The Conquest of the Three Kingdoms

Amidst the sound of rumbling war drums, this excellent army formation slowly advanced towards Yangping Pass.

Above Guancheng, Yang Ren's stern expression showed a trace of disdain.

"It turned out to be a thunderbolt car." Yang Ren's serious expression gradually became a little disapproving.

When Cao Cao attacked Hanzhong and Yangping Pass, he also used thunder chariots, but in the end it was in vain.

Now that the role has changed, Yang Ren, who has personally experienced the failure of the siege, sees that Li Yan also uses the thunderbolt car, so he naturally feels disdainful.

Even so, Yang Ren didn't dare to take it too lightly. Seeing that the enemy line had advanced within the range of the crossbow, he immediately ordered the crossbowmen on the gate to shoot and kill Li Jun fiercely.

As soon as the drum sounded, arrows rained down on Yangping Pass.

That was really falling from the sky. With the condescending momentum, the arrows fired by the Hanzhong Army not only increased their range, but also doubled their strength.

Countless arrows, as dense as migratory locusts, were overwhelmingly aimed at Li Jun.

Facing the torrential rain of arrows, the shield bearers in the front row could only hold their shields high and move forward fearfully, but they were overwhelmed by the dense arrow rain.

The crossbowmen hiding behind the shields can only reluctantly look for opportunities in the gaps in the shield array. If there is a gap, the enemy shoots more than ten arrows before they can reflect one or two arrows, and they are not accurate at all.

On the first day of junior high school, when Li Jun's bow and crossbow clashed at a distance, they were completely suppressed by the Hanzhong army occupying a favorable location.

However, none of these brave soldiers of the Li Army flinched, and they were still advancing hard against the enemy's fierce arrow rain.

After losing hundreds of people, the sword and shield players and crossbowmen finally won the launch distance for the thunderbolt car behind them.

More than a hundred Thunderbolt vehicles, under the cover of the companions in front, quickly loaded the stone bombs. With an order, the first wave of more than a hundred stone bombs rose into the sky with the sound of the wind, roaring Blast towards Yangping Pass.

The moment the stone bullets flew into the air, it was as if a downpour stopped suddenly. The dense rain of arrows on the city stopped instantly. The Hanzhong Army archers who were afraid of stone bullets crouched under the female wall one after another to avoid the flying arrows. bombardment.

boom boom boom

In the blink of an eye, more than 100 stone bombs crashed into Guancheng like meteors.

For a moment, the sound of heaven and earth cracking was like thunder, and stone chips flew, and the momentum was extremely terrifying.

Li Yan, who was watching the battle, frowned slightly.

Although the momentum of the thunderbolt chariot was huge, the effect was not very good. From a distance, the Hanzhong soldiers who were killed on the spot by the stone bullets were only a dozen or so.

This is no wonder, because the city building technology in this era is limited, whether it is Guancheng or ordinary cities, most of them are built of earth, so this thunderbolt chariot can play a huge role in attacking Zengtongjian City.

However, this Yangpingguan city is all built of mountains and rocks, and its strength is far better than the earthen city of Zengtong.

The stone bombs falling all over the sky bombarded the thick city wall. Although the sound was loud, the destructive power was really limited. Apart from blasting away a few edges and corners, they did not cause substantial damage to the city wall. Influence.

However, the power of this thunderbolt chariot overwhelmed the Hanzhong army, forcing them to shrink under the wall.Don't dare to show your head and fight back.

At this time, Li Jun's crossbowmen, who were originally suppressed, could calmly launch a counterattack against the enemy city.All of a sudden, the rain of arrows and the rain of stones bombed down, and even crushed the Hanzhong army on the city to the point where they couldn't hold their heads up.

"General, the time has come to attack the city."

The lieutenant next to him keenly spotted the fighter and said.

Li Yan raised his whip and yelled, "Beat the drum. Attack!"

The drums of the third pass roared.

Li Feng of the former army got the order, raised his sword and shouted loudly: "Shengcheng team. Siege the city for me!"

"kill"

Amidst the shouts, the [-]-fortified battle team rushed into action, carrying ladders and rushing carts.Like the tide, they swarmed towards Yangpingguan.

There is no moat in front of Yangping Pass.Li Feng's elite Changsha soldiers can easily enter the city and start the battle of ascending the city calmly.

But Yang Ren in Guancheng was unmoved and still had a confident expression on his face.

Because Yang Ren is extremely confident in the defense system of Yangping Pass.

The inner city and outer city of Yangping Pass are reasonably constructed, and there are many arrow towers.The urn city is complete, outside the main city wall.There are also large and small stone villages, forming a three-dimensional defense system with the main pass city on the front.

What Li Fengjun is attacking now is only the first line of defense outside Yangping Pass.

When the city ascending team reached the city, the thunderbolt chariots did not dare to fire again, lest they accidentally bombard their own troops. At this time, only a few thousand crossbowmen were left behind to provide cover for the siege soldiers. .

When these elite Changsha soldiers started to set up ladders and began to attack the city, they were surprised to find that the city wall was narrower than where they had lined up before.

More than 3000 Li troops crowded under the city wall, but only five or six hundred people could use it to climb the city at one time. The rest of the soldiers crowded under the city wall became the targets of the Hanzhong army.

"Stand up for me and fight back immediately. Whoever dares to flinch again will be killed immediately!" Yang Ren on the city drew his sword and yelled, commanding the Hanzhong army.

