Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

Chapter 177: Exploration

The best time to attack a place, no matter where it is, is when the opponent is completely unprepared, that is, to launch a sudden attack at the beginning.

Unfortunately, the terrain of Baishuiguan is too dangerous, and because of Zhang Lu's perennial harassment, the guards are also quite alert. Zhang Liao launched a surprise attack when he first arrived, but was discovered by the other party and failed.

If the raid failed, the only way left was to attack by force. Zhang Liao began to set up camp near Baishui Pass. This big battle was inevitable.

After Lü Bu made arrangements for Hanzhong, he also sent his army to arrive. In Lv Bu's army, there were 20,000 Hanzhong soldiers, and the Hanzhong defenders were replaced by Guanzhong soldiers. Therefore, although Hanzhong was taken, Lü Bu's troops did not increase. Fifty thousand, no matter how much more, it will be difficult to supply logistics.

Even with the wheelbarrow made by Ma Jun, the logistics are still quite tight. Thanks to the support of the Hanzhong treasury, Lu Bu will not have to worry about logistics in the next six months.

"My lord, this Baishuiguan is located between two mountains. There are high mountains on the left and right, and they are quite steep. There is only a line in the middle that can be attacked. However, the terrain here is narrow, and the number of troops that can be invested at one time is less than a thousand. If it is attacked by force, the losses will be huge. !” Zhang Liao accompanied Lu Bu to the front of the pass to observe the terrain.

Zhang Liao has also seen the world. Hulao Pass is the most important pass in the world. It is surrounded by mountains in the south and faces a river in the north. But it has really accommodated a hundred thousand troops, and the Baishui Pass in front of you, the Bailong River that flows through it is called a river, and it is actually not very spacious, but the distance between the two cliffs is only ten feet, and the high mountains on both sides sandwich Baishui Pass In the middle, the place where you can march and deploy is the area in front of the pass!

Unless everyone squeezes in and uses the method of ant attachment to attack, otherwise, if you want to form an army in this place, you can only use less than a thousand troops to attack the city wall one after another, filling in waves. This filling method, let alone only fifty thousand troops, even five hundred thousand is not enough!

This is also the reason why Zhang Liao didn't attack again after he missed a hit.

It really can't be attacked, unless you don't take your life as your life and directly attack the city, but it is not worth sacrificing a large number of soldiers for such a small pass.

"Who is the gatekeeper?" Lu Bu rode his horse to the gate, and the soldiers of the Shu army over there were obviously very nervous when they saw someone here, but Lu Bu ignored them. After watching carefully for a while, he looked at Zhang Liao and asked. .

Zhang Liao said: "It's a veteran general in Sichuan, named Yan Yan."

"Yan Yan?" Lu Bu looked at Zhang Liao, that's all?

Zhang Liao shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Forgive me, my lord. We don't know much about the generals in the middle of Sichuan. We only know that they are veterans who are nearly fifty years old."

Lu Bu shook his head. It's not that it's hard to collect intelligence in Sichuan, but it's hard to spread it out. Fazheng's previous news was half a year ago. Now that Lu Bu's side has mobilized troops, and the two sides have almost cut off communication, it's natural to think of news at this time. It is even more difficult.

"Try to see if you can lure him out!" After a while, Lu Bu looked at Zhang Liao and said.

If the strong attack fails, then you can only try to persuade it to surrender or lure it out to destroy it in the wild. The surrender is probably enough, otherwise it would have surrendered early, and the only thing left is to lure it out to attack.

As for the strong attack... Lu Bu gave up when he saw the terrain of Baishui Pass. Now Baishui Pass seems to be more dangerous than 400 years ago, and now he can only try to fight.

Zhang Liao nodded, this is indeed the only way at present.

"The general will go in person!"

"No!" Lu Bu looked at Zhang Liao, looked up and down a few times, Zhang Liao was puzzled, then Lu Bu shook his head and said: "If Wen Yuan goes, it will definitely not work!"

"Why?" Zhang Liao asked puzzled.

"Wen Yuan doesn't understand people of this age, especially those who can lead troops to fight." Lv Bu smiled nostalgicly, "Maybe his skills are not bad, but his temper...you can't underestimate him, Wen Yuan is a general under my command , no matter what, the status is much higher than the other party, if you go, he will treat you equally and will not get angry."

Zhang Liao was stunned when he heard the words: "My lord is brilliant!"

But how could Lu Bu understand what a general of this age was thinking?

While Zhang Liao understood, he was also a little puzzled. If you said you knew other things, it’s fine. Why do you still understand the thoughts of these old men?

Of course, I just thought about this doubt in my heart, gossip, it won't come out, it's meaningless, Zhang Liao pondered: "If you teach a young general to fight, the general will think that Xu Huang can do it, my lord, do you remember this person?"

Xu Huang is Zhang Liao's vanguard officer. Zhang Liao is quite satisfied with Xu Huang's ability along the way, so now that he has the opportunity to show his face, Zhang Liao naturally hopes that Xu Huang will show his face.

Lu Bu originally wanted Pound to take action, but after hearing Zhang Liao's recommendation, after thinking about it, Xu Huang is indeed a good talent. Like Pound, this time the attack on Shu is also a key target of Lu Bu's training. Since Zhang Liao recommended it, Lu Bu can't either. Regardless of Ai Jiang's face, he nodded immediately and said: "Gongming is not bad, let him try."

"Here!" Zhang Liao bowed to Lu Bu, and then went to make arrangements.

