Liu Bei was extremely happy to see Zhao Yun being so brave. He put down his gavel and said loudly: "Come here, get some wine."
Chen Mu smiled at the side and said: "Congratulations to brother, congratulations to brother, and I'm glad to have a new general."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Liu Bei couldn't smile from ear to ear. Other people's military generals faced Hua Xiong in just three or five rounds. However, one of his soldiers went out and killed Hua Xiong in three rounds. It was a shame for himself.
Zhao Yun rode back to his military formation. The soldiers moved out of the way and looked at him with respect. Only Huang Zhong looked unhappy.
This opportunity to become famous was originally my own, but it was snatched away by a boy.
"Your Majesty, Yun, fortunately you have lived up to your command!"
Zhao Yun came to the audience, got off his horse, got on the stage, knelt on one knee in front of Liu Bei, and came back to report.
"Zilong, please get up quickly."
Liu Bei came over, helped Zhao Yun up, and said happily: "I didn't expect that there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers in our army. In just three moves, I killed Hua Xiong, who was the bravest of all three armies. Compared with my second and third brothers, I'm afraid he's no less generous."
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Zhao Yun said humbly: "Your Majesty, Yun has already used what he has learned all his life. If Hua Xiong takes that last move, I am probably the one who will die, so I won't be very relaxed."
This is quite true.
When Guan Yu captured Hua Xiong, he also killed him very quickly. It only took a few minutes from Cao Cao scalding the wine to returning with the head, so the wine was still warm.
Then why did Hua Xiong take two or three rounds against others, and why was he killed by Guan Yu in two or three rounds when facing Guan Yu?
This is because Guan Yu must capture Hua Xiong as soon as possible in order to boost the morale of the army and become famous all over the world.
After all, Hua Xiong is very good at beating others. If you have to fight him for 180 rounds before deciding the winner, it will definitely not have the shocking effect and the purpose of boosting the morale of the army.
So don't look at the three or two swords. In fact, Guan Yu used his lifelong skills to kill Hua Xiong. It can be said that Cheng Yaojin's three axes. If Hua Xiong can bear these three axes, he will at least be close to Lu Bu's level.
, similar to Guan Yu, if you can't hold it, you will naturally die in two or three rounds.
Zhao Yun killed Hua Xiong for the same reason.
Hua Xiong had killed so many generals of the coalition forces. If the battle was not resolved as soon as possible, the morale of the coalition forces would not be able to improve so quickly. So Zhao Yun also used a unique skill, and stabbed Hua Xiong with a spear that ran like lightning.
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If that shot had been blocked by Hua Xiong, the result would naturally be different. Therefore, this does not explain how bad Hua Xiong is, it is just that he did not resist when he used his ultimate move as soon as he came up.
After hearing Zhao Yun's words, Liu Bei picked up two glasses of wine and said with a smile: "Zilong, don't be humble. Come and drink this wine with me."
"Thank you, envoy!"
Zhao Yun took the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. Then his whole body was about to burst and his scalp was numb. He stuck out his tongue and coughed dryly: "This wine is so strong."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Everyone laughed.
This wine is distilled wine prepared by Gongsun Zan. It has been processed twice and has a sweet and mellow aftertaste. Princes from all walks of life are drinking it every day and shamelessly asking Gongsun Zan for it.
Gongsun Zan was also a business genius. He said that he did not bring much and could no longer give it away, so the princes had no choice but to spend money to place orders.
As a result, in less than a month, Gongsun Zan sold tens of millions of dollars of spirits and made a lot of money.
Liu Bei smiled and said: "Zilong showed off his might today. He killed Hua Xiong in Sanhe. Bogui, you can't be stingy. Did you agree to give a horse to Zilong?"
Gongsun Zan also smiled and said: "It's a small matter, I will have someone bring the horse over to you later."
"Well, Zilong, you will be Sima of our army from now on. It just so happens that the Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry still lacks a commander. From now on, you will be the commander of the Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry."
Liu Bei confirmed Zhao Yun's official position.
