Chapter 166: The Beginning of the War

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao reminisced under the city of Jizhou, and after speaking, the two returned to their own territory, Yuan Shao entered the city, and went up to the city tower to look at Cao Cao's army!

Cao Cao walked to his camp, and the whole army was watching Cao Cao, whether to start attacking the city, no less than 300,000 people, but there was no sound.

Cao Cao stood in front of the Chinese army, drew his long sword from his waist and swung it forward, shouting: "Siege"

A scream that shook the sky shook the army on Yuan Shaocheng, and then some of the soldiers picked up their shields, and the archers drew their bows and prepared to shoot arrows.

Just look at the thousands of catapults in front of Cao Cao's formation began to pull up, Cao Jun only heard the sound of buzzing catapults bouncing, and Yuan Shao watched the small stones fly from the city tower, getting bigger and bigger, and when he was less than twenty meters away from him, Cao Cao shouted, find cover, squat!

The soldiers on the city wall did not dare to show their heads, and they all squatted on the city wall, only listening to the sound of stones hitting the city wall, and the feeling of the city wall shaking. Suddenly, Tian Feng felt that something was wrong, and looked up outside the city to see why these thousands of catapults had smashed on the city wall, and why they hadn't hit the soldiers and the city!

Tian Feng stood up and watched the stones fly head-on, it was indeed terrifying to watch the stones fly, but every piece smashed on the city wall, but none of them crossed the city wall.

Yuan Shao looked at Tian Feng's body standing on the city wall and said, "Tian Feng, you don't want to die, squat down"

Tian Feng said: "My lord, let's take a look, not a single stone flew over the city wall, why is this, there must be fraud"

When Yuan Shao heard this, he looked around, and felt that it was the same, Yuan Shao slowly raised his head and looked outside the city, thousands of stones flew over and all smashed into the eaves of the city wall, the bricks and tiles of the city wall were broken, and the stones fell to the ground.

Yuan Shao Yile stood up and said with a smile: "Cao Apu, Cao Apu, how did you lead the troops, this is really God bless me Yuan Shao from destruction, hahahahaha!!!!! ”

Tian Feng said: "Lord, there is fraud"

"Oh, how can there be a fraud?"

Tian Feng continued: "My lord, please think about it, this Cao thief spent 200,000 troops in two months to make a catapult and a stone that leveled two hills, why did this stone not be thrown into our city, but smashed on the city wall, isn't this worth thinking about?" ”

Yuan Shao said: "Maybe Cao Cao wanted to use stones to smash the city wall of our Jizhou."

Tian Feng said: "It is possible, but they should also know how wide and thick our city wall is, and it is not something that stones can smash."

Yuan Shao smiled and said, "Just order the archers to prepare to shoot Cao Jun and sneak in, let's talk about it in the pavilion first!" ”

Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao squatting down just now, afraid that the stone would hit his head, and saw Yuan Shao get up and laugh on the city wall Cao Cao would not use soldiers.

Guo Jia said: "Prime Minister, this Yuan Shao can still laugh, is he very confident in the city defense of Jizhou, we have invested three rounds, but the city wall does not have any cracks, it seems that the city wall of Jizhou is very strong"

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Yuan Shao, as the head of the people, is narrow-minded, shallow in knowledge, wide on the outside and taboo on the inside, and suspicious.

As a commander-in-chief, he is undecisive, fierce and timid, has many soldiers but different commands, and is arrogant and unclear.

As a father, he allowed his sons to support themselves and compete for the position of the son.

It can be seen that this Yuan Shao Yuan Benchu, whether he is a master, a father, or a commander, is ** on the outside and mediocre on the inside! That's why he can't see what I mean."

After hearing this, Guo Jia was puzzled and said: "Didn't the prime minister want to use a catapult to smash the Jizhou city defense?" ”

"My order is for the soldiers to aim at the city wall of Jizhou and start throwing stones, and I also told them to break the city defense of Jizhou, and the intention of Qi is not here."

"Guo Jia, look" Cao Cao pointed to the stones behind Guo Jia and said: "These stones were moved here by our 200,000 army in two months, and the stones are not as high as the city wall, what will happen if we throw all these stones on the city wall?"

