Cao Thief

Chapter 789: The Sneak Attack of Jiameng Pass
Baishuiguan is located in Yingpan Township, Qingchuan County, Guangyuan City.

The land route leads to Qinlong in the north and Jiameng in the south; the water route goes up the Bailong River to Gannan, and down to Bayu and even Jingxiang.

Historically, when Fazheng analyzed the form of Bashu for Liu Bei, he mentioned Baishuiguan.

He said: "Yifu and the juncture are actually the gates of good fortune and misfortune in Yizhou."

This juncture is Baishui Pass.

Fazheng had designed at that time that there were two ways to enter Bashu.One is to enter Shu from Yufu and go to Ba County, and the other is to enter Shu County from Baishuiguan.Therefore, it is a blessing for Bashu to hold on to the juncture of reconciliation between Yu and Yu, and it is a disaster for Bashu to lose these two places.This shows the importance of Baishui Pass!
A person from Jin once recorded in "Southern Han Ji": There are three passes in Shu, Yangping, Jiangguan and Baishui.

Liu Bei appointed Deng Tong, a native of Chengdu, as the Guanwei of Baishuiguan in order to appease the generals in Chengdu after Wu Yi said that he had surrendered Wulan.After Zhuge Liang arrived at Jiameng Pass, he immediately noticed Meng Da's change, so he used the pretext of discussing matters with him, tricked Meng Da from Baishui Pass to Jiameng Pass, and then beheaded him.

Deng Tong immediately seized Baishuiguan and regained control of Baishuiguan.

This Deng Tong is not very old, but he comes from a filial family.

It is also a local tycoon in Chengdu, and its prestige is not small.This man was ruthless, and when he arrived at Baishui Pass, he beheaded most of Meng Da's generals and quickly brought the situation under control.Then he teamed up with Liangzhou King Hu Baihuwen and Nanzhongman Wang Zhiwudai to defend Baishui Pass, full of confidence, and had no fear of Cao Jun's invasion.

This Baihuwen was originally from Hehuang Hu.

As early as when Cao Peng first encircled and suppressed Ma Teng, Bai Huwen belonged to Ma Teng's subordinates.After Ma Teng died in battle, Bai Huwen led his troops to flee to Bashu.Later, he got involved with Liu Bei and became the new King Hu.

And Zhi Wudai is a barbarian from Nanzhong.

The three teamed up to ambush Dianman Xuyi first and won a complete victory.

After that, Dianman and Xu Yi stood still, which further fueled the arrogance of the three of them.

In mid-spring, the three of them were drinking and having fun at Baishui Pass. While drinking, they pointed at the north and laughed and cursed.

"Humanistically, Cao Peng is powerful, but I don't think so.

There is a saying in the art of war that soldiers are expensive and fast.This Cao Peng is sitting in Hanzhong, but he has been reluctant to attack for a long time, obviously he doesn't know the art of war.I really don't know where his great reputation comes from.The military division thinks too much about this person. "

After Deng Tong finished speaking, he smiled and said to Bai Huwen, "What does King Hu think?"

Bai Huwen had a smile on his face, but he felt uncomfortable in his heart.

If you look down on Cao Peng, they may not take you seriously.When Deng Tong slandered Cao Peng while asking Bai Huwen, he was actually satirizing Bai Huwen's incompetence.How could Bai Huwen fail to understand the meaning of these words?It's just that he is now in Bashu, coerced by others, and he is powerless to argue with Deng Tong.

So he smiled slightly, "That's natural."

Deng Tong laughed when he heard this.

At this time, I suddenly heard that the small school came to report: "Report to Guan Wei, Cao Jun led [-] troops with Huang Zhong as the vanguard, and was heading towards Baishui Pass. It is expected to arrive at the pass in the evening. Guan Wei please act early. Intend."

Cao Jun, attack?

Deng Tong was startled for a moment, and immediately showed doubts, "Who is Huang Zhong?"

