At dawn, Cao Jun had already pushed the siege equipment he had built in a hurry to the front of the formation, and then followed the Danshui official road to attack the Wuguan Pass.

The old generals of the Han Dynasty in the early years have all withered away, and among the new generation, no one is a natural general, and no one was already experienced and self-taught at home before the chaos of the Three Kingdoms.

Cao Ren is naturally like this.

When he was young, he only liked bow and horse, and there were no old men on the bridge throwing shoes at him, so all his military experience was accumulated bit by bit in actual combat.

Therefore, when attacking the Wuguan Pass, Cao Ren's attitude was somewhat ambiguous.

Normally speaking, attacking the pass is not a smart choice. After all, the defenders occupy the advantageous location and are blocked in the mountain road. What follows is a rigorous siege battle. Either the opponent will be killed or oneself will be exhausted. There is no

There are too many aspects of combat skills, and it can even be said that they have little to do with the general's personal command ability, but are more important to other factors, such as the terrain of both sides, the number of troops, grain and grass reserves, weather changes and countless other factors

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These miscellaneous factors may even affect the entire battle situation more than Cao Ren's personal ability...

Cao Ren will defend the city, and of course he will also attack the city.

If Cao Ren is given sufficient troops, capturing Wuguan is only a matter of time.

But the problem is time.

If the time drags on for too long, then attacking Wuguan will be meaningless.

Cao Ren sent Niu Jin to go around, outflank and sneak into the mountains. This was undoubtedly a dangerous strategy, but the purpose was to reduce the excessive time spent on Wuguan.

Otherwise, even if Cao Ren captured Wuguan here, but Cao Cao defeated Tongguan, what would be the point of his success? Or maybe he delayed it too long, reinforcements from Guanzhong arrived, and then continued to do business.

County, Shangluo, Aoguan, Lantian, etc. Even if he is covered in iron, how many nails can he drive out?

Therefore, even though he knew that this strategy was risky, Cao Ren had to try it.

The point is time.

"Whoosh!"

"Bang!"

A stone bullet hit the queue of civilians who were pushing siege equipment on the mountain road, crushing the unlucky guy like a puddle of meat, like a meatball that fell to the ground and was stepped on hard.

Feet, bright red flesh and blood splattered...

"Ah ah ah ah ah……"

The civilian husband was panicked.

The civilian husband next to the unlucky man had his face sprayed with flesh and blood, and he covered the flesh and screamed loudly.

The soldiers of Cao's army who were supervising the battle in the rear formation shot an arrow and immediately killed the screaming civilian husband on the spot.

"No yelling, no procrastination! Keep moving forward!"

Cao Jun's team gradually calmed down and continued.

In fact, everyone knows that there is a threat of death when setting foot on this mountain road, so they are mentally prepared, but after all, the person who died before was too tragic...

But as time goes by, it gradually becomes numb.

The number of stone bombs coming from above Wuguan, especially from the catapult positions on the flanks of Wuguan Peak, continued to increase. Whether it was Cao's soldiers or civilians, they were almost trampling on blood and sawdust as they pushed forward.

Stone bullets fell one after another.

Of course, the accuracy of most of the catapults was not very good. Some even went over the heads of the queue and fell high into the mountains; others hit the stone wall with a bang, and then the gravel fell like hail.

But the number of people who died and the equipment that was broken gradually increased.

The number of casualties is constantly increasing.

Cao Ren's face was still as calm as water.

"General, it's such a loss to fight like this..." Cao Zhen sighed.

"Otherwise?" Cao Ren said in a calm tone, "The defenders occupy a favorable location and have set up stone cannons. Is it possible that the defenders can not use them? When our army sets up the stone cannons, we can also hit them."

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Cao Zhen was stunned for a moment.

Cao Ren didn't mention the casualties at all. It seemed that those who died now were not human lives, but just the average number on the books.

What Shandong likes most is the average. No matter what the court officials like, they like vague summaries. They never clearly express what kind of average the average is. For example, although the number of casualties is high, the entire army is average.

