"General, Xiahou Yuan has fled!" Cao's camp has been painted into a ruin, in the case of enough distance, the crossbow with far beyond the range of ordinary bows and arrows is almost invincible on the battlefield, but unfortunately, Xiahou Yuan found that the camp was broken, and when he was powerless, he rushed into the woods very decisively and got rid of the pursuers, but the 40,000 troops brought by Xiahou Yuan this time were more than half of the casualties. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"How about our army's battle losses?" Zhang Liao's face was a little ugly, although he won this battle, the strange rushing car pushed out by the other party still broke through their defense line, and if Yecheng was not captured, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"More than 5,000 brothers were killed." Ma Tie's face is also not good-looking, these soldiers who died were basically killed in the previous short-range battles, especially after Xiahou Yuan captured a lot of crossbows, if it weren't for Ma Qiu and Lu Xiong to cut off his back road, so that Xiahou Yuan led the army to break through, the final loss may be even greater.

5,000 casualties were exchanged for nearly 30,000 casualties of Cao's army, and Cao Cao's main force in Jizhou was almost disabled, but Zhang Liao was not satisfied with this result, you must know that Lu Bu is now implementing a policy of elite soldiers, ruling nearly 10 million people, but the regular army is less than 200,000, and their soldiers are all piled up with money, to put it mildly, as long as the terrain allows, these 5,000 people are enough to destroy Xiahou Yuan's 40,000 people with strong bows and crossbows in the case of occupying favorable terrain, From the very beginning, Zhang Liao wanted to completely destroy Xiahou Yuan's troops and horses, rather than defeat them.

"Alright, this battle is won after all!" Zhang Liao breathed a sigh of relief: "As for the battle damage, I will ask the lord for the guilt, I am still too careless in this battle, where are Zilong and Meng Qi now?" ”

"We have crossed the east of the river and are outflanking the enemy's rear road along the Yellow River." Ma Tie bowed.

"It's a pity, if there are a few more days, you can completely force the Jizhou Cao army to retreat in one fell swoop." Zhang Liao shook his head with some regret, the matter has come to this, Xiahou Yuan has already run away, and it is impossible to fight again, for the sake of today's plan, the Cao army in Jizhou must be left, Xiahou Yuan has taken away a lot of crossbows, although these crossbows are outdated products that Lu Bu's main group has retreated, and now the hussar battalion around Lu Bu has used a repeater that can fire five times in a row, and the range is also comparable to a two-stone rhubarb crossbow, reaching a distance of two hundred and eighty steps, these new products are being promoted to the whole army, Zhang Liao also has a few here, But at the moment, the mainstream is still three-shot repeaters, and if Cao Cao's side appears in large quantities, it will not be a good thing for Lu Bu.

In fact, Zhang Liao was too worried, although Cao Cao's current industrial level was second only to Lu Bu among the princes, but whether it was productivity or R&D costs, it was impossible for Lu Bu to promote it to the whole army like this, at least even if it was imitated in a short period of time, at most a few elite corps would be built.

"Ma Tie obeys orders!" Zhang Liao said in a deep voice.

"Whoa!" Ma Tie took a step forward and bowed.

"The main force of Jizhou has been defeated by our army, you take your headquarters to advance south along the Bohai Sea, and the main force of our army will attack Qinghe from Yecheng, if there is no accident, we will meet Zilong and Meng Qi in Qinghe in Qinghe."

Although Cao Cao transferred Yu Ban and Zang Ba to the north, Zhang Liao did not think that these two people plus Xiahou Yuan's remnants of the defeated army could stop his main force in Jizhou and Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, not to mention that Ganning's Henghai division had begun to block the river, even if Cao Cao wanted to rescue, he was afraid that he would be powerless in the face of Ganning's navy.

"Whoa!" Ma Tie excitedly clenched his fists and agreed, this was the first time he had led an army alone.

"General, we captured a large number of craftsmen in the Cao camp, and we also found this person, who seems to be a high-ranking official of the Cao army!" A lieutenant escorted a group of people over, but Lu Bu clearly stipulated that if he encountered a craftsman on the battlefield, he must not be killed, and he must be taken as prisoner as possible.

"Oh?" When Zhang Liao heard this, he turned his head to look over, and saw Liu Ye being escorted up by two soldiers, although he was a little embarrassed, but his face was faintly calm.

"Can this gentleman tell me the name?" Zhang Liao waved his hand, and ordered the two soldiers to retreat, a literati couldn't make any waves in front of him, for these cultural people, whether it was Lu Bu or the generals under his command, they all maintained etiquette respect, because they did have a role in the inheritance of culture, of course, if you pay attention, Lu Bu pays more attention to the craftsmen, merchants, and farmers who can really create wealth for the country, as for the family responsible for distributing wealth...... I'm sorry, the family can exist, but it is enough to distribute wealth with Lu Bu or the government, so I won't ask you for help, whoever dares to reach out to this aspect, Lu Bu will chop off their claws as soon as possible.

"Liu Ye, I've seen the general." Liu Ye straightened his clothes and said slightly.

"Liu Ye?" Zhang Liao thought about it when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be a member of the Han family, and it was disrespectful." ”

"The general actually knows that he is below?" Liu Ye was a little surprised, his position under Cao Cao was embarrassing, and his reputation was not loud.

