The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 117 Battle with Yuan Shu

In the end, Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui did not send the spies to die. They both reported the disappearance of the spies to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu sat on the horse and said disapprovingly: "Xiahoudun and the others surrounded Liu Xiang with heavy troops, so how can they still have the strength to stop us? This is nothing more than their suspicious strategy, the purpose is to delay us from going to rescue Liu Xiang."

Unprepared at all, Yuan Shu led his army into Dongfang Sheng's trap.

First, there was the long pit that made people despair. The people in the front row fell directly into the pit and were stabbed by the sharp bamboo at the bottom of the pit.

Immediately following the long pit are those bamboo strips with amazing elasticity. The long and curved bamboo strips are tied with ropes. As long as the ropes are cut off, the rebound force is enough to make Yuan Shu's soldiers cry for their fathers and mothers. up.

After Yuan Shu asked the soldiers to use wooden boards to cross the long pit and pass the rebounding bamboo, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It's a pity that those soldiers felt water seeping out from the soles of their feet within a few steps. The people around looked at each other and found that the soles of their feet were pierced by a sharp metal flower.

Probably because some anesthetic was smeared on the metal flower, the soldiers who had explored the way before did not notice it, so the next group of soldiers also suffered a lot.

It's just that Yuan Shu is not an ordinary person after all, these traps can only slow down their actions, but can't really cause Yuan Jun's confusion.

After that, Yuan Shu and the others didn't encounter any obstacles or enemies. They advanced easily all the way, and they were about to reach Kuangting City.

"Haha, I just said that they don't have the strength to prevent us from coming to the rescue." Yuan Shu glanced at the empty Kuangting city, did not see a single soldier, and said to Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui with a smile: "It is estimated that Xiahou Dun and that Why Dongfang Sheng retreated early before we came to rescue, Cao Cao really has no generals available."

"My lord, let's go to the city quickly." Zhang Xun said with some concern.

"Okay, let's go to the city!" Yuan Shuzhi said with a proud whip.

Yuan Shu's personal soldiers showed their tokens, and the guards at the city gate immediately lowered the drawbridge to let Yuan Shu and the others enter the city.

After Yuan Shu and his troops all entered Kuanting City, Liu Xiang stood in front of Yuan Shu with a wry smile. Behind him were his lieutenant generals and subordinates, but there were two people standing on each side of him, one was tall Some are middle-aged people with rough lines, and the other is a young man with delicate features, but there is a shocking aura in his brows.

"My lord, run!" Liu Xiang shouted as soon as he saw Yuan Shu.

puff!
Yuan Shu only saw the middle-aged man standing on Liu Xiang's right raised his long sword, and Liu Xiang's big head rolled to the ground with a gurgle, blood splashing all over the place.

No, I fell for it!Yuan Shu still didn't know the situation at this time, so he turned around and ran away.

Boom!

It's a pity that at the same time as Liu Xiang shouted, the gates of the city were also closed, and a group of shieldmen with iron shields and heavy armor ran over from the side in unison, cutting off Yuan Shu's retreat.

"Protect the lord!"

Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui immediately took their own soldiers to protect Yuan Shu's left and right wings.

call out!call out!call out!
The sharp arrow cut through the air, pierced the human body, and made dull sounds.

"Be careful, there are strong crossbowmen!" Zhang Xun shouted, pushing aside a few sharp arrows, "Shieldmen stepped forward to block!"

Although Yuan Shu was protected by Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui, he felt a chill down his spine because he saw a pair of eyes, the young eyes that stood on Liu Xiang's left before.

Indifferent, emotionless, full of murderous intent, seeing death as home?Yuan Shu only felt that he had never seen such a terrifying look in his eyes. The feeling of being stared at by Hades gave him the urge to gallop wildly.

Although Yuan Shu and the others were ambushed, their formation was not broken with Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui present, so Xiahou Dun and Dongfang Sheng couldn't do anything to Yuan Shu for a while.

Dongfang Sheng just looked at Yuan Shu calmly. He didn't let the soldiers of the Flying Eagle Battalion attack Yuan Shu's formation. Elite troops were not suitable for this kind of attrition war. Mission impossible.

"Wang Hu, choose four teams to guard the gates of the four cities. Once you find Yuan Shu breaking through, you will execute the beheading operation."

Dongfang Sheng saw that Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui were relaxed in defense, and Xiahou Dun was gradually showing signs of exhaustion, so he immediately said to Wang Hu.

"Here!" Wang Hu took the order and left.

It seems that I have underestimated Yuan Shu. Those traps did not seriously hurt his vitality, and the ambushes in the city were not particularly effective. No one in this era is easy to deal with.Dongfang Sheng let out a heavy breath.

"My lord, do you want to use a ballista?" Zhao Kai glanced at Yuan Shu, who was being protected by Tuantuan, and said to Dongfang Sheng.

A ballista is an upgraded version of a crossbow. It can be said to be a large crossbow. It is installed on a cart because it is too large. It needs two warriors to pull it together. The arrows of the ballista are as thick as an adult's arm. Once shot, it can penetrate four or five people.

"I don't need it now." Dongfang Sheng shook his head and said: "It seems that we can't eat this 'big fish' now. Let Mr. Cao take care of the rest."

"However, we still have a chance now." Zhao Kai said unwillingly.

"It's gone now." Dongfang Sheng sighed when he saw that Yuan Shu had broken through Xiahou Dun's encirclement.

War in the era of cold weapons requires the general to be able to navigate the battle formation and know how to arrange troops. When two armies confront each other, there will usually be a confrontation in the battle formation, and Dongfang Sheng is precisely the weak link in this regard.

Speaking of the battle formation masters of the Three Kingdoms, Gongsun Zan can definitely be regarded as one, Cao Cao is also a master of battle formation, and of course Zhuge Liang is also one, but Zhuge Liang's main talent is not in military affairs.

When Dongfang Sheng saw Yuan Shu break through, he immediately followed with a small group of Feiying Battalion soldiers carrying the remaining blood.

However, Dongfang Sheng did not directly contact Yuan Shu's soldiers, but hung tightly behind them.

But this effect was better than fighting with Yuan Shu's soldiers. Yuan Shu anxiously urged Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui to run out of the city.

At this moment, Yuan Shu didn't have any thoughts to think about other things. There was only one thought left in his mind, which was to run, run out of Kuangting, and run back to Fengqiu. Only in Fengqiu could he be completely at ease.

Dongfang Sheng didn't think he could kill Yuan Shu in Kuangting, but it was still possible to add a sense of urgency to him.And all this is just to pave the way for Cao Cao's subsequent actions. Only Cao Cao's fatal blow can win the final victory in this war against Yuan Shu's invasion of Yanzhou.

(End of this chapter)