I have always heard that Guanzhong's equipment is the best in the world, but most of it is known through word of mouth. Although Cao Cao had known that Ye Zhao had paid more attention to these things, he did steal a lot of technology from Guanzhong, but they were all civilian technologies. In terms of military industry, what Ye Zhao showed now is only conventional equipment such as weapons, crossbows, and armor. As for large equipment, Ye Zhao was very strict in guarding it, so Cao Cao knew it was powerful, but he didn't know how powerful it was.

In Cao Cao's opinion, it is nothing more than a higher well, a longer range of the catapult, and a higher power of the giant crossbow.

Before Cao Cao could go to the city, he saw a Cao general rolling down the stairs of the city tower. When he saw Cao Cao, the general of the Cao army said in a low voice: "Lord, I'm afraid I can't defend this Xingyang!"

Cao Cao: "..."

A group of civil and military officials: "..."

Cao Cao suddenly had the urge to curse. He ran away to say such despicable words just beginning to the siege. You are afraid that you don’t know how to write the word “death”?

"Going to the city!" Cao Cao's face became gloomy, and he didn't draw his sword to cut off the general who shook the morale of the army.

"Master, don't go up..."

"Clang~"

The general wanted to say something else. Cao Cao had already drawn his sword. In the general's astonished gaze, the cold sword edge passed through the other party's throat. Cao Cao ignored General Cao, who was holding his neck and slowly fell down with a little unwillingness, silently brought the generals to the city.

"Boom~"

As soon as Cao Cao came to the city, a stone bomb fell on the city wall not far away. The special stone bomb was piled up by huge impact force when it landed. Countless tiny gravels were like tiny crossbow arrows. The Cao army within three feet of radius were instantly cleared.

this……

Cao Cao stared at this scene in disbelief. The usual stone bullets fell on the city wall. It was lucky to be able to kill both of them when the crowd was not dense, but this time the stone bullets actually killed seven or eight people with the splashed gravel.

This is because the crowd is not dense. If the soldiers guarding the city are tighter, I am afraid that this stone will be able to kill more than a dozen people after bounced down.

For this era, this kind of stone bullet is already considered a strategic weapon. Not only Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun and others followed Cao Cao to fight south and north, but also veterans who were used to fighting. They were also shocked by this scene, especially the stone bullets were still falling one after another, and the blood that kept splashing, Cao's army was harvested in pieces like leeks in the ground.

"Lord, go down the city!" Seeing that the stone bullet had no intention of stopping, Xiahou Dun quickly pulled Cao Cao and ran down the city without saying a word.

At this time, everyone finally understood why the general fled in such a hurry. Not to mention being hit, even if it fell around, it would be a waste of death!

Cao Cao's face turned pale, and he looked at Xun You and others beside him and said, "I don't want Guanzhong to have such a powerful weapon! What are some good strategies for defeating the enemy?"

If this continues, Xingyang City may not be able to be protected. The battle has just started!

When the civil and military officials heard this, they couldn't help but fall silent. Cao Cao couldn't think of a solution, but they couldn't think of it. Faced with Ye Zhao's attack, it was almost certain that Xingyang City was destroyed. However... it was less than a day, and there were 70,000 troops in the city. In less than a day, Ye Zhao was attacked by 30,000 troops. This was a joke. Even if he retreated now, the stone bombs fired by those terrifying catapults would probably not be able to stop him even if he retreated to Ao Cang.

"The catapults must be destroyed!" After a moment of silence, Xiahou Dun, who was beside him, suddenly spoke: "Lord, please allow the general to lead the cavalry to destroy the catapults!"

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Cao Cao took a deep breath after a moment of silence, "Transfer our military orders and abandon the city and retreat to Ao Cang, Yuan Rang, you command the cavalry and wait for the enemy infantry to enter the city to attack the enemy's rear, and at all costs, destroy the catapult."

With Ye Zhao's group of catapults, Cao Cao could not have a chance of winning. Even if he retreated to Ao Cang, he would only delay the time of defeat. If Ye Zhao's catapults continue to bombard like this, unless it is a strong city like Hulao Pass, ordinary cities would not even be better off going out of the city to fight directly under the bombardment of such catapults.

"Here!" Xiahou Dun bowed with a serious expression, and immediately gathered cavalry again, walked out of the north gate and took a detour and left the other side's rear camp.

Cao Cao ordered the army to give up the city wall and prepare to entangle Ye Zhao in street fighting to buy time for Xiahou Dun. But what made Cao Cao feel so angry was that after Ye Zhao broke through the city, he did not directly pour into the city, but quickly seized the high ground of the city wall and shot Cao's army with crossbow arrows.

Ye Zhao's crossbow arrows can shoot 180 steps at the worst. With the bonus of the city wall, the range is even longer. Cao's army retreated into the streets and alleys not only failed to fight with the soldiers in Guanzhong, but instead retreated step by step under the suppression of the archers. The morale of breaking the city was even worse. It was not until this time that Ye Zhao ordered Ma Teng and Ji Ling to enter Xingyang City, and they were still fighting steadily and not greedy for merit. Cao Cao started a guerrilla war with Ye Zhao in the city, but Ye Zhao was as stable as a rock. With the help of the archers on the city wall, he suppressed Cao Cao's living space bit by bit.

Cao Cao tried to lure Ye Zhao into attack several times, but failed to get what he wanted.

