Chapter 786: Mengde's Misjudgment
Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and LΓΌ Bu attacked Qin. Cao Cao originally planned to go out of Tongguan to attack Hangu and enter Luoyang to sweep the Central Plains after Qin Feng's main force was trapped in the southern battlefield.
Who knew that Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and Lu Bu failed one after another, and Cao Cao was really unwilling to give up this good opportunity to send troops, so he planned to break through Hangu Pass before Qin Feng's army returned.
After Qin Feng got the news of Cao Cao's attack on Hangu Pass, he wanted to lead a huge cavalry army to attack Cao Cao's back when Zhang He's troops fought a decisive battle with Cao Cao. He led a large army from Wuguan into Guanzhong, galloping hundreds of miles in a few days, and at most three days later he could cross the Guanzhong Great Plain and reach Hangu Pass.
Inevitably the military action was detected, and on the Guanzhong Great Plain under Qin Feng's rule, the militia and government servants of villages around the country set up cards on the bluestone official road, one mile and one small card, and ten miles and one big card. Before Qin Feng's surprise attack was successful, it was forbidden for unrelated personnel to accompany him.
In this way, Cao Jun's possible fine work would not be able to use Qin Feng's fast track, and even if he could get the information of Qin Feng's army's rapid advance, he would not be able to send it to Cao Cao's army in advance.
It was very smooth, but on the appointed time, Zhang He's headquarters of the Black Mountain Army went out of the customs and fought a decisive battle with Cao Cao.
However, Cao Cao's generation of traitors has strategists like Guo Jia. If he didn't go out of the customs and fought a decisive battle, he would definitely be alerted. Therefore, Qin Feng had another plan to attack the east and the west, on the one hand, he ordered Pang De and Ma Dai to fight their own banners, and as reinforcements, they approached Hangu Pass from the pass. On the other hand, he ordered Zhang He's troops to make sure that they could not hold the Hangu Pass, and they were desperate to go out of the pass, delaying time and waiting for reinforcements. It was agreed that on October 10, a decisive battle with Cao Cao could be held.
However, this camouflage is not easy to do. Zhang He couldn't figure it out for a while, so he asked Ji and Tian Feng.
Tian Feng smiled: "This is easy to say. Cao Cao besieged my Hangu Pass for nearly a month. There are many damages to the wall, if it is not repaired from day to day. It has already collapsed. Starting today, you can pretend to send someone to tinker. The city wall collapsed because of this, and Cao Cao must have thought that it was the work of many days. The collapse of the city wall will not prevent the enemy from entering the pass, so it is reasonable for the general to go out of the pass and arrange Dazhai to block the road. β
After a stalemate with Cao Cao, he threw a few camps to make an invincible appearance. On the 10th of October, the army was exhausted. At that time, the king's soldiers and horses were about to arrive, and the false reinforcements in the pass were still one day away. Cao Cao must have thought. Our army is trying to drag this last day to the end, and he will be glad to fight me in a decisive battle. β
Zhang He was overjoyed, and from his words, he ordered the generals and officials to act separately.
On this day, outside the Hangu Pass.
Hundreds of trebuchets of all sizes, clattering, constantly throwing huge flints at Hangu Pass.
Huge flints streaked across the sky, like meteorites, hitting the walls of Hangu Pass.
This is a month's time. The Qin army worked as one, exerting the spirit of the Qin army that was not afraid of sacrifice and hardship, and braved meteorites and fire to repair the city. This is the only way to keep the Hangu Pass from losing. The Montenegrin Legion suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and the losses were very large.
And around the more than 1,000 trebuchets, it is Cao's army of 170,000 horses. The strength was almost three times that of the Black Mountain Legion, and there were 20,000 tigers and leopards. So Cao Cao was not afraid of Zhang He going out of the city.
However, with the passage of time. Cao Cao had already begun to get agitated. Because there are constantly detailed reports, nearly 300,000 reinforcements from Qin Feng in the Guannei will arrive soon.
If Qin Feng's reinforcements really arrived, then there would be more than 300,000 Qin troops in Hangu Pass, and even Cao Cao would admit that he could not defeat such a force.
Cao Cao's initial battle plan was to advance into the Central Plains, but with the successive failures of Liu Bei and others, now Cao Cao's plan is to take Hangu Pass and hold the choke point in and out of the Central Plains. In this way, his forces would be able to threaten Qin Feng's hinterland at any time. And Qin Feng's soldiers and horses were occupied outside the gate, and Cao Cao's hinterland was safer from then on. As the Qin State in later generations, it sits on the six countries of Xiongguan.
