Chapter 391 Guan Yu’s Uneasiness

The Luyuan Pass is not majestic or tall, but it is integrated with the mountains on both sides, and it just rightly jammed the only path leading to Luoyang in the southeast direction. It seems to be telling people that if you want to enter Luoyang from this path, you must first go down to this pass.

The morning breeze is bleak, and the walls are silent. The lanterns and torches are illuminated like daytime. From time to time, you will see a few vague figures.

Although the guards at the gate did not know that there was an army hidden not far from them, and they were coming to steal their pass and take their lives. However, the guards at the gates were not careless and were fulfilling their obligations conscientiously. After all, a shocking battle was going on at Hulao Pass, not far from them. They could clearly smell the bloody smell from Hulao Pass when they stood on the wall.

Time is running out, and now is the time when the defenders at the Luyuan Pass are sleeping properly. Liu Bei untied the two swords hanging around his waist, held them in his hand, looked at the soldiers who were already breathing behind him, and said in a deep voice: "Prepare to attack!"

The four thousand infantrymen received the order and quickly divided them into eight groups, each with five hundred people, half of archers and half of swords and shields. The eight teams approached the marshals and shields carefully, fearing that they would alarm the defenders on the front of the city. When they were about one mile away from the marshals and the gate tower of the marshals, the army stopped and set up a formation.

Guan Yu rode on the war horse and waved the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his hand. A team of archers and a team of sword and shield soldiers immediately stepped out. The sword and shield soldiers were in front and the archers were behind, followed Guan Yu to touch the Huayuan Pass.

Five hundred steps, four hundred steps... Liu Bei looked at the city wall nervously, praying in his heart that he would not be discovered by the guards on the city wall.

"Dong, dong, dong..." Suddenly, the war drums and thunder were lit up at the Yiyuan Pass. The low war drums shaking the quiet valley and echoed throughout the mountains. Following the shouts of the soldiers guarding the pass came from the wall: "Not good! The enemy is catching the pass..."

Just like a pot of hot oil, a can of water was poured into it, and the entire Shuoguan suddenly boiled.

The defenders on duty took their weapons and stood at their posts. Their mission was to defend the city before reinforcements arrived. The camp not far from the city was also alarmed by the rumbling drum sound. The soldiers who were sleeping in a daze hurriedly dressed in armor and rushed to the city with weapons. For a moment, at the Yiyuan Pass, people shouted and neighed, and were in chaos.

As soon as the defenders of the Yuan Pass heard about the enemy's attack, they were a little panicked. After all, they were well-trained and experienced veterans on the battlefield. They usually had training on sneak attacks or sneak attacks. After a while of chaos, they quickly stabilized and took their own positions and took their own responsibility.

The captain Ding Gao, the chief guard of the Yiyuan Pass, appeared at the top of the city with dozens of guards in armor.

Because just one hour ago, the captain Ding Gao received a letter from the right military advisor Yan Zhong. He ordered him to be wary of the night attack of Cao Cao's coalition forces, and he also knew that General Zhang Su was leading three thousand soldiers to come to Zhuyuan Pass. After receiving Yan Zhong's letter from Feiyu, Ding Gao did not dare to sleep and stayed in the camp. After hearing the drums on the top of the city, Ding Gao rushed to the top of the city as soon as possible.

Under the Pass of the Yuan Pass, Guan Yu and two teams of soldiers had arrived less than 300 steps away from the city wall. Hearing the sound of war drums on the top of the city, Guan Yu did not even frown, raised the long sword in his hand and shouted loudly: "Speed ​​up!"

A thousand soldiers heard Guan Yu's order and accelerated their pace toward the city wall.

Since it has been discovered by the defenders on the top of the city and it is impossible to attack, there is no need to hide anymore. Guan Yu wanted to take down the defenders at the Shuyuan Pass as quickly as possible while the Shuyuan Pass was still in chaos.

When Guan Yu led his army to the Guan Wall a hundred steps away, he shot a rain of arrows from the city.

"Puff, puff, puff..." The Cao army soldiers who were rushing forward were shot down by sharp arrows before they could dodge. The wailing sound became more and more chilling in their hearts on this extraordinary morning.

Guan Yu, who was walking in front, swung his sword in his hand casually, pulling out the arrow feathers that were shot. It seemed relaxed and comfortable, and was free and comfortable, but Guan Yu's brows became tighter and tighter. It was not because so many soldiers fell down at once, which made Guan Yu feel heartbroken. He should be prepared to die when he was a soldier to eat food. These were not enough to make an iron man like Guan Yu frown.

Guan Yu frowned because he discovered a fact from the rain of arrows just now that the defenders on the city did not have the chaos he imagined. Just then, there were three hundred bows volleys, which means that the defenders on the city had not only stood on their posts, but also had a high degree of consistency in their actions!

How is this possible? In such a short time, the defenders on the city wall stabilized. Guan Yu was secretly shocked. It was because the army of Dawu Kingdom was so high that it was so high, or was prepared for the city wall, and Guan Yu had a very bad feeling.

"Don't stop! Keep moving forward!" Guan Yu suppressed his anxiety and shouted loudly.

