Chapter VIII Capture Hulao Pass
"Kill~"
Under the dim night, Wang Shuang raised all his strength to pull an iron-tied bow into a circle. The cold cluster of arrows rushed towards the city with a bursting sound when Wang Shuang let go of the bowstring. He shot Cao Jun, who had just raised the stone next to the torch, directly penetrated the chest of the Cao Jun, who had just raised the stone, and the arrows penetrated into the city tower behind him, reaching three points.
The Guanzhong soldiers around him shouted slogans and rushed to the top of the city on the ladder, and were driven down by Cao's army at the top of the city. The fighting between the two sides was quite fierce. Just as Ye Zheng said, after retreating to Hulao Pass, Cao Hong was prepared to prevent Ye Zheng from following the siege. Wang Shuang led his army to arrive. As Cao Hong expected, even though the Guanzhong army was strong and had advanced siege equipment assisted, Wang Shuang took the lead in charge several times, but was still driven down from the city wall by Cao Hong.
The battle lasted for two hours, and the sky had completely fallen into darkness. Wang Shuang stopped the attack unwillingly, because Ye Zheng had already said that if the Huzhu could not be broken in two hours, he would withdraw his troops.
In fact, after two hours of fighting, Wang Shuang couldn't hold on anymore. If he didn't retreat, the eight thousand soldiers he brought might be explained here.
It was also Cao Hong's army, and with the night was filled with darkness, many Cao's army could no longer see anything, so they did not go out of the city to pursue it. Otherwise, Wang Shuang would not be able to escape without any hesitation.
Cao Hong ran for a day, and after nightfall, there was another slaughter. He was already exhausted. With Wang Shuang withdrew his troops, Cao Hong thought that Ye Zheng would not send troops to come. After he was so careful that he would guard the city, he returned to his house to rest and soon fell asleep.
On the other side, Wang Shuang led the remnants back to the camp and knelt in front of Ye Zheng with shame on his face to apologize.
"The prince, the last general is incompetent and has not been able to break through the Hulao Pass." Wang Shuang said in shame.
"When the princes of the world attacked Dong, more than ten princes including my father, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and other ten armies joined forces, all sacrificed countless lives to break through the Hulao. You only led 8,000 soldiers and wanted to break through the Hulao Pass, which would be too unwilling to take Cao Hong seriously." Ye Zheng stretched out his hand and helped Wang Shuang up and said, "Let's go down and rest, and take you to see Hulao Pass tomorrow."
Wang Shuang nodded. He was still thinking about the war in his mind, but he didn't think about the meaning of Ye Zheng's words. He said goodbye to Ye Zheng in a chaotic manner and returned to the camp to repair it.
"Mr. Xiaozhi, do you think we can enter Hulao Pass tonight?" Seeing Wang Shuang leave, Ye Zheng turned his head and looked at Fa Zheng and smiled.
"The prince's strategy is indeed exquisite. General Guan Ping has experienced a long battle formation, so there should be no problem." Fa Zheng smiled and said, "But the prince should know that the battlefield changes rapidly, and everything may not be as the prince wishes."
The implication is that although the plan is good, you must be prepared to face failure. After all, even Ye Zhao cannot guarantee that everything will go smoothly and will never fail.
Although Fa Zheng felt that Ye Zheng had a good idea and directly counted it on the human heart, it was hard to say what happened on the battlefield before it came to an end. He was worried that Ye Zheng was young and could not bear the setbacks.
Judging from Ye Zheng's current performance, Ye Zhao will definitely be able to take over Ye Zhao's foundation in the future after a hundred years, not only because of his identity as a legitimate son, but because of his cruel training over the years, his military and political abilities have become good.
However, as a superior, in addition to his own abilities, it is also very important to maintain a stable mentality in adversity. This is not obvious at the moment, so Fa Zheng can only mention it. After all, he was sent by Ye Zhao, and his main task is to guide Ye Zheng to make up for some of his shortcomings.
Ye Zheng looked at Fa Zheng, smiled and nodded, but some painful memories flashed through his mind. He understood what Fa Zheng was talking about. Ye Zhao had a specialized word called stress resistance, which is to cultivate a calm mind in the face of setbacks and adversity. Until now, Ye Zheng always felt unbearable to look back on his youth. But now, it is really useful. It can ensure that Ye Zheng has absolute calmness under any circumstances.
"Then let's wait and see." There was no explanation. After all, some things cannot be shared with others.
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The darkness before dawn was the darkest night in the day and the most sleepy time. Guan Ping was ordered to attack this time because it was a sneak attack, and there were not many people, only a thousand people, but each one was an elite soldier selected from the best in the army.
He did not carry siege equipment. After all, although that thing is easy to use, it has too much noise and is easily noticed by the enemy.
What he brought were all elite soldiers who had joined the army since Shuzhong and were proficient in mountain warfare. Bamboo poles that were four or five feet long were placed behind them. With the help of three or five soldiers, the soldiers who were pushed by the bamboo poles stepped on the city wall and crossed the height of most of the city wall. If they accidentally fell from above, they would be crushed to pieces. Even if they were proficient in mountain warfare, it would be difficult to ensure zero mistakes.
