Cao Jun's cheers sounded so harsh to Huang Zhong and the others.

"It's all for Ben General! Archers fight back! "Lu Bu didn't allow Cao Cao's morale to be high.

"Slow!" Jia Xu stopped Lu Bu's military order in time.

Everyone knew Jia Xu's weight in the army, so they all stopped their actions one by one, waiting for Jia Xu to finish speaking and the final order.

"General, I look at Cao Cao's strong crossbow with a lot of preparations, and its range is even more unexpected. Our army has no choice but to respond, and if we attack rashly, I am afraid that there will be quite a lot of casualties! Jia Xu said.

Huang Zhong nodded in approval.

"Is that why you don't fight back? When did Mr. Wenhe become a woman? Lu Bu couldn't accept retreating.

Jia Xu was not very good-looking when Lu Bu said this. He is vicious, but he is not the kind of strategist who wastes a soldier's life in vain. Lu Bu's words sounded like he was sarcastic to others.

Talking about Jia Xu in front of so many people, Jia Xu will definitely not be able to get off the stage.

Huang Zhong heard what he meant, and knew Jia Xu's embarrassment, and shouted at Lu Bu: "Fengxian, don't be rude!" Apologies to Mr. Wenhe! ”

Lu Bu suddenly understood that he had said something wrong, and immediately realized it, and apologized to Jia Xu: "Mr. Wenhe, he will be a rough person, and what he said is a bit unpleasant, please don't take Mr. Wenhe to heart." ”

Huang Zhong is Lu Bu's father-in-law, and his words are second only to Liu Yu and Diao Chan, where does Lu Bu dare not listen. And Jia Xu is not a person to mess with, if he is deeply offended, he will have to be careful in the future.

Jia Xu's face is much better, he is not the kind of narrow-minded person, he will not take revenge on Lu Bu, and he will definitely not fall into the trap of Lu Bu in the future.

Huang Zhong saw that Jia Xu's face was as usual, and asked, "Wenhe, this kid Fengxian will clean him up after the old man goes back." If you continue to finish speaking, how can our army be able to take down Shouchun. ”

It was a small misunderstanding before, but now it's time to get down to business.

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said, "General, I think Cao Cao's strong crossbow is unexpected, and the range is far above our army, so I just want to catch our army off guard." Our army cannot sacrifice the lives of its soldiers in vain. He had just looked at the surrounding terrain and had a plan he wanted to tell the general. ”

"Wen He has a plan, why don't you say it early!" Huang Zhong was overjoyed, this Jia Xu was reliable, and he immediately thought of a solution.

Jia Xu laughed and said, "I also missed some of the lowly duties just now. led to the defeat of our army in the first battle, please punish the general. ”

Just now, Jia Xu wanted to build a pontoon bridge to facilitate the follow-up attack, but now he can't realize it. Cao Cao specifically guarded against Liu Jun's arrangement. If Liu Jun continued to build the pontoon bridge, the sacrifice would be great.

However, Jia Xu's head is easy to use, and when he saw the defeat on his side, he ran extremely fast and thought of another plan.

Lu Bu and Ma Chao and other generals were a little anxious, but this Jia Xu said it quickly, and he was still stroking his beard there and pretending to be forced, he was really anxious. But Lu Bu was scolded for saying the wrong thing before, which made the other generals dare not talk nonsense. They didn't want to be scolded by Huang Zhong, and they didn't want to offend Jia Xu.

Jia Xu pointed to the city wall of Shouchun and said, "General, please look, Cao Cao's troops are not many. Our army is twice as large as Cao's army. The strategy under is to encircle three missing one, and the soldiers and horses are arranged at the east gate, north gate and south gate of Shouchun. Leave a place at the west gate for Cao Cao. And the way to crack the strong crossbow is for our army to immediately build a trebuchet to break the strong crossbow! ”

Trebuchet! There's nothing wrong with that. This is a siege weapon.

Lu Bu suddenly realized, wouldn't it be okay to use a trebuchet to destroy the strong crossbow in Shouchun City? Even if you can't destroy all of them, you can destroy most of them, but you can reduce Liu Jun's casualties.

"Father-in-law, son-in-law immediately let people go and build trebuchets." Lu Bu said immediately.

Huang Zhong recognized it, and Lu Bu immediately went to prepare.

But Ma Chao looked at the city wall and said: "Although this move can crack the strong crossbow, Cao Cao is treacherous, and I am afraid that he will not be able to win Shouchun in a short time." Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan and other generals of the Cao army were all outside to resist Zhuge Kongming and Sima Zhongda, in case they returned to the division, our army would be in trouble. ”

"General Meng Qi rest assured, Xiahou Yuan and Xia Dan want to return to Shouchun, and Kong Ming and Zhongda, the two little guys, will not agree." Jia Xu is much older than Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi in terms of age, and it makes sense to call them two little guys.

