Chapter 325: Outwitting the Tiger Prison
The defenders of the city began to fight back under the command of several generals, and these generals simply bumped their heads and then began to command separately, one of them commanded the soldiers to block the black-clothed troops besieging the city, the other will command the soldiers to block the train, and the other general commanded the soldiers to use their shields to resist the constantly flying fireballs, so the three generals worked together to direct the sergeants to resist desperately, Cao Cao's train rushed straight to the drawbridge, and the defenders of the city threw down sandbags when they saw this, and the sandbags quickly smashed into the train, The oil on the train is not afraid of water, but the sandbag is filled with sand, which is very effective in extinguishing fires, but it is not easy to extinguish the burning train in an instant.
Cao Cao saw that the city was well arranged, and the attack on three sides was blocked, so he ordered to launch a general attack, that is, a full-scale attack, and the trumpeter was ordered to immediately blow the horn of the charge "woo woo" This burst of sound has already been ready to go Cao Cao's army suddenly like an explosion, swarming to the Tiger Prison Pass, the general attack began, Cao Jun has carried the ladder to the Tiger Prison Pass and swooped wildly, the defenders on the Tiger Prison Pass are busy blocking, already busy, because of the lack of a strong command, the lack of a general dispatch, Although the three generals worked together, their sergeants were still confused, and they were even more powerless in the face of Cao Cao's all-out attack, and their positions were once again disrupted.
Cao Cao's all-out attack made the defenders of the city even more panicked, the previous division of labor was broken again, they only cared about throwing ash bottles and cannons to the city, at this time the Cao army's train had already ignited the drawbridge, and although the black-clothed army was blocked and the losses were not small, there were still people who climbed the pass one after another, and the defenders in the city began to confront the Cao army head-on, and with the beginning of Cao Cao's full-scale attack, the Cao army that landed in the city gathered more and more. The defenders on the pass also looked very weak to resist, and the situation became more and more unfavorable to the defenders of the city
Even the sky changed color when the entire tiger prison was closed and killed, and the shouting of killing was even more tearful! There was such a fierce battle ahead, and Zhang Fei was still sleeping in his residence in the rear, Zhang Fei drank too much wine this night, and he forgot how much he drank. Just drink until you can't drink anymore, until you fall asleep when you fall to the ground, the current Zhang Fei's residence is completely drowned out by his snoring, this thunderous snoring can even be heard outside really, just when the tiger prison is fighting, there are already sergeants who have come to Zhang Fei's residence to report, but after seeing Zhang Fei, the sergeant who came to the scene in front of him didn't know what to do, but saw a whole wine jar on the ground. There must be at least dozens of them, and seeing that Zhang Fei has been overwhelmed by the wine jar, if it weren't for his thunderous snoring, it would have been almost impossible to find his existence, and the whole room was filled with a choking smell of alcohol, which could smoke people's heads.
The sergeant who came to report couldn't care so much, and stepped forward to pull Zhang Fei to wake him up, but Zhang Fei only cared about sleeping and let him sway and still didn't move. The courage of this sergeant is not small, and Zhang Fei's temper is not something that ordinary people can bear. This guy is scolding when he opens his mouth when he lights a fire, and he raises his hand to beat, and many sergeants below are not less corporal punishment from him, but in this case, this little soldier can't take care of this anymore, he would rather be beaten by Zhang Fei than miss a big deal because of this, this kind of consciousness has been fully reflected in the soldiers. However, although this little soldier talks about life and death, but now Zhang Fei is no longer able to move, no matter who pushes him, he doesn't feel it, this guy doesn't even want his life when he drinks too much, or how he will die. It's because he drank too much and let people cut off their heads, and Zhang Fei in this state has no way to revive him unless he wakes up.