Bai Huwen and Zhi Wudai were even more bewildered.

It is no wonder that Deng Tong is only in his 20s and has never left Bashu.Of the generals under Cao Cao's command, he remembered only a few of them.But most of them are Cao Peng, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahouyuan, Xiahoudun, Li Dianlejin and others.Huang Zhong is not very famous in the Cao Wei system.One is Huang Zhong's low profile, and the other is because he followed Cao Peng, so that his reputation was covered by Cao Peng.During the battle between Hedong and Bingzhou, Huang Zhong showed his prestige once.But later, when Huang Zhong became the prefect of Hexi County, he was gradually forgotten.

Apart from the top executives of the Cao Wei Group and a few people, there are indeed not many people who know Huang Zhong's name.

Seeing that Deng Tong was an unknown person, he didn't care much.

"Cao Peng is too deceitful...how dare he come to Baishuiguan with an unknown pawn?"

Before the words finished, someone said: "Young master, why should you be angry about this matter? Go to a certain family and kill Huang Zhong for your son, so as not to ruin your wine."

Deng Tong looked up and smiled immediately.

The name of the person who asked for the battle was Deng Hu, and he was a warrior in the clan.

This time when Deng Tong came, the Chengdu Deng family prepared more than [-] warriors to assist him in the battle, and Deng Hu was one of them.Deng Hu is over thirty years old, eight feet tall, with broad arms and a round waist. He makes a mountain ax and is known as the Tiger of the Deng family.

He has five brothers, all of whom are good at fighting, and they are also Deng Tong's confidantes.

Seeing Deng Hu's invitation to fight, Deng Tong naturally would not refuse, so he filled a glass of wine, "Deng Hu, if this battle is successful, you will be the first."

Without further ado, Deng Hu raised his wine glass and drank it down.

Immediately, he and his four brothers rushed down the pass, mobilized their soldiers and horses, rushed out of Baishui Pass like the wind, and headed north.

Bai Huwen glanced at Deng Tong, opened his mouth, but didn't speak.

He also knew that he would be humiliated by Deng Tong if he opened his mouth to persuade him at this time.So what exactly is Cao Peng capable of?Although Bai Huwen didn't see the whole thing, he also understood it.A person as powerful as Ma Teng was beaten by Cao Peng and left in embarrassment, and finally died.Since he sent troops here, even if Huang Zhong's reputation is not well-known, he is by no means an idler.You know, who was the one who followed Cao Peng back then?Didn't he become more and more famous after following Cao Peng, and finally became a prince of one side.

But after another thought, the five Deng Hu brothers were brave and good at fighting, so it was not a big problem.

So he put his heart back in his stomach, drank with peace of mind, and stopped asking.

In mid-spring, it was rainy in Bashu.

In the afternoon, a spring rain fell.

Deng Tong ate too much wine and was a little smoky, so he went back to the big tent to rest.While falling asleep, I suddenly heard someone shouting.

He opened his eyes, and said with an unhappy face: "What happened to disturb my dream?"

"Young master, something is wrong!"

Deng Tong was still drunk, and said immediately: "What happened?"

"General Deng Hu..."

"Deng Hu is back?" Deng Tong was pleasantly surprised, and laughed loudly: "I knew that Deng Hu would win the battle, but did he ever take the head of Huang Zhong? Where is he? I want to serve him Celebrate."

Xiaoxiao looked embarrassed, and after a while, Ai Ai said: "General Deng Hu, he is dead!"

"what?"

"General Deng Hu lined up thirty miles outside the city to confront Cao's army.

In the end, within three rounds, he was beheaded by Huang Zhong, the vanguard of the Cao army.The four general brothers went to battle to avenge General Deng Hu, but Huang Zhong beheaded three of them and captured one alive.Three thousand soldiers and horses were defeated and left. Now Cao Jun has arrived outside the pass. "

"what!"

