Chapter 303 Mobile Ballista! One shot at the start, scaring Yuan Shu!
"Report—!"
"The battle report was sent back from the direction of Linxian County, and the enemy was defeated in the camp."
"good!"
...
"Report—!"
"The battle report came back from the direction of Yanling. The trapped camp won the first battle and won a complete victory."
"Very good."
Xinji.
Cao Jun's camp.
Central army, big tent.
When Cao Cao heard this, he was so excited that he stood up and said: "I knew that it would be possible to fall into the camp. This time it is our turn to play our role."
"Zhongde." Cao Cao turned to look at Cheng Li.
"Here." Cheng Li held his hand.
"Instruct the whole army to act according to the plan."
"Here."
Linxian and Yanling are defeated. There is no doubt that Yuan Shu and Zhang Miao will determine that the main force of Cao's army is there, and Xinji will become an empty city. The opponent's test effect is achieved, and they will naturally attack with all their strength.
Cao's army in Xinji County was already in a state of preparation for war. With an order, they quickly entered the combat positions of various armies, ready to welcome Zhang Miao and Yuan Shu's coalition forces to attack like mad dogs.
As expected.
In less than half an hour, a scout came to report that Yuan Shu and Zhang Miao's troops were rushing towards Xinji and were forming formation outside the city, ready to attack Xinji at any time.
Cao Cao smiled faintly and ordered: "Zhongde, please send the order to fight the war and give these two guys a taste of the sweetness."
Cheng Li cupped his hands and said, "Here."
The next second.
A messenger came out of the camp to deliver the order.
Not long after, a thick black smoke rose.
Outside the city, Yuan Shu's eyes suddenly brightened, and he raised his hand and pointed at the city: "Brother Meng Zhuo, look, Cao A'hao is letting off smoke. Xinji County is indeed an empty city. Our judgment is not wrong."
If he hadn't been frightened by the coalition forces of Yuan Shu and Zhang Miao outside the city, how could Cao Cao have set off a beacon fire and asked for reinforcements from Yanling, Lin County, and Xu County before he attacked the city.
"That's right!"
Zhang Miao's hanging heart was completely relieved. He breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed his brows: "If we had known this, we should have attacked Xinji as soon as possible. We could have saved a lot of time and avoided many casualties."
"In the future..."
Speaking of this, Zhang Miao's voice was drawn out, the pitch was raised by three points, and he said in a strange and sinister manner: "Conjectures without evidence must not be believed casually, otherwise it will delay the war."
Yan Xiang on the side only felt burning pain on both sides of his cheeks, as if he had been slapped hard twice, but at this point, he could only endure the other party's ridicule.
After all, it was his self-righteous judgment that led to the loss of Zhang and Yuan's allies, and even delayed the attack for several days, as well as thousands of stones of food and grass.
Yan Xiang secretly swore that he would never give advice at will again, especially those guesses without evidence. If he guessed wrong again, it would probably not be as simple as ridicule.
The so-called beating of a dog depends on the owner!
Zhang Miao mocked and sarcastically made Yuan Shu unhappy.
Although Yan Xiang took the blame for this matter, he was his subordinate after all, and he had agreed to it in the first place.
In Yuan Shu's eyes, Zhang Miao was like this, and it was clear that he didn't take him seriously.
How could the proud second son of the fourth generation and the third prince sit back and watch his retainers being humiliated like this?
"Brother Meng Zhuo's words are different."
If it were not for the alliance's reputation, Yuan Shu would definitely fall out, but a moderate beating is still necessary: "No matter what, Zi Xiang always considers the overall situation. If he is wrong, we are also wrong."
"After all, it is you and me who make the final decision."
"but......"
After the insidious attack was in place, Yuan Shu immediately pulled back: "Fortunately, it did not cause too bad impact. We still have the absolute initiative. As long as we can win Xinji, we will still win a great victory."
"kindness."
How could Zhang Miao not know Yuan Shu's temper?
People who come from a wealthy family always have such a strange temper.
Of course, Zhang Miao didn't bother to worry about it anymore, so he nodded and said, "You and I do have some responsibility for this matter. It's better for us to focus on the battle at hand and work together to win Xinji."
Yuan Shu nodded: "That's right!"
Yan Xiang on the side was very moved.
