"Lord, Cao Cao did it on purpose!" Xu Shu's face was not very good-looking in the north of the prefecture and county town, Chen Mo's camp, and in the commander's tent.

It was originally agreed that if Yuan Shao's main force was attracted by one side, the other side would have to help him with all his strength, but Chen Mo and Yuan Shao fought here for more than a month, and the war almost ran through Hanoi. Even in Ao Cang and Xingyang, Yuan Shao's army was invaded, but Cao Cao was still as usual. He could not say that he was not working hard. Cao Cao's attack was still strong, but he obviously did not do his best. Even if the battle here collapsed, Cao Cao still followed the steps, and obviously did not intend to share Yuan Shao's pressure.

"Do you still believe this?" Chen Mo shook his head when he heard this, looked at Xu Shu and said, "It's already very good to maintain the alliance and help us disperse some pressure from Yuan Shao. Don't ask for too much. After all, for us, Cao Cao is also an enemy. Could it be that Yuan Zhi still has to rely on the hope of victory on the enemy?"

He never expected Cao Cao to help him when he was in trouble. This was not in Cao Cao's interests. For Cao Cao, both Chen Mo and Yuan Shao were both defeated and wanted to see what Cao Cao most wanted and wanted to see the most. If Cao Cao was fighting with Yuan Shao now, Chen Mo was willing to do so, so there was no reason to blame the other party.

"But now our army is in a defeat. If this continues, this battle may be..." Xu Shu was a little anxious. After all, the current situation is not good for Chen Mo. In terms of military strength or situation, Xu Shu had already heard that someone in Luoyang was already restless. If someone had an affair with Yuan Shao or Cao Cao at this time.

"Either Yuan Shao is a great disaster to me or Cao Cao. If you pass it, you may not be able to win the final victory. But if you fail, everything will be over. At this time, you can only be considered at a disadvantage. But if you say you lose, it is too early to say it!" Chen Mo took a picture of the map: "It's not so easy for Yuan Benchu ​​to defeat me!"

Yuan Shao's oppression of 100,000 soldiers did put a lot of pressure on Chen Mo, but it would not work to make him admit defeat. No one in the world except his mother has the qualifications.

At this moment, Chen Mo was filled with a sense of confidence and aura that he had never seen before. In the past, Chen Mo looked as if he was a gentleman, but at this moment, he was like a sharp sword unsheathed, showing his sharpness. This state is rare, and the generals in the tent were inevitably infected by Chen Mo's sharpness.

Ma Chao immediately stood up and shouted: "My lord is right. We have not lost yet. How can we say goodbye? Please give me a certain team of troops and I will take Yuan Shao's first place to the lord."

Chen Mo: “…”

If Yuan Shao's head was so easy to take, he wouldn't have been beaten so badly.

"Meng Qi's courage is commendable, but now Yuan Shao's head is left for a while and there is no rush to take it." Chen Mo smiled and comforted Ma Chao, "But Meng Qi's courageousness can be used at this time."

"My lord's order!" Ma Chao said loudly.

Chen Mo looked at the map and groped his chin and said, "Now that Yuan Shao's army is coming, the food and grass consumption will be huge. Meng Qi and Bo Zhan ordered Ming to lead a cavalry to attack the enemy's backbone and burn its food route specifically. If Yuan Shao sends troops to rescue him and there are many people on the other side, he will immediately flee far away and do not fight. If there are few people, he will fight quickly."

"Here!" Ma Chao, Pang De, and Ma Dai immediately stood up, bowed and left.

Seeing the three of them leaving, Chen Mo continued to look at the map. Haunting the food road might cause some trouble to Yuan Shao, but he could not control the outcome. Yuan Shao had a strong momentum and had superior military strength. If Chen Mo wanted to reverse the defeat, he had to think of other ways.

It would be great if the other party could get the food and grass that was hoarded.

Chen Mo looked up, looked at the generals in the tent, and thought for a while and said, "The fighter has not appeared at present, and it is difficult for Yuan Shao to reverse the victory. All the soldiers should guard the camp for the time being. They must not fight without permission!"

"Here!" Gao Shun and others stood up to answer the order, left each of them, and followed Chen Mo's instructions to guard the camp.

In the next few days, Yuan Shao sent troops to provoke him every day. Chen Mo just kept guarding the camp and couldn't come out. Instead, in the rear, Ma Chao, Pang De and Ma Dai attacked the food road, burning a lot of Yuan Shao's military resources, which annoyed Yuan Shao.

"My lord, don't be angry. Chen Mo knew that he could not compete with his lord, so he sent cavalry to plunder our food route. In my humble opinion, General Yan Liang could lead a group of troops to be responsible for the security of the food route. The main force of our army will step up the attack. As long as Chen Mo is completely defeated and driven out of Hanoi, this thief who robbed the food route is just a small problem." Guo Tu stepped forward and smiled.

"Yeah." Yuan Shao nodded, asking generals like Yan Liang to go to the rear to guard the food and supplies, which was a bit too wasteful. However, when Yuan Shao looked at Yan Liang who was sitting in the corner in the tent, he saw that Yan Liang was as brave as before. He was like a decadent drunkard, but after a defeat, he seemed to have ruined his whole body, which made Yuan Shao quite angry and shouted: "Yan Liang, what do you think?"

"What the lord said is extremely true!" Yan Liang was pushed by Han Meng beside him, came to his senses, and quickly bowed.

"Since that's the case, according to Gongze's words, you will lead your troops to protect the food road." Yuan Shao saw that his general had become such a ghost, and he was a little angry that he would not fight, but he could not do so. He just waved his hand impatiently.

"The last general will take the order!" Yan Liang hurriedly bowed and said.

