Chapter 164: All or Nothing
"The stakes are high, what if something happens?" Guo Yan said angrily.
Guan Yu clapped his hand and said: "If something happens, I will bear it alone, and it has nothing to do with everyone, everyone just prepare to go!" ”
Guan Yu said that Guo Yu is not easy to say anything, after all, Guan Yu is in charge of daily military work, and his level is also above himself, as a soldier he still understands the principle of obedience, at this time Guan Yu also seems very domineering, he said that he has a strong influence in the army, and in front of Dong Zhuo is Dong Zhuo's red man, and the generals in the army also have many supporters, Guo Yan can not compete with the current Guan Yu in any way, "people are under the eaves, and they have to bow their heads" The current Guo Yan only has to obey
The generals from all walks of life have been ordered to prepare, Guan Yu is responsible for the overall scheduling of the entire military operation, Guan Yu personally supervises the actions of the generals from all walks of life, and he tries his best to take care of every link.
The situation of the tiger prison was soon seen by Cao Ren's soldiers hiding in the woods, and soon the situation was reported to Cao Renyu, and Cao Ren decided after hearing this: "There are not so many of them, our only goal is to open the tunnel!" At this time, the tunnel has been opened to the city wall of the Tiger Prison Pass, and you can enter the pass after crossing the city wall, Cao Ren didn't care about anything else, the dawn of victory was in sight, and he was completely carried away by the victory.
Yuan Shao's army raised 100,000 troops and rushed to the direction of the Tiger Prison Pass again, and the situation on Cao Ren's side quickly spread to Cao Cao's side, Cao Cao said after hearing this: "Although the army kills under the Tiger Prison Pass, it won't take long for the city gate to open, and then let the troops rush into the city, and then the army will cover up and break the Tiger Prison!" ”
"Mengde is very good! Tell the order to go down and march the army to the Tiger Prison! Yuan Shao ordered.
In an instant, the Kwantung Army surged one after another. More than ten people and horses flocked to the direction of the Tiger Pass, in front of a large number of cavalry troops, followed by the infantry, the cavalry and the infantry staggered, there is a large gap between the cavalry teams, the infantry can rush forward from the cavalry spacing. The Kwantung Army marched in this way and was also prepared with both hands in case of contingencies.
Cao Ren and the corporal quickly crossed the city wall and hit the city, Cao Ren asked the sergeant to open the opening from the place close to the city wall, here is a horn, Cao Ren thought that the god did not know the ghost, where did he know that the southern city defense at this time had already been surrounded by many archers, Zhang Liao learned that Cao Ren had dug into the pass, while sending someone to report to Guan Yu, while asking the archers to prepare.
Guan Yu heard that Cao Ren had opened up to the pass. Then arrange Li Yan to hurriedly transfer sandbags to the tunnel, Li Yan received the order and quickly transferred the sandbags to the south side of the city defense, there are dozens of bags, one word open, Cao Ren opened the news of the pass quickly reported to the Kwantung Army alliance leader Yuan Shao under the city, at this time Yuan Shao's army was all pressed to the Tiger Prison Pass, just waiting for the pass to be opened, and then attacked the city gate. But the scene of the tiger prison was not as beautiful as Cao Cao thought, and the closure not only strengthened the fortifications but also added a lot of manpower. It seemed that he had made full preparations, and an ominous feeling suddenly surged into Cao Cao's mind: Could it be that Guan Yu knew about the authentic matter? No! It shouldn't be, otherwise Guan Yu would definitely attack, but at this time, they had already reached the Guannei, and Guan Yu still didn't make a move, if Guan Yu didn't notice it, why did he send so many additional troops? However, Cao Cao was still careful, and he sent a fine work to tell Cao Ren to be more careful
Yuan Shao's army approached the city, and Guan Yu hurriedly climbed the tiger prison to close it. Everything really came as he imagined, it seems that his prediction was correct, "the magic is one foot high and the road is one foot high" Cao Cao You can't escape from the palm of my hand, Guan Yu thought like this and came to the Tiger Prison Pass, but saw a sea of people under the pass. The torches were overwhelming, and Yuan Shao's movements were beyond his imagination, it seemed that they still put all their hopes on the tunnel, but unfortunately their conspiracy was still seen through by me.
Guan Yu saw that a large number of people and horses of the Kwantung Army were killed, and knew that Yuan Shao was waiting for the opportunity, they definitely did not dare to attack the city rashly, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao came to the Tiger Prison Pass and waited for Cao Ren's news, the large team of men and horses piled up there and was indifferent, Guan Yu saw that Yuan Shao's army was arranged in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, if the cavalry took the lead, it would be much more difficult to retreat from the obstacles encountered in front, and where would the large number of infantry in the back have their room for maneuver?
Guan Yu said that Guo Yan and Zhang Ji were guarding the city: "Prepare the rocket and prepare to shoot!" ”
The two of them ordered all the archers to step forward together, Li Su had already arranged thousands of rockets, Yuan Shao saw that the enemy troops on the pass were ready to release rockets, and hurriedly urged Cao Cao: "Why hasn't there been news from Meng De's side yet?" Guan Yu is about to release the arrow! ”
Seeing this, Cao Cao was shocked into a cold sweat, and cold sweat suddenly oozed from his forehead, and he said to Yuan Shao: "I'll go and see the situation in person!" With that, he slapped his horse and ran towards the south of the Tiger Prison.
