This time, Bai Xiaowen did not want to use his own banner and personally lead the army on the bright side. Instead, he used Ma Chao's name to attack Jiameng Pass.
But in Hefei, Jia Xu opened the Yan Gong banner openly and fluttered the flag, which made Sun Ce's army suspicious and did not dare to act rashly.
In addition, when Liu Beijun saw that Yuan Jun only sent general Ma Chao to fight, he would also lower his vigilance.
The guard general of Jiameng Pass is named Huo Jun.
Ma Chao challenged the battle in front of the pass, but Huo Jun could not hold on. He urged his army to knock on the pass and attack the city. Huo Jun's defense was tight and his troops were in order, leaving no opportunity for Yuan's army to take advantage of.
On the first day of the siege, the city was not captured. Instead, many bodies of Yuan's troops were left under the city.
Li Shuyi once tried to assassinate Huo Jun, but was blocked by the personal guards around Huo Jun. If it weren't for the climbing shoes, she would have been surrounded to death.
"This Huo Jun is obviously at the level of an ordinary leader, why is he so difficult to deal with?" Li Shuyi said.
Bai Xiaowen frowned and said: "Huo Jun is not well-known in the novels, but in the official history, he is indeed a good general who is used to defending the city, no worse than Cao Ren. In the Three Kingdoms plane, his template is only slightly weakened, but for the commanding ability
His abilities outside the attribute panel such as city defense strategy and city defense strategy have not been weakened. It seems that Liu Bei still knows people and uses them well."
"How to conquer this level?" Li Shuyi has always been good at finding the essence through phenomena.
Bai Xiaowen said: "If we attack the city tomorrow, I will also join the battle."
"Ah? Don't you want to hide behind the scenes?" Li Shuyi asked.
Bai Xiaowen said: "If I hadn't used my banner of Yan Gong, the aborigines like Liu Beijun would probably not have thought it was me. My large-scale deterrence should be of great use in such a battle situation."
The next day, Yuan Jun attacked again, fired stone cannons, and set up ladders. Countless soldiers shouted and ran over, climbing up the ladders like ants.
After closing the door, Huo Jun ordered his soldiers to pour kerosene and light the ladder; at the same time, he stood down and fired arrows to cause damage to the attacking Yuan army.
Bai Xiaowen stood in the shadows, his hands slightly open, threatening in a wide range!
Huo Jun froze for several seconds! And the soldiers guarding the gate turned into clay and wood sculptures.
Li Shuyi activated her cloud-climbing shoes, Lingxu controlled the wind, and floated upward.
By the time Huo Jun woke up from the intimidating state, Li Shuyi had already rushed to the gate, pointing her sword directly at Huo Jun!
Huo Jun shouted: "Hey!"
A transparent ripple spread out, and the surrounding guards who were in a deterrent state were actually inspired by Huo Jun's shout and broke away from the continuous control of the mental force field.
Bai Xiaowen frowned. After all, the priority of deterrence was still low. If it was a three-star skill, coupled with Bai Xiaowen's basic priority of 5 points at this time, Huo Jun would have no way to release the control.
Li Shuyi ran away faster than when she came.
Just kidding, if you are surrounded by Huo Jun's elite guards, you won't be able to escape even if you want to.
Huo Jun ordered the flag to be waved, and the first batch of tired soldiers guarding the gate retreated. The subsequent reserves rushed up, and arrows were fired again. Rolling logs and rocks fell down, leaving Yuan's army dead and wounded.
Bai Xiaowen looked at Huo Jun hiding behind the city gate tower and sighed.
Huo Jun was very self-aware of his role as an ordinary leader. He only remotely controlled the captain to wave the command flag behind the city gate tower. Not to mention Leng Jian's plot, even Bai Xiaowen had no chance to throw out the spell.
In the battle on the second day, Yuan's army suffered more than a thousand casualties, while Huo Jun's army on the top of the city suffered only about 300 casualties.
The allies of the White Phoenix team were all a little anxious.
