Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1771 The Fall of Huguan Part [-]

Boom boom boom! ! ! ! ! !

Cannonballs exploded one by one in Wei Jun's formation. Even though Wei Jun was prepared, he was still shocked by this scene.

Cao Cao, who was standing on the viewing platform, had a livid face.

"artillery!"

He gritted his teeth and spit out two words.

Then he said gloomyly: "When will we be able to build our artillery!"

The lethality of this coverage is amazing.

If it weren't for the fact that the Ming army didn't build much, I'm afraid he would have surrendered directly, which is simply a weapon that can't be dealt with.

"Disaster!"

Wearing a green robe, standing next to Cao Cao, Guo Jia's complexion was not very good at the moment. Faced with this situation, he felt the powerlessness of falling behind and being beaten.

The weapon development of the Ming army far surpassed the Han Dynasty, and surpassed this era, and even his so-called wisdom is a phenomenon that cannot be represented.

He said in a low voice: "Although we have obtained the gunpowder formula from the Ming court, in fact the gunpowder formula and the artillery are two different things. Our craftsmen tried to imitate the Ming army and wanted to make a artillery. All of them were bombed. Open, on the one hand, our iron smelting technology is not as good as that of the Ming army. Second, we don’t have detailed drawings of artillery construction, but we only know a little bit. This is a difference of thousands of miles. Our craftsmen have tried their best. , but they also said that unless we directly put the blueprints in front of them, and then let our iron smelting ability reach two-thirds of the level of the Ming Dynasty, we can be sure to create such a super lethal artillery arms!"

For the first time, he felt that craftsmen are so important. Even though he is smart, he is still affected by this era. He has never been able to mention the importance of craftsmen.

Now I want to regret it, but it's too late.

"If we can take down the Huguan and take down all the cannons in the Huguan, then do we have a chance?"

Cao Cao's eyes were cold and stern, looking at the distant Huguan, a flash of light flashed.

"It is inevitable for us to take Huguan, unless the Ming army can lead the army back to help, but the speed can't keep up, basically cutting off this possibility. Once Huguan is taken by us, the artillery of the Ming army will be heavy , transportation is difficult, we still have a chance, just to prevent the Ming army from burning these shells, we need to take risks!"

Guo Jia thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "Only by catching them by surprise and making them unable to react can we take them all down and take down all these artillery pieces!"

"What an adventure!"

"Break through the mountain!"

Guo Jia has been thinking about this idea for a long time, but he has never mentioned it because it is difficult. The difficulty of this method of warfare is currently the most difficult for Wei Jun to do.

"Break through the mountain?"

Cao Cao squinted his eyes, and his pupils fell under the camp of the Wei army. Under the rounds of artillery bombardment, the Wei army really suffered a lot of casualties. Even if they were prepared, it was difficult to avoid.

Moreover, this kind of ground-shaking bombing will shake the morale of the Wei army to a certain extent.

"tell me the story!"

Cao Cao gritted his teeth.

He believed in Lu Bu, but he also believed that the Ming army was on guard. Lu Bu could win Huguan, but the Huguan after winning may not be the Huguan he wanted.

"I have checked all the terrain around Huguan. They are all steep mountains and cliffs. The only chance is that in the northeast direction, a small river flows upstream, and after looking over a large mountain, it falls from the sky and directly enters the pass city!"

Guo Jia handed out a marching map and said to Cao Cao: "My lord, this is the most detailed map we can get so far. Look carefully, there is a road in it, but this road is very dangerous, and the entrance and exit are very difficult. Narrow, once the Ming army sees it through, the attacking soldiers and horses will be blocked, and it will be difficult for you to resist, and you will be forced to die inside!"

Go upstream from the small river, and after overcoming the mountain, you have to cross the mountain stream. Although the mountain stream is connected to Guancheng, it is indeed a place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend for Guancheng. It seems to be a low-lying place that can be condescending at any time. Siege.

There are two major difficulties here. First, the difficulty of time. If they really want to implement such a strategy, they must cross the river, climb over the mountain, and enter the city near the pass within six hours. mountain stream.

Second, that is how to catch them off guard.

It seems simple, but any step you want to do is to take a lot of risk.

"How many troops do you need?"

"Five thousand elite!" Guo Jia said: "It must be an elite who can climb mountains and mountains!"

"Where is Cao Xiu!"

"The end is here!"

