three kings

Chapter 286 The bloody battle in Xudu of the Central Plains

The brutal siege battle continued minute by minute, and the soldiers who filled the moat rushed towards the moat one after another.

Although the rain of arrows all over the sky caused Yuan Jun a lot of casualties, it could not stop them from advancing.Many soldiers of the Yuan army were already holding up their shields to block the bows and arrows on the city, while covering their companions to build a pontoon bridge, planning to cross the moat first.

At this time, the towering archery tower was slowly pushed down to the city.Nearly a thousand Yuan Jun archers shot at Sun Canjun on the city under the cover of the archery tower.

Sun Can talked and laughed happily, commanded well, and used accurate countermeasures to resist Yuan Jun's offensive.His confident expression made the city guards full of confidence in this battle.

With a sound of "嗖", a cold arrow came straight to Sun Can's face.

A guard swung his knife and bounced away.

Sun Can looked at the opponent's archery tower and frowned slightly. If this archery tower continued to show its power, his side must be seriously injured.

Sun Can called Liu Hua and asked, "Yafu, can 'Fan Pao' destroy these archery towers?"

"No!" Liu Hua said with a bitter face: "'Fan Pao' is only effective for objects within 350 steps away from [-] steps, and has no effect on objects within [-] steps. These archery towers are all The fish that slipped through the net before, those who took advantage of the chaos, have already rushed past the minimum range of the 'Fan Pao', and the 'Fan Pao' can no longer produce any effect."

"There must be another way!" Sun Can looked at the opponent's archery tower and said to himself, Xu Ducheng was four feet high, but the opponent's archery tower was nearly three feet high, and there were shields around it.It is difficult for their own archers to shoot them, but they can easily throw their arrows up. In the densely packed defenders, they can easily shoot without any aim.With them, the advantage of the defenders will be greatly reduced.

Is there any way to destroy these?
"Yes!" Sun Can slapped his legs and shouted: "Fire oil, you can use fire oil. Use the 'Fan Pao' to throw the fire oil, so you can definitely deal with the opponent's watchtower."

The reason why 'Fan Pao' is useless is that 'Fan Pao' cannot support extremely heavy boulders.If the flying stone is heavy, its range is relatively short, and its power is relatively greater. If the flying stone is light, its range is far away, and its power is relatively small.

But if the flying stone is too heavy, it will exceed the load of the "Fan Cannon", causing consequences such as falling apart and damage.

But kerosene is different.It is too light for the 'Fan Pao' to throw it far away, and it has a wide range, so it can easily hit the target.The most important thing is that it doesn't need power, as long as it can be attached to the archery tower.

Liu Hua's eyes lit up, he immediately understood, and immediately went to direct.

After a while, all the fire oil poured on the watchtower. Although the hit rate was not very high, there were always hits on the target.Sun Can's army started preparing strategic materials such as kerosene three years ago, and Sun Can had already expected that his bait would definitely be able to lure them to attack, so there were only a lot of supplies in Xudu City, which could reduce casualties and be a luxury. Some are not a very serious matter.

Therefore, there is no need to save at this time, and the kerosene is poured out pot by pot.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Sun Can ordered: "Archers, get on the rockets. Focus on attacking those archery towers and burn them down." The rocket wrapped in oilcloth flew towards the enemy's archery towers with hot flames.Although Yuan Jun's archery tower is tall and strong, it is made of wood after all.Wooden watchtowers met rockets, and they met the biggest nemesis, not to mention that these watchtowers were sprayed with kerosene, and they would burn when they met fire.

For a while, most of Yuan Jun's watchtowers burst into flames due to being hit by rockets.Where the fire oil spreads, the fire will ignite instantly.In order to avoid the fate of being burned, many Yuan Jun soldiers jumped from high places one after another, but the distance of three feet could not be supported by manpower, and none of the soldiers who jumped survived. .

On the battlefield, soldiers with broken hands and feet are like waste, whoever will stretch out their hands to save them, what awaits them is nothing but death.

The Arrow Tower, which was still majestic just now, has now become a Shura hell, with horrible shouts and people rolling and running wildly on the Arrow Tower. They were either burned to death, or rushed down the Arrow Tower, falling to pieces.

The battlefield is ruthless, and the soldiers attacking the city can't take care of those watchtowers, let alone save the soldiers on these watchtowers.They are just doing a single thing, which is to fill the moat.

Under the command of Sun Can, the defenders fiercely attacked Yuan Jun's soldiers who had buried the moat.

And Yuan Jun also gradually filled the moat under the blind charge.

After spending [-] soldiers, Yuan Jun finally filled the moat with corpses and sandbags.

Gao Lan roared in his heart. He followed Yuan Shao to attack the city for more than ten years, and it was the first time he met such a difficult opponent.His siege skills are useless in the opponent's hands. The reason why he was able to fill up the moat was not his own ability, but relying on the crowd tactics and using the corpses of [-] soldiers to pile up.

