For Ma Chao, the process of attacking Yangping Pass was not wonderful. Xiliang was vast and sparsely populated, and there were not many cities. The opponents fighting were either Qiang or Hu. If you were fighting in an empty place, the Xiliang army was invincible. However, if you talk about siege, you were not the director of the Xiliang army. In addition, after entering the Yangping Pass, Wei Yan's harassment never stopped.

A large number of Shu troops were photographed by Wei Yan, and three or five people were shooting arrows at the Xiliang army in the surrounding mountains and forests. They wanted to fight back, but they could not find anyone and did not fight back. These Shu troops were as annoying as flies. If you cruelly sent someone to pursue them, the Xiliang army would enter the mountains to fight. They would not be the opponents of the Shu army who were used to the mountains and rivers. Three or five people could often exchange the lives of more than a dozen Xiliang troops.

Not only that, the rear food route was also seriously threatened, and Ma Chao had to send heavy troops to maintain the food route. After such a bumpy journey, it took the army three days to arrive at Yangping Pass. In the past three days, the number of troops was attacked by the Shu army was reduced by nearly 3,000. This loss made Ma Chao a little scared. If he fought head-on, so many war losses would cause the troops to collapse directly. Even so, the morale among the army was sluggish, and it would be impossible to enter the battle immediately.

Ma Chao was also cruel enough. In order to avoid being harassed by the Shu army like this endlessly, he pretended to be helpless and suddenly sent someone to set fire to the mountain. More than a thousand soldiers sent by Wei Yan were unable to come back. At this point, the harassment was terminated. Two troops began to confront each other at the end of the Xiong Pass.

This time, unlike last time in Mianyang, Yangping Pass was reinforced by Liu Yi and had sufficient troops. Although Ma Chao had many soldiers, the terrain of Yangping Pass was dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack. No matter how many Ma Chao had many soldiers, he could not enter the battlefield at one time. In this case, it would naturally be beneficial to the defender of the city. No matter how many soldiers and horses Ma Chao had, he could only be frowning when facing Yangping Pass, which had a advantage in the geographical advantage.

It’s just a pity that the thousand soldiers who were buried in the sea of ​​fire!

When Yangping Pass saw that Ma Chao had no intention of attacking, Wei Yan sighed. The things he did seemed to be a little unnecessary. With the Yangping Pass and the ten broken army crossbows left by Liu Yi on the city, no matter how many enemies have, it is useless. There is no need to send troops out of the city to fight.

Wei Yan stood on the enemy's building and silently looked at the Xiliang army's formation. He felt a little regretful of his previous decision. The Xiliang army was obviously not good at siege battles, and this can be seen from the deployment of troops.

But seeing an army blocking the formation, but did not attack. Instead, a general was sent to shout and provoke the city, which could also be regarded as an invitation to fight.

"Invitation?" Wei Yan was speechless about the other party's provocation. At this time, he gave up his advantage and fought with the Xiliang army head-on, afraid that his head would be pinched by the door.

"Get the bow!" Wei Yan sneered, stretched out his hand and handed a strong bow to Wei Yan.

After taking the bow and arrow, Wei Yan called out an arrow at the Xiliang army that came to shout. His archery skills were not as good as Huang Zhong, but they were not bad. He shot out an arrow and hit the forehead of the Xiliang army, passing through the road, and nailed the other party to the ground.

"Bastard!" Ma Chao was furious when he saw this and immediately rushed his troops to attack the city. A catapult cart was pushed up from behind. The archers began to advance towards the city wall under the protection of infantry, and three ladders also slowly moved towards the direction of the city wall.

"Pujun crossbow preparation!" Seeing this, the deputy general immediately ordered the ten Pojun crossbows to start adjusting their position. As long as the Xiliang army approached, they would attack the other party head-on.

"Slowly, don't move the Pojun crossbow first!" Wei Yan waved his hand and signaled that the Pojun crossbow should not be used first.

"General, our army has enough arrow clusters, why not use it?" The deputy general asked in confusion. How convenient is this Pojun crossbow. Once the ten Pojun crossbows are activated, it will be difficult for the Western Liang army to approach the city wall.

"No hurry, now Ma Chao is just tempting the attack. If the Pojun crossbow is exposed at this time, it may be able to retreat to the enemy, but he cannot seriously hurt. Wait first and shoot with ordinary bows and arrows." Wei Yan sneered: "Since you dare to come, don't try to escape unscathed. The revenge of more than a thousand soldiers has not been avenged yet!"

The deputy general looked at Wei Yan's smiling face, shivered, bowed and agreed, stopped debugging the Pojun crossbow, and instead directed the archers to start covering the Xiliang army.

Although the city wall has no gain effect, it is already advantageous in range from being condescending. With Wei Yan's baggage, there is no shortage of manpower. With a command, rows of arrows rose up from the ground, drew arcs in the air, and landed towards the Xiliang Army with a roar of death.

The casualties were not large. Under the protection of the shield hands in the front, the enemy within the range did not suffer much damage. Occasionally, if you were caught in an arrow, it could only be said to be a matter of luck. The catapult in the rear began to show its power. Unfortunately, for Wei Yan, who had seen the stone throwing car made by Liu Yi, the catapult in front of him was a bit like a pediatrician.

