Yuan Shao didn't know who pushed him, he threw himself on the ground, raised his head and was about to scold, but he was shocked to find that the handsome flag behind him that represented Yuan Shao, a flagpole the thickness of an ordinary person's thigh, was disconnected as if it had been torn off by something at the moment, and smashed down fiercely, and the two guards who couldn't dodge were directly smashed from the city tower by the falling flagpole.
Cold sweat instantly spread all over his forehead, Yuan Shao was glad in his heart, if it wasn't for someone pushing himself at a critical moment just now, I'm afraid that the flagpole would be his fate at this moment.
In the smoke and dust, Yuan Shao looked down at the city wall, and at a glance, he couldn't help but gasp, the city wall of Yecheng was already strong, but under the destruction of this round of giant arrows, it looked like a ruined wall in disrepair at this moment.
On the city wall, there were wails everywhere, and the soldiers who were hit by the rubble were either bleeding from their heads, or their muscles and bones were broken, and they were unlucky, and even their arms and legs were broken, but compared to those who were directly hit by huge arrows, these people were lucky.
A soldier was directly pierced through the body by the spear-like giant arrow, and was brought up with the arrow, and was nailed to the wall of the city tower, the upper body was strangely broken down, and the spine was directly broken, but the person was not dead, lying on the spear-like barrel, his hands instinctively twitched, as if he wanted to pull out the giant arrow.
Yuan Shao and the civil and military forces under his command looked down with pale faces, and restarted the strange crossbow with arrows, their eyes were full of horror How can this battle be fought without mentioning the troops, just in terms of equipment, their own side and others are two levels, the gap between the two sides is no longer compensable in terms of numbers, and what is even more sad is that even in terms of numbers, they are also at a disadvantage.
At this moment, the only hope for Yuan Shao and the others was that this strange crossbow would be like the catapult before, and it would destroy itself after using it once.
Only this time, it is destined to disappoint Yuan Shao, since the imperial court began to use pulleys to increase the power of crossbows, although there has been no breakthrough in small crossbows, but on this kind of giant crossbow, it has been studied for several years, and now this new type of city-breaking crossbow has been tested and tested, not only powerful, but also more durable.
For a full three hours, the soldiers of the Yuan army, including Yuan Shao and other civil and military officers, did not even dare to raise their heads, even if the generals were behind the female wall, blocking themselves with shields, although this shield could not resist the terrifying giant arrows, but as long as it was not smashed down too big stones, it could still be blocked, Rao is so, the casualties are also increasing, the entire inevitable city wall, under this round after round of giant arrow bombardment, are trembling, at this time, how can there be any morale at all.
Bang bang bang The sound of huge arrows hitting the city wall, as if it was not hitting the city wall, but hitting their hearts, even if the frequency was not high, still made the faces of the city defenders pale.
"My lord, let's go down to the city."
Guo Tu swallowed dryly, the city wall was too dangerous, including Yuan Shao, a group of civil and military heroes lay on the city wall without image. walk Yuan Shao shook his head when he heard this, he wanted to leave, but if he left, I am afraid that the whole line would collapse immediately, and who would want to continue to wait here for death For three full hours, from noon to sunset, the Han army stopped shooting, and did not attack the city, but slowly retreated, the Han army was in the rear, and the camp had been built, and a large number of Han troops entered the camp from each gate in an orderly manner, not caring about the reaction of the Yuan army.
It wasn't until the broken city crossbow was pulled away that Yuan Jun breathed a sigh of relief.
"Lord, they are" A military general looked at the Han army slowly retreating in puzzlement, obviously the situation was very good, why not take the opportunity to break through the city Yuan Shao was also puzzled, and looked at the strategists around him, judging matching, Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Xin Ping, Xin Bi, and now the strategists who stayed in Yecheng did not look very good, they could probably guess the intentions of the Han army, Guo Tu shook his head bitterly and said: "Siege Wei to save Zhao." ” Or it can also be said to be a siege to send reinforcements, forcing the troops distributed around Jizhou to have to return to Yecheng, so that Huang Zhong, Guan Yu and Lu Bu of Youzhou can calmly attack the city and encroach on the entire Hebei, and it will not cause too much loss to the people's livelihood, and the only loss is probably Yecheng.
What's even more terrifying is that even if they know that this is the case, Yuan Shao and the others have no way to stop it, after all, the cavalry of the imperial court has cut off the contact between Yecheng and the outside world, and after learning that Yecheng is besieged, what can they choose can only be to return to the army to rescue, even if they know that it is a plan, they have to bite the bullet.
However, the Ministry of Mobilization is almost the only elite force that can be used in Jizhou now, but this force can be the opponent of the imperial court in the case of the imperial court's mental calculation or unintentional, and the return of the recall can help Yecheng's predicament Even Yuan Shao has no hope at this moment.
