Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms The 219th chapter of the earth mountain high platform, the suppressed Lao Cao can't lift his head
The 219th chapter of the earth mountain high platform, the suppressed Lao Cao can't lift his head
Zhang He Gao Lan's use of light cavalry opened the eyes of Lu Yan, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei and others on the city wall.
It also made Lu Yan see the true power of the cavalry, and he put away the slightest contempt for the cavalry in his heart.
Regardless of strategy or tactics, cavalry is still the most powerful arm of this era.
Facing Zhang He, who was commanded to behave like a flower, Gao Lan, Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan, Zhang Liao and others were slightly dissatisfied.
Yes, they are all commanders specializing in cavalry, but Cao Cao couldn't get good horses, so they couldn't show their true strength at all.
Seeing that Yuan Jun's cavalry had broken through two lines of defense, Cao Cao had to order: "Shield wall, spear formation!"
This was also the trick Lu Yan used against the Xiliang cavalry.
Behind a large shield that is taller than a man, there are three strong men holding the shield from behind.
From the gap in the shield, a spear nearly six meters long stretched out.
The dense array of spears and large shields, and the cold iron spearheads shimmered with cold light under the sunlight, like the blade of the death scythe!
How dare the light cavalry without heavy armor protection charge into such a shield and spear formation? The fate of the Xiliang cavalry is enough to illustrate the seriousness of the consequences of reckless actions.
Moreover, these alien cavalry don't even have leather armor, not to mention iron armor. How can they dare to challenge such an iron shield and spear array head-on?
After all, it was just a tentative attack. Cao Jun showed off his crossbowmen, while Yuan Jun also showed off his cavalry.
Zhang He Gao Lan obviously also had an in-depth study of Cao Jun's tactics against Xiliang's cavalry. They just whizzed past Cao Jun's spear formation, threw a shower of arrows with little effect, and then returned to the two wings of their infantry formation.
, covering the two wings of your own infantry formation.
At this time, another order was issued from Yuan's army, "Shield soldiers, advance!"
This is Yuan Shao's heavy armored infantry, which originated from the Xianden camp of General Qu Yi.
The heavy armored infantry raised their shields in front to block Cao Jun's random arrows. Behind them were Yuan Shao's heavy crossbowmen and spearmen, who were slowly but surely moving towards Cao Jun.
If Yuan Shao's heavy armored soldiers and heavy crossbowmen were allowed to approach, Cao's army would definitely have to pay a heavy price given the current military formation.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Cao Cao immediately ordered the ballistas on the city wall to fire to stop Yuan Shao's infantry from advancing!
A crossbow arrow as thick as an arm can clear a terrifying passage of human blood with one arrow.
In Yuan Jun's formation, there were two unlucky guys with a shield, who were strung together by a crossbow arrow as thick as an adult's arm, nailed to the ground, and let out screams.
When Yuan Shao saw that Cao Cao had used all the tools to defend the city, he suddenly showed a disdainful smile and said: "Send the order, withdraw the troops! After the siege equipment arrives, we will capture Cao Cao in one fell swoop!"
"Ding ding ding!"
"Withdraw troops!!"
"withdraw!"
The golden sound sounded, and Yuan's army retreated like a tide.
At this moment, Cao Cao's back was already soaked with cold sweat.
On the surface, Cao Jun seemed to have defeated Yuan Jun, but in fact they lost.
Using the defensive equipment in advance is equivalent to exposing a trump card in advance. The next time Yuan Jun attacks the city, he will definitely be fully prepared for the ballistae. Gu Dai
After Yuan Shao returned to the camp, he asked the counselors around him for advice: "After this battle, Cao Cao will definitely be unable to retreat. Everyone, do you have any ideas?"
At this time, Shen Pei first stood up and offered his advice: "My lord, Cao Jun has retreated behind the city wall and is defending the city. We can take this opportunity to build a hill and a high platform a hundred steps away from Cao Jun's city. Then we will order the archers to
On the high platform, I suppressed Cao's army with bows and arrows from a high position. As time goes by, Cao's army may collapse without a fight!"
