"Xiangong conquered Guanyou, and his anger aroused the power of heaven. He destroyed the Mao captives in one fell swoop, and then subdued the Qiang and Yi. He collected the bandits from the border to the west, and suddenly Ruofu picked up the lost items." [Controlling the Army March]
The moment Yang Ren's camp was breached, someone ran down from the mountain and sent a message: "Report! Our army has destroyed the enemy camp and captured the bandits' fort. Yang Ren and other bandits have retreated and dispersed!"
"Good." Pei Mao, who had been awake all night, turned his head and glanced at Xun You. Instead of smiling knowingly, although the expression on his face was calm, he was secretly relieved until this moment.
"All the fortresses on the mountain have been captured. Zhang Weiru in Yangpingguan City lost his arm. If he doesn't want to be alone, he must come out of the city to help." Pei Mao, wearing a black cloak, said to Xun You.
"Zhang Wei is a man with no plans and a timid temperament. At this time, the fog is thick and it is difficult to distinguish between us and the enemy. I don't expect him to dare to go out of the city to help us."
The relationship between the city and the fortress on the mountain should have been mutual horns and mutual support. But these days they have not made any coordinated moves at all, and they are completely fighting on their own. Xun You deduced from this that either the guard general is incompetent.
, or there is internal discord.
No matter what the reason is, it is the premise and basis for Xun You's strategy of "defeat each other" tonight.
"Without the skin, how can the general's hair be attached?" Pei Mao said softly. Yangping Pass was more dangerous than the villages on the mountain. He was unwilling to let the elite tiger warriors cause damage at this juncture unless necessary: "We might as well follow the original plan.
The strategy is to set up an ambush outside the city first. If the defenders in the city cannot come out, it will not be too late to attack again."
On such innocuous little details, Xun You was always willing to accommodate the other party: "Pei Gong should be cautious in using troops."
In Yangpingguan City, just like the forts on the mountain, all the generals and soldiers had fallen asleep. Zhang Wei was having a good dream. In the dream, Zhang Wei saw him personally defeating the 80,000-strong army sent by the imperial court, leaving them defeated.
He returned, and the boy Yang Bai knelt down in front of him with a sigh of relief... Then the scene changed, and he saw his brother Zhang Lu presiding over the reward for him in Nanzheng. He stretched out his hands and took the gift from Zhang Lu.
wooden box.
When he opened the wooden box, what was inside was not gold and silver treasures, but a gray-faced head. He Zhang Wei's own head.
"Ah!" Zhang Wei was frightened and woke up. He had not yet wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead, but he heard the soldiers outside the door knocking on the door for a long time and suddenly burst in. The great god called to him: "General,
Suddenly there were constant shouting and killing sounds on the mountain, it seemed that the army was attacking the village at night!"
"So what." Zhang Wei looked at the bright moonlight outside and said, "If he can't shoot down during the day, can he shoot down at night? It's so bright outside, and they'll be killed before they even get a chance to shoot.
Did you notice it?"
"General, there's more than just moonlight tonight!" The soldier saw that he couldn't explain for a moment, so he boldly stretched out his hand and pulled Zhang Wei out.
Zhang Wei was dissatisfied at first, but when he saw the endless fog, he was immediately shocked. He grabbed the soldier and asked hurriedly: "How is the situation on the mountain?"
With such heavy mountain fog, the officers and soldiers could hide themselves all the way to the entrance of the camp. If Yang Ren, Yang Bai and others were not prepared, the mountain would really be in crisis.
"The fog is too thick, I can't see clearly..." the soldier quickly shook his head and replied.
"Quick, quick! Get my armor and follow me to the tower to watch!" Zhang Wei hurriedly let go of his soldiers and ordered anxiously.
Not long after, Zhang Wei climbed up the tower and saw a misty white mist in the mountains, like clouds coming out of Xiu. Even though the moonlight illuminated the sky and the earth like day, it could not shine into the depths of the mountains and forests covered by clouds. Zhang Wei's efforts were in vain.
After looking at it for a few times, I became extremely anxious and thought: 'If the villages on the mountain are attacked, Yangping will have nothing to rely on except the city wall at its feet, and will be directly exposed to the eyes of the army. What should I do then?'
Zhang Wei didn't need to see the scene clearly on the mountain. He only needed to listen with his ears to know how tragic the battle was on the mountain. He was so frightened that he walked back and forth on the city gate tower and began to think about how to rely on himself and the people under his command.
Can you defend Yang Ping?
"General...General, the fort on the mountain has been attacked. Should we send troops to rescue it?" the soldier asked cautiously.
