The Invincible Summoning of the Three Kingdoms

However, Liu Biao had previously captured the Nine Cities one after another, not to mention Liu Biao, even those ordinary soldiers did not take this Hangu Pass seriously at all.

After all, they had lost Liu Rui in a row in this short period of time, which was something that so many princes had not done. , , .

402: Ambush at Hangu Pass

After the table occupied Hongnong, the army was divided into two groups, one way went straight to Hangu Pass, and the other went west along the banks of the Yellow River, and wanted to directly capture Tong Pass.

If Hangu Pass is Chang'an's throat, then Tong Pass and Chang'an are interdependent.If any of these two levels are lost, then Liu Rui's next battle will be difficult.

It was Liu Biao's confidant general Cai Mao who was in charge of attacking Hangu Pass, as well as several other generals, such as the other Cai brothers, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong and others.

At this moment, Cai Mao and others are camping at a hundred miles from Hangu Pass, letting the soldiers rest for a while, and at the same time dispatching scouts to spy on Hangu Pass.

"General, why should you be so cautious? Liu Rui's troops are not strong enough, and now I can't wait to send all the troops back to Chang'an to defend. In my opinion, we will directly lead the army to attack." It was Cai Mao's clan brother Cai Zhong who spoke.

The Cai clan has a huge influence in Jingzhou, and Cai Mao's sister is also Liu Biao's wife. Therefore, Cai Mao can gain Liu Biao's absolute trust.Not only that, there are many people in the Cai family who serve in the army, and this Cai Zhong is the best among them.

Hearing Cai Zhong's complaint, Cai Mao smiled and said, "I originally meant it too, but just now that Gan Ning, Gan Xingba and Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng joined hands to persuade, I also think there is some truth to it, be careful, there is always no big deal. Incorrect."

Cai Zhong shook his head and said, "The general is confused! Liu Rui's cities are now empty of defenses, and this Hangu Pass is a majestic place. If you can't take it down in one fell swoop, when Liu Rui reacts, I'm afraid it won't be so. Great fight!"

Cai Mao nodded, his eyes flickering, as if he was thinking about what Cai Zhong said.

Seeing Cai Mao's demeanor, Cai Zhong knew that he had persuaded the clan brother, so he hurriedly said, "General, why not let me lead a team of vanguards, and I promise to win Hangu Pass for you!" After a while, Cai Zhong whispered again: "Then Gan Ning and Huang Zhong are afraid that you have taken all the credit and deliberately delayed the fighter plane, so that you can make a fool of yourself in front of the lord!"

Cai Mao was stunned for a moment, then remembered that he was not familiar with that Gan Ning and Huang Zhong at ordinary times, and now when he heard Cai Zhong's words, he immediately reacted, gritted his teeth and said, "These two people have no grievances against me, how dare they treat me like this! Thanks to my kindness, I thought they were thinking of me!"

Then Cai Zhong also said with a low smile: "Brother family, don't be angry. When we take down Hangu Pass, then the lord will trust us even more. Then, wouldn't it be easy to deal with Gan Ning and Huang Zhong's generation?"

Cai Mao nodded and said, "Okay, I will give you [-] horses and order you to be the vanguard. Be sure to win Hangu Pass for me."

Cai Zhong hurriedly clasped his fists to take orders, and said solemnly: "The last commander will definitely live up to his trust!" After saying that, he left happily to arrange many matters for the attack on Hangu Pass.

As early as when Liu Biao was ravaging Hongnong, Liu Rui's army had already left Chang'an and sent troops.

For the past few days, the entire army has been unusually silent.Liu Rui's remarks that day made the hearts of many soldiers extremely heavy.Their lord couldn't bear to let them die in vain, but they could only helplessly watch the city under the lord's command be taken away by Liu Biao, still in such a humiliating way.

Three days!Liu Biao's army captured the entire Hongnong County.

And Liu Rui's army of [-] people also held back for three days.Qiankun Tingshu Network www.qktsw.com

Every day is good wine and good meat. These were originally the favorites of the soldiers, but now they are like chewing wax. The spirits are like knives, stabbed in the hearts of many soldiers.

suffocated!It's so frustrating!This is how the whole army feels.

Until now, Liu Rui ordered the army to enter Hangu Pass to stand by, and the army of [-] seemed to have regained some of its former style.It's just that the atmosphere of the entire army is still silent and suppressed. Everyone is quietly waiting for Liu Rui's order, and is also holding back the anger in their hearts.

Not long after entering Hangu Pass, Liu Rui received news about Liu Biao's army.

