On April 6 of the third year of Jian'an (197 AD), the Cao army and the Yuan army fought with the gourd, and the two sides fought fiercely for a whole day.

Guo Jia threw hundreds of copper coins to pray to the heavens for the victory rate before the war, and the hundreds of copper coins were all literally upward, the morale of the Cao army was high, and the Yuan army was attacked and killed by the Cao army because of the muddy roads. Then the 3,000 cavalry of the Yuan army were killed by the cavalry general Cai Yang of the Cao army; Wen Chou, the commander of the Yuan army, was furious and personally led the iron guards to attack, but he didn't want Wen Chou to be entangled by Dian Wei, the first fierce general of the Cao army, and could not command the army, and the iron guards were suppressed by the Cao army's crossbowmen and encountered a siege on three sides, losing nearly 1,000 people; Seeing this, Guo Tu, the military division of the Yuan army, wanted to send troops to rescue Wen Chou, but was ambushed by the Cao army, Guo Tu was captured by Cai Yang, and his subordinates desperately snatched it, and Cai Yang's 2,000 cavalry only broke through with less than 500 left, but still captured Guo Tu.

When Yuan Jun saw that Guo Tu was captured, his morale plummeted, and Wen Chou had to order the withdrawal of the army, and personally led the only remaining 2,000 cavalry of Yuan's army to get out of trouble. Of the 50,000 troops, 15,000 were killed, 14,000 were captured, and only nearly 21,000 fled back, and more than 70 percent of the soldiers were wounded.

However, Cao Jun was also unable to chase and kill, so he had to lick his wounds.

The 25,000 troops of the Battle Bear Army were killed more than 8,000 people, and countless people were wounded. The task of the Zhanxiong Army was to guard Dongjun and ensure that the east and west lines of Cao's army were connected, so they did not pursue and retreated to the camp.

When Cao Jun returned to the camp, everyone pulled out the hundred copper coins that Guo Jia had scattered before the war, only to find that these hundred copper coins were all special copper coins with words on both sides.

Guo Jia was supported by Wang Jiran and said to the generals with a smile: "Where are there any ghosts and gods in this world? Whether you believe it or not, it seems to me that it is nothing more than deceiving the world. What's more, even if there are really ghosts and gods, my Cao Jun generals are all warriors, so why are they afraid of the sky? ”

Subsequently, after Guo Jia returned to Puyang City to recuperate for a month, he confirmed that Wen Chou would not attack again in the short term, so he set off to rush back to the main battlefield of the Cao army.

And on the main battlefield of the Cao army, there was also a big battle.

The night was deep, and the clouds covered the moon.

The wind blowing from the ancient road of the Yellow River rolled up the flag for hunting. The wind was so strong that it made people a little unable to open their eyes. In the Yanjin camp, Yuan Shao jumped like thunder.

The war, which was thought to be superior, turned out to be a stalemate of equal and equal ties. Overall, Yuan Shao undoubtedly still has the advantage. But if you think about it carefully, Ji Ji is several times the strength of Cao Cao, and the White Horse battlefield is deadlocked, and it was even burned by Liu Yan desperately and suffered heavy losses; On the battlefield of Yanjin, Yuan's army attacked repeatedly, but there was still no result. Thinking about it this way, Yuan Shao actually lost, and he was the opponent that Yuan Shao was most unwilling to lose, so how could Yuan Shao be happy?

Especially the battle report that came a few days ago, on the White Horse Battlefield, nearly half of Wen Chou's troops were lost, and Wen Chou himself was seriously injured, and even Guo Tu was captured.

What a shame!

Yuan Shao can afford it, and a steady stream of grain, grass and ordnance is sent every day. But...... Yuan Shao's patience was a little overwhelmed.

Tian Feng was a little helpless, he knew that his lord was a little anxious, but he couldn't persuade him. How could this kind of war, a war with hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides, end so easily? Unless the opponent is a fool. But their opponent is Cao Cao, as well as Guo Jia, Xun You and other wise men.

The Yanjin battlefield was just a few days old, Yuan army relied on the advantage of strength to attack the Cao army camp, although it did not win, but it was also a gain, but Cao Cao's army quietly left at night a few days later, leaving an empty camp for Yuan Shao, and he retreated to the Guandu camp that had already dug a deep ditch and high base.

Yuan Shao took advantage of the situation to attack Cao's military officer's camp, but he didn't want Cao's army to be ready, so he waited for work, attacked the invading Yuan army, and killed 2,000 Yuan troops.

Yuan's army lost the first battle, but still had an advantage in troops. At the suggestion of Feng Ji, Yuan Shao began to build a building turret, piled up earth like a mountain, and built a few zhang high turret overnight with the advantage of numbers, and ordered the crossbowmen to alternate day and night, in the turret, to shoot Cao Ying with arrows, which not only caused a lot of casualties to the Cao army, but also made the Cao army panic, and used a shield to protect the body in and out.

At this time, Liu Ye, who was in the Xuchang Science and Technology Institute, sent a batch of surprises to Cao Cao.

Liu Ye personally came to Cao Cao's camp under the escort of a thousand cavalry. Cao Cao thought that Liu Ye came in person, and there was an accident at the Xuchang Science and Technology Institute, but he didn't expect that Liu Ye presented a drawing.

"Lord, I heard that the lord has been disturbed by Yuan Jun's canopy for a long time, so according to the records of ancient books, plus personal practice, I have recreated the trebuchet of the past!"

Cao Cao's military sense of smell was so sensitive, he instantly understood what Liu Ye meant, and grabbed Liu Ye's hands, "Ziyang is really lonely and timely rain!" (It really refers to timely rain, not Song Jiang, don't substitute)

Indeed, Cao Jun had no way to deal with Yuan Jun's Lu Lu. The archers on Yuan's turret were condescending, their range far exceeded that of Cao's, and with the protection of the turret, it was difficult to do any damage to the crossbowmen in it. As for destroying their canopies, it was even more impossible. Let's not talk about attacking Yuan Shao's camp, even if you attack the camp, you may not be able to destroy it. The trees were not made of wood, and most of the structures were made of earth and stone.

After Cao Cao took Liu Ye's drawings, he saw that there was a device drawn on it like a big scale, with a bucket hanging at one end of the "balance", which was filled with large and small stones, and many ropes were hung at the other end.

Cao Cao looked at the drawings, but frowned slightly.

"Ziyang, why are there wheels underneath this trebuchet? Also, what's the wheel in between? ”

Liu Ye straightened up and said proudly, "This is Ye's improved trebuchet, and the minister named it the stone car!" ”

"Lord, please look!" Liu Ye pointed to the wheel in the middle of the catapult and said, "The trebuchet of the ancients is a manpower trebuchet that uses pure manpower, and its principle is to use manpower to pull the gun tips connected to the crossbar at a place far away from the catapult. The gun ends were erected on a wooden frame, one end of which was tied to a holster containing the stone projectiles, and the other end was tied with a number of ropes for the force to pull and throw the stone projectiles. This method is too labor-intensive. Therefore, Ye and his colleagues in Xuchang Science and Technology Institute have transformed it! ”

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