Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 36 The Battle of Dagushan, Started

Liu Yu stopped the troops before reaching the "Wide Bottom of the Pot", and sent communications soldiers to the front troops to ask for the latest news.

The troops under Liu Yu had a set of special semaphore, and within a short while, they sent back messages one after another on the mountains on both sides of the "pot bottom wide land".

"Reporting to my lord, Cao Jun will be here in about half an hour, but Yuan Shaojun is still nowhere to be found!"

Liu Yu was not too surprised that Yuan Shao did not show up. In his impression, Yuan Shao, the leader of the princes and alliance, had never taken the initiative to attack.

At this time, Sun Jian was quite shocked. In Hulao Pass, he still thought that Liu Yu's actions were too childish. This ambush would definitely win with only 3000 people, but he didn't expect that there were already a large number of ambush soldiers on the mountainsides on both sides. .

"You agreed with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to launch a surprise attack tomorrow morning, right?" Liu Yu turned his head and looked within three meters.

After hearing this, Sun Jian nodded quickly and replied: "According to the previous plan, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao should send troops in the evening, and use the night to quietly pass through the Dagu Mountain Road. For some reason, Cao Cao moved ahead of schedule."

Cao Cao took the initiative to change things, but Yuan Shao was sticking to the old ways. Before the princes from all walks of life had not retreated, Yuan Shao's army had always been at the back. Now it is hopeless to attack Luoyang, let alone take risks.

"I thought that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao would be in the same pot, but now it seems that they can only be stewed in two pots. The 3000 people are ordered to be divided into two, and all go up the mountain to ambush."

Following Liu Yu's order, the three thousand soldiers quickly disappeared in the secret of the mountainside, and then Liu Yu ordered everyone to prepare some big stones or logs to prevent Cao Jun from charging forcefully, so as to block the narrow area in time. road exit
About half an hour later, a team of one hundred people quietly poked their heads out from the narrow crossing in the north section.

These people acted extremely cautiously. They should be scouts sent by Cao Cao to explore the way. After some investigation, they found nothing unusual and returned one after another. They probably sent letters to Cao Cao.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Cao Cao's army to squeeze into the wide ground of "pot bottom".

Cao Cao rode in the middle of the team on a yellow puma. Although he was not a burly man, his special temperament could be easily recognized among thousands of troops.

"This place is very spacious. I ordered the whole army to rest for a while before continuing to move forward. At the same time, we sent scouts to the road ahead... and the mountainside should be carefully inspected."

At Cao Cao's order, 2 people formed small phalanxes in an orderly manner, and they did not forget to form formations and guard when they were repairing. Cao Cao's method of commanding troops is indeed outstanding.

After walking all morning, Cao Cao was also a little thirsty. He took a sip from the water bottle handed by Xiahou Dun, and then laughed while looking at the surrounding mountains.

"My lord, why are you laughing?" Xiahou Dun asked curiously.

"Hahaha, I laugh at Liu Yu's ignorance as a child, and Fan Su's incompetence. If I can arrange thousands of ambushes on the mountainside, I will surely send my [-] troops to go and never return!"

"Your lord, you are joking. There are not many people who know this mountain path, but Liu Yu and Fan Si not only have to guard against our army's suspicious soldiers in front of Hulao Pass, but also send troops to fight against Sun Jian's troops. How can they have the time to check every A path that bypasses Hulao Pass!"

At this time Xia Houyuan also came over, and he also felt that this dispatch of troops was safe.

"Sun Jian just arrived outside the Hulao Pass last night. Liu Yu and Fan Su never imagined that he had made a surprise attack agreement with the Lord. Even if they guessed a thing or two, the time for our dispatch was only set in the morning. Even Sun Jian thought we would It won't be until tomorrow morning, so how would Liu Yu and Fan Si know, let alone set up an ambush here in advance!"

Xia Houyuan's style name is Miaocai, and he is Xiahou Dun's younger brother. This man is extraordinary in both humanities and martial arts. He strongly suggested Cao Cao to attack Hulao Pass.

The vassals of the Eighteenth Routes attacked Dong Zhuo but did not take an inch of land. If Cao Cao could conquer Hulao Pass, he would surely make people in the world look at him differently. In troubled times, this prestige is a sign, no matter where he is in power or he is an official in the court. Huge influence.

