Three Kingdoms

Tongguan was originally used as a backup for Hangu Pass and was slightly repaired during the Qin Dynasty. For the imperial system of the Qin Dynasty, Hangu Pass was more important. However, during the reign of Emperor Guangwu, Tongguan was used as a defense against the Western Qiang. The importance of the rebellion affecting Guanzhong gradually became apparent, so it was gradually repaired.

But after all, the land of Sanfu still belonged to the territory of the Han Dynasty. This kind of pass within the Han Empire did not receive much material incline, so it was not as majestic and dangerous as Tongguan in later generations.

In ancient wars, terrain like passes was simply a nightmare for the attacker.

Even though Tongguan does not have a complete city defense now, it is like an insurmountable natural chasm, resisting wave after wave of offensives organized by Huangfu Song.

However, Hu Zhen's defense was not easy.

After all, Huangfu Song was a battle-hardened general. He commanded the improvised army without any confusion or obstacles. The soldiers from Hedong and the common people pulled from Hongnong, wave by wave. The water surged upward, seemingly endless and unstoppable, putting great pressure on the defenders of Tongguan.

With Huangfu Song leading Hedong's trained soldiers as the backbone, and Yang Biao, Hongnong's leading figure, instigating, the potential hidden deep in Hongnong was quickly tapped. From Yiyang, from Luhun , from Lu County, from Xincheng, from Quanwu and other places, groups of soldiers gathered, groups of civilians were organized, and baggage trucks were driven out one after another, and gathered here at Tongguan, gathered at the lake county.

Some people are more fortunate, and they are responsible for transporting grain and grass. Although it is harder, working as cattle and horses to transport grain, at least they do not have to be conquered like the people here in Tongguan, and stumble under the sword of the supervising team. They cried and cried to the heaven and earth to use soil, and even used their own lives to fill up the trench under Tongguan...

Huangfusong commanded very calmly, and the surrounding soldiers did not have any objections. In their view, the job itself is just hard work, so what's wrong with letting these people do it? You can't let soldiers go up and do this kind of thing, right? It is only right that good steel should be used on the blade.

However, the Xiliang soldiers led by Hu Zhen on the defensive naturally could not watch the trenches being filled up. No matter how compassionate they were, they could not do it, otherwise they would be killing themselves. Therefore, they were shot by large numbers of bows and arrows. , these civilians were unprotected, and they were injured, fell down, and died, rolling in the trenches together with the soil.

Some Minzhuang who fell into the ditch, injured but not dead for the time being, had wounds pierced by arrows and wounds outlined by the sharp antlers at the bottom of the ditch. They howled in pain and rolled in despair.

At both ends of the trench, both Huangfu Song and Hu Zhen watched all this indifferently, without any emotional fluctuations. The flesh and blood stained in the trench seemed to be completely non-existent.

This is the case with sieges and sieges in this era.

Huangfu Song still had some bottom line. After the trench was filled, he waved Minzhuang to retreat. He did not force Minzhuang to continue to use his flesh and blood to smear the city wall of Tongguan, and used Minzhuang's life to consume the equipment that defended the city. , although this kind of thing is also the most common thing when attacking a city in this era.

After all, this is still Hongnong, and we still need to grasp this degree.

Behind Huangfu Song, dozens of leather drums were beating earth-shatteringly. The dull drum sound was like a beating in the human body, stirring the heart and pumping blood along with the drum sound, making people's blood pumping. .

This Tongguan must be captured as soon as possible!

Huangfu Songju sat on a leather horse, with soldiers guarding him. His expression was solemn, his gray beard fluttering in the wind, his eyes fixed on Tongguan, and his fingers were counting something, as if he was constantly calculating what to do. Fight, how many lives must be filled in before Tongguan can be conquered!

Amidst the sound of golden drums, groups of soldiers rushed forward with weapons and equipment. Amidst the instructions, the two sides fought frantically, with the bodies of both sides flying, and with the siege equipment and the city wall defense system. Destroyed one after another, at this point, Tongguan was like a millstone of flesh and blood, grinding all the people and soldiers involved in these misfortunes to a pulp, and smearing their flesh and blood on the upper and lower walls of the city.

But behind Huangfu Song's infantry battle formation, there was a group of Hu cavalry.

These Southern Huns who followed Huangfu Song all the way from Gaonu did not have much interest in Tongguan or anything, and they did not pay much attention to how Huangfu Song attacked the city, because they knew that this was nothing to do without them.

For these southern Huns, there is no big difference between listening to Huangfu Song's orders or Hongnong Yang's orders and obeying the orders of Pingyang's Zhonglang who protects the Huns. What's important is how much they can take. The most important question is how much money the loot can bring to the family.

For Huangfusong, it was crucial to attack Xia Tongguan as soon as possible.

From Hongnong to Guanzhong, one is along the Tongguan route along the river, and the other is detouring from Lu County, taking the Wuguan route over the mountains and ridges, and then exiting Lantian at Poya Pass and entering Guanzhong.

The second road is not impossible, but once the army enters the mountain, the time is no longer measured in days. It takes decades or even months to move. Moreover, it is not convenient to transport food and grass between mountain roads. The difference between this , as a veteran in combat commanding the army, how could Huangfu Song not know the difference?

Therefore, it is better to go through Tongguan than to take the mountain road!

What's more, Tongguan is not as good as Hangu Pass. Both the city wall and the defense are more than one level behind. So although there will be some loss in filling it with human lives, it can definitely be filled!

And we can't give the Xiliang rebels a chance to breathe. Although Huangfu Song's army was also hastily assembled, and the formation may be more flexible if it is reorganized, but the longer Huangfu Song spends in Hongnong, it is equivalent to Give the Xiliang soldiers more time to prepare, and for a pass like Tongguan, if the Xiliang soldiers prepare more, maybe Huangfusong and the others will have to spend ten of their lives to fill it...

Huangfusong looked up at the sky and said, "One more wave!"

"only!"

The ordering soldiers agreed loudly, and then with the drums and flags moving in unison, another wave of soldiers swarmed towards Tongguan...

Then, under the crazy resistance of the Xiliang soldiers above Tongguan, they had to retreat.

Huangfusong finally stood up from the skin and said: "...That's it for today...Mingjin withdraws his troops..."

As soon as the order to retreat came out, the soldiers who were lining up couldn't help but let out a long breath.

Finally got through the day.

only……

What about tomorrow?

Or how many days can it last?

On this point, the soldiers on both sides have no idea...