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    The war drums were like thunder, and the flags were like the sea. The Xuzhou Army's offensive team resisted countless simple ladders, pushed three large ladder trucks with special protection, shouted and advanced quickly, like a tidal wave, surging towards Hangu Pass.  Towering walls.  .

    At the foot of Hangu Pass, a large number of Xuzhou Army commanders' shieldmen had built dozens of simple fortifications with shields to cover their archers in throwing arrows at the pass wall, suppressing the Cao army's defenders on the wall, and covering the infantry team's charge.

    Braving the rain of arrows shot wildly by Cao's troops, they rushed to the Hangu Pass at a great cost. The most brutal battle in the cold weapon era began. The Xuzhou army put hundreds of light flying ladders on the pass wall.  , The flying ladder more than three feet long was flying in a spectacular manner. They stepped on the flying ladder and charged upward. Cao Jun's guards threw down countless gray bottles, smashed the wooden sheep's head stones, poured down hot gold juice, and carried the big wood to hit the Xuzhou soldiers' flying  Ladder, violent shouts of killing echoed in the Hanguan Valley Road, earth-shattering. From time to time, soldiers fell from the top of the towering wall, and the shrill screams echoed on the antfu battlefield, which was touching.

    Again, Hangu Pass, which has never been breached by the enemy from the front since the pass was built, is too strong, and the terrain is too favorable. The ten-mile-long valley road is narrow and difficult to navigate, and the only open space under the pass is strange.  The rocky terrain and crisscrossed ravines make it difficult for large siege weapons to operate. Even if large siege weapons with the best effect are forced into the city, they can only attack the most heavily defended gate towers of the defenders. They cannot threaten the relatively weak buildings built on the hillside.  The wall.  Faced with such an unfavorable terrain, the attacker's most effective siege weapon was the light flying ladder with no protection. It could not effectively and quickly climb the city, but also had to pay a heavy price in the ant attack.

    Even the Xuzhou Army, which is already the strongest in the world, is no exception. Although the soldiers of the Xuzhou Army have shown superhuman bravery and entered the battle, they still charged without hesitation even with a single siege weapon, but the result of doing so is still  It was almost meaningless, and could even be said to be a moth flying into a flame. The Hangu Pass defenders, who had sufficient troops and supplies, fired thousands of arrows like rain. The Xuzhou Army had to pay a heavy price for almost every step forward. Relying on courage and  Experience finally rushed to the wall of the pass, and when he climbed up on the flying ladder to charge, he would be hit head-on by the stone, wood, and gold juice. Countless Xuzhou soldiers were seriously injured, and countless people died at the pass. No matter how hard he tried to charge,  If you go up to the Guan Wall, you will be besieged and killed by enemies ten times your size, and your death will be even more tragic. The battle of Ant Fu lasted for more than half an hour, and there were less than twenty Xuzhou soldiers who could rush up to the Guan Wall, and not even one  The soldiers can hold on until their companions rush to the wall to rescue them.  The three ladder trucks that were expected to be the biggest attack force were all burned down by the rockets and swallow-tailed torches of Cao's army during the march, and they were unable to reach the wall to provide help to the Xuzhou soldiers.

    It was difficult for the Xuzhou army to attack, and it was not easy for Cao's army to defend it. Although Cao's army had been in the Guanzhong area before, in order to resist the intrusions and invasions of Ma Teng and Han Sui's rebels and the Qiang tribe, they had fought a lot of fortified walls and had rich experience in defending the city.  , but this was the first time that Cao Jun¡¯s team encountered such a fierce attacking team from Xuzhou Army. It was the first time that they saw that when there was almost no hope of breaking through, the enemy would continue to charge without hesitation. After the ladder truck was already on fire,  Even with the fire raging into the sky, the enemy was still pushing the ladder truck forward desperately. Even though their clothes and hair were on fire, they continued to move forward. Those Xuzhou soldiers who were already covered with arrows and covered in blood rushed forward.  After closing the wall, he was besieged by an enemy ten times his own. He still fought vigorously and wielded his sword. At least two or three Cao soldiers were killed before they were chopped into pieces. There was even a Xuzhou soldier whose intestines oozed out.  Despite the situation, they still hugged a Cao soldier and rolled down the wall to die together.  Seeing such a brave and tenacious enemy, Cao's army was still frightened and their legs were shaking even though they were in a convenient location.

