Three Kingdoms King of the North

"Lieutenant Huang," Gao Lan, who has more combat experience than Huang Zhong, said with a solemn expression: "Although your cavalry inflicted heavy damage on Yuan Jun yesterday, but the number of them is too small, and the damage caused to them is limited. I guess in the end, Most of the fleeing Yuan Jun returned to the camp."

Regarding the different opinions between Gao Lan and Huang Zhong, Han Zhan did not express his opinion immediately, but turned to Guo Jia, "Feng Xiao, what do you think about this matter?"

"My lord, I think we should go to the top of the city to have a look." Guo Jia suggested to Han Zhan, "Maybe we can see some clues."

"Okay, let's go to the city wall to have a look." Han Zhan also asked Gao Lan specifically: "Lieutenant Gao Gao, I wonder which city gate Yuan Jun's heavy troops attacked?"

"South Gate." Gao Lan replied briefly.

"Let's go to the south gate now." After speaking, Han Zhan asked Gao Lan to be his guide, and took Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and others to the south gate.

Still far away, Han Zhan could smell a strong smell of blood and corpses.Frowning, he walked up the steps to the gate tower.Although he had been prepared for a long time, when he really looked down, he was still stunned by the scene: under the city wall, there were dense corpses, including Yuan Jun's and Gao Lan's subordinates; there were also many broken corpses. Siege equipment.Although the city wall has been cleaned, large groups of solidified blood can be seen everywhere.From this we can see how tragic the siege battle is.

"My lord, the General has something to report." After Gao Lan waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, he continued, "Yuan Jun did not continue to attack the city today, and the General is worried that they have a conspiracy."

"There is a conspiracy, what kind of conspiracy?" Huang Zhong on the side said disapprovingly: "It must be Huang's cavalry yesterday that scared them out of their courage, so they huddled in the camp and did not dare to fight."

"Lieutenant Huang," Gao Lan, who has more combat experience than Huang Zhong, said with a solemn expression: "Although your cavalry inflicted heavy damage on Yuan Jun yesterday, but the number of them is too small, and the damage caused to them is limited. I guess in the end, Most of the fleeing Yuan Jun returned to the camp."

Regarding the different opinions between Gao Lan and Huang Zhong, Han Zhan did not express his opinion immediately, but turned to Guo Jia, "Feng Xiao, what do you think about this matter?"

"My lord, I think we should go to the top of the city to have a look." Guo Jia suggested to Han Zhan, "Maybe we can see some clues."

"Okay, let's go to the city wall to have a look." Han Zhan also asked Gao Lan specifically: "Lieutenant Gao Gao, I wonder which city gate Yuan Jun's heavy troops attacked?"

"South Gate." Gao Lan replied briefly.

"Let's go to the south gate now." After speaking, Han Zhan asked Gao Lan to be his guide, and took Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and others to the south gate.

Still far away, Han Zhan could smell a strong smell of blood and corpses.Frowning, he walked up the steps to the gate tower.Although he had been prepared for a long time, when he really looked down, he was still stunned by the scene: under the city wall, there were dense corpses, including Yuan Jun's and Gao Lan's subordinates; there were also many broken corpses. Siege equipment.Although the city wall has been cleaned, large groups of solidified blood can be seen everywhere.From this we can see how tragic the siege battle is.

Chapter 0137 See Tricks and Tricks

Back in Guantao's prefect's mansion, Guo Jia said to Han Zhan: "My lord, although Yuan Shao's army is stationed in the south of the city now, if we station the whole army in the city, he can surround us in circles. The army can only sit and wait to die."

Hearing Guo Jia talk about the problem of food and grass, Han Zhan said thoughtfully: "Yuan Shao's tens of thousands of troops consume a lot of food and grass every day. As long as we send a team to harass his food roads. As long as Yuan's army is short of food, sooner or later The morale of the army will be unstable, and if we take the opportunity to attack, we will be able to fight and win."

"My lord," Zhao Yun hurriedly came out to suggest to Han Zhan when he heard this, "You can send the cavalry of Han Sheng's troops to attack Yuan Jun's grain road. Yuan Jun's grain transport soldiers are all infantry, even if they are numerous Han Sheng's cavalry can also retreat completely."

"General Zilong's words are very kind." Regarding Zhao Yun's statement, Guo Jia immediately expressed his support, "Lieutenant Huang's cavalry once defeated Yuan Jun, and Yuan Jun's soldiers must have changed their faces when they talked about them. Let them take the lead. It will definitely have a multiplier effect.”

Sending Huang Zhong's cavalry to harass Yuan Jun's food road, Han Zhan also very much agrees, but he considers that although Huang Zhong is a fierce general, he still lacks in strategy, it would be great if he could send a counselor to accompany him .He glanced at Guo Jia next to him, and immediately denied his thoughts, not to mention that Guo Jia wanted to stay by his side and help make suggestions; even if he could be allowed to attack with Huang Zhong, but his small body probably I can't stand the long-distance raids of cavalry.If you get tired and have troubles, you will lose a lot.

