Three Kingdoms: The blind box draws Da Qiao at the beginning

Chapter 273 The Battle of Tongguan
Everyone else also looked at Deng Zhi.

Deng Zhi stepped forward quickly, walked to the map behind Ma Chao, pointed to the north from Chang'an to Tongguan and said: "This is the key to conquering Tongguan this time!"

"I've been patrolling here all this time."

"Exit the port from Shuoyang, take a boat, and go around Hongnong Port."

"Then, go straight to the back of Tongguan from Hongnong Port."

Pang De said curiously: "This road is so obvious. It is impossible for the enemy in Tongguan not to be prepared."

Deng Zhi laughed heartily and said, "Yes, General Pang, this is what normal people think."

"So, in order to attract the enemy's attention, we must divide our troops into three locations."

"One place is from Shuoyang to Hongnong Port. We are going to send out an army of [-] people, and we have to pretend to be quiet."

"There must be fine work in the army."

"They will definitely spread the word to the enemy."

"We will use these 1 people to draw the attention of some of the enemy's main forces."

Looking at Ma Chao and pointing to Tongguan on the map, Deng Zhi said: "General, Han Sui is the governor, and he is the commander-in-chief on the surface."

"Let him and other princes lead the main force, one hundred thousand infantry archers and thirty thousand cavalry, to attack the city from the front."

"It must be a serious attack on the city."

"Attract the attention of most of the enemy's main force."

"These two forces should be able to attract all the enemy's strength."

"Then our opportunity came."

Deng Zhi pointed to the mountains next to Tongguan and said: "Go past here, I went to explore and there was a cliff."

"The cliff is nearly thirty feet high."

"However, there are climbing footprints made by hunters on this cliff."

"I have asked soldiers to follow the climbing footprints to climb the mountain, and made a wooden lifting platform out of hemp rope."

"Now, the general will take [-] cavalry over and reach the mountains through the lifting platform."

"It will take about two hours to transport ten thousand cavalry to the mountain range."

"A rough estimate is that if we act now, it will take [-] cavalry to reach the mountain range by the third watch."

"Then, use lifting wooden platforms to transport the army down from the mountains. At dawn, the general's ten thousand cavalry can reach the rear of the enemy's garrison in Tongguan."

"So, general, go prepare now."

"On the one hand, let the [-] cavalry set off now and rush towards Shuoyang."

"On the other hand, let Han Sui wait for the princes in Guanzhong to attack the city at dawn."

"General, you immediately lead [-] cavalrymen and rush to the foot of this cliff."

Ma Chao stood up, laughed loudly and said: "Bo Miao, I really have a keen eye for heroes, and I have found a hero like you!"

Looking at Pang De and Ma Dai, Ma Chao said sternly: "Quickly follow what Bo Miao said and mobilize [-] cavalry from our headquarters!"

Pang De and Ma Dai responded in unison.

Ma Chao quickly walked out of the camp and rushed to the commander's tent. According to Deng Zhi, he ordered Han Sui and others to march.

In the end, it was decided that the prince Cheng Yin would lead [-] cavalry and rush to Shuoyang immediately, making the appearance of crossing the river and going around Hongnong Port.

Han Sui and other princes organized their troops and prepared to attack the city at dawn.

Ma Chao himself, in the chaos, led his [-] cavalry, with Pound as the vanguard, Ma Dai as the deputy general, and Deng Zhi as the vanguard, and rushed to the cliff of Tongguan.

Sure enough, there were footprints on the cliff all the way to the mountains.

Then Deng Zhi made a bird call.

On top of the mountains, six planks made of thick trees were slowly lowered under the suspension of hemp ropes, and stopped in front of Ma Chao and others.

Ma Chao looked at Deng Zhi and laughed excitedly again.

This military advisor is young but very capable.

It has already been arranged.

Save yourself the trouble of using your own brain.

Ma Chao said to Deng Zhi: "Bo Miao, you are my Han Xin! When I become the shepherd of Liangzhou and the general, I recommend you to join the imperial court. In the future, you and I will work together to unify the world!"

Deng Zhi hurriedly bowed and said with a smile: "It is an honor for me to serve the general!"

Deng Zhi secretly complained: "This kind of tyrant has no brains and wants to rule the world? He is wishful thinking!"

Ma Chao immediately ordered the cavalry to ride on the lifting wooden platform above the mountains.

Inside Tongguan City.

Cao Jun's commander's tent.

Cao Cao was discussing with Zhong Yao, Guo Jia, Xun You, Cheng Yu and others on how to defeat the heroes in Guanzhong.

At this moment, Xu Chu trotted in and said: "Lord, a monkey was caught on the wall. There was a cloth tied to the monkey with words on it!"

