Chen Gong was depressed now.

He was now listening to the two scouts he had sent report to him on the battle report ahead.

Because the stakes of Guandu were very high, Chen Gong asked Zhang Xun to personally lead Chen Liucheng's 8,000 people to Guandu, if things went well, Chen Gong would also be able to command the 20,000 soldiers of Changshe and Zhongmu, and there should be no problem with 28,000 people against the enemy's 2,000 people.

Before sending troops, Chen Gong had already scattered a large number of people to reconnoiter on the banks of the Guandu River, and did not find any signs of Yanzhou troops crossing the river here, but Chen Gong was still not at ease, after all, at the dawn of Guandu's loss, his own reconnaissance of Guandu was in a vacuum.

Therefore, if in the process of attacking Guandu, if there are more Yanzhou troops in Guandu, it is also a very normal thing.

If this is the case, then Chen Gong will be very happy, because in that case, he will clearly know the distribution of the forces of the Yanzhou army in Ludao, and then formulate a strategy according to the situation, and annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop, instead of being ignorant of everything like now.

I don't know him, it's really a taboo for soldiers.

In order to be foolproof, Chen Gong especially emphasized the unified action of the three-way army, so Chen Gong and the other two armies have been in contact.

Because he had been in the hands of the Yanzhou army, Chen Gong was extra careful this time, and the scouts who delivered the news of the three armies were all Chen Gong's cronies, and there was no problem in terms of loyalty, and these people were responsible for giving orders for themselves and passing on the latest information of the other two armies.

Just in case, Chen Gong sent multiple scouts at the same time, after getting the same news. These scouts do not act at the same time, but set out at regular intervals.

After all, according to the children of the big families who fled back from Guandu. Even Yuan Jian, a member of the Yuan family, can betray the interests of the Yuan family, so who else can he trust?

Doing it yourself now will at least ensure that you will never be deceived by a traitor in case it appears. As long as there is a person who carries a message that is different from that of someone else, then that person must be a traitor.

In this way, Chen Gong can maintain the accuracy of the information.

But just now, two of his scouts were reporting to him what was causing him a headache.

It turned out that not long after the reinforcements of Changshe and Zhongmu set off, they were attacked by the Yanzhou army on the way.

Judging from the intelligence, the two armies were attacked almost simultaneously, and the two Yanzhou armies attacked in the same way as they heard in Chen Liucheng.

Everyone had that strange chain of bows and crossbows in their hands, and as soon as they came up, they were sacrificing their lives to charge. Shoot while running.

Chen Gong had already told the other two armies that the Yanzhou army had such a magical weapon, and said that the range of that thing was not far, and it was enough to use archers to shoot at it when attacking the city, and it was really easy for him to capture Guandu City with ten times the strength of his own troops.

The crux of the problem was that no one could have imagined that this Yanzhou army did not stay in Guandu City, but appeared on the way of their two armies.

You must know that the task of the three armies of Lu Dao this time was to attack Xiaguandu and block the possibility of the Yanzhou army crossing the river, so the two armies carried a large number of engineering equipment with them for the siege of the city. As a result, these two armies were extremely poor in mobility, and there were basically no cavalry.

The sudden appearance of the Yanzhou army on their left caught them off guard, and they didn't have time to mobilize the archers to shoot at them, and they didn't understand what was going on. The army of the Yanzhou Army had already rushed up. And this is also the implementation of Xu Ji's idea of fighting against Zhang Miao back then, and he will definitely not easily let the siege troops easily reach the frontal battlefield.

A burst of crossbow arrows, many soldiers were injured.

Fortunately, the leading generals of these two armies are very experienced. Soldiers were ordered to push engineering equipment to the ground, turning it into a makeshift barrier. Let your soldiers hide behind these makeshift bunkers to avoid the Yanzhou army's crossbow attacks, and at the same time quickly move the archers forward. Shoot at the Yanzhou Army behind the bunker.

The Yanzhou army saw that they had not taken any advantage, so they quickly retreated.

The number of these two Yanzhou armies was not large, probably only about 800 people in each army. However, a burst of crossbow fire fell on the two armies, each of seven or eight hundred men, and the wooden equipment used for the siege was so large that it was pushed to the ground, so many of them were damaged, and the two armies were in full repair.

