"Let's go, let's go inside!" Wei Yan carefully put the bag in his arms, as if he was afraid that Xun Fang would snatch it

When the two of them entered the lobby, Wei Yancai opened the bag, and his fingers couldn't help but tremble because of his excitement, and he took out the bright yellow letter of Changsheng, with more than a dozen lines of words written on it, and there was even a simple map at the bottom, drawn with cinnabar

"Hahaha, good, good, good!" Seeing the secret letter, Wei Yan looked up to the sky and laughed, and couldn't help but say three good words in a row

"Clever plan, really clever plan, this is the strategy of heaven and man!" Xun Fang looked at it, Lian Lian sighed, and then became excited, "If this battle can be successful, the battle will determine the Central Plains!"

"Hurry up, hurry up, summons the bill, raise the account!" Wei Yan recovered from the excitement, grabbed his helmet and ran to the mansion, shouting to the pro-table tennis while running, after waiting for so many years, he was finally able to raise the account and adjust the table tennis

Knock knock knock -

Jingle Bell -

- At that time, the drums inside and outside Chang'an City shook the sky, the bells and chimes rang together, and the long horns passed from the corner tower to the sky, and everyone stopped to watch, and the generals who heard the order cheered and ran quickly to the conference hall

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The Central Plains War was still brewing, and the war in Bingzhou had already begun, and with Cao Yu retreating from Ping-Pong Ma, it was gathered in Jinyang-belt, and all the main roads in the southern part of Bingzhou were heavily defended by the Wei army

When Liu Changsheng led the army to the Zi clan to join Zhang Bao's army, Cao Yu also dispatched the generals and sent Xiahou Ba as the vanguard to take the boundary rest first

Knowing that the Wei army was coming to attack Jiexiu, Deng Ailiu Huo Jun defended the city, and took Li Yu and others to Yangxian County to block the Wei army, thinking that it was a slow plan

In the northeast of Yang County, there is an Oolong River leading directly to Fenshui from Taihang Mountain, Deng Ai brought Ping Ping to here, repaired fortifications in the south of the Wulong River, dug trenches to prepare for defense, and the Wei army vanguard 20,000 men came to the north bank

Xiahou Ba saw that the Shu army intercepted, immediately collected a number of boats, organized people and horses to cross the river, Yangxian is not a big city, from this road to Jiexiu Road is closer, to form a flanking attack with the Shangdang Ping Horse, must be quickly resolved

Seeing that the Wei ships were sailing into the middle of the river, Shamoke couldn't help but come over and ask, "General, the enemy ships have already arrived in the river, why haven't you ordered an attack?"

Deng Ai looked intently at the ships rushing towards the shore, his expression was indifferent, and he said, "Don't be in a hurry, although the range of the crossbow is strong, but the closer it gets, the more powerful it is.

Shamoke took the order and left, those people only had ten crossbows, this huge and bulky equipment was still brought by Huo Jun, although it was heavier, but after seeing its power, no one dared to underestimate it

Not long after, the Wei ships were about to dock, and even some Wei troops rushed off the ship and went to the shore to prepare for the formation, Li Yu and Shamoke were so anxious that they rubbed their hands together and kept turning their heads to look at Deng Ai

After half of the Wei troops disembarked, they each looked for a place to go ashore, and Deng Ai raised the red flag and shouted, "Shoot the arrow!"

The archers who were close to hiding in the trenches suddenly got up, and thousands of arrows were fired in unison, like raindrops, only the sound of countless breaking the air, and the Wei army that had moved ashore was in a noisy formation, and all of them fell on the shore, and many people had to jump into the water to escape, "release the crossbow!" In the chaos, Deng Ai raised the yellow flag order

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463 Armament

The more than 20 crossbow shooters, who had already aimed for a long time, immediately pulled the trigger, only to hear the sound of the bowstring "buzz-buzz-", which made people's hearts palpitate, and seemed to carry the roar of death

—The wheel shot wildly, followed by a loud sound, and the powerful heavy crossbow arrows, more than a dozen ships on the shore were shot into a hornet's nest, all inclined and leaking, and gradually sinking, dozens of Wei soldiers who had just fallen into the water were nailed to death on the boat, and the rest were so frightened that they dived into the water again

Xiahou Ba did not expect to be able to land in one charge, but divided the soldiers into several batches, crossed the river one by one, and consumed the arrows of the Shu army, but the appearance of the crossbow made him dumbfounded

At this time, the next two groups of ships that landed were in the middle of the river, and when they saw that the situation was not good, they turned their bows and fled to the opposite bank, and the river was chaotic, and the boats collided, and several of them overturned by themselves first

These ships were also within the range of the crossbows, and in the confusion, there were another rapid fire, more than a dozen ships flew sawdust, the planks of the ships broke, and slowly sank into the river, and the Wei army even rushed to dive, killing and wounding countless people

There were only a dozen boats left that fled back to the other side, and they were busy—the Wei army all day—and they found nothing, but lost a lot of ping horses, and Xiahou Ba's face was pale, but he was helpless, looking at the other side shouting at the Shu army, his teeth rattled

