Under the city of Yangping Pass, Xu Huang waved the big axe in his hand, pointed at the defenders in the city and shouted: "The heavenly soldiers are here, why don't the traitors descend early?" Otherwise, when our army breaks through the city, there will be no chickens and dogs! ”

Xu Huang called for several days in a row, but the Yangping guards did not dare to answer, let alone fight, but hung up the battle card to defend the city.

Liu Pi couldn't help but say: "General Xu, it has been five days since I arrived at Yangping Pass, and during this time, I just called for battle every day and did not attack the city, but what is the reason?" ”

Gong Du also said: "There are not many defenders of Yangping Pass now, even if the city is steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack, we have no hope of taking it down." If the reinforcements from Hanzhong arrive, it may not be easy to break the city. ”

Xu Huang looked up at Yangping Pass, which was built on the mountain and the city wall was tall, shook his head slightly and said: "It is not easy to forcibly break through Yangping Pass, the lord asked me to come to the city, I only need to put pressure on the defenders in the city, and there is no need to attack the city." ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Huang looked at the sky and immediately ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

After the Yangping Pass guard saw that Xu Huang led the troops to retreat, he often breathed a sigh of relief. Although the terrain of Yangping Pass is steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack, whenever he sees the elite Guanzhong soldiers under the city, he will feel a little scared.

The 50,000 army led by Xu Huang this time was not a newly recruited army by Wen Zhao, but a real elite army in Guanzhong.

Many of these soldiers have experienced several battles, and they are full of murderous spirit. They were lined up in a neat phalanx, and the momentum alone was intimidating.

After returning to the camp, it didn't take long for Gong Du to hurriedly run to Xu Huang and said anxiously: "General Xu, Hanzhong reinforcements have arrived at Yangping Pass, and there are 30,000 more defenders in the city. ”

Xu Huang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he bowed his head slightly and said, "I know." ”

Looking at Xu Huangyun's light and breezy appearance, Gong Du immediately said like an ant on a hot pot: "Since we are pioneers, we should open mountains and build bridges when encountering water, and conquer the city for the lord." ”

"But now, we are leading 50,000 elite divisions, but we are spending money and food every day outside Yangping Pass. If the lord arrives here with a large army, won't he blame us? ”

Xu Huang also knew that Gong Du was dedicated to the public, but he didn't care about his words, but said: "The strategy of seizing Guanzhong this time, the lord has already laid out the overall situation, and my current actions are just acting on orders." ”

"Before leaving, the lord once said: Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements, and the best policy is to surrender without fighting. You don't have to ask about this matter again, the day when the city will be broken is not far away! ”

Although Gong Du was still full of suspicions, he did not continue to ask.

After seeing Gong Du leave, Xu Huangcai muttered to himself: "I hope there will be no mistakes in the military advisor's plan." ”

At the beginning, Xu Huang arrived at the city of Yangping Pass like a divine soldier, and saw that there were only 3,000 defenders in the city, so he did not have the intention of moving.

However, when he took a detailed look at the topography and city defense of Yangping Pass, he immediately extinguished the idea of attacking.

Yangping Pass is too steep, if it is not a last resort, Xu Huang is absolutely unwilling to command these elite soldiers, because of the strong attack and death under the city wall.

And according to Xu Huang's speculation, if he was allowed to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to defend Yangping Pass, even if there were 100,000 troops to attack him, he would not be afraid of it.

Xu Huang is now leading 50,000 soldiers and horses, and he is not carrying siege equipment, so it is a little unrealistic to want to conquer Yangping Pass.

However, it was said that after Zhang Wei led Yan Pu, Yang Ang, Yang Ren, and 30,000 soldiers and horses to Yangping Pass, he breathed a long sigh of relief. The only thing he was afraid of was that before he led his troops to Yangping Pass, this pass had already been lost.

Now with 30,000 soldiers and horses stationed, Zhang Wei believes that he will be able to hold Yangping Pass and block all the troops in Guanzhong outside the city.

After the army entered the city to rest and recuperate, Yang Ren immediately said: "The Art of War: If you defend it for a long time, you will lose." Why don't we take advantage of the fact that the Guanzhong army has not yet arrived, and then demoralize the enemy. In this way, Yangping Pass can be better guarded. ”

Zhang Wei became interested and asked, "How to demoralize the enemy?" ”

Yang Ren said: "The thief army now has only 50,000 horses, and when he sees that we dare not go out of the city to meet the battle every day, he must think that we are cowardly and have relaxed our defenses. If we take advantage of the night to rob the camp, we may not be able to defeat the enemy. ”

When Zhang Wei heard this, his face immediately showed a look of interest.

Yan Pu said sharply: "When the thieves learn that our reinforcements have arrived, they must be vigilant in their hearts, and if they rashly go out of the city to rob the camp, they will be defeated." ”

What's more, Xu Huang is a famous general in Guanzhong, with outstanding tactics and bravery, and he is by no means an easy person. It is foolish to think that it is not permissible to go out of the city and rob the camp. ”

Compared with Yang Ren, Zhang Wei still trusts Yan Pu more. Moreover, Yan Pu's words were also very reasonable, and Zhang Wei vetoed Yang Ren's suggestion to go out of the city and rob the camp.

Early the next morning, Xu Huang once again led the Guanzhong soldiers to call for the battle, and sent soldiers to insult Zhang Wei in front of the battle. When Zhang Wei heard this, he was immediately furious and was about to go out of the city to face the battle.

Zhang Wei and Yang Ang glanced at each other, and they also encouraged Zhang Wei to go out of the city to fight in the back.

Yan Pu hurriedly hugged Zhang Wei and said bitterly: "The soldiers in Guanzhong are brave and good at fighting, and the world knows that General Zhang is very important to the lord, so he can lead the troops to Yangping Pass to defend against the enemy." ”

"If you rush to battle because of impulse, causing Yangping Pass to be lost, then the entire Hanzhong will definitely not be safe, and please think twice before acting."

Yangping Pass is not too far from Nanzheng, as long as this pass is lost, the soldiers in the pass can drive straight in, and the soldiers will come to Nanzheng within ten days.

It was precisely because the two cities were close to each other that Zhang Wei was able to quickly lead troops to support.

Therefore, the importance of Yangpingguan to Hanzhong is self-evident, and the life and death of the entire Hanzhong are also pinned on Yangpingguan. Yan Pu saw through this, so he tried his best to persuade Zhang Lu to defend the city and not to fight easily.

Zhang Wei's angry head suddenly sobered up, although he was still angry in his heart, he no longer said anything about going out of the city to face the battle, just gritted his teeth and looked at the Guan Zhongbing who were scolding outside the city.

In this way, no matter how the soldiers in Guan Zhong insulted and called the battle, Zhang Wei just defended the city and did not fight. In the end, he was scolded so much that he couldn't bear it, so he simply asked Yan Pu to guard the city, but he ran to the city to patrol around.

Xu Huang has not led his troops to forcibly attack the city, and during this time, he can already feel that the sharpness of the soldiers is almost exhausted.

That night, Yang Ren and Yang Ang conspired in a secret location.

Yang Ren said: "Before leaving, the eldest brother asked us to find the right time to surrender the city to the general." However, Zhang Wei and Yan Pu kept a very close eye on it, and the Guanzhong soldiers did not attack the city, so it may not be easy to sacrifice the city now. ”

Yang Ang said: "The general has not yet led the troops to arrive, even if the city surrenders at this time, I am afraid that the benefits we will get will not be too much, so let's wait for a while." ”