Chapter 222: The stalemate at Guandu, where are the variables?
Han Meng led his army to chase Chen Dao, but suddenly he heard shouts of killing coming from around him.
After knowing that he had been ambushed, Han Meng tried to order the army to turn around and withdraw from the encirclement point. However, the roads in the mountains were narrow and it was not possible to turn around.
Yuan Jun, who was at the back, suddenly saw the people in front turning around and running toward him. They had not yet figured out the situation, and before they could react, they immediately collided with the soldiers who were turning back.
The ambushes of Cao's army on the mountain took the opportunity to attack Yuan's army with bows, arrows and rolling stones. Cao's army who came out of the woods also rushed out and waited on them with bows, arrows and spears.
Yuan Jun's rear army and the front central army were huddled together, unable to retreat or advance. They became a living target for Cao Jun, and a large number of them fell in an instant.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Han Meng led his guards to turn around and fight, trying to buy time for his army to retreat.
This forward charge made Cao's army throw a rat weapon, fearing that it would hurt his own people, so he did not dare to shoot arrows at them.
Hundreds of rebels led by Chen Dao first engaged Han Meng in battle. He had no idea that under such circumstances, Han Meng still had extremely strong fighting power.
Han Meng's moves were fierce, he was extremely brave, and his offensive was unstoppable. Chen Dao had just fought with him for less than three rounds, and he almost got his head smashed by Han Meng's punch!
Fortunately, Wei Yan, who was leading his army in ambush, came in time after seeing the general of Yuan's army. When Chen Dao was about to be killed, he used the method of attacking the enemy to save Chen Dao and relieved Chen Dao.
Han Meng was so angry that his good deeds were ruined. He turned over and charged towards Wei Yan with an iron pipa hammer in his hand!
Wei Yan ducked down to avoid the sledgehammer, then raised his sword and fought with Han Meng.
But even Wei Yan was surprised by Han Meng's bravery.
"This man is so brave! If the two armies were to fight head-on on the plains, even I would not be able to predict the outcome!
This person must be a general under Yuan Shao, don't let him go so easily!"
Thinking of this, Wei Yan cheered up and concentrated on fighting.
Although Han Meng is brave, he is only a second-rate peak military general. It is just because of his special weapons and great strength that it is a bit difficult to adapt to him at first.
Wei Yan was at the top of the class and had received guidance from famous experts. After the two men fought for 14 or 15 rounds, Han Meng gradually began to fall into a disadvantage.
People who use double hammers are mostly strong generals. They can often use the power of heavy weapons and their own strength to crush the enemy's skull in the first few rounds.
But this kind of heavy weapon is destined to not last long.
Having seen through Han Meng's weakness, Wei Yan was not in a hurry and slowly fought with him.
Finally, after thirty rounds, Han Meng was exhausted and his moves began to deform.
The more Han Meng fought, the more frightened he became. He was also surprised by General Cao's bravery and thought to himself:
"How come a random Cao general can defeat me? And that kid just now was able to fight three moves with me. Is it possible that there are so many brave generals in Cao's camp?"
Yuan's army was retreating steadily at this moment. The front and center troops wanted to retreat, but their retreat was blocked by the rear army.
In the great terror of life and death, some people raised their butcher knives towards their robes...
Yuan Jun drew his sword and slashed at the rear army's robes. Seeing that the situation was not good, the rear army soldiers finally turned around and ran away.
After the rear army was overwhelmed by the front center army, Yuan's soldiers finally opened up a way to retreat, but probably less than half of the 10,000-strong army managed to escape in the end.
Han Meng looked back and saw that the way to retreat had been cleared. He thought that he could no longer waste his life with General Cao. If he did, he would probably lose his life...
Han Meng saw the right opportunity and deliberately used a flaw to force Wei Yan to retreat by exchanging injuries for injuries.
Wei Yan didn't want to fight with the opponent and lose both sides, so he had no choice but to retreat temporarily.