    The three ladder trucks dispatched for the second time by the Xuzhou Army were finally burned by Cao Jun's rocket swallow-tail torches. The last one was still less than 20 steps away from the Guan Wall and was completely burned by the swallow-tail torches thrown by Cao Jun. Cao Jun's team  Fortunately, he escaped a catastrophe.  Seeing that there was no hope of breaking through the pass, Deputy Director Tao finally issued the order to order the Yifu troops who suffered heavy casualties to retreat to the rear to rest. After seeing the Xuzhou Army retreating like a tide, a huge cheer sounded at the Hangu Pass.  Countless Cao Jun soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and were glad that their army had finally withstood the fierce attack of the Xuzhou Army and caused considerable losses to the Xuzhou Army.

    Boss Cao, who came to the Guan Tower to direct the battle despite his serious illness, was relieved. He quickly arranged to rescue the wounded soldiers, count the casualties, and replenish the wall defenders and city defense supplies. After that, Boss Cao's haggard black face also showed some rare signs.  Smiling, he said to Zuo Wenwu: "Very good. Facts have proved that as long as we stick to the pass and don't leave, we can cause huge casualties to Tao Ying's team of annihilators. There is hope that we can persist until Tao Ying is forced to retreat."

    "What my lord said is absolutely true. Hangu Pass has never been directly attacked by anyone since ancient times. As long as our army does not expose its flaws in other places and does not give Tao aIf the thief takes advantage of the opportunity to break through the pass, we will definitely be able to defend Hangu Pass.  "Cheng Yu nodded in agreement, and then said cautiously: "But my lord, Tao Thief's attack is obviously just a test. He wants to find the weaknesses of our wall defense, and also to test the strength of our army's defense force. Really?  The key battle is still to come.  "

    "It doesn't matter, I had expected this." Boss Cao smiled happily: "So I didn't use too many main soldiers this time. I only used 30% of the main force and 70% of the auxiliary soldiers to guard the pass.  The first wave of siege troops by the bandits gave the soldiers a chance to rush to the wall, which allowed them to mistakenly betray the strength of our army's defense in the hope of breaking through the barrier head-on and continue to storm the wall in the future."

    Cheng Yu nodded and smiled, still admiring Boss Cao's courage, courage and scheming, for deliberately not sending out too many elite troops during the battle to guard the gate.  At this time, Guo Jia, who had been observing the enemy's movements, suddenly coughed and said: "My lord, please look, there are new moves on the Tao Thief's side. There seem to be many small cars coming in the valley road."

    Boss Cao quickly raised his head and looked at the valley road with the original telescope he had captured on the battlefield. He saw that the Xuzhou Army had indeed pushed many wheelbarrows from the valley road and unloaded the goods in front of the Xuzhou Army's formation. The carts were full of bundles.  I got a lot of firewood and nothing else.  Boss Cao couldn't help being surprised when he saw it, and wondered: "Why did Thief Tao bring so much firewood? Do you want to set fire to the pass? Is Thief Tao so stupid?"

    Cheng Yu, Guo Jia and others also looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what Deputy Director Tao was planning to do. They had to continue to observe the enemy's situation with Boss Cao to judge the Xuzhou Army's next move. However, the Xuzhou Army continued to use wheelbarrows to transport firewood.  There were no other actions outside the pass. Boss Cao and others only saw the firewood of the Xuzhou Army piled up into a hill outside Hangu Pass. The height of the firewood mountain soon exceeded the height of the wall of Hangu Pass. Boss Cao  He was even more confused and analyzed: "Could it be that the Tao thieves want to build a mountain of grass and use it to attack the city? But that's not right. Not only is it difficult for the grass mountain to bear the load, our army only needs to pour some kerosene and throw some torches down, and the grass mountain can be burned to ashes.  A volcano?"

