Chapter 347: Regain the Water Pass
Although Zhang He is young but his mind is very calm, he saw that there was no chance of winning the battle, so he was ready to stick to Bishui Pass and Guan Yu to fight a protracted battle to prepare Guan Yu to retreat, Zhang He thought that with the strong city defense of Bishui Pass and his careful arrangement could resist the edge of Guan Yu's army, the most important thing is that Zhang Heyi saw that the city was full of cavalry, but Guan Yu had already deployed a group of siege special forces behind the cavalry, in fact, no matter what Zhang He thought, his end was doomed to be a failure, Because ordinary city defenses can't resist such a powerful offensive by Guan Yu at all, not to mention a mere Bishui Pass, Guan Yu's "thunderbolt" launched is too powerful, like a firepower to suppress the defenders in the city, unable to defend, so that the siege sergeants have won an advantage.
Guan Yu's army of five thunderbolts concentrated on the attack on the Bishui Pass, the defenders on the Bishui Pass were smashed by the stones thrown and fled into a mess, there was no time to take care of the offensive under the city, and at this time Guan Yu's train under the city had rushed to the suspension bridge and the fire took advantage of the momentum to ignite the suspension bridge at once, the defenders of the city were unable to take care of this completely thrown stones, Guan Yu saw that the drawbridge was burned and then commanded the army to hit the city gate, but saw the army pushing the siege car to the city gate of the city gate, In the past, Guan Yu attacked the city gate with a thick enough stake through the blister and then used enough people to carry the big stake to the city gate, not to mention how heavy the stake is, it takes a lot of manpower, not to mention that the main reason is that the efficiency of the attack is very low, a group of people carry a big stake, the action is very slow, greatly reducing the efficiency of the siege, so much manpower is still in danger of being attacked, so this siege method is very rough, Guan Yu has launched a new type of siege equipment after pondering, what equipment? That is to build a chariot out of wood. Six wheels were placed underneath, and the chariot was made of wood to form a closed structure, similar to a large closed wooden box, with two large wooden stakes long enough to propel the chariot at both ends, and several stout logs were erected on the chariot, and iron chains were hung from the wood. There are several chains used to hang a stout large wooden pile, that is, the large wooden stake that used to need to be carried manually is loaded on the cart this time, people only need to push this chariot to push this large wooden stake to the city gate, and there is no need for so many people, this and the wooden stake is hung vertically on the car, growing out of the chariot for several meters, and the front of the wooden stake is pinned into a cylindrical shape to reduce the resistance of the impact, because the wooden stake is hoisted with an iron chain, although it is placed on the chariot, it can still be moved and is still active, so as long as the chariot sends the wooden stake to the city gate. Then they would push the stake against the gates
Guan Yu's rushing car rushed to the city gate of Bishui Pass, like a swordfish rushed to the city gate at once, like a broken bamboo, at this time the suspension bridge at the city gate has been burned down by the train, leaving only the city gate, the sergeants surrounded the rushing car and began to hit the city gate, "coax 、、、 coax 、、、、 coax 、、、" accompanied by this burst of impact sound, the city gate of Bishui Pass was smashed to a crumbling ground. At this time, in the Bishui Pass, the defenders were trying their best to protect the city gate. But how long can this kind of resistance last in the face of a powerful offensive?
At the same time as Guan Yu's army rushed to the city gate, Guan Yu's special forces also began to launch a general attack, this is a professionally trained team, good at climbing the city, with experience in attacking the city, not to mention a small Bishui Pass, even a city as big as Chang'an City. This army has set up a ladder and some with a hook to run to the Bishui Pass, the city of Bishui Pass, which has been attacked by shells, is in a mess, the city fortifications are seriously damaged under the powerful artillery bombardment, and the defense ability has basically been lost, and now the defenders on the Bishui Pass still have the heart to defend! This saturated shelling caused serious casualties among the soldiers in the city. Those who didn't die were scared, where had they ever seen such a formation? Dozens of pounds of boulders flew from the air all at once, oh my God! Such a terrifying thing makes these soldiers who have never seen the scene not be frightened, the key is that there is no good way to face such an offensive, what can withstand such an attack? The only way to dodge is to find death!
After a saturation of the shelling, the enemy on the Bishui Pass suffered heavy casualties and the flying stones, the whole city was already in chaos, Zhang He saw that Guan Yu's shelling stopped, knowing that Guan Yu was going to attack the city next, Zhang He and Li Su discussed: "Guan Yu wants to attack the city must be a two-pronged attack, up and down attack, we go separately, I will block the city, you go to the city to command the soldiers to block the city gate!" ”
"That's the best! Without further ado, I'll take the army down to the city!" After Li Su finished speaking, he raised his sword and led a group of soldiers down the Bishui Pass and went straight to the city gate.
