"Soldiers, rush! Rush up for me! ”

Song Xian and Wei Xu, who were in charge of commanding the siege, continued to ride their horses under Yangping Pass, and commanded the death squads to rush up.

The problem is that Yangping Pass is too steep!

And there are mountains all around, it is impossible to bypass it, and that narrow mountain, no matter how many thousands of soldiers and horses you have, it is impossible to attack in a large area.

The natural area was originally difficult to attack, and the construction of the city pass was high and dangerous, which really made those imperial court soldiers and horses who were good at conquest a little helpless.

No matter how many soldiers and horses you have, you won't be able to use them before this pass, at most a few thousand!

Thousands of people pounced on it, and to be honest, it was impossible to fight it down......

The length of Yangping Pass is limited, and most of the soldiers and horses can only watch from behind the pass.

To put it bluntly, it feels like a narrow encounter.

Seeing that the soldiers and horses in front of them were constantly knocked down by the other party, the soldiers behind the head of Yangping Pass were all anxious!

But there is no way to help the death squad in front, they can only wait anxiously for the soldiers and horses in front of them to attack, fail or die...... Then, go up to help fill them......

Just pull the big saw and pull the big saw to tackle the problem......

Today, after three rounds of battles in front of Yangping Pass, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court finally returned in vain.

However, although the Yangping Pass was not laid, the guards on the city pass were definitely uncomfortable, after all, the imperial court had been fighting in the north and south in recent years, and had extremely rich experience in attacking the city, whether it was engineering equipment or military equipment, the Han army was the most advanced!

Just talking about the number of waist crossbows, the court is far stronger than the princes of these local forces.

The power of the waist crossbow was extremely strong, and for the imperial court, they would send their best soldiers to sit on the ground, and then use the waist crossbow to pull out the strong bow and shoot arrows at the head of the city.

That tremendous power was enough to shoot from under the city walls to above the city gates.

The latest Thunderbolt has been manufactured in large quantities by the imperial court, although it is quite difficult to operate from Guanzhong to Hanzhong. However, some of them had already been transported, and a large number of technicians from the imperial court had accompanied the army in Hanzhong, and these people could make thunderbolts and stone throwers on the spot in Hanzhong.

In terms of the current national strength of the Han Dynasty, it is not a problem to manufacture trebuchets locally, and materials can be found anywhere, the key lies in technology and accurate debugging.

To put it mildly, the technical personnel under Liu Jian's jurisdiction, no matter which category or industry, Liu Jian has the largest number of people and the top.

These thunderbolts carried fireballs that could burn and bombarded the city, although they did not cause excessive casualties to the enemy troops at the city, but the impact on the soldiers in Yangping Pass was really huge.

After all, although the walls of Yangpingguan are made of stone, many of the facilities on the head of the city are still wooden, and once burned, it is very difficult to divert water from the city to relieve the flames on the city pass.

After several days of fighting, the sergeants on both sides were very tired.

It's just that compared with the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong City, the imperial court's army is more resilient and morale is higher.

At sunset, Song Xian and Wei Xu returned to Liu Jian's tent.

The two of them knelt down in front of the generals and hugged their fists towards Liu Jian:

"The last official has come to ask the prime minister for his guilt!"

"The last official and others tackled the key problems for half a day, not only failed to defeat Yangping Pass, but lost a lot of soldiers and horses, and asked the prime minister to punish us and others."

Liu Jian stretched out his hand at Song Xian and Wei Xu.

"The two of you don't have to be like this, where is there a manpower that will not be lost when attacking the pass, besides, Yangping Pass is the strongest and most difficult pass I have ever seen in my life, if it is so easy to be defeated, Yuan Yu is afraid that he will be destroyed by me early in the morning, and it will not be delayed until today."

"You two go down and rest, and I'll think about everything here."

"No!"

Then I saw Song Xian and Wei Xu go down.

Liu Jian looked at Jia Xu, Xun You, and Fu Zhu on the side, and said: "Now that I have been tackling key problems for several days in a row, the people in the customs are panicking, and it is time for Huang Gai to use a plan. ”

Xun You said: "Originally, the three of us would not think about this, but before being a little bit by the prime minister, we also knew that the friendship between Huang Gai and Sun Jian was far beyond our imagination, and this time it was a move to sacrifice life and righteousness to avenge his old master, so if you think about it according to this line of thought, I think Huang Gai should lead the soldiers and horses to surrender in the prime minister's camp, and then look for an opportunity to cooperate with the outside, not to destroy our army, but to be able to grasp the position of the prime minister's handsome account, and then lure Sun Ce to attack our army's Dazhai in one fell swoop and cut off the prime minister's head!" ”

Liu Jian said with a smile: "Revenge, even that." ”

"It's just that I don't think they might be able to do it."

