Seeing this, Liu Yi knew that it was impossible to convince Cao Cao for the time being, and it was impossible for Cao Cao to die.

But it's no wonder, after all, Cao Cao is still here with more than a million military horses, while he only has about 300,000 military horses for the time being. Such a situation seems to have made Cao Cao see an opportunity to take advantage of the fighter.

With Cao Cao's character, he will not admit defeat so easily, only by beating him to the point that he no longer has the strength to resist, perhaps, there will be some chance to persuade him.

Liu Yi waved his hand and let his military horse retreat, and he also turned his horse's head and returned to the camp.

The New Han army chose to camp on a slope, which was a little higher in the plains.

Of course, if the Cao army pressed over and its forces were deployed, it would still be able to surround and attack the barracks of the New Han Army from all directions.

However, the current barracks of the 300,000 or so New Han Army are different from the barracks in front of Liu Yi in Chen Liucheng earlier. Because, at that time, the baggage of the New Han Army had not yet been transported from the mountains, and the long-range weapons of the Cao army were not suppressed on the flat ground.

Now, I'm here with a lot of long-range weapons.

In addition to the 30,000 or 40,000 Xinhan soldiers and horses who fought earlier, the remaining more than 200,000 Xinhan troops were divided into two under the command of Yan Liang, Xi Zhicai, Jia Xu and others.

The New Han Army, which was responsible for transporting the baggage together, was responsible for the encampment, while the regular combat troops were deployed in front of this battalion.

Now, under the cover of pikemen, sword and shield soldiers, and archers, dozens of bed crossbows have been installed in front of the military formation. Facing the army of Cao Jun who was far overwhelmed.

Dozens of bed crossbows, not a lot of them. Only as a deterrent. If Cao's army attacked from all sides, he would need a crossbow with these two alone. It may not be able to stop Cao's attack.

However, the barracks of the New Han Army. Anchored on the slope, countless sergeants were desperately digging trenches around them, so as to buffer the Cao army that might be killed from all sides.

The most important thing is that it depends on the situation in the direction of Chen Liu.

But Liu Yi is not too worried, because of the current weather problem, even if Cao Jun presses over, I am afraid it will not be too late to immediately surround and attack again. As soon as it gets dark, it is unlikely that Cao's army will attack again overnight. At most, the army will be divided to surround this large camp first, and then attack tomorrow morning.

Therefore, Liu Yi felt that as long as he resisted Cao Jun's frontal attack, it would be fine. As for tomorrow, Liu Yi believes that Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Xu Chu and other generals will definitely be able to lead their subordinates to kill them. At that time, it will not be a problem of the defense of the New Han Army, but will switch from defense to attack.

The military camp that was north of Chenliu earlier. Although Cao Jun set out the bed crossbow, he did not launch it at the New Han Army, because the camp of the New Han Army was located on higher ground at that time, and the bed crossbow fired from the flat could not threaten the New Han Army's military camp at all. So. At that time, the Cao army only used their projectile crossbow bows to attack the barracks of the New Han army.

The current situation, on the positive side. It was also somewhat similar to the situation at that time, the large camp of the New Han Army. On the slope of slightly higher ground, Cao Jun's bed crossbow. It is not threatening. However, now on the flat ground under the slope, the New Han army has set up a formation, with more than 100,000 men and horses, arrayed in formation. Therefore, Liu Yi estimated that Cao Jun's bed crossbow would be pushed out to release arrows at his own army.

And the reason why Yan Liang, Xi Zhicai and others, the reason why the generals were waiting for the advancing Cao army's army on the flat ground was not to let their sergeants withstand the attack of Cao Jun's bed crossbow. Rather, it was to attract Cao Jun to launch their bed crossbows.

If Cao Jun's bed crossbow had not been improved, then their bed crossbow would have been less than half a mile or so less than the effective distance attacked by the bed crossbow of the New Han Army, or even farther.

Yan Liang, Xi Zhicai and others wanted to use their army's bed crossbow with a longer range to destroy Cao Jun's bed crossbow first. Of course, it would be better if they dared to push out the crossbow and bow as well.

When Liu Yi led the 30,000 or 40,000 Xinhan troops to return to the camp, they were still more than three miles away from Cao's army.

Yan Liang and the others had already prepared to attack the Cao army that was slowly advancing forward.

The Cao army, which had lined up in formation, set up a military column that was several miles long, which still compressed a lot to the middle. Otherwise, its military ranks will be longer.

