The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

If you do that, you can break the Hulao Pass, but three or two months is too long.The surrounding government and military reinforcements have enough time to rush over to support. When there are more people, the idea of ​​attacking Hulao Pass is not to face thousands of soldiers and horses in Hulao Pass, but to add troops from all over the country. The reinforcements who rushed over.

But if Zhou Cang's method is followed, although the gate of Hulao Pass cannot be broken directly, it can speed up the consumption of food and water sources in Hulao Pass.

At that time, I'm afraid that these soldiers and horses in Hulao Pass will have difficulty persisting for three to five days.

"Zhou Cang, your method is good, but we don't need to attack Hulao Pass now, and it won't help much if we attack Hulao Pass now, after all, the situation is still unclear."

"What situation?"

"The situation in Luoyang and Jizhou."

"We'll have to wait and see how Luoyang reacts, whether to send troops to reinforce Hulao Pass, or remain undecided. At the same time, it also depends on Jizhou, whether the three major Zhonglang generals who are fighting General Tiangong will send troops back to help."

"Well, if they send troops back to help and a large number of soldiers gather at Hulao Pass, we will not attack Hulao Pass, but escape from here?"

After listening to Liu Zheng's words, Zhou Cang thought for a while and asked back.

Liu Zheng smiled lightly, and immediately vetoed Zhou Cang's words.

"On the contrary, if both Luoyang and Jizhou send people to support Hulao Pass, Hulao Pass must be attacked!"

"Why is this?"

When Zhou Cang heard Liu Zheng's words, he was taken aback for a moment, a little puzzled.

Xu You, who was still standing aside and sipping wine, immediately interjected after hearing Zhou Cang's puzzlement.

"Brother Zhou Cang, let me tell you. If the imperial court and the three major Zhonglang generals in Jizhou all send troops to besiege us, we will occupy the Hulao Pass and occupy the geographical advantage. At the same time, we can hold back here. Call people."

"In this way, not only can some of the soldiers and horses be restrained for General Tiangong in Jizhou, but once we are here and defeat the army from Luoyang and the army of General Zhonglang who came to support them, wouldn't Luoyang be like an empty city for us? A reason to attack Luoyang."

Xu You's simple explanation made Zhou Cang confused.

"Ah, why is there an attack on Luoyang? Didn't we even pass the Hulao pass?"

"Hey, as long as we can take down Hulao Pass, Luoyang may also be taken down by us."

Xu You said something affirmatively again, making Liu Zheng take a look at Xu You.I greatly praised Xu You's cleverness. As long as he mentions something, Xu You can guess what Liu Zheng is thinking.

"Mr. Xu You is still smart."

"He's so handsome. I'm not as smart as he is. I only thought of it after he thought of it."

While Liu Zheng was chatting with Xu You, Zhou Cang and others, Xu Huang hurried over from outside.

"He ordered my men to find out that there were two groups of soldiers and horses in the north and east of Hulao Pass."

As soon as Xu Huang approached, he reported to Liu Zheng what he had found out.

These few words caught the attention of Liu Zheng and others, who hurriedly asked Xu Huang for details.

"Xu Huang, can you find out who these two people are?"

"Huai Qushuai, he should be the reinforcements from Hexi County and Henan Yin area to support Hulao Pass."

Hulaoguan is a special place. Although it belongs to the Sili area, because of the Yellow River, it is close to Hedong, Hexi, and Hongnong counties.

Once a war breaks out at Hulao Pass, people from the surrounding counties and counties will be able to bring people over in a short time to support them.

Since the soldiers and horses appearing now did not come from the direction of Luoyang, they were obviously the county soldiers from Hedong, Hexi and other places.

It is unlikely that the soldiers and horses of Hedong will appear, after all, Dong Zhuo was the prefect of Hedong before.When attacking Liu Zheng before, Dong Zhuo had almost recruited the Xiangyong of Hedong County, and it was no longer possible to organize an army that might compete with Liu Zheng.

Therefore, in the vicinity of Hulao Pass, only Hexi County and Henan Yin could have reinforcements.

"My lord, as far as I know, the Hexi prefect's name is Wang Yi, who is a student of today's Taiwei Liu Kuan. And Henan Yin seems to be called He Miao, the younger brother of the great general He Jin."

Just when Liu Zheng guessed that the people were reinforcements from Hexi and Henan, Xu You who was on the side immediately told some information he knew.

When Liu Zheng heard it, that Wang Yi was not well-known in history, and Liu Zheng hadn't heard much about it. Although he was a student of Taiwei Liu Kuan, Liu Zheng was not even familiar with the name Liu Kuan, so he didn't pay attention to it.

