Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Cao Jun's crossbowmen began to pull the triggers frantically, while the archers drew their bowstrings to the full, pointed obliquely in the air, and fired all arrows!

The crossbowmen dealt with the cavalry, while the archers dealt with the crossbowmen and archers behind Yuan Shao's cavalry.

The horse pit has a natural restraint on the cavalry, and it is easy to dig, and it costs almost nothing.

Caltrops are small and good at hiding, and they are also a sharp weapon against cavalry.

The cavalry who rushed to the front had already entered the trapping area of ​​horse traps and caltrops.

With Yuan Jun's cavalry, he suddenly felt his horse leaning forward suddenly, followed by a scalp-numbing sound of bone fractures!

Or the running horse suddenly bounced up, or fell directly to the ground, and a series of sounds began to sound.

"Crack!"

"Pfft!"

"Bang!!"

"what!"

Countless sounds of falling to the ground, fractures and screams sounded, and nearly a thousand cavalrymen of Yuan Jun's cavalry fell to the ground in just an instant.

However, the loss of these people also filled the trap, and their sacrifices allowed the cavalry in the rear to move forward smoothly.

Then, after finally breaking through the area of ​​the horse pit and the caltrops, Yuan Jun's cavalry suddenly heard another "buzz! buzz!" sound!

"Turn around!"

Zhang Xi reacted quickly, but just as he shouted, there was another burst of "puchi" and screams.

It was the sound of crossbow arrows shooting into flesh,

The cavalry under Zhang He Gaolan's command fell down in pieces like harvested wheat at this moment!

Seeing the ferocious firepower of Cao Jun's crossbowmen, Zhang He Gaolan immediately gave the order to turn around and make a large arc.

During this period,

The alien cavalry under Zhang He and Gao Lan showed the strongest killing skills among the cavalry, cavalry and shooting!

"Tu Tu Tu!"

"Whoosh whoosh!"

The most effective killing range of the improved ten-shot continuous crossbow is seventy steps,

However, Yuan Jun's cavalry fought in a detour at a distance of about eighty steps, and by the way, they threw the bow and arrow in their hands into Cao Jun's crossbowmen by inertia.

Cao Jun's crossbowmen were all lightly armored and had no defensive shields, and a wave of arrows was thrown down, causing heavy losses immediately.

Seeing that the cavalry and shooting were effective, the two cavalry of Zhang He Gaolan began to use their mobility to continuously roundabout, projectile, and then roundabout and projectile, which brought the characteristics of the cavalry archers to the extreme.

Cao Jun's crossbowmen were suppressed by the range and suffered heavy losses, while the arrows of the archers could not hit the light cavalry who came and went like the wind at all.

After Zhao Yun saw it, he clenched his fists and clenched his silver teeth, and squeezed out a few words: "Cavalry and shooting of alien cavalry!"

Lu Yan had only seen this kind of large-scale riding and shooting in games and TV before, but seeing it now, he was immediately shocked.

Liu Bei and others had only seen Bai Ma Yicong lobbing at foreigners before, but they didn't feel how strong they were. Now that they saw their own family being lobbed by Yuan Jun, they felt it firsthand, "The cavalry archer is really a pervert!"

Under the blows of several waves of arrow rain, Cao Jun's crossbowmen not only lost their firepower output, but also suffered heavy losses, and finally had to retreat to the formation ahead of time.

"As expected of Zhang Xi and Gao Lan who were able to defeat and recruit foreign cavalry...these two are much better than Yan Liangwen Chou!" Cao Cao couldn't help but sighed in his heart.

Yan Liang Wenchou only has the courage of an ordinary man, maybe Yan Liang can also lead the battle, but after all, he is still a reckless man who underestimates the enemy.

But Zhang He and Gao Lan are different. They are not only superior in martial arts, but also wise and brave, and good at commanding troops.

Chapter 219 The earth mountain is high, the suppressed Lao Cao can't lift his head

Zhang He Gaolan's use of light cavalry opened the eyes of Lu Yan, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei and others on the city wall.

It also allowed Lu Yan to see the true power of the cavalry, and put away the slightest contempt for the cavalry in his heart.

Regardless of strategy or tactics, cavalry is still the most powerful arm of this era after all.

Zhao Yun, Xiahoulan, Zhang Liao and others were slightly dissatisfied in the face of Zhang He Gaolan who was directed like a flower.

That's right, they are all commanders who specialize in cavalry, but Cao Cao can't get good horses, and they can't show their true strength at all.

Seeing that Yuan Jun's cavalry had broken through the two lines of defense, Cao Cao had no choice but to order: "Shield wall, long spear array!"

This is also the tactic Lu Yan used when dealing with Xiliang cavalry.

Behind a large shield that is taller than a person, there are three warriors holding the shield from behind.

From the gap in the shield, a spear nearly six meters long protruded.

The dense array of long spears and large shields, Sen Han's iron spear head shone coldly under the sunlight, like the blade of the death sickle!

How dare light cavalry without heavy armor rush into such a shield spear formation?The fate of the Xiliang cavalry is enough to illustrate the seriousness of the consequences of reckless actions.

