Cao Cao's gaze swept over Xi Zhicai, Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan, and said: "This attack on Hangu Pass, if you win, you will go straight to Chang'an; If you lose, you will return to Yanzhou! ”

In fact, when Yuan Shao retreated, Cao Cao was indeed alone.

His army was blocked from Hangu Pass and could not make progress, and Cao Cao's heart was cold.

Among the strength of attacking Wang Can, Yuan Shao's strength was the strongest, and the military generals of Wenchen were gathered together, much stronger than Cao Cao's strength, but the stronger he was, the worse the defeat, and only more than 7,000 of the more than 40,000 soldiers fled back, which made Cao Cao despise Yuan Shao in his heart and felt that Yuan Shao was difficult to achieve great things.

Yuan Shao retreated, and Cao Cao also began to look for a way back.

Because it can't take down Wang Can, it means that the world is all together.

Although Wang Can occupies the largest Yizhou, and there are countless military generals under his command, fortunately, Yizhou is far away from the Central Plains, and it will take some time to chase the Central Plains, which also gives Cao Cao time to prepare.

Cao Cao is now like a gambler, wanting to gamble desperately. If the Hangu Pass is broken, Cao Cao will continue to attack, if the Hangu Pass cannot be taken, Cao Cao will go back to run Yanzhou, and strive to take Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yangzhou, and Yuzhou as soon as possible.

Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai and ordered: "Zhicai, you are weak, you don't need to fight if you stay in the camp." ”

"No!"

Xi Zhicai responded with his fists and did not refuse Cao Cao's orders.

Cao Cao looked at Xiahou Yuan again and ordered: "Miaocai, you and Zixiao will lead the army together, and kill the enemy with me!" ”

"No!"

The two agreed, with solemn expressions on their faces.

After Cao Cao finished his instructions, he waved his hand and sent the three away. When he attacked Hangu Pass this time, he must have done his best to send Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Le Jin, Xu Chu, Xu Huang and others under his command to the battlefield for fighting.

……

The next day, early in the morning.

At this time, the coldest weather of the year, although the warm sun rises, does not dispel the chill in the air, and it is still a biting cold wind, which makes people shiver.

"Boom! Boom! ”

The rumbling war drums suddenly sounded, from far and near, and gradually entered Hangu Pass.

"Woo! Woo! ”

The high-pitched and dull sound of the horn also gradually came over and entered Hangu Pass.

The sound of trumpets and war drums kept coming, making the soldiers on the towers nervous. However, although the soldiers were nervous, they also began to prepare the defensive equipment in an orderly manner. This is not the first time that the city has been attacked, Cao Cao has attacked Hangu Pass many times outside the city, and the soldiers on the city tower have enough experience.

When Zhao Yun, Huang Xu and others heard the sound of the horn, they all ran out quickly and ordered the soldiers to gather on the city tower.

Huang Xu asked a hundred soldiers of the Wolf Tooth Battalion to lie in ambush on the city tower, preparing to shoot at the enemy outside the city tower, this is his work, it is a very important thing.

The soldiers of the Wolf's Tooth Battalion have a Ma Jun crossbow, which can be used to shoot local generals.

Therefore, Lü Meng's wolf tooth camp is also a great weapon for defending the city.

Zhao Yun led the soldiers of the broken barracks to garrison the city tower, and the more than 1,000 soldiers of the broken barracks were divided into a group of 100 people, and the 100 soldiers were all armed with spears, forming a temporary gun array, which was used to assassinate the enemy troops who rushed up, which was also the advantage of the soldiers having spears, and they could also protect the Hangu Guancheng Tower.

At this time, the soldiers on the castle tower were constantly busy.

Yan Yan and Pei Yuanshao looked at the soldiers who were gradually approaching outside the city, with excited expressions on their faces.

They were in charge of the defense of Hangu Pass, and they were not much threatened, because Cao Cao's attack could not take this Xiongguan at all, so they only had to fight to kill the enemy and kill more enemy troops.

The earth-shattering drums and high-pitched trumpets were getting closer and closer, and Cao Cao's army was gradually approaching Hangu Pass.

At this time, catapults drove out of Cao Cao's army formation and aimed at Hangu Pass.

Cao Cao's method was to use catapults to attack the soldiers on the upper floor of Hangu Pass first, to demoralize the soldiers guarding Hangu Pass, and then attack the enemy army.

Cao Cao rode on his horse, pulled out the sword at his waist, and shouted, "Fire!" ”

At the sound of the order, the catapult, which had already been prepared, immediately placed the loaded stones on them, and then threw them towards the castle tower.

"Whew! Call! ”

The boulder broke through the air and made a whistling sound.

Although these stones are not hundreds of pounds of boulders, they also weigh twenty or thirty pounds. When the boulder fell from the sky, the soldier was sure to be killed or wounded. The catapult creaked and turned, and kept throwing stones out of the city, shooting at the castle tower in the distance, and then stones fell on the castle tower, making a roaring sound.

Waves of stones crashed against the tower, causing sand and stones to splash on the tower.

Such a scene would be used by Cao Cao when he was attacking the city.

"Bang! Bang! ”

One by one, boulders fell down and landed on the tower, causing the ground on the tower to tremble slightly. One by one, the soldiers dodged without sticking out their heads, because standing on the tower was obviously easy to become a target for catapults and was easy to be stoned to death, so the soldiers hid.

At this time, Huang Xu hid on the city tower, looked at the enemy soldiers throwing stones outside the city tower, and shouted: "The soldiers of the Wolf Tooth Battalion listen to the order and prepare crossbow arrows!" ”

The range of the Ma Jun crossbow is not only powerful, but also long-range.

Shooting from the tower to the outside of the tower, it occupies a certain height advantage, and the range can reach more than 300 steps, and the distance in the future is about 200 meters.

With such a range, it is already a very powerful crossbow arrow.

Although the power of the stone thrower is large and can throw stones onto the city tower, it is also a hundred meters away, not too far.

Therefore, the crossbow arrows of the soldiers of the Wolf Tooth Battalion can shoot the soldiers who throw stones, but the crossbow arrows of Ma Jun's crossbow are specially customized, not ordinary bows and arrows, so the storage capacity of the Wolf Tooth Battalion is not too much, and the use of each time is limited, and the crossbow arrows are fired after aiming, so as not to waste the crossbow arrows.

Lu Meng waited for a moment, and then shouted, "Aim!" ”

After a pause, he shouted again: "Launch!" ”

At the sound of an order, a hundred soldiers of the Wolf's Tooth Battalion fired their crossbow arrows at the same time, and each soldier fired the crossbow arrows aimed at the soldier who was throwing stones.

"Whew! Shout! ”

The bolts break through the air, are very fast, and have great power.

Ma Jun's crossbow was not only highly accurate, but also very penetrating, and when the crossbow arrow was fired, a series of shrill chirps sounded through the air, and in the blink of an eye, it was shot at the soldiers who were throwing stones arranged by Cao Cao.

"Poof! Burst! ……”

Although there was a slight deviation in the crossbow arrow, it also accurately hit the soldier's body, making a muffled sound.

"Ahh

One after another, the soldiers were knocked out by the crossbow arrows and fell to the ground. The arrow pierced through the body, and streams of scarlet blood flowed from the wounds, staining the placket red. The soldiers screamed incessantly, a look of fear in their eyes.

Terror!

The power of the crossbow arrow is too terrifying, not only is it powerful, but it is also highly accurate, which makes people's scalp tingle.

Cao Cao was also shocked when he was protected by soldiers.

PS: The third of the four watches, ask for flowers.