Jia Xu didn't explain that if Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi hadn't calculated for Shouchun, he Jia Xu would have resigned and gone home to retire.

Huang Zhongren is old and refined, and he can see that Jia Xu, the old fox, has not finished speaking, but now he thinks that he should let Jia Xu do what he says.

"On the order of the general, Ma Chao and Lu Bu each led 40,000 troops to attack Shouchun at the east gate and the north gate!" Huang Zhong ordered.

Ma Chao took the order and left, and by the way informed Lu Bu, who was still ordering the soldiers to build trebuchets.

There were only Huang Zhong and Jia Xu around, and at this time Huang Zhong asked, "Mr. Wenhe, the old man doesn't seem to have finished your words?" ”

Huang Zhong called himself an old man, and he didn't plan to use his official position to pressure Jia Xu, he just wanted to get close to it, and he didn't appreciate Jia Xu's feelings.

It is said that Jia Xu is an old fox, Huang Zhong's meaning, it would be strange if he didn't understand it.

Jia Xu smiled and said: "The general is wise. It is true that the lowly office did not finish his sentence. ”

Huang Zhong said: "Mr. is missing one of the three, leaving only the West Gate." The purpose is to give Cao Jun a thought, and he will not fight to the death. Sir has no last resort, and it is estimated that the arrangement has been made at the west gate. Shi Yuan's kid is probably about to arrive at the West Gate. ”

"The general is wise." Jia Xu didn't expect Huang Zhong's resourcefulness to be so high, and he actually saw through his calculations.

Long before, Jia Xu arranged for Zhou Cang to go to the upper reaches of the Ci River to intercept Cao's army, but Zhou Cang did not return to the team, and Huang Zhong always remembered it. At the same time, Pang Tong took Zhao Yun to send troops privately, and Huang Zhong also remembered it.

"Don't talk about it. Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang, the two stinky boys, secretly arranged calculations for Shouchun and didn't tell General Ben, General Ben is still wise, and what kind of boss is he. Huang Zhong said self-deprecatingly.

Jia Xu was shocked in his heart, this Huang Zhong is unfathomable! On his side, he didn't explain Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi's calculations, he thought that Huang Zhong didn't know, and he didn't think that Huang Zhong was the same as Ming Spiegel in his heart.

If Huang Zhong is hated, the future of Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi will be worried.

"General, Zhong Da and Kong Ming are young in the end, and it is normal for them to disobey discipline under their vigor. For the sake of their Majesty, the general saw that they were loyal, so he spared them. Jia Xu said good things for Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi.

Jia Xu is selfish, but he understands that it is unknown how many more years he can live at his age, and pleads for Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, and Jia Xu's children and grandchildren can be taken care of by these two in the future. As for how to let Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang know Jia Xu's good intentions, Jia Xu has his own way,

Huang Zhong has some opinions, but as a general, in dealing with Shouchun, and even more so in dealing with Liu Xie, he doesn't know what these generals and strategists are thinking?

It's nothing more than playing dumb.

Huang Zhong has been a general for so many years, if he doesn't have this ability, it will be serious.

"Wenhe, I guess Your Majesty is about to do it, right?" Huang Zhong suddenly said to Jia Xu.

"I guess it's about the same." Jia Xu said with certainty: "There is also an intention for His Majesty to leave. ”

"Hey, our majesty, it's really uncomfortable." Huang Zhong said with a sigh.

As soon as Cao Cao, who was on the city wall of Shouchun, found out about Liu Jun's movements, he hurriedly ordered: "Li Tong goes to the north gate to guard, Xu Huang sits at the east gate, if there is a slight mistake, come and see you!" ”

There is no need for Cao Cao's threat, if the city gate is lost, Li Tong and Xu Huang will not come back alive to see Cao Cao.

Even Li Tong has used it, which shows that there are few generals under Cao Cao's command.

After Guo Jia saw Liu Jun's movements, he suggested: "Lord, Liu Jun is building a trebuchet, trying to crack the advantage of our army's strong crossbow, and I have to guard against it!" ”

"Lone naturally knows that he ordered the shield soldier to hold a giant shield to protect the strong crossbow!" Cao Cao ordered.

Using the method of trebuchet siege, Cao Cao had already prevented it, he expected that the city wall of Shouchun was very high, and it would be very difficult for Liu Jun's trebuchet to hit a strong crossbow.

In fact, Liu Jun's trebuchet is different from before. After the research and development of countless craftsmen, and Liu Yu's large investment in siege equipment, Liu Jun's trebuchet is now much stronger in terms of range and attack strength.

However, the trebuchet built is relatively cumbersome, and it cannot be completed without special guidance and multiple builders. In these two points, Liu Jun is the most lacking.

