In the southern position, on the city of Xiangyang, Xu Shu and Huang Zhong stayed behind, one article and one martial arts, Zhang Chi and Dao, complementing each other. Zhuge Liang was in the mountainous area of Jingbei and planned to retreat south; Wei Yan was on the Guigu Mountain, waiting for the battle; Pang Tong is in Jingnan and Nanzhong Mountains, stabilizing the rear; Zhao Yun, Liao Hua, and Pang De mobilized more than 100,000 people in the north, east, and west at the same time to attack the city and expand their sphere of influence rapidly!

In Jiangdong, Gan Ning led 7,000 elite soldiers to the north, and for a time it was like entering a no-man's land......

Cao Cao received these battle reports and was anxious for a while......

Xu Shu has systematically accepted Wang Zherong's thoughts, and in the past few years, he has also gone out to Liaohua, Zhao Yun, Pang De and the armed forces in the southern mountainous base areas, developed and strengthened the armed forces in the base areas, and led these people to fight guerrilla warfare against the powerful local armed forces, and eliminated many enemy clan forces......

Therefore, now he has accepted the strategic and tactical guidance of his mentor Wang Zhirong, digging fortifications and laying ground. Thunder, setting traps, setting up suspicious formations, propaganda and momentum, mobilization of soldiers, militia organization and training, etc., Xu Shu did a great job!

Speaking of propaganda and mobilization of soldiers, cheer up, groups of homeless disciples who went down the mountain did an extremely good job!

They have established peasant associations from top to bottom, and they have united urban craftsmen and service workers, formed trade union organizations, united large and small merchants, established chamber of commerce organizations, and united large and small scholars to form society organizations!

Once the four major organizations are on the right track, they burst out with amazing power!

The peasant association raised food and sent people, the handicraftsmen fully supported the construction of military materials, the chamber of commerce organized to raise money and materials, and learned to organize propaganda and momentum.

For a time, there were training troops, accumulating grain, digging fortifications, strengthening city defenses, not knowing traps and mazes, and everyone was talking about defending the fruits of victory and swearing to resist the Cao thieves to the death!

Of course, there are many slogans, such as:

Go north to the Central Plains and revive the Han Dynasty!

The tiller has his field, and the laborer has gain!

Defeat the powerful thieves and return the land to the cultivators!

Resolutely defeat all the forces of restoration, defend the land that has been gained, defend the homeland, and defend the fruits of victory!

The world is the world of the people of the world, and the field is the field of the cultivator!

Resolutely support Mr. Guigu, fight Haoqiang, divide the fields, and restore the Han Dynasty!

……

After shouting this kind of thing ten thousand times, it took root in everyone's minds, and everyone broke out with a very strong will to fight! Simple-minded and loyal!

Wang Zhirong has been paying attention to the battle reports from all over the world, and now it seems that if Cao Cao doesn't want to gamble, the strategy deployed has already worked......

Wang Zhirong was poisoned, but he still sat at the head of the city, paying attention to the battlefield under the city!

Xiahoudun and Cao Cao were originally a little proud, so many fire oil, sulfur, saltpeter and other fire-igniting things were thrown into the enemy's crossbow array with a stone-throwing machine, and everything was about to be wiped out!

Unexpectedly, after the roar and the sharp sound of breaking the air, the shuttle-shaped sharp giant arrows, like a giant pen, were nailed to the stone thrower and the ignition on the ground!

Everyone looked at it, and it turned out that the iron pen was eating and smoking.

"Ray!"

"Ray!"

……

When everyone was stunned, Xiahoudun's mind was racing, it was broken! At the last moment, he gave the order to throw the fire on the enemy battlefield!

At the same time, the trebuchet on his side exploded!

Before the explosion sounded, Xiahoudun had already been carried out of the stone throwing machine position......

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Earth-shattering thunder!

"Click, Click, Click......"

Whenever the trebuchet was pierced, it was blown up in an instant, and the smashed pieces of iron and sawdust flew into the distance, and even directly cut the necks of some soldiers, killing many people on the spot. This thing whistled, and basically one or two were tied to each trebuchet, and the sound of huge explosions and thunder rang out incessantly.

At the same time, the ignition that had not yet had time to be launched was also ignited, and the fire was raging......

All the trebuchets were destroyed.

At the same time, Cao Cao's heart was shattered! He watched the battle lying on a cart from afar, and ordered the withdrawal of troops on a cart with a special platform outside the range of the enemy's firing.

In an instant, Cao Cao looked ten years old.

"Lord, are you alright?" Xiahoudun found that Cao Cao's face was like a tree, and asked.

"Is this the destiny of heaven?" Cao Cao asked.

"Lord ......"

"General Xiahou, since Wang Zhirong can create one such thing, it can create hundreds of thousands, millions of pieces...... It's enough to run rampant all over the world, and with this, we can't fight!"

Cao Cao looked up to the sky and sighed, "Could this be the Mandate of Heaven?" So why bother in the first place? ”

Xiahoudun shook his head and said: "The lord doesn't have to be too discouraged, since this thing has reached such a last resort, he only took out a little bit, presumably this thing is very troublesome to make, or for some reason, Wang Zhirong doesn't want to make it on a large scale!" So we still have a chance right now!

Besides, our army is still there, and the total losses are only fifty or sixty thousand......"

Cao Cao suddenly grabbed the straw like a drowning man, grabbed Xiahoudun's shoulders hard, shook it fiercely, and said, "Really? Are you telling the truth? It's true! Otherwise, they would have already used it for us, and they would have used it too much, what kind of iron wall to encircle the array? ”

Cao Cao has recently been seen by military newspapers from all over the world, and he almost hung up, and he has been entangled for so many days, and he hasn't even won Jingzhou...... Yu Ban, Li Dian, Wang Du and others who went south in a roundabout way, the battle reports were not ideal...... Either the enemy's weapons are too sharp, or the enemy is far from being as weak as expected, and there are not many troops at all, and it even feels like the whole people are soldiers, and there are soldiers everywhere......

"Yes, yes! Lord! Exactly! Lord, be relieved! Don't worry too much!"

"How can you not be worried! Now it's time for a quick fix! If we don't defeat Wang Zhirong, once Wang Zhirong eases up a little, his nest over there will soon create a large number of these things, and we will never have a chance again!" Cao Cao said worriedly.

"After returning to the camp, we gathered all the generals to discuss and brainstorm to see what to do next!"

It is said that Cao Jun's catapult array was on fire, and all the damned people died, and the deserved stone throwers were all destroyed!

The position of the Jingzhou army, because of Xiahoudun's last order, the fire was still thrown by the stone thrower!

The ground has not had time to be covered, and the fire is already raging......

Some of the ballistas were also set on fire......

However, the soldiers already covered a lot, and the ballista was not too bulky, so the four operators could lift it up and run......

Seeing that the situation was not good, they still rescued most of the ballista......