Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 977: Army Attack 1
On the northeast side of Hanzhong, more than 30 miles east of Xiegu, Xu Rong led an army of [-] to hurry and finally arrived. During this time, Xu Rong integrated various information and learned that Yan Liang's army was stationed in Yangping Under the pass, compared to Yan Liang's side, the marching speed of Xu Rong's [-] troops is indeed not very good. The battle at Yangping Pass has been going on for several days, and his side has just approached the border of Hanzhong.

"Unexpectedly, I will come here." In the camp, Xu Rong stood on a high platform and looked ahead and said: "My lord, the last general finally has the opportunity to go south to fight. For so many years, you have always placed me in the most important and most important position." The key area, this is your trust in me, hehe, now that the frontier fortress is stable, I have killed all the barbarians who want to make trouble, now, it is indeed time for me to break through Hanzhong and take Xishu for you .”

"Commander, the frontline spies are here to report." A burly general walked behind Xu Rong and reported: "The enemy general Yang Ren indeed deployed five thousand troops in Xiegu. It's not very prosperous, and Yang Ren doesn't seem to put our army in his eyes, the fortifications in Xiegu are not very good, our army will be able to win a battle with a surprise attack and a strong attack."

"Well, I see." Xu Rong nodded and said: "The army has come from a long distance, and the soldiers have worked hard. It is not appropriate to launch an attack now, and wait until you recharge your energy before making plans. The terrain of this inclined valley is quite special. We must not be careless, the enemy seems to be negligent, but this is most likely just a superficial phenomenon, continue to inquire, I want detailed information."

"Here, Marshal, although our army has traveled a long distance, we haven't marched much today. The enemy army on the other side of the inclined valley is only 5000 people. Why don't we launch an attack..."

This general wanted to say something more, but Xu Rong looked at him and smiled and said, "Why, my commanding order, do you want to question it?"

"The last general doesn't dare." The general quickly knelt on the ground and said, "The last general will arrange it now."

"Well, let's go,,,,,,"

Xu Rong has commanded troops in the frontier fortress for many years, and the officers and men in the army more or less know his temper. Most of these 5 people are subordinates brought from Hetao. They all understand that Xu Rong looks relatively gentle, but who? There is no guarantee of what is hidden behind his smile. Once upon a time, some grassland tribal leaders did not know the heights of heaven and earth, and after angering Xu Rong, they were exterminated. At that time, Xu Rong also gave orders with a smile, so the generals in the army sometimes really I dare not see Xu Rong's smile.

"Yang Ren?" Xu Rong narrowed his eyes slowly and said to himself: "The nameless rat can be captured in one battle, but what I want is the whole of Hanzhong, so what is a mere sloping valley?"

Outside Yangping Pass, Xu Huang came to the front of the army with a huge axe. He pointed at the city wall of Yangping Pass and shouted: "If we want to go in, we must break through this city wall. Soldiers, I know you are not afraid of bloodshed or sacrifice, but His Royal Highness Zhao Wang said that I, the generals of the Han Dynasty, must not sacrifice in vain, so there is no need for us to snatch the tower for the time being.

Archers and trebuchets line up, shield soldiers and pikemen line up for defense, and three thousand cavalry on each side to keep an eye on the enemy. Soldiers, use your bows and arrows and your trebuchets to greet the enemy. They dare to laugh at you! We, then have to pay the price of ridicule, tell me who you are,,,,,, "

"Han army, Han army,,,,,,," the soldiers of the three armies roared in unison. The weapons in their hands were either hitting the shield or hitting the ground. The sound and momentum made the Hanzhong army on the tower in the distance tremble. .

"They are coming again." On the tower, Zhang Wei said with a wrinkle every day: "It's really abominable. These days they used archers and trebuchets to beat us so much that we couldn't lift our heads. I heard that the enemy's camp is building more Powerful siege equipment, if we continue to wait, our army will be completely passive, no, we must call for reinforcements, this is the main battlefield, so don't be careless."

Indeed, as Zhang Wei saw, Xu Huang wanted to use his own advantages to suppress the opponent. Didn't the Hanzhong Army dare to confront Yan Liang by relying on the danger of Yangping Pass and the city wall? Yan Liang is not stupid, of course not It is possible to attack Yangping Pass head-on at this time, otherwise, this 15 army does not know how many people will fall here.

After receiving Yan Liang's order, Xu Huang's first thought was not to fight for the city wall. On the contrary, Xu Huang had no intention of approaching the city wall until now. He just repeatedly ordered the archers and trebuchets to harass and kill the enemy. At the same time, he came with the army Every day, the craftsmen record all the data of the equipment they build, such as the range of the trebuchet, the height of the projectile, the number of uses, etc., so that the craftsmen know how to continue to improve the trebuchet and how to use all the equipment they can find around them. Materials are used to make better equipment for attacking the city. To put it simply, Xu Huang seems to be testing now, and he seems to be very patient.

"How are the wells, siege vehicles and other equipment going?" Xu Huang stared at the distant city wall and asked: "This place is close to deep mountains and dense forests, and there are materials such as wood and stone that our army needs. It's too difficult, although there are craftsmen in the army, there are still few young and strong civilians, it seems that before we capture Hanzhong, we still won't have the equipment to break through Xishu."

"The last general has sent an order to speed up the construction." The deputy general next to him replied: "General, our army already has a lot of equipment. If we wait another two days, all the siege equipment will definitely be enough to attack Yangping Pass. Are you still not using it?"

"Who said that so many weapons are needed to attack Yangping Pass?" Xu Huang sneered, "Go ahead and build a platform according to the enemy's shooting range calculated by our army before, mine stones from the nearby mountains, and transport soil. Build up a platform, and when the time comes, hum, our army's archers and trebuchets won't have to shoot from their backs."

"Ah, this, general, this is a huge project." The deputy general was surprised: "How much manpower will be needed to complete this, the general will worry..."

"I'm not going to bury Yangping Pass, what are you afraid of?" Xu Huang smiled and said, "Let the military surveying and mapping team and civil engineering start the survey and design. What I want is a place where archers and trebuchets can stand, so Once this happens, the high altitude advantage that the enemy is proud of can be offset, and we can even use the mountain in front of Yangping Pass to build a platform to shoot at Yangping Pass, I don’t believe that this can’t defeat the defenders of Yangping Pass.”

"The general understands." The lieutenant nodded and replied, "If this is the case, it will take only a few days to mobilize the entire army and all the civilians. The general should prepare now..."

"Zhang Wei,,,,,," Xu Huang clenched his fists and said with a sneer, "Do you think it's safe to hide inside? Blindly defending is definitely a dead end. Let's see how you can break this deadlock... ,"

(End of this chapter)