Three Kingdoms: copy Lu Bu's force at the beginning

Lure the enemy to go deep and shoot with a strong crossbow?

Cao Cao was a little puzzled, and asked: "Feng Xiao can explain it carefully."

Guo Jia smiled faintly: "Our army is far inferior to Qin's army in strength."

"However, Huayu's sphere of influence has surrounded Yanzhou, and a desperate battle is inevitable."

"Since the strength is not as good as Qin's army, our army can't fight it head-on, we must be able to break through it cleverly."

"If our army can withstand the offensive of the Qin army, this strategy will not work."

"If our army loses several battles in a row, my lord can invite Hua Ziyi to a decisive battle."

"The two sides each invested 5000 troops, and the first battle will determine the victory or defeat."

"I heard that there were several times when Hua Yu personally commanded 5000 troops, allowing them to exert several times their combat power, so powerful that they were invincible."

"In this way, Hua Ziyi will definitely agree."

Cao Cao was taken aback: "I've heard about this too."

"That Hua Ziyi seems to have the ability to open horns in the past, which can double the combat power of a small number of troops."

"In the past, I have seen this scene with my own eyes, and it was quite terrifying."

"Feng Xiao, you actually know that Hua Yu has such magic skills, why do you want to fight with 5000 troops?"

"Our army's strong crossbow is fired from a crossbow gun, which is only half the range of the arrow, and it is not enough to cause lethal damage."

Guo Jia smiled slightly: "Master, do you still remember how Zhuge Liang helped Liu Bei regain Xuzhou?"

Cao Cao was taken aback, and blurted out, "What Feng Xiao said was the hard crossbow bed developed by Zhuge Liang?"

"However, Liu Bei kept this weapon extremely secret. Although I sent out many secret operations, none of them succeeded."

Guo Jia smiled mysteriously: "Liu Bei has Zhuge Liang, but the Lord also has Liu Ziyang."

Liu Ziyang is Liu Ye.

Not long ago, Cao Cao sent Le Jin as a general and Liu Ye as a military adviser to go north to assist Gongsun Zan.

As a result, the entire army was wiped out.

Le Jin was not as lucky as Yan Liang, and Liu Ye was not as lucky as Xin Pi. Both of them survived and joined Hua Yu, and both of them died in the chaos.

Although Liu Ye's strategy is not as good as Guo Jia and Cheng Yu's, and his internal affairs are not as good as Xun Yu's, he is good at organ design.

Before Liu Ye died, he designed an extremely powerful catapult.

Not only is the throwing distance far, but the stone is heavy, and there is no need to cut the rope.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the principle of the catapult cart was to tie the head of the catapult cart with a thick rope and put the stones in the throwing basin.

When it was time to throw, he chopped off the thick rope with an axe, and the rock-throwing arm immediately rotated rapidly, throwing the stone into the opponent's city.

In this way, a catapult can only be used once.

If you want to use it for the second time, several soldiers will be needed, and a thick rope will be used to tie the catapult arm to the fixed shaft, which is extremely time-consuming.

As for Liu Ye's improved catapult, it's different.

Not only is the throw far, but the stone is heavy and powerful, and it can be thrown continuously, because Liu Ye used the wheel on the catapult.

The soldiers turned the wheel to make the rope taut, and when it was time to throw it, it suddenly loosened.

The wheel spins rapidly, and the stone is thrown out.

Then, the soldiers turn the wheel again to perform the next projectile, which saves too much time compared to changing a new rope.

It's a pity that Cao Cao's ambition to expand abroad was abruptly extinguished by Hua Yu.

Therefore, these riprap carts can only be placed in inventory as decorations.

This incident has always made Cao Cao very uncomfortable.

Seeing Cao Cao's expression darkened, Guo Jia immediately explained: "My lord, although Zi Yang is dead, he left a good thing for my lord."

Cao Cao was taken aback, and asked, "What good thing?"

Guo Jia smiled mysteriously: "Hard crossbow bed."

"Ah..." Cao Cao was taken aback, "How did Zi Yang get the hard crossbow bed from Liu Bei?"

"It didn't come from Liu Bei, but it was developed by Ziyang himself based on the war scene at that time."

"Originally, Ziyang was going to tell the Lord about the hard crossbow bed."

"My lord sent him to Sui Lejin to help Gongsun Zan, and Zi Yang planned to announce the good news to my lord after he came back. Unexpectedly..."

Guo Jia's expression also darkened, and he continued: "A few days ago, I went to Ziyang's mansion to express my condolences, and got Ziyang's wife to give me the design of the hard crossbow bed."

As he said that, Guo Jia took out a piece of paper from his sleeve: "If my lord sends someone to secretly supervise the construction of a batch of hard crossbow beds, it will definitely have an unexpected effect."

Cao Cao was overjoyed, and motioned Xu Chu to bring the design plans: "This time, if our army can win, it will be a great contribution to Feng Xiao and Zi Yang."

"Although Zi Yang is dead, this merit can be given to his son and bless his family."

After making the plan, Cao Cao immediately secretly summoned a group of skilled craftsmen to secretly build hard crossbow beds.

But it is said that the bodies of Guan Yu and his son continued to go south, crossed Yanzhou, entered Yuzhou, and then entered Huainan.

When Yuan Shu heard the news, he was frightened to death, and hurriedly called Yuan Manlai and Shu Shao over to discuss countermeasures.

"Hua Yu is cruel, and the princes and civil servants under his command have died tragically. What should I do?"

Yuan Manlai rolled his eyes and thought to himself, what you said seems to mean that you want to surrender.

For being forced to join Hua Yu at the beginning, Yuan Manlai now feels that it is a blessing.

Shu Shao sighed: "Currently the princes of the Guandong, only Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Your Majesty."

"Originally Liu Bei was the strongest, but now he has lost Xuzhou, and his strength is comparable to that of His Majesty and Cao Cao."

"It's just that I recently heard that Liu Bei successfully conquered the Yamatai Kingdom. If we can attract a large amount of troops and money, the three of us may join forces, and we may be able to fight Huayu."

"The key now is that Cao Cao must be able to block Hua Yu's offensive, at least before Liu Bei returns."

"Otherwise, if Yanzhou is destroyed, the princes of the Guandong will have no chance."

Yuan Shu immediately asked: "The news about Xi Zuo, when will Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang come back?"

Shu Shao shook his head lightly: "Because we are separated by the sea, the news cannot be conveyed accurately. It is said that it will be half a month later."

"Half a month?" Yuan Shu frowned slightly, and sighed, "I just hope Cao Mengde can hold on for this half a month."

"It's a pity that Xuzhou is occupied by Huayu. There is no way between Huainan and Yanzhou. Otherwise, I can also help Meng De."

In this regard, Shu Shao has nothing to do, after all, the road is impassable.

Yuan Manlai thought in his heart, at present, only Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and Liu Bei are the princes of the Guandong.

If I made a sudden attack and seized the power of Huainan and integrated it with Yuzhou, wouldn't it be a great achievement?
There are only Cao Cao and Liu Bei among the princes of the Guandong, so they are definitely not the opponents of the lord.

The more he thought about it, the more Yuan Manlai felt that this idea was very good.

This time, Yuan Manlai basically didn't speak much about the discussion. He kept thinking in his mind how to make a sudden attack and capture Yuan Shu in one fell swoop.

A conspiracy is about to start in Huainan, in Shouchun.