What's more, these alien cavalry don't even have iron armor, they don't even have leather armor, so how dare they challenge such an iron shield and spear formation head-on?

After all, it was only a tentative attack. Cao Jun showed the Liannu soldiers, and Yuan Jun also showed riding and shooting.

Zhang He Gao Lan obviously also had an in-depth study of Cao Jun's tactics against the Xiliang iron cavalry. They just roared past Cao Jun's spear formation, and after throwing a rain of arrows that had no obvious effect, they returned to the two wings of their infantry formation. , to cover the two wings of their own infantry formation.

At this time, Yuan Junzhong issued another order, "Shield soldiers, advance!"

This is Yuan Shao's heavy armored infantry, which originated from the first camp of general Qu Yi.

The heavy armored infantry raised their shields to block Cao Jun's random arrows. Behind them were Yuan Shao's heavy crossbowmen and pikemen, who were slowly but firmly moving towards Cao Jun.

If Yuan Shao's heavy armored soldiers and heavy crossbowmen are allowed to approach, with the current Cao army's formation, it is bound to pay a high price.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Cao Cao immediately ordered the ballista on the city wall to fire to stop Yuan Shao's infantry from advancing!

A crossbow arrow as thick as an arm can clear a terrifying passage of human blood with one arrow.

In Yuan Jun's formation, there were two unlucky guys with a shield, strung together by a crossbow the size of an adult's arm, nailed to the ground, and let out screams.

Seeing that Cao Cao had used all the defense equipment, Yuan Shao immediately showed a disdainful smile, and said, "Send the order, withdraw the troops! After the siege equipment arrives, take down Cao Cao in one fell swoop!"

"Ding Ding Ding!"

"Withdraw!!"

"withdraw!"

The sound of gold ringing sounded, and Yuan Jun retreated like a tide.

At this moment, Cao Cao's back was already soaked in cold sweat.

On the surface, Cao Jun seemed to repel Yuan Jun, but in fact they lost.

Using the defense equipment in advance is equivalent to exposing a trump card in advance. The next time Yuan Jun attacks the city, he will definitely be fully prepared for the ballista.

After Yuan Shao returned to the camp, he asked the counselors around him for advice: "After this battle, Cao Cao will definitely not be able to shrink back. Everyone, do you have a plan?"

At this time, the judge was the first to stand up and offer advice: "My lord, Cao Jun has retreated behind the city wall and defended the city. We can take this opportunity to build an earth mountain and a high platform a hundred steps away from Cao Jun's city. Then let the archers go On the high platform, condescendingly suppress Cao's army with bows and arrows, after a long time, Cao's army may collapse without fighting!"

"This plan is very good!" Yuan Shao nodded slightly, agreeing.

Yuan Shao adopted the strategy of auditing and matching, so he dispatched infantry to cover, and ordered the civilian husbands to take shovels, hoes and other tools to a position about 120 steps outside the city, and piled up soil into mountains.

After Cao Cao saw Yuan Jun's actions, he immediately ordered Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Xia Houlan, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and other generals to lead all the cavalry out of the city to stop Yuan Jun's actions.

It's a pity that even though Cao Jun has more than 4 cavalry, Yuan Shao's army has more than [-] cavalry led by Zhang Ying and Gao Lan.

As soon as Cao Jun's cavalry appeared, Zhang He Gao Lan led the troops out.In desperation, Zhao Yun and the others just divided up their troops to symbolically destroy a few earth hills, and then had no choice but to return behind the city wall.

Seeing Yuan Shao's actions, Cao Cao couldn't help feeling a little worried.

So, he asked his counselors for advice, saying: "Yuan Shao pushed the earth into a mountain and built a high platform. I am afraid that he wants to use the high altitude to suppress our army's defense... Gentlemen, do you have any countermeasures?"

Xi Zhicai clasped his hands and replied, "My lord, it's really easy for us to destroy the earth mountain."

When Cao Cao heard that Xi Zhicai said that defeating the enemy was easy, he was overjoyed and said, "Please tell Zhicai in detail!"

"My subordinates went to see the camp yesterday. Our army has almost assembled nearly [-] catapults. As long as the catapults throw stones at Yuan Shao's dirt hill, they can be easily destroyed."

Suddenly, Cao Cao slapped his forehead suddenly, made a clear and loud "pop", and laughed at himself: "How did I forget the trebuchet!"

However, at this moment, Jia Xu suddenly stood up and suggested to Cao Cao: "My lord, I suggest that Yuan Shao should first build the earthen mountains and high platforms, let them be proud for a while, and then use the trebuchet to destroy them." hit."

As soon as Jia Xu said the words, everyone immediately understood what he meant, and all of them burst into low laughter.

"Shrimp and pig's heart!" Lu Yan gave Jia Xu a thumbs-up, and said, "That's right, if it's bad, it's you, Jia Wenhe!"

After hearing Lu Yan's "praise", Jia Xu immediately cupped his hands and replied to Lu Yan: "It's all thanks to Lu Hushi's guidance!"

"..."

