Chapter 42 Zhao Zilong's first battle in Langzhong
So although Ma Chao was still helpless at this time, what he thought was different from before, and this was "one moment, another moment".
After Mingjin withdrew his troops, Wu Anguo still came to apologize. He believed that this time it was his mistake, because he did not expect Ling Bao to be so cunning that his soldiers had lost. When Ma Chao saw it, he thought to himself that Wu An was here again.
As a result, Ma Chao still shook his head at him and said to Wu Anguo: "Wuan actually doesn't have to be like this. The so-called changes on the battlefield are so rapid that everything is unpredictable. It is actually good to lead the soldiers to Jiameng Pass today, but who could have predicted that Ling Bao had already ambushed at the Pass? But it is not easy for you to make a quick decision and let the soldiers retreat. There is no need to mention this matter, don't say more!"
When Wu Anguo heard this, he stopped talking. His lord's words still made sense, but he felt that he was still wrong.
In fact, Ma Chao felt that this matter was not a big deal, so it could be big or small, but it might not be a good thing for Wu'anguo. After all, it was "not to learn from one mistake, but not to gain wisdom". For him, this was a lesson. Although he had more experience than Ma Dai, he had only led his troops to tackle the key points for a few days, and he had no experience in defending the city and the gates. If he hadn't done this, he would naturally not know much. So it was understandable that Ma Chao would not punish him.
"Thank you, lord, for not being blamed!"
Ma Chao shook his head with a smile, thinking that you are like this, Wu Anguo, but he didn't say much, just said, "Okay, let's go back to the camp together, and we have to see how our army is progressing today!"
Wu Anguo certainly knew what his lord said about the progress, so he returned to the camp with his lord.
Ma Chao also followed Jia Xu's plan before. He dug tunnels in the camp and prepared to directly pass through the tunnel to Jiameng Pass. This is what Jia Xu thought of, and he used it with Guo Jia's exhausted military strategy. As for the camp, it was not very far from the closing of Jiameng Pass, so Ma Chao felt that it was still fine to dig tunnels at this distance. So since last night, Ma Chao ordered his soldiers to take turns digging tunnels.
After all, there are nearly 50,000 soldiers, so Ma Chao meant to dig five authentic tunnels from five large tents to lead to Jiameng Pass. Of course, the sound has been minimized. Although the distance between the Daying and Jiameng Pass is nearly 100 meters, in front of so many soldiers in the Liangzhou army, the distance is not too far, and no matter how far the road is, it cannot withstand many people. So in less than a few days, there will be basically no problem.
However, it is unknown how Ling Bao was guarding against Jia Xu's plan. Therefore, Jia Xu had to cooperate with Guo Jia's tired soldiers. Because it was quiet at night, the sound was naturally much clearer than during the day. Therefore, he was afraid that the guards in Jiameng Pass could notice it. After all, the guards guarding the city and the gates had ways to prevent the attack of the attacking party from digging tunnels, because there was something called Diting, also called Weng Ting, which was specifically monitored.
Speaking of this, Ma Chao also had to admire the wisdom of the ancients. What is this? In fact, it is a brand new tank. When used, just dig a well under the inner city wall, then put the new tank in, and then cover the mouth of the tank with a thin layer of cowhide. In the end, the soldiers only need to monitor it on it. This is the purpose of the earth and its use. Perhaps the ancients did not quite understand what the principle is to allow this thing to monitor the siege to dig the tunnel, but it did not prevent the ancients from making it very early.
However, now Ma Chao and the others are not that close to Jiameng Pass, so the earth-speaking actually does not have much effect. Ma Chao and the others are guarding each other when they dig the tunnel very close to Jiameng Pass. At that time, they have to cooperate with the fatigue strategy. Then they have to make more noises under Jiameng Pass to disturb the guards of Jiameng Pass so that they will not notice the movements of the earth-speaking.
Ma Chao and Wu Anguo led their troops back to the camp. At this time, he and Chen Dao were patrolling the tunnels and digging progress in several large tents. Ma Chao was quite satisfied with this. In order to break Jiameng Pass as soon as possible, the soldiers of Liangzhou were holding their breath. At this time, they knew that they might be successful, so everyone was working hard.
Ma Chao and the others looked quite satisfied. At least they all knew how to work hard, so this is very good. There is nothing lazy to do when working, and this is also good. If this continues, why worry about not being able to break Jiameng Pass?
At this time, Ma Chao said to Chen Da and the others: "Continue to let the soldiers dig, and then we still have to attack Jiameng Pass every day, so that Ling Bao can't notice it!"
Chen Da and his men nodded quickly to the promise, and then Ma Chao continued to say to them: "Secondly, the fatigue plan of every night is changed to be once every half an hour. I want to see what Ling Bao can do to me!"