On the contrary, Henan Yin Hemiao, this person, Liu Zheng knows quite well.

Speaking of which, this guy's name was not He Miao, but Zhu Miao.

Because He Jin's father married a stepmother, leaving the current Empress He, and He Miao is the child of this stepmother and her ex-husband.

He Miaosui is He Jin's younger brother, but he has no blood relationship with He Jin, only a half-sibling relationship with the queen of the dynasty.

He Miao has always been at odds with He Jin. Although they are superficially brothers, they don't have much contact in private.

The reason why he can become Henan Yin is also because he has a good sister.

Although He Miao in history had made some contributions during the Yellow Turban Uprising and was promoted to a position as a marquis, in Liu Zheng's view, He Miao was just as trash as He Jin, and He Miao was even more trash than He Jin.

These two people, who appeared near Hulao Pass, were no threat to Liu Zheng.

Chapter 1 Attacking Hulao Pass

"Wang Yi, He Miao. It's nothing to worry about. How many people did they bring?"

The troops from Luoyang did not come, nor did the three great Zhonglang generals from Jizhou. Instead, the people who came were the prefects from the surrounding areas.

This result surprised Liu Zheng.

However, it can be regarded as a reinforcement to some extent, which can make him feel a little jealous.

"There should be 8000 to [-] people in Hexi, and nearly [-] people in Henan."

Xu Huang quickly told Liu Zheng what Liu Zheng wanted to know.

After Liu Zheng listened, he nodded. These two groups of troops combined only amounted to more than [-] people, which was nothing compared to the [-] troops under his command.If they really want to fight, they have a great advantage.

Liu Zheng originally wanted to take people to destroy these two forces first, but when he thought that Luoyang and Jizhou had no results yet, he didn't want to act rashly. Army's ambush, then his plan to defeat the official army here will be greatly affected.

"Shuai Qu, Wang Yi's troops are currently stationed in Guangwu County, while He Miao's troops are stationed in Xingyang County. The distance between these two places is not far. I guess they want to join forces and rush forward. Advance to Hulao Pass and resist us."

Xu Huang synthesized the information he found and told Liu Zheng.

"Aren't they in a hurry to come to Hulao Pass?"

"No, they marched very slowly, and they didn't seem to be in a hurry. Maybe they knew that we didn't attack the city, but just surrounded Hulao Pass."

"Well, I see, since they are not in a hurry, we are not in a hurry."

"Then let them join forces and wait for another two days to see. By the way, Xu Huang, you continue to send scouts to further places. I want to know as much information about Jizhou as possible, especially the three major Zhonglang generals. Dynamic."

At present, there are no troops in Luoyang. Liu Zheng guessed that Luoyang would not send troops over, so he could only focus on Jizhou.

After all, Jizhou and Luoyang are far apart. Even if there is news, it will take a few days to spread, and it will take time for the three major Zhonglang generals to react, so there is not much movement in just two days. normal.

Liu Zheng's men waited at Hulao Pass for another two days. After two days, there was finally news from Jizhou.

A good news and a bad news reached Liu Zheng at the same time.

The good news is that the three major generals of Zhonglang finally couldn't sit still, and sent Lu Zhi, leading an army of [-], to trigger from Jizhou and rush to Hulao Pass.

The army of officers and soldiers that Liu Zheng was waiting for finally arrived, and he finally had an excuse to attack Hulaoguan. Otherwise, the three major Zhonglang generals would never show up, but would attack Zhangjiao in Jizhou with all their strength. Even if Liu Zheng dared to attack Hulao Pass, and dare not attack Luoyang.

Now that Lu Zhi has left, leaving Huangfusong and Dong Zhuo in Jizhou, the pressure on Zhang Jiao's headquarters has been greatly reduced, and he will definitely be able to fight the official army for a longer period of time. At least helping Liu Zheng to contain the two Zhonglang will be no problem. .

And Liu Zheng also clearly knew that his enemy was Lu Zhi's 4 soldiers, plus the county soldiers gathered from Hexi and Henan, the total number of soldiers from the three parties was close to [-].

The bad news is that before going to Hulao Pass, Lu Zhi, together with Huangfusong and Dong Zhuo, launched a fierce attack on Zhang Jiao in Julu City. Lucheng.

Zhang Jiao and some Yellow Turban soldiers were forced to retreat to Anping County.The morale of the Yellow Turban Army plummeted.Even Zhang Mancheng, who went to support Zhang Jiao, suffered heavy losses. More than half of the [-] troops were lost.

These two news reached Liu Zheng's ears, and Liu Zheng fell into deep thought at once.

Originally, he came to besiege Hulao Pass to relieve Zhang Jiao's pressure, but now that Zhang Jiao has been repelled, the pressure on Liu Zheng has increased.

