Fancheng went to war, there were not many soldiers and horses on both sides, Chen Mo was testing Fancheng's city defense, and Zhuge Liang also wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate the cavalry that posed the greatest threat to Fancheng.

Although the cavalry can't attack the city, but Fancheng wants to hold it, the strength of the Jiangdong Army must be used, and the existence of the cavalry is a great threat to the Jiangdong Army, so Zhuge Liang wants to take this opportunity to hit the cavalry hard, so he does not hesitate to send troops to lure him, but Chen Mo is also a person who is good at calculation, Zhuge Liang does not hesitate to lure the soldiers, and the crossbow cannon at the head of the city is not triggered, he can naturally see that he sent an ordinary cavalry to test it, and sure enough, the true power of the opponent's ballista was induced, and then when the other party was lured to pursue, Ma Chao went out with a thousand cavalry, Not only defeated Zhuge Liang's crossbowmen, but also grabbed a few crossbows, both sides did not do their best in this temptation, but they could probably see some of the advantages and disadvantages of the other party.

Although the crossbow is easy to use, it is too time-consuming to replace the crossbow arrows, as long as the opportunity is found, the cavalry's restraint on the crossbowmen is quite obvious, but with Chen Mo's observation of Zhuge Liang during this time, after this battle, Zhuge Liang is afraid that he will improve the crossbowmen, what will be the situation in the next fight, Chen Mo has a few guesses, but how it is, you have to wait until the real battle to know.

In the camp of the Ming army, Chen Mo held this crossbow with both hands, which was more cumbersome than ordinary crossbows, and ordinary people were afraid that it would be a little difficult to hold, and this kind of crossbow was best operated by two people.

After studying for a while, Chen Mo opened a machine frame from the crossbow, and the crossbow box that popped out made Chen Mo a little surprised, this crossbow arrow could still be equipped like this?

"The ingenuity of this thing is really incredible, and Zhuge Liang is really strange." After Chen Mo studied it carefully for a while, he handed the crossbow box to Xun You on the side and said with a smile.

"Today's minister looked at Xiangfan, found that although the city of Fan is strong, but compared to Xiangyang is still a little less heritage, but if you want to break through it is extremely difficult, in addition to the support of Jiangdong close at hand, the most important thing is that this pontoon bridge connecting Xiangfan, the minister has seen before, this pontoon bridge seems simple, but in fact it connects the two cities, whether our army attacks Xiangyang or attacks Fancheng, it is fighting with the soldiers of the two cities, if the soldiers of Xiangyang can be contained, it is good, but there are a large number of defensive camps outside Xiangyang City, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are a large number of traps, It is extremely difficult to attack the city of Xiangyang, but if this pontoon bridge can be broken, although Fancheng has Jiangdong support, these Jiangdong soldiers and horses are not in the city after all, and the terrain of Jiangzuo is relatively open, which is easier to overcome. Xun You said while playing with the crossbow.

"It's just a pontoon bridge, and the end will lead people to burn him!" Dian Wei on the side said disdainfully when he heard this, it's just a pontoon bridge, what's the big deal.

"I always felt that this pontoon bridge would not be so simple." Chen Mo thought about it, Zhuge Liang blocked the river with a copper pillar iron cable in the center of the river, and now it seems that it is to protect the pontoon bridge from being easily destroyed, and now the upstream ships are blocked by iron cables, it is difficult to come down, and if the pontoon bridge is destroyed, it can only be forced to rush the pontoon, but if the pontoon bridge is taken by land, it is within the range of the two city walls, which has to fight with his life.

"Your Majesty, what is the mystery, you will know it by trying." Xu Huang smiled: "The last general is willing to give it a try." ”

Chen Mo nodded and said, "Be careful of the cityhead ballista." ”

"Whoa!"

That night, Chen Mo personally came to Fancheng to fight, and in the dark night, it obviously became the best protective color, but Chen Mo found several bronze mirrors at the head of the city, and those copper mirrors shone the light of the torches under the city, forming a cluster of light under the city, and the bronze mirror seemed to be manipulated, and the direction was not fixed, but moved from time to time.

"Do you say that this Zhuge Kongming is Mohist or Confucian?" Chen Mo looked at this scene a little speechlessly, since the war with Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang's use of various utensils can be said to be endless, and he is proficient in the Eight Formations of Qimen, and he is also familiar with Confucian allusions, I really don't know which school this person is a disciple of.

Xun You beside him said with a smile: "I heard that Zhuge Liang studied under Mr. Shuijing, this person is a strange person in the world, Jingdao Studies, Qi Men, Art of War, and Scriptures, but I have not heard that this person is good at these, Zhuge Kong knows these things, probably from others." ”

Mr. Shuijing's name Chen Mo has naturally heard of it, when Lu Bu governed Nanyang because there was no one around him, he had played the idea of Mr. Shuijing and Pang Degong, but the two knew in advance and fled first, and Chen Mo knew that these two people were earlier, Cai Yong had talked to him about the world's celebrities in the early years, Cai Yong, as a great Confucian in the world, although he was approachable on weekdays, but in fact, there were not many people who could enter his eyes, and Mr. Shuijing was one of them.

While the two were talking, Xu Huang had personally led a team of people to Fancheng, although the light reflected by those bronze mirrors could illuminate a place, but the corresponding unilluminated places would be more difficult to detect, and the speed of the copper mirrors was not fast, so the people Xu Huang took could easily avoid it.

"It's a pity that this method is somewhat useless here." Chen Mo watched this scene from a distance, shook his head and smiled.

