Chapter five hundred and thirty-eight Ma Chao asked the plan
"Defended!?" Looking at Ma Chao who retreated and set up camp, Yuan Xi was a little happy. He was defeated by Ma Chao twice in a row, which made him a little unconfident. This time he finally blocked Ma Chao's surprise attack. Yuan Xi was also considered
He breathed a sigh of relief. If this continues, twenty days should be enough.
"Lord, look!" Zhang Nan reminded Yuan Xi.
Yuan Xi followed Zhang Nan's gaze and saw Ma Chao camping outside the pass. The direction of the opponent's camp was at the pass. If there were no mountains to block him, he could hit the opponent without an arrow formation. However, the opponent's camp location was very clever.
, just happened to avoid the arrows at Juyong Pass by using the mountain, but he could easily detect the movement at Juyong Pass.
And more importantly, the opponent set up camp outside in such a arrogant manner without any protection. Normally when this kind of troops approach the city and set up camp to attack the city, they will send several troops on standby to prevent the enemy from taking the opportunity to make a surprise attack. However, Ma Chao may bully him.
The city gate was blocked, or maybe they wanted to lure them to send troops, and they did this deliberately to see if they could deceive him into leaving the city.
In short, Ma Chao seemed to have no intention of setting up defense at all.
"Ignore him, he just wants to lure our troops out of the city. Tell the soldiers to only defend and not attack!" Yuan Xi snorted coldly. Not to mention that the city gate has been blocked, even if it hadn't, he would never send any more troops.
Half a step out of the city.
At present, only the soldiers were lowered in hanging baskets, the battlefield was cleared, and the damaged city walls were repaired.
On the other side, Ma Chao was a little disappointed to see that the enemy was so loose and did not even come out of the city to attack. He climbed up a mountainside and overlooked Juyong Pass.
"This city wall is so thick!" Looking at the city wall that was more than ten battles thick, Ma Chao sighed with emotion. Even if Lu Bu came, facing such a strong city, it would probably be difficult to break it, right?
How to conquer this city?
Ma Chao jumped down from the mountain and invited Dong Chao to discuss: "What do you think, we can dig a tunnel to enter the city?" Ma Chao looked at Dong Chao and asked, this city has no green energy to protect the city, so we should be able to dig a tunnel to get through.
"Major General, it doesn't work. Not to mention that this tunnel is difficult to dig, even if we can dig it through, the Juyong Pass is located in a valley. If the opponent notices it and diverts the stream water into the tunnel, all our soldiers who enter the tunnel will be wiped out.
!" Dong Chao quickly dissuaded him.
Not everyone can dig tunnels. You have to know how to do it. Generally, a small tunnel can be done. This kind of tunnel is hundreds of steps long. It doesn’t matter whether others will stop it. Even if they don’t care, you can dig it yourself. If you dig it wrong,
It may collapse directly and bury yourself alive.
What's more, it's hard not to notice this kind of thing. Almost all generals nowadays have sharp ears and eyes. Unless you dig a tunnel more than ten feet underground and no one can notice it, it will be easily noticed by the other generals. As long as the water is brought over, then
The tunnel you worked so hard to dig becomes a well!
Ma Chao nodded depressedly, sat in the camp, watched the soldiers setting up camp, and thought: "But the enemy general has made up his mind to do this. I just took a look and found that the back of the city gate is completely blocked. Attack from the front."
It is really difficult to break through this city. If we can't go underground, will our army have to fly over?"
Having said this, Ma Chao was suddenly startled, looked at Dong Chao and said: "Tomorrow I will climb up the mountain, and then walk up the mountain and jump into Guanzhong. You have led the army to climb the city on ladders. How about we cooperate with each other inside and outside?"
Is it so hard-core to cooperate inside and outside? Is it forced to cooperate inside and outside?
Dong Chao felt that this strategy would definitely not work, and Ma Chao's life might be involved. He shook his head and said: "General, if you are not careful in this matter, if our soldiers cannot break the city, the general will be surrounded and killed."
Game!"
If the siege troops cannot attack the city, or if the ladder is burned, then Ma Chao will be trapped in the city, and he will be trapped in the city. In the end, he may be trapped in the city.
"This won't work, that won't work either, so how do you think we should break the city?" Ma Chao said a little irritably.
"Mr. Gongtai is very resourceful. How about going to Juyong to ask Mr. Gongtai how to break the city?" Dong Chao gave his own suggestion. Since they can't break the city, they might as well invite those smart people to break it.
"No, what kind of skill is it to ask for help when you are rarely in trouble? You are being underestimated!" Ma Chao flatly refused, asking for help whenever he encounters difficulties. This is obviously not his style.
Ma Chao and Dong Chao were sitting together, thinking hard about how to defeat the enemy. However, until the camp was built, Ma Chao didn't come up with a strategy to defeat the city. Ma Chao looked at Dong Chao depressedly, why didn't his father give him a counselor?
? Two warriors are thinking about ingenious strategies here. This scene does not match well at first glance.
There was nothing to say all night. Early the next morning, Ma Chao mobilized catapults from the rear. Unfortunately, the location of Juyongguan was easy to defend and difficult to attack. It could only accommodate five catapults side by side. If it were a ladder, three would be too crowded. This was also the case for Dong Chao.
The fundamental reason for rejecting Ma Chao's plan yesterday.
Five catapults and scattered stone bombs were obviously unable to cause substantial damage to Juyong Pass. Ma Chao led his men to charge several times, but failed to successfully board the city, so he had no choice but to withdraw his troops.
