Three Kingdoms: Everything Can Be Gamified

Chapter 430
"That's it... Miaocai was also captured..." After receiving the news from the front line in Xiapi City, Cao Cao felt a little depressed.

A third of the plan has been ruined at this point. Strictly speaking, it is finished.

There is no point in continuing to use cleverness. The other side has regained control of the rhythm of the war.

No matter how you plan next, the only thing you can do is 'don't lose so miserably'.

The emphasis is on being decent, but it doesn't really mean much. If you lose, you lose.

In the face of death, strictly speaking, it doesn't make any difference whether you support one person or a thousand people. If you die, you will die.

"Call the remaining troops!" Cao Cao immediately ordered, "Let all the people go, and don't delay the spring plowing..."

All ordinary soldiers were disbanded, all resources were concentrated, and the army began to assemble.

A large number of troops gathered from all directions, some of them were ambushing in the city, and some were ambushing in the countryside.

After receiving the order, although they didn't quite understand why they gave up their original plan, they still rallied loyally.

During this time, Guan Yu began to move south one after another, conquering all the remaining counties in Qingzhou.

Cheng Yu chose to die in Linzi. An old man in his 60s, coupled with his fierce temper, was too lazy to surrender.

Whether it's a pillar of shame or a song of praise, it's all up to others!
Guan Yu always admired the loyal and righteous people, even if it was a foolish and loyal enemy, so he ordered his people to collect the body and bury it properly.

Then he quickly went south, joined forces with Liu Chong in Kaiyang, and continued south.

As for Cao Ren, based on accurate intelligence, he had already returned to Xiapi by boat to join Cao Cao.

It would be better to say that they prepared a group of ships early, and if the situation was not right, they would immediately board the ships and leave overnight.

From another perspective, Cao Cao has long wanted to abandon Qingzhou, just to see how long it can hold back the enemy.

Not to mention that this is our own territory after all, and we must defend it well if we can hold it.

"How is the situation on the front line?" Guan Yu came to Kaiyang and asked after seeing Liu Chong.

"The wealthy families who have taken refuge with us have informed Cao Jun that troops from all directions have gathered in Xiapi in the past two days." Liu Chong replied.

Ever since the first wealthy family took refuge, Liu Chong took the initiative to publicize that wealthy families who surrendered to the court could avoid liquidation.

But those who continue to help the emperor will not only be unable to participate in the imperial examination for three generations, but will also face the consequences of being liquidated.

I didn't know before that many wealthy families were forced to help Cao Cao, mainly because they were afraid of being liquidated by the court.

Pang Tong and Fazheng felt that there was no need to recruit, since they could not stop the imperial army from advancing anyway.

But Liu Chong still felt that there was no need to be so harsh on the local wealthy families, so he did so in private.

Fazheng shook his head secretly, and Pang Tong felt a little complicated.

On the one hand, he knew very well that if a group of wealthy families were not emptied, there would be no spare resources to allocate to ordinary people and lower-level wealthy families.

On the one hand, he really doesn't want to be so cruel. After all, he is also from a wealthy family, so he naturally doesn't want the wealthy family to be targeted too much.

However, compared to wealthy families like the Cai family and the Kuai family, the Pang family's foundation is not very large.

The Kuai family and the Cai family, before Liu Biao came to power, were not particularly powerful families themselves.

After Liu Biao came to power, the Kuai family and the Cai family could quickly rise to prominence. Among the established forces, the Huang family of Jiangxia was won over, and other wealthy families were liquidated.

It's almost the same now, except that the Huang family, the Kuai family, and the Cai family have all been liquidated. At most, the Huang family has been liquidated less.

Because of Pang Tong's relationship, Pang's rise to power was inevitable.

But after a series of reshuffles in Jingzhou, a lot of benefits were vacated, so the rising wealthy families and even the common people could reap the dividends.

It's different here in Xuzhou. If the old wealthy families are not liquidated, there will be no extra resources to distribute.

The old wealthy families may not be so grateful to Liu Bei. After all, their power cannot be expanded, they are just not liquidated.

Guan Yu was also dissatisfied with this, but Liu Chong, a clan member, had already spoken, so he could only hold back temporarily and talk about it later.

