Wang Chang tried his best, but with 3,000 infantry, without full preparation, to stop a thousand cavalry, this task was too difficult.

In order to expand the interception area as much as possible and not give Zhao Yun the opportunity to command the cavalry to bypass the flanks of the infantry formation, Wang Chang had to stretch the defensive formation to the two flanks as much as possible, which led to the very shallow depth of the Wei army's defense.

Zhao Yun didn't play any detour tricks with Wang Chang at all, he just rushed directly, and after breaking through the infantry's interception line with the impact of the cavalry, he went straight to the main gate of Tongguan.

Although Zhao Yun lost more than 100 cavalry for this reason, the advantage was that the breakthrough was fast enough, which did not give the Wei army time to react to the pursuit, and it was also convenient for Wei Yan to open the main gate of Tongguan and accept himself into the pass.

On Wang Chang's side, in order to intercept Zhao Yun's cavalry, the 3,000 infantry also suffered casualties of nearly 500 people, and the impact of the cavalry was so terrifying.

But in the end, it didn't stop.

And as Zhao Yun led his troops into Tongguan, Zhang Xi's side on the flank of Tongguan also intensified his attack.

Since Zhao Yun directly led the troops into Tongguan, the more than 2,000 cavalry he left on the flank had no main general to command, Zhang Xi saw this situation, and immediately sent an envoy to give an order, so that the two thousand cavalry quickly moved closer to the Chinese army, accepted his command, and attacked Cao Zhen's Chinese army together.

Originally, Cao Zhen was beaten enough, if more than 2,000 cavalry came to help, Cao Zhen really couldn't think of any consequences besides defeat.

Therefore, Cao Zhen's reaction was not slow, and he directly ordered Dai Ling to lead troops to the Chinese army for reinforcements.

Your opponents are no longer there, and there is no point in staying on the flank, so it's better to come over and help the Chinese army, and hold the Chinese army.

As for the gap in the defense line of the right flank of the Wei army, in order to prevent Zhang Xi from sending troops to break through from the same way, Cao Zhen asked Wang Chang to divide his troops to block the flank, which by the way can be regarded as increasing the defensive thickness and reserves of the Chinese army.

Wang Chang had no choice but to use the 2,500 people of the reserve force that had just intercepted Zhao Yuncheng to the right flank defense line, and by the way, Wang Chang also began to withdraw troops from the front of Tongguan on a small scale, wanting to withdraw another 3,000 siege troops as soon as possible.

There's no way, Wang Chang is really a little scared now, he always feels that fighting against this gang of Shu thieves, if he doesn't have any reserves at hand, his heart will always be unsteady.

As for the number of siege troops that will be weakened because of this, Wang Chang can't care so much now.

And it turns out that Wang Chang's concerns are correct.

Inspired by Zhao Yun's breakthrough into Tongguan, Zhang Xi and Su Ze both stepped up their attacks on the Wei army opposite them.

Zhang Xi's side is quite easy to deal with, Cao Zhen gathered Dai Ling's 5,000 soldiers, plus the flanks and Wang Chang sent to cover the flanks, the 2,500 foot soldiers who can be deployed to support at any time, plus his own remaining less than 3,000 defenders. In terms of troops, Cao Zhen was finally not much different from the Han army in front of Zhang Xi.

Although Zhang Xi had more than 2,000 cavalry to help, in the same way, Cao Zhen also had 2,000 archers on his side, and finally had a long-range suppression weapon, whether it was infantry or cavalry, it was more or less a threat.

In this way, although Zhang Xi repeatedly urged his subordinates to attack, the progress was still not very smooth.

However, the left flank of the Wei army's defensive line, that is, the right flank of Su Ze's main attack, made a breakthrough.

The right-wing Wei army originally resisted the attack of 10,000 with 5,000 men, and since it fell into a cross-fight, the Liangzhou army has slowly gained an advantage.

In addition, the Wei army on the right wing was under the unified command of Cao Zhen of the Chinese army, and for a while, Cao Zhen was busy dealing with Zhang Xi's attack, and the command of the right wing was obviously not careful, which made Su Ze seize the opportunity.

Although Su Ze is also a person from a civilian background, since he can be favored by Cao Pi, he was appointed to such an obvious military position as the captain of the Qiang Guard. Can he be someone who doesn't understand military formation?!

Under the command of Su Ze, the Liangzhou army seized a point and forcibly attacked, and finally penetrated the direction of the left flank of the Wei army and rushed into the main battlefield of Tongguan.

And once the Liangzhou army formed a large-scale breakthrough on the left flank, or even completely defeated the defensive forces on the left flank, then next, whether the Shu thieves outflanked Cao Zhen of the Chinese army in a roundabout way, or continued to break through, and broke into Tongguan before Wang Chang intercepted it, it was not a situation that the Wei army was willing to face.

After Cao Zhen saw that the left flank was broken through, he was really anxious, and hurriedly wanted to divide his troops to intercept it, re-block the breakthrough gap of the Shu thieves, and drive the Shu thieves back again, but Zhang Xi could give him this opportunity? !

Zhang Xi directly ordered that he press forward with the banner of the Chinese army, which was a signal for an all-out attack.

