Volume 1 Chapter 442 The Art of War (II)

This plain is facing the Yellow River, and the water and the residual heat of the ground, the heat in the air has subsided, and the cool mountain breeze blows from the mountains in the south, which is refreshing and pleasant.

The top of the mountain is still the granite boulder that watched the qi last night, Qianqian sat beside Ye Qing, concentrating on the changes in the city, and choosing something useful to talk to her husband.

Her eyes were clear and bright, and she had her own understanding, and analyzed: "They bombed continuously, and there was no extra strength to maintain the shield, which means that the loss of mana is very serious." ”

That's exactly what I expected...... Ye Qing smiled and said briefly, "Okay." ”

"Husband, what's the mystery here, why don't you say it?"

"The way of the art of war is nothing more than to destroy the sharp with the strong, or to destroy the strong with the sharp, and it depends on the heart and ears - in fact, I have already said it. ”

"If I had to say it again, I could only say that there was a man named Li Shimin, and some people commented that he was the most capable emperor in war since ancient times. ”

"This man is the best at destroying the sharpest. ”

"Li Shimin, who is this?" Qianqian was confused, but there were hundreds of dynasties and thousands of emperors in the earthly world, and it was normal for her not to think about it for a while, so she didn't think about it anymore, but kept it in her heart, and was ready to return to the ground and read it again.

After a while, Guo Jia came up and reported the summary of the statistics: "...... All of the enemy's 200 stone throwers were destroyed, but our 1,200 stone throwers were destroyed by incoming fire, and 150 were still intact, and most of the other throwing arms and armatures were so worn out that they were difficult to use anymore, and all the standard stone shells had been thrown, should they be withdrawn all together?"

"Withdraw, the broken stone thrower has the sappers dismantled on the spot and brought back the core metal parts...... There is no need to reorganize, they will not be needed in the future. Ye Qing thought about it for a while, and opened his mouth again: "Although there is no need, but there are one hundred and fifty left, continue to attack, and be sure to keep these words - continuous"

"Also, I'm here tonight, but you can serve some side dishes, the other party has worked hard at night, let's light them up"

Qianqian immediately transmitted the sound of the front line, the huge army array was busy in the light of the torches, the assembly line produced the standard system, basically every ten people of the stone throwing machine, there are one or two people involved in the assembly, clear dismantling order, everything seems to be in order.

On the city, Hu Zhen and a few generals watched from the inspection room, but they were all silent.

In the face of such an army alone, no one knows how long the road can be defended...... Fortunately, there is still a ten-day time limit, and there is still a chance.

"Put on the lightsβ€”" Suddenly, the clear and female voice spread throughout the audience again.

What is that...... Hu Zhen's eyes widened.

Thousands of bright red lanterns were lit up, rising from a military formation in the southeast, and advancing in mid-air along the southeast wind, and the bright red light further reflected the top and bottom of the city......

Ye Qing looked at it from afar, his eyes narrowed slightly, Zhuge Liang was only a ten-year-old boy who invented this thing in history, of course it was not called Kong Ming Lantern at this time, only the sky lantern.

"Shoot-"

Arrows rained down, continuing to suppress Guancheng in the night attack, and 500,000 allied troops took turns to fight, and this fourth round had arrived at the Jiangdong Army.

Yu Fan expected it when he supervised the production of the arrow tower, and at this time, it could not be said that he would not even shoot arrows, so he could only secretly order the release of water......

It's hard to say how effective it is, and the large-scale coverage of the arrow array doesn't rely on the accuracy of a single arrow, it can only be said to be slightly useful, and you can put as much water as you can - you can push it until the night is black, and the accuracy is not good

Until he saw the thousands of lights floating against the wind in the night sky in front of the array, his face was ugly: "Go and find out what is going on with this lamp."

The head of the sorcerer observed, and quickly responded: "It's a kind of paper lantern that expands by hot air...... Uh, there is a logo on the paper, it seems to be produced by Mijia Paper Mill, and it is marked with military paper, which is kept dry?"

"Damn, damn it......" Although Yu Fan didn't know what the effect of this paper lamp was, but when he saw this, a kind of ominous thought appeared in his heart, as if he saw Ye Qing's sneering expression - this guy must have calculated all the factors

Combined with the two years of papermaking in Yuzhou, it is not clear that this is preparing for Shangluo in all aspects...... Maybe even the Queen Mother has been booked a long time ago

This thought is simply chilling, how far this has to go.

"Quick check, what's going on with this paper lamp?" Yu Fan roared angrily, at a loss, this Ye Qing's endless methods are really terrifying and terrifying.

Tiger Prison Pass

"Go and check the flying lamp" Hu Zhentong roared angrily on the city: "Go quickly"

Many of the coalition forces have been discussed, including the intention of using physical strength to deplete the vitality of the garrison army, supported by spells and a large number of night battle materials.

During the day, the catapult array gave Xiliang Jun a surprise, and now at night, he found that the catapult unit was gradually declining, and he thought he could take a little breath, but he found that the "surprise" came again

I saw that at this time, the Xiliang Army also took turns to rest the troops, but found that the city was inferior in shooting...... The brighter the light in the city, the more obvious its own target is, and the light and darkness are relatively low, and you can't see the outside of the city clearly, and the target drops sharply

But...... How do these lights fly?

"There is a secret report from the opposite side - this is Liu Bei's newly made sky lantern"

Hu Zhen covered his forehead with his hand, stared at these red lights for a while, and then moved his gaze to a few sections of the nearby city wall, and sighed: "Go and invite a few real people from Taiping Dao to ......"

"This ......" hesitated following the two Taoist priests in charge of protection and emergency contact.

