Sun Ce had never seen so many cavalry before,
Zhang Biao's eyes glowed, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and muttered: "My god, so many horses, if it were all ours, it would be great."
Sun Ce tensed his face, punched his chest hard, and said: "During the day, stop dreaming, and quickly order to go down and prepare to meet the enemy. Remember, enough manpower should be left on the south wall. "
He is always worried about the soldiers stationed at Yangping Pass, especially when the enemy is present, he must remain extremely vigilant. Watching Zhang Biao hurriedly walk down the city, Sun Ce turned his head and looked outside the city again, saying to himself He said to himself: "If we could have so many horses, we would wake up with a smile when we fell asleep,"
Li Sheng and others were startled when they heard Sun Ce's words, and then the muscles on their faces became twisted because of the forced laughter, their expressions were exceptionally weird.
Zhang Biao has ordered to prepare for defense and return to the city. The shock just now has been replaced by the excitement before the battle. He looked down at the city, clenched his fists and said: "General Sun, let me take a team of cavalry. Go out and rush to see how many catties the world-famous Xiliang Iron Horse weighs."
Sun Ce said unquestionably: "No, what we have to do now is to hold fast until the lord’s brigade arrives, and there are those who dare to speak out, cut, tell the brothers, shut up, shut up, shut down, dead, no one. Don’t take a step back,"
Yangping Pass was built in the bottleneck area between the two mountains. The terrain in front was not open. Li Cheng's cavalry had to slow down the speed of the Mercedes-Benz, otherwise they would trample on each other without any other hands and see Yangping Pass. Right in front of him, Li Yu was a little excited, but he was not fainted. He had all cavalry and no siege equipment. It was obviously not realistic to attack. He still followed Jia Xu's strategy and persuaded him to drop to the top, so he turned his head. Commanded: "Go forward and shout,"
Hearing this, his nephew Li Jin galloped out of the team, went straight to the pass, and shouted: "People in the pass, listen, my general is ordered by the Taishi to come to Hanzhong to suppress the bandits and understand the current affairs. The door is opened and closed quickly, otherwise, when the army invades Yangping, the chickens and dogs will not stay."
Sun Ce looked at the city, held his bow and arrow in his hand, and laughed: "Dong Zhuo is nothing but a thief. Sooner or later, he will take his dog's head. You will take my arrow first."
Seeing that Sun Ce refused to surrender, Li Jin directly called Dong Zhuo’s name, and opened his mouth to curse, but when he heard a "swish", he felt his throat cool, and his mouth opened wide but he couldn't speak. He shook his head immediately. After two shakes, I planted,
Seeing that Li Jin was shot to death by Sun Ce with an arrow, Li Zhang was furious and turned around to order the siege. As a result, 50,000 cavalry were dismounted and each prepared siege equipment. At that time, due to poor roads, many siege equipment were not carried with the army. Instead, it was made on-site and made on-site. The roads are densely covered with mountains and woods, and some are withered and old trees. Although it is impossible to make large equipment such as ladders, wells, and carts, it is easy to lay a few ladders. But something,
Soon, the Xiliang army was divided into two groups. One group abandoned their horses and carried simple wooden ladders, shouting and rushing towards the city, while another group rode horses and arrows, galloping back and forth before the pass, wanting Relying on skillful bow horses to suppress the defenders above the city,
Sun Ce saw that there were many enemy soldiers, but he did not panic. The city walls of Yangping Pass were strong and tall, and the area before the pass was narrow, so large-scale troops could not be deployed. What is the use of a large number of soldiers? Sun Ce did not wait for the enemy to rush to the front. , He ordered the arrows to be released, and the range and strength of the defenders’ strong bows were higher than those of the Xiliang Army.
The Xiliang Army has been fighting against the northern nomads for a long time. Everyone is good at riding and shooting. Although they are not good at attacking the city, they have the spirit of fearlessness and fear of death. Although the colleagues around them fell down with arrows, there was no Xiliang. The soldiers of the army retreated, almost stepping on the corpses of their companions, approaching the city wall step by step,
Yangping Pass was the gateway to the north of Hanzhong, and it was also an important checkpoint for Liu Yan to block the connection with the imperial court. It was not only heavily armed, but also a huge number of arrows, rolling logs, and rocks. The only thing lacking was grain and grass. There is no alternative to the lack of grain and grass. The grain and grass in Hanzhong are not abundant, and the people often can’t eat. That’s why the Five Dou Rice Sect is popular in Hanzhong, but the problem of grain and grass is not within Sun Ce’s consideration. There is a rich Jingzhou. As a backing, not only grain and grass, but also various other materials will be delivered to Hanzhong continuously. All difficulties will be solved easily. What he has to consider now is how to hold Yangping Pass.
Sun Ce knows that his strength is limited, and he has to guard against Zhang Lu’s pawns. He must reduce casualties as much as possible. Therefore, the use of bows, arrows, wood and stones is almost at all costs, and Li Su cares most about human lives, the size of his command. In the battle, which victory was not the result of human lives, facing the rain-like arrows on the city, Li Yu had only one order, and he rushed forward one after another.
