Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1780 Bloody Battle of Ming and Wei Dynasties Eight

The development of Jing Wu Division is led by Mu Jing, and Mu Jing also attaches great importance to the transmission of information, so Jing Wu Division has also done a lot of homework in this regard.

Password transmission is the most basic, but all confidential information is transmitted in the form of encryption. After the transmission arrives, it needs to be translated to reveal the original message.

A quarter of an hour later, the complete information appeared in Xu Shu's hands.

Xu Shu looked at the translated message, his eyes flickered, and he handed it to Pang Xi, who also looked at it, also a little stunned, and then glanced back at Xu Shu.

The two of them stared a little bit wide-eyed.

Xu Shu said: "Liu Gan is still in Luoyang, but I dare not make a fuss about this kind of news, and the news of Jing Wusi has never been intercepted, so this news is true!"

"The key is where did the soldiers and horses come from!"

Pang Xi frowned, and said: "I don't doubt Jing Wusi, I just can't figure it out, where are the soldiers and horses coming from now, who can join forces with us inside and outside, and the news hasn't been clarified, so I don't feel at ease?"

The transmission of news itself is very risky, especially now that there are heavy troops outside, passing the news in over the enemy army, it can only be brief, brief, and brief again.

The news only told them that there would be a force attacking the enemy from behind, and they would need to cooperate at that time.

"Only the south!"

Xu Shu thought for a while, and said: "The Yuzhou front, although I don't know what happened on the Yuzhou front, but the Wei army went north, but the main force of our army failed to go north with it. There must have been some accidents, but General Huang Hansheng wanted to It is not impossible to dispatch some elites to go north!"

"Then should we trust them?"

Pang Xi asked a very realistic question.

"Actually, we have no choice!"

Xu Shu smiled bitterly: "You and I both know that we can't hold Hangu Pass at all, and we will be breached sooner or later, so at this time, if there is hope, no matter whether it is true or false, we have no choice but to gamble I'm just reconciled, even if I die here in the end, it's a worthy death!"

When Pang Xi heard the words, he suddenly realized: "This reminds me, in fact, I don't need to choose at all. Since there are reinforcements, then I will fight. At worst, I will go out and come back again!"

He is a cavalry, and the cavalry can come and go freely. Of course, if they go out in a circle, the casualties will increase, and then their main force will be consumed bit by bit by the enemy.

But if it is an explosive battle, he is confident that the enemy forces outside Hangu Pass will not be able to stop it at all.

"Then prepare for battle!"

Xu Shu took a deep breath and said, "Take all the cavalry away. I will personally lead the rest of the soldiers to the city to respond remotely. I will use all the bows and arrows and bed crossbows in the city to give you the greatest support. Before dawn, that is, At most, you can rest for three hours. After the rest, start the battle before dawn, and you only have one hour. If you can't meet our army in one hour, then give up the idea of ​​attacking back and forth immediately and withdraw. I will find a way to meet you!"

He must cooperate, but he must also prepare for the worst. If this is a bait, it must be to lure them out of the city to die. With the combat ability of cavalry, they can fight outside the city for an hour without being surrounded by the enemy. It's already the limit.

Although the cavalry is the trump card of cold weapons, if the infantry is allowed to react, surround them, and then close their combat space step by step, the cavalry will also lose the greatest combat effectiveness.

In cavalry combat, space is the most important. Cavalry charges need to have enough space to support that powerful impact. Losing space means losing the advantage of cavalry.

So cavalry is not absolute either.

"understand!"

Pang Xi nodded and said, "I'll definitely be able to withdraw in an hour, but there will be some troubles when entering the city. If the enemy forces bite, we may have to cut our arms to survive!"

"Are you willing?" Xu Shu asked back.

"As a general, one should not have the benevolence of a woman. For the sake of the overall situation, the sacrifices that should be made are yet again. When the time comes, I will leave a part behind. When the signal sounds, no matter who is outside the city, the city gate must be closed." , keep Hangu Pass!" Pang Xi said coldly.

"Don't be so nervous, we're just planning for a rainy day. Since Jing Wusi has news, it's likely that a main force will appear!"

Xu Shu said softly.

"It's just the worst plan. If you can defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop, it will be the best!"

