So at this time Wei Yan had only 1000 people at Hulao Pass, and Huang Zhong had just returned to Qingzhou, leading tens of thousands of civilians and four to five thousand soldiers to come here.

Moreover, Huang Zhong also took Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong with him, and these two people set off from Xuzhou to Hulaoguan together.

Zhiyuan had a good idea, to give merit to these two generals, and Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, these two people can also gain some combat experience.Zhi Yuan completely regarded these two people as the second-generation main force, and Zhi Yuan thought that Cao Cao would beat Yuan Shao better...

And under Huang Zhong, Guan Xing, Guan Ping, Zhang Bao, Tai Shixiang, Tang Heng, Huang Xu, who was cured by Hua Tuo, and others are also in this team...

Although Zhiyuan felt that it would be dangerous for this child to fight Cao Cao, Zhiyuan believed that it would be even more dangerous if these people were not trained.

During the Three Kingdoms period, most of the second generation was too comfortable, and the result was that the first generation was not as good as the first generation... If you can always lead troops to fight, although there will be casualties, but if you survive, you can definitely take care of yourself in the future.

So Zhiyuan also greeted a group of people, and dragged the group of second generations to the battlefield.Huang Zhong became a nursery school teacher, and he took the children with him to give them the possibility of actual combat, so the team walked very slowly.

Blame Zhiyuan for not being in a hurry at the time... So the Zhiyuan reinforcements probably won't exist in a short time.

And Han Sui is here to capture Hulao Pass and hold it. Only by defending Hulao Pass can Qingzhou's army be blocked to the east of Sili.

Now there are only a thousand soldiers at Hulao Pass, so Han Sui is a bit underestimating the enemy.Originally, Han Sui planned to let his soldiers run as a caravan. As long as the opponent opened the city gate, they would kill and control the city gate.

But it was this caravan that made Wei Yan vigilant.How many years has the war in Luoyang been going on? How could there still be caravans?

Even if their team didn't enter Luoyang, Wei Yan didn't hide some of Zhiyuan's information from him at all... and the other party said it was a caravan, but everyone was wearing a weapon, and they were holding the weapon firmly. , obviously there is a problem.

But General Zhiyuan has only been in Sili for a few days, what is the purpose of this team?Wei Yan thought for a while, and then ordered someone to open the city gate.

Moreover, Wei Yan let about [-] elites ambush at the gate of the city, and he came to meet the caravan himself.

Wei Yan asked a few words, and found that the other party's accent was from Liangzhou. Of course, this team also claimed to be from Liangzhou.Wei Yan deliberately got closer, he just wanted to test the other party.

People with high skills are bold... Those caravans, that is, Han Sui's subordinates, saw that the generals of Qingzhou were very close to them, and immediately planned to hold Wei Yan to open the city gate.

But these people never expected that the defender of this small level would be so strong.Just at the gate of the city, one person killed more than a dozen of them, and some of the remaining people wanted to rush into the city, but they were all shot and killed by Wei Yan's men who had ambushed in advance.

When Han Sui led the main force over, the two hundred or so caravans under him had already thrown the corpses out from the city gate.Wei Yan even chopped off their heads and made a small landscape.

Han Sui was very angry directly, which was a naked slap in the face to him.Because when Zhi Yuan entered the Hulao Pass, Han Sui sent people to observe it nearby in advance, and there were only about a thousand people in the Hulao Pass.

Thousands of people just slapped themselves in the face like this?Han Sui directly ordered his general Yan Xing to lead three thousand troops to attack the city.Han Sui didn't have many subordinates. After all, the eight passes of Luoyang did not refer to Hulao Pass, and his task was to block these eight passes.

So now Han Sui has more than 1 soldiers, but 1000 people fight [-]... Isn't this easy to catch?Han Sui didn't even set up a camp. He planned to wait for Yan Xing to break into Hulao Pass and rest in the pass at night.

Then Yan Xing started to build ladders out of wood, and in the afternoon, he built hundreds of ladders that were crooked and ready to attack the city.The Hulaoguan city wall is also seven or eight meters high, and the most places are almost ten meters high.

After Wei Yan sneered at the top, he smiled at his subordinates: "I really look down on us, just such a group of miscellaneous soldiers have come to fight with us."

