"Woo~"

The long horn sound came from afar, this is the horn sound of Yuan Jun, which means that a large number of archers are about to appear on the earthen bag opposite, Chen Mo's camp is still lifeless, but behind the solid camp wall, there are sixty more high platforms higher than the camp wall, which were built overnight by Ma Jun and the craftsmen of the craftsman camp with the cooperation of the soldiers in the camp.

Sixty crossbows, much wider than usual, were set up on a raised platform, and the proposed brackets were erected on the high platform, each operated by two soldiers, and the thick crossbow arrows were already wound.

"These are all soldiers in the army who are good at using bows and crossbows." Chen Mo personally took the stage today, he wanted to see how powerful the new crossbow made by Ma Jun was?

The Han army did not have a special archer, and every soldier would have bow and arrow training, and archers would be arranged according to needs in wartime.

"That's enough." Ma Jun bowed and said.

"Test firing!" Chen Mo nodded, and ordered the flag officer to wave the command flag, as for the use of this strong crossbow, Ma Jun had already told these soldiers overnight last night.

"Hum ~" With the wave of the Ling flag, but listening to a neat sound of Weng, a row of giant arrows broke out of the air with a sharp whistling sound, standing on the high platform behind, Chen Mo could clearly capture the trajectory of these giant arrows, because it was the first round, the soldiers could not master the arrow path of this kind of crossbow, many of them directly crossed the soil bag and fell into the rear Yuan army formation, through the soil bag, and could not see the scene behind it.

But for Yuan Jun, who had just reorganized his army to fight, it was a sudden nightmare, the huge crossbow arrows that fell from the sky directly submerged into the crowd, standing on a high place, he could clearly see several blood lines in the dense crowd, and the cold crossbow arrows directly pierced the bodies of the soldiers, and the most one crossbow arrow penetrated the three people.

"What's that?" Yuan Shao, who was standing in the distance, saw this scene and asked with some surprise.

"It's the strong crossbow of the Guanzhong Army!" Soon, there were soldiers standing on a high place who came back, and they stood on a high place just to observe the movements of the enemy troops, and today there were suddenly dozens of high platforms in the enemy camp, which naturally attracted the attention of these people.

"This crossbow is as powerful as a bed crossbow!" Yuan Shao frowned and looked at the second wave of the opponent's shooting, and many soldiers on the earth platform flew out directly with arrows, and said in a deep voice: "Can the bed crossbow in our army be suppressed?" ”

Tian Feng shook his head: "The bed crossbow in the army can shoot far, but it is quite laborious to use, far less convenient than the strong crossbow of the Guanzhong army, and the number is difficult to suppress." ”

The bed crossbow in the army is used to break the city, although the power is great, but it is necessary to use a winch, the strength of several people can be wound, shoot a shot here, and shoot three to five rounds with the opponent's rate of fire, and if you attack the city, the effect of breaking the city gate may not be much stronger than the hammer of the city, and it is quite inconvenient to use, but it is quite labor-intensive to make, so it is generally rarely used, who would have thought that this situation would be encountered today.

"Chen Jiadung Lang, he will only use this small way!" Yuan Shao snorted coldly, with Chen Mo's fame, he engaged in agriculture and industry in Guanzhong, and also improved manure, and the things in his early years gradually became known, and the name of dung lang was also used to ridicule Chen Mo.

"Lord, with this strong crossbow, our army's strategy of piling up dirt into a mountain is afraid that it will be difficult to work." Fu Zhu frowned and said, now this side is condescending, but Tushan is now also included in the range of the local crossbow, and if it continues, the morale of both sides will be suppressed, but for the war, this strategy is no longer useful.

Yuan Shao nodded and looked at everyone: "What other strategies do you have to break the enemy?" ”

A group of strategists and generals frowned and looked at the crossbow that kept firing crossbow arrows in the distance, this thing is a simplified version of the bed crossbow, although the power and range are not as good as the bed crossbow, but it is much stronger than the ordinary crossbow, and the rate of fire is several times faster than the bed crossbow.

If you want to restrain the other party in the equipment, you obviously can't do it, although these strategists under Yuan Shao's command are outstanding, they are not as good at craftsman things as Ma Jun, and if you want to break the enemy, you have to start from other aspects.

The judge looked at the dirt mountain in the distance, turned his head to look at Yuan Shao and said: "Lord, can you use this earth mountain to cover up, order someone to dig into the ground, and open the gate at night?" ”

Yuan Shao thought about it, felt that it was feasible, nodded immediately, ordered someone to dig the tunnel, and prepared to enter the Guanzhong army camp from the underground, and then open the gate, then Yuan Shao only needed an elite soldier to drive straight into the stadium and defeat Chen Mo.

On the bright side, Yuan Shao continued to send people to Tushan to shoot arrows, although the enemy's strong crossbows were powerful, but after all, the number was too small, and it was not enough to completely suppress Tushan, but morale was inevitably damaged.

On the other side, Chen Mo stood on the high platform, seeing that Yuan Shao was just constantly increasing troops to Tushan, he was a little puzzled, and came down from the high platform and attracted everyone: "Knowing that this plan is useless, then Yuan Benchu refused to stop, I am afraid that there are clues in it, if you are Yuan Shao, how should you break the camp?" ”

"Or maybe you can use fire oil as a bomb and a catapult supplemented by fire?" Yang Xiu pondered.

