The turnaround came very suddenly, with Xiahou Yuan's calmness, when he witnessed the sudden turnaround, he couldn't help but cheer out unwillingly, and the loudness of the cheers could also be seen, no wonder Li Dianer would think that the battle had been won.

Judging from the actual situation on the battlefield alone, it is not an exaggeration to say that it was won.

Rencheng is also a city wall built by water, Surabaya flows from north to south from the east of the city, and the other three directions are all plains of the Pingchuan River, and the battlefield is in the north of the city.

The few improvised barracks under the city are already in tatters, and there is no defense left. If there is no turning point, the moment the camp is completely broken, I am afraid that it will be the beginning of the retreat of Cao's army.

But those 200 thunderbolts changed everything.

The size of this thunderbolt is quite large, the heavy body is more than two feet long, and it needs nearly 100 people or dozens of oxen to pull it to be dragged by it, and there will be deep ruts on the ground where it passes.

The most conspicuous thing is not the frame, but the throwing arm that is more than three feet long. The throwing arm is divided into long and short ends, and the tail of the long end is hung with a holster or wooden basket to load stone bullets; Dozens of ropes are tied to the short end, which are pulled by the dragging hand when launched and projectile.

As for its power, more than 40,000 people on the battlefield can be used as witnesses, in a thunderclap-like explosion, countless sharp stones were thrown into the sky, dark clouds covering the sky and the sun, smashed in front of the Qingzhou army, it was like a meteor falling to the ground outside the sky, after a loud bang, the smoke and dust rose loudly, and when the smoke and dust dissipated, only a mess was left.

Just a moment ago, there were more than eighty ballistae that were still showing off their might in front of the two armies. Almost all of them were turned into debris, broken wood and broken strings flying everywhere. It's as miserable as a campsite swept away by a hurricane.

Although it is not completely without survival, but in the bodies of the few surviving crossbows. Not only can it not be seen that it is majestic before, but it is a stark contrast, which makes people more truly aware of the power of the thunderbolt.

The only fly in the ointment is that the Qingzhou Army ran too fast.

Thinking of the scene just now, Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but sneer, as soon as he pushed the thunderbolt cart to the distance where it could be launched, the golden gong was immediately sounded on the opposite side, and those crossbowmen woke up like rabbits, and when they heard the sound of the golden gong. He turned around and ran, and he didn't even care about the ballista.

Xiahou Yuan didn't know that with the speed of the thunderbolt launch, those crossbowmen would definitely not have time to pull the ballista away, and if they didn't withdraw in time, they would only end up with the ballista, but he still couldn't suppress the disdain in his heart.

After fighting for a long time without any danger with a sharp weapon, the courage is gone, even if you know that you will die. You can't run like this, can you? Whether it's a thunderbolt or a ballista, it's all built with a lot of money, even if it's a little risky. It's also good to fire one more round and kill some enemies! I just ran away......

Of course, the main reason why Xiahou Yuan was unhappy was not necessarily that the results of this round were not brilliant enough.

Inside and outside his camp. The remains of soldiers who died tragically under all kinds of crossbow arrows can be seen everywhere, except for the fragments of dozens of ballistas on the side of the Qingzhou Army. But there was barely a drop of blood to be seen. After being beaten and unable to fight back for so long, how could just smashing the other party's ballista be enough to vent the depression in his heart? It's always refreshing to return the other party's corpses all over the field.

"This thunderbolt is really an artifact. With this thing, it depends on how arrogant the two thieves are Zhang and Huang. Xiahou Yuan twisted his beard and laughed a few times, turned to a young man beside him and asked, "Dr. Ma, can this car move forward a little more?" Or go further? ”

"You can go forward, five hundred steps, not far," the young man stretched out a slap and replied one by one: "You can reach far, but you can't get close, and you must prevent the enemy from approaching." ”

"Hmm......" Xiahou Yuan was a little uncomfortable with this way of speaking, but he also knew that it was not the other party's intention to be negligent, this skilled Dr. Ma was born to stammer, and it was much more difficult to let him say a complete sentence than to let him make an incredible divine weapon.

Xiahou Yuan put his hand on the pergola, looked at the enemy formation for a moment, waved his hand violently, and shouted: "All the armies listen to the order, the forward advances three hundred steps, and the thunderbolt chariot follows behind!" ”

"Order!" The herald received the order to mount his horse and quickly ran away in all directions, shouting loudly as he galloped: "The general has an order, the whole army advances, and pursues it in an all-round way!" ”

"Enter!" Taking advantage of the victory in pursuit, the army was also imposing, and the bulky thunderbolt car, driven by the morale-boosting soldiers, advanced at a speed that was not much slower than the speed of the forward, and closely pursued behind.

Xiahou Yuan was satisfied to see that there was a commotion in the array of the Qingzhou army, thinking about it, the power of these two hundred thunderbolt cars with thousands of stones, even he couldn't help but shake his heart, and it was strange that the Qingzhou people on the other side who were used to fighting with the wind were not afraid.

Xiahou Yuan really hoped that the other party would not retreat, and the Qingzhou Army on the Eastern Front was mainly foot soldiers, and the proportion of equipment and long-range soldiers was quite high. Such an army is quite strong in attacking the city, and it is not weak in array battles, and the biggest weakness is mobility. With the slow pace of this force, if they dared to fight themselves head-on, the Thunderbolt would definitely be powerful.

Thinking about the terrifying scene where the stars fell to the ground just now, Xiahou Yuan was sure that as long as the other party dared to fight, there was only one way to die.

