Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1847 Is this the confidence of the Ming army?
in the city.

"Artillery Army?" Guo Jia stood at the gate of the school grounds, looking in the direction of the South Gate, he could see things like fireballs falling down.

Then there was the sound of the earth shaking and the mountains shaking.

Even though the voice was so far away, he could hear it so clearly.

This is not an action that a catapult can make.

Only the latest weapon of Ming Dynasty, the artillery that caused them to return home in defeat on the battlefield of Wancheng, could make a lot of noise.

He knew that this was the Artillery Army of the Ming Army.

Although the Artillery Army is secretive, it is not without traces. Yelou can also find some traces, and even forcibly snatch the gunpowder formula from the gunpowder workshop of the Ming Army.

Moreover, when they were in Huguan, they still had some prisoners. From the mouths of these prisoners, they also knew a lot of situations, but they couldn't figure out the specific strength of the troops.

Therefore, Wei Jun fought tremblingly in this battle.

Even if they gain the upper hand, even if they drive the Ming army away, they must take precautions carefully and dare not invest absolute troops in the attack.

I'm afraid that the artillery army of the Ming army will suddenly come out.

Let the old defeat of Wancheng reappear.

"Come on!"

"exist!"

"Immediately order all the scouts to quickly inquire about the situation at the South City Gate. At all costs, I must know what is going on at the South City Gate!"

Guo Jia gritted his teeth and said in a cold voice.

"promise!"

A scout captain led the way.

Guo Jia was very anxious, but amidst the anxiety, there was also a sense of relief.

If the Ming army were hiding, he would not be able to figure it out, but the exposed combat power, even if it was strong, they were still capable of dealing with it.

"Come on!"

"exist!"

The captains of all ministries assembled quickly.

"Integrate troops and prepare for battle at any time!"

Guo Jia ordered: "Once the Ming army attacks, we will fight to the death in the eldest son city. No retreat is allowed. Even if they die, we will drag them here!"

Guo Jia's thoughts are obvious. Even if the Ming army is strong, their strength is limited. If the main artillery army of the Ming army can be suppressed here, then the Wei army will have a great chance of winning.

Even if he was defeated here and beheaded by the Ming army because of this, it was worth it.

"Yes!"

Under Guo Jia's rule, the morale of the generals was relatively solidified. Although they were a little afraid of the artillery of the Ming army, they had already put life and death on the battlefield.

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The city wall of the south city gate continued to collapse amidst the earthquake and mountain shaking.

There are countless soldiers of the Wei army buried in it.

More soldiers of the Wei army hurriedly escaped from the distance of the city gate, and kept retreating into the city.

"Boom boom boom!!!!!!"

The artillery of the Ming army continued to bombard.

This one and one next.

The entire eldest son city was shaken, and even some people hiding in their homes were trembling.

"Is this the ground dragon turning over?"

"I don't want to die!"

"What should I do!"

The entire eldest son city quickly became popular, and some people even started to try their best to escape outside the city.

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After half an hour.

The south city gate has been turned into ruins, the city walls have basically collapsed, pieces of blue bricks, tiles and stones have fallen down one by one, some have become pieces, and some have become broken stones.

Lu Bu had never seen this scene before.

His forehead was oozing blood.

It was because he was hit by a piece of gravel during the shelling, but it was nothing serious, but this scene gave him a great sense of fear.

"horrible!"

He just spit out two words.

In the past, he didn't feel terrible in all directions on the prairie, but in this battle, he completely felt what is terrible.

When the smoke dissipated, they could vaguely see rows of black cannon muzzles facing them not far from them outside the city.

Scared them back again and again.

"Withdraw to the city!"

Lu Bu gritted his teeth and ordered.

"Yes!"

Gao Shun, Cao Xing and others quickly took orders, packed up the remaining soldiers, and withdrew back into the city.

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outside the city.

Xi Zhicai felt a sense of accomplishment watching this scene, as if he ordered the whole city to be under his threat.

"Master Participating in politics, do you need to continue to attack?"

Zhou An came up and asked.

"Need not!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head, and asked, "How many shells are there now?"

"Probably less than [-] pieces. Under the continuous explosion, our artillery has also suffered some damage, about one-tenth of which!"

Zhou An said in a low voice.

"Stop first!"

Xi Zhicai said: "Let's use cannons as an array to block this place. I want him, Guo Fengxiao, to dare not leave the eldest son city with a single soldier!"

"But we don't have enough shells. If they attack, we will only have one round of shelling at most. By then, the artillery will be too heavy to move!"

