Hua An took a breath, looked at the generals beside him, and said loudly: "Count the men and horses immediately, and treat the injured soldiers immediately." ”

"Yes, General." The general answered, turned around and went to prepare.

Wang San ran to Hua An's side in a few steps, and said loudly: "Big brother, I really can't imagine that the enemy army is so well prepared, and the urn city is full of traps, how did they do it in such a short period of time?" ”

Like Wang San, Hua An also felt very strange, after all, it is impossible to prepare so many traps in a short time, it will take at least a few days to dig these deep and big traps, and from Zhuge Xiong's arrival at Chenggao Pass to the launch of the army's attack, it is only a few hours, such a short time, these cleverly arranged deep pits will never be dug temporarily.

The only possibility is that these deep pits have been dug a long time ago, which means that the guards defending Chenggao Pass, in order to prevent the sneak attack by hostile forces, dug traps in the urn city early, and stored enough rolling wood and stones on the walls around the urn city to improve the ability to deal with emergencies.

At the same time, this also shows that the territory competition in the Central Plains is very fierce, and in order to deal with the threat, the wise defending generals have to take very strict defensive measures to make themselves invincible.

"Since the defenders of Chenggao Pass are so well prepared, it seems that our army will not be able to break through the pass in a short period of time, and we must think long-term." Hua An said softly.

Wang San nodded and said, "Big brother, blame me for being too reckless, otherwise, I wouldn't have let the soldiers suffer such a big loss." After saying that, he blamed himself.

Hua An waved his hand. He said softly: "This can't be blamed on you, after all, it was I who gave the order to attack, this way, our army is like a bamboo, and the counties along the way have surrendered, a few days ago, Deng Qiang easily broke through Luoyang City, and the soldiers have a love of underestimating the enemy, even I am no exception, this is good." There is a lesson in blood. ”

"General. More than 300 of our troops were seriously wounded, and more than 100 officers and men did not return. At this moment, the general reported the losses of the soldiers.

Hua An nodded and said softly: "Underestimate the enemy for a while." That's a lot of losses! Sometime. Don't be so light again. ”

Wang San nodded approvingly. suddenly exclaimed: "Big brother, I don't know what the situation is on Zhuge Xiong's side, will he also encounter a trap." ”

Hua An said calmly: "Then there is no need to say." Our army has encountered traps, how can Zhuge Xiong be an exception, look at it! The casualties will not be smaller than ours. ”

When Wang San heard this, he was a little lost, and when he looked up, he happened to see several cavalrymen riding horses, so he hurriedly greeted Hua'an together.

When several cavalrymen saw Hua'an, they hurriedly turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee, and said with their fists clenched: "General, our army has encountered an enemy trap and suffered more than 500 casualties. ”

Hua An nodded, and said with a straight face: "You go back and tell General Sù Zhuge to stay put, and strengthen vigilance to prevent the enemy from sneaking out of the city to attack, go quickly." ”

"Yes, General." Hearing the order, several soldiers turned on their horses and rode away.

"Big brother, the Wudang Fei Army lost 500 soldiers, and the casualties were slightly higher than our army, after this battle, our army suffered a total of nearly 1,000 casualties, and the casualties were not small! What to do next, how to attack the city? Wang San asked in a low voice.

Hua An hesitated slightly, and said softly: "What else can I do, let the soldiers immediately build a large siege machine and prepare to storm Chenggao Pass, no matter what, Chenggao Pass must be captured." ”

"Big brother, rest assured, Chenggao Pass will definitely be captured by our army." Wang Sansheng reassured.

Hua An nodded, and then said: "According to the scout's report, the troops defending Chenggao Pass are the men and horses of Cao Fu, the former general of Zhao State, and Cao Fu himself and the main army under his command are stationed in Xingyang City not far away, Xingyang City is only a few dozen miles away from Chenggao Pass, the cavalry can be reinforced in one day, and the infantry can march in a hurry, and they can also arrive in one day and one night. ”

"Big brother, there are still 50,000 reserve regiments of our army in Heyin City, if all of them are transferred to Chenggao Pass, the problem of troop strength can be completely solved." Wang Sanjian said.

Hua An nodded and said softly: "It's not necessary to transfer all of them, but Heyin City doesn't need so many defensive troops, only 8,000 men and horses can be left, and the remaining 40,000 soldiers and horses are all transferred to Chenggao Pass, so that you can form an absolute superiority over the enemy." ”

"Well, the eldest brother is right, as long as our army has enough troops, it will be no longer a problem to break through Chenggao Pass." Wang San said confidently.

Hua An thought carefully for a while, and continued: "Luoyang City has been captured by Deng Qiang, it is said that the current Luoyang City has been dilapidated, and it has long lost the charm of the former royal imperial capital. ”

"Well, what the eldest brother said is that Luoyang City used to be the capital of my Great Jin, and it must be sorted out." Wang San replied casually.

