Chapter 598: Taking the Yang (4)
"Which general in the Cao army are you, report your name quickly." Ma Chao shouted at Yu Ban, who was tied up with five flowers.
Yu Ban snorted coldly, turned his head to other places, and said coldly: "I didn't expect that the world-famous Xiliang Army would also do such a despicable and shameless thing. ”
Ma Chao kicked the ban to the ground, and there was anger in his heart.
"Meng Qi, don't be rude." Zhao Yun stopped.
Seeing Yu Ban, Lu Bu's face immediately turned gloomy, and when he was about to succeed in leading the army to attack the Tiger Prison, Yu Ban's sudden killing said, and all the generals were surprised by Lu Bu's bold move, and they all looked at Ban angrily.
"Name?" Zhao Yun stared at Yu Ban with blazing eyes.
"Hmph, this general is the general of the Cao army, if you want to kill it, you will kill it, don't want to get any news from me." Yu Ban said goodbye to his head very arrogantly, facing Zhao Yun's gaze, he was a little unconfident, to be honest, Yu Ban also cherished his life, he was still very young, so he naturally didn't want to end his life so soon.
"General Lu, this is a forbidden general, temporarily in the army, and it is still useful." Zhao Yundao.
After resting for three days in Bishui Pass, Zhao Yun led 40,000 horses and horses to go in the direction of the Tiger Pass, as long as the Tiger Pass was broken, Luoyang would be in the field of vision of the Xiliang Army, and the great territory of the Central Plains was also beckoning to the Xiliang Army, and Lu Bu's previous actions had exposed the Xiliang Army, which was justified and became the current move of the Xiliang Army.
It is necessary to want to chase the Central Plains and occupy Luoyang, and both the Cao army and the Xiliang army understand the importance of Luoyang.
Knowing the arrival of the Xiliang Army, Xiahou Yuan stood on the gate and quietly watched the movements of the Xiliang Army, from the encampment to the cooking of the fire in Zuihou, the whole process was orderly, without the slightest panic, there was a cavalry guard next to him from beginning to end, it seemed to be lazy and made people feel vulnerable, but Xiahou Yuan never dared to go out of the city, the difference between becoming a commander and a general is that everything must be considered for the overall situation, and the overall situation cannot be ignored because of the momentary pleasure.
The next day, Zhao Yun led an army of 30,000 to a stone's throw away from the Tiger Prison Pass, raised his spear, and shouted: "The guards in the pass, come out to answer." ”
Xiahou Yuan was already standing at the head of the city, and said loudly: "The shameless Xiliang army, regardless of the covenant, attacks our army's land, will be despised by the people of the world, retreat quickly, and give way to Bishui Pass." ”
When Zhao Yun heard this, he was noncommittal, what is righteousness, and he has followed Jia Rong's side all the year round, which also made him gradually understand that only by achieving absolute superiority makes the enemy dare not resist at all, at that time, if you say that righteousness is righteousness, and the losing side can only become a rebellion in the history books.
"Bishui Pass is already in the hands of our army, surrender quickly, this general will say a lot of good words for you in front of King Liang, Baoer and other glory and wealth, otherwise under the attack of the army, the defenders in the pass will not be spared." Zhao Yundao.
"Nonsense, your grandfather and I are Xiahou Yuan, the general of the Cao army, just come to attack the city." Xiahou Yuan said loudly.
There were bursts of laughter from the pass, and the eyes of the Xiliang army outside the gate were a little joking, they had a solid checkpoint, and even if the Xiliang army outside the city was brave, it was impossible to attack it in a short time, and it would only become the target of the archers and the target of the thunderbolt, as for what the Xiliang army was brave and the first in the world, the soldiers would not care about this, this is not a field battle, a few soldiers passed through the eighteenth road princes of the year to attack the Tiger Prison Pass, and they were more confident in the battle against the Xiliang army.
Seeing that the persuasion failed, Zhao Yun ordered his cavalry to keep running under the pass, and the rumbling momentum made the Cao soldiers who were still a little contemptuous, their faces gradually became heavy, the Xiliang army relied not only on the infantry, but also on the cavalry, once these cavalry were in the field, it would be their nightmare, the infantry had a natural fear of the cavalry, even in the checkpoint, seeing the scene of the cavalry killing, they couldn't help but want to retreat.
"Don't be afraid, will the cavalry still fly up, be careful, don't give them any chance, close the door with a boulder." Xiahou Yuan said, their rear is Luoyang, so there is no need to worry about the supply of grain and grass.
The Xiliang cavalry showed off their might, Xiahou Yuan was quite unhappy when he saw it, and with an order, he closed the stone rain and fell head-on, and the cavalry hurriedly withdrew, causing Xiahou Yuan to daxiao again and again.
The thunderbolt car was created by Cao Jun, and there are naturally a lot of them on the Tiger Prison Pass and Bishui Pass, but Zhao Yun is a little disdainful of Cao Jun's shoddy work, and the Xiliang Army's thunderbolt car attack distance is half farther than Cao Jun's, but at this time they are attacking the city, this advantage is greatly weakened, and the thunderbolt is also difficult to achieve, and it may be broken by the opponent's weak thunderbolt car.
"The Tiger Prison Pass is a Xiongguan outside Luoyang, Xiahou Yuan has 10,000 horses in his hands, and he has the advantage of the checkpoint, I am afraid that it will be difficult for our army to break through." Zhao Yundao.
