Three Kingdoms: Wolong's brother-in-law, tricking Liu Bei into seizing Jingzhou

Li Dian suddenly woke up.

During this attack on Qin, the Han army's real attack direction was still the Puban Pass guarded by him.

What is Tongguan, what is Wuguan, what is Beidi County...

It was all just a feint, a trick to attract Cao Cao's attention.

Ling Tong and Huo Jun's Hedong Army remained on hold, waiting for the sudden cold wave and the freezing of the Yellow River.

Then, the 40,000 Hedong Han troops could quickly assemble, walk across the river on the ice, land on the west bank of the Yellow River in one fell swoop, and kill him by surprise.

This is the real strategy of the Han army's attack on Qin.

"But this winter was clearly a warm one, so why did it suddenly turn cold? Why did the Yellow River, which had not frozen for years, freeze over this winter?"

"Also, how did Liu Bei and his men calculate that the Yellow River would freeze over this winter?"

"Could it be that there are gods under his command who can even deduce the weather?"

Li Dian sucked in a breath of cold air, thousands of horrifying and confusing thoughts buzzing in his mind.

"General Li, quickly open the city gate and let us in~~"

Liang Xing's loud shouts were heard from the bottom of the city.

Li Dian came to his senses and looked around. He saw Liang Xing had led his defeated troops to the city and was knocking on the door in panic.

Li Dian wanted to order the city gates to be opened and let them in, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly took them back.

He saw the Han cavalry.

It was just behind Liang Xing's troops, less than two hundred steps away.

If the city gate was opened at this time, these defeated soldiers would rush into Puban Pass and might not be able to retreat to the city in time. Instead, the city gate might be blocked due to the crowd.

By that time, the Han cavalry had caught up and there was no time to close the city gates. What would happen if the Han cavalry took advantage of the situation and rushed into the city gates?
Puban Pass is finished!
Li Dian weighed the pros and cons in an instant, made up his mind, and shouted:

"Pass the order, do not open the city gates!"

"All camps must immediately board the city walls and prepare to fight the Han army. We must defend Puban Pass to the death and not allow even a single Han soldier to enter the city!"

The Qin soldiers on both sides were all startled and looked at Li Dian in unison.

If the city gates are not opened, how can more than a thousand comrades enter the city?

Wouldn't they be blocked outside the city, and if the Han cavalry caught up with them, they would be killed completely?

Under the city.

Liang Xing was horrified and shouted angrily:
"Li Dian, are you crazy? Why don't you let us into the city?"

"The Han army's White Horse Volunteers are about to catch up. Do you want us all to die outside?"

Li Dian looked apologetic and bowed helplessly:

"General Liang, I cannot risk the Han army rushing into the city gates and opening them. You and I are both Qin's subjects, and we should put the safety of the Qin first. I hope you can understand my helplessness."

Liang Xingru was hit on the head with a stick and his head was buzzing.

He understood that Li Dian, this bastard, was afraid that the Han army would follow him into Puban Pass, so he simply abandoned them as pawns.

"Li Dian, you bastard, I still have time to enter the city, open the city gate quickly!"

Liang Xing was furious and pointed his knife at Li Dian and cursed him.

The fleeing soldiers on both sides of the ferry were all filled with righteous indignation, pointing at the top of the city wall and shouting and cursing.

Li Dian remained indifferent and just watched Liang Xing raging in silence.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Sharp arrows whistled from behind, and the White Horse Volunteers started riding and shooting.

The fleeing soldiers who were knocking on the door were nailed to the ground in groups, and countless people were killed or wounded in an instant.

Liang Xing suddenly turned around and was surprised to see that while he was cursing Li Dian, Zhao Yun's White Horse Volunteers had caught up with him.

"Damn it!"

Liang gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly, then gave up the idea of ​​entering the city. He turned his horse around and tried to go around the city.

It's too late.

Just as he and his thousand or so defeated soldiers were knocking on the city gate with fantasy in their hearts, the White Horse Volunteers had already rushed up.

People and horses were falling, ghosts were crying and wolves were howling.

In an instant, the Qin soldiers who had no time to escape from the city were killed without a single soldier left.

When Liang Xing whipped his horse whip hard and was about to speed up, Zhao Yun came at him like a bright silver rainbow.

"Qin thief, where are you going!"

The Dragon Gallbladder Spear stirred up a cloud of dust in the air, and it stabbed forward like a lightning movie.

Liang Xing was horrified and instinctively raised his knife to block.

As a lowly military officer, how could he be a match for Zhao Yun?
Before he could wield the knife, the spear tip had already come towards him and pierced his heart.

"I didn't expect that I would escape the disaster in Bingzhou, but still be unable to escape death?"

"Li Dian, you bastard—"

Liang Xing vomited blood, his eyes bulged open with endless grief and pain, he raised his head and fell off his horse.

Kill the enemy with one move.

On top of the city.

Li Dian watched Liang Xing being killed, and watched the thousand soldiers being slaughtered by the White Horse Volunteers. On the surface, he remained expressionless and unmoved, but in fact, he clenched his fists and his heart was broken.

"Release your arrows! Shoot the thieves!"

Only after all the thousand men were killed did Li Dian draw his sword and shout angrily.

On the top of the city wall, the stunned Qin army archers took a long time to react and hurriedly bent their bows and drew their arrows.

Zhao Yun would naturally not give him a chance. Seeing that the fleeing soldiers were almost all killed, he gave an order and the three thousand white horse volunteers turned their horses and sped away, leaving behind the rain of arrows.

