Cai Mao's face became a little pale, especially when he saw that there were fifty Luoyang soldiers who began to pull the winch, and in the piercing crunch, three ballistas lined up four hundred steps outside the camp, the spear-like giant arrows continued to retreat and accumulate strength with the rotation of the winch, and an indescribable depression shrouded the hearts of everyone in the camp, and some people began to subconsciously dodge, and people instinctively had fear of the unknown. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Cai Mao moved her lips, and was about to order the soldiers and horses to go out of the city and destroy them before the other party could exert their might.

"Don't mess with yourself!" Kuai Yue saw Cai Mao's panicked look, and hurriedly shouted in a deep voice: "The power of this thing is not yet known, and there are only thirty-three crossbow arrows in total, even if the power is fought again, it is impossible to cause too many casualties, if you send troops to meet the enemy at this time, I am afraid that it is in the hands of Gao Shun, you look at the other party's cavalry!" ”

Hearing this, Cai Mao hurriedly looked to the sides, but saw Ma Chao's cavalry cruising on the side, eyeing the direction of the big camp.

His face gradually turned cold, and Cai Mao gritted his teeth and said, "It's just that that strange crossbow is really unsettling!" ”

"Now there is no other way but to order the soldiers to stand back." Kuai Yue shook his head and said, the giant crossbow is too far away from the camp, whether it is a catapult or a bow and arrow, it can't reach it, and now it can only be passively defended, as he said, there are only thirty-three crossbow arrows in total, even if it can shoot four hundred steps away, how much power can it have?

Cai Mao nodded, time, in this oppressive and dull atmosphere passed little by little, this time to launch, it took nearly half an hour to complete the crossbow arrow, such a slow speed, but also Cai Mao and Kuai Yue secretly relieved, even if a day of continuous shooting, at most twenty-four thorns, there is not much threat.

"General, the arrows are ready, do you want to launch them?" A young man came to Gao Shun's side and bowed his hand.

"Well, launch!" Gao Shun nodded, he also wanted to see if the thing researched by the Ministry of Engineering was as powerful as it said.

"Crunch~"

With the waving of the captain's flag, under the gaze of thousands of eyes, the soldier in charge of the operation released the winch, and the dull sound was accompanied by a muffled sound.

"Hum~"

Heaven and Earth were filled with a huge hum in an instant, and thirty-three giant arrows almost instantly crossed a distance of four hundred paces and slammed into the wooden wall of the Jingzhou military camp.

"Click~"

With a series of cracking sounds, a palm-thick wooden wall was pierced almost instantaneously.

"Puff puff puff~"

"Uh~"

In the sound of a series of sharp weapons tearing apart the body, the entire military camp seemed to be ploughed by pears, and dozens of Jingzhou soldiers didn't even have a chance to react, their bodies were torn, and some could still be intact, but many people's bodies were directly torn off by a huge force, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, who were standing on Diao Dou, only felt that the Diao Dou under their feet shook violently a few times, and when they looked down, they gasped at the same time, and a large area in the camp was shrouded in blood mist.

In the mist of blood, one after another screams could be heard, but at this moment, at least, two hundred warriors were swallowed up without resistance under the giant crossbow.

Two hundred soldiers are naturally a drop in the bucket for the 80,000 Jingzhou army, but the shock caused directly shattered the morale of the Jingzhou army.

Outside the Jingzhou camp, Wei Yan rode out of the horse, hovered in front of the camp, and said loudly: "Cai Mao dog thief, listen to me, you have invaded my territory for no reason, my lord hussar general is already angry, you can wait for three days, let me get out of Luoyang, otherwise, after three days, it will be the time for you to die!" ”

Wei Yan looked at the Jingzhou military camp that was in chaos, and regardless of whether the other party answered or not, he said this three times outside the camp before returning to the camp.

Gao Shun did not continue the attack, but ordered the army to return to Luoyang with a giant crossbow.

"It was a great opportunity just now, why did you withdraw your troops?" Back in the camp, Lu Lingqi asked with some puzzlement.

"Although the Jingzhou army fell into a short period of chaos, if it attacked at this time, it would definitely arouse their hatred for the same enemy." Pang Tong smiled: "But if you wait for three days, the effect will be different." ”

"What's the difference?" Lu Lingqi wondered.

"Although our giant crossbow is powerful, it is extremely troublesome to add arrow clusters, in the big battle, the effect is actually not as terrifying as it seems, it takes half an hour before and after, if the other party has the heart, he will rush up desperately to destroy it." Pang Tong said with a smile.

"Afraid he won't make it?" Lu Lingqi snorted coldly.

"It's not that I'm afraid, it's that it's not necessary." Pang Tong looked at Gao Shun and said: "The art of war is cloudy, the heart is the first, what we have to do is to surrender the soldiers without a fight, so we must amplify this fear and fear enough, now we retreat, that is, to tell them, it's not that we can't beat them, but we don't want to fight, so that their hearts relax at the same time, the fear will continue to expand, three days later, even if they don't retreat, when our army attacks again, first deter with this giant crossbow, lose its courage, and then wave the troops to attack, the enemy will inevitably lose courage, and our army can break it in a battle!" ”

"When did you learn to be as cunning as an old fox, you ugly ghost!" Lu Lingqi sighed.