Cao Xiu stood up. He is the number one young general of the Wei army, and he is also the Maxima in Cao Cao's mouth. Although he was bullied by the Ming army in the battle of Wancheng in the past, but his quality, ability, and experience on the battlefield are indeed outstanding. The best of the young generation.

"Order your department to immediately select five thousand elites, and it will be completed within an hour!"

"Yes!"

Cao Xiu bowed his hand and took the order.

On the viewing platform, Cao Cao's eyes were still staring at the front, but his expression became more dignified, and even resolute: "Feng Xiao, in fact, Gu has no choice at all. In this battle, not only he, Liu Xuande, gambled everything, we Isn't Cao Mengde betting on the Han court? Sacrifice is inevitable. No matter how many sacrifices, as long as there is value, you can arrange it. Be as detailed as possible. After an hour, Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen will personally lead the troops, according to your arrangement attack!"

He didn't need to hesitate at all.

adventure!

This battle is an adventure, the adventure is not terrible, the terrible thing is that there is no hope in the adventure, as long as the Ming army is defeated, he is willing to gamble his life, there is nothing he dare not do.

As for the danger of this road, at this point, it doesn't matter anymore. He only wants a result, no matter how many sacrifices, as long as the result is approved by him, he is willing.

"Yes!"

Guo Jia nodded.

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Battlefront.

Facing the artillery bombardment, Lu Bu suddenly got used to it a lot. He had already ordered all the horses to cover their mouths and noses. In this way, the commotion of the horses was greatly reduced.

"Fortunately, it's well arranged!"

Lu Bu watched the shells explode one after another in his camp, and his heart bled a little, but he was lucky. When he set up the formation, in order to prevent the bombing of the Ming army, he deliberately dispersed.

This cut their casualties at least in half.

"Catapults, bed crossbows, continue to attack. In addition, the front battalion advances a hundred steps. The archers are ready. Once they enter the attack range, they will immediately cover the city wall in all directions!"

Lu Bu issued military orders in an orderly manner.

"promise!"

The captains of various ministries took orders one after another.

Jia Xu stood by the side, silent, just watching these shells fall beside them, and the shells exploded with a bang, a little fascinated.

"Mr. Jia, do you have anything to add?"

Lu Bu glanced at Jia Xu.

"The general is well arranged!" Jia Xu smiled, came back to his senses, and said softly: "But the general must remember that we only have less than two days, and time waits for no one. Although every step is steady, it may not be possible. Can enter the city!"

"Don't worry, Master Jia!"

Lu Bu raised his head and looked at the city wall: "I don't believe that their cannonballs will be endless. My camp uses a sparse army formation and civilians to lure their cannonballs to attack. If they don't fire, I will push forward and they will fire." Let's hold on, let's see how long they can last, as long as there are no more shells, I can break through this pass city with a flick of my fingers!"

He has this confidence.

If it weren't for the artillery of the Ming army, he wouldn't have to wait until now. Maybe Cao Cao's main force hadn't arrived yet, and he had already eaten Huguan directly.

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Standing on the city wall, Ma Chao was using the binoculars in his hand to carefully watch the scene when the shells fell outside the city. He frowned, put down the binoculars, and focused his eyes on Huangfu Jianshou, saying: "They seem to have the ability to deal with your artillery. There is a way!"

"Weapons are good, but talent is fundamental!"

Huangfu Jianshou said in a low voice: "This is what His Majesty often said in our artillery army, the purpose is to prevent our artillery army from being proud of our powerful weapons, but now it seems that what His Majesty said is not wrong at all, we The artillery can work, that's because they didn't deal with it before, so there was the battle of Wancheng, and only a few days ago, I directly pushed back the siege army of the Wei army, but there were many encounters, and people were always able to get along The way to deal with it is that although human beings are not like diamonds and iron walls, they cannot stop the attacking power of the artillery, but they can dodge them!"
The corner of his mouth slightly raised a calm and natural smile: "Actually, this situation has been expected, but we didn't expect that they would react so quickly and adapt to the artillery attack in such a short period of time! "

"Then our artillery is not lethal to them?"

Ma Chao frowned.

In this way, they can hold on for a long time.

"Not necessarily!"

Huangfu Jianshou sneered: "They can adapt, and we can also change. It's just tactics. They have tactics to deal with us, and we can change our tactics. It depends on whether they become faster or ours become faster!"

The last thing to fight is the arrangement of people and tactics.

"According to the original plan!"

