Under Hua'an's order, four hundred thunderbolt cars were lined up in four neat rows under Chenggao Pass, and were ready to attack, and a large number of ladders and soldiers responsible for the siege were also all ready, ready to launch a fierce attack on Chenggao Pass at any time.

Seeing that the army under his command was ready, Hua An stretched out his hand and waved his hand and ordered loudly: "The whole army will attack immediately." ”

"Attack, attack with all your troops." The ministry will convey the order loudly.

First of all, 400 thunderbolt carts threw the thunderbolts that had been ignited, and then a large number ......of siege soldiers rushed towards the moat of Chenggao Pass.

"Kill ......" The piercing shout of killing resounded throughout Chenggao Pass.

On the gate tower of Chenggao Pass, Cao Fu, the main general of the enemy army, was still immersed in the regret of defeat, and at this moment, he was panicked when he saw that the Jin army suddenly launched a siege battle.

The thunderbolts thrown into Chenggao Pass ...... "boom boom" made a terrifying explosion that panicked the enemy soldiers defending the city.

"General, the Jin army has attacked the city, the Jin army has attacked the city." The Colonel shouted in panic.

Cao Fu was shocked when he saw this, he had long heard that the Jin army had a powerful secret weapon, and at this moment, seeing the limbs of the soldiers under his command being blown up, he finally understood the great power of this secret weapon.

"Don't panic, don't panic, defend the city for me." In order to hold Chenggao Pass, Cao Fu gave a loud order and asked his soldiers to resist desperately.

But the soldiers defending the city were extremely afraid of this huge explosion, and in the explosion of the Jin army's thunderbolts, many soldiers began to run around. For a moment there was a great confusion on the city walls.

Under Chenggao Pass, the Jin army soldiers who were responsible for the siege had already crossed the moat and began to attack the walls of Chenggao Pass.

After the Jin siege army arrived at the bottom of the city wall, in order to prevent accidental injury, 400 thunderbolt carts began to extend their fire, throwing a large number of thunderbolts to the rear of the city wall.

"Kill ......" a large number of Jin soldiers, along the ladder, began to climb to the city wall, and gradually the enemy soldiers defending the city could not resist. and let some of the Jin soldiers attack the city.

"General. The Jin army is killed, and our army can't resist it, so let's withdraw quickly! One of his subordinates looked at Cao Fu and said nervously.

Now. Cao Fu also knew that Chenggao Pass could not be defended. For this. The order said: "The whole army immediately retreats and retreats to Xingyang City." After saying that, under the protection of his own soldiers, he hurried to the city wall.

"The enemy is about to run. Quick, release the arrows. The generals of the Jin army, who had already attacked the city wall, saw that Cao Fu was about to escape, and hurriedly ordered the arrows to be released.

"Whoosh...... More than a dozen sharp arrows instantly shot towards Cao Fu, who fled.

"Ah......" With a scream, Cao Fu was shot in the shoulder with an arrow, and rolled down to the city.

Seeing that the main general's arrow fell under the city, the soldiers immediately ran down, and helped Cao Fu up, and quickly retreated.

With the support of his own soldiers, Cao Fu stepped on the war horse with difficulty, and quickly escaped from Chenggao Pass, fleeing in the direction of Xingyang City, followed by the soldiers on his left and right, only more than 500 people.

After this battle, Cao Fu suffered heavy losses, and most importantly, he lost the strategic Chenggao Pass and exposed the main city of Xingyang to the Jin army.

After many days of preparation, the main force of the Jin army finally captured Chenggao Pass, the excitement of the soldiers can be imagined, after the capture of Chenggao Pass, the victorious soldiers, on the wall of Chenggao Pass, cheered excitedly.

"Big brother, Chenggao Pass has finally been broken by our army, hahaha!" Seeing the soldiers cheering, Wang San said excitedly.

Hua An smiled and said softly: "Order the whole army to enter the city immediately, rest for a day in Chenggao Pass, and send troops to attack Xingyang City tomorrow afternoon." ”

"Big brother, it's a little early to attack Xingyang City tomorrow." Wang San asked.

"Strike while the iron is hot, now that Cao Fu is newly defeated, the morale of the army must be low, and if you don't take advantage of the situation to capture Xingyang City at this time, when will you wait." Huaan explained.

Wang San nodded and said loudly: "Yes, big brother, I understand." ”

Subsequently, the soldiers and horses led by Hua'an fully entered Chenggao Pass, and camped in Chenggao Pass, preparing to send troops in the afternoon of the second day to attack Xingyang City.

Outside the south gate of Xingyang City, Cao Fu and his five hundred soldiers arrived at the city gate, and the soldiers in the city saw that the main general Cao Fu had returned, so they immediately opened the city gate to welcome Cao Fu into the city.

After the city gate was opened, Cao Fu did not immediately ride his horse into the city, but reined in his horse at the city gate and looked in the direction of Chenggao Pass, where he lost 20,000 main troops and lost Chenggao Pass.

Such a huge loss is unbearable for him, and he has been able to occupy the territory of Xingyang for many years, entirely because he has tens of thousands of troops under his command and occupies Chenggao Pass, and now, a fiasco under Chenggao Pass has caused him to lose a strategic place and half of his soldiers and horses at the same time, and his strength has been reduced by more than half at once.

