Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 241
Hitting him halfway, Xu Rong won this battle easily.But Xu Rong also knew that this was only Yuan Shao's first attempt, and the real attack was yet to come!
Li Rou boarded one of the beacon towers, watched the raging Yellow River rushing away, and couldn't help sighing: "Lu Su and Lu Zijing's method is really good. Although it took a lot of manpower and material resources to build these beacon towers, it made people feel better. My Le'an County is as solid as gold!"

Xu Rong next to him nodded his head: "What the military adviser said is true! Unless Yuan Shao can rush the army together, otherwise every time we pass by this small number of people, we will be driven back if we can't stand firm at all! But what I am worried about is that if winter……"

"Don't worry, General Xu, this is the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Even if the Yellow River is frozen in winter, the ice is too thin to march!" Li Rou turned and walked back to the beacon tower.

Li Rou turned to leave, but one of them didn't pay attention, and accidentally kicked a wooden barrel, the wooden barrel was overturned, and a piece of black liquid rolled out of it, greasy, flowing all over the floor, emitting a strange smell. Rou accidentally stepped on it, slipped and fell to the ground.

The soldiers on the beacon tower rushed over to help Li Rou up.Looking at Li Rou, a large piece of her clothes were dyed black, so embarrassing!
Xu Rong walked over and yelled at the soldiers on the beacon tower: "Why are you so careless! What is this dark thing?"

The little principal said in fear: "General, please forgive me. This is a fire starter. Put this on the grass and it will burn quickly!"

"Water can burn? Nonsense! Be careful, I'll punish you for lying about the military situation!" Xu Rong obviously didn't believe Xiaoxiao's words, thinking that Xiaoxiao was deliberately talking nonsense in order to escape responsibility.

At this time Li Rou also got up, and said to Xu Rong: "General Xu, don't blame him. Ban Gu's "Hanshu" once recorded that there is flammable water in Gaonu County, and I have seen it in Xiliang This thing!" After speaking, Li Rou turned her head and asked, "Where did you get this thing?"

"Reporting to the military commander, I have a lot of these things in Le'an County! There is a lake not far from here, and there is this water there. If the military teacher wants it, the general will take the military teacher there!"

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Yuan Shao's army finally reached the bank of the Yellow River.

Chunyuqiong came to Yuan Shao dejectedly, knelt down and said, "My lord, I will fail my lord's high hopes and fail to cross the Yellow River. Please punish me!"

Yuan Shao didn't speak, but looked at Chunyuqiong coldly.Chunyuqiong saw that Yuan Shao's face was not looking good, so he hurriedly continued, "My lord, Zhang De set up a beacon tower on the other side of the Yellow River. Once our army crosses the river, the beacon tower will be lit immediately, and Zhang De's reinforcements will arrive within half an hour! We will not get a firm foothold and kill us!"

"Oh? Beacon tower! If this is the case, then I don't blame you at this time, you go down and rest first!" Yuan Shao finally said.Chunyuqiong was his old subordinate, so he had to give him some face.

At this time, Yuan Shao still didn't take Zhang De seriously, but when Yuan Shao saw Zhang De's Beacon Tower tactics in person, he couldn't help frowning.Unless you can transport tens of thousands of horses at a time, it is impossible to gain a foothold on the other side.

At this time, Yuan Shao began to think of the many advisers under him.This time Yuan Shao came, the lineup can be said to be quite luxurious, several advisers under his command, except Ju Shou who was still imprisoned in Yecheng, and the judge and Pei stayed behind in Nanpi, the others such as Ju Shou, Guo Tu, Xu You, Feng Ji and others were all arrested. brought over.

Yuan Shao looked at the many talents under his command and asked, "Everyone, now that a beacon tower has been built across the street, how do you think we should deal with it?"

Everyone was silent, and finally Jushou, the military adviser, stood up and said, "My lord, the Yellow River is raging. It may be difficult to cross the river if we attack now. I think it is better to attack now when the water dries up in winter."

Yuan Shao nodded. Now the Yellow River has the most abundant water, which is not conducive to crossing the river. After two months, the upstream river water starts to freeze, and the river water will not be so sufficient. At that time, a large number of ships can be relied on to build pontoon bridges to cross the river.

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Le'an County on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Large vehicles are parked in the Zhangde camp in Le'an.And near each beacon tower along the Yellow River, earth slopes began to be built one by one. Beside the earth slopes, a group of soldiers were busy moving large stones and piled them beside the earth slopes.

"Military Master, the catapults have arrived from my lord, and these catapults can be assembled in half an hour!" Xu Rong said cheerfully.

Li Rou nodded: "When the earth slope on the bank of the Yellow River is built, I won't be afraid of Yuan Shao's big boat crossing the river!"

Li Rou had seen the power of Zhang De's new trebuchets before. If a row of trebuchets were placed along the Yellow River, it would definitely be a devastating blow to those wooden warships.And if the trebuchet is placed on a soil slope, the range will be longer and the power will be greater.

The most important thing is that Zhang De's trebuchet usually has some parts, and it can be installed in half an hour when it is used. However, there are no mountains in Le'an County, and the road is all plains. Pull the trebuchet to any place on the bank of the Yellow River.

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In the winter of the fourth year of Jian'an, an unexpected event happened. The lower reaches of the Yellow River had ice floods that occurred once in 50 years!Jinan County, Le'an County, Leling County, and Pingyuan County, which are close to the Yellow River, were the most severely affected.

When human beings face the power of nature, they always feel their own insignificance.

For Li Rou, Ling Xun is a very headache.The ice flood of the Yellow River has frozen the entire lower reaches of the Yellow River, and even the land near the banks of the Yellow River has been covered with a layer of ice!

Although the Yellow River's ice flood caused the surrounding temperature to drop sharply and the Yellow River was also frozen, Yuan Shao's army could cross the Yellow River safely without having to take a boat.

"Hahahaha! God helped me too!" Yuan Shao couldn't help laughing as he looked at the Yellow River in the distance.For Yuan Shao, the people in Leling and Pingyuan counties are nothing, the most important thing is being able to cross the Yellow River!
"Zhang He, Gao Lan listen to the order!"

"The last general is here!" Zhang Yun and Gao Lan walked out immediately after hearing this.

"Name you two as vanguards and lead fifty thousand troops across the river!"

Zhang He and Gao Lan glanced at each other and said in unison: "The last general takes orders!"

Yuan Shao looked at the two with satisfaction, although the Yellow River was frozen, it was still the Yellow River anyway!It's hard to guarantee that there is something not frozen solid, a hole or something, so Zhang He and Gao Lan became the "landmines" people.

Moreover, the first to cross the river will inevitably be attacked by Zhang De, and the casualties will be the greatest. It is just right to send Zhang Xi and Gao Lan, since Yuan Shao doesn't like them anyway.

But this sudden change made Li Rou somewhat at a loss. Yuan Shao wanted to cross the river, and Zhang De wanted to stick to it. There was bound to be a tough battle!
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I don't know if it's because my internet speed is slow or the starting point website is stuck. It takes a long time to open the book page, and I have to refresh it more than a dozen times each time!Hey……

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