Chapter 654: Hulao Pass Offensive and Defensive Battle
The battle between Xu Chu and Hua Xiong lasted for a long time, and it was not until noon that both sides had to withdraw their troops and go home for dinner. So the first day of the attack on Hulao Pass ended in such a situation that both sides could accept, but the players around were a little unhappy.
At night, according to Yuan Shao's arrangement, the troops began to set off separately. In fact, the troops that came to participate in the alliance were not the main force of various princes. For example, Liu Bei's main force was still in Liang County, southern Yin, Henan, and Kong Yichang and Zhu Jun's troops were in Yingchuan and Runan.
Yuan Shao himself continued to stay in Hulao Pass. Yuan Shu originally wanted to leave but didn't leave, for fear that he would leave, so what would his eldest brother come out?
Yuan Shao was not in a hurry to leave because there was Yan Liang on the north side of the Yellow River and Wen Chou was in charge. He was not worried at all. Yan Liang was qualified to command the attack along the way. Therefore, he needed to attract more attention here, and to attract Dong Zhuo's troops and Yiren troops firmly at Hulao Pass, creating conditions for various attacking troops in Hanoi.
Regarding the current situation, Yuan Shao was even more worried about Han Fu and Ding Yuan. If these two guys took the opportunity to go south, then the Central Plains would have really become a mess. No matter what, Yuan Shao still attached great importance to the Central Plains. Moreover, judging from the current situation of the Central Plains clans, basically the north side of Yuan Shao, while the only ones standing on Yuan Shu were Chen Liu and the aristocratic clans south of Yingchuan.
Therefore, Yuan Shao basically regarded the Central Plains as his back garden, so he naturally did not want Han Fu and Ding Yuan to reach in. As for Liu Bei, Yuan Shao still didn't like him very much, because Liu Bei had no foundation at all and was still fighting with the Jingxiang clan in Jingzhou. How could he have any intention of getting involved in the Central Plains? At most, he just wanted to take advantage of it.
Relatively speaking, Yuan Shao cared about Cao Cao more, so today he secretly sold it to Cao Cao, just to prevent Cao Cao from joining forces with Yuan Shu, which would add countless variables to the situation in the Central Plains.
Finally, there is Fang Zhiwen. Yuan Shao has a good understanding of Fang Zhiwen. Fang Zhiwen’s foundation is far away in Youzhou, so it is impossible to open up enclaves in the Central Plains, so the ultimate goal of Fang Zhiwen is still commercial interests. Therefore, it is not difficult to win over Fang Zhiwen.
So, it was dark. Guo Tu, an old acquaintance of Fang Zhiwen, appeared in Fang Zhiwen's camp, and his purpose was naturally to give gifts to Fang Zhiwen, hoping that Fang Zhiwen could stay at Hulao Pass to cooperate with Yuan Shao's combat intentions.
Fang Zhiwen naturally bargained for a while, and reluctantly agreed for Yuan Shao's sake, allowing Xu Shu, who was involved in the talks, to see Fang Zhiwen's shamelessness.
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The next day, the players were surprised to find that the Guandong Zhuhou Camp was not as empty as they thought. On the contrary, in Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's camp, he was building a siege ladder and a well column with great fanfare, and it seemed that he was really preparing to fight at Hulao Pass.
The players' troops who were preparing to switch to other sides immediately changed their minds because at the same time, both sides of the camps confronted each other at Hulao Pass had a large number of tasks, from logistics to logging, moving stones, harassing and counterattacking. There were countless tasks, and the rewards for the tasks were quite generous.
So, the Hulao Pass suddenly became lively. The indigenous people were still ready to fight, but the players had already fought. Some were crazy and wanted to try to attack the military camps of the princes of the Kanto. The result was naturally a tragedy. Some tried to attack the princes' troops that were moving towards their respective positions, and the result was naturally a tragedy.
Of course, there is no shortage of second-hand players in the camp of the Guandong princes. Some players formed a team to touch the mountains on both sides of Hulao Pass and tried to set up a scattering machine to play with the monsters. Unexpectedly, they were robbed by players from the opposite camp halfway up the mountain.
The next day, Sun Jian still led the team to the bottom of the gate to challenge the battle, but Hua Xiong had fully experienced Sun Jian's shamelessness. In the eyes of everyone that day, Sun Jian dared to play three-on-one. There were few onlookers today. Will Sun Jian play a group fight?
No matter how hard Hua Xiong can fight, he can't resist the group fight, so he still can't go out to play games with Sun Jian. While closing down, Hua Xiong actively prepared defensive supplies such as rolling wooden rocks, he used Sun Jian's men to shoot the target in front of a long-range weapon, and smashed Sun Jian back with gravel.
The next day, it passed in this relatively calm atmosphere. On the third day, most of the equipment in Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu camp were completed and pushed into the front line. Of course, the main attacking team was Sun Jian, and Yuan Shao had no intention of competing with Sun Jian at all.
Before the war, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian's camps all released a large number of combat missions, and recruited players with ranged skills to participate in today's siege battle.
Amid the sound of drums like rolling thunder, tall well columns slowly pushed forward. At this time, the tilted terrain in front of Hulao Pass played a role. Not only was the propulsion of the well column very difficult, but it was also difficult to fix long-range weapons if the well column was tilted. The catapult cart would definitely not be able to get up. The giant crossbow could barely get up, and the rest could only rely on heavy crossbow soldiers.
