Two days later, the main army of 90,000 led by Xiahoudun arrived at the Han army Dazhai, and set up a company camp about three miles away from the Han army's Dazhai, Xiahoudun stood on a small mound, looking at the huge Han army Dazhai from afar, he had an indescribable blockage in his heart, and the Han army could not build such a large village in just two or three days, which can only show that they have long been prepared.

After a while, Xiahou said hatefully: "Liu Jing wants to fight a protracted war with me, but unfortunately he has the wrong idea!" ”

Xiahoudun turned back to Guo Huai and shouted: "General Guo, you can lead your headquarters to attack the Han army Dazhai from the east." ”

Zhang Liao next to him hurriedly said: "General, now that the Han army is condescending, our army will inevitably suffer heavy losses in the strong attack, it is better to take advantage of the night cover, order the cavalry to lay a ramp for the post first, and then launch an attack tomorrow!" ”

Guo Huai also agreed: "Wen Yuan is reasonable, please think twice!" ”

Xiahoudun is also an experienced general, although he is ambitious and lacks tolerance in politics, but when leading the army to fight, he can listen to the construction of the generals, Zhang Liao does have a point, Xiahoudun nodded and accepted Zhang Liao's construction, and he immediately ordered: "Build three more 20 zhang piers to install trebuchets!" ”

In the afternoon of the same day, 10,000 Cao troops packed soil with cloth bags in an abandoned river not far from the camp, preparing to lay the ramp at night, and at the same time, thousands of Cao troops built mounds about 300 steps away from the camp, ready to be used to install trebuchets, condescending to attack the Han army camp, which was the tactic of the Cao army and Yuan Shaojun in the decisive battle of Yecheng in the sixth year of Jian'an, building a 20 zhang high earth platform, and using a thunderbolt to condescendingly attack the Yuan army, so that the Cao army occupied the offensive advantage.

But history will not repeat itself, the Han army is not Yuan Shaojun, the Han army's trebuchet technology far exceeds that of Cao Jun, the Han army's giant trebuchet can throw a hundred catties of dà stone to 400 steps away, which is 100 steps farther than the range of Cao's largest trebuchet.

Just when the soldiers of the Cao army were carrying stones to build the foundation, the Han army trebuchet deployed in the south of the camp was suddenly launched, and forty trebuchets continuously sent out the boulders, and the boulders weighing 100 catties were thrown overwhelmingly, hundreds of soldiers could not dodge, and were smashed to the point that the skulls were shattered, and the flesh and blood were blurred, and the foundation that had just been laid was also destroyed by the roaring boulders, and the rest of the Cao army fled south one after another, escaping from the range of the Han army's trebuchets.

Xiahou was so angry that he jumped like thunder, and ordered again: "Build a trebuchet and attack the Han army camp at night!" ”

At this time, the sun has set the horizon, the sky has disappeared, turning blue-gray, night is gradually falling, Liu Jing stood on the sentry tower, observing the movement of Cao Jun's camp, although the twilight is dim, but Liu Jing still vaguely saw a huge black shadow standing in Cao Jun's camp, that should be Cao Jun's trebuchet.

Liu Jing turned back to Sima Yi and asked with a smile, "How long does Zhong Da think we need to hold on?" ”

Sima Yi smiled and said: "This depends on how much risk His Highness is willing to bear, if His Highness is willing to bear the risk of fifty percent, you might as well send someone to write a war book and make an appointment for a decisive battle between the two armies, maybe this is in the heart of Xiahou, if His Highness has more than seventy percent of the chance to win, then you have to wait patiently and hold on to the various impacts of the Cao army, as long as General Zilong captures Yedu, the general trend of the Cao army has gone, and naturally there is no intention of fighting." ”

Liu Jing laughed self-deprecatingly: "I proposed this plan first, but I couldn't hold on to it, Zhongda was right, you have to calm down and wait." ”

Night had completely fallen, the night was dark, Zhang Liao led 20,000 cavalry to lie in ambush in a woods a few miles away, all the horses were wrapped in four hooves, the cavalry did not carry spear weapons, each carrying only a sword and a shield, and each soldier carried three bags of soil.

Their task was to use the speed of the cavalry to fill in an offensive ramp in the east under the cover of the trebuchet battle in the south, of course, only 60,000 bags of dirt was not enough, Zhang Liao estimated that at least 200,000 bags of dirt would be needed, that is, they would need to go back and forth three times.

Zhang Liao waited patiently, his eyes looked far to the south, at this time, in the moonlight, he faintly saw the huge trebuchet figure of the Cao army slowly moving forward, his heart couldn't help but tighten, if the fire attack of the Cao army could work, maybe they would be able to break through the Han army camp tonight.

"Be quiet and wait for my orders!" Zhang Liao conveyed his orders.

In the camp of the Han army, Liu Jing was also coldly watching the Cao army trebuchet slowly approaching in the distance, about a hundred steps, with the speed of the Cao army's march north, they could not carry such a baggage, this should be made by them temporarily cutting down trees, this kind of rough trebuchet can not last, at most four or five times.

At this time, the Han army was also actively preparing for war, and all the big tents in the barracks were put away, which was to prevent the fireballs of the Cao army from shooting into the camp and causing a fire in the camp tents, and 20,000 soldiers prepared baffles and dirt, and they each had their own responsibilities to extinguish the fireballs at any time.