In the big tent, Liu Rui glanced at Guo Jia next to him and passed the information to him.

"My lord! The leader of the vanguard army is Cai Mao's younger brother, Cai Zhong. This person is not well-known and does not have much ability in his hands. This attack is nothing to worry about."

"Then order the army to meet the enemy!" Liu Rui nodded.

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "My lord, since Cai Mao sent the vanguard, he didn't take Hangu Pass in his eyes at all. If we stick to Hangu Pass now, it is inevitable that Cai Mao will see the truth. At that time, if he raises a defensive heart, it will be a bit difficult to handle."

Liu Rui nodded, Guo Jiahui said so, thinking about it, he had already thought about it, so he asked, "What does the counselor mean?"

Guo Jia cupped his hands and smiled and said, "Our army is not as strong as Jingzhou, but since Cai Mao sent [-] horses here, why not swallow the [-] horses in one bite, and then go to deal with Cai Mao's army." Jia opened his mouth and said: "Liu Biao's army has already become a proud soldier, and now it is divided into two groups, intending to seize the two fortresses of Hangu Pass and Tong Pass. We only need to solve this division of Cai Mao's army, and the rest of Liu Biao's troops will be Not enough to be afraid of.”

Then Guo Jia stood up again, looked at the generals in the field, and said with a smile: "Liu Biao has won the Hongnong Nine Cities, we just need to let them in as usual, and come to close the door to beat the dogs. Ten thousand horses are the turtles in the urn, and there is no way to escape."

Liu Rui laughed and said, "It's a good urn to catch a turtle." He had previously wanted to use Hangu Pass to hold on, so as to slowly wear down Liu Biao's forces.But now it seems that if they can eat the [-] vanguard troops in one bite, then Cai Mao's army outside will be equal to Liu Rui's army, and there is no need to be afraid.

You must know that many soldiers under Liu Rui's command are now full of fire, waiting for Liu Rui's order to fight Jingzhou soldiers decisively.

After figuring out all the joints, Liu Rui immediately ordered people to set up an ambush mission in Hangu Pass. This army of [-] people will occupy a lot of places. When facing Cai Mao's army, it was not so easy.

As for Liu Rui's army, when they heard that Cai Mao dared to despise Hanguguan so much, they all sneered and held back their anger, quietly waiting for the arrival of Cai Zhong's forward.

That's it, the entire Hangu Pass was immersed in silence, and in the evening, Cai Zhong really led [-] strikers to attack the city.

To Liu Rui's surprise, Cai Zhong didn't stop there, so he asked the soldiers to set up the ladder and rush up. , , .

403: The Vanguard Is Dead

At this moment, Zhong was very proud. Jingzhou sent troops to attack Liu Rui this time. Cai Zhong had already led his troops to capture two cities.

If he is capturing this Hangu Pass now, then his career will be able to climb to the next level.It is impossible to say that it can be squeezed into the world's famous generals.

Because of this, Cai Zhong racked his brains to persuade Cai Mao to win this opportunity to attack Hangu Pass.

Leading [-] pioneers, just after arriving at Hangu Pass, they saw the sparse defenders on the top of the city as always. This scene did not surprise Cai Zhong at all.In my heart, I despised Liu Rui a little bit more, and it was stupid to let all the troops go to Chang'an instead of guarding such a strong gate.

But what Cai Zhong didn't expect was that the stupid Liu Rui in his mind was now waiting quietly in Hangu Pass.

Without any hesitation, Cai Zhongdang ordered the soldiers to start the siege.Following Cai Zhong's order, countless Jingzhou soldiers shouted angrily to set up a cloud ladder and rushed to the city head.

They have repeated this kind of thing several times. Previously, Liu Biao had conquered nine cities one after another, all of which were captured so easily.

But what surprised Cai Zhong was that the defenders of Hangu Pass were desperately resisting, and it took almost an hour before they couldn't resist and began to gradually retreat.

After taking control of the city gate, Cai Zhong straddled his horse and entered Hangu Pass.The defender of Hangu Pass has a bit of backbone, and would rather die than retreat.However, Cai Zhong's vanguard had already been forced to the northeast corner of the pass. Although they were resisting, but the guards had too few troops, and defeat was only a matter of time.

Cai Zhong watched the meeting with great interest, and ordered the other soldiers to close the city gates and begin to arrange the defense of Hangu Pass.

In the northeast corner of Hangu Pass, Liu Rui was also watching all this with a cold eye.He had still ambushed a group of people outside the pass, just to block the opponent's back path when Cai Zhong entered the Hangu Pass.