Chapter 3429 Commanding the Lord

Chapter 3428: Your Majesty, Your Majesty

Tongguan.

Things will turn around in less than thirty years.

Now Cao's camp in turn has to withstand the attack of the Hussars.

"Smash!" Smash it! 』

Liu Fu stood on a high platform near the river, pointed at the Guanzhong Tower Boat in the river, and shouted heartbreakingly.

After Cao Jun's pontoon bridge was burned, he quickly repaired and laid a new pontoon bridge.

Although the pontoon bridge has been re-paved, the damaged wooden boards or nails cannot be turned into raw materials again.

The recycling technology in the Han Dynasty was not that high, and Cao's army's reserve supplies were not unlimited. Therefore, if the pontoon bridge was destroyed by the Hussars again this time, Cao's army in Zhongtiao Mountain would only have to take the ferry.

The efficiency is low, the speed is slow, and it is more vulnerable to threats and attacks from the navy in the Pass.

Even if the Guanzhong navy only has a few ships...

"Pfft!" 』

The stone bullet hit the river, causing a big splash, which seemed to give Liu Fu a smile, but made Liu Fu's face darker.

Punishment is of no use.

Because with the withdrawal of Cao's army, the population is decreasing, and the total number of labor force is also declining, so the punishment methods are becoming more and more ineffective...

So I can only start coaxing.

Liu Fu asked people to put a lot of coins in a large frame and place them in the catapult position. As long as the ship of the Hussars was hit once, the money would be distributed on the spot!

When the shining gold and silver coins rolled around on the ground, the surviving civilians couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

All the previous grievances and deaths, blood and sorrow seemed to have become the past that could be forgotten. Only the golden and white glittering greed in front of us aroused people's hearts.

Do people always have to look forward...

"boom! 』

I don't know if it was the stimulation of money that could make the devil push the devil, or just luck, but finally a stone bullet hit the Hussars' ship, and a small crack was made on the side of the ship. come out.

The ship suddenly tilted, and some of the hussars on the deck became unsteady and fell into the river.

The Hussars ships rushed to salvage and rescue them, and the offensive on the water was temporarily hindered.

"good! good! Liu Fu laughed and said, "There is a prize!" Big prize! 』

Seeing someone really get the money, these people would not consider whether they could take the money back, but they felt itchy in their hearts, and the frequency of catapults attacking the building ships suddenly increased to a higher level.

Seeing this, Ma Jun received Pang Tong's order and ordered to evacuate to avoid further losses.

Liu Fugang was just about to express his feelings about his victory, but when he turned his head, he saw the front gate of the Tongguan Camp on land, crumbling under the attack of the Hussars, and his face suddenly turned pale.

"quick! quick! Change direction and support the front camp gate of Tongguan! 』

Liu Fu quickly shouted loudly, trying to turn the catapult to support Cao's soldiers at the front camp gate.

It's just that packing and unfolding a catapult, whether in the game or in reality, takes a lot of time. Moreover, in this era, the catapult chassis has not yet been developed. It cannot freely rotate the attack direction and must be dismantled. The original fixing nails are then removed and the swing arm is manually adjusted, and then the disassembly process is reversed and installed again...

Not long after Liu Fu gave the order, many of the catapults had not yet removed their crane arms, and Cao Jun's front camp gate at Tongguan could no longer hold up.

Cao Jun originally burned the Tongguan Saka Road, and coupled with some traps and battle debris previously dug on the Tongguan Saka Road, Pang Tong and Zhang Liao spent a lot of time dealing with these things. There were no bulldozers in the Han Dynasty. Once civil engineering projects were involved, manpower and time had to be consumed.

Fortunately, Chang'an Sanfu accumulated a lot of experience in civil engineering during the reconstruction process, and also had many tools to repair the earth. So after a few days, the debris left by Cao Jun was gradually cleaned up, and the potholes were The traps were also filled back, and there was a passage through which the troops could be deployed to some extent.

After the hussars were deployed, the pressure on Cao Jun's Tongguan camp gradually increased.