There is really no way for the little soldier to take Zhang Fei, and the people around Zhang Fei also have no tricks to take him, so the sky over there is going to be broken, and here Zhang Fei doesn't ask about the world and falls asleep, and then see that the fierce battle between the two sides of the Tiger Prison Pass has entered a stalemate, Cao Cao's offensive has become more and more fierce, at this time the train has set the suspension bridge outside the Tiger Prison Pass on fire, the suspension bridge was quickly burned to expose the city gate, the city gate of the Tiger Prison Pass is very tall and very strong, and the role of the train in front of such a strong city gate is very limited, So there is a need for other strategies, but Cao Cao's army has prepared the equipment, but saw a group of Cao army four-wheeled vehicles pushing a soaked large wooden stake rushed to the gate of the Tiger Prison Pass, this wooden pile weighs more than two tons, several people hug so thick, and after the blister, the weight is even heavier, this is a special equipment used to siege the city, under the fierce help of more than 20 people, this big wooden stake rushed to the gate of the Tiger Prison Pass
Cao Cao's army shouted and slammed the gate of the Tiger Prison with a wooden stake, and the sound of "Boom、、、Boom 、、、" knocked the gate of the Tiger Prison Pass to a crumbling one! The soldiers in the city face such a powerful offensive as long as they use the crowd to resist the city gate inside, and the door bar of the city gate was knocked to flicker, this gate bar is made of all iron, even so, in the face of the fierce attack of the Cao army, it is still dangling, with this violent impact, the fierce battle on the Tiger Prison Pass is particularly tragic, the Cao army has climbed the pass to fight with the defenders on the pass at close range, and several generals of Cao Cao's army have also boarded the city: Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Zang Ba, Dian Wei, Lu Qian, Under the leadership of these generals, the Cao army began to gradually control the initiative on the pass, and the generals on the pass also died one after another, and for a time the soldiers on the pass were leaderless, the situation was extremely critical, these soldiers were killed by the Cao army and had to withdraw to the pass, and Cao Cao's army soon occupied the initiative on the pass.
The city gate under the city was also quickly smashed open by the Cao army under the fierce offensive of the Cao army, but listened to the sound of "boom", the two crossbars of the city gate were broken, the city gate was knocked open at once, the defenders inside were knocked to the ground, Cao Cao's army rushed into the city to be unstoppable, the defenders in the city Hula ran away at once, so the Tiger Prison Pass was occupied by Cao Cao, the Tiger Prison Pass defenders retreated on the whole line and suffered heavy casualties, Cao Cao led a large group of men and horses to rush into the Tiger Prison Pass, and Zhang Fei was still sleeping soundly at this time, A sergeant had already set him up, and the army immediately withdrew slowly from behind the Tiger Pass, and Cao Cao's army broke into it and quickly occupied the Tiger Pass.
The Tiger Prison Pass was lost. At this time, Guan Yu had just returned from the western expedition and returned to Luoyang, and it was like a blow to the head when he learned the news! What made Guan Yu even more devastated was that not only did he lose the Tiger Prison Pass, but the Bishui Pass also fell into the hands of others, what was going on?
It turned out that Guan Yu sent Li Su to guard Bishui Pass, and Li Su led 20,000 horses to Bishui Pass to take up his post. Li Su, as a staff member of the same period as Guan Yu, has been under Dong Zhuo for many years, and he also has a wide network in the army, and has cultivated many protégés over the years, and has a certain influence in the army. After Guan Yu made an incident, he responded decisively to Guan Yu.
Li Su and Guan Yu have a good relationship, but the reason why Guan Yu has a good relationship with him is that he sees a gap between him and Dong Zhuo, once Li Su can stand with him in the future coup d'état, he will just use Li Su, but Li Su's personality is not optimistic about Guan Yu, this kid is a guy with a backbone, although his ability is not good, but his ambition is not small, which Guan Yu has always been aware of. After Li Su served as the lieutenant of the division, although he did not have absolute military power, he still had real power. Li Su yearns for power, he is also very scheming, no matter what position he holds, he pays attention to cultivating his own "people", cultivating his own power, not only that, he is also very "greedy", Li Su has a lot of financial control when he is the lieutenant of the department. He has filled his pockets, pretended to be public and private, and he has made a lot of benefits from it, Guan Yu knows all these things, but he didn't care about it because of the situation before, but Guan Yu didn't agree with Li Su's personality from the heart. After eradicating Dong Zhuo, Guan Yu has always been wary of him.
