Wei Jun howled and ran towards Tongguan like crazy. On the top of the city, Zhuge Liang, Zhao Tong, Zhang Bao, Liao Hua, Wei Yan and others, no one panicked, and everyone was chatting and laughing.
It seems that this is not an ongoing war, but an ordinary training of the Han army soldiers.
When the Wei army was still about a hundred steps away from the city, Zhuge Liang led several generals to leave the tower, leaving only Zhao Tong and Liao Hua.
The area outside Tongguan is not big, so even if the Wei army attacks fiercely, they can only send out at most five or six thousand men each time. Now with Zhuge Liang arriving with 20,000 reinforcements, the defenders of Tongguan have nearly 30,000 people.
Even if Cao Zhen leads an army of 100,000, it is still impossible to break through Tongguan in a short time.
Three days——
Cao Zhen used the same tactics as in Wuli Secret Gate to attack Tongguan in a wheel battle. He wanted to first exhaust the Han army in Tongguan and then defeat them in one fell swoop.
It's just that he doesn't know.
Zhuge Liang also used wheel warfare to deal with these three days.
Nearly 30,000 people are enough to be divided into several echelons to take turns defending the city.
Therefore, Cao Zhen attacked fiercely for three consecutive days, and Tongguan remained as stable as a rock.
August 18, 230 AD.
The Wei army attacked Tongguan on the fourth day.
After a night of fierce fighting, Cao Zhen was a little tired, but he did not see the Han army in Tongguan showing any signs of fatigue. On the contrary, these days of fierce fighting had already reduced his army of 100,000 to 30,000.
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The Wei army attacked mainly, and the Shu army relied on Tongguan to defend.
It seems that the farther back the army is consumed, the more losses the Wei army will suffer.
Cao Zhen, who was staying in the Chinese military tent, was a little anxious.
He wanted to break through Tongguan as soon as possible and march into Guanzhong. As long as Tongguan was broken through, the Shu army in Guanzhong would be easy to deal with. He was confident that he could regain Guanzhong in a month at most.
But Tongguan is so difficult to attack.
Just when he was frowning, a primary school student suddenly came in from outside in a hurry.
"Report."
"Grand Governor."
"The Shu army has left the city."
"What?" Cao Zhen stood up from the ground immediately after hearing this, and asked the principal in disbelief: "Say it again."
"The Shu army has left the city, Commander-in-Chief."
The principal replied with certainty.
"Okay!" Cao Zhen was overjoyed when he heard this. He attacked Tongguan for days, but failed to break through it. At this time, the Shu army opened the city to fight, which was also a good thing for the Wei army.
But when he just walked out of the tent, Zhang He ran over from outside.
"Captain!"
Cao Zhen laughed and said: "General Zhang, quickly follow this governor to fight the Shu army."
"No, Governor." Zhang He hurriedly stopped him and said, "The powerful crossbows of the Shu army have a very long range. Last time at Wuguan, Zhuge Liang took the initiative to go out of the city to fight, but he took the opportunity to fire crossbows at our army." He paused for a moment,
He said with lingering fear: "In the end, Master Sima..."
He did not continue because Sima Shi lost an arm in Wuguan and became the one-armed general of the Wei Dynasty.
Cao Zhen naturally knew it too.
However, Cao Zhen just paused and then said with a smile: "General Zhang, don't worry, our army has been attacking Tongguan for nearly ten days in this battle, and we haven't seen any powerful crossbows used by the Shu army. Tongguan must not have such powerful crossbows.
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"The Governor must not be careless." Zhang He continued to dissuade: "Our army has been attacking for days, and the Shu army has been holding tight behind closed doors. But today they took the initiative to leave the city. The Governor has no choice. Maybe Zhuge Liang has arrived at Tongguan."
Upon hearing Zhuge Liang, Cao Zhen was stunned.
Zhang He's worries are indeed not unnecessary. It has been almost ten days since the Wei army attacked Tongguan. Whether it was Huangxiang Ban, Wuli Secret Gate, or the attack on Tongguan in the past few days, the Shu army chose to hold on to the danger.
