People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Chapter 283 Night Attack
In the army!

Liu Yu was very angry, and immediately looked at Li Yao and said:

"This traitor is arrogant and boundless, there is no need to persuade him to surrender, and he directly ordered to attack this Yangping Pass..."

Speaking of this, Liu Yu hesitated for a moment, and then continued:

"Tell the lieutenant generals, this time, don't kill innocent people indiscriminately. When we fight against traitors, we only punish the chief villain!"

Li Yao was very surprised when he heard the words, he looked at Liu Yu up and down, what kind of holy lady is this, on the battlefield, you kill me, I kill you, how could he care so much.

Even if there is mercy, it was after the war. Let’s talk about it now, it’s not letting the soldiers fight with their hands tied. No wonder they were killed by Gongsun Zan.

But he did not directly refute, saying too much is useless, and directly took orders:

"The Taiwei has orders, don't dare to disobey..."

Then he himself ordered:

"General Fan Chou, send 1000 people to climb the mountain to conquer the pass, spread out their positions, raise more flags, make a big splash, and test the reaction of the defenders?"

When Fan Chou heard this, he responded, and then went down to prepare. Since it was just a test, he naturally would not mobilize the elite to die. He randomly selected 1000 people, took the banner of 3000 people, and quickly under his supervision, carried a ladder, donned a sword and shield, and attacked towards the mountain.

kill!kill!kill!

The sound of shouting and killing sounded instantly, and the city was closed in the mountains. Zhang Wei gave orders loudly, shot arrows quickly, threw stones, and rolled logs.

Yang Ren and Yang Ang also urged loudly. In an instant, dense arrow rain fell from the sky, and the ground was gradually filled with rocks and rolling logs.

The mountaineering soldiers seemed to have a lot of flags, but they were few in number, so they stood very loosely, which gave them a certain space to hide. If so, when everyone ran to the pass out of breath, the number of soldiers had already decreased by one-third.

Then take the pass, set up a ladder and climb up, facing the rain of arrows, rocks, and rolling logs, these are all normal, there is no boiling water, golden juice, indicating that the defenders have sufficient resources and have not been cornered.

Only half an hour later, the soldiers who seized the pass suffered heavy casualties, and some people were already running back in embarrassment. Li Yao frowned and said:

"withdraw troops!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a loud gong in the army formation, and all the soldiers who were still alive on the entire hillside were all relieved, regardless of their broken hands and legs, as long as they were not dead, they all fled back desperately.

In the worst case, you can be a farmer to farm the land. In the past, if you lost your hands and legs, you would be useless, but now it is different. When you go back to be a farmer, you can still make a living without being abandoned or discarded.

After these soldiers came back, after a little statistics, there were only more than 1000 people left out of the original 500, and they were more or less injured.

Li Yao had finally realized that if he really wanted to rely on a strong attack to win the pass without killing or injuring tens of thousands of people, it would be difficult to do so.

Then he said to Liu Yu:

"Taiwei, the first battle was not good, so it's better to go back to the camp today."

Liu Yu was complicated. This Yangping pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Maybe Li Yao couldn't take it, not to mention the loss of troops, it would be embarrassing. But in the same way, Zhang Lu occupied the place where Gaozu raised his troops, and he might not be able to drive him away even if he wanted to.

He is also helpless, both the enemy and us are traitors, traitors of the Han Dynasty, traitors, and at this time he also said:
"Withdraw troops and return to camp!"

In the end, this [-]-strong army came in high spirits and left in a hurry, while the people in Guancheng cheered, and even the morale that was originally low was improved because of this.

Zhang Wei laughed out loud, he just thought that this imperial army was the same thing, with Yangping Pass, the enemy couldn't attack at all.

Even seeing cheers left and right, he waved his hand and said:
"Everyone contributes today, and everyone gets a reward. Let's have an extra meal tonight!"

This made everyone even happier. In this era, people usually eat two meals a day. What Zhang Wei said means that they can eat three meals a day.

Even Zhang Wei himself was going to invite Yang Ren and Yang Ang to have a drink and celebrate.

On the other side, after Li Yao led his troops back to the camp, he was in the big tent that afternoon.

There is no Liu Yu here, only Li Yao, and Bei Gongli, Hu Zhen, Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji... and other generals.

After everyone was cursing, Li Yao waved his hand and motioned them to calm down first, then he said calmly:

"Now we have all seen that this Yangping Pass is not only extremely dangerous, but also that the defenders counterattacked very violently. It is not advisable to attack by force. I want to attack at night..."

Having said that, Li Yao looked at Bei Gongli:

"Feihu, can your flying battalion see at night?"

Bei Gongli heard the words and said:

"No problem. They often hunt at night. If they can't see clearly, they will be hungry!"

Li Yao nodded with a smile, then looked at the crowd and said:
"That's good, that's good. All armies send out elite soldiers to prepare for a frontal attack at night. The first round of attack is just to make a big splash to attract the attention of the enemy, and cover the Di people's flying steps to attack the cottage from the mountains on both sides. In the second round of attack, as long as the Di people's flying steps stir up the enemy's chaos, we can quickly climb the mountain and quickly win the pass..."

"Perhaps the enemy is vigilant enough to prevent us from killing a carbine, but how can they guess that although it looks like a frontal attack, it is actually a side attack..."

Having said that, Li Yao looked at Fan Chou and said:
"General Fan Chou, he sent troops to attack once during the day. If the soldiers under his command are weak, they don't need to participate in the night attack, and your credit will not be erased!"

Fan Chou immediately said loudly:

"General, the soldiers under my command definitely dare to fight and fight hard. Let's participate in this night attack!"

Li Yao didn't refuse any more, and immediately nodded and said:
"Then send out elite soldiers. If you break through the Yangping Pass tonight, you will be able to drive straight in tomorrow morning and reach the city of Nanzheng all the way!"

Everyone heard that the morale was high, as long as there is no Yangping Pass, then the whole Hanzhong will no longer have any dangerous places.

That night!

Seven thousand soldiers came out of the battalion, carrying ladders, wearing swords and shields, arrived at the foot of the mountain at an extremely fast speed, and launched an attack on the mountain.

The deafening shouts directly shattered the tranquility of the night. The city was closed in the mountains and was suddenly attacked. Although the defenders were flustered, Yang Ren and Yang Ang had already made arrangements, and now they were able to deal with it in an orderly manner.

The response is to shoot arrows into the air, throw stones, and throw logs. Although the shouts are loud, but now, they are just shouting slogans and have not really rushed up the mountain.

The night was thick and deep, and the defenders heard the sound of shouting and killing, and felt tens of thousands of enemy troops roaring towards them. The hands of archers, throwing stones, and rolling logs did not dare to stop rashly.

It's just that they didn't know that there were hundreds of people in the forest on both sides, running forward like apes, with branches in their mouths, so they didn't shout or scream.

Pang Rou and Pound are in charge of commanding. Although they are not weak in force, they are left behind in these mountains and forests, and they need someone to lead them so that they will not be lost.

And the real night attack is just beginning now...

(End of this chapter)