"What!? The Jingzhou army is already under the city!" Yuan Shao jumped up from the seat in shock, and the white porcelain tea bowl in his hand fell to the ground and smashed to pieces. This white porcelain tea bowl is his beloved object, and the tea in it is a smuggled item that was bought with a lot of money. Now it falls on the ground, Yuan Shao can't even take a look at it, grabbing the detective horse, and asking loudly. , "What did Lu Kuang eat? Five thousand people couldn't defend a small Wucheng, so he lost it so soon!"
Yuan Shaole was out of breath, but he didn't dare to resist. All of his skin went blue and purple. It was only after the interrogation, Xun Chen and others tried to persuade him to be put down. He knelt on the ground and prodded him repeatedly. The news that arrived came out slowly.
Wucheng was the gateway to the south of Yecheng and the only way for the Han army to attack Yecheng. Therefore, Yuan Shao still attached great importance to it and dispatched 50,000 horses to Lu Kuang.
Wucheng used to have only 10,000 defenders, but now it has increased to 50,000 horses. It seems that the strength has increased, but it is not. It turned out that the 10,000 horses were elite soldiers who had experienced battles, but the 40,000 horses deployed later were newly recruited young men. The difference in combat effectiveness during this period can be imagined.
After the start of the Han army's siege, trebuchets were used as usual, and thousands of stone bullets were poured on the head of Wucheng like rain, which was much more intense than the feint attack more than half a month ago. Fortunately, the veterans who have experienced the last battle have never seen such a battle before. Seeing the stone rain mixed with sharp howling sounds from the sky, the surrounding companions who couldn't dodge in an instant burst of blood and blood, the recruits were so scared that they couldn't even move, let alone make a counterattack. Of course, even if they wanted to counterattack, they couldn't find the target. The Han army was still six hundred paces away.
The attack of the trebuchet lasted for an hour, and the walls of Wucheng were blasted apart. When the Han army launched an attack, the recruits discarded their swords and guns, turned around and fled, instead rushing the veterans into chaos. When they reacted, the Han army had climbed to the top of the city, and the battle was over after only half an hour. .
Yuan Shao slumped down on the seat and muttered: "Could it be that Cao Cao has already lost, and even the Thunderbolt has fallen into Liu Xin's hands. Yecheng is not easy to defend now."
The detective horse bowed his head and said, "Lord, it's not like Cao Cao's Thunderbolt car at all, it's much more powerful than Cao Cao's Thunderbolt car."
Suddenly Yuan Shao jumped up from the seat again, pulled out the saber around his waist, and pierced the detective horse's heart fiercely, sternly shouted: "No one should disclose the fact that the Jingzhou Army has such a weapon to attack the city. Otherwise, you will be punished by disturbing the military's mind!"
Seeing that the detective horse's body was carried out, all the civil servants in the hall felt miserable. Now Yuan Shao has long lost the spirit of being a child of the family, and some are just suspicious and angry. Everyone bowed their heads and did not dare to speak. Only the trial partner Yuan Shao was the most loyal, and quickly said, "The Lord Qi, the city wall of Yecheng is much higher than Wucheng, and it is unusually strong. I don’t have to worry about the attack by thunder and thunder vehicles. Hurry up to the city to defend against the enemy!"
Yuan Shao realized that the Han army was already under the city, and said hurriedly, "Quickly, follow me up to the city."
Appearing outside Yecheng were the Han cavalry, with 10,000 armored cavalry in the center, and 40,000 light cavalry on two wings. These cavalry just lined up outside the city, and did not do anything else, not even encircling Yecheng.
Seeing that there were few soldiers in the Han army, Wen Chou became excited, waving his spear, and said: "Master, the final general is willing to lead troops out of the city, while they are not firmly established, kill him without leaving a piece of armor!"
Xu You shook his head and said, "Although General Wen is brave, there are not many cavalry in our army. If you leave the city for field battles, I am afraid that you will not have the advantage. I hope the lord will think twice!"
Yuan Shao, who originally occupied the northern states, had a large number of cavalry, but he fought with Cao Cao for a year and lost more than half of it. Yan Liang's 100,000 cavalry was again hit by Liu Xin's plan to fight for aid, and the army has been wiped out. Although Yecheng claims to have 50,000 cavalry, in fact, it is only about 20,000 at full play. If it can't win a single blow, Yuan Shao will find it difficult to organize a second cavalry in a short time. The 20,000 cavalry Yuan Shao still has a great use, and he needs to rely on them to protect himself from the city of Ye when he has to. Therefore, Yuan Shao does not want to let these cavalry go out of the city to take risks.
Seeing the tall and strong walls of Yecheng, the Han army under the city did not set up the siege equipment, nor did they see the legendary Super Thunderbolt. Yuan Shao couldn't help but regained some confidence, waved his hand gently and said, "Zi Yuanyan It makes sense. Can the Jingzhou army still ride up to the top of the city on horseback? And let them show off here, order the soldiers to be prepared, as long as they dare to attack the city, they will be taught whether to come back or not."
Although Yuan Shao was full of confidence, the prosecution still frowned and said: "Liu Xin is not a person who does not understand the art of war, so how can he send cavalry to attack the city? According to his subordinates' humble opinion, he must have no ulterior motives in this move, but it must be prevented. ."
