Pang!

A dull sound.

A stone hit the wall of Handan, but Mars were splashed, but the wall of Handan was not damaged at all, leaving only a white mark.

After the cement solidifies, the city walls of Handan are extremely hard.

Moreover, it was the middle of winter, Zhuge Liang ordered people to pour cold water on the city wall, which turned into ice overnight. The slippery city wall made the previous siege methods useless. The cloud ladder could not be placed on the city wall at all. The soldiers on it could easily push the cloud ladder away with just one push with a push rod. As for equipment such as bows and arrows, catapults, it seemed that the power of the sturdy Handan city wall was greatly reduced.

Zhuge Liang held a feather fan and wore a crane cloak, standing on the city with no surprise.

Outside the city, Cao's army launched a fierce attack on Handan like a tide, but it was calmly resolved by Zhuge Liang.

"Military advisor, the well railing car... Cao's army dispatched the well railing car."

Zhuge Liang looked in the direction of his entourage's fingers, narrowed his eyes and raised his lips slightly, outlining a touch of coldness.

"Transfer the order, the big crossbow is in the string!"

A row of crossbows had been set up behind a row of women's walls, and they were about to shoot.

This big crossbow, also known as the "winder crossbow", should have been a product that appeared in the Tang Dynasty.

However, after Liu Chuang designed the bearing catalog, after years of research by Huang Chengyan and Ma Jun, and continuously improved it, he designed this powerful crossbow with a force of twelve stones. It was designed with a shaft, that is, a winch was used to start the work. There were seven arrows on the crossbow arm, a giant arrow in the middle, three feet and five inches long and about five inches thick, with iron leaves as feathers, and then three small arrows were placed on the left and right. The bombardment machine was surrounded by the arrows and were launched at the same time. The power was huge. According to the experiment of Nanshan Academy, this winch crossbow can be broken within 500 steps, the wooden stakes as thick as a bowl can be broken in one fell swoop.

Zhuge Liang brought nearly 200 winches and crossbows when he came to Handan this time.

It is said that Ma Jun has begun to design the third generation of large crossbows, with a range of up to 800 steps, which is even more powerful than winch crossbows.

However, it is still unclear when this third-generation large crossbow will be produced.

Now this second-generation winch crossbow is nearly five hundred years ahead of this era, and Liu Chuang is already very satisfied.

Seeing more than a dozen well railing cars entering the range, Zhuge Liang's eyes lit up and he shouted loudly: "Put the crossbow!"

Each winch crossbow requires ten people to operate. Fifty strong men swung their hammers at the same time and smashed them hard on the machine basket. Three hundred and fifty large crossbows roared out of the city. Two well railing cars were hit by the big crossbows, and a series of crackling sounds were heard, and the body of the car collapsed. The Cao army following the well railings could not dodge and were shot by the big crossbow. The huge power on the crossbow arrows directly shot Cao soldiers into two sections. The bloody scene, even Cheng Yu and Cao Xiu, who had been through a long battle formation, could not help but change their expressions and were frightened.

A Cao army soldier was shot into two pieces and did not die immediately.

His legs were still standing on the ground, but his upper body was struggling and wailing in a pool of blood, which made the surrounding Cao army soldiers frightened.

Cheng Yu was in Handan this time and was ready to attack Handan.

The Cao army soldiers also had a premonition that there would be a bloody battle, but who would have expected that this would be the case?

"State Governor, you can't fight anymore!"

Cao Xiu's face turned pale and he said softly: "Handan has such a sharp weapon to defend the city, and the soldiers have been scared to death.

What's more, they may still have thunder and fire in their hands. If they are forced to force them, they will definitely put them on the battlefield, and the men will lose their fighting spirit."

Cheng Yu's face was also pale.

He also didn't know that Handan obviously planned to have a war of attrition with him.

However, he also knew that Handan was short of troops, and even if he had a sharp weapon to defend the city, he would be unable to support him if he was too seriously injured.

Not to mention, the Han army's large crossbow also made Cheng Yu jealous.

If he had such a powerful weapon in his hand, why worry that Cao Gong would not sweep the world? At this time, he would never retreat! Once he retreated, his morale would inevitably be even lower. Thinking of this, Cheng Yu shook his head, "Wen Lie, Ci does not control the troops... Now the situation cannot tolerate us retreat. I know your thoughts, but if you withdraw the troops at this time, it will be more scary for the men, and they can only attack with force!

I will pass my order and join the two battalions of soldiers. I don’t believe how long this Handan can last!"

After hearing this, Cao Xiu nodded, gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "Send the order, go to the well railing again, attack Handan with me, and those who retreat in the face of the battle will be killed!"

With a word, Cao's army immediately shouted in unison.

The sound of war drums rumbling, making people excited.

Zhuge Liang was still calm on the city gate tower. He gently shook the feather fan and said in a deep voice after a while: "Light up the wolf smoke with me, and General Wenyuan will attack!"

"Here!"

The soldiers hurriedly ran to release the wolf smoke, while Zhuge Liang ordered the crossbowman to continue firing arrows.

The winch crossbow is powerful, but the rate of fire is not fast.