Chen Gong had a bit of a headache, and the Yanzhou Army's actions were a bit unexpected.

They did not strictly guard Guandu City, but took the initiative to attack their own three-way army, which is really a bit inexplicable.

Chen Gong couldn't help but wonder if it was because the Yanzhou army knew that he didn't have the capital to defend the city, so he used this method to constantly attack himself on his march in order to delay time?

Could it be that the Yanzhou Army is really preparing to cross the river in Guandu? If this is the case, then there is a high chance that you will be attacked on the way.

But I have to admit that this method is really good, and it is better than blindly defending the official city.

Chen Gong casually raised the crossbow arrows used on the battlefield by the two scouts who had brought him back.

With just one glance, Chen Gong's eyes burst with brilliance.

Is this the crossbow arrow used by the Yanzhou army?

Surprisingly, the bolt was not made of iron, but of bronze. The bolts are light in weight and not long in size, but they are very hard.

What methods did the Yanzhou Army use to make such a brittle thing difficult to break?

The bolt was very well made, with a hairy tip that looked fluent and slender, a smooth shaft, and a very ingenious end of the arrow.

Chen Gong compared the length of the two crossbow arrows again, and found that the length of the two crossbow arrows was not the same!

Chen Gong could not suppress the shock in his heart: how did the Yanzhou army do this?

You must know that although the arrows used in the bows and crossbows in the hands of soldiers in other armies are generally not much different, there will inevitably be some differences, but the arrows of the Yanzhou army are simply not different.

It's really terrifying, I didn't expect the Yanzhou Army to be so well-armed.

But can a small skill be difficult for yourself? This kind of chain crossbow is powerful, but so what? Judging from the arrows they use now. And judging from the characteristics of this crossbow arrow, this kind of crossbow arrow must be very problematic in terms of the supply of quantity.

Shoot so many arrows at once. The power has increased, but the number of arrows consumed has become even greater.

This serial crossbow will certainly not be able to spread widely in the army. Once there is no sufficient number of crossbow arrows, the chain crossbow is useless.

Therefore, the best way to deal with this Yanzhou army unit is to spend close to the crossbow arrows they carry with them.

Chen Gong sneered, and then ordered the two scouts to go to the other two armies immediately, and ordered Zhongmu's army to abandon the engineering equipment, advance with all their might, and immediately launch an attack on Guandu City after arriving at Guandu City, if there were only a small number of defenders, then they would fight down. If there are many enemies, then immediately set up camp and wait for the arrival of himself and the army of Nagasha.

Chosha's army continued to repair the siege equipment, and it was enough to advance steadily.

The two scouts took the order.

Hum! The distance from Changshe to Guandu is relatively long, unlike himself and Zhongmu, the army sent from Chen Liu and Zhongmu can reach Guandu in a very short time. Zhongmu's army and his own army together have as many as 18,000 people, and if the number of troops in Guandu City is not large, then he can still fight by surprise attack.

Because of the fact that the other two armies were attacked, Chen Gong was more careful when marching. In particular, scouts are constantly sent out on both sides of the road.

The thing is obvious. As long as you keep a distance from the Yanzhou army, that kind of magical crossbow arrow is completely useless. By doing so, he was preventing the Yanzhou Army from attacking him in close proximity to his left and right.

Sure enough, at noon, a Yanzhou army appeared in front of him.

It was a small force of four hundred men.

Chen Gong silently calculated in his heart. I smiled in my heart: Sure enough! The army harassed by the three roads is a total of 2,000 people, and it seems that the Yanzhou army in Guandu is really pouring out!

Look at this Yanzhou army and the same as the intelligence said, a group of people armed with bows and crossbows. The Yanzhou soldiers with backpacks behind their backs rushed towards them without fear of death.

As soon as Chen Gong waved his hand, three thousand archers immediately rushed forward. Stand in line and aim at the Yanzhou army in the distance.

Chen Gong looked at the Yanzhou army that was constantly approaching rapidly, and sneered in his heart: a burst of bows and crossbows came down. See how many of you are left?

Who knew that the army of four hundred people in Lu Dao stopped outside the range of the archers, and raised the strong crossbow in his hand very quickly, and before Chen Gong could react, a burst of crossbows shot out from the strong crossbow of the Yanzhou army!

