Bu had thought about it carefully, and it seemed that this move would not delay the overall situation. In addition, he was naturally soft-hearted, so he couldn't help but nodded.

The young handsome man immediately kowtowed and was extremely grateful.

Two days later, in the Han army camp outside Xiancheng City, Dongjun, Gongsun Xun was being led by Cao Mengde to look at an unfinished item.

"Is this a catapult?" Gongsun Xun frowned.

"Of course!" Cao Cao replied proudly. "Wen Qi asked me to build siege equipment when I was in Weixiang. That day I thought of learning from the designs in Luoyang to make a catapult, but it rained suddenly.

Come on, if you attack in a hurry as soon as you come back, you will inevitably be delayed... I think, if there is no good way in Xian City this time, it is better to build a catapult to destroy the city!"

Gongsun Xun nodded slowly at first.

The catapult is probably the most natural conventional siege weapon since humans entered the castle age. It uses a simple lever principle to launch stones... It was widely used in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, while ancient Greece and ancient Persia at the same time

It didn’t even pull it down, and even a higher-end torque trebuchet appeared in ancient Rome.

Of course, Gongsun Xun and Cao Cao definitely don't know what the torque and counterweight are. Their clearest understanding of the trebuchet is probably the time when Qin failed to destroy Chu in the history books... The situation at that time was recorded very clearly.

The Chu army prepared a large number of trebuchets by the river in advance. When the Qin army crossed the river, they suddenly launched them. All the boats and pontoons in the river were smashed, which affected the direction of the battle on the spot.

but……

"Tear it down!" Gongsun Xun nodded and thought for a moment, then slowly shook his head and said simply again.

"Why is this?" Cao Cao was quite unhappy. "Such a sharp weapon..."

"It's not a sharp weapon." Gongsun Xun sneered. "It takes dozens of people to operate it effectively, but with the effort of dozens of people firing a cannon, the arrows fired are probably more effective..."

Cao Cao was about to speak but stopped.

"And it's inconvenient to move." Gongsun Xun continued. "If we are forced to besiege Puyang, Brother Meng De, you might as well build more than a dozen of them at once and smash them in one place. If you really can smash a

The gap may be of great use...but now, what's the use of building it? Can it be carried along the way? The most important thing is, how long will it take to build it?"

After saying this, Gongsun Xun said no more and walked away with his hands behind his back.

When Cao Cao heard this, he simply waved his hand and signaled the civilians to stop, and then hurriedly caught up with them and said while walking: "Wen Qi said that he still wants to attack the city as soon as possible in order to speed up the attack.

?Still using Li Jin?”

"Otherwise?" Gongsun Xun said towards the direction of Xiancheng. "Why did you ask them to come? Besides, the morale of the Yellow Turban thieves in Dongjun is obviously low now, and there may not be many casualties. Why should Brother Meng De

Have pity on them?"

"I don't pity them." Cao Cao shook his head and said. "I'm just afraid that the strength of the troops will be reduced. They will be exhausted in the future at Puyang City or in other executions... They are indeed very capable in battle."

"But if we can get down to the city as soon as possible, the rest of the bandits will be at a loss, and the next battle will be easier to fight." Gongsun Xun explained helplessly. "We can't expect the bandits to surrender by themselves, right?"

Cao Cao was speechless again.

However, the slap in the face came as soon as it came. On that night, someone suddenly came to the city and asked to surrender. The conditions were very simple and straightforward - they only wanted to save their lives, so they could leave the city, abandon their weapons, and hand over the city.

The slightest bit of hesitation.

"Puyang abandoned you?"

Among the large number of generals who came after hearing the news, Gongsun Xun was looking at the city messenger kneeling in his tent with great interest.

"That's right!" The man kowtowed repeatedly, his anger palpable. "I don't dare to deceive you generals. Although we have known for a long time that the army is tyrannical, we still want to defend the city to repay the divination because we feel that Commander-in-Chief Bu has always been lenient.

It's Shuai Ende's. But who would have expected that after the army surrounded three city walls yesterday, a messenger came from Puyang this afternoon. Only then did I know that the deputy commander Liang Yuan wanted to use us as bait to involve the army here, so he went to gather them himself.

The troops from Zhencheng, Fan County, and the cities in Henan east of Dong'a are preparing to return to Puyang to hold on. He thought that we would not care about life and death, but he..."