Seeing that Han Zhan didn't make a statement, both Guo Jia and Zhao Yun seemed a little embarrassed. Both of them thought that Han Zhan didn't agree with their statement. Just as they were about to retreat to the queue, they suddenly heard Han Zhan asking: "Do you think the cavalry is the best?" How many days of dry food do you need to carry with you when attacking?"

"Jia thought it was enough to carry three to five days' worth of dry food," Guo Jia quickly replied, "Even if the dry food runs out, the enemy can still eat it."

After confirming the matter of the cavalry attack, Han Zhan went on to say: "Feng Xiao, to defeat Yuan Jun, you need to have both offense and defense. Huang Xiaowei led the cavalry to harass Yuan Jun's grain road, which is an attack; if you don't know how to defend, what should you do?" Law-abiding?"

"My lord, Yuan Jun has not attacked the city today. From Jia's point of view, it must be building siege equipment in the camp. As soon as the equipment is complete, they will attack." Guo Jia said confidently: "Our army only needs to rush to build The defense equipment can stop Yuan Jun's offensive."

Han Zhan knew a little about the siege equipment, but he really didn't know what the defense equipment was.So he asked Guo Jia humbly: "Feng Xiao, what kind of defense equipment do we need to rush to build?"

Guo Jia took out a roll of blueprints, put it on the table in front of Han Zhan, and said to him, "Look, my lord, this is the defense equipment we are going to build."

When Han Zhan looked down at the drawings, everyone in the hall also gathered around, wanting to see what kind of defense equipment Guo Jia was going to build.Seeing everyone circle around the table, Guo Jia began to explain.

First thing, crash.It is a tool used to hit the ladder. A ram is attached to the frame, and the front end of the rod is inlaid with iron sheets. When Yuan Jun's ladder is close to the city wall, pushing the ram can destroy or knock it down.

The second piece, the fork pole.It can not only resist Yuan Jun's use of flying ladders to climb the city, but also can be used to kill enemies who climb the city.When Yuan Jun's flying ladder is close to the city wall, use the horizontal edge of the front part of the fork to hold the flying ladder and push it down; or wait for Yuan Bing to climb halfway, push down the ladder with the fork The horizontal blade is enough to cut off Yuan Bing's arm.

The third piece is the flying hook.Its shape is like an anchor, with four sharp claws, fastened with iron chains, and then connected with ropes.When Yuan Junyi was attached to the foot of the city and was about to climb the ladder to climb the city, by surprise, he threw himself into the crowd, killing several people at a time.

The fourth piece, Yasha beat.This kind of weapon is made of elm wood one foot thick and one foot long as a roller, and the surrounding is nailed with "reverse beard nails". The heads of the nails are five inches above the wood surface. The iron cable is connected to the winch. When Yuan Jun gathers at the foot of the city, he throws it into the crowd and stirs the winch to crush the enemy to death.

The fifth piece is the wolf tooth shoot.Use elm to make a dustpan shape, 5 feet long, 4 feet 5 inches wide, nailed with 3200 wolf-tooth iron nails, 5 inches long, 6 taels in weight, and the nail tip protrudes 3 inches from the wood surface.The four sides of the shoot are embedded with a sharp-edged knife, and the knife penetrates into the wood 1 inches.There are two iron rings at the front and back of the wooden racket, which are tied with ropes and hung on the pulley at the top of the city. When Yuan Jun attacked the city, he first hung the wolf tooth racket high, and then lowered it heavily. Enemy soldiers cannot resist.

Hearing Guo Jia talk about five kinds of defense equipment, Han Zhan finally found a kind of equipment that he was relatively familiar with.This kind of mace is quite similar to the nail boards of later generations.Falling from a height is a nightmare for the soldiers who are besieging the city.

The sixth type is the plug car knife.It is a device used to block the city gate when the city gate is breached by Yuan Jun.There are 24 steel knives installed on the front knife wall. When using it, push the car into the city gate hole, which can kill Yuan Jun and prevent them from rushing into the city.

The seventh type is the flail stick.A flail stick is two wooden sticks, one long and one short, connected with a chain or rope.When Yuan Bing climbed to the edge of the city wall along the ladder, they could be shot down from the ladder by hitting them with flail sticks.

After introducing the seven kinds of defensive equipment, the Wu around the table dispersed one after another. Guo Jia stood up straight and asked Han Zhan: "My lord, due to time constraints, we can't make all the equipment. I wonder if you plan to build it first?" What kind?"

