Although the first battle was lost one after another, Liu Bei was not worried in his heart, it turned out that these measures that Zhuge Liang made before sending troops could indeed minimize the advantage of Lu Bu's strong bow and crossbow, at least today's siege, so that Liu Bei could see a glimmer of hope, Lu Bu is not as invincible as imagined, as long as he finds the right way, it is still possible to defeat Lu Bu. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Compared with Liu Bei, Cao Cao's side is much more miserable, Gao Shun quickly understood Cao Cao's intentions, the three thousand broken crossbows were placed on the city wall, Gao Shun led the troops out of the city every day, and did not continue to touch hard, but with a single crossbow to take advantage of the range, as long as Cao Cao where there was an air attack, he led people to rush up to suppress with an arrow array, put a fire, and when Cao Cao waved his troops to support, Gao Shun did not engage at all, and retreated directly with people.

Cao Cao gathered a group of strategists under his command, and he didn't think of a good way, Gao Shun was very vigilant, even if they threw out the bait, they would never go deeper, and they would leave as soon as they hit, so that Cao Cao would not chase it, and if it was not chased, if it was not pursued, if there was no shield car, in the face of Gao Shun's long-range and penetrating single-shot crossbow, there was no way, but if the shield car was not used, the ordinary shield could not block the penetration of the single-shot crossbow at all, and Gao Shun would directly stop running away, and sweep in turn.

Cao Cao hated itchy, but there was no way, he could only urge the soldiers to step up the defense, and the thick wooden walls were erected, and finally Gao Shun's arrogance was gradually contained, but the price paid was extremely heavy, this has not officially begun to attack the city, it took nearly half a month to set up camp alone, and the casualties were nearly 30,000, if it were not for Gao Shun's unwillingness to take risks, the casualties would be higher, and Gao Shun's side, not to mention the war deaths, the wounded were very few.

Cao Cao joined the imperial army since the Zhongping period to start the war, these years, the southern and northern wars, is defeated, and there is no defeat so miserable, the heart is itchy with hatred, but there is nothing to be done, fortunately the tiger prison is sealed, but the morale of the Cao army is low, as a last resort, Cao Cao had to temporarily truce and rectify morale.

"Lord, I heard that Liu Jingzhou got a kind of wood beast over there, which is quite convenient for the project, and our army may be able to give it a try!" In the camp of the Cao army, Xun You asked people to push a wooden beast in, which was given to them by Liu Bei.

"Oh?" Cao Cao stepped forward, looking at the wooden shell in front of him, the top is like the back of a turtle, under the turtle's back, there are four wooden sticks supporting the wooden shell, and the wooden wheel is also installed at the bottom of the wooden stick, which can reduce the burden of marching, and at the same time there is a crossbow machine in the wooden shell, which is the earliest crossbow used to deal with the cavalry in Guanzhong, leading to the front through a square opening, and below the crossbow machine, it is a wooden stake, which runs through the entire wooden shell, and the front is sharpened, although it is not sharp, but it should be used to hit the door, and it does not need to be too sharp.

"It's similar to our army's shield car." Cao Cao looked at this wooden beast and exclaimed, "Under this wooden beast, it can accommodate at least ten people, right?" ”

"I think it's more practical than our army's shield cart." Xun You shook his head and said, after all, the main function of the shield car is defense, and it has no attack power, and there is no way to rush the city gate: "This thing is specially used to impact the city gate." ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this: "How is the war on Liu Bei's side?" ”

"It's not going well." Shaking his head: "Although there is no strong crossbow that can shoot six hundred steps, the defenders of Yique Pass are the most elite infantry battalion under Lu Bu, even if they do not have the advantage of a strong bow and crossbow, Liu Beijun does not have any advantage." ”

"The most elite?" Cao Cao raised his eyebrows, if the Shooting Battalion is the most elite, then what is Gao Shun here?

"The lord is angry, although Gao Shun's trapped camp is elite, but the number is not large, the shooting battalion has 20,000 establishments, and Gao Shun's trapped camp elite is only 800, even if you count the reserves, it is only 3,000." As if seeing Cao Cao's dissatisfaction, Xun You smiled.

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart, shook his head and sighed: "Under Lu Bu, how strong and brave are you?" ”

Sometimes, Cao Cao is really envious of Lu Bu, although the initial steps are difficult, but from the time he laid a solid foundation step by step, the combat effectiveness of the northwest land that was not favored by the princes of the world in the past is really terrifying, the later it is, the smoother Lu Bu's road is, on the other hand, Cao Cao and others, although because of the support of the family, the initial development is rapid, but in the later stage, it is everywhere restricted, many times, it is to implement a decree, to weigh the pros and cons, far from the current Lu Bu, the decree, It can be spread all over the country in a very short period of time, and it can be implemented quickly and effectively, and the efficiency is not only twice that of the princes of the Central Plains?

"Lord, if our army wants to break through the Tiger Prison at the moment, I am afraid that it will pay a lot of price, and the minister is worried that even if the Tiger Prison is broken, our army may not have the strength to enter Luoyang west!" Xun You said worriedly.

