Chapter 228 Battle of Guandu [Subscribe]

In Cao's camp, Dian Wei and Xu Chu personally moved stones and loaded catapults.

The other catapults were operated by six soldiers, who were responsible for carrying each stone bullet weighing at least two to three hundred kilograms.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu each held one in their hands and could hold two under their armpits, and they moved back and forth very quickly.

Among the more than 40 catapults, five were large-scale catapults that threw stone bombs as big as small mountains.

Combined with the inertia of the throw, the resulting lethality is quite terrifying.

When dozens of stone bombs fell from the sky, there was a huge roar and the ground shook.

The Jizhou army that was touched was instantly covered in blood.

One round, two rounds, three rounds of bombing... the Jizhou army was in disarray.

However, the initial velocity of stone bullets is not as high as that of bows and crossbows. They can be very powerful when used to attack cities or fixed objects.

But if you attack people or military formations directly, except for the first two waves, the subsequent power will be weakened.

The Jizhou army quickly made adjustments under the drum signal, separating the crowd and forming small square formations to reduce casualties.

The main purpose of the catapult's projection is to offset the dense volleys of the Jizhou army's crossbowmen.

"Retreat! After the Yanzhou Army drops bombs, they must charge out of the camp and prepare to meet the enemy!"

Before Qu Yi finished speaking, the gate of Cao's camp had already opened.

Cao's army used catapults to clear the way and suppress the enemy with firepower.

Then the camp gate opened wide and teams of infantry rushed out.

These infantrymen held heavy shields and wore armor that made a slight sound of metal clashing as they walked.

The subsequent infantrymen marched out in formation.

At the same time, cavalrymen from the left and right wings of Cao's camp also rushed out, cooperating with the infantry in the center, preparing to attack the Jizhou army.

"The Yanzhou Army has finally come out!"

Yuan Tan's eyes lit up: "Shoot for me!"

“Don’t shoot!”

Qu Yi shouted to stop Yuan Tan: "Infantrymen, line up and wait to attack Cao's army!"

At such a close distance, the crossbowmen who were scattered by the stone throwing just now could gather together again and string their crossbows while sitting on the ground. They could only fire one round at most, and then Cao's army would rush over to kill them.

Once the cavalry rushes up, it will be a disaster for the crossbowmen.

At Qu Yi's order, the retreating troops of Jizhou stopped, lined up and raised their guns.

The Cao army cavalry on the opposite side rushed over with terrifying murderous intent.

Leading the way were twenty heavy cavalrymen.

The rest were all Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, led by Cao Chun and Cao Hong, and attacked from both wings.

Inside Cao's camp, the catapults stopped throwing bombs.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu rushed out of the camp, arrived later but were the first to kill into the Jizhou army.

"General Qu, be careful. Yan Liang and Wen Chou were both killed on the battlefield by the powerful generals of the Yanzhou army!" Guo Tu said in shock.

He had witnessed with his own eyes Dian Wei charging into the enemy line and killing Wen Chou in the battle of Yanjin.

At that time, the entire army was shocked by Dian Wei's roar, and their minds were taken away by it.

The soldiers who participated in that battle, including Guo Tu, all remembered the scene vividly.

Behind Dian Wei and Xu Chu, there were twenty heavy cavalrymen with two of them as the vanguard.

The Jizhou army's close combat ability is also its strong point. Back then, they suppressed the Youzhou troops with crossbows. Qu Yi then led his men to attack with knives, defeating the larger force with a smaller one.

But the heavy cavalry led by Dian Wei and Xu Chu was indeed the most powerful charging force in the world.

Wherever their troops went, they immediately suppressed the Jizhou army.

The battlefield changes in recent days were far from smooth as expected. Yuan Tan, who was watching the battle from the rear, said angrily: "Bring the magic bow and crossbow over here and shoot the enemy general."

Then four personal soldiers came over with a magic crossbow.

The bow arm is more than ten feet long and is a giant crossbow specially made by a skilled craftsman from Jizhou.

The bow and arm are carved with patterns.

It required four men to carry it on their shoulders as a support, and another four bodyguards to pull the chain, string it, and install the crossbow arrows.

The crossbow arrow looked like a small spear, and there were also curse patterns engraved on the arrow shaft.

Yuan Tan personally climbed onto an arrow platform brought by his troops, and from a high vantage point, he aimed at Dian Wei who was defeating the enemy in the Jizhou army.

