The Han army only used trebuchets to carry out a long-range attack on Wucheng, and did not launch an attack on Wucheng, and Lu Kuang, who was defending the city, did not dare to act rashly because he couldn't figure out the reality of the Han army, but just cowered in the city and did not come out.

After dawn, the Han army's stone-throwing attacks stopped, and the head of Wucheng was in disarray, and even the city was scattered with a lot of rubble. Lu Kuang stood at the head of the city and looked into the distance, but there was no one in sight, and the Han army really came and went quickly. Lu Kuang didn't dare to take it lightly, quietly opened the city gate, and sent three detectives to the south to investigate.

There were twenty of them each, and they were all fast horses. At a normal pace, it would not take much time to patrol twenty miles south. However, Lu Kuang waited until noon, and did not see a single cavalry return. Lu Kuang knew that these people he sent out must have been poisoned, and he didn't dare to transfer troops out of the city again, so he had to repair the city wall while sending people to report to Yuan Shao.

These sixty Yuan cavalry did fall into the ambush of the Han army. They left Wucheng and went south in three ways, walked for more than ten miles, and fell into the encirclement of a group of infantry. This group of Han infantry did not form a phalanx, but scattered around it, and with the impact of cavalry, it would have been easy to break through such a loose encirclement. However, the infantry suddenly threw out some black clay pots, which fell to the ground around them and shattered. As they rode past them, they suddenly lost their horses. Then, the infantry swarmed up and killed those who resisted, and the remaining forty or so were taken prisoner.

These Yuan army scouts were escorted and walked more than twenty miles south to a small hillside. There are many plains in Jizhou, in fact, it is not even a hill here, it can only be said to be a small dirt slope, but it is already a rare highland. However, the slopes of this highland are gentle, and the horses can still rush to the top of the slope without difficulty. The dirt slope is so low that when you are only halfway up the slope, you can see the flags waving on the other side of the slope, and many soldiers have taken off their clothes and armor and are working hard to dig trenches and build fortifications with their upper bodies.

Last night, eighty trebuchets bombarded Wucheng, but it was indeed a feint. Except for the trebuchet operator and transporters, there were not even vigilant troops around. In fact, the Han army was already piled up with firewood and grass around the trebuchet, and as soon as the Yuan army left the city, they would set fire to the trebuchet and then flee, in short, such sophisticated weapons could not fall into the hands of the enemy.

At the same time as launching a feint attack by throwing stones, the main force of more than 40,000 Han troops rushed to repair their defensive positions forty or fifty miles south of Wucheng overnight.

Because there will be troops passing through here every three or five times, the people are afraid of being harassed, they have left their homes, the fields are deserted, even if the Han army is willing to pay, they can not recruit people, and the defensive positions are all built by the Han army itself. Many people and many forces, those few Yuan prisoners of war were soon forced to join the labor team. In fact, if it weren't for the lack of labor, the Han army would not have bothered to capture them alive at all.

The defensive position was built from fifty miles south of Wucheng, gradually in the direction of Wucheng, and from last night to this evening, the depth has expanded to nearly twenty miles, and the Han army that built the position still shows no signs of stopping. When did the more than 40 captives of the Yuan army suffer this hardship, they were tired and half dead after working for half a day, clamoring to rest, but they were answered with a whip.

The Han army here was very aware of their mission, they were to stop the Yuan army returning from Liyang to aid Yecheng. The Yuan army stationed in Liyang had 500,000 people, and 100,000 Wuheng cavalry to help. The soldiers of the Han army knew very well in their hearts how difficult it would be for them to complete this task. Therefore, no one dares to be lazy, both in order to be able to successfully complete the task, and also to be able to persevere until the moment of final victory.

According to Shi Jian and Wang Wei's original plan, it was best to build this defensive position twenty miles away from Wucheng, so that it could not only block the Yuan army from the north of Liyang, but also prevent the Yuan army from Wucheng and Yecheng from moving south to respond. However, time waited for no one, and the soldiers who remained in the forefront had already discovered a large cloud of smoke and dust in the distance, and there was a muffled sound from the clay jar buried in the trench, this was a cavalry unit, a huge cavalry force.

The enemy situation is the order. After receiving the signal from the outpost troops, except for 5,000 soldiers who continued to build defensive positions and 5,000 soldiers who set up an ambush twenty miles south of Wucheng, the rest of the soldiers quickly entered their combat positions.

The Wuheng cavalry came quickly, and the command of the Bunton was rough and simple, and the 100,000 troops rushed towards Yecheng in one go, regardless of the forward and the middle army. The Jizhou Plain is boundless, which is suitable for cavalry galloping. Suddenly, the cavalry that rushed to the front stumbled without warning, and they stepped into the "mine array" laid by the Han army.

The Wuheng clan was able to deal with the Xianbei people with a small grassland, in addition to the support behind Yuan Shao, their fearless character also played a great role. Facing the fallen compatriots in front, the cavalry behind rode past them almost without thinking. After paying a huge number of casualties, they finally waded through this "minefield".

