three kings

Chapter 284 Entering the Central Plains No.70 The Beginning of the Great War
The morning sun shines through the clouds and shines on the desolate land.The warm sunlight shone on the armors of countless soldiers in Xudu, reflecting bursts of dazzling cold light.The wind and thunder did not move, the flags were everywhere, and the drums roared.With such a huge lineup, just observing the pre-war scene from the side is already exciting and inexplicable.

Yuan Shao's army drum array took the lead, and it was the first time for the soldiers defending the city to see such an array. Under the opponent's strong morale, they couldn't help but panic.The bursts of drumming made the soldiers' hearts flutter.

Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Sun Can himself saw such a huge army for the first time.

"Haha!" Sun Can admired Yuan Shao's heart-attacking tactics, laughed to the left and right, and said, "Yuan Shao is as timid as a mouse, knowing that he is invincible, and sent five thousand drummers who have no combat power to bolster his courage." , It’s so naive and ridiculous.”

"Come on, pass the order down, cover up the flags and put out the drums. I want to see how big Yuan Shao's guts are. After five thousand drummers beat him, how big can he be? Can he still compare to the warriors of our army?"

The order was passed, and the whole army laughed.

The fear and panic in the eyes of the soldiers all went away with the wind amidst the laughter, and they were ready to fight.

Xudu was originally the capital of the country. After years of careful construction by Cao Cao, no matter the height and thickness of the city wall, this city wall is not inferior to any strong city in the Han Dynasty.

Xu Du is like a huge savage monster, crawling there quietly, while Sun Canjun is the fangs of the monster, waiting for the prey to take the bait.

Facing such a solid Xudu, Yuan Shao was still full of confidence in himself to win. He glanced at the siege equipment behind him.

This is for the most solid city in Yuzhou, his army specially transported a large number of trees from Mount Mangchang, and made 30 ladders, [-] arrow towers, [-] catapults, and [-] catapults. Jujiao charging car, and the most elite [-] troops in his own army.This kind of meticulous preparation and such a huge formation are rare even in the hundreds of years of war history of the Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shao cooperated with all the civil and military forces, and looked at Xu Du from a distance. The unhappiness since going south was all thrown away at this moment.

The reason is all because of Sun Can's "wrong decision".

Three days ago, Sun Can ordered General Xu Huang to guard Wuping Qiao County, General Fan Wu of Wuwei to guard Yingshang, General Xuanwei Zhao Yun to guard Changsha, and Gao Shun, Zhang Fei, Hua Xiong and others to guard Xu The capital divides Yuzhou into two halves, and connects Changshe, Xudu, Wuping, Yingshang, Shouchun, Xuyi, and Guangling into a tight defense line.Defend all fronts against Yuan Shao's million-strong army.

In this way, although the defense lines everywhere are seamless, it gives Yuan Shao the possibility to defeat each one.

Although Tian Feng didn't understand why Sun Can was so nervous about Yuzhou, he drew up a strategy based on the weaknesses in Sun Can's defense plan.

That is to focus on Xudu and contain the various places.

Attack Xudu, where Sun Can is located, with most of the troops, and then invade various places with a small number of troops.Prevent the opponent from supporting and attacking the food road.

Although this strategy is simple, it is very practical.As soon as Xu Du was breached, Sun Can was captured.Then Jinghuai is in Yuan Shao's pocket.

Although Yuan Shao is prone to planning and making decisions, he can calmly face such a simple and practical decision.

Therefore, at this moment, he was in a very happy mood, and he couldn't help pointing at Xu Du, and said to the generals around him in high spirits: "After taking this city, this general can enter Jinghuai, control six out of ten territories of the great Han, and control Ninety-nine out of ten of the economy and population of the Han Dynasty. At that time, the world will be at your fingertips."

All civil and military officials congratulated in unison, and Guo Tu and Feng Ji flattered him even more.

Yuan Shao glanced at everyone and said, "Whoever falls into this city, this city will be his fiefdom."

With a heavy reward, there must be a brave man, and Yuan Shao took the lead in taking out chips to motivate the soldiers.

After hearing this, the generals from all walks of life pleaded for orders one after another.

Lu Bu hurriedly said: "General, if you give Lu Bu [-] troops, they will surely fall to this city within ten days."

Seeing that Lv Bu had taken the lead, Gao Lan hurriedly said, "My lord, if you give me an army of [-], I can break through this city in ten days."

Zhang He, Jiang Yiqu, Chunyuqiong, Lu Weihuang, Zhao Rui and other generals also asked for orders.

Yuan Shao glanced sideways at Liu Bei, seeing that he was the only one among all the generals who had not asked for orders, and asked, "Xuande is unwilling to make such a great contribution?"

Liu Bei smiled and said: "Where is it?

Yuan Shao glanced at Jushou and remembered the conversation not long ago.

"My lord, Liu Bei can't stay!" Ju Shou persuaded him earnestly.

"why?"

"This person is like a poisonous snake in the mountains. He usually does not show the mountains and does not leak water. He only shows his fangs at critical times. My lord, Sun Can is the only one who can fight against the lord. But the one who can overthrow the Yuan Dynasty Sun Can is not alone. Liu Bei has a better chance of subverting the Yuan Dynasty than Sun Can.