However, the situation in the dense Cao army made the New Han Army see it clearly from a distance.

Because, now the bed crossbow of the New Han Army after improvement is placed on a chassis and can be rotated at will, and it is no longer as in the past, which can only shoot arrows to a fixed track. The current Xinhan Army bed crossbow can be used as a fan to launch attacks.

What's more, because each of the generals who are responsible for controlling the launch angle of the bed crossbow has a telescope in their hands, so that they can see the situation in the military formation of Cao's army very clearly.

At this time, dozens of bed crossbows have been aimed at the Cao army's military formation, and those bed crossbows or crossbows and oxbows are mixed in the Cao army through some mule horses.

When Cao's army advanced about two miles ahead, his whole army suddenly stopped. Because Cao Jun also knew that the bed crossbow of the New Han Army was more powerful, if it went further, it would enter the killing range of the bed crossbow of the New Han Army. In fact, entering a distance of about two miles, this is already the distance that the bed crossbow of the New Han Army can kill. However, Cao's army had to advance to about two miles, and only in this way could they cover their bed crossbows and push closer to the New Han army.

Only in this way can their bed crossbows exert their power and can kill and injure the New Han army.

For Cao Jun, they didn't know that the New Han Army had a telescope, although it had been invented a long time ago and equipped with the New Han Army's army. However, after so many years, it has always been a secret of the New Han Army, and it is impossible for ordinary soldiers to get in touch with it. Therefore, even if Cao Jun's intelligence department may have spied on such a plaything in the New Han Army, they will not know some of the basic properties of this plaything. If you haven't picked up a telescope and seen it yourself, you won't understand what a telescope really does.

Therefore, Cao Jun will not know. In the New Han Army, batches of soldiers have long been trained. Able to visually detect the distance between the two armies. Generally, at a distance of several hundred steps or so. After the visual inspection and estimation of the generals of the trained New Han Army, the error will not exceed the distance of five steps.

The two armies are about two miles apart, how far are these two miles? It's a kilometer, a kilometer. How far is a kilometer? I believe that everyone will have a concept in their hearts. Standing in the middle of each other's planes and looking at each other, it is impossible to see each other clearly. Anyone who has ever shot a gun will know that at a distance of more than 200 meters, the view is much smaller and a little blurry.

But telescopes are different.

So. When the Cao army was still at a loss, they didn't know that the bed crossbow of the New Han Army had been aimed at them, and they were enthusiastically pushing out the bed crossbow they were covering in the base from the military column, ready to be placed and fixed, and then launched it at the New Han Army. The New Han Army did not give them a chance to place bed crossbows at all.

The New Han Army, which was also covering the bed crossbows in their own army, dodged and retreated in an instant, revealing dozens of bed crossbows that had already been selected to strike targets.

The general who was in charge of directing the launch of the bed crossbow did not hesitate for a moment, and after seeing Yan Liang and the others signaling that they could attack. At the sound of an order, dozens of bed crossbows fired long crossbow arrows almost simultaneously.

The crossbow arrows of the bed crossbow of the New Han Army are thick and thin. It is about a foot long. The arrows of the crossbow arrows, shining with cold light, are incomparably sharp.

Crossbow per bed. It has been unified to be able to fire twelve crossbow arrows, dozens of bed crossbows. That's hundreds, if not thousands.

There was a dense sound of bumps, and a loud boom of bows. The crossbow arrows that were fired out with great force suddenly let out a whining sound.

It can be seen with the naked eye that the crossbow arrows are almost equal to sticking to the ground and flying directly forward.

The air-shattering power of the bolts lifted up some grass clippings and dust on the ground, and it looked like rows of rockets spewing smoke.

The sound of the crossbow arrows was too alarming, sharp and piercing, and the soldiers in the Cao army naturally heard it for the first time.

But what if you hear it? The speed of the crossbow bolt was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it crossed a distance of about two miles. In the eyes of those Cao Bing who heard the sound and movement, looked up with a blank or frightened expression. They could see the crossbow arrows coming from the ground, with a devastating aura. The bolts dilated dramatically in their pupils.

Woo......

Whining......

The crossbow bolts slammed into their bodies, and the tragic scene was staged again.

Cao Bing, who was hit by force, some, they would be shocked, and then they looked down at the translucent blood hole on their body in horror, and then let out a terrible scream of horror. And some were directly carried up by the crossbow arrows and flew in the air screaming. Some, they couldn't even make a sound, so they were directly shot in the head, and red and white things splashed everywhere.