Cao Cao stationed in front of the trebuchet line, one by one flint stones crossed the sky above his head, he sorted out his thoughts, and said: "Fengxiao, Lu Bu has also retreated, and now only we are left." It is no longer possible to advance into the Central Plains, so today I will organize troops and horses to start attacking the city. Take Hangu Pass and guard the throat in and out of the Central Plains. β
Guo Jia nodded and said, "The wall of Hangu Pass was damaged and Yan zhΓ²ng, so I took it in one go. β
Boom ....... The huge trebuchet smashed a hundred catties of flint into the wall of Hanguguan half a mile away.
With a few loud noises, many sections of the wall of Hangu Pass began to collapse.
Cao Cao was overjoyed when he saw it from afar, "God help me, Yuan Rang, Miaocai, you immediately organize soldiers and horses and start fighting in the city!" β
"Whoa!" Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan on both sides had just turned their horses.
Who knew that the voice did not fall, only to see the Hanguguan suspension bridge falling, and the city gate was wide open.
"The collapse of the wall of Hanguguan must be because Zhang He was afraid that our army would take the opportunity to attack the city and send troops to fight for time to repair the city wall." Cao Cao scoffed, "Pass my order, and the trebuchet will smash the enemy first." Yuan Rang, Miaocai, you two then led the tiger and leopard cavalry to surprise the enemy out of the city. β
Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan prepared to act again, but who knew that there were changes in Hangu Pass, and they saw a large number of trebuchets launched in the pass.
It turned out that there were also many trebuchets in Hangu Pass, and these trebuchets were used to attack the siege troops. According to common sense, trebuchets have a similar range, and the Qin army can use their own trebuchets to shoot at the enemy's trebuchets.
However, the parabola of the trebuchet in the pass was blocked by the castle, so it had to retreat for a considerable distance before it could be thrown over the city wall. Therefore, these trebuchets can only be used to attack siege troops, and cannot attack enemy trebuchets.
This time, there is no obstruction on the parabola.
Guo Jia's heart moved, and he immediately said: "Lord, this must be Zhang He's desperate attempt to destroy our army's trebuchet. It can make the trebuchet troops retreat first, and after repelling the Qin army's troops out of the city, they can advance and throw stones! β
Cao Cao said that he ordered the trebuchet troops to retreat, and was talking about the time to wave the army and rush to kill. There were changes in the Hangu Pass, and I saw that the Guannye continued to send troops, and in a short period of time, 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses were gathered, and it turned out that the whole army was dispatched.
Cao Cao became suspicious, so he temporarily stopped the military operation and waited and saw what happened.
I saw that the Qin army gathered its own trebuchets behind, and carried out the horses and other objects in front, and began to dig trenches. Cloth camp village.
"Ahh Cao Cao suddenly realized and said to Guo Jia: "This must be the collapse of the city." It couldn't be repaired, and Zhang He sent troops outside the pass. Stop our army from attacking the city! β
Guo Jiajin said: "Don't let the Qin army easily set up camp, you can send troops to rush and find fighters." β
So, Cao Cao immediately ordered to send troops.
Amidst the shouts of killing, 50,000 Cao soldiers launched a large-scale charge against Qin Feng, who was building the camp.
Xiuxiu...... Boom, the trebuchet troops of the Qin army exerted great power, and the flint was like a cannonball, and if it was smashed down, it could inflict a severe blow on the charging Cao soldiers.
Cao Cao was furious. He ordered his own trebuchet to move forward and destroy the trebuchet of the Qin army.
When Zhang He saw this, he ordered his own trebuchet to shoot at the enemy. He also ordered the spearmen to resist the horse, and the archers to be at the end, to stop the enemy's charge.
At this moment, the earth-shattering shouts and the sound of fighting echoed around Hangu Pass. The Qin army, which was on the defensive side, had an absolute advantage in the early stage. A large number of Cao soldiers fell on the way to the charge, and the corpses were all over the field for a while. Rivers of blood. There were also trebuchets that emitted flints, and even smoke billowed from the battlefield, wrapped in blood, like the hell of Shura.
With a loud click, the trebuchets of both sides were constantly destroyed by each other. In the end, it was evenly matched. After a total of thousands of trebuchets were destroyed, only a dozen of them remained.
And the infantry fight continued, and the Qin army held on to the rear of the horse. The spears in his hands constantly reaped the lives of the enemy, and the archers in the rear continued to rain arrows. Inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.