Guo Jia said: "The prime minister said that all of them were cast on the city wall? ”

Cao Cao responded, Guo Jia was startled for a moment, and then his eyes lit up and said: "Such an inconspicuous trick, maybe I haven't understood our intentions until now, if I understood, Yuan Shao wouldn't have laughed on the city wall just now."

Cao Cao smiled and shouted, "Hurry up and vote for me, I will finish all the votes early tomorrow morning"

After an hour, Cao Cao was a little tired, and then went back to the back of the military tent to sleep for a while.

Yuan Shao said to Tian Feng in the attic: "This Cao Apu seems to be crazy, is it suffocating him to the city if he can't attack the city, and looking at the afternoon when we talk together, his tone seems to be very confident, not like he is pretending"

Tian Feng said: "Lord, if Cao Cao has no follow-up moves, we don't have to worry that he can attack the city, our 200,000 troops are all prepared under the city wall, they can't enter Jizhou City."

Yuan Shao yawned and said: "I'm a little tired, squint for a while, if you are sleepy, let's sleep for a while, Cao Cao won't be able to attack for a while, we still maintain our spirits, and it's not too late to say when Cao Cao attacks."

Tian Feng listened to Yuan Shao's words, and the two squinted together for a while.

Three hours passed, and Cao Cao woke up and said, "How is it?"

Guo Jia said next to him: "Prime Minister, we have been casting for three hours, about 300 times, and the ropes of many catapults are broken, and we are rushing to repair them, but it has not affected the normal stone-throwing."

Cao Cao nodded and then said: "Go on, the time has not yet arrived, let the soldiers be replaced, and it is very tiring to carry stones, besides, we have to retain our physical strength, and tomorrow we will wantonly kill Yuan Shao's soldiers."

Guo Jia nodded and went out to order, change to another group of soldiers who carried stones and loaded catapults.

Jing Chu Li Zhe received the news and said: "Outside Jizhou City, Cao Cao's 200,000 army spent two months mining stone and logging wood to make catapults!" ”

Li Zhe, Zhuge Liang, and Pang Tong were all there, Li Zhe asked, "Kong Ming Shiyuan, what do you think Cao Cao is going to do?"

The two thought for a while, and Zhuge Liang said: "Lord, could it be that Cao Cao wants to use catapults to disrupt the enemy army first, and then attack the city?" This style of play is also in line with the art of war, but the first time it didn't work, and the second time it probably won't work."

Pang Tong said: "My lord, the spies said that Cao Cao spent 200,000 troops to develop and build catapults in two months, and 200,000 troops could level a few hills with two months of stone mining alone, why did they use such a big project?" ”

Li Zhe thought for a while, then stood up and said: "It's not good, Jizhou Yuan Shao is defeated, maybe Yuan Shao and none of them can escape."

Zhuge Liang said: "The spy said that Yan Liangwen Chou in the city is not training 200,000 troops, it is impossible to defeat so quickly."

Li Zhe said: "The big tent is not about people, but about planning. I think that when we captured Jingchu back then, the number was only 30,000, but there were more than 200,000 people in Jingchu, didn't we take it down the same, no matter when it came, we couldn't underestimate Cao Cao's person."

Pang Tong said: "Lord, we still don't see Cao Cao's intentions, nor do we see that Yuan Shao will be defeated"

Li Zhe said: "As Shi Yuan just said, the 200,000 army spent two months mining stones and building catapults, and 200,000 people can make thousands of them in two months, and the stones can level several hills."

"If Cao Cao uses these catapults to smash the city wall of Jizhou, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Zhuge Liang said: "Lord, the city wall of Jizhou is stronger than the city defense of our Jiangling City, if you hit it with stones, you can only go to the skin, and it is impossible to smash the city wall."

Li Zhe said: "Kong Ming and Shi Yuan are familiar with the art of war, they are both great talents, so it is inevitable that the book of war will be bound, you think, if Cao Cao uses the stones of several mountains to smash all the stones on the city wall of Jizhou, what will happen?"

Zhuge Liang thought for a while and then said: "Yes, why didn't I think that Cao Cao was not destroying the city defenses, but paving the way for himself."