Guan Yu decided to go west, and seriously considered Li Su's problem, after all, this person has helped him for many years, so he rushed to this Guan Yu did not eradicate him, but transferred him from Luoyang to Bishui Pass to guard, this Li Su is not a fuel-efficient lamp, if he continues to stay in Luoyang, this kid will definitely have an accident, after all, he is also an old man in the army, so it is really not easy to put him in Luoyang Guan Yu, Guan Yu decided to transfer Li Su from Luoyang to Bishui Pass before the westward expedition, Li Su has been uncomfortable since he arrived at Bishui Pass, Guan Yu obviously didn't trust himself in doing this, and asked him to guard a Bishui Pass, although this Bishui Pass is also a gateway to Luoyang, but what future and benefits can such a pass have? Compared to Luoyang, it is simply the difference between heaven and earth!
Li Su has always been angry about Guan Yu's decision, and he pondered more than once: he can't be reused under Dong Zhuo, and he is still excluded when he arrives at Guan Yu, Guan Yu, Guan Yu, I don't help you less! This kid is unloading the mill and killing the donkey! I didn't make a difference to myself, but isn't that obvious? Now start to peel off your own strength, lest you become bigger and stronger in Luoyang! Originally, Li Su thought that after Guan Yu took power, he could soar into the sky and catch up with a decent job, but he didn't expect to fall into this field, Li Su was so depressed in his heart!
Li Su has been depressed in Bishui Pass for a few months, but he has not been idle in the past few months, although this kid is far away from Luoyang, he still does not forget to jump up and down, he has some military power and some money in his hands in Bishui Pass, often invites Luoyang generals to Bishui Pass as guests, often banquets these people, of course, Li Su still does not forget to connect with these people during the banquet, he repeatedly told these people about the current situation, especially Guan Yu's bad words, stabbing these people to deviate from morality, shaking the loyalty of these people, Li Su also often comes to Luoyang, Of course, it is also some people who secretly collude with these people to cause trouble in the army.
Now Li Su no longer has any loyalty to Guan Yu, he just wants to mess up the generals under Guan Yu, and the most important thing is to unite a group of his own forces to prepare to fight against Guan Yu in the future, Li Su knows that he has been in the army for so many years, although his position is not very big, but he still has friendships with many generals, since Guan Yu is not benevolent, then I am also unjust, since Guan Yu can do things, I Li Su can also do it, now Guan Yu is busy with the westward expedition, Luoyang is empty, although he is in Bishui Pass, However, there is still military power, now he has 20,000 horses in his hands, and if he wants to unite some generals in Luoyang to do things together, the manpower can reach 40,000, compared with Luoyang's 80,000 horses, there is still a huge disparity in strength, but Li Su did not give up, he wants to continue to win over some people to strive for greater strength.
Li Su stationed in Bishui did not put his thoughts on defense at all, and his mind was all used to win over the generals in the army, of course, he also spent a lot of financial and material resources for this, but he did not pull out any hair for the defense of Bishui Pass. Originally, some funds were allocated to him for the construction of city defense, but he spent all this money on food and drink, as a meal, during the period of Guan Yu's westward expedition, Li Su jumped up and down a lot of activities, he not only won over some generals in the army but also won over some ministers in the court. Of course, some of these ministers are dissatisfied with Guan Yu, such as Situ Huangwan, Che Cavalry General Dong Cheng, Taiwei Yang Biao, etc., Li Su used his convenience as a lieutenant to have many contacts with these ministers, since he arrived at Bishui Pass, he has more frequent contacts with these people, Li Su not only has something to do in the military, but also suppresses Guan Yu politically, which can be described as a two-pronged approach
Just when Li Su was trying to make some fame, Yuan Shao led an army of more than 80,000 people with Yan Liang, Zhang He, and Gao Ran as the vanguard generals to approach Bishui Pass, and all this Li Su was still in a dream, waiting for Yuan Shao's army to come to the city. Li Su was dumbfounded all of a sudden, but he saw that Yuan Shao's army under the city was vast and boundless! In the face of such a huge enemy army, how could Li Su sit still, originally he still wanted to take the time to go to Luoyang in the recent period, this is really an unforeseen situation! It seems that Yuan Shao's army of this size is not just aimed at a small Bishui Pass!