If he continues to attack Hulao Pass and threaten Luoyang, it is very likely that the military focus of the imperial court will not be Zhang Jiao, but Liu Zheng.

But now that they have all come to this place, there is a dilemma, and Liu Zheng has no other choice, so he can only bite the bullet and continue.

When he received that Lu Zhi had set off and came near Hulao Pass, Liu Zheng immediately began to let the army, which had rested for a few days and had no action, take action.

"Xu Huang!"

"The end is here."

"I ordered you to lead five thousand elite soldiers and one thousand elite cavalry to Jizhou to defeat He Miao Wangyi. You must destroy some of their troops before they join Lu Zhi's army!"

"The last general takes orders!"

Liu Zheng quickly gave Xu Huang an order, and Xu Huang immediately took the order and came out.

Afterwards, Liu Zheng glanced at Zhou Cang again.

"Zhou Cang!"

"The end is here."

"I order you to lead an army of [-] to cooperate with General Huang Zhong, to shoot wood at Hulao Pass from two cliffs, and use the beacon as a sign to light Hulao Pass!"

"The last will obey!"

"Sun Xia!"

"The end is here!"

"I order you to lead 3 people from the headquarters to Hulao Pass to call for battle, to attract the attention of the guards in Hulao Pass, and cooperate with Zhou Cang to burn Hulao Pass!"

"The last will obey!"

After Liu Zheng made some arrangements, he swung himself down with 5 horses and dispatched them all immediately.

He himself led a thousand soldiers to supervise the battle in front of Hulao Pass.

At his current status, he no longer needs to fight in person, he only needs to take charge of the overall situation.

The generals and soldiers who led the order immediately began to mobilize urgently.

Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses outside Hulao Pass started to move, which naturally quickly attracted the attention of those guarding the city at Hulao Pass.

Under Liu Zheng's order, Sun Xia led 3 troops to attack Hulao Pass.

Although it was just a feint attack, in order to achieve a realistic effect, they really started to rush forward in the first wave of attack.

Zhou Cang's soldiers and horses took the lead in cutting down all the firewood they needed in the first two days, and piled them up intact. After a few days of preparation, Liu Zheng and the others also made a lot of corresponding measures in order to attack Hulao Pass. Prepare.

The wood and kerosene needed for Huoshaohulao Pass have been arranged in advance, and the plan of Huoshaohulao can be directly implemented only after the personnel are in place.

And when Sun Xia led the crowd to attack the city, the guards in Hulao Pass naturally ignored the attacks that would appear on the cliffs on both sides.

So when Zhou Cang led his soldiers to start throwing firewood from the cliff into the city with a catapult, they realized that something was wrong.

But they thought this was Liu Zheng's attack method to attack Hulao Pass.

When the catapult was used to project wood instead of stones, they didn't take it seriously.

Chapter 1: The Strategy of Fire Attack

After all, there are not many guards at Hulao Pass, only 5000 people to deal with the attack from Hulao Pass. The [-] troops of Sun Xia's headquarters are already overwhelmed, so there is no time to manage the projected timber.

It wasn't until these timbers were projected onto the city tower that there were more and more timbers on the Hulaoguan tower, that the soldiers defending the city realized that something was wrong.

But even if they realized that something was wrong, they would never have imagined that a fierce battle would follow.

All the firewood prepared by Zhou Cang in the past few days was projected to the Hulao by a trebuchet, and he immediately asked Huang Zhong for instructions.

Huang Zhong divided the trained battalion of 500 archers into left and right sides, with [-] people standing in each position, and then mounted bows and arrows on the built wooden arrows, began to wrap the bows and arrows with tarpaulins, and ignited them.

The oilcloth on it is very resistant to burning, and it ignites immediately, and the flames start to burn blazingly on the rocket.

"Aim at those towers and shoot upwards!"

Huang Zhong gave an order.

These archers who had been trained by him for a long time finally began to throw the rockets on the bows and arrows towards the tower of Hulao Pass.

Because of the geographical location they occupy, they have an advantage. Shooting from a height, the arrow can fly farther.

And this time they don't need to hit the soldiers, they just need to shoot the rockets at the tower and ignite the kerosene-stained wood thrown down the tower.

This kind of shooting difficulty is much simpler than shooting soldiers in the city directly from a high place, and even shooting randomly is no problem.

In an instant, thousands of arrows flew over from the cliffs on both sides.

More importantly, there is still a small ball of flames on the arrows.

When these arrows flew over and turned into stars in the sky, the guard at Hulao Pass finally realized something.

He keenly felt that something was wrong with the wood thrown from the enemy army onto the tower, and there was a strange smell on it.