Chapter 36: The Battle of Mount Tai
Xu Shu's spiritual power expanded as much as he could, hoping to cover this Tai'an City.
This is his countermeasure, for Yuan Jun's attack, the gap he can grasp may be that there is no one in the Yuan army who can compare with his own spiritual power, if Fu Zhu and Xu You are still in Yuan Jun, then he may still be afraid of the mental power ability of these two people, and his spiritual power must be retained to deal with their attack, but now that both of them have been sent to the direction of Liu Bei's army, normally speaking, the two of them should not be able to run, especially Xu You is already bent on surrendering.
Therefore, Xu Shu is now able to use his spiritual power unscrupulously to help defend the city.
Although he didn't know whether Yuan Jun's strength could always maintain this level, or if he could only hold on for a while, he knew that if he could block it for a while, he would have to block it for a while, even if it would cause a relatively large burden on his spiritual sea to help defend the city from the beginning, as long as he could preserve the physical strength of the soldiers. In the battles that follow, you will be able to have more opportunities and be more able to intimidate the enemy.
Xu Shu knew that his help could only be used as an auxiliary means, not as an emergency means in times of crisis, otherwise he could only wait for the golden body to die, delaying the death time for a few seconds.
"It seems that this Xu Yuanzhi is really as Gonghe said, he is a young talent."
Yuan Shao watched from afar as the ladders built by the soldiers who attacked suddenly fell, some of the ladders were not pushed by the guards of the city at all, but they also fell, and it seemed that the soldiers who had not yet reached the city wall shook the ladders down by themselves.
As soon as he saw this situation, Yuan Shao understood that there should be someone in the city who was using spiritual power to influence the battle situation.
It's just that the effect of this influence is actually very limited, and Yuan Jun, who was under the city, quickly clarified the situation and built the bottom of the ladder more firmly.
And Xu Shu used spiritual power to affect the battle situation, and also told Yuan Shao two news.
First of all, that is, the other party knows that Fu Zhi and Xu Yu are not in their army, so it is likely that Xu You and Fu Zhu have defected to Liu Bei, or Xu You has defected to Liu Bei, and then took Fu Zhu away.
Yuan Shao has guessed this point now, and he is almost about to see through the truth.
Secondly, that is, the garrison in the city may be a little weak, and they need to use military mental power to help now, which means that they have no confidence, and the defenders in the city may not be enough.
Because Yuan Shao still has a certain amount of reconnaissance and understanding of the Dingyuan Army, he is still very clear about the strength of the Dingyuan Army, if more than 30,000 Dingyuan troops are still in Tai'an City, then even if the strength of his own soldiers has increased so much, the Dingyuan Army can still resist steadily for a day or two, but now it has only been an hour before the war has begun, and they are already in decline, and the answer is clearly visible.
The military mental power means to help the soldiers defending the city to provide physical savings and help, if their troops are sufficient, there is no need to do this, so ......
Yuan Shao's brain is unusually clear, now he has gambled on everything, he will not surrender easily? I won't give up easily.
He was born to be a hero? He was born to be made for big scenes.
He could feel that Liu Bei's army was rushing towards here, and he gave Liu Bei a countdown in his heart? The countdown to the arrival of this army is ticking? Every movement made his soul tremble with excitement.
Yuan Shao's decision at this time was more clear and clear.
It seems that he lost the part of Xu Yu and frustration? He was added to him again by the Divine.
"Zhong Qian, don't you expect Liu Bei and them to come from the direction of Jinan? We defend our bodies. Although we didn't see any other cities along the way when we first arrived? But now you take your cavalry and look behind you, and if you find the enemy's traces, don't you want to fight? Just push the enemy back. ”
Yuan Shao thought for a moment? He asked Wen Chou to do this.
"And now that Xu Yuanzhi has used his ability, then maybe Xu Gongming is not in the city at all, although I don't know what means they used, but Xu Gongming may be lurking behind us with the Wanding Yuan army, and he will hand it over to you. Even if it's a foot soldier of the Wanding Yuan Army? It shouldn't be able to resist the current you and tens of thousands of iron riders. ”
Yuan Shao rarely said so many things at once, but now he has to go into battle himself? Naturally, it is necessary to explain well to prevent deviations.