The siege war lasted from noon to the sun's westward slope. The cavalry attacked the city and the cavalry defended the city. This is probably a peculiar sight that has never appeared before since the history of war. After half a day of fighting, Xiliang is under the city. The army left 7,000 or 8,000 corpses, but there was still no sign of retreat. The Liu Xinjun soldiers guarding at Yangping Pass had also suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and the rest were constantly drawing their bows and shooting arrows. Throwing smashing logs and rocks, all of them have numb arms and tired faces, but they can't get the slightest rest.
Zhang Biao glanced at the Xiliang soldiers who were flooding under the city. The excitement on his face was completely replaced by worry. He didn't know how long his soldiers could hold on under this situation, because no one had any. After taking a short break and shooting two more arrows, Zhang Biao finally couldn't help but said: "General Sun, let the brothers from Nancheng go up,"
Sun Ce left a thousand soldiers on the South City. That was to prevent the soldiers from rebelling after the pass. It could be regarded as the only reserve force in his hand. It was indeed a new force. However, Sun Ce pondered for a moment. Shook his head firmly,
At this moment, there was a loud shout after the lockdown, and a soldier hurried over and said in a panic: "General, the matter is not good, the soldiers rebelled."
Sun Ce was shocked. He was really afraid of what would come. These pawns really rebelled, but Sun Ce understood that the more at this time, the more calm they were. Those pawns were unarmed, they just wanted to build a ladder and didn’t have the tools to cut down trees. , Wanting to climb a few feet high city wall with bare hands is simply a daydream.
These soldiers were rushed to the gate and stationed, sleeping in the freezing wilderness, naturally full of complaints. At first, there were hundreds of black armored cavalry patrolling there, but at noon, these cavalry suddenly withdrew to the city, where they were. Without special supervision, some of the brave pawns had already oiled their feet and slipped away, and the rest began to feel restless. Gradually, they closed and heard the sound of fighting. Finally, someone couldn't help but ran with Xiang Guan. , Everyone has blind obedience, and other people also clamored and rushed to shut down, pushing the city gate desperately,
As a male gate, the gate must be very strong. There are no tools such as rushing cars to hit. It is impossible to push the gate with both hands. It is just that these soldiers have lost their minds. Although the city gate could not be pushed open, the shouts made were shaking the sky,
The Xiliang army, who was desperately attacking the city, apparently heard the shouts over there, and the pace of the assault noticeably stagnated. Sun Ce saw that the Xiliang army under the city didn't have the same offensive wave after wave as before, and seemed a little condensed. After getting messed up, he couldn't help but make a plan, and said loudly to the soldiers around him: "Soldiers, our reinforcements have come, fill up your bows, aim at the enemies under the city, and shoot fiercely, tell them to have There is no return,"
The spirits of the soldiers at the head of the city were lifted up and shouted in unison. For a time, arrows fell like a rain, several times more violent than before. The Xiliang army was a little hesitant by the sudden shouts. , I vaguely heard from the city head saying that reinforcements are coming, and suddenly I was hit by such a head-on. The morale that was just like a rainbow suddenly plummeted, and they retreated.
Among the generals under Dong Zhuo, the one who was able to fight the most battle was actually Li Zhang. Soon after the attack, he keenly felt that there were not many defenders in the city. He wanted to rely on the crowded tactics to take advantage of the continuous impact. After half a day of siege and battle at Xiayangping Pass, Li Hao already knew that the defenders on the city were not Zhang Lu’s army. This pass had already fallen into Liu Xin’s hands. Now that he knew that reinforcements were coming, Li Hao suddenly I didn’t have the confidence to seize the Yangping Pass. Seeing that it was too late, I had to order Mingjin to retreat and retreat 30 miles to Xiazhai.
Seeing the Xiliang Army retreat, Yangping Pass made bursts of cheers. This half-day battle was really hard. If it hadn’t been for the Xiliang Army to retreat and continue fighting, the result would be really hard to predict. After the loud pawn heard the cheers from the city, he suddenly disappeared. No one was supervising them anyway. They were all natives of Hanzhong with long feet on themselves. How long will they wait if they don’t run now
When Sun Ce saw from the city, he only shook his head and smiled bitterly. The soldiers have been fighting for a day, and now they need time to rest the most. He can't spare his hands to catch these pawns, so he has to let them go. Speaking of which, he can hold on today. At Yangping Pass, these pawns were also “indispensable”. Without their loud shouts, they would not scare the Xiliang army out of the city. But tomorrow, if the Xiliang army returns, this Yangping Pass would probably be worth it. I really couldn't hold it anymore. Sun Ce looked at the exhausted soldiers around him, gritted his teeth, turned his head and said to Li Sheng: "General Li, you take some people to set up fires everywhere in the pass. If you really can't hold them tomorrow, So Yangpingguan was set on fire."
At this moment, Li Zhang was already sitting in the newly built big tent. Thinking of the failure of his work just now, he couldn't help feeling a little frustrated. He repeatedly ordered: "Quickly, go and invite Mr. Jia over."
After a short time, his personal soldiers returned and said, "Teach me to General, Mr. Jia has disappeared, only a letter is left."