At this time, there were still 20,000 horses in Bishui Pass, and if they were stiff, they could resist for a while, but Li Su didn't think so, facing such a foreign invasion. He had already figured out the way out, and Li Su also pondered, even if he resisted desperately and sacrificed his life to protect Bishui Pass, what could he do? What can you do if you follow Guan Yu? Will there be a good outcome? No! He will only be wary of himself. The eldest husband simply turned against him if he didn't do it, and directly surrendered to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao IV, the third duke, the court was prominent, and he had a great background, and now he is entrenched in Hebei. There is no shortage of strategists and generals under him, who are Guan Yu's opponents, if he defects to him, he may be reused, and he has a better future than following Guan Yu. In this way, Yuan Shao captured Bishui Pass without spending a single soldier.
Yuan Shao not only seized the Bishui Pass but also obtained the 20,000 new troops of the Bishui Pass, so Yuan Shao's army suddenly expanded to 100,000, the power is not small, Yuan Shao seized the Bishui Pass, the power of the earthquake, and Cao Cao echoed each other, at the same time, Yuan Shu was not far behind, is increasing troops in the Luoyang area, the three armies have approached Luoyang, not counting the Han Sui of the state has also launched an attack from the north of Luoyang, and struggled to attack Hongnong and Zhang Yangzheng to start a decisive battle, Guan Yu would never have thought that he had been away for four months, and the sky was almost about to collapse in just four months, if he delayed for another month, even if it was a month, it was estimated that Luoyang would have fallen into the hands of others
Guan Yu returned to Luoyang with the generals and 100,000 troops, the western expedition was relatively smooth, the achievements were quite large, in just four months, he won two more important pieces of land, and also made arrangements for the future management of these two pieces of land, Guan Yu can be said to have no worries, originally he thought that he could easily return to Luoyang, and then settle down to recuperate, no more war within a year, but when he returned to Luoyang, the situation in Luoyang gave him a headache again, this time the situation can be described as extremely critical! The two important passes have been lost, which means that the enemy can directly enter Luoyang, and the barrier of Luoyang has become an empty city, and such a situation has never existed when the princes of the Eighteenth Route raised troops to commit crimes! However, what made him more relieved was that Luoyang was still in Luoyang, and there was no coup d'état, and the imperial capital was still in his hands.
Fortunately, he finally came back in time, Luoyang is still there, the strength of his army is still there, everything can be started again, Guan Yu returned to Luoyang with 100,000 troops and couldn't care about the fatigue of the way, and he didn't have time to put on any celebration banquet to catch the wind, he was quickly busy when he returned to Luoyang, he first scolded Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei was a dog blood sprayer, who is Zhang Fei? Where has he suffered such a wretchedness, but in the face of Guan Yu's strength and thinking about his mistakes, he is really a little embarrassed, he is holding his breath in his heart! Zhang Fei immediately promised Guan Yu: "Second brother! I buried this tiger prison, I was at fault! But don't worry, I'll take the Tiger Prison back from the Cao thief again! ”
What's going on? Zhang Fei was still bragging in front of him, Guan Yu waved his hand to him and signaled him to retreat quickly, Zhang Fei stared at Guan Yu and was unforgiving, Guan Yu was furious when he saw this: "Get out!" Hurry up and roll me as far as you can! (To be continued......)