Cao Liang was deeply interested in the characters hanging on the city gate. In various official documents of the Wei State, this place was called Yangping Pass. This name was inherited from the Han Dynasty. Although this Yangping Pass

The geographical location of the pass is not the same as that of Yangping Pass in the Han Dynasty, but just like Hangu Pass, the location of the pass in the Han and Wei Dynasties was different, but the name did not change.

But the Shu people called it Yang'an Pass or Yang'an Kou. It was obvious that they changed the name to avoid a taboo, but Cao Liang didn't know whose taboo it was to avoid. The first owner was Liu Bei, and the later owner was Liu Bei.

It was Liu Chan, obviously not the two of them. Cao Liang asked several soldiers who surrendered, but they were also confused. They didn't know why Yangping Pass was renamed Yang'an Pass. Anyway, that's what everyone called it, and they were already used to it.

Of course, Cao Liang did not ask the question. Yangping Pass and Yang'an Pass are just name codes, but they actually have no meaning.

Now Cao Liang's task is to lead the 700 Yue cavalry battalion to defend Yangping Pass until other troops of the Wei army come to take over the defense.

The strength of the cavalry is not to defend the city, but now they are trying to catch up, and it won't work if they don't. How can they give up the Yangping Pass that they just worked so hard to get so easily?

Therefore, no matter how difficult this battle is, Cao Liang must defend Yangping Pass.

Shi Bao has a rough personality and is brave in battle, while Deng Ai is delicate and thoughtful. With the help of these two people, the current Yueqi battalion's combat effectiveness is extraordinary. Even if city defense is not the Yueqi battalion's strength,

As an all-round team, no matter what kind of battle it is, it will be able to fight when called upon.

As for who the opponent is, this is undoubtedly worthy of Cao Liang's expectations.

Being accustomed to watching the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Liang naturally cherished the famous generals of Shu. However, in the post-Three Kingdoms era, the stars of the generals withered, and Shu also lacked talents. In the end, there was no general in Shu, and Liao Hua was the vanguard.

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Of course, what Cao Liang is looking forward to more is the appearance of friendly forces, but now the closest Wei army is to the army besieging Seoul. Although after taking Yangping Pass, Cao Liang has notified Xia Houxuan as soon as possible.

He was asked to send troops over immediately, but the journey of more than a hundred miles was not something that could be done at the earliest opportunity. Cao Liang needed to wait a little longer.

Jiang Wei's movements were half a beat faster than Wei Jun's reaction. Starting from Baishui Pass, it was only a few dozen miles away from Yang'an Pass. Jiang Wei rushed in lightly, so it only took him half a day.

They had already arrived at Yanganguan City.

I'm afraid Jiang Wei knows better than anyone else what kind of city Yang'an Pass is. When Zhuge Liang sent people to build Yang'an Pass, Jiang Wei served as the supervisor. It can even be said that every brick of Yang'ang Pass was built.

Jiang Wei has seen every stone and tree before.

It would be very difficult to conquer such a dangerous city, unless we adopt the sneak attack strategy used by the Wei army to break through this time.

However, such a successful sneak attack is almost impossible to replicate. The Wei army has already succeeded in the sneak attack, so how can it be possible for the Shu army to counterattack and attack back, so such a situation is almost zero.

Now Jiang Wei's only hope is that the Wei army's reinforcements have not arrived at this moment. Now in Yanganguan City, there are only the few hundred cavalry who broke through the city yesterday.

Although Wei's cavalry is very powerful, and Jiang Wei, who was born in Yongliang, knows this very well, the strength of the cavalry lies in field battles. If it is to defend the city, it will be overqualified.

So after arriving at Yanganguan City, Jiang Wei didn't even have time to rest and recuperate, and directly ordered the Shu troops to launch an siege.

This campaign against the Qiangzhong basically focused on mountain operations. Jiang Wei could only use light equipment and simple equipment to facilitate mountain operations. None of the large and heavy equipment was prepared.

Even the ladders were made overnight when Jiang Wei had people cutting down bamboo on the roadside during his urgent march. They were relatively crude and rough, but Jiang Wei was not that meticulous. These ladders were disposable consumables and were generally of decent quality.

That’s it.

At this moment, the ladders that had been built overnight were erected and put up on the city wall.

Jiang Wei issued the order to attack the city, and also announced a reward order. The first soldier to attack the city would be rewarded with tens of thousands of gold and hundreds of hectares of farmland. Naturally, the Qiang soldiers among the Shu army became the main force of the siege.

A brave man must be rewarded with such a reward. For those Qiang people who have lived in poverty deep in the mountains all their lives, the temptation is irresistible, so the eyes of these Qiang soldiers are red and they are rushing to get there.

He rushed to the front, fearing that others would snatch the reward away.

When Cao Liang saw the banner with the word "Jiang", he couldn't help being secretly surprised. He didn't expect that Jiang Wei had come in person. At this moment, Jiang Wei was not going to the west to fight against the Qiang rebellion, so why did he appear here?

But the current situation made Cao Liang unable to think about anything else. The Shu army came out in full force and launched the ant attack method. The entire ladder was covered with Shu soldiers, and flying claw ropes were used.

He threw it up, hooked it on the city wall, and climbed up the wall along the rope.

The large number of bows and crossbows that the Wei army had prepared in advance were put to use, and arrows flew freely towards the Shu soldiers attacking the city.

The Qiang soldiers were poorly equipped, using at most some weapons such as swords and guns. As for armor and shields, they rarely had any equipment.

Without the protection of armor and shields, the casualties of these Qiang soldiers would naturally be much greater. Any feathered arrow could easily end their lives, not to mention the situation where thousands of arrows were fired simultaneously.

It is extremely normal for there to be more casualties.

Obviously Jiang Wei didn't care too much about the life and death of these Qiang soldiers. It was not difficult to recruit these Qiang soldiers, as long as they had food and pay.

However, in the face of huge casualties, these Qiang soldiers did not know what fear was. It seemed that the life and death of others had nothing to do with them. In their eyes, they only saw the huge reward, and they were eager to be the first to embark on the journey.

The city head of Yang'an Pass is ignored at all.

This battle was fierce from the beginning. Knowing that the number of Wei troops defending the city was limited, Jiang Wei took thousands of men and horses at one time, preparing to use the human sea tactic to pile them up. No matter how good your archery skills are, one arrow will

He could only shoot one to death. The number of Shu troops attacking the city was several times that of the Wei troops defending the city. Jiang Wei hoped that in this way, he could quickly break through the city walls of Yang'an Pass.
Chapter completed!