While cutting down trees for trebuchet, Liu Jun carried stones that were used as the main raw materials for the attack. What's even worse is that Liu Jun also put these stones into the fire to burn them, increasing the damage when attacking.

The trunk of the tree was used as a trebuchet, and the intricacies of the trees were not wasted, but were used as materials for ladders and pontoons, after all, they were all painstakingly cut down by the soldiers, and they should not be wasted.

It didn't take long for the trebuchet to be built.

Trebuchets appeared outside the south gate of Shouchun Castle.

Cao Cao sensed that something was wrong, this Liu Jun's trebuchet seemed to be much larger than before.

Lu Bu and Ma Chao were already in place, and the generals on Cao Cao's side also arrived at the position of guarding. Because Shouchun City was so big, it took a certain amount of time for Lu Bu and Ma Chao to get in place, and their trebuchets were not built.

Liu Jun at the south gate had already been prepared, and Jia Xu signaled that Huang Zhong could attack.

Huang Zhong waved his hand and shouted: "Release!" ”

The trebuchet on the south side of the gate immediately threw red-hot stones at the Shouchun city wall.

In an instant, dozens of stones smashed on the city wall of Shouchun, and there was still a certain distance above the city wall of Shouchun.

The soldiers of Cao Jun thought that Liu Jun was doing such a big move, and they were worried about the danger, but in fact, the trebuchet did not cause them a single hair loss, and they were immediately happy.

Guo Jia felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly grabbed Cao Cao and said, "Lord, retreat quickly!" ”

Cao Cao hadn't reacted yet.

A stone the size of a head swooped down on Cao Cao. Guo Jia wanted to pull Cao Cao away, but his small body didn't have that much strength. Xu Chu still found out that something was wrong, and quickly pulled Cao Cao aside, which was able to avoid the direct impact of the stones. But the stone was burned red, and it shattered directly into the wall very quickly, and a small piece came into close contact with Cao Cao's arm, which scalded Cao Cao.

"Shield soldiers! Bodyguard! Hurry up! Guo Jia shouted.

Cao Cao's personal soldiers reacted, raised their shields to protect Cao Cao's head, and then helped Cao Cao to retreat.

The soldiers of Cao Jun were a little unlucky, they were happy for a while, and Liu Jun's trebuchet gave them a blow to the head, really a blow to the head.

Liu Jun was testing the attack range just now, and immediately adjusted it after finding that it was wrong, and the speed of adjustment was so fast that Cao Jun didn't even have time to react.

Even so, Cao Jun still guarded the strong crossbow machine to the death, preventing Liu Jun's stones from hitting it.

Seeing Cao Jun being beaten by a trebuchet, Huang Zhong couldn't help but feel comfortable, this is what Liu Jun has always been fighting for.

At this time, Cao Cao was being covered by the soldiers into the city gate tower, but fortunately, the stone just now was not very hot, and it did not affect Cao Cao's arm, but the skin was burned.

Thinking of the danger just now, Cao Cao broke out in a cold sweat. Assuming that Guo Jia and Xu Chu did not pull Cao Cao away in time, Cao Cao would give him his head on the spot.

Guo Jia didn't have any mood to invite credit, and now Cao Jun's situation is not very good.

Cao Cao walked out forcefully, and Guo Jia and Xu Chu couldn't stop it.

As the lord, Cao Cao couldn't hide behind himself and let the soldiers resist. Especially this kind of critical moment.

Cao Cao drew his sword and shouted: "Soldiers, all steady!" Liu Jun's trebuchet can't continue to attack for too long! Steady! ”

In fact, the soldiers of Cao Jun valued Cao Cao's attitude very much. Cao Cao, as the prime minister, did not flinch and fought with them on the front line, which was enough for them to die for Cao Cao.

Xu Chu used his huge body to protect Cao Cao's body, and Cao Cao's personal army each took a shield to ensure Cao Cao's safety.

The south gate was opened, and Lu Bu at the east gate heard the sound of battle, and scolded the craftsmen and soldiers who built the trebuchet: "Speed up for Ben!" ”

Without Lu Bu's reprimand, the craftsmen and soldiers were already speeding up.

Lu Bu has to be the first in everything, Huang Zhong's side will fight first, if he is a little slower than Ma Chao, it will be a big joke. Lu Bu would feel that he was a little worse than Ma Chao.

And Ma Chao also thought like this, he was a little more ruthless than Lu Bu, and directly used the means of beating to threaten soldiers and craftsmen to speed up.

The mind of a military general is often so simple, life is fighting for breath in the world.

Almost at the same time, both launched an assault on the city walls.

Such a result can make Lu Bu and Ma Chao a little satisfied, at least they did not lose to each other.

But the only ones who suffered were the Cao soldiers on the city wall, and they were enduring the attack of the stones.

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