Shi Jian put down the clairvoyant mirror and made a gesture behind him, and the soldiers immediately lit the firework canister prepared in advance, and ten beautiful yellow fireworks bloomed in the air one after another. This is a signal that has been agreed for a long time, a firework represents 10,000 enemies, yellow represents the opponent's cavalry, green represents the opponent's infantry, and if it is a red firework, it means that the enemy is too strong and they are about to be unable to withstand it.

The fireworks fly high, and the sun has just set and can be seen clearly from a long distance. Yuan Shao, who was not worried about the situation in Wucheng, was standing at the head of Yecheng City at this time, and as soon as he raised his head, he saw a few points of yellow light flashing in the southern sky, and couldn't help but groan: "What a strange celestial phenomenon, I don't know what it represents?" ”

Feng Ji followed closely beside him, pretending to stroke the short beard under his chin, shook his head and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the lord, those meteors should be in the south, within a few days, Liu Xin will definitely lose a few generals, the lord just needs to wait for good news." ”

The look on Yuan Shao's face relaxed, and he said with relief: "It seems that Yan Liang has lived up to his trust, this time he must have led the army back to Yecheng, and Liu Xin is going to steal chickens and rice." ”

Wen Chou laughed and said, "What the lord expects must be not bad!" Looking at the world, in addition to the last general, who is my eldest brother's opponent! ”

Xu Huang, who was sitting in the dark of the Dangyin, had also been rewarded by the front line, bowed his head and pondered for a long time, before he said to Pang De beside him: "Ling Ming, I didn't expect the speed of Yuan's army to be so fast, and the 100,000 cavalry will now compete with Shi Lian." ”

Pound arched his hand and said: "Please give the order of the general, and the last general will attack him from behind!" ”

The 1st and 2nd legions each had 20,000 cavalry, and the 3rd legion had 10,000 cavalry. In order to maximize the role of the cavalry, after setting the strategy of encircling the point and sending reinforcements, Xu Huang gathered the 50,000 cavalry of the first, second, and third armies together and handed them over to Pang De's unified command. Knowing that the 100,000 cavalry of the Yuan army came back to help in the starry night, Pang De couldn't hold back a little and wanted to compete with the enemy cavalry.

Xu Huang shook his head and said, "No! It is reported that there were 100,000 cavalry in Yuan's army, plus 100,000 cavalry in Wuheng, for a total of 200,000 people. Xu now has 50,000 cavalry in your hands, that is, he wants to fight his first battle and destroy the enemy's 200,000 cavalry. If we attack rashly now, and another 100,000 cavalry of Yuan's army suddenly arrives, it will put our cavalry brigade in the predicament of being exposed to the enemy. ”

After a pause, Xu Huang said again: "Ling Ming, you will lead the troops to sneak into an ambush seventy miles southwest of Wucheng now, and listen to my red and green signals at the same time before you can attack, there must be no mistake!" Remember, remember! ”

Pound clenched his hands into fists and led away.

Badun also saw the yellow fireworks in the air, a little inexplicable, waved his hand, and said, "It doesn't matter what tricks he Han people play, ignore him, keep going!" ”

This large area of "mine array" has already caused the Wuheng cavalry who rushed to the front to lose more than 6,000 people, and the Wuheng cavalry behind is still desperately filling in. However, fewer and fewer people have fallen off their horses.

The leader of Wuheng waved his mace and shouted: "Children, the demon magic of the Han people is useless! Continue to rush, General Yuan of Yecheng has prepared good wine, good meat and young beauties for everyone, it's too late, no part! ”

There was a strange cry from the cavalry, mixed with bursts of wanton laughter, and the speed of the impact was even faster.

Shi Jian waved his hand again and said coldly: "Release the arrow!" ”

In the front row of trenches, the Han soldiers who were lying at the bottom of the ditch stood up one after another, only to hear the sound of the bowstring of "bang bang bang" sounded one after another, and countless arrows rained down on the Wuheng cavalry, and the Wuheng cavalry kept falling off their horses. The momentum of the Wuheng cavalry's forward rush was only stagnant, and soon it became more violent.

For these barbaric Wuheng people, it was the place that had been "magicalized" by the Han people just now that frightened them. And these bows and arrows that were fired, although they also caused huge damage to them, it also showed that they had successively connected the positions of the Han people, and they would not be afraid of face-to-face fighting.

Like other nomadic peoples, the Wuheng people are also skilled in riding and archery. Many of the Wuheng knights took off their bows and arrows and began to fight back against the opposite side. In their minds, the other's bow and arrow can reach them, and their bow and arrow can also reach the other, and can shoot farther than the other. Unbeknownst to them, they were still three hundred paces away from the first trench of the Han army, and at such a distance, the Han army's bows and crossbows could shoot at them, and their feathered arrows fell into the clearing.

Three hundred, two hundred, one hundred, fifty steps......

Finally, the Wuheng cavalry was getting closer and closer to the first trench of the Han army, and the feather arrows they shot were finally able to inflict some casualties on the Han army. Suddenly, a large black shadow appeared in the open space in front of him, and it was the Han infantry with long swords and axes in their hands.