Chapter 2614: Break through Yangping Pass (Part 1)
Chapter 2611: Break through Yangping Pass (Part 1)
The prefect of Hanzhong was Liu Yu''s younger brother Liu Zhang, and the unlucky guy who was taken away by Liu Bei.
Facts have proved that Liu Zhang was not incapable of his ability. He handled all the tasks assigned by Liu Yu very well. However, when he placed him outside his ability, his shortcomings of his lack of ability and his cowardly personality would be fully revealed.
Liu Yu also knew Liu Zhang very well, and he couldn''t do the governor of a state, but he still had the ability to manage a county, so he appointed Liu Zhang as the prefect of Hanzhong.
Hanzhong is a northern member of Shu Han, and a prefect with a high status is needed to stabilize the morale of the army and the people. Liu Zhang is just right as Liu Yu''s younger brother.
However, Liu Zhang was okay in government affairs, but not in military affairs, so Liu Yu did not give him any military power, and was only responsible for handling government affairs in Hanzhong County.
Liu Zhang was still diligent after taking office. He had Liu Yu backing him, and Liu Er and Zhang Ren were fully responsible for military affairs, so Hanzhong County was always extremely stable and there was no major chaos until the seismometer in the prefect''s mansion issued a warning.
"What? The copper **** on the seismometer fell down?"
After hearing this news, Liu Zhang''s eyes widened and was so scared that he jumped up on the spot. His first reaction was not an earthquake, but the reason for the Celtic Army. After all, where did so many earthquakes come from, it is more likely that the Celtic Army is.
But Nanzheng is in the hinterland of Hanzhong, and Yangping Pass and Xicheng are both still good. How did the enemy''s captains bypass the two places and suddenly dig under Nanzheng?
Could it be that it was dug through Yangping Pass or Xicheng?
It''s impossible. If the Qin army''s envoy really dig through these two places, the seismometer in the city will definitely warn you.
Not only Liu Zhang didn''t understand, but everyone in the prefect''s mansion was puzzled, but they didn''t think about the Qin army''s passing by the Xicheng during the excavation. The reason was very simple, the project was too large.
The war in Qin and Shu has only been a month since it started. No matter how hard it is, it is impossible to complete such a large project.
Liu Zhang''s mind could no longer think normally, and although Yan Pu, the Hanzhong County Magistrate, didn''t know the reason, he knew the seriousness of the problem and asked quickly: "Which direction did the copper ball fall?"
"That, Lord Prefect and Lord County Magistrate, more than one copper ball was dropped from the seismometer, and all copper **** in the three directions of southeast, north and north."
"Did you fall in all three directions?"
Liu Zhang and Yan Pu exclaimed at the same time, and turned into deep thought.
Although Liu Zhang is cowardly, he is not a fool.
If the copper ball falls in one direction, it may also be caused by an earthquake or a telegram.
But if all three directions fall, there is only one possibility, that is, the seismometer is broken.
After all, earthquakes occur in three directions at the same time, or there are cable troops in all directions. The possibility is too low, and it is not as high as the possibility of the seismometer being broken.
Even if the Qin army sneaked into Hanzhong through unknown means and sneaked all the way outside Nanzheng City, the number of people would definitely not be too large, and the food and grass would definitely be limited. If you want to dig into the city, you must concentrate your manpower, and it is unlikely that you will dig in three directions.
So, the biggest possibility is that the seismometer is broken.
"Hey, what do I do? It turns out that the seismometer has been damaged after being disrepaired. If the machine is broken, just let the craftsmen repair it."
Liu Zhang let his hand go, looking distracted, and then yawned and prepared to go back to bed.
Although Yan Pu still frowned, he could not think of any other possibility except for the seismometer being broken. But just in case, he decided to take the craftsman to repair it himself.
The internal structure of the 3.0 version of the seismometer is complex and not all craftsmen can repair it well.
Yan Pu brought five masters and repaired them for two hours, but concluded that the seismometer was intact and there was no damage.
Since the seismometer has not been damaged due to disrepair, the vibration I had discovered before is real.
As soon as this conclusion came out, Yan Pu was scared into a cold sweat. After all, it was impossible for an earthquake to occur in all three directions, so there was only one possibility left.