, isn’t it just a fraction?

But who could have known that the vast majority of those who died were from the lowest level of Jingxiang origin?

If those at the lowest level of the common people were taken out and counted separately, the data presented would be very astonishing...

It's just an average, and it doesn't matter to anyone.

"This is a stupid battle, there is no trick..." Cao Ren looked at Wuguan in the distance, "We can only see if Lieutenant Niu can create a gap... Come here! Send the order, attack the city with all your strength! Retreat timidly.

Whoever, kill!"

"The general has an order! Attack the city with all your strength and kill those who retreat!!"

"Kill..."

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Cao Jun held his position under the Wuguan Pass despite the stone bullets, and then began to counterattack on the Wuguan Pass.

"boom!!"

A stone bullet hit the battlements of Wuguan, sending rubble and broken bricks flying everywhere.

Cao Jun also set up a catapult, and under the cover of the mountain road slope, attacked the Wuguan city wall from behind the slope. Anyway, the city wall is so big, just a general direction and position is enough, and the accurate aim seems to be good at fighting.

Guan's catapult is better...

On the top of the city, Liao Hua shouted, "Fire the arrow!"

Arrows roared down like rain.

Then Cao Jun's archers counterattacked quickly.

It's just that the mountain road before Wuguan is only a little wide. Although it can be used for carriages and horses, it is still too awkward and narrow to spread out the array. Cao Jun's archers can't spread out a huge array, so they can only move here sporadically.

They counterattacked one by one, so the arrows that hit the pass were actually not very many.

Stones, arrows, flesh and blood, sawdust.

Liao Hua scanned the battlefield and calmly deployed his soldiers.

He did not send all the defenders to the city wall at once, but carefully used the resources at hand.

Like Cao Ren, Liao Hua was not born into a family of generals. All his military experience came from the martial arts hall. Naturally, he was a little nervous in his heart, but he was more excited. Not because he was bloodthirsty, but because he was bloodthirsty.

It was because he felt that after so many years of studying the martial arts hall, he now had an excellent place to practice.

The Battle of Jingzhou was just a small test before, but now it is a big event!

Observe the enemy's movements, guess the enemy general's intentions, and then target them, either to defend, to counterattack, or to avoid...

And at the same time, you need to pay attention to the situation of your own soldiers and generals, whether it is deployment, encouragement, or strict orders. All of these are not detailed in the Jiangwutangdi newspaper. The specific regulations can only be based on the knowledge you have learned.

Flexible use.

Compared to Cao Ren, Liao Hua was naturally a beginner, but Liao Hua had been studying for many years, and now it was time to apply what he had learned. He was like a milk tiger with newly formed minions, eager to taste the flesh and blood.

Up and down the Wuguan, murderous intent permeates the air.

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In Shang County.

News of the fierce battle at Wuguan also reached Shang County, and people's hearts suddenly became a little confused.

So, in the dark night of Shang County, there is a murderous chicken hidden...

Many times, people are in a state of disorder, just like monkeys. If you want to make the monkeys obedient, there are two ways. One is to shoot the culprit, and the other is to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. Although there are people who use both methods.

But most of the time, people like to use the second method, which is to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

Why does the monkey make a mistake and kill the chicken?

It's like the big man obviously has so many corrupt officials, but he catches a little guy and kills him...

From the cost-benefit perspective of economics, the "monkey's" benefit from disobedience is far higher than the benefit from his choice to be obedient. If you want to change the "monkey's" behavior pattern, you need to pay a very high cost.

Relatively speaking, "chickens" are generally considered to be in the middle and lower class, and they are not difficult to kill. Therefore, there are often situations where you can't catch the monkey, but you catch a chicken to kill.

So the question is, if you kill the chicken, will the monkey really be afraid?

Did the chicken that was killed really make a mistake and deserve to be killed, or was it just killed for the sake of killing?

If you watch a monkey kill a chicken, then who can guarantee that the monkey will not learn to behave but learn to kill the chicken?

Jiang Gan originally wanted to kill the chicken.
To be continued...