Although the Guanzhong area was very lively these two days, the only place where fierce fighting broke out was not in Guanzhong but in the southwest of Guanzhong - Wuguan.
Yang Tongshan originally wanted to defraud Wuguan.
Unexpectedly, he was still a step late. If he had arrived two or three hours earlier, Wuguan might have been able to easily capture the pass without losing any blood like Liu Chan and Guo Wei did.
What a pity——
Just two hours before Yang Tongshan led his troops to Wuguan, Wuguan guard Yang Lipu received the news that Tongguan had been defrauded by the Shu army.
It was an accident that Yang Lipu got this news, because he and Tongguan guard Sun Jing were good friends, and two days ago he sent his subordinate Chen Pei to see Sun Jing.
As a result, when Chen Pei arrived at Tongguan, he found that the city gate of Tongguan was tightly closed. This was a bit abnormal, because both Tongguan and Wuguan were located in the hinterland of the Wei Dynasty and would not be so closed on weekdays.
Chen Pei was also smart. He suddenly saw that Tongguan had become so tight, and there must be a reason for it. He was about to return to Wuguan to report to Yang Lipu, but on the way he learned that the Shu army had raided Guanzhong, and tens of thousands of Shu troops had already arrived at Chang'an City.
Shu army raids.
This was an unexpected incident. At least Chen Pei did not hear the news in Wuguan. Now Tongguan is closed again. Could it be that Tongguan was closed because the Shu army was approaching the city?
No——
This is impossible.
So Chen Pei did not dare to stay, so he hurried back to Wuguan and reported to Yang Lipu about Tongguan and the Shu army's arrival in Chang'an.
Yang Lipu was thirty-nine years old at the time. He had been a soldier for so many years, and now he became the guard general of Wuguan. He was certainly not a fool.
Moreover, if Chen Pei hadn’t gone to Tongguan.
Until now, he still doesn't know that the Shu army has already arrived at Chang'an City, and Tongguan was suddenly closed. There must be fraud in it, and it may be related to the Shu army's surprise attack.
Then he sent people south to Wancheng to report the Shu army's raid on Guanzhong to the imperial court, and at the same time closed the Wuguan Gate.
As soon as the people who went to Wancheng to report the news left, Yang Tongshan led his army to the front of Wuguan Pass.
Is this too much of a coincidence?
The Grand Governor sent someone to help guard the gate?
Although this reason sounds reasonable, Yang Lipu now knows that the Shu army has arrived at Chang'an City. Shouldn't he send someone to notify him of the Shu army's raid and immediately be ordered to close the door?
Riding alone to report a message can move faster than a large army.
I'm afraid this unit is deceitful.
So when Yang Tongshan said that he came to help guard Wuguan on Cao Zhen's order, Yang Lipu made a choice that he felt was more reasonable.
Refuse to switch.
As a result, Yang Tongshan failed to knock on the pass, and they were soon exposed as Shu troops. They were obviously Shu troops, but they wanted to pretend to be Wei troops. Yang Lipu suddenly felt a chill down his back.
Tongguan must have fallen into the hands of the Shu army.
After the fall of Tongguan, Wuguan was extremely important. If Wuguan was also captured by the Shu army, the connection between Guanzhong and the Central Plains would be immediately cut off.
This——
Of course Yang Lipu knew the seriousness of the matter. He knew very well how important the Wuguan he was guarding at this time was to the Wei Dynasty.
Stick to Wuguan.
At the same time, I hope that those who go to Wancheng to deliver messages can go faster, so that Wuguan may become a passage for the Wei Dynasty to enter Guanzhong.
However, Yang Tongshan is not stupid either.
Wuguan was important to the Wei Dynasty, and it was even more important to the current Han Dynasty. When calling for formation in front of the pass, Yang Lipu had already said that Tongguan was defrauded by the Shu army.
That means that His Majesty succeeded.