The total number of Xuanjia heavy cavalry is only 1,000. Before, more than 200 people were killed in the battle. Later, the number was still increased to 1,000. People like Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Ada, Er, Hu Ping, and Hu Yong were all Xuanjia heavy cavalry, that is,
A mid-level officer in Liu Bei's personal guard.
Therefore, Liu Bei asked Zhao Yun to be the commander of the black armor heavy cavalry. In fact, he was making him the captain of his own bodyguard, which was exactly in line with his current official position as a military commander.
In fact, Liu Bei originally wanted Dian Wei to serve as the captain, but Dian Wei's riding skills were not good enough, and Tai Shici often had to carry out Chen Mu's secret missions, so there was no suitable person to serve as Liu Bei's personal guard captain. Now with Zhao Yun,
From now on, my black armor heavy cavalry will show even greater strength.
After Zhao Yun took the order and left, Chen Mu stood up and said: "Brother, today's killing of Hua Xiong has defeated Dong Jun's vigor. I think we can conduct a tentative siege tomorrow to allow the troops to take turns to attack and consume the enemy's momentum.
, giving them no respite. Secondly, it also creates pressure on Dong Jun. Once they are exhausted, it will be time for us to launch a large-scale attack."
"good."
Liu Bei looked around at the princes and asked, "Who will lead the battle tomorrow?"
All the princes had their own evil intentions, but no one responded.
"Um?"
Liu Bei frowned and asked, "Are you afraid of Dong Thief?"
Gongsun Zan said: "Xuande, you know me. If you want to fight on the battlefield, I will not refuse. However, our army is all cavalry, so I am afraid it will be difficult to attack the city."
Gongsun Zan was not lying about this. His troops were a large mixture of Xianbei Wuhuan and northern Yan cavalry. When it came to galloping horses on the grassland, each of them must be good at it. Let them ride horses to charge the city wall. There is no doubt that
He is seeking death, so Gongsun Zan is not trying to shirk responsibility.
But when other people saw that Gongsun Zan had found a reason for themselves, they all started talking and complaining: "Leader, you know me. I only have seven or eight thousand troops under my command, and the siege equipment is only ladders. Go up."
Just to die."
"Leader, you know me. My main army is currently in Hanoi, led by my subordinate Xia Yue. It is still on its way over. There are currently less than five or six thousand people in our account, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to do anything."
"Alliance leader, you know me. Our officers and soldiers are all from the south. They are new to the north and are not accustomed to the local environment. I am afraid it will be difficult to fight before entering the pass."
"Leader, you know me..."
Everyone from all the princes had excuses, except Cao Cao and Yuan Shao who did not speak.
Liu Bei turned his attention to Cao Cao, and was about to say something. When he saw Cao Cao's appearance, he sighed again and looked at Yuan Shao.
With Cao Cao's few troops, he might as well keep his old capital and follow various princes to gain some merits. Thousands of people are too pitiful.
"Leader, it's not impossible for me to go out to fight. It's just that we don't have enough siege equipment. It might take a few days before we can."
Yuan Shao wanted to refuse, but all the excuses were found by other princes, and for a while there was no reason.
Liu Bei sighed and said, "In that case, in the next month, our army will be the main force in the attack. You will first make the siege equipment. After the equipment is manufactured, we can then attack the city."
The decision was made in this way. Liu Bei's strength was the first among the princes, and he should indeed bear the responsibility of the primary attack.
In fact, the princes are not stupid, they are also afraid that Liu Bei will use his sword to kill people and weaken their strength.
So they were hiding each other, not wanting to do the main mission.
How could Chen Mu and Tian Feng not know what these princes were thinking?
But that's the way people's hearts are. When they see others being unlucky, they take pleasure in others' misfortune, and don't even think about letting themselves do things that make them suffer.
Now, on the second day, Liu Beijun took the lead in launching the main attack.
After all, the Qingzhou Group is attacking the foundation of a city in Luoyang with the strength of a large state. In terms of population alone, there are only one or two million people around Luoyang, and there are more than four million people in Qingzhou as a whole. The accumulation of the two is definitely different.
