The mistress of Han Meng's bodyguard listened to Han Meng's astonishing words. He just shrank his neck and wanted to check whether there were potential informers on the left and right. He saw the wine gourd he had been carrying on his back flying in the air.
It circled and flew towards him.
When he ran a few steps to catch it, he missed it. The wine gourd bounced a few times on the dusty sand dunes before lying flat in the groove of a sand dune.
Just when the little third son caught up with him in two or three steps, and just when he leaned over to pick it up, there was a sudden "swish" sound, and the little third son fell to the ground with a muffled "bang".
"You're kidding! You're making so much noise when you pick up a gourd. It's really useless... uh, trash... trash..." Han Meng, who was drunk and confused, was habitually scolding the guard behind him, Xiao Sanzi. Suddenly, that bang
The banging sound became more frequent.
Han Meng finally realized that these noises were abnormal and how could picking up a gourd make such a big noise, but it was already too late. A bright big ax suddenly mixed with a gust of wind, and the disheveled Han Meng stepped forward.
fall.
"Who?"
Although Han Meng was a little drunk, his martial arts skills were still there. He leaned back violently behind the horse, and when he let go of the attacker's weapon, he felt a pain from his abdomen to his span. Han Meng knew this.
He was injured, so he quickly fell back and fell off the horse.
But after falling off the horse, before the man could stand still, he heard a neighing sound, and a wave of hot blood poured over the place where Han Meng was standing.
When Han Meng was able to take a closer look, he realized that his war horse had been split into two pieces. Behind the horse that was chopped to death, there was a man covered in black armor, and the other horse was also a fully armed general, standing quietly.
There.
What made Han Meng even more frightened was that a group of people like locusts rushed out from behind him in an instant, coming up from behind some sand forests and sand dunes in a fan shape to kill him.
"Who is coming?" Although Han Meng only took a quick glance, he had already judged from the clothing of the invading enemy that the person in front of him was a general of Cao's army.
"Xu Huang!" The Cao Jun general who was standing quietly said a name, and then shouted "Drive!", and the men and horses formed a line and rushed straight in front of Han Meng.
The name "Xu Huang" was familiar to Han Meng. He knew that this man was one of Cao Zhi's many generals. But what Han Meng couldn't figure out was how could this Cao army be so bold and dare to arrive so boldly?
On the north bank of the river, they came to their territory.
But Xu Huang didn't give him a chance to think more. The battle ax, still carrying the blood of Han Meng's horse, was already roaring towards his door.
"You are mean!"
"when!"
The battle ax in Han Meng's hand made a move with Xu Huang. Han Meng, who had lost his horse and had been injured by Xu Huang, felt a strong force coming from his halberd when the swords of both sides made a crisp sound.
He couldn't help but let out a muffled groan from deep in his throat, and took a few steps back.
"If I kill you, no one will know that I am despicable! Huha, kill!"
Xu Huang was not someone who had a reputation for chivalry. He wielded a big ax and accompanied Shi Huan across the Jishui River. They lurked around the old city for more than a month, sleeping in the open air. Finally, they were able to transport Yuan Shao's thousands of vehicles.
After knowing the details of the grain truck, would he still talk about chivalry to Han Meng? What he wanted was a successful sneak attack and a quick victory.
Following Xu Huang's "kill", Han Meng, who had just grasped the figure, felt a strong wind coming towards him again. Han Meng still raised his halberd in a stiff stance, "Bing, poof!" followed by a sound of metal breaking.
At the sound, Han Meng felt the light of the weapon in his hand. When he realized that his weapon was broken by Xu Huang's battle axe, a shadow of death suddenly enveloped his heart.
But before he could take any action, he felt a chill coming from his left cheek to the bottom of his chest in the strong wind as Xu Huang and his horse passed by at high speed. It was the chill of death.
After the coolness was gone, Han Meng felt that a hot source of life was being lost, flowing out of his body.
Based on his experience in battle, it is not difficult to understand what this means! It means failure, injury, blood and death!
Han Meng's eyes widened suddenly, and his throat was so heavy that it was difficult to spit out even a single word. At the end of his life, Han Meng only rolled his eyes. In his last memory, he saw that after withdrawing his move, he did not say anything again.
Pay attention to Xu Huang, those Cao soldiers who were all covered in black armor, the corpses of his subordinates all over the ground, and finally those grain carts.
"I wonder how Xu Huang will treat these grain trucks?" With the last trace of unwillingness and worry, with a "pop" sound, he became a corpse without any thought or status just like the little third son who just fell into the dust.
"If all this food can be transported back, our army's food shortage problem will be solved immediately!" Shi Huan, who was organizing the cleaning of the battlefield, said happily to Xu Huang, who slowly stopped beside him.
"Impossible!" Xu Huang replied calmly.
"What?" Shi Huan asked in surprise.
"We can't carry so much food across the river. It's too close to the old city. Yuan Jun's pursuers will be back soon. We have to leave quickly!" Xu Huang said.
"What should we do with these grains and grass?" Shi Huan asked anxiously.
"Burn them all!" Xu Huang said lightly.
