"Lord, that Cao Cao did it on purpose!" In the north of the county seat, Chen Mo's camp, in the handsome tent, Xu Shu's face was not very good-looking.

Originally, it was said that if Yuan Shao's main force was attracted by one side, the other party must help with all its might, but Chen Mo and Yuan Shao fought here for more than a month, and the war almost ran through Hanoi, and even the first line of Aocang and Xingyang, there were Yuan Shao's troops, but Cao Cao was still the same as before, and he couldn't say that he couldn't do his work, Cao Cao's offensive strength was still there, but he obviously didn't do his best, even if the sky fell apart here, Cao Cao's side was still on track, and obviously didn't mean to help Chen Mo share Yuan Shao's pressure.

"Do you still believe that?" Chen Mo shook his head when he heard this, looked at Xu Shu and said: "It's already very good to be able to maintain the alliance and help us disperse some of Yuan Shao's pressure, don't ask for too much, after all, for us, Cao Cao is also an enemy, doesn't Yuan Zhi still rely on the enemy for the hope of victory?" ”

He never expected Cao Cao to help him when he was in trouble, this was not in Cao Cao's interests, for Cao Cao, Chen Mo and Yuan Shao were both defeated is what Cao Cao is most willing and wants to see, but now Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are fighting to the death, Chen Mo is also happy to do this, so there is no reason to blame each other.

"But now our army is already in defeat, and if it continues like this, I'm afraid this battle will ......" Xu Shu was slightly anxious, after all, the current battle situation is not good for Chen Mo, and in terms of strength or situation, Xu Shu has heard that there are already people in Luoyang who are restless, if someone fornicates with Yuan Shao or Cao Cao at this time.

"Yuan Shao is a catastrophe for me or Cao Cao, and I may not be able to get the final victory after that, but if I can't pass, everything will be over, and I can only be regarded as a disadvantage at this time, but if I say defeat, it's too early to say!" Chen Mo patted the map: "Yuan Benchu wanted to defeat me, but it wasn't so easy!" ”

The oppression of Yuan Shao's 100,000 male soldiers did bring a lot of pressure to Chen Mo, but if he wanted to admit defeat, it would not work, in this world, except for his mother, no one has this qualification.

At this moment, Chen Mo exuded a confidence and sharpness that he had never had before, Chen Mo in the past was a humble gentleman most of the time, but at this moment, he was like a sword out of the sheath, with a sharp edge, such a state is rare, and all the generals in the tent are inevitably infected by Chen Mo's edge.

Ma Chao immediately got up and said loudly: "What the lord said is right, we haven't lost yet, how can we say defeat?" If you ask the lord to give a certain group of men and horses, you will take Yuan Shao's head and dedicate it to the lord. ”

Chen Mo: "......"

If Yuan Shao's head was so easy to take, he wouldn't have been beaten so badly.

"Meng Qi's courage is commendable, but for now, Yuan Shao's head will be left for some time, and he is not in a hurry to take it." Chen Mo smiled and comforted Ma Chao and said, "But Meng Qi is brave, and he can use it at this time." ”

"The lord commands!" Ma Chaolang said.

Chen Mo looked at the map, groped his chin and said: "Now that Yuan Shao's army is coming, its grain and grass consumption will be huge, Meng Qi, Bo Zhan, and Ling Ming can each lead a cavalry to surround the enemy's rear and burn its grain road. ”

"Whoa!" Ma Chao, Pang De, and Ma Dai immediately got up, bowed down and left.

Watching the three of them leave, Chen Mo continued to look at the map, this kind of thing attacking the grain road may bring some trouble to Yuan Shao, but it can't affect the outcome of the outcome, Yuan Shao is powerful, the army is superior, Chen Mo wants to reverse the defeat, he has to think of other ways.

It would be nice if you could get the place where the other party hoarded grain and grass.