Guo Jia said with a smile: "Why should the general grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige, Bishui Pass is also a Xiongguan, but General Lu can break it with 500 cavalry, and there will be a loss if he defends it for a long time, and when the defenders in the pass make a mistake, that is, the day when the Tiger Prison Pass is broken." ”
Zhao Yun saw that Guo Jia looked like he was holding a pearl of wisdom, and he was relieved a lot, in terms of wisdom, he was not as good as Guo Jia, and thought that Guo Jia had any killer features that he didn't come up with, just like the previous Bishui Pass, in Zhao Yun's opinion, even if it was a strong attack, it would be difficult to capture it in three months, but Guo Jia was a strategy and fell into the hands of the Xiliang army overnight.
"The words of the military advisor are very true, and I hope that the military advisor can come up with a strange strategy to take down the tiger prison as soon as possible." Zhao Yundao.
"General don't worry, the Tiger Prison guard Xiahou Yuan is a well-known wise general of the Cao Army, not to be underestimated, if I expect it to be correct, the city gate must be sealed, do not give my army any chance, the king of Riliang will personally lead the soldiers and horses to come, and then the real decisive battle begins." Guo Jiadao: "The current task of our army is to attack the city, find out the news on the battlefield at any time, and not give the defenders in the pass time to prepare. ”
Zhao Yun was silent, and with the terrain of the Tiger Prison, sending soldiers forward was to send them to death.
"General, for the sake of overall victory, sacrifice is inevitable, not to mention the training of soldiers, not to mention the training of soldiers, not to fight on the battlefield one day, even if it is death, at the expense of it, as a soldier, you should have such an understanding, only in the continuous war, soldiers can progress." Guo Jia persuaded.
For three days in a row, the Xiliang army did not attack the city, but under the cover of the shield soldiers, the terrain outside the Tiger Prison Pass was constantly filled and leveled, the well was the main force to tackle the problem, and the potholed terrain outside the pass became an obstacle to the attack of the Well Guard, the Tiger Prison Pass stood between the mountains, the terrain was extremely complicated, and it was very difficult to repair.
Seeing such behavior of the Xiliang Army, Xiahou Yuan could only keep ordering the soldiers to launch the thunderbolt car, and occasionally the hit of a stone, listening to the soldiers of the Xiliang Army wailing under the boulder, would always cause bursts of shouts from the soldiers.
Xiahou Yuan's face was gloomy, he knew that when the terrain outside the pass was rested, it would be a vicious battle to greet the Cao army, and it would take a while for the Cao army's reinforcements to arrive, but he was very confident that the danger of the Tiger Prison Pass could not be made up for by filling it, and the hundreds of thousands of princes of the Eighteenth Route were still blocked outside the Tiger Prison Pass.
Cao's army has 200,000, but the war in Qingzhou may break out at that moment, and Liu Biao's ambition in Jingzhou is also soaring after he becomes emperor, and the alliance with Yuan Shao is unknown, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have always been at odds, and there is a lot of friction between the two sides.
200,000 troops, how many soldiers can be used, no more than the Xiliang army, the rear is the prairie, and the land of Youzhou is in the palm of your hand, the Qiang rebellion was quelled, there is no threat in the rear, and you can devote your troops to the war in the Tiger Pass.
Even if reinforcements arrive, Xiahou Yuan can only have 20,000 soldiers and horses, which is still a full battle.
Xiahou Yuan is very confident, even if it is 10,000 soldiers and horses, it can block the 40,000 Xiliang troops outside the pass, and the Tiger Prison Pass, as a barrier in the eastern capital of Luoyang, has been repaired by the emperors of previous dynasties, and it is extremely strong, and it is not so easy to break.
Five days later, there was no grass growing outside the Tiger Prison Pass, and the terrain became much flatter, and the well was able to slowly approach the Tiger Prison Pass.
The drums of war rumbled, and the soldiers ran quickly towards the Tiger Prison Pass, they carried the ladder, but the pace was light and strong, as the first team to approach the level, they understood that the faster the speed, the more they could save their lives in battle, and the enemy's stones and arrows were the first to greet them.
Soldiers kept falling, and the soldiers in the rear quickly stepped forward and continued the unfinished work of the fallen soldiers.
The closed side kept throwing stones and harvesting the lives of the soldiers of the Xiliang Army, and the thunderbolt cart under the gate also began to show its hideous face, constantly firing stones smaller than the thunderbolt car closed by the tiger prison.
After a short period of stagnation, the real bloody battle began, without the cover of the thunderbolts, the Xiliang army was completely exposed to the attack of the Cao army, and there were constantly soldiers climbing the ladder who were hit by the enemy's boulders and fell in wailing.
Ten wells slowly approached the Tiger Prison Pass.
Xiahou Yuan's eyes suddenly sharpened, these wells, looking at them from a distance, give people a feeling that they cannot be broken, such wells, Cao Jun does not have them, the whole body is steel, and in the sun, it exudes a breathtaking light.
As soon as Jing Yan came forward, he was suppressed by the oncoming boulder, and there was no thunderbolt of the Xiliang army to resist, and Cao Jun's thunderbolt began to be powerful, not to mention that the situation outside the customs was complicated, and it was quite inconvenient for Jing Yan to act.
Zhao Yun was in the middle army with a blue face, and saw with his own eyes how the elite soldiers under his command died on the battlefield, and the feeling in his heart can be imagined, these are the elites of a hundred battles, but they died under the city wall and were stoned to death by the enemy.
In a round of attacks, the Xiliang army lost more than 1,000 people, lost one well, and from beginning to end, even the city wall was not attacked.
Seeing that the well was hit by a boulder, and the soldiers on it kept running away, Xiahou Yuan's expression eased slightly, it turned out that these well blocks were not made of iron, but wrapped in a layer outside, which looked terrifying.