Bai Xiaowen comforted them and said: "Don't worry, this is the normal state of war in the Three Kingdoms. Our previous battles were won too quickly and smoothly. It took half a month to destroy Cao Cao, and ten days to level Ma Chao. That is abnormal."
"What to do now?" Cecilia asked.
"Keep attacking, keep up the pressure."
Bai Xiaowen said: "Although Huo Jun has caused me some trouble, his troops are never enough! The willpower of the elite captains under his command is also constantly weakening. When I find an opportunity, I can steal someone as an internal agent and I can easily break through.
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Liu Bei's army marched into Luocheng and was discussing the next strategy for capturing Mianzhu when he suddenly received an urgent report from Huo Jun of Jiameng Pass.
When they heard that Yuan Jun was coming to attack Jiameng Pass, Liu Beijun's senior officials were all heartbroken.
Later, I heard that it was only Ma Chao who was working on a key problem, and Yuan Xi's banner appeared in Hefei City, thousands of miles away. Only then did Liu Beijun's top leaders calm down.
Liu Bei's army was thankful that they had formed a strategic alliance with Sun Ce. Sun Ce launched an army to attack Hefei, forcing Yuan Xi to have no time to take care of Xichuan, which was of great benefit to himself.
Liu Bei said: "Ma Chao is also one of the most powerful generals in the world, and Yuan Xi's army is outnumbered. Huo Jun can hold on for a while, but he cannot hold on for a long time. Pang Tong's military advisor said before he died, Jiameng Pass and Fushui Pass are where our army returns.
Don't be careless on the road, you need to send a general to guard it."
Guan Yu took a step forward and opened his slender red phoenix eyes slightly: "Brother, please go and guard Jiameng Pass and meet Ma Chao for a while!"
Liu Bei said happily: "My second brother is brave and resourceful, and he is worthy of the important task."
Liu Bei had great trust in Guan Yu's abilities.
In the novel, Liu Bei defeated Pang Tong and had no Xu Shu around, so he had to transfer Zhuge Liang from Jingzhou. At that time, he chose Guan Yu to replace Zhuge Liang and guard Jingzhou.
Xu Shu frowned slightly and said, "General Guan, I have something to say that I hope you will remember."
Guan Yu nodded: "Commander Xu, please speak."
Xu Shu said: "Although Yuan Jun sent Ma Chao to knock on the pass, our army's plan to capture Xichuan cannot be stopped; it is necessary to divide the troops into two fronts to fight, and General Guan can take away not many soldiers. To guard Jiameng Pass, the most important thing is to hold on
If you don't fight, don't give up your geographical advantage. As for leaving the border and fighting Yuan Jun in the field, a wise man won't do it!"
Liu Bei nodded and said: "Yuan Zhi's words are reasonable. I can follow them and don't lose our army's retreat."
Guan Yu said with emotion: "Since a man has received an important task, he will not rest until he dies." (Note)
At that moment, Guan Yu led three thousand soldiers and horses to Jiameng Pass to guard it.
Xu Shu had a worried look on his face, and after thinking deeply, he said: "My lord, we still need to dispatch Kong Ming and General Zhang Yide from Jingzhou."
"This...Jingzhou is also an important place. Our army has brought all the civil and military generals it can during this trip to Xichuan. Only Zhuge Military Advisor and his third brother are left to guard Jingzhou. If they are sent here again, it will be like giving up.
Let’s go to Jingzhou,” Liu Bei said.
Xu Shu said: "The one my lord is worried about is Yuan Xi. Sun Ce may take the opportunity to attack the five counties of Jingzhou. But I speculate that since Yuan Xi's banner comes from Hefei, there will be a battle between Yuan Xi and Sun Ce. When the two families are fighting, who will
There is no time to attack Jingzhou, so Jingzhou seems dangerous, but in fact it is as stable as Mount Tai."
After careful consideration, Liu Bei adopted Xu Shu's suggestion and went to Jingzhou to compile the book. However, in the letter, he still asked Zhuge Liang to judge whether he should go to Sichuan based on the situation in Hefei.