Back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 304
Among the three generals, the most eye-catching general is eight feet five inches tall and carries a pair of eighty-jin iron halberds. His first name was Wei, and his nickname was Elai. He often accompanied Cao Cao and protected Cao Cao's safety.

At this moment, Dian Wei folded his arms in front of his chest, his eyes full of fierceness.

There is another general, with eyes like sharp knives, a bloodthirsty aura has been triggered by this blood, it seems that killing is his nature!He is eight feet tall, and his surname is Xiahou and his name is Dun.

The last move was Cao Chun, who suppressed his hatred in his chest, and it seemed that his monstrous anger would erupt at any time.

After all the generals arrived, they stood on both sides one by one. Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction and began to conduct military discussions.

Half an hour later, suddenly Cao Ying's horns blared, and the army was shaken. Cao Cao's soldiers were like ants swarming, and they all rushed out of the stronghold, and they even came to kill Laiwu City! !

Laiwu City

"Report!! My lord!! Cao Cao's army is starting to move towards our city!!" A scout who had been monitoring Cao Ying's actions from a distance rushed back to the city to report to Feng Yao.

"What!! Cao Cao is dying? He even launched an attack before the ground was dry!!" Feng Yao was shocked.

"Explore again!"

Xu Shu, Xu Qian, Yang Wu, Dai Ling and others were discussing with Feng Yao about Cao Cao's possible attack methods, and came up with solutions one by one, but they did not expect Cao Cao to attack in advance!

The weather has just cleared up, and the ground has not had time to dry in the future. The soldiers are very easy to fall, and the baggage carts are even more firm. This is extremely unfavorable to the attacking side!
"My lord, I understand. Cao Cao must be afraid of our strategy, so he attacked in advance. In this case, no matter whether we have a strategy or not, it will be too late to arrange it. Moreover, although the ground outside the city is muddy, the soldiers' movements are difficult, which is not conducive to attacking the city. , but it is also not conducive to our army's initiative to attack!!" Xu Shu suddenly stopped the hand that was stroking his beard, his eyes shone brightly, and he nodded in understanding.

"And if this is the case, our army will not have time to make preparations, and Cao Cao can set up camp outside the city safely!" Xu Shu said again.

Feng Yao sighed softly and said, "Forget it, it seems that Cao Cao had to put all his eggs in one basket because he was given up by Yuan Shao. On the Qingzhou battlefield, if Cao Cao wants to turn around, the only possibility is to defeat us and capture Laiwu City. Then before Lu Fan and Zang Ba have time to attack, rush to support them!"

"And our current arrows are far from enough. The rush to make these few days is less than [-]. If they are used to defend the city, they will be used up in one day!"

Everyone couldn't think of a better way to defeat the enemy other than a deadly battle. After being silent for a while, Xu Qian suddenly cupped his fists and said, "My lord, I have a plan. Although I can't directly defeat Cao Cao, if I can succeed, I must It will shake Cao Cao's army and demoralize them!"

Feng Yao asked anxiously, and Xu Gan said: "It has been rainy for days, and there is a great shortage of food and grass in the cities of Qingzhou. If nothing happens, the cities behind the battlefield will open grass markets for three consecutive days according to our habits. The nearby farmers transport the vegetables, fish, and fodder they produce to the city for sale."

"You mean to use Wei Yan...?" Feng Yao suddenly understood.

"That's right! Because Wei Yan's troops are small, it's not easy to be guarded by the enemy, and he doesn't have a large army to attack. It's better to order Wei Yan's army to send soldiers to pretend to be peasants, sneak into the cities, and then cooperate inside and outside to quickly break through the cities behind Cao Cao. !” Xu Gan said.

"Okay, that's exactly what I intended when I sent Wei Yanshi. Now that I have this strategy, I believe Wei Yan can break through the enemy's city faster and quickly enter the empty hinterland behind the enemy! Wei Chang, I didn't expect you to be very good at tactics. I should keep you and be a counselor!" Feng Yao was overjoyed, patted Xu Gan on the shoulder, and joked.

Xu Gan was shocked and hurriedly begged for mercy, which made everyone laugh.

Afterwards, Feng Yao took a serious look and issued several orders in succession, respectively to Wei Yan of Banyang City, Lu Fan of Zhu Xu, Zang Ba of Ju County, and Jian Yong Zhao Wang of Feng Gao.

In addition to asking everyone to cooperate with the joint attack and siege, they also specifically mentioned the name Xia Houlan, asking everyone to recruit this person at the same price. If they see this person, it is best to leave him alive , As for why he did this, Feng Yao did not explain.

In the end, Feng Yao even issued an order to the Taishan thief Chang Xi, although Feng Yao was not sure whether Chang Xi would obey his order. At the same time as the order, Feng Yao also threw out some conditions, saying that after breaking through Qingzhou, Willing to use him and let him become a school lieutenant under him.

The war is about to break out! !

Laiwu City has entered a state of full alert, and all the people living within [-] miles outside the city were brought into the city by Feng Yao a few days ago!All the soldiers who went out temporarily for supplies were also recalled to the city!

Apart from the scout battalion still active outside the city, only the enemy is active within twenty miles!Therefore, whoever sees it must kill him!
Speaking of which, the rainy days these days have greatly benefited Feng Yao, buying more preparation time for the upcoming war!
Because of the next decisive battle with Cao Cao, on this main battlefield, Feng Yao's role is to contain! ! !As long as Feng Yao can drag Cao Cao's army here for about ten days, Cao Cao will be defeated. At that time, all armies will break through the city behind Cao Cao, and then several armies will encircle him! !
Ren Cao Cao's [-] elite Qingzhou soldiers are not afraid of death no matter how brave they are!No matter how brave the generals under Ren Cao Cao are!It will also be the end of the annihilation of the entire army! !
In order to make Cao Cao desperate, Feng Yao launched the tactic of fortifying the wall and clearing the field! !

The trees within ten miles were almost cut down by the soldiers sent by Feng Yao, and there was hardly a tree taller than a person! !Only some young saplings remained!

Feng Yao cut down these trees to prevent Cao Cao from conveniently building more siege equipment!These trees were all used to build fortifications!

In Laiwu City, along the inner side of the city wall, there were originally empty and isolated areas, which were used for the passage of soldiers and horses during wartime, but at this time, a wide and strong platform two feet high from the ground was built in these places. , Above the platform, a large number of fixed catapults were set up outrageously! !

Catapults can be used to attack the city, but now Feng Yao also uses the catapult to defend the city!

With this platform, the catapult instantly becomes almost as high as the city wall, and can launch stone projectiles from the city, and use the city wall to protect the soldiers who launch the catapult!Compared with the unprotected catapult outside the city, it has a lot of advantages, but the only disadvantage is that it cannot be moved! !

There are many sources of stone bullets. Except for a large open land on the front of Laiwu City, the other three sides are not far away from undulating mountains!At this time in the city, if all the stone bombs piled up hit the enemy, it would be enough to kill [-] Cao soldiers outside the city! !

Defending the city no longer has to be hit by catapults!If the enemy throws stones in, it's just right!Pick it up and blast it back! !

(End of this chapter)