Zhang He commanded the sergeants in the pass to hurry up in place to stop Guan Yu's army from landing on the city, the soldiers in the city had to order to come out to block, at this time the Guan Yu army siege special forces have rushed to the city to attack the water pass, some set up a ladder and some flew up and scratched the hook to climb the city, Zhang He led the army to block the attack, but it is not easy to say, the city is already chaotic, the ground is full of people and stones, a lot of defensive things are pressed underneath, and the offensive of Guan Yu's army is so fierce, Seeing that the situation was urgent, Zhang He hurriedly ordered the sergeants defending the city to take materials on the spot, and threw them with people lying on the ground and flying stones as defensive materials, and the sergeants had to order the bodies of the dead soldiers on the ground to be lifted and smashed at the Guan Yu soldiers who pounced on them, and some moved the flying stones and threw them at the soldiers who rushed up
Li Su led a group of people to the city gate to block the attack of Guan Yu's army, but it was not easy to say, the impact of the car was extremely strong, and the city gate was flickering, and the horizontal crossbar at the city gate was bent, Li Su saw that the city gate was already crumbling, and then looked at the city gate A group of sergeants were struggling to block the city gate to avoid the city gate being quickly knocked open, but their resistance was futile or useless in the face of a powerful offensive, but they heard a "bang" sound, and the beam of the city gate was broken all of a sudden, The city gate was quickly knocked open, Guan Yu's army rushed in, Li Su saw Guan Yu's army crash open the city gate, and couldn't help but be shocked, and immediately led the defenders to start a fierce battle with Guan Yu's army. These soldiers were siege special forces, and when Guan Yu saw the city gate open, he ordered the hoplites to change into infantry to attack the city.
Because the city of Bishui Pass is relatively small, it is very inconvenient for the heavily armed hoplites to move, but the hoplites are not a pool of stagnant water, they get off their horses and directly become hoplites, and enter the city on foot to attack. The combat effectiveness is still strong, and the whole body armor can resist the attack of some bows and arrows, the special forces entered the city and then the hoplite team followed up, and the defenders in the city and the hoplites encountered that it was simply a live target, and their attacks could not hurt the hoplites at all, and the hoplites were like chopping vegetables and chopping mud to cut the defenders in the city, and the defenders in the city were quickly defeated, Li Su saw that Guan Yu's army was so powerful and knew that it was not an opponent. He led a detachment of men and horses to flee in a hurry.
At the same time, in the city, Guan Yu's army also came to the city one after another, Zhang He led the defenders to fight hard, met Pang De, Pang De climbed the city tower and Zhang He fought fiercely, the two of them began to fight with their swords in their hands, there were more than 20 battles in a row, Zhang He saw that the situation was critical, and the city had been breached. No matter how much the city resists, it will be useless, and the defeat is already decided. One hand is not able to return to the sky at all, so he gave up the resistance and began to retreat, Zhang He led a group of men and horses to rush down the city, left and right block and strive to break through, soon kill a bloody road, Zhang He rushed to the city to prepare to take the road and go to the north gate to break through. But I saw that a general blocked the way, the face of this life is like a crown of jade, the waist is thin and the shoulders are wide, a talent, and he looks very young. Zhang He saw that a small general blocked the road and looked younger than himself, so he didn't put the sword in his eyes to fight, the two immediately moved, the young general did not answer and pulled out the saber on his body to take Zhang He, the two had more than ten confrontations, the rise of the young general to kill, Zhang He couldn't parry, at this moment the city of Pang De also killed the general, the two of them circled Zhang He in the heart, Zhang He rushed left and right can not be delayed
Zhang He was surrounded by Ma Chao and Pang De and soon fell into the siege, surrounded by Guan Yu's army is the inside of the three layers of the outer three layers, Zhang He struggled to kill and deal with the two generals at the same time, his resistance in many was in vain, a careless Ma Chao knocked to the ground, all the sergeants stepped forward to capture Zhang Hesheng alive, at this time Guan Yu had arrived, saw that Zhang He was captured alive and asked Li Su about the situation, a sergeant reported that Li Su had fled, Guan Yu heard where he was willing to give up, personally drove a horse to lead his eighteen warriors to chase Li Su open.