Cao Zhang and Liu Fu originally agreed that even if the Hussars wanted to counterattack, it would be difficult to fight. It would be extremely painful for Cao's army to attack the Linzhi Plain, and it would not be so easy for the Hussars to attack the Niutou Plain...

There is nothing wrong with this idea "in principle".

But that is Shandong's "principle".

In particular, the siege equipment lifted directly from Tongguan by crane from the upper city was a huge "shock" for Cao Jun's Tongguan camp.

The war can still be fought like this?

The Guanzhong Hussars did not use manpower to push Cao Jun's Tongguan Camp. Instead, they dispatched shield cars, crash cars, and even a spray train!

Although the sealing performance of the piston type is relatively average, the efficiency of the fire-breathing is far from keeping up with the rhythm of the attack. It often takes a long time of tinkering, and the craftsmen behind the shield of the fire-breathing train can spray out a pillar of fire once. But this has already made Cao's soldiers terrified. Every time a pillar of fire spurts out, some of Cao's soldiers will have a nervous breakdown and flee from the battle line crying.

At the same time, Zhu Ling was still trying to harass and attack on the flank of Tuyuan, forcing Cao Jun to disperse his forces on Niutouyuan for patrolling and reconnaissance to ensure that Zhu Ling would not penetrate during the battle. Even so, in order to defend against the rockets launched from time to time by Zhu Ling, it made the grassroots soldiers of Cao's army nervous, but they were unable to fight back.

The Cao army's Tongguan camp was built at the beginning of the Cao army's attack. The manpower and material resources invested were countless. To a certain extent, it was just the blue bricks covering the surface that were not in place, otherwise it would not be much different from a small city wall.

However, such a defense system could not withstand the repeated ravages of the various weapons of the Hussar Army.

Especially the roasting of the flamethrower and the bombardment of the ramming car.

The front camp gate of the Cao army's Tongguan camp finally let out a long groan, and it was torn into pieces, feeling tired.

"Quick! Quick!" Cao Zhang had to order the Huben Camp to move forward, "Stop the Hussar Army! Stop them! Don't let them attack! '

"No! Don't go! Just light the fire! Light the fire! '

Liu Fu hurried over and stopped Cao Zhang's order to send the Huben Camp.

"Why? ! ' Cao Zhang asked, he was a little confused at first.

Liu Fu quickly gave Cao Zhang a look.

Cao Zhang was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and ordered people to light the fire according to Liu Fu's order.

The Cao army at the front camp received the order and quickly took out the hidden kerosene cans and threw them at the front camp. There were some remaining flames at the front camp, which immediately ignited the shattered kerosene. The flames rose to the sky in an instant, and the billowing smoke produced by the burning flesh and earth wrapped the entire vicinity of the front camp of the Cao army, immediately separating the two armies.

Pang Tong on Tongguan saw this and sounded the horn to withdraw his troops.

Although the Cao army's move temporarily alleviated the danger of continued attack and gained a breathing opportunity to reorganize the ranks and arrange the combat troops, it was equivalent to almost completely losing the defense system of the front camp.

After the fire, only the broken walls of rammed earth would remain at the front camp, and everything that could be burned would be burned.

Ma Yue, who led the troops to attack, was so angry that he cursed loudly. He turned back and forth twice, but he couldn't get through the flames and black smoke. He could only spit and retreat with his troops in dismay.

Seeing this, Pang Tong laughed and said, "Haha, why is this matter worth getting angry about? Today, Cao's army burned a gate, and tomorrow they will send another camp. Today they retreated a hundred steps, and tomorrow they retreated a mile. Day after day, how much room is left for retreat? Don't worry, don't worry! '

After hearing this, Ma Yue's anger also dissipated a little. He bowed to Pang Tong and Zhang Liao and went down to rest.

Zhang Liao listened to Pang Tong's words, but his heart moved. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Lingjun, what you said... is..."

Pang Tong looked at Zhang Liao, "Wenyuan, doesn't Cao's army have to retreat? '

Zhang Liao said, "Lingjun, I mean that Cao's army retreated..."

"As for retreat, we will retreat first. 'Pang Tong waved his hand and said, 'This matter has not been concluded yet. It is too early to talk about this now. '

Zhang Liao listened, hesitated for a moment, and nodded.