Although this is just Wei Yan's active atmosphere, Wei Yan's subordinates are also elite, and it is natural to see that the group of people below is a mob.The Xiliang army was only a little bit stronger at the moment, and the siege was horrible.

Although the Qingzhou army has never fought against them, just looking at the siege... a group of people feel no pressure.After the two sides started fighting, Wei Yan discovered that those soldiers couldn't even handle ladders.

This was really embarrassing, a group of people used bows and crossbows to defeat Yan Xing's first attack.Even the Qingzhou army laughed mockingly at Han Sui's men, their siege ability was too weak.

Han Sui was slapped in the face twice a day, and his eyes were obviously cold. "Yan Xing! What's the situation?" Han Sui looked at Yan Xing with eagle-like eyes, making Yan Xing tremble.

Regardless of Yan Xing's high force value, but in terms of scheming and strategy, Han Sui is definitely No. 1 in Xiliang.Seeing that Han Sui was obviously angry, Yan Xing nodded and directly killed a group of ten Xiliang soldiers who had attacked the city just now...

"Call me to the top of the city, or you will all die!" Yan Xing shouted at everyone.

Chapter 510 Three: No siege talent

In the end, when it was dark, Yan Xing did not break down the Hulao.A group of soldiers did not build a camp, so they could only rest casually outside.This made Han Sui very angry, and when he was going to kill some people to correct the military law, he thought of something.

"Since the opponent has won, they may have arrogance. We live in the wild and there is nothing to stop us. Maybe the opponent will attack at night. Send me an order not to rest here tonight, and give up the simple tents that have been built. Don't light the torches."

Han Sui was very sure of his strategy, and he felt that the generals in Hulao Pass would definitely attack at night.

However, Wei Yan frowned after repelling Han Sui's attack, because he knew something must have happened to Zhiyuan.Since the opponent came to seize Hulao Pass, they wanted to seal Zhiyuan near Luoyang.

Wei Yan didn't know where Zhiyuan was now, but he was clear about one thing, that is, only Hulao Pass in Luoyang Eight Passes was controlled by Qingzhou Army.In the past, it was Yuan Shao who controlled the Eight Passes of Luoyang, and after Yuan Shao was defeated, Zhiyuan's intention was to first occupy Hangu Pass and then slowly clear Yuan Shao's forces in the pass.

But now something seems to be wrong, this enemy army is definitely the Xiliang army, and it is trying to block the eight passes.In other words, the Xiliang army entered Sili and they didn't get any news at all. The general was ambushed.

So Wei Yan didn't even think about going out of the city to attack the Xiliang army, and started sending people to deliver the letter.The current situation is very embarrassing, because Wei Yan knows very well that there is no team close to Zhiyuan's side.

Tai Shici led people northward, and Guan Yu led people southward.These two teams are far from the current position of Hulaoguan, and they are afraid that they will not be able to come back within a month.And the team led by Huang Zhong might not have just left Qingzhou, and the fastest marching speed of the opponent would take about [-] days.

Wei Yan knew very well that there were not many grains and supplies on Zhiyuan's side, because Zhiyuan's average supply was about half a month at a time, and ten days had passed since the last supply.If the kite was really trapped, Huang Zhong, who was the closest to them, would not have time to rush over.

This is very embarrassing, Wei Yan has only 1000 people here, whether he can hold the Hulao Pass or not, there are still troops to support Zhiyuan.So Wei Yan gritted his teeth, and after dispatching a few messengers, he called over 50 more people.

"The 50 of you have only one purpose to find reinforcements. The general doesn't have much food and grass, so we only have less than seven days. No...we only have four days, because the next batch of transport teams will be in three days. It will reach Hulao Pass."

"There will definitely not be too many people in the transportation team, but I estimate that there are about 1000 people. There can be more than [-] soldiers here, and most of the rest are civilian husbands."

"But even if there are only these people, I am sure to defeat the [-] people outside the city. Then we will go to rescue the general, otherwise the food and grass on the general's side will definitely be cut off."

"So we don't have seven days at all, I only give you four days. If you haven't found any friendly troops after four days, go back to Hulao Pass to defend. I will definitely take away all the soldiers who can fight, that At that time, I am afraid that there will only be a few hundred civilians left in Hulao Pass."