However, the height advantage of Hulao Pass is too obvious. The tall city wall catapult car exerted great power. Among the gravels of all sizes, they were often sandwiched against huge rocks. Even if it was a huge well column, they would fall apart when they were caught in such a group. The attacker could barely shoot the giant crossbow out, but the number of hits on the head of the city was very small. The sparse counterattack was simply tickling the enemy.
This is completely different from Sun Jian's army who charges bloodily under gravel and giant crossbow. The defenders on the city were quite relaxed. Sun Jian's own long-range troops and the hired alien troops followed behind the well column. When they reached the attack distance, they found that the attack surface was very narrow. If long-range weapons were deployed on this terrain, it would be too dense. The last time the city shot down, it could destroy a large area of long-range equipment, and by the way, it could also cause major damage to the long-range troops.
This is obviously not possible!
Even so, Sun Jian still insisted on regressing, but he would not invest too much in his troops. Instead, he kept investing the most efficient attack on this relatively narrow attack surface and rotated the troops forward in time to reduce casualties. However, even if the effect of micro-operation is fully utilized, coupled with the high attribute bonus of Sun Jian's army, as well as the bonus of military advisor skills and paper talismans, Sun Jian's army still suffered considerable losses.
What is puzzling is why Sun Jian knew that such a way of playing was at a disadvantage, but he never changed his way of playing.
This question plagued all onlookers. Is Sun Jian’s level just like this?!
The Fang Zhiwen Observation Team, who has been watching the battle, is also discussing this issue.
"Sun Jian's great reputation is definitely not at this level of command. Looking at his previous battles, he will choose a very smart and effective way of playing."
Zhao Yun was obviously a skeptical person, believing that Sun Jian had an intention behind his seemingly stupid behavior, and this view was very popular. Huang Zhong and Gao Shun seemed to agree with it. Tai Shi Zhaorong also nodded gently, while Xiangxiang observed Xu Shu and Fang Zhiwen's expressions.
"Deputy Chief of Staff, it is your responsibility to solve the problems of the generals!"
Fang Zhiwen said with a joke-wondered smile, his eyes scanning the battlefield.
"I'm joining the military! Sir."
"Haha... Please also ask the military master to solve the problem!" Zhao Yun received it with a smile.
"Don't dare," Xu Shu quickly thanked him, and then said seriously: "General Zhao's words are very reasonable. Since he knows that such an attack is invalid, there must be another reason. This reason is nothing more than a plan of arrogant enemies, or to make a bitter plan for someone on his side, or both."
Xu Shu said something that made everyone nodded. Xu Shu continued to ask: "General Gao is good at attacking difficulties. General Gao, if you command these troops, how long will it take to capture Hulao Pass?"
Gao Shun frowned and shook his head and said, "Those who can't be captured! They can only attract the enemy from Hulao Pass on the front, and then bypass Hulao Pass and cut off its retreat, slowly consuming the enemy. Such a heroic pass can only be broken from the inside."
Xu Shu nodded: "That's right, Sun Jian is a famous general, how could he not see this? He is doing this now to put pressure on Hulao Pass so that he can tightly attract the attention of the enemy in Hulao Pass and create conditions for a circumvention for friendly troops. At the same time, he also hopes that the defenders at the pass will make wrong judgments and attack the camp at night. Sun Jian's killer move will definitely be placed on the attack camp at night. If I'm not wrong, Sun Jian will move the camp forward and advance to Hulao Pass about ten miles, making a disconnected situation, and lure the defenders out of the pass and attack at night."
Fang Zhiwen sighed secretly, celebrities are celebrities! Xu Shu actually saw Sun Jian’s plan.
In fact, Han Dang, who did not appear on the battlefield, was moving forward, but this information had not been sent to Xu Shu yet.
"If this is the case, Hua Xiong can also use his tricks and use Sun Jian's strategy to lure the enemy to eat Sun Jian's troops!"
Zhao Yun's idea was very good, Huang Zhong nodded in agreement, while Gao Shun thought silently.
"Of course, Hua Xiong can choose this way. One way is to increase the intensity of the night attack, tempt Sun Jian's main force in a virtual and real way, and then use the prepared cavalry to attack sideways, or you can pretend to be defeated in the attack camp, lie down a certain place at the gates, lure Sun Jian to pursue, and then annihilate it in one fell swoop!"
Xu Shu almost didn't think much and casually said two ways to deal with it. Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and Gao Shun frowned, and they both saw a hint of shock in each other's eyes. If his opponent was Xu Shu, it would be a headache. Taishi Zhaorong couldn't help but look at his husband. Fortunately, his husband had a good vision and ruthless method, so he did not make Xu Shu become Miyun's enemy.
"The Deputy Chief of Staff is very intelligent and I can't wait!" Zhao Yun's compliment came again, and Fang Zhiwen couldn't help but smile.
Xu Shu was a little flattered. Although he knew that Zhao Yun liked to wear high hats, Xu Shu still felt it was very useful when he put it on his head. Who is Zhao Yun a great man known as the God of Guns, and the number one figure in the Miyun army!
Xiangxiang looked at Xu Shu and smiled and said, "I just don't know if Hua Xiong will discover this conspiracy! Will he be fooled? Or will he be fooled!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!