Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 674 When Will the Talent Return?

Contrary to Xiahou Yuan's own expectations, he did not sleep well.

In his dream, he returned to the small villa in Chang'an City and to the time when he spent his days playing chess with Zhang Junyi.

When the chess game was over, he looked up and saw Zhang He smiling at him:

"The jujubes in the garden are ripe, when will the talented person return?"

Xiahou Yuan woke up gasping for breath.

So before starting the battle, Xiahou Yuan went to inspect Li Dian's troops again, and only then did he feel a little relieved.

Even compared with Liu Bei's personal guards whom he had seen in Chang'an, or compared with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, these more than 3,000 troops could be considered brave and fierce. No wonder Li Dian took the initiative to submit a petition to move his entire clan to Wei County before he dared to use them.

Li Dian's plan was to order his troops to hide in the camp. He took the initiative to provoke Huang Zhong and fought while retreating, and then his elite troops led their troops to attack.

There was nothing wrong with this strategy, but Xiahou Yuan felt that his uneasiness was becoming more and more serious.

But now he didn't have time to think about it in detail.

"General, the enemy troops are coming, let's retreat quickly!"

Vaguely, Xiahou Yuan felt as if he had returned to those winter nights in the Wei River Valley.

At that time, Liu Bei's army was even inferior to the Guanzhong Army he led in terms of combat effectiveness, but the cold weather and limited supplies enabled Liu Bei to achieve a great victory without bloodshed.

The warming medicinal soup that everyone had, the heating coal cakes that burned into mountains, and the simple concern for each other, easily defeated his army. Therefore, Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Junyi often sighed, saying that the defeat in Guanzhong was not the fault of the war, but the fault of the weather.

At that time, Zhang Junyi always seemed to be hesitant to speak, and he was very impatient at that time, but now Xiahou Yuan felt that he seemed to understand Zhang He's hesitation at that time.

"General? General!"

The impatient tinnitus subsided a little, and Xiahou Yuan vaguely heard his personal soldiers shaking his body and calling him, which made him focus again. The old scenes disappeared immediately, and what happened just now was recalled to him in an instant.

Li Dian put a lot of thought into the plan, but he didn't expect that Liu Bei's army would be the first to attack, and their offensive was like mercury pouring out of the ground.

The exquisite and sturdy iron armor covers the athlete's entire body, which does not affect his movements but can also withstand weapons.

Such iron armor covered hundreds of people, who advanced like a wall, making the offensive of Liu Bei's army behind them orderly.

The smoking clay pot was thrown out by the nimble soldiers in a spiral, and it landed among the Cao army and exploded like thunder.

This also meant that Cao's army was unable to form a battle formation at the beginning, and then the powerful crossbows shot like rain, causing Cao's army formation to collapse further.

Xiahou Yuan took a quick glance and saw the end of those elite troops. Most of them were running blindly and roaring at each other like animals frightened by thunder, and then fell down with crossbow arrows stuck in their bodies.

In this chaos, Xiahou Yuan also saw that Li Dian still tenaciously united hundreds of people and launched an attack on the group of iron men under a rain of crossbows.

But courage cannot break the iron armor. Li Dian coordinated with five or six men to avoid the sharp blade held by the iron man. Three or four people risked their lives to rush forward to restrict the movement of the iron man. Then Li Dian took away his weapon and inserted his backhand into the gap of the visor. After stabbing several times, the iron man stopped moving.

But there was another wave of crossbow arrows, and all these soldiers were killed. Li Dian, who was hiding behind the iron man's body, was lucky enough to be shot only in the arm, but in an instant four or five iron men surrounded him, so the brave general who was full of confidence yesterday threw away the sharp blade in his hand dejectedly.

Xiahou Yuan slapped his ears and felt the blood on his face. He then realized that the pottery pot exploded five or six steps away from him, and most likely the pottery fragments scratched his face.

"General, run away!" someone beside him urged.

Xiahou Yuan felt that the uncomfortable tinnitus had finally dissipated, but he shook his head at this suggestion, pointing to the rear of the military camp.

