Liu Bei led the army to support Zoumaling, which made Wei Yan and Liu Pan very happy. During this time, they sent Liu Bei many messages asking for help. They didn't need any reinforcements, they just wanted artillery. The artillery wouldn't come for a while, but there were flying thunders.
Cannons are also available.
During this period of time, they were bombarded miserably. If the gunpowder in Liu Shi's hand had not been blown up by Wei Yan in advance, they might not have been able to wait for Liu Bei's reinforcements at their camp on Zouma Ridge.
But now that Liu Bei is here, they want to retaliate in kind and bombard Liu Shi's camp with artillery. But Liu Bei has a hard time complying with this request. Now he only has a batch of light thunder cannons in his hands, which are his
Naturally, Liu Pan and Wei Yan cannot use this trump card to vent their anger!
And Liu Shi knew that Liu Bei had brought an army of 50,000 to support Wei Yan and the others, and faced twice the enemy's strength, coupled with Liu Pan and Wei Yan's tenacious defense. Liu Shi was also worried that his army would be surrounded and suppressed by Liu Bei, so he retreated to Yangping Pass.
Waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from behind.
After Liu Shi retreated, Wei Yan and Liu Pan came to see Liu Bei!
When Liu Bei saw the two of them, he immediately asked: "How many people did Liu Shi bring? Are there any reinforcements?"
Now that Liu Shi is guarding Yangping Pass, he is the one who is in trouble. If Yangping Pass is not recaptured, Hanzhong will be in a state of wide open. Although Liu Bei doesn't want to admit it, he also knows that without the advantage of geographical location, he will fight head-on with the Daqian army.
The army cannot defeat the army of Daqian!
Wei Yan immediately said: "Liu Shi brought 30,000 troops, all of whom were the elite of the Xiliang Army, and about 1,000 cavalry." Then he said with a little shame: "Although my subordinates brought a large army to fight with Liu Shi for many days,
Liu Shi had the advantage of artillery, coupled with the low morale of the Hanzhong army, the weak combat power did not cause many casualties to Liu Shi's army!"
Liu Pan also said helplessly: "Now our army wants to recapture Yangping Pass and defeat Liu Shi. Without the support of artillery, it is extremely difficult!"
Liu Bei looked at Yangping Pass not far away and said helplessly: "No matter how difficult it is, we must take back Yangping Pass, otherwise it will be difficult to defend Hanzhong!"
The next day, Liu Bei led 60,000 troops to camp under Yangping Pass. Liu Shi of Yangping Pass also used this time to repair Yangping Pass, and also built a large number of fortifications around Yangping Pass, and built artillery positions on the high ground around it.
, 30,000 people were arranged into an arc-shaped position. In the past, Liu Shi enjoyed the treatment of being attacked from three sides. This time, it was Liu Bei's turn to enjoy it.
Liu Bei showed a bitter look on his face after leading his guards to inspect Yangping Pass. Daqian's army had artillery. If he dared to attack Yangping Pass directly, he would be attacked by artillery from three sides. But if he wanted to attack the camp outside Yangping Pass, the mountain terrain would determine it.
It would be impossible to attack them without reaching the sky!
But no matter how difficult it is, Liu Bei will still fight!
After the two sides rested for three days, Liu Bei led an army of 60,000 to pass through Yangping Pass with an overwhelming force. Liu Shi guarded Yangping Pass tightly. The mortar battalion opened fire fiercely and the Hanzhong Army suffered heavy casualties. At this time, Liu Bei used
The flying thunder cannons fired back, but Liu Shi didn't have much gunpowder in his hand. For a time, the artillery fire from Liu Bei's side became more intense on the battlefield. Liu Bei concentrated his forces to knock out the camp outside Yangping Pass.
But Liu Shi did not give Liu Bei this opportunity. Whenever there was a crisis in the camp on the mountain, Liu Shi would open the city gate of Yangping Pass, and Ma Chao would lead 1,000 cavalry to fight out. The Hanzhong Army was not strong in combat effectiveness, let alone
It is said that half of the soldiers in Liu Bei's army are new recruits who have been in the army for less than 3 months. The current offensive is only possible because of the strength of numbers.
But facing the fierce cavalry attack like a tide, these soldiers had no experience at all. Ma Chao often led the cavalry to charge, and the morale of the soldiers of a battalion of Hanzhong Army collapsed like this!
Wei Yan, angry that the army collapsed, led the supervising team from the rear and kept shouting: "Kill me back, you run back and kill faster. If you don't want to die, just face the enemy head-on!"
But Wei Yan's shouting was of no use. The army should collapse or collapse. Even if he killed people, he could not stop it. If Liu Bei's side was not outnumbered, Liu Shi was worried that Ma Chao would be surrounded by the Han army, so he killed the Han army every time.
, Liu Shi asked Ma Chao to come back, fearing that under the leadership of these defeated troops, Liu Bei's main army would be in danger of collapse.
When Liu Shi saw the unstoppable Ma Chao and Xiliang cavalry, Liu Shi regretted extremely: "If I had known that Yangping Pass would fall so easily, I should have brought more cavalry, otherwise Liu Bei would have been killed by me!"