In order not to make Yuan Shao suspicious, Cao Cao's cavalry and even infantry would rush out to destroy two or three earth mountains from time to time, and the crossbow carts on the city wall were also firing at the earth mountains with all their strength, trying to delay Yuan Jun's construction of the earth mountain high platform.

But in the end, Cao Jun's efforts were "in vain", and Yuan Shao still completed his set goal.

In just seven days, Yuan Jun built fifty earth mountains outside Cao Jun's city wall!On top of the dirt hill, the peasants driven by the Yuan family built a wooden platform more than three feet high.

Dozens of archers are arranged on each high platform. When there is nothing to do, the archers will shoot arrows at the defenders on Cao Jun's city wall. Relying on the range advantage brought by their condescension, they suppressed Cao Jun somewhat for a while. Can't hold my head up.

How miserable were the defenders on Cao Cao's side?

When Cao Jun's soldiers went up to the city wall, they had to put shields on their heads before they dared to go up.

As long as anyone is negligent, there will be a rain of arrows shot from Yuan Jun's high platform, and then they will accurately land on the head and body of that unlucky guy, stabbing him into a human-shaped hedgehog.

Whenever a Cao Jun was shot into a hedgehog by Yuan Jun's archers, there would be a burst of shouts and laughter on the high platform.

Yuan Jun's soldiers even took this as fun,

Every day is roll call and volley, and then watching Cao Jun run away with his head in his arms, and finally spend a beautiful and happy day amidst loud laughter...

Chapter 2 It's okay, don't panic, it's just a small loss...

On the high platform of the earth mountain, Yuan Jun stood on it every day and shot at Cao Jun on the city wall.

Cao Jun's soldiers were so suppressed that they couldn't even raise their heads. The more miserable the enemy was, the more joyful Yuan Jun's shots were. All of a sudden, the morale of the soldiers was about to drop to the bottom.

Under this huge advantage, Yuan Shao and his soldiers enjoyed it for four full days, venting all their depression about the defeat of the vanguard and the beheading of the general.

During the day of No.11, Cao Jun's scouts sent back news that Yuan Shao's siege equipment had finally arrived at Guandu Ferry.

In the big tent of Cao Jun's army,

After Cao Cao read the news, he guessed in his heart, "I think in two days, Yuan Shao will launch a general attack!"

At this time, Jia Xu stood up and said to Cao Cao: "My lord, Yuan Jun's equipment has arrived. We can wait for Yuan Shao's siege equipment to come up, and then let the trebuchets shoot a volley to destroy them!"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Okay! Let the soldiers take advantage of the darkness to hide all the trebuchets in the tent behind the city wall first, and destroy them when Yuan's siege equipment arrives tomorrow!"

At night, more than 200 trebuchets were quietly hidden in the camp.

It was just dawn, and the siege equipment that had just arrived was sent to the battlefield by Yuan Shao.

It seems that Cao Cao still overestimated Yuan Shao's patience with him. He didn't rest at all, and couldn't wait to attack Guandu and defeat Cao Cao.

Looking from a distance, Yuan Jun on the high platform saw Cao Jun's tents stretching behind the city wall. They still thought that Cao Jun soldiers were stationed behind the city wall, and they didn't find anything unusual in it.

The well rail most commonly used by Yuan Jun has been slowly pushed forward by the soldiers at this moment.

In front of the pawns, civilian husbands, and Jing Lan, there are oar chariots equipped with huge shields.

The scull cart opened the way in front, providing cover for the Jinglan and the siege soldiers behind.This combination once broke through Gongsun Zan's Yijing outer city, and almost broke through Yu Jin's White Horse Stronghold. It was Yuan Shao's most proud way of attacking the city.

The scull cart moved forward slowly, passed the high platform of the earth mountain, and there were still about fifty steps to reach the moat.

Behind the scull cart were countless peasants carrying cloth bags full of mud. Under the cover of the scull cart, they tried to fill in the road on the moat for the siege army to pass.

Yuan Shao stood in the gorgeous car, looking at the battlefield in front of him from a distance, with a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, he said to himself: "Cao Aman, Cao Aman, after all, you are still no match for me, Yuan Benchu."

However, before Yuan Shao's extraordinary words fell, he suddenly saw a small black spot appearing in the distant sky...

Yuan Shao thought it was because he was dazzled by the sunlight, he tried to close his eyes to adjust, but when he opened them again, he couldn't help shouting in surprise, "Good guy! What are those dense black dots in the sky?" ???"

Shen Pei, Xu You and others naturally also saw the abnormality in the sky.

Xu You, who has always paid close attention to Cao Cao and studied it, suddenly thought of the weapon Cao Cao used to deal with Yuan Shu... He couldn't help but widen his eyes, and shouted in horror: "It's a catapult, It’s the improved catapult from Lu Yan’s Chenliu Workshop!!!”

"Catapult? Its power..." Yuan Shao was about to ask what power that thing would have, but in the end, a few stone bullets the size of a human head smashed a high platform to pieces!Tell Yuan Shao with the facts, are we powerful?

"Wow!!"