Most of the camps are wooden structures, and once a large-scale fire breaks out, Chen Mo will naturally retreat without a fight.

"The range of the catapult is difficult to be extremely long, and now the wind is unfavorable to the Yuan army, it is this method to ignite our military camp, and it is difficult to spread, although there is a small defeat, but if you want to break our army, you can't." Xun You shook his head and denied this idea, you must know that Chen Mo's camp is prepared for fire attacks, and a lot of water is drawn to form a culvert in the camp, unless the wind is borrowed, even if a fire breaks out in one place, it will be difficult to spread to other places.

"Then dig into the ground and attack?" Yang Xiu was not convinced, so he made another plan.

"This camp is full of canals, and if he digs into the ground, will he not dig his own grave?" Xun You smiled.

"Mr. Gongda, Yuan Shao doesn't know that there is a secret canal in our army!" Yang Xiu reminded.

"If that's the case......" Xun You was stunned when he heard this, then looked at Chen Mo, and couldn't help but smile: "I'm afraid this digging soldier is over." ”

Chen Mo dug a canal in the camp, mainly to prevent fire attacks, but if the other party wanted to come in through the method of digging the ground, it was easy to dig the canal they had laid, which was connected to the water outside the camp, and once it was dug up, the entire tunnel would be flooded in an instant.

After everyone discussed for a long time, they came up with various strategies to break the camp, and Chen Mo also adjusted the layout of the camp according to various strategies, and then arranged for the soldiers to strictly guard the palace, although his luck did not fluctuate much, but the war may change at any time, and it has to be guarded against.

This went on until the evening, when the army began to make a fire to make food, when suddenly a man came to report: "My lord, the water in the canal in the camp is gone!" ”

In addition to guarding against fire, this canal is also a place to wash away the filth in the camp, connecting the latrines and making meals here, which can wash the filth out of the camp and disperse along the water.

"Out of water?" Hearing this, Chen Mo looked at Xun You and the others beside him, and said with a smile: "It was really said by Dezu, Yuan Shao actually wanted to dig the ground and break the camp?" ”

Yang Xiu smiled and said: "The lord can ask someone to dig the water diversion canal deeper, although it can't break the enemy, but it can always make Yuan Shao's meal difficult to swallow." ”

Everyone was stunned, and then their expressions became a little subtle.

On the other side, Yuan Shao was preparing to eat in the barracks, when suddenly an indescribable stench permeated, and the food in his hand was suddenly difficult to swallow.

"Where is the filth?" Yuan Shao was furious, threw down his rice bowl and ran out, roaring.

"Lord!" A general came over with a bitter face, bowed to Yuan Shao and said, "In the tunnel dug before, a large amount of water suddenly gushed out, mixed with a lot of filth, and this filth came from here. ”

Yuan Shao's face changed when he heard this, he hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, and led everyone to the outside of the camp, and saw a steady stream of sewage gushing out of the excavated tunnel, and from time to time he could see feces, urine, and dregs floating out of it, several miles away, the soldiers who dug the tunnel could not be saved, and the scene in front of him made Yuan Shao constantly nauseous, and waved his hand: "Don't block the hole and bury these filth!" ”

"Whoa!"

Since some people ran to be busy, digging the earth to bury the tunnels and those filth, the stench in the air gradually dissipated, but Yuan Shao returned to the camp, but the food on the table could not be eaten.

"A dung man is a dung man!" Yuan Shao kicked the table down and scolded, have a good meal, now I can't eat it anymore, all of this is thanks to Chen Mo, although Chen Mo basically didn't do anything.

"My lord." After a while, Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Guo Tu, Xian Pei, Feng Ji and others all came over, no way, the stench was not aimed at Yuan Shao alone, the ordinary soldiers did not have much shadow, they should eat and drink after the incident, but they were all dressed and fed on weekdays, this kind of thing had a great impact on them, at least this meal could not be eaten, and the strategy of digging the ground could not continue, they came to see if there were any other strategies to break the enemy.

"Alas~" Looking at the unlucky look on everyone's faces, Yuan Shao didn't want to scold anymore, and after signaling everyone to sit down, he looked at everyone: "If the strategy of digging the ground fails, can the princes have other strategies to break the enemy?" ”

Tian Feng pondered: "Chen Mo is a person, the army is quite powerful, the soldiers in Guanzhong are also brave and good at fighting, and it is not easy to win in a hurry, but under Chen Mo's rule, there are also people who want to the lord, now Chen Mo's army is outside, there is no one in the rear, why don't the lord send people to Guanzhong and contact the famous people in Guanzhong, if there is chaos in Guanzhong and Heluo at this time, Chen Moyan can not retreat?" At that time, our army can take advantage of the fact that the river is frozen, cross the river in one fell swoop, and attack the land of Heluo, even if it cannot capture Luoyang, it also needs to take the three cities of Chenggao, Aocang, and Xingyang, so that Chen Mo will not be as easy as it is now. ”

Chen Mo is not afraid of Yuan Shao, because there is a river separating him, Cheng Gao is in danger of garrisoning, Yuan Shao is difficult to break, if the three cities of Cheng Gao are taken, even if Chen Mo cannot be completely destroyed this time, the initiative of the war between Yuan Shao and Chen Mo will also fall into the hands of Yuan Shao in the future, and the entire land of Heluo will be exposed to Yuan Shao's troops.