Chapter 261: Strong generals gather at Hulao Pass
Dong Zhuo made Hua Xiong the cavalry commander in order to prevent Qin Hao from seizing military power, but Qin Hao's direct acceptance was to tell Dong Zhuo that he was not interested in military power.
Dong Zhuo, who resisted the most, agreed to hand over the command of the cavalry. Liu Yu and Ding Yuan naturally would not disagree. After all, the unified command of the cavalry can indeed maximize the combat power.
"Then I will send Xuande to lead the cavalry to help my nephew." Liu Yu said with a smile.
"I sent you to lead the cavalry to help my nephew. It just so happens that you are familiar with each other."
Ding Yuan didn't know about Lu Bu's taking credit, and Qin Hao didn't spread it to the outside world. Therefore, the outside world, including Ding Yuan, believed that "he was promoted overtly and promoted secretly" because of his credit.
Lu Bu had fought side by side with Qin Hao before, and he praised Qin Hao highly when he came back, so Ding Yuan was relieved to let Lu Bu assist Qin Hao.
Among the generals present, Qin Wen had the most experience in defending the city, and although Qin Hao did not have the most experience in cavalry combat, his performance in the 'Battle of Yanmen Pass' was indeed too amazing, so naturally no one questioned Qi Qinhao's
His commanding ability, not to mention Qin Hao is Liu Hong’s son-in-law, why don’t you look at the monk’s face and the Buddha’s face.
Qin Hao also breathed a sigh of relief. If Dong Zhuo and others disagreed, there was really nothing he could do. Fortunately, everything was developing in a good direction.
This time Qin Hao not only took the command of 50,000 cavalry into his own hands, but also received help from several generals. Before the end of the decisive battle, Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Liu Bei, and Hua Xiong were all Qin Hao's men.
"Let me tell you about the arrangements for defending the city. Commander-in-Chief Father will be the commander-in-chief of the city defense with three deputies, and the army of 100,000 will be divided into four groups. Your Excellencies will each lead their own troops to defend the city in turns, and the defense will be changed every five days.
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Having already taken away the command of the cavalry, Qin Hao could not seize the remaining military power. He could only let Dong Zhuo and others command the headquarters to take turns defending the city. The Yanmen Army was all cavalry and did not need to defend the city, so the fourth batch of defenders
Naturally, they are the original defenders of Hulao Pass.
Regarding this arrangement, even the picky Dong Zhuo couldn't find any faults, so naturally no one would have any objections.
"But nephew, the Yellow Turbans have a million troops, and we only have a hundred thousand. The disparity in strength is so huge. Can we really hold Hulao Pass?" Ding Yuan asked with some worry.
Qin Hao couldn't answer this question, so he could only look to his father for help. Qin Wen smiled and said: "Hulao Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is even more dangerous than Yanmen Pass. One hundred thousand defenders are enough. Before leaving, Your Majesty
Promise to Wen that if the loss of troops is too large, we will make up for the loss."
Qin Wen's words completely dispelled all worries in everyone's mind, especially Dong Zhuo's.
Since the boss will reimburse you, what are you afraid of? Let’s go and fight!
"Brother Bo Ren once repelled eleven Xiongnu attacks with a weak force. Today, the state of Hulao Pass is much better than that of Yanmen Pass. Therefore, with brother Bowen guarding Hulao, I, Ding Jianyang, can rest assured."
Ding Yuan looked completely confident in Qin Wen. Qin Wen felt a little embarrassed when Ding Yuan praised him so much.
"Brother Jianyang, you can't say that, this situation is completely different!"
"Alas..."
Seeing Qin Wen's modesty, Liu Yu smiled and joked: "Brother Bo Ren, if you are too modest, you are too proud!"
"Haha!"
Seeing this, Dong Zhuo laughed and said: "Our army is supported by more than 300,000 troops. With Hulao Pass, an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack pass, and Brother Bo Ren, a famous general who is good at defending, it seems that this battle has already been completed.
We are invincible!"
"Brother Zhongying said that!"
"Haha, we must win this battle!"
Seeing this, Qin Wen shook his head helplessly, while Liu Yu and others also laughed happily, extremely optimistic about the decisive battle.
Seeing that everyone was so optimistic, Qin Hao couldn't bear to attack him, but there were some things he had to say, so he interjected: "There is something that Qin Hao must remind all of you."
Everyone was stunned. We were praising your father. Are you throwing cold water on your father? Aren't you a bit disrespectful to your father?
However, considering that Qin Wen's son was trying to cause trouble, he had the patience to listen to what Qin Hao had to say.
"When Qin Hu returned from chasing the defeated army, he happened to bump into Xiang Yu who broke out, but Xiang Yu was rescued by the Mohists. This shows that the Mohists have decided to help the Yellow Turbans."
When everyone heard this, they all stopped smiling and looked solemn.
Although the news about Qin Hao is not a bolt from the blue, it is also very bad news.
The Mohists are good at ordnance manufacturing. If they help the Yellow Turbans, they will definitely produce a large number of siege equipment for them. Even if Hulao Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it will definitely suffer heavy losses in the face of thousands of siege weapons.
"Trouble, since the Yellow Turbans have people from the Mohist family to help them, defending the city must be a tough battle."
Although Qin Wen is very confident in his own city defense skills, he still depends on his opponent. Unintentionally, the Mo family is an opponent that shakes Qin Wen's confidence.
"No, there is no catapult in Hulao Pass. If the Mohists helped the Yellow Turbans build the catapult, the consequences would be disastrous." Qin Wen said solemnly.
The catapult is a relatively unsolvable engineering instrument, and if you want to suppress the catapult in the direction of defending the city, you must also have a catapult.
Liu Yu finally stopped being blindly optimistic and asked anxiously: "What should we do?"
Qin Wen took a deep breath, pondered for a while, and then said: "Hao'er, prepare yourself, and then return to Luoyang to tell His Majesty the truth about Hulao Pass, and let Luoyang rush to make a catapult. I hope it's still too late."<
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Catapults had already appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period. However, as the Han Dynasty deposed hundreds of schools and a large number of documents were lost, no one in the Han Dynasty knew how to make catapults.
After all, the skilled craftsmen who really know how to make are all from the Mohist and Gong family. If your Han Dynasty has driven the whole school to its death, how can they help you make ordnance?
However, there must be methods for making catapults in the Han Dynasty, but I don’t know if Gongjiang can make them. After all, the technical content of catapults is still relatively high.
After the meeting, Qin Wen left Qin Hao alone before he left and said with a smile: "Hao'er, you are more mature than before."
Qin Hao sighed: "People always have to grow up! By the way, I have a gift for my father."
"Oh?"
Qin Hao handed Tai'a from behind to Qin Wen. Qin Wen did not take it, but shook his head and smiled: "Hao'er, unlike you, my father can go into battle to kill the enemy. In the hands of my husband, the bright sword can only be cast in secret." Qin Hao shook his head and said, "Father, look carefully."
Qin Wen took it doubtfully, and after taking out Tai'a, his expression suddenly changed, and he trembled slightly: "Tai'a!"
"Does father like this gift?" Qin Hao asked with a smile.
Qin Wen returned the sword to its sheath and laughed: "I like it, I like it so much, Hao'er, you are so thoughtful."