The so-called Five Mile Secret Gate is a slit leading to Tongguan. Only through this slit can the Wei army approach Tongguan City.
However, this five-mile secret door is not as easy to pass through as Huangxiangban.
After all, this is the last level outside Tongguan.
After suffering the defeat at Huangxiangban, Liao Hua would naturally guard the Wuli secret door tightly.
First, five hundred Han troops were stationed at the exit of the Wuli secret door. At this exit, a large number of cement bricks had been prepared. There were five hundred people guarding such a small exit.
, it will not be easy for Wei Jun to pass.
There are also the cliffs on both sides of the passage. On both sides, Liao Hua also deployed 500 soldiers on each side.
Because during the last battle of Tongguan, Liu Chan had to withdraw some troops from the Wuli secret gate in order to deal with Guo Huai. Officially, because the soldiers stationed on the cliffs on both sides were withdrawn at that time, Zhang He was forced to escape.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, they climbed the cliffs on both sides with their bare hands, eventually leading to the loss of the Wuli secret door.
Having learned a lesson once, Liao Hua will naturally not make the same mistake again.
Of course, this time is a little different from last time. Last time, the Han army in Tongguan had to defend on both sides, not only the Cao Wei reinforcements coming from Luoyang in Tongguan, but also the Guanzhong Wei army from the direction of Guanzhong.
Now it's easy, just defend Luoyang with all your strength.
Liao Hua strengthened his deployment at Wuli Secret Gate, and Cao Zhen sent two groups of people to attack, but both groups were quickly pushed back.
Looking at the time at this time, it was already late at night.
The attack is temporarily suspended.
Nearly 10,000 Wei troops were temporarily stationed on the river beach below the Wuli Secret Gate.
An hour later, a streak of white fish belly slowly rose on the horizon.
Cao Zhen stood on the top of Banguan Tower in Huangxiang and looked at the five-mile secret door.
"This place is dangerous!" Cao Zhen said, turning around and asking the generals around him: "How do you think our army should pass here?"
The generals looked at the cliff in front of them and the only passage, shaking their heads secretly.
Only Zhang He said with a smile: "Grand Governor, this place is called the Five Mile Secret Gate. There is only a narrow slit in and out, which can only allow one car and one horse to pass." As he spoke, he glanced around and then said: "Go up.
When we attacked Tongguan for the first time, our army also lost a lot of soldiers and horses here."
"General Zhang!" Cao Zhen interrupted: "How did you get through this place last time?"
Zhang He did not answer, but pointed to the cliffs on both sides and said: "Order people to climb up from both sides. As long as dozens of our soldiers climb up the cliff, we can defeat the Shu army and march to Tongguan."
"Okay!" Cao Zhen was overjoyed upon hearing this.
It's just that it's easy to say, but not so easy to do.
Next, Cao Zhen sent out soldiers who were good at climbing in turn, hoping to open the passage to the Wuli secret door through climbing. However, they only attacked for three days in a row. Every day, thousands of soldiers rushed through the narrow gap of the Wuli secret door. , and at the same time there were hundreds of soldiers taking turns climbing the cliff.
But——
After attacking for three consecutive days, one hundred thousand Wei troops were still blocked under the five-mile secret door.
Just when Cao Zhen was anxious and depressed, he was in Weiyang Palace in Chang'an City.
"Xiangfu!" Liu Chan frowned and said with some depression: "This kid Cao Rui is really annoying day by day. In less than two years, he has already launched three attacks on Guanzhong."
Liu Chan is indeed very depressed.
But if you think about it carefully, wasn’t this also the case for the Shu Han regime in history?
But historically, it was Cao Wei who was depressed.
Now he traveled through time and space, took the risk to capture Guanzhong, and now became Cao Wei and continued to attack Guanzhong.
"Is he finished yet?"
"If he keeps doing this," Liu Chan muttered, "How can I, a big man, develop and recuperate?"
Liu Chan ventured through the Ziwu Road, then made a surprise attack on three passes, and finally captured the entire Guanzhong. Liu Chan's idea was very simple. The Han Dynasty had already occupied Shu before, and now it has captured Guanzhong. After a year or two of development, he thought that with the ability of Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, It should be easy to annex Liangzhou.
Sit back and enjoy Yongliang, then close the door to recuperate and develop well for three to five years.
But——
Cao Rui is not a fool either.
He naturally knew what Liu Chan was thinking, and he would definitely not let Liu Chan's big men have the slightest chance to breathe. Even if the big men now occupy Guanzhong, if Cao Wei has nothing to do, he will send troops to attack.
It is basically impossible for a big man to develop.
In fact, if you think about it, according to the speculations of later generations, it would be impossible for Prime Minister Zhuge to win Longyou for the first time and then start to develop slowly.
Because Cao Wei will continue to send troops to harass the Han Dynasty like now.
Now that I think about it, I feel a little scared.
If he had only fought guerrillas in Guanzhong instead of seizing the three passes, even if the prime minister captured Longyou, it would be in vain, because in that case, Cao Wei would have more ways to harass the Han.
They can go west from Guanzhong to harass the Han Dynasty's Longyou; they can also go south across the Qinling Mountains and look for opportunities to harass Hanzhong.
My dear mother.
If that were the case, the big man would still be in trouble.
In fact, Zhuge Liang was a little scared about this. He said: "What your Majesty said is absolutely true."
"Xiangfu!" Liu Chan said hurriedly: "This matter must be resolved in time. If this continues, my big man will be in danger."
When Zhuge Liang heard this, he just nodded slightly and did not respond. In fact, he was also thinking about this problem. If Cao Wei continued to send troops to Guanzhong for many years, this would also be a serious drain on the big man.
But——
How can we prevent Cao Wei from sending troops to Guanzhong?
"If you beat them to scare them, if you beat them it will hurt them;" Liu Chan slapped the table and said loudly: "Only if you beat them completely to scare them, they will not dare to send troops to Guanzhong again."
As soon as Liu Chan finished speaking, Zhuge Liang's worries suddenly disappeared.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured, I have a countermeasure."
"Okay!" Liu Chan said with great joy: "The Prime Minister will have to worry about this."
Zhuge Liang entered the palace today. He originally wanted to report to Liu Chan that Cao Wei had invaded the country, and then he was going to lead his troops to Tongguan to resist Cao Zhen. Liu Chan's words inspired him.
Three days later.
Tongguan——
On the evening before Zhuge Liang led 20,000 troops to Tongguan, Cao Zhen finally opened the five-mile secret door after five days of continuous attacks.
As for how he got through.
In fact, the method is very simple.
He relied on people to get through.
Although there are Han troops guarding the Wuli Secret Gate, the number of Han troops at Tongguan is still too far behind that of the Wei troops led by Cao Zhen.
The Han army is also a human being, and being a human being will lead to fatigue.
But the Wei army is different. An army of 100,000 can take turns attacking the Han army for twelve hours without stopping. No matter how brave the Han army is, they cannot withstand the wheel tactics of the Wei army.
It took Wei Jun five days to open the five-mile secret door.
August 15th, early morning.
With the sound of several war drums.
Thousands of Wei troops appeared in front of Tongguan Pass.
If the front of Tongguan Pass were a little wider, Cao Zhen might want to send more troops.
It's a pity that there can only be a few thousand people at most outside the east gate of Tongguan.
"Siege the city!"
Cao Zhen shouted loudly, and the first team of 5,000 people launched an attack on Tongguan.
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