Xun You nodded, and was about to say something, but under the silent night, a series of crisp sounds suddenly came, but it was the enemy who set up a mechanism on this side of the pontoon, once touched, it would immediately trigger the mechanism, causing a large sound.

Chen Mo and Xun You's faces changed, and they hurriedly looked, and saw that the speed of the bronze mirror on the city head was moving faster, and they soon locked on Xu Huang and others, a large number of Jingzhou troops appeared at the head of the city, and released arrows towards the city, and the ballista began to debug under the city, for a while, but seeing that ten thousand arrows were fired together, the artillery and stones were all down, and many of the soldiers who went to destroy the bridge fell under the rain of arrows, Xu Huang was alert, and rolled into the river for the first time, only to escape, but more than 100 soldiers who went with him to destroy the bridge, and finally survived, except for Xu Huang, there were only three people.

"The last general is incompetent, please condemn the king!" Xu Huang returned to the camp with a body full of embarrassment, knelt down beside Chen Mo and said.

"Gongming, hurry up!" Chen Mo hurriedly stepped forward to help Xu Huang up, looked up and down, and only breathed a sigh of relief after finding that Xu Huang was fine, and asked people to quickly change into clean clothes for the illusion, and after a long time, after Xu Huang returned, Chen Mo shook his head at Xu Huang and said: "It's okay if people are fine, this kind of organ, it's night, it's difficult for anyone to notice, Gongming must not blame himself for this." ”

When Xu Huang heard this, he was grateful, and after thanking him, he stood back in his position.

Zhao frowned and said: "Zhuge Liang is quite well prepared, if our army wants to destroy the pontoon bridge now, the only way to destroy the river center iron cable and take a boat down the river to crash the pontoon bridge is possible." ”

The generals felt justified and nodded one after another, but Chen Mo felt that it was not easy to destroy the pontoon bridge even if he destroyed the Jiangxin Bronze Pillar, Zhuge Liang and others were afraid that they would do what might happen to the extreme, but it was not yet known how far this extreme would be.

Knocking on the table, Chen Mo smiled and said: "This pontoon bridge is of course crucial, but even if Zhuge Liang calculates exquisitely, there is a place where he must not have calculated." ”

"Oh?" In the eyes of everyone, whether it is the copper pillar and iron cable in the center of the river, or the pontoon bridge between Xiangfan or the layers of fortifications outside Xiangyang City, almost the entire Xiangfan is calculated, and the fierceness of Fancheng's ballista, today's cavalry has experienced it personally, it is not easy to break through Fancheng, there is no corresponding suppression, even if the Ming army rushes to the city, the morale is afraid that it will be lost, this is not a flaw at all, but I don't know where Chen Mo said Zhuge Liang did not count?

"I wonder what the king said?" Xun You asked with a smile.

"Liqiu!" Chen Mo clicked on the map and looked at the crowd: "Although the defense of Xiangfan is tight, there are not many troops, and although the troops in Jiangdong are enough, and the terrain of Liqiu is also dangerous, it is far less than Xiangyang. ”

When the generals heard this, they suddenly realized that Liqiu was the place where Jiangdong temporarily selected the troops, if they could break through Liqiu, although Xiangfan was strong, but without the Jiangdong army, it would become a lonely city, and they could calmly besiege Xiangfan on all sides, with Xiangfan's troops, even if they took people's lives, they could also level Xiangfan.

Chen Mo naturally will not take his life to Tianping Xiangyang, but as long as Xiangfan is trapped, it is not okay to cut off the water, but it is okay to starve of food, and if Liu Bei is broken back to help, he will be blocked along the way, and if Liu Bei does not return to help, then Xiangfan will be trapped to death a little bit.

And in terms of strategy, if they attack Jiangdong, will the Zhuge Liang Gang help? After all, Jiangdong soldiers and horses came to help Jingzhou, but now they have become Chen Mo's main target of attack, if Zhuge Liang does not help, Jiangdong generals will have a dislike in their hearts, if they help, they can swallow the Xiangyang reinforcements and further weaken Xiangfan's defensive force.

Xun You smiled and said: "The king is far-sighted, and the ministers are too late. ”

"Don't say such polite words, Komeito!" Chen Mo waved his hand and looked at Xu Huangdao.

"The last general!" Xu Huang hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

"You lead 30,000 soldiers and horses, with Zhang Xiu and Zhao as deputy generals, starting tomorrow, you will attack Liqiu!" Chen Mo said solemnly.

"The last general commands!" Xu Huang hurriedly agreed.

"Ma Chao, Pang De!" Chen Mo looked at Ma Chao and Pang De on the side, and said in a deep voice.

"The last general!" Ma Chao and Pang De hurriedly got up.

"The two of you each lead the cavalry of your headquarters to sweep the formation, if Fancheng does not send troops to help, but if Fancheng sends troops to aid Jiangdong, wait for it to leave the city, quickly cut off its way back, and leave the reinforcements outside the city." Chen Mo smiled.

"The last general commands!" Ma Chao and Pang De bowed.

After Chen Mo adjusted the offensive strategy, he ordered everyone to disperse, repair their lives, and set out to attack Liqiu tomorrow.

After bidding farewell to Chen Mo, the generals returned to the camp to repair.

Chen Mo took Xun You to the place where the Jiangxin Bronze Pillar was, and looked at the Jiangxin Bronze Pillar from a distance, and after a long time, Chen Mo said: "Gongda, I want to take this Zhuge Liang for my own use, what do you think?" ”

Xun You said with a smile: "Zhuge Kong is clearly a genius, if he can be used by the lord, it is really a blessing for me, but such a character, I am afraid that he can move without words." ”

"Then defeat him alive!" Chen Mo grinned.