Li Su saw that things were not good, hurriedly retreated from the north gate and fled, was running but saw the dust behind a horse chasing from behind, Li Su's frightened soul flew, desperately ran forward, the horse galloped, and then the pursuers in front of him were getting closer and closer, and even the figure was seen, Li Su saw that the number of pursuers behind was not much, and there were more than 100 people led by himself, and then looked at the back but more than ten horses, Li Su did not put the chasing soldiers behind in his eyes, he turned the horse's head and said to the sergeants:" Brothers, let's not be afraid of the back, but there are only a dozen people behind, we have at least more than 100 people now, everyone will work with me to eliminate the enemy in the future, in order to relieve our worries, and then we can run with confidence, brothers come with me! As soon as the more than 100 people heard this, they immediately came to their senses, followed Li Su, turned their horses' heads, and fought against Guan Yu.
Li Su thought that he was outnumbered and ready to eliminate Guan Yu with his superior strength, in fact, how did he know who the person who came to chase him was, if he knew that it was Guan Yu who came to chase him, he would definitely not make such a choice, and when he approached Li Su with this force, he found out that Guan Yu was too late to regret it! Li Su was dumbfounded when the two teams met like this, he never thought that Guan Yu would personally bring people to chase after him, the two of them had such a close contact, to be precise, it was a zero-distance contact, it was really a mixture of new hatred and old hatred! Guan Yu opened the formation, and Li Su also put the men and horses away, and now he knew that it was too late to run again, and there was only one battle.
Guan Yu grabbed the reins and scolded Li Su: "Where did the traitor escape? ”
"Guan Yu, why do you need to push people into a corner? I've helped you, so why do you have to put people to death? Li Su said hurriedly.
"How can I tolerate you, who talk nonsense and betray the Lord?" Guan Yu picked up the big knife and shouted.
Li Su gritted his teeth: "Guan Yu, I'm fighting with you today!" After speaking, he commanded his sergeants to attack Guan Yu together, Guan Yu slapped his horse and danced with a knife and fought forward with eighteen warriors to kill dozens of people in a row, Li Su saw that this was not good and led the remaining dozens of people to run again, Guan Yu saw this and aimed his bow and arrow at Li Su "whoosh" and shot it, "Ah" Li Su fell off the horse and fell under the horse
Guan Yu shot Li Su and turned over and retreated, and turned back to Bishui Pass again, which was occupied by the army at this time. The rest of the enemy all surrendered, Guan Yu saddled his horse and tired, everyone escorted Zhang He to see Guan Yu, Zhang He was pressed down at the bottom of the steps, Guan Yu said to Zhang He: "What else does the general of Zhang He's defeated army have to say?" ”
Zhang Hejiang raised his head and said angrily: "For today's defeat, it is the will of heaven that the only way to give the head is death!" ”
"Are you so young that you are willing to die?" Guan Yu continued. 、
Zhang He sighed after hearing this: "Life and death depend on fate, success or failure is in the sky!" What is the pity of being young and having such a fate? ”
"What if I give you a chance to stay alive?" Guan Yu continued.
After Guan Yu finished speaking, Zhang He's eyes widened and he looked at Guan Yu. His eyes were clearly full of expectation, and he said, "Could it be that the prime minister can leave me a way to live?" ”
"I'll leave you with a way out, what will you choose?" Guan Yu continued.
Zhang Yiyi was stunned and fell into contemplation and said: "I am Yuan Shaozhi's general, and now I am defeated and should die for the lord, but the prime minister has given me hope for life, and I am willing to submit to the prime minister's account!" This is also my long-cherished wish! ”
"What a greedy person who is afraid of death! What is the use of such an unrighteous man keeping you? Come on, pull me out and cut it down! Guan Yu suddenly gave orders.
After Guan Yu finished speaking, Zhang Yiyi was stunned, but he immediately calmed down and said: "If the husband dies, he will die!" I am not greedy for life and afraid of death! Everyone says that Guan Yunchang is meritocracy, and he knows people with a discerning eye, and it is nothing more than that today! As he spoke, he suddenly stood up and was about to follow the dismantled soldier to the outside of the tent.
"Slow!" Guan Yu strode up to Zhang He's approach and personally untied the rope on Zhang He's hand. Zhang He was dumbfounded when he saw this, Guan Yu finished untying the rope on Zhang He's hand, patted Zhang He's shoulder and said, "I know that you are a rare general, and you can't test your ears when you turn forward!" Thou shalt surrender with sincerity than take the water pass! ”
Zhang Hewen said gratefully when he heard this: "Although General Zhang Hegan's kindness is beyond repayment, he is willing to go to the soup for the general!" Saying that, he knelt on the ground again, and Guan Yu hurriedly helped Zhang He up.
