Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1113 The Battle of Tongguan IX

city ​​wall.

Li Ru wore a robe and stood upright, like a scholar. Among all the generals in armor and uniform, he looked a little unique, and his calmness made the generals of the Xiliang Army gradually become Stand firmly.

"Continue to hold on!"

"We in Xiliang have never had cowards!"

"On the battlefield, it's either life or death. Our sons from Xiliang survived by fighting. We have never been afraid of death!"

Li Ru's words quickly spread throughout the battlefield.

Xiliang's blood was stimulated.

Liangzhou is a barren land, and it is also a battlefield where different races compete for power. The Huns have been raging for many years, and the Qiang people are always invading the territory. Xiliang soldiers are all killed from the blood.

That's why they have a wild nature, like wild wolves on the grassland, fearless in order to survive.

Once in a desperate situation.

Many soldiers in the Central Plains will choose to surrender and their morale will be low, but for the soldiers in Xiliang, it is different. They will only be like lonely wild wolves, disregarding life and death, holding in their hearts that even if they die, they will bite the enemy. thought.

Of course, if all the city walls were covered by Xiliang's elite, then with the strength of Tongguan, it is impossible to be beaten to this level in a short period of time, or even hold on for a long time.

But in fact, there are not many real Xiliang troops.

When Xiliang entered the customs, there were more than one hundred thousand elites.

But over the years, it has worn out a lot.

The deaths of Hua Xiong, Niu Fu, Zhang Ji, and other Xiliang generals also brought with them the deaths of countless Xiliang sons.

There are also some under the command of Zhang Xiu, Ma Teng, and Han Sui, and they are all maimed by Mu Jing now.

Dong Zhuo’s Xiliang elites are only in the tens of thousands. He claims to have 20 main forces. That’s because in the name of the imperial court, he recruited a lot of young and strong people from Guanzhong. Only by suppressing them can these Guanzhong youths become part of the Xiliang Army in a short period of time.

But the combat power will naturally be dragged down.

Although Guanzhong is easy to produce elite soldiers, mainly the elites of Guanzhong led by Huangfusong, and Guanzhong Erlang can also risk his life to fight, but in this environment, he has resentment towards Dong Zhuo, even he is unwilling to believe in the emperor .

Only under pressure can he become a part of the Xiliang Army.

How much effort they will exert is naturally conceivable.

The most important thing is that most of Xiliang's elites are under Dong Zhuo's own command, and they have already taken them away. There are not many in Tongguan. Guo Si and Li Que's subordinates may not even be able to gather [-] real Xiliang elites. .

With such morale, the blow to the Xiliang army was still pretty big.

Even though Li Ru encouraged the army and the generals in Xiliang fought bloody battles, the city wall seemed to be crumbling.

……

Relatively speaking, the pressure under the city is not small.

The tough battle is not easy to fight.

The strength of Tongguan has exceeded expectations. No one expected that before Hongnong Huayin, there would be such a pass, blocking the progress of all of them.

"withdraw troops!"

After watching the battlefield, Cao Cao gave the order.

"Ming Jin!"

"withdraw troops!"

Cao Jun began to withdraw.

"Lord!"

The chief general Cao Ren came up and reported, "Give me another day, and I will definitely be able to break through the city!"

He felt that the main city was not stable.

"Don't be impatient!"

Cao Cao shook his head: "This pass is not easy, and this battle is also a bit weird, we can't be too impulsive!"

"My lord, the Bingzhou army has disappeared!"

Guo Jia walked up quickly and reported.

He has been sending people to hang the Bingzhou Army, and the Bingzhou Army retreated towards Huashan, but entered the complex mountain environment, and the scouts suddenly confronted each other, and Bingzhou was as fierce as thunder, and almost wiped out the Cao Jun scouts. .

Only a few Cao Jun scouts escaped, but they lost the surveillance of the Bingzhou Army, and they lost the trace of the Bingzhou Army.

"distance?"

Cao Cao was very calm and asked.

"120 miles!"

"direction!"

"Huashan?"

"Order the scouts of all the troops to guard the main road northward of Mount Hua, and just keep an eye on it. I don't believe that the Bingzhou Army can fly, cross the mountains, and enter the battlefield!"

Cao Cao said coldly.

"promise!"

Guo Jia took the lead.

"and many more!"

Cao Cao said: "Can you send someone to contact the Han officials in Guancheng? Dong Zhuo hasn't shown up until now, and the Xiliang army in the city is also slightly insufficient in combat effectiveness. Something is wrong!"

"understand!"

Guo Jia nodded.

"Cao Ren!"

"exist!"

"Order all the ministries to retreat and return to the camp to rest. Without our military order, no one can attack!"