Huangfu Jianshou raised his head, looked at the setting sun, and said: "Today they want to break the situation, but it's too late. They will attack for half an hour at most, and then they will withdraw their troops, but we still need to be prepared!"

He thought for a while, and then said: "At first, I wanted to hold off for three or five days, but now it seems that in order to prevent sudden changes, we may not even blow up the Huguan, we have to advance, tomorrow morning , we will bomb them for the last time, and after the bombing, we will switch defenses, and after switching defenses, we will withdraw first, and the rest is up to you!"

"Ok!"

Ma Chao nodded: "As long as there is no problem with you, there is no problem with me. I can support you for at least six hours, that is, before sunset tomorrow, no soldiers and horses will be able to chase you, but in the future After that, we will also withdraw, otherwise we will not be able to withdraw if we want to!"

He estimated the time, after losing Huguan, retreating while fighting, even if Wei Jun bites harder, it can last at least six hours, so that Huangfu's soldiers and horses can withdraw.

"it is good!"

Huangfu Jianshou glanced at Ma Chao, with an indifferent smile on the corner of his mouth, and said softly, "General Ma, it's an honor to fight side by side with you. I hope that after tomorrow, I can still see you in the eldest son city!"

"must!"

Ma Chao's eyes flickered brightly.

Fighting for the family in the past, but now fighting for the court, he feels differently. For example, he and Huangfu Jianshou have no friendship at all, and if pushed upwards, they are still enemies.

When the Xiliang warlord killed by Huangfusong was bloody, many soldiers and horses of their Longxi Ma family were also slaughtered, and when Huangfusong died in battle, the Xiliang warlord was the executioner.

But standing on the same ground today, they don't feel any old enemies, but a kind of honor, a special feeling of fighting side by side.

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Sure enough, although Lu Bu stepped up his attack, his army was exhausted after being bombed. He had no choice but to give up continuing to attack, retreated [-] steps, and re-arranged his defense.

It was already dark, and the sky was dark.

In this dark sky, Wei Jun was clearing up the battlefield. Even though Lu Bu had prepared for it long ago, when he saw the bloody Erlang who was blown away by the shells in red, his heart still hurt.

At this time, Cao Cao did not know when, but also appeared at the front line to clean up the battlefield.

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, why are you here?"

Lu Bu hurried over and bowed to salute.

"Let's see alone!"

Cao Cao looked at the mess on the ground, and asked in a low and soft voice, "Are there many casualties?"

"Not big!"

Lu Bu shook his head: "I have been bombed before, and more than once, so I have started to get used to it, and even started to understand some of their artillery operations. Although their attacks are fierce and even have coverage, but the range of blasting is not large. Unless our soldiers and horses are too concentrated, their lethality is limited, so I have already dispersed the army, and even mixed real people with straw people. In the camp, their shells attacked. This time our casualties, It's only two or three hundred sons, and some trebuchets were also blown up by them. Their purpose may be our trebuchets. Although the casualties are not large, and they are even sacrifices in an ordinary battle, the impact is relatively large. , under the bombardment of their shells, the earth trembled and the mountains shook, even if some generals saw it, they still couldn't help being afraid in their hearts, and it would make our soldiers feel exhausted and unable to attack!"

He sank, and continued: "We may need to continue to adapt to this method of warfare, so that the morale of the army will not be frustrated!"

Immediately afterwards, he quickly said: "But don't worry, your lord, their artillery will not be endless. This kind of weapon is not easy to manufacture, and the consumption is increasing. They will definitely be less and less. Just wait until they are free. When we attack, we will definitely win the Huguan within two days!"

Hearing this, Cao Cao's eyes were vivid, looking at the messy battlefield and the corpses of some generals whose bones could not be collected, he spied a breath, the lethality of the Ming army's artillery still made him a little frightened.

But luck among misfortunes.

Lu Bu used the lives of his generals to find a way to fight the new weapons of the Ming army.

In such future battles, they can be regarded as responsive.

"Can you guess how many cannons there are in the city?"

Cao Cao asked.

"About a hundred of them!"

Lu Bu responded: "They bombed my position several times. I counted it. At most, hundreds of shells fell at the same time. That is to say, they only have a hundred of these terrible weapons at most!"

He thought for a while, and said, "If our trebuchet can advance more than 100 steps, maybe we have a chance to fight against them. The stone bullets of the trebuchet also have the ability to destroy their weapons!"

(End of this chapter)