For three days in a row, Yuan Xi just continued to strengthen the city's defenses and had no intention of leaving the city to fight Ma Chao. Even if Ma Chao leaked a big flaw, the opponent would be unable to do anything. Of course, there were benefits. Ma Chao could fight if he wanted.
Fight or retreat if you want. The initiative in the war lies in Ma Chao's hands.
Yuan Xi's side must always be vigilant about the opponent's attack. If the two sides have similar strength, Yuan Xi will be exhausted over time. However, the most abundant source of troops for Yuan Xi's side is the manpower. With the garrison taking turns, Ma Chao can't even think of the strategy of leather soldiers.
It is impossible to pose a substantial threat to Yuan Xi.
"You stay here and I'll ask the gentleman if he has any ideas for defeating the enemy!" Three days later, Ma Chao, who had tried his best to defeat the enemy, had no choice but to compromise. It was really difficult to defeat the city on his own.
After a brief explanation, Ma Chao quickly rushed to Juyong Pass, only to see Lu Bu and Chen Gong leisurely allocating grain and grass from the rear. Guangning broke through, allowing them to obtain a large amount of supplies. The large amount of grain and grass that Yuan Xi had originally prepared to defend and hoarded did not have time.
Burned down, it is now cheaper for Chen Gong. These grains and grass, plus the cattle and sheep borrowed by Lu Bu, are enough for the army for half a year.
I don't know if this war can be fought for half a year, and the cattle and sheep that have not been killed can also be used to carry grain and grass, which also greatly reduces their need for civilian husbands.
"Sir, the last general can't break the city. The Yuan army has sealed the city gates. Even if the last general breaks the gates, he can't get in. I beg you, sir, to give me some advice on how to defeat the enemy." Ma Chao didn't waste any time and spoke directly to Chen Gong.
Explained his origin.
I can't break the city, you teach me.
"The opponent is determined not to get out, and with the strength of Juyong Pass, it will take a lot of effort to break through this city." Chen Gong took a leisurely sip of water, looked at Ma Chao and said with a smile.
"This general knows how to break the city. Please give me your advice, sir!" Ma Chao said anxiously.
"Meng Qi is used to fighting wars between two armies in Xiliang, and he doesn't understand much about this offensive and defensive battle. I am not in a hurry now. Why don't Meng Qi think about how to break the city?" Chen Gong looked at Ma Chao with a smile.
, the voice was neither urgent nor slow, but Ma Chao was extremely anxious.
"Sir, you can't speak frankly to me? Why waste food and grass here?" Ma Chao frowned.
"I passed this test for you today, but will Meng Qi ask me to accompany the army every time there is a war in the future?" Chen Gong looked at Ma Chao and asked with a smile: "What will you do then?"
"This..." Ma Chao was speechless: "Is it going to go on like this?"
"In this way..." Chen Gong thought for a moment and then said: "You and I will set a time limit of half a month. If you can break the city within half a month, then record it as a feat. If you can't break the Juyong Pass in half a month, I will teach you how to break it.
,how?"
"Okay!" Ma Chao nodded after hearing this and saluted Chen Gong: "Then the general will return to the camp first."
Chen Gong nodded.
Seeing Ma Chao leave, Lu Bu frowned and asked, "Does Gongtai really have a clever plan to break the city?"
According to Ma Chao, the Juyongguan city wall is more than ten battles thick. This is not a city wall. It is clearly a high platform built on the ancient road. Now the only city gate that can pass through has been sealed with stones. This city...
Lu Bu thought to himself that he didn't even know how to start.
"If Yuan Shao really chooses to set up a trap here to block Marquis Wen, then even if this barrier is not broken, Yuan Shao will try to get out. After half a month, counting the time we spent on the journey, it will be twenty days. The twenty days have already passed.
It is enough for the opponent to complete the layout. If the Juyong Pass is not broken by then, it means that Yuan Shao is not here, and we will try to break the city later." Chen Gong said with a smile.
"Do you have a plan to break the city?" Lu Bu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Chen Gong and said.
"Marquis Wen, please don't forget that I have magical powers." Chen Gong said with a smile. Without drinking, everyone seems to have forgotten that Chen Gong is also a person with magical powers, and his magical powers are among the best.
"Gongtai's magical power... control Qi?" Lu Bu looked at Chen Gong blankly. What does this magical power have to do with breaking the city?
"It can also be said to be a royal object!" Chen Gong said with a smile: "If we can cooperate with the power of the army, we can build a slope directly to the top of the city!"
This kind of difficult terrain is actually not that difficult for Chen Gong. After two years of training in the art of visualization and using his magical powers, combined with Confucian brushwork, he can condense a direct road to the opponent's city in a short period of time.
Writing comes true is somewhat similar to speaking out, but it is worse, but it can last for a long time. Even if Chen Gong is a great scholar, he can use speaking out to create this path, and it can only last for a quarter of an hour at most. Now it is said
If the power of the magic weapon is too great, even a great scholar would have a hard time withstanding its backlash.
After seeing the luck, Chen Gong also realized what the yanchufasui really consumes, so he would not use such a powerful yanzufasui easily, but if he used his own word spirit to cooperate with him
Magical power can also do this. Not only does it last for a long time, but it also has minimal backlash on itself.
"That's it!" Lu Bu nodded and said with relief, "If Yuan Shao is really here, will Zi Yan's side break the city as soon as possible?"
"Zi Yan wrote before and said that if it is confirmed that Yuan Shao is here, I will immediately send a flying pigeon to inform Zi Yan that there will be news there soon."