He was keenly aware that Xu Shu and they might have made a trap design for their own situation? And now he should have been in the set, but this does not prevent him from adjusting his arrangement? Change your strategy to deal with this trap on the fly.
"But in that case? Liu Xuande, who was worried about the lord before......"
Wen Chou was stunned? His original task was to cross Tai'an City to block the support of Liu Bei's army, but now if he is transferred to the rear to guard against Xu Huang's attack, then Liu Bei's road to support will be unimpeded, and the speed of support will be much faster than originally expected, so this arrangement is to directly give up the ability to continue fighting in the later stage, and bet that Tai'an City will be taken in a short period of time?
"It's okay, so be it, we can't be perfect, but we can fight for a miracle."
Yuan Shao did not hesitate, patted Wen Chou's shoulder, signaled him to relax, and go to the rear to guard against Xu Huang's attack with peace of mind, so as not to let Xu Huang affect his siege plan.
In the current plan, the siege is placed at the core and the first priority, and it must be protected with all our might.
"Understood."
Wen Chou nodded, he understood what Yuan Shao meant, then the next thing can only look at the combat efficiency of the main force of the Yuan army.
If they can complete the task of conquering Tai'an City in a short time, then Yuan Shao's arrangement is extremely reasonable now, but if they don't capture Tai'an City before Liu Bei's army arrives, then Wen Chou will be too late to turn back.
Even if Yuan Jun has improved so much, when he really faces Liu Bei's army and his vast talent pool like a sea of stars, everyone will have a sense of powerlessness.
If it was in his heyday, Yuan Shao would still have the confidence to have a decisive battle with Liu Bei, but now, he can only rely on the flexibility of adjustment, occupy Tai'an City, and then counterattack to defend, so that he can get a chance.
Wen Chou left Tai'an City with tens of thousands of cavalry and turned behind the army to explore.
This scene was naturally watched by the defenders on the city wall, and although their flank harassment was gone, they all understood what it might mean.
There were guards on the city wall who rushed back to the city in time to tell Xu Shu the news.
"Yuan Shao withdrew the cavalry and went back?"
The feather fan in Xu Shu's hand stopped, he was a little stunned, he didn't expect that after losing the two most important masterminds, Yuan Shao would be able to see through his trap and clearly realize the danger from the rear.
If Xu Huang held on to Mount Tai, Wen Chou's more than 10,000 cavalry would have no way to take him, but if he wanted to attack Yuan Shao's rear according to the original plan, then Wen Chou's tens of thousands of cavalry would be the biggest obstacle, and in the plains, the tricky degree was not weaker than defending the city by himself.
Xu Shu suddenly realized that he had actually done a good job in his debut battle, but because he stayed in theory, he was inferior in experience.
Yuan Shao is much more accumulating experience than Xu Shu, and coupled with his talent bonus, he can find out that something is wrong at this time, and make the most beneficial choice for himself when he has already entered the trap.
In this round of games, it seems that Xu Shu won, but in fact, Xu Shu knew that the trap he designed had failed in the early stage, and the current situation became Yuan Shao's own choice.
The key point is still the arrival of Liu Bei's army, but the initiative is in the hands of Yuan Shao, and the sneak attack of the original Dingyuan army has become an encirclement war, and it is also an encirclement battle with no superior troops.
Now Xu Shu has no choice but to hold on to Tai'an City and wait for reinforcements to arrive.
Yuan Shao successfully dissolved Xu Shu's triangular nail strategy, and transformed this war into a ruthless battle, fighting for the strength of attacking and defending the city, he is extremely confident in his current team, and he believes that he will be able to take Tai'an City in a short period of time.
You don't even need to use the skills of your own generation of heroes a second time.
"It looks like we don't have a choice."
Xu Shu sighed, although he has done a good job now, if Chen Chen is asked to evaluate his performance during his tenure in the Dingyuan Army, Chen Chen will also praise Liu Bei, this is the pillar of the future, and he will never let the situation become unfavorable to his side.
Just like now, although the city defense of Tai'an City has to bear great pressure, in fact, they only need to support for three days, and it only takes three days for the vanguard to arrive, and the pressure on them to defend the city will definitely be reduced a lot.