"My father-in-law has always paid attention to talents, and in the hands of my father-in-law, there is a list of talents in the world, which may not be complete, but Mr. Ziyang is on the first page." Zhang Liao smiled.

Thinking of the previous terrifying assassination that spread under Cao Cao's command, Liu Ye nodded silently, he was not too disgusted with Lu Bu, after all, strictly speaking, Lu Bu married Liu Yun, and he can be regarded as a relative of the emperor, as for the family...... Liu Ye actually agrees with many of Lu Bu's practices.

"Since it is Mr. Ziyang, how to deal with it cannot be decided, if Mr. Ziyang is willing, the general will send someone to escort Mr. Ziyang to Luoyang, and the lord will decide." Zhang Liao arched his hand.

"Do I have a choice?" Liu Ye shook his head and said bitterly.

Zhang Liao didn't answer, waved his hand, and asked people to take Liu Ye down, and then he would arrange for someone to escort Liu Ye to Chang'an.

Under the same sky, Wu'an has been spread by the flames of war, cold arrow clusters like flying locusts over and over again across the sky and landed on the city wall, even with the protection of the shield still from time to time there are cold arrow clusters that break through the shield defense, from time to time someone falls to the ground, blood has gathered on the aisle of the city wall, making the ground muddy.

"Boom~"

Again and again, the rambling carts slammed into the gates, and the fortified walls trembled.

"Rolling logs, stones, throw them down for me!" Zang Ba frantically swept away the cluster of arrows he was shooting, and kicked a warrior who was cowering in the corner with a shield on his head, roaring angrily.

"General, we can't stop it, let's withdraw!" A junior colonel rushed up and pleaded with Zang Ba.

"Can't be withdrawn!" Zang Ba's eyes were a little red, and he almost killed the little colonel with one shot, who would have thought that this sudden army of soldiers and horses would be so terrifying, the cavalry attacked the city, and it was also attacking a city with 10,000 soldiers and horses, how ridiculous, but the bloody fact was in front of him, the other party didn't even get off the horse, but just used the strong bow and crossbow in his hand to completely suppress a section of the city wall, so that Zang Ba had no choice.

Several soldiers picked up the rolling log and threw it under the city wall, not seeing where the other party was, but in an instant, each of the soldiers who were on the front was pierced by at least a dozen arrows.

"Damn it!" Zang Ba's eyes were a little red, in his career, it was the first time to fight such an aggrieved battle, even when he was in Xuzhou, when facing Lu Bu, Zang Ba had never been so embarrassed, and now, in the face of a general under Lu Bu, he was so aggrieved.

"Boom~" was another series of crashing sounds, at least three rushing city vehicles hit the city gate at the same time, and the defenders at the head of the city could even hear the city gate beginning to crack and make a screeching sound.

"Put my shield up and the archers fight back!" Zang Ba once again tried to suppress his opponent with a bow and arrow.

Dozens of shields gathered in front of him, the archers once again full of bowstrings, adjusted the angle to the maximum, and shot out the arrow clusters in their hands, but unfortunately, the arrow clusters that broke through the air lost their strength at a distance of nearly twenty steps from the other party, and fell down weakly, once again proving that they had no way to take the other party except to be beaten passively, although it was impossible for the cavalry to ride a war horse to rush to the city wall, but the terrifying crossbow in their hands completely exploded the opponent in the range, for Zang Ba, this is a sad story, No matter how handsome he was, when the attack distance was inferior to that of his opponent, he could only watch in vain as the bows and arrows shot by his army fell weakly in front of the opposing camp, as if he was silently mocking his own ridiculousness.

"Send some more men down and block the gates for me!" Although angry, reason told Zang Ba that the city wall could not be defended, as for going out of the city to meet the other party, Zang Ba did not think about it, he had not been carried away by anger, it was no different from looking for death, maybe the next street battle could use the advantage of the terrain to save the defeat.

"Bang Bang Bang~"

The shield shattered under the continuous blows, and the body of a soldier was pierced, and the enemy, both in terms of the power of the crossbow arrows and the use of these weapons, was obviously trained to maximize the power of the crossbow arrows in their hands in terms of accuracy and the interval between each arrow, and the defenders at the head of the city were once again suppressed.

"General, if you continue to fight like this, the city gate has not been broken, and our brother is afraid that he will be defeated!" The adjutant general looked at Zang Ba and said sadly, he even suspected that the general named Ma Chao on the opposite side was definitely deliberately slowing down the speed of breaking the city.

"Hold on!" Zang Ba said expressionlessly, the city gate is not broken, if the soldiers and horses on the city wall are withdrawn, then they will become blind and must be resisted, but leaving so many people on the city wall will not help except to be beaten, Zang Ba suddenly looked at the deputy general: "Zong Yuan, you take half of the men and horses down to the city, arrange defenses, and prepare for street fighting!" ”

Although I don't want to admit it, I'm afraid the city gate can't be guarded!

"Whoa!" Zong Yuan agreed, and began to retreat with men and horses with shields, and the city wall, which was already filled with bloody aura, suddenly became a lot empty. (To be continued.) )