Behind the trebuchet, 8,000 Han soldiers were ready, and a ten-zhang long cowhide banner was placed on the ground, which was raised high with wooden poles to form a huge cowhide barrier, so that Cao's fireball could not shoot into the Han army's camp.

Cao Jun's trebuchet is getting closer and closer, the huge wooden wheel is slowly rolling on the flat ground, each trebuchet is pushed by two hundred people, these two hundred people are also the soldiers who operate the trebuchet, Cao Jun invested a total of a hundred trebuchets, all of which are used to launch fireballs, Xiahoudun is very aware of the counterattack power of the Han army, he can only use the advantage of a large number to win the opportunity to launch.

The Cao army trebuchet finally entered the range of the Han army's trebuchet, and the soldiers shouted in unison, speeding up the advance of the trebuchet, and at this moment, there was a thumping sound in the Han army's village, and then dozens of small black spots appeared in the sky, making a strange whistling sound, and smashing towards the top of Cao Jun's head, and the Cao soldiers screamed in horror and hid behind the trebuchet.

I only heard a loud bang, more than a dozen trebuchets were hit by the giant, and suddenly the bracket broke, the belt broke, the tall body collapsed, and the boulder also rolled and smashed into the crowd of Cao soldiers, blood plasma splashed, screams continued, more than a thousand Cao soldiers could not bear this huge fear, and they shouted and ran backwards.

The first round of the Han army's attack caused the Cao army's fifteen trebuchets to be destroyed, but the Cao soldiers took advantage of the short launch gap of the Han army's trebuchets to push the trebuchets forward again, and after walking less than twenty steps, the sky was filled with a strange roar, and another round of boulders roared towards the heads of the Cao soldiers

Just when the two sides in the south were engaged in a trebuchet battle, Zhang Liao finally waited for the opportunity to send troops, and he shouted in a low voice: "Go!" ”

20,000 cavalry of the Cao army suddenly launched, the black cavalry rushed out of the woods, and rushed towards Hanlonggang, although the four hooves of the war horse were wrapped in thick linen, but the huge energy emitted by the 20,000 cavalry running still made the earth tremble, and immediately alarmed the defenders of the eastern military village.

There were about 10,000 defenders in the eastern military village, commanded by the general Jiang Qin, Jiang Qin received a report from the sentinels, and found a large number of Cao cavalry in the moonlight, and he also felt the earth tremble, Jiang Qin sent people to report to the king of Han on the one hand, on the other hand, he ordered the Han soldiers to prepare bows and crossbows for defense, and at the same time the thirty trebuchets deployed in the east village also began to start.

The cavalry of the Cao army rushed overwhelmingly like a frenzy, and the trebuchet of the Han army also took the lead, throwing out boulders and smashing them into the running Cao cavalry, the cavalry of the Cao army had a strong ability to maneuver, desperately dodging the boulders that roared overhead, and the boulders fell to the ground with a bang, stirring up a piece of dust, but the cavalry of the Cao army was too dense, and there were still cavalry who were hit, or overturned by the rolling boulders, the war horses neighed, and the cavalry fell to the ground.

The boulders that kept whistling and throwing could not stop the pace of the Cao cavalry, they raised their shields and rushed into the dense arrows that came like a rainstorm, the cavalry were shot over by the arrows, and suffered heavy casualties, but a large number of cavalry still threw bags of dirt into the hill, and soon a mound was formed, hundreds of Cao troops clinged to the hill, here is a blind spot for the Han army to attack, they are responsible for sorting out the mud bags, piling up the scattered mud bags, gradually, a narrow ramp gradually appeared under the east hill of Hanlonggang.

Compared with the progress of the Cao army in the east, the trebuchet battle in the south was depressing, in just a hundred paces, the dense boulders of the Han army destroyed most of the Cao army's trebuchets, and finally only thirteen Cao army trebuchets entered the launch distance, in the deafening drums of the Cao army, thirteen huge fireballs suddenly rose into the air, drew thirteen beautiful curves, and pounced on the Han army camp on the hill.

Eight thousand Han soldiers raised their leather flags one after another, forming a leather curtain ten zhang high and one hundred zhang wide, covering the Han army camp behind, on the small hill, Xiahou was stunned by the sudden appearance of the huge leather curtain, and the eyes that were originally full of expectation dimmed again.

Thirteen fireballs slammed into the leather curtain, bounced and rolled down from the hill, none of the fireballs could break through the leather curtain, Xiahou sighed long, his tone was full of loss, the Cao army's trebuchet died down after two consecutive rounds of attacks, and the remaining thirteen trebuchets were all destroyed by the Han army, and at the same time, Cao Jun's fire attack plan with great expectations was destroyed.

In a night of fighting, all the 100 heavy trebuchets built by the Cao army were destroyed, and the 20,000 Cao troops who followed the trebuchets were killed and wounded more than 3,000 people, but in the end, only one fireball broke through the leather curtain and shot into the Han army camp, but it did not receive any effect, and the fireball was extinguished by the Han soldiers, which made Xiahoudun understand the fact that the fire attack would not have any effect on the Han army.

However, although the fire attack failed, the cavalry team led by Zhang Liao in the east was successful, and after more than 1,000 cavalry casualties, a ramp with a width of five zhang and a length of more than 20 zhang appeared in front of the hill in the east, and Cao's army finally opened a gap in the attack.

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