In the morning, the weather was cloudy in Tongguan. The guard general Yuwen Xiaobo was in a battle shed on the wall of the gate. Through the sight, he used a thousand-mile mirror to look at the enemy situation in the east.

The dark camp to the east is the Chu army camp, and the Chu army has arrived outside Tongguan.

Early this morning, the Chu soldiers arranged siege equipment about a mile outside Tongguan.

Yuwen Xiaobo originally planned to send troops to attack and prevent the opponent from calmly deploying siege equipment, but because the Chu army was very vigilant, there was no way to take advantage of it, so he could only stick to it.

The battle shed where he was located was piled with many sandbags on the outside, which were very thick and strong. Under normal circumstances, the catapult could not be smashed in a short period of time, so he could observe the enemy situation relatively calmly.

In the Qianlijing's vision, Chu Bing was busy surrounding two-wheeled vehicles. There was a column on these two-wheeled vehicles, and its front end faced Tongguan.

Yuwen Xiaobo guessed that this should be a weapon called "Krupp" and "Loyal and Brave Bo".

It is said that the Jinyang City of Qi State was breached by "Krupp" and "Loyal and Brave Bo". No matter how strong the city wall is, it is just a thin wooden fence in front of these two weapons.

Yuwen Xiaobo frowned when he recalled the military situation he knew.

Obviously, Tongguan will be lost sooner or later.

However, before that, he would have to make the Chu army pay a heavy price no matter what.

Perhaps, such persistence cannot change the overall situation. Perhaps, the Zhou Kingdom will eventually perish, but he will never give up resistance easily.

His surname is Yuwen, but he is not a royal family. However, because he was on the same birthday as the former emperor Yuwen Yong, he was attracted by Emperor Wen (Yuwen Tai) and brought him to the mansion to raise him, and accompanied him with Yuwen Yong.

The kindness of raising one must be repaid. Yuwen Xiaobo did not have the slightest thought of surrendering without fighting.

In order to resist the attack of the Chu army, Tongguan has carried out targeted reinforcement, the rammed earth wall has doubled, many trenches and various defense facilities have been dug.

This is done to increase the difficulty of the Chu army's attack.

In order to prevent the soldiers guarding the pass from being damaged by the enemy's powerful weapons, many solid bunkers were built inside the pass and many hidden military caves and tunnels were dug.

And deliberately made the buildings inside the pass very messy and the roads were winding.

The purpose is to wait for the Chu army to send troops into the pass after breaking through the exterior wall and sending troops into the pass, and they are forced to fight hand-to-hand combat with the defenders in a narrow and complex terrain.

Such a close connection, even if the "Krupp" is powerful, it will not be able to use its strength.

No matter how many enemy troops are, they cannot be used in the city.

Therefore, Yuwen Xiaobo understood the opportunity for his side to exert force, when the enemy broke through the wall and sent troops into the city.

So, before that, when the other party's "Krupp" and "Loyal and Brave" did whatever they wanted, they could only bear it silently.

He put away the Qianli Mile Mile Mile, patrolled the wall, encouraged the soldiers who were standing by the wall, then got down the wall and waited in the shelter in the city.

Because of the great power of "Krupp" and "Loyal and Brave Bo", Yuwen Xiaobo only left a small number of soldiers on duty in the battle shed on the walls and guarded against the Chu army's use of weapons to attack the city, and sent infantry soldiers to sneak ants to cling to the city.

Most of the other soldiers hid behind the walls, and in various hidden soldiers in the city, raising their energy and waiting to fight with the Chu soldiers who broke through the city.

As he walked, Yuwen Xiaobo smelled a smell of roasted meat, and the smell came from many sources. After a closer look, the soldiers lit fires at the entrances of many hidden soldiers and roasted mutton.

What kind of sheep is a sheep? The sheep sent when rewarding the army.

In order to boost morale, Yuwen Xiaobo specially sent sheep today and asked the soldiers to have extra meals.

Only by eating enough can you fight.

He walked past a cave of soldiers who had hidden soldiers gathered at the fire to roast mutton. Seeing that the Lord's future was coming, he stood up subconsciously, holding the mutton skewers in his hand, feeling a little at a loss.

The enemy was about to attack the city, but they were roasting mutton. If this behavior was on weekdays, it would be a big problem.

"Pay attention to the heat. If it is burned, it will not taste good." Yuwen Xiaobo smiled and looked relaxed, continuing to move forward.

The soldiers were relieved to see this, and then they remembered that today is different from the past, and that the Lord General allowed them to eat and drink before the war.

So they sat down one after another, continued to roast mutton, and listened to the veterans who continued to talk about the past.

The veteran looked vicissitudes, sat cross-legged on the straw mat in the cave, eating the lamb skewers that others had roasted, and telling the story of that year.

That was nearly forty years ago, when the treacherous ministers (the title of Gao Huan by the Western Wei Dynasty) launched troops and attacked Guanzhong in three groups.

Which three routes are there?

The treacherous ministers led tens of thousands of troops to set out from Jinyang, arrived in Puban, Hedong, and built several floating bridges to prepare to cross the river.