At this moment, three crisp sounds sounded.
Dong, dong, dong…
The copper **** in the mouth of the toad in the east and west directions fell down again.
This time, Yan Pu had no luck in his heart. He passed by the prefect Liu Zhang and issued martial law orders to the whole city. After all, there was no big mistake in being cautious during the war, but it was obviously too late.
Tuxing Sun Mingming was able to dig into Nanzheng City overnight, but knowing that there was insufficient food and grass, he spent three days digging in three directions, in order to mislead Liu Zhang and Yan Pu to win the golden time of these two hours.
Since Liu Zhang and Yan Pu have been deceived, it is not that easy to break the situation.
[Dingdong, the Tuxingsun skill "Tu Ling" effect 3 was activated. When leading the Luns to join the war, the entire Luns'' force was +1, and the excavation efficiency was increased by 30%.
Tu Xingsun’s basic force is 105, mixed iron stick +1, stick **** +4, and the current force has risen to 110;
The basic force of dragon and beard and tiger is 105 (+1), the dragon and tiger double hammer +1, the hammer **** +4, and the current force has increased to 110;
Li Maozhen’s basic force is 102 (+1), King Qi’s gun +1, Gun God +4, and the current force has risen to 107;
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In addition to Li Siyuan''s 30,000 army, the Shu army also had 80,000 troops in Hanzhong, of which 35,000 were at Yangping Pass, and another 45,000 were scattered throughout Hanzhong, of which 30,000 defenders were scattered in Nanzheng alone.
The 30,000 troops in Nanzheng City are stationed in the military camps of the east and west cities, and these three places have grain warehouses, armory warehouses and material warehouses respectively.
Tu Xingsun’s goal this time was only a grain warehouse, but in order to prevent the Shu army from reinforcing the Beida camp from the east and west battalions from reinforcing the Beida camp, it must also create chaos in the east and west urban areas, attract the attention of the defenders and be unable to distract others. In this way, the grain burning operation in the north of the city will be easier.
After Yan Pu''s martial law order was issued, he was preparing to find someone with hearing talent to determine the location of the Crusade Army that was really digging. However, before the people arrived, the east and west of the city were in riots. Li Maozhen and Long Bearded Tiger led their men to set fires around the military camp area, and at the same time set up roadblocks in the streets.
The Shu army leaving the camp was blocked by fires and roadblocks. The flames must be put out and the roadblocks must be cleared in order to reinforce the north of the city.
But just as they were extinguishing fires and clearing obstacles, the Crusaders who sneaked into the city continued to destroy and attack the armory and material warehouses, which also scared the two battalions of guards, defending the armory and material warehouses tightly, and not giving the attackers any opportunity to take advantage of.
While chaos broke out in the east and west urban areas, the two thousand subsidiaries of Tu Xingsun''s troops dug directly to the near the grain warehouse based on the map.
As turmoil broke out in the east and west of the city, it also aroused the vigilance of the Shu army in the North City. However, Tu Xingsun and others came from the ground. The Shu army on the ground did not know its location and could not win at all.
In addition to the camp in the north of the city, there were 3,000 defenders in the grain warehouse, but there were no strong generals. In addition, they were caught off guard, so they were defeated by the two thousand clerks, which made Tu Xingsun easily attacked and attacked by the clerks into the grain warehouse.
Looking at the grain warehouses in front of him, Tu Xingsun was ecstatic, and a ferocious look appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he raised his stick and shouted, "Set the fire."
"No."
The two thousand soldiers roared one after another, and then divided into two under Tu Xingsun''s command.
Tu Xingsun, with 1,500 soldiers, was responsible for killing and expelling the defenders in the grain warehouse, while the remaining 500 were specifically responsible for setting fires. With mutual cooperation, all major grain warehouses were ignited in less than an hour.
“Retreat.”
Tu Xingsun kept Li Maozhen''s instructions in mind and did not fight at all. As soon as the fire in the grain warehouse was in trouble, he immediately led his army to retreat from the tunnel.
Liu Xun, the head general of the northern camp of the Shu army, naturally would not let Tu Xingsun go, so he took people to chase Tu Xingsun. However, he finally found the tunnel to retreat, but was still blocked by Tu Xingsun. It was obviously not that easy to open it up.