Originally, the mana blessing of the Guancheng Great Array would have an advantage, but this was completely offset by cluster attacks such as Ye Huolei, oil tanks, and stone bullets, which made the Taoist priests of Taiping Dao have to enter the battlefield in advance, and later got a secret report and strengthened the city wall again to resist the attack, and the mana consumption of the entire day was extremely large, while the mana of the coalition army was very small, and Liu Bei's family did not play at all.

At this time, they glanced at each other and couldn't help but shake their heads: "The situation of the imbalance of mana reserves is already very dangerous, where can I give up the recovery time to consume it? If this continues, the situation will worsen ......"

"I know that you have to rest and recover your mana, but you must send a small part to drive away these sky lanterns, otherwise the arrow array will be suppressed and scattered, and Liu Bei will dare to directly press the ant army to attack the city."

Hu Zhen pointed to the ladder trucks towering in the darkness in the distance: "He is ready for everything, understand? ”

A moment later, a strong wind blew, and finally thousands of sky lanterns blew open the city, everyone just breathed a sigh of relief, another wind blew these lamps back, and another wave of arrow rain pressed no one in the city dared to raise their heads, and all the crossbowmen hid in the arrow tower......

The heart of the envoy who arrived in a hurry sank, and the worst mana consumption situation began, and the enemy's core intention was finally revealed - to deplete the mana of the defenders' sorcerer group, and then carry out a surprise attack

"Isn't it Yu Fan who is attacking in rotation now?" Sun Zhenren lowered his voice: "Can you ......?"

"It's useless, it's just a gust of wind, if this can't be done, the princes will question it, and Ye Qing will take the opportunity to turn his face directly. ”

The envoy Zhenren shook his head and glanced at Yu Fan, who was blue in front of the battle in the distance: "Although these people on the ground have their own plots to stab knives, they also pay attention to the timing of stabbing knives, and they will not be stupid enough to take advantage of our fire." ”

On the hill in the distance, Ye Qing stretched out his hand to caress Qianqian's supple waist, also looked at the group of lights and the rain of arrows, and concluded: "...... What kind of stabbing calculations we have, when we have the strength to do so, we can't put it on the table, unless the governor and Yu Fan have decided to take a risk...... Well, or when you are alone, you dare to take risks, but with the addition of the Governor, hehe...... It's not a good thing to have a lot of people, everyone is afraid of the snipe and the clam fighting, and the fisherman will profit."

Qianqian pursed her lips and smiled, looking back at her husband, her eyes were full of water: "Husband is not afraid." ”

"I'm scared too...... I'm just concentrating on my own business. Ye Qing smiled and kissed her cheek.

"Don't make trouble, this is ...... outside" Qianqian's face was dyed red, the real person does not suppress her temperament, but she will inevitably feel shy in front of people.

She was about to ask which option to choose next, when she suddenly looked back.

On the quiet mountain road, a serious-looking middle-aged man came up with Xun You, and a team of white-eared soldiers on duty stepped forward to ask, staring at the stranger twice, and looking back, he was about to ask his lord for instructions.

The middle-aged man was a little hesitant, but when he saw Ye Qing making out with his wife in front of the court, he frowned and turned around and left: "What kind of system is this, how can it be the appearance of the master." ”

Xun You was unrestrained, and dragged him back, Ha Luha smiled: "Lord, I am catching up with Tian Yuanhao, talking about a matter that I can't fight, and I ask the lord to judge and judge."

Tian Yuanhao...... Tian Feng, this guy has been under house arrest, isn't he willing to die rather than surrender?

Ye Qing laughed, judging himself as a pretense, the Xun family has a relationship with some families in Hebei, and this Xun You can be regarded as a deliberate recommendation.

Tian Feng, the character Yuan Hao, Julu people.

Tian Feng since childhood, when he was a child, he was bereaved and mourned, although the time of the mourning has passed, but he does not smile toothlessly, so he is valued by the neighbors, and Tian Feng is erudite and talented, very famous in Jizhou, initially was recruited by the Taiwei Mansion, recommended as Maocai, and later was selected as the imperial history, because of resentment that the eunuch was in power, the virtuous minister was killed, so he abandoned the official and returned home.

Soon, he became a subordinate of Jizhou Mu Hanfu, because of his integrity and discouragement, Yuan Shao heard that Tian Feng was famous, with valuable gifts, very humble to recruit Tian Feng, appointed him as a different driver, and trusted him very much.

But he is still upright, he has repeatedly made suggestions to Yuan Shao and was not adopted, Xun once commented that he was "just guilty of committing it", he was already disliked by Yuan Shao, and was ordered to be imprisoned by Yuan Shao for dissuading Yuan Shao from conquering Cao Cao, and after the battle of Guandu, Tian Feng was killed by Yuan Shao.

At this time, he saw that this person was a little yellow, but his roots were erect and his personality was upright, and this kind of courtier was often difficult to die well, Ye Qing thought so, so he smiled and said: "Yuan Hao is here, what do you teach me?"

Tian Feng didn't appreciate it, stared at Ye Qing with a straight neck, and said coldly: "The public death period is approaching." ”

As soon as these words fell, Xun couldn't help but change color slightly.

Ye Qing nodded at him and said with a smile: "Look at this person, it's a good thing to be upright, but you can make a mistake when you open your mouth, I heard that Yuan Shao doesn't like it, and there is a reason." ”

Xun said: "Yes, even if it is to my father, I can't talk like this, let alone the lord, but his courage is rare." ”

Ye Qing smiled: "Extremely, extremely." ”

Turning to Tian Feng again, he said, "Yuan Hao, tell the truth, be ready to listen." ”