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The Tongguan camp can still burn the camp gate to delay time, but in Wancheng, there is no good way to delay. Pang Tong is the Shangshu Ling, so he is called Lingjun, and the Pang family has another Shijun, who is Wancheng Taishou Pang Shanmin.

Since leaving Wancheng, Pang Shanmin has felt that his title of "Shijun" is like a shame.

Every time others call him "Shijun", he feels uncomfortable.

Although he also knows that this is a polite title from others, and there are many Shijuns recommended by the Han Dynasty, who are remotely appointed, nominally appointed, and have nothing, and his is not a big deal, but Pang Shanmin still feels that his title of "Shijun" is not worthy of the name.

So he came back.

After entering Guanzhong, Pang Shanmin communicated and exchanged with people in Guanzhong, broadening his horizons. Now he not only hopes that he will always be an "envoy", but also that he can practice and complete what he has seen and learned in Guanzhong in the process of rebuilding Wancheng, and become a real "envoy".

Rather than just a title that people hang on to verbally.

Wancheng will be his starting point again.

He fell here, and he will get up here.

Although Wancheng this time will still focus on business and trade, the business ideas have changed, so naturally it will be a little different...

It's like there are supermarkets everywhere in the future, all called supermarkets, but there is only one supermarket that can be really liked, trusted, and even become a tourist attraction. Goods are still goods, but the different ideas of the people who sell goods determine that the same goods will have different results.

Routinely, it is to persuade surrender first.

"Surrender and save your life!"

The cavalry soldiers shouted under the city.

The Cao army defenders on the top of Wancheng turned pale.

"Don't be afraid of them! If they dare to come up, beat them hard! ' The Wancheng defender waved his sword, trying to boost morale, 'Kill them! There are not many of them! We defend the city, they attack the city, we have the advantage! We have the advantage! '

Pang Shanmin looked at the defender on the top of the city running back and forth and shouting loudly, and turned his head slightly to look at the guards around him, 'Have you found the hidden tunnel entrance? '

The guard nodded and replied: 'Found it... but it has not been maintained for too long, and a section in the middle has collapsed a little. We are organizing people to dig. '

'Collapsed? ' Pang Shanmin frowned slightly, 'In which section? '

The guard drew a schematic diagram on the ground with his scabbard, 'At the third bend of the tunnel, more than ten steps forward...'

Pang Shanmin closed his eyes and thought for a while, and suddenly his face became more angry, "That's where Pang's restaurant is..."

To dig a tunnel and avoid the eyes and ears of people, of course, you need to find some places that can support, transport, and even ventilate. Therefore, in Wancheng, Pang's shops and restaurants naturally become the best cover.

But no matter how well they cover up, they can't escape the war.

Maybe it was burned by Cao's army, or maybe the people who stayed behind destroyed it themselves because they were afraid of being discovered.

"Send more people," Pang Shanmin said, "In addition, more wooden beams and pillars should be set up. The collapsed places are easy to collapse again... Be careful..."

The guards took the order.

Pang Shanmin frowned and looked at the top of the city, then turned to Huang Zhong and said: "If the tunnel doesn't work, we can only take the waterway. ”

Huang Zhong smiled, "It doesn't matter. I looked at the soldiers guarding the city. They looked hungry, their armor was incomplete, their robes were messy, and they were skinny. If they couldn't take either route, it wouldn't be difficult to attack the city directly. '

Huang Zhong was not exaggerating. He led the school swordsmen, who were not only tough, but also had exquisite armor. The most important thing was that they had strong skills.

Before, Huang Zhong was in Wancheng. He didn't run around to seek medical treatment for his children's illness like in history. He had no interest in military affairs and was just a small lieutenant who was just making a living when he was old. Huang Zhong now had no worries and was in his prime. His muscles and energy were strong. If it was any other city, Huang Zhong wouldn't say this, but this was Wancheng. Huang Zhong and his school swordsmen knew all the places in Wancheng, which were easy to defend and difficult to attack, which were easy to break through, which had caves for hiding soldiers, and which had nail board traps.

If he really wanted to attack by force, Huang Zhong could easily find some loopholes of the defenders and then look for opportunities to climb the city.

