LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 372
Outside Yangping Pass.
The sound of killing shook the sky, and the sound of cannons rumbled like thunder.
Countless boulders are rising into the sky, roaring towards Guancheng.
The Wei army was carrying out thunderbolt chariots and bombarding Yangping Pass.
Unfortunately.
Yangpingguan was built with mountain rocks, and the city's strength was far beyond the Wei army's imagination.
The thunderbolt car blasted up, just like tickling the city wall. Apart from making more noise, it had almost no destructive effect.
The Wei army's violent bombardment has been going on for a month.
So far, we have not been able to demolish half of the Yangpingguan city wall.
"Unexpectedly, the most powerful pass in the world is the Yangping Pass..."
Cao Cao looked at the majestic Guancheng and couldn't help but let out a helpless sigh.
He was really helpless.
Originally thinking that Zhang Lu was vulnerable, he led his army into the Qinling Mountains , it only takes less than a month to level Hanzhong.
Who would have thought that an army of more than 70,000 people would be blocked outside the city for more than a month.
What fire attacks, what tunnels, what trebuchets , what kind of storm...
I tried all kinds of methods, but still couldn't break the city.
As time passed, the morale of the Wei army officers and soldiers was gradually declining.
And Cao Cao's self-confidence was also constantly frustrated.
"What's going on with the big-eared thieves?"
Cao Cao's mind returned to reality.
Not long ago, he had received news that Guan Yu had deceived him and successfully raided Yubeli Pass.
This means that Liu Bei has officially sent troops to Yizhou.
The intention is obvious.
This is to prevent him from monopolizing Yizhou. The state wants to share a share of the pie with him.
Yubelly City is the gate to the east of Shu, and now it has been kicked open by Guan Yu, which means that the Han army can enter Yizhou unimpeded. But he is still blocked outside Yangping Pass, and even the land of Hanzhong He didn't even set foot on it.
Cao Cao was anxious.
If Guan Yu had taken the lead, entered the hinterland of Yizhou, and captured the city of Chengdu, he couldn't bear to think about the disastrous consequences.
Yizhou would surely fall to Liu Bei. hand.
After losing this last neutral state, what can he use to restore his strength, and what can he use to resist Liu Bei's next invasion. What
's even more terrible is that after Liu Bei captured Yizhou, he could use it from both the east and west. , and launched a flanking attack on his Yongliang homeland.
The fall of Wei was only a matter of time.
"Your Majesty, please be at ease~"
"Although Guan Yu deceived and captured Yubelly City, his army was now blocked at Huangshi Pass."
"Obviously, Liu Zhang had realized what he was doing and understood the big-eared bandit’s ambition to invade Yizhou, so he would definitely send more troops to Huangshi Pass to stop the Han army."
"Moreover, in addition to Huangshiguan, there is also the important town of Jiangzhou, guarding the Chengdu Plain."
"The mountains in Shu are so steep that it is impossible to use troops in roundabout ways. If Guan Yu wants to take Chengdu, he can only attack one city at a time."
"Although Liu Zhang was weak, according to his judgment, the Shu army could at least hold Guan Yu back for about three months from Jiangzhou to Huangshiguan."
"These three months are enough for us to take Hanzhong, then go south past Jiange and take Chengdu directly."
Sima Yi obviously saw Cao Cao's worries and analyzed it eloquently, but his attitude was still very optimistic.
Cao Cao's tense nerves finally relaxed a little.
Jia Xu hesitated to speak, but he only raised the corners of his mouth slightly and did not speak..
Cao Cao saw this subtle change in expression, but knew that he had a different view from Sima Yi.
"Wenhe, what do you think?"
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Cao Cao knew that Jia Xu would not take the initiative to offer advice, so he had no choice but to ask questions himself, the emperor.
Jia Xu coughed a few times and sighed softly:
"Your Majesty, I just feel that Zhongda is too optimistic about Liu Zhang."
Sima Yi frowned and shot at Jia Xu.
Cao Cao became alert and signaled Jia Xu to continue speaking immediately.
"Yubelly City sits on the Three Gorges and is a barrier in the eastern part of Sichuan. If Liu Zhang gathered a large number of troops here, let alone Guan Yu, even if Liu Bei personally commanded the troops, he might not be able to capture it easily."
"But the current situation is that Liu Zhang actually took the initiative to let Guan Yu's Han army in, allowing the Han army to easily pass through the natural dangers of the Three Gorges"
"What's even more weird is that the Shu army clearly had 7,000 elite soldiers in Yubelly City, but Guan Yu was able to defeat the city so quickly and easily?"
"Although Guan Yu was the leader of the generals of the Han army, was his military skills really so amazing?"
"Obviously, Guan Yu must have used a trick to get the fish belly quickly."
"What I doubt is that relying solely on Guan Yu's cleverness or the cleverness of his counselors, Liu Zhang was really able to make Liu Zhang take the initiative to let his army cross the Three Gorges, and then use a deception to defeat the Fish Belly City by surprise?"
Jia Xu made a careful analysis and pointed out all the loopholes in the details. The more
Cao Cao listened, the more suspicious he became, so he nodded and said:
".Wen He's words make sense. It's a bit suspicious that Guan Yu entered Shu so smoothly."
"Your analysis based on Guan Yu is very reasonable. Based on my understanding of this person, he should not be so clever."[]
Sima Yi's eyes flew, and there was suspicion in his eyes.
The generals on the left and right also started discussing
"Since Guan Yu was not so resourceful, how did he do all this?"
General Xu Huang questioned.
Cao Cao couldn't understand and turned his eyes to Jia Xu.
Jia Xu gently stroked his white beard and said slowly:
"Therefore, I guess that Deng Mu must have secretly gone to Jingzhou to meet Guan Yu."
"The 50,000 Han troops in Jingzhou were nominally commanded by Guan Yu, but in fact Deng Mu was commanding behind the scenes."
"Looking at the Han Dynasty, only Deng Mu had the resourcefulness to make Liu Zhang welcome the Han army to cross the Three Gorges, and to outwit the inner city of Yu (ok) without any effort!"
Deng Mu!
As soon as this simple name came out, it was like a thunder, roaring in the ears of all Wei people.
From Cao Cao to Xu Huang, everyone was shocked. Even
Sima Yi, at this moment I also shivered, as if I suddenly realized something.
"Deng Mu, Deng Mu"
"Wen He is right, this must be Deng Mu commanding the 50,000 Han military officials"
"No one can do this except him"
"It must be him, it must be him..."
Cao Cao murmured to himself, clenching his fists, and a look of panic appeared in his eyebrows.
Once bitten by a snake, he will be afraid of well ropes for ten years.
What's more,
Cao Cao was bitten by Deng Mu, the"snake", bit him more than once or twice. The fear engraved in his bones made him uncontrollably tremble when he heard the name Deng Mu.