Feng Ji sneered and said: "What is the purpose? The art of war, ten encircles, five attacks, doubles fights, and the enemy can divide. Liu Xin's current strength is not as good as our army. It is difficult to besiege the city, and it is even more difficult to attack the city. Difficult, he was just trying to lead our army out of the city to fight a battle. If the subordinates are good, Liu Xin must have an ambush behind these cavalry, but his plan to lure the enemy, the lord must not be hit. His trickery!"
Xu You has always sang a drama with Feng Ji. Hearing Feng Ji’s words, he couldn’t help but smile and said: “Yuan Tu’s words are very bad. Teacher, how can such an army be used as bait? Xu thinks that they are doing this to keep us in the city!"
Feng Ji retorted: "If we want to block us in the city, is there a reason to block only one door? It is clearly a trick to lure the enemy!"
The intention of the Han army was actually very simple, because after hearing Liu Xin assert that Yuan Shao was an indecisive man, Xu Huang came up with this strategy of recruiting suspicious soldiers and lined up the cavalry outside Yecheng without besieging or attacking the city. Yuan Shao couldn't figure out the intention for a while, so as to achieve the purpose of dragging Yuan Shao's army inside the city. At the same time, the Han infantry had attacked the three acropolises of Yecheng, Jiuhou City and Pingyang City.
If you add Wucheng, there are four acropolises in Yecheng, which are horns to each other. If the Han army wants to attack Yecheng with peace of mind, they must first cut off these wings. With the experience of attacking Wucheng, the Han army did not carry out long-term sling attacks when attacking the other three acropolises. They only threw a wave of stone bullets before sending infantry to the city. The geographical location of these three acropolises is not as important as Wucheng, and the military strength is naturally not as good as Wucheng. While the counselors under Yuan Shao were still arguing, the three acropolises were beaten down before they could withstand a charge from the Han army.
It is undeniable that these advisers under Yuan Shao still have some abilities. Xu You has vaguely guessed the intentions of the Han army, but they used most of their wisdom in intrigue, and each one is quite selfish, and there is not much. Energy to think about the truth behind the matter.
Yuan Shao was a little big when he heard it, frowned and thought for a long time, then suddenly said: "Whatever his intentions, I just stick to the city, see what he can do with me?"
As soon as his words fell, I saw the Han cavalry under the city suddenly moved. The 10,000 armored cavalry slowly retreated, while the 40,000 light cavalry separated out three ways to go left and right. For a moment, the remaining three in Yecheng The doors were lit up to warn of flames.
Xu You pretended to be shocked, and said with his palm, "Lord, as expected, the Jingzhou Army is trying to block us in the city!"
In fact, Xu You is the one who is most unwilling to abandon the city, but he understands that the more he says this, the more Yuan Shao will not choose to abandon the city.
Sure enough, Yuan Shao let out a cold snort, and said, "Liu Xin gathered 50,000 cavalry soldiers, but Yuan did not pay attention to it. Now only 10,000 cavalrymen want to block Yuan’s path. It’s no different from an idiot talking about a dream. Why should Yuan be afraid? Is it there?"
Wen Chou arched his hands and said: "Enlighten the lord, the Jingzhou Army has divided the troops at this time, and the troops outside the city are empty. Please let the generals go out of the city and fight for a while!"
Guo Tu said from the side: "Liu Xin has always been treacherous, and this is not necessarily his trick to lure the enemy. It is better to wait and see for a while, and you must not move lightly."
Yuan Shao thought for a while, all of these people were reasonable, and hesitated again. At this moment, there was a loud "bang" outside the city, and countless stone bullets pounced over the sky, and the sky seemed to be dark!
It turned out that after a round of attacks on the three acropolises, the Han army moved all the trebuchets around Yecheng. Those cavalrymen learned that the trebuchets and the infantry preparing to attack the city had entered the combat position. , And then went to the other three.
Although the soldiers of Yuan Jun who had participated in the Liyang battle were all discolored by hearing about the Thunderbolt, Yuan Shao never thought that the Thunderbolt could attack the tall Yecheng city. It was only then that he experienced the power of the Han trebuchet. . Although the city walls of Yecheng are very strong, the attack of the stone bullets only shattered some rubble, which is not enough to shake its foundation, but the same tall and majestic tower cannot withstand such a heavy blow. In the first round of stone rain Then collapsed suddenly. The bricks and rubble fell to the ground, and the raised dust made all the people standing in front of the city gate dusty.
The trial hurriedly persuaded: "Lord, it is dangerous here, please go down to the city for a while!"
Yuan Shao pushed him away and said loudly, "Why is Yuan a person who is greedy for life and fear of death! I vowed to defend the city with the soldiers and live and die with Yecheng..."
His impassioned speech was not over yet, there was another loud noise outside the city, and countless dark objects flew over, and there was a chaotic sound of ping-pong-pong around.
Yuan Shao shrank his neck subconsciously, and a black object flew over his head and smashed into the ruins of the castle tower behind him. When he turned his head to look, he realized that what the Han army had thrown this time were not stones, but black clay pots.