I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 435, The Era of Artillery
Lei Gong launched a full-scale attack on the big man. Cao Cao was shocked, but more envious of Lei Gong's money. The four armies launched an attack at the same time. Each army had hundreds of artillery pieces to support the soldiers. Xiahou Dun wrote in the letter to Cao Cao That said, Lei Gong's shells covered the sky and the sun, and they couldn't find a way to counter it!

Now Yuan Shao also said that Lei Gong's two troops have nearly a thousand artillery pieces, which means that the number of artillery Lei Gong brought to the Central Plains in this battle alone exceeds 2. Based on the current calculation of 000 yuan per artillery, this That is 50 billion dollars.This is not a war, it is simply burning money.

Cao Cao has made artillery, so he knows how expensive it is to manufacture a cannon. Cui Jun came to Cao Cao's site and helped Cao Cao bring advanced gunpowder technology. After that, Cao Cao appointed Cui Jun as Zhizhong to help Cao Cao make gunpowder. And gunpowder weapons, Cao Cao gave Cui Jun a very high status, he was regarded as the No. 10 figure in Qingzhou, and Cui Jun did not disappoint Cao Cao, not only helping Cao Cao make throwing grenades, but also bronze artillery in the cottage. It's better to go big, and Cao Cao is a poor prince. Even though he knew the importance of artillery, he didn't have much money in his hands. He only produced [-] artillery pieces and was placed in Beihai County by Cao Cao!

After reading the letter between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, Liu Bei sighed and said: "Bei also cast hundreds of cannons in Xiangyang, but it's a pity that these cannons are too heavy and have not yet left the border of Nanyang!"

Liu Bei should be the prince with the strongest artillery skills in the world. The central government of the Han Dynasty followed Liu Bei to Xiangyang, and the craftsmen who served the court also followed the court to settle in Xiangyang. With the support of these senior craftsmen, Liu Bei quickly made The artillery has been released, and it was used on the battlefield of attacking Yizhou. The battle of Yizhou can be over within half a year, and this artillery has three points of credit!
Liu Bei has seen the power of this cannon, so he naturally knows that this kind of sharp weapon will be indispensable on the battlefield in the future, but Liu Bei and Yuan Shao face the same problem, that is, the price of the cannon is too high, and it is difficult for him to equip it in large quantities. It's twice as much, it's not that Liu Bei is richer than Yuan Shao, but Liu Bei developed a copper mine in Jiujiang County, which solved his problem of raw materials, and that's why he made these hundreds of cannons!
When Cao Cao heard about Liu Bei's Versailles, apart from being envious and jealous, he felt that Liu Bei was stupid for using such a powerful weapon to help Yuan Shao. Anyway, it was impossible for him to bring his own artillery out of Qingzhou!

And Yuan Shao was very happy after hearing this. Although the number of artillery Liu Bei brought was not as many as Lei Gong, it gave them the power to fight back!
At this time, the counselors of Yuan Shao and others also read the information passed on, and marked the situation on the battlefield on the map!

After watching the situation on the battlefield, Tian Feng said: "Judging from the current situation, the main target of Lei Gong's capture this time is the Central Plains. The four-way army is aggressively going south to attack the hinterland of the Central Plains. It has the intention of not giving up if it does not occupy the Central Plains!"

Guo Jia wondered: "Why does Lei Gong only attack the Central Plains? He has the advantage of mobilizing troops. Although we formed a coalition army, except for barely catching up with the speed of the big army in the Central Plains, Lei Gong is better than the Central Plains whether it is attacking Qingzhou or Guanzhong." Right, fewer troops?"

"In fact, when the Dagan army goes south to attack the Central Plains, they will be besieged from three sides by Qingzhou, Jingzhou and Sili. If General Cheqi commanded his subordinates to launch an attack from Hanoi County, it might even cut off Leigong's retreat! Although Leigong has 30 elite troops , but we also have 80 Han allied forces, fighting in the Central Plains and occupying our geographical advantage."

After thinking for a long time, Guo Jia said: "I always feel that Lei Gong seems to be targeting our coalition of princes!"

Xu You said with a confident smile: "The big cadres are all from mud-legged backgrounds. They know what strategies and tactics. Lei Gong has achieved his current achievements by demagoguery and a large number of people. It is not normal for Lei Gong to make mistakes now!"

"From the current situation, we can see that although Lei Gong divided his troops into four groups to attack Yanzhou, in fact, Yang Feng's road is obviously trying to hold back our troops in Sili to support the Central Plains! But we can also hold Lei Gong in reverse. Xingyang City is high and solid, and with the support of Hulao Pass and the entire Sili in the rear, we can definitely hold Yang Feng and the others back."

