Two days later, the 90,000 main troops led by Xiahou Dun arrived at the Han army's village and set up a camp about three miles away from the Han army's village. Xiahou Dun stood on a small mound and looked at the huge Han army's village from afar. He felt indescribable blockage in his heart. In just two or three days, the Han army could not build such a large village, which only means that they had prepared a long time ago.

After a while, Xiahou Dun said angrily: "Liu Jing wants to fight a protracted battle with me, but unfortunately he made the wrong idea!"

Xiahou Dun turned around and ordered Guo Huai: "General Guo, you can lead your headquarters to attack the Han army's village from the east."

Zhang Liao next to him quickly suggested: "General, now the Han army is condescending, our army will inevitably suffer heavy losses in its strong attack. It is better to take advantage of the night to cover the cavalry and order the cavalry to lay a slant to start the attack first and launch another attack tomorrow!"

Guo Huai also agreed: "Wen Yuan’s statement makes sense, please think twice!"

Xiahou Dun was also an experienced general. Although he was ambitious and lacked tolerance in politics, he was able to follow the advice of his generals when leading the army to fight. Zhang Liao did make sense. Xiahou Dun nodded and accepted Zhang Liao's suggestion. He immediately ordered: "Build three more twenty-foot piers to install trench machines!"

In the afternoon of that day, ten thousand Cao troops used cloth bags to pack soil in an abandoned river channel not far from the camp, preparing to lay a quiver at night. At the same time, thousands of Cao troops built mounds about three hundred steps away from the camp, preparing to install trenchers and attack the Han army camp from a high place. This was the tactic of the Cao army and Yuan Shao army in the sixth year of Jian'an when they fought against Yecheng. They built a 20-meter-high earth platform and used thunder chariots to attack the Yuan army from a high place, giving the Cao army the advantage of the attack.

But history will not repeat itself, and the Han army is not Yuan Shao's army. The Han army's catapult technology is far superior to that of the Cao army. The Han army's giant catapult can throw a hundred kilograms of heavy stones away from four hundred steps, which is a range of a hundred steps longer than the largest catapult of the Cao army.

Just as Cao's soldiers were carrying stones to build the foundation, the Han army's catapult deployed in the south of Daying suddenly launched. Forty catapults successively launched the huge stones, and the huge stones weighing hundreds of kilograms were thrown overwhelmingly. Hundreds of soldiers could not dodge and were smashed to pieces, and their bodies were covered in blood and blood. It was a terrible sight. The foundation just laid was also destroyed by the huge rocks that roared. The other Cao army fled south one after another, escaping from the attack range of the Han army's catapults.

Xiahou Dun was furious and ordered: "Build a stone-popping machine and attack the Han army camp at night!"

At this time, the sun had set on the horizon, the sunset in the sky disappeared and turned blue-gray, and the night gradually fell. Liu Jing stood on the sentry tower and observed the movement of the Cao army camp. Although the dusk was dim, Liu Jing still vaguely saw the huge black shadow standing in the Cao army camp. That should be Cao army's catapult.

Liu Jing turned around and asked Sima Yi with a smile: "How long does Zhongda think we need to persist?"

Sima Yi smiled and said, "It depends on how much risk your highness is willing to bear. If your highness is willing to bear 50% of the risk, you might as well send someone to issue a letter of war and make an appointment for the two armies to fight. Perhaps this is exactly what Xiahou Dun wants. If your highness achieves more than 70% of the chance of victory, you must wait patiently and hold on to the various attacks of Cao's army. As long as General Zilong captures Yedu, Cao's army will be out of the blue and will naturally be unwilling to fight."

Liu Jing smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "I will propose this plan first, but I can't hold on. Zhongda is right, so you have to calm down and wait."

The night was completely dark, and Zhang Liao led 20,000 cavalry to ambush in a forest several miles away. All the war horses were wrapped in four hooves. The cavalry did not carry spears and weapons. Each person only brought a sword and a shield, and each soldier carried three bags of soil.

Their mission was to use the speed of the cavalry to fill out an attack ramp in the east under the cover of the trench battle in the south. Of course, only 60,000 bags of soil was not enough. Zhang Liao estimated that at least 200,000 bags of soil were needed, which was to require them to go back and forth three times.

Zhang Liao waited patiently, his eyes looked south from afar. At this time, in the moonlight, he vaguely saw the huge casting figure of Cao's army slowly moving forward. His heart couldn't help but tighten. If Cao's army's fire attack could work, they might be able to break through the Han army camp tonight.

"Keep quiet and wait for my order!" Zhang Liao conveyed his order.

In the Han army camp, Liu Jing was also coldly watching the Cao army's trencher slowly approaching in the distance, about a hundred steps. With the speed of the Cao army's march north, they could not carry such supplies. This should have been made of them temporarily cut down trees. This rough trencher cannot last long and can be launched at most four or five times.

At this time, the Han army was also actively preparing for war, and all the big tents in the barracks were collected, which was to prevent Cao's army from shooting into the barracks and causing a fire in the tents. Twenty thousand soldiers prepared baffles and soil. They each performed their own responsibilities and could extinguish the fireballs at any time.

