The Han army only used a trebuchet to strike at Wucheng from a distance, and did not launch an attack on Wucheng. As Lu Kuang, defending the city, could not figure out the reality of the Han army, he did not dare to act rashly, but the tortoise stayed in the city.
After daybreak, the sling attack by the Han army stopped. There was a wolf on the head of Wucheng city, and there were many gravel scattered under the city. Lu Kuang stood on the head of the city and looked into the distance, but no one was seen. The Han army really did. Coming fast and going fast, Lu Kuang did not dare to take it lightly, quietly opened the gate of the city, and sent a three-way detective ride to the south as a sentry.
There were 20 scouts on these three routes, all of them were all fast horses. At a normal speed, they patrolled 20 miles south, and it didn’t take much time to go back and forth. However, Lu Kuang waited until noon, and no cavalry came back. , Lu Kuang knew that the people he sent out must have been poisoned. He did not dare to send troops out of the city any more, so he had to repair the city wall while sending people to report to Yuan Shao.
These sixty Yuan Jun cavalry soldiers were indeed in the ambush of the Han army. They left Wucheng and went south in three routes. They walked more than ten miles, and were surrounded by a group of military infantrymen. This group of Han infantrymen did not platoon. In a square formation, they were scattered around. With the impact of the cavalry, it would have been easy to break through such a loose encirclement. However, the infantry suddenly threw out some black clay pots, which fell around them. The ground was shattered. When they rode their horses and passed by, they suddenly stumbled. Then, the infantrymen swarmed up and rebelled and killed them on the spot. The remaining forty people were taken prisoners.
These Yuan Jun scouts were escorted and walked southward for more than 20 miles. They came to a hillside, many plains in Jizhou. In fact, this place is not even a hill, it can only be said to be a small soil slope, but it is already rare. However, the slope of this highland is gentle, and the horses can still rush up to the top of the slope effortlessly. The soil slope is too short. After climbing halfway, you can see the flags on the slope, and many soldiers take off their clothes. A, bare-chested, digging trenches and building fortifications,
Last night, eighty catapults blasted Wucheng fiercely, but it was indeed a feint. Except for the operators and transporters of the catapult, there was not even a security force around. In fact, the Han army was already there. The trebuchet was filled with firewood. As long as Yuan Jun went out of the city, they would set fire to the trebuchet and escape. In short, such sophisticated weapons could not fall into the enemy’s hands.
While slinging stones and feints, the main force of more than 40,000 Han troops rushed to repair their defensive positions overnight in a place forty to fifty miles south of Wucheng.
Because there will be troops passing by here every three and five. The people are afraid of being invaded and leave their homes one after another. The fields are barren. Even if the Han army is willing to pay, it cannot recruit civilians. The defense position is entirely dependent on the Han army’s own strength. It was built with multiple people and many strengths. Those Yuan Jun prisoners of war were soon forced to join the labor force. In fact, if it were not for a lack of labor, the Han army would not take the effort to capture them alive.
The defensive position was built from fifty miles south of Wucheng towards the direction of Wucheng. From last night to this evening, the depth has expanded to nearly twenty miles, and the Han army building the position still shows no signs of stopping. When did the forty-odd Yuan Jun prisoners suffer from this suffering? After working for a long time, they were exhausted and half alive. They clamored for rest, but the answer to them was a whip.
The Han army here understands their mission very well. They are trying to stop the Yuan army who returned from Liyang to aid Yecheng. The Yuan army stationed in Liyang has 500,000 people, and there are 100,000 Uheng cavalry to help, Han soldiers. They are very clear in their hearts that if they want to complete this task, how difficult they will face. Therefore, no one dares to be lazy, not only for the smooth completion of the task, but also for the moment when they can hold on to the final victory.
According to the original plan of Shi Huan and Wang Wei, this defensive position should best be built 20 miles away from Wucheng, so as to prevent Yuan Jun from Liyang going north, and to prevent Yuan Jun from Wucheng and Yecheng from going south to meet. However, time waits for no one. The soldiers who stayed in the forefront position have discovered a large swath of smoke and dust in the distance, and the pottery jars buried in the trenches are also muffled. This is a cavalry unit, a huge cavalry. force,
The enemy’s situation is the order. After receiving the signal from the outpost, except for the 5,000 soldiers continuing to build defensive positions, and 5,000 soldiers setting up an ambush 20 miles south of Wucheng, the rest of the soldiers quickly entered theirs. Combat positions,
The Wuheng cavalry came very quickly, and the command of the rush was rude and simple. The one hundred thousand army, regardless of the forward and the middle army, rushed towards the direction of Yecheng. The Jizhou plain is endless, and it is suitable for the cavalry to gallop. Suddenly, rush. The cavalry at the forefront stumbled without warning. They stepped into the "mine formation" laid by the Han army.
The Wuheng clan was able to deal with the Xianbei in a small grassland. In addition to the support behind Yuan Shao, their undaunted character also played a big role. Facing the fallen compatriots in the front, the cavalry behind them almost Without even thinking about it, they rode their horses and stepped over them. After paying huge casualties, they finally waded through this "land mine formation".
