Three Kingdoms Summoning: Peak Resurgence

Chapter 298: First Battle Harvest
Before the war began, Wang Yu conducted efficient training on Liu Ye's trebuchet troops, and the result of this training did not disappoint Wang Yu after all.

His training made the Han army's trebuchet units extremely fast in both loading and firing speeds, and greatly improved their hit rates.

Just like the situation now.

The new formation of the Yellow Turban Army under the city had not yet been fully deployed, but the fifty new catapults of the Han Army on the wall were already ready on the city wall.

They surpassed the Yellow Turban Army at the starting point.

"Damn it, where did the Han army get these catapults?" After seeing this scene, Xiang Yan could no longer conceal the solemnity on his face.

The fact that Wei Xiaokuan was the only one guarding the city made him cautious. Now with the addition of these catapults, the difficulty of the Yellow Turban Army attacking Hulao Pass would only increase infinitely.

By then, the losses will be absolutely incalculable.

"Good mentor, the intelligence from Taiping Guard is wrong. The Han army is not only well prepared, but also has powerful city defense weapons like catapults. If our army wants to take Hulao Pass head-on, it will probably cost a huge price. It is better for us to stay here and wait for an opportunity." Xiang Yan rode back to the Yellow Turban camp and said to Zhang Jue when he met him.

Zhang Jue's face darkened when he heard this, but he had expected this beforehand, so he just sighed and said, "Brother Yan, now the arrow is on the string and has to be shot. As long as the plan can be implemented smoothly, no matter how high the price is, it is worth it."

"Our mission is simple. We will attack the city at all costs and attract the attention of the Han army, so that Yu'er and his men's plan will not be discovered by the capable men in the Han army."

"Yan will definitely live up to the trust of the good teacher."

Zhang Jiao had said this, so Xiang Yan naturally had no objection.

After all, this was what he was thinking in his heart, to attack the city at all costs, but he didn't say it directly because of Zhang Jue. Now that Zhang Jue, the leader of the Yellow Turbans, has said it, Xiang Yan naturally has no taboos.

So he immediately sent an order to Fang Guozhen, who was in charge of the first team, to fill the moat at all costs, even with the corpses of the Yellow Turban soldiers.

"The last general takes orders."

After receiving Xiang Yan's order, Fang Guozhen immediately took command at the center of the first team. After all, swords and knives are blind on the battlefield, and this position is the safest.

However, Fang Guozhen's ability is much inferior to Wei Xiaokuan. If Xiang Yan had not been the commander-in-chief, the number of casualties in the Yellow Turban Army would have been even greater.

But even so, the first Yellow Turban army of 10,000 people encountered stubborn resistance from the Han army, and before long, the loss of troops exceeded 2,000.

At this time, Xiang Yan ordered Li Zicheng to lead the second 10,000 Yellow Turbans to attack Hulao Pass again under the cover of wells and catapults.

Liu Ye, who was commanding the catapult troops, immediately had an idea in his mind after watching the Yellow Turban Army's formation, which was to kill the Yellow Turban Army's catapult troops.

After all, the Han army was in a dominant position. As long as the Yellow Turban Army's trebuchet troops entered the attack range of the Han army's trebuchet troops, Liu Ye could launch an attack and attack the Yellow Turban Army's catapults. Once the Yellow Turbans lost their catapults, they could only passively take the beating.

And this was indeed the case. The Yellow Turbans' trebuchets were caught off guard by the Han army's trebuchets. The fifty trebuchets responsible for the siege were severely damaged on the left wing before they even reached the city. About a dozen trebuchets were damaged and obviously could no longer be used.

This made Zhang Jue sigh that the Baijia people were indeed unreliable.

Zhang Jue's intelligence was not low either, after all, it had reached 97 points. With a little thought, he knew that the Hundred Schools were not united. Some chose to secretly help the Han Dynasty and were unwilling to see Zhang Jue, or in other words, they were unwilling to see the civilians achieve the final victory.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Jue immediately ordered his men to transfer the remaining 100 catapults to Xiang Yan. Since they could not match in quality, they had to make up for it in quantity.

But in terms of the results, it was only slightly better. The first day's defense of the city was basically over with the confrontation between catapults.

The Yellow Turban Army had 150 catapults, but after the battle, there were less than 70 left, while the Han army only lost 5. The Yellow Turban Army was completely defeated.

But Wang Yu also knew that Xiang Yan had achieved his strategic goal. In this battle, he used hundreds of thousands of sandbags and the corpses of 23,000 Yellow Turban soldiers to finally fill the moat of Hulao Pass, paving the way for the subsequent siege.

[Ding Dong, the first day of battle is over. In this battle, the Yellow Turban Army lost more than 221 people, and the Han Army lost people. The host is rewarded with war points, and the summoning points have been exchanged for summoning points;

The host currently has a total of 1937 summoning points. 】

This time, Wang Yu also enjoyed the benefit of sitting right at the summoning point.

However, even in the battle to defend the city, the Han army did suffer casualties. Take that day for example, more than a thousand Han soldiers were killed.

Thinking of the first day's results in the original book, Wang Yu immediately shook his head. In one word, fake!

Due to Wang Yu's prior arrangement, the Hulao Pass army was divided into several groups for defense.

During the first five days of defense, Wang Yu's army relied on Wei Xiaokuan's defensive ability and destroyed a total of 65,000 Yellow Turban troops, but also lost 8,000 of their own troops.

But such a record was enough to shock everyone. After all, Xiang Yan, as the number one general of the Yellow Turbans, had abilities that were not exaggerated, but Wei Xiaokuan was able to achieve a result of 1 to 8.

Even the famous generals in ancient times were probably no more than this!
Moreover, during these five days, the catapult troops commanded by Liu Ye destroyed all 150 catapults of the Yellow Turban Army.

However, the Han army also suffered some losses in their catapults. In the past five days, twenty-one of them were destroyed in succession. In addition, the bearings of ten catapults were damaged due to frequent use on the battlefield. Liu Ye had no choice but to return the damaged ones to the factory for repair.

[Ding Dong, it is detected that Wei Xiaokuan, a general under the host, has successively eliminated 24900 Yellow Turban troops in five days, and lost 249 of his own troops. After deducting the results of the first day and the losses of the five days, the host is rewarded with a total of 2186 war points, which can be converted into summoning points. The host currently has summoning points;]

Five days later, Wei Xiaokuan led his troops to withdraw from the battle and handed over the defense of Hulao Pass to Dong Zhuo, who in turn sent Yang Jian and Yang Su, Gao Tong's cousins.

The commanders of these two are 96 and 99 respectively. It is conceivable that there will be another tit-for-tat clash between them and their enemy Xiang Yan.

(End of this chapter)