On the other side, Gao Aocao, known as Xiang Yu in the past, led his army to the Wuguan Road from Mianbei, attacked Shangluo, and approached Chang'an.

The third road...

"boom!!!"

Thunder sounded, one after another, like a bolt from the blue, interrupting the veteran's words.

Then, everyone felt that the ground was shaking and the cave wall was shaking.

It is obvious that the enemy launched an attack and Guanwu was under attack. The hidden military cave located in Guanwu wall naturally "shivered".

Inside the cave, there was a little sand falling down on the top, making the people in the cave covered in dust.

The lamb skewers in the hands of several young soldiers landed on the ground, and they didn't care about so much, so they took a few steps into the cave - although they were inside the cave (near the entrance).

The thunder continued, and many people's hearts were trembling, as if the muffled sounds were caused by an invisible hammer hitting their hearts, making a heart-wrenching sound.

"The third way is Dou Tai, the brother-in-law of the treacherous minister. This man is brave and good at fighting, resourceful, and extremely trusted by the treacherous minister."

The veteran continued to say that it seemed that the "earth movement" was happening had nothing to do with him.

"He divided his troops from Puban to cross the river in Fengling and arrived at the east of Tongguan. One was to seize Tongguan and support the treacherous ministers to cross the river in Puban, and the other was to ask the court's troops to prevent the treacherous ministers from crossing the river."

"At that time, Guanzhong was famine and people were volatile. The Prime Minister (Yuwen Tai was the Prime Minister of the Western Wei Dynasty back then) had few troops and horses. He could not divide his troops to stop him, nor could he have an advantage in facing a single enemy after concentrating his troops."

"But the Prime Minister judged that the three treacherous officials had the main attack on Dou Tai, and the other two were just feint attacks, so he made a quick decision and concentrated his troops to come to Tongguan."

"The elite officials took the path around Tongguan and caught Dou Tai off guard near Xiaoguan in the suburbs of Guandong."

"Dou Tai was defeated and died. When the treacherous minister heard the news, he was so scared that he pulled out his camp and retreated overnight. Although Xiang Yu took Shangluo in the world, he learned that the main force had retreated and was unable to support his independence, so he retreated."

Thunder sounded endlessly, the walls inside the cave trembled slightly, and people's hearts were throbbing.

However, when the soldiers heard the veteran telling the story of that year, they learned that the situation faced by the official army was even more dangerous than now, and their uneasy hearts were a little more stable.

You should know that back then, the strength of the court was very different from that of the Eastern thieves (the title of the Western Wei Dynasty to the Eastern Wei Dynasty). Treacherous officials attacked each other again and again, which time wasn’t the situation critical?

But the court defeated the strong again and again with the weak, and survived again and again.

So, this time, the government army will survive!

We will definitely win!

The soldiers encouraged themselves, ate roasted lamb, listened to the movements outside, felt the slight trembling of the ground and the walls, and were no longer afraid, but were somewhat expectant.

Looking forward to the enemy's attack in a while, they will use the terrain to fight against each other in close combat.

One, kill one, two, kill one!

Suddenly, fire flashed in the direction of the entrance of the cave, and many flames bloomed on the ground outside the cave.

The fire illuminated the faces of the soldiers. They looked at the movement outside and were a little confused: Isn’t it blocking the wall? How could it be...

"They may have something like a catapult that can throw flammable objects through the wall." The veteran spoke, still calm, "Close the door quickly and don't panic."

Veterans are the backbone, and the soldiers came to their senses and quickly closed the door.

What kind of door is a door? Stones the size of a millstone are placed at the entrance of the cave.

Remove the "stumbling", "roll" the grinder-shaped stones to the entrance of the cave, and then build a few large stones on it, and the "door" is closed.

Even if it gets burned outside, it can't be burned in.

There is a ventilation opening on the other end of the Tibetan Bing Cave, so they hide in the cave without fear of suffocation or suffocation.

Soon, the "door" was closed, and the soldiers were very calm. Although the cave was a little crowded, they felt very safe.

Just wait for the "thunder to stop" and fight with the enemy soldiers who attacked the pass.

Before we knew it, the sun sets in the west and the afterglow of the sunset dyes the earth yellow.

Tongguan and Guancheng, under the shelling of nearly half a day, had already ignited a raging fire, turning into a huge brazier, and the flames brightened the dim sky.

Outside Tongguan, the Chu army's artillery positions, "Zhongyong Bo" kept roaring, as if the anger continued to continue, and it was nowhere to be "relieve the anger".

A large amount of ashes were piled up next to the position, which were the "remains" of paper cartridges. They were cleared out of the cannon chamber by the artillerymen and dumped around them.

Next to him, several young Chu army officers who had been watching "bombardment" for most of the day took out a cloth group that blocked their ears, yawned, and said to a large group of soldiers watching the fun in Wuyang and Wuyang behind him:

"It's gone, it's gone, it's gone. Hurry up and go back to the camp, finish the evening meal, and rest early. I'll go to the city to collect the corpse tomorrow morning."
Chapter completed!