I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 751 Veteran Xu Rong
"Soldiers, charge! Charge up!"

The two generals Song Xian and Wei Xu who were in charge of commanding the siege continued to mount their horses at Yangping Pass, commanding the death squads to charge upwards.

The problem is that Yangping Pass is too dangerous!

Moreover, it is surrounded by mountains, and it is impossible to bypass them. However, if you have tens of millions of soldiers and horses, it is impossible to spread out a large area to attack the narrow mountains.

The natural area is inherently difficult to attack, and the city gates were built high and dangerous, which really left the imperial soldiers who were good at fighting helpless.

No matter how many soldiers and horses you have, you can't use them in front of this pass. The maximum is only a few thousand people!
Thousands of people rushed upwards. To be honest, it was impossible to defeat them...

The length of Yangping Pass is limited, and most of the soldiers and horses can only watch from behind outside the pass.

To put it bluntly, it feels like meeting each other on a narrow road.

Seeing the soldiers and horses in front being knocked down by the opponent one after another, the soldiers behind Yangpingguan City were all anxious!

But there is no way to help the death squads in front. They can only wait anxiously for the troops in front to attack, fail or die... and then continue to go up to help replace them...

Xun You said: "Originally, the three of us would not have thought about this, but after being prompted by the Prime Minister, we also knew that the friendship between Huang Gai and Sun Jian was far beyond our imagination. This time, we sacrificed our lives for righteousness and worked for him. It was an act of revenge for the old master. If you think about it this way, I think Huang Gai should have led his troops and horses to fake a surrender in the prime minister's camp, and then looked for opportunities to cooperate internally and externally. He did not want to completely destroy our army, but wanted to be able to control the position of the prime minister's command. , and then lured Sun Ce to attack our army's stronghold in one fell swoop and behead the prime minister!"

Today, after three rounds of battles in front of Yangping Pass, the imperial troops finally returned without success.

However, although Yangping Pass was not captured, the soldiers defending the city at the gate were definitely not feeling well. After all, the imperial court had fought in the north and south in recent years and had extremely rich experience in sieges. Whether it was engineering equipment or military equipment, the Han Dynasty The army is the most advanced!
Just talking about the number of waist-guided crossbows, the imperial court was far stronger than local powerful princes like them.

The latest model of Pili cars have been manufactured in large quantities by the imperial court, although it is quite difficult to transport them from Guanzhong to Hanzhong. But some of them have been transferred, and the imperial court has a large number of technical personnel accompanying the army during its expedition to Hanzhong. These people can manufacture thunderbolt carts and trebuchets on the spot in Hanzhong.

"You two can go down and rest, I will consider everything here carefully."

Then I saw Jia Xu bowing respectfully to Liu Jian.

That huge power is enough to shoot from the bottom of the city wall to the top of the city gate.

Then Liu Jian asked Jia Xu.

Just pull the big saw and pull the big saw to solve the problem...

"If this is the case, I'm afraid the other party will soon see the disadvantages."

Then Song Xian and Wei Xu were seen going down.

Liu Jian looked at Jia Xu, Xun You, and Jushou who were standing aside, and said: "Now that I have been attacking the pass for several days, people in the pass are panicking. It seems that it is time for Huang Gai to use his strategy. These three days, the three of them can think about it." Come on, is Huang Gai going to use some method to take my head?"

"Wen He, don't you have any opinions on this matter?"

"When the time comes, they will shrink back and dare not move forward!"

Jushou shook his head and said, "There seems to be something wrong with this. After all, the prime minister is the pillar of the world. With fewer soldiers and horses, wouldn't it make the other party think that we are deliberately tempting them?"

"Prime Minister, we actually want Huang Gai and Sun Ce to take action while at the same time ensuring the Prime Minister's safety. This matter is very simple."

"I think he will realize this after he feints to surrender and joins our army camp."

Liu Jian smiled and said: "Revenge is the end of it."

"I and my colleagues have been attacking the pass for half a day, but not only have we failed to capture Yangping Pass, we have also lost a lot of soldiers and horses. I hope the Prime Minister will punish us."

The two of them knelt down in front of the generals, clasped their fists towards Liu Jian and said:
"I'm here to apologize to the Prime Minister!"

The power of the waist-guided crossbow is extremely strong. For the imperial court, they will send capable soldiers to sit on the ground, then use the waist-guided crossbow to draw the strong bow and shoot arrows at the city head.

At sunset, Song Xian and Wei Xu returned to Liu Jian's tent.

Liu Jian stretched out his hands towards Song Xian and Wei Xu.