Before the bamboo pole was about to run out, these soldiers walking on the city wall must stomp the rope in their hands into the city wall of the female wall. Otherwise, it would be foreseeable to fall without subsequent support.
"Bang~"
Although he had trained many times and could easily do it normally, this was used on the battlefield, but there were no safety measures. A soldier failed to accurately cover the city wall and fell from mid-air. He fell down three meters high and fell down in a dark light. Even if he didn't die, he could still break the person. The soldiers who landed on the ground couldn't help but scream in pain.
On the city wall, the sleepy Cao Jun was awakened by the sound. He rubbed his sleepy eyes, poked his head out of the female wall and looked down, but he saw that it was pitch black and he found nothing.
In order to retract his head, in the darkness, a rope was put on Cao Jun's shocked gaze and put it on his neck, and then pulled it down. The rope was tied with a buckle, which could be tightened by pulling it. Cao Jun leaned forward and was almost pulled out of the city wall. He quickly pressed the city wall with both hands and opened his mouth hard, trying to call Cao Jun around him, but the power on the rope suddenly increased, tightening his neck. If he reached his mouth, he couldn't say it. His breathing stopped. His face was fat and he was instantly congested into purple.
At this moment, he found black shadows constantly climbing up from other directions. His robes were quietly wiped by someone while half asleep and half awake. The bloody smell began to spread. Some people found the winch of the suspension bridge and began to put down the suspension bridge. Some people also touched the city tower, and it seemed that they were about to open the city gate.
Cao Jun struggled angrily, trying to use his weapons to cut the rope around his neck. However, a Guanzhong army appeared in front of him at some point. In Cao Jun's desperate gaze, he stabbed into his heart with a knife. The rope was also held in his hand by the other party, and the robes under the city wall were pulled up.
Just as Ye Zheng analyzed, after Wang Shuang's attack, even with Cao Hong's instructions, the soldiers guarding the city still inevitably relaxed their vigilance, especially the time Ye Zheng chose this time, which was the most sleepy time. Therefore, Guan Ping followed the example of the elite squad formed by Ye Zhao's special operations battalion, opened the city gate and lowered the suspension bridge without much fighting.
Guan Ping, who had been waiting outside the city for a long time, immediately led his army into Hulao Pass as soon as the city gate opened.
When Cao Hong was awakened by the sound of fighting outside the mansion, the entire Hulao Guanzhong had already seen fires soaring into the sky. He didn't even have time to put on his armor. When he rushed to the door with his sword, he only saw fires soaring into the sky. There were all the soldiers of Cao's army everywhere. With the shadows, he couldn't see how many people there were on the other side, as if there were Guanzhong troops from all directions.
"Why did the Guanzhong army enter the city?" Cao Hong ran angrily with his sword, killing the bandits from time to time, but he could not stop the mutiny of the Cao army. Simply put, Cao army exploded the camp.
The people that Cao Hong gathered several times were all disturbed by Cao's army themselves. Cao Hong gradually realized that something was wrong. There seemed to be not too many Guanzhong army.
As the first beam of sunlight penetrated the darkness and landed on Hulao Pass, the sky gradually became brighter. When Cao Hong wanted to take the opportunity to gather troops and drive out the Guanzhong army that had entered Hulao Pass, Ye Zheng had already led Wang Shuang and Fa Zheng into Hulao Pass. As the endless Guanzhong army entered Hulao Pass and quickly occupied the high ground, Cao Hong knew that he had no chance to turn the tide anymore.
"General, Hulao Pass has been broken, and it will be too late if you don't leave!" Several generals found Cao Hong, who was red-eyed, and begged hard. Ye Zheng's army entered the city. When they lost the benefits of the strong city and their military strength was even worse, what should they use to fight Ye Zheng?
"I... cannot retreat. If the world knows that I am defeated by a yellow-haired child, how can I see my lord in the future? How can I control the three armies?" Cao Hong roared unwillingly.
He had reason to be unwilling to accept it. According to his age, Ye Zheng was born when Cao Hong became famous. He was more than enough to be Ye Zheng's father. In terms of fame, how many military achievements he made with Cao Cao in battles across the country? His abilities are not weak. He is a well-known general today. What about Ye Zheng? At least in Cao Hong's understanding, except for being Ye Zhao's son, there is no achievement that can be achieved.
Now that he was inexplicably defeated by Ye Zheng, he didn't know how to explain after seeing Cao Cao, but for a moment, he had a desire to die.
"General, don't act irritably!" A general saw that everyone was advised by Cao Hong, but just shouted that he would fight Ye Zheng to death. He grabbed Cao Hong and shouted: "Now that he is defeated, he can regroup and find his face in the future. If the general dies here, I am afraid that even if the general dies, he will only make the prince famous!"
If it were anything else, Cao Hong's mentality at this moment would not listen at all, but this person's words calmed down. What Cao Hong is most disgraceful now is that Ye Zheng Chengxing and became famous by his own head, which is something he could not accept.
Chapter completed!