Cao Zhang and Zhang He were riding on their war horses, side by side, watching hundreds of catapults advancing towards the Han army camp.
After the hundreds of catapults reached a distance of 200 steps from the Han army's camp, under the command of a Wei army general, the hundreds of catapults immediately stopped advancing.
Although Ma Jun's improved catapult has a maximum range of nearly three hundred steps, the maximum range does not mean it is an effective killing range.
The best effective killing range of Ma Jun's improved catapult is about two hundred steps.
Today, Cao Zhang wanted to complete his victory in one battle, so he naturally wanted hundreds of catapults to be at the best shooting range.
After hundreds of catapults stopped advancing, Cao Zhang couldn't help but raise his whip and smiled at Zhang He beside him:
"The enemy camp should be destroyed today."
Hearing Cao Zhang's laughter, Zhang He also had a smile on his face.
He didn't think Cao Zhang was exaggerating.
Because he had seen the power of Ma Jun's improved catapult with his own eyes.
On that day, only a dozen catapults attacked the Han army camp, which made Liu Feng nervous and had to lead his troops out of the camp for his own catapults.
What's more, there are hundreds of catapults today?
Of course, the most important thing is that Mi Yang's reaction made the last worry in Cao Zhang and Zhang He's hearts disappear.
If they were in a different location, Cao Zhang and Zhang He asked themselves that if they wanted to neutralize their own catapult offensive, they could only lead their troops out of camp to destroy their own catapults when they were not yet stable.
But it was obvious that Mi Yang did not take this approach at the moment.
Mi Yang's refusal to move made Cao Zhang and Zhang He puzzled, but they had been wondering for a month and did not want to wait any longer.
Instead of just guessing what the enemy will do, it's better to strike first.
At least judging from the current situation, the advantage in today's attack on the camp really lies with our own side.
In order to avoid delays and accidents, when hundreds of catapults had just stopped, Cao Zhang issued a military order to send them to the front - load stones and prepare to bomb!
When Cao Zhang's order arrived at the catapult formation, the Wei troops under hundreds of catapults followed Cao Zhang's instructions and loaded the catapults with stones.
But what Cao Zhang didn't know was that as early as when his herald entered the catapult formation, the Han army standing on the camp wall also began to load the crossbow machine with a cold light in front of him under Mi Yang's order. Iron crossbow arrows.
But compared to that day at Yangping Pass, the iron arrows used by Zhuge Liannu now exuded a pungent smell.
This means that Zhuge Liannu's iron arrows are covered with an unusual substance.
And what is this substance if not stone fat?
After the iron arrows covered with stone grease were loaded, Jiang Wan, who had finished commanding his soldiers, came to Mi Yang's side and said:
"The general can do whatever he wants.
There is no shortage of iron arrows today! "
Jiang Wan, whose courtesy name was Gongyan, was from Lingling Xiangxiang.
It can be seen from Jiang Wan's place of origin that he was a minister in the Jingzhou clan.
Although Jiang Wan was similar in age to Ma Liang and both were celebrities in Jingzhou, compared to Ma Liang, Jiang Wan has always been unknown among the Han Dynasty.
This is not because Jiang Wan is not capable, but because of his humble and low-key personality.
Ordinary people may not know Jiang Wan's ability, but how could Mi Yang not know it?
Among Zhuge Liang's series of successors, Jiang Wan can be said to be the person most similar to Zhuge Liang in terms of political ability.
The reason why Mi Yang had never come into contact with Jiang Wan before was simply because Jiang Wan was often sent to other places by Zhuge Liang for training.
At the beginning of this year, Jiang Wan was recalled to Chengdu by Zhuge Liang from the local area, became prime minister and joined the army, and officially became an important figure in Zhuge Liang's shogunate.
Iron arrows are not easy to make, but the reason why Jiang Wan dared to promise Mi Yang that "there will be no shortage of iron arrows" was because of his extraordinary political talent and the ability to transport a large number of iron arrows from Hanzhong for Mi Yang in a short period of time.
Also because after Zhuge Liang pacified Nanzhong, Ji Han obtained the resources of Nanzhong and his treasury was greatly enriched.
With these two guarantees, even the always humble Jiang Wan dared to say that "there is no shortage of iron arrows."
Jiang Wan's words couldn't help but make Mi Yang laugh.
What he needs now is Jiang Wan's words.
When Jiang Wan returned to Mi Yang, the Han army on the camp wall had already loaded iron crossbow arrows for hundreds of Zhuge Liannu.
After realizing this, Mi Yang stretched out his finger and pointed firmly at the location of hundreds of Wei army's catapults two hundred steps away.
