Chapter 403 The End

Bohai Sea, Nanpi.

Yuan Shao fled all the way from Wei County to here, and Hua Xiong was chasing him almost all the time. He was somewhat embarrassed. However, what was more terrible than the embarrassment was the deep feeling of powerlessness.

Lu Bu is not attacking the city now, but just letting Hua Xiong chase Yuan Shao. He obviously wants to completely destroy Yuan Shao and then regain Jizhou. If it weren't for the enemy's heavy baggage transportation, they might not be able to retreat to Nanpi.

"Lord, drink some broth." Xu You came in with a bowl of broth and handed it to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao took it smoothly, looked at Xu You and said, "Ziyuan hasn't rested yet?"

"It's really hard for you to sleep in such a situation." Xu You sighed. The Guanzhong Army has Vulcan cannons at long range, thunder god crossbows and repeating crossbows at mid-range, and various mines at close range. Ten thousand people can defeat a hundred thousand Jizhou Army. , now it seems that there are more troops. Faced with this almost invincible opponent, he really doesn't know how to deal with it.

"Send someone to invite Mengde. His lips are dead and his teeth are cold. If he doesn't take action now, when Jizhou is destroyed by Lu Bu, the Central Plains will not be safe." Yuan Shao sighed.

If possible, he did not want to ask Cao Cao. After all, the relationship between him and Cao Cao has always been that he is strong and Cao Cao is weak. Now, although the strength of the two sides is gradually becoming equal, Yuan Shao still stands in the upper position of Cao Cao in terms of mentality. Cao Cao's request for help was somewhat shameful, but to this day, he could not defeat Lu Bu, so he had no choice but to ask Cao Cao for help.

Although I don’t know how many Vulcan cannons Lu Bu made, it should be very laborious to make. There are also special stone bullets. After so many days of shooting, there should not be many left. If Cao Cao sends troops, he will definitely But take advantage of it and defeat Lu Bu...

Now Yuan Shao is somewhat afraid of Lu Bu. He thought they were evenly matched, but who knows that the encounter turned out to be devastating. It has only been a month, and he has already lost two games. He has lost most of Jizhou's troops. Now even if there is only one left, If the troops are mobilized, Hua Xiong alone may not be able to win, not to mention Lu Bu has more than such a small number of troops.

Hearing this, Xu You nodded and said, "What my lord said is absolutely true."

He also wanted Yuan Shao to ask for help from outside, not only Cao Cao, but also Liu Cong. Now it is really necessary for all the princes in the world to work together to deal with Lu Bu. Otherwise, if Hebei is destroyed, Cao Cao will use his head to stop Lu Bu?

If Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were both defeated by Lu Bu, how could the remaining Jingzhou and Jiangdong stop Lu Bu?

Yuan Shao glanced at Xu You and said, "Let's go away for this matter."

Xu You and Cao Cao were also good friends in the past. It would be easier to talk to him if he left. Yuan Shao didn't know how long he could withstand Hua Xiong's offensive. If Nanpi was broken, where should he flee?

Yuan Shao now has no confidence at all whether he can defend Bohai. After the opponent has the Vulcan Cannon, any fortified city will become ridiculous. It will not be able to block the bombardment of the opponent's Vulcan Cannon, and it will eventually develop into a street fight.

But not every time there is a chance for street fighting, morale may collapse directly.

Along the way, they also had several encounters, and even small victories were mostly due to sneak attacks, so Hua Xiong became extra cautious now.

"That's what I meant." Xu You nodded, which was exactly what he wanted.

The situation was critical now. Now that he had decided, Xu You immediately said goodbye to Yuan Shao and left. He wanted to rush to Cao Cao as soon as possible.

Shortly after Xu You left, Tian Feng came.

"What's the matter with Yuan Hao?" Yuan Shao took a few sips of the broth. When he saw Tian Feng coming over, he put down his bowl and looked at Tian Feng.

"Lord, during these days of fighting with the Guanzhong Army, Feng discovered something." Tian Feng knelt down and saluted Yuan Shao.

"Oh?" Yuan Shao looked at Tian Feng: "What did Yuan Hao find?"

"What about the Vulcan cannon, the Thunder God crossbow, and the sky-shattering thunder? My lord, have you discovered these things? They have never used them on rainy days?" Tian Feng looked at Yuan Shaodao.

"You mean..." Yuan Shao looked at Tian Feng.

"The so-called divine weapon is actually the product of a sorcerer's alchemy. It is mainly based on fire. It is incompatible with it in rainy days, so it is naturally difficult to use." Tian Feng nodded. Although he was not the one who fought against Hua Xiong during this period, he was basically there. On the front line, they are always looking for the opponent's weaknesses. These firearms cannot be used in rainy days. This is the weakness Tian Feng found.

Yuan Shao heard this and said attentively: "Yuan Hao said this, it seems to be true."

so……

Yuan Shao looked at Tian Feng.

Tian Feng nodded and said, "If we fight him on a rainy day, we might be able to defeat Hua Xiong."

Yuan Shao slapped the case and said: "Inform Han Meng and ask him to prepare for a decisive battle with Na Hua Xiong on a rainy day!"

Now Yuan Shaotai needs a victory to encourage the morale of the army. Otherwise, if he continues like this, his own troops may turn back first without waiting for the opponent to break the city.

Although the celestial phenomena are unpredictable, careful people can always find the rules. There are not many people in this world who can understand the celestial phenomena, but there are always some. Tian Feng is one of them.

After receiving Yuan Shao's instruction, Tian Feng nodded, and after receiving the military order, he went to Han Meng to discuss the matter.

