yang Bai just struggled to get up from the ground, and another fire beam fell, this time it smashed on Yang Bai's back, Yang Bai screamed, the quilt was pressed under the fire beam, and there was no sound.

Wei Yan and Zhang Ren led their troops to attack the city of Yangping Pass very quickly, but there was a sea of fire in front of them, and they had to stay in the area of the city gate, and only then did they start to take action, taking over the city on the one hand, and clearing the remnants of the Hanzhong soldiers on the other hand, and extinguishing the fire in the city at the same time.

Hanzhong, who was lucky enough to survive in the sea of fire, was smoky and burning, and there was still half a point of fighting spirit there, and when they saw the Jing army coming from afar, they threw away their weapons early and raised their hands to surrender, Wei Yan and Zhang Ren killed all the way, and there was not even half of the resistance.

Yang Bai's body was also identified by the soldiers, and the whole ground was burned to a piece of charcoal, unrecognizable, if it weren't for the armor on his body, I'm afraid no one would really be able to recognize him.

After Liu Ze entered the city, he saw that Yangping Pass was almost a ruin, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly, Yangping Pass was not only garrisoned by the Hanzhong Army, after all, there were still a lot of people in the city, such a fire, it can be said that the good and the cheap were burned, countless soldiers and civilians were burned to death, and more survivors were homeless and became refugees because of this ruined fire.

This is the cruelty of war, compared to attacking Yangping Pass with ants, the Jing army will have to pay a greater price than now, so attacking Yangping Pass with fire is the only choice for Liu Ze.

Liu Ze ordered to treat the burned people and soldiers, bury the corpses, widely post notices to resettle the people, and set up tents and provide food for the homeless refugees at the city gate, and at the same time ordered Fei Guan, who had already served as the Taishou of Hanzhong, to rebuild Yangping Pass, all the expenses should be paid by the Yizhou government, and the livelihood of the people of Yangping must be guaranteed.

Take it down Yangping Pass, it is equivalent to opening the door of Hanzhong, the two battles of Jiameng Pass and Yangping Pass, the Jing army has completely defeated Zhang Lu's main force, and now Zhang Lu's hands, there are not many soldiers and horses left, and the Hanzhong Plain of Pingchuan is even more dangerous, and what awaits Zhang Lu is already an irreversible fate.

Liu Ze only stopped at Yangping for a few days, then ordered his army on the hour and moved in the direction of Nanzheng, preparing to take Hanzhong in one go. (To be continued......)