Fu Zhu said on the side: "That's right, the prime minister is the pillar of the world, and it is the courage of the three armies, and the prime minister's big village will inevitably be filled with countless elite soldiers and fierce generals to protect the prime minister's safety." ”

"Huang Gai led the army to surrender to our camp, and it is impossible to do anything to the prime minister."

"I think he will realize this after he surrenders to our army camp."

Xun You said: "In this case, then we might as well plan and deliberately remove some of the soldiers and horses around the prime minister, so that we can use it to lure Huang Gai and Sun Ce to take the risk of attacking the prime minister, and then we will rule it again, wouldn't it be wonderful?" ”

Fu Zhu shook his head and said: "This seems inappropriate, after all, the prime minister is the pillar of the world, and there are fewer soldiers and horses, doesn't it make the other party feel that we are deliberately seducing them?" ”

"If that's the case, I'm afraid that the other party will see the disadvantages all of a sudden."

"When the time comes, they will cower and dare not move forward!"

Xun You thought about it, and that's really it.

And Jia Xu, who had not spoken, slowly opened his eyes at this moment.

Liu Jian didn't know Jia Xu any better, he must have thought of something, but in front of the other two people, he didn't want to compete for their limelight, so he didn't say it for a while.

I heard Liu Jian ask Jia Xu.

"Wenhe, don't you have any opinion on this matter?"

"Yes."

"Since you have an idea, why don't you hurry up, there are no outsiders in this handsome tent, why bother to twist it."

Jia Xu secretly said in his heart: "I don't twist for a day or two, don't you know me?" I was born with this temperament......"

So I saw Jia Xu respectfully saluting Liu Jian.

"Prime Minister, in fact, I want Huang Gai and Sun Ce to do it, and at the same time be able to ensure the safety of the Prime Minister, this matter is very simple."

"After all, there is not only one prime minister who killed Sun Jian here, but there is another person."

As soon as these words came out, Xun You and Jia Xu also understood!

Yes, isn't there still Xu Rong in this big camp?

Compared with Liu Jian, Xu Rong is the real murderer of Sun Jian!

Hearing this, Liu Jian stood up and walked around the tent several times, and then looked at Jia Xu.

"Wenhe, I still need you to communicate with General Xu on my behalf to see what General Xu's opinion is?"

Jia Xu immediately bowed respectfully to Liu Jian: "Don't worry, the prime minister, the last official will go to see General Xu!" ”

……

……

Xu Rong is over fifty years old, and among Liu Jian's generals, he is considered an old-timer.

Today, although he is not majestic on the battlefield, he is becoming more and more proficient in military strategy and strategy.

It can be said that Xu Rong can now be regarded as a big flag.

Over the years, although Liu Jian has not given Xu Rong too many opportunities to make contributions, he has given Xu Rong the most important tasks.

Not to mention anything else, every time Liu Jian sent troops, Xu Rong was guarding the rear for him, especially when he was in Hebei back then, Yecheng, as Liu Jian's base camp, has always been guarded by Xu Rong, and nothing has been lost.

For this alone, Xu Rong's exploits are enough to surpass most people.

……

Jia Xu came to see Xu Rong, both of them are not young, and they are both from border counties, and they have been under Liu Jian for a long time, but these two people really have no intersection on weekdays.

"Gong Jia came to Xu today, isn't there something you want to tell from the prime minister?"

Xu Rong smiled and asked Jia Xu to sit down, while ordering someone to serve tea, and asking Jia Xu on the other.

Jia Xu didn't mean Xu Rong's reaction, and even said that it was completely unexpected by him, this old general was already over fifty years old, looking at the generals under Liu Jian, it seems that only Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng can be comparable to him in age.

Such an old man can figure out Liu Jian's thoughts, which is completely expected by Jia Xu.

"General Xu, he is really getting wiser and wiser, and he has a deep understanding of the prime minister, and the prime minister sent the old man today, and he really has a major matter to discuss with General Xu."

"If this matter is successful, General Xu will be the first hero to take Yizhou."

Xu Rong stroked his beard and pondered for a moment before he slowly spoke:

"If the estimate is correct, Jia Gong came to see Xu this time, and the matter discussed is related to the matter of Sun Ce's sending Huang Gai to surrender, right?"