Pang Shanmin nodded.

If they could attack through the tunnels and waterways left before, there was no need to force the attack.

However, Pang Shanmin still ordered the soldiers to go to the city to persuade them to surrender again.

In his heart, Pang Shanmin still hoped to use less weapons and guns as possible and to reduce casualties.

Huang Zhong saw this and said nothing, but as a general, he knew that persuading them to surrender was one thing, but in order to succeed in persuading them to surrender, the enemy's last hope had to be completely crushed.

At night.

The guards, covered in mud, came to report that the tunnel had been opened.

Although the collapsed area was still very narrow, it was passable and could reach the city directly.

Upon hearing this, Pang Shanmin did not immediately order an attack, but asked someone to hold a receiver and slowly walk through the tunnel again to monitor whether there were any Cao troops ambushing along the way in the city, especially at the exit, and asked someone to investigate carefully.

The surprise attack on the tunnel is indeed very effective, and will directly explode in the enemy's belly. However, if the enemy finds the tunnel exit in advance, then it is not the enemy that will explode, but our side!

However, the defenders of Wancheng obviously did not respond in this regard...

After a while, the scouts who went to investigate reported back that they did not find anything unusual.

Pang Shanmin nodded, and then said to Huang Zhong: "I will lead people to make a feint attack in the west of the city to cover the general! !"

Huang Zhong bowed and led his people to the south of the city.

After about an hour, Pang Shanmin ordered to light fires and beat drums, and then arranged in a grand manner and began to attack.

There are also feints in the feint attack. The shield cart was pushed up. Although the branches and leaves that were not completely removed were more likely to be burned by rockets, the shielding effect for ordinary arrows was indeed first-class.

Most of the Cao army soldiers guarding the city thought that Pang Shanmin would attack the city at dawn, but they didn't expect him to attack in the middle of the night. They were caught off guard for a while. After several waves of arrows shot from the top of the city were blocked by the shield carts, someone shouted to change to rockets.

But the shield carts had already advanced to the trench, and several wooden planks and ladders were placed on the trench.

The Cao army garrison general howled and ordered the defenders to shoot wildly in an attempt to suppress Pang Shanmin's feint attack.

Two or three shield carts were hit by rockets and gradually began to burn.

The defenders on the top of the city couldn't help but cheer, but soon their cheers disappeared, because they found that even if the shield carts were set on fire, they might not be able to hurt the people behind the shield carts immediately. On the contrary, because the light and fire of the shield carts were too bright, the soldiers guarding the city could not see the figures of the hussars behind the shield carts at all, and there was no follow-up shooting.

The burning shield carts were pushed into the moat of Wancheng.

The interweaving of fire and water created a large amount of thick smoke that spread...

"Hold on, hold on!" The Cao army garrison commander shouted, "Shoot if you see a shadow! Don't stop! It will be dawn in two or three hours, and they will have nowhere to hide!"

The garrison commander widened his eyes, trying to find the main direction of Pang Shanmin's attack in the light and darkness, the flames and the thick smoke, and thought that Pang Shanmin's attack at night must have had some additional changes, forcing Pang Shanmin to attack in advance, so he kept shouting, boosting morale, saying that it is very likely that reinforcements from Jingxiang will arrive soon, and asked the soldiers guarding the city to hold on...

But the garrison commander failed to wait for the so-called Jingxiang reinforcements. Instead, Huang Zhong rushed out of the tunnel with a school knife, like a bear out of a cave, with sharp claws and teeth, and in the blink of an eye, he killed a gap in the city.

Huang Zhong raised his sword high and rushed to the city gate, "Kill! Seize the city gate! 』

The school swordsman roared like thunder, followed Huang Zhong closely, ran wildly, and hacked and killed along the way.

The Cao army soldiers in the city were not prepared at all. When they met Huang Zhong and others, they were still wondering why there were more cavalry soldiers in the city. By the time the guards on the city wall reacted, Huang Zhong had already opened the city gate.

Pang Shanmin rushed in with other soldiers, joined Huang Zhong, and rushed into Wancheng.

Just as Pang Shanmin said when he left before, they are back again...