"Lord, last night the soldiers guarding the camp were shot and killed another three hundred and twelve people!" In the Yuan camp, Feng Ji came to Yuan Shao's side with a heavy face, and said astringently: "Now the soldiers in the camp are very resistant to guarding the wall, and their morale is even lower. ”

"Isn't it for the baffle to be erected? Why are people still dead!? When Yuan Shao heard this, a flash of anger flashed in his eyes, and he asked sharply.

Three days have passed since Yuan Hanrong sought revenge, and in these three days, Liu Xie has not attacked in a big way, but the Divine Crossbow Battalion will come over every night to patronize.

In the past three days, Yuan Shao had sent people to ambush, trying to encircle and suppress this crossbowman, but although the number of people in the crossbow camp was small, it was extremely slippery, as long as there was a possible ambush around, it would not be easy to approach, even if it was to get close, it would first come with a crossbow arrow, and then quickly occupy a favorable position, once the ambush appeared, he would not hesitate to retreat, and grind the enemy to death little by little with the method of dealing with Han Qiong that day.

In the end, Yuan Shao could only strengthen the defense, ordered people to set up a partition on top of the wall, so that the crossbow camp could not see the people inside the wall, but the soldiers on the wall could see the situation outside the camp through the lookout.

"The enemy's crossbow is too sharp, the partition is only a finger thick, the court's crossbow can easily penetrate at a distance of a hundred paces, and the archers of our army cannot shoot arrows to a hundred paces because of the barrier of the partition." Feng Ji smiled bitterly, the strategy of the partition was offered by him, but now he has a feeling of lifting a stone to hit his own feet.

Because of the partition, the archers can only shoot on the wall, although the projectile can make the archer's killing range larger, but the range will be reduced, and naturally there is no choice but to be a hundred steps away from the crossbow battalion soldiers.

"So what now? After three days of cultivation, not only did the morale not recover, but it was lower. Yuan Shao said angrily: "Is it possible to continue to cultivate? What I am afraid of is that if we cultivate for a few more days, I am afraid that our soldiers will completely collapse! There is no need to fight this battle again. ”

In the past three days, the total casualties of Zero Zero have almost reached 6,000, not only has he lost a general like Han Qiong, but the most important thing is that he has not even caught a single hair from the other party, and the casualties are secondary, and the most important thing is a blow to morale.

"Lord, it's not a way to drag on like this, the minister has a plan, or it can be of some use." Judge and bow.

"Oh?" When Yuan Shao heard this, his eyes lit up, and he looked at the judge and said, "What is the clever plan for Zhengnan, come quickly." ”

"Do you remember Li Zhi?" The judge smiled.

"Li Zhi? The general of the digging battalion? Yuan Shao frowned when he heard this, and then suddenly looked at the judge and said, "Zhengnan is talking about ......."

"This person is proficient in easy learning and good at digging tunnels, so he can be ordered to lead his digging battalion to dig tunnels and go deep into the enemy camp." The judge smiled.

"No." Feng Ji frowned when he heard this: "If it is excavated, what should be done with those soil and stones, with the court's keen intelligence, it will definitely find clues." ”

"But outside the enemy camp, build an earthen rampart that is higher than the opponent's wall, and the enemy's camp will be in full view, and you can shoot it with a bow and crossbow!" The judge smiled.

"That's a good plan!" Yuan Shao stroked his palms and smiled when he heard this: "According to what Zhengnan said, I will invite Li Zhi to come and dig the soil and stone as soon as possible, build the earth barrier, and tomorrow morning, I will definitely make the Son of Heaven look good!" ”

"Whoa!" The judge bowed down and agreed, and quickly retired.

That night, the soldiers of the Shen Crossbow Battalion sent by Liu Xie to continue to attack Yuan's camp were blocked back as soon as they came out of the camp, and after learning that Yuan Shao's army had touched the outside of the camp, Liu Xie was shocked and hurriedly led people to Yuanmen, but did not encounter the attack of Yuan's army.

"What the hell?" Standing on the gate, in the dark night, ten steps away, it was pitch black, he could only see a hundred steps away from the torches, but in the night, it was difficult to see what the other party was doing.

Confused, Liu Xie sent a battalion of men and horses to investigate, and soon after, he heard the sound of fighting outside the camp, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the men and horses who went to explore the camp had returned, and there was not even half of the men and horses left in the first battalion.

"Your Majesty, there are too many enemy troops, and there are Yuan soldiers and horses nearby." The captain hissed.

"Can you see what the other party is going to do?" Liu Xie frowned.

"I can see clearly, the other side is piling up the earth barriers." The lieutenant said abruptly.

"Earthen ramparts?" Liu Xie was slightly stunned when he heard this, then reacted and sneered: "Ha, the old routine, order the soldiers of each battalion to guard the camp to prevent the enemy from sneaking attack, and let the people from the Ministry of Military Industry come here, and the rest of the generals go to rest." ”

"Whoa!" Although he didn't quite understand what the other party was doing, since Liu Xie said that it was okay, there should be no problem, so they bowed down and left.

Guo Jia thought about it and did not leave, but followed Liu Xie back to the tent.

"What else is the matter with Bonghyo?" Liu Xie looked at Guo Jia puzzled.