Although Yuan Shu is a bit shaky, he does protect his children, especially for an old official of the Yuan family like himself.
This is the reason why Yan Xiang has always followed Yuan Shu and never thought of leaving.
If the winner is like this, what else can I ask for?
Not long after.
General Ji Ling flew forward, clasping his hands and cupping his fists: "Lord, our army has finished lining up, do you want to launch an attack?"
Without thinking, Yuan Shu gave the order: "Attack!"
"Here."
Ji Ling responded.
Immediately he reined in his horse and turned around, shouting loudly: "My lord has an order, attack Xinji!"
Winter! Winter! Winter!
In an instant, the thundering sound of drums sounded.
The soldiers of Yuan's army surged toward the city like a tide.
Arrows all over the sky poured down like torrential rain, causing the Yuan Army soldiers who were attacking and killing like crazy to fall down like wheat. However, even so, it was still difficult to stop Yuan Army from storming the city.
On the side, Yan Xiang stared closely at the battlefield. The arrows rained just now, but the density of the arrows was not high, which proved that there were not many soldiers and horses at the city head. From this, it can be inferred that there were indeed not many soldiers and horses in Xinji County.
"Damn it!"
Yan Xiang chewed it secretly.
Could it be that I made a mistake in my judgment and that Cao Cao was not as powerful as he thought?
However, in the previous battle at Lin County, Yuan Shu would have been almost killed by Cao Cao if he had not been clever.
How could such a terrifying opponent make such a low-level mistake?
Yan Xiang really couldn't figure this out.
Damn it!
It's totally against common sense.
Yan Xiang originally wanted to remind Yuan Shu that Zhang Miao should be careful, but he swallowed the words hard. What qualifications did he have to offer advice? It was better to just stay aside and watch the battle.
As expected, the battle situation entered a fierce stage in an instant.
More than twenty ladders were set up under the city, and soldiers from all sides were shouting and climbing up bravely, rushing forward and succeeding, fearless of death.
However......
Under such a sharp offensive.
However, Cao Jun in the city responded with restraint and commanded calmly, as if he didn't take Yuan Jun outside the city seriously at all.
In particular, there are more than ten defensive equipment on the top of the city, and the various enemy-killing moves are dazzling. Even Yan Xiang himself can't help but marvel at it, and is deeply impressed by the power of the general in the city.
"Install knives on wooden boards, connect them with iron ropes, and kill enemies repeatedly?"
“It’s really interesting!”
"Attach knives to the rolling logs and throw them out to kill the enemy. You can also kill the enemies by recycling them. In addition, they can also disrupt the siege formation!"
"It's so awesome!"
"Huh?"
At this moment.
An instrument similar to a bed crossbow was suddenly launched from the top of the city.
Yan Xiang took a closer look and saw that the arrowhead protruding from the crossbow could be adjusted left and right and showed a simple arc. Such an instrument was completely beyond Yan Xiang's cognitive scope.
After all, the bed crossbow in my impression is not as flexible as imagined. It can actually adjust the direction and angle artificially. Doesn't this mean that its killing range has been expanded a lot?
suddenly.
The scene from the previous scout's report echoed in Yan Xiang's mind, "Cao's army sent out a group of heavy infantry with fine iron armor. Their powerful crossbows could fire continuously, killing our army by surprise."
A powerful crossbow that shoots arrows continuously!
Adjustable bed crossbow?
this......
Yan Xiang suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Although they did not fight for only half a year, who would have thought that Cao's army would undergo earth-shaking changes during this six-month period, with so many equipment innovations!
Just when Yan Xiang was amazed.
He suddenly discovered.
The new bed crossbow hidden among the soldiers seems to have been adjusted, and the target it is aiming at is none other than our own lord Yuan Shu.
"Lord, be careful!"
Yan Xiang shouted at the top of his lungs: "Get down quickly!"
Yuan Shu was stunned for a moment and leaned forward subconsciously.
at the same time.
Bang!
There was a loud noise like thunder.
On Xinji City, a stream of cold light passed over the thousands of soldiers attacking the city, flew towards the rear in the direction of the banner, passed by the side of Yuan Shu's horse, and killed the soldiers carrying the banner with one arrow.
The arrow lost the huge power attached to it, and actually knocked the flag-carrying soldier directly off the horse's back, and flew back three or four feet, before falling to the ground and dying.
