After rubbing the temples on both sides with his fingers, Yuan Shao brought the topic back to the battlefield:

"By the way, my unsuccessful little brother, has there been any recent movement?"

"According to the spies, Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses arrived east of Xuchang two days ago." Wen Chou nodded and replied: "However, they have no intention of attacking the city for the time being, and they have been in a state of rest. ”

"Humph! This kid is playing tricks, waiting for us to take the lead. ”

After shaking his head disdainfully, he saw Yuan Shao slowly sit up straight, and said with a straight face:

"Okay, then let's set an example for him! Yan Liang and Wen Chou listened to the order: The whole army immediately began to attack the city! ”

……

On the same day, twenty miles north of Xu Tian, Dama Township.

In a farmhouse, Lu Pu, dressed in white, was sitting alone at the table, absentmindedly looking at the scroll in his hand.

Every few minutes, he would turn his head to look out the window, as if waiting for someone.

It wasn't until sunset that the door of the farmhouse was pushed open from the outside, and William Yang, who was wearing a leather jacket, walked in with a tired face.

"Oops, I'm so tired, I'm riding on a horse and my ass is about to bloom. Without a car, it is too inconvenient to run long distances. ”

"It's not the first day of horseback riding, what are you complaining about? Tell me quickly, what did Eryuan say? ”

Lu Pu said as he handed the large bowl of water to William, and William drank it all for a while, and drank the bowl of water in an instant.

Then he slowly sat down and said with a little regret:

"As before, the brothers still refused to come."

"Alas! What two unsuccessful guys. At the moment of the great enemy, even this difficulty cannot be overcome, no wonder Cao Cao can't fight......"

Although he had already guessed the ending, Lu Pu's eyes still showed a little disappointment.

"By the way, did they start the siege?"

"Hmm. As early as this morning, Yuan Shao had already sent troops to the city. He mobilized a total of 90,000 troops, divided his troops into three routes, and mainly attacked the south, north, and west gates. Yuan Shu was sent out in the afternoon, and all 50,000 troops were gathered under the east wall. ”

"Oh! These two people have a tacit understanding when they fight......"

After nodding slightly, I saw Lu Pu touching the eight-character nonsense on his lips again:

"Then how long do you estimate it will take to take it?"

"If you want me to say, you will be able to conquer it in ten days!" William said confidently.

"So fast?" Lu Pu said with a little doubt: "Is it difficult...... The siege weapons you've made them build have already been made? ”

"Exactly!" William nodded excitedly:

"Today in their battalion, I saw several modified versions of the rushing and catapulting vehicles being pushed to the battlefield. With the help of these siege weapons, it should not take more than ten days for Xuchang to be lost. ”

"Oh? It was built so quickly? 'Made in China' is really efficient enough? ”

Upon hearing that the "improved" siege weapons designed by William himself had been put into use, Lu Pu seemed to be reassured and smiled with satisfaction on the spot.

"By the way, what's going on over there in Huaxing?"

After learning about Eryuan's situation, Lu Pu asked William about Huaxing's news.

"According to Hongnong's spies, Huaxing was released from prison three days ago."

"Oh?" As soon as these words came out, Lu Pu immediately said with concern: "Let it go?" Did he come back? ”

"This ...... It doesn't seem to be yet. ”

"Why?"

"I don't know, I only heard that after he came out, he lived directly in the Gaoshun camp." William wasn't so sure.

"During the war, he didn't go back to Xuchang but stayed in Hongnong? There's definitely something wrong with that! ”

After shaking his head suspiciously, he heard Lu Pu ask for the second time:

"What did he and Gao Shun talk about?"

"The content of the conversation...... Our spies can't reach ...... yet."

William's spies couldn't get any information, on the one hand, because his identity was not enough, and on the other hand, because Huaxing specially told Gao Shun before leaving the city, so that he could keep the whole operation secret.

So to this day, Lu Pu still knows nothing about Huaxing's plans, including Huaxing's sneaking out of the city to Luoyang, and they don't know anything about it.

"Humph! Can't do that? How do you become a CIA director? ”

Seeing that William didn't know anything about Huaxing's situation, Lu Pu's face immediately showed displeasure:

"Within five days, find out what they talked about, why do you want to stay in Hongnong, do you hear?"

Seeing the serious face of the land team, William hurriedly got up from the chair and agreed tremblingly:

"Yes! The subordinates will go to Hongnong tomorrow to find out about the matter! ”

……

Early the next morning, in the city of Xuchang.

After a day of fighting, the atmosphere in today's council hall was much more oppressive than before.

Although there was a room full of people, no one spoke, and everyone had a sad and solemn look on their faces.

It wasn't until Cao Cao appeared that Xiahou Dunfang, who was sitting on the left side, stood up, clasped his fists and said:

"Lord Qiqi, the Yuan army attacked from all sides again this morning, how should we deal with it today?"

After Chong Xiahou nodded slightly, Cao Cao did not rush to reply, but took the lead in asking about yesterday's battle situation:

"What about the casualties of the First World War yesterday? Have all the wounded soldiers been accommodated? ”

Xiahoudun replied according to his words:

"Back to my lord, in yesterday's battle, the enemy suffered 5,000 casualties, and our army also suffered 2,000 casualties. The wounded soldiers have been sent to the medical tent in time, and the lord has no need to worry. ”

Since ancient times, as long as there is a siege war, it is the attacking side that suffers more damage.

Therefore, it is not unusual for Yuan's army, which lacks shelter, to suffer 5,000 casualties.

But the current situation is that Cao's army, which was protected by the city walls, also lost 2,000 soldiers in one day.

After hearing this, Cao Cao was puzzled and frowned on the spot:

"Why did our army suffer such damage? Don't...... Did you go out of the city without permission to fight? ”

"Never! The gates were never opened. ”

"Where did the casualties come from?"

"Alas! Most of them are caused by bows and arrows and boulders. ”

"Bows and boulders?"

As a matter of common sense, only attackers outside the city would be afraid of arrows and boulders flying overhead.

As the defenders of the city, they were not afraid of such attacks due to the terrain.

But now listening to Xiahoudun's story, he was injured by the enemy's bows and arrows and boulders more than 2,000 people, Cao Cao immediately showed a look of doubt:

"How is that possible? Not to mention the arrows, how can the boulder fly over the city walls? How much force does that have to take? ”

Seeing Cao Cao's disbelief, Xiahou Yuan, who was sitting on the side, hurriedly added:

"Lord, the boulder was not thrown by a man, but smashed in with a catapult!"

Regarding the name of "catapult", Cao Cao has long heard of it.

Not only did he love it, but he also tried to build it himself, but he never succeeded.

At this moment, hearing that Yuan Jun actually used such a high-end weapon, Cao Cao was full of surprise:

"What? You say that there are catapults in the second Yuan army? ”

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