"Your Majesty has insight into Yuan Jun's intentions?" Guo Jia didn't answer, but asked rhetorically: "Can you solve your doubts?" ”

"I don't know?" Liu Xie looked at Guo Jia suspiciously: "Piling up the earth barriers, it is natural to use the high ground to overlook the camp of our army, and defend it with bows and arrows, although the range of our archers is better than that of the other party, but it is not obvious, if it is condescending, it can suppress our archers, so I am ready to let the Ministry of Engineering make some changes to the trebuchet, increase the range, and blow up those earth barriers!" Yuan Shao's methods are naturally self-defeating. ”

When Guo Jia heard this, his brows furrowed even deeper: "The minister always feels that Yuan Shao is so fanfare, I'm afraid there are other schemes." ”

"Ming Xiu plank road darkness Chen Cang?" Hearing this, Liu Xie's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Yes, but I don't know what it is." Guo Jia nodded.

When Liu Xie heard this, he frowned and thought about it, but saw Xu Chu coming in outside the door and said, "Your Majesty, Wu Zhi, the master craftsman of the Ministry of Industry, asks to see you." ”

"Let him in." Liu Xie nodded.

Soon, Wu Zhi, a master craftsman with the army, came in, saw Liu Xie, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "See Your Majesty." ”

"Excuse me." Liu Xie waved his hand, looked at Wu Zhi and said, "You first order someone to make some trebuchets, the range should be about one hundred and fifty steps, try to be as accurate as possible." ”

"Whoa!" Wu Zhi hurriedly surrendered his hand, hesitated, but did not leave.

"What else?" Liu Xie turned his head, looked at Wu Zhi, who had never left, and frowned.

"Back to Your Majesty, the ministers have found some discoveries, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not." Wu Zhi bowed.

"Speak!" Liu Xie took a deep breath and suppressed the irritability in his heart.

"My Ministry of Industry has imitated the sage Zhang Heng's geodynamic instrument to make a simple version of the geodynamic instrument, in order to prevent disasters, the ministers and other troops brought one, although it is impossible to measure the direction, but it can also monitor the four directions of the leyline, but not long ago although nothing happened, but this geodynamic instrument has responded." Wu Zhi bowed.

"Yuan Jun was digging outside to build a fortification, probably because of this, the geokinetic instrument reacted......" Liu Xie finished speaking, and was suddenly stunned.

Wu Zhi didn't notice that Liu Xie's expression was wrong, and shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, this geodynamic instrument is buried deep underground, but the vibration of the surface cannot cause the reaction of the geokinetic instrument. ”

Liu Xie looked at Guo Jia, but saw that Guo Jia also looked over, and the eyes of the two collided in the air, and they could see the surprise in each other's eyes.

Liu Xie thought for a while, looked at Wu Zhi and said, "Wu Qing, with the ability of the Ministry of Industry, if you want to dig a tunnel one hundred and fifty steps outside the camp, how long will it take?" ”

When Wu Zhi heard this, he thought for a while and said: "Back to Your Majesty, if it is fully operational, it will take three days, after all, the excavation tunnel is actually only excavated by three or four people in front, even if it is non-stop day and night, the distance of one hundred and fifty steps will probably take a day, not to mention that if you want to dig into my military camp, it will take ten more steps." ”

"Good!" When Liu Xie heard this, he sneered: "In the past three days, in addition to the Ministry of Industry to build a catapult, I will allocate another thousand people to you to dig a ravine along the direction of the front wall, which does not need to be too wide, but deep enough, at least two zhang, and then order someone to divert water from the river to inject it!" ”

"Whoa!" Although Wu Zhi didn't understand what he meant, he still patted his chest and agreed, as long as there are enough people to do this kind of thing, there is no need for people from the Ministry of Industry to do it.

Guo Jia's heart moved, and he looked at Liu Xie and said: "The enemy army is a soil base, and I am afraid that the reality in the camp is easy to be detected by Yuan Jun." ”

When Liu Xie heard this, he nodded and smiled: "Then use the partition to make a dark grid behind the wall, it doesn't need to be too strong, as long as it can cover it, you can also widen the wall." ”

"Then I'll do it." Wu Zhi agreed, hurriedly got up and retreated, and began to arrange for people to build a dark grid first, widen the width of the wall, and at the same time block the enemy's sight.

Early the next morning, when the melodious sound of the horn broke the silence of dawn, outside the imperial court camp, Yuan Jun had already erected five earthen ramparts as high as more than two zhang, separated by a distance of one hundred and fifty steps, Yuan Shao, accompanied by several generals, stood on top of the earthen ramparts, looking down on the Han army camp.

Looking at the extra platform behind the other wall, Yuan Shao said in high spirits: "No wonder the Han army camp is always so difficult to break, the width of this walled wall has caught up with the ordinary city wall." ”

Tian Feng, Fu Zhu and others around him looked at the layout of the Han army camp, and said in surprise: "The layout of the Han army camp is also quite exquisite, secretly combining the gossip of the Nine Palaces, and the art of Qimen Dunjia, if ordinary generals don't understand mathematics, they will kill it, and it is easy to lose their way." ”

Fu Zhu looked at Yuan Shao with a smile and said: "Lord, if our army can break through the Yuanmen, when a higher platform is built, it can not only overlook the entire camp of the Han army, but also facilitate command." ”

"Reasonable." Yuan Shao felt that he would win the other party this time, and nodded with a smile: "Let Li Zhi do it, and it must be done before our army breaks the camp, Zhang He, immediately order the archers to shoot the enemy soldiers in the camp for me!" ”

In the past three days, he has been pressed and beaten by the crossbow battalion, not only Yuan Shao, but all Yuan Jun has a wave of anger in his heart, and he can finally raise his eyebrows at this moment, Zhang He is not polite when he hears this, although there are only five high platforms, but he can already start attacking, and then he ordered people to take turns to walk on the high platform and began to fire arrows at the Han army camp.