In this way, Guan Yu regained Bishui Pass again, and it took less than a week for Guan Yu to reward Ma Chao and Pang De for their meritorious work in attacking Bishui Pass. Ma Chao was crowned as the captain of the military academy, Pang De was crowned as the general of the prisoner, and Pang De was left to guard the Bishui Pass. Take Ma Chao and Zhang He back to Luoyang
However, it is said that Yuan Shao went north to conquer Gongsun Zhan, this Gongsun Zhan, the word Bo Zhan, was a native of Lingzhi in Liaoxi (now Qian'an City, Hebei), and was born in a nobleman. Because of his mother's humble status, he only became a county official. He was beautiful. The voice is loud and witty. Liu Taishou of Zhuojun appreciated it very much and married his daughter to him. Later, he gradually became a Zhonglang general, with a tough attitude against the northern nomads, and fought bravely. Megatron Frontier. Gongsun Zhan is a noble child, but because of his mother's humble background, he can only serve as a scholar. Because of his beauty, loud voice and intelligence, he was appreciated by Taishou and was invited to be his son-in-law. With the help of his father-in-law, he worked with Liu Bei and Liu Deran to study with Lu Zhi. Gongsun Zhan later served as the imperial chariot under Taishou Liu Jun. When Liu Taishou broke the law and was sent to Rinan, he dared to violate the law and disguise himself as a soldier to escort him along the way, and Liu Taishou was pardoned on the way. After Gongsun Zhan returned, he was promoted to filial piety and honesty because of his virtue, and he was appointed as the governor of Liaodong. Once, Gongsun Chan followed dozens of cavalry out to patrol the Guansai, and when he saw hundreds of Xianbei cavalry, Gongsun Chan retreated to the empty pavilion and said to the entourage: "If you don't take the initiative to attack, you will be killed." So he led the team to rush into the Xianbei team with a spear in hand, killing and wounding dozens of people, although fortunately he died, he also lost more than half. Xianbei people take this as a warning, and they no longer dare to easily cross the barrier. Gongsun Zhan was promoted to the county magistrate of Zhuo County.
From 178 A.D. to 184 A.D. (Guanghe period), Bian Zhang and Han Sui rebelled, and the imperial court requisitioned 3,000 elite cavalry from Youzhou (now southwest of Beijing), and gave Gongsun Zhan the command of the 3,000 cavalry. When Gongsun Zhan led his army to Jizhong, Zhang Chun, a native of Yuyang (now southwest of Miyun, Beijing), lured Qiu Liju, the leader of Wuhuan in western Liaoning, to rebel and captured the cities of Youbeiping County (now southeast of Fengrun, Hebei) and Liaoxi County. Gongsun Zhan pursued Zhang Chun and other traitors with 3,000 cavalry, made military exploits, and was promoted to cavalry captain. At this time, the leader of the subject country Wuhuan was so greedy that the king led the people to surrender to Gongsun Zhan. Gongsun Zhan was promoted to Zhonglang General, named Duting Marquis, stationed in the subject country, and in the next five or six years, he fought constantly with the northern nomads.
In 188 A.D. (the fifth year of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty), Gongsun Zan and Zhang Chun, Qiu Liju and others fought in Shimen, a vassal state of Liaodong, Zhang Chun and others were defeated, and Zhang Chun left his wife and children and fled into Xianbei. Gongsun Zhan continued to pursue, but because it was too deep, he was besieged by Qiu Liju in Guanzi City in Liaoxi for more than 200 days, and the soldiers were defeated when the grain was exhausted, and most of the soldiers were killed and wounded. Qiu Liju's army was also exhausted and left Liucheng. The imperial court paid homage to Gongsun Zan as the captain of the captive school, the marquis of the capital pavilion, and the governor of the country. Gongsun Chan then commanded the soldiers and horses to guard the border. Every time he heard that the enemy was coming, Gongsun Chan immediately spoke violently, and when he fought, he seemed to be beating his own enemy, even until late at night. From then on, Wuhuan was afraid of Gongsun Zhan's bravery and did not dare to attack again. Gongsun Chan often rides white horses with dozens of people around him who are good at riding and shooting, and they are the left and right wings of each other, and they call themselves "White Horse Righteous Servants". (To be continued......)