Jia Xu said in surprise: "General Xu also thinks that Huang Gai came to surrender this time, but he surrendered by fraud?" ”

When Xu Rong heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

"Don't hide it from Wen Hegong, the old man really can't see through this matter, but the prime minister actually sent Jia Gong here to help, which means that the prime minister sees it very thoroughly at this time."

"If Huang Gai hadn't surrendered by fraud, then the prime minister would never have sent Jia Gong here."

Jia Xu said: "Then don't hide it from the old general, I have something to say bluntly today, after discussing with the prime minister, we agreed that Huang Gai's surrender this time was a fraudulent surrender, and his real purpose was to help Sun Celi to cooperate with the outside world, take the prime minister's head, and avenge Sun Jian." ”

When Xu Rong heard Sun Jian's words, he immediately smiled and said: "In this way, Xu's head is also something that Huang Gai needs to avenge Sun Jian." ”

Jia Xu said: "Yes, that's right, General Xu, together with Zhang He and Xu Huang, killed Sun Jian back then, and his reputation was far and wide, but he also brought you enemies, and Sun Wentai's son Sun Ce is a fierce tiger." ”

"This tiger, as well as its minions, are now closely focused on the person who murdered Sun Jian back then, the prime minister is one, and in this big camp, General Xu is the second."

Xu Rong immediately said: "Since this is the case, then Lao Jiagong will carefully explain everything to me." ”

Then he listened to Jia Xu tell him about Liu Jian's coming, as well as the results they had just discussed, and told Xu Rong in detail.

After Xu Rong listened, he was silent, and then saw him stroked his beard and began to think seriously about the matter.

Later, I saw him arch his hand at Jia Xu and said, "What does the prime minister want me to do?" ”

Jia Xu said: "From the prime minister's point of view, he wants to take this opportunity to lure Sun Ce out of Yangping Pass, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop." ”

However, to do this, the first premise is to make Sun Ce feel that revenge is hopeful! However, the prime minister is surrounded by many armors, and if he is rashly abolished, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of Huang Gai and Sun Ce, but if he does not cut it, it will still make the other party feel that it is difficult to get the prime minister's life and delay. ”

Xu Rong continued: "So, Huang Gai can't take the head of the prime minister at that time, if he thinks that the old man's head can be taken, maybe he will make some moves?" “

Jia Xu nodded with a smile and said, "That's right, it's just that in this way, it's easy to put General Xu in a dangerous situation." ”

When Xu Rong heard this, he immediately said to Jia Xu: "Jia Gong really underestimated me, the old man has lived to this age, what do you care about whether he dies or not?" ”

"As long as you can be loyal to the prime minister, can work for the prime minister, and can overcome difficulties for the prime minister, you will hand over all the old bones of the old man, and the old man is also willing."

"It's just that if you want to succeed in the first battle, the old man's head attraction is probably not enough."

Jia Xu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

Looking at Xu Rong's meaning, it seems that he has a good way!

So, I saw Jia Xu leaning forward and said, "If General Xu has any good plan, you might as well tell the old man." ”

Xu Rong said: "In terms of resourcefulness, Xu Mou, Gongda and Jia Gong can't be compared at all, but you are all top smart people, and sometimes you are overly obsessed with some things, and Xu is sometimes an outsider, but he can see it thoroughly." ”

"Jia Gong, in your opinion, with Sun Ce's current strength, what do you need to rely on if you want to defeat the prime minister?"

When Jia Xu heard this, he laughed: "It's useless to rely on anything, Sun Ce's army is in Yangping Pass, or it can block the prime minister's army from outside the pass, this is also the limit of what he can do, as for wanting to defeat the prime minister head-on, no matter what tricks he wants, with the number of soldiers and horses, and the combat power of the sergeant, it is completely impossible." ”

Xu Rong said: "In addition to the head-on battle, what about ambushes or food cuts?" ”

Jia Xu still shook his head and said: "Impossible, impossible, the ambush and food are just a temporary measure, it is impossible to defeat the prime minister, Sun Ce and the prime minister are at war." It's all a loss! ”

Xu Rong asked, "Is there no way at all?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Unless there is a natural disaster, of course, it is impossible. ”

Xu Rong asked again: "Then what kind of natural disaster is it?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Fire and water are ruthless, and the so-called natural disasters are, of course, water and fire. ”

When he said this, Jia Xu was suddenly stunned.

Water & ...... Fire?

(End of chapter)