Yes, Zhang Xi came to the main battlefield again, risking that he might be broken through by Cao Zhen again, and led the troops to press forward.

In this case, Cao Zhen really did not dare to easily transfer troops, resulting in a defensive hole in his defensive front, once the Shu thieves seized the loophole in his own troop transfer to break through head-on, the consequences could be more serious than the flank being broken through.

As for the sudden formation, Cao Zhen did think about it, but when he saw that there were always more than 100 guards around Zhang Xi, he thought of the pain in his shoulders, thighs, and flanks. Cao Zhen thinks so, don't try it a second time.

Continue to hold on to the front as far as the flanks . Give it to Wang Chang, I hope Wang Chang will not let himself down.

And Wang Chang, he really didn't disappoint Cao Zhen.

But Wang Chang also wanted to complain, this battle was too aggrieved and too passive.

Fortunately, he kept an eye on it, and promptly withdrew 3,000 people from the front siege troops and came back as a reserve, otherwise he would have to take his life to intercept the Shu thieves now.

No matter what you say, Wang Changliu's hand finally came in handy, he led the troops in time, blocked the gap in the flank, and wrapped up the Liangzhou soldiers who broke through.

After attacking for a period of time, because the Liangzhou troops who broke through were too few and lacked backup support, they finally had to choose to temporarily retreat after a scuffle, join up with the large army, and continue to fight with the left flank of the Wei army, which had reinforcements.

And as Wang Chang led his troops to the left flank defense line, he not only brought 3,000 reinforcements, but also personally presided over the left flank defense line against Su Ze. Although he was still at a disadvantage in terms of strength and had been passively beaten, he finally allowed Wang Chang to stabilize the left flank defense line.

As for the attack on Tongguan without Wang Chang's command and supervision, the soldiers only relied on their own subjective will, partial generals, and the supervision of the captains to break through Tongguan, that is, they wanted to be blind.

The intensity and frequency of the frontal attack at Tongguan were decreasing, and the attack could even be stopped at any time, which made Wei Yan feel a little relieved.

At this time, Wei Yan could finally focus on dealing with Xiahou Shang's attack behind Tongguan.

Of course, by the way, I also have to introduce to Zhao Yun, who has just broken into Tongguan, the current predicament of Tongguan.

Not counting the reinforcements brought by Zhao Yun, at this time, the total strength of the Tongguan defenders had dropped to about 1,000 people, and most of them were wounded.

To be honest, when Zhao Yun saw that the defenders of Tongguan were still insisting on fighting in this situation, they did not mutiny or collapse. Zhao Yun himself was very surprised.

Is this still the Liangzhou army that can be beaten and waved, and if it can't be defeated, it will vote? !

For so many years, I have worked hard in Liangzhou, worked hard, and practiced hard, but I have not changed the shortcomings of the Liangzhou army, and I have only been guarding Tongguan here for ten days, but these Liangzhou Yankees have changed their personalities? !

Even after losing two-thirds of the battle, you can still fight to the death and not retreat?!

But let's do it. In fact, Zhao Yun misunderstood.

On the one hand, Wei Yan does have a little bit of personality charm, at least on the battlefield, he can still lead the soldiers to fight bravely to kill the enemy together.

On the other hand, mainly the soldiers of the Liangzhou Army did not find any good opportunities.

From the very beginning, Tongguan was surrounded by Cao Wei's army before and after, and when Cao Zhen led the army to Lintongguan, there were indeed fluctuations in the military mood within the Liangzhou army.

After all, the difference in strength is too great, if it weren't for Wei Yan leading by example, personally going up to the city tower to kill the enemy, and boosting the morale of the army, I'm afraid there would really be a situation that Zhao Yun was worried about.

But in this case, with Zhang Xi and Zhao Yun leading the troops to follow, the Liangzhou army saw that their reinforcements had arrived, and no one would be so brainless at this time, and they chose to join the enemy when their own reinforcements had arrived.

After that, after three days of hard fighting, their own reinforcements never came in to support themselves, and the Liangzhou army did have the intention of abandoning the pass and breaking through. But at this critical moment, first Wei Yan killed Ma Mingzhi, and then in the afternoon, Zhao Yun broke through into Tongguan with more than 800 cavalry.

In this case, the crooked thoughts that the Liangzhou army had just given birth to were suddenly extinguished again.

It can be said that the timing of Zhao Yun's arrival was very coincidental, and he rushed to Tongguan at the point when the defenders suffered heavy casualties and the morale of the army was about to completely collapse.

The current defenders of Tongguan, because of the arrival of the defenders, are in the stage of military excitement, coupled with the weakening of the intensity of the frontal attack, they only need to deal with the strong attack of the Wei army behind Tongguan, the pressure is also much less, and the military spirit is much more stable.

But after Zhao Yun learned about the actual situation in Tongguan, he was not happy at all.

After helping Wei Yan repel several attacks led by Xiahou Shang, and finally persevered until it became dark, and after the pass entered a state of truce, Zhao Yun privately asked Wei Yan a key question.

Tongguan, how many days can you still hold it?!

(End of chapter)