Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 184 Raid on Jinan
In the autumn of the second year of Chuping, Zhang De led a large army to attack Xuzhou, but failed to attack Pengcheng for a long time. When Changxi rebelled in Jinan, Zhang De withdrew his troops and returned to Qingzhou.Xuzhou Tao Ying mobilized troops to pursue virtue and was defeated.Chen Gong led [-] troops to raid Pengcheng, and Pengcheng fell.

In mid-October of the second year of Chuping, Changxi conquered Linzi, and Linzi guard Xu Rongtai Shici fled to Beihai.

In the city of Linzi, Chang Xi looked at the burned granary and thought to himself, this Xu Rong is really ruthless, and he burned the granary when he was about to retreat, which is really abhorrent.

For Chang Xi, it was really not easy to break through Linzi, thanks to the tunnel he dug, otherwise he would not have been able to win Linzi in the Year of the Monkey.I thought Xu Rong hadn't relied on the inner city to resist, but I didn't expect Xu Rong to run away with the remaining troops.But fortunately, although Chang Xi's loss was not small, it was still within his acceptable range.The next plan to attack the North Sea can still be implemented.

The biggest problem facing Changxi now is the problem of food and grass.Xu Rong burned all the food and grass in the city, and the food used by Changxi's army had to be transported from Jinan, which undoubtedly increased the burden on Changxi's logistics.You must know that the three armies have not moved, and the food and grass go first, and the daily consumption of Changxi's army is still very large.

"Boss, what should we do next?" Chang Xi's brother who followed Chang Xi as a bandit in the past is still used to calling Chang Xi the boss.

"It is estimated that Zhang De should have reacted, and immediately ordered his troops to attack Beihai! We must take Beihai before Zhang De returns!"

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Under the city of Jinan, more than a hundred men came to the city gate mightily.These people are all hulking, with a tough look on their faces, and they all hold weapons in their hands.When the guards on the city saw it, they immediately became vigilant.At this time, a big man in the head shouted: "Where is the big leader Changxi? I ​​am Xu Yuan from Chenliu Qinghushan, and I am here to join the big leader Changxi!"

The general on the tower immediately relaxed his vigilance after hearing this.These days, many people from the green forest came to seek refuge in Changxi, so the defenders on the city were not surprised to hear this.Before leaving, Chang Xi also said that all the people from the green forest who came to take refuge in him would not refuse.So the gate guards immediately opened the gate.

"Do it!" Xu Yuan, the leader of this group of "green forest people", shouted, and the group of people immediately drew their weapons and slashed at the soldiers at the gate of the city, occupying the gate of the city in an instant.Immediately afterwards, a large number of people rushed to the city gate.At this time, the defenses in Jinan City were very empty, and the battle only lasted for an hour. The banner with the word "Chang" on the top of Jinan City fell down, and Zhang De's banner was hoisted up again.

A few days ago, Zhang De withdrew his troops from Pengcheng, but where to support them was a problem.If Linzi is supported, Linzi may have already fallen by the time Zhang De arrives.If it is to support Beihai, to be honest, the distance from Pengcheng and Beihai is farther than from Pengcheng to Linzi.

So Zhang De decided to divide his troops. Zang Ba led 1 people through Taishan County to raid Jinan, came to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, and he led other troops back to rescue Beihai.From Pengcheng to Jinan, if you pass through Taishan County, the distance is very short.Moreover, Zang Ba's subordinate Sun Guan and others were originally from the four pirates of Mount Tai, and they knew the terrain of Mount Tai County very well, so Zhang De chose to let Zang Ba lead the army from Mount Tai County to Jinan.

In order to attack Linzi, Changxi transferred all his troops to the front line, and there were not many defenders left in Jinan.After Zang Ba arrived in Jinan, he heard that Changxi had been recruiting troops, and that many bandits and refugees had joined Changxi's army.So Zang Ba came up with a strategy, selected more than 100 old brothers who had been bandits from his own men, and pretended to join Changxi to open the gate of Jinan.

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Outside Beihai City, Chang Xi's face was ashen, looking at the big flag flying above the city, at this time Chang Xi felt that the big flag with the word "Wu'an" embroidered on it was particularly eye-catching!
"This damn blacksmith!" Chang Xi cursed inwardly.

Originally, Chang Xi thought that the difficulty of attacking Beihai City should be similar to that of Linzi.Although Beihai is Zhang De's lair, since Zhang De ruled Qingzhou, Beihai has become a central area of ​​Qingzhou, and there has been no war for many years.And if Linzi is lost, the morale of the soldiers in Beihai City will definitely drop, and the chances of winning Beihai are great.

But when Chang Xi attacked, what greeted him were pieces of gravel. Although the stones were not big, even as small as a fist, falling from a high place could still smash a person's head into pieces, even if it didn't hit the head, It is inevitable that the bones will be broken if it hits the body; and then there will be a rain of arrows from the sky.What made Chang Xi even more depressed was that these arrows were not shot from the top of the city, but from the city itself.As for the top of the city, five thousand soldiers were neatly waiting for their attack.

At the beginning, Changxi didn't know why, but later he discovered that the arrows shot out of the city were not bows, but crossbows.These crossbows are made of all steel, and it can be seen that there are a lot of materials used. It is precisely because of this that when these crossbows fall from the sky, they have full penetration power, and the leather shields in Changxi's army can't stop them at all.

When Chang Xi saw this kind of crossbow, he immediately understood that it was the masterpiece of Wu'an Tiefang.Now Wu'an Tiefang has basically become an official workshop. All of Zhang Dejun's weapons are provided by Wu'an Tiefang. After several years of development, Wu'an Tiefang has grown to a scale of more than 1000 people. The master craftsmen have become the foremen of each workshop.A lot of business has brought a lot of profits to Wu'an Tiefang.Relying on the treasures of Lingdi's treasury, Zhang De purchased a large amount of refined iron from various places, so that Wu'an Ironworks did not have to worry about having nothing to do all year round.

But this time Xu Rong escaped from Linzi and immediately told Wu'an Guochangxi that he would attack Beihai next.Wu Anguo was not worried after hearing this, and immediately ordered people to drop a large number of defense equipment, including catapults and a large number of strong crossbows.The catapult is a large catapult recently made by Wu'an Ironworks. It is also an assembled type. It was originally used to throw boulders, but because Wu'an State could not find the boulders temporarily, it had to be replaced with smaller stones, but this also greatly increased Range and projectile height.

As for the strong crossbow, Zhang De ordered Wu'an Tiefang to build it a few days ago. The initial plan was to manufacture 3 strong crossbows. Now Wu'an Tiefang has completed [-] rods, and more than [-] crossbow arrows have been produced. This kind of strong crossbow operation Simple, but extremely powerful, if you use upward oblique projection, you can completely go from the city to the outside.

And that’s not the only thing that gave Chang Xi a blow. There were sharpshooters on the city, who specially used back arrows to hurt people, and every time they were shot, they were low-level officers in Chang Xi’s army. This caused great damage to Chang Xi’s attack on the city. Big trouble.You must know that there were no military academies in ancient times, and most of the junior officers were promoted by soldiers with outstanding military exploits, so the officers were all veterans who were able to conscript and fight well. Such a large number of elite losses like this is still very difficult for the Changxi Army. big.

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Hey, I'm in a bad state, my thoughts are messed up, and I can't write anything for a long time...

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