Chapter 252: Timid

For Ma Chao, the process of attacking the Yangping Pass is not wonderful. The Xiliang area is sparsely populated and there are not many cities. The opponents who are fighting are either Qiang or Hu. If you are fighting in an open place, the Xiliang Army can be called There is no stubbornness, but if it is said that the siege warfare is not the commander of the Xiliang Army, and after entering the range of Yangping Pass, Wei Yan's harassment has not stopped.

A large number of Shu troops were photographed by Wei Yan. A team of three or five people shot arrows at the Xiliang Army in the surrounding forests. They wanted to fight back, but they could not find anyone at all. They did not fight back. These Shu troops were like flies. You can't be bothered. If you send someone to chase ruthlessly, the Xiliang Army enters the mountains to fight, which is the opponent of the Shu Army who is accustomed to the terrain of the mountains and rivers. Three or five people can often change the lives of more than a dozen Xiliang Army.

Not only that, the rear grain road was also seriously threatened. Ma Chao had to send heavy troops to maintain the grain road. It was such a stumbling trip. It took half a day for the army to take three days to arrive at Yangping Customs. The loss of assaults amounted to nearly three thousand. This loss made Ma Chao a little shocked. If it is a frontal battle, so many battle losses, the troops can collapse directly. This is the case. The morale of the army is low, and it is impossible to immediately enter the battle. Too.

Ma Chao is also ruthless enough. In order to avoid being endlessly harassed by the Shu army, he pretended to be helpless, followed by a sudden dispatch of people to set fire to the mountains, and the more than 1,000 soldiers sent by Wei Yan failed to return directly. After the end, Xiongguan went up and down, and the two men and women began to face off.

This time, unlike the last time in Mianyang, Yangping Pass was reinforced by Liu Yi, and the strength is also very sufficient. Although Ma Chao has many soldiers, the terrain of Yangpingguan is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Sexually invested in the battlefield. Under such circumstances, it is naturally beneficial to the side of the city. No matter how many horses and horses there are, the face of Yangpingguan, which takes advantage of geographical advantages, can only frown.

It's just a pity that a thousand soldiers were buried in the flames!

When Yang Ping closed, seeing that Ma Chao did not mean offensive, Wei Yan sighed. Those things that he did seemed to be superfluous. Only with this Yang Pingguan, plus the ten broken armies that Liu Yi stayed in the city No matter how much the enemy ’s strength is, there is no need to send troops to fight in the city.

Wei Yan stood on the enemy building and silently looked at the Xiliang Army's formation. He regretted the previous decision. Xiliang was obviously not good at siege. This can be seen from the platoon formation. One or two.

But when he saw an army off the line, he did not attack. Instead, he sent a general to shout provocation against the city head, and it could also be regarded as an invitational battle.

"Invited to fight?" Wei Yan was a little speechless about the other party's provocation. At this time, he gave up his advantage and took his short board against the Xiliang Army, fearing that his head was not caught by the door.

"Take a bow!" Wei Yan grinned and reached out a hand, and his own primary school handed a strong bow to Wei Yan.

After taking the bow and arrow, Wei Yan was an arrow to the Xiliang Army who came and shouted. His archery was not as fascinating as Huang Zhong's, but it was not bad. One arrow was shot, and the Xiliang Army's forehead was in the middle. After that, directly nail the opponent to the ground.

"Fuck!" Ma Chao was furious and immediately waved his troops to attack the city. One catapult was pushed up from the rear. The archer started to move towards the wall under the protection of the infantry. The three ladders also moved towards the wall Move slowly.

"Broken Army Crossbow Ready!" The lieutenant general saw this and immediately ordered ten Broken Army Crossbows to start adjusting their positions. As soon as the Xiliang Army approached, they gave the other party a headache.

"Slow, break the army crossbow first!" Wei Yan waved his hand, indicating that the army crossbow should not be used first.

"General, there are enough arrow clusters in our army, why not use it?" The lieutenant wondered, how convenient is this broken army crossbow, once the ten broken army crossbows are launched, it is difficult for Xiliang Army to get close to the city wall.

"No hurry, now that Ma Chao is just trying to attack, if at this time the broken crossbow is exposed, or the enemy can be retreated, but he can't get sore, wait a minute, and shoot with a common bow and arrow." Wei Yan laughed coldly: "Since dare to come , Do n’t think about retreating, the revenge of those more than a thousand soldiers has n’t been reported yet! "

Looked at Wei Yan's smiling face and shivered. He bowed and promised to stop debugging the broken army crossbow, and in turn directed the archer to start covering and shooting at Xiliang Army.

Although the city wall has no gain effect, it is dominated by high ground, which already has the advantage of range. With Wei Yan ’s heavy load and lack of manpower, with the order, a row of arrows swept the ground and swept through the air. The arc of the road, with the scream of death, descended towards the Xiliang Army.

The casualties were not large. Under the protection of the shieldman in the front, the enemy troops within range were not hit too much. Occasionally, there was an unlucky fall of the arrow, which can only be said to be a matter of luck. The machine started to show its power, but for Wei Yan, who had seen Liu Yi's stone-casting cars, the catapults in front of him were somewhat like pediatrics.

Looking at Liu Yi's efforts to improve before, Wei Yan didn't feel much, but when the enemy's siege equipment appeared in front of him, the difference appeared when the contrast appeared, regardless of the weight of the stone or the catapult. His own range is not above an order of magnitude, and Ma Chao uses the equipment used by all princes in the whole world except Liu Beijun's accident. It is not outdated, but it falls into Wei Yan's eyes at this moment, and he can't bear to look straight.

