Outside the Tiger Prison Pass, in a blink of an eye, more than two months have passed, and Luoshui has begun to freeze, but the three brothers of Liu Bei seem to have been forgotten by the battlefield and take 3,000 soldiers and horses to train soldiers all day long, and the life is at ease, but for the generals, this kind of free life is simply a kind of torture. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

What's more, it is Liu Guanzhang, a person who wants to do a career but has repeatedly hit a wall and has been displaced for half his life, at this moment, whether it is Liu Bei, the second general Guan Zhang, or even several generals under Liu Bei, they have been listening to the news from the front line for more than two months, although they don't say it, but their hearts are like ants crawling.

Liu Bei can still calm down, but Zhang Fei can't, he goes out of the camp every day to scold, hoping that Xu Sheng, who is locked in the tiger prison, can run out like a man and send him to death.

It's a pity, how could Xu Sheng be easily fooled? Just constantly induce Zhang Fei to attack the city, similar to 'you have the ability to come down', 'have the ability to come up' such a dialogue, in the past two months, the two sides have not known how many times they have communicated, but no one is willing to take a step forward, Zhang Fei after several setbacks, although his temper is still short-tempered, but this heart and eyes are a lot more, under that silly face, the brain is a thief.

The Tiger Prison has a powerful weapon to defend the city, not to mention 3,000, even if he is given 30,000 people, he may not be able to attack it, so he tried his best to lure Xu Sheng out, but if he wants him to attack the city, don't think about it.

"Sir, you said that Cai Mao will be defeated? It's been two months, when will you lose? At this time, Zhang Fei began to doubt whether Sima Lang's original prediction was really effective, then Cai Mao didn't have any great skills, but he really looked like a king eight shells in defense, and it was not easy to deal with, although Gao Shun was powerful, but in Zhang Fei's memory, Gao Shun was also in the camp, and he could really break Cai Mao's eight shells?

At least in terms of troops, Cao Ren and Cai Mao combined threw Gao Shun several streets.

"It's coming." Sima Lang stood outside the barracks and looked at the direction of the Tiger Pass, the war on the Jizhou side was over, although the result was surprising, the huge Yuan clan disappeared like this, but neither Lu Bu nor Cao Cao wanted the war to continue, and most of them would make compromises, so next, it was Cai Mao who dealt with Lu Bu on the one hand.

I just don't know what happened to the second brother under Cao Cao?

Sima Lang turned his head and looked at Liu Bei and said: "Lord, Mengjin and Cao Cao's land are too far apart, and the transportation of grain and grass is extremely inconvenient, now that Yuan Shao is dead, Lu Bu and Cao Cao share Yuan Shao's land, and now there must not be much energy to deal with Lu Bu, Cao Ren's soldiers and horses may be withdrawn soon, and the lord can secretly send someone to contact Cao Ren and exchange grain and grass with Meng Jin, and Cao Ren will definitely agree." ”

"Grain and grass are given to them, so what will we eat?" Zhang Fei said dissatisfied.

"As long as Meng Jin is in hand, Cai Mao's back road will be in the hands of our army, and I am not afraid that they will not give us food and grass." Sima Lang said with a smile: "The tiger prison is unbreakable, and Meng Jin must be in the hands of our army." ”

"This ......" Liu Bei hesitated: "Is there something wrong?" ”

In any case, Cai Mao is considered his own person, and it is morally unreasonable to run away with one now.

"Lord!" Sima Lang said solemnly: "My lord, do you know, why did I come here this time?" ”

"In order to repel Lu Bu and drive Lu Bu's soldiers and horses back to Chang'an!" Liu Bei raised his head and said.

"Definitely." Sima Lang looked at Liu Bei seriously: "That's Cai Mao's business, not the lord, the lord is here, the first priority is to help Liu Jingzhou win the military power in Cai Mao's hands, if he can defeat Lu Bu, it is naturally good, even if he can't, the lord should try his best to control the military power in his own hands, only in this way can Liu Jingzhou really control the nine counties of Jingxiang without being held hostage by Cai Mao." ”

"Then you shouldn't kill each other for no reason!" Liu Bei shook his head and said categorically.

One yard is one yard, and seizing military power is important, but if it is morally missing, how can Liu Bei be convincing in the future?

"There is no need to kill each other, the lord just wants to ask Cai Mao for what we deserve, if Cai Mao doesn't give out grain and grass, will the lord watch these three thousand sons starve to death? Besides, as long as our army masters Mengjin, it is better than letting Mengjin be in the hands of Cao Ren, at least it can ensure that the sons of the three armies can have a way out, if Cao Cao and Lu Bu secretly reach an agreement and order Cao Ren to withdraw the army, Gao Shun will take advantage of the situation to occupy the Tiger Prison Pass, 80,000 Jingxiang soldiers will not only be unable to break through Luoyang, but will also be trapped and die here, how can the lord bear it? ”

"Strategist, how could Cao Cao join forces with Lu Bu?" Guan Yu raised his eyebrows, and looked at Sima Lang puzzled, not long ago, the two of them were still in Jizhou and wanted to destroy each other in one fell swoop, how long has it been, how could the two sides join forces?

"It's not a partnership, it's a compromise." Shaking his head, Sima Lang said in a deep voice: "Cao Cao wants to pocket Qingzhou and southern Jizhou as soon as possible, and he will not be willing to fight with Lu Bu again, and Cao Ren's department is too far away from Cao Cao's territory, whether it is grain and grass transportation or intelligence, since it is hopeless to attack Lu Bu, Cao Cao may not be willing to continue to maintain such a huge consumption in the Mengjin area, and it is likely that Cao Ren will withdraw his troops." ”

"Big brother, I think what Mr. said is good, and I didn't go directly to fight Cai Mao." Zhang Fei said loudly.

Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei, then looked at Sima Lang, and frowned: "Then Mr. thinks, who can go to Mengjin to persuade Cao Ren?" ”

"Since it is a proposal, it is natural for the next to negotiate with him, and he will ask the lord to get Mengjin." Sima Lang arched his hand.

"Then please sir." Liu Bei nodded silently, looked at Guan Yu and said, "Second brother, you accompany Mr. to Mengjin." ”

"No!" Sima Lang's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "The second general has passed five passes and killed six generals, and the soldiers of the Cao army are quite resentful of the second general. ”

Uncle Zhi is Chen Zhi, the general under Liu Bei's command, brave in battle, good at training, his own martial arts are only slightly inferior to Guan Zhang, and his personality is calm, but not bad, Liu Bei nodded when he heard the words and said: "It's okay, so Uncle Zhi will accompany Mr. to Mengjin." ”

At the same time, outside Luoyang City, after Gao Shun got the help of Zhao Yun and Gan Ning, he left the city early the next morning, joined forces with Ma Chao, and went to Cai Mao's camp to challenge.

Cai Mao did not engage in the battle this time, there were Ma Chao's cavalry, and he went out of the camp to fight, which was undoubtedly looking for abuse for the Jingzhou soldiers who were not very accustomed to cavalry fighting.

On top of Diao Dou, Cai Mao looked at Lu Bujun, who was lined with banners in the distance and the iron armor spread in front of the camp, and shook his head for a long time before he shook his head and said, "Xenodu, have you ever thought about how to deal with it if one day, these northern armies enter my Jingzhou?" ”

Mo said that there was Ma Chao's cavalry to help, that is, before Ma Chao came, the troops under the command of Gao Shun alone, even if they had an absolute advantage in numbers, only had a slight upper hand in the fight, which made Cai Mao very worried, Lu Bu's soldiers were fierce, and although the soldiers of Jingzhou also fought all year round, those were more in water battles and land battles, and they were not the director of the Jingxiang army.

This is just Gao Shun, God knows how fierce the soldiers and horses led by Lu Bu who swept through the north of the Saibei are so fierce, every time he thinks of this, Cai Mao can't stop worrying, Lu Bu's troops are too much, and in the Central Plains, except for Cao Cao, almost no one can compete with it.

"Vertical and horizontal!" Kuai Yue stood beside Cai Mao, frowned when he heard this, no matter how disdainful and contemptuous the princes and scholars of the Central Plains were to Lu Bu, but the prosperity of his troops was an indisputable fact, whether it was Kuai Yue or Cai Mao, they were deeply touched, turned their heads to look at Cai Mao and said: "No matter whether it is success or failure this time, after going back, we will definitely promote the situation of the alliance between the lord and the prince of Cao to resist Lu Bu." ”

Even if Luoyang is lost, now Lu Buzhidi starts from the Western Regions in the west to the edge of Liaodong in the east, once he leads the army south again, it will be a terrible disaster for the princes of the Central Plains.

It would be great if this battle could destroy the Gaoshun Legion in one battle, break through the Hangu Pass, and go straight to Chang'an!

Kuai Yue thought silently in his heart, but this idea was just to think about it, this was not realistic, Mo said that he broke through Hangu Pass, just a Gao Shun in front of him, so that Jingzhou's civil and military forces were at a loss, and he didn't even dare to go out of the camp to meet the enemy.

"Huh?"

Just as Kuai Yue was thinking, Cai Mao beside him suddenly let out a soft sigh, and subconsciously raised his eyes to look in the direction of Cai Mao's gaze.

But seeing the front of the camp, Ma Chao's cavalry was not as deterrent as ever, but ran back and forth in front of the formation, as if to prevent the Jingzhou army from raiding, this formation made Kuai Yue stunned, the Jingzhou camp has been closed for a few days, what does the other party want to do?

Behind the cavalry, a black army was slowly advancing, and a piercing crunch could be heard from afar.

"What the hell is that!?" As the infantry in the rear approached, the cavalry cruising in front gradually dispersed, and there was a burst of exclamation in the Jingzhou army camp, but I saw that in the crowd, three carts were launched, each of which was very large, and it took three oxen to pull it.

On top of the frame, there are three giant crossbows!

When they saw this thing, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue couldn't help but gasp.

Not only because of the huge size of the giant crossbow, but also because on each giant crossbow, there is a whole row of huge crossbow arrows, each crossbow arrow, can be used as a spear, Kuai Yue counted, on each giant crossbow, there are eleven such giant 'arrows'!

Although it has not been used yet, what kind of power would such a large arrow be if it were actually shot?

Kuai Yue didn't dare to imagine it, and Cai Mao didn't dare to think about it, and a chill rose from the backs of the two as the three huge ballistas advanced.

On the other side, in the military array, not to mention the Jingzhou army, even Pang Tong muttered in his heart when he looked at these three behemoths, and turned his head to look at Gao Shun: "General, can this thing be used?" ”

"The Ministry of Industry of Chang'an has already conducted a test launch, which can shoot a range of 600 steps, and a giant arrow can pierce a boulder! It's a pity that in the past half a year, only these three have been made, and the cost is huge, and almost all of Chang'an's taxes in the past year have been placed here. Gao Shun nodded, but he was also a little apprehensive in his heart.

Six hundred steps is almost unimaginable, and the strongest rhubarb crossbow in the past can only shoot four hundred paces at the farthest.

Pang Tong also secretly said to himself, if this is the case, then looking at the world, how many cities can withstand the bombardment of this giant crossbow? (To be continued.) )