At the Yuan Army camp.
Yuan Shao paced back and forth, appearing rather restless.
"That scoundrel Cao is a coward. Chen Lin wrote a denunciation and scolded all 18 generations of his ancestors, but he didn't come out. I'm so angry, so angry!”
The strategist beside him lowered his head and did not speak.
Seeing this, Shen Pei suggested,"My lord, I have a plan to drive the Cao army out of Guandu."”
As Yuan Shao cursed, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He stopped in his tracks and looked at Shen Pei, his eyes shining."Tell me quickly."
My lord, they are guarding the camp. We can build arrow towers and shoot at them.”
"Let's see how long they can hold on if we rain arrows on them every day!”
After Yuan Shao heard this, he hurriedly ordered,"Do it this way."”
Hearing this, the strategists nodded in agreement. Then, they cupped their hands and said,
"My lord is wise!"
Yuan Shao stroked his beard in satisfaction.”
On the second day.
Yuan Shao ordered people to build the arrow tower.
According to Yuan Shao's idea, the archer towers needed to be built very high, higher than the walls of the Cao army. This way, they could shoot arrows into the camp from a high place. They would shoot once when they got up, once when they ate, once before they slept, and occasionally, they would shoot secretly.
As such, he did not believe that Cao Cao and Cao Mao could sit still!
As long as he went out of the city to fight him head-on, so what if he had more tricks? In front of absolute strength, they were all crushed!
There were many Yuan soldiers, so the speed of building the arrow towers was very fast.
Five days later.
Thousands of archer towers had been built. Archers stood on top of them and drew their bows to the max, waiting for an order.
Yuan Shao stood behind with his three sons and a group of generals, his face full of pride.
Whoosh!
Yuan Shao pulled out his sword and shouted,"
"Release!"
"Xiu! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Arrows rained down on Cao Cao and Cao Mao's camp.
The Cao army was naturally prepared for this. They used their shields to form a wall to block the arrows.
Yuan Shao was not anxious when he saw this. You can hold on for a while, but can you hold on for a month?
You don't need to eat? Don't you need to sleep?
Yuan Shao's wishful thinking rang out. His original intention was not to use the Arrow Towers to destroy the Cao army, but to harass them, killing as many as he could to force them out.
Cao Cao's camp.
At this moment, several hundred catapults were also pushed out, throwing large amounts of rocks at Yuan Shao's camp and arrow towers, as well as a large number of thunderbolt bombs at the camp.
The stones the size of cow heads were like meteorites, whizzing towards Yuan Shao's Arrow Tower.
And the speed of the stone bullet was extremely fast.
In a flash, stone bullets filled the sky and covered the earth.
Seeing that the stone bullet had already landed in front of them, Yuan Shao and the rest only then knew that they were panicking. But it was already too late.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Dozens of stone bullets fell with a loud bang, carrying a strong wind.
The wooden arrow tower was smashed and destroyed without any suspense. It collapsed and could not withstand a single blow.
Hundreds of Yuan soldiers were caught off guard and instantly smashed into a pile of flesh and blood.
Yuan Shao's expression changed in shock, the original arrogance on his face had already been replaced by fear, and his entire person stood rooted to the spot.
A stone bullet whistled towards Yuan Shao.
"Commander Father, be careful!"
Yuan Shang shouted and threw Yuan Shao to the ground.
"Boom!"
The rock smashed to the side, stirring up countless dust and directly blasting Yuan Shao into a dusty face. His face was pale, and his entire person seemed to be dumbfounded.
"Run! Run!"
"Protect the lord!"
The Yuan army immediately fell into chaos and scattered in all directions.
However, after the rocks came the thunderbolt bullets. Hundreds and thousands of thunderbolt bullets exploded together, instantly blowing up Yuan Shao's camp into wails and howls.
Under Cao Zheng's command, the archer towers that the Yuan army had spent a few days to build were all blown to smithereens by the catapults in less than an hour. Not only did they fail to achieve their goal, but they also suffered a double loss.
At the Yuan Army camp.
"Dog thief! Dog thief! Dog thief!"
Roars sounded in the main tent.
Bang!