When Cao Cao heard this, after pondering for a while, he said firmly: "If you can't go west, you can't go west, but the tiger prison must be broken, Liu Bei's army is now blocked in Yique Pass, and you can't advance an inch, Xichuan and Jiangdong can't rely on it, if this battle doesn't achieve any results, I'm afraid it will become the laughing stock of the world!" ”

Up to now, Cao Cao has no expectations for breaking through Luoyang, but he needs a victory to boost his prestige, especially after the appearance of Wang Yin, Cao Cao needs a victory to deter the princes of the world and consolidate his political position, and it is also used to boost the morale of the army and tell the world that Lu Bu is actually not invincible, and he will do whatever it takes!

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The next day, Cao Cao began to launch a fierce attack on the Tiger Prison Pass, different from Liu Bei's unrelenting temptation, after Gao Shun's continuous attack for half a month, whether it was Cao Cao or his generals, they all held their breath in their chests, this time there was no warm-up, and they directly launched a desperate offensive.

Not only shield carts and bed crossbows, but ordinary soldiers also followed the ballista and wooden beasts with shields on their backs, although they couldn't stop the sharp single-shot crossbows, but the lethal crossbows in the city defense battle could be blocked, although the single-shot crossbows were powerful, but after all, the number was limited, and the loading was not as easy as the crossbows.

Looking at it from the Tiger Prison Pass, there are dense Cao Jun in his eyes, as if he wants to use the sea of people to collapse this Xiongguan in the world.

In the face of Cao Jun's lifeless style of play, no matter how many tactics are nonsense, the arrow array is constrained by the city wall, and can no longer be as raging and covered as before, so it can only rely on single-shot crossbows, repeating crossbows and platoon crossbows to cover the Cao army, but that's the case, Cao Jun also touched the city wall after paying the price of tens of thousands of casualties.

This has to be thanked to Lu Bu, if it was ten years ago, such a large casualty, the army has already begun to rout, but Lu Bu's concept of elite soldiers strengthens his own army, and also affects other princes, in this regard, Cao Cao has the tightest grasp of the construction of the army's will, regardless of combat effectiveness, just in terms of the will to fight, if it was placed ten years ago, if Cao Cao had 300,000 such a determined army, he could definitely sweep the world, but unfortunately, the times have changed, and today, such an army, in the face of Guanzhong, can only be reduced to cannon fodder.

"The crossbowmen step back, the sword and shield hands step forward, and the archers shoot with their bows and arrows!" In the face of the frenzied attack of the Cao army, Gao Shun methodically commanded the soldiers on the city wall to fight, and let the broken army crossbow move into the pass, set up a formation in the pass, and shot the sword and crossbow out of the city through the city wall, leaving 12,000 people to take turns to pull the crossbow, keeping the broken army crossbow able to form a continuous blow to the Cao army.

Cao's army was indeed brave, but Lü Bu's army was the most elite of the best, not only physically strong, but also proficient in all kinds of battles.

A general of the Cao army had just emerged from the city wall, and before he could make a move, the sword and shield hand standing in front of him did not make any other movements, but just moved the big shield in his hand forward, and the general of the Cao army screamed and fell from the city wall, falling from the three-zhang high city wall, directly falling to pieces, and crushing two companions to death.

The single-shot crossbow has stopped shooting, in order to deal with the inconvenience of the military formation when fighting on the city wall, Lu Bu has already had corresponding tactics in the army, a sword and shield hand with two spearmen and a crossbowman, a team of four, if the sword and shield hand and the opponent are deadlocked, the spearman will use the spear to assist the sword and shield hand to push the enemy down, although the single shot crossbow can not shoot through the shield car, the wooden armor of the wooden beast, but the enemy is impossible to rush the wooden beast to the city wall, even if the shield soldier rushes up, The crossbow arrows of a single shot are also enough to shoot through the opponent's shield along with the opponent's body.

On the entire city wall, in addition to the crossbowmen in the back row, it was quickly divided into hundreds of such small phalanxes, although the battle was fierce, but the Guanzhong army on the city wall was running in an orderly manner.

A Cao Jun alert, saw the shield that hit him head-on, grabbed the shield, and pulled it back with the strength of the other party, the shield hand was overwhelmed, and was pulled out of the city wall with a roar, the two fell down from the city wall in a ball, and Cao Jun, who came up closely, was directly pierced by two spears, but before they could withdraw the spear, a Cao Jun rushed up, grabbed a spear, and pounced with the help of the tiger's roar, and the machete in his hand directly cut off the opponent's head, but the center of the eyebrows was shot through by a crossbow arrow.

In the rear, a sword and shield hand and spearman quickly rushed up to fill the vacant position before, such a scene continued to be staged in every part of the city wall, Cao Jun at any cost of the death impact, although it can be seen that the other party is limiting their own crossbow arrows, unwilling to give up easily, but even if you can see it, Gao Shun has no way, the tiger prison must not be lost, he can only fight with the enemy, fortunately, Gao Shun's men have sufficient troops, but if it continues to be consumed like this, it must be him who will be the first to shoot, Cao Cao also saw this, At any cost, with this almost life-for-life style of play, the advantage of the crossbow arrows of the Guanzhong army was greatly reduced under the opponent's lifeless fighting style, and the effect was more effective than Liu Bei's unrelenting temptation.

The tragic battle has been fought from morning to nightfall, the corpses under the tiger prison have been piled up into mountains, and the city walls have been bleeding like rivers, when the sound of Cao Jun's gold sounded, Gao Shuncai finally breathed a sigh of relief, even if the Guanzhong army was well-trained, but under this kind of high-intensity combat, it would eventually be tired. (To be continued.) )