Han Zhan thought for a moment, and then said: "I think we should hurry up and build a batch of forks, maces, and flails first." After a pause, he added: "Yuan's army is so powerful, we can't ensure that the city gates will not be closed. If there is a mistake, a batch of plug door turning knives will also be made, at least two for each city gate."

"Obey!" Guo Jia agreed, and stepped back into the queue.

Although Guo Jia introduced seven kinds of defense equipment to himself, Han Zhan felt that these equipment were far from enough to stop Yuan Shao's strong attack.He stood up straight, walked back and forth behind the desk with his hands behind his back, thinking about what trick Yuan Shao would use?

But after thinking for a long time, he didn't come up with a reason, so he stopped and asked Gao Lan, "Lieutenant Gao Gao, tell me, why did you feel so flustered when Yuan Jun was attacking the city?"

Regarding Han Zhan's question, Gao Lan thought for a while, and came out to answer: "Returning to my lord, when Yuan Jun attacked the city yesterday, they lined up in the city with swords and shields, and their archers hid behind them and shot arrows. The rain of arrows made it impossible for our soldiers to observe, so that Yuan Bing began to climb the city, so we rushed to fight."

Gao Lan's words reminded Han Zhan of Yuan Shao's first battle at Guandu, where he relied on tens of thousands of strong crossbowmen to beat Cao Cao's army into a panic and fled.Moreover, they piled up earth mountains and built high platforms near Cao Ying, and suppressed Cao Jun with arrow rain.Thinking of this, Han Zhan turned his head and asked Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, I remember that there is a siege equipment, which is the kind that allows archers to shoot arrows on it. What's the name?"

"My lord, it's called Jinglan!" Guo Jia also had a serious expression on his face when he heard Han Zhan talking about this kind of siege equipment. While moving, shoot arrows at the city wall from a condescending height, and cover the soldiers climbing the city wall."

Dian Wei heard that Jing Lan could actually shoot arrows on the move, so he couldn't wait to ask Guo Jia: "Mr. Guo, I wonder what kind of defensive equipment our army can use to deal with it?"

Guo Jia looked at Dian Wei, shook his head slightly, and said helplessly, "Captain Dian Wei, Jia also has no good way to deal with Yuan Jun's well."

"Jinglan is a mobile archery tower. Although you can deploy archers to shoot arrows around, it also has a fatal flaw, that is, it moves slowly." Although everyone was at a loss, Han Zhan already had a countermeasure in mind: "We You can dig pits far away from the city wall, and make the pits denser, so that Yuan Jun's wells will not be able to pass through."

Regarding the method proposed by Han Zhan, Guo Jia frowned and thought about it for a while, and then raised his own doubts: "Master, if you want to dig a hole to block Yuan Jun's well, the amount of work is not small."

"Yuan Jun's main attack direction is in the south of the city. We just need to dig more earth pits in the south of the city." After Han Zhan explained his thoughts to Guo Jia, he then ordered Gao Lan to say, "Lieutenant Gao Gao, I'll trouble you to organize it overnight." Manpower, dig more earth pits in the south of the city, so that Yuan Jun can't use the well to deal with our army."

"The general will obey!" Gao Lan quickly agreed: "I will take my troops and the people of this city to dig a hole outside the city later."

When the crowd dispersed, Han Zhan called Guo Jia and asked, "Feng Xiao, although Huang Xiaowei is brave, he is still a bit inferior in strategy. If you use tricks, he may suffer."

Regarding Han Zhan's concerns, Guo Jia also agreed: "My lord's words are very true. Xin Ping, Feng Ji and others have great strategies, and Han Sheng is indeed not their opponent." When he said this, he stopped and thought for a while , then suggested to Han Zhan: "Xun Gongda and the convoy escorted by Captain Xiahou are half a day behind us. My lord can send someone to bring Xun Gongda here overnight, and let him send troops with Han Sheng tomorrow, how about it?"

"This is a good idea." Han Zhan nodded repeatedly after hearing this, then turned around and shouted to the outside: "Come here!"

Following the shout, Rob came in from the outside, saluted Han Zhan, and asked respectfully, "What's your order, my lord?"

Han Zhan ordered him: "You immediately lead twenty cavalrymen to the camp of Colonel Xiahou overnight, so that Mr. Xun can come over overnight. There must be no mistake!"

As soon as Rob waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, he quickly crossed his hands and saluted: "The villain obeys!"

Chapter 0138 See Tricks and Tricks

Huang Zhong and Xun You led the cavalry, left the city at dawn, made a big circle, bypassed Yuan's camp, and harassed Yuan's grain road.But because Yuan Yingzhong was hurrying to build siege equipment, he didn't find the cavalry sent by Han Zhan at all.

Four days later, Yuan Shao launched another siege campaign against Guantao.This time, he was certain to win Guantao, so he did not divide his troops, but led an army of [-] to the south of Guantao's city.