The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 409 Powerless
"attack!"

Outside the city of Shangdang, thick smoke billowed, and corpses lay all over the ground, which was extremely miserable.

The thirty catapults brought by Cao Hong had all been turned into waste materials. There was not a single grass growing around the damaged catapults, and countless fireball residues were left there, as if to show off their achievements.

This was the result of the confrontation between Cao Hong's catapult and Suyou's catapult in Shangdang City. Although there was no smoke billowing in the later generations and the earthquake shook the mountains, it was still extremely tragic.

Thirty against fifteen, the final result was that Cao Hong's catapults were all destroyed, and none survived, while there were as many as five catapults left in Shangdang City.

"Liu Beijun's catapults have a long range, and the fireballs they throw are powerful. Our catapults are far inferior." Mao Jie looked at the catapults that were not spared, and said: "Fortunately, there are not many catapults in Shangdang City. It has been destroyed now. Go for most of it, as if there is no threat."

"On the day when the city is broken, the defending army will not be spared!" Looking at the soldiers and horses rushing towards Shangdang City, their eyes were full of murderous intent. I thought the siege would be easy this time, but I didn't expect there to be so many excellent soldiers in the city. The weapons for defending the city caused heavy casualties to his army.

"Attack from all sides, the defenders in the city are at the end of the storm, and they can be broken in an instant." Mao Jie did not object to Cao Hong's decision to massacre the defenders in the city. This is the commander's right, and this is a war. The enemy will die. There is no reason to object.

"General, more than half of our army has suffered casualties, and more than half of our catapults and bed crossbows have been lost. The soldiers are exhausted and may not be able to hold on." Wangmen dragged his exhausted body to the main general Su You, with a helpless expression on his face. The battle lasted for nearly two days. , the Cao army outside the city attacked continuously in batches, and they could only defend by pressing the whole army.

But they are human beings with limited physical strength. It is not easy to hold on to such a high-intensity battle. Looking at the densely packed Cao army rushing outside the city, Wangmen felt that it was impossible to defend Shangdang and was powerless.

"Calculating the time, if General Zhang Liao sends Qingqi to help, it's time to arrive."

Knowing that Cao's army was coming, Su You sent someone to report to Zhang Liao quickly. According to the simulated battle plan previously arranged, if Shangdang was attacked, Zhang Liao would immediately send Qingqi to reinforce him, and then send the army to come.

Simulated battle planning is one of the courses Chen Ziming set up at Linzi Military Academy. To put it simply, it is military chess deduction, which all generals must learn, and each general must also simulate various emergencies and make corresponding response plans .

Shangdang was raided by Cao Jun, and it was also in the simulated battle plan. Su You also participated in the deduction, and he could barely guess the current movement of Zhang Liao's reinforcements.

"Light the beacon fire and let off thick smoke!" Looking at the sky, it was already evening, and they had reached the end of their attack, and now it was time to use their backs.

"General, look quickly!" Seeing three huge puffs of thick smoke rising from the Shangdang City tower, a soldier in Liu Beijun's uniform shouted excitedly on the hillside to the north of Shangdang City.

"The general has sent a signal, hurry up, release the water!"

After confirming that it was thick smoke rising from the Shangdang Tower, Su You's personal guard captain Zheng Da hurriedly ordered the water to be released.

"Thick smoke rising from the city tower, it should be giving orders!" Mao Jie frowned when he saw the thick smoke rising from the tower of Shangdang City, and began to think.

"There must be someone behind him. I don't know what it is?" Cao Hong also frowned and thought hard.

"Impossible." Mao Jie shook his head and said, "Shangdang City is besieged by our large army, and its soldiers and horses have no strength to fight. They must not go out of the city to fight, and there is no need to use thick smoke as an order."

Mao Jie turned his head to look behind him and around Shangdang City, then shook his head lightly and said: "Shangdang City is wide around, without any cover, water attack should be useless, and there is nothing flammable, and fire attack is also not advisable. It has been investigated clearly, there will be no army in ambush..."

Any possibility was thought of by Mao Jie, but it was impossible. Whether it was a water attack or a fire attack, the terrain did not allow it. Probe clearly.

"Report!"

As soon as Mao Jie finished speaking, he rode a fast horse to report.

"General, there are three thousand cavalry coming from the direction of Taiyuan."

"Three thousand cavalry, this is what they rely on!"

Cao Hong shook his head and said, "Where is Li Feng? Quickly lead five thousand cavalry to fight. Don't let him get close to our army."

In this day and age, who hasn't ordered cavalry yet? It's no problem to take out [-] cavalry for a [-] army.

"Order all the ministries to prepare for the enemy troops in Shangdang City to leave the city. If the enemy troops leave the city, all of them will be left behind by the general!"

Three thousand cavalry is not worth fighting by Cao Hong himself. Just sending five thousand cavalry can hold them back. As for the defenders in Shangdang City coming out of the city to fight, Cao Hong really hoped that they would do so. Eliminate the defending army with absolute force superiority, and easily take down Shangdang.

"Report!"

A spy came to report: "General, a big water is coming from the north, coming to this place."

"There are no big rivers and lakes around Shangdang, and the terrain is broad and flat, so how can there be water attack?" Mao Jie was taken aback, and looked up again. This terrain really cannot be attacked by water. If you want to flood this place with water, how big a flood will be? just work.

"The water flow is not strong, and it comes slowly, without any threat!" The spies continued.

"This..." Cao Hong was about to order the army to retreat, but after hearing what the spies said, he also hesitated. Since the spies said there was no threat, he couldn't give up the great opportunity to destroy the city.

"So that's how it is." At this time Mao Jie said: "Shangdang is surrounded by muddy land. If it is flooded with water, it will slow down our army's movement and make it difficult to attack."

To put it bluntly, it is to turn the outside of Shangdang City into mud, making it more difficult for the attacker to attack.

"If you have such a good plan, why didn't you use it earlier?" Cao Hong also understood the function of this water, but he couldn't figure it out. If they had turned this place into a wetland earlier, their losses would have been even greater.

"The enemy's reinforcements are coming, and the water is attacking at this time. If the general is disturbed, he may have ordered the army to retreat. Just in case, this is a false attack." Mao Jie's eyes flickered and analyzed.

"Hmph!" Cao Hong sneered, and then ordered: "Order the spies to closely investigate everywhere. If there is any situation, report it quickly. General Zhang Tai sent five thousand troops to Taiyuan to garrison, just in case. The rest of the troops , according to the original plan, continue to attack!"

"Hahaha..." Not long after, the water flowed to Cao Jun's army formation. Seeing that there was only a small layer of water flow, Cao Hong laughed loudly. Just as Mao Jie said, this little water would at most wet the ground. , There is no threat to his army at all.

"Unfortunately... Order all the soldiers to fight to the death!" Su You saw that the water flow had arrived, but Cao's army remained silent, and the enemy army had no intention of retreating, so he shook his head helplessly, ready to fight to the death.

(End of this chapter)