I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 516, fighting for merit

At the beginning of May of the second year of Jian'an (AD 197)!
"Kill! Let me rush in!" Yan Liang's Mo Dao flew up and down, killing dozens of Han soldiers along the way!It can be said to be unstoppable.

The Han soldiers around him were also frightened by Yan Liang's bravery, they formed a circle but did not dare to approach Yan Liang.

"Blow him to death with artillery!" The commander of the Han army ordered the soldiers to shoot at Yan Liang with flying thunder cannons!
Yan Liang was taken aback when he saw a pitch-black bundle rushing towards him. He knew it was a pack of explosives, so he immediately jumped away from the surroundings of the pack of explosives!
"Boom!" There was a deafening cannon blast. Although Yan Liang escaped from the center of the shelling, he was still dizzy from the shock.

"Dang, clang, clang!" At this moment, the voice of Dagan Mingjin withdrawing troops sounded, and the soldiers around Yan Liang pulled him away from the battlefield quickly.

After returning to the big tent of the Chinese army, Yan Liang said unconvinced: "General, I'm about to break into the ancient jail, why are you calling gold to withdraw now!"

Yang Feng said in relief: "Yuan Xi and the others have done a lot of preparatory work at Hulao Pass. It is not so easy to conquer Hulao Pass. This battle cannot be rushed. We will slowly dismantle the formulas around it one by one. It will be better then." Conquer Hulao Pass!"

Luoyang City can be said to be the center of the world, so it is naturally impossible for Yuan Tan to hand over Luoyang City to Xu Wei so easily. When Yuan Shao was in power, he tried his best to strengthen the defense of Luoyang City. It took a year to set up a solid defensive formation at Hulao Pass.

When Yang Feng and the others attacked Hulao Pass, what they faced was a city full of Juma, Luzhai, trenches, Feng Yuan, small beacon fires, earthen platforms, and various blocking facilities, ballistas, artillery, and three bows. Heavy ordnance such as bed crossbows are densely distributed on the commanding heights of Hulao Pass to strengthen the pass.

Any army attacking Hulaoguan will be attacked by crossfire from these weapons and will be hit hard.

The soldiers defending the Hulao Pass were the Yuan family's cronies, and their morale was much higher than that of the ordinary Han army. At least they would not surrender immediately when they saw the Dagan army.Instead, defend behind each defensive position and use these complete fortifications to stop Yang Feng and the others.The two sides have been fighting for more than half a month, and Yang Fengjun lost a lot at the beginning.

Xu Huang and others found that Hulao Pass could not be won quickly, so they suggested to Yang Feng to stop the attack immediately and re-formulate the attack strategy.

Facing the iron-barreled defense of the Han army, Yang Feng could only rely on the powerful artillery power to smash the tortoise shells one by one and advance step by step.

Relying on this strategy, Yang Feng continued to attack for more than half a month, relying on the powerful power of the artillery.Most of the outer fortifications of Hulao Pass were conquered by them, and the casualties were extremely weak, which effectively hit the Han army defending at Hulao Pass.

If we keep going like this step by step, they will be able to overcome Hulao Pass in half a month at most.

But at this moment, news came that Zhang Baiqi had captured the entire Guanzhong. Now Yang Feng and the others became anxious. They didn't even break through the Hulao Pass, and the Xiliang army almost reached Luoyang according to their speed. city.

So Yan Liang and the others stormed Hulao Pass, hoping to conquer this pass as soon as possible and approach the city of Luoyang as soon as possible.

But it is a pity that the effect is not very good. Even though Yan Liang has the martial arts skills of ten thousand enemies, Yan Liang himself was almost killed in the face of the artillery, and the attacking army suffered heavy casualties.

"General, we can't fight anymore." Xu Huang hurriedly persuaded.

"We lost more than [-] people in the first battle today, but we didn't even touch the city wall of Hulao Pass. The Han army hid behind a solid defensive formation, and their losses were very small. The casualties may not even exceed a hundred people. If we continue to fight with such an exchange, even if we conquer Hulao Pass, the ruling party will probably blame us!"

Dagan has always attached great importance to the casualties of the army. If there are a large number of meaningless casualties, the general will be severely reprimanded. They were originally fighting for merit, but in the end it became punishment.This is a bit of a loss.

"Who is the guard at Hulao Pass? It's time for the tree to fall and the monkeys to disperse. There is still such a tenacious guard!" Yang Feng became more and more angry when he thought about it. Turtle crawling, how does this make him hold his head up in front of other people!
Li Le said: "The guard at Hulao Pass is called Gao Gan, and he is Yuan Shao's nephew. Naturally, he can't betray Yuan Tan like Zhang He and the others!"

Yang Feng said unwillingly: "Are we just watching other people enter Henan like this!"

Xu Huang said helplessly: "Yuan Tan is well prepared at Hulao Pass. There are a large number of defensive formations. The high ground has already been occupied by them. The number of artillery is not inferior to ours. If we want to storm Hulao Pass, I'm afraid it will cost a lot. the price.

It is better to wait for other troops to enter Henan. The defense of the eight passes of Luoyang City is integrated. As long as our army breaks through any of the passes, the soldiers at the other 7 passes will naturally retreat. "

Yan Liang said unconvinced: "How can this be the same? If we conquered Hulao Pass and took the credit for Luoyang City, we would have taken half of it. If other armies entered Henan, then even if Luoyang was conquered, we would have no credit for it! "

But Li Le said: "We must do everything according to our means. We have decided to concentrate our main force to eliminate Yuan Tan in Yuzhou, so we should stop thinking about taking the credit for conquering Luoyang City. Otherwise, if we are too greedy, the gains will not be worth the losses."

Xu Huang also followed up and said: "The army attacking Luoyang City now exceeds 20. After Guanzhong is conquered, Sili can be said to be a bag for us. The credit for attacking Luoyang is not much. Our team is Yuzhou. Pay more attention!"

"Liu Bei's courage is beyond our imagination. We thought he was short of food and cavalry, so he would not risk the entire army to support Yuan Tan!"

But judging from the information obtained now, since May, Zhang Fei who was stationed in Nanyang has led an army of [-] to the north. It is not known whether he wants to support Yuan Tan in Yuzhou or Yuan Xi in Luoyang City. "

"But no matter which direction Liu Bei decides to support, the addition of 5 elite Jingzhou soldiers is not a good thing for us. You must know that Liu Bei is not a waste like Yuan Tan, and the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou army is not bad."

Li Le also followed up and said: "Yuan Tan is also lucky, but at this time Yanzhou has another drought, and the locust plague is also coming. This war may find a way to quickly conquer Yuzhou, otherwise the situation may not be good for us We have experience in dealing with droughts, but we don't have much experience in locust plagues. If the locust plague continues to expand, maybe the entire Yanzhou may not grow, and it may even spread to Bingzhou and Jizhou. At that time, our war It may be time to stop here, I think it may not be a good thing for us to stay outside Hulao Pass, then we can quickly support Yuzhou. After all, conquering Yuzhou is the greatest contribution of our Yanzhou army!"

(End of this chapter)