"Yes!"

Cao Ren gritted his teeth, although he was unwilling, he still complied.

"Come on!"

"exist!"

"Send someone to invite Sun Jian and Ju Yi to come to discuss military matters!" Cao Cao has somewhat stabilized the morale of the coalition army with the desperate situation of Cao Jun today. At this time, it is time to unite and attack.

"promise!"

The soldiers quickly went to deliver the order.

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The battle under the city of Tongguan has been fought for three full days, but it is still in a stalemate.

The Xiliang Army seemed to be on the verge of collapse, but they were able to turn the tide every time.

Although this Tongguan new city was newly built, it was obvious that Dong Zhuo also used a lot of manpower and material resources. The huge and pierced city wall was tall and strong, and it was impossible for people to attack, so they could only attack with ladders.

Attacking is always a disadvantage.

The coalition forces have suffered a lot in the past few days.

In the end, Cao Cao had no choice but to declare a one-day truce, temporarily giving both sides a breathing space.

Cao Cao stood outside the city on a hill, looking at Tongguan in front of him. He didn't feel it before, but now he suddenly felt that this pass is not as weak as those thousand-year-old passes, and even more profound because of its terrain.

"Thousands of calculations have been made, but I haven't figured it out. Let Dong Zhuo manage this imposing pass. With this imposing pass, the Xiliang army can protect the capital!"

Cao Cao let out a long sigh.

This hurdle caused his brain cells to die one after another, but there was still no hope.

There is no way to start.

Water attack, fire attack...

Neither is hopeful.

Can only attack by force.

The price to be paid for a strong attack, even he, Cao Cao, was chilled.

"Can you be surrounded to death?"

Sun Jian stood next to Cao Cao, wearing battle armor and a white cloak, hunting like a tiger. He said in a low voice: "Now Xiliang, without the support of Jingzhao, even if he has Xiongguan, how can he support him? If he is surrounded for a month, perhaps……"

"I'm afraid it's not as good as we thought!"

Cao Cao shook his head: "I just got the news that Dong Thief almost emptied Chang'an, leaving a mess for Minghou Mujing, and the Mujun broke Chang'an. The matter of food made this young prince furious. The ancient capital of Chang'an, even though it suffered an accident 200 years ago, has already recovered. One can imagine the reserves!"

"Tie Dong is prepared to fight!"

Ju Yi smiled bitterly, and said: "No wonder he gave up Hulao Pass so easily and let us enter Henan. It turned out that he had already made such preparations, but it was just delaying the time for the decisive battle, which made his preparations more sufficient. Now that there is such a powerful pass sitting in the town, and he has enough soldiers and food, it may be difficult for us to capture it!"

"His Majesty is in the pass!"

Cao Cao felt that the atmosphere was a bit wrong, he gave a low drink, and said coldly: "Even if it's difficult, don't we fight? Zhan takes his fate as his power, and he will not withdraw his troops until he breaks through the city!"

This is a matter of attitude.

Cao Cao must let them know his attitude.

He also told them that no one wanted to leave before this pass was broken.

Sun Jian and Ju Yi looked at each other, but they didn't seem helpless or surprised. The emperor didn't see this battle, so he couldn't return without success. Even Ju Yi, who represented Yuan Shao, could not It is necessary to meet the emperor in person for this battle to be meaningful.

Of course, there is another possibility.

That is, Dong Zhuo died with the emperor in his arms.

This is what they expect too.

If the Son of Heaven dies, they will not be in vain in this battle.

It was Cao Cao.

It doesn't matter if he is loyal, he still has extravagant hopes, or he is not reconciled, he most hopes that the emperor can live smoothly, if the emperor is not dead, there may still be hope for the Han Dynasty.

Even at this point, Cao Cao is already a hero, in charge of the land of the three states, holding a hero in his hands, but he still has no determination to change the dynasty.

Not because he was indecisive.

This person who has been described as a hero through the ages has always been a decisive one, but everyone has a little bit of persistence in his heart, and Cao Cao also has it. He just needs to do what he insists on.

It doesn't matter what means.

Not even the Son of Heaven matters.

He knows exactly what he wants, he is not Wang Mang, and naturally he will not be Huo Guang, he is Cao Cao, the great man Cao Zhengxi.

"Continue to attack tomorrow!"

Cao Cao pointed to the front and said: "From tomorrow onwards, the Jiangdong Army will be in charge of the left wing, and the Jizhou Army will be in charge of the right wing. We will attack from the front. Our army will form a team of Ruogan, looking for loopholes between the left and right mountains and rivers, and see if we can break through the city! "

"For the sake of fairness, soldiers are changed every day!"