Shi Huan put down the telescope and made a gesture to his back. The soldiers immediately lit and burned the prepared firework tube, and ten beautiful yellow fireworks bloomed in the sky. This is a long-awaited signal, a firework. It means 10,000 enemies, yellow means the opponent is cavalry, green means the opponent is infantry, if it is red fireworks, it means that the enemy is too strong and they are about to be unable to withstand it.
The fireworks flew high, and the sun just set, you can see clearly from far away. Yuan Shao, who was not worried about the situation in Wucheng, was standing at the head of Yecheng at this time. He looked up and saw the south. There were a few yellow lights flashing in the sky, and he couldn't help but mutter: "What a strange celestial phenomenon, I don't know what it means."
Feng Ji followed him closely, pretending to stroke the short beard deeply, shook his head and smiled and said: "Congratulations to the lord, those meteors are hitting the south. Within a few days, Liu Xin will surely lose a few. General, the lord only needs to wait for good news,"
The expression on Yuan Shao's face loosened, and he said with satisfaction: "It seems that Yan Liang has lived up to his entrustment. This time, he must have led the army back to Yecheng. Liu Xin is going to steal the chicken and lose the rice."
Wen Chou laughed and said: "The lord's expectation is definitely not bad. Looking at the world, besides the last general, who is my eldest brother's opponent,"
Xu Huang, who was sitting in the shadows, had already received the rewards from the front line. He lowered his head and thought for a while before saying to Pound beside him: "Ling Ming, I didn't expect Yuan Jun to be so fast. One hundred thousand cavalry is now facing Shi Huan and the others. ,"
Pound folded his hands and said, "Please give the order, and I will strike it from the back in the end."
The 1st Army and the 2nd Army each had 20,000 cavalrymen, and the 3rd Army had 10,000 cavalrymen. In order to maximize the role of the cavalry, Xu Huang set up the strategy of encircling and fighting support. The fifty thousand cavalrymen gathered together and handed over to Pound for unified command. After learning that Yuan Jun’s one hundred thousand cavalrymen were returning to the starry night, Pound was a little uncontrollable and wanted to compete with the enemy’s cavalry.
Xu Huang shook his head and said, "No, it is reported that Yuan Jun has one hundred thousand cavalrymen, plus Wuheng's one hundred thousand cavalrymen. There are two hundred thousand people. Xu now pays his 50,000 cavalrymen. , Is to fight the enemy's 200,000 cavalry in one battle. If Yuan Jun rushes out now and another 100,000 cavalry arrives suddenly, our cavalry brigade will be trapped in the predicament of the enemy."
After a pause, Xu Huang said again: "Ling Ming, you will now lead your troops to sneak into an ambush at seventy miles southwest of Wucheng, and listen to my red and green signals at the same time before you attack. No mistake, remember, Remember,"
Pound clasped his fists in both hands and walked away.
He also saw the yellow fireworks in the sky, a little inexplicable, waved his hand, and said: "No matter what the Han people play, ignore him and move on."
This large "landmine formation" has caused the Wuheng cavalry to lose more than 6,000 men in the forefront. The Wuheng cavalry behind are still filling them in desperately, but fewer and fewer people have fallen off their horses. Up,
Chief Wu Heng brandished his mace and shouted loudly, "Children, the magic tricks of the Han people are no longer useful. Keep going. General Yuan from Yecheng has prepared good wine, meat, and young beauties for everyone. My son, I’m late, I’m not a part of it,"
The cavalry made a strange scream, mixed with bursts of wanton laughter, and the speed of the impact was faster.
Shi Huan waved his hand again, and said coldly: "Let the arrow go,"
In the front row of trenches, the Han soldiers who had been lying on the bottom of the trench stood up one after another, listening to the sound of "bang bang bang" bowstrings one after another, and countless arrows rained down on the Wuheng cavalry. In the team, Wuheng cavalry kept falling down. The forward momentum of the Wuheng cavalry was only stagnant, and soon became more violent again.
For these savage Wuheng people, the place where the "magic" was applied by the Han people just a moment ago shocked them, and the bows and arrows shot over them also caused huge damage to them, but they also showed them. Having already connected the positions of the Han people, fighting face to face, they will not be afraid.
Like other nomads, the Wuheng people are also proficient in riding and shooting. Many Wuheng knights took off their bows and arrows and began to counterattack opposite. They thought that their bows and arrows could reach them, and their bows and arrows could also reach each other. , And they can shoot farther than the opponent, but they don’t know that they are still three hundred steps away from the first trench of the Han army. At such a distance, the Han army’s crossbow can shoot them. But their feather arrows fell on the clearing,
Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps, fifty steps...
Finally, the Wuheng cavalry was getting closer and closer to the first trench of the Han army, and the feather arrows they shot were finally able to cause some damage to the Han army. Suddenly, a large black shadow sprang out from the open space in front of it, which was a hand dance. The Han army infantry came over with the daggers and axes.