Liu Jian knew Jia Xu very well. He must have thought of something, but in front of the other two people, he didn't want to compete for their limelight, so he didn't say anything for a while.

Jia Xu secretly thought: "I can't be fickle for a day or two. Don't you understand me yet? I was born with this temperament..."

"Have."

"Since you have an idea, why not tell it quickly. There are no outsiders in this handsome tent, so why bother to be coy."

Jia Xu, who had been silent until now, slowly opened his eyes.

These thunderbolt vehicles carried flammable fireballs and bombarded the city. Although they did not cause excessive casualties to the enemy troops on the city, they had a huge impact on the soldiers in Yangping Pass.

"Even if Huang Gai led his army to pretend to surrender to our camp, it would be impossible to take action against the prime minister."

It's just that compared to the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong City, the imperial army is more resilient and has higher morale.

"It's just that I think they may not be able to do it."

Jushou said from the side: "That's it. The Prime Minister is the pillar of the world and the courage of the three armies. The Prime Minister's stronghold will be surrounded by countless elite soldiers to protect the Prime Minister's safety."

Xun You thought for a moment and realized that was really what happened.

After all, although the city wall of Yangpingguan is made of stone, many of the facilities on the top of the city are still wooden. Once it burns, it is very difficult to divert water from below the city to relieve the flames at the city gate.

"promise!"

Considering the current national strength of the Han Dynasty, it is not a problem to manufacture trebuchets locally. Materials can be found anywhere. The key lies in technology and precise debugging.

"You two don't have to do this. How can we attack a pass without losing manpower? Besides, Yangping Pass is the most solid and difficult pass I have ever seen in my life. If it were captured so easily, Yuan Yi would probably be defeated by me early in the morning. Even if it is destroyed, it will not be delayed until today.”

After several days of fighting, the sergeants on both sides were very tired.

Without bragging, Liu Jian has the largest number of technical personnel under his supervision, regardless of category or industry, and they are among the best.

Xun You said: "In this case, we might as well take advantage of the strategy and deliberately remove some of the troops around the prime minister. This can be used to lure Huang Gai and Sun Ce to take risks to attack the prime minister. When the time comes, we can control them instead. Wouldn't it be wonderful? ?”

"After all, the prime minister was not the only one who killed Sun Jian here, there was also another person."

As soon as these words were said, Xun You and Jia Xu also realized something!
Yes, isn't there Xu Rong in this camp?
Compared to Liu Jian, Xu Rong was the real murderer of Sun Jian!

Upon hearing this, Liu Jian stood up and walked around the tent several times, and then looked at Jia Xu.

"Wen He, I need you to communicate with General Xu on my behalf to see what General Xu's opinion is?" Jia Xu immediately bowed to Liu Jian respectfully: "Prime Minister, don't worry, the officials will be here soon." Go see General Xu!"

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Xu Rong is already over fifty years old and can be considered an old-timer among Liu Jian's generals.

Today, although he no longer has the prestige on the battlefield, he is becoming more and more proficient in military strategy, strategy and military use.

It can be said that Xu Rong can now be regarded as a great banner.

Over the years, although Liu Jian did not give Xu Rong many opportunities to make contributions, he still left the most important tasks to Xu Rong.

Apart from anything else, every time Liu Jian sent troops, Xu Rong guarded the rear area for him. Especially when he was in Hebei, Yecheng, which was Liu Jian's base camp, was always guarded by Xu Rong and was impregnable. Nothing was lost. .

For this alone, Xu Rong's merits are enough to be higher than most people.

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Jia Xu came to see Xu Rong. Both of them were quite old, and they were both from the border counties and had been under Liu Jian for a long time. However, the two of them really didn't have much contact with each other on weekdays.

"Jia Gong came to see Xu today. Could it be that the Prime Minister has something to give you?"

Xu Rong smiled and asked Jia Xu to sit down. He ordered someone to bring tea and asked Jia Xu.

Jia Xu didn't mean anything about Xu Rong's reaction, and even said that it was completely within his expectation. This old general was already over fifty years old. Looking at the generals under Liu Jian's command, they were comparable in age. It seems that the only people he compares to are Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng.

It was completely expected by Jia Xu that such an old man could figure out Liu Jian's thoughts.

"General Xu is getting wiser and wiser. He knows the Prime Minister deeply. The Prime Minister sent me here today because he really has something important to discuss with General Xu."

"If this happens, General Xu will be the number one contributor to the victory over Yizhou."

