"put!"
Liu Ye shouted loudly.
call……
The catapult was released, and there was a sudden sound of thunder. The stones on the catapult were bounced up under the strong elastic force, and they smashed hard against the mountain of earth in front of them.
boom!
One of the earth mountains was hit on the spot and collapsed.
Yuan Shao was about to go up Tushan again today to see what was going on inside Cao's camp. At this time, he happened to climb up the ladder to Tushan and saw that the Tushan next to him was hit by a huge boulder.
Not only was the mountain gone, but the soldiers on the mountain were still alive and could not make a sound, but those who were still alive kept wailing.
"What happened?"
Yuan Shao asked in a daze.
Jiang Qi and Shen Pei, who were following him, didn't know what happened. However, before they could think about what happened, Jiang Qi shouted: "Lord, be careful!"
He suddenly grabbed Yuan Shao, jumped off the ladder, and retreated to the rear.
Shen Pei instinctively followed Jiang Qi and retreated.
boom!
There was a roaring sound, and the earth mountain that Yuan Shao was about to go up was also hit by a huge boulder. It was also torn into pieces, collapsed and disintegrated into a pile of rubble.
The soldiers above fell down hard.
If Jiang Qi hadn't reacted quickly, Yuan Shao and Shen Pei would have been buried alive.
Yuan Shao originally wanted to mock Cao Cao again, but he never imagined that there would be such a scene, and he immediately froze on the spot.
I was confused for a moment, what happened?
Other Yuan Jun soldiers on Tushan noticed the situation in Cao's camp below. They shouted and came down one after another on Tushan.
"Lord, leave quickly!"
A military prince ran back and said anxiously: "There is a very powerful catapult among Cao's army, which can make a thunderous sound and can throw huge rocks of more than one stone..."
The military prince has not finished speaking yet.
There was another loud noise.
The third earth mountain collapsed like this after being hit by a huge boulder. The soldiers who had not had time to escape either fell from a high place or were smashed to the point of wailing, and were finally buried alive under the soil and gravel.
"What?"
Yuan Shao couldn't believe it and grabbed the soldier's clothes and asked harshly: "What did you say?"
How could the Junhou dare to continue talking? He was so frightened by Yuan Shao that his legs were trembling and his head was covered in cold sweat.
"Lord, let's go quickly!"
Shen Pei said anxiously: "Let's go back first and then discuss countermeasures!"
Yuan Shao thought it was right, and finally discovered that they had underestimated Cao Cao.
Only now did I realize that Cao Cao was not as weak as he thought.
He had to go back to discuss other countermeasures and deal a fatal blow to Cao Cao. He would make Cao Cao regret what he did today. He must regret it.
However, they didn't have time to run away.
boom……
The ground shook.
The earth mountain did not collapse.
But a mountain of earth was pierced by a huge arrow. The mountain was crumbling, as if it was about to collapse at any time.
"What a big arrow!"
Jiang Qi said in shock.
Such a huge arrow is about the same size as a tree trunk. How big of a bow does it take to shoot it?
They couldn't imagine what terrible weapons Cao Jun had made to produce such an effect. It was so shocking.
——
Cao Ying.
"My lord, the giant arrow I shot just now was made by me based on Du Zhi's idea. This is Du Zhi's credit."
Liu Ye briefly talked about the bed crossbow.
Chen Zhou had no choice but to say modestly: "I just saw Zi Yang's catapult, and I had a sudden idea. I didn't expect that Zi Yang could really make it. I want to call this bow a bed crossbow. What do you think, lord?"
"Bed crossbow? Not bad!"
Cao Cao looked at it for a while and saw that the thing holding the big bow looked like a bed. The name was quite appropriate. He asked again: "What is the name of Ziyang's catapult?"
It was Chen Zhou who said first: "I think this catapult makes a roar like a thunderbolt when it is started. Why not call it a thunderbolt?"
"Thunderbolt car?"
Liu Ye recited the name twice and agreed: "This name is quite good. What do you think, lord?"
Cao Cao said: "It works. From now on it will be called a thunderbolt chariot."
That's how these two new weapons were given names.
Cao Cao said again: "Pass this order, all craftsmen in the army must make this weapon immediately and as soon as possible without making any mistakes!"
There were many craftsmen following the army.
Because many ordnance will be damaged during wars, the role of craftsmen is thus fully exerted, responsible for repairing damaged ordnance. Now there are enough craftsmen in the army to manufacture thunderbolt carts and bed crossbows.
"Lord."
Ma Chao looked away from the remaining mountains and said loudly: "Yuan Shao's troops have all retreated."
When they saw it, it turned out to be true.
Xia Houyuan laughed and said: "If they don't retreat, are they waiting to die?"
Cao Cao said: "Order to smash all the remaining mountains of earth!"
The thunderbolt car started again, and those mountains of earth were smashed down one after another by the huge rocks thrown out.
Yuan Shao's soldiers who were staying near Tushan all fled back to Yuan Shao's camp upon seeing this. They did not dare to use Tushan to harass Cao's army anymore. Those Tushan were soon destroyed.
"Refreshing, haha..."
Cao Cao laughed heartily, and the depression he had felt in the past few days was swept away. If Yuan Shao had not had more soldiers, he would have had the idea of preparing to attack Yuan Shao's camp.
——
When Jia Xu went to Montenegro, in addition to some guards, Cao Cao also arranged for Cao Zhen to accompany him.
As Cao Cao's adopted son, Cao Zhen has a special status and significance. Following Jia Xu to Montenegro is more sincere than Jia Xu going on his own.
At this time, they came to the Taihang Mountains, bypassing all of Yuan Shao's eyes, and were near Jingxing. Walking northwest for a while, they were in the area where Black Mountain is located. Black Mountain is one of the mountains in the Taihang Mountains.
Covers a large area.
Heishan Zhang Yan was able to occupy Heishan for so long. He was still not far from Yuan Shao's Yecheng and had nothing to do. The main reason was that Heishan's complex terrain made it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Yuan Shao wanted to attack Zhang Yan many times, but when he saw Yuan Jun coming, Zhang Yan hid deep in the mountains. Yuan Jun was not familiar with the terrain and did not dare to go deep.
After Yuan Jun retreated, Zhang Yan could come out again and continue to provoke Yuan Shao.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Yan was safe and sound among the imperial court and the princes of all parties. Until now, he has a certain degree of strength. Of course, more importantly, he took advantage of their special conditions of occupying the Black Mountains.
Cao Zhen looked up at Black Mountain and saw that the mountain road was rugged and there was only one path leading to the mountain. He said, "Sir, Black Mountain is not easy to walk on!"
Jia Xu also raised his head, looked at the mountain path, and said with a smile: "Zhang Yan has been able to survive Yuan Shao's many encirclements and suppressions because of this black mountain. Let's rest for a while. Let's go up the mountain. The Lord's affairs cannot be delayed."
Cao Zhen said, "Sir, how about you wait at the bottom of the mountain while I take a few followers up the mountain easily?"
Jia Xu straightened his back, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said confidently: "You may not think of me as a scholar, but I am very strong. It is easy to climb a mountain."
The most important thing is that he does not think that Cao Zhen is sure to convince Zhang Yan and must take action himself.
