Since the victory in the Battle of Jingxiang, Huang Zhong and Guan Ping have been stationed in Duyang City.

The ground is connected to Jingyu, and there is the danger of Funiu Mountain and Fuyu Mountain in the north and south.

Controlling and guarding the two states, the road is more than 40 miles narrow, and it is a place to fight for in the north and south.

When Huang Zhong and Guan Ping came, there was only one small county in Duyang, which was not enough to control the road to ward off the thieves.

Huang Zhong, a local, is also aware of this, but after all, there are very few cases of conflict between Jingyu and Henan, so there is no need to settle here.

And for Jingzhou, whether it is Xiangfan or Jiangling Jiangxia, it is much more dangerous than blocking the sun.

But now the situation is different, so after cleaning up the Cao army here last year, Guan Ping and Huang Zhong followed Guan Yu's example in Jiangling.

While sending troops to resist Cao's soldiers, he built a new city to hide his baggage and defend the enemy.

"Cao Jun is going to make a big move again."

The color of the new soil on the city wall of Duyang was still quite obvious, and Huang Zhong stood on it with a slightly solemn face.

Guan Ping didn't say a word beside him, just bowed his head slightly.

During this time, the two of them were quite happy in the co-defense of Duyang, Guan Ping specialized in training troops to build the city, Huang Zhong was responsible for defending the city and pursuing, the old and the young were compatible, and the Duyang was still as stable as Mount Tai.

It's just that since July, the Cao army in the direction of Yuzhou has been silent, and Huang Zhong would have gone out of the city with a bow and horse every day to pursue, but now he has been idle for a long time.

is on the front line of Cao Liu's competition, and both of them can be regarded as veterans, so they understand this situation very well.

The scouts returned to defend to join the legions, the defensive line retreated to avoid leaking the news, and the longer the silence grew, the more unsettling it became.

It wasn't until early one morning, almost September, that this silence was broken by Huang Zhong's scouts:

"General Huang, Cao Jun!"

Huang Zhong and Guan Ping hurriedly climbed the city to take a look, and couldn't help but gasp together for the cool air of the early morning.

Cao Jun came from the east, like a storm roaring on the shore, and there was no edge in sight.

Even if Cao Jun has been defeated for more than a year and it is difficult to find victory, the scene seen by the naked eye now is clear to Huang Zhong and Guan Ping, what is what later generations said "one mine and nine mines".

"General, now the thief army will be arrogant when they gather in groups, and it is better to go out of the city to attack them."

"The thief army is ashamed to encircle Yang, then you can guard and wait for General Ying Yunchang, and the thief army will go straight to Wancheng regardless of it, and you can attack with the tail to exhaust the thief's heart."

The strength of Cao's army made everyone look awe-inspiring, but there were still some people who were not afraid and went out to fight.

"Liu Min is so bold!" Huang Zhong made no secret of the admiration on his face.

This Jiang Gongyan's cousin is not a boastful person, and he has fought in Xiangyang Pingxinye under Huang Zhong, and his performance is remarkable.

After blocking the sun, he was quite insightful about the city defense and was praised by Guan Ping.

At this time, the strategy proposed to attack was not without a target, because of the stability of blocking the sun, and also relying on Guan Yunchang's heavy troops stationed in Bowang County in the rear, the two cities became a state of watching and helping each other.

And Liu Min's suggestion is also appropriate, Cao Jun will cooperate with General Guan Yunchang inside and outside when he manages Blocking Yang, and Cao Jun will attack and disturb him regardless of Blocking Yang, and then cooperate with General Guan Yunchang inside and outside.

It's just that Liu Min was disappointed that after Huang Zhong praised him, he did not hesitate to personally lead the cavalry out of the city, cruising close to Cao's army to attack and disturb.

"That's Huang Zhong?"

Seeing that every time the leading white-bearded general pulled the bow, Cao Jun in the camp would fall over, Xiahou Yuan sizzled, lowered his head and asked left and right.