"And Hulao Pass will definitely be the last pass for the general to retreat. The life and death of the general and I will depend on you." Wei Yan directly told his subordinates about his plan, and of course Wei Yan's subordinates also all Guaranteed down.

These people quickly left from the east gate of Hulao Pass, and then ran in all directions... Now to put it bluntly, because of the defeat of Yuan Shao in Jizhou, some towns and cities have already pretended to join Qingzhou, and even planned to wait to be accepted up.

So some soldiers planned to borrow troops from some villages and towns in the name of General Wei Yan... Of course, they couldn't say the specific reasons for receiving troops.These villages and towns are all grass on the wall, so they really know that there is a possibility of defection.

After these people left, Wei Yan looked at the Xiliang military camp that was faintly lit in the distance. "Sleep well at night, they will never dare to fight at night." After saying this, Wei Yan rested by himself.

Don't look at Wei Yan's heart is very anxious now, but on the surface Wei Yan must calm down, and even have to rest and prepare for the battle in the future.There are more than 1 Xiliang troops under the city, how could they not continue to attack the city.

At least until the thousands of people from the transportation team arrive here, Wei Yan will guard the Hulao Pass very carefully.Although Wei Yan also likes the risky tactics of soldiers, but that is the situation that does not cause too much damage to the overall situation.

So that Han Sui was slapped in the face again, and it was winter and the next morning, whether it was Han Sui himself or Yan Xing, his nose was obviously twitching.Even more than 100 people on my side were caught cold overnight, and there was a lot of resentment among the soldiers.

When Han Sui saw the situation, he stopped attacking the city and rested for a day or two to rectify.So until the afternoon of the next day, this group of Xiliang troops were still setting up camp.

This made Wei Yan a little different, because he found that the other party seemed not in a hurry to capture this place.Could it be that they have already defeated the general?This is impossible.... If the general is defeated, what these people have to do now is to use the general to force themselves to open the city gate.

Since these people didn't do this, it means that the general is definitely not safe now.Isn't he in a hurry to knock down the Hulao? Isn't this general who leads the army mediocre?

If Han Sui knew that Wei Yan had given him such an evaluation, he would probably be pissed off... Everyone is ready, even though he knows you didn't take the bait here.Little did he know that Wei Yan didn't take people out of the city to sneak attack, it was entirely because he had already guessed the reason why Zhiyuan might have an accident.

What made Han Sui even more depressed was that after waiting for two days for his subordinates to barely recover their morale, he found that he still couldn't attack the city wall.This really reminded Han Sui of the embarrassment of attacking Chang'an back then, that is, their siege level was really poor.

About 1 people, attacking a checkpoint defended by 1000 people... In a whole day, there were seven or eight hundred casualties on my side, and I am afraid that the other side may not even have a hundred casualties.Han Sui was really going to explode, but it was useless.

Morale managed to recover a little bit, but after fighting for a day it declined again, and if Han Sui threatened them with killing people, he might have to blow up the camp immediately.

Yan Xing also had no good solution, and finally Han Sui could only sigh: "Surround first, let's withdraw some soldiers from the nearby checkpoints, and then attack here."

Han Sui really felt very upset, and Han Sui was not the only one who was unhappy... Ma Chao and Lu Bu fought Hangu Pass, which is also the virtue.

After two consecutive days of fighting, not only Ma Chao... but also Lu Bu felt that his team was not suitable for attacking the city.A Xiliang cavalry, a Xiongnu cavalry from Bingzhou... fought a siege battle with the traditional Qingzhou elite.

I'm afraid it's not water in the head.

Chapter 510 Four: Westward Breakout

The siege was still the biggest threat Cao Cao brought to Zhiyuan, and Cao Cao even assembled catapults to bombard the city walls.

This is definitely something made by Ma Jun, and Zhi Yuan was depressed for a while, why didn't she get such a talent.And when entering the city ahead, in order to prevent the enemy from getting things like catapults, Zhi Yuan had already ordered his men to dismantle the catapults.

It is impossible to bring it into Hangu Pass without demolishing it. Fortunately, the city wall of Hangu Pass is tall, so they can still avoid a thing or two behind the female wall.

