Farmer of Shu Han

Hearing what Cao Shuang said, Ding Mi couldn't help laughing and said:

"Why should the general worry so much? If Sima Yi really did this, he would be deceiving the emperor and put himself out of court, which would be despised by the world."

Cao Shuang still hesitated:

"What I worry about is that Sima Yi has the name of assisting the government. If the war in the southwest is unfavorable, he can lead the army to the south in the name of protecting the emperor. Xuchang is empty at that time. Why should he take it?"

In Cao Shuang's eyes, Sima Yi, who stationed heavily in Luoyang, was even more threatening than the western thieves.

After all, Xuchang didn't border on the West Thieves.

Therefore, what Cao Shuang thinks about day and night is Sima Yi in the northwest.

As the saying goes, if a fool thinks a lot, he will gain something.

Ding Mi and the others were startled when they heard Cao Shuang's words.

They patronized and thought that Sima Yi would not dare to risk the disgrace of the world, but they did not think of this level.

Ding Mi nodded and agreed:

"What the general said is very reasonable, but we didn't think it through carefully."

"Over there in Jingzhou, Lu Xun and Feng Yong are the life-and-death enemies of the Great Wei, and they should not be underestimated."

Upon hearing this, He Yan quickly asked:

"Then what shall we do?"

Of the three dogs in Taichung, Ding Mi is the best strategist.

It's just that he is negligent on the outside and jealous on the inside, and has no one in his eyes. Although he is in the same position as He Yan and Deng Yang, he seldom associates with them, and only tends to Cao Shuang.

Seeing He Yan's appearance at this time, Ding Mi felt a little despised in his heart.

He didn't look directly at He Yan, but after a little thought, he suggested to Cao Shuang:

"What the general is worried about is that the imperial army will be transferred to the west, and Xuchang will be empty. I'm afraid that Sima Yi will have tricks."

"Now that the Jianghuai war is over, why don't some of Jianghuai's elite troops go west to make up for the lack of forbidden troops?"

"At the same time, you can send an order to General Wang that if Sun Quan invades again, you should stick to your guard and not attack at will."

When Deng Yang heard this, his face showed praise:

"What Yan Jing said is very true! This Jianghuai war was caused by Wang Yanyun (that is, Wang Ling) greedy for merit, which gave Wu Kou an opportunity."

"If you can guard Shouchun and other places closely, the thieves will have nothing to do!"

If the Jianghuai soldiers want to go south to attack the thieves, it is definitely not enough.

But it is more than enough to rely on the cities of Hefei and Lu'an to defend.

When He Yan heard this, he also understood, and said:

"Exactly. Sun Quan used to commit crimes in winter and spring, so he was afraid of the Great Wei Jingqi."

"It's summer now, and it's time for elite cavalry to play a role. Even if some elite soldiers are mobilized, there is no need to worry too much."

Seeing that both of them were agreeing with him, Ding Mi couldn't help feeling a little proud.

Unexpectedly, Cao Shuang still had concerns:

"Things are urgent in Jingzhou now. If we wait for the soldiers from the Jianghuai River to arrive, we may miss the matter in the west."

Ding Mi said confidently:

"This matter is easy to hear. Didn't Sima Yi himself say that he would lead his army across Hebei to defend against the bandits? The general can use his power to guide them and send envoys with the emperor's edict to praise him."

"If Sima Yi is true to what he said, why should the general worry about it?"

When Cao Shuang heard it, his eyes lit up immediately, and then he asked thoughtfully:

"If Sima Yi is lying to the emperor, what will happen to us?"

Ding Mi laughed:

"If Sima Yi deceived something, the army is still in Luoyang, how can he deceive the envoy?"

"The general dispatched the elite soldiers from the Jianghuai River to Xuchang, and ordered them to travel twice as fast. And the imperial army sent to Jingzhou, can first order them to slow down, or twenty miles a day, or thirty miles."

"In this way, at most, the rescue of Jingzhou will be delayed for four or five days, but it can cover everything."

"Xiangyang City is high and the pond is deep, so if it's four or five days late, it shouldn't be a big problem."

When Cao Shuang heard the words, he struck a knot and sighed:

"That's very kind."

So it was done.

Just when Wei State was dispatching troops and generals, far under the Gaodu City of Shangdang, the offensive and defensive between Han and Wei had reached a fever pitch.

The city of Gaodu leans against the Taihang Mountains in the south and overlooks the plains in the north.

With the city as the center, the Wei army set up various docks, large and small, on the surrounding hills, forming a trend of stars holding the moon.

In the past few months, Wei Yan had already sent people to scout countless times, but he couldn't find a mountain path that bypassed Gaodu and could pass the army.

And if you want to attack the city, you not only have to face the high capital, but also be careful of the surrounding hills.

In the past two months, under the cover of stone cannons, the Han army has already filled up the moat of Gaodu City.