At the same time, a clear cry came from Mi Yang's mouth: "Let it go!"
Mi Yang's order only contained one simple word.
But after this order fell into the ears of the Han soldiers on the camp wall, it seemed to trigger the mechanism of hundreds of Zhuge Liannu.
The next moment, hundreds of iron arrows rushed towards the Wei army's catapult array with lightning speed.
The actions of the Han troops on the camp wall could not be hidden from Cao Zhang and Zhang He, who had been observing the enemy's situation.
When Cao Zhang saw Mi Yang trying to destroy the catapult with a crossbow arrow, he smiled again.
This was the second time Cao Zhang laughed today.
There was a hint of disinterest in Cao Zhang's smile.
Cao Zhang had already anticipated that the Han army might use fire attacks.
After all, Mi Yang is famous for his good fire attack.
In order to prevent this, Cao Zhang had already made various precautions.
Under these precautions, it is difficult to say whether the Han army's arrows can fly to the catapult. How can the flames carried by the arrows harm the catapult?
What nonsense.
But just when Cao Zhang was about to laugh at Mi Yang's miscalculation, the situation on the battlefield gradually underwent some changes that he couldn't understand.
Under Cao Zhang's gaze, he saw that the first round of arrows released by the Han army did not carry flames, but they came very quickly.
Even against the wind, those hundreds of arrows flew into the formation of hundreds of catapults without any hindrance.
What's even more strange is that just after hundreds of arrows galloped into the Wei army's formation, hundreds more arrows followed soon after.
There was almost no interval between the two rounds of arrow rain offensive.
Not only two rounds, but soon the third round of arrows also shot into the Wei army's formation.
Cao Zhang was a little stunned when he saw this scene.
The Han army's arrows could fly a distance of two hundred steps and reach their own formation, proving that the Han army must have used extraordinary powerful crossbows.
It is not that there are no such powerful crossbows in the world. For example, as early as the Western Han Dynasty, the big yellow crossbow was gradually equipped with the entire army.
But although the big yellow crossbow has a long range, it has various disadvantages.
At least the big yellow crossbow cannot fire continuously!
However, from the fact that the Han army can continuously launch an offensive of arrow rain, it is enough to see that the Han army is currently using a powerful crossbow with a long enough range and the ability to fire continuously.
Is there such a powerful crossbow in the world?
Before Cao Rui reactivated Cao Zhang, he had been monitored by envoys sent by Cao Pi in Rencheng. Under this situation, Cao Zhang did not know the existence of Zhuge Liannu.
It was normal for him to be surprised.
On the side, after Zhang He saw the almost non-stop arrow rain offensive of the Han army, he seemed to vaguely remember that there was a kind of powerful crossbow in the Han army. .
But even if he realized this, Zhang He didn't panic in his heart.
Although it is said that the strong crossbow called "Zhuge Liannu" has the advantages of continuous fire and great power.
However, under the influence of distance, these two advantages will not cause much harm to the current Wei army's catapult.
It was seen that although the Han army fired arrow rain for several consecutive rounds, most of the crossbow arrows fired by the Han army lost their due power and turned into a tributary arrow falling into the Wei army's formation.
As for the flowing arrows, the well-trained Wei army could easily block them by raising their shields.
This is normal. The Zhuge Liannu is more powerful than the ordinary crossbows in the world, but no matter how powerful the Zhuge Liannu is, it cannot be as powerful as a catapult.
But it would be wrong to say that the Han army's arrows had no impact on the Wei army's formation.
At least Zhuge Liannu's extraordinary kinetic energy successfully caused thousands of arrows fired by the Han army to fall into the Wei army's formation.
The Wei army's square formation was now filled with crossbow arrows that had just been shot by the Han army.
But that's all.
Moreover, what the Han army used in those rounds were not rockets.
After seeing that the Han army's crossbow arrows could not cause damage to the catapult, Cao Zhang quickly put away the surprised look on his face.
It turned out to be nothing more than that.
Cao Zhang, who had relaxed his mind, was about to turn to Zhang He and laugh at Mi Yang's misstep again, but the moment he saw Zhang He, he saw a look of shock on Zhang He's face.
Seeing Zhang He's eyes fixed on the Han army's camp, Cao Zhang quickly turned his gaze back to the direction of the Han army's camp.
And when Cao Zhang turned around, he knew why Zhang He had such a look on his face.
In Cao Zhang's sight, he felt that the originally dark world seemed to become brighter at this moment.
This is not Cao Zhang's illusion.
Because at this moment, thousands of shooting stars suddenly appeared in the sky.
If you look closely, you can find that the thousands of shooting stars with little lights are actually thousands of burning fire arrows.
