The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 438 Capture Yangping Pass

Yangping Pass is an extremely important pass in Hanzhong. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "if Yangping Pass is lost, Hanzhong will not be preserved".Zhang Lu's purpose of building Yangping Pass was mainly to resist the attacks of Cao Cao from the northwest and the Yizhou Group from the southwest.In the original work, after Cao Cao pacified Hanzhong, Xiahou Yuan ordered Zhang He and Xu Huang to garrison here to resist Liu Bei; after Liu Bei won Hanzhong, he also ordered Ma Chao to garrison here.

Therefore, Yangping Pass is a very important pass between Hanzhong, Yizhou and Liangzhou. Without taking Yangping Pass, we cannot say that we have completely occupied Hanzhong.

Therefore, Xu Shu went a little crazy this time. After he arrived at Yangping Pass, he immediately started to deploy the attack. He didn't care about the consumption of soldiers at all.

If Cao Jun's next wave of reinforcements arrives, Yangping Pass will be even more difficult to fight, and more people will die by then.As the so-called "compassion does not control soldiers", one general will be successful, and in order to achieve strategic goals, many soldiers have to be sacrificed.

Yangping Pass was built on Zoumaling. The distance between the north and south mountains of the pass is relatively long, and the area is very open. Therefore, the attacking side can exert its superiority in strength. The opponent has no weapons of mass destruction such as kerosene and gunpowder, and dare not attack Go out to fight back, so Xu Shu dared to send a large army to swarm up.

In addition to the frontal attack, Xu Shu also ordered Huang Zhong and Li Yan to lead their troops to climb behind Yangping Pass and attack front and rear.

Under the successive attacks of tens of thousands of Chu troops, Cao Jun in Yangping Pass had no time to rest. Zhang He led [-] soldiers to resist the attack from behind, and Xiahou Dun led [-] soldiers to resist the front attack.

The Chu army suffered heavy casualties. After all, this kind of offensive battle is very disadvantageous to the attacking side. The Cao army on the opposite side just refused to come out. Even a large number of powerful generals such as Guan Yu, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, and Pang De in the Chu army's formation could not play a role, and A pass like this built on mountains cannot be attacked from all sides like a city.

But no matter how heavy the casualties are, this important throat must be taken. Xu Shu ordered the army to attack non-stop, even at night, lighting fires and attacking with torches, just not giving the opponent a chance to rest. Anyway, his soldiers Many, you can take turns to rest.

Under such a high-intensity attack, Cao Jun in Yangping Pass finally couldn't stand it after five days.Cao Jun has not fought a single victory from the beginning, and has experienced successive incidents such as the killing of the coach and the loss of Hanzhong. His morale has always been low.

The enemy army on the opposite side seemed to be crazy again, and they didn't let them rest for a moment. Many Cao soldiers hadn't eaten for a day, and didn't sleep well for two days. At most, they leaned against the wall and dozed off. , and the opponent's long-range fire suppression is too fierce.

Some Cao Jun was in a trance, standing on the wall as if he forgot to dodge the arrows, and was shot to death on the wall.

The Chu army paid the price of nearly 1 casualties, and finally captured Yangping Pass. Xiahou Dun and Zhang Yun fled with only more than 1000 cavalry. Most of these cavalry were the most elite tiger and leopard cavalry. During the defense of the city.

Xu Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief. After taking Yangping Pass, Hanzhong is considered stable. With his current strength, and with Hanzhong and Yizhou as the backing, unless Cao Cao dispatched 30 troops to attack regardless of casualties, he would be Don't try to take it back.

As soon as Xiahoudun and Zhang He retreated to the entrance of the Xiegu boundary, they saw dust rising in front of them, and a cavalry rushed over. It turned out that Xu Huang's five thousand cavalry had arrived.

The two armies converged, and each was very annoyed. If Xu Huang had come a day earlier, the result might have been different.But Xu Huang's [-] cavalry were the same as Xiahou Dun's back then, rushing all the way to the rescue. Except for letting the horses rest as a last resort, they basically ate and slept on horseback.

But now that Yangping Pass has been lost, they can’t take it back with their troops. Moreover, once Yangping Pass is lost, Hanzhong is completely lost. Xiahou Dun felt that the most important thing at present is to stabilize Liangzhou and Guanzhong, so he led the army Withdrew to Xiabian, waiting for Cao Cao's next order.

Since Xia Houyuan was beheaded at Dingjun Mountain, four waves of reinforcements rushed to Hanzhong.The first wave was Xiahou Dun in Wancheng. He was the first to get the news and had enough power to take action, so he was the first to send troops.In order to hurry, Xiahou Dun brought only [-] elite cavalry, including [-] tiger and leopard cavalry, which were used to ensure the safety of Nanyang.

The second wave of reinforcements was Xu Huang's [-] cavalry. After Cao Cao got the news of Xiahou Yuan's death, he immediately sent these [-] cavalry to support Cao Hong, because he also knew that Xiahou Dun had rushed to Hanzhong.In Cao Cao's view, as long as Xiahou Dun arrives in time, it should be no problem to defend with Hanzhong's troops, and then Xu Huang's five thousand elite cavalry can stabilize the situation.

After Cao Cao withdrew from the Huainan battlefield, the army rested for a while, and then sent Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, and Le Jin to lead [-] cavalry to continue to support Hanzhong. Go and take back Dingjun Mountain.

After Cao Cao received the news that Cao Hong was ambushed, he no longer had illusions about being able to defend Nanzheng, and then he considered the safety of Liangzhou and Guanzhong, so he sent Yu Jin and Sima Yi to lead [-] infantry to rush to Chang'an.

It's just that these reinforcements didn't arrive in time after all, and they didn't catch up one step at a time.This is also the reason why the Zhangwu Group placed the breakthrough point for seizing Hanzhong on Xiahouyuan. With the main force of the Cao army gathered in Huainan, once Xiahouyuan was beheaded, the entire western front of the Cao army would be in chaos.

Just like in history, when Guan Yu died, the Shu Han lost Jingzhou, and there was no time for rescue from Chengdu.

The simultaneous defeat on the east and west fronts dealt a great blow to Cao Cao. Since the battle with Zhang Wu, he has basically never won a real victory. Especially this time, Cao Cao was severely beaten when he became king, and his mood was extremely depressed. .

Emperor Liu Xie also got the news, and naturally felt very happy in his heart.Cao Cao not only controlled the government, trapped himself in the palace like a prisoner, but also killed his beloved women and children one after another, and forced himself to make him Wei Gong and Wei Wang.Liu Xie wanted to kill Cao Cao himself, but he had neither the courage nor the ability, so he could only hope that there were heroes loyal to the Han Dynasty who could eradicate Cao Cao.

Now Uncle Liu's son-in-law Zhang Wu not only defeated Cao Cao again, but also beheaded Cao Cao's brother-in-law and brother-in-law Xia Houyuan. .

But Liu Xie didn't dare to show it. He was afraid that Cao Cao would take it out on him if he was in a bad mood. Even if Cao Cao wouldn't kill him for the time being, what if he killed a few more women and children?Liu Xie stayed in his harem all the time, and didn't even go to court. Anyway, he didn't have anything to make a decision on, so let's wait until Cao Cao returns to Yecheng to show his face!

Although Liu Xie hates Cao Cao, since Cao Cao's daughter Cao Jie married Liu Xie, Liu Xie has a good relationship with her.Empress Cao's situation is actually very difficult now, with her father on one side and her husband on the other, what should she do if one of them wants to kill the other?

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