However, when Cao Bing's archery troops went up, the Qin army also faced a heavy blow.
Stumps and severed arms flew in front of the line. Gradually, where the two sides met the enemy, gathered the corpse platform where the corpses were piled up. The red-eyed soldiers stepped on the corpses of their former comrades, killing the enemy frantically.
As the sun was about to set, the Qin army lost more than 10,000 men, while the Cao army paid twice as many casualties.
Under the cover of night, Cao Cao had no choice but to order his own soldiers to retreat.
Cao Cao returned to the big tent, angry, and said: "If you continue like this, you will eliminate Zhang Hebu, and there will not be many people in this general!" β
Guo Jia comforted: "The lord is angry, the Qin army is extremely combative, and it is normal for it to have an advantage in the defensive battle. However, the disadvantage of the defender's lack of mobility is also obvious, and our army can attack the camp day and night, and within two days the enemy will be exhausted, and the battle can be defeated. β
Although the defender has the advantage of the terrain such as the city wall, it is also an indisputable fact that it is passively beaten. As soon as Cao Cao heard that it made sense, he estimated that the Qin army still had 50,000 or 60,000 people, so he ordered his own 150,000 army to divide into three waves, day and night, and comprehensively attack all parts of the Qin army's Dazhai, so as not to let the Qin army have any chance to rest.
On the one hand, Zhang He strengthened Dazhai, and on the other hand, he pretended to be tired. After being broken through several Dazhai by Cao Bing, he made the appearance of finally resisting stubbornly.
After two days of holding on, the time came on October 10.
On this day, Cao Jun camped.
Cao Cao sat high in the tent, holding a roll of bamboo slips, his face was very ugly, he spread the information to the generals in the tent, and said: "The news is that the reinforcements of the Qin army have passed Luoyang, and they will arrive at Hangu Pass in one day at most!" β
Now Cao Cao's plan has changed from entering the Central Plains to guarding the throat of entering and leaving the Central Plains, and this throat is Hangu Pass. And now, although the wall of Hangu Pass has collapsed in many places, Zhang He sent troops to the village outside the pass to block the footsteps of Cao's army.
Contacting the intelligence, Guo Jia made a due judgment and said: "The Qin army Zhang He did his best, just to delay time and wait for the arrival of Qin Feng's reinforcements. In any case, Hangu Pass must be taken. Lord, the time for a decisive battle has come. β
When Cao Cao heard this, he gradually calmed down, "If we take Hangu Pass, our army will be able to hold the throat of entering and exiting the Central Plains, which is equivalent to choking Qin Feng's neck, even if he owns the land of Kyushu, we can also take the initiative." Speaking of this, Cao Cao got up suddenly, waved his hand and said: "Pass my general's order, the whole army will attack, all the soldiers must move forward bravely, today, if you don't take Hangu Pass, you will not withdraw your troops!" β
"Whoa!" All the generals under the tent bowed together.
After a while, Cao Bing's entire army was mobilized.
The news soon spread to the Qin army camp in front of Hangu Pass.
This day was the day when the King of Qin agreed to a decisive battle with the enemy, and Zhang He was also organizing troops and horses to prepare to leave the village, but before he sent troops, the enemy took the first step and dispatched the whole army.
The military advisor Tian Feng bowed to the sky and said: "It's really not as good as the sky, this must be the success of the king's military fraud, the enemy's intelligence is not smooth, and he misjudged the current situation, so he took the initiative to send troops to attack us." God help me! The general can hold on to the village, and wait for the king's cavalry to arrive, and then go out of the village to attack! β
"Report ......." At this time, a scout came tired and said: "Cavalry general, King Qin's cavalry only has half an hour's journey left, and King Qin has issued an order, you must hold on...... Live....... When he said this, he fainted and passed out.
Zhang He hurriedly asked people to be carried down for first aid, and he was overjoyed, because according to the original plan, his own side would definitely suffer great losses if he took the initiative to attack. At this moment, Cao Cao misjudged the shape and took the initiative to attack the whole army, and held on to the village, and the Cao army would inevitably pay greater casualties.
An hour later, Cao Cao was draped all over, carrying a big lance, and came to the front of Hangu Pass with an army of 150,000 in person.
And in the rear of the 150,000 Cao army, Qin Feng's 80,000 iron cavalry is about to arrive.
The decisive battle between the two sides in front of Hangu Pass kicked off. (To be continued......)
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