Simulate the Three Kingdoms, kill Cao Mengde at the beginning

Chapter 118

The atmosphere in the big tent was a little depressing for a while, Gao Lan finally sighed, cupped his hands and said: "The general will obey."

"General Gao, attack the city this afternoon, just pretend to harass. When you come back, ask people to plant more banners around."

Gao Lan had been through the battlefield for a long time, and after thinking about it, he suddenly noticed something was wrong.

Yuan Xi's various measures seemed to be luring Cao Hong out of the city.

Thinking of this, he tentatively said: "The news of our army's defeat at Hangu Pass came the day before yesterday, and the Cao army in Tongguan showed signs of frequent mobilization, but I don't know why."

"Ah."

Yuan Xi stared at the map for a while, then took out the loudspeaker from Cao Hualong's arms behind him, "After the siege this afternoon, put this thing under the city of Tongguan, and I will send someone to teach you how to use it."

Gao Lan turned the loudspeaker loudly, with a dazed look on his face.

After ordering, Yuan Xi waved his hand, "General Gao, let's go and prepare first. Hangu Pass was defeated, and our army is in urgent need of reinforcements. Tongguan can be released for a while, and with me in charge, Cao Hong will not dare to leave the city."

Gao Lan's complexion changed, and he cupped his hands and said, "The general will obey."

"Xu Huang, Zhang Nan."

Yuan Xi winked at the two of them.

Gao Lan left with a group of people, and Xu Huang and Zhang Nan quickly followed.

When withdrawing from the defense on the eastern front, Gao Lan let Xu Huang and Zhang Nan take full responsibility, and he did not intervene in any way.

After seeing the two men withdrawing with great fanfare, Gao Lan vaguely understood something.

But not sure.

When the retreating army was about to be assembled, Zhang Nan walked over quickly.

"General Gao," Zhang Nan scratched his head, with a look of embarrassment on his face, "that thing I begged you in Xuchang"

He quickly glanced at the generals behind him, and said in a low voice, "Can I take a step to speak?"

Gao Lan suddenly laughed, patted Zhang Nan on the shoulder and said, "You know you're embarrassed, kid?"

As he spoke, he took Zhang Nan's arm and walked aside affectionately.

Zhang Nan was stunned for a moment, and then he pretended to be affectionate and followed to the hiding place.

"Tell me, what does my lord want you to tell me?"

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhang Nan lowered his voice and praised: "General Gao is really powerful, he can guess the intention of the lord."

Gao Lan was determined, raised his eyebrows and said, "Let me ask you, is Hangu Pass pretending to be defeated?"

Zhang Nan nodded, then shook his head again, "It's a real defeat. But the defeat is not as severe as the rumors."

"what?"

Gao Lan was shaken all over, he didn't expect Hangu Pass to be really defeated.

Zhang Nan smiled indifferently and said, "General Gao, don't worry. Although our army was defeated, everything was planned by the lord, and it was done for Cao Hong to see."

"Do it for Cao Hong?"

"That's it. Otherwise, how could our army be so strong and strong?"

Zhang Nan smiled, and took the loudspeaker from his hand, "My lord said that Cao Hong was as fierce as fire, Hangu Pass suffered a disastrous defeat, and another [-] troops were withdrawn from here. Will Cao Hong go out of the city and attack our army?"

Gao Lan's thoughts changed sharply, "Isn't the [-] troops really going to Hangu Pass?"

Zhang Nan said with a smile: "There are still nearly [-] troops in Hangu Pass, how can there be a difference of [-] troops? Everything is just for show."

Gao Lan breathed a sigh of relief, "Although Cao Hong is fierce, he is a general of the Cao army, so he has some skills. I'm afraid that even if we lure him out of the city, it will not be easy for us to break through."

As soon as Zhang Nan waved his hand, a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes: "This matter is not something I'll wait to consider. My lord said he has his own way. To be honest, I can't figure it out either."

Then he raised the loudspeaker, "General Gao, let me teach you how to use this fetish first."

Gao Lan sighed, feeling inexplicably that Yuan Xi was playing with fire.

At night, when the night was dark, thousands of Cao Jun quietly walked out of the city gate and moved towards Yuan Jun's camp.

The leading general is Cao Hong.

A middle-aged man was following him, and the man was still persuading him: "General, Junshi Guo said that we can just defend the city, but it's too dangerous to rush out of the city to make a sneak attack this time."

Cao Hong was scolded by Yuan Jun for an entire afternoon. At this time, his face was livid, and he couldn't stop his anger when he heard the words: "Only [-] yuan thieves, are you afraid of ghosts? The Yuan thieves at Hangu Pass suffered heavy losses. Let's put more pressure on our side. Maybe Yuan Jun will be defeated across the board."

"But the military division said."

"A military division knows a military division," Cao Hong glared at the man, "You are a scholar, don't you know what will happen to the general's orders? Read all the dead books, and you don't know any changes."

The middle-aged man's expression changed again and again, and he didn't dare to say anything more.

Cao Hong rode forward slowly, "Tie Yuan is covering up so much today. It's obvious that he is trying to deceive people. He even thinks that I dare not come out. I have to let them see. What is a surprise?"