The forty catapults of the Han army were creaking and waiting for the enemy to enter the range. Behind the catapults, eight thousand Han soldiers were ready. They placed ten-foot-long cowhide banners on the ground, raised high with wooden poles, and temporarily formed a huge cowhide barrier, preventing Cao's fireballs from shooting into the Han army camp.

Cao's army's catapults were getting closer and closer, and huge wooden wheels rolled slowly on the flat ground. Each catapult was driven by two hundred people. These two hundred people were also soldiers who operated the catapults. Cao's army invested a total of 100 catapults, all of which were used to launch fireballs. Xiahou Dun knew the counterattack power of the Han army, and he could only use his numerous advantages to win the opportunity to launch.

The Cao army's catapult finally entered the range of the Han army's catapult. The soldiers shouted together, speeding up the advancement of the catapult. At this moment, a dull sound was made in the Han army's village. Then dozens of small black dots appeared in the sky, making strange roars, roaring and smashing towards the head of Cao army. The Cao army's soldiers screamed in horror and hid behind the catapult.

There was a loud bang, and more than a dozen catapults were hit by a giant slam. The bracket was broken, the belt broke, and the tall body collapsed. The huge rocks rolled into the crowd of Cao's soldiers. Plasma splattered everywhere and screamed. More than a thousand Cao's soldiers could not bear this huge fear and shouted and ran backwards.

The first round of attacks of the Han army caused the destruction of fifteen catapults of Cao's army, but Cao's soldiers used the short launch space of the Han army's catapults to push the catapults to continue moving forward. Less than twenty steps, there was a strange roar in the sky, and another huge rock roared at the heads of Cao's soldiers.

Just as the two sides started a trench war in the south, Zhang Liao finally waited for the opportunity to send troops. He shouted in a low voice: "Go!"

The 20,000 cavalry of Cao troops suddenly launched, and the black cavalry ran out of the woods and headed towards Hanlonggang. Although the four hooves of the war horses were wrapped in thick linen, the huge energy emitted by the running of the 20,000 cavalry still trembled, and immediately alarmed the defenders of the military camp in the east.

There were about 10,000 defenders in the east, commanded by general Jiang Qin. Jiang Qin received a report from the sentry. A large number of Cao's cavalry were found under the moonlight. He also felt the earthquake in the earth. On the one hand, Jiang Qin sent people to report to the King of Han, and on the other hand, he ordered Han soldiers to prepare for crossbow defense. At the same time, the thirty catapults deployed in the East Village also began to start.

The Cao army cavalry rushed over like a craze, and the Han army's stone catapults also took the lead. He threw out huge rocks and smashed towards the running Cao army cavalry. The Cao army cavalry had extremely strong mobility and desperately dodged the huge rocks roaring from the top of his head. The huge rocks landed on the ground, stirring up a piece of dust. However, the Cao army cavalry was too dense, and some cavalry were still hit or overturned by rolling huge rocks, the war horses neighed, and the cavalry fell to the ground.

The huge rocks that kept whistling could not stop the pace of the Cao army's cavalry. They raised their shields and rushed into the dense arrows that were shot like rain. The cavalry were shot by the arrows, and the casualties were severely injured. However, a large number of cavalry still threw bags of mud into the hills, and soon formed a mound. Hundreds of Cao soldiers were close to the hills. This was a blind spot for the Han army's attack. They were responsible for sorting out mud bags and stacking the scattered mud bags into shapes. Gradually, a narrow ramp gradually appeared under the hills east of Hanlonggang.

Compared with the progress of Cao's army in the east, the battle of catapults in the south was frustrating. Within a short distance of 100 steps, the dense huge rocks of the Han army destroyed most of the Cao's army's catapults. In the end, only thirteen Cao's catapults entered the firing distance. Amid the deafening drum sound of Cao's army, thirteen huge fireballs suddenly rose into the air, drawing out thirteen bright curves, and pounced on the Han army camp on the hills.

Eight thousand Han soldiers raised their leather banners and formed a leather curtain that was ten feet high and hundreds of feet wide, covering the Han army camp behind them. On the hill, Xiahou Dun was stunned by the sudden appearance of the huge leather curtain, and his eyes, which were originally full of expectations, dimmed again.

Thirteen fireballs hit the skin curtain, bounced and rolled down from the hills, and no fireball could break through the skin curtain. Xiahou Dun sighed long, his tone full of loss. After two consecutive rounds of attacks, Cao's thief cages stopped. The remaining thief cages were all destroyed by the Han army, and Cao's thief cages were also destroyed with the fire attack plan with great expectations.

After a night of battle, all 100 heavy catapults temporarily built by Cao's army were destroyed. The 20,000 Cao's army, who followed the catapult, died and injured more than 3,000 people. In the end, only one fireball broke through the skin curtain and shot into the Han army camp, but it did not receive any effect. The fireball was extinguished by the Han army soldiers, which made Xiahou Dun understand the fact that the fire attack would not have any effect on the Han army.

However, although the fire attack failed, the cavalry team led by Zhang Liao in the east was successful. After more than 1,000 cavalry casualties, a ramp of five feet wide and more than twenty feet long appeared in front of the hills to the east. Cao's army finally opened a gap in the attack.
Chapter completed!