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Jizhou Army Camp.
The 40,000 defeated soldiers returned to the camp dejectedly.
An attack that was determined to win ended in an embarrassing failure. How could the morale of the Jizhou Army not be affected?
Yuan Shao rode his horse with a gloomy face and entered the camp silently. Looking at his listless soldiers, he became angry.
In fact, Yuan Shao did not lose many soldiers in this battle, and the casualties were only more than 3,000.
The biggest loss was that he allowed Yuan Fang to use 500 cavalry to charge into an army of 40,000 people, as if they were in an uninhabited country.
The most terrible thing was that Yuan Shao's helmet was shot off by Yuan Fang's treacherous son.
That was shot down in front of tens of thousands of soldiers and soldiers of the three armies. Where could he put Yuan Shao¡¯s face?
Enter the camp and enter the account.
Yuan Shao sat down, slammed his embarrassing helmet on the table, and glared angrily at the civil and military personnel who followed him.
Xu You, Wen Chou and other civil and military generals all lowered their heads, not daring to look Yuan Shao in the eye, for fear of offending their angry lord and being punished.
"Xu Ziyuan, is this the clever plan you gave me?" Yuan Shao was the first to glare at Xu You and complained sternly.
Xu You was shocked, looking embarrassed and ashamed, not knowing how to respond.
Yuan Shao snorted, glared at Wen Chou again, and asked: "Wen Ziqin, I ordered you to command the siege army, how could you be so unprepared and let that little beast break out of the camp and run rampant in our army formation. "
"My lord, I am the last general" Wen Chou felt aggrieved and wanted to defend himself.
But Yuan Shao waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "You don't have to say anything, just reflect on it."
Wen Chou had no choice but to swallow the words of defense that came to his lips. He retreated gloomily, thinking that this defeat was obviously your fault in decision-making, so it has nothing to do with me.
"You are all heroes of the world. Normally, you all claim to be brave and resourceful. But now I have been humiliated by that treacherous son. If you humiliate me, I will die. Don't you know how to be ashamed?" Yuan Shao stared at the civil and military officials, full of contentment. His face was deeply disappointed.
Everyone bowed their heads deeply and did not dare to speak out loud. They could only let Yuan Shao complain and scold him.
Yuan Shao gave his subordinates a lesson, and his resentment had just subsided a little. Then he said angrily: "Although you are defeated today, you don't have to be discouraged. That little beast is just a fluke. What other plans do you have to defeat the enemy?" , Hurry up and offer it up.¡±
Complaints are complaints. After complaining, Yuan Shao still has to point to this group of people to make plans for him.
Xu You closed his mouth tightly, having this painful realization. Xu You had a plan but he didn't dare to offer it again.
At this time, Feng Ji stood up and said with cupped hands: "Lord, in fact, the advantage of our army lies in the large number of soldiers. Then we should use this advantage to defeat the enemy with yin and yang. What kind of authentic plan does Brother Ziyuan have? It is not at all right way."
Fengji took the opportunity to belittle Xu You. Xu You's face darkened and he showed displeasure, but he couldn't talk back, so he could only swallow his own bitterness.
When Yuan Shao heard this, he immediately cheered up and asked: "What is conspiracy?"
He sneered at every opportunity. He revealed his plan with a sly look on his face.
Yuan Shao became more and more excited as he listened. He slapped the table and said, "Yuan Tu's plan is very clever. Just follow your plan. Let's see how long that little beast can last. Haha~~"
The heavy atmosphere in the tent suddenly disappeared, and the atmosphere of pride spread again.
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Two days later.
Yuan Fangzheng was discussing military affairs with Guo Jia and others from the tent. Suddenly, a scout came to report that the enemy troops were out in force outside the camp and there seemed to be signs of attacking the camp.
"Yuan Shao suffered a setback the day before yesterday. Did he lick his wounds so quickly?" Hao Zhaoqi asked.
"Let's go and take a look." Yuan Fangteng stood up, picked up the skull-crushing stick and strode out.
Guo Jia, Hao Zhao and others followed Yuan Fang and rushed to the wall.
Climbing the wall and looking from afar, I saw nearly 30,000 Jizhou troops, arranged in more than ten square formations, approaching the Gudu barrier in a mighty manner.
Seeing this, Yan Liang cursed loudly: "Yuan Shao, this old dog, hasn't learned enough lessons yet. My lord, quickly gather all the soldiers and give the old thief a hard blow."
Yan Liang and other generals were all eager to fight and were ready to kill.
But Yuan Fang stared at the enemy, silent for a long time, his sword eyebrows slightly condensed, and his eyes flashed with suspicion.
After pondering for a moment, Yuan Fang pointed at the enemy formation and said: "Look, there are no ladders and chariots among the enemy troops, which shows that Yuan Shao does not intend to force him."?, and the enemy formation is led by a large shield, and the back row is full of heavy weapons such as halberds. It is obviously a defensive formation. "
Yuan Fang was very perceptive and quickly saw through the anomaly in the enemy's formation. After Yan Liang and other generals scanned it, they discovered that it was true.
"Yuan Shao, this old dog, puts up such a formation, does he still want us to fight? He thinks we are stupid." Yan Liang muttered and cursed.
"Yuan Shao doesn't want to lure us into fighting, he is afraid that we will attack." Guo Jia's words gradually became serious, as if he had seen something.
This is strange for Yan Liang and his generals. They all want the enemy to be strong and me to be weak. Yuan Shao should be eager for them to fight, but how can he be afraid of them.
But Yuan Fang's eyebrows were as sharp as razors, and he secretly clenched his fists, already seeing the clues.