    "That's not right!" Guo Jia woke up and exclaimed: "The Tao thieves want to create a large amount of smoke. Hangu Pass is located in the canyon. The thick smoke is difficult to be quickly blown away by the wind. As long as the thick smoke covers the valley, we will guard the pass."  It¡¯s very difficult to come here!¡±

    "What?!" Boss Cao was shocked. After some calculation, he agreed with Guo Jia's analysis and cursed: "Damn annihilators are really good at using narrow terrain!"

    Sure enough, when the firewood piled up to a certain extent and the wind direction turned to the west, the Xuzhou Army officers and soldiers immediately took action. A large number of infantry carried firewood and rushed to the front of the Hangu Pass gate tower, and even rushed directly to the gate.  They just threw the firewood under the gate. Although Cao Jun desperately fired arrows to stop it, the Xuzhou army used firewood to block the vital points and continued to advance, regardless of casualties. Soon, a large amount of firewood was transferred to the Hangu Pass. When the grass mountain was piled up,  When it was more than one foot high, the Xuzhou army released rockets by themselves, igniting the firewood piles and haystacks piled under the gate. At the same time, they continued to transport firewood and grass to Hangu Pass, desperately increasing the intensity of the fire.  (This tactic is not fictional. During the Tang Dynasty, An Lushan used it to defeat Ge Shuhan in the Battle of Taolinsai.)

    The fire quickly ignited, and the firewood mountain, which was more than one foot high, gradually rose to a height of several feet. The flames floated up to the Hangu Pass wall, burning the walls around the pass. Cao Jun's soldiers could not stand at all, and Cao Cao was forced to  The boss was forced to leave the gate to avoid the fire. At the same time, Shao Shao had to send troops to reinforce the gate to prevent it from being ignited by the fire and destroyed.  However, compared to the fierce fire, the biggest impact on Cao Jun's troops was the billowing smoke brought by the firewood pile. The blue-white smoke was blown by the mountain wind and soon filled the entire east gate of Hangu Pass, making it difficult for Cao Jun's soldiers to reach out.  The five fingers also choked Cao Jun's soldiers until tears and mucus flowed from their noses, making it difficult to breathe.

    Under the cover of thick smoke, another round of Xuzhou infantry's attack began. After covering their mouth and nose with water-soaked cloth handkerchiefs, the Xuzhou infantry strode into the thick smoke carrying the flying ladder and lifted the flying ladder.  After climbing up the wall, Cao's soldiers fired their bows and crossbows mindlessly into the thick smoke, wasting countless precious arrows and having almost no effect. Their eyes were also obscured by the thick smoke, making it impossible to see.  When the enemy came, many Cao soldiers did not even notice the Xuzhou soldiers approaching. A large number of Xuzhou soldiers took the opportunity to attack the Guanqiang, wielding swords and guns, and fought closely with Cao's troops to compete for the Guanqiang position.

    The most dangerous moment for Cao's army has arrived. With no choice but to order Zhang He to dispatch elite reserves, Cao Cao rushed to the Guan Wall and started a fierce battle with the Xuzhou army. The Guan Wall, which was completely shrouded in thick smoke, was soon filled with the sounds of fighting.  Shrouded in the thick smoke, soldiers from both sides risked their lives to fight each other. Their swords were red and their guns were bloody. They fought for their lives and used their flesh and blood to charge and defend. The melee was fierce.  With his troops in an absolutely weak position, Cao Cao could only send more troops to the wall with tears in his eyes, and start a war with Xuzhou soldiers who were constantly entering the pass.

    The melee lasted for more than an hour??, until the thick smoke was slowly blown away by the mountain wind, Boss Cao was forced to let Dian Wei lead the absolutely elite Huben Battalion to fight with injuries, and then it was extremely difficult to repel the Xuzhou Army's attack. Fortunately, the Xuzhou Army was there.  Obviously, I didn't expect that the thick smoke cover in the valley would be so effective before. I didn't prepare too much follow-up firewood. When there was insufficient firewood, I had to give up the third attack. Ming Jin withdrew his troops and withdrew from Hangu Pass.  battlefield.  However, during the evacuation, Deputy Director Tao arranged for the soldiers to shout slogans in unison, "Cao Mengde, next time we will bring ten times the firewood and prepare the coffin!"