After using a winch to open the bowstring, put a large crossbow on it, then adjust the angle and bombard the machine to fire it. But this is also a helplessness! Due to the science and technology of this era, it is definitely not realistic to make the crossbow shoot out like a bead arrow. The target of this crossbow is mainly those well railing cars. After a round of shooting, the crossbowman has calmed down and quickly turned the winch to fill in the crossbow arrows. Then aim at more than twenty well railing cars that are slowly coming. With Zhuge Liang's order, the big crossbow shot out and shot the three well railing cars that rushed in the front.

The well railing car is powerful, but it is also slow to travel.

Three well railings collapsed, causing a panic in Cao's army.

"Continue to shoot, and never put the well railing close to the city wall."

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For a time, the battle situation in Handan became more and more intense.

On the one hand, Cheng Yu was desperate and wanted to fight quickly; on the other hand, Zhuge Liang responded calmly and resolved Cao's army's offensive again and again.

When the two sides were in full swing, Zhang Liao and Pang De, who were ambushing outside the city, suddenly rushed out and attacked the two wings of Cao's army.

When it was dark that day, both sides finally stopped offense and defense.

Zhang Liao and Pang De's attack did cause some trouble to Cheng Yu. However, Cheng Yu was prepared for a long time, so he did not suffer much loss. But overall, the Cao army's first day of the attack was not smooth. The number of casualties was nearly a thousand, and the death was extremely miserable.

The most important thing is that Cheng Yu lost eight well railings, which made him heartbroken.

"Zhuge Xiaoer wanted to attack the infantry and cavalry, and cooperated with the inside and outside, so he ordered Zhang Liao and Pang De to ambush outside the city.

This further shows that he lacks military strength... Although Handan's resistance today is very resolute, it is actually a strong man on the outside and the middle, so it won't last long.

Wen Lie, let’s have a rest for now, and we will attack Handan again tomorrow morning!"

Cao Xiu actually didn't want to attack Handan because before that, he had received letters from Xun Yu, asking him to try his best to defend Yecheng without having to worry about the gains and losses of Handan. In Xun Yu's eyes, as long as Yecheng is in hand, Cao Cao would have room for maneuver in Hebei, which is enough to restrain the Han army. Although Handan is important, compared with Yecheng... its importance seems to be far from enough.

Unfortunately, Cheng Yu was unwilling to accept the loss of Handan.

For him, the reason for his efforts to regain Handan is equally sufficient.

If Handan is recaptured, Yecheng will have a barrier. If Handan is lost, Yecheng will face the enemy's attack and retreat without any retreat. It is definitely not the best choice.

Both sides make sense, and Cao Xiu didn't know what to do.

He could only let someone go to Xudu and inform Xun Yu of Cheng Yu's decision.

Then try your best to help Cheng Yu. It is certainly a good thing to regain Handan. If it cannot be regained, then stick to Yecheng and block the Han army.

But in my heart, Cao Xiu felt a little uneasy...

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The Battle of Handan began, and the two sides were in a stalemate.

At the same time, Liu Chuang secretly arrived at Gaocheng and met with Taishici and Xu Chu. He ordered Taishici to be the pioneer, forcibly crossing Majiashui and sneak attack Leling.

Originally, Xu Chu wanted to be a pioneer, but was persuaded by Liu Chuang.

"Zhongkang's troops are invincible.

However, there were many infantry soldiers in Lao Fu camp, all wearing heavy armor, and the marching speed was slow.

Ziyi's troops are all cavalrymen, and after the battle in the north of the border, the marching speed is extremely fast. You Dao means that soldiers are the most important. This time, our use of troops against Leling is based on the word "女". Leling is the gateway of Qingzhou, and Ma Qiaoshui is the natural barrier. If we cannot succeed in one battle, the situation of the war will inevitably be anxious. We must use the fastest time to seize Leling to achieve the effect of a surprise weapon. In this regard, it is precisely an advantage that Lao Fu Camp does not have. However, Brother Tiger does not have to worry. Occupy Leling is just the beginning, are you afraid that you will not have the chance to make a contribution?”

Xu Chu is not an unreasonable person, he is just eager to make contributions.

Since Liu Chuang failed to assist Yuan Shang last time, Xu Chu has not had many opportunities to go to the battlefield.

Now, the battle in Liangzhou is in full swing. Xiahou Lan, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and Wei Yanlu have made military achievements, which has also made Xu Chu jealous. He is Liu Chuang's confidant, but he does not have enough military achievements. This also makes Xu Chu feel very unhappy, and he is dedicated to making achievements.

He finally waited for the Battle of Jizhou, but he still had no share.

Zhang Liao and Pang De participated in the battle, but he was going to sit aside... If Liu Chuang had not been preparing to use troops in Qingzhou, Xu Chu would have to make trouble. But who would have expected that after arriving in Bohai, the first battle in Qingzhou was stolen by Taishi Ci, which made him even more anxious.

Liu Chuang said that he finally comforted Xu Chu.

However, he was still eager to try and grinned, "Lord, you can't bully honest people. The battle of the plains is me."

Are you still an honest person?

Liu Chuang couldn't help laughing...

Perhaps influenced by the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in the eyes of many people in later generations, Xu Chu and Zhang Fei were almost the same, both of them were reckless people.

But in fact, neither Xu Chu nor Zhang Fei are very sensible.

Especially Xu Chu, he was even more careful and thoughtful. He seemed to be very rough, but actually he was meticulous.

Liu Chuang said: "Brother Tiger, how could I not dare to bully you... Otherwise, you will go to my uncle to complain, and I will definitely be scolded again." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!