Outside Handan City, seeing that Yuan Shao refused to fight, Ma Chao met with Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong to discuss countermeasures.
Huang Zhong? Zhang Liao?
Ma Chao thought about Lu Bu's comments and looked at Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao with some eagerness, but he restrained him. After an endless battle, Ma Chao was asked by Chen Gong to remain silent for many days. He could only listen, but could not speak. What's the matter?
, you can only talk to Chen Gong when no one is around.
It was also during this period of suppression that Ma Chao became much more restrained and no longer acted as recklessly as before.
However, in the eyes of Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao, who were meeting Ma Chao for the first time, his eyes still felt like they deserved a beating.
Huang Zhong noticed that Ma Chao's Qi was locked and raised his gray eyebrows: This young man is so crazy!
Zhang Liao suddenly had the urge to hit him.
"Do the two generals have a plan to break the city?" Ma Chao felt inexplicably depressed when he saw the two men looking at him without speaking. He tried his best to look at the two men with a kind smile on his face.
Broken city?
Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao silently looked at the strong green air protecting the city at the top of Handan City. Although Yuan Shao currently lacks major generals, he has many Confucian scholars and the people's morale is not chaotic. In this case, with their three troops
The troops want to break the city... unless Yuan Shao gets mad and runs out to challenge them.
"The lord's army will arrive in three days at most. We will try to break the city then. Now that I'm here, I should stop Yuan Shaomo and let him escape." Huang Zhong smiled and explained their mission to Ma Chao.
The purpose of their coming here first was to prevent Yuan Shao from leaving. Chu Nan wanted to end the war in Handan. As for breaking the city, Chu Nan had no hope from the beginning that he could break the place where Yuan Shao's talents gathered in one go. Not to mention that Handan had enough resources.
The green energy that protects the city is difficult to deal with simply because of the magical powers of Yuan Shao's counselors.
Ma Chao opened his mouth and wanted to ask if the fight would stop if the lord didn't come? Could it be that without the lord, this city couldn't be breached?
But in the end, he suppressed the impulse and thought for a while: "I heard from Marquis Wen that General Huang is one of the few people in the world who can compete with him. Why don't you try to see if you can defeat him?"
"Meng Qi is also from a family of generals. Whether a city can be broken quickly, you should know it when you see this city. How can you ask me?" Huang Zhong heard the provocation in the other person's words and frowned at Ma Chao.
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Perhaps because he has been with Chu Nan for a long time, Huang Zhong has gradually become accustomed to judging which method will have a greater success rate, what the risk is before doing something, and whether Handan in front of him can be conquered quickly. When he saw the city, he felt
He had already made a judgment, so what he and Zhang Liao did at the beginning was to prevent Yuan Shao from breaking through, rather than thinking about how to break the city.
Unless Yuan Shao and the counselors around Yuan Shao collectively become fools, it is basically impossible to capture this city before Chu Nan's army arrives.
Most generals should have this kind of judgment.
Ma Chao wanted to say something, but Zhang Liao laughed and said: "I heard that during the battle at Juyongguan that day, Meng Qisheng broke through the city wall more than ten feet and broke into the city."
Although it is not convenient for Chu's southern and northern armies to get news from Sichuan, it has been a long time since the battle of Juyongguan, so they naturally know about it.
"Young people are terrible." Huang Zhong nodded suddenly. No normal person could think of such a way to break through the barrier, but Ma Chao did it directly. It has to be said that sometimes being reckless is not necessarily a bad thing. Anyway, facing the Juyong Pass,
Huang Zhong thought carefully about this dangerous situation. Since he was in a different place, he would probably not think about how to make a detour, sneak attack or how to climb the city wall instead of building a boat on the city wall.
Of course, it's not that there's anything wrong with Ma Chao's strategy, it's just that most experienced generals wouldn't use this method.
But in terms of results, any one of them might not be as fast as Ma Chao to clear the barrier. The seemingly stupidest method is actually the shortest and most effective one.
From this point of view, we can also roughly understand Ma Chao's character. It is not surprising that he quickly defeated Handan.
Ma Chao: "..."
I always feel that what these two people say is weird, but they can't refute it. What they say is the truth, and they still praise it.
"I'm going to try the formation later." Huang Zhong saw Ma Chao's expression and knew that he was aggrieved, so he stopped teasing him and looked at Handan City and said, "How about you two plundering the formation for me?"
"Okay." Zhang Liao nodded and looked at Ma Chao.
When Ma Chao saw him looking at him, he immediately puffed up his chest, nodded and said, "The last general also wants to see what the general is capable of."
"Go and take precautions first, don't let Yuan Shao break out at night." Huang Zhong nodded and motioned for the three of them to work separately, dig the trap, and then set up the camp. This time, the test formation will focus on the opponent's city protection.
How to use green energy, which consumption method is better, and at the same time suppress the arrogance of young man Ma Chao.
The three of them separated and set up their camps. In the evening, Huang Zhong led his three thousand archers in formation outside his camp.
"General, when are you leaving?" Ma Chao looked at Huang Zhong, slightly excited. He wanted to see what Huang Zhong was capable of, a person who could make Lu Bu feel threatened.
"It's just a trial formation, so let's stay here." Huang Zhong said with a smile.
"Here? What do you mean?" Ma Chao looked at Huang Zhong in confusion. This place is about seven or eight miles away from Handan.