When Deng Tong heard this, he panicked.

But at this moment, the sound of rumbling war drums suddenly sounded outside the pass.

Bai Huwen and Zhi Wudai ran to the big tent, cupped their hands and said: "Guan Wei, Cao Jun has already approached the city and is fighting outside the city. I don't know what Guan Guan's plan is?"

Deng Tong was at a loss at this time.

"Quick to the battle, quick to the battle!"

"slow!"

Zhi Wudai stopped Deng Tong suddenly, and said softly: "Cao Jun's soldiers are in full swing, so don't touch their sharp edge.

I have a plan to defeat Cao Jun.

But we still need the cooperation of Guan Wei..."

Deng Tong hurriedly asked, "What do you dare to ask?"

Beside Bai Huwen, he couldn't help showing a hint of ridicule.

How arrogant at the critical moment during the day, will it wither now?Sure enough, he is a boy who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, so if Cao Peng doesn't move, he will move like a storm, which is hard to stop.But I don't know what old Dai can do? "

"I, a rattan armored soldier, am now on the west bank of Baishui, unknown to everyone.

I will send people to inform and order them to cross the river at night.Now that it is raining lightly, Cao Jun will not be able to fight for long.He came from a long way and went through a great battle, so he must be exhausted and exhausted.

In the middle of the night, the son raised a fire at the top of the city as a sign.

I attack from the west bank of Baishui, and we should cooperate from the inside and the outside, and we can defeat Cao Jun in one fell swoop and win a complete victory. "

Deng Tong was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"Your Majesty's words are very true, so follow the plan."

It's just that Bai Huwen felt a little worried in his heart.

He faintly felt that Cao Peng might not be so easy to deal with.According to Bai Huwen's understanding of Cao Peng, if this person uses troops, he must plan a chain, one ring after another.And Cao Peng is the best at surprise attacks, how could he be unprepared?It might be impossible to sneak attack Cao Jun... But when he thought of the fierceness of the three thousand rattan armored soldiers in Zhi Wudai's hands, Bai Huwen had a little more confidence, maybe he could succeed immediately?

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It's night, and it's raining.

On the Bailong River, mist filled the air.

It was almost midnight, and there was silence on both sides of the Bailong River.

In the misty rain and mist, from the west bank of the river, there are dense figures walking slowly.Without boats, those people sat cross-legged on the water.Wearing animal skin armor and a bamboo hat, he looks like a ghost.

If someone is on the shore at this time, they will definitely feel chills in their hearts.

There are many ghosts, like a group of water ghosts emerging from the river, approaching quietly.

After these people crossed the Bailong River, they landed and stood up.Picking up a piece of armor from under his body, he quickly put it on his body.Then they held sharp bamboo spears and marched in line.When the brigade had completely crossed the Bailong River, the drizzle stopped.

The leading ghost pawn is a steel knife.

He raised his knife and pointed in the direction of Baishuiguan, and the ghost soldiers moved quickly, walking on the ground like ghosts and ghosts, stepping on the muddy path, but there was no sound under their feet, which made people's heart skip a beat.

Suddenly, there was a rush of clappers.

Rows of rockets flew out from the dense forests on both sides, roaring towards them.

After the rocket hit the ghost soldier, the ghost soldier immediately burst into flames.Immediately afterwards, a resounding voice came from the dense forest, "Hugh let one go, shoot and kill!"

Teams of Cao Jun roared out.

However, everyone held a clay pot in their hands, and when they were still a dozen steps away from the ghost soldier, they smashed it out.The fire oil in the clay pot instantly flowed all over his body.The rockets roared, and the rattan armor on those ghost soldiers was already afraid of fire, and with these clay pots, they could no longer be extinguished... The rattan armor soldiers turned into fire men one by one, screaming incessantly in the raging flames.

A group of cavalry marched out of the forest.

Cao Peng straddles a liger and sits in the middle, with Dianman and Xu Yi on both sides.