Zhong Yao's expression perked up and he said, "This is the information sent by the spy I sent to the armies of the princes in Guanzhong!"

Xu Chu hurriedly handed the cloth to Cao Cao.Cao Cao took the cloth, glanced at it, handed it to Guo Jiaqi and said: "We were just about to attack out, but we didn't expect that they wanted to attack in again!"

After reading the contents on the banner, Guo Jia handed it to Xun Yu and said to Cao Cao: "We can use the trick to our advantage."

"Sikong, you can lead an army to guard the city wall. I can take Xu Huang and three thousand troops to Hongnong Port to stop the enemy."

After Xun You read the content, he nodded and said: "Second the proposal!"

Cao Cao looked at Zhong Yao and others and said, "Do you have any other suggestions?"

Zhong Yao and others shook their heads.

In terms of leading troops in combat, they believed that they were far less experienced than their lord Cao Cao.

Seeing that the others had no objections, Cao Cao said: "Okay, let's decide like this!"

Looking at Guo Jia, Cao Cao said: "Feng Xiao leads 3000 people, with Xu Huang as the main general, and immediately goes to Hongnong Port to ambush. Once the enemy troops board the port, you let go of the front part, and when the middle part is boarded, immediately launch an ambush!" "

Guo Jia and Xu Huang both clasped their fists and said, "Here!"

Cao Cao pointed at Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, Yu Jin and others and said: "Now you count [-] men and horses, with Cao Ren as the main one to guard the city wall."

Cao Ren, Xia Houyuan, Xiahou Dun, Yu Jin and others all responded.

Cao Cao then looked at Cheng Yu and others and said, "You mobilize an army of three thousand to protect your family and the emperor."

"Remember!"

"We must protect the emperor!"

Cheng Yu responded.

Cao Cao finally looked at Xun You, Cao Hong, Le Jin, Cao Chun and other generals and said: "You have to rectify the 3 troops. They must be in formation after the third watch."

"Once the enemy's attack on the city is frustrated and they retreat, you will follow me out of the city and destroy the enemy as much as possible!"

"Our purpose this time is to eliminate the princes in Guanzhong and occupy Liangzhou."

Xun You, Le Jin, Cao Hong and Cao Chun all responded.

After arranging everyone, Cao Cao exhaled and said, "Now, get ready! I haven't rested for several days, so I need to take a nap now."

The crowd dispersed.

Time passed little by little.

It was not until dawn that Cao Cao was awakened by the sound of fighting outside the city.

Cao Cao hurriedly walked out of the commander's tent.

Xun You, Cao Hong, Le Jin, Cao Chun and others have already organized 3 troops.

Seeing Cao Cao coming out, a soldier came up with a war horse.

Cao Cao wiped his eyes, got on his horse, looked at Xun You, Cao Hong, Le Jin, Cao Chun and others and said, "What time is it? How long has it been since the siege?"

Xun You said: "Sikong, we just started to attack the city."

"I just went to see it."

"The enemy's main forces are attacking the city."

"Just like what the author said."

Cao Cao nodded.

Everything is under control.

Cao Cao ordered the army to rush to the gate of Tongguan City, and he led Xun You to climb the city wall.

Outside the city, countless armies were attacking Tongguan like a tide.

Tens of thousands of cavalry were lined up on the left and right sides of the army, ready to attack.

However, although these armies attacked fiercely, the Tongguan defenders were not weak.

Cao Ren, in particular, was famous for defending the city.

Under Cao Ren's command, wave after wave of enemy attacks were repelled.

Under the wall outside the city, countless corpses piled up into a hill.

Seeing that it was getting dark, the enemy seemed to finally be unable to bear it any longer.

As the sound of ringing gold sounded, the enemy troops attacking Tongguan City Wall retreated like a tide.

When Cao Cao saw this, he looked overjoyed. He immediately ran down the city wall, got on his horse, drew his sword, and raised it high: "Open the city gate, attack out, and destroy the enemy!"

The gates opened.

Le Jin took the lead and led the army to surge out.

Twenty thousand of the thirty thousand troops arrayed in the city had already rushed out of the city and were pursuing the enemy. Cao Cao, with Xu Chu and Cao Hong, wanted to follow the large army to attack.

Just after rushing out of the city gate, in Tongguan City, on the left side of the rear of the garrison, the sound of fighting suddenly rose into the sky.

Countless firelights lit up and turned into a fire dragon, rushing towards the city gate like a rushing flood!

On the city wall, Cao Ren, who was still responsible for commanding the defense of the city, was filled with dead souls. He roared at Cao Cao and others who rushed out of the city: "Enemy attack! There is an enemy attack in the city! Cavalry! Tens of thousands of cavalry!"

(End of this chapter)