Chapter 47 Cao Yuan's soldiers crossed the South Pass and work together to pass the five levels 6
Cao Cao reminded Li Ru that Master Nanye had the ability to predict. If it hadn't listened to Nan Ye's plan to cut wood and build shields first, I'm afraid that the casualties of soldiers would have been several times higher. So Cao Cao went to Nanye Camp to ask questions.
Nan Ye had been waiting for Cao Cao to beg himself for a long time. As soon as Cao Cao entered the account, he asked, "Meng De came for the well on the mountain?"
Cao Cao nodded and said, "The mage expected it well. It was for Yuan Shao's mountain well. I don't know if the mage has a plan to break it?"
Nan Ye smiled and said, "I have something to break through, but this thing is extremely confidential. I don't know how Meng De can thank me?"
Cao Cao was not afraid of Nan Ye's favors, but he was afraid of owe Nan Ye a favor, so he said, "If the mage can help me break through the well, how about I seize more than ten times of the soldiers and horses?"
In the previous two wars, Cao Cao divided 20% of the materials to Nanye, but now another achievement is 37. More than 1,000 people in Nanye and Cao Cao's 100,000 troops have already taken advantage of the battle. Nan Ye agreed, "Meng De is happy! I have one thing that was built by Jiaozhou Scientific Research Institute, called a catapult. This is the pattern, and Meng Deling craftsmen can build it according to it. After saying that, he took out a drawing from his arms and gave it to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao took over the drawing and was overjoyed. The picture indicated the construction and operation method of the catapult, as well as the detailed calculation of the range, the test effect description, etc. Cao Cao regarded the catapult on this drawing as a new weapon, but he did not know that the drawings taken out by Nan Ye were just the drawings of a generation of catapults, and the improved version of the Thunderbolt car Nanye would not be taken out to Cao Cao.
The first generation of catapults have the disadvantages of being huge, inconvenient to operate, not easy to move, not far in range, not high accuracy, etc. The advantages are simple to manufacture and can be built without too many professional craftsmen. Cao Cao had hoarded a lot of wood with Nan Ye and built hundreds of catapults overnight, distributed in the camp wall, facing the wells on the earthy mountain.
The next day, there was a sound of bang on the earth mountain, and Yuan Shao ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows in the camp. Cao Cao ordered his soldiers to drag the catapult, throw the boulder into the air and hit the mountain.
This generation of catapults has a closer range than the improved Thunderbolt, but much longer than the bow and arrow. Countless watermelon-sized stones flew to the wells and smashed the wells on the earthy mountains one by one.
Yuan Shaoshi had never seen a catapult. He was scared by the huge stones flying all over the sky and had nowhere to hide. Some unlucky men could not dodge and were directly hit by a huge stone. Suddenly, their brains burst and their bones were broken. Some soldiers hid behind the well and were crushed into meat sauce by the collapsed well. Suddenly, the sound of horses shouting on the earth mountain became a purgatory on earth, and countless archers were killed and injured.
Cao Cao couldn't help sighing when he saw the scene on the mountain in the camp: "I didn't expect this thing to be so powerful. It's really invincible. Master Guanghua is really a god!"
Xun You reminded Cao Cao, "The mage can create such a magical object, and the lord should try to prevent it."
Cao Cao nodded again and was more aware of Nan Ye. Yuan Shao's soldiers were beaten by the boulder and no longer dared to climb high and shoot arrows. They were all forced to withdraw to the camp. These Yuan Shao soldiers did not know what the catapult was, so they named the catapult "Breaking Car" and described the sound of the boulder breaking like a Thunderbolt.
In fact, this generation of catapults is not as powerful and accurate as Liu Ye's Thunderbolt car, and not as powerful as Cao Cao and Yuan Shao imagined. It can be said that few soldiers were killed by a boulder. The main casualties were still due to the collapse of the well, and many soldiers were killed and injured. The deterrent power of a generation of catapults is far greater than the actual power, mainly to deal with wells rather than soldiers.
Yuan Shao saw that Jingluan could not restrain Cao's army, so he made the generals plan. Xun offered another strategy: "Since Cao's army has a Thunderbolt to defend the camp, our army is invincible. It's better to make the soldiers use shovels to secretly hit the tunnel and penetrate the Cao camp, and the Thunderbolt car will be useless.
The generals under Yuan Shao miscalculated the power of the catapult. As soon as they heard that Xun's plan could avoid the attack of the Thunderbolt car, they all agreed. Therefore, Yuan Shao used his plan to form an engineering force in charge of excavation, known as the "digging army" and began to dig tunnels behind the earth mountains.
When Cao Jun saw the enemy digging holes all day long, he came to report Cao Cao. This time, Cao Cao learned to be obedient and directly came to Nan Ye, Guo Jia and the counselors to discuss countermeasures.
Nan Ye laughed when he heard that Yuan Shao was going to play tunnel warfare. This time, he didn't need any high technology to deal with it. Cao Cao came up with a plan: "This time Yuan Shao wants to dig through the tunnel and enter. Meng De can dig long trenches around the camp, and Yuan Shao's soldiers will inevitably be exposed when they dig to the edge of the camp. You can also bury the cylinder on the ground and listen to the movement of the ground. When Yuan Shao's soldiers are close, they will ambush in the trench, and you can capture Yuan Shao's soldiers one by one. This is the way to listen to the ground.
Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard the plan and ordered people to dig the trenches overnight and set up "to listen". As soon as Yuan Shao's "digging army" dug into the trench and poked out its head, it was captured by Cao's army, which was just a waste of military power.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao each had their own strange plans, but they could not defeat the enemy, so the two armies were deadlocked here. Xun You said, "Yuan Shao has more grain and our military has less grain. If we delay the time, it will be detrimental to our army."