"ah?"
Yuan Shu was so frightened that his face turned green.
He subconsciously lowered his body, poked his head out slightly, and looked at the head of Xinji City: "Zi Xiang, what is that thing? Why can it have such a long range?"
You know, they are a full three hundred steps away from the city. At such a distance, the power of ordinary weapons has long been exhausted, but this arrow can knock the soldiers away.
This is simply incredible!
At this moment, even Zhang Miao beside him couldn't help but bury his body, hiding behind the neck of the war horse, while shouting loudly: "Quickly retreat! Be careful of missing arrows!"
Yan Xiang reined in his horse and shouted at the same time: "My lord, this may be Cao Jun's new bed crossbow. Not only does it have a longer range, it can even adjust its direction. We have to step back a certain distance."
“Rewind—!”
Yuan Shu shouted.
Immediately.
One of the guards took a step forward with a shield, blocking Yuan Shu behind him and protecting him.
Yuan Shu took the opportunity to turn his horse, turned around and backed away slowly, cursing secretly: "Damn Cao Ah Ma, he really has a lot of secret weapons, but it's a pity that sooner or later they all belong to me!"
"Where is Ji Ling?" Yuan Shu shouted.
"The end will be here."
"Send troops to continue the attack, don't be afraid!"
"Here."
Ji Ling shouted and gave a sonorous order: "My lord has an order, continue the attack, don't be afraid!"
"My lord has orders, continue the attack..."
"My lord has an order..."
now.
Xinjichengtou.
Cao Ren watched as he was trying to frighten the enemy, and he yelled angrily: "You bastard, you f*cking hit him wrong, Yuan Shu is next to him."
This is not a curse, but the man who controls the mobile ballista is really Cao Ren's son Cao Tai.
When the mobile crossbow was first built, Cao Cao organized relevant people to test-fire it, hoping to select some people to form a crossbow unit and play a role in this battle.
Although crossbows and bows and arrows are similar, they are not the same thing after all. Some people who are good at archery cannot hit a target three hundred paces away.
On the other hand, Cao Ren's son Cao Tai was able to hit the target twice out of ten attempts. Although the rest did not hit the target, the miss was not too serious, at most one or two steps away.
Naturally.
Cao Tai was promoted to the commander of the ballista battalion and commanded the fifty ballistas under his command.
Although Cao Tai's hit rate has improved during this period, it is still not 100% accurate after all. The first arrow failed to kill Yuan Shu, but instead killed the flag soldier next to him!
Looking at Yuan Shu who was slowly retreating, Cao Ren gritted his teeth and stamped his feet: "Damn it! Don't hide your strength anymore, pull up all the ballista battalion and beat me hard!"
Immediately, a messenger shouted at the top of his lungs: "The crossbowmen stand back and make way for the brothers in the crossbow battalion."
"The crossbowmen stand back and let the brothers from the crossbow battalion..."
"..."
at the same time.
There are red and green flags flashing.
In an instant, twenty ballistae were pushed towards the city wall.
A ballista is jointly responsible for an operator and a loader.
The next second, the hoarse sound of the crossbow's pivot sounded, and the specially-made crossbow tore through the air. With a sharp cry, it roared out from the top of Xinji City and crashed into the shield formation that was slowly retreating.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The sounds of shields breaking could be heard one after another.
The missing crossbows were like bolts of lightning piercing the shield formation, throwing the Yuan soldiers holding shields in the front row up, easily tearing open a gap, revealing Yuan Shu and Zhang Miao who were slowly retreating.
"ah?"
The two of them were amazed.
They didn't seem to think about it.
After one crossbow is lost, there will suddenly be so many missing crossbows.
However, what they didn't expect was that after such a dense volley of crossbows, within ten breaths, another row of crossbows roared out from the top of Xinji City.
The flashing crossbow followed the gap in the shield wall that had been torn open before it could be restored, and rushed into the military formation with an ear-piercing whistle, and the sound of wailing suddenly broke out again.
"Let's go!"
"Quickly go—!"
Yuan Shu, who was leaning over the horse's back and retreating slowly, turned green with fright. He subconsciously clamped the horse's rope and tried to speed up a little to get out of the opponent's range.
The moment he glanced back.