Bumper Bumper!

Among Cao Jun, there were more than 100 and 200 bed crossbows pushed out. However, in this round of attacks of the New Han Army, there were at least twenty or thirty bed crossbows, which were shot squarely on it by the bed crossbow arrows of the New Han Army, and some important parts were destroyed at once and scattered.

Everything is in the hands of the New Han Army, otherwise, the New Han Army would not dare to argue with the million-strong army of the Cao Army on these 300,000 men.

Sometimes, a war is just a small difference that can determine the outcome of a war.

Cao Jun also didn't know everything about them in the eyes of the New Han Army, in the calculations of the New Han Army. They also thought that they also had a powerful bed crossbow, so they could compete with the New Han Army. However, how did they know how much effort the New Han Army had put into researching and using the bed crossbow in order to make it more threatening?

On what occasion and under what circumstances, the New Han Army already knew how to use such weapons. What's more, the bed crossbow of the New Han Army is a little more powerful than the bed crossbow of the Cao Army. In this way, it is enough to suppress this same weapon of Cao Jun.

However, Cao Jun was suddenly attacked by the bed crossbow of the New Han Army, although he suffered heavy casualties, but Cao Cao, who was unwilling, was still a little calm, and he immediately ordered his army to stabilize, and the sergeants in front of him accelerated the speed of setting up the bed crossbow, wanting to shoot at the New Han Army.

Because the military formation of the New Han Army retreated slightly, after the bed crossbow appeared, Cao Cao also saw that the bed crossbow of the New Han Army did not seem to be as many as his Cao Army. And, looking at the crossbow shot from the bed crossbow, it seems that the trajectory of the shooting has been fixed, so doesn't it mean that their bed crossbows, which are not threatened by the crossbow arrows of the New Han Army, still have a chance to erect them before the New Han Army moves the bed crossbow to adjust the trajectory of the radiation, and launch a counterattack against the New Han Army?

Therefore, Cao Cao decided not to care too much, and ordered his sergeants to avoid the current crossbow track of the New Han army, and immediately set up those bed crossbows that were not destroyed by the shot.

However, what made Cao Cao stunned was that the bed crossbow of the New Han Army was fired another round after that, and it was obvious that the flight trajectory of these crossbow arrows was not the trajectory of the earlier round of crossbow arrows at all.

"Not good!" At the same time that Cao Cao shouted loudly, the bed crossbows that were being erected were shot by the dense crossbow arrows of the New Han army, and twenty or thirty were destroyed at once.

"How so? No! ”

Cao Cao's eyes breathed fire, and he was not sad and angry for Cao Bing who was shot and killed, but felt sad for the bed crossbow that he had finally spent a lot of manpower and financial resources to research and manufacture. This has not yet exerted its true power, failed to play a role, and was actually destroyed, these are Cao Cao's hard work, and they are all Cao Cao's desperate bets this time, daring to fight to the death with the New Han Army.

"Withdraw! Withdraw first! Cao Cao knew that he was afraid that he would fall for Liu Yi's calculations again, so he hurriedly ordered the bed crossbow to be withdrawn first, so as not to become the target of the bed crossbow of the New Han Army.

However, these bed crossbows are too cumbersome for one or two people to move. The front of the Cao army, which was already a little chaotic, and the bed crossbows that had been pushed to the front of the formation were difficult to carry back for a while.

Of the more than 200 bed crossbows, only a few dozen were rescued by those adventurous Cao soldiers and retreated to a position where the bed crossbows of the New Han Army could not reach the range.

Cao Cao's heart was dripping blood, and he wanted to give an order to let the soldiers of the whole army rush over, but with the bed crossbow of the New Han Army blocking the area between the two armies for more than two miles, his military horses were only a dead end if they broke in. Even if you can finally kill in front of the New Han Army's military formation, you will have to pay a huge price for casualties.

"Lord, I'm afraid it's difficult to attack from the front, but it seems that the New Han Army only carries these dozens of bed crossbows. Now they are placed only in front of the great army of our army. Then there is no threat from their bed crossbows on the side. It's better for us to divide our troops first and surround this large camp of the New Han Army. Attack the camp of the New Han Army from all directions. ”

A strategist under Cao Cao's tent suggested to Cao Cao, who seemed to have lost his cool a little. (To be continued.) )