Chapter 50: The Merry Price of Stone Sinking

Liu Biao's army attacked for several days in a row, and still couldn't climb the wall, which made them more anxious, so the offensive in the past few days has become extremely fierce, and the number of casualties among the defenders of Xudu has been getting smaller and smaller these days, and the recruits have gradually become veterans, and the use of firearms has become more and more proficient, and those soldiers who operate trebuchets can even control the quasi-head within twenty or thirty meters. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

The most gratifying thing for Cao Ang is the five hundred steel crossbow troops temporarily armed, they are now very skilled in the use of the steel crossbows in their opponents, five hundred people are always randomly moving on the city wall, where the battle is fierce, they will go where, and as soon as they arrive, five hundred crossbow arrows will be fired together, and the enemy troops under the city will be swept away immediately, it is really because the power of the steel crossbow is too strong, so that the shield in the enemy's hands is useless, so now as long as the five hundred steel crossbow team arrives, the defenders on the city wall will be full of morale, And the enemy army under the city will all run with their heads in their hands.

There are also those bed crossbows, whether it is range or accuracy, are extremely amazing, the enemy generals who have died under the bed crossbow in the past few days are not to say thirty or forty, resulting in the enemy generals above the squad no longer dare to command in front, so that once the enemy is close to the city wall, it seems to become a headless fly, only mechanically build siege equipment, and then climb to the city head without a head, such a blank charge naturally has no efficiency.

Stayed up all night on the city wall, just when Yuan Yun wanted to go back to the camp to rest, but was stopped by the deputy general sent by Cao Ang, only said that General Xiahou Yuan outside the city sent a messenger to come, and now Cao Ang is going to the east city wall to meet him, and only the city wall over there is not besieged now, Liu Biao's army has suffered heavy losses in the past few days, and the encirclement is also shrinking, and the enemy has basically given up the siege of the east city gate, and all are concentrated in the west and south cities.

Yuan Yun's face was shocked, not only him, but Cao Ang also had an incredible expression, he had only heard that Xiahou Yuan would send some people into the city to discuss the details of guarding Xu Du in detail, but no one would have thought that it was Xiahou Yuan himself, this middle-aged man stretched out his hand very vigorously, and climbed onto the wall with a few strokes along the rope that was lowered.

"General Xiahou Yuan's light skills, the villain is not as good, such a high city wall, I have to jump at least four times, General Xiahou Yuan came up in two jumps, amazing." Shi Shen muttered quietly beside Yuan Yun, and then became honest, he always looked like a two-skinned face on weekdays, but as soon as he arrived in the army, he immediately became solemn, Yuan Yun was always worried about whether Shi Shen would have a split personality?

When Cao Ang saw Xiahou Yuan arrive, he grabbed the other party's big hand, and then took it very affectionately to the city tower on the east city gate, where everything had been arranged, tea, food, and even medicine in case of emergency, except for the military map.

Xiahou Yuan entered the hall, and now he comfortably enjoyed a cup of tea with crushed ice, and then swallowed a big bun in his mouth, which was very comfortable and laughed: "Comfortable, I haven't eaten a mouthful of hot food for most of the month, this cake is good, soft and easy to chew and swallow, it suits my appetite very much, haha." ā€

Cao Ang said with a smile: "This thing is a bun made by Brother Yun, which is the most convenient to eat in wartime, even if it is a little cold, it is easy to eat, and it does not use any dining utensils, and the taste is very good." ā€

Xiahou Yuan focused his attention on Yuan Yun at this time, and then said with a smile: "I heard General Xu Chu say before, you Yuan Yun has made a good meal, and when Xu Yun's predicament is solved, I will go to your mansion to eat a special meal, haha." ā€

When Yuan Yun heard this, he immediately clenched his fists and said, "If General Xiahou Yuan comes to the door, the kid will definitely cook and greet him personally." ā€

Xiahou Yuan nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Cao Ang: "Does the prince know who Liu Biao sent to lead the army?" Seeing Cao Ang shaking his head, he continued: "The person who came is Liu Biao's fierce general Wen Ping, this person is a powerful person. ā€

Cao Ang was stunned for a moment, and asked the question that Yuan Yun also wanted to ask, and said: "Since Wenpin is such a capable person, why is the camp so unbearable?" ā€

Xiahou Yuan sneered: "Although Liu Biao has a lot of trust in Wen Ping, Cai Mao is suspicious by nature, so Liu Biao's army is more powerful than some of the entourages sent by Cai Mao, Wen Ping is the commander, but he is more constrained by these people, and now they have been attacking for a long time, and they immediately shrink the encirclement network, and almost do not defend the East City Gate, these are not good things that Wen Ping can do, and they are cheap us."

I have sent people to find out the situation of the enemy forces around Xudu, and now the main force has gathered in the camp five miles outside the west gate, although the north gate is still somewhat arranged, but it is nothing, the south gate is only half of the west gate, more are some heavy soldiers, so ......"

When he said this, Xiahou Yuan suddenly frowned, and said to Cao Ang with some displeasure: "The things to enjoy in this hall are all prepared, why don't you have a map?" Is the prince derelict in his duties? ā€

Cao Ang smiled bitterly, and immediately ordered his subordinates to uncover a square platform wrapped in a curtain, revealing a huge sandbox in an instant, which completely marked the terrain around Xu Du, and even the height difference was very exquisite.