Pang Xi's eyes burst into a cold light, looked at the enemy company camp outside the city, and said quietly: "I am the only cavalry army in the Ming Dynasty, and they are so oppressive. It's hard to live like this." If there is a main force that can restrain them, let them know that our cavalry army is powerful!"

The cavalry was supposed to be the most cutting-edge unit, but since the Battle of Luoyang, they have been limited in combat mobility because of the battle of defending the city, so they have always seemed aggrieved.

If there is a force that can cooperate with him and restrain the enemy's main force, even if it is several times his own force, he will be fearless, and can even use the most powerful mobile force to directly kill the enemy. jump.

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The night is lonely, the bright moon in the sky is reflecting, and there is a quietness between the sky and the earth.

Outside Hangu Pass.

Wei Jun camp.

Xia Houyuan was wiping his weapon with an oilcloth.

"General!"

A young man walked into the tent and bowed to salute.

"Boren, what's the matter?" Xia Houyuan raised his head, looked at the young man, and asked calmly.

The young man's name is Xiahoushang, and his style name is Boren. He is a leader among the younger generation of Xiahou's family, and he is also Xiahouyuan's nephew. Xiahouyuan has a special cultivation for him.

The Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty was an era when family and country complexes were relatively heavy. Many people conquered the world because they were entangled in the youth and strength of their clansmen and folks as their foundation, and then they grew step by step.

The close relationship between the Xiahou family and Cao Cao has always been the most valued by Cao Cao, but the Xiahou family and the Cao family have always been the two heads of the family. Xiahouyuan attaches great importance to the future of the Xiahou family, so it is important for the younger generation of the Xiahou family to be cultivated. , is also very attentive.

"General, I want to lead an army to attack at night!" Xia Houshang begged for his orders.

"Night raid?"

Xia Houyuan narrowed his eyes: "Do you have this confidence?"

"no!"

Xia Houshang shook his head, and then said: "But I think that the night attack can break some of the defensive will in the city. I don't believe that the Ming army's will to defend Hangu Pass will be so firm!"

"Great idea!"

Xia Houyuan smiled slightly, then put the weapon in his hand on the weapon rack, and said, "But now is not the time yet?"

"Not the time?"

Xia Hou still didn't understand.

"Boren, it is very important to watch the timing when fighting. Now our attack on Hangu Pass has not reached a critical moment. It can only be said that we are still dragging the defenders in the city!"

Xia Houyuan is a master of the art of war. He gave Xiahou Shang an on-the-spot education: "At this time, our night attack can play very little role. It can not hit the morale of the enemy army much, but it will damage it. With our strength, the risk of a night attack is too great, especially when we attack the pass, if we don't pay attention, we will be killed by the enemy, and the casualties will double!"

Night attack is a tactic of timing, but the risk of night attack is also great. In this era, when night falls, there are places where you can't see your fingers everywhere. .

The advantage of this method is that it catches the enemy by surprise, but if the enemy is well prepared, it will be very difficult to be effective. Their counterattack only needs to be ordinary, and the casualties caused by night raids , will be doubled.

Unless the enemy has no defense.

But in Hangu Pass today, he believes that the enemy general will open his eyes even when he sleeps.

Now the Ming army in Hangu Pass has withdrawn from Luoyang. In Luoyang, they have fought against each other more than once, or even many times, and they can more or less understand their strength.

From Xia Houyuan's point of view, the general of the Ming army was cunning, otherwise it would be impossible to evacuate Luo Yang under his nose, which would be a great shame and humiliation to him.

So he dared not underestimate the chief general of the Ming army at Hangu Pass.

"But general, if we attack slowly like this, it will waste too much time. What if the Ming army has reinforcements?"

Xia Houshang said in a low voice.

"If that's the case, I can only say destiny!"

Xia Houyuan said calmly: "It's really impossible, I can withdraw my troops, but I won't fight to the death here!"

"Didn't Your Majesty tell us to capture Luo Yang?"

"Have we captured Luo Yang?"

"Luoyang is indeed in our hands, but..." Xia Houshang is still relatively young, so he is more persistent in things. He thinks that the Ming army has evacuated Luoyang, and they are not considered to have completed the task.