Seeing that Tu Xingsun had lost his trace, Liu Xu had to take him to put out the fire first and try his best to save him.
As for Li Maozhen in the east of the city, and Long Beard Tiger in the west of the city, he was fighting street battles with tens of thousands of Shu troops. Seeing that the fire in the north of the city had begun, he knew that Tu Xingsun had succeeded, and did not get too entangled, and also escaped from Nanzheng from the tunnel.
After the three parties arrived at the ruined temple, they briefly counted the number of people and found that there were only 1,500 left, and nearly half of the soldiers died in the city.
In this regard, the three generals of Tuxing and Sun were all silent. Although they were a little unacceptable, they also knew that this was the best result. After all, they just used the 3,000 Scouts to fight against the 30,000 Shu troops, and half of the people who escaped were already quite good.
The task of burning Xinzheng grain depot has been completed. Next, the Shu army will definitely turn Hanzhong upside down and search for traces of Tu Xingsun and others throughout the county.
The ruined temple is too close to Xinzheng, and it will definitely be found by the Shu army soon, so Tu Xingsun and others must be transferred immediately.
Taking advantage of the night and the Shu army had not yet left the city, Tu Xingsun, Li Maozhen and others walked east with the remaining 1,500 sub-scouts.
The grain and grass stored in the Xinzheng Grain Depot is as much as millions of stones, so naturally it cannot be burned in a short time.
Shortly after the fire in the grain warehouse was ignited, Yan Pu mobilized all his men to put out the fire, but the fire was too big and could not be extinguished by manpower.
The fire illuminated the entire sky above Nanzheng. Even at Yangping Pass dozens of miles away, you can see this red-colored night sky.
Zhang Ren, who had been tired all day, had just fallen asleep and was woken up by soldiers and went to the city tower. He took the Qianli Milestone in Shen Shiqi''s hand and looked south, and his face turned pale.
"What''s going on?"
Liu Er and Kong Peng also rushed over, and both of them were still confused.
Shen Shiqi said bitterly, "What happened to Nanzheng."
Liu Er and Kong Peng''s faces suddenly changed drastically.
Through the preliminary judgment of the firelight, something must have happened in Nan Zheng, but no one knows what happened and everything can only be investigated after dawn.
As a result, before dawn, Nan Zheng came to a letter from Feige, informing Zhang Ren and others what happened to Nan Zheng.
The Qin army used some methods to bypass Yangping Pass or Xicheng, sneaked all the way outside Nanzheng City, and dug into the city to burn the grain warehouse.
The fire was burning until dawn and had not been explained yet. Liu Zhang and Yan Pu were still organizing the fire to put out, but only God knows how much food and grass they could be saved.
At the same time, Liu Zhang also searched for traces of the Qin Scouts throughout Hanzhong, but it has not been found yet.
After Zhang Ren and other generals of Shu Han discussed the country, they decided to adopt the plan of savage and let Liu Zhang and Yan Pu forcibly confiscate the food from the people of Hanzhong counties and distribute it uniformly.
But for the 110,000 Shu troops in Hanzhong, the loose food of the people was a drop in the bucket, and it obviously couldn''t last long.
But Shen Shiqi obviously couldn''t care about so much, and he could hold on now.
In addition, through the information provided by Liu Zhang, he analyzed that the Qin Scouts should have come from Xicheng.
After all, there are thousands of soldiers and so many people, it is impossible for them to pass through Yangping Pass, and tens of thousands of Shu troops.
Therefore, Shen Shiqi sent a message to Liu Zhang and asked him to concentrate his men to search the direction of Xicheng.
According to Shen Shiqi''s explanation, Liu Zhang sent additional personnel to Xicheng while the people were forcibly collecting grain.
Shen Shiqi''s guess was correct. The men sent by Liu Zhang really found traces of the Yizi Army, but they were still one step too late. Tu Xingsun and others had already escaped from Hanzhong and destroyed the tunnel.
At the same time, after receiving the instigation from Tu Xingsun, Li Jing was also preparing to give Yangping Pass the last blow.
(This chapter ends)