Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 248 Air to Ground

"Seeing that the lord is worried, my subordinates are uneasy. They have thought about building this tower. They can choose strong and good archers to stand on it. There can be ten people on the lower floor, eight on the middle floor, and six on the top floor. It is enough to shoot two hundred paces, and you can shoot into Cao Ying from outside the long base." The judge ordered someone to set up a grass target two hundred paces away, and the nobles on the tower were able to shoot.It is very convenient to use the rope to adjust the arrows of the bow and crossbow.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed, "Okay, okay, let's make a quick copy of a hundred, stand in the front camp, and select good archers from the whole camp." Eight hundred strong and accurate bows were selected from the 10 people. Crossbowmen are not difficult.

Guo Tu cried secretly: Why didn't I think of it?Isn't that what Gongsun Zan did when he built the barrier in Yijing?Approval is nothing more than changing it to wood, there is nothing to be ashamed of.

With long-distance lethal weapons, Yuan Shao's mood turned from anger to joy: "Cao Ah, let's see how long you are proud, and the defenders will be overwhelmed immediately. When the morale of Cao's army is exhausted, the army can attack, and the breakthrough of the long base is just around the corner."

Here, Cao Cao accepted the praises from his subordinates with peace of mind. After the fire burned out, people blocked the tunnels and buried the deep ditch, and then held a banquet to ask for credit. He has not forgotten to reward the tomb robbers with a separate banquet.Cao Cao had already decided to let them go out to search for the tomb in two days.

Because Yuan Shao's tunnel battle delayed Zhou Cang's plan to rob grain again, he postponed the time until three days later.

"My lord, a letter from Xingba." Zhang Jai reported to Zhou Cang. "Xingba has been by the Yellow River for nearly a month. Zhou Fu found the boats that were hidden at the beginning, but they were in disrepair for a long time, and it was difficult to use them as warships. We had to dismantle them and use them as timber. Cheng Yu helped find hundreds of boats, large and small. , he is taking the time to transform."

Zhou Cang raised his eyebrows, "How long will this take?"

"It will take at least one month. Xingba said that the Guangling navy has arrived, and he just used this time to get familiar with the water. He also said that the Yellow River is very different from the Yangtze River. The river is turbid and has a lot of sediment. The navy is very uncomfortable. In addition, he He also said that now is the flood season of the Yellow River, and our navy is in the lower reaches, and the ships are smaller than Yuan Jun's, and we can go to war after the flood season is over a month later."

Good luck, good luck, Zhou Cang couldn't help baring his teeth, the timing was really good. "Then is there a navy stationed at Yuan Shao's place?"

"Yes. Mainly on the north bank, Yuan Shang is in charge of scheduling. There are more than 1 people. Although the number is large, it is not comparable to our Shuiziying. Xingba called them infantry on the water. Although Yuan Jun's ships are large and numerous, But Xingba already has a way to defeat the enemy."

"Okay, reply to Xingba, be careful, just mention anything you need, and make all kinds of preparations within a month." Zhou Cang rejoiced. "Junyi, shouldn't we be active again?"

"That's good, but I have to trouble my lord to go to Zhang Xiu to borrow troops."

Zhou Cang picked up five thousand shi of grain and came to Zhang Xiu's camp. Zhang Xiu was rubbing his hands in circles in the tent anxiously. "Brother Wei Guo."

"Brother, I am here to ask you to borrow troops."

The last time Zhang Xiu lent 200 people to Zhoucang, and less than a day after sending them out, Quan Dang went out for a walk. The horses and men were not injured, and they were exchanged for five thousand stones of food and grass to relieve Zhang Xiu's urgent need. "It's easy to say, easy to say."

"Brother, why is this trouble?" Zhou Cang asked.

"The state of Wei doesn't know something. Yuan Shao erected nearly a hundred towers in one night, all of which were filled with archers. Since this morning, he started shooting arrows at our camp. Our army was caught off guard and injured many soldiers. Now the soldiers I can only hide behind the long base to defend, and if I leave the cover for a second, I will be injured by the opponent's archer in seconds, which is really worrying." Zhang Xiu said, "I sent someone to shoot at Yuan Jun, but I couldn't shoot at all, but I was injured again. Young archers. I will try it myself, even I can hardly reach the top of the tower, and even if I try to shoot it up, it will be weak."

Zhang Xiu complained here, and when a messenger came to report, Cao Cao urgently raised his account and asked all the generals to go to discuss the matter.When Zhou Cang and Zhang Xiu rushed to Cao Cao's big tent, it was already crowded with people, and it was as hot as a market.

"General Zhang, nearly a thousand people have been injured in my battalion. I just asked General Cao Hong, and his Chinese army is similar. How is your place?" Le Jin asked Zhang Xiu anxiously.

"It's the same in my place. I'm worrying about it. Is this why the Lord called us here?"

"Exactly, everyone was talking about it, but they didn't come up with any good ideas."

"Come on, let's go and have a look together." Cao Cao led the crowd out of the tent and headed towards the camp gate.

"My lord, be careful." Several shieldmen protected Cao Cao.I saw arrows from the tower of Yuanying firing towards Caoying, but they couldn't hit Caocao.Cao Jun's guards were close behind the long base where bows and arrows could not shoot. Before walking back and forth, they had to look up and trot all the way with the shield on their heads. Even so, a few unlucky ones were shot.

Look at Yuan Bing on those towers laughing, gesticulating there.

"My lord," Zhang Xiu said angrily, "I found the best archer and two stone bows, but it didn't help. The tower is too high, and Yuan Jun is condescending, occupying the best position."

Cao Cao gasped, how did Yuan Shao come up with such little tricks. "If this goes on like this, within a few days, our army's morale will be low, and Yuan Jun will launch a strong attack. Everyone, do you have a good strategy?"

Cao Hong said: "My lord, why don't we build a tower too? It's taller than Yuan Shao's."

This suggestion was rejected by Xun You. "Building the tower, not to mention the cost of money, and the cost of shooting the two armies against Yuan Shao, we can't consume Yuan Shao, and our archers are not as good as Yuan Shao."

Xun You was right, Yuan Shao was hoping to compete with Cao Cao in strength, but Cao Cao was no match for Yuan Shao, and he was not as numerous as Yuan Shao.Not as many bows and arrows as Yuan Shao.

Le Jin said, "Why don't we dig tunnels too? Under the tower?"

"It's even more impossible. How can Yuan Shao be unprepared, and our army will suffer even greater losses."

"My lord, I would like to bring two thousand dead men into Yuan Ying, chop down and burn the towers." Zhang Xiu said angrily.

This is even more impossible, it is better to simply enter Yuan Shao's army and kill Yuan Shao.The idea of ​​this impracticality was ignored by everyone.

The generals lost their minds, and the advisers frowned.Cao Cao glanced at his subordinates and found that none of them seemed to have any ideas. When he saw Jia Xu, Jia Xu no longer looked sleepy and fell into deep thought.As soon as he turned his face, Cao Cao saw Zhou Cang again, and saw Zhou Cang's eyes looking at Yuan Jun's tower, and the corners of his mouth slightly turned up, his face seemed to be mocking, he seemed a little absent-minded and seemed to remember something.

"What is Wei Guo thinking?"

"Guo Wei, Guo Wei, my lord is questioning you." Zhang Xiu hurriedly tugged at Zhou Cang.

"Uh, did Mr. Cao call me? What did Mr. Cao say just now?"

(End of this chapter)