Chapter Ninety-Six: The fateful Xiahou Yuan

"Weaver of mats, I'll see how long you can last!"

With a fierce palm slapped on the antler fence that had just been built in front of him, Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but stare viciously at the 'Liu' banner on the mountain.

At the beginning of March of the 23rd year of Jian'an, after more than ten days of hard work by tens of thousands of troops, between Dingjun Mountain and Hanshui, a seemingly solid antler long encirclement firmly confined the entire Dingjun Mountain to the south of Hanshui.

"Xiahou Yuan really deserves to be called a 'wonderful talent', look at this antler fence, it's really condescending not to be a master! Hahahaha......"

Just when Xiahou Yuan was rushing to Dingjun Mountain, on the top of the mountain, Liu Bei also praised the antler long fence that had just been built.

"The Lord is really discerning! When Xiahou Miaocai is captured today, the lord will make him a craftsman in the future, and he will be ......"

Hearing Liu Bei's 'praise' to Xiahou Yuan, Fa Zheng on the side also echoed Liu Bei's words with deep meaning.

"Haha, then it depends on whether the policy of filial piety can be meritorious today!"

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"This is the best healing elixir, it's a pity to just use it as a cannon, right? It's not like there are no stones on this mountain......"

Under the bright moonlight, halfway up the Dingjun Mountain, on a position composed of more than a dozen trebuchets, looking at the neatly placed wine jars in front of them, a group of sergeants responsible for operating the trebuchets couldn't help but feel distressed.

There was no way, the strong smell of wine emanating from the jar told them that it was not water or anything else, but genuine 'holy medicine' alcohol. This jar full of alcohol is used as a cannon, which is really a waste and a loser.

"Knock knock ......"

"Artillery ready to prepare, target enemy antlers!"

Just when the sergeants were still distressed about the behavior of using alcohol as a cannon, as a war drum sounded like thunder on the top of the mountain, the captain in charge of the command also gave the order to hit the antlers of the enemy under the mountain.

"Put!"

Soon, under the captain's order, dozens of special cannons with a strong aroma of wine roared towards the 'long dragon' at the bottom of the mountain under the distressed eyes of the sergeants.

And there is more than one such trebuchet position, and there are more than a dozen places along the antler long fence built by Xiahou Yuan on the halfway of the entire Dingjun Mountain.

It turned out that when Xiahou Yuan was busy building the antler long fence, Liu Beijun on the mountain was not idle, and took advantage of this time to take local materials and rushed out one hundred and ten simple trebuchets.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack ......"

Just when the drums and horns on Dingjun Mountain sounded in unison, in the Cao Army camp under the mountain, a warning sounded in an instant.

"Woo Woo Woo ......"

However, just when Sergeant Cao Wei had just rushed out of the camp under the leadership of generals at all levels, with the cracking sound of crockpots, a strong aroma of wine instantly greeted him.

"Hey, Shu Jun is sleeping in a daze, actually using alcohol as a cannon?"

Smelling the strong aroma of wine in the air, because of the reason why Liu Chan sold alcohol to Cao Cao, a group of Cao Wei soldiers were no strangers to this alcohol.

"This Liu Bei is really rich, such a precious alcohol is smashed like this, a loser!"

Looking at the wine jar that was still smashing into the antler fence in the moonlight, many Cao Wei soldiers couldn't help but feel envious and jealous.

"Change to a ballista rocket!"

Just when Cao Weijun under the mountain was still envious and jealous of Liu Beijun's defeat, halfway up the mountainside, with an order, on the position that had just finished launching the wine jar, they each pushed out a few giant crossbows, and shot out one after another the ignited rockets.

"What does Liu Bei want to do, without firewood and grass, ......what can these rockets do?"

Looking at the few stars shot from the mountain, including Xiahou Yuan, the soldiers of the Cao army couldn't help but be puzzled.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

However, before they could finish their doubtful words, as the rockets landed, and with a bang, blue flames suddenly rose into the sky, and in an instant, the antler fence they had just completed was wrapped in flames.

"So this alcohol can still be used like this!"

Looking at the blue fire that rose to the sky everywhere, the soldiers of the Cao Army couldn't help but be so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths.

"Knock knock ......"

"Kill !!"

Just when these Cao soldiers were still shocked that this alcohol could actually burn, a wave of drums and horns and shouts of killing came down from Dingjun Mountain.

"Fight the fire, meet the enemy!"

