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Liu Jing immediately followed the crossbows and stared at the Cao army camp at the entrance of the valley above. Although the moonlight was dim, he could still vaguely see dozens of catapults standing in the camp, like a row of hideous monsters.

Today will be the first battle of the main force of the Han army's north attack. This battle is crucial to him, and it is related to the morale of tens of thousands of soldiers and subsequent strategic plans. He must seize the Shangfang Valley before Cao Cao arrives at Jicheng and gain a geographical advantage. In this way, even if he is difficult to capture Jicheng for a while, he can continue to gain a foothold in the Weishui Valley.

If Ma Jun's new trencher had not had Ma Jun's new trencher, he could only use strong attacks to capture the upper valley at any cost. Now with the new trencher, his losses will be reduced by at least half. At this moment, he is full of expectations for the new trencher.

At this time, Wang Ping ran up, held his fists and said, "Qi Bingzhou Governor, the catapult has been equipped, confirmed to be correct, and can be fired at any time."

Liu Jing looked at the dark Cao Junzhai in the distance again, nodded, and issued an order, "can launch."

Two small catapults creaked and opened, and all the poles were pulled into bow shapes. The oil glue installed in the pot was placed in the poles. At this moment, the catapults in Cao's army launched a loud bang, and more than a dozen huge rocks rose into the air, forming a row of black dots, roaring towards the Han army's positions.

The huge rock hit the ground with a terrifying momentum, stirring up a piece of dust, and yellow ash. Although the huge rock only hit four steps away, the huge rock rolled dozens of steps away, only less than fifty steps away from the Han army's military and political affairs, and the overwhelming dust came to the face.

"emission"

Wang Ping shouted loudly, and the soldiers lit oil glue with torches, and the outside of the clay pot was coated with oil glue, and the entire clay pot was immediately burned.

Two blue flames burned and suddenly fired out. The flames in the air flew towards the Cao army camp. The advantage of oil glue was immediately revealed. It would not be extinguished in the air, nor would it spill out of the thin-necked pot. They rolled in the air and rushed straight towards the Cao army camp.

"Han arms attack"

The Cao army soldiers shouted one after another, and Xun You also saw the fire points in the sky. He was shocked. The Han army could actually project a fire pot from more than four steps away. But before he could think about it, the fire pot had reached the top of his head. Dozens of Cao army guards rushed forward and raised their shields to resist to protect Xun You and Xiahou Dun.

There was only a crackling sound, and the clay pots fell to the ground one after another. This clay pot was specially made for fire attack. The clay wall was as thin as paper and it could be broken with a light knock. But this time it was not tinder oil, but a ball of oil slurry, and the burning clay pot fragments splashed everywhere. A clay pot would splash dozens of fire, or even a ball of fire.

They hit the village wall, catapults, and looked at the tower and the group of soldiers. Fire suddenly caught on all sides of the Cao army camp.

Xiahou Dun shouted anxiously: "Extinguish the fire quickly"

The Cao army has been using tincture oil for a while, and they have rich experience in extinguishing fires. They know that water cannot be used to extinguish fire oil, but must be used to extinguish fires. Each Cao army camp specially prepared a large amount of fire-extinguishing mud and sand. Countless soldiers dumped baskets of mud and sand on the burning oil glue spots and used random steps to extinguish the fire.

But this only extinguished the fire point that fell to the ground, and the oil glue that hit the catapult cart and the camp's exterior wall could not be extinguished. At this time, the second batch of fire cups roared again, the clay pots shattered, countless fire points splashed, and the fire took advantage of the wind, and several giant catapults were engulfed by the flames. A raging fire broke out in the camp, and thick smoke filled them. Many Cao soldiers were also stained with the burning oil glue, and shouted in fear, fled for fear, or rolled on the ground.

"Military advisor, this is dangerous, retreat quickly, Xiahou Dun shouted anxiously.

Xun You seemed to turn a deaf ear. He squatted down, picked up the soil with a dagger, and dug out a ball of oil glue from below. He stared for a moment, sniffed it again, and his eyes became extremely severe. The Han army not only had long-distance stone-capping weapons, but also the tincture oil was different from before. This tincture oil was like glue, splashing, and burning in batches.

Xun You turned around and said to Xiahou Dunling: "Change the fireball and hit the opponent back."

In the firelight, Cao's army no longer used huge rocks, but instead used huge fireballs and large balls wrapped in oil-soaked fire cloth. Cao's soldiers lit the fireballs, and ten giant catapults fired together. Ten huge fireballs rose into the air and smashed into the valley above several steps away.

The effect of the fireball is completely different from that of the huge rocks. After the huge fireballs landed, they bounced high again and flew out of their remaining steps, hitting the Han army with a large number of people. The Han army soldiers shouted and lay on the ground. Despite this, the huge fireballs still smashed over twenty stone catapults. Nearly soldiers were injured, and small riots appeared in the Han army.

Liu Jing was unmoved. He looked at the wall of Cao Jun Village and several giant catapults that had begun to burn in the distance with expressionless face, and coldly ordered: "Continue to attack."

Thousands of heavy shield troops rushed to the catapult under the leadership of General Lei Tong. They used heavy shields to form shield walls to protect the catapults. Yu Ming and Ma Jundi also ran up to repair the catapults that were smashed. At the same time, another round of attack by Cao's army began. Huge fireballs roared and hit the shield walls, crossed the catapult positions, and bounced towards the crossbow army farther away. Every giant fireball flew up, which would cause a riot in the Han army.