"This is a very good plan!" Yuan Shao nodded slightly and agreed.
Yuan Shao adopted the strategy of reviewing and dispatching, so he sent infantry to cover, and ordered the civilians to take shovels, hoes and other tools to a position about 120 steps outside the city, and pile up a mountain of earth.
After Cao Cao saw Yuan Jun's movement, he immediately ordered Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Xia Houlan, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and other generals to lead all their cavalry out of the city to stop Yuan Jun's movement.
It is a pity that although Cao's army has more than 10,000 cavalry, Yuan Shao's army has more than 40,000 cavalry led by Zhang He and Gao Lan.
As soon as Cao Jun's cavalry appeared, Zhang He and Gao Lan led the troops out. In desperation, Zhao Yun and others only divided their troops and symbolically destroyed a few mountains, and then had to return behind the city wall.
Cao Cao couldn't help but feel a little worried when he saw Yuan Shao's actions.
So, he asked his advisers for advice and said: "Yuan Shao bulldozed mountains and built high platforms. I am afraid he wants to use the advantage of high altitude to suppress our defense... Gentlemen, do you have any countermeasures?"
Xi Zhicai cupped his hands and replied: "My lord, it is actually very easy for us to destroy Tushan."
When Cao Cao heard that Xi Zhicai said that defeating the enemy was easy, he was immediately overjoyed and said, "Please Zhicai please elaborate!"
"My subordinates visited the camp yesterday. Our army has now assembled nearly two hundred trebuchets. As long as the trebuchets throw stones at Yuan Shao's mountains, it will be easy to destroy them."
Cao Cao suddenly realized, slapped his forehead suddenly, made a clear and loud sound, and laughed at himself: "Why did I forget the trebuchet!"
However, at this time, Jia Xu suddenly stood up and suggested to Cao Cao: "My lord, my subordinates suggest that Yuan Shao first build mountains and high platforms, let them be proud for a while, and then use trebuchets to carry out devastating attacks on them."
Strike."
As soon as Jia Xu spoke, everyone immediately understood what he meant, and all of them burst into low laughter.
"Shrimps and pig hearts!" Lu Yan gave Jia Xu a thumbs up and said, "That's right, if you want to talk about whether it's wilted or bad, it's you, Jia Wenhe!"
After Jia Xu heard Lu Yan's "praise", he immediately raised his hands and replied to Lu Yan: "It all depends on Lu Qiaoqi's guidance!"
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In order not to make Yuan Shao suspicious, Cao Cao's cavalry and even infantry would rush out from time to time to destroy two or three earth mountains. The ballistas on the city wall also tried their best to fire at the earth mountains, trying to delay the construction of Yuan Jun's earth mountain platform.
But in the end, Cao Jun's efforts were "in vain" and Yuan Shao still achieved his set goal.
In just seven days, Yuan Jun built fifty earthen hills outside Cao Jun's city wall! On the earthen hills, the civilians driven by the Yuan family also built a wooden platform more than three feet high.
Dozens of archers are arranged on each high platform. When there is nothing wrong, the archers will shoot arrows at the defenders on the wall of Cao Jun. They rely on the range advantage brought by their condescension to suppress Cao Jun for a while.
Can't lift my head up.
How badly were Cao Cao's defenders suppressed?
When the soldiers of Cao's army went up to the city wall, they had to carry shields on their heads before they dared to go up.
As long as anyone is slightly negligent, a rain of arrows will be fired from Yuan Jun's high platform, and then accurately fall on the unlucky guy's head and body, pricking him into a human-shaped hedgehog.
Whenever a Cao Jun soldier was shot into a hedgehog by a Yuan Jun archer, a burst of shouts and laughter would erupt from the high platform.
Sergeant Yuan even regarded this as fun,
Every day, I just fired a volley at the roll call, and then watched Cao Jun run away with his head in his arms, and finally spent a beautiful and happy day amidst roaring laughter...