One after another, rushing vehicles, moat bridges, ladders, nest vehicles, well gates, and wooden curtains slowly advanced toward Hulao Pass. When the doors were closed, arrows rained down like clouds.
Liu Beijun used the wooden curtain as a shield, slowly approached the trench dug outside the pass, built a trench bridge, and then built a ladder after approaching the city.
Since the rocket had already been researched by Chen Mu at this time, after Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun learned about this new weapon, they reported it to Emperor Xiaokang of the Han Dynasty. The late emperor asked Shaofu and Guang Luxun to make a batch of them.
All the troops had them. After Dong Zhuo took charge of the Central Army, they naturally became Dong Jun's equipment.
So after the ladder was built, what were iron arrows just now turned into rockets, falling like a rain of fire. The flames on the arrows ignited the ladder, and the siege knife shield hand holding the shield on it had to jump off the ladder, in embarrassment.
ran back.
After losing seven to eight hundred men, the first wave of offensive was easily resolved by defender Xu Rong.
"Dong Jun actually still has rockets?"
Seeing this scene, Liu Bei's eyes widened in disbelief.
Chen Mu touched his nose and looked into the distance with a guilty conscience.
The original purpose of inventing rockets was to set fire to Changshe. I didn’t expect to shoot myself in the foot. Today I got a taste of the power of rockets.
But firstly, he really couldn't calculate what would happen six years later, and secondly, that was actually the case with the Rockets.
Since they are not rosin rockets, pure fish oil rockets have a very short range, about 20-40 meters. It is impossible for ordinary arrows to have a range of more than 100 meters because the arrows are too heavy and fly easily in the air.
Turn off the flame.
Therefore, rockets can only threaten the ladder, not the wooden mantle.
Chen Mu suggested: "Brother, it seems that Dong Jun is well prepared, and an ordinary siege will definitely be frustrated. Why not use catapults to throw a large number of stones at the city wall in the past few days, and then take turns throwing them for a few days, waiting for Dong Jun to dare not
When the enemy emerges, take advantage of the situation and attack."
"Okay, then use the catapult first, send my order, the whole army retreats, and let the soldiers go to the mountain to dig stones. The bigger the better!"
Liu Bei gave an order, and the soldiers who were attacking in front withdrew one after another.
When we were in Qingzhou, in order to wipe out Xu He, the Qingzhou Group manufactured many catapults. The main body of these catapults was made of wood and would definitely decay if not used for too long. But the main parts were all there. With the drawings, a large number of trees were cut down.
, which can be produced in batches very quickly.
So in the next few days, four or five catapults started throwing rocks at a place about 70 meters away from Hulao Pass.
However, the impact of these catapults is actually very small, because Hulao Pass is too towering and dangerous.
The north and south city walls alone are three miles long. If it were a county town, the total city wall would be more than ten miles long.
Such a long line of defense does not seem to be easy to defend. Once the coalition forces launch a large-scale attack and are surrounded on all sides, there will always be weak points that may be breached.
But the problem is that this is not an attack on the city, but on a city wall. Dong Jun has a lot of people, so he only needs to defend one side. There is the Yellow River on the left and Songshan Mountain on the right. There are natural barriers, so there is no need to worry about being besieged.
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This is also one of the main reasons why Hulao Pass is difficult to break.
It's similar to the Maginot Line. The Germans could get around it, but the Guanzhong Allied Forces couldn't get around it. They had no choice but to fight head-on.
However, a few catapults were ineffective at first, but then, the Qingzhou Group began to launch a massive attack, and a steady stream of catapults were produced and entered the battlefield one after another.
A month later, there were already seventy or eighty catapults outside the city, rumbling against the city wall every day, so much so that Dong Jun could hardly stand at the gate.
And the most important thing is that the rocket range is too close to threaten the catapult.
The range of the iron arrows is sufficient, but the front of the catapult is protected by a large number of wooden curtains. As long as it does not hit people, even if it hits the catapult, it will not cause any harm.
Therefore, the pressure on Dong Jun in Hulao Pass increased dramatically. As a last resort, Xu Rong could only send people back to Luoyang to ask for help from Dong Zhuo.