"
When Liu Shi led his army to attack Hanzhong, he knew that Hanzhong's terrain was mountainous and the main force in the battle was infantry. He felt that cavalry was of little use. In addition, one horse could eat more than ten people, and Xiliang was not a grain-producing area after all.
It was extremely difficult to transport grain and grass from Xiliang. In order to save grain and grass, Liu Shi only brought 1,000 cavalry to serve as vanguards and scouts. He did not expect that it was his idea that caused him to miss the opportunity to defeat Liu Bei!
But now I can only regret it. The two sides fought like this for half a month. Yizhou's 30,000 troops finally arrived in Hanzhong. Zhang Ren brought Liu Bei not only Yizhou's elite army, but also brought
There were hundreds of artillery pieces, so that for the first time the Han army had an artillery advantage over the Daqian army!
Naturally, Liu Bei couldn't let go of such an opportunity. He now had 100,000 troops in his hands, with three times the strength advantage. He even had the advantage in long-range weapons, so Liu Bei pushed the artillery to the front of Yangping Pass, hoping to make Liu Shi suffer as well.
A taste of an artillery bombardment!
Liu Shi naturally knew how powerful artillery was. After seeing Liu Bei launch the artillery, he immediately ordered Ma Chao to lead the cavalry to fight and destroy the artillery positions in Hanzhong.
On the battlefield, Ma Chao led thousands of cavalry, rushing out from the left and right. They were unstoppable. Any military formation in front of Ma Chao would have been difficult to withstand a stick of incense. If Liu Bei hadn't been prepared in advance and deployed a large number of troops around the artillery camp.
With our army, I'm afraid Ma Chao's thousands of cavalry might really rush in front of the artillery battalion!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Even though Ma Chao did not complete the mission, the cavalry led by him also greatly damaged the Han army, making it difficult for Liu Bei's artillery to exert its power. The generals of the Han army naturally saw this scene
I couldn't bear to see Ma Chao show off his power like this.
Especially the generals who came from Yizhou, they originally defected to Liu Bei. The generals of the Yizhou Army were squeezed out in the Han army camp. They naturally wanted to make achievements and prove that their Yizhou Army was also very capable. Now that they have recaptured Yangping Pass,
Just when they were making their best achievements, Ma Chao became their biggest obstacle.
At this time, Lei Tong rushed out with his bodyguards and shouted: "Ma Chao, you unfilial son, your father Ma Teng was killed by Lei Gong, and you actually have the nerve to join the Da Qian Army. You are simply betraying your father for glory. Such How can people still have the nerve to live in this world? If I were you and couldn't kill Thunder Lord, I would kill you myself!"
Hitting someone is no longer a slap in the face, and what Lei Tong said was a stab in Ma Chao's heart. How could he not know that Lei Gong was his enemy? The battle with Lei Tong was the first time he fought with his father, but he didn't expect this. The defeat in the battle was so tragic that the Ma family was almost wiped out by Da Qian's army.
If the strength gap between the two sides is not big, Ma Chao may still have a desire for revenge, but the gap between the two sides is too big. His father Ma Teng did not dare to occupy a county when he was the most powerful, but Lei Gong has become the king of the world. The first princes are now trying to unify the world.
With such a big gap, how could he regard Lei Gong as his enemy? This is not to lead the Ma family to death. His mother told Ma Chao when Ma Chao joined the army not to think of revenge, but to build a career in Lei Gong's hands peacefully. , reviving the Ma family, and Ma Chao is not an illiterate person. Knowing that Lei Gong did not kill him is already a great favor to the Ma family, so naturally he will not have other ideas.
But this time Lei Tong's words not only hurt him, but also easily made the generals of the Daqian Army doubt him and affect his future. This Ma Chao could endure it! He immediately led the cavalry to attack Lei Tong directly!
Lei Tong was overjoyed when he saw Ma Chao coming. If he could annihilate Da Gan's cavalry, killing Ma Chao would be a great achievement! It's a pity that he underestimated Ma Chao's strength. The Yizhou Army had no experience in dealing with the Xiliang cavalry. Lei Tong The Yizhou Army led by Tong faced Ma Chao and his Xiliang cavalry, and their combat effectiveness was not much better than that of the Hanzhong Army.
In this way, Ma Chao led his cavalry all the way to the weak point of the Yizhou Army like cutting through waves. Ma Chao rushed straight in front of Lei Tong and roared: "The enemy will die!"
Lei Tong panicked when Ma Chao suddenly appeared in front of him, and he died under Ma Chao's sword without even resisting him for a single round.
Ma Chao cut Lei Tong off his horse with a single blow. Lei Tong's bodyguards and the Yizhou army collapsed immediately after seeing their commander killed.
Liu Bei saw this scene and said helplessly: "If only one of my second and third brothers were here, I wouldn't have allowed this Ma Chao to be so presumptuous." (Yuan Shao: Liu Xuande, you actually stole my lines!)