At this time, in addition to the 10,000 main army of Xingyang City, the remaining 10,000 troops are distributed in a number of cities in Xingyang County, among them, the nearby Longcheng and Dasuo City each have 1,000 soldiers and horses, the north of Aocang, there are 3,000 troops to defend, and the distant Juan County, Jing County, Mi County, Yangwu, and Yuanling each have 1,000 men and horses to garrison.

Cao Fu is now most worried that the main force of the Jin army will kill Xingyang City, and the troops in his hands are insufficient, and Xingyang City is difficult to defend at all, so he decided to concentrate the surrounding forces on Xingyang City, so as to concentrate his forces against the attack of the Jin army and keep Xingyang City.

Aocang is Cao Fu's place of grain, the garrison of 3,000 troops naturally can not be transferred at will, Yangwu, Juan County and other five county seats, far away from Xingyang City, and far water can not quench the thirst, only the nearby Longcheng and Dasuo City can increase troops to Xingyang City.

However, Longcheng and Dasuocheng only have 2,000 soldiers and horses, which can be described as a drop in the bucket, and they can't play much role in the face of the tens of thousands of main soldiers and horses of the Jin army.

Thinking of the tens of thousands of main soldiers and horses of the Jin army, as well as the powerful siege weapons, Cao Fu's scalp was a little numb, and he did not have the confidence to defend Xingyang City.

"General, let's go into the city!" Seeing that Cao Fu was slow to ride his horse into the city, a personal soldier reminded in a low voice.

When Cao Fu heard this, he was stunned for a moment, sighed slightly, and rode his horse into Xingyang City.

After entering the mansion, Cao Fu was not sleepy at all, at this time, only an hour before dawn, he hurriedly gathered the remaining henchmen in the city, ready to work with his generals to find a way to fight against the Jin army.

In Cao Fu's mansion, after receiving the order, all the henchmen came and sat on both sides of the main hall.

On the way to Cao Fu's mansion, the generals all heard about the fact of the fiasco under Chenggao Pass, and sighed for it, considering that Cao Fu must be in a very bad mood at the moment, the generals all kept silent.

Seeing that all the generals had arrived, Cao Fu stood up from his throne and said: "Generals, I let you come before dawn because our army was defeated, and Chenggao Pass has been captured by the Jin army. After speaking, he looked at the generals expectantly.

When the generals heard this, they all looked at each other, since the 20,000 main army led by Cao Fu had been completely defeated, how could they have a way to resist the attack of the Jin army?

Seeing that all the generals did not speak, Cao Fu showed a trace of helplessness on his face, they were all generals of Zhao State, when Shi Hu was alive, they went all out to be loyal to Shi Hu, but after Shi Hu died, the sons competed for the throne, Ran Min slaughtered Shi Hu's descendants, Zhao State has perished, most of them are Hu generals, therefore, they are naturally unwilling to surrender Ran Min, and surrendering to Jin State is not a good way out, for this reason, they all decided to continue to be loyal to the already destroyed Zhao State, and in essence in a completely independent state.

With tens of thousands of main forces, occupying the Xingyang area, they naturally have the capital to dominate one side, and have lived a good life for a while, but at this moment, in the face of the advance of the main army of the Jin army, the weakness of the dominant side is exposed, because the Zhao State has perished, therefore, they will not have any reinforcements, the Wei State in the north is too busy to take care of itself, and naturally will not support Cao Fu, and the Jingzhou Army in the south is the army of the Great Jin, and naturally will not provide support for it, in the vicinity of Xingyang, Cao Fu has no strength to rely on at all, You can only rely on yourself.

"General, the Jin army has occupied Chenggao Pass, I believe it will not be long before it will be killed to Xingyang City, and now, there are still 3,000 soldiers and horses in Aocang, which can be transferred to Xingyang City to increase the strength of the defensive army." One of the generals finally spoke.

"No, Aocang is the place where our army stores grain, and the 3,000 troops there cannot be mobilized at will." Before Cao Fu could speak, another general objected.

"There are still 2,000 people in Longcheng and Dasuo City, and they can be transferred to Xingyang City within one day." Another ministry general proposed to build yì.

Cao Fu shook his head helplessly, the ideas of the generals were nothing new, they were all thought of by him a long time ago, and they could not play a role in blocking the main force of the Jin army at all.

"The Jin army has 60,000 soldiers and horses in Chenggao Pass, and has prepared many siege weapons, it is difficult to hold Xingyang with 10,000 defenders of our army and 2,000 men and horses from Longcheng and Dasuocheng!" Cao Fu said helplessly.

"General, since the Jin army is determined to win Xingyang City, why don't our army cede Xingyang City to the Jin army in order to preserve its strength?" A subordinate general said boldly.

When Cao Fu heard this, he said angrily: "What, you want to give up Xingyang City to the Jin army, how can this make Xingyang City the foundation of our army!" ”

"General, since the Jin army is strong, Xingyang City must not be able to hold it, so why should our army insist so much, as the saying goes, keep the green mountains here, don't be afraid of no firewood, as long as our soldiers and horses are still there, there will always be a day when we fight back." The ministry general explained.

Cao Fu was stunned when he heard this, the words of the generals are indeed very reasonable, if his life is gone, what is the use of Xingyang City, it is indeed a clever plan to retreat as advance. (To be continued......)