Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

In other words, Cao Ren's judgment is that Liu Bei has too many cards now.

It is always easier for the defender to attack with a large army, because they can make use of various natural dangers and fortifications to get twice the result with half the effort.

As for General Zuo's thing that can collapse the city wall, I don't know how it will fare in the face of natural dangers, but at least now for both Cao and Liu, the role of strengthening the city wall has been greatly weakened.

From this point of view, Xu Gongming is worthy of being a veteran general. He can't rely on the city wall but the river.

But the river is not as man-made as the city wall, and...

"Ahem!"

After coughing, Cao Ren looked at the two sides facing each other across the river:

"Although General Zuo's army in Duyang was less than ten thousand, there should be seven or eight thousand, and the reinforcements from Yizhou should also be nearly ten thousand. The two armies combined should have more than twenty thousand. In terms of military strength alone, No longer weaker than the soldiers and horses of Lin County."

"What we see now is only ten thousand people. Xu Gongming doesn't know it. It's dangerous."

Xia Houyuan also agreed, but he still argued for Xu Huang:

"General Zuo's powerful crossbow has a range of more than two hundred steps, and it is still powerful enough to penetrate armor."

"The most powerful crossbows under Duke Ming's command only have a range of one hundred and thirty steps, and most of them can only reach a hundred steps. Only archers can reach a range of more than two hundred steps."

The truth is relatively simple. It takes two hours to get started with a strong crossbow, but what about an archer who can fire three stones?

Just like now, even across the river, General Zuo's troops and horses are all heading towards the river, while Xu Gongming's troops retreated more than a hundred steps away from the river.

"And this Guan Ping is, after all, Xu Gongming's old son." Xia Houyuan sighed.

This is of course not to doubt that Xu Huang is a collaborator, but once they become familiar with each other, there will inevitably be problems in judgment, like this.

"Uncle Xu, if you defend for a long time, you will lose. Now that Cao Cao is gone, Xuande is fair and the thieves are following the will of the people. Why doesn't uncle serve the Han?"

Guan Ping shouted sincerely in front of the formation, but Xu Huang was particularly dissatisfied:

"Last time in Jingxiang, your father's sword almost killed me, and my kindness was also broken. Don't read my uncle's words!"

"Uncle, my father later said that he almost killed his old friend. It shows that my father..."

"The entrustment's words are untrustworthy!"

"Uncle, there were letters from people in my hometown in Hedong last year, saying that Guan Xu was a hero of the Han Dynasty in Hedong!"

"this……"

When it comes to his hometown, Xu Huang can't help but feel calm. After Prime Minister Cao lost Guanzhong, his return home became almost a luxury. After all, as we all know, Hedong is almost a piggyback from Guanzhong. If you don't take it from Guanzhong, you will lose it if you take it from Hedong.

Therefore, Cao Cheng had more intentions for the Shangdang's defense, and the land east of Hedong...

"General, there are enemy troops in the northwest!"

The soldiers around him reported back, causing Xu Huang to suddenly turn around and said with hatred:

"Guanping, during the Jingxiang period, your father defrauded me under the pretense of reminiscing about old times, and now he defrauds me by using the old name of Hedong. Your father and son are really..."

"Line up and prepare for battle!"

Xu Huang couldn't say anything about Zhen Nao, but Guan Ping who retreated was warmly praised by Huang Zhong:

"Ping'er is really both wise and brave!"

Both of them had seen the light curtain, so they knew that Xu Gongming would do the same thing if given the chance, so they had no psychological burden at all.

Wu Yi was also unfazed. After all, the battlefield is not a theater, but it is hard to say right or wrong in terms of victory or defeat, so he also raised his hand and ordered:

"Cross the river and defeat the enemy!"

As the saying goes, bystanders know better, Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren exchanged opinions in low voices, and concluded that Liu Bei's army must have quietly crossed the river on the upper reaches of Li River, and then made a long circle before attacking Xu Huang's main formation.

With the armored man in the lead, Xu Gongming's current front line was no different from paper, so it was not difficult to imagine what would happen next. Therefore, Xia Houyuan stood up immediately:

"How about I go and persuade Xu Gongming?"