When Yuan Tan was in Jizhou, he practiced the archery skill of this magical bow and crossbow very hard, and could shoot through huge trees that were as thick as a man's embrace.

His eyes turned cold and he pressed the trigger of the divine crossbow.

The arrow, with a hint of cold light, shot towards Dian Wei like lightning.

It stands to reason that the enemy general would be fully focused when fighting to break through the formation and would be most afraid of this kind of cold arrow.

Qu Yi and Guo Tu both knew the power of Jizhou's magic bow and crossbow. It was a powerful weapon for shooting and killing enemy generals, and it was beyond human power to deal with.

Sun Jian died in a similar attack that year.

So when Yuan Tan wanted to shoot the arrow, neither of them stopped him.

But the magical arrow shot behind Dian Wei, and he reached out with his backhand, as if he had eyes on his back, and grabbed it in his hand.

Dian Wei shook his arm and held the arrow firmly.

He suddenly turned around, and the magic arrow was thrown by him using the technique of a short flying spear, returning exactly along the original route, crossing the battlefield and heading straight for Yuan Tan.

Qu Yi was shocked.

Guo Tu looked pale.

Yuan Tan's hair stood on end.

Arrows thrown by human power are faster than divine bows and crossbows!
As the commander-in-chief, Qu Yi gathered all the troops and launched a lightning-fast push.

Yuan Tan lost his balance and the arrow grazed his waist, leaving a trail of blood.

However, the crisis is not over.

After the arrow, a javelin followed closely.

Standing on the arrow platform, Yuan Tan, who was at least two heads taller than everyone else, was pushed sideways. While in mid-air, he let out a scream of terror.

His shoulder blade was pierced from front to back by the spear, leaving a bloody hole, which was almost a fatal wound.

Dian Wei turned his head and saw Xu Chu making a proud gesture to him.

Dian Wei grabbed the arrow and threw it.

Xu Chu also simultaneously snatched the spear of an enemy soldier and threw it out.

Xu Chu's cultivation is slightly inferior to Dian Wei's.

But he is also a powerful general of the time.

Moreover, he had just made a breakthrough because he had shared Lu Bu's martial luck.

Both of them launched attacks, and Yuan Tan was severely injured with a scream, and fell in the crowd behind the Jizhou army, his life or death unknown.

Cao Cao, who was watching the battle on the city wall, thought that Yuan Shao's eldest son was probably going to die, and shouted loudly: "Zhongkang, Dadian, you two have broken through the enemy's formation. I will credit you for your contribution!" The governor praised me in front of thousands of troops... Xu Chu was still grinning and looking proud while charging into the enemy line.

[Xu Chu's loyalty value +1, 85, loyal and brave]

Cao Cao saw the entry prompt and smiled.

"General, look!"

The personal guard reminded Qu Yi.

The infantry on the front of Cao's army have already charged forward.

His speed in breaking into the Jizhou army was not much slower than that of Dian Wei and Xu Chu.

At the front of the infantry was the Xianzhen Camp led by Gao Shun, who pierced the enemy with spears and used a roller formation to defeat the enemy.

In the Jizhou army, Guo Tu's face was grim and his mind was in a panic.

He couldn't even imagine the consequences if Yuan Tan died.

Yuan Shao's youngest son was still in Cao Cao's hands, and his eldest son followed him to the battle and was killed on the battlefield...

Guo Tu said repeatedly: "General Qu, withdraw your troops quickly. The eldest son has been injured and his life or death is unknown."

Boom-boom-boom-boom~
Heavy drum hits.

The Jizhou army retreated like a tide, with infantry supporting the enemy.

The light cavalry on both wings of Cao's army surrounded and cut off the thousands of Jizhou troops in the rear.

The troops and horses behind him will all be eaten.

The Jizhou central army retreated, and Cao Cao did not order a pursuit, but instead concentrated all his efforts on encircling and killing the thousands of troops who were left behind.

The sun sets.

The battlefield was littered with corpses and the color of blood was thick.

Severed limbs, broken flags, shattered armor, and boulders hurled by catapults were all signs of the aftermath of a bloodbath.

The atmosphere in the Jizhou Army’s camp was heavy.

Yuan Tan suffered injuries to his shoulder blade and waist and ribs.

Although the person was rescued, he was only breathing his last breath and was unconscious.