Early the next morning, Xu Huang led two thousand soldiers to Guanxia and sent people to fight.

But I saw a young general rode his horse to the bottom of the Guancheng, and shouted to the Guancheng: "My general Xu Huang, I heard that the old general Yan is a general in Shu, and I came here to ask the lord for orders. I want to see the old general for a while. I wonder if the old general has the guts to fight out of the city?"

Yan Yan led all the soldiers to the top of the city, looked out, and saw a group of people waiting outside the city within a stone's throw away.

"Xu Huang?" Yan Yan looked at the generals under the tent and frowned and said, "Since this person is under Lu Bu's tent, he must be capable. Have you ever heard of it?"

"Never!" The generals shook their heads when they heard the words. If you want to talk about people like Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Xu Rong, and Fan Chou, they still know about them. He is not well-known, and after he helped Lu Bu defeat the Baibo bandits and occupied Shangdang and other places, he never appeared again.

But that battle was presided over by Guo Jia, and the Baibo thieves were just a group of stragglers organized by local tyrants, so naturally they were not very capable.

"Lü Bu bullied me to be old! He even sent a younger generation to humiliate me!" Yan Yan snorted angrily, and shouted in a deep voice: "Order soldiers, wait for me to teach him a lesson!"

"The general is the commander-in-chief of the three armies, how can he move lightly, it is better for the last general to drive him away!" Seeing that Yan Yan wanted to make a move himself, the generals hurriedly stopped him.

Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, even if they want to send troops, there is no reason for the other party to send out a young general, and let the master general himself go out, it makes no sense.

Yan Yan nodded: "Alright, don't let that Lu thief's subordinates be too arrogant."

At that moment, the young general led a group of troops out of the city to meet Xu Huang's troops, and shouted sharply: "The thief will stop being crazy, because you want to fight my general!?"

While speaking, the commanding soldiers stepped forward, ready to attack the enemy's formation.

Seeing that Yan Yan could not be drawn out, Xu Huang was somewhat disappointed. As for the general in front of him, he didn't pay attention to it. He waved his hand, but saw the archers who had already prepared in the back row shoot out an arrow. In an instant, the Shu army charged a stagnation.

"Kill!" The Xuanhua ax in his hand slashed in the air, taking advantage of the opponent being disrupted by the wave of arrows, Xu Huang took the lead in killing, and the Xuanhua ax in his hand made numerous ax shadows, beheading three enemy generals in a row , The soldiers in the rear saw their generals so brave, their morale was greatly shaken, and they rushed forward, and the Shu army who killed them directly was in a panic.

After Baishui was closed, Yan Yan's face sank when he saw his own soldiers being defeated. Beside him, a tall and thin general saw this and saluted Yan Yan: "Old General, the last general will go to meet him!"

Seeing this person, Yan Yan's originally tense expression relaxed slightly, nodded and said: "Ziping, be careful!"

This person's name is Zhang Ren, a native of Shu County, he has been quite brave since he was a child, and he once asked Yan Yan for advice. , and therefore feel relieved to let him go to meet him.

However, after Zhang Ren got off the tower, he ordered 500 elite soldiers to go out of the city. He did not join the battle group, but led his troops to the flanks, making a posture of bypassing the flanks and attacking from the enemy's rear.

Seeing this, Xu Huang didn't dare to pursue him anymore, he quickly ordered the soldiers to hold their ground, and looked at Zhang Ren vigilantly.

But Zhang Ren did not attack. After seeing Xu Huang stop, he immediately issued an order to the previous generals to withdraw, and he led the troops to retreat slowly to the bottom of the city. Xu Huang wanted to chase, but seeing the cold light flickering on the top of the city, he knew that the top of the city was ready. After preparing, his team rushed up and immediately became the target of the defenders at the top of the city. Although he was unwilling, Ye had no choice but to withdraw.

"Who is this?" Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Zhang Ji and others who had been watching the battle from a distance saw that Xu Huang had already taken advantage, but was forced to give up the advantage and defend himself by a small team that suddenly broke out.

The layman can't see anything, but Lu Bu and the others are all battle-tested people. This move can be regarded as attacking the enemy and saving them. It is a commonly used move in saving people. His judgment is also very sophisticated, and the person who made the move just now can be said to have achieved perfection in this respect.

And Xu Huang noticed something wrong in time, and it was not cowardice to stop it quickly, but a very correct approach. If you continue to attack, this army may be broken up.

Stopping in time and still maintaining a small victory, but the opponent sees that there is no opportunity to take advantage of it, retreats decisively, and also intends to lure the enemy to attack. In less than an hour, the psychological game between the two sides can be called exciting. Could it be that the opponent's general is Yan Yan?

The generals naturally didn't know, they were so far away, they could only get a rough look, their poor eyesight made them unable to see even their banners.

After a while, Xu Huang led the army back, and said with shame on his face: "The last general is incompetent, and he failed to attract Yan Yan!"

"It's rare to respond to the situation. Don't underestimate yourself. It's impossible to do everything you want in a war. Then who was the general who sent troops later? But Yan Yan?" Lu Bu stretched out his hand to help Xu Huang, and asked after a while of relief. .

Xu Huang shook his head: "I don't know the general, but this person is very young, so he must not be Yan Yan."

"There are also talented people in Shu." Lu Bu sighed with emotion, and said with a smile: "Let's stop here for today, and retreat the troops first, and then think of a strategy to defeat the enemy!"

"Here!"

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