"Impossible!" Chen Gong cried out in a lost voice, at such a distance, the Yanzhou army's serial crossbow arrows would never be able to shoot at the front of his own army.

But in real time, as if he wanted to joke with Chen Gong, those crossbow arrows exceeded Chen Gong's estimation and shot in front of his archers in an instant.

When he boarded, blood splattered, and a burst of people turned on their backs!

The soldiers who were shot were shocked by the powerful crossbow arrows, and some of them flew up from the ground and fell on their backs.

The Yanzhou army lowered its head and began to busily pull the bowstring of the crossbow arrow.

I see!

Chen Gong suddenly realized that the strong crossbow in the hands of the army in front of him was not the kind of chain crossbow at all, but the common strong crossbow in the Yanzhou army!

Although he understood everything, Chen Gong became even more angry because he felt that he had been fooled by the Yanzhou army.

I didn't expect the Yanzhou Army to be so cunning.

Chen Gong secretly hated in his heart, at this moment, those Yanzhou troops loaded the bowstring at a speed several times faster than ordinary crossbowmen, and then raised the strong crossbow in their hands at one time, and attacked the archers of Chen Gong at one time.

After two rounds of powerful crossbow fire, Chen Gong lost more than 400 archers.

Chen Gong groaned a little in pain: how could the speed of their strong crossbow arrows be about the same as the speed of the archers? With such a long range, the crossbow string of the strong crossbow must be very laborious when pulling, how can these soldiers on the opposite side easily pull it apart?

Of course, Chen Gong couldn't know the Dao, this was the role played by the Yanzhou Army's eccentric wheel technique.

Without having time to think about it so much, Chen Gong commanded his troops to pick up their shields and began to charge towards the four hundred strong crossbowmen.

How did you know that the Yanzhou army didn't give Chen Gong this opportunity at all, and when they saw Chen Gong's army charging, they actually put away the strong crossbow in their hands. Turn around and leave.

In the blink of an eye, it disappeared from the sight of the Chen Palace's army.

Chen Gong was angry, but there was nothing he could do. can only endure the anger in his heart and go all out to move forward in the direction of Guandu.

In the afternoon. Chen Gong's army had already arrived outside Guandu City, and not long after, Zhongmu's army also arrived here.

After the two armies converged, Chen Gong immediately began to attack the city, only to be met with stubborn resistance from the five hundred phantoms in Guandu City.

The first round of attacks by Chen Gong was only tentative, but it was immediately discovered that there were not many defenders in the city, and he was overjoyed and immediately launched a general attack.

Of course, the five hundred men of the Shadow could not hold the city, but at this moment. The shadows of the two thousand people who went out to ambush Chen Gong's three-way army suddenly appeared on the battlefield and began to attack Chen Gong's army from behind.

Fortunately, Chen Gong had been prepared for a long time, so he didn't let the Yanzhou army take advantage of much.

However, the Shadow Army, which had only 2,000 men, gained a firm foothold on the west side of Guandu City, and set up camp there, apparently to find a way back for the army in the city, and then abandoned Guandu and retreated from the West Gate if necessary.

In this way, Chen Gong's army lost the advantage of besieging the city on all sides.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, this army of 2,000 men entered the city to help defend the city. Outside, there was only an empty camp left to bluff.

Seeing this situation, Chen Gong was not in a hurry. He deployed his army on the northeast bank of Guandu City, so that on the one hand, he could form a horn with Chen Liu, and on the other hand, he could monitor the movements of the Liaohua army in Yanjin on the other side of the river, and he could prevent the Yanzhou army from crossing the river on the north bank of Guandu and cut off the retreat of the Yanzhou army in front of him. Turning it into a homeless lone army can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

Now it's good to wait quietly for the arrival of the siege team of Chosha.

This is better, at least the Yanzhou army can no longer afford to harass the siege team sent by the Changshe.

It's time for the evening. Chosha's troops finally arrived at Guandu.

As a result, there were nearly 30,000 of our own troops in Guandu. Your own strength has increased greatly, so why be afraid?

Chen Gong was overjoyed. Immediately organized an army to attack Guandu City overnight, and at the same time, sent people to attack the Yanzhou military camp outside the West Gate.