This is already the best that can be done in the face of Yuan Shao's current military strength.
Moreover, Xu Shu's layout made Yuan Shao still trapped between the three points planned before, and he had no way to send more teams to ambush the march of Liu Bei's army, he could only wait for Liu Bei's arrival to sentence him to death.
Xu Shu has done well enough.
It's just that this kind of genius who overtakes in corners is always extremely strict with himself.
They can't tolerate the slightest mistake on their part.
"If Yuan's army keeps this offensive, we may not be able to survive the next day."
The experienced general frowned and said to Xu Shu.
As a veteran of a hundred battles, although his martial arts are not strong enough, his battlefield experience is much more than Xu Shu, and he can see that if Yuan Jun will always maintain the state of that war machine, the defenders in the city will not be able to hold on.
Everyone is human, why do I lose my voice when I am injured, but you are injured like a machine.
Just like Xiahoudun pulling out the arrow after being hit by an arrow, with an indifferent look, he can shock the enemy into confusion, and this obvious tough guy behavior on the battlefield can exert psychological pressure on the enemy.
Of course, Cao Xing is not under Lu Bu in this life, so Xiahoudun's eyes are still stable.
And now the Dingyuan army defending the city of Tai'an City feels that there are tens of thousands of tough guys opposite them, and that kind of psychological pressure is tantamount to seeing tens of thousands of Xiahoudun pulling out the arrows that hit the eye in front of you.
"If you can't hold it, you have to hold it."
Xu Shu gritted his teeth.
"General Gongming should have no way to support us, as long as we survive these three days, Yuan's army will be self-defeating."
"But ......."
The general wanted to say something, but Xu Shu stopped him and shook his head.
"Pass my order, as long as you hold on for two days, two days, as long as you can hold on for two days, I promise that we will not lose!"
Xu Shu gave a strange point in time guarantee, the partial general didn't know what Xu Shu was thinking, and he didn't know what he was relying on, but since Xu Shu was the commander, he could only abide by it, and Xu Shu's performance after arriving in the Dingyuan Army actually made people respect him, this young military general is indeed a master, and he will not point fingers indiscriminately.
"Alright, let's continue to guard the walls."
Xu Shu's brain is constantly running, even if he is broken by Yuan Shao now, he has to come up with another way to set a trap for Yuan Shao again, he can't just admit it.
At this time, the Yuan army once again attacked the city wall.
Their strong offensive and tireless will to fight are truly terrifying.
But Xu Shu's promise gave them enough strength, they didn't want to face such an opponent for a long time, as long as they lasted two days.
The Dingyuan Army could be regarded as an invincible existence before, when fighting Le'an County and other bandits, the crushing feeling of dimensionality reduction and attack could still be retained in the hearts of the soldiers of the Dingyuan Army, how could they accept that they could not resist the attack of the enemy army in less than two hours?
With Xu Shu's promise, many breakthroughs on the walls of Tai'an City were forced back by the Dingyuan army defending the city with their own explosive morale.
The siege was successful, and it was smashed back again.
Yuan Shao frowned at this time.
"Why did you suddenly muster up morale?"
This is different from what he expected, what he wants is to use these two hours of onslaught to impress the soldiers defending the city, to wear down the will of the defenders in the process of protracted and terrible battles, so that they will have a strong and invincible mentality in their hearts, so that after two hours are up, they will withdraw their troops, so that they can retain this shadow in their hearts, and the next time they launch a full-scale siege, it will be able to play a role.
But how can it now seem that you are going to be suppressed from the wall at the end of two hours?
Isn't that great!
"Rush up again!"
Yuan Shao didn't think about the casualties at this time, and gave a death order, before the time of two hours, he must rush to the city wall and create enough casualties for the enemy.
The ferocity of the Yuan army met the morale of the Dingyuan army again, which made these two elite troops, which can be called a rare one in the Han Dynasty today, burst out with great sparks.
This spark of red.
It was poured with the blood of countless warriors spilled in the air.
There are constantly severed limbs and stumps falling from the city walls, and there are also corpses falling from the city walls to the base of the city walls and falling deformed.
The stone bricks on the walls of Taean Castle are dyed dark red.