Chapter 2: Midnight Sneak Attack
The generals of the Cao army were completely shocked by the arrows in the sky.
At the same time, this rain of arrows also shocked Cao Ren, who was in the rear and where the Chinese army was in charge.
"This ...... Under Liu Bei's hands, when did he have such a strong archer? β
"It can be projectile for 400 meters, and it can effectively hit targets."
Cao Ren looked confused, and he didn't have the high-spirited posture he had at the beginning.
Normally, before the two armies fought, the distance was only more than 200 meters, and this was the first round of projectiles. Then it's the 150-meter second round. In the third round before the last battle between the two armies, any archer with a little experience at that distance will hit the enemy.
But now, 400 meters can be projectile into a fixed range and effectively kill the target.
This made Cao Ren see, how could he not be shocked?
If he continues like this, before he reaches the city wall, I am afraid that his army of 20,000 will have to be lost by nearly half.
"Withdraw, withdraw!"
"Mingjin retreats!"
Cao Ren let out an anxious roar, and the herald immediately conveyed it after hearing it, and then the 20,000 troops fled in disgrace.
After the war, his dumbfounded kung fu actually killed and injured more than 5,000 people.
"Liu Bei, this ...... Where did this big-eared thief come from, such a strong archer? β
"And, looking at the number, there are five thousand at least."
Cao Ren's face was full of disbelief and grief.
"Come on...... Someone's coming! Cao Ren said weakly.
"Pass my orders, send a letter to the prime minister, and convey everything word for word."
"Ask the prime minister, send someone to support quickly."
After finishing speaking, Cao Ren looked at the herald again, and said in despair: "Go down, set up camp, and wait for reinforcements!" β
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On the castle of Shinno.
Zhang Fan's position did not change, and he looked at the scene below, where corpses were everywhere.
"Why am I not afraid?"
"Why, no gagging."
"Could it be that I was born in the wrong era before?"
When Zhang Fan was secretly thinking, the system voice had already remembered.
γDing! γ
[Battle statistics: beheaded the enemy, more than 5,000 soldiers, and several captains and generals. γ
[Battle reward: Get 3768 copper coins and five ordinary war horses.] γ
[Soldier Advancement: Obtain 2nd rank longbowmen, 125 people.] γ
"As far as I know, Cao Ren also brought 3,000 tigers and leopards to ride this time."
"In this case, it should be exchanged for the class that restrains the cavalry."
"Spearmen, join forces with archers to fight the enemy, one side in front, one side to cover the kill."
"When the time comes, it will be easy to annihilate Cao Ren's army."
"It is said that Cao Cao is with an army of 800,000, I don't know if there is any water, but I will destroy him 20,000 first."
Thinking of this, Zhang Fan directly chose to exchange.
"Redeem!"
Soon, Zhang Fan found the class exchange interface again, and then selected the spear class!
Ronin: 1 Bronze Coin / 1 person.
Samurai: 1 gold coin/1 person (can be obtained by the 1st Ronin Advancement, high probability.) οΌ
Pikemen: 1 copper coin per person.
Heavy Halberd: 1 gold / 1 person (can be obtained by Tier 1 pikemen, high probability.) οΌ
Sharpshooter Praetorian Guard: 100 gold/1 person (can be obtained by the Tier 2 Heavy Halberd class, low probability.) οΌ
The ronin and the samurai, after being seen by Zhang Fan, directly ignored them, and then exchanged them for three thousand pikemen!
[Copper coin statistics: 768 remaining.] γ
After the exchange, Zhang Fan did not continue to stay, but got off the city wall and went straight to the county guard's mansion!
"Zhao Zhe, come and call me again at ten o'clock at midnight, let's attack Cao Ren's army at night."
Zhao Zhe is a pikeman, one of the three pikemen thousands, and his force value is more than 60 points, and he is not a third-rate.
But for now, it is indeed the strongest one under Zhang Fan.
"Whoa!"
After Zhao Zhe gave up, he took a thousand pikemen and followed Zhang Fan to the county guard's mansion, while the other two arranged to inspect.
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Liu Bei's army!
Hundreds of thousands of people walked on the plain in rags, and after people saw it, they would unconsciously feel pity.
On the side, there was a man who was seven feet five tall, with his ears almost hanging down his shoulders and his hands almost above his knees, watching this scene.
Although the description is a bit exaggerated, it is really so dissimilar.
This person is Liu Bei, and he is also called a powerful figure by later generations.
At this moment, when he saw this situation, he was almost in tears.
"Military advisor, I think I, Liu Bei, have been fighting horses for half my life, and I have always been the first to love the people, but I unexpectedly did this kind of thing."
"This is really a sin!"
At this point, he was still emotional, and then he really shed a few tears.
Zhuge Liang was on the side, and after seeing this, he sighed, but did not answer.
On the contrary, he said alone: "Lord! β
"The plan to burn Xinye, Liang is expected not to delay for too long, and Cao Cao's army will soon catch up with the lord."
Liu Bei wiped his tears and asked curiously, "What does the military advisor want to say?" β
"Liang is saying, let's go too slowly!"
Liu Bei fell into deep thought, and only after a moment did he say: "That's according to the meaning of the military division......"
"Abandon these people!" Zhuge Liang said without hesitation.
When Liu Bei heard this, he immediately refused three times......
"No, no, no!"
Immediately afterwards, he calmly explained to Zhuge Liang: "I can't live without them!" β
"Now that they trust Beibei and are willing to give up their possessions and follow me, how can I abandon them?"
Speaking of which, what else can Zhuge Liang say?
With both hands arched, he shouted loudly: "The lord is really benevolent and righteous, and he feels guilty......"
"Strategist!"
"Lord!"
Passionate......
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In the middle of the night, Zhang Fan was woken up by Zhao Zhe softly.
"I actually dreamed of Zhao Yun!"
"I don't know if there will be a ...... in this Zhao Yun's Changban Slope Yong saving the young master because of my reasons."
When he was thinking in his heart, Zhang Fan had already taken Zhao Zhe and the others to the city gate.
Without any hesitation, he directly prepared to open the city, a blatant night attack......
"Two thousand archers will be left, and the rest will go out with me!"
An army of this size is no longer considered a sneak attack.
But what Zhang Fan thought was that he was caught off guard by Cao Ren.
After all, with more than 10,000 troops, it is not a simple matter to reorganize the army.
And this time was enough for him to march to Cao Ren's camp, within a range of four hundred meters.
By that time, the rocket was released......
"The army is marching!"
As soon as the words fell, the six thousand men and horses immediately moved forward with neat steps and steady progress......