Chapter 462 Hong Bo swept the ground (4)
The dense black shadows flew high over the morning sky, and arrows with a shattering sound passed through the sky, and a black shot covered the city.
Arrow rain covers
On the city wall section where thousands of arrows stretched for miles, the crowd of people ran around and shouted. In a hurry, some people ran forward with their shields, raised them over their heads, and pressed their comrades around them within the protection of the shield. Xu Chu threw the tiger-headed knife, took a shield and pulled Cao Cao into his arms. The shields around him formed a round shape, and then the sound of crackling in his ears. The arrows were nailed on the shield and were bounced away, and some were directly stuck on them. Many people shouted and wailed on the city wall. Some were caught in the arrows and fell to the ground. Then more arrows fell on their bodies and became hedgehogs.
Cao Cao shrank under the shield and made a loud voice: "Everyone cannot have the city wall. The shield soldiers stepped forward to hold on. Yuan Shao had no choice but to do anything. This is sending us arrows!!"
Sun Tzu's Art of War said: The military has no constant momentum, and the water has no constant shape.
The situation of a war will change at any time. Those who are in charge of the commander and general must have certain, or even more sophisticated response methods, not just in the arrangement of troops, but also in the response of the troops, but more about how to actively press the opponent down and get out of the passive situation of being beaten.
On the siege, Cao Cao defended steadily with a few troops, but the food and fodder were still the biggest problem. Yuan Shao piled up dirt mounds to suppress the defense of the dirt city and attack the morale of the Cao army. This was actually nothing wrong with this. Cao Cao also organized words to comfort the soldiers' emotions in an instant, at least not lowering the morale to the lowest point.
However, Yuan Shao's sudden move actually made Cao's army, who had shrunk to the Tutu City, responded in a hurry and became in a hurry. Moreover, it was not just a day or two. The condescending rain of arrows poured over the city from time to time, and even the lieutenant schoolyard in the city, which had a great impact on Cao's army's awareness and arrangement of defending the city, so that they had to carry shields with them to defend themselves when they went out.
Bang!
The arrow was nailed to the shield and then put it down. Xiahou Yuan pulled away the soldiers in front, took the bow and aimed at the mound outside the city, and finally had to give up. He gritted his teeth and cursed, and turned around to leave the place. The distance between the city wall and the mountain, including the height of the mound, even if his bow skills were good, it would be difficult to throw the arrow down, let alone shoot the person down.
Walking back to the schoolyard, arrows pierced the ground from time to time. Xiahou Yuan picked up the arrow with a bad luck, and broke it in his hand with a loud bang. In front of him, Cao Cao's face was gloomy, and he was surrounded by shields by a group of personal guards, and then waved to him: "Miaocai, follow me to enter the tent!"
He opened the curtain and walked straight in. Several holes were exposed on the cloak behind him. It was obvious that Cao Cao was also embarrassed. However, afterwards, the generals and counselors of the army came to the tent one after another. He also discussed with everyone to make corresponding strategies for Yuan Shao's sudden change in attack method. The royal relative named Liu Ye was a little familiar with the war. While everyone was talking, he proposed to use a stone-throwing cart to suppress the five earthen mounds outside the city, and there were archers standing on the turrets of the archer.
"Well, Zi Yang's strategy should be feasible, so let's try it first!" Cao Cao responded optimistically among the soldiers, but in fact he was under great pressure. Guo Jia and Xun Yu, who were good at plotting, were in charge of Xudu to prevent a scammer. In the army, Xun You, the only strategist who is proficient in tactics, is the only one in the army. At present, Liu Ye made suggestions, and he could only try it.
A few days later, the equipment rolling with wooden wheels crushed over the ground. More than a dozen soldiers pushed it towards the city wall and extended left and right. More equipment stopped while pushing. The lieutenant who was riding a horse held the flag and ran across the front, roaring: "Cross up, scheduling angle!"
The dense crowd was busy in front of more than ten stone throwing cars. The sound of the winch turning in the hands of people was squeaking. The wooden spoon that was pressing down hard was tied to the wooden stakes that were knocked into the soil with ropes. Two or three military men brought stones larger than their heads and put them on... One after another, the other ten stone throwing cars were also equipped with rocks.
On the side of the mound outside the city, some archers on the turrets were surprised: "What are the Cao army doing in the city? I wonder, they happened to gather together, let's shoot a few arrows and kill more people! I always feel... they seem to have problems. So shoot a few arrows first, and let's talk about it after the problem is there."
"No, it seems that there is another sound..." You put down his bow, looked over the wooden railing, and spoke.
In front of his vision, within the city wall that spanned several miles, soldiers rushed to the top of the city. Cao's soldiers holding bows and arrows hid behind the big shield. What extended behind was the empty earth city, the stretched military camp tent, and thousands of soldiers gathered in the schoolyard, but only a dozen left, which seemed abrupt.
The wind blew across the sky, and the sunlight pierced into the eyes. The Lord of the Three States controlled the court. The man wearing armor and strode out of the handsome tent. He looked at the cloudless sky and the steep swaggers on the five mounds. Then, he slowly raised his arm and clenched his palms into fists in the air.