The sergeants who Cao Ren urged to dig quickly opened a gap in the pass, and soon dug a hole in the southwest corner of the city wall on the south side of the Tiger Prison Pass, and the tunnel was opened, and Cao Ren's subordinates finally did not work in vain, and these soldiers were soon ready to expose the ground, but when they showed their heads from the tunnel, they were immediately stunned by the scene in front of them
But seeing that countless bows and arrows were aimed at their heads, shooting in the same direction, aiming at the same target, before they could speak, let alone act, ten thousand arrows were sent at the gap in unison, too late to resist, too late to dodge, the soldiers who exposed the ground were soon regarded as live targets, drowned under the rain of arrows.
The people who climbed up in the tunnel were all shot to death, Cao Ren was shocked when he learned it: he never thought that the customs were actually ready, they thought that the gods were unaware of the progress but unexpectedly all in the hands of others, Cao Ren didn't know how to do it for a while, just then Cao Cao arrived, Cao Ren reported the situation to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was stunned when he heard it, it seems that things are not good! Cao Ren said to Cao Cao: "My lord, what should we do?" ”
"Don't do it, don't do it! Fight with them, so that the gap in the tunnel has been opened, whether they are prepared or not, for us this is equivalent to an extra shortcut, the tunnel continues to arrange manpower to break through, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we must do our best! Arrange for manpower to attack here, and our army will also attack outside the city, with a two-pronged approach, two flanking attacks, and taking care of each other, I don't believe that we can't take this tiger prison," Cao Cao arranged.
Cao Cao's heart suddenly brightened up when Cao Cao said this, and Cao Cao continued: "You have been supervising here these days and rarely resting, so leave Yue Jin to guide, and then I will suggest to the alliance leader to arrange manpower, and you will follow me!" ”
"No!" Cao Ren finally breathed a sigh of relief and followed Cao Cao, who came to Yuan Shao to report the situation, and then told Yuan Shao his suggestion, Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard it: "If this is the case, our army is in danger!" How can the cavalry attack the city now? ”
Cao Cao persuaded: "If we choose to retreat, it will be the real danger, but if we choose to attack, it is not certain who will kill the deer?" ”
"What do you mean by that?" Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao with a frightened expression and asked.
Cao Cao continued: "My army is now in the city, as long as the cavalry does not choose to retreat, they can completely rush to the Tiger Prison Pass, and then the infantry from behind carrying various tools to attack the city to follow up and respond to the army will immediately attack the city, causing pressure on the frontal defenders on the pass, and at the same time, the troops who pass through the inside also launch an offensive, and the two-way flank attack makes Guan Yu unable to care about each other, I am afraid that he will not have much chance of winning in such a battle!" ”
"Hmmm! This is the only way to do this, victory or defeat in one fell swoop! Yuan Shao said firmly.
After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he ordered the drummer to blow the trumpet, the order sounded, the cavalry in front of the queue rushed to the Tiger Prison Pass desperately, thousands of horses rushed to the Tiger Prison Pass like a torrent, roaring, shouting to kill, and the neighing of horses suddenly resounded throughout the night sky, Guan Yu saw that Yuan Shao's army launched an attack uncharacteristically, and knew that this was the enemy jumping over the wall in a hurry, so he commanded the archers in the city to release the arrows, and suddenly tens of thousands of rockets rushed to the cavalry under the city, and the cavalry was shot dead, but there were many who continued to charge forward
The frontal fierce battle outside the Tiger Prison Pass suddenly kicked off, Yuan Shao's cavalry kept charging towards the Tiger Prison Pass, and the archers on the pass shot arrows in batches one after another, but Yuan Shao's cavalry lineup was strong and the speed of the charge was even faster and amazing, and a large number of cavalry rushed to the Tiger Prison Pass, but many cavalry sergeants were killed by arrows, and the cavalry who rushed to the front of the Tiger Prison Pass had already prepared to attack the city with hooks, and they quickly flew up and scratched the hooks on the pass. In an instant, hundreds of hooks flew towards the Tiger Prison Pass.
Seeing this, Guan Yu ordered the archers to withdraw, and ordered to replace the knife and axe hand and the rolling wood and stone, the knife and axe hand quickly rushed to the front of the pass to fly to the city to scratch the hook and cut the general, at this time the cavalry had many climbers to the city, and many climbed into the air, the sword and axe hand on the city then cut the hook and scratch the hook, only to hear: dang, dang, dang a sound, the rope around the hook was quickly cut off, the cavalry under the city just climbed half of the rope was cut off, and fell down from mid-air at once, "Ah, ah, ah" With bursts of screams, many of the soldiers who climbed the city fell to their deaths.
At this time, a large number of cavalry rushed to the front, dismounted and rushed to the edge of the city to continue to fly up and scratch the hook to the city, at the same time Yuan Shao's infantry also launched a charge, tens of thousands of soldiers carried siege equipment to rush to the Tiger Pass, the frontal battlefield once fell into a fierce battle, the main force of Yuan Shao's army launched a powerful offensive from the front, causing a lot of pressure to the defenders on the Tiger Pass, Guan Yu saw that Yuan Shao was strong on the one hand to Guo Yan to continue to raise manpower, on the other hand, let Li Su continue to raise materials, He personally supervised the battle and commanded the defense. (To be continued.) )