"I've known for a long time that this gang of Nanman will repeat the old trick, but they don't know that if the same trick is used a second time, it won't work."

Dianman was surprised: "Ah Fu, how do you know these people are afraid of fire?"

"Second brother, did you forget?
My subordinates are not from Xichuan, so I asked. Some people have heard of these barbarians, named Nanzhong Tengjiabing.The armor on them is made of century-old wild vines soaked in tung oil.This kind of rattan armor is invulnerable to swords and guns, does not sink in water, and can bear three hundred catties.The only downside is the fear of fire...

Just imagine, among the five elements, fire overcomes wood.

Even if the wild vine is a thousand years old, it is still a tree of the five elements, so how can it not be afraid of the flames? "

In the distance, the sound of killing came from the direction of Baishui Pass.

Faintly, it seems extremely intense.

Xu Yi smiled and said: "At this moment, they are the ones who steal chickens and lose money... They wanted to sneak attack, but they were ambushed by us. Once the rattan armored soldiers go, Baishui Pass is nothing to worry about. Presumably at this time, General Han Sheng and Zilong General, it is fun to kill."

Cao Peng laughed out loud upon hearing this.

After finding out the identity of the rattan armored soldiers, Cao Peng was no longer afraid.

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang has a deep memory of the scene where Zhuge Liang burned the rattan armored soldiers.The only worry is that the rattan armored soldiers come and go without a trace, and it is extremely difficult to track them down.Only by leading the snakes out of their holes and letting them come out by themselves can they be eliminated in one fell swoop.If this rattan armored soldier cannot be wiped out, it will be a trouble in the heart after all.

Cao Peng thought about it, so he used Huang Zhong as a bait to attack Baishuiguan.

Guo Huai offered a plan, "Since General Han Sheng is attacking, Baishui Pass may be difficult to resist.

At that time, it is unlikely that those barbarians will repeat their old tricks and release rattan armored soldiers.Why don't you follow the plan and lead the rattan armor soldiers out of the cave?When the rattan armored soldiers come out, we will attack and kill them in one fell swoop, and the troubles in our hearts will be gone. "

Cao Peng readily agreed.

He took Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun as the vanguard, Guo Huai as the long history, joined the army, and came to Baishui Pass.

Then he lay in ambush at the nearest ferry to Baishuiguan, waiting for the rattan armored soldiers to appear.Sure enough, after Nanban succeeded once, he seemed to be addicted to it, and unexpectedly attacked again.Cao Peng solved the rattan armor soldiers without any effort.After dawn, he supervised the army and approached the city of Baishuiguan.

Rattan armor soldiers, it sounds like they are very powerful.

What is invulnerable to swords and guns, unsinkable in water...

But in Cao Peng's view, that is a tasteless one.If you can't solve the shortcoming of being afraid of fire, it's nothing to worry about.

In comparison, Cao Peng valued the Wudang Feijun in his hands more.

Deng Tong's face was ashen as he closed the Baishui Pass.

The sneak attack last night resulted in heavy losses.

Among Cao's troops, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, and Han De, Sun Shao and others participated in the battle. No matter which one they are, they can be regarded as titans.Stealing the camp failed, but was ambushed instead.The more than 20 generals led by Deng Tong, except for the five brothers Deng Hu who died in battle, returned from the camp last night. After checking, it was found that more than half of them had been lost.And there is no news from Zhiwu Daigeng, so it seems to be more or less ominous.Standing at Baishui Pass, he could not help feeling chills all over his body as he looked at the densely packed Cao army under the pass.

As for Bai Huwen, he also felt terrified.

Zhi Wudai has not come back so far, he must have failed...

The proud rattan armor soldiers were so easily defeated by Cao Peng!Bai Huwen didn't know why, but the scene of Liangzhou's disastrous defeat by Cao Peng appeared in his mind again.Could it be that Cao Peng is really my nemesis?