"One side is the main attack today, and the other side is tomorrow. We are all for the sake of the big man, for the sake of His Majesty, fighting bloody, desperate people, but be fair, and don't treat anyone as a fool!"

Cao Cao said calmly.

"good!"

Sun Jian nodded.

Jiangdong's army went north, and when it reached this point, they naturally wouldn't say that they raised their hands and watched others fight. As long as they were not treated unfairly, Jiangdong's army could also be desperate.

"Can!"

Ju Yi didn't have much speaking power, so he could only deal with it at this time, and it was fair to him, at least Cao Cao didn't directly use the Yizhou Army as a vanguard death squad to consume his strength.

According to what he pointed out, Cao Cao and his lord Yuan Shao didn't get along very well. It was rumored that they were good friends back then, but they had a falling out when Luo Yang was fleeing for his life. There are many versions circulating now, and the two never said anything about it. , but the two of them are at odds, which is a very certain thing.

Ju Yi has always been afraid that Cao Cao will avenge himself publicly.

Now it seems that the situation is better.

It doesn't matter whether Cao Cao fears that the morale of the allied forces will be affected, or he really has a noble character. The important thing is that he didn't deliberately consume his troops.

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North bank of the Yellow River.

A group of elite cavalry approached the river bank silently. On the rolling river, they reined in their horses and looked into the distance.

"My lord, when did you feel that they were leading us away, and that His Majesty was still in Tongguan?"

Zhao Yun stood on the horse's back with the rein in his hand, and looked at a person dressed as a soldier next to him with some puzzlement.

The elite under his command is Bai Ma Yi Cong.

He is the most elite cavalry in Youzhou.

Coming and going like the wind, it only took a day and a half to come down from the east of the river, so no one should have noticed that they had already gone south.

"In the beginning!"

Liu Bei said lightly.

"My lord, why did you let us chase him all the way to the east of the river?" Zhao Yun was puzzled: "And you left the second general's main force in the north to cover up their whereabouts. Isn't this a waste!"

"Someone wants us to be fooled, we just fall for it once, it doesn't matter!"

Liu Bei smiled and said calmly: "If we are not fooled, we are the ones on the other side of the river, bleeding rivers of beatings, and being deceived sometimes is not a bad thing!"

"If that's the case, why don't we just station in the east of the river, and when the overall situation is settled, we will go south!" Zhao Yun asked again.

"worried!"

Liu Bei said: "I always feel a little anxious. This battle seems to be a sure thing, but I am still uneasy. Maybe..."

"Maybe what?"

Zhao Yun asked.

"We will suffer defeat!" Liu Bei sighed: "You have to see for yourself, so you can rest assured!"

"No way!"

Zhao Yun narrowed his eyes: "The coalition forces are so powerful, how could they be defeated!"

"There are many things that can only be imagined, nothing is impossible!" Liu Bei shook his head: "Back then, the feudal lords attacked the shepherds with great momentum, but in the end, they were defeated in a complete mess?"

"But isn't Mu Yuanzhong dead?"

"Mu Yuanzhong's death in battle does not mean victory or defeat on the battlefield. We lost that battle, and we lost very badly. We still lost to a boy!"

"Minghou Mujing!"

"If you encounter this beast in the future, kill it if you can, and never give him a chance to breathe!" Liu Bei said: "This beast is more terrifying than Dong thief!"

"The last general takes orders!"

Zhao Yun cupped his hands, his face was expressionless, but there was a killing intent in his heart.

Not for Mujing.

It's that person.

Nanyang sword king, Huang Zhong, the one who made his master, a generation of gun god, defeated by the sunset pavilion.

He knew that his martial arts were not perfect yet.

The master had instructed that if the martial arts were not perfect, he must not confront Huang Zhong, but he couldn't help it, if he really met him on the battlefield, he wanted to fight.

"Find a place, station there, and cross the river every day to inquire about the situation!"

Liu Bei ordered.

"Yes!"

Zhao Yun took the order.

Liu Bei clearly knew that it was just a lure, and he raised his troops to pursue him. First, he didn't want to spend his troops on storming the pass, and second, he also wanted to get out of the battle.

He always felt that something was wrong.

This time he led the cavalry back alone, so that he could see some battlefields more clearly.

The success or failure of this battle is related to the world.

No one can escape.

Even if they return to Youzhou, it is impossible to escape the impact of this battle.

To put it bluntly, if Dong Zhuo really wins a battle and wins a complete victory, all the princes of the world will stay away, even if he is far away in Youzhou, he must be careful about the imperial edict.

He didn't want Dong Zhuosheng.

But he didn't want to spend his troops here, after all, he didn't have many troops going south.

This is contradictory.

That's why he had this sneaky behavior.

(End of this chapter)