Cao Cao felt that Xia Houyuan's theory was very reasonable. In addition, the southeast of Hulao Pass was Yingchuan, Runan, where there were many noble families.

Celebrities are all talented people, while big clans control local wealth, so Cao Cao has always wanted to occupy Yingchuan County as a base for development.

The conversation between the three of them started, and suddenly a scream came from the mountainside on the right, and Cao Jun in "The Bottom of the Pot" suddenly became nervous.

"Is this scream coming from the scouts who went up the mountain to check?"

"Back to the lord...it seems to be!"

Seeing Cao Cao's cold stare, the school officer in charge of commanding the scouts immediately lowered his head in shock.

"Why are you still standing there, send more people to the mountainside to check whether there was an accident or... something else!"

Cao Cao's face was calm but he had a bad premonition in his heart. He whispered to Xiahou Dun to prepare to retreat immediately.

"Look, my lord, there are people on the opposite mountain playing semaphore!"

The semaphore is the simplest and most convenient communication tool between two armies, and the sudden appearance of the semaphore here indicates that at least two nearby troops are passing something to each other.

"Not good! There is an ambush on the mountain, retreat quickly!" Cao Cao couldn't hold back anymore, he was still laughing at Liu Yu's ignorance just now, but he didn't expect to encounter an ambush.

Surrounded by high mountains, the middle is low-lying and flat. If you encounter ambush in it, you will really only be beaten.

At this time, Liu Yu, who was hiding in a secret place, saw Cao Jun retreating down the mountain, and knew that Cao Cao might have found something unusual.

But the fish in the pot, there is no possibility of running away!

So Liu Yu jumped onto an unsheltered rock and shouted loudly: "It's all here, so don't worry about Meng De leaving!"

Hearing his name being called from the opposite side, Cao Cao looked back in surprise, and found a young and burly figure standing mighty on the mountainside.

"This man is very domineering. From the outline, could it be Liu Yu?"

Cao Cao was thinking about why Liu Yu would ambush here in advance, when he suddenly saw the stalwart figure waving his hand, and immediately on the mountainsides on both sides were banners and shouts.

"Ah, that's not good! Back... back quickly!"

Countless flying arrows, boulders, and rolling logs all smashed into the "bottom of the pot". Cao Jun's soldiers were able to maintain a certain formation when they encountered a sudden attack, but the enemies they faced were all at high places, and it was impossible to fight back. Just can't do it.

But those ruthless flying arrows, stones and rolling heads "attacked" in front of them in an instant, and there were wailing and death all over the field, and gradually the originally neat queue began to become chaotic.

Cao Cao and his generals tried their best to direct the soldiers to retreat in an orderly manner, but no one wanted to be left behind in order to survive, and the consequence of swarming in would be a large area of ​​stampede.

In less than half an hour, thousands of Cao's troops were killed and injured at the bottom of the mountain. Looking at the chaos of Cao's troops below, Sun Jian sighed in his heart. He knew that Liu Yu had won the ambush.

At this time, Liu Yu gave another order to the flag bearer: "Notify General Gao Shun in the rear, tell him to quickly cut off Cao Jun's retreat, and use rolling logs and boulders to drive Cao Cao's troops back to the 'pot'!"

The standard bearer received the order to send out the signal, but Sun Jian stayed on the spot in shock.

"What! Ambushes are also deployed on the narrow road near Chengmou!"

"Why are you surprised? Didn't I say that I, Liu Yu, never fight unprepared battles, as long as I attack, I will triumph!"

The self-confidence on Liu Yu's face hit Sun Jian's ambition again.

You must know that if you want to set up an ambush at the bottom of the pot in advance, you have to make a plan last night, and if you want the soldiers to set up an ambush on the mountain road closer to Chengmu without being discovered by the enemy scouts, you have to make an ambush earlier. Make judgments and orders.

Sun Jian always thought that it was Cheng Pu and Han Dang who leaked the plan to attack Hulao Pass, but now it seems that Liu Yu will launch a surprise attack when Cao Cao arrives.

"Powerful force, terrifying strategy, I won't be wronged if I lose to him!"

At this moment, Sun Jian felt admiration for Liu Yu for the first time in his heart.

"Ding, Sun Jian's friendliness has reached 50."

(End of this chapter)