"Hahaha……"
The few people laughed loudly, and the generals naturally laughed. As for scholars like Jia Xu and Guo Jia, of course, they would not be like this, they just smiled. Everyone knew that looking at the guards of Jiameng Pass today, you would know that yesterday's tired soldiers did play a big role. So when I saw Ling Bao today, although everyone could not see his face clearly, it was definitely dark. At this time, everyone saw that their army was rushing into Jiameng Pass. Of course, they would not be careless. Anyway, they would not suffer too much if they failed. They would only take Jiameng Pass later.
If you say that everyone is actually quite confident now, especially Guo Jia's arrival, which has increased everyone's confidence. After all, there was Mr. Wenhe before, and everyone thought it was already very powerful. So now, another Mr. Fengxiao came here. Although he was very young, everyone dared not underestimate him.
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Just as Ma Chao was digging a tunnel to enter Jiameng Pass and defeat the enemy, Zhao Yun had already led his troops to Langzhong City, and this was actually the second day after his army arrived here.
On the first day, he was like Ma Chao, and he asked his soldiers to rest first and then talk about the war. It was indeed difficult to get to Shu. I don’t know if I didn’t come. There were too many mountains in this place. Although there were no need to cross mountains and ridges from Nanzheng to Langzhong, there were indeed many small mountain roads, so the soldiers were really exhausted after they arrived in Langzhong.
However, although Zhao Yun made a quick decision to let the soldiers go and rest well, the precautions did not relax at all. He was always on guard against the guards of Langzhong who came to the camp while their army was coming from afar and had not yet established a foothold.
But the facts proved that Zhao Yun obviously overestimated the other party because the soldiers in Langzhong had no movement at all. But even so, Zhao Yun was not careless because of the other party. He still strictly prevented the enemy from attacking, so he did not slacken at all.
The military general who defended the city in Langzhong was named Zhi Fei, but not Zhang Fei. Moreover, he was indeed not very capable, but he was a relatively loyal person. There were no talents in Langzhong, so he became the military general who defended the city.
As for being brave, he naturally doesn't have much courage, and he is a cautious person. Of course, this is actually a good idea. To really describe Zhi Fei himself, it's not good to say that he is a little timid. So if you ask him to steal the camp and rob the village, you don't have to think about it, but he doesn't have the courage to do this.
Because for him at this time, it would be better than anything else to guard Langzhong with 20,000 guards. As for victory, he never thought about it. As long as he was not destroyed, it would be enough. Anyway, it was "not asking for merit, but asking for no mistakes." So with his heart, could he still go to the camp? It was obviously impossible.
At this time, Zhao Yun ordered, "The whole army attacked and captured Langzhong!"
"kill!"
"Kill!"
"Run!"
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Zhao Yun obviously considered more than Ma Chao, because he had ordered people to build a ladder truck. Although there were simple ladders, it was mainly to cross the moat, and ladder trucks were the powerful tools used to attack the city. From this point of view, Zhao Yun had thought of something that Ma Chao had not considered. This is not to say that Zhao Yun must be stronger than Ma Chao, but it is just that Zhao Yun considered something that he had to say that he was more comprehensive than Ma Chao.
This time, Zhao Yun asked Liao Hua to lead his troops to attack. In fact, it seems that there is no one else, only Liao Hua is the most suitable one.
First, as the head coach, Zhao Yun is definitely not good at leading troops to attack the city. Because when the head coach goes up to attack the city, generally speaking, there is no one anymore and it is impossible to break the city. The head coach has to go up and make a last try at this time. Or the head coach goes up early, it is not impossible, but it must be guaranteed to succeed and then break the city. Otherwise, the head coach is defeated, which will have a great impact on the morale of his soldiers, so the head coach will not easily attack the city.
But it is not absolute. It is not ruled out that some people like to take their soldiers to attack the city, but how many of them are there?
The second thing is impossible, or in other words, he just doesn't like siege. He is like Cui An, with excellent martial arts skills, but he doesn't like to lead troops to attack the city. If he really wants Zhang Fei to go up, it's still similar to the one before, and he can guarantee success in one go. Or he can force him to inspire him and make him have no choice but to go up. At that time, he had to go up even if he wanted to go up even if he didn't want to go up even if he didn't want to go up.
Third, Zang Ba is not very suitable. It is not that Zang Ba cannot go. He is naturally more suitable than Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei, but compared to Liao Hua, Zhao Yun thinks Liao Hua is more suitable.
And there is another most important point, that is, the instructions of his lord. Before leaving, Ma Chao made it clear and told Zhao Yun clearly that if he had the chance, he would let Liao Hua participate in the war more. It would be better if he could make some contributions. However, Zhao Yun remembered this firmly. Ma Chao's idea was simple. Liao Hua might have been joining him for many years, but he had not used him much because of the previous incident. So Ma Chao felt that it would be bad to continue like this, so he asked Zhao Yun to use Liao Hua for him. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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