The fighter opportunity is fleeting. Cao GUI and Cao Shen are famous generals in the world, so they can naturally understand this truth. If they still cannot capture Mengjing Pass before the enemy's reinforcements arrive, it means that their operation this time has failed.
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Therefore, after capturing Xiaopingjing Pass, they only rested for less than two days to allow the soldiers to restore their fighting strength. After that, Cao GUI and Cao Shen began to lead the army to storm Mengjing Pass.
Catapults and crossbows can be used as both defensive and siege equipment. These things were naturally stored in Xiaopingjin Pass.
On that day, when the enemy troops broke through the border and nothing could be done, Xu Huang immediately ordered the burning of the granary and these equipment. However, Cao GUI and Cao Shen also reacted very quickly and immediately implemented remedial measures.
In the end, although a lot of food and grass were burned, most of the equipment was captured by Cao GUI. In order to break through Mengjin Pass as soon as possible, Cao GUI used all these equipment.
But Zhang Liao, the leader of the five good generals, was not a vegetarian. Although the enemy's offensive was fierce, the Mengjin Pass guarded by Zhang Liao was like a solid stone and always stood firm.
But today, everything seems to have changed slightly.
"Gong Ming, get everything ready. When the time comes, we must not leave any food for the enemy!" Zhang Liao couldn't help but let out a cold smile as he looked at the Cao and Yuan coalition forces that were launching fierce attacks one after another under the wall.
"Don't worry, General!" Xu Huang replied with cupped hands, with a hint of paleness on his face.
Although Xu Huang escaped alive and returned to Mengjinguan last time, the injuries he suffered were not minor. If Zhang Liao was not really short of manpower, Xu Huang would not have been injured and went into battle.
Now, in Mengjing Pass, the only generals Zhang Liao could use were Xu Huang and Li Zongtang.
"Zongtang, have the military advisor's orders been completed?" Zhang Liao turned to the other general next to him and asked again.
"Don't worry, general, everything has been done according to the military advisor's requirements!" Li Zongtang replied confidently.
"Okay!" Having received the answer he wanted, joy suddenly appeared on Zhang Liao's face.
"General, the enemy general Cao Ning has already attacked the city wall, and the brothers are about to be unable to stop him!" After a while, a low-level officer ran over in a panic and said in a panic.
Previously, in order to deal with the two great masters Cao Ning and Jiao Ying, Zhang Liao specially sent 300 strong crossbowmen to keep an eye on these two men. But today Zhang Liao withdrew those 300 strong crossbowmen. In addition, due to the combined forces of Cao and Yuan
During this period of strong attack, especially the new army with low combat effectiveness suffered a lot of casualties.
Therefore, some small flaws in the customs defense began to appear one after another. It was precisely because of this that Cao Ning climbed onto the city wall in one fell swoop today.
"Send the order and let the brothers start to retreat!" Zhang Liao glanced at Cao Ning from a distance, who was killing everyone, and said coldly.
Hearing this, Xu Huang and Li Zongtang were not surprised. Although they did not know the entire content of Wang Meng's letter to Zhang Liao, they just had to do their own thing well.
Although I don't know what Wang Meng's plan was behind abandoning the pass, there are tall men holding up the sky when it falls, and they are not qualified to interfere in these matters as they are.
Zhang Liao had already made preparations. In addition, there were two thousand new troops with low combat effectiveness who were abandoned. Therefore, the retreat was continuing in an orderly manner.
"No, I order generals Cao Ning and Jiao Ying to take down the wall first. Don't rush into the pass!" Zhang Liao retreated like this, and Cao GUI immediately noticed something was wrong. If something goes wrong, he will become the enemy. Zhang Liao this time
The retreat is so weird, I'm afraid there must be some deceit behind it!
Next to Cao GUI, Cao Shen nodded with the same understanding. Cao Shen was just as capable as Cao GUI, and he also realized something was wrong at the first time.
On the city wall, although Cao Ning and Jiao Ying were unwilling to let Zhang Liao go, they did not dare to openly disobey orders and pursue them. They had to first deal with the group of abandoned sons Zhang Liao had left behind to delay the attack.
Soon, the command of the general was lost, and the combat power of Cao and Yuan's coalition forces was far superior to that of these new armies. Finally, these new armies could not withstand the pressure of the battlefield and the killings, and collapsed one after another and abandoned them.
He took off the weapons in his hands and began to kneel down to beg for surrender.
"Take three hundred sergeants to escort the surrendered troops, plant many military flags, enter the pass quickly, and investigate carefully!" After successfully taking the pass wall, Cao Shen ordered to an army commander beside him.
The Army Sima was also a veteran for many years. In this situation, he had already realized that something was wrong, but he did not dare to say no. There was still a possibility of survival after entering the pass. If he was a small army
If Sima dares to disobey the general's order, Cao Shen will kill him on the spot.
The fierce fire started, from the granary to the armory to every corner of the pass, covering nearly half of the level.
When Cao GUI and Cao Shen saw such a sudden change, they immediately secretly said that it was a fluke. Fortunately, they were more cautious. Otherwise, the army behind them would have been doomed.
At the same time, at the next moment, the two men issued orders together, asking the soldiers behind them to quickly put out the fire. After they captured Mengjing Pass today, the target of sending troops this time was achieved.
Next, Cao Yuan's main army, which was originally on the front line of Hulao Pass, will continuously pass through the Xiaopingjin and Mengjin passes and enter Sizhou in one fell swoop. Before that, they only need to defend Meng Jin before Cao Yuan's main army.
Just don't let the other party take it back.
However, although he avoided this fire attack, Cao GUI always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong!
However, despite this, it does not affect Cao GUI's formal takeover of Mengjin Pass. In Cao GUI's view, once Mengjin Pass is over, they are already in an invincible position. Even if the enemy has any conspiracy, he only needs to respond unchanged.
Everything can be changed.
As long as the main force at Hulao Pass arrives, everything will be a foregone conclusion. Even if the enemy has any plans, they will all be in vain.
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Not far from Mengjing Pass, Zhang Liao did not show any surprise when he received the news that the fire in that area did not cause any casualties. In this fire, Zhang Liao had no extravagant expectations that it would produce any results.
The other party is a veteran on the battlefield, and they will not step into this kind of trap easily. This fire is just to make the other party think that this is the plan behind them.
But in fact, the moment Cao GUI and Cao Shen personally led the army into Mengjin Pass, the battle finally really started.