But the kite is already thinking about how to break out of the siege. Their food and grass are only enough for four days, and the water is less than two days. up.

The kite originally planned to dig a well to get water, but after actually doing it, it was found that the soil layer could not be dug up in the freezing weather. It took two days to dig a well head, and the water was not enough for cooking.

Zhao Yun had a green sword on his back, a spear in his hand and an iron armor, looking at the nearby map. "General, I am sure to lead you out, but only the cavalry can break through this way."

Zhi Yuan shook her head: "We have only five thousand cavalry here, and now, excluding the brothers who died in battle, there are at least 3 more people... If I take the lead and 5000 people run away, how can I face the rest of them?" Wife and children?"

"I'm human and they are human too. Compared with life, I wouldn't make such a trade-off." Zhi Yuan said this firmly, and she herself... also had some ideas to break through.

Zhiyuan sighed, and then pointed to the map: "I have observed it for the past few days. On the east side of Hangu Pass, where Lu Bu and Ma Chao are, the opponent's strength is close to 5 to [-]. On the contrary, on Cao Cao's side, I only found that About [-] people..."

"I guess it's because Cao Cao occupied Hanzhong and confronted Shuzhong, so he couldn't mobilize too many troops. So if you really want to break through, I think you should go west...and then go north, enter Bingzhou from Liangzhou , going back to the Central Plains..."

"Although Wei Yan is guarding Hulao Pass, we are at least two or three days away from Hulao Pass. This is still the case without enemies."

"How can we have more than 3 people fighting in the wild with 10,000+ cavalry? Even if our soldiers are elite, we are afraid of being dragged to death by the opponent."

Zhiyuan sighed and expressed her thoughts.Zhao Yun had no objection, and Chen's right hand was still bandaged, so it was basically difficult to hold a weapon in a short time.

"No, I will stay behind. With the danger of the Hangu Pass, I can buy the general some more time. As long as the general can defeat Cao Cao, the cavalry outside are nothing to fear." Chen Dao said to Zhiyuan.

Zhiyuan shook her head: "I will stay here myself, and I will lead the cavalry right here."

"You take the infantry and leave. Although there is no one in Sili now, there are still some civilians in Yongzhou. After all, the Xiliang area to the west is not suitable for planting at all. Cao Cao's grain production must be in Yongzhou."

"Although Cao Cao has obtained Hanzhong now, it is only a recent matter after all. So as long as Zhiyuan's army enters Yongzhou, it is definitely not a problem to obtain some food and grass."

"Cao Cao's soldiers are not many, and it will take time for him to dispatch the army. Zilong, you have a very good weapon now, and you should be able to lead the Qingzhou army to defeat Cao Cao."

After Zhi Yuan finished speaking, Zhao Yun nodded: "Don't worry, general... I promise to defeat Cao Jun with [-] elites and [-]. Besides, we have enough fire wine, so Cao Jun can't stop us no matter what."

Zhiyuan said again: "And here I am... Lu Bu and Ma Chao didn't know that our main force had already left. You have also seen the Xiliang army's siege, there is no pressure at all..."

"And I still have some explosives. I will destroy the streets of Hangu Pass when I leave here. They are all cavalry, so there is no way to chase us."

"So it's best for me to stay, and we are all cavalry and it is very easy to break through. Although we are trapped in this Hangu Pass now, we still have a great advantage."

"Our advantage is that even if the enemy is cavalry, if you want to run across Hangu Pass to attack and pursue us, you will not be able to do it in seven or eight days. To the north of Hangu Pass is Pingjin Pass, and it will take a month to go back and forth."

"Even if Cao Cao is defeated, Lu Bu and Ma Chao will not be able to get the news. So we can perfectly play this time difference and enter the desert from the north of Yongzhou."

"I walked that road once before. All you guys need to do, Zilong, is to bring food and drinking water. We will gather at the Huqiu Pavilion in the north of Yongzhou, and then go into the desert..."

"Once we enter the desert, the advantage of the opponent's horses will be greatly reduced. The sand is not fast for horses, so we have a way to get rid of them and return to Jizhou from Bingzhou."

Zhao Yun and Chen Dao nodded involuntarily, the general's analysis was correct.Now they want to go east from Hangu Pass, it is definitely a dead end...

