When night came, Cao's mansion held a banquet to reward the generals of the Xiliang army, during which Cao Cao proposed to let the Qiang go to Xuzhou.

The people who led the Qiang army didn't want to think about it, so they agreed, because along the way, Cao Cao ate and drank well, so that the Qiang soldiers and horses were reluctant to leave.

You must know that the land of the Qiang people is very bitter cold, it is winter now, and the weather is even worse.

The Qiang agreed, then everything went into the track that Cao Cao expected, and the next day after the banquet, Cao Cao led Xiliang and a group of people to the court, let Liu Xie reward them, and let them set off to the front line.

And when the soldiers and horses from all walks of life had not yet assembled and arrived in Xuzhou, Xu Shu had already led the army to kill, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry, and silently camped under the Lang Evil City, and there was no sound.

Yuan Shao, who was in a hurry, saw Xu Shu like this, and he was even more panicked for a while, and he didn't know what Xu Shu wanted to do.

The bold and bright siege of the city, although the Yuan army is lagging behind, can hold on for a few days and wait for the arrival of soldiers and horses from all walks of life, there is no problem.

But Xu Shu didn't move, it's hard to say, as the so-called open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to prevent, Yuan Shao hurriedly discussed with Fu Yu urgently.

But Xu Shu didn't move, and the two of them could guess anything, they could only imagine it in the air.

Yuan Shao was in the wing room of his temporary residence, and the two of them were thinking hard, because Xu Shu had not moved for two days, and it must have been a conspiracy.

The depressing atmosphere lasted for a long time, and he opened his mouth and said: "Lord, Xu Shu besieged but did not attack, perhaps because of pride and complacency, anyway, all kinds of soldiers and horses will come soon." ”

When Fu Zhu said this, it proved that he really couldn't think of Xu Shu, so he could only wait for him to launch an attack and then see through it.

The two have been discussing for a long time, although they haven't thought of anything, but the mental consumption is still very great, seeing that this is the case, Yuan Shao is not reluctant, and when he was about to let him leave to rest, suddenly a rush of footsteps came.

"Da Da Da ......"

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Frustrated who was about to get up, sat back in his position and waited for someone to come.

One person entered the wing room, knelt down and said: "Report, Xu Shu sent someone to shout under the city, tomorrow the city will be broken, let our army ...... early"

"What's early, say it quickly, be careful, be careful of military law." Seeing that the person who came was procrastinating, Yuan Shao was also annoyed and reprimanded.

Hearing the reprimand, the person who came hurriedly said: "Xu Shu asked our army to open the city gate as soon as possible, so as not to sacrifice our lives in vain." ”

"Huh?" Yuan Shao's face was cold, and he said slowly: "Xu Shu is really too deceitful, even if I, Yuan Shao, fight to the point of a single soldier, I will not let him easily seize the city." ”

"The order went down, the army began to enter a state of emergency combat readiness, all those who asked to open the city gate need to see the governor himself, and the rest are not allowed, if anyone disobeys, the soldiers defending the city will be killed directly."

"Yes." Seeing that Yuan Shao was angry, the visitor hurriedly bowed and left.

Yuan Shao did this to avoid the possibility of Xu Shuli joining forces with the outside, and if it was a strong attack, he was not very afraid.

Seeing the person leaving, he opened his mouth and said: "Lord, Xu Shu put down his words, he must have been ready, but at present, our army has nothing to gain from his siege plan. ”

"Worry, Xu Shu will use that secret weapon to attack the big city, how should our army resist it then?"

Hearing this, Yuan Shao's angry face froze for a moment, and slowly turned into worry, this possibility, he didn't think about it.

He also said that the ditch might be able to cover the weapon, but it must not be dug in this city.

Lang Evil City is not tall, and with the advantage of that weapon, it should be easy to throw it into the city.

Yuan Shao thought for a while and said, "Sir, can you guard the soldiers and horses outside the city to deal with that mysterious weapon." ”

Shenwu Artillery, Yuan Shao and the others have not yet fully figured out what is going on, but judging from that battle, it can be concluded that the range is not far.

Yuan Shao's suggestion also has some truth, but he forgot one thing, can the soldiers and horses sent out to the city stand still?

The answer is no, Xu Shu will definitely send troops to clear the periphery, and Yuan's army will go out of the city, but it will be delivered to the door.

Fu Zhu shook his head and said: "No, our army has few troops, and if we go out of the city, we will be annihilated by Xu Shu, and we can only defend the city." ”

As soon as he vetoed it, Yuan Shao knew in his heart that most of the possibilities of Lang Evil were going to be lost.

Just when Yuan Shao's face was ugly, he opened his mouth and said: "Lord, maybe the soldiers and horses may be transferred, our army is afraid of that secret weapon, but Li Jun is not an immortal, they must also be afraid." ”

"When the secret weapon stops, our army is entering the city tower to defend, so that the role of the secret weapon will be greatly reduced."

Frustrated with this proposal, Yuan Shao's heart moved, and he agreed on the spot, although this method will increase the fatigue of the soldiers, but the casualties will definitely be reduced a lot.

What Yuan Shao and the others are afraid of is the mysterious weapon, and now that they have discussed a way, their confidence can't help but rise, and they are not pessimistic about tomorrow's battle to defend the city.

With a solution, Frustrated Confession said goodbye and left, ready to rest and deal with tomorrow's war.

Early the next morning, Xu Shu's army set out early in the morning and began to besiege the city on all sides, preparing to attack.

Yuan Shao learned the news and personally went to the city tower to supervise the battle and boost morale.

When Yuan Shao arrived, he found a strange thing, that is, the three gates of the east, west and south, the Li army only besieged but did not attack, and the north gate was indeed the slow advance of the army.

Only the ancient siege is a three-and-one fight, because this can increase the chance of success, unless the besieging side has too few troops and needs to make a lone bet.

But Xu Shu obviously doesn't have this situation, so he has the confidence to break through a gate and take the city.

Yuan Shao came to the north gate and saw Li Jun pushing the catapult forward, and immediately understood in his heart that this secret weapon was the catapult launch.

The catapults, on the other hand, have a range of 300 to 500, which is farther than the archers, which means that they can only be beaten and have no power to fight back, but fortunately they have a way to deal with it.

When the various units of the Li army arrived at the designated position, they began to beat the war drums, and the Shenwu artillery army began to load and ignite and fire.

Seeing the Shenwu cannon flying from the sky, Yuan Shao hurriedly led the army down the city tower to hide, but these left-behind troops were all second- and third-rate troops, and their reaction was not so fast at all.

Under Yuan Shao's order, some still didn't have time to withdraw, so what responded to them was a violent explosion.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

……

The northern city tower, for a while, the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere, and the loud noises came and went, if it wasn't for Yuan Shao to let the army retreat, I am afraid that there would be heavy losses at this time.

Seeing that there was no imaginary situation on the city tower, Zhang Liao, the commander of the Shenwu artillery, hurriedly stopped the attack and personally went to report the news to Xu Shu.

Zhang Liao once served under Xu Shu, but later the Shenji Battalion was formed, and Li Huiyi recalled him to lead the Shenji Battalion.

(End of chapter)