This cavalry is not very numerous, but they can all shoot their bows immediately, and they can always keep a subtle distance from the Cao army between advance and retreat, the Cao army scouts went out of the formation to drive them to the ground, and the soldiers moved slowly and inevitably in the air, for a while Xiahou Yuan actually felt anxious, and there was an inexplicable grievance with it:

This time, there were six Cao troops who attacked Wancheng through the blocking sun, why did this Huang Zhong run into the one he was in?

And staring at Huang Zhong, what appeared in Xiahou Yuan's heart was the three words "give away people's heads" that Zhang Fei said.

Although he was unconvinced, but looking at Huang Zhongjin's bow and retreating, and then thinking about the death of Le Jin Le Wenqian, Xiahou Yuan honestly lowered his body again.

Although the strong bow is sharp, the sharp arrows are limited, and Huang Zhong's rangers are few after all, after Xiahou Yuan frequently mobilized troops and horses to force each other and sweep the formation with a longbow, he finally forced Huang Zhong's rangers back to Duyang.

After breathing a sigh of relief, Xiahou Yuan glanced at Duyang again, and then led his troops to continue westward towards Wancheng without hesitation.

This veteran is extremely brave, he is also about sixty years, and now his three-stone bow is still difficult to open, this Huang Zhong can also pull a horse-drawn bow, and kill the enemy in response to the string, that Le Wenqian died unjustly!

Before leaving the army, Cao Ren, the commander of this road, proposed that Xiahou Yuan lead a group of soldiers and horses to encircle Yang, but Xiahou Yuan refused without hesitation.

Rather than lead the army alone to face this Huang Zhong and Guan Yu's son Guan Ping, he would rather stoop to Cao Ren's subordinates to fight against the fierce and powerful Guan Yu!

Which is more important and which is lighter, Xiahou Yuan can still distinguish clearly.

Now seeing that Du Yang was left behind, Xiahou Yuan just wanted to laugh, he felt that the three words "give away people's heads" that Zhang Fei jokingly said were getting farther and farther away from him.

Returning to the city of Duyang, Huang Zhong re-ascended the city without taking off his armor, and stood on a high place to see the movements of Cao's army.

The Cao army, which swept like a wave, did not stop, and slowly walked in the direction behind Duyang City, obviously not planning to waste time on Duyang, but wanted to go directly to General Yunchang to fight.

But Cao Jun obviously didn't intend to threaten the back road by letting the defenders of Yangcheng block:

Dozens of strange-looking ordnance were pushed by Cao Jun to the foot of Duyang City with great effort, and a group of Cao soldiers began to be busy debugging.

Such a battle suddenly made Huang Zhong and Guan Ping a little nervous - no wonder the two were nervous, after all, if it is about the power of engineering ordnance now, the generals under Liu Bei may be very clear.

Nowadays, even Lei Xu, who maintains law and order in the rear, can drag two sentences when he drinks in his spare time, "A gentleman is not different, and he is good at faking things" to praise the engineering creations of Zhuge and Mrs. Huang.

But soon, the debugging of Cao Jun's armament dispelled the tension in the hearts of the two.

A stone of about a foot was thrown high after more than a dozen people pulled the ordnance, and finally hit the waistline of the city wall blocking the sun, leaving a shallow mark.

Cao Jun, who was in charge of besieging and blocking the sun on the opposite side, suddenly broke out into enthusiastic cheers, which made Huang Zhong suddenly a little silent:

Not to mention throwing stone bullets into the city, you can even smash a pit in the city wall to get out......

Guan Ping's tone was a little uncertain:

"This thing...... Could it be the thunderbolt that defeated Yuan Benchu? ”

After the rise of engineering in Gong'an County, Zhuge Military Division and Mrs. Huang naturally also looked for various ordnance to try to imitate and disassemble, including the thunderbolt used in the battle of Guandu, so it was also known to Guan Ping.

It's just that when I see it now, I feel a big sense of disappointment.

And Huang Zhong's response is even simpler:

"Powerful crossbow!"

(End of chapter)