And Li Gang's troops obviously want to hold back the reinforcements from Qingzhou. Qingzhou has [-] troops, and Meng De's soldiers are all fighting Li Gang, which means that Li Gang's troops will deal with Meng De. You [-] Qingzhou Army! "

Then Xu You looked at Cao Cao and said, "Meng De, you won't be able to defeat Li Gang!"

Cao Cao said confidently: "If the main army does not exceed [-], I can annex Li Gang's troops!"

Then Xu You laughed and said: "Huang Long and Wang Yong in the middle are the main force of Lei Gong's attack on the Central Plains this time. I think the cavalry prepared by Lei Gong should be among these two groups of troops! Lei Gong probably wants to use these two cavalry as sharp knives to tear them apart." Our coalition forces will make it easier for the Dagan army to capture the entire Central Plains!"

"But Lei Gong made a fatal mistake. Although Yanzhou is as flat as Jizhou, it is in the hinterland of the Central Plains and there are many cities. We have continuously strengthened the defense of Yanzhou in the past three years. These cities are locks for Lei Gong's cavalry. We have an army of 80, and we can form a strong chain. As long as our army relies on the city defense, it is enough to besiege Lei Gong's army in the hinterland of Yanzhou. Lei Gong's army is besieging and suppressing Yanzhou, we will definitely hurt Lei Gong's spirit in this battle!"

Xu You's words were full of momentum, he seemed to see Lei Gong's army besieged in Yanzhou, unable to advance or retreat!

But at this time Yuan Ji said in a cold voice: "Anyone will say big words. If we can really easily surround Lei Gong, the three states of Hebei will not be easily occupied by Lei Gong. You have such a complete plan, but have you thought about it?" How to deal with the artillery in Lei Gong's hands!"

"Cannon!" Yuan Shao, Xu You and the others were also stunned. Although the artillery attack on the battle of Youzhou and the battle of Jizhou has quickly become the most powerful weapon of the big man, it will be difficult to change the concept in everyone's mind for a while. In Yuan Shao's mind, artillery is still an auxiliary weapon. Breaking the formation may have a miraculous effect, and the siege is better than the trebuchet, but it is too heavy to keep up with the army!
Yuan Ji said loudly: "Now Lei Gong has nearly 2000 cannons in his hands. According to the news from the front, these cannons are enough to destroy the soldiers of the first battalion. Who of you can guarantee that Yanzhou's defense line, Wubao, and the city can withstand Lei Gong's artillery. ?”

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change. Although Yuan Shao and the others have never heard of this sentence, they understand the truth of it. With dozens of cannons, Yuan Shao and the others feel that the new fortresses and cities they built can resist, but hundreds or even thousands of cannons They really can't guarantee the bombing of artillery!

At this time, Xun You, who was behind Cao Cao, said with relief: "We only need to watch the battle situation of the Dagan army attacking the white horse and Puyang to get the first-hand information about the artillery. The power is beyond our imagination, so these artillery are the biggest enemy of our coalition forces, we must find a way to concentrate the artillery of the coalition forces to the front line, and at the same time find a way to destroy Lei Gong's artillery battalion!
Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and Cao Cao considered for a long time and adopted Xun You's suggestion.Stand still first, send more scouts to the front line, investigate along the Yellow River, pay close attention to the situation of the main army on the battlefield, and the power of artillery on the battlefield!Make plans for the next step!

On the tower of Yanxian County, the flag of "Yuan" danced wildly in the wind, and the soldiers on the city wall clenched their weapons tightly to ease the tense atmosphere for themselves!

And under the city wall, there are tens of thousands of large cadres neatly arranged. The drums of the big cadres are loud, and the soldiers' fighting spirit is high!Inspired by the drums, the soldiers held up their weapons and kept shouting and cheering!

This army is the East Army under the command of Yang Feng. He was commanding the breakthrough of Baima Ferry. Yang Feng commanded his 5 army all the way to break through Wei Township and Wating!

But although there are few small soldiers in the two cities, they are indeed star-shaped docks built with blue bricks and cement. Although Yang Feng has dozens of times the force advantage, it took three days to deal with these two docks!It was conquered only by washing the ground with artillery and the morale of the soldiers in Wubao plummeted, but even with so many advantages, the Dagan army still suffered hundreds of casualties!
So much so that after the battle, Yang Feng said helplessly: "The tortoise shell that Yuan Shao has repaired in the past few years is really strong!"

And now the Yan County city in front of them is not comparable to the previous two Wubao. Not only does Yan County have 3000 soldiers, but the city is more than ten times larger than Wei Township and Wating!
Yang Feng is still the same old way, pushing the artillery battalion forward, and then facing Yan County, a burst of artillery washes the ground! 300 artillery pieces bombarded the city wall of Yan County for half an hour, directly blasting the city of Yan County into pits!Can't see a living person so far!
At this time, Yan Liang was holding a Mo knife, fully armed like a steel war god, and he pointed his long knife at Yan County, when the artillery stopped firing.