The Qin army did not kill many of the White Horse Volunteers, but instead shot and killed all of their surviving comrades.

"Stop, stop shooting arrows!"

Seeing this, Li Dian had to wave his sword impatiently to stop them.

The rain of arrows stopped.

The Han cavalry had already left, and peace returned to the city. Only more than a thousand corpses of their own soldiers were left. There were also a few scattered survivors lying among the dead, uttering mournful howls from time to time.

"Quick, rescue the surviving brothers!"

Only after seeing the Baima Yicong go far away did he dare to give the order to rescue people.

The city gate opened, the drawbridge dropped, and the defenders in the city rushed out in fear and carried back the surviving wounded.

Li Dian looked at the Han army landing in large numbers at the ferry, and forced a look of disdain on his face.

"Even if you happen to encounter freezing weather, what if the army is lucky enough to cross the river on ice?"

"I still have Puban Pass and 15,000 elite soldiers at my disposal. What can you do to me?"

A hint of arrogance appeared on Li Dian's lips, and he wanted to say something to boost morale and calm people's hearts.

Just as he was about to speak, his face suddenly changed, his eyes suddenly focused, and he looked anxiously towards the river farther away.

His mouth gradually opened, his face gradually turned as pale as paper, and big beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

"Han...Hanwei Cannon?"

These three horrifying words oozed out from between Li Dian's teeth with trembling voice.

Because he saw that on the frozen river, hundreds of huge creatures were slowly crossing the ice and being dragged to the ferry on the west bank by the Han army.

Hanwei Cannon!
He recognized at a glance that the huge monster was the most powerful siege weapon in the world.

"Hanwei Cannon, why didn't I take into account the Hanwei Cannon, damn it——"

Li Dian, awakened by the shock, gritted his teeth and pounded the battlements with his fists.

The strength of Puyang Pass is naturally far inferior to that of Tongguan.

After all, with the Yellow River as a natural barrier, the enemy's attack was basically defeated on the river beach, and they had no chance to land and threaten the city.

Moreover, the city wall was built on the river bank, and there was nothing but barren land within a radius of dozens of miles. Even if the enemy wanted to build siege equipment, there were no trees available.

Therefore, in order to defend against the Han army's Hanwei cannon, Cao Cao specially reinforced the Tongguan and Wuguan passes, but did not mobilize troops to repair Puban Pass.

It's meaningless. Why waste time and money?

But now, Cao Cao's negligence has become a fatal flaw.

The Yellow River is frozen, so the Han army doesn't need to cut down trees on the west bank to build siege equipment. They can just drag the Hanwei cannon built on the east bank to the west bank.

With more than a hundred Hanwei cannons firing at the same time, how many rounds of bombardment can the fragile body of Puban Pass withstand?

"Pass the order down, quickly thicken the city walls!"

"Quickly send someone with a swift horse of 800 li to Tongguan to ask the emperor for help, quickly—"

Li Dian's anxious and hoarse shouts were heard from the top of the city wall.

A rider rode out of the city on a galloping horse, heading towards Tongguan.

Fifteen thousand Qin soldiers hurriedly carried soil and stones and began to build the city wall in a last-ditch effort.

It's too late.

The Han army that crossed the river rested for a night. At dawn the next day, 40,000 troops came out in full force and arrived at Puban Pass.

In front of the east gate.

The Han army, with three times the number of infantry and cavalry, lined up in front of the city gate. The military spirit was majestic and murderous, and the chill was greater than the wind and snow.

Accompanied by bursts of shouts, one after another Hanwei cannons were dragged to the front of the formation and aimed at the direction of Puban Pass.

On top of the city.

The Qin soldiers looked at the legendary giant city artifact, their palms full of sweat and their brows flashing with tension and fear.

Li Dian's face turned pale, his brows were furrowed, and the palms of his hands, which were tightly gripping the hilt of the sword, were soaked with hot sweat.

"It's still too late, so we can only fight to the death..."

Li Dian sighed, took a deep breath, and drew his sword:
"Listen, my fellow men of the Great Qin. Puban Pass concerns the survival of the Great Qin, and also the life and death of all of us!"

"The time has come to serve the emperor faithfully. No matter what happens next, you must hold on and not retreat!"

"Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed without mercy!"

Li Dian took precautions in advance, encouraging people with chicken blood and threatening them with military law.

The 15,000 Qin soldiers had to force themselves to cheer up, tightly gripped their swords and guns, and looked anxiously at the Han army outside the city.

When the sky brightened, the wind stopped and the snow stopped.

When the Han army finished its battle array, the dark clouds overhead gradually dissipated, and the morning sun rose behind them.

Zhao Yun turned his head and glanced at Chen Yang, his sword-like brows slightly furrowed.

This cold wave should be over, the temperature will rise soon, and it won’t be long before the frozen Yellow River melts again.

If they fail to break through Puban Pass in time, by the time Cao Cao arrives with reinforcements, their 40,000-strong army might be cut off and trapped to death on the west bank.

The situation is dire and we have to break through Puban Pass today.

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Yun's eyes were filled with determination, and he pointed his Dragon Gallbladder Spear towards the city wall:
"Pass on my order, Hanwei Cannon, fire!"

The command flags waved and the war drums beat.

More than one hundred Hanwei cannons were fired almost at the same time.

Hundreds of huge rocks, with the sound of the sky collapsing and the earth cracking, rose into the air, like falling stars, and roared towards Puban Pass a hundred steps away, covering the sky and earth. (End of this chapter)