Chapter 517: Long-range firepower
Xu Chuwen and Chou fought against Lu Bu, the smoke and dust were billowing, the collision of weapons was loud, and the confrontation between the three people was as tragic as the confrontation between two armies!
Cao Pi saw that the second general could not defeat Lu Bu, and was worried that the second general would lose, so he hurriedly called Ming Jin. The golden bell rang loudly in Cao's military camp, and Xu Chuwenchou, who was fighting to a happy place, was displeased, but the military order was like a mountain, so he had to turn his horse and run back. Zhang Lang reined in the red rabbit horse and did not chase after him.
The officers and men of Lu Bujun stood up and shouted, and the sound shook the sky, but the Cao army was silent and demoralized.
Zhang Lang once again raised his voice to challenge, and no one in Cao's army fought anymore.
Seeing this, Zhang Lang turned his horse and returned to the handsome flag. Dong Ying and Wang Yi looked at Zhang Lang with extremely admiring eyes, and Jia Xu smiled and said: "General Shenwei, no one in the world can be defeated!" Zhang Lang laughed. glanced at Cao Jun's barracks, frowned, and said to Jia Xu: "Looking at Cao Jun's posture, he has made up his mind not to fight, but can only attack!" Jia Xu nodded, "Our army's siege equipment is strong, let them know first!" Zhang Lang nodded, and immediately ordered to push heavy combat equipment such as heavy catapults and swarming bee vehicles to the front.
After the heavy catapult was ready, the officer came to ask Zhang Lang, and Zhang Lang told him to just bomb and not stop without an order.
The officer answered and ran down.
A moment later, a loud buzzing sound was heard, and countless basin-sized boulders were thrown into the sky, whistling towards the enemy camp. When the soldiers of Cao Jun saw this scene, they couldn't help but be in a commotion.
There was a loud bang, and boulders rained down, smashing down fences, breaking watchtowers, flying soldiers, and destroying tents. Cao Jun ran to the middle of the army, ordered the sergeants not to move, and those who left their posts without permission were dealt with by military law. At this moment, a boulder roared in, the soldiers saw this, hurriedly dodged, the officer on the horse saw the troops scattered and avoided, immediately realized that it was not good, quickly turned his head to look, and saw a piece that had flown in front of him, his face changed, but he didn't have time to react, he was smashed by the boulder and planted a war horse.
The heavy catapults continued to bombard, and the stones rained all over the sky, and the sergeants standing behind the fence could not stand still, and were forced to retreat a little, and the whole camp was in shambles.
Cao Pi saw that it was not a way to go on like this, so he ordered his own catapult to return fire. The catapult hurriedly fought back, but Cao Jun's catapult, both in size and range, could not be compared with Lu Bujun's heavy catapult, Lu Bujun's catapult smashed Cao Jun's crying father and mother to run around, but Cao Jun's catapult could not reach Lu Bujun at all, and the stones they threw were still more than a hundred steps away from Lu Bujun's landing, and there was no threat at all. Seeing this scene, Cao Pi was anxious and angry, and scolded vigorously: "Waste! What a rubbish! ”
Zhang Lang ordered the catapult to attack the opponent's catapult. The catapult troops immediately adjusted their direction and aimed at the Cao army's catapult troops in the open space to the left of Cao's barracks.
There was a loud buzz, and countless boulders flew into the sky. The soldiers of the Cao army, who were loading the stones, saw the rain of stones roaring and flying all over the sky, and they were so frightened that the souls of the dead fled in all directions. Almost at the same time, with a loud crackling sound, a rain of boulders fell, smashing on the ground, stirring up smoke and dust, and smashing on the catapult, which fell apart when it landed. After a few rounds of bombardment, Cao Jun's catapult troops were basically finished, although there were not many casualties, but those huge immovable catapults were basically scrapped!
Zhang Lang ordered the army to advance two hundred paces and stop, and continued to order the catapult to bombard, this time not throwing stones, but investing in oil tanks. The oil tank is a kind of clay pot filled with flammable tung oil, the mouth of the tank is blocked with thick cotton gauze that absorbs water, the throwing arm of the catapult is installed, and then the cotton gauze at the mouth of the tank is ignited, thrown out, and smashed when it falls, the tung oil bursts out, and the burning cotton gauze is exploded, which is not Zhang Lang's invention, but the original incendiary bomb that existed in ancient times, and the power is amazing.
The oil tank continued to fall towards the Cao army camp, and in just a moment, the Cao army camp was full of smoke, and fire broke out everywhere, and some of the unlucky ones were splashed by the burning fire oil, and were immediately wrapped in flames, screaming and running wildly, shocking!
Cao Pi saw the scene in front of him, and didn't know what to do, so he hurriedly asked Sima Yi: "Sir, what should I do now?" ”
Sima Yi frowned and said, "What a treacherous Lu Bu, he actually used this method to kill us!" He hugged his fist at Cao Pi and said: "Lord, it is no longer feasible to trap and defend the barracks, you should immediately abandon the barracks and start a battle formation to fight with Lu Bu's army!" ”
Xu You next to him sneered: "Isn't this just running away?" If Lu Bujun keeps passing by, he will bombard us with catapults, how about changing the order? Is it constantly going backwards? Sima Yi frowned. Xu You clasped his fists at Cao Pi and said, "Lord, the enemy catapult force is too powerful, we must destroy it at any cost, otherwise it will be difficult to carry out the battle later!" I see that they have lined up all the catapults in front of the military formation, so it is better to send out a cavalry assault and destroy those catapults! Cao Pi couldn't help but be moved.
Sima Yi said: "Lord, don't be like this!" Since the enemy army lined up the catapults to the front line, they must be prepared, and the combat strength of our army's war cavalry is not as good as the opponent's war horse, and we are afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses if we attack rashly! Retreat is the way forward! Our army retreated, if the enemy pursued, it was just right, we used this to open the distance between them and Xuchang, and when it was about the same, immediately sent cavalry to bypass the enemy army and raid Xuchang, at this time, if the enemy retreated, our army will pursue it in an all-round way, if not retreat our army's war cavalry will take the opportunity to attack the city! ……”
Xu You sneered: "Don't you know that Lu Bu left 100,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city? Even if the cavalry reaches the city, what can it do? ”
Sima Yi glanced at Xu You and said to Cao Pi: "Now that the two armies outside the city are fighting, our army can completely disguise a cavalry as an enemy, open the city gate, and then the army will enter!" ”
Cao Pi's eyes lit up, "Sir's plan is really wonderful!" ”
Xu You asked Sima Yi, "What if Lu Bujun doesn't chase after him?" ”
Sima Yi smiled faintly, "It's okay if Lu Bujun doesn't chase after him." In that case, let's wait for the news of the loss of Luoyang to spread throughout the entire Lu Bu army. When the hearts of other troops are in turmoil, our army will make a big counterattack, and it will definitely succeed in one battle! ”
Cao Pi high-fived and said: "Sir's plan is really wonderful!" Just do as the gentleman wants! Xu You had nothing to say, and he was jealous and hateful.
Cao's army abandoned the camp and retreated to the east, forming a large formation with a hill at its back.
Zhang Lang received a report from the scout, and he wanted to pursue him. Jia Xu stopped him and said, "Lord, don't chase him!" ”