Chapter 404: What is a catapult
"Retired so soon?" Zhao Feng frowned, according to what he thought, at least another wave of siege should be carried out before retreating, why did he retreat so quickly?
Actually, what Zhao Feng didn't know was that the catapult's shock to Feng Ji was too great, what Feng Ji wanted was to report this matter to Yuan Shao as soon as possible, and with the catapult guarding the city, Feng Ji didn't think they would be able to capture this really fixed city!
However, what Feng Ji didn't realize was that the number of stone bullets was limited, as long as it was well controlled and the stone bullets were consumed, Zhao Feng's catapult would be just an empty shelf!
"Prepare for a long battle! By the way, let Yun Chang and Ziyi pay attention to Yuan Shaojun's ambush, how can the plan of encircling and sending reinforcements make him comfortable? Zhao Feng commanded.
"Yes!" The brocade guard on Zhao Feng's side nodded, dodged, and disappeared into the city.
Liaodong Water Village, Gan Ning is training recruits, since the war in the eastern countries subsided, Zhao Feng ordered to recruit a large number of water troops, wanting to expand the Liaodong water army. After all, with only 15,000 people, it would be very difficult to defend such a long coastline!
So, in the past few years, the Liaodong Navy has recruited another 20,000 people to supplement its own strength, and the recruitment is still continuing, according to Zhao Fengde's idea, it is to expand the Navy to 50,000 people!
"General Gan Ning listens to orders!" At this time, a brocade guard came out of nowhere.
"Pass on the lord's password, order Gan Ning to lead the troops, take the sea route, and surprise attack Leling City!" Jin Yiwei continued.
"Yes!" Gan Ning's eyes lit up, there had been no war for a long time, and Gan Ning felt that his body was about to become moldy! It would be great to have a war at this moment!
"Little ones, haven't you always wanted to go to war? This time, Lao Tzu will lead you to the battlefield! The whole team, follow me! Gan Ning was also bold, leading these 10,000 recruits who had been trained for less than a year to embark on the warship.
Zhang Fei, who was far away in Youzhou Dai County, also received an order, and immediately, Zhang Fei didn't say a word, ordered 20,000 soldiers and horses, and took the frustration as a military advisor, and sent the troops to Yanmen!
And under the city of Zhending, Yuan Shao's army besieged the city, and the two armies did not fight again, but were only attrition. As for the two support armies, they were led by Guan Yu and Tai Shici, and they arrived from Zhangwu and Hejian Counties respectively. However, the distance is far, and the time will naturally be a little longer.
"Master, Mr. Feng Ji is back with a message!" When Yuan Shao was enjoying the massage of his wife and concubine, the housekeeper suddenly presented a battle report.
"Huh?" Yuan Shao was overjoyed in his heart, couldn't it be that Feng Ji won a big victory and captured Zhao Feng? So Yuan Shao hurriedly took the letter and read it in a hurry.
As a result, he was greatly disappointed, and Feng Ji wrote in the letter that the Liaodong army had catapults in hand and could not capture Zhending City for a while.
"What is this catapult?" Yuan Shao didn't know why, he didn't know what the catapult was.
"Hurry up and invite Guo Tu, Xu You and Xin Ping to come to the mansion to discuss matters!" He doesn't understand that someone should understand, right? So he hurriedly ordered to go down.
Immediately, Yuan Shao got up a little reluctantly: "Baby, wait here, I'll be back soon!" As he spoke, a pair of bad hands touched the two women's bodies up and down, and then left satisfied, leaving only the two women who couldn't stop breathing.
"Why did the Lord summon me to come?" After everyone came, Xu Yu took the lead in asking.
In fact, this is also a common doubt of everyone, because now that the sun has set, everyone is eating dinner at home, and they were called by Yuan Shao, if Yuan Shao is not in a hurry, what else can it be?
"Who of you knows what a catapult is?" Yuan Shao asked.
"Catapult!" The three of them were shocked at the same time, they all knew this thing, when the famous general Li Xin of the Warring States attacked Chu, the Chu army secretly prepared a large number of catapults, and when the Qin army crossed the river, it was suddenly launched at the same time, and countless sharp stones smashed into the Qin army like dark clouds, and the 200,000 Qin army was completely defeated.
The power of this catapult is incomparable! It's just that the method of making catapults has been lost, and if anyone can make catapults, how terrible it will be!
"Yes, it's a catapult, what the hell is this?" Yuan Shao asked suspiciously.
"My lord, the catapult is a very powerful device, which can throw stones far away and use it to attack the enemy! I don't know where the lord heard about the catapult? Xu You explained.
"Look at it!" Yuan Shao handed the letter in his hand to the three of them, but he was very uneasy in his heart, Zhao Feng actually developed a catapult, didn't that mean that he Yuan Shao would definitely not be able to defeat Zhao Feng?
"What!!" The three of them read the letter, and at the same time were shocked, Zhao Feng had developed such a big killing weapon as a catapult! Then the gap between them and Zhao Feng is really getting bigger and bigger!
After reading the letter, the three of them lowered their heads one after another, frowning, and looked worried.
"Tell me, what should we do?" Yuan Shao looked at the three of them who were frowning, and he was also anxious.
"My lord, for the sake of today, we should develop our own strength as soon as possible, since Zhao Feng can develop a catapult, why can't we? We should also work hard to develop and strive to develop catapults as well! Moreover, Zhao Feng is really sure that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, let Feng Ji try to attack the city, although the catapult is powerful, but the number of stones is limited, we can take advantage of this and win with a numerical advantage! Xu You opened his mouth to analyze.
"Yes, yes, yes! What Ziyuan said is extremely true! When Yuan Shao heard this, he suddenly became enlightened, what he Zhao Feng can study, why can't I Yuan Shao study it? Immediately, Yuan Shaofu was full of confidence again.
"My lord, why don't we send General Wen Chou to lead the troops to Zhending to support Mr. Feng Ji! If you take down the city as soon as possible, there will be one less accident! Guo Tu said.
"Yes, immediately send an order to Wen Chou, let him lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to Zhending, and be sure to capture Zhending City as soon as possible!" Yuan Shao nodded, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, he sent all his remaining 50,000 soldiers and horses.
"The lord is wise!" The three of them bowed to Yuan Shao.
"Go ahead, give orders! I won't keep you! After speaking, Yuan Shao got up and walked quickly to the back hall.
There are only three people left, you look at me, I look at you, they are all very puzzled, what is this Yuan Shao in a hurry to do? And that leaves them here?
In desperation, the three of them shook their heads and retreated, the herald of the order, the order of the herald, the one who should go home for dinner, go home for dinner!
In the starry night, Wen Chou led 50,000 troops, set off from Yecheng, and went straight to Zhending.
However, on the third day when Wen Chou led the troops, Yuan Shao received another piece of bad news!
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