"Ah? What a pity that is!" Shi Huan said.
Seeing the reluctance in the eyes of Shi Huan and some generals, Xu Huang just compromised and said: "Let the brothers fill up the ration bags and burn everything else!"
"Yes! Yoyo..."
######## Han Meng was killed and four thousand carts of grain and grass were burned. This earth-shattering news spread throughout the war zones and military camps on both sides of the river in less than two days. Ligu City
In Guandu, far away, Cao and Yuan's armies, who were engaged in a stone-throwing and high-ouling battle, had different reactions.
Cao Zhi was particularly excited when he received Xu Huang's outstanding performance. Not only did he ask for the catapults that had just arrived to be rushed into the battle immediately, he also ordered the kitchen to provide an extra meal for the entire army. He took out a lot of leftover bacon from the New Year.
, distributed to ordinary soldiers' bowls, and had a good meal to celebrate the outstanding performance of Xu Huang and Shi Huanbu.
But when Yuan Shao heard the news, he immediately became anxious. On the one hand, there was no food, and on the other hand, his right wing was exposed to Xu Huangjun. This was a huge problem. Even if Yuan Shao was a little lacking in military literacy, it was so obvious
Question, he was still very nervous.
Therefore, the largest and most comprehensive meeting within Yuan's army since Yuan Shao crossed the river was held in Yangwu.
The theme of the meeting was very clear, which was to discuss how to adjust the deployment, strengthen the defensive force of the right wing, and adjust the supply of food and grass, and where to store it. Of course, Yuan Shao also had to discuss it with his generals Wen Chen, and then he would deal with Cao Jun's plans.
military operations.
Yuan Shao has gradually lost patience with the current stalemate between the two sides, which is full of ingenuity. He wants his subordinates to come up with more effective strikes and offensive plans.
Yuan Shao was not very satisfied with the effect of the high oar conjoined, auxiliary and projectile attacks in recent days. In the past two or three days, Cao Jun's slings were increasing, and the damage caused to them was also increasing.
Although Yuan Jun's attack also caused a lot of damage to Cao Jun, their losses were even greater. Especially the high oars designed by Yuan Shao himself, which were often just erected, became the first choice target of Cao Jun's attack. They could not be hit by violent bombardment.
He said that if he still tried his best, if the stone could not hit him, he would use a giant crossbow arrow tied to a rope and pull hard.
Yuan Shao's high oars have suffered heavy losses in the past few days, and the inside and outside of the camp are in a mess. The high oars are connected with wooden planks, and the expected goal of attacking Cao's army from the air is almost impossible to achieve. Often they have not connected several nearby high oars.
When they got up, one or two of them were attacked by Cao's army and collapsed or were damaged.
Later, at Xu You's suggestion, Yuan Jun stepped up construction at night to connect the high oars, hoping that by concentrating their many manpower, they could complete the work of connecting the high oars overnight and be able to attack Cao Jun during the day.
Effective attack.
However, this plan was quickly discovered by Cao Jun. Because the distance between the two armies was relatively close, and such a large project was so popular in Yuan's camp, it was difficult to hide it even if he wanted to.
Later, Cao Jun immediately took corresponding actions and carried out a blast of rockets and blind shooting in the dark night. Anyway, it didn't matter whether it was the peripheral light of the rocket or the distance and area in the memory during the day. Cao Jun's catapult
It was also carried out in the dark night. Although the effect was definitely not as good as during the day, it also caused a lot of damage to Yuan Jun who was doing emergency construction at night, and several high oars were damaged.
At the same time, this also caused a shadow in the hearts of many Yuan Jun soldiers. Many soldiers who were sent to perform tasks on Gaolu refused to go on Gaolu again. Later, because whoever was near Gaolu had a higher chance of death or injury.
As a result, Yuan Jun soldiers did not dare to approach the Gaolu facility.
This situation was alleviated after Yuan Shao reiterated the importance of military discipline and generals at all levels implemented military laws several times. However, Yuan Shao's plan to connect the high oars together was still not successfully implemented.
When the sun just peeked out on the second day, the number of catapults in Cao Jun's camp suddenly increased several times, and the methods of precise shooting and how to effectively attack Yuan Jun's high oars became more and more mature.
Yuan Shao's Gao Lu suffered huge losses yesterday and was on the verge of complete paralysis. Therefore, Yuan Shao was eager for his subordinates to come up with a new plan to get out of the current predicament.
For this important and high-level meeting, although Yangwu is a small place, it is also close to the enemy camp in Guandu. Therefore, the situation and location of the meeting cannot be as luxurious and grand as in Yecheng.
But the large tent made of felt, as well as the various gold- and bead-inlaid utensils placed in the tent, can still reflect the majesty and majesty that the "Fourth Generation and Three Dukes" family should have. And the books that Yuan Shao commonly used in his daily life,
The piano, chess, etc. are all neatly placed and wiped clean.
All of this silently conveys some special meaning of "can only be understood, not explained" to the people present. This "meaning" makes the supporters who follow Yuan Shao always full of longing for the bright future of "the founding meritorious service".