Soldiers come to the world

Before the fourth watch, Cao Jun had all been mobilized. Nearly [-] Cao Jun soldiers stood on a board wall that was nearly a dozen miles long. Everyone stretched their bows and held crossbows, looking nervously at the wilderness around the barracks. The defense arranged by Zhao Yan was like a copper wall and an iron wall. Generally, no matter which direction Jiang Xia's army attacks from, they will be violently counterattacked by Cao Jun's soldiers.

In fact, it was not easy for Jiang Xia's army to capture the barracks. Not to mention the large number of Cao Jun soldiers, even the barracks itself was very ordinary. step.

The barracks is surrounded by a ten-foot-wide moat river, and there are a large number of horse pits in the wilderness outside the moat river. In the pits, sharp bamboo sticks are inserted upside down. Whether it is a man or a horse, if they step into the air, they will be seriously injured.

Zhao Yan's defensive ability was brought into full play in this barracks. When Cao Cao came to inspect, he also praised the barracks for its tight defense structure, which can be called an iron wall, and the food can last for a month, and the well water is sufficient. Very confident, he was not worried about Jiang Xia's attack, but deployed calmly.

On the board wall, Sima Yi watched with a complex expression the blazing fire at the top of the city hundreds of steps away. After a long time, he sighed softly.

"Why is the master so melancholy?" someone behind him asked with a smile.

Sima Yi turned around, seeing that it was Yu Jin, he shook his head and smiled wryly, "If I come to attack this barracks, I can take it before dawn."

"Master Zhao Hujun can't bear to say that. He's going to stick to it for a month. Isn't this place known as a fortified wall?" Yu Jin laughed in a teasing tone.

"It's true that Zhao Yan's death is not a pity, but doesn't General Yu think about his subordinates?"

Yu Jin's face was solemn, without any smile, he bowed and saluted, "I would like to listen to the master's frank words."

"General Yu has also experienced many battles. You should know that this iron wall is actually full of loopholes, especially when fire oil is used in warfare, but Zhao Hujun is still using old habits to defend."

Speaking of this, Sima Yi pointed to the county town more than 250 paces away and said, "The barracks are [-] paces away from the county town. Of course, it can defend against bow and arrow shooting, but if Jiang Xia's army uses a large trebuchet with a range of [-] paces to attack from the county seat, it will Why did we stop it? Jiang Xia's army only attacked the county town but not the camp, obviously they discovered this defensive loophole."

Yu Jin's face changed drastically. Sima Yi's reminder made him think of kerosene. He said nervously, "If Jiang Xia's army pours back all the captured 6000 barrels of kerosene, the entire camp will be burned to nothing!"

"General Yu is right. Zhao Yan obviously didn't think about kerosene. He only thought about how to shift the responsibility to me." Sima Yi sighed, feeling infinitely melancholy.

Yu Jin didn't have time to think about Sima Yi's delicate thoughts. He only cared about the safety of himself and his subordinates, so he quickly asked, "Then how does the master think we can escape this disaster?"

"Actually, when the alarm came from Yunyang County, we should have taken the initiative to attack. If 3 people abandoned the camp and took the initiative to attack, there might still be a [-]% chance of winning, but Zhao Yan's conservatism caused us to miss opportunities repeatedly. Now there is only one word, We may still have a chance."

Yu Jin hesitated for a moment and asked: "Is the master secretary talking about escaping words?"

"It doesn't matter if you run away or retreat, anyway, as long as you leave the barracks in time, even if we are intercepted by Jiang Xia's army, we can still keep [-]% of our troops. If we insist on defending the barracks alone, I'm afraid we won't even have a chance to escape."

"I'll go find Zhao Hujun!"

Yu Jin turned to leave, but Sima Yi stared at the city wall in the distance and said, "I'm afraid it's a bit late!"

Yu Jin suddenly turned his head and stared at the city wall more than two hundred steps away. At this time, a little moonlight had already penetrated through the clouds, making his vision a little farther away, and he could vaguely see many huge figures appearing on the top of the city, which were more than two feet long. It is as high as giant beasts standing on the top of the city.

Yu Jin changed color in shock, turned around and ran towards the camp.

Sima Yi's guess was not wrong. At this time, the craftsmen on the top of the city were quickly installing a huge trebuchet. This winch-type heavy trebuchet was designed and developed by Ma Jun. It is one foot eight feet high and the arm is three feet six feet long. , In addition, there is also a winch weighing a thousand catties.

First hang the iron chain hook on the winch drop iron on the arm, then push the winch and tighten the belt, a huge potential energy is formed on the arm, as long as the mechanism is pulled, the chain hook will break away from the arm, and the arm swings violently go out.

A heavy-duty trebuchet can be operated by only 12 people, which is 50% less than the original [-] people, and effectively avoids the damage caused by asynchronous human pulling. The range can reach more than [-] steps, and the heavy-duty catapult The power of the machine has been brought to the extreme.

Liu Jing stood on the top of the city and looked down at the big camp not far away, with a smile on his lips. Jia Xu's analysis was correct. Zhao Yan's conservative style made him miss the opportunity to evacuate the big camp, and he will definitely pay for it. heavy price.

Can Sima Yi change Zhao Yan's decision?Liu Jing also felt that it was unlikely. Even if Zhao Yan realized the danger, he would never follow Sima Yi's suggestion to withdraw the army.