Xu Rong stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and then slowly said:
"If Mr. Jia's estimate is correct, the matter discussed when Mr. Jia came to see Mr. Xu this time is related to Sun Ce's sending Huang Gai to pretend to surrender, right?"

Jia Xu heard this and asked curiously: "General Xu also thinks that Huang Gai's coming to surrender this time is a fake surrender?"

Xu Rong couldn't help laughing after hearing this.

"To be fair to Mr. Wen, I really can't see through this matter, but the Prime Minister actually sent Mr. Jia here to help out, which shows that the Prime Minister has a very thorough understanding at this time."

"If Huang Gai hadn't faked his surrender, then the Prime Minister would never have sent Duke Jia here."

Jia Xu said: "Let's not hide it from the old general. Today I have something to say directly. After discussing with the Prime Minister, we all agreed that Huang Gai's surrender was a false surrender. His real purpose was to help Sun Ce to cooperate with the outside world." , take the Prime Minister’s head and avenge Sun Jian.”

When Xu Rong heard the word "Sun Jian", he immediately smiled and said: "So, Xu's head is probably what Huang Gai needs to avenge Sun Jian."

Jia Xu said: "Yes, that's right. General Xu, Zhang He and Xu Huang jointly killed Sun Jian and became famous far and wide, but it also brought you enemies. Sun Ce, Sun Wentai's son, is a fierce tiger."

"This tiger and its minions are now closely focused on the person who murdered Sun Jian. The prime minister is one, and in this camp, General Xu is the second."

Xu Rong immediately said: "In this case, then Mr. Lao Jia will explain everything to me carefully."

Afterwards, Jia Xu told Xu Rong in detail what had happened to Liu Jian and what they had just discussed.

After Xu Rong listened, he remained silent. Then he saw him stroking his beard and began to think seriously about the matter.

Later, I saw him cupping his hands towards Jia Xu and saying, "What does the Prime Minister want me to do?"

Jia Xu said: "From the prime minister's point of view, he naturally wants to use this opportunity to lure Sun Ce out of Yangping Pass, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop."

"However, to do this, the first prerequisite is to make Sun Ce feel that revenge is possible! However, the prime minister is surrounded by armors. If he rashly abolishes the army, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of Huang Gai and Sun Ce. But if they do not abolish the army, they will still be alert. It will make the other party feel that it is difficult to take the Prime Minister's life and delay. "

Xu Rong continued: "So, Huang Gai will not be able to take the prime minister's head at that time. If he thinks that I can take my head, maybe he will take action?"

Jia Xu nodded with a smile and said: "That's right, but in this way, it is easy to put General Xu in a dangerous situation."

When Xu Rong heard this, he immediately said to Jia Xu: "Master Jia really underestimates me. When I live to this age, what do I care about whether I die or not?"

"As long as I can be loyal to the Prime Minister, serve the Prime Minister, and overcome difficulties for the Prime Minister, I will be willing to hand over all my old bones."

"It's just that if you want to succeed in this battle, I'm afraid my popularity is not enough."

Jia Xu couldn't help but be startled when he heard this.

Judging from Xu Rong's intention, it seems that he has a good idea!

So, Jia Xu leaned forward and said, "If General Xu has any good ideas, you might as well tell me."

Xu Rong said: "In terms of intelligence, Xu, Gongda and Jia Gong are completely incomparable. However, you are all top smart people. Sometimes you are too persistent in some things, blinding you. As an outsider, you can see clearly.”

"Master Jia, in your opinion, with Sun Ce's current military strength, what do you need to rely on to defeat the prime minister?"

Jia Xu laughed loudly after hearing this: "It's useless to rely on anything. Sun Ce's army is in Yangping Pass and can block the Prime Minister's army from outside the Pass. This is the limit of what he can do. As for defeating the Prime Minister head-on, no matter what he does, It is completely impossible to think of any tricks, given the number of his troops and the strength of his sergeants. "

Xu Rong said: "In addition to facing each other head-on, what about ambushing troops or cutting off food?"

Jia Xu still shook his head and said: "Impossible, impossible. Ambushing troops and cutting off food is just a temporary plan. It is impossible to defeat the Prime Minister. Sun Ce fights with the Prime Minister. No matter what, he will lose!"

Xu Rong asked: "Is there no way at all?"

Jia Xu said: "Unless there is a natural disaster, of course it is impossible."

Xu Rong asked again: "What kind of natural disaster is that?"

Jia Xu said: "Water and fire have no mercy. The so-called natural disasters are of course water and fire."

When he said this, Jia Xu suddenly froze.

Water and...fire?

(End of this chapter)