This is also what Liu Bei really thinks in his heart. Most of the decapitation of generals among thousands of troops is done by their Han generals, and Liu Bei has several who can do this.
It is a fact that the combat effectiveness of the Daqian Army has been strengthened and the soldiers are elite, but there are no powerful generals in the hands of Lei Gong. He either relies on the strength of numbers in the battle, or relies on the advantage of equipment, and finally relies on artillery bombardment. In fact, Liu Bei is very worried in his heart. If he is not convinced, as long as the Han army can have the same conditions as the Daqian army, he is confident that he can defeat any general of the Daqian army except Lei Gong!
Of course, Liu Bei is still very convinced of Lei Gong. After all, the three brothers were defeated by Lei Gong when they were just starting out. He knew that Lei Gong was the best in the world in terms of martial arts and commanding troops!
Liu Bei's words made Wei Yan beside him unhappy. He said: "At the end of the day, I will go and take Ma Chao's head and present it to the general!"
After saying this, Wei Yan led his personal guards to surround and kill Ma Chao!
But at this time, Liu Shi, who was in Yangping Pass, was worried about Ma Chao's comfort and sent a battalion to take Ma Chao back to Yangping Pass. So Wei Yan could only watch Ma Chao leave in disappointment.
Time passed like this day by day. Although Liu Bei repeatedly launched fierce attacks on Yangping Pass, Liu Shi defended it tightly, allowing Liu Bei's 100,000 troops to only destroy some camps outside Yangping Pass, while the opposite Yangping Pass,
The Han army did not even scale the city wall once!
A month later, Han Sui led 20,000 Xiliang troops and felt that Yangping Pass was supporting Liu Shi. At this time, Liu Bei began to realize that he might not be able to capture Yangping Pass!
Liu Bei decisively ordered to stop attacking Yangping Pass. However, the army did not retreat. Instead, they found ways to dig trenches, hoard food and grass, reorganize the army, and familiarize themselves with the terrain in order to accumulate strength.
Liu Bei was still unwilling to give up his plan to repel Liu Shi, but kept ordering troops to be sent to Yizhou, and at the same time ordered Yang Song and others to continue transporting grain and grass to the front line.
For Liu Bei, the transportation of grain may be his only advantage. It is only more than 200 miles to transport grain from Hanzhong to his military camp. However, no matter which front the Dagan Army is on, it has to go through a long journey to transport grain and grass to the front line.
Thousands of miles of grain roads require hundreds of thousands of people to help transport grain!
At this time, Yuan Ji, Jian Yong, Huangfu Hong and others also came to Hanzhong. They took over the government affairs of Hanzhong, and at the same time helped Liu Bei make plans and find ways to deal with the enemies of the Daqian Army. However, these people came to help Liu Bei solve a large number of enemies.
military issues, but it could not change the passive situation of the Han army on the battlefield!
Yangping Pass, Han Army Camp!
Huangfu Hong anxiously said to Liu Bei: "General, General Zilong has come to report that Zhang Baiqi, who attacked from Chencang, is about to break through the entire Chencang Road and enter Hanzhong. General Zilong is asking us for help! There is also General Huang Zhong from Ziwu Valley.
, General Chen Dao and General Wenpin of Bao Xiedao, they can hardly support it any longer!"
In order to defeat Liu Shi, the main force of Liu Bei's army was on the Yangping Pass line. Facing the 100,000-strong army in Guanzhong, he could only let Zhao Yun and others lead a battalion to rely on the mountains to resist the attack of Zhang Baiqi and others.
, but the gap in military strength and combat effectiveness between the two sides is too great, and it cannot be offset by geographical location! After more than two months of fierce fighting, the Guanzhong 4th Army has almost entered Hanzhong from Guanzhong!
Liu Bei looked at Yang Song. The only force that could send a large army now could only count on the powerful noble families in Hanzhong.
But at this time, Yang Song said with a bitter face: "General, it's not that we don't want to support you, but Hanzhong really can't provide any troops now!"
Hanzhong only has a population of about 500,000. Of course, if you include the nobles and nobles, it may increase by 30%. However, no matter how much the increase is, Hanzhong is only a county with a limited population. Now the entire Hanzhong has provided Liu Bei with 100,000 young people, which almost makes Hanzhong
All the young men in Hanzhong were wiped out. Now Yang Song and the others have to find women to transport grain and grass to Liu Bei. From this, it can be seen that Hanzhong's human resources have been exhausted by this war.
At this time, Yuan Ji also persuaded: "General, with the current situation in Hanzhong, it is difficult for our army to maintain the offensive. It is better to let Zilong and others retreat. We rely on some geographical advantages in Micang Mountain to block the attack of Daqian's army. Extending the grain road of the Dagan Army. If the Dagan Army wants to transport grain and grass to Hanzhong, it has to walk two thousand miles, and it is a difficult mountain road surrounded by mountains, but we only need a few hundred miles to transport Yizhou. The grain is transported to Hanzhong, not to mention that Hanzhong itself still has a large amount of grain, enough for us to eat for more than a year. We are fighting a war of attrition with the Daqian Army in Hanzhong, and the advantage is on our side!"