Chapter 102: Yang'an Pass
At the beginning, the dust and smoke were only far away, just rising on the distant horizon, which seemed a little insignificant, but the speed of the dust and smoke spreading was quite amazing, but the scene of a pillar of incense had spread to the entire east direction, in the dust and smoke, there was almost nothing else to see, and only the rumbling sound of the horse's hooves and the sound of shouting could only be heard, and in an instant, the dust and smoke were stirred, like an erupting volcano, straight into the clouds, covering the sky and the sun, with bursts of murderous aura, swept towards Yang'an Pass.
There was a commotion on the head of the city of Yang'an Pass, some people trembled, some people whispered, although most of the soldiers guarding Yang'an Pass were also good at fighting for a long time, but repeated northern expeditions, the casualties of the Shu army have been very large, and it is inevitable to replenish new soldiers. Many recruits have never experienced a battle formation, so such a large formation will naturally be a little scary, compared to veterans, much calmer.
Fu Yan's fierce gaze swept over, and the restless crowd quickly calmed down again.
"All here, ready to meet the enemy!" Fu Yan held his long sword high and shouted loudly.
The Shu army defending the city immediately took action, the crossbowmen nervously prepared the bow and crossbow arrows, the rolling wood and stones were also pushed to the edge of the city wall, the twisted rope of the crossbow made a creaking sound, nervousness and busyness can relieve anxiety and fear, in the orderly preparation, the fear of those recruits gradually disappeared, replaced by a kind of excitement, a kind of war**.
This state is Fu Yan is more satisfied, what is needed to fight a war is morale, an army without morale is like losing its soul, losing first without a fight, and now the defenders of Yang'an Pass are united, even if Zhonghui 100,000 troops are killed, what is there to fear?
The Wei army's large-scale attack, although not unexpected, but its action was fast, only within ten days, has been in Yang'an Pingguan City, more or less still Fu Tong a little surprised, you must know that Yang'an Pass is the throat road leading to Xichuan in Hanzhong, in front of Yang'an Pass, there are still two key passes in Hancheng Lecheng, that Zhizhong will not play cards according to common sense, the two cities of Hanle adopt the strategy of encircling but not fighting, and gather heavy troops to attack Yang'an Pass.
Although the defenders of Yang'an Pass are only 7,000 people, Fu Tong is still confident, after all, the terrain of Yang'an Pass is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as the morale of the army is there, and everyone is united, Zhong Hui wants to cross this dangerous pass, which is just wishful thinking.
What's more, Jiang Wei's army is in the middle of the river, as long as he hears the news of the attack on Hanzhong, he will definitely lead troops to help, and at that time, the Shu army should be united with the outside, but I am afraid that Zhong Hui's death is coming.
Fu Yi calmly gave the battle order, and Yang'an Pass was already in full battle.
In the dust and smoke that covers the sky and the sun, countless banners are revealed, under the banners, the army of Wei is mighty and killed, the queue is neat, the armor is distinct, looking down from the city head of Yang'an Pass, the formation of the entire Wei army is layered on top of each other, the mountains are all over the field, the vast end, the water is impassable, the momentum is majestic, and the sound of killing is shocking.
The defenders who saw this scene couldn't help but gasp, such a great power, swallowing like a tiger!
In fact, it was not the main force of the Wei army led by Zhong Hui to invade Yang'an Pass, but the 30,000 horses led by the pioneer Xu Yi, Xu Yi is the son of the tiger idiot Xu Chu, with a big waist and a round waist, and great bravery, quite a father's style, previously the general of Yamen, waiting under the account of the general of Zhenxi, this time to cut Shu, take the initiative to ask Ying to be the vanguard, lead 30,000 troops, and take Yang'an Pass directly.
Xu Yi set up a military order in front of the Zhonghui tent, and he couldn't take the Yang'an Pass within three days, and the military law was engaged. All the generals sweated for Xu Yi, but Xu Yi didn't care, and threatened: "Where my army goes, the Shu army is invincible, and there is only one Yang'an Pass, but it can be broken with a snap of your fingers." ”
After the Hanzhong defense map arrived, the Wei army can be said to know the defense situation of Hanzhong well, how many defenders are in Yang'an Pass, how the troop allocation, how is the deployment situation, it can be said that it is clear to grasp, Xu Yi boasted of Haikou, that is, the defenders of Yang'an Pass are only 7,000 people, but he is leading an army of 30,000, several times higher than the opponent, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other, a hundred battles will not be defeated, Xu Yi has no reason to think that he can not take Yang'an Pass.
Xu Yi rode a tall horse, originally his figure was already very burly, riding on horseback, obviously taller than the guards around him, there was a feeling of standing out from the crowd.
"Shout to the city, ask them to open the city and surrender immediately, otherwise there will be no chickens and dogs left!" Xu Yi had already seen the towering city tower of Yang'an Pass, and immediately ordered the Chinese army to send people to the city to shout, which is called saluting first and then soldiering.
Xu Yi was originally a rough man, compared to the elegant and elegant Zhenxi general Zhong Huilai, it was 108,000 miles behind, Zhong Hui besieged Seoul, he had saluted first and then soldiers, and handed a letter to the guard Jiang Bin, to the effect of: "There are many virtuous and wise civil and military men in Bashu." As for the foot, Zhuge Siyuan, such as all the plants and trees, I am also angry. The respect of Sangzi, ancient and modern. To the west, if you want to worship the tomb of the prince and prince, you should sprinkle the tomb and pay tribute to the shrine. May it be where it is! ”
Zhong Hui is the son of the famous man Zhong Xuan, he is also talented, he writes beautiful words, and a letter of persuasion is also written beautifully, Xu Yi also wants to follow suit, but his cultural foundation is thin, and he can't read a few baskets in big characters, so he sent a few people to the city of Yang'an Pass to shout, so that Fu Yi went out of the city to surrender.
Xu Yi was originally a rough person, and naturally there were few qualified people under him, so he ran to the city and shouted in a loud voice: "Bah! The people under the city listen, quickly open the city and surrender, if not, break the city, and the chickens and dogs will not be left! ”
It's no wonder that they are rude, and the chickens and dogs are not left, but Xu Yi's original words.
Fu Tong sneered in the city, and did not answer, he drew his bow and arrows, and the loud voice under the city was shouting hard, Fu Yan let go of his hand, and a feather arrow shot straight over, like a meteor, an arrow shot into the soldier's mouth, pierced out of the back of the neck, and killed him instantly.
Seeing this, the Wei army immediately dragged the soldier's corpse and scattered the birds and beasts, and no longer dared to make noise under the city.
When he went back to report to Xu Yi, he said that the guards of Yang'an Pass not only refused to surrender, but also shot the sergeant who shouted with a cold arrow. Xu Yi was furious, and immediately ordered the troops to attack Yang'an Pass.
The Wei army marched from the Qinling Valley Road and marched lightly, naturally not carrying any large-scale siege equipment, such as catapults, rushing vehicles, siege vehicles, etc., but the Wei army relied on the tactics of crowds and carried simple ladders to launch a tidal offensive towards the city wall of Yang'an Pass.
All of a sudden, the city came like ants, densely packed, and spread across the wilderness.