"Don't be rude!" Gao Shun frowned and said in a deep voice.

"Yes." Lu Lingqi glared fiercely at Pang Tong's eyes with a smug face, and stood beside Zhao Yun.

"It's up to the gentleman." Gao Shun looked at Pang Tong with a smile and said: "The generals are preparing for war, and in three days, first break Cai Mao, and then break Mengjin!" ”

"Whoa!" Wei Yan and Ma Chaozhong bowed down and agreed, and left separately.

At the same time, Cai Mao's camp, looking at the hole on the wooden wall that was blasted out by giant arrows, even if the enemy army has retreated, it still makes Cai Mao and Kuai Yue feel cold on their backs, even if the catapult is smashed down, it is at this level, especially after the crossbow arrow pierced the wooden wall, it also shot through the bodies of many soldiers, after the battle, carefully counted, the casualties caused by that round of attacks, there were nearly five hundred, of course, it was also due to the fact that the army was too dense in the battalion.

"If you can't destroy those three monster crossbows, don't fight this battle!" After a long time, Cai Mao stood up and shook her head with a wry smile.

Wreck? How easy is it to say?

Kuai Yue sighed: "Retire." ”

"Impossible!" Cai Mao shook his head categorically and said: "Yidu should know that if this battle cannot be won, when Lu Bu recovers his vitality in the future, if he goes south to Jingxiang, how can our army defend it?" ”

"But if you don't retreat at this time, how will the general prepare to resist Gao Shun in three days?" Kuai Yue frowned and said, now the advantage in numbers is no longer enough to make up for the lack of morale, if Gao Shun's army comes to attack three days later, it only needs a round of crossbows, no matter how many soldiers have no morale, it is just a group of rabble, how can they stop Gao Shun's tiger and wolf army?

"Since you can't defend it, then strike first!" Cai Mao said fiercely: "That strange crossbow is troublesome to load, I will wait until I get out of the city, first find an opportunity to fight with Ma Chao, as long as I can defeat the cavalry, it will be much easier to attack the city." ”

Kuai Yue frowned secretly in his heart when he heard this, now Cai Mao has obviously been confused by Gao Shun with a round of strong crossbows, how can Ma Chao be so easy to deal with? Moreover, in Luoyang City, Gao Shun will never let his own side destroy Ma Chao, he will definitely go out of the city to attack, and it will turn into a decisive battle at that time.

It's just that if you want to fight now, I'm afraid you can only fight a decisive battle, with the power of the strange crossbow in Lu Bu's army, it is no longer enough to continue to hold on to the opponent's giant crossbow, you can only find an opportunity to fight a decisive battle, at least there is a glimmer of life, if you can destroy Ma Chao's cavalry, it is the best, even if you can't, you can also make the opponent's vitality greatly damaged.

Thinking of this, Kuai Yue's original idea of persuading him also stopped, it is better than leaving directly, if he is scared back by the other party like this, even if Liu Xuande does not make meritorious contributions in this battle, Liu Biao will probably start to divide the military power.

It is obviously unrealistic to fight immediately, the morale of the army has plummeted, and now fighting is simply looking for death, Cai Mao obviously understands this truth, and now settle the soldiers to rest.

Before the third day, when the enemy is lax, he will suddenly attack, or he may be taken by surprise and take the enemy by surprise.

Cai Mao thought so, the next two days, when the door was closed, to boost morale, to the third day at noon, will gather the soldiers, after an impassioned speech, 80,000 troops, mighty out of the barracks.

"General Qiyu, Cai Mao's three armies went out together and headed towards General Ma Chao's camp." A scout Pegasus galloped to the Taishou Mansion and said in a deep voice.

"Mr. is clever, Gao Shun admires it." Gao Shun turned his head to look at Pang Tong and smiled.

"Don't dare to be, haha, don't dare to be!" Pang Tong said modestly, but a pair of noses raised to the sky, looked out of the door and laughed: "General Ma Chao, prepare, when the enemy retreats, he will kill them fiercely!" ”

The person under the tent came out, who was it not Ma Chao, and arched his hand towards Gao Shun and said: "The last general will take the order!" ”

"Zhao Yun, Gan Ning!" Gao Shun said in a deep voice.

Zhao Yun and Gan Ning hurriedly stepped forward and arched their hands: "The end will be!" ”

"Although the two of you have not yet been appointed by the lord, since you are willing to join our army, today I will order you two to each lead a soldier and horse, and when Cai Mao's army is frustrated, kill out of the city, and work with Wei Yan's army in the military camp to kill Cai Mao back." Gao Shun said in a deep voice: "You can't leave your hands behind in this battle. ”

"Whoa!" A look of shame flashed on Zhao Yun's face, and together with Gan Ning, he bowed down and agreed, turned around and walked away.

"General, what about me?" Seeing that everyone was dispatched, but he was the only one who was left behind, he couldn't wait to ask: "The lord asked me to capture a few Jingzhou generals alive." ”

"You follow me to attack Mengjin, as long as you take Mengjin, the Jingzhou army will be like a turtle in an urn, you can catch whoever you want!" Gao Shun said in a deep voice.

"The last general commands!" (To be continued.) )