The Shu army had no need for these natural dangers, but they took the initiative to go out of the city to fight. There must be something fishy in this.
"Captain!" Zhang He said: "The Commander-in-Chief can sit in the big tent for this battle while General Rong Mo goes to fight the Shu army."
This time Cao Zhen is the coach, and he is also the general of Cao Wei. The Shu army has already used strong crossbows before. If Zhuge Liang wants to repeat his old tricks today, he can go to the meeting for a while. Besides, he has experienced it before, and he may be able to do it in time.
Coping.
Cao Zhen wanted to refuse, but after Zhang He made a strong statement, he still agreed to let Zhang He lead 10,000 soldiers and set up a formation outside Tongguan.
"Zhang He!"
Standing in front of the Han army's formation was Wei Yan, the general of the Han Dynasty in the north. General Zhang He led the troops to fight. Wei Yan was suddenly a little excited. People said that Zhang He was a good general of Cao Wei's five sons and was extremely brave.
He wanted to fight with him last time, but he didn't get the chance.
Today, on the order of the prime minister, he personally led five thousand soldiers to fight against the Wei army.
"You, dare me to fight for three hundred rounds!"
Wei Yan slapped his horse forward and provoked Zhang He.
"Why don't you dare!" Zhang He shouted loudly after hearing this: "Today someone will definitely kill you and dismount."
As soon as Zhang He finished speaking, he also clapped his hands and stepped forward.
"Drive!"
Zhang He galloped his horse and had just rushed out, but had not yet engaged Wei Yan.
Instead, it was the war drums from the military formations on both sides that sounded first.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
Boom, boom, boom.
The fierce beating of the war drums immediately made the blood of the two generals boil. Wei Yan dragged the long sword, but his eyes were fixed on Zhang He who was not far away. Zhang He raised the sword in his hand horizontally behind his back.
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"Drive!"
The war horses were galloping. The distance of a hundred steps was only a few breaths, and the two people were already less than ten steps apart.
Holding the broadsword horizontally, his wrist suddenly flicked, and the blade that was originally pointing backwards suddenly turned forward. When he was about to reach Wei Yan, he suddenly let go of the reins and held the handle of the knife with both hands.
"Ah!"
With a loud shout, the sword in Zhang He's hand quickly slashed towards Wei Yan. Wei Yan had already seen his move. As soon as Zhang He's sword was swung out, he quickly fell backwards and dodged it.
Zhang He’s knife.
Immediately afterwards, Wei Yan had already rushed behind Zhang He. Before Zhang He could turn around, the sword that had been dragging on the ground suddenly raised a cloud of dust.
"Ah!"
With a loud shout, Wei Yan's broadsword also struck Zhang He.
However, Zhang He also had quick eyesight and quick hands. When Wei Yan flew away from him, he hurriedly reined in his horse and quickly raised his knife to make a meal.
There was a crisp sound, and sparks emitted from the blade.
This can be regarded as the two people officially fighting each other.
Although Zhang He caught Wei Yan's sword, he could still feel that Wei Yan was really a tiger general.
Of course Wei Yan could also feel that Zhang He's skills were extraordinary and comparable to those of ordinary generals.
Then the two of them went back and forth, clashing with each other.
Both of them are good at using broadswords. The main attack method of this broadsword is naturally to chop the enemy. However, both of them are good at using broadswords, and they are both extremely brave generals.
The two sides fought back and forth to the death, but neither one could find the other's flaw.
The soldiers on both sides were dazzled by what they saw.
Watching fierce generals fight is a rare sight and a good opportunity to learn.
Of course, they finally understood why these two people are fierce generals.
As the fighting became more and more intense.
The people beating the war drums on both sides seemed to be more tired than the two people fighting.
On the other hand, the soldiers watching the fun on both sides saw that it was Hot Apprentice, after all, this kind of opportunity does not come often.
"General Zhang!"
"General Wei!"
"General Zhang!"
"General Wei!"
The soldiers on both sides kept shouting, cheering for the two generals who were fighting.
The two of them were already fighting so hard that they couldn't hear the sounds around them at all. Now they both had only one thought, and that was to find a way to defeat each other.
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This chapter has been completed!