Cao didn't want to fight a protracted war. He couldn't restrain Yuan Shao, so he asked Nanye again, "Can the mage have a way to win?"
Nan Ye naturally knew that the turning point of the battle of Guandu was that Xu You came to join Cao Cao and burned Wuchao grain and grass. But now that the battle of Guandu is advanced, Nanye doesn't know when Xu You will surrender, let alone whether Yuan Shao's grain and grass is in Wuchao. He only knew that the key to this battle was grain and grass, so he said, "Since Yuan Shao has a lot of grain, why don't Meng De rob his grain and grass for his own use?"
To say that Cao Cao is a master among the masters, but at this time, he shook his head and said, "If you don't want to, you can't hear it. I don't know Yuan Shao's grain road or the place where the grain is stored. How can I rob the grain?
Nan Ye's eyes lit up when he heard Cao Cao mention the word "grain road". At this time, what he lacked most was the information about Yuan Shaotun grain. However, as long as you find the grain channel where Yuan Shao transports grain, you can find Yuan Shao's grain place. At that time, whether Yuan Shao is storing grain in Wuchao or not, Nanye can go to rob grain.
With a plan in his heart, Nan Ye said to Cao Cao, "Although my soldiers and horses are few, they are still elite. I might as well lead someone to explore it. If I can know the place of Yuan Shaotun's grain, it's not too late to come back and make a plan with Meng De."
Cao's soldiers and horses are less than Yuan Shao's, and it is impossible to attack Yuan Shao's camp. If you want to break Yuan Shao, you can only win by surprise soldiers. At this time, the two armies were deadlocked, and Cao Cao had no choice but to let Nanye have a try and said to Nan Ye, "If the mage can really find out the land of Yuan Shaotun grain, it is a great contribution, but the risk of leading troops deep behind the enemy is not small. The mage must be careful."
Nan Ye got Cao's military order, returned to the camp, gathered the generals, took out a map and pointed out: "Yuan Shao's army is here. If there are only five channels to transport grain, as long as we set up an ambush on these five roads, we can find Yuan Shao's grain road and find his place to station troops. What do you think?"
As soon as Guo Jia saw the map used by Nan Ye, he lit up and asked, "Where did the mage come from?" Why is it so accurate? If only these five roads can connect to Yuan Shao's camp, the mage's plan will be feasible. If there are any omissions, I'm afraid this plan is useless.
The map in Nan Ye's hand is drawn with two skills of positioning and strong memorization, which is absolutely accurate. Not to mention the road that can transport grain, it is clearly marked by mountain paths, rivers and streams. He nodded to Guo Jia and said, "There is no omission in this picture. You can rest assured, but I don't know where to set up an ambush?"
Guo Jia said: "The transportation of grain and fodder cannot be done every day, and one transportation must be enough for more than a month. One is to hide the food channel, and the other is to save soldiers and horses. I don't know how long it will take for the mage to set an ambush in the road. Why don't you explore the five roads along the road? As shown in the figure, these five roads lead to Yuanwu, Yangwu, Yanjin, Wuchao and Fengqiu respectively. Yuan Shaoruo, one of the five places, must be guarded by heavy troops. Where there are many soldiers, it is the place for Yuan Shao to store grain.
When Nanye heard that one of the five roads was connected to Wuchao, he said, "It's so good! I'll go all the way to Wuchao first. If I don't expect it, Yuan Shao's 80% of the grain is here.
Guo Jia and others knew that Nanye had the ability of an uncertain prophet, and did not ask him how he came to this conclusion. Everyone rose up together and took the path around Yuan Shao's camp and walked to Wuchao. If you want to go deep into the enemy, except for Nan Ye's ability, others really can't do it. The first reason is that others don't have a map of Nanye and can't find a path to escape Yuan Shao. Second, other soldiers are not as well-trained as Nanye's guards and trapped camp.
Nan Ye led the soldiers and horses forward, and suddenly stopped and said, "There are 5,000 Yuan Shao soldiers and horses coming here in front of them. The leader is General Han Meng."
What Zhao Yun and other generals admire most is Nan Ye. If the enemy is still 80 feet away, he can know how many people and who is the leader is. With this ability, you are not afraid of the enemy's ambush at all, and even if you are behind the enemy, you can be like a fish in water, and you don't have to worry about being found by the enemy. They didn't know that Nanye was scanned with positioning, star display and other skills.
Guo Jia heard that there were 5,000 soldiers in front of him and said strangely, "This road is not connected to Liyang. It should not be Yuan Shao's troops. If you want to explore the horse, you don't need 5,000 people. If you come to the Wuchao in front of you, it will be the place of Yuan Shao's troops. I'll wait and ambush by the road to see if I plan for the food transporters.
Everyone immediately hid when they heard the words, because Nanye's positioning skill perception distance was 794, so there was enough time for everyone to ambush. After waiting for a while, Han Meng escorted thousands of grain trucks through the road.
As soon as Xu Huang saw that it was really grain and fodder, he whispered to Nan Ye and Guo Jia: "Mage, Fengxiao, 3,000 of the 5,000 soldiers are food carriers, and there are only 2,000 soldiers with complete military equipment. We can't bother to rob these grain and fodder."
Guo Jia shook his head and said, "This place is close to the black nest. If the grain is robbed here, Yuan Shao will know where the grain is stored. Or change the land to store grain, or increase the number of troops in the nest, which is not good for us to rob the grain in the future.
Zhang Liao was unwilling to say, "Isn't it cheap for me to let them go like this?"
Guo Jia laughed and said, "Fat meat is close in front of us, how can it be easily let go? I will follow them for the time being, wait until I get close to Yuan Shaoying and then go out to rob and burn grain, and also kill Yuan Benchu's spirit.