I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 176
Judging from the number of torches, there are at least 4 to 4 people. In fact, it is impossible for these [-] to [-] people to completely cover up their whereabouts, even at night. After all, Zhao Yun's army seems to have been pinched by the Yuan Cao coalition army. Everything is in the palm of others, and there is no way to escape.

Soon Zhao Yun's army was discovered by the [-] scouts led by Lu Kuang. In order not to startle the snake, Lu Kuang could only follow the "Fire Dragon" from a distance, and pay close attention to his marching movements. too close.

Followed from a distance for more than ten miles. In order to better monitor the enemy, Lu Kuang also made a detour in advance to the hillside in Huaiyang, [-] miles away from Huai County, and looked down from a high place.

Seeing that everything was as expected, Zhao Yun's army did not show any abnormalities, and continued to move westward along the official road.

After following for so long, Lu Kuang didn't find anything unusual, so Lu Kuang didn't continue to follow. After all, if he continued to chase, it would be dawn soon. If the enemy found out by then, he might lose his life even if he revealed his intentions. , it was really not cost-effective, so Lu Kuang went back to his home from Huaiyang, and went back to Yuan Shao to return his order.

After returning, they naturally reported the surveillance news truthfully, which completely dispelled the doubts of Yuan Shao and others, and everyone was convinced that Zhao Yun led his army to pursue Cao Ren's army.

Qu Yi didn't say anything more, he was just skeptical, without any real evidence, and seeing that the results of the investigation were normal, he didn't think too much about it.

In the early morning of the next day, Yuan Shao almost attacked with all his strength, led an army of [-], and went straight to Huai County, ready to take it in one fell swoop.

Nearly [-] troops roared loudly, forests of halberds and seas of swords and spears stretched beyond sight.

Nearly [-] troops formed neatly arranged dozens of phalanxes, marched sonorously, and pressed towards Huai County. The momentum was huge, the momentum was like a rainbow, and the murderous momentum stirred up bursts of flying sand.

Yuan Shao was dressed in golden armor, shining golden light, majestic and majestic, standing on the chariot, enjoying the roar of the [-] troops behind him, looking extremely complacent.

He drew out his sword, pointed it at the sky, and shouted: "The army is attacking, and Huai County will be wiped out, and no armor will be left behind!"

"Hoohoho..."

After bursts of earth-shattering roars, the phalanx soldiers of the Chinese army moved quickly to the left and right, and soon vacated an open space. The five thousand bowmen hidden in the rear army leaned forward quickly, under the cover of thousands of shield soldiers in the front row. Next, advance towards Huai County.

The well-organized protective formation of thousands of shield soldiers is like a sealed iron bucket, which tightly protects the crossbowmen inside.

When approaching Huai County a hundred steps away, the enemy crossbowmen on the city wall had already fired a dense rain of arrows under the command of the captain, and even some powerful bed crossbows began to fire.

Thousands of dense arrows rained, mixed with huge crossbow arrows whistling, and hit the enemy's shield soldiers with fierce murderous aura.

The power of the bed crossbow is huge, and the bolts of the crossbow are also specially made, which are thicker than ordinary arrows, so they are naturally more powerful.

Although Yuan Shao's shield soldiers could block the ordinary rain of arrows, the crossbow arrows still easily penetrated the iron shields one after another, like precise guided bombs, piercing straight into the army formation, and then there were bursts of crying The sound of wailing, the seemingly tight formation is also riddled with holes.

Yuan Shao's shield soldiers still insisted on sending their crossbowmen to the designated attack positions, and the thousands of surviving crossbowmen immediately counterattacked towards the top of the city. The dense arrows gathered into a rain of arrows, shining coldly, " Sigh..." Flying towards the defenders at the top of the city.

For a while, the defenders on the city were also suppressed from attacking. Unfortunately, some soldiers who couldn't dodge were killed by the rain of arrows, and the rain of arrows on the defenders on the city was obviously weakened a lot.

At this moment, the war drums of Yuan Shaozhong's army soared into the sky, and the dense and compact sound of the drums made people's blood boil. Just as the long-range strikes between the enemy and us were attacking each other, more than a dozen or so ladder vehicles of Yuan Shaozhong's army were also closely guarded by the shield soldiers. Under the protection, he quickly rushed to the head of Huai County.

Except for the west gate, the other three gates were engaged in fierce siege battles at the same time.Just as the enemy had expected, the main force of Zhao Yun's army had all moved out, leaving only [-] soldiers to stick to Huai County. Under the siege of nearly [-] enemy troops, it was a bit precarious.

Yuan Shao's army gradually spread from one route to three routes, and still adopted the tactics of encircling three and missing one. For Yuan Shao, as long as he took Huai County, he would be victorious, even if the [-] troops fled.

In the first round of tentative attacks, the defenders relied on careful deployment and preparations to give Yuan Shaojun a head-on blow, repelling the first wave of attacks, and at the same time causing great casualties to Yuan Jun.

After the first round of tentative attacks, Yuan Shao found that the enemy's strength was indeed limited, and all the tricks hidden in the dark were exposed to the sun, so he simply let go of his hands and feet and sent heavy troops to attack the city again.

At this time, the military drums in Yuan Jun's camp rang loudly, and the strong and long horns rang through the sky. Looking from the head of Huai County, tens of thousands of troops from all directions were rushing towards the city wall, and under the cover of a group of shield soldiers. Several rushing cars also rushed towards the three city gates slowly.

A few ladder cars escaped the dense arrow rain on the city, and still leaned firmly against the city wall. Immediately, Yuan Jun went up the steps like crazy along the ladder cars, rushed to the top of the city continuously, and fought with the defenders on the city. Hand-to-hand combat.

Pei Yuanshao, who had been commanding at the top of the city, shouted anxiously: "Bed crossbow, concentrate firepower, attack the ladder car! Hurry up."

Immediately, the soldiers at the head of the city manipulated the bed crossbow, adjusted the angle, and relocated the arrows.

"Shooting..." Under the order of the captain, several bed crossbows fired in response, "Om..." Under the pressure of the huge rebound of the cowhide band, dozens of thick crossbow arrows roared and shot towards the ladder car.

The terrifying power can penetrate several people's bodies in an instant, and some unlucky soldiers were directly nailed to the ladder car, screaming terribly.

Even more unfortunate enemies were headshot directly, blood sprayed all over the sky, bloody and terrifying.After several rounds of attacks, the ladder car couldn't withstand such a heavy blow, and gradually it was on the verge of falling.

It's just that the enemies carrying the ladders under the city wall rushed over, overwhelming the defenders.

Seeing this scene, Pei Yuanshao also felt a mountain of pressure. He looked at the dignified Chen Gong and nodded without hesitation. He obviously knew that this is the best time to use this killer weapon.

Immediately waved the battle flag towards the bottom of the city. The bloody red battle flag fluttered in the wind. It was extremely eye-catching on the city wall. Naturally, the defenders below the city also discovered Pei Yuanshao's order. Nearly a hundred people tore off the black cloth covering it, revealing their majestic faces. It turned out that more than a dozen catapults had already been prepared in Huai County.

(End of this chapter)