Han Meng got the chance and immediately broke away from the battle, then turned his horse and fled without looking back.
Gucheng
"Withdraw! Withdraw quickly!"
Han Meng ran and shouted. Taking advantage of his good horse, he quickly surpassed the fleeing infantry and ran to the front of the defeated army.
Cao Jun chased and killed them all the way, and did not stop until they reached the mountain fire.
Yuan Jun could rush through the fire without risking his life, but Cao Jun did not have to risk his life to gain military merit. There would still be a fight when they reached Guandu.
Chen Dao looked at the growing mountain fire and said to Wei Yan, "It's a pity that the mountain fire blocked our pursuit path and we were unable to capture the head of General Yuan."
Wei Yan shook his head and said: "General Yuan is also a brave man. It is not that easy to kill him."
Looking at the raging fire again, Wei Yan sighed: "That's it...it seems that the fire will not stop in a few days. Let's exit Jiluo Mountain for the time being, rest for a while and wait for the fire to stop before heading to Guandu
Bar."
Chen Dao naturally had no objection and replied: "It all depends on the general!"
...
Guandu, outside Cao Jun's city wall.
Although Yuan Shaojun's siege equipment was destroyed by Cao Jun's catapults, after all, they had plenty of men. It only took two or three days to rebuild the necessary siege equipment.
It is estimated that Cao Jun has a powerful catapult.
Yuan Shao did not build more wells, but focused on building oars and carts. He also tried to make some trebuchets.
What makes Yuan Shao angry is that,
The trebuchet built by his own craftsmen was far inferior to Cao Cao's trebuchet in terms of range, accuracy and weight of the stone thrown. Yuan Shao finally had to regretfully give up his plan to build a trebuchet and shoot at each other with Cao Cao.
Yuan Shao strengthened the oar car and made the shield larger and thicker. As a result, Cao Jun's trebuchets could no longer destroy the oar car.
Yuan Jun hid behind the oars and came to attack the city at fixed points every day. The attack made Cao Jun extremely uncomfortable.
On the city wall, it happened to be my turn to be on duty today.
He took the three brothers Taishi Ci, Dian Wei and Liu Guan and Zhang, and led more than 10,000 people to resist Yuan Jun's attack.
Everyone knows that the Guandu battlefield will probably be a protracted battle.
Now, before Yuan's soldiers crossed the moat, Cao's army stopped firing arrows, because even if they fired arrows, most of them would hit the shields and oars, which had no lethality and also gave the enemy an advantage in vain. The trebuchet stones
Bombs are not that easy to find. The surrounding stones have been dropped into the air. If you want to find them again, you can only transport them from farther away. Therefore, Cao Jun is trying his best to save the materials for defending the city and prepare for a long battle.
Zhang Fei swept the two Yuan sergeants off the city wall with a spear, and muttered: "It's really endless..."
Liu Bei held his sword and stabbed to death a Yuan sergeant who was trying to climb over the female wall. He came to Zhang Fei and said, "Third brother, didn't you really want to fight before? Why are you complaining now?"
"I want to kill generals and capture the flag like my second brother, instead of playing whack-a-mole here every day."
Liu Bei: "..."
After Guan Yu cleaned up his defense area, he came to Zhang Fei and Liu Bei to support him, and happened to hear the conversation between Zhang Fei and Liu Bei.
So, he said: "At least for now, it seems that Yuan Jun has no flaws. We may have to defend for a long time..."
Liu Bei nodded and said: "Yes, it is a deadlock here in Guandu. I'm afraid we need to look for variables from other places."
...
Under the city wall, Gao Lan said to himself: "Cao's army's defense still has no flaws, but our army still has to use human lives to continue the attack..."
"I hope the military division's digging army can succeed..." Seeing that the siege soldiers were driven off the city again, Gao Lan had no choice but to shout: "Withdraw!"