Chen Mo raised his head, looked at the generals in the tent, thought for a while, and said: "Now that the fighter plane has not appeared, Yuan Shao's victory is difficult to reverse, and the generals and soldiers are temporarily guarding the camp, and they must not fight without authorization!" ”

"Whoa!" Hearing this, Gao Shun and the others got up to answer the order, and left separately, guarding the camp according to Chen Mo's instructions.

In the next few days, Yuan Shao continued to send troops to provoke every day, Chen Mo just guarded the camp and could not come out, but in the rear, Ma Chao, Pang De, and Ma Dai attacked back and forth to disturb the grain road, burning a lot of Yuan Shao's military resources, which made Yuan Shao very annoyed.

"Don't be angry, Chen Mo knows that he can't confront the lord, so he sent cavalry to rob our army's grain road, according to his humble opinion, he can order General Yan Liang to lead a group of soldiers and horses to be responsible for the safety of the grain road, and the main force of our army will step up the attack, as long as Chen Mo is completely defeated and driven out of Hanoi, this thief of grain robbery is just a small trouble." Guo Tu stepped forward and smiled.

"Hmm." Yuan Shao nodded, and asked generals like Yan Liang to go to the rear to look at the grain and grass, which was a bit too wasteful, but when Yuan Shao looked at Yan Liang who was sitting in the corner of the tent, he saw that Yan Liang at this moment still had the same heroic spirit as in the past, and the whole person was like a decadent drunkard, but after a defeat, it seemed that the whole person was abolished, which made Yuan Shao quite angry, and shouted at the moment: "Yan Liang, what do you think?" ”

"What the lord said is very true!" Yan Liang was pushed by Han Meng beside him, came back to his senses, and hurriedly bowed his hand.

"Since this is the case, according to the words of the public rule, you will lead the troops to take care of the grain road." Yuan Shao saw that his general had become such a ghost, and he was a little angry, but he couldn't, he just waved his hand impatiently.

"The last general commands!" Yan Liang hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Lord, General Yan has always been brave and good at fighting, this time he was defeated by the enemy, and his morale was frustrated, as long as he wins this battle, he will naturally be able to restore his confidence." The judge said to Yuan Shao.

Although Yan Liang's current state is indeed upsetting, but this matter is Guo Tu's intention to exclude and humiliate Yan Liang, and the trial is naturally unbearable. The factional dispute between North and Yingchuan has implicated Yan Liang, you must know that Yan Liang is not a river. Northerners, who will be next?

"I naturally know, but the way he looks now, it can't be reassuring to let him go to the battlefield, so let him supervise the transportation of grain and grass first." Yuan Shao sighed, Yan Liang was his confidant, and now that he was defeated, he was a little upset, so it was better for him to calm down and calm down.

"Don't talk about this, now that Chen Mo can't shrink his head, what good strategy can the princes have to break the enemy?" Yuan Shao looked at everyone and asked.

Although the momentum is victorious, it is only to overpower Chen Mo, Chen Mo is now on the defensive, refusing to fight with Yuan Shao, if he attacks, the loss on Yuan Shao's side will definitely not be small, and even if he wins in the end, it will be a miserable victory, but there is still Cao Cao who has not been pacified, Yuan Shao naturally does not want to lose too much.

"My lord, Chen Mo's camp is not a strong city, we can pile up earth outside his camp to form a wall, and make the crossbowmen stand on it and release arrows into the camp." Feng Ji smiled.

Yuan Shao nodded when he heard this, and immediately ordered people to build earthen bags outside Chen Mo's camp according to what Feng Ji said, higher than the wall of the opponent's camp, and then ordered the soldiers to put arrows in Chen Mo's camp.

Suddenly, the lieutenant general of Chen Mo's battalion couldn't raise his head.

"Lord, Yuan Shao is using this to force me to leave the camp, even if I take a step back now, then Yuan Shao will definitely go further." In Chen Mo's big tent, Xu Shu persuaded Chen Mo that he could not retreat at this time.