With a gloomy look on his face, Qu Yi walked out of the tent, left the military camp, and came to a low hill outside the camp.

There were actually quite a few Jizhou soldiers hiding behind this low hill.

There were four or five large holes dug in the ground, and the inside was deep and dark.

"How's the digging going?"

"The soil here is not solid, so we can advance quickly. We only need to wait for the general's order to dig into Cao's camp."

The Jizhou army had two magic weapons for combat, one was the bow and crossbow, the other was tunnel warfare.

These two methods were used to defeat Gongsun Zan, and thus achieved rapid development in Jizhou.

In addition to bows and crossbows, Jizhou also had an engineering corps of up to 3,000 people used for excavation operations.

As early as when Qu Yi came to Guandu to build a camp, he secretly gave orders to find a secret location and start digging work.

They used the earthen mound as cover to avoid the surveillance of Cao's army, and at the same time were within the patrol range of their own scouts, thus avoiding the possibility of being discovered by Yanzhou.

With the completion of the Jizhou military crossing camp, the tunnel was ready for use after several days of digging.

Qu Yi went in to check it out himself.

Coming in from the entrance, there are multiple troop transport roads inside, extending towards Caoying.

The excavation team consists of thousands of people, shoveling like flying, digging quickly and steadily.

Jizhou's specially made diamond-shaped shovel head can reduce the sound of digging to a minimum, preventing the Cao army from hearing the noise and ensuring concealment.

But Qu Yi was still worried and asked:

"During the excavation process, were there any abnormalities? If we set up a listening tube on the ground, would we be able to hear any movement?"

“Don’t worry, General, we have people on the ground listening.

The excavation depth of the underground military tunnel is several times deeper than that of ordinary tunnels. It is not only quieter, but also less likely to collapse. "

“The interior is supported by wooden pillars to ensure safe passage.”

Li Su, the captain of the excavation team, was only forty years old, with strong arms and a shrewd look on his face.

Yuan Tan was injured, and Qu Yi had to win as soon as possible before he could face Yuan Shao, otherwise it would be difficult to explain.

"Cao's army thought we had just been defeated and would not have thought that we would dare to launch a night attack."

"Tonight I will gather my troops and attack Cao's camp at night to draw his attention.

You take advantage of this opportunity to dig with all your strength, dig up the soil from the inside, and then use the military route to charge into Cao's camp. Combine the inside and outside to defeat Cao's army!"

"Don't worry, General!" Li Su tightened the shovel in his hand.

In the second half of the night, dark clouds covered the moon.

Suddenly there was a loud cry of killing and alarm bells were heard everywhere.

The Jizhou army came to Yanzhou on an expedition, and they did not carry many siege weapons, so they used huge wood as battering rams, and several men carried them on their shoulders, ready to crash into the gate of Cao's camp and launch an attack.

Little did they know that once Jizhou launched the attack, the scouts outside Cao's camp sent a message, and torches were immediately raised inside the camp, making it as bright as day.

Qu Yi stood behind the army, squinting his eyes and watching the battle: "Cao's army is prepared..."

He was waiting for the moment to dig a tunnel into Cao's camp and for the internal and external troops to join forces.

In the darkness of the night, the sound of killing was loud.

Li Su personally led a team of engineers and dug frantically underground.

There are special people to transport the excavated soil out to ensure rapid progress.

If you want to know who has the best mining technology, go to Yuan Jun in Jizhou, China.

Suddenly, Li Su dug with a shovel and felt something loose in front of him, and he had actually dug through.

He was startled.

How could the tunnel, which was two to three feet deep underground, be dug through?
The soil in front of Li Su collapsed, and the tunnel was completely dug out.

He looked outside and his heart sank.

In fact, it is very simple to guard against tunnel tactics.

A deep trench was dug in the camp, and the enemy dug in from underground, and after digging through it, they reached the side wall of the trench.

If we really talk about the excavation technology in Cao Ying's camp, Ling Jin is actually qualified to compete for the first place.

He arranged the defense in this regard and dug a trench in the camp, luring the Jizhou army, who had spent so much effort to dig, directly into the trap.

Li Su looked up from the dug tunnel and saw Ling Jin standing there.

The two sides, one above and one below, stared at each other from a distance.

At the same time, the central gate of Cao's camp was opened, and the soldiers rushed out and rushed towards the Jizhou army's position.

The victory of defeating Jizhou is just around the corner!
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