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"Wenhe, Xingyang, what's going on in Yangcheng?" Cao Cao looked up at Jia Xu who was lifting the curtain into the tent, and asked in a deep voice.

Jia Xu gave a light polite salute first, then shook his head slightly: "Reward, the enemy troops in the two cities showed no sign of going out. In addition, the enemy troops stationed at the important roads of Songgao Mountain are the same...

However, the Jinfan Shui Army's patrol against Yingshui seemed to be greatly enhanced. It seems that Lu Xun was determined to ignore our army's feint attack!"

"It's actually like this..." Cao Cao gently stroked his long beard that had already appeared in white under his chin and said with a frown.

After pausing, Jia Xu continued, "Prime Minister, I'm afraid this strategy to surround Wei and save Zhao has been discovered.

Although Lu Xun is young, he is good at commanding troops and is quite wise. It is not easy to design him. Liu Bei's general under the escort, Ruyun, must be sure that he can be kept to block the prime minister's army.

Looking at his past military use, we can see that the person is accustomed to planning and acting, and then he takes action.

When tens of thousands of barbarians attacked Jingnan, it was reported that Lu Xun had watched Meng Huo take over the Sanyi (1/3) of Wuling, which caused complaints from Jingzhou. Dozens of prefectures and counties submitted a letter to Liu Bei to dismiss Lu Xun's position as governor.

If Liu Bei had not been employed without doubt, Lu Xun might have been dismissed as a commoner for this.

But even so, Lu Xun still retreated without fighting until the time was ripe, and he suddenly launched a thunderous attack, defeating tens of thousands of barbarian troops and killing Meng Huo. This shows his ability to endure.

It is difficult to achieve general strategies for Lu Xun..."

Jia Xu's last words were actually a little disrespectful, because this so-called "general strategy" was done by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao originally wanted to pretend to counterattack Xiangcheng and Wancheng and cut off Liu Bei's army's retreat. He forced Lu Xun, who was defending Yangcheng and Xingyang, to go south to defeat the enemy.

But this strategy to surround Wei and save Zhao hit a wall in front of Lu Xun.

In fact, during the six days of blockage, Cao Cao used all the strategies he could use; he used both direct attacks and surprise attacks, but he was unable to break through Lu Xun's blockade in the end.

Even though he knew that Hulao Pass was facing a crazy attack, Cao Cao could only worry here.

"Yangcheng, how are you looking for the inner person in Xingyang?" After thinking for a while, Cao Cao asked mutely.

"There is no news yet..." A trace of mist flashed in Jia Xu's seemingly turbid eyes, and then he replied with a little hesitation, "Prime Minister, in his foolish opinion, this inner response... is better not to look for it!"

Cao Cao only turned his eyes on Jia Xu, which was difficult to tell the difference, but did not speak.

Jia Xu sighed inwardly———Cao Cao is indeed... old!

In fact, Jia Xu himself is nearly ten years older than Cao Cao. However, from his appearance, he is all in a reversal.

Although Cao Cao's current heroic power is still there in his words and deeds, he is no longer as good as before. He has been fighting abroad for years and has heavy military and political affairs.

The increasingly serious stubborn disease has made this peerless hero who has been in the world for decades age prematurely.

Five years ago, Cao Cao might have understood why Jia Xu dissuaded the use of internal agents at the first time...

Although he thought so in his heart, Jia Xu still replied calmly: "Yangcheng, Xingyang Xin was captured by Liu Bei. People's hearts must be unstable. It is true that our army can use this to capture the city again, but with Lu Xun's wisdom, he will also be very cautious about it.

He may even use this trick to counter-plan our army..."

After pondering for a while, Cao Cao had to admit the correctness of Jia Xu's analysis. It is indeed not the best way to be too proactive against Lu Xun, an opponent who is good at taking the lead. But the problem is that Cao Cao can't afford to delay...

Hulao Pass must be strong and Cao Hong personally guarded it. As a result, there should be no need to worry.

However, once Liu Bei really has a way to break through Hulao Pass, Cao Hong's troops will probably lose almost all of them. Luoyang will be useless and Guanzhong will also change hands.

According to the current situation, a small large-scale failure is likely to cause the collapse of the people and morale of the army under Cao Cao's rule. In this way, the entire battle situation will be unimaginable.

Cao Cao could not tolerate such a situation. For this reason, he must ensure that Hulao Pass is not lost.

"Can you... just use a strong attack?" After thinking about it, Cao Cao sighed.

In fact, at the beginning of the battle, Cao Cao chose to make a forcibly breakthrough, but under Lu Xun's meticulous and tenacious defense, he felt that it was really difficult and he thought of a plan.

Unexpectedly, after six days of hard work, I finally had to return to the old path, which made me really hard to accept.

"...this is the only way!" Jia Xu nodded and said.

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Under Hulao Pass

"Dongdongdongdongdong..." The war drum was fierce and vigorous, as if it was about to break a big hole in the sky.

"Woo~Woo~!" The horn was excited and loud, like the roar of the Nine Heavens Dragons rushing into the sky.

Tens of thousands of Jingyang soldiers roared in anger, and the wild sounds gathered into a series of majestic waves that covered the sky and the sun, and slammed into Hulao Pass with an unstoppable momentum.