Yang Tongshan was very anxious, because the Han Dynasty's sudden attack on Guanzhong was a dangerous move in itself.
Tongguan, Wuguan, and Pubanjin are the main passages from the Central Plains into Guanzhong. Therefore, if the Han Dynasty wants to succeed in a battle, it must take these three passes in the shortest time, so as to cut off the connection between Guanzhong and the Central Plains.
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Tongguan has been captured, and Pubanjin should have been captured by Guo Wei as well.
Wuguan——
It must be captured as soon as possible.
After some thought, although Yang Tongshan was unwilling to attack by force, the current situation forced him to choose to attack by force.
Because they originally planned to cheat the border, they did not bring any siege equipment at all.
As a last resort.
After Yang Tongshan set up camp, he immediately sent out two thousand men to cut down trees on the spot overnight and make simple siege equipment.
Long ladder, trebuchet.
This is a necessary item for siege, and it is also a siege equipment that they can quickly produce now.
After two thousand people working overnight, three trebuchets and some long ladders were built on the evening of March 15th.
When making these siege equipment, Yang Tongshan did not go to the pass to call for formation. Instead, he asked the remaining soldiers to bask in the sun in the camp to paralyze the Wuguan defenders.
Yang Lipu was a little anxious.
Because the Shu army must take Wuguan before approaching the pass. If the Shu army really attacks by force, he is not sure that he will be able to defend Wuguan.
Because there were only more than 800 soldiers in Wuguan at this time, and the battle formation had been sparse for a long time, Wuguan had not fought a battle for many years.
Can you hold it?
This matter is really not certain. After all, there are thousands of Shu troops, and the difference in strength is huge.
At this time, Yang Lipu could only hope that Wancheng could send more reinforcements as soon as possible, otherwise he would have no other choice but to defend until the last moment.
Yang Lipu and Yang Tongshan were both racing against time. One day and one night later, in the middle of the night on March 15th, Yang Tongshan took five thousand soldiers at night and slowly approached Wuguan.
The soldiers moved very slowly.
In front were five hundred soldiers holding long ladders. They advanced slowly against the mountains on both sides without daring to make a sound. The three trebuchets behind them slowly advanced to a position three hundred meters away from Wuguan.
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Torches were lit at the top of Wuguan City, and dozens of sergeants were patrolling back and forth at the top of the city. Their eyes were constantly scanning every move in front of the pass.
Suddenly——
"The Shu army is attacking the city!" A soldier glanced and vaguely saw several tall structures approaching them in the dark valley.
"The Shu army is coming!"
"The Shu army is coming!"
When, when, when——
Following the shouts of several soldiers, all the soldiers who had been sleeping leaning on the edge of the tower woke up from their sleep.
Since the Shu army arrived in front of the pass yesterday evening, Yang Lipu and his soldiers have been staying on the tower. They ate, drank, had sex, and slept on the tower all day and night.
Because he was afraid that the Shu army would suddenly attack the city.
After the commotion at the head of Wuguan City, Yang Tongshan stopped hiding outside the city and ordered the sergeants to light the torches in their hands immediately.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The cry of killing suddenly resounded through the night sky, and then after the trebuchet made a strange crunching sound, three consecutive "Hoo, Hoo, Hoo——" were heard in the night sky.
Bang!
Bang bang——
Three stones hit the head of Wuguan City heavily. The moment they hit the ground, the stones shattered and scattered in all directions.
Huh, huh!
The trebuchets kept roaring, and the Han troops under the city braved the rain of arrows and arrived.
Yang Lipu, who was on the top of the city, personally took command. The current Shu army was still a hundred meters away from the Wuguan gate. Yang Lipu and a group of Wei troops, in addition to constantly firing arrows at the Shu army, had already prepared
Rolled logs and stones were also placed on the city wall.
As long as these Shu troops approach the city gate, they will immediately throw down these rolling logs and rocks. Even if they cannot kill all the Shu troops, they can slow down their attack speed.
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This chapter has been completed!