A hundred steps is a dead place for the attacking side. The defenders on the city are condescending and can shoot to the enemy under the city. The arrows on the attacking side under the city cannot shoot to the defenders on the city. If they stand in this position, they will become the target of the defenders on the city.

Cao's army, who was a little confused by the arrow rain, ran towards the city wall with a loud urging by Guan Yu. The arrow rain on the city was still floating down continuously, and Cao's army suffered huge casualties every step forward.

"Archer stops moving forward!" Guan Yu stopped the war horse and shouted loudly at the archer behind him.

The three hundred archers who were still alive quickly gathered in a row under the cover of swords and shield soldiers in front. The bows and arrows held in their hands were skillfully drawn out, and then they opened their bows and shot them towards the top of the city.

"Swish, swish, swish..." The sound of bowstrings sounded in the city and under the city. In front of the not-wide Yiyuan Pass, there were clouds of arrows. As soon as the sky was exposed, it turned into darkness again.

"Ah, ah, ah..." Around the city, there were sad screams one after another.

"The sword and shield soldiers follow me to attack!" After the archer stood up and confronted the defenders at the city, Guan Yu did not delay. He pointed the long sword in his hand directly at Huayuan Pass and shouted loudly.

The sword and shield soldiers are much luckier! Although they are charging forward, because they are carrying a small shield in their hands, they protect their vital bodies, so the number of casualties is much less than that of the archers, and there are four hundred sword and shield soldiers who survive. The sword and shield soldiers are flesh shields, the main force of siege, and shoulder the heavy responsibility of close combat.

Although they wanted to attack the city, the soldiers and horses brought by Liu Bei did not bring any siege equipment, and they did not even have the simplest wooden ladder. They only carried a bundle of hemp ropes behind each sword and shield soldier, and a hook claw was tied at one end of the hemp rope. A thick rope several meters long with hook claws was the tool they used to climb the city walls.

Amid Guan Yu's shouts, the four hundred sword shield soldiers untied the thick rope, holding the shield in one hand and holding the rope in the other, rushed towards the city wall with their waists. After dozens of steps away, these sword shield soldiers finally rushed to the base of the city wall after dozens of casualties.

"Take the rope!" Guan Yu stopped behind the sword and shield soldiers and issued an order in person.

"Crazy..."

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The sword and shield soldiers under the city shook the thick and long ropes straight and rotated them, and then threw them to the top of the city. The sound of the shaking of the hemp rope and the sound of the iron hook hitting the city wall were intertwined and thunderous.

Because the Huoyuan Pass is built on a dangerous place, even if it is attacked, large-scale siege equipment is impossible. Moreover, it is much more difficult to build a Huoyuan Pass on a cliff than building a city on a flat ground. Therefore, the Huoyuan Pass is not large in area and the walls are not high, at most about three meters, but the surrounding city walls are built extremely firmly.

After ropes were put on the top of the city, there were no other abnormal movements on the city except for the dense rain of arrows and the screams that came from time to time. Guan Yu's originally uneasy heart calmed down slightly, perhaps the situation was not as bad as he imagined.

"Previous..." Guan Yu raised the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand and ordered in a deep voice.

The four hundred swords of shield soldiers carried the sword in their mouths, the shield was on their backs, the knots were tightly clamped in advance with both hands, the legs were kicked on the ground, and the rope kept crawling towards the city wall.

"Ding, ding, ding..."

The sword and shield soldiers gradually climbed up, and Guan Yu, who was riding on the horse, was also watching all this nervously. Success must be successful! When it is soon, it will be almost at the top of the city...

Even in the hazy night, swords appeared at the end of the rope. With a "swish", these swords were swung down at the same time, and thick hemp ropes broke in response to the sound. The four hundred sword shield soldiers who were about to climb to the top of the city began to perform free fall movements and fell to the rocky ground down the city.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

"Ah, ah, ah..."

The sound of the sword and shield soldiers hit the ground, and the screams made by the sword and shield soldiers after they hit the ground were definitely more violent than when they were attacked by the first round of arrows, covering the sound of arrow rain above their heads. They were still high just now, but they were knocked out of dust at once, and the contrast was too big!

Although the three-meter-high city wall cannot be broken into flesh, it is still possible to break the bones and tendons. So, four hundred shield soldiers crawled on the ground and wailed, and no one got up.

Sweat! It suddenly appeared from Guan Yu, and a result that was worse than he imagined appeared!

Liu Bei, who was standing one mile away, also knew that the first attack failed, but because he did not come to the battlefield in person, he was not as deep as Guan Yu felt. So he issued the order for the second wave of attack. Five hundred archers, five hundred swords and shield soldiers advanced forward again!

When Liu Bei wanted to come, there were only one thousand defenders in the Luyuan Pass, and he could capture even if he had a strong attack. So what could he do if he discovered it? Time, what Liu Bei needs now is time. He must take down Luyuan Pass before the reinforcements from Luoyang arrived.

Liu Bei knew that it would take at least two hours to reach reinforcements from here, which means he still had two hours to attack!

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