On July 1, 198 A.D., the imperial army was deployed in Linying, numbering 800,000 troops. Li Ming set up a strong formation in Xun (to Injiayin), counting the 30,000 soldiers that Wanling had just trained, counting Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu's troops, there were 100,000 soldiers, 200,000 auxiliary soldiers, and 500,000 troops.

100,000 soldiers versus 400,000 soldiers, no matter how you look at it, it is an unequal battle. Especially some time ago, the young general named Sun Ce was able to draw with Li Ming, and the name of 'Little Overlord' was naturally even louder.

"It seems that Liu Ting is determined to win!" Li Ming looked at the continuous barracks opposite, "It's just that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, how far can you hold out?" Zizhong (Mi Zhu table character), has the march been scattered? ”

"I have already sent it down according to the lord's orders! I have also stocked up a lot, and I can replenish it at any time! Mi Zhu replied.

Chu Hou marched and dispersed, this is a drug jointly developed by Li Ming and Hua Tuo, and the role of this thing is to treat heat stroke caused by hot weather. At the same time, a large amount of miscanthus salt, as well as a large amount of water sources, are also the key to cooling down in the army.

Miscanthus can be made into ice with water, which cannot be eaten directly, but through the concept of heat conduction, ice water can be made with the help of this ice, and even real ice cubes can be made in a sealed state. A large block of ice regularly cools down in each barracks, and water is in unlimited supply, and most of the soldiers are southerners, so even in July and August, there is no problem.

"Here's the problem!" Li Ming looked at Liu Ting's camp, "Is it that they can't stand the heat and retreat first, or are they really unable to stand the heat and are desperate to kill us?!" ”

"As a result, I still can't stand the heat......" Guo Jia on the side couldn't help complaining, in fact, he felt that this lord was indeed very magical, and he could ensure the combat effectiveness of the soldiers to the greatest extent in winter, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers could also be ensured in summer.

In the past, the battle was often warmed in the beginning of spring, before midsummer; Or after the autumn harvest and before the winter, these two times can be fought, and if there is a battle in the former, it is likely that farming will be delayed.

Few people fought in winter, after all, this was an era without cotton, and Emperor Yang of Sui crusaded against Goryeo, and after winter, non-combat attrition directly dragged down the army. The price of furs is so expensive, and the quantity needed in the army is so much, who would buy so many furs in one go and use them to arm the soldiers? Not to mention that it's really winter, you can't stand it with fur alone!

Not to mention in summer, the leather armor is fine, such as the scale armor on Li Ming's body, which is very well ventilated and breathable. But the average officer above the military marquis is wearing iron armor, and this thing can be used to fry eggs after being exposed to the scorching sun for two hours.

"It's not in vain that the lord and them spend most of the month, but the places have been properly arranged, and fighters are hard to find!" Guo Jia praised Li Ming without leaving a trace, and then admonished.

"I know this very well, the time is almost up, when the weather is completely hot...... Well, give the order now, and let all the departments attack with all their might! Li Ming nodded, at first he planned to give the order in a few days, but after thinking about it carefully, it would take a while for this military order to be transmitted to the locality, so he simply passed it on now.

"Whoa!" Guo Jia smiled, Li Ming could know the key.

At the same time, Liu Ting did start scolding his mother, and in July, the weather began to heat up, and the entire camp itself had no thermal insulation facilities, so it was suddenly too hot.

"Damn Li Ming, why did he choose to call at this time?" Liu Ting was only wearing a single coat at the moment, and there were attendants on both sides to fan him to relieve the heat, holding a glass of water in his hand, which was already the third cup of water he had drunk.

"In the past, Yuan Shu invaded Jiujiang County and called himself Yangzhou Mu, and Li Ming went north to crusade in winter. In winter, the hands and feet of the soldiers are stiff, their combat effectiveness decreases, and their weapons become brittle and easily broken. It was at this time that he launched an attack and consumed a lot of weapons, but the soldiers did not decrease much, which shows that they have done a good job of keeping warm.

His subordinates thought that Li Ming not only had the means to keep warm in winter, but also had the means to prevent heatstroke and cool down in summer. The war season, to which we have always been accustomed, did not mean anything to him at all. For him, either he doesn't fight, or he fights as often as he wants. Xun You, as the military advisor this time, came forward to remind.

Seriously, he felt terrible at the moment, especially now that the whole camp smelled of sweat. In the army, there is no condition to take a bath every day, at most wipe it with a towel, and the smell is comparable to poison gas when the weather is hot.

"This ...... No, we don't have to fight each other if we go on like this, we can heat ourselves to death if we are hot! The battle must be completed before the weather is completely hot, otherwise there is no point in saying 800,000 or 8 million! "Liu Ting has a 'MMP' in his heart, and he must say that Li Ming will be on alert all year round.

The key is that there are too many of them, there are no 800,000, there are really 600,000, and the auxiliary soldiers are transporting supplies and grain back and forth, but they don't say anything, but nearly 400,000 soldiers are crowded in the barracks, and the heat emitted by 400,000 big men can be felt by ordinary people as soon as they approach the barracks.

"Tomorrow, I will order Wu Lan and Yang Huai to test the temptation, and at the same time let Sun Ce and Ma Dai prepare for the general attack!" Liu Ting thought about it and immediately gave an order.

"Yes!" Xun Yu gave up his orders, and this battle really can't be delayed.

The next day, only to hear the army on the side of the court war drums roaring, not long after the army began to assemble, Wu Lan and Yang Huai led 10,000 troops out of the ranks, behind them Sun Ce and Ma Dai led the infantry and cavalry, also eyeing the sidelines.

"Looks like they're not stupid either? After taking advantage of us for so many days, it is finally enlightened? Li Ming's side was naturally not slow, and soon 100,000 soldiers had been prepared, and more than 100 catapults were ready. I have to say that the other party was really naïve, and they actually gave enough time to set up more than 100 medium-sized catapults.

"Want to attack? Let them calm down first, and the catapult is ready! Li Ming turned around and shouted, and Chen Heng happily accepted the order.

"Enemy a mile ahead, aim!" Chen Heng immediately turned around and gave an order, and the soldiers adjusted the projection angle of the catapult one after another, until Chen Heng finished shouting again, "Stone throwing!" ”

This time, instead of stones, the trebuchet projected a large number of shotguns. It took a lot of time to collect these things, but the effect was also to pull out the group, and the irregularly shaped stones hit the body, which were more likely to cause contusions or scratches, and even if they couldn't kill people, they could still kill people to death, bleeding to death.

Not all trebuchets are this kind of scattered bombs, more than 20 in front of them are all stone bullets of the size of the encirclement, which are directly polished and rounded, and are projected directly, and they can roll after hitting people, even if they hit the ground, the probability of continuing to roll is also very large.

Where these stone bullets passed, not to mention anything else, one or two soldiers in front of them were either dead or disabled, and a short section of blood was plowed out in this way if they were unlucky. Wu Lan and Yang Huai hadn't started to charge yet, but if it weren't for the fact that they and their guards had practiced Qi and were well equipped, they were afraid that they would have already fallen victims.

More than 2,000 of the 10,000 soldiers hung up as soon as they saw their faces, and most of the rest were hung up, and they were directly smashed.