The soldiers who crossed the river basically died on the opposite bank, the boats were also lost, and Zhou Tai was also very shocked, and he didn't want to - a small oolong river, he encountered such a big setback, Deng Ai was good at defending, and he had already spread all over the army when he built an ice wall in winter, and Xia Houba was really angry and helpless, and discussed with Zhou Tai and other generals, or there was no other good way, so he had to continue to supervise the shipbuilding, and went to the neighboring county to recruit civilian boats, and in three days, he prepared hundreds of wooden boats, and launched a fierce attack at the same time on the river of nearly ten miles up and down, We want to stretch the front with numerical superiority

Crossing

Deng Ai only brought 10,000 ping horses, and the Wei army had three times the number of troops, so the power of the crossbow was greatly weakened, but fortunately, the banks of the Wulong River were high, and except for a few embankments that could stop, it was difficult to land everywhere else

Deng Ai assigned ping horses to defend along the key points, and there were thousands of elite horsemen galloping back and forth to help everywhere, coupled with the spear throwing of the Wudang flying army, the Wei army that rushed to the opposite bank still did not succeed in gaining a foothold

After several fierce battles, some of the Wei army had a number of soldiers ashore, but they were all killed by riding ping, most of them were shot in the Wulong River, and the flying army continued to throw spears, with a hundred shots and a hundred hits, although it was not as powerful as the crossbow, but it was much more powerful than the archers

Xiahou Ba saw that the elongated front was not advantageous, so he secretly divided two ping horses, and went up and down to find a place to cross the river, as long as he could cross the opposite bank, he could charge and kill the Shu army head-on

However, Deng Ai had already taken precautions, and there were scouts everywhere along the coast, and once he found that the Wei army was touched, he would also send ping horses to move along the river to block the attack, so that the Wei army could not take advantage of it

The two sides held each other on both sides of the Wulong River for three or four days, and the Wei army fell thousands of ping horses on the bank, and the morale was exhausted when they came, while the defending Shu army suffered very few casualties, although the crossbow had been used up three times, but the effect was obvious

This is Tianxia Houba was frowning in the tent, thinking hard about how to cross the river, Zhou Taixing rushed in, Xiahou Ba looked up and saw it, couldn't help but snort slightly, and his heart was even more unhappy

Zhou Tai saw that Xiahou Ba's face was sinking like water, and he didn't care, so he stepped forward and said, "Don't worry, general, I just patrolled the camp, and after the camp baggage department, I suddenly thought of the method of crossing the river, you might as well try"

"Oh?" Xiahou Ba's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but stand up and asked, "What's the trick, tell me quickly?"

Zhou Tai replied, "The general just saw more than 20 thunderbolts in the rear battalion, which were originally used for siege of the city, but according to the range, the thunderbolts can also attack the opposite bank, why not push the thunderbolts to the shore, attack the Shu army's position with boulders, and cover the nurses to cross the river?"

The thunderbolt in the Wei army is a catapult, but it is not as simple as the battle of Guandu, after Liu Ye's special improvement, not only increased the range, but also can throw five boulders one time, Cao Pi saw that its power is huge, the sound is like a thunderbolt, renamed "thunderbolt"!

Xiahou Ba thought for a while, couldn't help but be overjoyed, slammed the table, shouted, "Great! This time, we must let the Shu army taste the power of this general."

The drums in the camp on the north bank were loud again, and Xiahou Ba immediately ordered the thunderbolt to prepare, pushed it up the river embankment, and divided two teams of soldiers to carry stones, preparing to concentrate on the dense attack of the Shu army on the opposite bank

Deng Ai heard the sound of drums, came to the shore to observe, and saw the Wei army moving quietly with Li Yu and others on the battlefield, and was carrying the catapult to the river embankment

Li Yu exclaimed, "It's a catapult, this thing is too difficult to deal with, it's better to avoid the edge for the time being."

Deng Ai seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and smiled indifferently, "It's a pity that Xiahou Ba has the courage and no strategy, and it is too late to cross the river with this method, how can I let him succeed?"

Li Yu was stunned, but Deng Ai had already ordered a retreat, and the soldiers immediately loaded the crossbow into the carriage, and when the thunderbolt on the opposite bank was set up, and the huge stones flew over with a whistling wind, the Shu army had already withdrawn from the position and marched southward

Xiahou Ba stood on the other side of the Wulong River, so angry that he scolded, and the sword split the boulder in front of him, and ordered the army to cross the river and pursue the Shu army

Deng Ai returned to Yang County with Ping Pong, the grain and grass in the city had already been transported away, only the city guards were left, and the crossbow that was ordered to be brought back was arranged at the head of the city, and the people were ordered to guard the north gate, he did not intend to defend it to the death, just waited for the consumption of arrows and city defense equipment, and consumed the morale of the Wei army, and then retreated to Jiexiu

Xiahou Ba chased to Yang County, preparing to capture the city with breath and approach, but was stubbornly blocked by Deng Ai, even if dozens of catapults attacked at the same time, it still cost nearly a thousand casualties