Although the imperial army temporarily retreated, there was a faint air of despair in the sky over the entire Yecheng, and Yuan Shao didn't even know how he returned to the mansion, only to feel that his brain was in a mess.
Unable to return to heaven The battle has reached this point, and in Yuan Shao's heart, apart from despair or despair, he can't think of any possibility that he might turn the tables.
If three years ago, he still had the confidence to compete with Liu Xie, then now, in the face of the terrifying giant crossbow of the imperial court, all the fighting spirit in Yuan Shao's heart was completely dispersed in the three-hour wreak of the city-breaking crossbow.
Except for the beginning, the damage caused by the city-breaking crossbow to the defending army is actually not high, but the mental blow is enough to completely disperse the will to resist of this army whose morale is not very high. surrender Yuan Shao looked at the garden outside in a daze, a look of hideousness flashed on his face, four sons, three died, although there is no clear evidence, but to say that this matter has nothing to do with Liu Xie, he doesn't believe it if he is killed, even if he is asked to surrender to Cao Cao, he will never bow to Liu Xie, never A noisy sound sounded from a distance, Yuan Shao frowned slightly, stood up, and walked outside the door, but saw a faint fire in the distance.
"What's wrong," Yuan Shao looked at the guards on the side.
Several guards looked at each other, they had been guarding here, who knew what was going on, one of the guards cleverly ran out, and after a while, came back with a panicked look on his face.
"What happened" Yuan Shao suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and shouted in a deep voice.
"My lord, there are mobs who want to sneak up on the city gate to welcome the imperial army into the city, but they are suppressed by the soldiers defending the city, and now they are in a stalemate."
The guard said in a hurry.
"What are you panicking about" Yuan Shao heard this, and his heart was even more ignorant and angry: "If you can't defeat the imperial army, it's hard to become a lonely soldier who can't even suppress a group of mobs." ” "But a lot of mobs are coming this way, and there aren't many troops nearby," the guard said bitterly.
Yuan Shao's chest rose and fell fiercely a few times, his face became very ugly, and he shouted: "How can this be reasonable, come here, take my sword, I want to see who is so bold" In Yuan's mansion, there are 500 guards alone, plus the generals and servants, there are thousands of people in total, and those servants are not counted, but the 500 guards alone are all experienced in a hundred battles, a group of mobs, Yuan Shao will be afraid Yuan Shao rushed out of the mansion with a vigorous momentum.
"This" When he saw the people rushing over from Wuyang on a few streets in the distance, Yuan Shao's brain was a little dazed, and he looked at the guards around him incredulously.
"It's all reversed," said the guard.
"It's all reversed" Yuan Shao almost couldn't believe his ears, although the previous dealers made Yuan Shao's people's hearts plummet, but Yuan Shao's governance of Jizhou before could not be considered bad, how could these people rebel It is unlikely that there will be a rebellion, but in Yecheng, a large number of mobs have indeed gathered at this moment, some of these people are the families of those traders who have been beheaded before, but more of them are instigated.
Now that the imperial court army is coming to the city, especially the city-destroying crossbow during the day, the soldiers of the Yuan army can't even fight back, and the morale plummets at the same time, as the news flows into the city, many people who already hate Yuan Shao will naturally not let go of this opportunity, calling friends and friends, gathering people to storm the military camp or some big families, of course, among them, there is also the secret guard of the imperial court ambushed in Yecheng.
Although he didn't understand the key for a while, Yuan Shao was not used to these people.
"Arrows" looked at the surging mob, but Yuan Shao didn't pay much attention to it, just like the Yellow Turban Army back then, looking at the crowd, but in fact, it was not vulnerable at all, and a round of arrow rain could make them lose their morale.
"Woohoo" Without any hesitation, a sharp arrow burst out of the air and landed in the crowd, and the mob without the slightest protection was instantly shot down in a large area.
Although the casualties of dozens of people were not many, they really frightened these mobs, and the courage they had finally mustered disappeared in an instant.
Yuan Shao waved his hand, and a general rushed out and shouted: "Put down your weapons and disperse immediately, the lord can not be blamed for the past, otherwise he will be killed."
"Kill, kill, kill" With the voice of the general, the five hundred guards around Yuan Shao were armed with knives and guns, and they all took three steps forward, and each step would make a loud shout, and a fierce and murderous aura spread, making these mobs who had never been on the battlefield pale, and many people threw away their weapons and ran away, after all, not everyone was willing to compete with the army, and there were people who were clamoring before, plus there were many people, and they dared to do it, at this moment they were so frightened by Yuan Shao's personal guards, and they suddenly lost their courage, and after a while, they ran most of them, The rest of the people also looked at each other, at a loss.
"Kill" Yuan Shao snorted coldly and waved his hand and shouted. t1706231537: