"Skull Crusher?" Zhu Ling was startled, "This name seems a bit..."

Zhu Ling smiled and said nothing.

Yuan Fang knew that Zhu Ling wanted to name the weapon a bit inelegantly.

Compared to the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, Zhangba Snake Spear, Fangtian Painted Halberd, etc., the name Skull Crushing Stick is indeed much more vulgar and violent.

However, Yuan Fang disagreed and said: "Weapons are used to kill people. What's so elegant about killing people? I just like this vulgar name. Skull-crushing. Go down with a stick and crush the enemy's head. It's a pleasure."

In Zhu Ling's mind, a picture of a broken head and brains splattering suddenly appeared, and his body shivered slightly.

"However, the name Skull Crusher is quite domineering, I just hope you like it." Zhu Ling said with a smile.

After making a weapon for riding, Yuan Fang used this skull-crushing stick to practice martial arts day and night.

After going through a single battle of formation slaying, Yuan Fang accumulated a lot of battle experience. With his body's recovery ability, Yuan Fang spent three or even four times as much time as others to practice like a devil.

While practicing martial arts, Yuan Fang also did not forget to train his soldiers day and night, build ordnance, and collect boats and rafts in preparation for crossing the Yellow River south and capturing Gaotang.

Unconsciously, one month has passed, and Yuan Fang's martial arts has improved from the early stage of muscle contraction to the middle stage of muscle contraction. While his strength and reaction ability have greatly increased, his instantaneous explosive power has also been greatly improved.

In this month, the main force led by Yuan Shao defeated the fierce Gongsun Zan in Longcuo, took advantage of the situation, and went north to regain a lot of lost land in Jizhou.

After Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan, he did not immediately launch a large-scale attack on Youzhou from the north. Instead, he led his main force to the west and deployed towards the Changshan Kingdom.

"My lord did not take advantage of the power to go north, but turned west to Changshan. What is he trying to do?" After receiving this information, Zhu Ling was quite puzzled.

"What else can I do? Of course I can help my third brother." Yuan Fang sneered, with hidden sarcasm in his words.

Zhu Ling and other generals' expressions changed slightly, their eyes wandered on the map for a moment, and they suddenly realized.

Changshan Kingdom is close to the Taihang Mountains in the west, and like Shangdang County in Bingzhou, it is the sphere of influence of Zhang Yan's Heishan Army.

Yuan Shao's troops marched into the Changshan Kingdom, clearly to take advantage of Gongsun Zan's licking of blood to lure Zhang Yan into a decisive battle at Changshan, wipe out the Black Mountain Army in one fell swoop, and eliminate the threat at the rear, so that he could concentrate on dealing with Gongsun Zan.

If Yuan Shao destroys the main force of the Black Mountain Army in Changshan, then Yuan Xi's path to capture Shangdang and advance to Bingzhou will be unimpeded.

Yuan Shao's action was of course indirectly helping Yuan Xi, his unfulfilled son.

"My lord clearly asked the second and third young masters to divide the two states and have a fair test of martial arts, but now he is going roundabout to help the third young master. It's really..."

Zhu Ling was quite angry, but shook his head and sighed, not knowing what to say to Yuan Shao.

But Yuan Fang only said calmly: "Yuan Xi is strong on the outside but weak on the inside. No matter how hard his father helps him, he can't get up on the wall. Don't worry about him. What we should be thinking about now is how to capture Gaotang."

The generals' attention was drawn back to their eyes by Yuan Fang.

"Now we have enough ships and rafts to cross the river. It's just that this crossing requires a lot of arrows, but someone in Yecheng deliberately delayed the delivery of arrows." Hao Zhao said unfairly.

There is no doubt that this must be Yuan Tan's secret trick.

Yuan Fang didn't look worried. He pondered for a moment, then turned his eyes and had an idea in his mind.

He did not mention the arrow matter, turned his attention to Guo Huai, and asked: "What is the current situation of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou?"

Guo Huai handed over his hand: "Master, according to our detailed report, the main force of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans has entered Yanzhou and is fighting with the newly appointed Yanzhou Shepherd Cao Cao. The Yellow Turban thieves who stayed in Qingzhou, led by the thief general Guan Hai, are wreaking havoc on Kong.

The harmonious Beihai Kingdom.”

Yuan Fang nodded slightly. What Guo Huai said was almost exactly what he had guessed in advance.

Soon, Cao Cao will surrender a million Yellow Turbans and his strength will be greatly increased.

Although Cao Cao had previously sent people to Pingyuan to express his goodwill to Yuan Fang, and Yuan Fang returned his greetings, he knew that Cao Cao would become his enemy sooner or later.

There are no two days in the sky and no two masters among the people. This land of the Central Plains only allows one winner.

"Cao Cao cannot be suppressed even if he wants to grow stronger. However, this Kong Rong will soon be besieged by Guan Hai. It won't be long before he asks Liu Bei for help. It seems that the opportunity I have been waiting for is coming soon..."

With a smile on his lips, Yuan Fang waved his hands and shouted: "Give me the order to assemble the boats and rafts. I want to give Liu Bei a surprise tonight.

Before we knew it, it was nightfall, and more than thirty boats had already assembled.

Yuan Fang led 500 infantrymen to the ferry on the north bank, ordered the soldiers to get on the boat, and sailed to Gaotang ferry on the south bank at night.

Hao Zhao, who was in charge of the warship, was taken aback on the spot and said hurriedly: "Master, we will attack the south bank ferry with five hundred troops. It seems a bit too much."

"Who said I was going to attack Dutou? I just wanted to approach the south bank and see with my own eyes the reality of the enemy's water camp." Yuan Fang looked relaxed.

Hao Zhao looked stern again.

Yuan Fang knew what he was worried about, so he said: "Don't worry, it's dark and midnight, Liu Bei can't tell the truth from the truth, so he won't dare to send a ship to attack."

"However, even if Liu Bei does not dare to take the initiative to attack, he will definitely shoot randomly with his bow and crossbow. This is very dangerous." Hao Zhao thought carefully.

Yuan Fang patted the straw figures on both sides of the ship and sneered: "What I want are Liu Bei's random arrows."

Hao Zhao looked suspicious and did not understand Yuan Fang's intention for a while, but he did not dare to disobey the order. He could only order the ships to leave camp and approach Gaotang Ferry on the south bank under the moonlight.

This place is in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and the surging water has become quite calm here. More than thirty boats filled with straw men successfully approached the brightly lit water camp on the south bank.

More than a hundred steps away, the situation of the enemy's water camp was vaguely visible.

Hao Zhao was always sweating, fearing that the enemy would discover his whereabouts, but Yuan Fang was calm and not worried at all.

When they were only about 70 steps away from the enemy camp, Yuan Fang suddenly ordered all the ships to beat their drums and shout, assuming the posture of a large-scale attack on the camp.

Hao Zhao was startled and said in surprise: "Sir, if we beat the drums and shout like this, aren't we exposing our deeds?"

"If we don't let Liu Bei know where we are, how can we induce him to shoot arrows?" Yuan Fang said in a relaxed tone, just lowering his head and sipping the wine.

Hao Zhao really didn't understand Yuan Fang's intentions, but he didn't dare to disobey him, so he had to pass down this elusive military order.

Boom, boom, boom!

The sound of war drums suddenly started, and the soldiers of the ships immediately shouted to fight and kill. The sound of drums and killing broke the silence of the night in a blink of an eye.

This sudden noise immediately alerted the soldiers in the enemy camp, and gongs sounded as a warning.

Not long after, Liu Bei, who was stationed in the dry camp, hurriedly led thousands of elite troops and came to the water camp after hearing the news.

On the dark Yellow River, the sound of drums and murderous sounds was heard. It seemed that countless warships and enemies were approaching under the cover of night.

"Yuan Fang, this kid, finally can't hold himself back any longer. Does he want to attack my water camp at night?"

Liu Bei snorted coldly, raised his whip and shouted: "It's dark and we can't tell the enemy's situation. The troops must not go out lightly. Quickly mobilize all the archers and crossbowmen to the water camp and shoot them with random arrows to prevent the enemy from approaching."

After the order was passed, nearly two thousand crossbowmen were quickly mobilized to the front line of the water camp. Thousands of sharp arrows rose into the sky and shot into the enemy in the night like locusts.

Whoosh whoosh!

There was a dense sound of piercing the air. Hao Zhao and the five hundred soldiers of Yuan knew that the enemy's arrows were coming, and they crouched down to avoid the attack.

Plop, plop!

Countless arrows whizzed in, but they all struck the straw men on both sides of the ship. Before long, half of the ship's hull was pierced into hedgehogs.

But not a single soldier was injured by the arrows.

Hao Zhao calmed down from his initial nervousness. When he saw the dense arrows on the straw man, he was confused for a moment and suddenly realized.

Hao Zhao came to his senses, got into the cabin in a few steps, and said with great surprise: "Sir, it turns out this is all your plan."

Yuan Fang drank a glass of wine and smiled slightly: "I just borrowed some arrows from Liu Bei's straw boat. I will return these arrows to Liu Bei in full in the future."
Chapter completed!