At the same time, the surrounding areas at the foot of the mountain were hit continuously by the stone cannons, and there was nothing left.

And the city walls of Gaodu City are also fragmented.

On the second day after Wei Yan launched the siege, the Wei army had no choice but to give up all the flat land in the city and retreat to the stone fort on the mountain.

Wei Yan's troops were divided into three groups, with wings on both sides to guard against the hills on both sides.

In the middle is the main siege force.

Relying on the top of the mountain, Wei Jun of Gaodu had already prepared countless rolling stones.

The sharp ox horn pierced the top of the mountain, the only remaining city top of Gaodu and the top of the connected mountain, countless arrows, with dense sharp-horned rocks sandwiched between them, rushed towards the Han army like a storm.

Rocks as hard as refined iron with sharp edges are extremely lethal.

What's more, it rolled down from the mountain with astonishing momentum.

The Han army, who could only attack from their backs, held the shield in their hands in front of the roaring rocks. Whenever they were hit, they were all smashed to pieces.

Even wearing fine armor, although it can block swords, guns and arrows, it is no different from thin paper in the face of huge kinetic energy.

Not to mention climbing mountains and attacking, the physical exertion is much greater than running on flat ground.

Many soldiers only wore light leather armor in order to save energy, and also to make their actions more flexible and avoid wood and rocks in time.

"boom"!

A soldier of the Han army who was climbing up looked up twice and took two steps to the side, trying to find a path that was as free as possible of wood and rolling stones.

Then he lowered his head and crawled a few steps quickly. When he raised his head again and looked up, his eyes suddenly widened, and his face was full of horror.

A heart-piercing cry came out of his mouth:

"don't want!"

The rocks in his pupils were getting bigger and bigger, and he subconsciously raised the shield in his hand, trying to weaken the force of rushing from top to bottom.

But the power of the individual, in this case, can be almost negligible.

The moment the shield was shattered, the soldier's arm was also shattered and fractured at the same moment.

But he couldn't feel the pain anymore.

Because immediately, his whole body was crushed by the rocks...

Red, white, dyed with mountain grass.

At the same time, in the woods on the mountain top connected to the archery tower, the crossbowmen of the Wei army were stealthy and shot long distances, taking advantage of the height, they kept shooting at the Han army who were trying to avoid the rolling stones.

The soldiers who attacked the city, even if they were lucky enough to escape the rolling stones, were often shot by the crossbowmen of the Wei army, and they kept screaming and falling down.

The most unlucky ones were the soldiers of the Han army who lost their ability to move after being shot by arrows.

They watched the rocks rolling down from the mountain, trying desperately to avoid them, but they couldn't move.

Some of them yelled frantically, trying to vent the fear in their hearts.

Some have ashen faces, but they can't make a sound when they open their mouths.

...

But without exception, the final result of welcoming them is the coming of death.

No matter how brave and skilled the soldiers of the Han army were, under the shroud of such despair, their morale still became unstoppably low.

Haven't attacked halfway up the mountain, and the successor is already weak.

Holding up the binoculars, Wei Yan saw that the last Qu Chang who rushed to the front was hit on the head by a wood, and the soldiers couldn't hold on any longer, and turned around and ran down the mountain.

He was so angry that he almost dropped the telescope in his hand - if it wasn't for the rare and expensive thing in his hand.

"Come on, go, bring me the first person who takes the lead in escaping!"

Wei Yan put down the binoculars, gritted his teeth, "Also, call Wen Shi from the engineering camp!"

The first soldier who turned around and fled was quickly escorted over.

"Say! Why are you running!"

Wei Yan pulled out his saber with a "clang" and shouted angrily:

"Do you know what crime it is to turn around and run away without hearing Ming Jin?"

"General, spare your life, General, spare your life!"

The soldier lay limp on the ground, kowtowing again and again, "It's not that the villain wants to escape on purpose, the villain will never dare again!"

"General, the villain's team, out of ten people, there is only one villain left. I beg the general to spare the villain!"

Wei Yan didn't listen to the call at all, and cursed angrily:

"Everyone else died in battle, but you are the only one who is greedy for life, what use are you for!"

As he spoke, he raised his sword and dropped it.

The begging of the soldiers stopped abruptly like a duck being pinched by its neck.

He covered his neck, opened his mouth, and fell to the ground.

A line of blood lay at the foot of Wen Shi who just arrived.

"Take this man's head and send an order to the army, and let all the soldiers know that if you dare not follow the order!"

Wei Yan put the sword back into its sheath and ordered coldly.

No one nearby dared to make an opinion: "Here!"

Two guards stood up and dragged the corpse down.

When Wen Shi saw Wei Yan's gaze on him, he felt a chill all over his body, and quickly saluted:

"The last general pays homage to General Hussars. I don't know why General Hussars is calling the villain over here."