"General, three hundred steps have arrived...... The enemy forces have retreated! As Xiahou Yuan expected, the lookout had just reported the distance, and before the slinger was ready to launch, there was another shout of surprise. When Xiahou Yuan raised his eyes, he saw the smoke and dust billowing on the opposite side, and the Qingzhou army was retreating in embarrassment.

"Chase!" Taking advantage of your illness and wanting your life, Xiahou Yuan was willing to let go of the enemy easily, flicked his horsewhip, and directly gave the order to pursue.

His decision was very correct, after the Qingzhou Army withdrew more than 200 steps, it was actually in the same place again, and it seemed that he did not give up. Seeing Xiahou Yuan chasing closely, he didn't dare to fight, and continued to retreat.

After repeating this for three rounds, the Qingzhou army realized that the battle had been completely lost, and it could no longer take care of some of the baggage left on the battlefield and the few remaining ballistas, and fled in disgrace.

"The enemy's courage has been lost, today our army has won a complete victory, pass on my general's order, collect troops and return to the camp." The power of the thunderbolt car is too poor, and it will definitely not be able to catch up with the pursuit with this thing, Xiahou Yuan saw that the enemy was retreating in embarrassment, and the evil breath in his heart also dissipated a lot, and sneered: "Qingzhou Tiger? Hey, that's it! ”

"It's all up to the lord to plan first, the general is not chaotic in the face of danger, and there is Dr. Ma...... Hey, why is Dr. Ma missing? "Xiahou Yuan's identity, of course, there will be no shortage of interesting people around him, and it is a compliment to surround him, but halfway through it, he is missing the No. 3 hero Ma Jun. After looking around, I found that Ma Jun had already gone to see the Qingzhou Army abandoned on the battlefield bed crossbow.

Xiahou Yuan's face was slightly worried.

The generals also feel the same way, although Cao Cao named Ma Jun a doctor, but can that position be compared with Xiahou Yuan, the general of the expedition to the east, and the Marquis of Bochang Ting? That's right, the thunderbolt car has been improved by Ma Jun, but after all, the credit for winning the battle is still the commander of the battle, this person didn't even say hello, he went to receive the spoils, where did he put General Xiahou's face?

But no one openly said that Ma Jun was not, Cao Cao asked this person to help him three or four times, and his attitude was quite sincere, if anyone broke a big deal because of the battle of will, even if it was a general and brother like Xiahou Yuan, don't want to have good fruits to eat.

Everyone, just don't see it.

Anyway, this person doesn't know anything about human affairs, but he just has a bit of craftsmanship. Now is the time to employ people, no one has anything to do with him, and when the world is peaceful in the future, are you afraid that no one will clean him up?

Everyone pulled away the topic without a trace, and hugged Xiahou Yuan back to the camp to celebrate the banquet, and Li Dian, Lu Qian, and Guo Gong in the city also came out of the city to congratulate, and quickly passed the book to transmit the news of the victory.

This was the first victory of the Cao army after the war, although it failed to do more casualties, but the enemy army was pushed back twenty miles and a large amount of baggage was captured, including even the killer weapon of the Qingzhou army - the bed crossbow, which of course was of great significance.

In Xiahou Yuan's mind, there should be a gloomy mist in the Qingzhou camp.

Even if the troops are not damaged, the loss of the more than 80 ballistas alone is very heavy, not to mention that the two Qingzhou armies on the eastern front of Yanzhou and Xuzhou will not be able to echo each other, but the Cao army of Rencheng can advance and retreat freely, and can take action against the Xuzhou army as appropriate, forming a three-sided attack on it.

In addition, although Xiahou Yuan doesn't like Ma Jun very much, it is undeniable that the other party is indeed very talented in the field of craftsmanship. Before the wine passed the third round, there was good news from the baggage camp, saying that Ma Jun had studied and understood the principle of the Qingzhou bed crossbow.

This is very exciting news.

The Thunderbolt was very powerful, but its mobility was so poor that it could not follow the army. And there is no way to equip the navy with this thing, if you can imitate the bed crossbow, whether it is a supplement to your own strength, or a suppression of the enemy's morale, it is quite good news.

This battle may become an important turning point in the whole war, how proud Xiahou Yuan is, how frustrated the enemy general should naturally be.

In fact, the atmosphere in the Qingzhou military camp at the moment was indeed a little dignified, but if Xiahou Yuan could see the situation in the Chinese military tent, he was afraid that he would not be able to get complacent.

"Brother Hansheng, how is it, can you be sure?"

Huang Zhong pondered for a moment, tapped his fingers on the table a few times, and said in a deep voice: "It should be about five hundred steps, it will not be affected by the wind, and the error between the front and back will not exceed one hundred steps......

Zhang Liao's eyes lit up: "That's it." As long as our army is 800 paces away, it will be fine? ”

Huang Zhong hesitated: "However, eight hundred steps away, the power of our army's weapon will also drop a lot, and if you use fire bombs, it will inevitably be ......."

"It's okay!" Zhang Liao waved his hand and said, "It's really not a dead person to fight, right?" The people in the city who can escape should have almost fled, and the rest are all strong and powerful, all of whom are determined to oppose our army, and pity him! ”

"That's fine." Huang Zhong nodded and said: "How to fight tomorrow, you should plan carefully, it takes time for that weapon to be erected, and there are too many losses of the ballista today......"

The voice gradually deepened, but a battle plan gradually took shape.