The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 377

Since ancient times, some strong and dangerous passes have been very difficult to attack.At that time, the eighteen princes attacked Dong Zhuo and were blocked at Hulao Pass. Later, Dong Zhuo abandoned the pass by himself and moved the capital to Chang'an with all the officials of the emperor.When Ma Chao raised his troops to take revenge, he came to Tongguan. At first, Cao Hong could not hold out, and Ma Chao had no choice.Later, Cao Hong was lured out of the pass, but was defeated by Ma Chao, and even lost Tongguan.

Therefore, to attack these passes, the best strategy is to attack the heart, disintegrate morale, persuade surrender, use divisive or counter-tactics, etc.;

Cao Cao and others who are attacking Jiameng Pass now include military experts like Cao Cao, top military advisers such as Xun You, Jia Xu, and Sima Yi, as well as Xiahou Dun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, Yu Jin, Xu Huang, etc. A large number of generals who have fought for many years , but there is no good way to reduce casualties.

Persuading him to surrender is impossible. General Xu Shu followed Zhang Wu when Zhang Wu was only in Jiangxia. General Ma Chao had a blood feud with Cao Cao. Wei Yan and others were also Zhang Wu's confidantes.Although Zhang Ren, who guarded Niutoushan, had just joined Zhang Wu, he hacked to death the person Cao Cao sent to persuade him to surrender, and he didn't bother to say anything.

Divorce and anti-estrangement were also useless. Cao Cao found that there was no one around Zhang Wu who might be bribed, and no one could be their internal support.The rest of the tactics of diverting the tiger away from the mountain, luring the enemy, etc. were useless in front of Xu Shu, and in the end they could only be spent honestly.

"There are more troops in Jiameng Pass!" Cao Cao looked at the newly erected "yellow" flag and said helplessly. If he guessed correctly, it should be Zhang Wu's general Huang Zhong who came.

Fighting back and forth, Cao Jun suffered a lot of casualties, and the opponent also suffered a lot of casualties, but this kind of key battle, the attacking side suffered too much, especially in this kind of dangerous pass that occupies a very favorable location, the ratio of casualties between the attacking side and the defending side is very different. , bigger than a siege battle.

In this era of cold weapons, if the morale, equipment, and general's talents of both sides are similar, the casualties of the attacking side are generally three times that of the defending side.

Cheng Yu said: "Zhang Wu quickly occupied Yizhou by relying on internal resources. Therefore, the nearly 10 people in Yizhou were basically not damaged. Moreover, Zhang Wu occupied the three prefectures of Yi, Jing, and Yang, with a large population and no shortage of troops. "

Cao Cao looked at the wall and said, "This Xu Yuanzhi is really capable, no wonder Zhang Wu can trust him here."

During this period of time, Xu Shu not only guarded Jiameng Pass tightly, but also seized the opportunity to go out of the pass to fight back many times, which not only caused heavy damage to Cao Jun, but also greatly improved the morale of the defenders.

Due to terrain constraints, although Cao Jun had an army of more than 30, he was unable to concentrate his superior forces to attack. There was only such a large area in front of the pass, and a few thousand people could fill it up.Therefore, whenever Cao Jun's offensive was exhausted and out of touch, Xu Shu ordered Ma Chao, Pang De, Wei Yan, Li Yan and other generals to lead troops to attack, causing great trouble to Cao Cao.

Now came another fierce general, Huang Zhong. Although he was a lot older, he was still unparalleled in bravery. With so many fierce generals attacking together, Cao Cao's generals also dealt with it very hard.

Sima Yi said: "In a while, when Zhang Wu handles the matter in Chengdu, I'm afraid he will come here to supervise the battle in person."

As soon as these words came out, Xu Chu, Xu Huang and others tightened their hearts and became a little nervous.Having fought so many battles with the Zhang Wu Group, now the Cao Cao Group has a little dislike for Zhang Wu from top to bottom.In less than ten years, this legendary figure who rose from a single county, occupied Jingzhou, destroyed Jiangdong, and descended to Yizhou, now occupies half of the country, no one dared to despise him because of his origin.