Ye Zhao knew very well that street fighting was for himself who was following the elite military policy. Once he walked into the alley, facing the dense Cao army, the advantages of elite soldiers and equipment would be weakened. He really played with Cao Cao's tactics. It was because he knew this that no matter how Cao Cao tempted him, Ye Zhao followed the routine of steady combat, constantly compressing Cao Cao's living space, so that his military strength advantages could not be exerted, and was forced out of the city little by little by little by Ye Zhao.

At the same time, outside the city, Xiahou Dun and his cavalry once again faced Ma Chao.

Because the cavalry is not suitable for siege, Ma Chao's cavalry was left by Ye Zhao to guard the equipment outside the city. When he saw that Xiahou Dun, the defeated general, led his army here, Ma Chao couldn't help laughing loudly: "If the defeated general, if he doesn't escape with Cao Cao, how could he dare to come here to die!?"

When Xiahou Dun heard this, he felt a sense of depression in his heart and did not say much. He led his army to rush directly to the siege equipment.

"My boys, let me kill!" Seeing this, Ma Chao didn't say much, and directly brought a group of Western Liang cavalry to meet Xiahou Dun's cavalry directly.

"Clang~"

Two spears collided in the air. Ma Chao, who had already underestimated the enemy, felt his arms trembled, and the spear in his hand was almost blown away. Looking at Xiahou Dun again, he wrapped his jade belt around his waist, turned the spear around his waist, and stabbed him again.

Why is this defeated man much more powerful?

Ma Chao quickly lie on the horse's back, avoided the opponent's spear, exerted force on his waist, and stabbed towards Xiahou Dun like lightning. The two of them fought on the horse's back for more than ten rounds in a moment. Ma Chao was even more frightened. In the previous conflict, he and Xiahou Dun also fought. Because of the stirrups, Ma Chao's force was far stronger than Xiahou Dun, so Xiahou Dun was beaten quite embarrassed by Ma Chao before.

How hard is this? At this moment, Xiahou Dun and Ma Chao are no match for fighting each other. Looking at the soldiers around him, Cao's army began to counterattack the soldiers in Guanzhong, relying on the advantage of numbers.

What's going on?

Ma Chao and Xiahou Dun were killed together, but similar questions flashed through his mind from time to time. It was not until he passed by Xiahou Dun again that he suddenly realized that Cao Jun had learned their stirrups in such a short time, which made Ma Chao very unhappy, as if someone was holding his own weapons to attack him.

"Will the Cao army only follow our army like this?" Ma Chao breathed and pointed a gun at Xiahou Dun.

"Stop talking nonsense, just win you!" Although Xiahou Dun was breathless, he felt very happy. He was pressed and beaten by a young boy before, so he felt so frustrated. Now he was pressed over again, and he felt that his heart was more and more smooth as he beaten.

Not only Xiahou Dun, but also Cao's cavalry, they were also very good at riding skills. After cooperating with the double-sided stirrups, although there were no stirrups, their combat power was no less than Guanzhong cavalry. In addition, the number of people was better than the opponent. The battle lasted for nearly an hour, and Ma Chao finally couldn't resist it. Moreover, as the number of people in Guanzhong cavalry became smaller and smaller, they gradually showed signs of defeat, so they had to fight and retreat.

Xiahou Dun did not pursue him. He was not a reckless man and clearly remembered his mission. Therefore, after Ma Chao was repelled, he immediately distributed troops to destroy the siege equipment. Before Ye Zhao could return to the attack, after destroying the siege equipment, he quickly left the battlefield, circled around, and went straight towards Ao Cang.

"Lord, I will be incompetent! Please punish me." In Xingyang City, Ma Chao knelt in front of Ye Zhao with a bitter face, with a strong unwilling look on his face.

"If you don't listen to good words and underestimate the enemy's carelessness, you are indeed guilty!" Ye Zhao stood on the city tower, looked at the direction of Cao's departure in the distance, turned his head and looked at Ma Chao and said, "You are punished for fifty points, and you will be punished for one year's salary, and you can be executed!"

"Lord..." Ma Teng hesitated and looked at the direction of Cao's departure, then looked at Ma Chao, and finally said a little unbearable: "The enemy is facing the enemy. If you hit these fifty military sticks, you may not be able to get out of bed for half a month. Why not record this military stick first and wait until the enemy is broken before punishing it?"

The fifty army sticks in the army are not light. Even if Ma Chao is young and has a strong body, he will have to lose his skin after being beaten with the fifty army sticks.

Pang De, Ma Dai and other Xiliang generals also pleaded with Ye Zhao.

"The battle is almost over when the capture of Xingyang." Ye Zhao shook his head: "The military law is ruthless. If there are many him today, wouldn't the generals follow the example in the future?"

When Ye Zhao attacked the city, he had already asked Ma Chao to be careful, but in the end he was defeated by Xiahou Dun. Although it was only a small defeat, the losses were not light. The loss of the military craftsmen and the equipment they carried were all lost. Ma Chao was to blame. Moreover, Ye Zhao also deliberately beat the kid. Although his ability was good, sometimes he was crazy than Guan Yu, and this result had been restrained a lot.

"I... I'm willing to accept the crime!" Ma Chao saw that Ma Teng was still asking for love, and directly stumbled on his neck.

you……

Ma Teng glared at Ma Chao fiercely and had no choice but to retreat.
Chapter completed!