If the lord doesn't want to get rid of him, it's okay, but his military power must be weakened.There is an opportunity right now, Sun Canxiong has a great talent, and Xu Du is easy to defend but difficult to attack.Sun Can personally guards it, and it will be extremely difficult to break it.The lord can let Liu Bei be the vanguard to weaken his military power. "

"Is Liu Bei so deceitful?" Yuan Shao thought to himself: Could it be that he underestimated him?

wrong!Liu Bei is humble and cowardly. Although he has some intelligence, he has no aura of dominance. He is as ambitious as old man Ju said, hiding his sword behind his smile.I can't see it at all.He has some talent, but compared with some princes in the current world, it is far behind, at least they have their own territory, and Liu Bei has been wandering in the troubled times for so long, not only accomplishing nothing, he even has no life. How could it be possible to subvert the Yuan Dynasty that he created.

The old man opposed his opinion time and again, and he didn't always refuse to listen to it, but he still built up such a huge strength, presumably it was the old man Ju who was speaking alarmistly here.Old man Ju has made some achievements in strategy, but he is far inferior to Xu You and Guo Tu in terms of knowing people.

The two of them praised Liu Bei full of praise, there must be some reason, so don't pay attention to old man Ju's words.

What's more, Liu Bei was defeated by Sun Can again and again, so he must not be his opponent. If I let Liu Bei go to the battlefield, wouldn't I be wasting my own troops.As for, old man Ju's worries must be superfluous.Liu Bei's soldiers were all given to him by me. They were originally my Yuan Shao's soldiers, and taking them back is just a matter of one sentence! ! !
Thinking of this, Yuan Shao nodded, and immediately appointed Gao Lan as the vanguard officer, letting him take the lead in attacking the city.

At this order, Lu Bu couldn't help laughing up to the sky, full of anger and sarcasm, he suppressed his smile and said coldly: "The general is really brave, I admire him, let's just see General Gao's methods, I wish General Gao every success Success, the flag is set to win."

A little unknown general just wanted to defeat Sun Can.How dare you take the initiative to ask for a job?Grandpa Lu wants to see how capable you are as a little four-court pillar.

As for Jushou, he held his head high, trying not to shed the tears in his eyes, but the tears in the corners of his eyes were still rolling down, unable to control "Is the Yuan family really going to perish? Or is he already old!!! Forget it ... People are old and unable to recover, and it is time to leave."

Jushou was almost ten years old, dismounted silently, and walked to the distance step by step. Did that desolate figure herald the Yuan family's demise?
Except for Tian Feng and Liu Bei, no one in the crowd noticed the desolate figure.

Tian Feng wanted to speak, but he didn't know how to persuade him. He wanted Yuan Shao to keep him, but seeing Yuan Shao's high-spirited appearance, the words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't speak.

Looking at Jushou's back, Liu Bei secretly called Liu Feng, and told him to protect Jushou along the way, not to let him be murdered by thieves, and to report back immediately when he found out where he lived, and not to disturb him.

However, Gao Lan personally led an army of [-] as a vanguard, broke away from Yuan Shao's army camp, and slowly pressed towards Xu Du.A large number of siege equipment made a "squeak" sound along with the army, slowly moving forward like a giant beast with teeth and claws.

"Vice-General Zhang and Vice-General Wang are in the center of the formation. They are the forward army and the front guard. Vice-General Zhang's forward army leads the attacking team to command all the siege equipment and is responsible for breaking through the enemy's wall. The former guard of Vice-General Wang is responsible for supporting the forward. , in case the opponent suddenly goes out of the city and burns down the siege equipment."

"The rest of the generals will be divided into small teams and walk around the vicinity of Beicheng. When the order sounds, they will immediately press up and attack Xudu."

Gao Lan calmly gave the siege order.

As Gao Lan's vanguard approached, Sun Can's relaxed face gradually became serious.

"It's so neat and tidy. The siege team's division of labor is not chaotic at all. There are indeed a lot of talents in Yuan Shao's army." Sun Can watched the opponent's approach with a heavy expression on his face, "Who is he?"

Liu Hua squinted his eyes, looked at the opponent's banner, and said: "Hebei Four Courtyard Columns—Gao Lan!"

"So it's him? Sure enough, he has certain strength!" A smile appeared on the corner of Sun Can's mouth, "It's true that Tian Feng and Ju Shou are able to win the talents they like. He is indeed an excellent general. But..." Sun Can The topic changed: "If you want to break through Xu Du, he's still young, but..." He continued: "I'd be very happy if I could subdue him and become a subordinate. But...the chance seems to be quite slim .”

Liu Hua looked directly into the distance, and Yuan Shao's central army said flatly, "It depends on whether Yuan Shao and Liu Bei will give us this chance."

Thinking of Liu Bei, Liu Hua's scalp felt numb for a while, and the only way to deal with this person is to hang his head on his waist to feel at ease, otherwise, even if the last soldier dies in the battle, Liu Bei will not give up.

As long as he has a chance, he can still soar into the sky.

Sun Can ignored Liu Hua and just looked at Gao Lan's army coldly.

In less than half a moment, the prelude to the battle of Xudu will unfold in the rain of arrows from Sun Canjun.

(End of this chapter)