Seeming to have thought of something, Cao Hong looked a lot better, and said: "When Yuan Thief is defeated, Yuan Thief's siege of us will be about the same."

The middle-aged man was worried, but he didn't try to persuade him any more.

At this time, several miles had passed since leaving the city, and no one in Cao Hong's brigade had noticed. Cao Hong was even more proud, "You see Yuan Jun's defenses are so lax, how can our army be invincible? Such a golden opportunity, it would be a pity to miss it."

After another few miles, Cao Jun was less than two miles away from Yuanying.

The middle-aged man's eyelids twitched, and he said nervously: "The general is feeling uneasy, so close to Yuan Ying, why is there no one guarding him?"

"It's so late at night, are you so dedicated to everyone?" Cao Hong looked at the sky and urged, "Hurry up and stop talking nonsense."

Soon Cao Jun approached Yuan Ying, Cao Hong raised his head and chest, and shouted suddenly: "Kill!"

Thousands of Cao Jun shouted in unison, and immediately rushed towards Yuan Jun's camp like a tide.

After a while, Yuan Jun's countless tents caught fire, and the fire was raging. Yuan Jun cried for his father and mother, and fled to the rear in embarrassment.

Seeing the scene at this time, Cao Hong's blood boiled with enthusiasm, and without any doubts, he led his soldiers straight to Yuan Jun's main tent.

From a distance, he saw a group of Yuan Jun soldiers, a general Yuan Jun wearing a red cloak was escaping from the main tent, running for his life.

"Come with me!"

Cao Hong was overjoyed, and Cao Jun rushed over like a torrential rain.

The middle-aged man looked around and saw Yuan Jun's tragic situation in his eyes. He felt relieved, thinking of Cao Hong, he hurriedly chased after him.

The raging fire burned, illuminating half the sky.

On the Tongguan city wall in the distance, Cao Jun cheered happily.

"General, Yuan Jun's defeat is set. Go out of the city to support General Cao, take advantage of the victory and pursue, and completely defeat Yuan Jun."

In the city, Cao generals left behind asked for a fight one after another.

Li Dian looked at the flames in the sky, his heart was beating violently, and his eyes were wandering.

"General, it's not too late, don't miss this opportunity."

"General Cao has few people. If he doesn't support him at this time, when Yuan Jun reacts, not only will all previous efforts be wasted, but General Cao will be in danger."

"Let's go out, general!"

"General!"

Li Dian slammed on the city wall and shouted, "Zhao Fang, Xu Pu, you two lead [-] troops out of the city, and quickly support General Cao."

Those two led the army away, and Li Lidian was worried. If Yuan Jun was really defeated, if Cao Jun had more people, Yuan Jun's defeat would be even worse.

Now that it is decided to go out of the city to support, 1 people are obviously not enough.

At the moment, another person led [-] soldiers and horses out of the city.

At this time, only [-] soldiers and horses stayed in the city.

However, Li Dian is confident that as long as there are no mistakes, seven thousand soldiers and horses will be enough to guard Tongguan.

His confidence has its source.

Tongguan is a plateau, and there is the largest and deepest ditch called Jingou, which runs from the Qinling Mountains to the Yellow River. Tongguan City is where the Jingou enters the Yellow River.

Tongguan City was built on a small flat land where the forbidden ditch enters the Yellow River. The east and south city walls are on the plateau, the west and north city walls are on the flat ground, and the south gate is on the forbidden ditch. It is a water gate.

The most dangerous thing in Tongguan is the East Gate. The city wall comes down from the plateau to the East Gate. Below the gate is the Yellow River. There is only one road wide outside the East Gate.

Therefore, the most important defense in Tongguan is the northwest city gate.

At this time, Tongguan is the absolute main force, and it can be regarded as coming out in full force.

Shouting and killing to the west.

I don't know how long it took, but the Yuan camp in the distance was still burned by the fire, but there was no sound of fighting between the armies.

Li Dian held his breath, staring straight into the distance with his heart beating violently.

At this time, suddenly the distant shouts sounded again.

Immediately afterwards, through the firelight in the distance, he faintly saw Cao Jun cheering and rushing back.

Many people who stayed behind Cao Jun saw this scene.

"Our army has won!"

Looking at the victorious Cao Jun, Li Dian slapped his hands on the city wall, and couldn't help getting excited.

Cao Jun defeated Yuan Jun several times at Hangu Pass, who is not the general guarding Tongguan who is anxious?

This big victory finally made them proud.

Thinking that after this big victory, Yuan Jun may no longer be able to form an effective siege, and Cao Jun may take advantage of the situation and turn from defense to offense, Li Dian couldn't help but feel refreshed.

Zhang Nan, who was dressed as a general of Cao Jun under the city, felt his heart pounding at this moment. Seeing Gao Lan's expressionless face, he felt a lot more at ease.

He never expected that Yuan Xi would play such a big game of chess.

Not to mention that Cao Junzhen almost came out in full force, giving them a chance to enter the city.

"Which part is under the city?"