However, he saw that the soldier behind him was shot in the neck by a crossbow, and he fell off his horse with a cry. The blood spurted from the wound splashed all over his face, and even his vision blurred.
"ah-!"
Yuan Shu exclaimed, his body shivering involuntarily, and he was so frightened that his seven souls lost their souls.
At this moment, he no longer cared about the formation. He immediately clamped his horse's belly and shouted loudly: "Get out of the way! Get out of my way! Quickly retreat out of the range of the bed crossbow!"
" Sheriff, get down!"
At this moment, Dian Wei's voice also sounded.
Zhang Miao clung to the horse's back and turned around to look.
But see...
Dian Wei's arrows were as fast as the wind, and he jumped up. The two iron halberds in his palms were directed at the crossbow flying in the air, and there was a bang. The crossbow, which was as thick as two fingers, was accurately hit by Dian Wei, and the halberd was smashed into two halves.
Fell to the ground.
"What a great Dian Wei, he is indeed amazing!"
Zhang Miao secretly admired and deeply felt that it was the right choice to promote Dian Wei out of the ordinary.
Especially now, both he and Yuan Shu were on the run, and the people around Yuan Shu were killed one after another. Even he himself had blood spattered on his face, but Zhang Miao was unscathed. In the final analysis, it was Dian Wei who was protecting him.
Own.
This is really...
No comparison, no harm!
Yuan Shu is becoming more and more jealous of Dian Wei. If he is protected by Dian Wei, why should he be afraid of the continuous loss of crossbows? Although Ji Ling is brave and brave, compared with Dian Wei, it is a world of difference!
"hateful!"
Yuan Shu chewed secretly, his envy, jealousy and hatred were palpable: "Such a powerful general cannot be used by me! How can a man like Zhang Miao be compared with me, Yuan Shu? He is also worthy of such a powerful general?"
now.
Xinjichengtou.
Looking at the defeated Yuan army and fleeing, Cao Ren smiled sternly, then raised the Huanshou sword high and shouted loudly: "Brothers, Yuan Shu is defeated, Yuan Shu escaped, go out of the city to hunt down and destroy Yuan Shu!"
"kill-!"
This roar.
Like thunder, like a tsunami.
All the officers and soldiers of Cao's army at the top of the city followed the shouts, which instantly shook the surrounding areas and spread in all directions. The Yuan soldiers who were attacking the city were stunned for a moment. They subconsciously stopped their siege actions and all turned their heads to look back.
"Damn it! My lord actually retreated?"
"The general has retreated, so why should we persist?"
"Retreat quickly, attacking the city is seeking death!"
"Retreat! Retreat!"
"..."
Soldiers are the power of generals and the courage of generals.
Now, even the general has been defeated, and the soldiers dare not fight again.
In an instant, the army was defeated like a tide, and the waves receded.
Cao Ren was ecstatic and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Open the city gate!"
"Chasing—!"
Squeak—!
City gate exhibition.
The soldiers and horses who had been waiting for a long time filed out.
This is the rhythm of beating a drowned dog, how could Cao Cao give up.
"kill-!"
South gate direction.
Generals Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan were the first to attack.
In the direction of the north gate, Cao Chun and Cao Xiu's elite cavalry also came out.
They immediately made detours from the left and right directions, led their elite cavalry, and launched cutting and hunting tactics against Yuan Shu and Zhang Miao's coalition forces, which made the already chaotic coalition forces even more chaotic.
Cao's cavalry are all equipped with the Three Treasures of Equestrianism. After half a year of crazy training, everyone can ride and shoot, and fight with spears in both hands. They are truly elite cavalry.
From the east and west gates, generals Li Dian and Yu Jin led their infantry to fight out, cutting Yuan Shu and Zhang Miao's coalition forces in half from the middle. In conjunction with the cavalry from the north and south gates, they launched a one-sided crushing attack.
If you look down at Xinji from a high altitude, you can see that four cavalry groups surrounded Xinji from the outside with lightning speed, and cooperated with the infantry from the east and west gates, hoping to eat up the Zhang and Yuan coalition forces gathered below the city.
Have to admit it!
Cao Cao's appetite is indeed very big.
But facing the Zhang and Yuan coalition forces who had lost their will to fight, such a huge appetite was not impossible to realize.