Especially the generals under Cao Cao, everyone kept in mind an iron order, that is, they must not be singled out by Zhang Wu, let alone be captured by him.

Although Ma Chao is fierce, Xu Chu still dares to fight fiercely with him, but if Zhang Wu comes, Xu Chu will be cowardly when he absolutely should, because he really can't beat him.

I heard that Ma Chao was also defeated by Zhang Wu not long ago, and even lost his weapon, which made Xu Chu secretly happy for a long time.

Cao Cao suddenly said: "Jiameng Pass is located at the confluence of two rivers, can we attack it with water?"

At this time, Cao Cao and his group were standing on the bank of the Jialing River. Xun You looked at the map, observed the river, and said, "Duke Wei, it's past the Mid-Autumn Festival. There is less rainfall here, the water is not big, and the Jiameng Pass There is a tall pass wall, and Niutoushan is also on a relatively high terrain, I am afraid that the plan of water attack will not be effective."

In the history of the War of the Three Kingdoms, there is a very interesting phenomenon, that is, Cao Cao is good at using water, while Zhuge Liang is good at using fire.When Cao Cao destroyed Lu Bu, the city of Xiapi was flooded, and when the Yuan family was destroyed, the city of Ye was flooded.

At this time, Cao Cao saw that Jiameng Pass was difficult to win, and wanted to use his natal skills again, but the geographical conditions here were not suitable.

The Jialing River is a tributary of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It is named after it flows through the Jialing Valley in the northeast of Fengxian County, Shaanxi Province. It flows through Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, and Chongqing, and flows into the Yangtze River at Chaotianmen in Chongqing City.The Jialing River is the largest river among the tributaries of the Yangtze River, its length is second only to the Yalong River, and its flow rate is second only to the Minjiang River.

But the upper reaches of the Jialing River have little water and are as turbid as the Yellow River.The source of the Jialing River is in the Qinling Mountains in Fengxian County, Baoji, Shaanxi. A trickle flows down from the top of the mountain, flowing from north to south, and there are many tributaries along the way.

The beautiful Jialing River is like the Yellow River in the upper reaches, turbid and roaring, but it becomes green and gentle when it reaches Bashu.Chaotianmen Wharf in Chongqing has also become a must-see for tourists, where the turbid water surface formed at the confluence of the Yangtze River and Jialing River is nicknamed "Mandarin Duck Hot Pot". green.

Cao Cao sent troops to attack Hanzhong in the early summer of the 15th year of Jian'an, and then confronted Yangping Pass for more than 50 days, and then rested in Hanzhong for a period of time.

However, although Hanzhong is located relatively north, it is south of the Qinling Mountains and has a subtropical climate. The temperature in winter is generally five degrees to minus five degrees. Even if the temperature in the mountains is lower, the lowest will not be lower than minus seven degrees.

It can be said that this kind of weather has basically no effect on Cao Jun. When Cao Cao led his army to expedition to Mobei, the temperature was so low that people's ears could be frozen off.

In fact, Xu Shu in Jiameng Pass also defended very hard. The main reason is that the quality of his soldiers is much worse than that of Cao Jun. Fortunately, there are many strong generals, and they have the advantage of geographical advantage, so they train while fighting.

Although the damage was a little bigger in the early stage, after taking turns to defend, in addition to the troops stationed in various states and counties to maintain local stability, the original Yizhou soldiers who were recruited and surrendered basically went to the battlefield and experienced actual combat, and their quality improved very quickly.

It can be expected that even if winter comes, Cao Cao will not stop his troops due to the climate characteristics here, so Zhang Wu does not know whether he can return to Xiangyang this year to celebrate the New Year.

If we want to end the war here as soon as possible, it seems that we have to wait for Pang Tong in Fancheng or Zhuge Liang in Jianye to make some noise.

(End of this chapter)