When the personal soldiers looked back, they discovered that Liu Bei's troops had circled around the Fushui River to the rear in a bunch of strange-looking boats that were only big enough for one person, and had already landed and were forming a battle line.

Although he was on the battlefield, Xiahou Yuan's uneasiness disappeared completely, and he even took the initiative to instruct his soldiers:
"If you surrender, then surrender. This defeat is not due to the war, but the crime is..."

This was too familiar, Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but laugh, and couldn't help but say to himself: "I wonder what the dates taste like?"

The guards were all confused, but Xiahou Yuan shouted to the approaching iron man in a familiar voice:
"Your General Huang Zhong wants a certain head, and you've ordered me to go find him!"

By the time Guan Ping and Liu Min had cleaned up the battlefield and passed on Xiahou Yuan's words, Huang Zhong and Wu Yi had already approached the city of Wuyang.

Huang Zhong waved his hands, looking regretful:

"If I had killed him just now, it would have been fine. But if I kill him again now, I'm afraid Yide will be unhappy."

Of course, it is not just that. It has always been taboo to kill surrendered soldiers on the battlefield, and the same applies to surrendered generals. It is even more impossible to take action against a general who surrendered, released, and surrendered again.

Therefore, Huang Zhong originally planned to wave his hand and ask Liu Min to find a place for Xiahou Yuan to eat and drink, but when he saw Wu Yi beside him, he immediately changed his mind:

"General Wu, does the Great Destruction Pill you mentioned really have such miraculous effects?"

Wu Yi nodded, as if afraid that Huang Zhong would not believe him, and explained:
"This pill was designed by Zhuge Military Advisor."

There will be no problem then. Huang Zhong nodded in relief and then turned to Liu Min:

"In that case, please ask Xiahou Miaocai to come over..."

Huang Zhong said as he turned around to look at Wu Yi and smiled:
"Look at General Wu taking the city."

The troops led by Xiahou Yuan and Li Dian were defeated too quickly, so the people in Wuyang City were a little confused. So, for the sake of caution, they planned to rely on the strong city defense to see the situation first.

This is also the most blameless approach. After all, if Wuyang City is broken, there will be no obstacles for the Jingzhou bandit army to enter Yuzhou. Given the seriousness of the matter, Cao Ren does not intend to take any risks.

Wuyang City has been reinforced several times, and the stored grain is enough to last for ten months. In addition, there are strong armor and powerful soldiers in the city, which is enough to accomplish the task.

Moreover, Cao Ren also made an effort to investigate and found out that the enemy army had relied on something called a well screen to break through Yangping Pass and occupy Hanzhong. He even prepared kerosene to counteract this.

But at this moment, the enemy army doesn't seem to be planning to set up a mine?

They saw powerful crossbows gathering in front of the city, firing at the top of the city wall, making it so difficult for Cao's army to raise their heads.

Through the gaps in the wall, Cao Ren could see teams of soldiers holding shields, busy at work at the base of the city wall, but he could not understand what was going on at all.

If you don't understand, then you can envy the enemy's powerful crossbow. Cao Ren casually estimated that the range of this powerful crossbow is about 200 steps. Compared with the 100-step crossbow currently used by Cao's army, this is undoubtedly a magical weapon. If you can get the method to make this weapon...

Cao Ren did not daydream for too long while holding onto the city wall, when he felt a shock under his feet. He was about to fall, and the soil under his feet seemed to become soft.

Next to Huang Zhong, the stunned Xiahou Yuan saw it more clearly.

Following several loud explosions and flashes of fire, in the smoke and dust he saw the city gate of Wuyang City, which had been reinforced several times, shattered into pieces and scattered everywhere.

Several large gaps appeared at the foot of the city wall where the city gate was embedded, and eventually the arch-shaped part above the city gate with the city name embedded in it began to collapse.

Xiahou Yuan turned his head with his mouth open, just in time to see Huang Zhong looking at him in shock.

Huang Zhong swallowed his saliva and tried to calm down and said:

"General Wu and I are willing to release General Miaocai. We only hope that the general will talk to Cao Cao... no, talk to Prime Minister Cao..."

Before he finished speaking, Huang Zhong saw Xiahou Yuan shaking his head:

"I do not go."

(End of this chapter)