Wudu Yangpingguan is indeed a corner of the city, but the distance between the two places is still a little far.
Previously, Zhang Wei and Yang Bai were stationed in Wudu and Yangping respectively.
But when Wudu was attacked by Wang Ding, Yang Bai, who was at Yangping Pass, had no time to rescue him.
That is, when we are besieged, we can rescue each other.
In this case, you also have to worry about whether the enemy will ambush you halfway.
Wang Ding knew what Gao Shun was thinking, so he refused.
He left Yangping and took away five thousand soldiers. He was irresponsible for Yangping Pass and put all the pressure on you, Gao Shun.
He must continue to stay in Yangpingguan. If he stays here, Zhang Lu will be under pressure.
There are many generals at Yangping Pass now. Even if their troops are not as powerful as their opponents, it will only be more difficult for Zhang Lu to rush in than before.
Not to mention Gao Shun and Xu Huang, there are also Fan Chou, Liang Xing, Cheng Yin, Li Su and Duan Xuan.
Compared with Yangpingguan, the Wudu that was captured before now does not have many defenders in the city.
If Zhang Lu bypasses Yangping Pass, he can easily capture Wudu.
But for Zhang Lu, it doesn't make much sense to capture Wudu now. Instead, he has to divide his troops to guard it, which could easily give Wang Dingke an opportunity.
Gao Shun failed to convince Wang Ding, so before Liu Yan's troops arrived, he began to conduct special training frantically on the participating civilians.
Ten thousand civilians, as temporary soldiers, have to train every day before the war begins, which is harder and more tiring than those soldiers.
After they are willing to stay, even if they are just temporary soldiers for the time being, Wang Ding will calculate their military pay according to normal soldiers.
Weapons and armor were also distributed to them.
Wang Ding only ate two steamed buns and a bowl of gruel at night.
Before nightfall, Sima Lang came over and said, "My lord, the weather is about to turn cold, and the army is seriously lacking in clothing to keep out the cold."
Those brocade clothes that Wang Ding had dismantled before were only filled with catkins.
In the days without cotton, most people could only rely on animal skins or stuffing animal hair into their robes to keep out the cold in winter.
There are also people who stuff hay inside their clothes, which has almost no effect of keeping out the cold.
What Wang Ding wanted before was to end the battle as soon as possible, and the supplies he prepared were mainly food and grass.
As the weather turns colder, it will be very difficult for ordinary soldiers and civilians without clothing to keep out the cold.
Even military generals like Gao Shun and Xu Huang are strong and need clothing to keep out the cold.
There are many people who freeze to death and starve to death in winter.
Even in the wealthy areas of Jingzhou, many people freeze to death at home every winter.
Those with better conditions can still burn firewood for heating, but most people don’t even have firewood to burn.
After hearing Sima Lang's report, Wang Ding took it very seriously and said: "I will immediately order Chang'an to send things to keep out the cold as soon as possible."
This battle in Hanzhong shows no sign of ending in a short period of time.
Without clothing to keep out the cold, you can face the cold armor in the middle of winter without encountering enemies. The cold armor can freeze them to death.
In addition to asking Chang'an to send things to keep out the cold as soon as possible, Wang Ding also asked people to leave the city and prepare more firewood.
Last winter, Wang Ding was still galloping on the grasslands of Hetao.
But at that time, the number of people was small, and when we set off, everyone was already wearing fur coats.
Compared with Hanzhong, Hetao is colder in winter.
Compared with the Han army, they began to prepare for the winter.
Zhang Lu, who was ten miles away, seemed very relaxed.
Yang Song has brought back the news that his reinforcements will arrive soon.
He didn't plan to care about what happened next. When Yang Huai Gaopei arrived, he was ready to return to Hanzhong.
A few more days passed.
Yang Huai and Gao Pei finally arrived at Zhang Lu's camp with an army of 50,000.
On the road, the two of them had already changed the flag to Zhang Lu's.
Even though Liu Yan agreed to send troops to support Zhang Lu, he was still unwilling to break up with the court directly, so he asked Yang Huai and Gao Pei to pretend to be Zhang Lu's troops.
He doesn't expect others not to notice, he just wants to find an excuse for the future.
He, Liu Yan, has always been a descendant of the Han Dynasty, and his heart belongs to the Han Dynasty. How could he establish himself as king?
Everything was caused by the villain below and betrayed him.
However, if we really want to attack Yizhou, who will care about Liu Yan's reasons?
Simply assign him a charge of rebellion, it would be so simple that Liu Yan would have no way to refute it.
After Yang Huai and Gao Pei arrived, Zhang Lu withdrew to Hanzhong with 20,000 ghost soldiers.
The other 30,000 ghost soldiers were handed over to Zhang Wei and Yang Bai, asking them to cooperate with Yang Huai and Gao Pei.
Regardless of whether Yang Huai and Gao Pei wanted to attack by force or consume them, Zhang Lu didn't care.
Yang Huai and Gao Pei first arrived with great momentum.
Zhang Lu left, just as the two of them wanted. They were ordered by Liu Yan to come to support Zhang Lu, but they did not want to obey Zhang Lu.
After just one day of repair, Yang Huai went to Yangping Pass to challenge.
It’s just that compared to the young Ma Chao, Yang Huai is not as strong as him, and his level of swearing is also not as good.
Not to mention that Wang Ding didn't feel anything, even Xu Huang and Fan Chou, who had heard Ma Chao's scoldings before, now felt that Yang Huai's words went in one ear and out the other.
Just standing on the city wall, looking at Yang Huai who kept yelling and scolding him like a fool.
Yang Huai was riding a black war horse, pointing a spear in his hand and spitting out the fragrance: "Listen to the people on the wall. If you have the guts, come out and fight someone. If you don't dare, quickly open the city gate and surrender."
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Behind him were ten thousand soldiers in formation.
It looks presentable.
At least in terms of formation, it is much better than the one hundred thousand ghost soldiers before Zhang Lu, and looks more orderly.
The weapons and equipment are also more complete.
Yang Huai was at the foot of the city, calling for a full hour.
However, no one on the city wall responded.
He is like a lonely clown.
Wang Ding suddenly asked: "Sir, I was going to attack Hanzhong, why did they take the initiative now?"
Logically speaking, shouldn't Zhang Lu guard Hanzhong and wait for him to attack?
The longer the war lasts, the more detrimental it will be to Wang Ding and the greater the cost.
Why did Zhang Lu and Liu Yan suddenly become unable to sit still and take the initiative to launch an attack? They had to give up their own advantages.
Jia Xu said: "First, our army has a small number of troops and consumes less food and grass. Zhang Lu may feel that delaying time is more beneficial to our army."
This is the benefit of Wang Ding's small number of troops. Most of the civilians who transport grain and grass are now building roads.
Zhang Lu wanted to restrict Wang Ding in terms of food and grass, but it was not very practical.
Jia Xu continued: "Secondly, maybe Liu Yan wants to end this war as soon as possible."
Zhang Lu took the initiative to attack, but it was Wang Ding who led a hundred thousand ghost soldiers to attack after there was no movement for a month after taking Yangping Pass.
With 20,000 people guarding Yangping Pass, as long as the city has sufficient supplies, it can normally hold on to five times the enemy's attack.
Wang Ding plans to send someone to Chengdu to inquire about the situation.