In the past, it was like a strong pass from the iron tiger prison, but at this moment it seemed to be trembling helplessly and trembling...

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Hulao Pass

Looking at the situation under the lockdown, almost all the Cao army soldiers could not stop the bone-broken chill that came from the heart and covered their bodies. They were all dumbfounded and stunned. Some new recruits even had wet marks on their crotch, and unknown liquid overflowed from the legs of their trousers.

In normal times, some people had already started to laugh at it, but at this moment, no one said anything because they were also timid.

Within sight, huge and strange catapults were raising their heads towards the sky, one after another, densely packed. The stone bullets weighing more than a hundred kilograms were neatly placed, piles of like hills.

Next to the stone bullet ground, there are some unknown things that cannot be seen clearly because the distance is too far. But it is certain. It is definitely not a good thing...

"498…499…500..." A Cao army commander counted one by one, and finally said a number with difficulty, "500?!!!"

A total of 500 trenchers!

A few days ago, when Liu Bei's army was conquering the key points, they only used 200 catapults at most. But even so, they had already smashed the guards on the shutdown to almost breathless.

With amazing range, huge stone bombs, Liu Bei's ground trencher had exceeded Cao's imagination.

When he was hit by such a catapult on the first day, the Cao army in the lockdown also mocked the enemy for starting a bid at such a distance, which was just a waste of time.

But when the pawnshop was covered with stone rain, they realized what a nightmare was. Many people were smashed and flesh and blood were flying everywhere on the spot, and they could not even organize a counterattack.

Cao Hong, who was personally visiting Chengguan to supervise the battle, was furious when he saw this situation. He immediately killed more than a dozen people before he stabilized the situation. Then he launched a counterattack in panic.

Taking advantage of the height advantage of Hulao Pass, Cao's thunder chariot successfully destroyed more than ten enemy scattering aircraft, but his own losses were several times greater.

If you can still gain something on the first day, the results of the battle in the next few days will make Cao Hong vomit and bleeding—after testing the opponent's maximum range.

Liu Bei's army pulled the catapult to the range of Cao's thunder chariot and smashed it, and it could barely reach the city gate.

As a result, Cao Hong had no choice but to watch the closed gate tower, walls, and walls were smashed and destroyed. He watched the frightened soldiers being bombarded with huge rocks weighing more than 100 kilograms into meat pie.

Cao Hong was very unfortunate————————————————When Liu didn’t expect that Liu Bei’s army would suddenly turn to attack Guanzhong. Xu Huang, who had learned about Liu Bei’s army’s new trencher, forgot to inform Cao Hong of this information. Then he asked for it, but the conditions were no longer allowed.

If this situation can be predicted, Cao Hong can make targeted preparations, and at least he can mobilize some ideological ideas for his soldiers.

After being caught off guard, there was no substantial damage to the pass, but the morale of the defenders was extremely depressed. Many people even heard the sound of stones hitting the ground, and their calves became weak. Every morning.

It's the beginning of the nightmare.

There were several times, Cao Hong couldn't help but want to lead his army out of seclusion and smash all the damn catapults into pieces. But reason told him that the cunning enemy might have arranged everything and was waiting for the moment when he came out of seclusion.

Thinking of this, he had to suppress his mind and spread all his anger on the enemy troops who were pushing the squirting carts, rushing to hit the walls and closing the doors.

"Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei~!" At this moment, Cao Hong also counted the number of enemy scattered machines. He spat on the ground with hatred, and in addition to the extremely anger, there was also a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

If the attack planned a few days ago was a test, then from today on, a truly cruel bloody battle will come.

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On the mound

Retracting his gaze looking at the pass, the elder brother turned his head to look at the neatly arranged catapult array, with a trace of complexity flashing in his eyes, and he nodded slowly at me.

I raised my hand, raised the snake spear in my hand, pointed it straight towards the sky, and then pressed it down heavily.

The rumor ordered the soldiers to quickly wave the two flags in their hands.

In just a moment, the sound of drums and horns boiled, as if the sky collapsed and the earth cracked.

"Let it go!" Wen Pin shook his right arm violently and shouted loudly.

"Let it go!" "Let it go!" "Let it go!"

The generals and prosecutors who were commanding the stone casting machine shouted in unison.

"Cruff~!" As the terrifying sound was heard, 500 catapults began to roar with bloodthirsty crazy blood.

With the thrilling howling, 500 huge stone bombs flew towards the sky like thunder. After rising to the highest point, they rolled all the way, with the wrath of the Nine Heavens, smashed hard at the majestic wall of Hulao Pass.

The blue sky was covered with stones all over the sky for a moment, as if the end of the world had arrived.

"Boom boom boom..."

Almost at the same time, all the boulders hit the wall. The sudden loud noise covered all the sounds on the battlefield.

The sound of war drums, trumpets, shouts of killing, wailing... were all heard, and the only thing that filled my ears was this huge rumbling sound.

Even the amazing thunder in summer is not as good as the huge rumbling sound at this moment. This is not the sound that should be found in the world, it should only belong to hell.
Chapter completed!