Huang Zhong didn't explain. With a wave of his hand, three thousand archers automatically formed a formation. Ma Chao's eyes narrowed. Is the opponent planning to shoot arrows at Handan here?
But generally even for an arrow formation, the limit is to shoot five or six miles. Can the arrows pass through this distance? Even if it can barely pass through, what power is there?
The old man wants to show off his skills and shock himself?
Ma Chao frowned and looked at Huang Zhong, only to see that Huang Zhong had already waved the command flag and the three thousand archers released their bowstrings almost at the same time.
"Buzz~"
There was a buzzing sound in the air, and the arrows tore through the air, and the light of fire appeared. Then, in Ma Chao's surprised eyes, the three thousand arrows lost in the air seemed to turn into more phantoms, but there were obviously only three thousand arrows.
The arrow was shot out like a volley of thousands of arrows.
Boom boom boom~
Even though he was seven or eight miles away, Ma Chao could still feel the roar of the arrow clusters colliding with the green energy of the city, and the earth was shaking.
Where are these arrows? Even the crossbows used for siege may not be powerful!
Ma Chao looked at this scene absentmindedly. He had never seen an arrow formation before, but even Lu Bu's arrow formation was not so terrifying, right?
If there was no green energy to protect the city, Ma Chao could imagine that this section of the city wall would be destroyed by just this wave of arrows.
If they fight on the battlefield, as long as Huang Zhong is given a stable environment, what kind of army can withstand the bombardment of such an arrow formation?
Ma Chao thought about it carefully, even if he defended with all his strength, he might not be able to survive an arrow formation of this magnitude, right?
What's even more rogue is the opponent's super long shooting distance. Even if he leads the cavalry, charging at such a long distance is enough for other troops around Huang Zhong to take precautions. As long as he is blocked, Huang Zhong's arrow formation will fall.
coming.
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To deal with this kind of arrow formation, one must not engage in head-on confrontation. The best strategy is to use a small number of elite cavalry to circle the formation, look for flaws, and then fight at close quarters.
"I've heard for a long time that the old general's archery skills are magical. Seeing him today is really an eye-opener for the general." Ma Chao said to Huang Zhong sincerely.
But the power of this arrow array was enough to make Huang Zhong dominate the world.
Ma Chao is like this. He is willing to give enough respect to those who have the ability. Huang Zhonglu's skills are enough to convince him. At least in terms of arrow formation, Ma Chao considers himself no match for Huang Zhong.
"This city defense is rich in green energy. It will take a lot of time to break the city and minimize the losses. Since today is here, we will first dampen the enemy's energy!" Huang Zhong said with a smile.
"How to defeat him?" Ma Chao became interested and looked at Huang Zhong and said.
Huang Zhong took out his iron bow, looked at Ma Chao and said, "Meng Qi is also an extraordinary warrior. Can he clearly see the soldiers on the city wall?"
Ma Chao nodded. Not to mention practicing the method of visualization, his five senses and six senses were greatly improved. Even without the method of visualization, he could still clearly see the figures on the city from this distance, but not as clearly as now.
"There is a Jizhou general directly above the city gate. Watch me shoot his head!" Huang Zhong withdrew the arrow formation and said with a smile.
"With the green energy of protecting the city, arrows cannot enter. How can the old general kill him?" Ma Chao believed that Huang Zhong could shoot an arrow to the top of the city. Generals at their level could not be sure of their accuracy, but the arrows they shot were very powerful, but there were
The green energy blocking the city makes it impossible to penetrate the green energy. If the arrow loses the energy it carries, it will be blocked by the green energy, thus greatly reducing its power. Even if it barely penetrates, it will not hurt anyone.
Huang Zhong smiled and did not answer, he opened his bow and nocked an arrow, and instantly drew the iron bow to perfection, staring intently at the general who was startled by the sudden arrow array and was looking around.
"Buzz~"
The moment the bow string was released, a circle of air waves rippled from the position where the arrow was shot. Ma Chao looked at Huang Zhong strangely. At that moment, he did not notice any power of the military formation or Huang Zhong's own energy.
fluctuation.
"Pfft~"
Then, under Ma Chao's shocked eyes, the arrow penetrated Qing Qi. Qing Qi seemed to have no defense against the arrow and allowed the opponent to penetrate. Then, under the stunned eyes of the general, it penetrated the opponent.
's head.
Until his death, the general didn't know what happened?
"The old general is good at archery!" Zhang Liao praised. He had cooperated with Huang Zhong once or twice and was quite familiar with Huang Zhong.
"Can you see clearly?" Huang Zhong nodded and smiled, turning to look at Ma Chao.
"The general only used his own strength and did not use any external force?" Ma Chao looked at Huang Zhong in disbelief.
The green energy that protects the city can eliminate external forces such as the opponent's military formation and gang energy, but it will not block pure power, such as falling dust. If a person throws a stone at it and there is no bonus, then the green energy that protects the city will not be blocked.
It will stop this thing, but this kind of attack based on personal strength is usually limited in power and cannot even break other people's battle formations. Huang Zhong's arrow broke Ma Chao's understanding of how powerful it was.
"The path of the arrow does not rely solely on brute force." Huang Zhong drew back his bow and said with a smile. The goal has been achieved, and there is no need to do anything else.
Ma Chao nodded silently. He understood this. With the same strength, a person who is proficient in marksmanship and a person who is proficient in marksmanship will have a huge difference in power.
If we have a competition in the future, I will definitely not compete with this old man in archery!