At this time, a soldier rushed to report: "Qizhou Mu, the preparations are complete and it can be launched at any time."

Liu Jing nodded, and resolutely issued an attack order, "It can be launched!"

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The Cao camp was in chaos, and thousands of Cao soldiers were urgently pulling out the tents. Once the Jiang Xia army attacked the camp, these large tents would turn the camp into a sea of ​​flames. As the tents disappeared, open spaces were exposed.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhao Yan paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. The situation in front of him made him extremely worried, but he still couldn't make up his mind to retreat immediately.

On the other side of the big tent, Yu Jin and Zang Ba waited anxiously for Zhao Yan's decision. Both of them were experienced generals. Like Sima Yi, they both realized the danger facing the big camp and strongly advocated evacuation.

But Zhao Yan was the chief general, and without Zhao Yan's consent, their troops could not leave the camp, otherwise they would seriously violate military regulations and even be executed by Cao Cao.

"Boss, don't hesitate any longer. You must retreat immediately, otherwise we will all be wiped out. Coach, let's retreat!" Yu Jin urged anxiously.

"Coach, let's withdraw!" Zang Ba also said anxiously: "If you don't withdraw, it will be too late."

Zhao Yan sighed, "Do you think it will be safe to evacuate? The Jiangxia army has hundreds of warships, at least tens of thousands of troops, and more than 2000 cavalry. Where is the army? Isn't it just waiting for us outside? We Without the ability to fight at night, even if we evacuate, we still cannot escape the fate of being completely wiped out, and if we stay here, at least we will not be disintegrated, and we will still be an army."

Yu Jin became anxious, and shouted loudly: "But... if we don't evacuate, we will all be burned to death!"

Zhao Yan stared and said angrily, "General Yu, are you talking to the general?"No matter how dare you be rude, if you commit the following offense, I will kill you immediately with military rules! "

Yu Jin didn't dare to say any more, and lowered his head with resentment, and Zang Ba next to him said: "Commander, it's not an option to stay here. We don't have trebuchets, and we can't counter the opponent. We are backlashed by more than 6000 barrels of kerosene. It's dangerous, please think twice, the coach."

"I know!"

Zhao Yan replied coldly. He walked to the entrance of the big tent, stared at the night sky, and said for a long time: "The fifth watch has passed, and it will be dawn in an hour. Let's retreat after dawn! This is the safest way. .”

Yu Jin and Zang Ba wanted to persuade them again, but Zhao Yan interrupted them with a wave of his hand, "I've weighed the pros and cons, so it's decided, you go!"

Yu Jin and Zang Ba walked out of the big tent, and Yu Jin ruthlessly said 'Bah! ' With a cry, "A nerd, how can the prime minister let such a person be the chief general?

"Shh!"

Zang Ba glanced behind him quickly, and said in a low voice: "Prepare for a rainy day, let's think about the way out, and leave if the situation is not good, and don't have to die with him."

Yu Jin was overjoyed, that's what he thought, but he was afraid of being severely punished by the prime minister. Now that there is one more Zang Ba, it is not his problem. He was about to agree, when there was a shout from the east, Yu Jin and Zang Ba Ba Yi turned his head to look, and was startled at once, seeing four or five huge fireballs whizzing towards the top of their heads in the sky of Dongdaying, like shooting stars flashing across the night sky.

In addition to the fireball in the air, there were also seven or eight barrels of kerosene thrown towards the camp at the same time. When the kerosene hit the ground, the wooden barrel immediately shattered, and the kerosene overflowed and flowed all over the ground. The kerosene rolled and ignited the kerosene on the ground, and the raging fire immediately burned.

There was chaos in Cao Jun's camp. The huge fireball made everyone feel extremely shocked, and there was a kind of panic like entering the doomsday.

The fireball is made of twisted rice stalks and soaked in kerosene. This kind of fireball is a sharp weapon for rushing into the camp. After it hits the ground, it will roll with the huge inertia and can rush more than a thousand steps. If it falls in the tent, There will be a sea of ​​fire wherever it goes.

Zhao Yan rushed out from the big tent and shouted loudly: "Hurry up and bury it with sand!"

Zhao Yan was highly valued by Cao Cao, he was indeed capable, but he was afraid of being attacked on the road and refused to evacuate at night.

But he also thought of the danger of being attacked by the Jiangxia army, so he also arranged countermeasures. In addition to withdrawing all the tents, he also ordered the soldiers to prepare a large amount of sand. Once kerosene fell into the camp, immediately Bury it with sand.

It's just that the fireball caused the soldiers to panic, and the camp was in chaos. No one thought of using sand to bury the kerosene. At this time, more than a dozen places in the camp were on fire, and the fireworks filled Cao Ying.

But at this time, Cao Jun soldiers had already started to respond urgently. He waited in the camp against the sandbags. Once the kerosene fell, he immediately covered the overflowing kerosene with sand, and the effect gradually appeared.

Although the fireballs and oil drums in the sky were still whizzing one after another, the fire points in the camp were reduced everywhere, and Cao Jun had controlled Jiang Xia's fire oil attack.

However, another bigger crisis of Cao Jun happened later, and Zhao Yan never dreamed that he would dig a well and trap himself.