Suddenly Cao Jun asked on the city wall.

Zhang Nan panicked, and looked forward to the man dressed as Cao Hong.

The fake Cao Hong held up the head in his hand, laughed and said, "Mancheng, let's see whose head it is?"

"Whose head?"

On the top of the city, Li Dian's complexion changed suddenly, and he hurriedly ordered someone to notify the guards to pull up the suspension bridge and close the city gate completely.

"It's Gao Lan's brain," said the fake Cao Hong, shaking his hands in a dignified manner, "Mancheng quickly lowered the suspension bridge to let someone enter the city."

"Wait a moment, general, I'll be right here."

With a perfunctory sound, Li Dian took two steps back, took the bow and crossbow, then stepped forward suddenly, and shot an arrow at the fake Cao Hong.

Almost the moment the arrow was fired, Gao Lan patted his horse and flew over, heading straight for the suspension bridge.

The suspension bridge ahead has been slowly pulled up.

"kill!"

Zhang Nan came to his senses and knew that the enemy general had already seen through Cao Hong's falsehood.

In the blink of an eye, without thinking too much, Zhang Nan led the army and killed him.

Gao Lan leaped onto the suspension bridge, cut off the rope with a knife, and single-handedly rushed towards the city gate that had not yet been closed.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

He suddenly knew that everything tonight was an illusion, Yuan Jun intended to be in Tongguan.

But it was too late.

The rope of the suspension bridge was broken, and it lay across the not-so-spacious moat. Yuan Jun had rushed in like a tide.

Cao Jun defending the city tried his best to close the gate, but the progress of closing the gate was slow, and it could not be easily closed for a while.

"kill!"

Gao Lan swung his sword and slashed at Cao Jun who was about to close the door.

Cao Jun's officers and soldiers guarding the city gate collapsed immediately.
The night was as thick as water, and the fire flickered, bringing a little light.

Cao Hong galloped wildly with hundreds of guards behind him.

Facing the light of the guard's torch, he saw General Yuan running wildly surrounded by dozens of guards.

"Kakaka."

Cao Hong tried his best to calm down the intense panting, clamped his legs around the horse's belly, and shot an arrow forcefully.

A Yuan Jun fell to the ground screaming.

But at this moment of effort, Yuan Jun, who was extremely skilled at the moment, immediately opened up a distance.

"Catch me! Capture and kill General Yuan, and reward him with a thousand gold!"

Cao Hong gasped for breath, only General Yuan was in his eyes.

He felt that General Yuan must be someone of great status.

At this moment, suddenly several guards in front were tripped and fell to the ground.

Cao Hong was taken aback for a moment, but quickly reacted, and hastily reined in the horse.

Can move fast, where can stop.

When the horse was caught by something, Cao Hong roared and jumped off the horse.

Not yet established.

Suddenly, there was a sound of clappers, followed by arrows shooting like a shower.

Cao Hong's soldiers screamed and fell off their horses.

Cao Hong's eyes were red, and he tried his best to block the arrow.

After a while, the rain of arrows fell, and there were only a dozen or so soldiers around Cao Hong.

The shouts sounded again, surrounding Cao Hong and others.

Cao Hong's cheeks twitched, and he stared at the left and right with the knife in his hand, his eyes were ashen.

"Cao Zilian, do you recognize me?"

Cao Hong lost his mind and looked for his reputation, only to see Yuan Jun parting from the two sides like a tide, and a man in brocade clothes slowly stepped out, looking at Cao Hong with a smile on his face.

"You, are you Yuan Xi?"

Suddenly Cao Hong thought of someone, and felt his voice was more familiar.

"Bastard, how can you call the name of the lord?"

Chunyu Qiong scolded loudly.

Cao Hong laughed loudly and said grimly: "I am greedy for merit and surrender, but Tongguan is still guarded by tens of thousands of troops, so you don't want to move forward."

"Is it?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Unfortunately, I have to tell you that after you successfully attacked out of the city, Li Mancheng sent 2 people to support you, and I have already outflanked them all. His men are only a few thousand soldiers."

Under the firelight, Cao Hong's eyes were dull, but he said in his mouth: "Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Thousands of soldiers and horses can stop you, Yuan Jun, and this group of trash. You will definitely not be able to attack."

"Report!"

A spy from Yuan Jun came galloping on horseback, "Go back to General, General Gao has occupied Tongguan."

Yuan Xi laughed out loud.

Cao Hong's knees softened and he knelt down on the ground.

Inside Tongguan City.

Yuan Xi rewarded the three armies.

"General Gao, you have done a great job in conquering Tongguan this time. When I pacify Guanzhong, I will ask for credit for you in front of the emperor."

Gao Lan looked at the young lord, and he was so convinced at this moment that he didn't even dare to say anything, how could he dare to take credit for it.

Yuan Xi was proud of himself. After this battle, he could clearly feel the difference in how the generals looked at him.

Especially those veterans who originally followed Yuan Shao, including the generals who followed Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan before.

There are also a group of counselors.

Looking at the bewildered faces of these extremely intelligent counselors, he was in a very good mood.

(End of this chapter)