Anyway, as long as you look carefully for incriminating evidence, you will find as much evidence as you want.

If we do not clear up the charge of supporting Cao Cao, we can naturally start from other aspects.

If you have huge wealth and do not have the ability to protect it enough, you will always be coveted.

Within two days, Taishi Ci's side had swept through Lujiang County, occupied most of Jiujiang County, and moved towards Xiapi.

Zhou Yu and Gan Ning's troops sent by Zhang Fei, together with Wenpin, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai's troops, also quickly laid down the Yuzhang.There were originally many officials appointed by Sun Ce here, but Cao Cao did not touch them.

Now that Zhou Yu used to say surrender, in many places it was almost impossible to decide without a fight.

Taishi Ci did not go south at all, but came straight towards Xiapi. The two armies had basically surrounded Xiapi in two directions.

Cao Cao ran towards Guangling if he had the guts, but this only delayed their defeat.

As a result, Cao Cao didn't play any tactics and strategies at all, and just gathered in Xiapi. The army quickly adjusted and began to line up.

The shield cart was taken out, along with their improved crossbow carts and catapults.

It can be said that Cao Cao has worked very hard on this road of imitation, but unfortunately the time given to them was too short.

Of course, imitation is imitation after all. In terms of technological innovation, no one can catch up with Zhang He.

Thanks to Cao Cao's obtaining the drawings and Liu Ye's efforts to restore the structure, many metal structures could not be made due to limitations of the casting process.

The final product was much weaker in appearance and power, which was unfortunate.

After all, Cao Cao lacked sufficient scientific research capabilities and relied only on imitation, which was like imitating others.

"Cao Cao is very capable. At first glance, I thought it was our army." Taishi Ci looked at Cao's army's position. There were so many ballistae and catapult formations, and he looked very friendly.

The most eye-catching thing is the shield carts, which can effectively block the arrows on your side, have a good defense effect against powerful crossbows, and can also block the attacks of your own army's crossbow carts and catapults to a certain extent.

Rather, this is the original intention of shield car development.

"Prepare armor-piercing arrows!" Taishi Ci gave the order, and the powerful crossbowmen under his command began to change arrows.

Guan Yu also gave orders, and the improved bed crossbow and improved catapult were pushed up.

These are Zhang He's latest improved weapons. The former is the Eight Ox Crossbow of the Song Dynasty, while the latter is the Xiangyang Cannon.

These two weapons are already considered the pinnacle of the cold weapon era, and if they continue, they will enter the hot weapon era.

It can even be said that it is not impossible. For example, under Xu Huang's command, each soldier is equipped with an iron ball with a lead.

This is also a weapon developed by Zhang He, and is currently only equipped by Xu Huang.

Originally there were more, but a small batch was used during the previous attack on Jinan County.

It was this batch of gadgets that made Cao Ren escape in embarrassment.

Even if you look at this war, it seems that Zhang He was not involved at all, but in fact, if you look closely, you will find his traces everywhere.

Not to mention that Pound was sent over by him to join the battle with Zhang's repeating crossbow.

Just say that so many siege equipment and so many fierce generals are all related to him.

Even the armor-piercing arrows used by Taishi Ci's powerful crossbowmen were made by him himself.

"Get on the shield cart!" Guan Yu gave the order, and more than 20 shield carts appeared from behind. Under their cover, Xu Huang's troops began to move forward.

Seeing that the shield chariot began to advance, Guan Yu gave the order again: "Catapult, ballista, release!"

The distance was a bit far, and the opponent's crossbows and catapults couldn't even hurt Xu Huang's soldiers.

Maybe they were even waiting for Xu Huangbu to enter the shooting range.

But before that, Guan Yu's Eight Bull Crossbows and Catapults had already fired.

The heavy catapult has a larger attack range, and the stone projectiles in the throwing bag are larger and heavier.

The range of the Eight Bull Crossbow is also longer than that of the ordinary bed crossbow. At the expense of power, the current distance is enough to shoot out.

"They have indeed upgraded their technology..." Cao Cao sighed upon seeing this. He kept chasing, but he was still thrown away.

Guo Jia had already determined that he would lose in a head-on battle.

"Fight if you want!" Cao Cao shouted, "Charge!"

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