Wei Yan was not polite to him, but pointed to the top of the mountain and asked:

"Is there a way for the engineering camp to smash those ants on the mountain with stone cannons?"

Wen Shi looked at Wei Yan's fingers, his heart sank slightly, and he answered bravely:

"General Hussars, it's too far away and too high. The stone cannon doesn't have such a big angle, so it's difficult."

"Is it okay to move the stone cannon to the foot of the mountain?"

Wei Yan asked unwillingly.

illiteracy!

Simply illiterate!

If it was someone else, if Wen couldn't tell the truth, he would call the other party ignorant.

Do you know what an elevation angle is?

Do you know what a parabola is?

If you don't know anything, you just know how to command blindly!

Although Wei Yan's gaze seemed to be eating people, Wen Shi still withstood the pressure:

"General Hussars, this stone cannon is not omnipotent. If the target is too high, what it needs is not to approach it, but to stay away from it."

"And the distance of the stone cannon is limited. If it is too far away, it will not be able to hit it."

Wei Yan waved his hand impatiently:

"I don't understand these things, so I'll ask you, is there any way?"

"Back to General Hussars, no!"

Although it was not the first time that he led the engineering battalion to fight with Wei Yan, Wen Shi still felt that it was really too difficult to work under Wei Yan.

Compared with following Zhongduhu, who can freely display his professionalism, following Wei Yan is simply torture.

The outer city of Gaodu City is already in ruins, do you still want to expect the engineering battalion to blow down the hill?

Hearing Wen Shi's words, Wei Yan snorted.

He walked back and forth a few steps with extreme irritability.

As a veteran in the army, he had an intuition that there must be some reason why the Wei army on the opposite side was so tenacious and clinging to the last high ground.

In other words, Wei Jun's reinforcements may be coming soon?

As if confirming his thoughts, Wei Chang trotted over in a hurry:

"Big... Hussar General!"

Wei Yan stopped and looked at Wei Chang:

"Why are you panicking?"

In summer, Wei Chang was wearing fine armor and was sweating profusely from running.

But he didn't even have time to wipe his sweat:

"General Hussars, Sima Yi! I'll report carefully, Sima Yi has led the army across the river, and now the forward has arrived at the Tianjing Pass in Taihangxing!"

"What did you say? Sima Yi! Are you really Sima Yi? Sima Yi left Luoyang?"

Hearing this, Wei Yan was taken aback, took two quick steps, forced himself in front of Wei Chang, and asked loudly.

"This is the news that Xi Zuo risked his life to send back. The bandit army who came to help is extremely powerful."

Wei Chang took a breath and continued:

"Someone saw Sima's banner in the army, General Hussars, even if it's not Sima Yi, we have to make preparations as soon as possible."

Wei Yan clenched the hilt of his sword tightly!

"Get the map!"

Soon a guard spread out the map.

Eight Xings of the Taihang, now there are three most commonly used.

From west to east, they are Zhiguanxing, Taihangxing and Baixing.

Zhiguanxing connects Hedong and Hanoi, and Taihangxing and Baixing connect Shangdang and Hanoi.

It is precisely because these three cities are all connected to Hanoi, one of the hinterlands of the Central Plains, that they are still very important.

Even if Gaodu City is captured, it is only the northern starting point of Taihangxing.

The most important place in Taihangxing is still in the courtyard. (map at the end of this chapter)

But for Wei Yan, if Gaodu is not taken down, Shangdang will be like a deep nail driven into him by Wei Guo, making him restless.

Wei Yan hit the map hard with his fist, directly smashing the map through a big hole.

He could only hear him yelling angrily:

"Feng Yongzhu, you will definitely make mistakes!"

If it wasn't for this son who transferred the Tongguan defenders and forced himself to send troops to make up for it, resulting in a shortage of troops here, why hasn't Gaodu been captured yet?

It's just that now, no matter how much you scold him, it's useless. You can only settle accounts with him after the war.

Wei Yan turned his head and ordered:

"Immediately send out fast horses to inform the soldiers who are coming from Shangdang and tell them to speed up!"

"Here!"

"General Hussars, Sima Yi's support speed is too fast, is there a fraud?"

"If it were someone else, there would be no deceit, but Sima Yi..."

When Wei Yan said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued:

"It's not surprising, Sima Yi should not be underestimated!"

"Back when Meng Da wanted to return to the great Han Dynasty, Sima Yi led the army and traveled 1,200 miles in eight days. Meng Da was terrified, and finally the city was destroyed and died."

Thinking of the soldiers in his hands, and then looking at Gaodu City, which was almost captured.

Wei Yan gritted his teeth:

"Send people to Shangdang again, inform Guo Xun, and ask him to recruit more soldiers from the county to guard the important areas of Shangdang!"

Shangdang Battle Map: Since ancient times, the first floor is not simple.