If Cao Cao can really capture this force, then his next attack on Runan will definitely be beneficial without any harm, and the difficulty level will be directly reduced from five stars to two stars!
Eighty thousand coalition troops!
That's a total of 80,000 soldiers and horses!
Even if it is impossible to eat them all, if you can eat half of them, it can be regarded as a huge victory.
At this moment, in the battlefield, Xiahou Dun rode his horse wildly, staring at the general Yuan Jun who was also galloping in front of him, and rushed forward without even saying hello.
"Thief, please accept your fate!"
Cao Cao knew very well that the key to defeating this group of troops was to eliminate the generals responsible for commanding the enemy in the shortest possible time, especially those generals on horseback.
therefore.
He did not give Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Chun, and Cao Xiu any other tasks. He just asked them to find enemy generals and kill them as quickly as possible, or drive them out of the encirclement.
At this moment, Xiahou Dun just happened to bump into the general of Ximen, so he rushed forward without saying hello, and the Bin Iron Spear in his palm struck him head on without any fancy.
clang-!
Where the two guns met, sparks burst out.
A deafening roar of gold and iron exploded.
Although the opponent took this move, Xiahou Dun was on full fire. At the first moment, he exploded his own strength to the extreme. While suppressing the opponent, he made a violent backhand move.
quick!
allow!
ruthless!
With lightning speed, he directly pressed against the opponent's iron gun. A screeching sound was heard, thousands of sparks flew, and the spear tip followed the barrel of the gun and suddenly stabbed the opponent's neck.
Whoa—!
The opponent gritted his teeth and roared, his eyes widened in anger, and while trying his best to block with both hands, he turned his back to the sky and sank instantly. With a move of the iron bridge, he was level with the horse's back.
Xiahou Dun has sharp eyes and faster hands!
He was seen holding a gun in both hands, with his left hand held in front and his right hand held in the back. He shook the gun barrel violently, and a huge and strange force was transmitted along the body of the gun to the head of the gun.
The enemy general on horseback felt as if his arms had been shattered, and his body felt as if he had been hit by a giant hammer. His internal organs were churning, his throat was sweet, and he spurted out a mouthful of twenty-year-old blood.
Taking advantage of this blink of an eye, Xiahou Dun's next shot was fired like thunder.
Bin's Iron Spear rotated at his waist, and then he shot out from another direction at an extremely weird and tricky angle, accurately hitting the opponent's head. With a bang, it exploded like a watermelon.
"The thief is dead!"
"Those who surrender will let bygones be bygones;"
"Those who stubbornly resist will be killed without mercy!"
At the same time, Cao's army, horse and infantry shouted in unison:
"The thief is dead!"
"Those who surrender will let bygones be bygones;"
"Those who stubbornly resist will be killed without mercy!"
"..."
But the movements of their hands are non-stop. As long as they still hold weapons in their hands, they are their enemies. If they bump into them, they will definitely be stabbed in the face and will not be tolerated.
The horrified Yuan Bing saw Cao Jun coming to cover up the attack. He was so frightened that he dropped his weapons in a hurry. While raising his hands, he suddenly closed his eyes and shouted hoarsely:
"I surrender, don't kill me!"
"Don't! Kill! Me!"
"..."
Like a rock passing by in the tide, no one in Cao's vast army made a move on him, and they all passed by him.
Seeing this, the Yuan troops in front didn't dare to resist. They dropped their weapons and raised their hands:
"I surrender, don't kill me."
"Don't kill me, don't kill me!"
"I surrender too!"
"..."
One spreads to ten, ten spreads to hundreds, hundreds spreads to thousands, thousands spreads to thousands!
The mood of defeat and surrender spread quickly like a plague.
In the encirclement that Xiahou Dun was in charge of, almost all the Yuan soldiers threw away their weapons, raised their hands, and kept shouting for surrender. The battle situation was completely under his control, and there was no possibility of turning the tables against the odds.
"Mancheng!"
Xiahou Dun shouted sternly: "I am responsible for guarding all directions, and you are responsible for collecting the prisoners."
Li Dian responded loudly: "Don't worry, just leave it to me."
The scene in front of me not only happened here in Xiahou Dun, but also happened one after another in Xiahou Yuan, Yu Jin, Cao Xiu, Cao Chun, etc.
The battle of Xinji!
It ended with Cao Cao's victory!
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