Zhou An said with some concern.

"Lieutenant Zhou, remember, the artillery is very important, but the artillery is not important, only the artillery of the shells is important. At that time, people should withdraw first, and as for the artillery, stay!"

"Isn't staying here an enemy?"

"Do they have shells?"

"They have gunpowder, and sooner or later they will produce shells!"

"How long will it be sooner or later!" Xi Zhicai said calmly: "Our Majesty has not fought for a long time. He only cares about this day and night. If we win this battle, our Ming Dynasty can rule the world. If we lose this battle, our Ming Dynasty can only live on. It took 20 years to have such an opportunity, it doesn’t matter whether they get our artillery or not, the most important thing now is how to achieve our strategic goals!”

"Yes!"

Zhou An took a deep breath and calmed down. Although he paid more attention to artillery, after all, he has studied in Wubeitang, he has a big picture, and understands Xi Zhicai's words.

"Stuck here, if they dare to come out, we will fire a cannon to frighten them. As long as they are blocked for five days, we will have a chance to turn the world around!"

Xi Zhicai squinted his eyes: "It is better to cut off one finger than to injure his ten fingers. In this overall situation, as long as the soldiers and horses along the way collapse, they will all collapse!"

He believed in Zhang Liao, as long as Zhang Liao defeated Zhang He's main force, the Wei army would lose all the way, and the morale of the troops would be shaken, and then the Ming army would rise up and attack, and it would not be difficult to defeat them.

Now it's time to see if Guo Jialu Bu's main force can be blocked here. As long as they can't kill them, the entire battlefield will be the Ming army's home field.

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An hour later, inside the city.

Lu Bu and Guo Jia met.

"How about it?"

Guo Jia asked very anxiously.

"The artillery bombardment caused our army to lose more than [-] sons and suffered heavy casualties. The morale of the soldiers was completely defeated. In a short period of time, the combat effectiveness was less than [-]%!"

Lu Bu gritted his teeth and said.

"Tell me in detail!"

"We just arrived at the gate of the city. They were bombarded by hundreds of artillery pieces outside the city. There was no time to withdraw, so we could only defend on the spot, but..."

There was still a lingering fear in Lu Bu's pupils: "But all the defenses were useless under the bombardment of their artillery. Our soldiers were not blown to pieces, even if they were buried under the rubble, the whole south The city gate was reduced to ruins in less than a quarter of an hour!"

"So scary?"

Guo Jia also changed color.

"I can only say that compared to the Battle of Wancheng back then, and the Battle of Huguan later, it was more terrifying and more powerful. Before their shells fell, the distance from which they could hurt people was not large, but now, the least increased Double, as long as they are hit by the bombardment, the soldiers in the surrounding area will not be able to escape, and the casualties are really heavy!"

Lu Bu clenched his fists, he was a little frustrated and disheartened: "A certain man has the ability to rule the world, but he never thought that he would become so vulnerable under this kind of weapon. I can only look at one of my subordinates. A soldier was beaten to pieces by them, and his flesh and blood flew all over the place, but he couldn't do anything!"

Even in Wancheng back then, he didn't feel this way.

At Huguan, he still dared to fight fiercely.

However, in this battle, the Ming army's second-generation artillery gave him too much deterrent power, and the rumbling power could destroy the world.

This kind of destructive power has long been beyond the scope of manpower, so he gradually lost his determination to fight.

This was the first time he felt so hopeless.

"Is it really that scary?"

Guo Jia's complexion changed again and again. It's not that he doesn't believe in Lu Bu, and he doesn't think that Lu Bu is a coward, but he can't believe that he can scare Lu Bu like this.

"Master Jijiu, you can go to the South City Gate to see for yourself. If you see the current South City Gate, you will understand how it feels!"

"Rest your troops first, don't be discouraged, even if we lose, as long as we can draw out their strongest combat power, we still have hope of winning this battle!"

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Go and see for yourself!"

There is no fear of life and death, he must personally feel the lethality before he can deal with it.

When Guo Jia came to Nancheng, looking from a distance, the city wall that was supposed to stand tall and erect turned into ruins. Among the ruins, bloodstains of corpses could still be seen.

Even some broken arms and ruins can be intuitively revealed, and his complexion has become particularly pale.

"It's really a big man who is going to die in the sky!"

Guo Jia couldn't help looking up to the sky and screaming, and questioned the sky, "Why is the sky so unfair!"

Even though he didn't believe in the destiny of heaven, he still couldn't help questioning the sky, because he had no other choice but to do so.

Why did the Ming army have such terrible weapons.