But if you go west, you will be surrounded by Cao Cao's army if you are not careful, and it is equally dangerous to cross the desert. Even a guide who is familiar with the desert may overturn.

But now that there is not enough food and grass, what can we do if we don't break through.Zhiyuan intends to use Taoism to help when defeating Cao Cao, so as to reduce the losses of the people on his side.

Thinking of this, Zhi Yuan planned to use her spirit to go to Cao Cao's side to observe, because Cao Cao had a lot of counselors there, Zhi Yuan didn't want to be tricked again.

open the handle...

At night, the kite entered the spirit state again, and then floated to Cao Cao's side outside the city.After earning a round, Zhi Yuan estimates that there are about 4 people in Cao Cao's place now.

After Cao Cao left Yanzhou, the number of troops has not been high.So now Cao Cao can gather 5 people to encircle the kite, which is already bankrupt.

Of course, maybe knowing that his troops were small, Cao Cao arranged a lot of defenses in this camp, and even got hundreds of crossbow carts, and put them in a relatively narrow place.

Zhi Yuan looked around and found that Cao Cao had dug some holes. It seemed that Cao Cao was also afraid that Zhi Yuan would leave the city and escape from him, so he made a lot of preparations.

But Zhiyuan's ability exposed all of Cao Cao's arrangements.It's true that your moves are vicious, but Zhiyuan is a coward...

After waking up, Zhi Yuan made a map and told Zhao Yun and Chen Dao the detailed layout of Cao Cao's camp, and Zhi Yuan didn't hide it and said that it was her Taoism skill.

With this thing in hand, Zhao Yun has full confidence in defeating Cao Cao's army.And he also promised Zhiyuan that he would get as much food and grass as possible.

Then the entire Hangu Pass began to prepare for the attack in the early morning of the next day.

Chapter 510 Five: Reinforcements?

Early the next morning, Zhao Yun led less than 3 soldiers, all of whom were infantry...and killed them from the west gate.

Since the west gate was not destroyed, the east gate was blocked after being blown up by a kite, but the west gate was not... So Zhao Yun led his people outside while it was dark, and before Cao Jun had much preparation, he led his troops to enter Cao Jun's camp.

Cao Jun does have vigilant people and defensive people.But who let the kite go away... After a group of people used iron shields to carry the ballista and burned it, Cao Cao had no choice but to lead the people back.

Then retreating turned into a defeat. Zhao Yun seized the opportunity to lead someone to defeat Cao Cao's soldiers. The main reason was that no one on Cao Cao's side was Zhao Yun's opponent, especially after Zhao Yun had the Qingzhi Sword.

Cao Cao really wanted to kill Xia Houen a few more times. You must know that this Qingzhi sword was originally his thing, and now it fell into Zhao Yun's hands to deal with him.

After Zhao Yun chased Cao Cao for more than ten miles, he began to lead his men northward and quickly captured several cities along the way.And the food and drinking water in these cities, even the alcohol, have been looted...

There are not many containers for water, but wine can also quench your thirst, so Zhao Yun went all the way to the north.

Cao Cao found that at least 1 people were missing after gathering the defeated soldiers. Now he has more than 3 left, and he can't stop the elite of the Qingzhou Army.what to do?They can only be recruited from Hanzhong.

He would definitely not dare to transfer troops. Cao Cao still had [-] to [-] troops in Hanzhong, but because Liu Bei had already arrived here, the offensive and defensive battles between the two sides at the checkpoint became fierce.How could Cao Cao transfer all the soldiers away at this time, and finally had no choice but to recruit civilians into the army.

As for combat effectiveness, Cao Cao can't guarantee it at all.But I let the kite run away, so I quickly let Lu Bu and the others come and chase them... As a result, Cao Cao came to Hangu Pass and found that there was still Qingzhou Army here, and the banner of Qingzhou Army was Chen.

Cao Cao knew about Chen Dao, and Cao Cao's advisers immediately analyzed that Chen Dao was Zhiyuan's pro-army, and they must be staying here to cut off the rear.Because if there was no one at Hangu Pass, wouldn't Lu Bu and Ma Chao pass through here to pursue them?

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