After Yan Shao crossed the Yellow River, he did not stay too long. Only a part of the soldiers and horses were left to be responsible for the construction of the ferry, and the wounded soldiers were sent back to the other side, and the rest of the soldiers and horses began, and at the same time the soldiers and horses were sent to the plains to spy on.

This can be regarded as putting some pressure on the defenders of the plains.

Since Zhang He and Xu You plan to stick to the plain, then simply let them stay in the plain city and don't move, and don't make trouble for themselves.

Obviously, Xu You and Zhang He saw Yan Shao's meaning clearly, and after noticing those cavalry, they immediately dispelled the idea of building a camp outside the plain city. If you go out now, you will be easily attacked by the cavalry of the Qingzhou Army. If it was nothing before, even if the number of cavalry in his hand was less, Zhang He would have the confidence to compete with the other party with the soldiers and horses in his hand, even if he used infantry and cavalry to fight against him.

But now it's different...

Zhang He, who had just been defeated, was at his lowest morale with the soldiers and horses in his hands, and he was in urgent need of rest. At this time, let him lead the soldiers and horses out of the city to fight against the Qingzhou army, to be honest, he is not arrogant to this extent.

Even if it was before, after the competition with the Qingzhou Army, now Zhang He has also understood the strength of the Qingzhou Army. Not to mention Gan Ning, even Wu Anguo or Guanhai and others are not so easy to solve.

The idea of underestimating the enemy is absolutely impossible to have...

After confirming that Zhang He and others had been trapped in the plain and had no intention of leaving the city, Yan Shao simply built a camp not far from the plain city. At the same time, a lot of spies were also dispatched, scattered around Pingyuan City, responsible for monitoring the movements of the Yuan army that might appear.

Although according to the intelligence of the spies, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses are still in the direction of the north, and it is not possible to do it in a short period of time if he wants to go south. But no one dares to guarantee that this will not be the result of Yuan Shao's pretending maze, and Yuan Shao will forget it, none of the strategists under his command are eating dry rice.

If Yan Shao was attacking the city, he would suddenly be attacked by the enemy, even if he was powerful, he would lose a lot. Therefore, the necessary precautions are still necessary, and sometimes some things, even if they seem to be useless, cannot be saved.

Because at the critical moment, this is a real lifesaver...

Yan Shao's soldiers and horses rested very quickly, far faster than Zhang He, and one of the most important reasons was that a considerable number of his soldiers and horses were transported from the south bank of the Yellow River, and these soldiers and horses had not suffered any losses before, and they were the kind of formation, so there was no need to worry about the problem of resting and recuperation. Once you arrive on the north shore, you only need to take a short rest.

In contrast, Zhang He's soldiers and horses fled to the plains with heavy losses. The establishment itself has long been in disarray, and it is obviously unrealistic to expect to be able to get everything done in a short period of time at this time.

But it's useless to care about these, even if it's a complaint, can Yan Shao still leave time for Zhang He to prepare for everything? Zhang He could only immediately mobilize the soldiers and horses that could be mobilized in the city to reorganize the army, hoping to hold out until the day when Yuan's army went south.

It's a pity that on the first day, Yan Shao had already given Zhang He a hard time, which also made Zhang He begin to doubt how long he could last.

As I said before, the pontoon bridge can only transport soldiers and horses, at least at this stage in the Yellow River pontoon bridge, these ships are connected to the pontoon bridge, it is still possible for the soldiers to pass, if you want to let some large ordnance pass, it is a thousand difficulties.

This is also one of the reasons why Yan Shao began to let soldiers and horses build a ferry as soon as he got off the boat. Before heading north, Yan Shao had already sent people to build a large number of siege ordnance, including ballistas, trebuchets and chariots. The amount is huge, it can be said that with this huge amount alone, even if they don't use stratagems or anything, it is enough for Zhang He, Xu You and others in the city to drink a pot.

But if these things can't be delivered, no matter how much they are built, it will be useless.

However, these ordnance does not mean that it must be given to a ferry, but in the absence of a ferry, it will be more troublesome to transport it by boat.

At this time, although Zhang He and Xu You had also retreated to the plain, they did not completely give up control of the plain, which was not just a plain city, but was composed of countless villages and towns, including some ports on the banks of the Yellow River.

Now there are still a certain number of soldiers and horses in these ports, even if Yan Shao wants to capture these ports, it is definitely not something that can be done overnight. At this juncture, it is more reliable to make a ferry by yourself.

As for when there was no ferry, Yan Shao simply let the soldiers under his command forcibly get the ordnance off the ship. Although this is very troublesome, and even hinders the transportation of grain and grass, it also allows Yan Shao not to even have any siege ordnance in his hand.

After resting, Yan Shao immediately used these ordnance to teach Zhang He and Xu Yu in the plains a lesson.

A large number of stones and arrows were thrown into the city by crossbows and trebuchets. Many times the soldiers were hit by stones, the lightest of which was a broken tendon, and the most serious one was killed on the spot. These rocks don't seem to be big, at best the size of a person's head, and some even use fist-sized stones to pile up and shoot out together, forming a scattering pattern.

These stones don't look very big, but they are not small, as long as they are hit and not dead, they will definitely be unforgettable. Especially those thrown out in the scatter mode, although in the process of throwing like this, some of them were occasionally thrown on the heads of their own people, but most of them were thrown into Plains City. Moreover, the number of these stones is large, and the area of the blow is also large, and more than a dozen trebuchets can hit several soldiers at a time.

What's more important is that this level of firepower projection also makes the Jizhou army on the city wall a little unable to raise its head.

"I don't want Yan Shao to be so well prepared this time..."waved his arm that was a little numb, and then glanced at the mess around him, Zhang He said with an ugly face.