Subsequently, the soldiers of the Pro-Guard Army and the soldiers and horses of the Wudang Flying Army began to cut down trees and build large siege equipment outside Chenggao Pass to prepare for the next large-scale siege.

At this moment, in Chenggao Pass, the main general of the defenders and the generals under his command also gathered together to discuss the next defense of the city.

The main general looked at his subordinates and said with palpitations: "Everyone, you have all seen that the Jin army attacked the city extremely quickly, and broke through the city gate in a blink of an eye, fortunately, General Cao has already seen the opportunity of the Jin army, so that the general will dig enough traps in the urn city in advance, otherwise, today, Chenggao Pass has been broken by the Jin army, and we are all killed." After speaking, there was still a surprised expression on his face.

It turned out that when the main army of Hua'an arrived in Heyin City, Cao Fu, who was sitting in Xingyang City, had already felt the threat, and immediately issued an order to let the generals defending Chenggao Pass dig traps in Wengcheng and comprehensively strengthen the defense of Chenggao Pass to prevent the main force of the Jin army from raiding and breaking through, after all, Chenggao Pass is the gateway to the west of Xingyang City, once Chenggao Pass is lost, Xingyang City will be exposed under the noses of the Jin army.

"General, the Jin army didn't know what strange things they used, just heard a bang, and the city gate was reduced to pieces, which is also too powerful." One of the subordinates said.

"Yes! General, the trap dug by our army can block one attack of the Jin army, but the next one may not be effective. Another subordinate said.

"General, the Jin army has suffered a big loss this time, it will definitely not be good at resting, the Jin army is strong, if General Cao's main force is not full of reinforcements, our army is afraid that it will be difficult to hold." A ministry general said.

The main general of the defenders nodded, and Zhengse said: "You can rest assured, the general has already sent someone to inform General Cao, I believe that it will not be long before General Cao's main force will reinforce Chenggao Pass." ”

When the generals heard this, they all nodded reassuringly.

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In the main hall of the General's Mansion in Xingyang City, Cao Fu was meeting with guests, but saw a personal soldier rushing in.

Seeing that the soldiers were so reckless, Cao Fu frowned, and reprimanded softly: "What's so flustered, didn't you see that Ben General was meeting guests?" ”

The soldier glanced at the guest, but did not answer, apparently, with some scruples.

The guest hugged his fists and said, "General Cao, there are still some private matters below, so I will leave for the time being." ”

Cao Fu didn't hold back, hugged his fists and said: "Go slowly, come often in the future, housekeeper, send off guests." ”

Seeing that the guest had already walked away, Cao Fu said softly: "What's the matter, I can say it." ”

"General, there is an urgent report from Chenggao Pass, the 20,000 main forces of the Jin army have arrived at the pass, and they may attack at any time." The soldier whispered.

"What, the Jin army is coming to Chenggao City so soon." Cao Fu was shocked when he heard this, and his face was surprised.

After a moment's pause, Cao Fu walked out of the mansion and rode his horse in the direction of the military camp outside the city, where he wanted to discuss the matter with his generals as soon as possible.

In the big tent of the Chinese army in the military camp outside the city, the generals have already been in place, Cao Fu walked into the big tent, and saw that all the generals had arrived, so he said: "Generals, the main force of the Jin army has approached Chenggao Pass, and now Chenggao Pass is in danger, Chenggao Pass is the gateway of my Xingyang, I must not save it, I plan to lead the generals to immediately reinforce Chenggao Pass, what do the generals think." ”

"General, the main force of our army is only 30,000 horses, I heard that the main force of the Jin army has 100,000 troops, and the disparity in strength is so great, why don't our army pretend to be attached, keep these cities, and not violate the river water with the well water of the Jin army?" A ministry will build a yì road.

"This, Ben Jiang has thought about it a long time ago, but unfortunately it doesn't work at all." Cao Fu said helplessly.

He knew very well that Chenggao Pass was a choke point with an extremely important strategic position, and Hua'an would not give it up, unless they gave up Chenggao Pass, otherwise, it would not be effective at all by relying on verbal attachment.

And once they give up Chenggao Pass, Xingyang City will be exposed under the noses of the Jin army, and may be attacked by the Jin army at any time.

Cao Fu immediately explained his reasons, and after listening to it, the generals all nodded approvingly, and expressed their willingness to follow Cao Fu and defend Chenggao Pass with him.

In the end, Cao Fu decided to leave 10,000 horses to defend Xingyang City, and the other 20,000 horses to follow him to reinforce Chenggao Pass.

Because Chenggao Pass had been prepared quite well and dug many secret traps, Cao Fu knew that it was impossible for the Jin army to occupy Chenggao Pass in a short period of time, so he could rest assured that he would be reinforced.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the battle situation at Chenggao Pass to come over, and the Jin army's rash siege suffered a lot of losses, and the wolf retreated.

After more than half an hour of preparation, the 20,000-strong army was completely prepared, and under Cao Fu's loud order, they slowly rushed towards Chenggao Pass. (To be continued......)