Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 591 Siege Weapons
The Huguan Pass was built on the mountain, with cliffs on both sides and very few plants. The mountain road in the middle was only more than 30 feet wide, and the number of siege soldiers it could accommodate was very limited.

Liu He divided Bingzhou's total army of about 90,000 into six groups, each with 15,000 people, and attacked in turns. Each time, there was a lot of thunder but no rain, and it seemed that the offensive was very fierce. In fact, most of the soldiers withdrew quickly after encountering a little resistance.

The battle lasted a whole day until night fell, when Liu He sounded the call for the troops to retreat, and the 90,000-strong army quickly withdrew.

At night, inside Huguan, there was singing and dancing, as if it were a celebration after a battle. The generals toasted each other and drank happily.

Yuan Shao was extremely happy, and he kept picking up his wine glass, drinking in high spirits.

A general wiped the wine drops from his beard and shouted, "I think Liu He is just so-so. He attacked Huguan for a day but made no progress. The casualties he caused to our army were only two or three thousand. It's really an exaggeration."

"Yes, the combat power is almost the same as that of Gongsun Zan's army in Beiping. The only difference is that those generals are indeed brave. But now we have the natural barrier of Huguan Pass. Unless those generals can grow wings, what can they do to me? Haha..."

When Yuan Xi heard this, his face suddenly darkened.

"What do you mean, generals? I was defeated by the Bingzhou troops. In your opinion, do you think I am a coward?"

The expressions of those generals froze immediately, and they were very embarrassed.

"This... no, no, how dare I look down on the Second Young Master? What I meant was... yes... ah, by the way, I meant that Liu He and others are good at fighting outside the city, but sieges are common. It is rare for the Second Young Master to fight them head-on in the wild."

"Hmph, you simply don't know how to live or die." Yuan Xi's military power had been taken back, and he had lost the battle and lost face in front of his father. He was already unhappy, and now looking at these generals, he felt even more angry.

At this time, Yuan Shao said, "My son, don't be so unreasonable. You led an army of 80,000, but you were defeated by Cheng Liang and his men, who only had 15,000 men. You were deceived by Zhao Yun's few thousand cavalrymen, and your army lost all its morale. This is a great disgrace, and it has brought shame to our Yuan family. After this battle, you will stay in Yecheng to reflect on your actions."

"What?" Yuan Xi's face suddenly changed.

"Father, child..."

"Hmm?" Yuan Shao glared at him with an intimidating look. Seeing this, Yuan Xi could only swallow back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

Yuan Shang, who was standing by, saw this scene and couldn't help laughing in his heart.

Yuan Shao said solemnly, "I saw that Zhang Yong and Gao Shun, who were supposed to rush to Yanmen to support the battle, have already arrived at Huguan. I think they led infantry and were slow to move. Before they arrived at Yanmen, they learned about the battle here and were urgently transferred back by Liu He. In this case, only Guan Yu should go to Yanmen to provide reinforcements. Xu Huang sent a letter two days ago to agree to launch a full-scale attack to the south tomorrow. It is expected that his 70,000 to 80,000 elite troops will be able to deal with Guan Yu easily. By then, Liu He will be attacked from both sides, and our army can annihilate him in one fell swoop, and then march straight in to occupy the entire Bingzhou."

Yuan Shang picked up the wine glass, stood up and toasted Yuan Shao.

"Our army will join forces with the Baibo army and within a month, we will be able to take over the entire Bingzhou area. I would like to congratulate my father and wish him a great success!"

"Okay, Shang'er is my favorite, haha." Yuan Shao was very happy and stood up as well.

"When we fight again tomorrow, we will need all the generals to contribute more. I will toast to you all first. After the battle is over, we will celebrate for all the generals in the Emperor's Palace in Jinyang City!"

"Thank you, my lord!"

Among the crowd, only Ju Shou had a worried look on his face. As he watched everyone drink up the wine in their glasses, he sighed heavily.

"Hmm?" Yuan Shao felt unhappy when he heard his sigh.

"Gong Fu, when everyone is drinking tonight, why are you sighing alone? It really spoils the fun."

When Ju Shou saw him calling his name, he quickly stood up.

"My lord, I am not trying to spoil your fun. I just feel that what happened today is a bit strange. I just can't figure out why for the moment, so I sigh. I hope you can forgive me."

Yuan Shao was somewhat unhappy when he heard this. He had always been close to military generals such as Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and disliked people like Tian Feng and Ju Shou, because these two people were too nosy and always liked to say something to spoil his mood when he was happy.