"Smash them down!!"
In front of more than ten stone-drawing cars, the knight running and passing the order waved the flag, and the sound came louder and louder: "Prepare!" The soldier holding the weapon walked up to the side of the tight rope, raised his arms, and the moment the blade was raised in the air, the voice shouted again: "Let it go"
Slashes of sword lights were slashed down!
………
On the steep mound, the voice said, "It seems that there are other sounds..." At the same time, huge black shadows flew out of the city with the sound of howling wind. The words came to an abrupt end. The archer saw the sky, one... two... four... rocks of different sizes quickly magnified in his sight, shouting heart-wrenchingly: "Go quickly" and climbed quickly under the stairs, and the crowd suddenly became crowded.
A huge rock came thunderously.
Boom boom boom boom boom
Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom.
The rocks flying forward and backward across the city wall drew a trajectory and extended towards the mound in the distance, passing through the bright skylight, and the figures over there were panics. The next second, there was a loud bang, and the huge rocks hit the steep steeply. The wood chips, wreckage, and stone chips flew out, and the splashed fragments flew out like a knife. The stairs and wooden pillars broke one by one. The figures climbing above screamed and sprinkled in the air. Dozens of figures on the platform above the top were yelling in a crooked manner. As the collapsed sloping steep steeply fell down, many Yuan soldiers wailed and rolled down the mound, falling to the bloody and bloody, and could not see the shape of the person.
A moment later, the second batch of huge rocks flew into the sky again, and more than ten black shadows poured on the remaining turrets. Some of them were lucky and not hit, and others were rubbed by rocks. The crooked ones had not fallen yet. The mound was flat and dead, and the wailing bodies were all over the top of them. The strange and incomplete corpses, broken arms, and the wounded soldiers on their thighs were twisted together. Occasionally, the empty rocks fell on their heads...
The dark red plasma flows out of the gap with minced meat and penetrates into the soil.
The huge movement caused, Yuan Shao lifted the curtain and walked out of the camp in the wilderness behind him, and his expression was stunned. He watched the buildings collapse under the bombardment of rocks, and his expression then sank. After all, he was the commander of the first army and the lord of the four states. He could not easily be depressed for any result.
And this time, the friend on the opposite side also showed tenacity beyond his imagination.
On the ninth day of the sixth month, the suppression of Cao's army with the condescending mounds did play a lot of role in the moment, but a few days later, Cao Cao drove more than ten stone-throwing cars overnight to fight back at the steeds on the steeds on the steeds, destroying all seven or eight steeds on the five steed mountains.
On June 15th, there was no more movement in Yuan's army. Military advisor Xun You was escorted out of the city by Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao and other generals for inspection. When he returned to the city, he told Cao Cao about his doubts. Soon, Cao's army dug a long gully under the city wall. Soon, a large number of Yuan soldiers who broke through the ground were shot to death by Cao's soldiers guarding the gully. Li Dian, Le Jin and others led their troops into the tunnel to massacre the fleeing enemies inside.
On June 20th, Yuan Shao raised his troops again, and the brothers Jiao Chu, Guo Yuan, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang led their troops to attack. The offensive for the city wall suddenly continued fiercely, and Cao Cao even personally beat the wall and beat the drums to cheer for the soldiers and generals...
When Cao Cao attacked Yan Liang's troops, the 50,000 troops brought by Cao Cao had already reduced their troops when he attacked the Baima Yan Liang's troops. In the several battles of Guandu, more than 30,000 were lost. Yuan Shao's losses were even worse. He died or seriously injured soldiers who could not fight anymore. The generals had reached a huge number of more than 20,000, but in front of 200,000 people, it was not considered too serious casualties.
"Yuan Benchu, I will use all my abilities, and I, Cao Cao, will accompany you to the end!"
He held the drumsticks and stood in front of the war drums, looked at the fierce battles on the city wall, and said softly. Then Cao Cao threw the drumsticks to the soldiers, waved his hand violently, and ordered: "Send everyone up, only ten personal guards are enough, and the others will go up with Xu Chu!"
On the far city wall, Xiahou Yuan took the bow and flew out all the people who were climbing up. Zhang Liao rushed through the middle of several soldiers, slashed the sword on a Yuan general, forcing the opponent back, and then hit the wall. When the dust fell down, he cut the Yuan general into two pieces with another knife.
"Kill! Don't be ruthless." Wipe the blood on your face. Zhang Liao's armor was covered with blood. His majestic face showed fierceness. More soldiers around him raised their swords and shouted fiercely: "Kill them! If you come, leave your life!!!"
Under the sky, Xu Chu brought reinforcements to the city wall, and the sword light and blood were gushing together...
The fight lasted until the sun set on the top of the mountain. Yuan Shao had just stopped his troops and returned to the camp. Looking at the blood-stained and several broken earth walls, he was confident that he would take Guandu down completely in the next few days.
As time goes by, Cao's camp is noisy, pacifying the soldiers and re-encouraging the morale of the soldiers, Yuan army scouts outside the city swept and patrol in the second half of the night and met a general from Han Meng who came from the north.
Chapter completed!