"Hold on." Gongsun Xun was stunned for a moment, then suddenly interrupted him, and then turned to look at his bodyguard: "Get the map!"

The man who wanted to surrender did not dare to say anything, and the others did not dare to neglect him. They quickly opened the map on the screen behind the cases and gathered around him. Gongsun Xun, who was standing in front of the map, glanced briefly and then pointed his gaze.

A key place-Donga!

By the way, the Yellow Turban Army is not only in Puyang in Henan, but also in the four places of Xiancheng, Zhencheng, and Fan County. To be precise, the Yellow Turban Army currently has a total of seven or eight cities in Henan, but this is the middle one.

There was a strange Dong'a County that was forcibly recaptured by Cheng Li and held firmly, but he forced the Yellow Turban Army of Dong County to divide the city on the south bank of the Yellow River into two blocks!

Therefore, when Gongsun Xun discussed this military plan with Cao Cao before, he only regarded the three cities of Xiancheng, Zhencheng, and Fanxian between Puyang and Dong'a as a unified war zone, and did not consider the three cities separated by Dong'a.

several cities.

But no matter what, a quick look at the map will tell that as long as this person wants to gather the entire Yellow Turban Army soldiers in Henan, he will definitely not be able to bypass Dong'a, which lies between the two Yellow Turban Army occupation areas.

"Calculate the time," Lou Gui said with a frown and clasped his hands. "That Deputy Commander Liang may have set off directly as soon as we crossed the river. And if he didn't go to collect one city after another, he would just send messengers to let everyone know.

The people and horses of the city have gathered together in one place, so I'm afraid that all the cities of the Yellow Turban Thieves have also received the letter..." At this point, Lou Zibo suddenly raised his brows, and then he was overjoyed. "Your Majesty, let us know about this now.

, It’s really God’s will! I’m afraid the Yellow Turban thieves from all the cities in Henan can be defeated in one battle!”

"That's right." Cao Mengde, who had been staring at the map in deep thought, immediately responded. "They didn't know that Xiancheng would surrender, so they lost the opportunity... Our army may be able to advance calmly.

, destroy the thieves directly at the foot of Dong'a City."

All the generals in the tent reacted one after another at this time, and they were all happy.

However, no matter how excited everyone was, Gongsun Xun, the coach, just stared at the map in front of him in silence. It was not until a long time later that he suddenly turned around: "As you said, this is a God-given opportunity, but at this time

, but I don’t want to eat this thief directly.”

All the generals in the account were puzzled.

"Let Li Jin lead the infantry into the city immediately and take over the city." Gongsun Xun had no time to explain, so he immediately put his hands behind his back and ordered. "The cavalry will set off overnight and follow me. We must rush to Dong'a before the yellow scarf thieves, so that the thieves dare not peep.

city!"

"Donga is a hundred miles away from here." Dong Zhao, a local, couldn't help but say. "And Zhencheng and Fan County are still in the enemy's hands on the way. Is it inappropriate to march at night?"

"What's the problem if the iron cavalry is running rampant for a hundred miles?" Gongsun Xun disagreed. "Dongjun's fighter plane has appeared, and it may be decided in a single battle. We must not miss the opportunity!"

Lou Zibo and Cao Cao stared at the map in confusion at the same time.

————I am a dividing line as long as a hundred miles————

"Taizu defeated the Yellow Turbans of Dongjun and went to Xiancheng. He heard that the bandit Liang Zhongning had gathered his troops to capture Dong'a. Cao Mengde, the cavalry captain, was on the side to serve as the deputy. He retreated to the left and right and offered his advice: 'The army from the center is going to Xiancheng. The soldiers are exhausted.

Maybe we can temporarily station in Xiancheng and move to Dong'a. By then the thieves will lose their edge under the city, and all the thieves in Henan will be wiped out in one fell swoop!' Taizu said to him, 'The people of Dong'a are all here, and the troops are exhausted, and the people will be without help.

"Sheng, why do we say we are slow to arrive?" That night, all the cavalry in the army were mobilized and rushed hundreds of miles to the rescue. The thieves then avoided Dong'a and fled." - "Jiu Yan Shu". Volume 27. No. 2 of the Family.

ps: Liang Zhongning and Uncle Zhang are indeed the leader of the Yellow Turbans in Dongjun, it is not a fiction.
Chapter completed!