Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 916
Chapter 914: Li Daitao stiff
Several hours later, when the generals of the Liang army on the tower of Hulao Pass saw the huge catapult convoy of more than [-] vehicles below the tower, everyone was stunned and looked unacceptable.

"How could this be? How could the coalition forces still have so many catapults?"

"Our army has killed and wounded so many soldiers, is it just useless work?"

For a while, a feeling of grief and despair spread among the generals of the Liang army, and even the morale of ordinary soldiers was greatly affected.

In fact, it's not their glass-heartedness to blame. You must know that in order to destroy the catapult convoy this time, the Liang army paid a heavy price of [-] deaths in battle, abandoning [-] troops, and losing a total of [-] troops.

It took a lot of effort to destroy 300% of the catapults of the coalition forces, but in a blink of an eye the coalition forces launched more than [-] catapults, so what's the point of their previous sacrifices?
"What exactly is going on?"

All the generals of the Liang army were full of doubts about this. After all, after such a long battle, both sides almost knew the bottom line.

The reason why the coalition forces were able to force Li Shimin to lead the army out of the customs was because they had a huge number of more than 500 catapults, and completely suppressed the [-] catapults on the tower, forcing the Liang army on the side of the city to be unable to hold on.

If the coalition forces had extra catapults, they would have used them in the previous siege battles. After all, that would also reduce the casualties of the coalition forces in the siege.

The coalition forces did not do this, which proved that the coalition forces did not have more catapults, but where did these catapults come from now?

Everyone was extremely puzzled by this, and even Li Shimin frowned, and then a strange color flashed in his eyes, and he said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid our army has fallen into Qin Hao's trick."

When this statement came out, everyone was shocked.

In fact, not only the coalition forces were shocked, but all the generals of the coalition forces who had just experienced the war were also shocked when they saw so many catapults brought over.

Ma Chao, who was covered in bandages, looked at Qin Hao like a baby, and asked, "Leader, what's going on?"

The reason why Ma Chao became one of the ten generals of the Longmen was that he had actively fought for it. Qin Hao also agreed that Ma Chao could join the ranks of the ten generals of the Longmen because he could activate the 'Five Tigers Breaking the Pole' after Ma Chao joined.

The just-concluded battle was far more difficult for Ma Chao than expected. His opponent, Master Shang, was not well-known in the Liang army, but he pushed Ma Chao into danger several times. .

If Ma Chao hadn't been lucky enough to break through before the battle, he would have died in the hands of Master Shang and his disciples long ago.

But even if he broke through, Ma Chao was still no match for Master Shang and his disciples, but he still remained undefeated, so he barely had any hind legs.

As soon as Ma Chao asked this question, the rest of the generals also looked at Qin Hao expectantly, and Qin Hao smiled and explained: "It's very simple, out of the five hundred catapults, two hundred were secretly dropped. "

All the generals immediately looked at Xue Rengui, after all, he is the main general of this battle, it is impossible not to know.

Under the gaze of sharp eyes, even Xue Rengui couldn't help feeling a little tingly, and then he forced a smile and said: "That's right, among the catapult convoy we guard, two hundred are just empty shells."

"I see……"

Zhao Yun looked stunned, and smiled wryly: "I said yesterday that when the city was besieged, why there was always a catapult between every two catapults, but it was not used. It turned out to be a fake!"

"Since it is to lure the enemy, why not secretly drop all five hundred catapults?"

Ma Chao asked suspiciously, and this was also the question in the minds of most of the other generals. After all, there was no loss if all the packages were dropped!

"If they are all pretending to be fakes, Li Shimin will surely be able to tell, and naturally he will not dare to leave the city easily."

Xue Rengui looked at the generals, and explained unhurriedly: "How can you catch a big fish without spending some money? That's why I offer this trick of Li Daitao to the lord."

"Wonderful, this plan not only lures Li Shimin out, but also reduces the loss of the catapults. Most importantly, it will not affect the future siege. It kills three birds with one stone."

Huang Zhong's eyes were full of admiration, but then he said: "It's too insincere to hide even my robes."

"Yeah yeah……"

The generals echoed one after another, while Xue Rengui smiled wryly and explained: "If you knew that the catapult behind you was fake, how could everyone work so hard to kill the enemy? How can the soldiers all fight bravely even if the generals don't use all their strength?"

The generals pondered for a while and found that it really made sense, and seeing that Xue Rengui had considered all these details, the generals couldn't help admiring Xue Rengui, but the princes only had envy in their eyes.

Xue Rengui looks loyal and honest, but in reality he has a delicate mind. Not only is he proficient in arranging troops, but he is also good at tactics. He is simply the second in vain.

Some princes thought of this in their hearts, but they ignored Xue Rengui's military strength. You must know that Xue Rengui has already advanced to the level of a war god.

Seeing that Xue Rengui has established prestige, Qin Hao couldn't help but feel a little relieved in his heart. Isn't he paving the way for this legendary marshal when he reuses and praises Xue Rengui so much? There will be no more obstacles to lead the army alone.

"Okay, now is not the time to relax."

As soon as Qin Hao said this, all the generals shut up immediately, waiting for Qin Hao's next words.

"Duke Yu accidentally died in battle. The leader of this alliance vowed to kill Houyi and avenge Duke Yu. From now on, the whole army will attack the city with all its strength, day and night, and will not stop until it breaks the tiger prison."

After saying that, Qin Hao turned his head to look at Gongsun with burning eyes, and said in a deep voice: "General Gongsun, the first round of siege tasks will be entrusted to you. This time, the lord of the alliance will personally cheer for your Youzhou army."

Gongsun Zan felt bitter when he heard it, but on the surface he didn't dare to refuse, and said in a deep voice, "The Youzhou Army will definitely live up to the leader's high expectations."

Qin Hao nodded, but felt that he was becoming more and more shameless.

Hou Yi shot Qin Hao with a sun-shooting arrow and missed, but instead shot Liu Yu to death behind him, so Liu Yu was also killed by Qin Hao, but now Qin Hao is still using the legacy of a dead man. It's really shameless.

"There is nothing shameless in war. As long as it can be won, any means are available."

Qin Hao shook his head, after dispelling the distracting thoughts in his heart, and then led the big drum in front of the battle, preparing to beat the drum to cheer for the Youzhou army that was about to attack the city.

Under the Hulao Pass, a [-] siege team composed of Youzhou Army had already stood in line, and behind it was a new siege convoy that would not hesitate to assist in the siege.

Gongsun Zan glanced at Qin Hao who had already picked up the drumstick, then pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted, "Youzhou Army, attack, avenge Duke Yu."

"Revenge, revenge, revenge..."

(End of this chapter)