The stone bombardment stopped, and the Hanzhong soldiers dared to straighten up, and under Yang Ren's command, they began to counterattack.

All of a sudden, Mu Mu, Luo Shi, and arrows rained down one after another.

Although the defenders counterattacked very fiercely, these elite Changsha soldiers were as disciplined as a mountain. Without the order to retreat, they fearless life and death, and continued to bravely climb up the ladder to the top of the city.

However, the strength advantage of this attack could not be brought into play, and the crossbowmen under the city could not suppress the enemy's long-range firepower. In addition, the pass city was extremely high. After a short time, the 400 elite soldiers lost [-] people, but No one was able to successfully board the Guancheng.

Li Yan, who is well versed in the art of war, has clearly witnessed the tragedy of his own army. He knows very well that Yangping Pass is too dangerous, and if he continues to attack like this, it will only hurt soldiers in vain.

At this moment, the lieutenant-general beside him also said: "General, our purpose of probing has been achieved, the current offensive is unfavorable, and it will be useless to continue the strong attack, why don't we retreat first."

Li Yan then ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

As soon as the sound of gold sounded, the soldiers who fought hard on the front line retreated in an orderly manner after leaving hundreds of corpses behind.

The Hanzhong army above Guancheng breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Li Jun retreating.

At this time, Yang Ren originally wanted to take advantage of Li Jun's retreat, take advantage of the situation to fight out of the city, and fight back.

But Yang Ren soon discovered that Li Jun's military discipline was pruned, and even if he retreated, there would be no chaos, and he was not given a chance to pursue him while he was still alive.

"Li Yan is a thief, the way to run the army is amazing..." Even if he was an enemy, Yang Ren couldn't help but secretly praised Li Yan in his heart.

The three armies retreated, and Li Yan's tens of thousands of troops slowly retreated back to the base camp.

At this time, it was nightfall, and after returning to the camp, Pang Tong, the lieutenant general and several other advisers gathered in Li Yan's tent of the Chinese army.

"Yangping Pass is so dangerous, if you want to attack head-on, I'm afraid it's not easy." The lieutenant general said with emotion.

"If you can't attack hard, you can only outsmart, but in the face of such a dangerous situation, it is not easy to outsmart."

Pang Tong also frowned.

In the big tent, it fell into silence, and the top advisers of all the generals were thinking hard about the strategy to defeat the enemy.

But at this time, Li Yan, who had been silent all this time, had a secretive sneer on the corner of his mouth, and murmured: "You don't have to worry about it, I have a plan here, and I can definitely break that Yang Ren.

When everyone heard that Li Yan had a plan, they were immediately refreshed, and they all pricked up their ears and listened attentively.

"Bring the map." Li Yan happily drank.

The left and right relatives hurriedly spread out Nuoda's map and spread it on the open space in the tent.

Li Yan simply went into battle barefoot, using a sword as a pen, and pointed out the mountains and rivers on the map.

"This Yangping pass is the most dangerous pass in the world, and Yang Ren's fellow is very good at defending it. It is absolutely impossible to break through the pass by force. The only feasible strategy is to lure the enemy to divide the troops and leave the pass for a battle. Our army will be fine. Make a clever strategy out of it."

Li Yan pointed to the map and said.

The lieutenant nodded slightly: "The general is right, but judging from the battles in recent months, Yang Ren would rather Yang Ang and other partial troops be surrounded than send troops to rescue them. It may not be easy to induce him to divide his troops into battle."

"Hmph, as long as the enemy is attacked, he must be saved. I don't believe that Yang Ren can still be a turtle."

Li Yan sneered.

The enemy must be saved?

Pang Tong and the lieutenant looked at each other with suspicion in their eyes, unable to understand what Li Yan meant.

With the sword in Li Yan's hand, he pointed to the east of Yangping Pass, "The terrain of Yangping Pass is low in the west and high in the east. If you attack from the east, it will be much easier than it is now. We can make a fuss from this point." .”

The eyes of Pang Tong and Pang Tong followed the point of the sword, and swept to the east of Yangping Pass, and the eyes of the two gradually showed a bit of comprehension.

However, Li Yan just made an introduction, how could the two of them get involved in a short while.

The lieutenant general half-believingly said: "The general's consciousness. It should be that he wants to send a troop to climb the mountains along the mountain path, and then attack Yangping Pass from the east. However, whether it is the Qinling Mountains in the north or Micang Mountain in the south, They are all extremely steep, even if there is a small path, it is extremely difficult to walk, even if people can barely walk through it, it is difficult to transport the siege equipment, if there is no siege weapon, I am afraid that it will still be impossible to break through with human power alone."

The deputy general understood Li Yan's previous meaning, but he couldn't fully understand it.

Li Yan smiled secretly: "Who said I'm going to attack from the east. What I mean is that the fake attack from the east is actually just to lure Yang Ren to fight."

Pang Tong fell silent, and the lieutenant became more and more suspicious.The two still couldn't comprehend Li Yan's overall plan.

Guanzi has sold enough.Li Yan stopped beating around the bush and decided to clarify his intentions to them.

"Let's wait and see, on the southeast side of Yangping Pass, there is a mountain named Dingjun Mountain. This mountain is the only place where the Micang Mountain Trail in the south leads to Nanzheng. Although this mountain is not as important as Yangping Pass, it is still If this mountain is occupied, the east can threaten Nanzheng, and the west can threaten the rear of Yangping Pass, which is also an extremely important vital point."