I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 163
At this time, Li Shimin, who was guarding the Hulao Pass, also knew of Cao Cao's movements. The belligerent Lv Bu asked to fight, "My lord, why don't we attack the camp in the middle of the night while the enemy's foothold is not stable, and catch him by surprise."

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "No, Cao Cao is a deep-minded and extremely cunning man. Huangfu Song is familiar with the art of war and has experienced hundreds of battles. Both of them are not easy to deal with. Naturally, they have long guarded against our trick. The enemy You must be fully prepared at this time, and don’t act rashly.”

Only then did Lu Bu retreat angrily, and everyone actually had the same thought, thinking of catching the enemy by surprise. Seeing that Li Shimin attached so much importance to Cao Cao's army, everyone stopped pleading for orders.

"Although Cao Cao has already reached the gate of Luoyang, I don't expect them to attack Hulao Pass so quickly. After all, our army is strong enough, and Hulao Pass is naturally dangerous. If we attack it, we will suffer heavy losses. Maybe Cao Cao will send a surprise army to copy it. Our army's rear route, everyone, don't forget that starting from Yangcheng in Yingchuan, we can go straight to Luoyang after capturing Yichuan or Daguguan." Li Shimin had already seen Cao Cao's plan.

The reason why Li Shimin knew this route was that this route was originally the direction Sun Jian invaded Luoyang in history, and it was Sun Quan who went straight to Luoyang from the direction of Yangren and Daguguan, which caused Dong Zhuo to completely abandon the Luoyang area.

With Cao Cao's cleverness, he will definitely not bump into Hulao Pass head-on, and he must have a backhand.

"My lord, could it be that you have already expected it?" Lu Bu asked in surprise.

Li Shimin nodded indifferently. He is a prophet who can foresee the future, so he must have already noticed it.

Jia Xu looked at Li Shimin, who was calm and relaxed, and was also very amazed. She didn't expect her lord to guess the enemy's intentions, and arranged in advance, just waiting for Cao Cao's army to get into his pocket, which is really clever.

"The most important thing for our East Army this time is to hold back the main force of Cao Cao, avoid head-on confrontation with him, and buy time for the two armies of Zhang Liao and Guan Yu. As long as Yuan Shao is eliminated, the situation will turn sharply. At that time, we will attack from the north and the south. , it will definitely make Cao Cao unable to eat and walk around." Li Shimin said decisively.

"No! I will obey the general's order!" All the generals and school in the tent replied loudly.

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Cao Cao's army stationed outside Hulao Pass had already made preparations for Li Shimin's night attack. Xia Houyuan led [-] elite soldiers to ambush on a hillside passing by, quietly waiting for Li Shimin's army to attack the camp.

The soldiers of the Chinese army are building camps quickly, and the ability of Cao Cao's generals to command the troops should not be underestimated. The turrets, horse rejection, and walls of the camp are well-built.

Moreover, in order to avoid being attacked by fire, the sergeant's barracks are also relatively scattered, and it is difficult to be connected together by fire.At the same time, remove all flammable plants such as shrubs and dead trees around the camp, also to prevent sneak attacks by enemy fire.

Back then, Li Shimin used fire to attack, and in the middle of the night, with the help of the east wind, he set fire to Zhang Jiao's camp and defeated the Yellow Turban Army. Now Cao Cao naturally avoided a similar situation and repeated the same mistakes.

In the camp of Cao Cao's army, a group of generals were clamoring to lead troops to capture Hulao Pass, vowing to have a look like Li Shimin.Looking at the high fighting spirit of the generals in the hall, Cao Cao smiled gratifiedly.

However, Cao Cao at this time is not thinking about continuing to attack, and breaking through the natural danger of Hulao head-on, the price is too high.He was waiting, waiting for the good news from Xu Huang's army, as long as the Dagu Pass was captured, the southern gate of Luoyang would be completely opened, and the Hulao Pass would be completely a decoration, and it would naturally be destroyed without attack.

This was the surprise attack plan discussed by Huangfusong and Cao Cao at the beginning. The most important purpose was to break into Luoyang and rescue the emperor.

It's just that the emperor's failure to return to the east at the moment has lost its strategic significance, but from a tactical point of view, it can also achieve the goal of dispersing the enemy's forces and attacking Luoyang.

However, what has always been emphasized on the battlefield is that what is false is true, and what is true is false. There are many changes, and you will never be paranoid.Whether it is marching from Dagu Pass or Hangu Pass depends entirely on the situation, which is why Cao Cao wants to attack Hulao Pass with great fanfare.

Wouldn't it be better if Hulao Pass was captured.

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The next day, Cao Cao led an army of [-] out of the camp, and rushed towards Hulao Pass with great momentum.For a time, the horns were battling, the drums were loud, and the dense footsteps gathered into a loud bang, rushing straight into the sky.

The army stopped five miles away from Hulao Pass, and the swords and shields stepped forward, quickly forming a defensive formation and stabilizing their positions.

Looking from a distance, the army was densely packed, and there was no end in sight at a glance. Ten army formations were neatly arranged, with swords and guns like a forest, and their murderous aura was extraordinary.Cao Cao stood under the banner of the commander in chief of the Chinese army, observing the enemy's situation on the battlefield from afar.

At this time, Cao Cao was full of pride. Once upon a time, he had only [-] soldiers and was killed by Dong Zhuo and fled.At that time, I didn't have a place to accommodate my body, but now I have hundreds of thousands of armored men under my command, sitting in three states, and my strength is strong.

If Li Shimin is eliminated in this battle, then he will definitely be able to dominate the world.

Cao Cao didn't want to be at a disadvantage, so he still chose to call in front of the battle, and then shouted to the generals under his command: "Generals, who is willing to challenge and frustrate the enemy's spirit."

"The end will be willing to go."

"The end will be willing to go."

Cao Cao thought for a while and shouted to Li Dian, "General Mancheng, you are the one to take the lead in this battle. Be careful and wait for the general to return."

"No! The last general took the order. Li Dian raised his sword and led 1 people from his headquarters to kill Hulaoguan.

Guo Jia looked at Li Dian who was fighting, and frowned, as if he was a little uneasy, but he returned to normal immediately.

In fact, both Cao Cao and Guo Jia knew that Li Shimin had many brave generals under his command, but after all they had never fought against each other, so they had no choice but to ask Li Dian to test it out to see how strong the opposing general was.

Frankly speaking, Li Dian's martial arts is not bad. In Cao Cao's opinion, even if he can't win, he should be able to protect himself.

Li Dian led an army of [-] men to the gate of the city, and shouted at the enemy: "I am Li Dian, the general of Huben Zhonglang under the command of Cao Shijun, Li Shimin's son, do you dare to fight?"

The more than 1 soldiers behind him also booed, and there was a burst of ridicule and laughter.Lu Bu immediately exploded, and roared angrily: "My lord, the general is willing to ask for his life to kill this mad dog."

On the contrary, Li Shimin was not annoyed at all, and said to his subordinates with a smile: "Look at you, everyone, this Li Dian is a vulgar warrior, and his curse words are nothing new, haha."

Seeing Lu Bu pleading for orders, Li Shimin said even more jokingly: "Feng Xian is brave, I am afraid that you will fight, the enemy will definitely be scared and dare not attack, haha."

Lü Bu raised his head proudly, with an air of great vigor, as radiant as a lion.

(End of this chapter)