"Fight back, let Ma Chao know what a catapult is!" Shaking his head, Wei Yan looked at Xiliangjun with pity.

Left his own general, and quickly commanded the catapult in the rear to turn the direction and fired a stone bomb at the Xiliang Army.

If the stone bomb of the Xiliang Army is as big as a football, the catapult in Yangpingguan is a whole piece of the size of a grinding disc. Unfortunately, the terrain of Yangpingguan can only place three such heavy instruments.

"Buzz ~"

With the order of the general, three stone discs with the size of a grinding disc broke out of the air, crossed an arc over Yangpingguan, and ran directly to the crowd.

The grindstone-sized stone projectile descended from the sky, and the shieldman protecting the archer below was still ignorant, still running forward with the shield. At the next moment, the three stone projectiles fell like a meteorite, with a huge roar and majesty. In the dense formation, there were three potholes. The Xiliang soldiers under the stone had no chance of screaming, and they were smashed into a pile of meat by the huge force.

The casualties were not large, but the deterrence caused at that moment was devastating to the morale. The Xiliang Army was harassed all the way by Wei Yan, and the morale was not high. Now looking at such a disaster-like scene, it has just been encouraged The morale that broke up instantly collapsed. The soldiers in the back row had begun to retreat. Ma Chao commanded the war team and could not stop even a few soldiers. The soldiers in front were still rushing forward.

Saw that morale was not high, and Ma Chao himself was a little shocked by the blow. He ordered Mingjin to recruit soldiers, and then encouraged the morale, and then it was not too late to attack the city.

"Why is the catapult in Liu Beijun so powerful?" With the sound of Ming Jin, the army retreated like a tide, and Ma Chao saw that the other party did not mean to go out of the city to pursue, before he put away the ambush and led the army back to the camp, attracting the generals Frowned.

"It is said that Liu Bei has a skillful craftsman who does something with the power of ghosts and gods." A counselor frowned.

It has been three years since the end of the Battle of Chibi. Regarding Liu Yi ’s information, the princes have more or less, but this time, they do n’t pay too much attention to the craftsmen. For Liu Yi, the princes only knew that Liu Bei had a powerful craftsman. But there aren't many people who really come to mind.

"Qiao Jiang?" Ma Chao Jianmei raised his eyebrows and said uncomfortably: "Just a craftsman makes our army so embarrassed?"

Before the battle was officially launched, his army was frightened back by the enemy's fortification equipment. If Wei Yan was too strong, Ma Chao also recognized it, but it was because of a craftsman, which made Ma Chao somewhat unacceptable. .

Everyone was speechless, and the facts were like this. Conversely, think about it. A craftsman can make the world known, and Liu Bei is entrusted with the important task. It is not surprising that it has its own extraordinary features, right?

Seeing Ma Chaoyu's anger and difficulty, Pound turned the subject away and frowned: "The terrain in Yangpingguan is dangerous. If it is a strong attack, it will be captured. Our army will suffer huge losses. I am afraid it will be difficult to occupy Hanzhong."

"But that Wei Yan refused to fight out of the city, and depending on his attitude, I am afraid it would be difficult to lure him out." Another general shook his head and sighed. This Yangping Guan is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Whoever it is, I am afraid not Actively send troops.

Ma Chao knocked on the table, and then looked at Pound said: "Just before I watched the terrain of Pingguan in Yangzi, I found that the mountain on the west side is quite steep. Ling Ming, you can take a team of horses to see if you can find the path to the mountain. Highlands, when the war starts tomorrow, throw arrows or throw stones at that level from the mountain. "

Pound heard the words, his eyes lit up, thought about the mountainous landscape on both sides of Yangpingguan, and nodded: "If you can find a path and occupy the highlands, then the transfer of soldiers and horses in Yangpingguan will have a panoramic view. UU reading www.uukanshu.com"

Ma Chao nodded his head. He was keen in this respect. He only discovered the problem of Yangpingguan at first, or could not be said to be a problem. Yangpingguan is built on a mountain. The cliffs on both sides are steep. The birds are difficult to cross. It is also Yangping. As for the natural barrier, even if the local people do not know whether there is a way to go up the mountain, it will naturally not be a problem.

Just for Ma Chao, even if there is no way, in order to be able to break through the Yangping customs as soon as possible, he has to make a way.

"Besides ..." After hesitating, Ma Chao looked at Pound and said: "Can Yang Ang move?"

Still felt a little uneasy after all, after all, this time attacking Hanzhong, Yang Ang should be right with the army, but he actively asked to guard the rear. On the way to Hanzhong, Ma Yuewei felt more and more wrong.

"According to the news from Bo Zhan, that Yang Ang was quite peaceful, and even took the initiative to distribute the troop power to Bo Zhan." Pound shook his head.

"Go, break through the Yangping Pass as soon as possible, as long as you win Hanzhong, you are not afraid of his fraud!" Some irritated waved his hand and signaled everyone to withdraw.

After bowing to Ma Chao, Pound withdrew from the camp together with the generals, leaving Ma Chao sitting in his place, keeping his eyes closed ... Ps: Bookmates, I am Wang Buba, recommend a free Novel App, supporting novel download, listening to books, zero advertisements, and multiple reading modes. Please pay attention to the WeChat public account: dazhuzaiyuedu (long press for three seconds to copy) Book friends will pay attention!