Chapter 728 Yang Ping Pass Is Broken

"good!"

Between the light of the sword and the shadow of the sword, Ma Teng and Yang Ren were like two black shadows circling around. The sound of gold and iron clashing was as fast as one. Ma Teng was killing with joy, and sweat beads seeped out from his pores drop by drop, covering the inside and outside of the armor. Dye thoroughly. He has been guarding Yongliang in the past few years. Because the Guanzhong policy implemented by the imperial court is considerate of the people, the surrounding Qiang people have also joined in, and few Qiang people have stirred up trouble.

Ma Teng has rarely led troops in battles in recent years, and his hands have been itchy for a long time, while Yang Ren is a fierce general in Hanzhong. It can be said that the two of them are matched against each other and have good talents. Ma Teng uses the 36-way Fubo spear technique one by one. Come out and have a good kill.

Although Yang Ren resisted Ma Teng's spear, the Hanzhong soldiers above Yangping Pass gradually could not withstand the offensive of the Liangzhou soldiers. Although the Thunderbolt Chariot fired hundreds of bullets before, the actual casualties to the Hanzhong soldiers were not large, only a few hundred casualties in total.

The impact of the Thunderbolt Chariot on the Hanzhong Army was mainly reflected in morale. Stone bullets fell from the sky one after another, descending on the city gate with irresistible power. Neither the tall city walls nor the thick armor could stop these stone bullets.

The Hanzhong soldiers who were hit by stone bullets were all bloody and screaming, which was a heavy blow to the morale of the Hanzhong soldiers.

On the contrary, the Liangzhou army who came to the city was full of morale. This attack had been prepared for a long time, and what they wanted was to capture Yangping Pass in one fell swoop. As more and more Liangzhou soldiers boarded the city, Liangzhou soldiers The state army's lines continued to advance.

"kill!"

"Capture Yangping Pass!"

A captain of the Liangzhou Army, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, kept charging forward. The Hanzhong soldier in front of him slashed at him with a sword. He raised his experienced arm, and the shield blocked the sword. The shield struck hard at With a pull, the door opened wide for the Hanzhong soldier. He took advantage of the situation and stepped forward, killing the Hanzhong soldier with one blow.

"Damn it! Lao Zhang, I will avenge you!"

The Hanzhong soldier next to him was furious when he saw this. He probably had a close relationship with the Hanzhong soldier who was hacked to death. He rushed towards the Liangzhou Army commander and unexpectedly thrust a spear out of his body and passed through his lower abdomen. The Hanzhong soldier screamed and reached out to hold the spear. The blood from the wound gurgled out, dyeing the spear shaft and palm red.

"Brother Wang, are you okay?"

The spearman retracted his spear and asked the captain with a smile.

The team leader, Brother Wang, snorted: "You don't need to take action, this new recruit can't do anything to me."

The Liangzhou soldiers were not only brave, but also had formed a tacit understanding of cooperative operations during the long-term campaign. They advanced and retreated together, killing the Hanzhong soldiers in retreat, leaving corpses everywhere.

Ma Teng shouted: "Yang Ren, surrender! Yangping Pass is within easy reach. If we wait until Yangping Pass is conquered before surrendering, it will be too late."

"You're dreaming!" Yang Ren roared angrily, and suddenly slashed out the long knife in his hand: "I was ordered to defend Yangping Pass, how can I surrender?"

"Stubborn."

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Yangpingguan city wall suddenly shook slightly. It turned out that the Liangzhou Army's charging chariot had arrived in front of the city gate. A thick ramming log was hung on a rope on the charging chariot. The soldiers next to it held the rope and rammed forward with all their strength.

boom!

The huge wood hit the city gate hard, causing the city gate to crack slightly. With the continuous impact of the wood, the originally very obscure cracks gradually became clear. The cracks were finally connected, and the entire city gate It has become full of scars.

boom!

This collision was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. The city gate burst into pieces with a sound. The Liangzhou soldiers outside the city cheered in unison with happy faces.

"The city gate is broken!"

"Fight in!"

Nearly ten thousand Liangzhou soldiers raised their weapons and cheered in unison as they rushed in from the city gate.

Generally, when the siege army charges the chariots, the defenders at the top of the city will use countermeasures, such as throwing rolling logs and stones, pouring kerosene, gold juice, etc. But now that there are Liangzhou soldiers all over the city, how can they pay attention to the city below?

Hearing the cheers of the Liangzhou Army below the city, Yang Ren couldn't help but change his expression, and the sword in his hand suddenly slowed down a beat, while Ma Teng's eyes sharpened and he suddenly stabbed out.

Stab!

There was a big hole in the cloak behind Yang Ren's back. Ma Teng pulled it and ripped off his entire cloak. It was so dangerous.

"General, the Liangzhou soldiers have already entered the city. Shouldn't our army withdraw first?" the Hanzhong soldiers on the side said in horror.

"No, I was ordered to hold on to Yangping Pass, how can I retreat in the face of the battle?" Yang Ren said angrily.

"General, it is only a matter of time before Yangping Pass is captured. Our army should preserve its strength and retreat for the time being in order to survive in the future." The soldier advised bitterly.

Yang Ren remained silent. Liangzhou's soldiers were numerous and powerful. Now that they had entered Yangping Pass, it could be said that the overall situation had been decided. It seemed that it was better to leave quickly.

"Forget it, withdraw the troops!" Yang Ren sighed, feinted a knife at Ma Teng, turned around and left.

"Don't leave!" Ma Teng naturally refused to let Yang Ren go, and chased after him with his spear in hand.

The battle of Yangpingguan was finally over. Thick gunpowder smoke was still rising above the city walls, and there were still traces of stone bullets hitting the city walls, but the shouts of killing had disappeared.

Thump thump thump.

Ma Teng came over with a spear in hand, covered in blood, but most of it was the enemy's blood, and he himself was not seriously injured.

"Brother Shoucheng, what are the casualties in this battle?" Liu Ye asked Ma Teng.

Ma Teng said excitedly: "General, there are very few casualties in this battle. Our army suffered less than a thousand casualties. Even including the previous battle, the total number of soldiers was only more than a thousand casualties. This Thunderbolt Chariot is really a powerful siege weapon. "

Liu Ye smiled and nodded, and asked: "How many casualties did the enemy have? Can the general be captured?"

Ma Teng shook his head and said regretfully: "The enemy army had 10,000 Hanzhong soldiers. They killed more than 2,000 people and captured more than 5,000 people. Unfortunately, they failed to capture the enemy general Yang Ren. He took thousands of remaining soldiers to take a path. If you escape, our army will not be able to pursue you.”

Yang Ren knew the terrain of Hanzhong well, so he led thousands of remaining soldiers to find a shortcut and escaped.

Liu Ye said proudly: "No problem, leave some troops and horses to garrison Yangping Pass as a transfer place for our army's supplies and continue our march."

"Target - Nanzheng!"

Nanzheng, County Sheriff's Mansion.

The atmosphere in the hall was extremely panicked. Zhang Lu, who was usually calm, looked at Yang Ren in the audience and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Yang Ren, with a stern face, knelt down and said: "I will eventually betray my master's trust and lose the Yangping Pass. I ask my master to punish me."

Zhang Lu looked at Yang Ren with a complicated expression. Logically speaking, the defeated general should be punished, but his younger brother Zhang Wei was also defeated. Now that Hanzhong's strength was greatly damaged, how could he still blame the general before the battle?

Yan Pu frowned.