"You are worrying too much, right? Everyone has seen the battle today with their own eyes. What's so strange about it?"

Ju Su said: "Liu He's army has never been good at siege battles, but no matter what, it shouldn't have performed like this today. Moreover, there are only a few hundred bodies of Bingzhou soldiers left at the gate of the city, which is really against common sense. I am afraid that they have some conspiracy. Please, my lord..."

"Okay, okay." Yuan Shao interrupted him impatiently.

"What conspiracy could he have? Even if he is extremely intelligent, Xu Huang and I now have a total of nearly 200,000 soldiers, attacking from both sides. Even if he has any conspiracy, what can he do? Xu Huang still has 20,000 troops staying in the mountain stronghold. Tomorrow he will let these 20,000 people raid Taiyuan. Taiyuan County is now empty. With these 20,000 elite soldiers, they will be able to quickly capture the emperor, civil and military ministers, Liu He and others, as well as the families of many soldiers in his army. By then, the enemy's morale will naturally be weakened. No matter how many tricks Liu He has, how can he turn the tide?"

"But……"

"Okay, no need to say more. We just need to have fun today. We will have a bloody battle tomorrow and achieve success." Seeing that Yuan Shao was already a little angry, Ju Su could only sigh and sit back.

Shortly after dawn the next day, Liu He led his troops to seize the pass again.

Yuan Shao initially wore armor and went to the front of the pass to boost morale, but after fighting for a morning, the situation was still the same as yesterday, so he became lazy and returned to the pass to rest on his own.

After he left, the generals guarding the pass naturally became lazy.

Xun You stood beside Liu He, staring intently at the movements on the city gate. Suddenly, he said, "My lord, as expected, there were originally five enemy generals on the city gate, but now three of them have left, and the speed of archery has also slowed down a lot. It's time to attack."

When Liu He heard this, his eyes flashed.

"Alright, we've been preparing for months just for today. The troops in the front will withdraw, and the siege team will move out!"

The Jizhou defenders on Huguan were suddenly puzzled when they saw that the enemy troops had retreated, even the ladders had been withdrawn.

"What's going on? It's not even noon yet, why are the enemy troops retreating?"

"Could it be that they saw that Huguan was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and felt that there was no hope, so they wanted to withdraw their troops?"

"Then should we go out and give chase?"

Everyone was whispering to each other, and the generals were also confused. When they were about to ask Yuan Shao for instructions, someone suddenly shouted.

"Look, what are those?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and when they saw it, they were all shocked.

"This...this is..."

I saw more than a dozen strange vehicles being pushed by several soldiers and coming quickly towards Huguan. These vehicles were square, thick at the bottom and thin at the top, with four wheels. They were two meters square at the bottom and only about ten meters at the top. They were tightly wrapped with iron sheets, with only a small opening on each of the iron sheets.

In addition, there was another thing, which was the most horrifying. It was very huge, more than ten feet high and two feet long. It was also wrapped in iron sheets. Facing the side of Huguan, there was a ferocious monster carved on it. The monster had a green face and fangs, and its nostrils were turned outward, revealing two black holes.

Not only that, a very thick battering ram extended from the monster's mouth like a tongue. The top of the battering ram was a beast's head that looked like it was carved out of metal, with a bloody mouth. Just one look at it made all the Jizhou soldiers feel cold all over.

Soon, these strange-shaped objects came close to Huguan.

Liu He shouted: "Attack!"

With his order, the monster-like cart quickly crashed into the city gate.

The other ten or so "cars" were quickly raised up, layer by layer, in full view of the soldiers. In the blink of an eye, they were as high as the city walls!

"It's a siege weapon, it's a siege weapon. This is a siege ram, and that is a battering ram. Quick, stop looking, and shoot your arrows..."

A military officer from Jizhou was the first to recover from his daze and started to shout loudly.

The many soldiers defending the city finally came to their senses and hurriedly picked up their bows and arrows and fired continuously.

“Ding ding ding… clang clang clang…”

Many arrows hit the other side, but only made a crisp sound of hitting the iron sheet.

At this moment, batches of crossbow arrows suddenly shot out from the openings in the iron sheets outside the well-locking cars. These crossbow arrows were very powerful. Before the soldiers defending the city could react, hundreds of them had been shot and fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a dull crash was heard from below.

"Boom...boom..."

Everyone felt as if the entire Huguan was shaking, and everyone couldn't help but change color.

(End of this chapter)