    The Xuzhou Army finally withdrew, and the firewood pile under the pass was gradually extinguished, but Boss Cao's face was still livid and black, because Boss Cao also knew very well that the unscrupulous son-in-law was obviously insufficiently prepared this time, and there was no prior preparation.  We expected that the smoke cover in the valley would be so effective, so we did not seize the opportunity to attack Hangu Pass.  But next time, the unscrupulous son-in-law only brings ten times as much firewood to tackle the problem. The Xuzhou soldiers who kill the wall next time will definitely be the most elite in the Xuzhou army. Can he withstand the unscrupulous son-in-law's attack?  The first attack will be a two-pronged approach.

    Cheng Yu, who sat alone on the wall until dusk, with traces of smoke on his face, returned to Boss Cao and said to Boss Cao in a hoarse voice: "Lord, the casualty statistics are out. In this battle, our army was killed.  There were more than 1,600 soldiers, 318 of them were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness, and more than 1,000 were slightly injured."

    Boss Cao did not ask about the casualties of the Xuzhou Army, because Boss Cao knew very well that even if the casualties of the Xuzhou Army were more than three times that of the Cao Army, Deputy Director Tao could afford to lose, and the smoke cover tactic proved to be effective.  After that, the casualty ratio between the Xuzhou Army and our own army will definitely drop significantly, so Boss Cao remained silent and just looked to the east in a depressed mood, staring blankly in the direction of his damn son-in-law.

    Seeing that Boss Cao was in a bad mood, Cheng Yu could only find an excuse to comfort him: "Lord, when our army was cleaning the battlefield, we found that most of the corpses of Tao Thief's soldiers had their mouths and noses wrapped with wet cloths. I think this was used by Tao Thief's team.  To avoid being choked by smoke, our soldiers can follow suit next time, so that many soldiers will not be fainted and choked by thick smoke."

    Boss Cao nodded slowly, and after a while he said feebly: "Tao Thief will do the same thing next time, how can our army resist it?"

    Cheng Yu was speechless, and Guo Jia next to him coughed and said: "My lord, Hangu Pass is located in the middle of the valley. Our army passively defends it. After all, it is not a long-term solution. The best way is to divide our troops and set up camp at the mouth of the valley to defend Hangu Pass."  Guguan provides a buffer.¡±

    Boss Cao silently calculated. Previously, Boss Cao was determined not to leave the pass to set up camp. This was because Boss Cao knew very well that with the current situation of his own army, if they set up camp at the mouth of the valley without the protection of the pass wall, they would definitely be annihilated and severely damaged by the Xuzhou Army.  As a result, Boss Cao could only place his hope on the natural barrier of Hangu Pass, which had never been breached by anyone. He wanted to drag his unscrupulous son-in-law into a difficult battle and then look for opportunities to defeat the enemy. However, Boss Cao did not expect that he could use Hangu Pass's  The terrain is dangerous, but the unscrupulous son-in-law is able to make better use of the canyon terrain. He actually invented the attack tactic of setting smoke in the valley, dragging the geographical advantage into equilibrium. If this continues, Hangu Pass will be defeated by the Xuzhou Army sooner or later. Under unstoppable circumstances  , Boss Cao also had to reconsider camping at Taniguchi and fight to the death with his unscrupulous son-in-law in the wild.

    The night wind is getting colder, but Boss Cao's heart is colder than the night wind. He is so weak and old that he seems to be dying, and his expression is both depressed and helpless.  However, at this moment, in the valley road of Hangu Pass, the routine sound of war drums and horns of the Xuzhou Army was heard again. Boss Cao couldn't help but move the corner of his mouth slightly, showing a little bitter smile, and said to himself: "O filial son-in-law, you really wish I could  Die early."

    "Son of a bitch! Here we go again!" Dian Wei yelled in his ears. Then, Dian Wei, who had an injury on the sole of his foot, limped up to Boss Cao and said, "Lord, our door is closed.  No way, when the Tao thieves set fire to the door just now, although we kept pouring water on the door, the iron sheet outside the door was still melted by the fire, and the thick wooden board inside was almost burned. It was impossible to repair it in a hurry. The general thought that tonight we could only  Please let the Lord know if it is feasible to use sacks of soil to block the door, and then send more troops to guard the door."