Mi Yang's fire attack has arrived!
The flames on the thousands of arrows were not reduced by half because of the headwind.
On the contrary, blocked by the wind, the flames of the thousands of arrows seemed to become more rapid.
At first, it was just the arrowhead that was burning, but later, the entire arrow seemed to be burning.
This also caused the production of thousands of meteors in the sky.
Since they are meteors, they will eventually fall.
The direction in which they fell was exactly where the formation of thousands of Wei troops was.
When thousands of fire arrows shot into the Wei army's formation, there was a crisp sound of iron and wood colliding.
This was the sound made by the collision of the shields with thousands of fire arrows when thousands of Wei soldiers subconsciously raised their shields to defend themselves.
Blocked by shields, the fire arrows fired by the Han army did not directly cause great damage to the Wei army.
One by one they fell to the ground.
Seeing this, thousands of Wei troops breathed a sigh of relief.
The fire released by the Vulcan is not unstoppable.
Just when this idea first appeared in the minds of thousands of Wei troops, a shocking change occurred at the feet of thousands of Wei troops.
Don't forget that under the feet of thousands of Wei troops, there are many arrows covered with stone grease!
When the fire arrow fell to the ground, the flames on the fire arrow did not go out.
The flame, which still had tenacious vitality, suddenly burst into flames after encountering the "oil arrows" everywhere.
Countless brilliant flames, like blooming fireworks, soared into the sky at the feet of thousands of Wei troops.
It didn't take long for countless fireworks to bloom at an extremely fast speed, forming a wall of extremely hot fire that enveloped thousands of Wei troops.
An instant later, countless wailing sounds sounded in the wilderness.
Before the thousands of Wei troops could realize what was going on, their whole bodies were engulfed in raging flames.
Many Wei soldiers lay down on the ground subconsciously, trying to use rolling movements to extinguish the fire on their bodies.
Unfortunately, they overlooked one thing.
It is now May, which is also called midsummer.
After the recovery in spring, the northwest land officially entered the stage of wild plant growth this month.
Therefore, in addition to countless arrows, under the feet of thousands of Wei troops, there are also countless weeds!
Oil is inherently flammable, and there are weeds everywhere as combustion accelerants. Once Wei Jun falls to the ground with the flames on his body, can they get up again?
In today's world, fires caused by oil can burn almost everything.
Not surprisingly, when the Wei soldiers fell to the ground, they were greeted by more raging flames, and the wailing in the field became a little heavier for a while.
In addition, the Wei army's infantry formation was in the same area as hundreds of catapults.
When the flames quickly spread to the bottom of the trebuchet, the Wei army that was loading boulders had long been swallowed up by the flames.
Without Wei Jun's operation, the huge boulders loaded on the trebuchet fell towards the ground uncontrollably.
Today, in order to break through the Han army camp in one fell swoop, the boulders Cao Zhang chose were all big and hard.
But now these huge rocks did not hit the Han army's camp wall. Instead, they continued to hit the Wei army below like meteorites falling from the sky.
There were fires rising below and meteorites hitting their heads above. In this case, thousands of Wei troops had no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth - they were dead!
While thousands of Wei troops were losing their lives in desperate situations, Cao Zhang and Zhang He did not react immediately.
It was too fast, the situation on the battlefield changed too quickly.
At the last moment, Cao Zhang and Zhang He were confident and wanted to see how the Han army camp was ravaged by their catapults.
But the next moment, thousands of Wei troops were directly trapped in a desperate situation, but the catapult had not even sent out a huge stone.
The situation changes so quickly that anyone who sees it will have their brain shut down for a while.
But it was at this moment that Cao Zhang and Zhang He understood why Mi Yang was called the God of Fire.
There are countless generals in the world who know how to use fire attacks, but Mi Yang is probably the only one in the world who can use fire attacks in such a clever and unpredictable way.
Although Cao Zhang and Zhang He were still in shock, Mi Yang would not give up this opportunity.
Before today, Deng Ai and others thought that what he wanted to burn was Wei Jun's catapult.
Only Mi Yang himself knew that his goal from the beginning to the end was only to serve as Cao Wei's central army!
After a moment, a crimson flag was raised high on the camp wall. Liu Feng took a deep breath when he saw the flag and ordered someone to open the camp door in front of him.
When the camp door is opened, it seems like there are two worlds outside the camp and inside the camp.
Thousands of Wei soldiers outside the camp were howling like ghosts and wolves, struggling in the flames that filled the sky.
Thousands of Han troops in the camp held their breath and strode forward under Liu Feng's command.
The harvest operation has officially begun!
Chapter 2 yesterday!