The Han army's fire cups were also densely shot into the Cao army's camp, and the flames flew everywhere, causing the Cao army soldiers to lose sight of each other. As the viewing tower fell down in the burning fire, more and more facilities and weapons in the camp were ignited, and more than half of the giant catapults were engulfed by the fire. A section of the village wall more than ten feet long was burned, losing support and collapsed.

In addition, the tents in the Cao army's village had been cleaned up. Xun You stared blankly at the giant catapults that were ignited and burned down. He knew that once the defense of the Cao army's village was destroyed, it would be the time when the Han army launched a large-scale attack.

He sighed softly, turned to Xiahou Dun and said, "General Xiahou, prepare to gather troops to fight with the Han army in blood. They will soon attack."

Xiahou Dun nodded, "Military advisor, please go to the back camp and I will command it. Even if Liu Jing kills in, I will make him pay a heavy price."

He turned around and ordered: "Send military advisor to the back village."

Xun You and more than a dozen officials were sent to the back camp, and 20,000 Cao troops began to assemble. There were thousands of crossbow soldiers in front of them, arranged in rows. At this time, the village wall was completely engulfed by the fire and could not defend on the village wall. They could only wait for the village wall to collapse and the Han army rushed into the camp and then blocked the opponent with a powerful arrow formation.

As the last giant trencher fell, the most powerful stone formation in Cao's army also disappeared. Liu Jing finally showed a smile on his face and ordered: "The cavalry broke the camp, the heavy armored infantry prepared, and the drums were beaten to attack."

The rumbling drums in the valley suddenly sounded, and the drums shook the earth. The formation of the Han army changed rapidly, from defensive to offensive. The two cavalrymen rushed out from left and right, with more than a thousand men, each with war horses galloping and rushed towards the enemy's camp. The thousand-armored infantry led by Liu Hu also moved to the front. They quickly lined up, with people in a row, with a total of ten rows. Following the cavalry, step by step towards the Cao army camp five steps away with the sound of the offensive drums.

Behind is a 20,000 spear army. The spears are like forests and murderous intent soars into the sky. The army is neatly stairs, like waves, stepping on the rhythm, and slowly advances forward under the leadership of General Ma Chao.

The Han cavalry used long pulls down the walls of Cao's army. As the walls of several feet fell to the ground, the wide hinterland of the camp was revealed. From a distance, the dense Cao's army soldiers could be seen from both sides. They were also ready for battle, and a fierce battle was about to begin.

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With the thunder of the village wall, Cao's army did not usher in the impact of the cavalry, but in the emergence of heavy armored infantry in the Han army. The two sides had been fighting for many years and had already known each other. Xiahou Dun knew the power of heavy armored infantry. This was the power of Liu Jing took nearly ten years to build a powerful brigade. I don't know how much money and grain had been spent. One saber to kill a horse would exceed the property of a farmer.

Although the appearance of heavy armored infantry was as expected by Xiahou Dun, when they really appeared, Xiahou Dun was very nervous. At this time, Deputy General Zang Ba stepped forward and whispered: "General, heavy armored infantry is thick and not afraid of bows and arrows. Using crossbow arrows to suppress the formation may not be effective."

Xiahou Dun knew that he had to use a bed crossbow to deal with heavy armored infantry. Unfortunately, the bed crossbows were installed on the wall of the village and were also burned by the fire. He had no choice but to do anything for a moment. Zang Ba said again: "It's better to use a spear to fight with the enemy directly to avoid unnecessary losses from the crossbow soldiers."

Zang Ba’s suggestion was that there was no way. Xiahou Dun pondered for a moment and said, “Shot two rounds of crossbow arrows before retreating.”

People always have a kind of luck mentality, and Xiahou Dun is no exception. Perhaps the dense and powerful crossbow arrows can really bring certain damage to the heavy armored infantry. He ordered: "Come on Crossbow arrows"

Thousands of troops raised their crossbows, and the cold arrow pointed at the enemy's heavy armored infantry that were getting closer and closer. The heavy armored infantry men walked side by side, holding the long blade of the horse in one hand and holding the shield in the other hand, and pushing forward step by step with heavy and slow steps.

At the earliest, heavy armored infantry did not use shields. Their heavy armor was enough to resist the shooting of ordinary crossbows. However, after a long battle, the Han army also found that heavy armored infantry did not splash water and could not invade. In some cases, the armor on their bodies could not withstand the shooting of crossbow arrows.

First, within ten steps, dense and powerful crossbow arrows can penetrate heavy armor, and secondly, the head and armor are integrated, but there are vision holes and breathing holes. The arrows are dense, and they are still easily shot into the vision holes and breathing holes on the head. The Han army has learned this lesson.

So in the end, the heavy armored infantry began to hold the shield. The shield was covered with oil-soaked double cowhide on the jujube wooden board. It was very light and it was not difficult to hold it. Although the shield could not stop the powerful crossbow arrows, it was a good buffer.

The heavy armored infantry were getting closer and closer, and the sharp saber slashed under the flames and was full of murderous aura. Unfortunately, Xiahou Dun did not know the secret of shooting through heavy armor within ten steps. When the heavy armored infantry was fifty steps away from the crossbow formation, this was the most effective shooting distance in general battles. Xiahou Dun issued a shooting order.

Thousands of crossbow arrows were fired at the same time, and dense crossbow arrows roared like a storm. The powerful aura of death was suffocating. Liu Hu shouted loudly, and the famous armored infantry in the head raised their shields at the same time, half-squatted, stabbing the lower plate. Only a harsh sound of hitting was heard. The powerful crossbow arrows actually smashed the shields in their hands, but did not hurt anyone.

"Kill" Liu Hu roared with a knife.
Chapter completed!