Chen Mo nodded, what Xu Shu said was good, but Yuan Shao's hand made Chen Mo quite uncomfortable, and he sent troops out of the camp to destroy the other party's earthen bag, not to mention the heavy losses, and this thing is easy to build, if it is destroyed today, it can be piled up tomorrow.

On the side, Yang Xiu offered advice: "It can lead the water to crush the enemy's soil bag." ”

Qinshui is a tributary of the water, the water potential is not large, if you want to use this to defeat Yuan Shao, the water is afraid that it will disperse before it rushes over, and it will not work, but it is just to destroy the other party's soil bag, but it can be done.

"It's taking too long." Chen Mo shook his head, leading the water to this point, just to destroy the other party's dirt bag? But how big is the amount of work required? Even if Chen Mo brought Ma Jun, it couldn't be used for this kind of thing.

"Lord!" Ma Jun stepped forward, bowed to Chen Mo and said, "There is a way to break the enemy?" ”

"Oh?" Chen Mo looked at Ma Jun and said with a smile: "If you have any plans, let's talk about it quickly." ”

"Whoa!" Ma Jun bowed and said: "During this period of the craftsman camp, a strong crossbow was made according to the crossbow of the pre-Qin period, which needs to be wound by two people, and three arrows can be shot at one hundred and twenty steps. ”

"Is there a finished product?" Chen Mo was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Yes, this time, I heard that the lord and the lord beckoned, and I specially transported sixty strong crossbows made by the craftsman's battalion." Ma Jun nodded and ordered someone to carry a crossbow machine up.

But I saw that the strong crossbow was more than a foot long in the arm of the crossbow, made of solid wood, and there was a bracket under it, and in the crossbow groove were three crossbow arrows, each of which was more than five feet long, and the thickness of the thumb, which was nearly twice as long as ordinary arrows.

There is a winch under the bowstring, Ma Jun introduced: "This crossbow is difficult to wind, it is difficult to pull by manpower, and one person is required to move the winch to be wound, which requires two people to operate, and it is quite time-consuming to load the crossbow arrows, which is somewhat similar to the bed crossbow made by Chen Qiugong back then, but it is not as far as it." ”

At that time, Chen Qiu once made a bed crossbow in a war, which can shoot a thousand steps away, but the operation is more complicated, and it can not last, after shooting a few arrows, the machine will be overwhelmed and destroyed, Ma Jun studied some information, and made a strong crossbow in front of him, although it is not as good as the bed crossbow made by Chen Qiu can shoot a thousand steps, but whether it is the rate of fire or durability, it is far more than the bed crossbow made by Chen Qiu back then, and now, it is more practical.

"Can this crossbow really shoot a hundred and twenty paces?" Yang Xiu circled around the strong crossbow and said in amazement.

"Xia Guan has tried many times, at least one hundred and twenty steps." Ma Jun bowed and said.

In fact, in terms of Ma Jun's official position, the craftsman Zhonglang will still be above Yang Xiu, but there is no way, the Han has never been an official position, Yang Xiu's background as the third prince of the fourth dynasty, Ma Jun is a craftsman, and he does not dare to put on an official stand in front of Yang Xiu.

"It's just that sixty is too little, and if you want to break the enemy's dirt bag, you need at least three hundred." Yang Xiu groped his chin and said.

It's not that he is picky, but Yuan Shao has placed a row of earthen walls outside the camp, even if Ma Jun's strong crossbow has enough range, but the number is too small, there is no way to suppress it.

"This ......" Ma Jun said with a wry smile: "This crossbow is complicated in workmanship, and the materials are exquisite, in a short period of time, I am afraid that I will not be able to make so much." ”

"That's enough." Chen Mo interrupted with a smile: "Order someone to build an arrow tower in the camp for this crossbow shooting, and tomorrow I will use this crossbow to shoot enemy archers." ”

"Whoa!"