In fact, this suggestion has been mentioned many times, but Zhang Wei has never taken it to heart. In his opinion, the villages on the mountain are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they cannot be won with the opponent's level of fighting. What's more?
There was Yang Bai who he couldn't deal with. Zhang Wei wished that the other party would suffer more and be less self-righteous when they met in the future.
Of course, these are all the thoughts he had in the past. At this time, Zhang Wei clenched his sword in annoyance, with a gloomy expression on his face, and said to himself: "Rescue? If the army is strong, I will go out of the city to save him.
There is nothing we can do. But if we don’t save people and gather troops here to hold on, then Yangping and even Hanzhong still have a glimmer of hope..."
Zhang Wei looked around and saw the bitter expressions on everyone's faces. He immediately knew that they had the same thoughts as him. Without hesitation, he drew out his sword and slashed hard at the railing on the city gate: "Listen
I order you to restrain your troops immediately and guard the city walls everywhere. You must not slack off to prevent the invasion of the official army!"
In this case, the mountain is obviously a dead place, and no one wants to go to the mountain to seek death. After listening to Zhang Wei's instructions, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and said loudly: "I will obey the order!"
Outside Yangping City, Huben Zhonglang General Gaishun and thousands of Huben were ordered to ambush outside the city, hiding their figures in the thick fog. They saw people on the city wall running back and forth, and knew that they had noticed the situation on the mountain, but
He stared patiently for a long time, but saw no movement at the city gate. Gaishun had some concerns in his heart, and after feeling contempt, he made a gesture to the captain next to him, Liang Xing.
So the Huben army gradually got the order, walked out from the hiding place, set up their positions, suddenly shouted in unison on the ground, and attacked the city.
When the defenders on the city were preparing their formation, they suddenly heard the shouts of thousands of people below the city shouting to kill, and were startled for a moment. Zhang Wei found a dark corner on the city gate tower, looked down, and saw only the other party.
The soldiers and armor are in order, the flag is bright, who is it if it is not the particularly elite Huben?
It seems that they have been ambushing me under the city.
Zhang Wei felt a little proud, glad that he did not send troops rashly, otherwise even Yangping Pass would have been captured by others. He couldn't help but patted the railing, and thought to himself: Yangping Pass is not as good as a wooden camp on the mountain.
But the most important town in the western frontier of Hanzhong has Nanzheng and the Han River behind it. It relies on Hanzhong Tianfu to ensure that there is no shortage of food and grass, and there is no shortage of soldiers...
At this time, a chaotic noise suddenly came from the east of Guancheng. Zhang Wei felt nervous and immediately walked from the west end of the city gate tower to the east end, pushed open the closed window, and looked along the middle
The axis of the street looks all the way to the city gate in the east.
Since the east side of Yangpingguan City is the hinterland of Hanzhong, Zhang Wei never paid attention to the defense here, and there were very few soldiers deployed to guard it. Unexpectedly, at this time, several long ladders were erected on the wall of the East City.
A steady stream of officers and soldiers were climbing up the ladders and jumping onto the city wall, starting a melee with the unprepared defenders.
The officers and soldiers who boarded the city were in high morale. While they were busy seizing the city gate, they kept shouting: "Hanzhong has been leveled. If you don't surrender now, how much later will it be!"
"What's going on!" Zhang Wei roared into the cold air: "How can there be soldiers and horses coming from the east? Where is Nanzheng? Where is the elder brother?"
He roared twice out of thin air, but it did nothing except making his voice hoarse.
As if responding, the Huben army on this side also began to prepare to attack the city in an orderly manner. Zhang Wei's generals did not receive specific military orders for a while, so they had to take the initiative to perform their respective duties and fight with each other on the top of the city.
As for Zhang Wei, he was not a person with strong opinions to begin with, but now he was suddenly confused and had no idea.
The soldier took a step forward and whispered: "General, Hanzhong is gone, and Yangping cannot be defended now. How about we run. Take the mountain road from the south, run to Bazhong, and Guanghan. We can still have a chance."
"I am the commander-in-chief of an army, how can I escape into the mountains?" Zhang Wei turned around and shouted angrily.
The soldier quickly took a step back, thinking that the other party was determined to die with the city. Unexpectedly, the other party changed the topic and said: "If they can come from the east, Hanzhong must be in danger. I don't know whether my brother is alive or dead now."
, I am the only one left to inherit the Five Pecks of Rice Cult... I can't just die here... I don't believe it when I flee into the mountains. I will be a hunted thief all my life, why not... surrender?"