"Bo Ren, there are not many promising young people in Xiahou's family now. Your uncle Xiahou Dun was captured by Ming Jun in the battle of Wancheng. There is no news now. It's too bad. Even if you survive, it will be very difficult to come back!"

Xia Houyuan said: "Only XX stands tall, XX should be more careful, and you too, if something goes wrong, save yourself first, save your life, and then you can have a future!"

"Yes!"

Xia Houshang nodded.

In the battle of Wancheng, Xiahou's fierce general, Xiahou Dun was defeated and captured. This was something that Xiahou's family dared not mention. Now Xiahouyuan directly brought it up to warn him not to be too arrogant.

"Go down, be vigilant, not only be careful in the city, but also inform the side camp!"

"Side camp?" Xia Houshang stared.

"Gongsun Du is Yan Jun, but Yan Jun has been defeated by Shangdang. He hasn't heard the news yet, but he will know sooner or later. Now he is still willing to stand on the same side with us because he thinks we We are still working together, but when he finds out, we don’t know what he will think, so it’s not a bad thing to be more careful!”

Xia Houyuan said in a low voice.

He has the night tower to send news, so he can naturally know the situation in the north, but Gongsun Du is now a kite with a broken string, so he is naturally hidden in the drum.

And Xia Houyuan didn't want him to know either.

Xia Houyuan still had to use Gongsundu's Liaodong Army to take down Hangu Pass, otherwise relying on his strength, even if he could take it down in the end, it would have suffered heavy casualties.

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Under the same night, on the hillside on the left side of Hangu Pass, the Liaodong Army was resting.

But Gongsun Du couldn't fall asleep.

He always felt like he had missed something, but he couldn't figure it out, so he was a little irritable and couldn't sleep, but the attack mission for tomorrow morning had been set, so he still fell asleep on his own.

But within half an hour, he woke up again.

Putting on a long robe, he walked out of the tent, looked at the bright moon in the sky, and slightly raised a faint smile at the corner of his mouth: "The night in Liaodong is also like this!"

Some homesick.

Going south was not what he wished for. His greatest wish was actually to hold on to one-third of an acre of land in Liaodong, and his greatest ambition was to be a local emperor.

It's a pity that Liu Bei didn't give him this chance after he took control of Youzhou. He couldn't beat Liu Bei, so he could only join Liu Bei's command. Although he still controlled the Liaodong Army these years.

But life is still a bit suffocating.

"General!"

A scribe came over.

"Old Liu, why don't you rest, there is still a combat mission tomorrow!" Gongsun Du asked.

"I'm checking the defense!"

Liu Yi replied: "Prevent the enemy's night attack, and we have to be prepared, the Wei army next door will suddenly attack us!"

"Not at all!"

Gongsun Du was taken aback for a moment, and responded.

"General, it's right to be careful. After all, we are now in the hinterland of the Central Plains. To be honest, we really dare not relax for a moment!" Liu Yi smiled bitterly: "Otherwise, we Liaodong sons may not be able to return to the north with our lives. territory!"

Gongsundu thought for a while, but couldn't say anything.

He squinted, looked at Liu Yi, and said, "You blame me for taking this task!"

"No!"
Liu Yi shook his head: "People have to bow their heads under the eaves. I understand the general's suffering, but we still have to be careful, otherwise I'm really afraid that these sons will go home without their lives!"

"I'll take them home!"

Gongsun Du gritted his teeth and said.

He squinted his eyes, looked to the north, and said: "Now we can only hope that the king and the king of Wei can unite smoothly and defeat the main force of the Ming army, so that we will be much more relaxed!"

"General, I'm not as optimistic as you are!"

Liu Yi shook his head: "I think the Ming army still has a chance of winning this battle!"

"is it?"

Gongsun Du narrowed his eyes: "You are so optimistic about the Ming army!"

"It's not optimistic, it's fear. We have experienced many battles. Even the nomads on the grassland, Xianbei, and Karasuma. We have all fought hard, but we have never been so afraid!"

With a gloomy face, Liu Yi said, "The fighting power of the Ming army is the strongest we have ever seen. No one can deny this!"

He sneered: "I quite agree with the alliance between the king and the king of Wei, but even so, it may not be able to defeat the Ming army. If the Ming army is reversed, the first ones to lose will be the soldiers and horses of our country Yan." !"

(End of this chapter)