Liu Pi, the Taishou of Runan appointed by Yuan Shu, had never seen a trebuchet and didn't know what it was, so he asked his subordinates around.

None of the subordinates knew about it, but looking at the huge stones one by one, Liu Pi didn't feel good.

"They weren't going to throw that big rock, were they?"

"Just use that thing? How is it possible at such a distance? ”

"Then what did they make such a big battle for?"

Liu Pi, who said everything you said to the generals, was upset, and he didn't know what was going on, so he had to wait and see, and when the trebuchet crew was ready to complete and Cao Ren ordered the trebuchet to eject, Liu Bi realized that he had made a mistake.

The huge stone rose into the sky, flew towards the place where they were, and just like that, it made a beautiful arc, rushed towards it with an indomitable momentum, and fell steadily on top of the castle tower.

"Ahh

"Don't!"

"Help!"

The terrible howls were instantaneous, and the subordinates protected Liu Pi and retreated to the city tower, and the city wall was already in chaos.

The stones fell not only on the city wall, but also in the camp, and huge stones fell from the sky, smashing the camp to pieces, and the defense facilities that had been built with great difficulty were smashed by the stones falling from the sky, and the soldiers also had a deep fear of these stones.

Fearing that the stones would come at them again, the Yellow Turban soldiers screamed and retreated.

The defenses in front of the camp were all abandoned, and the soldiers retreated desperately, taking this opportunity, Cao Ren ordered the war drums to be beaten, and the army was pushed forward.

The soldiers shouted a loud battle cry and formed a tight military formation to advance step by step, attacking the siege of the city, attacking the camp of attacking the camp.

The crossbowmen completely suppressed the Yellow Turbans' long-range attack weapons with overwhelming numbers and firepower, and under the cover of the crossbowmen, the rest of the soldiers advanced step by step with large shields, ladders, crashes, and wells, all of which were used.

Carefully trained soldiers are like parts in a machine, each with their own tasks, cooperating with each other and collaborating with each other.

Everyone in the army does only one thing, and concentrates on one thing, the spearmen are only responsible for stabbing, the shield soldiers are only responsible for defense, the knife soldiers are only responsible for chopping, the crossbowmen are only responsible for the order to shoot in the designated direction, and the catapult is only responsible for shooting in the designated direction.

The other things are planned by the commander, and they are the things that the generals need to do most when they are done and follow orders.

The rest is to believe in the comrades-in-arms, rely on the comrades-in-arms, never leave the military formation on the battlefield, never deviate from the scope of tactical regulations, and strictly defend the military formation.

Obeying orders and performing his duties is the core content of Guo Peng's military training.

To build the army into a war machine in the true sense, professional, rigorous, abide by rules and regulations, everyone is a small part of a big machine, work together to achieve earth-shaking greatness, this is Guo Peng's purpose and will.

And an army trained according to such a purpose and will is a cold war machine, doing what is familiar to it on the battlefield, just doing what it is familiar with, without distraction, without worry, killing the enemy, killing everything that is in sight.

Under the strict training and baptism of war, this army has become more and more powerful, more and more elite, more and more good at fighting, and more and more professional.

A professional army is the army that Guo has always dreamed of.

In the face of such a highly professional and professional army, an army that performs its own duties in all aspects and has an extremely clear distribution of duties, the defense of the Yellow Turban Army is as fragile as a piece of paper, which can be broken at the slightest stab.

The Yellow Turban Army, which has not yet broken away from the category of bandit armies and is full of personal heroism, will not be an opponent of a professional and professional army.

Although the equipment used by the elite among them was no worse than that of Guo Peng's army.

They also had the same helmet, the same spear, the same shield, and the same ring-headed sword, but they could not gather a powerful force to confront Guo Peng's army.

Scattered resistance, when encountering a military formation like a wall, when faced with several spears piercing from the gaps in the shield, can only be mercilessly stabbed through the body, and then trampled into a puddle of minced meat, ending his mission.

Ravaged by trebuchets for one round, and then crushed by the fierce army rushed in front of them, the resistance of the Yellow Turbans was very weak, and even had no effect, and the army was defeated.

The battle situation on the city wall was fought by He Yi He Man with the elite of the personal guards, and the enemy troops who climbed the city wall were repulsed, but the overall situation was decided, and they had no way to reverse the situation.

A lonely city held on for three days, but it was really unbearable, so He Yi stayed behind, and Liu Pi and He Man led the army to flee.

After He Yi also fled, Yan Liang and Cheng Lian entered the city, defeated the defenders in the city, the defenders were scattered, some were captured, some were killed, and Dingying County was taken.

On the second day of October, Cao Ren sent troops to attack Shangcai County, which was defended by He Man with 5,000 soldiers and horses, and fought fiercely with the Yellow Turban Army in Shangcai County, the Yellow Turban Army was defeated, and soon dispersed, and Shangcai County was taken.

He Man fled again and fled to Pingyu County, the stronghold of the Yellow Turbans in Runan.

In the era before the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, it was also the site of the famous Yuedan Review.

Back then, Cao Cao begged for Xu Shao's evaluation here, and Guo Peng also kicked Xu Shao's ass here, which was twenty years ago.

Twenty years ago, Runan was still a place that the scribes of the world yearned for, with a prosperous culture and developed economy, but now, it has become the base camp of the Yellow Turban in Runan.

Yuan Shu wanted to win over the Runan Yellow Turban for his use, so he handed over Runan County to Liu Pi to be the Taishou.

As a result, tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops turned into official soldiers of the Chen Empire, and immediately became reasonable and legitimate, and the occupation and plundering of places became reasonable and legitimate.

The scholars and heroes of Runan County fled south one after another, and in this way they were chased and killed by the Yellow Turban Army.

Liu Pi became a general and became a taishou, as if he had achieved a counterattack in life, and jumped from a yellow turban thief to a big official of 2,000 stones, which was something he had been thinking about in his dreams.

Although he was not appointed by the Han government, it didn't matter, anyway, he didn't want to be an official of the Han Empire.

Being an official of the Chen Empire is also a do, as long as it is an official, let me be the Taishou of Runan, it's fine.

Defending Runan is not only defending Yuan Shu, but also defending themselves.

Therefore, Liu Pi made up his mind to fight a decisive battle with Guo Peng's Southern Expeditionary Army in Pingyu County.