Chapter 183: Huang Zhong guards the Yanmen
A thousand Hun cavalry, night attack on Ningwu Pass, leaving a large amount of food in the pass, because of the alarm in the pass when going to the city, the Hun cavalry did not be able to kill and wound a large number of guards, only a dozen slow unlucky guys, were shot by bows.
The Hun commander counted the materials a little while reporting to Liu Bao. The commander knew that relying on a thousand of them, he would not be able to hold Ningwu Pass at all, after all, it was still easy to attack Ningwu Pass from the direction of Voryang.
When Liu Bao received the news, it was already the third watch, and the road was rough and difficult to walk after dark, more than 10,000 cavalry, more than 5,000 slaughter soldiers, with torches, along the rugged mountain road, slowly advancing in the direction of Ningwu Pass.
Ahead is about to enter a valley with cliffs on both sides. Only the slope of the hill to the south is slightly gentle, and the locals call him Hulu Valley, and the location of Hulukou is Ningwu Pass, which is only two miles away. Liu Bao rode on the war horse, and there was a faint uneasiness in his heart, it stands to reason that Ningwu Pass has been taken, and there should be no one in ambush here. But years of battlefield experience have taught him that this place is dangerous.
Liu Bao raised his hand, and the ranks of soldiers stopped, but in the night, the only people who could see his gestures were soldiers with a radius of more than ten steps.
"Quick, order to stop advancing," Liu Bao ordered loudly.
The guards beside him responded with fists clenched and headed towards the troops in front.
At this moment, a rumbling sounded, Liu Bao's face changed greatly, and he turned his horse and ran behind. As soon as he ran a few steps, he saw huge stones rolling down from the mountains on both sides, rolling along the road, crushing the Hun cavalry in front of him into pulp one by one.
The whole team was suddenly in chaos, crying, and screaming.
All of them rushed backwards, and the horses crowded with each other, and countless died of trampling. The big stones were still falling, almost sealing the narrow mountain road, Liu Bao looked at the human purgatory not far away, and countless soldiers were killed by the big stones.
"Evacuate quickly, withdraw to Xiangping County"
Liu Bao knew that when the big stone was almost smashed, he would definitely wave his soldiers and kill them, and it would not be so easy to leave when the time came. Sure enough, as soon as Liu Bao walked out of less than a mile, there were bursts of shouts and killings from Hulu Valley, and there were at least a few thousand people listening to the sound, and Liu Bao was not lucky, and ran back to Xiangping in one breath. Counting the number of people, it was found that less than three thousand cavalry returned.
The fighting continued until dawn, and everyone saw the tragic situation in the valley, lying all over the ground. There are also some spots of blood and cerebral pulp that will be printed on the stone walls on both sides. Thousands of war horses were also stoned to death, and in the open space outside Ningwu Pass, there were still more than 2,000 Hun slaughterers and 3,000 Hun cavalry, all of which chose to surrender to save their lives.
"After this big battle, the Xiongnu will not attack Yanmen again in the short term" Wu Zhao looked at the tragic situation in the valley, put away his jokes, and said seriously.
"Come on, fight again, this battle is really his pleasure, but next time, can you let me go up the mountain and push the stones, so that Chu Yu can escape" Xu Huang looked at Fan Chong with a flattering face.
Fan Chong laughed twice and spoke.
"General Xu's performance is excellent, it seems that you are very suitable for this role"
"That's it, that's it, Brother Xu's posture of escaping is so handsome, that the little brother is out of reach" Wu Zhao stepped forward and grabbed Xu Huang's shoulder, and said with a smile.
It turned out that all this was a trap set by Fan Chong, and only when Liu Bao attacked and captured Ningwu Pass, he would let down his vigilance, so that he could take advantage of the night to hide his army in the gourd valley.
"It's a pity, let Liu Bao's kid run away" Xu Huang has searched carefully three times to make sure that Liu Bao has fled back to Xiangping County.
"Don't worry, there will be opportunities in the future, I don't dare to attack him a year ago, since the matter of Ning Wuguan is over, the rest will be handed over to Captain Xu"
Fan Chong cleaned up his mood and rushed towards Yanmen Pass with Wu Zhao, which was also a trap set by Fan Chong, which could not only kill and injure some more Xiongnu soldiers, but also take the opportunity to test Zhang Liao.
At this time, the Yanmen Pass was in full swing.
The leaders of the Xiongnu tribes were unwilling to send soldiers to attack first, and Amuti had no choice but to come up with a plan, that is, each tribe sent a hundred soldiers to attack Yanmen Pass, and when all the soldiers were killed, each family sent another hundred, until a tribe was willing to attack the city.
The weather was gloomy, the cold wind was cold, the Hun cavalry did not count the casualties of the siege, or brought huge casualties to the defenders of the city wall, eight hundred sword and shield soldiers were less than two hundred, and the archers were less than a thousand, three consecutive days of siege, so that everyone was exhausted, the ten fingers of the archers were already bloody and blurred, and some even exposed the white bones of the forest.
Huang Zhong's hands were also covered with blood, and once again put three arrows on the bowstring, and forcefully pulled the longbow into a full moon. Huang Zhong glanced down, this five-dan strong bow has been with him for more than ten years, although it is not a famous bow, but it has deep feelings.
But now is not the time to think about this, Huang Zhong gently put down the longbow, pulled out a long knife from his waist, and killed the Hun cavalry who rushed up the city wall. The reflection flew and slashed the cavalry one by one, although it was not as fast as the bow and arrow, it could suppress the local offensive.
Watching the Hun cavalry retreat again, Huang Zhong stretched out his hand to hold the wall battlement, and took a big breath, and a cloud of white mist erupted from his mouth, and suddenly, a white snowflake entered the white gas and disappeared in an instant.
Three snows in October. On the last day of October, white snowflakes fell again in the sky.
The snowflakes fell to the camp of the Hun army, and the faces of the tribal leaders changed greatly. The people of the steppe knew what it would mean if they were still marching outside on a snowy day, and some people immediately proposed to withdraw the troops, and some people objected, victory was just around the corner, and there were not many defenders of the city wall, and they paid the price of more than 5,000 cavalry and more than 3,000 slaughtermen. If you give up like this, no one will be reconciled.
Everyone was arguing and shouting again, and now even Amuti was a little hesitant, in case this was a heavy snowfall, and the heavy snow would cover the mountains at that time, even if they captured Yanmen Pass, many soldiers would starve to death in Yanmen Pass. But if you give up now, you are a little unwilling, so you have to hold on to the last bit of luck, in case it is a light snow.
But that luck came to naught in a blink of an eye, and the snowflakes gradually became larger, like pieces of goose feathers flying in the sky, and everyone's eyes looked at Amuti, waiting for Amuti's decision.
"One last attack, and we'll withdraw when it's dark," Amuti said.
The other chiefs agreed, and the trumpets sounded again, this time more powerful and melodious than before. More than 1,000 Hun cavalry rushed to kill, more majestic than before, this is the elite of the Hun cavalry.
Huang Zhong knew that the real test had just begun.