After Cao Ang introduced this sandbox, Xiahou Yuan gasped, and naturally knew in his heart that this was a good thing, but it was clearer and clearer than any map, even some rude lieutenants could see it through, and after being surprised, he naturally moved his eyes to Yuan Yun, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the children of the immortal family are really extraordinary, this sandbox seems simple, but no one has ever thought of making it, and now it is placed here as a big reform, and there will inevitably be this kind of thing called a sandbox in future military meetings.

Picking up a small banner with the character Liu on the sandbox and looking at it, and then swinging it back outside the west gate of Xudu in the sandbox, Xiahou Yuan nodded and said: "The prince said that there is a good way to break the enemy, now it may be explained in detail?" ā€

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As Xiahou Yuan said, Liu Biaojun's army is now shrinking badly, and is constantly rearranging the battle line, so he did not launch any more attacks this night, but symbolically sent some siege trebuchets to throw stones, but soon was blown up by the gunpowder bags thrown from the city wall, and the enemy withdrew the remaining trebuchets in a panic, and walked very simply.

The two high mountains in the distance were still brightly lit, and now sixty percent of Liu Biao's army was concentrated there, which made the camp there a little more crowded, but they still did not build a wall or fence on the periphery of the camp, and tens of thousands of horses were just casually crowded together.

"How long have they been gone?" Yuan Yun asked Xiao Liu beside him a little nervously.

Xiao Liu glanced at the sky and replied: "Three hours is more, and it is less than two hours before dawn at this moment, I really don't know if they succeeded?" ā€

Yuan Yun also glanced at the sky and said: "Tonight, Liu Biao's army is regrouping and reorganizing, this time is the best opportunity, once missed, we can only continue to defend the city honestly, and many things will be delayed in the future." ā€

Xiao Liu frowned and said, "Didn't Cao Sikong and Guo Jiajun just let us guard Xudu?" Could it be that the lord and the prince of Cao Ang have other plans? ā€

After Xiao Liu finished speaking, he looked at the enemy camp between the two high mountains in the distance, and there were still some troops holding torches and a long team were merging in, seeing the scene, the corners of Xiao Liu's mouth also laughed unconsciously, because when placing those black powder, he was also involved, how many of that kind of terrifying things were buried, no one knows better than him, and now he only hopes that the more enemy troops who enter the enemy camp, the better.

Yuan Yun didn't answer Xiao Liu's question, just smiled mysteriously, didn't explain at all, but changed the topic and suddenly scolded: "Why is this bastard Shi Shen working so hard lately? The military merits have accumulated a lot, but I still don't think it's enough, this time I went to the enemy camp to sneak attack, he actually took the initiative to sign up, if I didn't know him, I really thought that he wanted to be a general in the future, so he worked so hard to earn military merits. ā€

Xiao Liu smiled, withdrew his eyes from looking at the enemy camp, and then replied: "Brother Shi Shen has been short of money recently, so he can't work hard." ā€

"Short on money? Did he go to bet? Yuan Yun was puzzled.

Xiaoliu nodded and said: "Yes, the pants that I lost were almost gone, before the finals yesterday, I don't know which bastard released rumors, saying that the little boy had a bad stomach, Brother Shi Shen also ran to see it for this, count him unlucky, when he went, he just caught up with the little boy to go out of Gong, Brother Shi Shen took it seriously, and as a result, he stook all the money out, hehe, it is conceivable." ā€

Yuan Yun kicked the battlement of the city wall in front of him very angrily, and then scolded angrily: "Wait for the bastard to come back, Lao Tzu wants to serve the family law, and those under my command who dare to gamble must definitely be greeted by a big board, grandma's, what do you like is not good, you have to like gambling, unlucky." ā€

Xiao Liu's eyes were full of contempt, wasn't the biggest gambling dealer in Xu Du set up by the little master in front of him? Now he pretended to be high, but he still explained for Shi Shen: "The lord is the culprit, and Brother Shi Shen is not good at gambling, he was forced to participate in gambling because he had no way." ā€

Yuan Yun glanced back at Xiao Liu, and just wanted to kick it, but he had already been hidden by Xiao Liu in the distance, and then he heard Xiao Liu answer: "Brother Shi Shen married six wives in one go, and the pressure doubled at once, where can he support so many people every month?" How can you do it if you don't work hard? ā€

"How much? Six? He's crazy? Damn, this idiot is still so amorous? Yuan Yun couldn't believe his ears, and his face was full of jealousy and resentment.

Xiaoliu said with a smile: "Brother Shi Shen's father-in-law has a total of six daughters, and the eldest sister has been ordered by her parents to marry Brother Shi Shen since she was a child, and later saw that Brother Shi Shen was not bad, so she married all the remaining five daughters in one go. ā€

Yuan Yun's mouth was crooked when he heard it, and his face twitched and he was already crazy, what is going on? Six daughters marry one person, is there any reason for this? Wait a minute, the six daughters are all married to Shi Shen, it must be that these daughters are very ugly, so when they can't get married, they are all packed up to Shi Shen's bastard, this is definitely the truth!

Bang!

Suddenly, a loud bang interrupted Yuan Yun's sour resentment, and he saw that the surroundings of the two high mountains five miles outside the West City had been shrouded in flames, and the strong light of the explosion and the loud sound of the explosion were constantly coming from there, and the black powder that Cao Ang had placed there in advance finally produced terrifying sparks.