Yan Liang shouted: "Brothers follow me to kill the enemy!"

The 5000 soldiers followed Yan Liang and shouted: "Kill!" Then they rushed towards Yan County carrying the ladder!
At this time, the city walls of Yan County were filled with the smell of blood and gunpowder smoke. Thousands of shells brought huge casualties to Yan County, and at the same time demoralized the soldiers. The power of the artillery was a bit beyond their imagination!
At this time, the guard Han Qiong took his personal guards to boost morale and said: "Cheer up, everyone, your wives and children are still in the city, but there are a lot of barbarians in Lei Gong's army. Our city is breached, and our family will also be destroyed." What they killed, even if it was for our family, we must continue to fight!"

Encouraged by Han Qiong, the defenders of the city finally regained some morale. Facing the ferocious army, they still fought bloody battles. The soldiers shot long arrows, threw wood, rolling stones, and powerful grenades all over the city wall!
Under the leadership of Yan Liang, although the Dagan army attacked like a tide and set off one after another, the structure of the Star Fortress in Yan County made Yan Liang and his soldiers suffer from the enemy, causing heavy casualties, and the grenade not only blew up the city wall Soldiers blowing up the ladder on the city wall.Under Yuan Shaojun's desperate resistance, Yan County still stands!
On the first day of attacking the city, even with Yan Liang, a fierce general who is an enemy of ten thousand people, there was still little effect. Even Yan Liang himself was slightly injured by a grenade dropped on the city wall!
Night fell quietly, and the two warring parties ended the day's war!

Yang Feng summoned commanders above the school lieutenant level to discuss matters!

Li Le said angrily: "This Han Qiong is really lingering. He brought us a lot of trouble in Jizhou back then, and now he is blocking our way in Yanzhou!"

Hu Cai also said: "The Star Fortress is not easy to build. If we didn't have artillery, I'm afraid the city wall would not be able to climb up. Yuan Shao's tortoise shell is really strong! And Yuan Shao's explosives are also powerful! This time half of our Casualties were caused by explosives."

Xu Huang said in relief: "We have a huge advantage in military strength, so we don't need to attack too hard. Today alone, we have suffered more than 500 casualties. The casualties are a bit heavy. If we attack the city like today, I'm afraid our 5 people haven't hit the city yet." Luoyang City is about to die!"

Yan Liang said in disbelief: "If you don't attack the city fiercely, how can you succeed? Yan County only has 3000 people, and the casualties we caused to them today will not be small. If we continue to attack like this for three days, Yan County will definitely not be able to hold it!"

Hu Cai said helplessly: "The future is the era of artillery, and personal bravery is useless. Yan Liang, your martial arts is already one of the best in our field, but this time you were almost killed! If Yuan Shaojun used our explosives , I’m afraid you’ve already died under the city wall.”

Yan Liang was speechless.Although he could refute that he was defenseless on the ladder, he also knew that with gunpowder, even a small soldier could kill a strong general like him.

"So now we have the advantage of gunpowder weapons. As long as we learn how to use gunpowder, we can still become excellent generals!" Yang Feng said.

"Our army is just to contain Yuan Shao's soldiers in Luoyang City. We have plenty of time. The main purpose of the battle is to reduce casualties and use artillery bombardment! We have [-] cavalry in our hands. It is best to attract Yuan Shao's army. Annihilating them in the wild is the best solution!"

The story is divided into two parts. When Zhang Yan was trying to conquer Yan County, Huang Long had already led an army of 5 to surround the entire Puyang.

Then Huang Long led his personal guards around Puyang City!
Huang Long raised his eyes and looked at Puyang City, where the drums were shaking and the flags were flying, and sighed: "Yuan Shao's three years have not been in vain. The whole Puyang has been fortified. If there is no artillery, even if the attacking party has dozens of times more It is also very difficult to conquer Puyang with even more troops. When we were in power, we really shouldn’t promote the star-shaped Wubao. Our attack on the Central Plains brought huge troubles! There are still 5 soldiers in the city, and the general Gao Lan who defends the city is also experienced in many battles Veteran, it is really difficult to break through Puyang with only [-] troops in our hands!"

The school captain Fuyun smiled and said: "The government has already said that it will be the era of artillery in the future. So what about the strong defense of this star-shaped fortress? We smashed the city wall with artillery bit by bit. The city wall is gone. I think Yuan Shao Do the soldiers still have the morale to defend the city!"

Huang Long shook his head and said: "The cost of this kind of siege is too high. A cannon can only be used up to 300 times. If it is used too much, it will easily explode. If we storm Puyang and use up the cannon, how will we attack the cities behind?

Now I can only hope that Yuan Shao can pay attention to the defenders of Puyang and send a large army to support Gao Lan, so that we can surround the spot and annihilate Yuan Shao's army in the field! "

(End of this chapter)