Under the threat of Hua Xiong, everything on Yuan Shao's side was streamlined a lot. Once he decided, he did it immediately because there was not much time for them to discuss and take their time.

"Sir, even if the enemy's Vulcan cannons can't be used now, our army doesn't have many crossbows that can be used now." Han Meng said with a wry smile after hearing Tian Feng's plan.

The defeat of Yecheng not only damaged the morale of the army, but also the crossbows and crossbow arrows were all in Yecheng. Now that they have retreated to Nanpi, even if they do it temporarily, they cannot make so many specialized crossbow arrows.

Without a repeating crossbow, it would be difficult to restrain Hua Xiong.

"Then we can only use a strong shield to get close to him and fight him!" Tian Feng said in a deep voice.

It's better than facing the Vulcan cannon directly. It would be better if some of the opponent's Vulcan cannons could be captured.

Hearing this, Han Meng nodded and accepted the matter, and then began to gather troops to appease the morale of the army. Now, even if the Jizhou army did not run away, there was no morale at all.

Tian Feng sent people to monitor Hua Xiong while looking for a suitable place to have a decisive battle with Hua Xiong. In the end, he chose the battlefield in the Dongguang area, and Yuan Shao gathered 50,000 troops for Han Meng.

Compared to Yuan Shao who had no hesitation in mobilizing an army of 100,000, now it is very strenuous for 50,000 troops. If he loses this battle again, Yuan Shao will not even be able to fight Lu Bu again.

Tian Feng also knew that this battle was important, so he assisted Han Meng with Jusue and Shenpei, making the best use of the right time, location, and people. On the day of the battle in Dongguang, it was raining heavily. Hua Xiong felt that something was not going well, and quickly ordered his men to marry him. Fight against the enemy.

The Jizhou army used strong shields to get close and was hit by the thunder. However, in this kind of weather, detonating thunder was useless, and the thunder could easily hurt itself. As Tian Feng expected, the two sides fought.

However, the result was not what Tian Feng expected.

Without a numerical advantage, the Guanzhong Army was able to maintain its formation in the rain and fight to the death. Twenty thousand people fought against fifty thousand people, but it was their fifty thousand army that was defeated first.

In the eyes of many generals in Jizhou, the Guanzhong Army has always relied on Vulcan Cannons, Thunder God Crossbows, Detonating Thunder, and Sky-shaking Thunder to kill the Jizhou Army and flee in embarrassment. However, this time, the Guanzhong Army broke through with iron-clad military discipline. In addition to the self-comfort in their hearts, the Guanzhong Army does not have these, it is still a strong army.

The Jizhou Army was defeated one after another, and its morale was already low. Although they were aware of the weaknesses of firearms such as the Vulcan Cannon, they underestimated the strength of the Guanzhong Army itself. What's more, fighting in rainy weather did cause many firearms to malfunction, but for today's weak morale For the Jizhou Army, the rainy day was also a blow to their weak morale. Facing the well-trained Guanzhong Army, these Jizhou Army, which were mostly improvised, could not defeat them as Tian Feng thought. On the contrary, The last trace of Yuan Shao's vitality was wiped out!

Taking advantage of the victory, Hua Xiong pursued him all the way to Nanpi City. Yuan Shao had already received Tian Feng's warning and withdrew from Nanpi City early, preparing to go to Youzhou to join his second son Yuan Xi. However, he learned on the way that Yuan Xi was in Zhujun. The news that he was defeated and beheaded in the battle with Ma Chao.

Daijun, Zhujun, Yuyang and other places fell one after another. Yuan Shao stayed in Hejian, but he didn't know where to go for a while!

In fact, there are still many places in Jizhou that belong to Yuan Shao, but so what? He was so anxious that he couldn't recruit too many men. Even if he did, Yuan Shao couldn't think of what role they would play in the face of Guanzhong's elite except for giving them nothing.

Zhang Wu and Yuan Shao were a little distracted after learning the news of Yuan Xi's death in battle. Although they usually didn't care too much about their second son, they were far less favored than their third son Yuan Shang and eldest son Yuan Tan. If they let the two sons each choose a state, they would be relatively poor and weak. Youzhou was given to Yuan Xi.

But not loving him enough doesn't mean he doesn't love him. After all, he is his son. This is the first time he heard the news that his son was killed on the battlefield. The sadness of a man with white hair sending a man with black hair made Yuan Shao lose his hair overnight. They are all much whiter.

"Father." Yuan Shang and Tian Feng came in. Seeing Yuan Shao like this, their hearts tightened and they quickly stepped forward and said, "We will definitely avenge the second brother. Please take care of yourself, father!"

take care?

Yuan Shao chuckled and did not answer. He looked at Tian Feng and said, "How is the Xiansi Department?"

"The plains have been cut off by Lu Bu's troops, but Qingzhou is close to Cao Cao. If Qingzhou is in trouble, Cao Cao will never sit idly by." Tian Feng bowed.

"That's good!" Yuan Shao sighed: "Xianfu."

"Father, the child is here." Yuan Shang stepped forward quickly and said.

"You can take Yuan Hao and Gong Yu to join your elder brother. Jizhou...it's over!" Yuan Shao sighed and said with a strong sense of twilight.

"Lord, why don't you leave!?" Tian Feng was shocked and said quickly.

"Let's go together? Will Lu Bu give in!?" Yuan Shao said at the end, gritting his teeth. His hatred for Lu Bu seemed to be burning his reason.

He knew very well that Lu Bu could not let him go. If he had to leave, he might chase him directly to Qingzhou. Looking at Yuan Shang, Yuan Shao said: "Go, father, I will attract Lu Bu's attention, and you will take a boat along the coast." OK, we can reach Qingzhou!”