Yuan Shao directly kicked the table over and roared,""Thief Cao, you're infuriating me! I'm so angry! If I don't tear your entire family into pieces, it will be difficult to vent the hatred in my heart!”
The atmosphere in the entire tent was rather solemn.
Facing Cao Cao's army of hundreds of thousands, Yuan Shao had thought that he would have the absolute advantage. Who would have thought that ever since the army of hundreds of thousands had sent out their troops, they would start to suffer repeated defeats and not gain any victory!
How could Yuan Shao not be angry?
Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang were similarly furious.
Yuan Xi stepped forward." Commander Father, I'm willing to lead 100,000 Youzhou soldiers as the vanguard to attack Cao Cao's camp. We'll end this quickly!"”
Yuan Xi stood up for a reason.
This was because he and the young lady of the Zhen family had already agreed to get married within the year. However, he was now dragged here and was caught in a protracted battle. He did not know when it would end, which made him anxious.
At this moment, Qushou stood out." Young Master, you can't be too hasty. Since Cao Cao and his son want to fight a protracted war, then we will fight a protracted war with them. Send elite cavalry to raid their borders and make them uneasy. I will take their escape and exhaust them until they die!”
Xu You also stood up,"The art of war is to surround and attack five times!" Now, with the lord's strength and Heshuo's army, he had already surrounded Cao Cao and his son. Why did he still want to fight with him?”
Xu You looked at Yuan Shao."
"My lord, do you still remember how we broke through the Yi Capital and defeated Gongsun Zan?”
Hearing this.
Yuan Shao's eyes lit up as he slowly nodded."Tunnel warfare!"
A day later.
Dust flew into the air in Yuan Dynasty's military camp.
Countless soldiers threw away their weapons and picked up their hoes to start digging tunnels. It was very lively.
The tunnels were large and deep enough to accommodate a dozen or so soldiers walking side by side, and not just one, but dozens or hundreds of them. According to the planned route, they crisscrossed in a complicated manner, heading from north to south toward Cao Cao's camp.
Naturally, Cao Cao had received news of Yuan Ying's actions.
Cao Cao's camp.
Cao Cao gathered a group of strategists to discuss this matter urgently. He did not want to repeat Gongsun Zan's mistakes.
In the end, the solution they came up with was to dig trenches around the camp and use them to block Yuan Shao's tunnel.
After the plan was decided.
Cao Cao's camp also began to build, causing dust to fly everywhere.
Ten days later.
The underground of Guandu was almost hollowed out by Yuan Shao. The tunnels crisscrossed, but they were orderly.
If Yuan Shao was born in the future, he would definitely be an outstanding chief engineer in a certain department of China Construction. From the construction of the arrow tower to the current digging of the tunnel, it could be seen.
If he had an excavator in hand, he would probably be able to dig through the entire underground of the Nine Provinces.
"Reporting to my lord, there's still half a mile before we dig through!”
When Yuan Shao heard this, he revealed a proud smile and ordered,""Three armies, get ready! Enter the tunnel and charge towards the Cao bandits 'camp. Kill them all!!”
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
The three armies roared in unison.
Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang also raised their arms and shouted. Their faces were filled with excitement, sweeping away the haze of the past few months.
"Kill them!"
Following Yuan Shao's order, thousands of soldiers and horses poured into the tunnel and charged forward majestically.
Because Cao Cao had dug trenches, they could not dig into the Cao camp, nor could they use tunnels to destroy the city walls. The Yuan army could only charge out from the trenches.
"Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
Accompanied by the roars, the trenches surrounding Cao Cao's camp broke open one after another, and the Yuan army surged out from all directions like a tide.
Cao Cao was well prepared, and arrows rained down on the trench.
However, the Yuan army was also determined to attack the city at this time. They almost filled the trenches with human flesh and forced their way up.
The cruel battle of offense and defense began!
The strength of Cao Cao's army was beyond Yuan Shao's expectations. This made Yuan Shao, who was in the rear, finally understand that Cao Cao's army was not something Gongsun Zan could compare to.
Thus, the tunnel warfare method was declared a failure.
The two armies could only continue to confront each other.
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