In the field of vision, more than ten enemy formations continue to approach, and in the blink of an eye, they have reached more than a hundred steps
This distance has already entered the range of bows and crossbows. Yuan Fang immediately ordered that strong bows and crossbows be fired randomly to block the enemy's advance.
After the order was given, arrows fell like rain in an instant, and more than a thousand sharp arrows pounced on the enemy formation like locusts.
The Jizhou army seemed to be well prepared. The large shields they held high were extremely thick and heavy, layered on top of each other to form a copper wall and an iron wall, effectively blocking most of the arrows.
The enemy's advance cannot be stopped at all.
Although Yuan Fang guessed what Yuan Shao wanted to do, as a precaution, he urgently summoned all the troops to climb the wall to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the situation to attack the camp.
More than ten thousand soldiers climbed onto the wall, and more arrows joined the random arrows, but they were still unable to break the enemy's heavy shield formation.
Seeing that the enemy's formation was approaching more than seventy, the dozen or so square formations stopped advancing on their own.
As the flag of the Central Military Commission waved, more than ten large formations quickly changed, with thick walls formed by shields and halberds, and archers and crossbowmen were arranged behind them, ready to stand ready.
Immediately afterwards, the enemy soldiers behind the formation, instead of attacking, used shovels to shovel up the sand crazily.
This strange behavior of the Jizhou Army immediately surprised the soldiers on the wall, and they were all baffled.
"Damn it, what does the old thief Yuan Shao want to do? Doesn't he want to dig a tunnel again?" Yan Liang also shouted in confusion.
Yuan Fang shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Haven't you seen it yet? Yuan Shao wants to take advantage of the large number of people to approach our camp, dig a mountain of earth, and erect an arrow tower. He wants to be condescending and attack our camp directly with crossbows!"
Yuan Fang revealed Yuan Shao's intention, and all the generals were shocked, but they all seemed a little unconvinced.
"This is impossible, the general has never heard of this kind of tactics." Yan Liang shook his head with doubts on his face.
However, Yuan Fang looked calm and said calmly: "Don't underestimate Yuan Shao. He still has many resourceful people under his command. It's not surprising that he came up with this plan."
The victory the day before yesterday did not let Yuan Fang go to his head. He still remained calm.
Yan Liang and other generals did not believe it and continued to watch the enemy with suspicion.
Half an hour later, tens of thousands of Jizhou troops, under the cover of the large formation, kicked up earth and sand, and soon they had piled up an earthen rampart about ten feet high, and the shape of the earth mountain had begun to take shape.
"It turns out that this old dog Yuan Shao is really going to pile up a mountain of dirt!" Yan Liang suddenly realized it and said anxiously: "Lord, what should we do now?"
¡°Shoot the random arrows hard and stop them as much as possible!¡± Yuan Fang shouted in a deep voice.
Along the wall, more than a thousand crossbowmen fired wildly with all their strength. Even some foot soldiers who were not good at shooting arrows picked up their crossbows and joined the ranks of random arrows.
The dense arrows fell like rain, but it was difficult to break through the heavy shield defense of the Jizhou army.
Yuan Fang tried to send infantry to attack and destroy the enemy's half-built earthen mountain, but he was afraid that he would not be able to break through the enemy's defensive formation.
The infantry is useless, and the cavalry is useless, because Yuan Shao's three thousand cavalry are always on guard, ready to intercept Yuan Fang's attacking cavalry at any time.
After half a day's work, the enemy finally built nearly 20 earthen hills on a line more than 70 steps away from the barrier, and built arrow towers on them.
A few hundred steps away, the Chinese army¡¯s banner stood.
Yuan Shao looked at his Tushan Arrow Tower, tower trees rising one after another, and the proud sneer on his old face became stronger and stronger.
Seeing that the mountain of earth was ready, Yuan Shao raised his whip and shouted loudly: "Give me orders, the crossbowmen will be divided into three teams and rotate. Let me attack the enemy camp with arrows day and night. I want that little beast and his The rebels are in trouble all night!"
After the order was passed, nearly 3,000 Jizhou crossbowmen climbed up the earth mountain and the arrow tower. From a height of several feet, they started to shoot arrows at the Gudu barrier from a high position.
Under such unfavorable circumstances, Yuan Fang and his soldiers could only hold up their shields high and hide under the large shields to avoid the situation.??, he was so suppressed that he couldn't even raise his head.
The enemy troops were at a high place and could clearly see the situation inside the Qingzhou Camp. If there was a slight gap in the cover of any soldier, rain of arrows would fly towards them and shoot down the unfortunate soldier in an instant. A hornet's nest.
After two days of day and night attacks, the enemy has completely suppressed Yuan Fang and his soldiers, and the morale of more than 10,000 soldiers is rapidly being reduced.
In order to solve this unfavorable situation, Yuan Fang immediately adopted Guo Jia's plan, mobilized craftsmen and soldiers, and built a trebuchet along the wall against the enemy's arrow rain.
Arrows can no longer break through the enemy's earthen mountains. Only by using the powerful attack power of the trebuchet stone bullets can we break through the earthen mountain arrow towers.
However, Yuan Shao had expected it, and concentrated his arrows to shoot wildly in the direction of the trebuchet. Under the suppression of this dense arrow, the craftsmen and soldiers were killed and injured, and they were all working normally.
The tactic of using trebuchets to break the enemy's mountains was ultimately unable to be implemented, so Yuan Fang had no choice but to give up.
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Yuan Fang and all the civil and military personnel discussed the countermeasures all night long. At this time, even Guo Jia was unable to do anything. The atmosphere in the tent suddenly became extremely solemn.
"I have a way to defeat the old thief Yuan Shao!"
Just when everyone was at a loss what to do, a childish voice suddenly came from outside.