Cao Ren's subtle eyes immediately looked over.

"Well, I was thinking that Gongming is the old friend of Guan Yu. If I can survive..."

Cao Ren looked away:

"I'm afraid that if you go, Xu Gongming will surrender instead of surrendering."

"Cao Zixiao, what do you mean?"

Cao Ren turned a deaf ear to Xia Houyuan's questions. He watched Cao Ren's army on the north bank of Lishui retreat again and again, and Liu Bei's army on the south bank began to have vanguards successfully cross the river. The battle situation was basically clear, and he suddenly became uninterested:

"If we know that something happened here, we should lead the army back to Linying, use the Yingshui River to separate them, use the superior force to resist each other, and protect Guangguang in the north without losing the pass, then..."

But at this point, Cao Ren couldn't help but continue to shake his head:

This can only guarantee that they will not be defeated for the time being, but they are still far from winning.

Where did the magical weapons under General Zuo come from? Is it true that Han Zuo has not declined?

Xia Houyuan snorted:

"Old Huang Zhong has reinforcements. Wuyang will be defeated in one day, and Yancheng will only last more than two days."

"It is still unclear who controls Guangcheng Pass at this time!"

After surrendering and returning, Xia Houyuan was afraid that his eldest brother would fail, so he remembered all kinds of things and what he had seen, and described everything in detail. As a result, Liu Ye and Dong Zhao secretly ridiculed him, saying that what he said could not be believed, and said that the incident in Guanzhong may not be caused by Liu Beiyong.

If it's not Liu Beiyong, then that means Xia Houyong is cowardly. Therefore, Xia Houyuan asked for orders to go to the front line to atone for his sins. But now that he has done all he can do, let's see what Liu Ye can do in the face of this thing called gunpowder. Great policy.

Just when Cao Ren was wandering around the world watching the gradual fall of Yan City, Zhang Fei looked at Jiaxian County in the distance and sighed inexplicably:

"When my second brother was so powerful in China, his reputation has reached this point."

You Chu, who was behind, scratched his head and didn't understand. The battle between General Guan and Jingxiang was indeed heroic, but it couldn't be said to be powerful in China, right?

But he was used to his generals occasionally making shocking remarks, just like that...

"Since Jia County is in sight, and the bandit troubles here have been temporarily eliminated, please ask Derong to return to Guangcheng Pass and pull over our Han Weihe Shenwei General Taiping Cannon!"

"I, Old Zhang, will bombard Yingchuan tomorrow!"

Yes, just like now.

Zhang Ji nodded silently, led his personal soldiers and went to the rear.

This war was not something Zhang Ji was used to. For example, when he went out in June, the military situation was very intense. He passed Hongnong to attack Shan County, stayed in Xin'an, broke through Hangu Pass, and turned south to attack Yique Pass. It took only half a month, which was very fast.

But in July, August, and September, General Yide only pacified Taigu Pass, and the rest of the time he even started to help the people of Luoyang farm.

Whenever he asked about the battle, General Yide said to wait a little longer, saying that he would wait for the supplies from the rear, waiting for the rainy season to pass, waiting for the soldiers to be well-trained and well-fed, waiting for the four directions to fight together.

So Zhang Ji could only helplessly watch the opportunity to fight in his eyes go to waste. It was not until the rainless October that General Zhang finally started to move, saying to the Guangcheng Pass where Cao's army had been repairing and stationing troops for three months, "The time to fight the enemy has come."

God has mercy on me, Zhang Ji almost thought that Lord Xuande was going to spend the New Year in Luoyang and wait for the spring to conquer again, but what can he do with Guangcheng Pass at this time?

Then... just two quarters of an hour.

The Cao army had been repairing Guangcheng Pass for three months day and night with great effort, but it was bombed down.

No wonder they waited so long in vain, it turned out to be to wait for the Taiping Cannon of the Great Han Peacekeeping General Shenwei to be in place and avoid the rainy season when this cannon is not conducive to its use, and to go out with Lord Xuande and the military advisor in three directions.

General Yide is really wise!

I wonder what the situation is like for Lord Xuande and his military advisors?