Before, seeing Liu Yi trying to improve, Wei Yan didn't feel much. But when he saw the enemy's siege equipment appear in front of him, the difference came out as soon as the comparison appeared. Whether the weight of the stone or the range of the catapult cart itself was not above the same level. What Ma Chao used was the equipment used by all the princes in the whole world except for Liu Bei's army, which was not out of date. But at this moment, it was a little unbearable to look at it in Wei Yan's eyes.

"Counterattack, let Ma Chao know what a catapult is!" Shaking his head, Wei Yan looked at the Xiliang Army with pity.

The general left and quickly commanded the catapult cart in the rear to turn the direction and fired stone bullets at the Xiliang army.

If the stone bullets of the Xiliang Army were as big as football, the catapults on Yangping Pass were just a whole piece of millstone size. Unfortunately, the terrain of Yangping Pass could only place three such bulky equipment.

"Buzz buzz ~"

With the general's order, three millstones the size of a millstone bounced out of the air, drew an arc over the Yangping Pass, and headed directly into the crowd.

The grinder sized stone bullets fell from the sky, and the shield hand protecting the archer below was still ignorant, and was still running forward with the shield. The next moment, the three stone bullets fell down like meteorites, with huge roars and power. Three pits appeared in the dense formation. The Xiliang soldiers under the stone had no chance to scream, and were smashed into a pool of meat mud by the huge force.

The casualties were not large, but the deterrence caused at that moment was devastating to morale. The Xiliang army was harassed by Wei Yan all the way, and its morale was not high. Now, looking at such a natural disaster scene, the morale that had just been boosted collapsed instantly. The soldiers in the back row had already begun to retreat. Ma Chao commanded the supervising team to kill several soldiers in a row, and the soldiers in front were still rushing forward.

Seeing that his morale was not high, Ma Chao himself was also a little scared at the blow. He immediately ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, boost his morale first, and then attack the city.

"Why is the catapult cart in Liu Bei's army so powerful?" As the sound of gold sounds rose, the army retreated like a tide. Seeing that the other party had no intention of leaving the city to pursue, Ma Chao put away his ambush and led the army back to the camp, attracting the generals to frown.

"It is rumored that Liu Bei has a skilled craftsman, and the things he does are powered by ghosts and gods." A strategist frowned.

The Battle of Red Cliff has ended for three years. The princes have some information about Liu Yi, but this era did not attach much importance to craftsmen. Therefore, the princes only knew that Liu Yi had a powerful skilled craftsman under Liu Bei's command, but not many people really knew about it.

"A skilled craftsman?" Ma Chao raised his sword eyebrows and said unhappily: "Just a craftsman makes our army so embarrassed?"

Before the battle was officially started, his army was scared back by the enemy's defending equipment. If Wei Yan was too strong, Ma Chao would also recognize it, but because of a craftsman, it made Ma Chao a little unacceptable.

Everyone was speechless when they heard this. That's the truth. Thinking about it, if a craftsman can be known to everyone in the world, Liu Bei has entrusted it with important tasks. He has his own extraordinary points. It's nothing to be surprised, right?

Seeing that Ma Chao was so angry that he could not calm down, Pang De turned the topic away and frowned and said, "The terrain of Yangping Pass is dangerous. If it is a strong attack, it will be a huge loss for our army, and it may be difficult to occupy Hanzhong."

"But Wei Yan refused to go out of the city to fight. Judging from his attitude, it would be difficult to lure him out of the pass." Another general shook his head and sighed. Yangping Pass was easy to defend but difficult to attack. If it were anyone, he would probably not have taken the initiative to send troops.

Ma Chao knocked on the table, then looked at Pang De and said, "I just looked at the terrain of Yangpingguan and found that the peak on the west side was quite steep. Ling Ming, you can take a team of people to see if you can find the path to the mountain. If you can find it, go up the mountain to occupy the high ground. When the war begins tomorrow, shoot arrows or throw stones from the mountain to the Guanzhong."

When Pang De heard this, his eyes lit up. He thought about the mountains on both sides of Yangping Pass and nodded, "If you can find a path and occupy the high ground, you will be able to see the mobilization of troops and horses in Yangping Pass."

Ma Chao nodded. He was as sharp as a wolf in this regard. He just came to find the problem of Yangping Pass, or it could not be said to be a problem. Yangping Pass was built along the mountain, with steep cliffs on both sides, making it difficult to cross birds. It is also a natural barrier to Yangping Pass. Even the locals don’t know if there is a road to go up the mountain, so it will naturally not be a problem.

But for Ma Chao, even if there is no way, in order to break through Yangping Pass as soon as possible, he will still open a way.

"In addition..." After hesitating for a moment, Ma Chao looked at Pang De and said, "So Yang Ang has any abnormal movement?"

After all, he felt a little worried. After all, Yang Ang should follow the army when he attacked Hanzhong this time, but he took the initiative to guard the rear. On the way to Hanzhong, Ma Chaoyue felt more and more wrong.

"From the news from Bo Zhan, Yang Ang was quite at ease and even took the initiative to distribute troops to Bo Zhan." Pang De shook his head and said.

"Go, break through the Yangping Pass as soon as possible. As long as you take Hanzhong, you won't be afraid of him cheating!" He waved his hand a little annoyed and signaled everyone to retreat.
Chapter completed!