How do you know that the Yanzhou military camp is very well prepared, and Chen Gong's sneak attack army returned in vain. However, Chen Gong took this opportunity to know that the troops in the large camp of the Yanzhou Army outside Naxi City did not enter the city to assist in the defense, and there were still 500 people in the Guandu.

Therefore, the siege army went smoothly, after all, 20,000 people attacked the defending city of 500 people, and the difference in strength was too great.

With a single charge, Chen Gong's army occupied the eastern, southern, and northern walls of Guandu City.

Guandu once again returned to the hands of Chen Gong.

However, the Yanzhou army made Chen Gong suffer a big loss.

During the siege of the city, this Yanzhou army actually cast an arrow on the city wall that Chen Gong had never seen before: rockets.

In the dark of night, the Yanzhou army's rockets hit the wooden siege equipment, which immediately caused a raging fire, many soldiers were caught off guard and burned, and most of the engineering equipment was destroyed.

Then the Yanzhou army calmly retreated, without even a slight resistance.

The army of the city opened the west gate, joined the two thousand shadow soldiers, and then marched away.

Although Chen Gong won the victory, he was very depressed in his heart, because the Yanzhou army beat him inexplicably.

It was only after entering the city that Chen Gong saw the grain, grass and baggage hoarded by Zhang Xun's younger brother Zhang Li in Guandu City, as well as the equipment to defend the city, that Chen Gong's mood improved slightly.

Sent scouts to investigate, the retreating Yanzhou army of Zhilu Dao was moving in the direction of Bishui Pass, Chen Gong sneered in his heart, Zhilu Dao's army was actually homeless.

How could such a person attack the Bishui Pass, which was heavily guarded by Zhang Xun?

Immediately, Chen Gong issued an order to ask the defenders in the area of Bishui Pass to encircle and suppress this Yanzhou army with all their might.

"They should be pretty much used for their crossbow arrows, right?" Chen Gong muttered to himself.

Immediately, Chen Gong's troops all marched into Guandu City, leaving only a small part of the army to monitor the northeast bank of Guandu.

Who knew that on the night of Chen Gong's occupation of Guandu, he received a battle report from Chen Liulai, and Zhang Xun sent news that on the afternoon of Chen Gong's departure, the Liaohua army in Yanjin on the other side of the river suddenly drove the army to Wuchao, and then began to forcibly cross the river.

Zhang Xun led more than 5,000 archers to block the attack by the river, but in the evening, Liaohua's army had successfully crossed the river, and Zhang Xun retreated to Chen Liucheng and held his position.

Immediately, Liao Hua launched an attack on Chen Liucheng.

In the face of Liao Hua's scolding outside the city, Zhang Xun ignored it at all, hung up the exemption card, and asked the soldiers to reply to Liao Hua in the city: famous generals do not compete with grass coles, they have the ability to enter the city to speak, and they don't have to take advantage of their tongues.

Liao Hua was furious, and personally smashed the battle-free card on the city wall with a bow and arrow, and then led his troops to attack the city.

After all, Chen Liucheng is the territory that Zhang Miao has operated for many years, and the fortifications are naturally excellent, where can Liaohua be attacked?

Now the two sides are at a stalemate.

When Chen Gong got this news, he asked the scout to send a letter to Zhang Xun, asking him to continue not to fight with Liao Hua, but on the other hand, he sent people to monitor the southwest of Wuchao with all his might. Of course, it was to prevent Liao Huasheng from attacking the east and west, and on the one hand he feinted to attack Chen Liu, but on the other hand, he crossed the river in the northeast direction of Guandu. After all, no one knows the specific distribution of the Liaohua army.

The battle situation in Chen Liu is becoming more and more complicated, and waves of unsettled waves have arisen again and again.

At this time, the Yanzhou Army in the southeast of Yanzhou also began to secretly move.

The armies of Feng County, Pei County, Xiao County, and Xiang County began to secretly assemble in Liuxian County a few days ago, and in a short period of time, Tai Shici who was staying in the county had an army of 8,000 people in his hands, plus the shadow in his hand, the number of troops in Tai Shici's hands reached as many as 10,000 people.

The war in southern Yanzhou cooperated with the battlefield of Chenliu and started in an instant. (To be continued......)