Bai Huwen secretly glanced at Deng Tong, feeling a hint of disdain in his heart.

Yesterday he was boastful, but now he is as timid as a mouse.

How can such a person take on such a big responsibility?

If you didn't have a good old man, I'm afraid even a dog would be worse than you!

The two stood at the critical moment, with deep fears in their hearts, and each had their own thoughts.

Suddenly, in Cao Jun's camp below the city, the sound of war drums rumbled.The three-way war drum ended, and a young general rushed out of the formation on horseback.

Deng Tong knew the man on the horse.

His name is Zhang Hu, and he is superb with a big gun, and his killing skills are brave.

Zhang Hu reined in his horse at the pass, pointing his big gun at the top of the city, "Listen, the people of Baishuiguan, I will give you an hour to offer up the pass and surrender.

An hour later, if the army moves, it will be killed. "

That arrogance made Deng Tong fly into a rage.

He opened his mouth and wanted to scold back, but Zhang Hu didn't pay any attention to it, and left after finishing speaking.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Jun was busy in front of the formation for a while, and strangely shaped crossbow carts were arranged neatly in front of the army formation.

"what is that?"

"Big crossbow."

"Why does it look weird?"

"God knows, it's also the first time I've seen it."

Deng Tong and Bai Huwen couldn't figure out what Cao Jun meant, so they decided to stand still.

An hour passed quickly.

Just when Deng Tong and Bai Huwen were extremely nervous, they suddenly heard the sound of war drums in Cao's army outside Baishui Pass again.Cao Jun's formation was as majestic as Mount Tai, motionless.More than two hundred and eight crossbows were fired at the same time, and a spear roared out, flying towards the Baishui Pass.Deng Tongbai Huwen was so frightened that he quickly shrank his head to avoid it, but heard a scream.A Shu soldier was shot in half by a spear. His upper body fell into a pool of blood, but his lower body was still standing on the ground. The ground was stained red with blood...

Pom, pom, pom!
Standing on the top of the city, one could clearly feel the violent trembling of the wall.

The big banner erected on the juncture was split in two by the spear and fell to the ground.

The generals and soldiers of the Shu army did not dare to raise their heads at all. Under the parapet wall, all of them were pale and terrified.

After the three rounds of projectiles were over, the sound of war drums ceased in Cao Jun's camp.

Deng Tong and Bai Huwen cautiously poked their heads out, looked at the city wall, and saw that a spear had sunk into the city wall, making cracks in the city wall.If it weren't for the strong and thick walls of Baishuiguan, the walls would have collapsed after these few rounds of bombardment.Deng Tong and Bai Huwen looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

At this time, another young general rushed out from the formation.

"Sun Shao, a cavalry general under the command of the Great General Zhengxi, was ordered by the Great General to warn you again...

You barbarians don't know how powerful the Heavenly Army is.

Let me warn you today, if you don't make a decision before dark, it will be the time when the Baishuiguan city will be broken!At that time, there will be no chickens or dogs left in Baishui Pass!Where do you want to go, make a plan early, so as not to make mistakes and ruin your life. "

After all, Sun Shao, like Zhang Hu before, pulled his horse and left.

When Baishui was closed, Deng Tong and Bai Huwen looked at each other.

"Cao's army is powerful, so it cannot be a tough enemy."

"It's exactly... the current strategy. If you can't stick to it, send people to Jiameng Pass to ask for help from the military adviser."

Bai Huwen nodded repeatedly, but a cold light flashed in his eyes.

What he meant was to surrender!
It can be seen from what Deng Tong meant, it seemed that he wanted to continue to resist.Bai Huwen suddenly had a killing intent in his heart, you want to die, but don't implicate me.However, Deng Tong was powerful in Baishuiguan, and Bai Huwen didn't dare to act rashly.He had a smile on his face, but in his heart, he had already had other considerations.

(End of this chapter)