"Lord, General Yan has always been brave and good at fighting. This time he was defeated by the enemy and his spirit was frustrated. As long as he wins this battle, he will naturally be able to recover his confidence." Shen Pei bowed to Yuan Shao.

Although Yan Liang's current state is indeed annoying, this matter is Guo Tu intends to exclude and humiliate Yan Liang, and Shen Pei naturally can't stand it. Now the factional dispute between Hebei and Yingchuan has been involved in Yan Liang. You must know that Yan Liang is not considered a Hebei. Who will be the next one?

"I naturally know, but he is like this now, so it is not reassuring for him to go to the battlefield. So I told him to supervise the transportation of food and grass first." Yuan Shao sighed. Yan Liang was his confidant and betrayed. Now he looked a little upset, so he could calm down by himself.

"If you don't talk about this, Chen Mo has no choice but to retreat. What good plans do you have to defeat the enemy?" Yuan Shao asked as he looked at everyone.

Although he was winning, he was just overwhelming Chen Mo. Chen Mo has now taken a defensive move and refused to fight Yuan Shao in field. If he had a strong attack, Yuan Shao would definitely not suffer a small loss. Even if he won in the end, he would have a miserable victory. However, Cao Cao had not been pacified, so Yuan Shao naturally did not want to suffer too much loss.

"Lord, Chen Mo's camp is not a strong city. We can pile up soil outside the camp to form a wall, so that the crossbowmen can stand on it and shoot arrows into the camp." Feng Ji said with a smile.

Yuan Shao nodded when he heard this, and immediately ordered people to build landblocks outside Chen Mo's camp as Feng Ji said, which was higher than the other party's camp wall, and then ordered the soldiers to put the landblocks on the ground to shoot arrows into Chen Mo's camp.

The soldiers in Chen Mo camp were immediately unable to raise their heads.

"Lord, Yuan Shao used this to force me to leave the camp. Even if we take a step back now, Yuan Shao will definitely go further." Xu Shu advised Chen Mo in Chen Mo's tent, and he could not retreat at this time.

Chen Mo nodded. Xu Shu said it was right, but Yuan Shao made Chen Mo very uncomfortable. He sent troops out to destroy the other party's landblocks. Not to mention the heavy losses, but this thing was easy to build. If it was destroyed today, it would be piled up again tomorrow.

Yang Xiuxian asked on the side: "You can lead Qinshui to destroy the enemy's landbag."

Qinshui is considered a tributary of the water, and the water is not very strong. If you want to defeat Yuan Shao, the water will probably disperse before it has rushed over and it will not work, but it can only destroy the other party's land buns, but it can be done.

"This method lasts too long." Chen Mo shook his head and lured Qinshui to this point, just to destroy the other party's earthblock? But how big is the project required? Even if Chen Mo brought Ma Jun, it could not be used in such matters.

"Lord!" Ma Jun stepped forward and bowed to Chen Mo and said, "Is there a way below to defeat the enemy's strategy?"

"Oh?" Chen Mo looked at Ma Jun and smiled and said, "What are the plans? Tell me quickly."

"Here!" Ma Jun bowed and said, "During this period of time, Jiangzuo camp made a powerful crossbow based on the pre-Qin period. It requires two people to hang the strings, one shot three arrows, and can shoot 120 steps."

"Is there a finished product?" Chen Mo said happily when he heard this.

"Yes, I heard that the lord asked me to bring sixty powerful crossbows made by the craftsman." Ma Jun nodded and ordered someone to lift a crossbow machine up.

But the powerful crossbow was more than meter-long, made of solid wood, and there was a bracket under it. There were three crossbow arrows in the crossbow trough, each of which was more than five feet long and the thickness of the thumb, nearly twice as long as ordinary arrows.

There is a winch under the bow string. Ma Jun introduced: "This crossbow is difficult to turn and it is difficult to pull the manpower. One person needs to move the winch before it can be turned. Therefore, it requires two people to operate it, and it is quite time-consuming to fill the crossbow arrows. It is somewhat similar to the bed crossbow made by Chen Qiugong back then, but it is not as far as it can."

Chen Qiu once made a bed crossbow in a war, which could shoot a thousand steps away, but the operation was more complicated and could not last long. After shooting a few arrows, Ji Ku would be overwhelmed and destroyed. After Ma Jun studied some data, he made a powerful crossbow in front of him. Although it was not as good as the bed crossbow made by Chen Qiu, it was far beyond the bed crossbow made by Chen Qiu, in terms of firing rate and durability, and now it is more practical.

"Can this crossbow really shoot 120 steps?" Yang Xiu turned around the powerful crossbow and said in amazement.

"Xiao Guan has tried it many times, at least 120 steps." Ma Jun bowed.

In fact, in terms of Ma Jun's official position, the craftsmanship is still above Yang Xiu, but there is no way. The Han Dynasty never judged its status by its official position. Yang Xiu was born as the third prince of the fourth generation. Ma Jun was a craftsman, so he dared not put on airs in front of Yang Xiu.

"It's just that sixty is too few. If you want to break the enemy's landbag, you need at least three hundred." Yang Xiu groped his chin and said.

It was not that he was picky, but that Yuan Shao had a row of earth walls outside the camp. Even if Ma Jun's strong crossbow range was sufficient, the number was too small, and there was no way to suppress it.

"This..." Ma Jun smiled bitterly: "This crossbow is complicated and has exquisite materials. I am afraid that it will not be able to make so many in a short period of time."

"Enough." Chen Mo interrupted with a smile: "I ordered people to build an arrow tower in the camp for this crossbow to shoot, and I will use this crossbow to kill the enemy's archers tomorrow."
Chapter completed!