    Boss Cao nodded silently, and suddenly asked Dian Wei: "Jun Ming, do you have the courage to follow me out of the pass, go to the mouth of the valley to set up camp, and fight to the death with Tao Ying?"

    "The general has wanted to do this for a long time!" Dian Wei happily agreed, and then said quickly: "But my lord, just let the general go. You stay in Guancheng to rest, your body cannot leave the quarantine."

    "I'm fine. I won't die for a while. Without me, you are no match for Tao Thief." Boss Cao shook his head, and then ordered Dian Wei: "Jun Ming, I don't have the strength to speak loudly. Help me to the wall.  Go and gather all the soldiers in the army. I want to give a lecture to all the soldiers in the army. I will say something and you will repeat it for me."

      Dian Wei agreed and helped Cao Boss to the wall. Cao Boss ordered the guards to blow the rally horn and summoned his soldiers to assemble below the wall. After a while, Cao's soldiers came to the wall and looked over.  He looked at Boss Cao on the wall and waited for orders.  Boss Cao did not wait for the army to be completely assembled, and directly asked Dian Wei to repeat his words: "Soldiers, listen carefully!"

    "Soldiers, Hangu Pass is in danger. The Tao thieves seized the weakness of Hangu Pass in the valley and used the thick smoke to cover his attack. Although we were lucky enough to block Tao Ying's attack today, Tao Ying's thieves will attack next time.  The thief will definitely follow the same pattern and bring more firewood to set fire to make smoke to cover his attack. If this continues, Hangu Pass will be breached by the Tao thief sooner or later!"

    "Soldiers, we have only one way, that is to leave the pass, set up camp at the mouth of the valley, and fight to the death with Tao Ying's thieves!"

    "The Tao bandit's troops are more than seven times ours. We will escape death in the decisive battle! But if we continue to hold on to Hangu Pass, we will die in ten! For our last hope of victory, and for our relatives,  Our homeland, we can only fight to the death!"

    ¡°Soldiers, tell me, who is this despicable person who is so despicable to sow discord and start a war between us and Yuan Shaojun?¡±

    ¡°Soldiers, tell me, who shamelessly conserves his strength, hides outside the battlefield and watches the fire, and waits until our vitality is severely weakened before sending troops to sneak attack on us?¡±

    "Soldiers, tell me, who ruthlessly and cruelly took away our Xuchang? Who robbed us of the fertile land of the Central Plains? Who drove us into famine-ridden Runan, and who drove us into ruin and decay?  Guanzhong? Killed countless battle-hardened soldiers of our army?"

    "Tao Ying annihilates thieves! It's Tao Ying who annihilates thieves!"

    Dian Wei asked a question for Boss Cao, and the soldiers of Cao's army under the wall responded in unison. After asking these questions, Boss Cao waved his skinny hand and shouted in his loudest voice: "Yes, it's Tao Ying who wiped out the thieves!  I have also decided to send my troops out of the pass tomorrow, set up camp at the mouth of the valley, and fight to the death with Tao Ying's bandits! Revenge for our soldiers, our Xuchang, and all the suffering we have suffered! Revenge¡ª!"

    "Revenge¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª!" Dian Wei roared loudly.

    "Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!" Tens of thousands of Cao Jun's soldiers roared loudly, rhythmically and uniformly. The sound was so loud that it completely covered up the noise deliberately created by the Xuzhou Army Drum and Bugle Corps.

    "Revenge! Revenge! Revenge! Revenge -!"

    Amid the heartfelt roars of tens of thousands of Cao's soldiers, Cao Lao slowly raised his thin face, looked at the bright moon in the night sky, and murmured, "Yuan Rang, Miaocai, Yu Jin, Li Dian, Yue Jin, Li Tong,  Gongda, Zihe, and countless officers and soldiers of our army, your souls in heaven, please open your eyes, I am going to avenge you. This time, if I can't deal with the thieves sent to you to vent your anger,  I will come before you, reunite with you, and apologize to you"

    Before he finished speaking, two lines of turbid tears slowly slid down Mr. Cao's wrinkled old face, and his clothes were wet with tears.  (To be continued.
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