At this moment, he regretted deeply, regretting why he took on this difficult task.Ten days, ten days, can I really capture this majestic Xudu?
Gao Lan looked at Sun Can standing on the wall of Xudu and asked himself, he was not sure at all.

But at this moment, the arrow is on the string, and it has to be launched.

"Drumming!" Gao Lan asked the soldiers to beat the drums for the siege.

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Luoyang, at this moment, Luoyang is no longer a cherished place. Ever since Dong Zhuo burned down the prosperity of the past century, it has been in decline since then.The street was lifeless, like a ghost.

There is almost no complete house in the entire Luoyang Street, and ruins can be seen everywhere.

Due to the fire, the soil and rubble were scorched black. After so many years, the city is full of lush weeds and barren. It is hard to imagine that the prosperous Luoyang will look like it is today.

The center of Luoyang City is the ruins of the original imperial palace. Due to the extremely splendid construction of the imperial palace, the fire did not completely burn it down. At this moment, these unburned places are the current residences of Cao Cao and others.

"Haha!" Cao Cao looked at the civil and military officials beside him, let out a burst of hearty laughter unexpectedly, and said to all the soldiers beside him, "Everyone, do you know what Cao Cao is thinking?"

Almost all of Cao Cao's civil servants and military generals were at a loss, secretly wondering if his lord had been hit and lost his mind. At this moment, when he was most depressed, he actually laughed out loud, and tried to let himself guess that he was insane. The thoughts in my heart are simply incredible and inexplicable.

The mastermind, Xi Zhicai, said with a smile, "Duke Ming must be in the same mood as his subordinates, suddenly enlightened and extremely happy."

Sima Yi smiled and said nothing, but his expression was also full of joy.

Cao Cao said with a smile: "The one who knows me is also Mr. Zhicai."

Cao Cao explained to everyone: "Cao's luck is not good. He is not as lucky as Yuan Shao, and he is not as good at fighting as Sun Can. Due to the obstruction of strong men such as Lu Bu and Liu Bei, Cao developed slowly and gradually became weaker than these two. They occupy the north and the south of the Yangtze River respectively, but our army survives between them. To develop in the south, our army is not as sharp as Sun Can's army; to develop in the north, our army is not as large and powerful as Yuan Shao. As for being between the two powerhouses, it is impossible to survive safely, and it is a dilemma.

Now, after withdrawing from the two powerhouses, I suddenly feel that the sky is high and the sea is wide, and I am very happy.In the past, what Cao thought was how to survive in the top two.Now what Cao thinks about is how to expand the territory, how to develop his own strength, how to take the opportunity to surpass and defeat the two powerhouses.Tell me, is this joy or sorrow? "

All the people present were heroes of the time. Cao Cao's words were so clear that there was still some reason they couldn't figure out, and everyone became very energetic.

Cao Cao looked at this scene very satisfied, and asked with a smile: "You are all talents in the world, can you find a way for Cao to get out of the current unfavorable situation?"

The military adviser Xun You stepped forward and said: "Back to the Ming Dynasty, after the rebellion of the national traitor Dong Zhuo, Sizhou is the blind spot of the Han economy. Not only is it sparsely populated, but there are also insufficient merchants. It is not a place for long-term development. Moreover, Yuan and Sun in Yuzhou are fighting fiercely. All checkpoints are sealed off, which is even more detrimental to the development of our army. We must first seek a rich land for the initial development of our army."

"The words of Gongda's military adviser are the strategy of Wan'an." Liu Ye, the counselor, went out of the squad and echoed: "This rich place must be Guanzhong Chang'an. Guanzhong has fertile land and a long history. It is known as Qinchuan of [-] Li. It is densely populated in the northwest The area is rich and prosperous. There are Dasan Pass in the west, Hangu Pass in the east, Xiaoguan Pass in the north, and Wuguan Pass in the south. Just like Gao Zu, relying on the geographical advantage to look down on the world."

Everyone is good.

Dong Zhaodao: "Now Guanzhong is occupied by three thieves, Li Jue, Guo Si, and Duan Yao. Li Jue and Guo Si are equally powerful, and they are at odds with each other. They occupy Chang'an together. Duan Yao is the weakest thief. Stationed in Huayin. Li Jue and Guo Si did not fight because of Duan Yan.

If Li and Guo fight each other, Duan Yan will be the biggest winner, but they dare not turn against Duan Yan.Because, whoever has a bad relationship with it, then Duan Yao will definitely turn to the other party, which will greatly increase the power of the other party.Therefore, the three parties restrain each other to be safe so far.

In the humble opinion of my subordinates, if we want to win Guanzhong with the least casualties, we must first break one side and break the situation of the three parties. "

"Wonderful!" Cao Cao laughed, "This method is really extraordinary."

"What Duke Ming said is very true. This hair is indeed extraordinary, but it is not perfect. This subordinate has a strategy, which allows the lord to accept the rich land in Guanzhong without any effort." The person who spoke was precisely Sima Yi. (To be continued, if you want to know what happens next, please visit www.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)
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