I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 616, the door is wide open
Hanzhong, Yangping Pass!

At this time, three days had passed since Wei Yan sent the letter asking for help, and these three days were a torment for Wei Yan and the others every day, a test of life and death.

After clearing out the Han army in Dingjun Mountain and Tiandang Mountain, the Dagan Army relied on the advantage of artillery to bombard the defenders of Yangping Pass. Sandbags and earth mounds made multiple low walls to resist the artillery bombardment of the Dagan army. In addition, he used the law enforcement team of the Jingzhou army he led to use the harsh military law to deter the Hanzhong army, which prevented Yangpingguan from falling.

But this can only weaken the power of the Dagan army's artillery at most, but it cannot change the situation where the Han army is helpless. If they want to attack the Dagan army, they must wait for the soldiers of the Dagan army to attack Yangping Pass 100 meters away. The range of walking, or rushing out to fight hand-to-hand with the main army.However, killing the Han army with a bare blade does not have an advantage, so Wei Yan and the others can only be beaten, and it is difficult to fight back!
In three days, Yangping Pass was pitted by Dagan's artillery and completely turned into a dilapidated pass. Wei Yan and the others had already suffered over a thousand casualties, and the morale of the army was on the verge of collapse at any time!

Every now and then, people would flee to the direction of the Dagan Army. At the beginning, Wei Yan asked the archers to shoot and kill these fleeing soldiers, but as more and more soldiers fled, even the law enforcement team brought by Wei Yan began to flee for their lives. At that time (they fled in the direction of Hanzhong), naturally no one came to enforce the military law.

Looking at Yangping Pass, which was about to fall, and Wei Yan, who had not many guards around him, he said in despair: "General, my subordinates have tried their best!" After speaking, Wei Yan was ready to lead his last guards and the main army to fight to the death!
But at this moment, "Boom, boom, boom!" The fierce war drums continued to come from a distance, and then echoed around Yangping Pass!

Wei Yan's personal guard said excitedly: "General, our reinforcements are here! We are saved!"

Looking at the smoke and dust not far away, Wei Yan breathed a sigh of relief, but looking at the dilapidated Yangping Pass, he said solemnly: "Yangping Pass is no longer usable. It's not over!"

On the other side, Liu Shi was originally happy about the fall of Yangping Pass, but he didn't expect the sound of the Han army's war drums coming out from behind Yangping Pass. He was worried that his army would be ambushed by the Han army, so he had to withdraw his troops!

"Wen Chang, are you still alive?" On the way to Yangping Pass led by Liu Pan, he met the fleeing Jingzhou Army. He caught these deserters and asked about the situation at Yangping Pass. The pace of marching, but in the end they only saw a dilapidated pass, and the scene of blood flowing into a river, and cried out with great worry for a while.

At this time Wei Yan said loudly: "Not dead yet!"

Then Wei Yan ran out with a dozen of his own guards, and smiled wryly after seeing Liu Pan: "But the Yangping Pass that the general gave me was not guarded!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at the dilapidated pass and said: "In this case, it is obviously impossible for Yangping Pass to stop the attack of the Dagan army, especially their artillery attack. The reason why I lost so badly this time is that 3000 People can't hold it for three days because the artillery of the Dagan army keeps bombing the pass! If our army's artillery can't keep up, our army's defeat is inevitable!"

"Artillery! Our army's artillery may have to wait another ten days to reach the front line!" Liu Pan also looked solemn when he heard this. This is not the first time that the Dagan Army has defeated them by artillery. The number is small, but at any rate there are still some, but this time I came to Hanzhong in a hurry, and many places didn’t even have roads. The 3000 of them came to Hanzhong after going through untold hardships, and it was impossible to bring artillery here!
Liu Pan thought for a while and said, "How about our army retreat to Mianyang County and rely on Mianyang City to block the attack of the Dagan army!"

But Wei Yan shook his head and said: "Even the strong and dangerous Yangping Pass can't stop the attack of the Dagan Army, let alone the small Mianyang County. Retreating now is equivalent to giving up the entire Yangping Pass!"

Then Wei Yan said firmly: "I have been bombarded by the Dagan Army for the past three days, and I thought of a way to stop the Dagan Army, which is to station the Dagan Army on Zoumaling around Yangping Pass. After leaving Yangping Pass, Liu Shi definitely did not dare to enter Hanzhong lightly, but he had to find a way to capture Zoumaling first, otherwise the rear of the Dagan army would be completely exposed to the attack of Zoumaling, and our army could cut off the retreat of the Dagan army At that time, Liu Shi's 3 army will become the turtle in the urn!

And Liu Shi wants to attack Zoumaling. With the terrain of Zoumaling, the power of their artillery will definitely be weakened, and we can also dig trenches on the mountain to offset the power of the Dagan army's artillery. There is also a condescending terrain. Ridge is even more suitable for resisting the big army than the current Yangping Pass! "

Of course, the biggest problem with this tactic is that giving up Yangping Pass is equivalent to opening the door to Hanzhong. Now Liu Shi’s troops are insufficient, but as long as he occupies Yangping Pass, he will take the initiative. Soldiers from the Dagan Army can continue to pour into Hanzhong from Yangping Pass!

Looking at the dilapidated Yangping Pass, Liu Pan chose to believe in Wei Yan's tactics. He first reported the situation here to Liu Bei, then led his 1 troops to Zoumaling, and then established a camp on Zoumaling. Deer Village, digging trenches.

And Liu Shi, who was outside Yangping Pass, with the help of Wudou Mijiao Jijiu, finally clearly understood that the enemy on the opposite side was 1 soldiers cobbled together by the nobles of the Hanzhong clan. They were all private soldiers of the Hanzhong clan. Not to mention, but the equipment is much stronger than that of the Hanzhong Army, and the armor rate has reached [-]% (here we are talking about iron armor)!

After Liu Shi understood the enemy's situation, he understood Liu Pan's thoughts. If he didn't solve the enemy on Zoumaling, he would not dare to go deep into Hanzhong even if he occupied Yangping Pass.

Therefore, Liu Shixian led the army to occupy Yangping Pass, leaving 1 people to find a way to clean up the interior of Yangping Pass and repair Yangping Pass at the same time, and he led an army of 2 to attack Zoumaling, but Liu Pan and Wei Yan relied on their dangerous terrain advantages to fight against Juma and Luzhai. He repelled Liu Shi's more than a dozen attacks in a row, especially when facing the mortars of the Dagan Army, Wei Yan was even more ashamed and courageous. He personally led the elite to attack the mortar positions. Wei Yan rushed Liu Shi to the position of the mortar battalion in a moment of carelessness. Wei Yan destroyed more than a dozen mortars. , For a while, the big army didn't take much advantage.

(End of this chapter)