Why did they let Wei Jun suffer such painful treatment.

He couldn't figure it out.

I am not reconciled either.

"Come on!"

Guo Jia, who had calmed down, looked at the towering cannons not far from the city gate, and could only sigh helplessly.

"exist!"

"Send to King Wei that the artillery army of the Ming army has appeared, and our army is trapped in the eldest son city, and we will confront it for the time being!"

"Yes!"

One of the school captains in Yelou took the order and left.

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The deterrent power of the artillery is indeed good. Such a large lethality is enough to make the Wei army dare not move, because they cannot guarantee that there will be no artillery at other city gates.

Moreover, the cannons standing one by one at the South City Gate gave them too much sense of fear, making them dare not move easily, for fear of being covered by shells again.

Even if Guo Jia thought that the Ming army would not dare to bombard the city randomly, it was hard to guarantee that the Ming army would not be crazy. After all, this was a battle of life and death. If they gave up this great opportunity for the sake of the so-called common people, they would not believe it.

Furthermore, the main force under Lu Bu's command was deterred and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. If Guo Jia forcibly attacked at this time, they would even cause internal strife.

When the army's morale is in turmoil, it means that the general situation is over.

So even if Guo Jia knew that this was the Ming army's thoughts, he had to hold back his breath. He also thought that the Ming army would attack the peripheral forces and break them apart.

But they still have [-] main forces in Huguan.

Now that the artillery army of the Ming army has come out, the strength of Huguan can also be moved. Guo Jia believes that Cao Cao's personal leadership is enough to defeat the surrounding Ming army.

It is an advantage for him to hold the artillery army of the Ming army here, so he will not move around for the time being.

However, this is also Xi Zhicai's idea.

What he wanted was to keep the main force of the Wei army in the eldest son city, so that Zhang Liao would have enough time to defeat Zhang Yun. As long as Zhang Liao defeated Zhang He's forces, the main force of the Wei army's periphery would be encircled and suppressed by the Ming army.

As for Huguan...

That is His Majesty's battlefield.

Xi Zhicai never worried about this.

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The news from Guo Jia, in less than a day, was fed back to Huguan at the speed of Yelou's spies traveling day and night.

"The Artillery Army has appeared?"

Cao Cao looked at the news, his pupils flickered: "It took a quarter of an hour to destroy a city wall, so terrible?"

He was afraid of the artillery army of the Ming army, but he didn't expect it to be so scary.

But he was relieved.

"If this is the confidence of the Ming army, then the main force of the Ming army is still on the battlefield!" Cao Cao was a little puzzled: "How come Gu still feels something is wrong!"

He stared at Huaishui Town on the sand table.

Sima Yi, who was standing next to him, looked serious at this moment. He did not overthrow his deduction, but affirmed his thoughts even more.

"Your Majesty!"

Sima Yi cupped his hands and said: "I can be sure of one thing, the Ming army definitely has hidden troops around, and the purpose is Huguan!"

"You mean, they want to lure Gu to fight, and then ambush halfway?" Cao Cao asked after being silent for a while.

"It's possible!"

Sima Yi nodded: "But I think they are more likely to attack Huguan!"

"Huguan City has high walls and thick walls. Even if we attack from the west, the geographical location is wider. It doesn't seem that Hukou is so easy to defend and difficult to attack. What kind of force do they have to attack us!"

Cao Cao was a little suspicious.

"Artillery Army!"

"But isn't the Artillery Army in the eldest son city?",

"Is that the only one?"

Sima Yi asked back.

"This..." Cao Cao's pupils changed color, and he clenched his fists involuntarily. He stared at Sima Yi and said, "You mean, the Ming army also has a hidden artillery army!"

"It's not impossible, because we never know how many artillery troops the Ming army has. There has been very little information about this!"

Sima Yi said: "If we make the worst judgment and the Ming army attacks Huguan, the main force of the king's troops will be trapped in the battlefield and unable to return to the army. Once Huguan is breached..."

"Even so, what will Mulongtu use to defeat my [-] main force!"

Cao Cao gritted his teeth and said coldly: "I believe that he doesn't have a main force of [-], and he can't even make up [-]. We all know how many troops the Ming army has. He can't conjure up more troops out of thin air!"

"do not know!"

Sima Yi shook his head, he couldn't figure out what Mu Jing was thinking.

But he had a hunch.

The position where Mujing attacked was Huguan.

Because Huaishui Town.

With the Ming army in this position, it was obvious that the Wei army, which was about to block the entire main battlefield, returned to defense.

(End of this chapter)