As for Xu Yu next to him, his face was pale, as if he was frightened.

It turned out that when the two of them climbed the city wall to observe the battle situation just now, a stone bullet happened to fall in their direction. It stands to reason that the number of these stone bullets is not very large, at best there are more than a dozen, but the accuracy of the head is amazing, almost towards their heads.

What's even worse is that one of them is still running for Xu Yu's head.

Seeing that Xu You was about to be hit by those stone bullets, his head was broken and bleeding, and even his life was killed on the spot, fortunately, Zhang He reacted in time and snatched the shield from the hand of the sergeant next to him, and used the shield to bounce off the stones that were smashed by the split, which was regarded as saving Xu You's life.

It's just that even if Xu You is a famous wise man in the world, when he encounters such a thing, he is still frightened and pale, and it is difficult to come back to his senses for a while.

As for Zhang He, although he is a rare fierce general in the world today, he is very strong, but this time it also made his arms numb, especially the shield in his hand, which was smashed and torn apart.

Looking at the shield in his hand, Zhang He was also very happy, fortunately he had a wooden shield in his hand at that time, not a metal one, otherwise his arm would not be comfortable at this time.

The reason is actually very simple, the protective effect of metal shields for sharp weapons is great, but the protective effect of blunt weapons is relatively poor, especially in this era, the smelting technology is not up to par, the quality of many shields is not very good, and when it comes to a stronger blow, it is easy to shatter, and there is not even a chance to deform.

In contrast, wooden shields are made of relatively cheap materials, so they do not need to consider the issue of cost savings, and they are usually thicker. A thicker wooden shield, even if it is chopped with a sharp axe, may not be a problem. What's more, many shields will habitually add some iron blocks to enhance protection.

The soldiers around Zhang He were usually his own soldiers. The equipment was originally the first-class kind in the Jizhou army, and the shields were also carefully built, so although the shield was broken at this time, Zhang He's arm was fine, if it was replaced with metal, I am afraid it would be...

"Thank you General for saving your life..."Looking at Zhang He, Xu Yu said gratefully.

No matter what happened in the past, at least just now, Zhang He really saved his life, and he was his life-saving benefactor, which could not be washed away no matter what.

And although Xu You is a greedy person, he is definitely not the kind of person who will take revenge, not to mention that he and Zhang He do not have much conflict of interest, let alone worry about this issue.

"What the gentleman said, it's just a matter of duty...", said the mess around him. It's just that I didn't expect Yan Shao to build such a large number of stone trucks, which made me a little unexpected..."

Just now, Zhang He and Xu You escaped when they arrived, but there were some other soldiers on the city wall at that time, and these soldiers were not as lucky as the two of them. More than a dozen stones, so that each of them hit, but still hit almost two people, one of them was hit on the spot, and the injuries on his body were serious, and he was basically unable to survive.

The other was much more unlucky, he was not directly hit, but a stone smashed into the city wall, and it shattered, and the broken fragments hit him just right.

Generally speaking, the broken stone parts are originally relatively sharp, and humans in primitive times relied on such stones as weapons to survive in the crisis-ridden prehistoric era.

It was the same now, the stone didn't seem big, but it was so sharp that it came directly at the soldier's head, and it was very coincidentally the position of the forehead, not the position protected by the helmet.

This time it didn't kill him, but he still came ruthlessly. For a while, the blood flowed non-stop, and his face was covered with blood, and he looked like he was dying.

In addition, the soldiers on the city wall were embarrassed just now, many soldiers were fed up with this kind of thing, and when they saw the stone bullets coming down, those with shields gathered their shields early and hid, and those who were not ready also found a safe position, and at a glance they knew that their morale had fallen very much.

Of course, they can't be blamed for this, after all, not any one person can remain calm in the face of falling stones, of course, not nothing, but in most cases, such people are scared stupid or don't react.

is the kung fu of speaking, and another wave of stone bullets smashed down, but this time the target location is not Zhang He's side, but in the other direction, looking at the city wall that people are turning over on their backs, the faces of the group are difficult to see.

"General, why don't I lead a group of soldiers and horses out of the city and destroy those stone carts..."Soon a general came out of the battle and proposed to Zhang He and Xu You.

If this continues, the morale of the defenders will definitely continue to be low, and in the end, there is no need to count on any problems with defending the city.

However, after listening to the general's words, Xu You shook his head first.

"This plan doesn't work, these stone carts are the only props that Yan Shao can call at present, they will naturally be very precious, there are heavy soldiers around to protect them, it is not so easy to break through, and there is a danger of falling into it if you don't get it, now the defenders of the plain are only more than six thousand, the number is scarce, and they can't withstand such losses."

"What's more, there are only more than ten stone trucks in use now, even if they are destroyed, it won't be long before Yan Shao can get more of them, and everything is just in vain." Xu Yu didn't come out when he arrived, in fact, Yan Shao was transporting more siege ordnance over, but he had almost guessed it.

Its realization is now on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the siege ordnance that stays in the city is not only strong crossbows, stone trucks and rushing vehicles, but also a lot of well rails and other items. It's just that the volume of these things is too huge, and it is not at all something that ordinary ships can transport, let alone pontoons, even real ships can't send them over, so I'm afraid this thing still needs to be carried by way. And when these things arrive, it will be the real final word and the time to finalize the ending.

"What should I do, sir, I can't just keep it going, can we?"

The general couldn't help but speak when he saw that his proposal had been rejected.

To be reasonable, this is also a strategy that he finally came up with, and it is full of dedication, after all, everyone knows very well how dangerous such a plan is, and if it is not done, the whole army will fall into it.

"General, don't be anxious, of course there are ways, but in the current situation, there are not many suitable means..."

Seeing the general's anxious look, Xu You chuckled lightly and explained.