Hearing the overwhelming shouts of killing, regardless of the shock in his heart, Xiahou Yuan hurriedly ordered the generals to fight the fire to meet the enemy.

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"Why hasn't this fire been extinguished yet, and the Shu army is about to be killed!"

Listening to the drums and horns and shouting from Dingjun Mountain, and then looking at the fire that was still burning in front of him, Xiahou Yuan suddenly couldn't help but be angry.

"General, this ...... It seems that this fire can't be extinguished, and the more you water it, the bigger it burns."

In Xiahou Yuan's angry eyes, while the soldiers looked helpless, their faces were even more shocked.

"General Qiyu, Liu Bei sent Kou Feng and Wei Yan to lead the army to storm the Eastern Siege, and General Zhang He has now personally gone into battle to fight ......"

As the saying goes, blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular! Just when the soldiers of the Cao army were still shocked by the unquenchable fire, they saw a sergeant covered in blood who brought the news that the Eastern Siege was about to be breached.

"It's a good voice to attack the east and the west, Gongming, you immediately lead half of the soldiers and horses to go over to support the Shu army immediately, and be sure to hold the east siege and repel the Shu army!"

As soon as he heard that the eastern siege guarded by Zhang He was about to be breached, and then looked at the outside of the long siege, where only the sound was heard and no human figure was seen, Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly divided half of the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to Xu Huang and asked him to support Zhang He.

There is no way, if the east encirclement on Zhang He's side cannot be defended, the entire army will not only be cut off by the Shu army, but also cut off the retreat of the army and fall into a desperate situation of being completely annihilated south of the Han River.

"Tell all the soldiers, since the water can't be extinguished, then cover the fire with earth!"

After letting Xu Huang lead the troops to rescue Zhang He, although Xiahou Yuan, who was relieved, didn't know why the fire caused by alcohol in front of him couldn't be extinguished with water, but relying on experience, Xiahou Yuan quickly found the right way to extinguish the fire.

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"Lord, the time has come, you can strike it!"

Just when Xu Huang led half of the soldiers and horses of Xiahou Yuan's headquarters to rescue Zhang He, Fa Zheng, who was clear about Cao's movements on Dingjun Mountain, looked at Liu Bei with a smile on his face at this moment.

"Order, order Hansheng to attack immediately and directly attack Xiahou Yuan's headquarters!"

With Fa Zheng's smile on his face, Liu Bei did not delay, even when he gave the order for Huang Zhong to directly attack Xiahou Yuan's headquarters.

It turned out that, as Xiahou Yuan had predicted before, Liu Beijun's arson and night attack this time was indeed the idea of attacking the east and west. It's just that what I didn't expect was that in fact, Zhang He was just the 'east', and he himself was the 'west' who was hit!

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"I can see it clearly, if I encounter this matter again in the future, I can cover it with soil!"

Outside the camp of Xiahou Yuan's headquarters, seeing that with Xu Huang's reinforcements, the Dongwei side had stabilized, Xiahou Yuan, who breathed a sigh of relief, was in a good mood and personally started to repair the burned antlers with the sergeants.

"General Heroic ......"

"Kill, !!"

Before a Cao soldier could finish speaking, suddenly, accompanied by a burst of drums and horns, another shout of killing came down from the mountainside.

"Liu Beiqian's donkey skills are poor...... Uh, general, get out! ”

Hearing this shouting and killing, Zhao Hao, the pseudo-Yizhou assassin who rushed to repair the antlers with Xiahou Yuan, thought that this was another suspicious plan by the other party.

However, before he could finish his sarcastic words, he saw that under the bright moonlight, a veteran with gray hair and a big knife in his hand took the lead, rushing from the mountainside as if the sky was collapsing.

"Kill !!"

With a roar like thunder, the miserable white sword light flashed in the hands of the old general who was killed in an instant by taking advantage of the terrain, and Xiahou Yuan's head with half of his shoulders rose to the sky, and was carried in his hand by the old general!

"Xiahou Yuan is dead, you won't come down soon, let alone when you !!"

The old general, who was still holding Xiahou Yuan's head with a frightened look and immediately slashed, was like a god descending from heaven at this moment

In March of the twenty-third year of Jian'an, nearly a year ahead of the original 'plot', Xiahou Yuan still couldn't escape the doomed catastrophe after all, and used his life to fulfill the famous name of the veteran Huang Zhong!